INTERNATIONAL PULSE Period: August 2010 End-Time Church / Pluralism Global Politics Israel

ISRAEL    Visit 'Peace In Jerusalem' for more comprehensive ongoing reports by Retired Pastor/Teacher James McCutchan - Jmccutchan@aol.com ----- ISRAEL CONCEDES JERUSALEM BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS EVEN BEGIN I. In accordance with the "New Jerusalem Covenant Plan", Israel has conceded control of Jerusalem and her holy places before negotiations with the Palestinians even begin! The Rothschild's 500 million franc purchase of the Temple Mount and several thousand surrounding acres may be about to be brought into public view; however, great war will instantly break out when Muslims realize that the Illuminati controls the entire area! ISRAEL CONCEDES JERUSALEM BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS EVEN BEGIN Also agrees to forfeit holy sites to be governed by 'special regime' Posted: September 01, 2010 - 11:21 am Eastern - By Aaron Klein - WorldNetDaily - Sign in Kfar Akeb boasting of 'American gift' to Palestinian Authority - JERUSALEM – Ahead of the start of today's Mideast summit in Washington, the Israeli government publicly conceded sections of Jerusalem will become part of a Palestinian state while holy sites would be governed by a "special regime." Speaking in an interview with Israel's Haaretz newspaper, Defense Minister Ehud Barak outlined a deal with the Palestinians: "West Jerusalem and 12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents will be ours. The Arab neighborhoods in which close to a quarter million Palestinians live will be theirs." "There will be a special regime in place along with agreed upon arrangements in the Old City, the Mount of Olives and the City of David," added Barak. Barak told the newspaper what is needed "is courage to make historic, painful decisions. I'm not saying that there is certainty for success, but there is a chance. This chance must be exploited to the fullest." Israel annexed northern and eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City and the Temple Mount, during the 1967 Six-Day War. The Palestinians, however, have claimed eastern Jerusalem as a future capital. About 244,000 Arabs live in Jerusalem, mostly in eastern neighborhoods, out of a total population of 724,000, the majority Jewish. Many of Jerusalem's Arabs live illegally on Jewish-owned property A WND investigation previously determined the U.S. has been aiding the Palestinians in developing infrastructure in eastern Jerusalem, including on property owned by Jews. U.N. school for Palestinians illegally built on Jewish property. The situation has been unfolding in the northern Jerusalem neighborhoods of Kfar Akeb, Qalandiya and Samir Amis, which are close to the Jewish neighborhoods of Neve Yaacov and Pisgat Zeev in Israel's capital. Kfar Akeb, Qalandiya and Samir Amis are located entirely within the Jerusalem municipality. Over 100,000 Arabs live in those neighborhoods. Jews lived in Kfar Akeb, Qalandiya and Samir Amis years before the establishment of Israel in 1948, but they were violently expelled during deadly Arab riots in 1929. Jordan, together with other Arab countries, attacked Israel after its founding in 1948 and administered the three Jerusalem neighborhoods as well as all of eastern Jerusalem following an armistice agreement. In 1967, Jordan attacked again, and Israel liberated the entire city of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War. During the period of Jordanian control, some new construction took place, including in areas previously purchased by Jews. A WND tour of the three Jerusalem neighborhoods found some surprising developments. Official PA logos and placards abound, including one glaring red street sign at the entrance to the neighborhoods warning Israelis to keep out. Continued: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=197921 ----- ISRAEL UNLIKELY TO EXTEND CURRENT SETTLEMENT CURBS (AP) – 9.5.2010 - JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister says a slowdown in West Bank settlement construction is unlikely to continue in its current form after it expires at the end of this month. But Ehud Barak says he does not believe Israel will entirely cancel the 10-month curbs. Barak appeared to be leaving room for a compromise that might allow the Palestinians to continue the fragile direct negotiations that began in Washington last week. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he warned Netanyahu last week he will leave the talks if Israel doesn't extend the slowdown. Barak noted that Israel had permitted limited construction in settlements during the slowdown and he expects some construction to continue after the Sept. 26 deadline. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he has warned Israel's prime minister that he'll quit peace talks unless Israel extends a curb on settlement construction. Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched negotiations at a summit in Washington last week. A 10-month freeze on settlement housing ends Sept. 26, and Netanyahu is under pressure from hardline allies to resume construction. Netanyahu has not said what he will do. He told his Cabinet on Sunday that creative solutions are needed to make the talks succeed. However, Abbas told PLO activists in Libya late Saturday that "if the freeze period is not extended by the end of the month, there will be no negotiations." Abbas says he made that clear to Netanyahu. Continued: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD9I1PMCO0 ----- SHOCK PLAN: PALESTINIANS SCHEDULED TO GOVERN JEWS Netanyahu secretly proposed new plot in talks with Obama - posted: September 06, 2010 8:02 pm Eastern - By Aaron Klein - WorldNetDaily - JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly has proposed a new plan whereby Jews living in the West Bank will remain in their communities after the territory becomes part of a Palestinian state, WND has learned. Officials in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority have confirmed the plan to this reporter, marking the first time an Israeli leader has ever put on the table in a serious way a proposal involving Jewish West Bank residents remaining in a Palestinian state. Conventional negotiations always has assumed an Israeli evacuation of its communities inside any territory taken over by the PA. Is Israel already finished? Find out in Aaron Klein's "The Late Great State of Israel" Middle East officials said the plan is being considered seriously by the Obama administration, while the PA has been less than enthusiastic. PA sources said they held a meeting last week over the plan. The full details of the plan, such as specific security guarantees for the remaining Jews, were not disclosed. It was unclear how the Jewish residents of the West Bank will react to a plan that would seemingly place their security in the hands of the PA, whose militia members have carried out scores of attacks targeting those very Jewish communities. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has been on record multiple times speaking against Jews living in a Palestinian state. Last month, Abbas drew condemnation from U.S. Jewish groups when he was quoted stating that not only must a Palestinian state be Jew-free, not even foreign Jews can serve in any NATO force that protect a future Palestinian country. "I'm willing to agree to a third party that would supervise the agreement, such as NATO forces, but I would not agree to having Jews among the NATO forces, or that there will live among us even a single Israeli on Palestinian land," he was quoted as saying by Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency. After his comments caused controversy, Abbas' aid, Nimar Hamad, told Wafa that "Abbas is open to an international force along Palestinian borders of any religion or origin." Meanwhile, Netyanyahu on Sunday alluded to new proposals in peace negotiations. Debriefing his cabinet on his trip last week to Washington, Netanyayu stated, "What is required is creative, novel thinking in order to resolve these complex issues." http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=200129 ----- HOUSE REPUBLICANS GIVING GREEN LIGHT FOR ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN by Gil Ronen - Nearly one third of the Republican congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a resolution that would support Israel's right to use “all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by Iran”, including military force. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-Texas] and 46 co-sponsors. House Resolution 1553 “condemns the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its threats of ‘annihilating’ the United States and the State of Israel, for its continued support of international terrorism, and for its incitement of genocide of the Israeli people.” It “supports using all means of persuading the Government of Iran to stop building and acquiring nuclear weapons” and pledges that the U.S. will ensure that Israel “continues to receive critical economic and military assistance, including missile defense capabilities, needed to address the threat of Iran.” In addition, it “expresses support for Israel’s right to use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by Iran, defend Israeli sovereignty, and protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, including the use of military force if no other peaceful solution can be found within a reasonable time.” Iran lobby alarmed The National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a pro-Iranian lobby group, is up in arms over the proposed resolution. Continued: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138835 ----- DANGER: THIRD QUAKE IN SIX WEEKS IN NUCLEAR IRAN by Hillel Fendel - IsraelNationalNews.com - A third earthquake in less than six weeks has hit Iran, killing at least three people and injuring 21. The 5.9-magnitude quake hit the city of Damghan in northern Iran, 175 miles east of Tehran, late Friday night. Fifteen villages were reportedly damaged. Earthquake-prone Iran suffered a 5.7-quake on July 30. Some 300 people in northeastern Iran were injured at the time. Ten days earlier, a 5.8-earthquake hit the south of the country, killing at least one and injuring 32. Hundreds of homes were damaged in both. Experts have warned that Iran’s propensity for earthquakes, its non-strict building codes, and the fact that several of its nuclear facilities are situated near densely-populated urban areas could have catastrophic consequences for Iran, its neighbors, and world oil prices. Experts estimate that an average of one serious tremor hits the country every day. Seven years ago, 26,000 people were killed by a 6.6-magnitude quake in the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139366 ----- POTENTIAL OF 4 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL OFFSHORE by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - More optimistic reports continue to flow from the giant Leviathan energy field off the Haifa coast. Following previous higher estimates of gas and “signs of oil,” the latest report points to a potential of 4 billion barrels of “black gold.” The ramifications of the discovery are immense. If the estimates materialize, Israel will become self-sufficient in energy, enjoy a boon of employment for engineers and laborers, and will become an exporter of gas and oil. The shekel, barring a conflict with Hizbullah or Iran, may become rock-solid, dropping the representative rate; Israel's shekel is now worth about 26.3 cents (3.8 shekels) to the dollar. The announcement of the new estimates states that there is a 17 percent chance of finding reserves equal to 3 billion barrels of oil at a depth of slightly more than a mile undersea. The oil field is slightly beneath the mammoth gas reserves that already have been estimated to contain 13 trillion cubic feet of gas. There also is an 8 percent chance that another 1.2 billion barrels exist at an even lower level. Earlier this month, oil reserves at Rosh HaAyin, east of Tel Aviv and bordering Samaria, were estimated to have a possible potential of 1.5 billion barrels of oil but that commercial quantities will be much lower, if at all. Israel's estimated oil consumption is slightly less than 100 million barrels a year. Yitzchak Teshuva, head of the Delek Group that is part of the consortium probing the Leviathan field, has jubilantly exclaimed that the gas reserves will turn Israel into an energy exporter. Officials added that a decision on whether to drill for the oil reserves will not be made before October, when drilling for the gas reserves at “Leviathan 1” is to begin at a cost of $150 million. The operation will last five months, and a decision on drilling for oil may await the results of the gas exploration; analysts have emphasized that the chances of huge oil reserves are only 17 percent. However, every previous report has so far proven to be overly conservative. A South African company will head the drilling, but if a decision is made to drill at deeper levels for oil, a North American company with experience at those levels will be contracted. Continued: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139364 ----- OBAMA WARNS ABBAS: ‘START TALKS OR ELSE’ by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - A secret 36-page memo based on Obama administration statements indicates that the president warned Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to start direct talks with Israel or risk losing American support for the recognition of the PA as a country. The Associated Press reported it has possession of the document, under the letterhead of the Palestinian Negotiations Department, and that it indicates the warning came from President Barack Obama via U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell. It shows that the Obama administration has resigned itself to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining head of Israel's coalition government. “Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is not in political danger of being replaced,” the document states. It adds that Abbas is under pressure from both the Arab world and within the PA, whereby his consent to direct talks with Israel would be “political suicide” for him. However, the document warns, “Abbas needs to accept direct talks now if he wants President Obama’s help in facilitating statehood.” The memo says that PA advisors are in favor of rejecting the American ultimatum. Abbas told PA media on Sunday that he is resisting pressure from “the entire world” to concede his long-stated condition that Netanyahu extend the 10-month building freeze that expires in late September. Continued: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138808 ----- WHY I LEFT JUDAISM Br Nathanael On Video! - http://www.realzionistnews.com/?p=544 ----- I AM ISRAEL - YERUSHALAYIM VERSION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4bM2QG3r-I ----- SMOKING THE MIDEAST PEACE PIPE IN WASHINGTON By Bill Salus As Hurricane Earl barrels down on the East Coast reminding Americans God's foreign policy of Genesis 12:3 is still effectually intact, smoke signals are hovering over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Several Mideast leaders have converged upon Washington to discuss the prospects of "Direct Talks" for peace. President Obama, who pollsters suggest may be losing Democratic control of the House and possibly the Senate come November, 2010, wants a signed peace pact between Israel and the Palestinians. Although this peace – pact concept hints of the biblical false covenant prophesied in Daniel 9:27, it presents different time tables that dismiss it from having prophetic implications. However, this round of peace talks may prove to be prophetically critical. Rumors of war in the Middle East have risen to an unprecedented level. One wrong move could send potent missiles flying in multiple directions. President Obama has invited a cast of moderate leaders to encourage “Direct Talks” toward Middle East Peace. They include Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, former Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK, King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. Together they plan to construct a one to ten - year path to Mideast peace. Although this is an interesting crew of leaders, what’s intriguing is the fact that Israel’s more threatening enemies aren’t participating. The leadership of Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Hamas, who have bonafide war pacts in place against Israel, are still up to their wartime antics back in the Holy Land. In fact Hamas, the democratically elected leadership of the Palestinians since January, 2006, has vowed to disrupt direct peace talks. [Youtube in article]: Continued: http://prophecynewsstand.blogspot.com/2010/09/smoking-mideast-peace-pipe.html ----- SARKOZY WARNS WORLD POWERS WILL MOBILIZE AGAINST IRAN IF NUCLEAR TALKS FAIL Israel and Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors are concerned about its increasing clout in the region and the prospect of it acquiring nuclear weapons. By News Agencies   French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on August 25, 2010. Photo by: AP French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Iran on Wednesday that failure to reach a credible agreement over its nuclear program would force world powers to mobilize to protect threatened states in the region. In an annual address to France's ambassadors, Sarkozy laid out his foreign policy objectives as the country prepares to take over the chair next year of the Group of 20 powers and the narrower club of rich countries known as the G8. "If a credible agreement cannot be reached, Iran's isolation would only worsen," Sarkozy said. "And in the face of worsening threat, we would have to organize ourselves to protect and defend states that feel threatened." Many of Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors are concerned about the Shi'ite state's increasing clout in the region and the prospect that it might acquire nuclear weapons. Continued: http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/ sarkozy-warns-world-powers-will-mobilize-against-iran-if-nuclear-talks-fail-1.310217 ----- GARDEN TOMB THREATENED BY MUSLIM CONSTRUCTION More than a quarter of a million Christians visit Jerusalem's Garden Tomb every year. The holy site is believed by many to be the place where Jesus rose from the dead. But now, the sacred ground is in danger of being damaged by a Muslim construction project. Garden Tomb Director Richard Meryon showed CBN News the 15-foot wall being built above the tomb. "In the last few weeks the cemetery above has built this wooden construction into which they are now ready to pour hundreds of tons of concrete on top of our wall," he explained. Jerusalem's Islamic waqf is building the wall to enlarge a Muslim cemetery. However, Meryon fears the construction could bring a catastrophe. "Just beneath (the wall) we have three or four areas where Christians are worshipping every day. So we have the potential here in heavy rain or in snow, or even in one of those earth tremors that Jerusalem is famous for -- you only need one of those events to happen and this new wall could collapse," he said. "It could kill 200 visitors, pilgrims, and tourists in the garden worshipping." The new wall also violates three local building codes and does not have a city permit. The structure is supposed to be built three feet away from any existing structure and permission is required. "They have never sought my permission," Meryon said. "We have been in active discussion and I am now negotiating with them. I cannot allow them to build this wall until they prove to me beyond all reasonable doubt that this wall is going to be safe." A spokesman from the Muslim cemetery told CBN News they do not have a license, but claim the new wall is safe. The mayor's office also said officials will make sure the building is legal so Jerusalem can remain open to tourists. "We walk through the garden, we're hearing groups of people praising God, worshiping Him in every language from everywhere and we have taken people through the garden literally from every corner of the globe," one tour guide said. And the concrete wall is not the only construction Meryon is worried about. He said recent digging on top of Golgotha next to the Garden Tomb threatens the hill known as the Place of a Skull. Many believe Jesus was crucified there. "Golgotha is mentioned in John 19, where Jesus was led outside the city walls... into a place called Golgotha," Meryon said. "Above Golgotha, in the last few days - bucket by bucket, load by load - a lot of dirt has been imported above the rock and below those graves on the skyline." he added. "I've known for some weeks that they were thinking of building a minaret up there." Meryon wants to make sure Golgotha and the Garden Tomb remain intact. "This is a very important Christian holy site," he said. "And we just want to live here in peace and provide this amazing opportunity for Christians all around the world to come here and continue to worship and be exposed to the gospel." http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2010/September03/0383.html ----- BARAK: ISRAEL MAY DIVIDE JERUSALEM INTERNATIONALIZE HOLY BASIN by Chana Ya'ar - Israel National News - 9.1.2010 - Defense Minister Ehud Barak says it is likely that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will agree to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinian Authority. Photo Barak and Fayyad in Jerusalem. Barak told the Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz in an interview published Wednesday that he believes the best chance for peace lies in a peace deal in which all the Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem would be handed over to the PA in order to create a capital for a new Arab country. “If Netanyahu leads a process, a significant number of rightist ministers will stand with him,” he told the newspaper. “So what is needed is courage to make historic, painful decisions. I'm not saying that there is certainty for success, but there is a chance. This chance must be exploited to the fullest.” The peace plan described by Barak includes the following: * two states for two nations * an end to the conflict and the end of all future demands * demarcation of a border “that will run inside the Land of Israel” dividing a demilitarized PA state from an Israel that includes the “settlement blocs” * retrieving and relocating the “isolated settlements” into the settlement blocs or within Israel * a solution to the refugee problem within the PA state, or rehabilitating them through international aid * comprehensive security arrangements * a “solution to the Jerusalem problem.” As for the “Jerusalem problem,” Barak told the newspaper that the western side of the city plus "12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents will be ours.” The neighborhoods in which nearly 250,000 Arabs are living “will be theirs.” In addition, Barak envisions a “special regime” with “agreed-upon arrangements” to administer the Old City, the Mount of Olives and the City of David. The concept is similar to one raised in the past by the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who recommended the area, which he referred to as the “Holy Basin,” be internationalized under a “special regime.” Prior to his re-election as Israel's prime minister nearly two years ago, Binyamin Netanyahu warned a gathering at the Jerusalem Conference in January 2009 that leftist politicians would try to internationalize the holy sites in Jerusalem – and he vowed to fight the move. “Some politicians are trying to blur the importance of the Temple Mount to the Jewish People by referring to it as the 'Holy Basin',” he told the crowd at the time. “We, as Jews, know who built the Temple Mount.” Netanyahu promised the packed hall, “We have demonstrated in the past, and will continue to demonstrate our commitment to a complete, undivided Jerusalem... Everyone knows what will happen if we were to leave those areas and divide Jerusalem. Someone will enter – and that someone will be Hamas.” Meanwhile, Barak told Haaretz that Tuesday night's murderous attack by Hamas terrorists was “a very serious incident, the likes of which we haven't seen for a long time.” Four Jews -- two men and two women, one of whom was nine months pregnant -- were shot to death by a Hamas terrorist cell on Highway 60 at the Bani Nayim junction, between the Jewish community of Pene Hever and Hevron just as darkness fell, ending the daily Muslim fast of Ramadan. According to security sources, the terrorists had "confirmed the kill" by approaching the car and firing at point-blank range once the victims were already either seriously wounded or dead. Ten children were orphaned by the attack. Barak countered demands by outraged politicians and community leaders for Netanyahu to return from Washington, saying the attack had “no doubt” been an attempt to “harm the start of the peace talks” and urged Israelis to support the process. http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2010/September03/0321.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139441 ----- PRELUDE TO WAR? US TO SELL ISRAEL MASSIVE MILITARY FUEL STOCKS WORTH $2 BILLION US to sell Israel massive military fuel stocks worth $2 bn - DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 28, 2010, 12:53 PM (GMT+02:00) Japanese tanker sabotaged in Hormuz in JulyOn Aug. 6, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, DSCA, informed Congress of the sale to Israel of 60 million gallons of unleaded gasoline, 284 million gallons of JP-8 aviation jet fuel and 100 million gallons of diesel fuel at an estimated cost of two billion dollars. The date is significant, debkafile's intelligence sources find. Ten days earlier, the Japanese tanker M.Star was attacked in Omani waters of the Strait of Hormuz with 200,000 tons of oil. Although American experts examined the vessel, they never attributed the damage to sabotage by Iran or al Qaeda, despite the latter's claim of responsibility on Aug. 4 While Washington did its best to sweep the incident under the rug, Saudi intelligence were worried enough about the threat inching dangerously close to the Gulf's oil exporting lifeline to launch an independent investigation of the incident. Their investigators discovered it was staged by a Saudi terrorist who operates out of Iran under the orders of the Revolutionary Guards. To Riyadh, the episode looked like a blunt warning from Tehran to Washington and its allies about the consequences - not just of a direct strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, but the possibility of sanctions upsetting the equilibrium of the Islamic regime. Blockage of the Strait of Hormuz would cut off Israel's primary source of fuel. Therefore, our sources report, a series of accords, some of them secret, have been transacted to back up America's standing commitment to keep Israel supplied with its energy needs in the event of armed conflict or crisis on world fuel markets. In its request to Congress to approve the sale, the DSCA noted: "The proposed sale of the JP-B aviation fuel will enable Israel to maintain the operational capability of its aircraft inventory. The unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel will be used for ground forces' vehicles and other equipment used in keeping peace and security in the region. Israel will have no difficulty absorbing this additional fuel into its armed forces." debkafile adds: Israel is therefore ready and able to absorb this huge injection of military-purpose fuels. Continued: http://www.debka.com/article/8997/ ----- 911 & NINE YEARS OF DECEPTION AND WAR THE PLANNED ROUTE OF THE TAPE GASLINE 09 August 2010 09:00 Christopher Bollyn "..... The Rothschild group is deeply engaged in gold, diamond, and gas and oil mining operations worldwide. Afghanistan is an extremely wealthy nation in terms of mineral resources and it also occupies a crucial location between the Mossad-controlled gas fields of Turkmenistan and the lucrative markets for that gas in India and China. The real object of the war in Afghanistan is to "pacify" the Afghan resistance so that the long-planned TAPI pipeline (from Turkmenistan to India) can be built across the southern part of the nation (via Kandahar) in order to sell the Israeli-owned gas to India and China. If such a pipeline can be completed it would bring incredible wealth to the Israelis and their Rothschild backers. The Rothchild family of London and Paris was the main financier and driving force behind the creation of the state of Israel, although most of the family continues to live in its mansions in Europe .." Whole story: http://www.rebelnews.org/opinion/editorial/349970 ----- RUSSIA, ISRAEL AGREE TO BOOST MILITARY COOPERATION September 06, 2010 - Russia has signed a long-term agreement with Israel on military cooperation, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Monday. "We have just signed a long-term agreement on military cooperation between the two defense ministries. We have discussed a number of issues of military technical cooperation," said Serdyukov after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak. The agreement laid out the framework for general directions of bilateral military cooperation, Itar-Tass news agency cited a ministry spokesman as saying. "It will create a legal basis for further agreements on cooperation in specific areas and for contracts in the area of military technical cooperation," said the spokesman. Russia has bought 12 Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles, and some 50 servicemen are being trained to operate them, said Serdyukov. The minister said the two countries were cooperating on a range of issues in different areas, especially in the fight against terrorism and non-proliferation. Source: Xinhua http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/7131611.html ----- EGYPT TO HOST SECOND ROUND OF DIRECT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN TALKS SEPT. 14TH September 06, 2010 - Egypt said on Sunday that it will host the second round of Israeli-Palestinian direct talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on September 14. The new round of talks will be held at the level of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending, state-run MENA news agency quoted Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki as saying on Sunday. Egypt's independent daily El-Shorouk said preparations are now underway to host the two-day talks which will be the last before the expiration of Israel's settlement moratorium on Sept. 26. The new round of negotiations will be held on the eve of a meeting of the council of Arab foreign ministers, during which delegations of the Palestinians, Egypt and Jordan will review a report about the outcome of the first round of direct talks in Washington. The Israeli-Palestinian direct talks were officially launched on Thursday in Washington following a five-party summit which included U.S. President Barack Obama, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Abbas and Netanyahu. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7130424.html -----