INTERNATIONAL PULSE Period: October 2011 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 REPORT: ISRAEL, HAMAS REACH DEAL ON GILAD SHALIT Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - Ryan Jones - Israeli officials on Tuesday announced that they had come to an agreement with the Hamas terrorist organization for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned to his family within days. Details regarding the deal were thin at press time, but Hamas officials in Gaza suggested that the agreed upon terms were somewhat different than previous proposals, and that the deal may include the release of jailed Israeli Arab terrorists. Many Israeli government ministers have been opposed to a deal for Shalit's release that includes setting free convicted terrorist killers. The Palestinian beneficiaries of past prisoner exchanges have gone on to kill hundreds more Israelis. Netanyahu was reportedly meeting with members of his cabinet on Tuesday evening to make sure a majority of them vote in favor of the Shalit deal. If it passes the Israeli cabinet, and if Hamas holds up its end of the bargain (the group is notorious for increasing demands at the last minute), Shalit could be home with his family by the weekend. Continued: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/News/tabid/178/nid/22977/language/en-US/Default.aspx ----- SAUDI PAPER SAYS SWITZERLAND IS A JEWISH PLOT Monday, October 10, 2011- Ryan Jones - A columnist for the Saudi Arabian daily newspaper Al-Riyadh has finally uncovered the cornerstone of the Jewish plot for world domination. It is Switzerland. Yes, the entire nation of Switzerland is apparently a Jewish plot. Writing on September 4, Fahd 'Amr Al-Ahmadi pointed out that over the past four centuries, Europe has experienced numerous major wars, and yet Switzerland sat there right in the middle completely unscathed. At the same time, Switzerland refused to join any major international alliances or organizations (it only became a UN member in 2002). The conclusion for Al-Ahmadi is simple: Switzerland must be the "safe haven where the [Jews'] wealth can be guarded against the wars they themselves spark," a safe haven spoken of in the czarist blood libel The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. For those in the West who naively believe that holocaust-enducing anti-Semitism is a thing of the past, blood libels such as The Protocols are actually an increasingly prominent part of political discourse in the Middle East. So much so that major Arab newspapers reference The Protocols as thought it were common knowledge fact that the Jews are planning a global takeover. And to them, it is. Continued: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/News/tabid/178/nid/22974/language/en-US/Default.aspx ----- OCCUPY WALL STREET ACTIVIST BLAMES 'THE JEWS' Sunday, October 09, 2011 | Ryan Jones Occupy Wall Street activist blames 'the Jews' It was only a matter of time before activists involved in the "Occupy Wall Street" economic demonstrations began to blame "the Jews" for America's financial woes. A YouTube video making the rounds over the weekend showed one such activist holding up a sign that read "Hitler's Bankers - Wall St" and shouting, "The Jews control Wall Street!" The few who dared to heckle the man were told to "go to Israel." When a liberal blogger in the crowd questioned if the man was planted by the hated right-wing Fox News, the man replied forcefully, "A f*cking Jew made that up," before resuming his chant of "Freedom of speech, freedom of speech." Continued: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/News/tabid/178/nid/22973/language/en-US/Default.aspx ISRAEL READY TO STRIKE SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA Sunday, October 09, 2011 - Ryan Jones - Israeli officials have reportedly warned Syrian dictator Bashar Assad that if he uses the downfall of his regime as an excuse to launch missiles at Tel Aviv, Israel will respond with a massive assault against Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Unnamed Israeli government sources told News First Class that the threat was relayed to Assad via European intelligence agencies. The Israeli counter-threat came just days after Iran's Fars news agency quoted Assad telling Turkey's foreign minister that he would launch hundreds of ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv if the West interferes in his violent crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in Syria. "If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv," Assad reportedly said. Israel's threat included Lebanon and Gaza because Assad is said to have boasted that his own missile barrage on Tel Aviv would be complemented by Hizballah and Hamas attacks on Israel. Continued: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/News/tabid/178/nid/22971/ language/en-US/Default.aspx ----- CLINTON ENDORSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH TERRORISTS US secretary of state Hillary Clinton praised the Gilad Shalit deal, which her own nation never would have made. By A7 Hebrew Service - First Publish: 10/13/2011, 10:46 PM - Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to congratulate him on his deal with Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit. Clinton reportedly told Netanyahu the decision took "courage and leadership." For his part Netanyahu thanked Clinton for her well-wishes and said that it was a difficult decision for him, being a moment where leadership is tested. Observers say Clinton's sentiments are particularly surprising given the enduring and iron-clan policy of the United States against negotiating with terrorists, instead preferring to mount rescue operations where viable, or to leave captured citizens in captivity. Negotiating with terrorist groups is a violation of US law. Continued: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148746#.TpdnLXITDNo ----- NETANYAHU CAUGHT OFF GUARD Uploaded by 91177info on Jul 17, 2010 - 3:15 English Transcript Bibi: THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION WAS REMOVED IN FACT THE DOMAIN NAME WAS MADE INACTIVE. SORRY BUT ID ON'T WISH TO GET LIQUIDATED. I HAVE REMOVED THIS ARTICLE ON ADVICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. http://www.politicaltheatrics.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=GQTUNHwFA80 ----- PALESTINIANS WANT AN EVEN BIGGER STATE THAN THE 1967 BORDERS Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:46am by Sharona Schwartz - When the Palestinians presented their bid for statehood at the U.N. Friday, most news outlets suggested Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was aiming for a state based on 1967 borders covering only the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. A closer look at the actual letter he presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon applying for UN membership reveals the Palestinians are aiming for far more territory. As reprinted in the Telegraph, Abbas’s letter reads: "This application for membership is being submitted on the Palestinian people’s natural, legal and historic rights and based on United Nations General Assembly resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947 as well as the Declaration of Independence of the State of Palestine of 15 November 1988 and the acknowledgement by the General Assembly of this declaration in resolution 43/177 of 15 December 1988." Lots of dates are cited here. Let’s take a closer look. Abbas says his people’s “rights” are based on the 1947 UN Resolution. That year refers to the UN Partition Plan, the same plan all Arab states rejected and the Jews accepted for their homeland, after which those Arab neighbors declared war on Israel. These maps from GBTV reveal the land allotted to the Jewish State under the 1947 Partition Plan was in fact much smaller than that afforded under 1967 borders. Though President Obama has endorsed Palestinian demands - stated until now - that their future state be based on 1967 borders, Israel says borders should be based on the outcome of negotiations. If Abbas’s proposal is accepted by the U.N Security Council, gone from Israel is Jerusalem its capital and home to the sites most sacred to Jews and Christians. Also gone: Ben Gurion Airport just outside Tel Aviv, the country’s only major international airport. The blog Israel Matzav explains the significance: "It would mean no Jerusalem and no airport. Even more indefensible borders than the 1949 armistice lines. The ‘Palestinians’ ignore Security Council Resolution 242, which requires that Israel be left with ‘defensible borders’ and says nothing about a ‘Palestinian state.’ Continued: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/palestinians-want-an-even-bigger-state-than-the-1967-borders/ NEW KNESSET SESSION CRUCIAL FOR NETANYAHU'S FATE Oct 30, 2011 By Yossi Verter Over the last 20 years, the third winter session of each elected Knesset has become a place of no return for prime ministers. Yitzhak Rabin was the last to survive that session in office; he was murdered in November 1995. None of his successors, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his first term, made it beyond the third winter session. This week, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin told Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, that during the summer recess he expected the upcoming session to be the 18th Knesset's last. In the wake of Gilad Shalit's release, however, he thinks it will continue to serve until October 2012. When the Knesset went on vacation in early August, protest encampments had cropped up in every city. Hundreds of thousands were demanding social justice. A number of Likud ministers began to worry about their seats. Netanyahu, who will open the session on Monday with a political speech, has quite a number of advisers who believe in God, but none would have dared to predict a comeback like the one he is currently enjoying. Continued: http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/new-knesset-session-crucial- for-netanyahu-s-fate-1.392429 ----- BUILDING A PALESTINIAN-FREE KINGDOM While international leaders are drafting a Palestinian country, Yehuda Etzion is planning a Torah-centric state and the Third Temple. No, Palestinians and democracy are not part of this scheme. By Chaim Levinson Published 11:29 28.09.11 While the president of the Palestinian Authority speaks at the United Nations, reporting to government leaders and ambassadors about Palestinian preparedness for an independent state, Yehuda Etzion is working on his own plan for the region. Etzion, a resident of the settlement Ofra, has a draft master plan for Jerusalem, which he is preparing with a team of Ofra residents and an architectural firm. The plan centers around the Third Temple: where a ring road will pass, where pilgrims will park, where observation points will be located. The Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem will be demolished. They are not part of the plan. The plan, which is supposed to be published in a book this year, is part of Etzion's work to establish the Kingdom of Israel, which will put an end to all the talk of a Palestinian state. Etzion, 60, is among the founders of Ofra. In the 1980s he was an activist in the Jewish underground and planned to blow up the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, but he was arrested before the plot could be carried out. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, and ultimately served five. Since his release he has been fighting to enable Jews to pray on the Temple Mount and to rebuild the Temple. He makes a living by editing books. Continued: http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/building-a-palestinian-free-kingdom-1.387179 ----- BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAEL P.M., ACCUSES LEADER OF TURKEY OF 'OUTRAGEOUS COMMENTS' JERUSALEM - 9.26.2011 - The prime minister of Israel is accusing Turkey's leader of incitement for saying the Jewish state uses the Holocaust as an excuse to kill Palestinians. Relations between the once-close allies have deteriorated dramatically since Israeli commandos raided a ship of activists trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip last year, killing nine Turks on board. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a TV interview Sunday that Israel behaves "as if they are the victims all the time." He also questioned Israel's claims about the number of citizens killed by Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza. Israel's premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Monday that Erdogan's comments were "outrageous charges against Israel that have nothing to do with the facts." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/26/benjamin-netanyahu-turkey_n_982058.html ----- BIGGEST LOSERS IN PALESTINE VETO? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE by Philip Giraldi, September 22, 2011 - If the Palestinian application for United Nations full membership actually takes place Friday and the United States uses its Security Council veto to stop the process, it will be the final step in a predictable and preventable tragedy playing out. Some are arguing that Washington might actually abstain, thereby gaining considerable favorable sentiment from much of the world and also sending a signal to Israel that there are limits to the bilateral relationship. But it is far more likely that President Barack Obama, who has stated over and over that he will protect Israel in international forums, will not flinch when he calls on Susan Rice to cast the fatal vote. Any expectation that the president might hesitate either because it is the right thing to do or because it benefits the United States is fanciful, particularly with a presidential election looming in 2012. Washington’s attempts to “mediate” the situation have really been limited to pressuring the Palestinians to back off. Sending National Security Council official Dennis Ross, “Israel’s lawyer,” to Ramallah to talk around the Palestinian leadership should, if anything, indicate to the Palestinians that Washington is, as it always has been, firmly in the Israeli corner. So let us assume that Palestine will feel compelled to seek full U.N. membership as the world’s 194th nation and that Washington will then veto the application. The first question then has to be whether the entire process had any meaning at all or it was just kabuki, a stylized show played out to an appreciative audience with a predictable ending. The short answer is that the Palestinians will certainly be on the losing end — as they have been for more than 60 years — but the real losers will be the United States and Israel. The mainstream media has echoed Israeli and American arguments that Palestinian statehood is meaningless without a negotiated settlement of issues on the ground. But Israel has made it clear that it has no desire to negotiate anything while it continues to occupy the West Bank, so the Palestinian choice is to accept the status quo, in which it is powerless and voiceless, or attempt to line up the international community more solidly behind it and shift the playing field. Continued: http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2011/09/21/biggest-losers-in-palestine-veto-the-american-people/ ----- ABBAS AND STATEHOOD, SCHEME FOR STATUS QUO WITHOUT HAMAS Charles E. Carlson Sep 24, 2011 - If there is to be peace it is up to the United Nations to make good on what it did not do in 1947. It must create the State of Palestine in exactly the same way it acted to create the state of Israel. Jews who have since built settlements, homes, or businesses inside the Palestinian mandate should then become Palestinian citizens with full voting rights in the new state, and visa versa. Let those on both sides who want to move sell their property and do so. The United Nations clearly established these borders in 1947 with Resolution #181. Anything short of this is meaningless. The UN must be prepared to back up its act by sending in armed peacekeepers during transition to supervise a new general election in the new state. This plan for peace was outlined in Andrew J. Hurley's masterful 1990 classic, Holocaust II, Saving Israel From Suicide, which was republished by WHTT.org, with permission, as "One Nation Under Israel". UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 181 (1947) http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_181 OSLO ACCORD http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1991to_now_oslo_accords.php http://whtt.org/newwhtt/main.php?nid=100428ncateid=1 (gone) CHURCHES AGAINST ISRAEL Friday Church News Notes, September 23, 2011, www.wayoflife.org - The following is excerpted from FrontPageMag.com, July 7, 2011: “A few days ago UK researchers announced that 17 skeletons belonged to Jews were found at the bottom of a medieval well in Norwich, England. The Jews were murdered in a pogrom or had been forced to commit suicide rather than submit to demands for conversion to Christianity. The bodies date back to the 12th or 13th Centuries, at a time when Jewish people faced killings, banishment and persecution throughout all Europe. Those 17 Jews were killed because of ‘replacement theology,’ the most ancient Christian calumny arguing that because of their denial of the divinity of Christ, the Jews have forfeited God’s promises to them which have been transferred to the Church. Some 10 centuries later, global Christian forums are reviving this theological demonology against the heirs of those 17 Jews: the Jews of the State of Israel. The World Council of Churches, an ecumenical Christian body based in Geneva and boasting 590 million worshipers, just ended a four-day conference in the Greek city of Volos. Not a single word of criticism was uttered there against the Islamists who are persecuting Arabs who believe Jesus. Lutherans arrived to Volos from the United States, Catholics and Protestants from Bethlehem and Nazareth, Orthodox Christians from Greece and Russia, lecturers from Beirut and Copts from Egypt. The conference declared the Jewish State ‘a sin’ and ‘occupying power’ ... The conference denied 3,000 years of Jewish life in the land stretching between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, took sides against the very presence of Israel ... In the last few months we have seen a radical and dangerous increase of attacks on Israel by the Protestant and Catholic churches. ... The patriarch of the Antioch Church, the Catholic Melkite Gregory III Laham, proclaimed that there is a ‘Zionist conspiracy against Islam,’ reviving old conspiracy theories that led to infamous pogroms. ... The most influential international Catholic peace movement, Pax Christi, just promoted a boycott of Israel’s goods ‘in the name of love.’ ... Today, most of the divestment campaign against Israel is driven by Christian groups such as the Dutch Interchurch Organization and the Irish Catholic group Troicaré, both funded by the EU. The United Church of Canada, a very popular and mainstream Christian denomination, just voted to boycott six companies (Caterpillar, Motorola, Ahava, Veolia, Elbit Systems and Chapters/Indigo) and South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu convinced the University of Johannesburg to severe all its links with Israeli fellows. Last year the Methodist Church of Britain voted to boycott Israeli-produced goods and services from Judea and Samaria. ... At a Rome synod, Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, a cleric chosen by Joseph Ratzinger [now Pope Benedict] to draft the synod’s 44 final propositions, denied the Jewish people’s biblical right to the Promised Land.” http://www.wayoflife.org ----- ISRAEL: NINE FRONTS IN THE NEXT WAR Posted by David Meir-Levi Bio on Sep 7th, 2011 - The current unrest pursuant to the “Arab Spring” is a mixed blessing for Iran. On one hand, if young Bashir were to fall, Iran will lose its most important ally in the western part of the Arab world. A break with Syria would be a serious defeat for Iran, since it would no longer be able to supply Hezbollah directly, nor would it have direct contact and supervision over its proxy terror armies in Lebanon, the Sinai, and the Gaza Strip. It would also be very bad news for Hezbollah, whose terrorist leaders rely heavily on Iranian supplies, funds, and armaments, all channeled into Lebanon via Syria. Hamas too would suffer from a break in its link with its Iranian godfather. But on the other hand, Iran is exploiting the great opportunity created by the chaos and upheaval of the “Arab Spring”. Iran does not want to see its foothold in the west undermined by this upheaval, so it has helped Bashir in his use of extreme force; and it has also begun to manipulate the “Arab Spring” violence and unrest to its advantage. Continued: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/07/nine-fronts-in-the-next-war/ 'IRAN FM ARAB SPRING HERALDS EMERGENCE OF MUSLIM M.E. By JPOST.COM STAFF - 09/18/2011 15:47 - Salehi says that uprisings are "natural reaction" of Muslims when faced with oppression; slams "illegitimate interests" of Western states. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Salehi on Sunday told a conference in Tehran that the Arab Spring is heralding the emergence of an Islamic Middle East, PressTV reported. Speaking at a conference on "Islamic Awakening," the Iranian foreign minister attributed the developments in the Arab world to "the unhealthy and oppressive relations between certain governments and their nations" in recent decades. http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=238423 ----- U.S. IS QUIETLY GETTING READY FOR SYRIA WITHOUT ASSAD By HELENE COOPER - Published: September 19, 2011 - WASHINGTON — Increasingly convinced that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria will not be able to remain in power, the Obama administration has begun to make plans for American policy in the region after he exits. In coordination with Turkey, the United States has been exploring how to deal with the possibility of a civil war among Syria’s Alawite, Druse, Christian and Sunni sects, a conflict that could quickly ignite other tensions in an already volatile region. While other countries have withdrawn their ambassadors from Damascus, Obama administration officials say they are leaving in place the American ambassador, Robert S. Ford, despite the risks, so he can maintain contact with opposition leaders and the leaders of the country’s myriad sects and religious groups. Officials at the State Department have also been pressing Syria’s opposition leaders to unite as they work to bring down the Assad government, and to build a new government. Continued: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/world/middleeast/us-is-quietly-getting-ready-for-a-syria-without-an-assad.html?_r=2 ----- MK ELDAD IRAN USING ARAB SPRING TO MAKE NUCLEAR BOMB By JPOST.COM STAFF 09/15/2011 10:43 - National Union MK tells USC journalism school people who believe in Arab Spring are fools, protests will only bring radical Islam to power. National Union MK Arye Eldad said that Iran is using the Arab Spring to distract Western attention from its nuclear program, and that "The people who believe in the Arab Spring are fools who are addicted to the wishful thinking that these changes will lead the democratization of the Middle East." Speaking with Benjamin Gottlieb of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Eldad said that the "only thing that may stop Iran is a military attack and we have to hope that we have a different US president with a different policy before Iran has the bomb." Continued: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=238036 ----- IRAELI-EGYPTIAN PEACE: THE BEGINNING OF THE END Posted by P. David Hornik Bio on Sep 12th, 2011 - From Friday evening to early Saturday morning the equivalent of a high-jinks, nail-biting rescue movie occurred at the Israeli embassy in Cairo. As far as the endangered individuals were concerned, it even had a happy ending. Nothing else about it inspires much cheer, though. It started (timeline here) at about 5 p.m. on Friday when about five thousand Egyptian protesters who had been at legendary Tahrir Square - from which not long ago Thomas Friedman was extolling the “democracy youth” and saying “Israel was not part of this story at all” - made their way to the nearby Israeli embassy “armed with clubs, hammers, axes and explosives.” The “youth” started cursing Israel and demanding that its ambassador and other diplomatic staff be expelled. Continued: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/12/israeli-egyptian-peace-the-beginning-of-the-end/ ----- ISRAEL AND THE UPCOMING NUCLEAR WAR By Gordon Duff - Posted on September 12, 2011 by Umar Qutb - The total destruction of Israel, something used by the Zionist lobby to bilk the US out of billions for years, is no longer a dream, it is inevitable. The only question is “when?” With it a limited world war may emerge with some surprises in store. It all started long ago but we can focus back one year when Israel murdered 9 Turkish citizens in an act of piracy, peace activists on an aid ship heading for Gaza. Aid ships heading for Gaza now get a military escort from the Turkish Navy and Turkey’s president is heading for Gaza and Egypt now, to slap Israel down. A year ago, Israel and Turkey were best of friends. Their spy agencies in the US shared nuclear secrets, sold them to China, North Korea, Pakistan, Brazil, worked as partners blackmailing half of Washington’s army of corrupt officials and traitorous military officers. Patriotism in Washington is rare nowadays, considered stupid. Washington is all about “globalism” and “no borders,” about corporations, not “America.” To most in Washington, America is a joke, a bankrupt “has been” nation drowning in debt with a military now useless, spread across the globe running errands for a cabal of international bankers. Until a week ago, the Turkish Army believed it had control of Turkey, despite the elected government. Israel believed the same. They were wrong. A year ago, Israel believed Turkey would always be controlled because of their desire to join the European Union. Now that dream is considered hopeless. Who would want to join anyway, the EU is broke, falling apart and toothless. Turkey, instead, is an economic powerhouse, outdistancing all but Germany in technology, productivity and science. Turkey also has a huge army, a mobile army and a military tradition of relentlessness and, to be truthful, cruelty. Israel has been pointing that out of late, how Turkey wiped out the Armenians, much as Israel is wiping out the Palestinians. Problem is, Turkey’s army is big, highly disciplined, capable of supporting military operations across the entire Middle East, allied with Iraq, Iran and Egypt and considers Israel’s killings of Turkish citizens last year as an act of war. This leaves only America or Israel’s nuclear weapons to protect them. Continued: http://umarqutb.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/israel-and-the-upcoming-nuclear-war-by-gordon-duff ---- THE PALESTINE MYTH VS: THE COLD HARD FACTS In the history of the earth, there has never been a country of Palestine! For 3000 years the land between the Mediterranean Sea and Persia was conquered and rebuilt many times. In the order of conquest: · Israel/King David around 1000 BC · Babylonians · Alexander the Great · Romans · Muslims · Crusaders · Muslims · Ottomans · British/French in WWl In 1917 Britain and France defeated the Ottomans in WWl and did what all victors do - they divided up the spoils of war. The British gave the Jews the right to return to their long sought homeland. The new Jewish area, called "Palestine" by the British, consisted of the land of Israel AND Jordan. As you can see in the map below (click on the link), area on both sides of the Jordan River/Dead Sea was given to Israel for her homeland. Continued: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs011/1103404634488/archive/1107600236030.html ----- HEZBOLLAH ANNOUNCES NEXT TARGETS On Friday, October 21, 2011, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said to the Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper that the next war with Israel will start in Tel Aviv and that Hezbollah has “many surprises” that will change the face of the region in a future war. Next time there would be no red lines, he added. What is he talking about? Readers of this website have already found similar claims made by me in the past, but coming from Hezbollah they have interesting implications. It means Hezbollah has fully regained its operational capabilities following the 2006 War and later clashes with the IDF. It means also that Hezbollah’s assessment of the situation implies a further deterioration in the near future. In the article Out of the north an evil shall break… I commented on the strains caused by the finding of massive amounts of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Israel took control of four major gas fields, some of them on Lebanese waters. Turkey and Lebanon have already expressed discontent and this may well trigger a future military event in the area. A war may begin also as an escalation of minor events, as the 2006 war did. The map above shows (click on the link) the settlements hit by the Hezbollah in 2006; it practical hit the entire north of Israel, having clear capabilities of dissecting Israel near Hadera (another Jewish settlement with an Arabic name – “Green”). Many strategic targets are within this area, including military depots, NATO depots, chemical industry plants, military industry installations including RAFAEL, strategic military bases, Israel’s main port and many other goodies. Destroying a few major junctions in this area (mainly Golani and those giving access to Haifa) is enough to stop almost completely Israel’s response capabilities. In 2006, Hezbollah positioned itself as a significant opponent to Israel. Regardless how, few doubt a war will erupt soon if there is no further and significant advance in the peace process. Continued: http://www.roytov.com/articles/hezbollah.htm ----- IS TURKEY GOING ROGUE? by Daniel Pipes - National Review Online - September 27, 2011 - "...Looming economic collapse: Turkey faces a credit crunch, one largely ignored in light of crises in Greece and elsewhere. As analyst David Goldman points out, Erdog (an and the AKP took the country on a financial binge: bank credit ballooned while the current account deficit soared, reaching unsustainable levels. The party's patronage machine borrowed massive amounts of short-term debt to finance a consumption bubble that effectively bought it the June 2011 elections. Goldman calls Erdog a "Third World strongman" and compares Turkey today with Mexico in 1994 or Argentina in 2000, "where a brief boom financed by short-term foreign capital flows led to currency devaluation and a deep economic slump." Sending the Mavi Marmara to Gaza amounted to an intentional provocation. Escalating Kurdish problems: Some 15-20 percent of Turkey's citizens identify as Kurds, a distinct historical people; although many Kurds are integrated, a separatist revolt against Ankara that began in 1984 has recently reached a new crescendo with a more assertive political leadership and more aggressive guerrilla attacks. Looking for a fight with Israel: In the tradition of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saddam Hussein, the Turkish prime minister deploys anti-Zionist rhetoric to make himself an Arab political star. One shudders to think where, thrilled by this adulation, he may end up. After Ankara backed a protest ship to Gaza in May 2010, the Mavi Marmara, whose aggression led Israeli forces to kill eight Turkish citizens plus an ethnic Turk, it has relentlessly exploited this incident to stoke domestic fury against the Jewish state. Erdog(an has called the deaths a casus belli, speaks of a war with Israel "if necessary," and plans to send another ship to Gaza, this time with a Turkish military escort..." Continued: http://www.danielpipes.org/10169/turkey-rogue ----- RICK PERRY DANCING WITH RABBIS Posted on September 26, 2011 by Conservative Byte Texas Gov. Rick Perry is working fervently to secure the Republican nomination. Naturally, one of the issues that has come up repeatedly on the campaign trail is turmoil in the Middle East and the United States’ relationship with Israel. Politico’s Maggie Haberman writes: Rick Perry has engulfed himself in Mideast politics with a hardline stand support Israel in his presidential campaign, a move that his backers and campaign have said comes from the heart, and predates the campaign. Here’s footage of the entire event (dancing is also included here around 4:55): Continued: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-14/world/mexico. violence_1_zetas-cartel-social-media-users-nuevo-laredo?_s=PM:WORLD ----- NOTHING CONCRETE EXPECTED WHEN QUARTET AMBASSADORS MEET Ambassadors from the Middle East Quartet (United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia) are scheduled to meet, Sunday, in Brussels. The Associated Press quoted EU spokesman Michael Mann saying, on Friday, "The purpose is to review progress and keep up the momentum, with the overall objective of encouraging the parties to return to negotiations." The AP cited an un-named diplomat as saying, "We don't expect anything concrete to come out of (Sunday's) meeting." Israel said last week that it accepts the Quartet's invitation to resume talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA). The PA says it won't resume talks unless Israel stops construction and enters talks based on borders in effect before the start of the Six-Day War in 1967. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/221816 ----- ISRAELI MILITARY TO EQUIP JEWISH SETTLERS WITH GAS AND GRENADES Army training for West Bank civilians as Palestinians push for UN recognition By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem - Wednesday, 31 August 2011 - Palestinian farmers have repeatedly clashed with Israeli settlers in the long-running land dispute. Now Israel is preparing for possible clashes on the West Bank The Israeli military is to train Jewish settlers in the West Bank and plans to equip them with tear gas and stun grenades to confront Palestinian demonstrators when their leaders press for UN recognition next month. The enlistment of settlers, which has already opened with a training session for their local security officers, is part of the military's comprehensive "Operation Summer Seeds" for dealing with possible violence as the UN considers whether or not to recognise a Palestinian state. According to a document leaked to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the defence establishment's working assumption – challenged by the moderate Palestinian leadership in Ramallah – is that the UN move will trigger "mass disorder". This includes, Israel contends, "marches toward main junctions, Israeli communities, and education centers; efforts at damaging symbols of [Israeli] government". Continued:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israeli- military-to-equip-jewish-settlers-with-gas-and-grenades-2346560.html ----- ISRAEL SENDS 2 WARSHIPS TO EGYPTIAN BORDER - EGYPTIAN BORDER MILITARY SOURCES TELL Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - AP Israeli Navy dispatched two additional warships to maritime border with Egypt following intelligence indicating viable terror threat. Ynet News - The Israeli military said Monday that it has sent two additional warships to the Red Sea border with Egypt following warnings that militants are planning another attack on southern Israel from Egyptian soil. Monday saw IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Benny Gantz order the deployment across the entire southern sector, and especially in the area near the Israel-Egypt border, increased, following intelligence indicating a viable terror threat in the area. The southern sector, and especially the area adjacent to the border, has been virtually flooded with military forces, deployed in a manner defined by one security source as "unprecedented." No changes in security alignments were observed on the Egyptian side of the border. The IDF has also deployed advanced technology in the area in order to thwart terror attacks. Military intelligence suggests that a terror cell has left the Gaza Strip and intends to infiltrate Israel through Sinai. Continued: http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/report-israel-sends-2-warships-to.html ----- SECURITY COUNCIL REFERS PALESTINIAN APPLICATION TO UN MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39863&Cr=Palestin&Cr1= ----- JORDAN'S KING, AT UN, CALLS FOR MAJOR PUSH TOWARDS PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST 21 September 2011 – Voicing support for Palestine’s efforts to seek full United Nations membership, King Abdullah II of Jordan today called for a vigorous international push with concrete steps to end the Middle East crisis based on the two-State solution of Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace. “Not words, not process, but a decisive end to conflict and a new beginning in peace, the peace that comes from real statehood and recognized rights for Palestinians, allowing people to look forward in dignity and hope, a peace that brings real security for Israelis, outing aside their fortress mentality and achieving acceptance in their neighbourhood and the world,” he stressed in a speech to the General Assembly on the opening day of its annual general debate. Continued: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39674&Cr=palestin&Cr1= ----- SECURITY COUNCIL SC/10396 Department of Public Information - New York September 27, 2011 Security Council 6623rd Meeting (AM) Palestinians, Israelis Remain Far Apart, Top Official Tells Security Council. While Noting Existence of ‘Building Blocks’ for More Effective Talks. ‘Give Diplomacy a Chance,’ He Urges, as Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hails ‘Winds of Change’ Heralding ‘Palestinian Spring’ Palestinian and Israeli positions remained far apart after a week of “intensive diplomacy”, but the existence of some “building blocks” - a clear timetable, expectations that the parties must put forward proposals and an active role by the Quartet - could make negotiations more effective, the senior United Nations political official told the Security Council today. “It will not be easy to chart a way forward, but now is the time for everyone to give diplomacy a chance,” said B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, as he delivered his monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Continued: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sc10396.doc.htm ----- TIME TO CANCEL THE OSLO ACCORDS by Maayana Miskin - The time has come for Israel to cancel the Oslo Accords, Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau told Arutz Sheva. The "absurd" accords should be canceled both because of the Palestinian Authority's plan to seek unilateral statehood, and because they are harmful (to Israel). "No less importantly, they paved the way to give legitimacy to the existence of a Palestinian people and to the argument that they deserve a state in Judea and Samaria, the cradle of our society. These accords turned the leader of a terrorist gang, Yasser Arafat, into a supposed cultured leader worthy of joining the society of nations," he continued. ...If the PA does go to UN, it will win majority support, even if leading democracies are against its plans, Landau said. The PA must realize that if it does go to the UN, "the price they will pay will be very high," he said. Despite the PA's public talk of non-violent protests, Israel must prepare for violence, Landau warned. "We look at our neighbors and we see what 'non-violent protests' look like in the Middle East. We will need to defend ourselves". "Anyone who does not appreciate the danger is naive. For them, the distance between going out to protest and pulling a trigger is very short," he added. http://www.shamrak.com/articles.php ----- EULOGY FOR THE OSLO ACCORDS by Steven Shamrak - On September 28th the world was supposed to celebrate, but conveniently forgot the anniversary of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, widely known as the Oslo Accords. Three political stooges Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Perez received the Nobel Peace prize for signing this worthless piece of paper, which was based on fake promises made by Yasser Arafat in a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel, Rabin on 9 September, 1993. In this letter Yasser Arafat promised: “The PLO considers that the signing of the Declaration of Principles constitutes an historic event, inaugurating a new epoch of peaceful coexistence, free from violence and all other acts which endanger peace and stability. Accordingly, the PLO renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence and will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators.” It was particularly not convenient to celebrate the dead accord when Mahmoud Abbas came to the UN and put the final nail in its coffin, unilaterally abandoning the principles of negotiation and undermined stability of the peace process. Continued: http://www.shamrak.com/articles.php ----- :AMERICA MUST STAND WITH ISRAEL Oct 11, 2011 5:28 PM Dr. Mike Evans wrote yesterday: The Quartet for Middle East Peace (made up of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations) met in Brussels on Sunday, attempting again to get the Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct negotiations. Israel is being forced to listen to their demands by a combination of threats and pressure that come close to outright blackmail. Meanwhile the Palestinians continue to refuse to even begin talks unless Israel gives in to their demands in advance. The nation of Israel is almost completely alone and isolated on the world stage today. Even countries like the United States that for so long were loyal to Israel have turned against her. Hillary Clinton even intervened in a Supreme Court case last week to try to prevent Jerusalem from being considered part of Israel by the US State Department! America must stand with Israel and against those who attempt to blackmail and intimidate Israel into making concessions to Palestinian murderers who refuse to negotiate, unless Israel concedes to their every whim and demand in advance of talks! This is NOT rational efforts that promote peace! [Email Ron White] ----- ISRAEL, HAMAS BOTH BENEFIT FROM PRISONER SWAP October 12, 2011 Palestinians and some Israelis are celebrating an agreement to free more than 1,000 Palestinians and a young Israeli soldier in the coming days. The deal comes after five years of hard negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Sealing the deal was in the interests of the various parties. The announcement of the prisoner exchange deal Tuesday night brought celebrations in Israel and the Gaza Strip, which Hamas controls. Negotiations for the exchange had stalled repeatedly and as a result, the announcement came as a surprise to many. The head of Israel's Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Boaz Ganor, says the agreement was finally reached, because it serves the current interests of Israel and Hamas as well as Egypt, which brokered the deal. "This exchange was signed as an outcome of a unique window of opportunity in which the interests of all the relevant actors have more benefit in concluding this crisis than sustaining it," said Ganor. He says the accord helps Hamas' goals of gaining international legitimacy. Hamas, which took control of Gaza four years ago, has been isolated diplomatically because it refuses to recognize Israel and backs an armed struggle against it. Continued: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Israel-Hamas-Both-Benefit-from-Prisoner-Swap-131605328.html ----- REPORT: UN VOTE ON PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD MIGHT BE DELAYED FOR WEEKS Published 19:31 20.09.11 Latest update 19:31 20.09.11 -Sources say a 'silent agreement' exists among Western powers to act to postpone the Security Council vote. By Shlomo Shamir - The upcoming United Nations votes on a Palestinian state are expected to be postponed to an unspecified date, sources in New York said Tuesday. Postponements are expected for both the UN General Assembly vote on the declaration of an independent Palestinian state, as well as the UN Security Council vote on full Palestinian membership, the sources said. While media sources are preoccupied with whether the United States will succeed in its attempts to secure a majority of opposing votes to decline the Palestinians' bid for statehood, sources say a "silent agreement" exists between Western powers to act to postpone the vote at the security Council. Continued: http://www.haaretz.com/news/ diplomacy-defense/report-un-vote-on-palestinian-statehood-might-be-delayed-for-weeks-1.385632 ---- INTO THE VALLEY Today, September 13, 2011, will be a momentous day. Today, representatives of 193 countries are coming together on the east side of Manhattan for the opening of the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Of the 168 items on their agenda, one towers above the rest, guaranteed to dominate the 15-day event: Item #36 – “The question of Palestine.” When that number comes up on September 20, the nations of this world will secure their places in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For during the course of their deliberations, they will be called upon to vote for, or against, recognizing a Palestinian state. Recognizing a Palestinian state means voting for the creation of an Arab state in the biblical heartland of the Land of Israel. It means voting for the “permanent” division of God’s land. “For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.   Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’” Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD. “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.” Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness. The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3: 1-2, 9-16) “Who will endorse Palestine?” This question headlined an article on the Israeli Ynetnews website two weeks ago. According to the report, officials in Jerusalem believe the “Palestinians” will secure an automatic majority due to the guaranteed support of the 116 “non-aligned” states,” which tend to vote as a bloc and promote joint interests. Just 12 more “yes” votes will secure a two-thirds majority. And on September 12, Russia announced its determination to support whatever the Palestinian Arabs want. http://www.stangoodenough.com/?p=547 --- TITLE DEED TO THE LAND: Genesis 12:1-3, 6-8; 13:14-17; 15:7, 17-20; 17:7-8; 24:7; 26:2-4; 28:12-15; 35:10-12; 39:9-15. Exodus 6:2-4; 6-8; 32:13; 33:1-2. Leviticus 20:23-24; Numbers 33:50-54; 34:1-2; Deuteronomy 1:6-8; 11:11-12; Joshua 21:43-45; 1 Chronicles 16:14-19; 2 Samuel 7:10; Isaiah 14:1; Jeremiah 23:8; Ezekiel 28:25-26; 34:13-14; 36:24; 37:14, 21; Amos 9:14-15. -------OurNetwork------- Cephas Ministries Subscribe to Free Newsletters Bible Online KJV mp3s downloadable News Index Cephas Library DVDs/Audios Cephas Live Media Cephas Central My Blogs Subscribe Adelink (all subjects) A2Z Book Depot Upcoming Events LDS Apologetics JW Apologetics Catholic Apologetics Freemasonry Leaven Scripture Studies Save Our Children Cephas Newsletter Link Community Israel Adelink [Add-a-link all subjects] Rock To Salt Ministry Rapture Watch Ezekiel 38 Apostasy Nicholas Scrolls The Book Peace in Jerusalem To Dare The Future Dare The Future Savvy Info Net [about jobs] Our GoodWill Store Come to the Mall