Monday, March 07, 2011

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ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded

DEUTERONOMY 7:7-8
7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people;(ISRAEL) for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the LORD loved you,(ISRAEL) and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

ZECHARIAH 2:8
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

JEREMIAH 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:(ISRAEL) and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,(ISRAEL) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect (ISRAEL) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

ISAIAH 56:5
5 Even unto them (ISRAELIS) will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,(ISRAEL) that shall not be cut off.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.

12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE

EZEKIEL 47:13-23,48:1-35
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO SARA ON THE TAMAR YONAH SHOW FROM FEB 27,11
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2938

Hour 1:Interview With A Hill-Top Youth & More
What is it like to be considered by some, an outlaw, because you love the Land of Israel and want to protect it for those living there? Sarah, a Hill-Top Youth, tells us about living on a mountain top in a make-shift wooden shack, sleeping through the cold wet nights, with no electricity and no running water. Also, is it much better in Hebron, where Arabs and Left-Wing organizations sometimes come to stir up trouble?

MY RESPONSE TO THE SHOW.I WROTE SARA A BRIEF ENCOURAGEMENT.ALL CHRISTIANS SHOULD ENCOURAGE SARA AND THE HILL TOP YOUTH.WRITE SARA SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS.
sara.israelit@gmail.com

hello, stan l
thankyou for your letter, it really lifts us up knowing that people are with us and love the land of israel, after all we aren't only doing it for our selfs but for the sake of god and the whole nation. believing according to the sages that this will bring the masaich and the redimtion of the nation.

i am addind some more information about us and pictures.

we will be dilighted if you come to vist us the next time you are in the country.
please send this on to others.may we all see very soon the redemption of the nation and the mesaich.(MESSIAH)also please tell others that they are more then welcome to come and vist any of the hil tops- these hill tops have many of the greatest people and youth of israel.

we wish you the the best
sincerly,sara

Ramat Migron Range
A view of the Settlement.

Ramat Migron is a range of mountains north of Jerusalem in Binyamin.
The Ma’achaz (young settlement) was established on the 5th of Iyar תש"' on Israel’s 60th Independence Day by the organization: Youth for Eretz Yisrael.
This was a reaction to the pattern of destruction which began during that period and included the unprotested destruction of many young settlements.

Thank G-d, since that Day of Independence, there has been continuous presence in Ramat Migron. A Garin (core group) made up of boys and one of girls have never abandoned the place. Summer or winter, rain, mud, and winds did not hold them back. From time to time certain families lived there.This is a result of the understanding that everywhere that one sees destruction, expansion must be sown. This attitude is expressed by the establishment of a Ma’achaz near a settlement which has been designated for destruction. This, in addition to the fact, that after each destruction (6 so far in Ramat Migron), new and bigger homes have been built immediately.as of today approximately 10 young adults live in ramat Migron and a larger group of teenagers and adults who visit casually and help when needed.
fortunly we had a demolishment of our hill top a week and a half ago.thank god with a lot of jelp from good people we were able to rebuild most of the housesand with god's help we will countinue the important work.

so far there are two buildings for living and hopefully we will rebuild soon the kitchen. the glad family house was ruined in the demolisment, their house was made of concrete and covered by local stones. the Slonim family will start building their house with god's help following there wedding and will hopefully move in soon after.thank god we have an improvement using solar powered lighting and water flowing through focets connected to a large water tank filled once every two weeks.
in honor of ט"בשבט we started some agriculture work-we plowed a doonom- דונם using a donkey and a plow and planted: chickbeens, garlic, lentils and fababeens. there is a plan to start a vine yard a purchase 30 fruit trees.Truly, the aim of Ramat Migron is not only to establish this particular Mountain range but to create a real revolution among the people, to encourage the spirit of settlement, expansion and going beyond the limits. The residents believe that in order for the Geula (redemption) to come, change must take place among the nation who must leave the constricting thinking pattern of the exile.Once there will be a change from destruction to rebuilding, the road will be made clear for the coming of the Mashiach.

With the blessing:
May the small one become a thousand and the young a great nation with god's help we will continue to build and succed!! all the best, Ramat Migron

סרטון על רמת מגרון:a movie about ramat migron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfcLAEbp45c

תמונות מתקופותיה השונות של רמת מגרון ניתן למצוא בקישור:
pictures of ramat migron
http://picasaweb.google.com/ramat.migron

2011/3/1 Stan L
Way to go Sara and all the rest of you Gals for helping to Keep Gods promise that ISRAELIS will live in the land.And that JERUSALEM will soon be the WORLD CAPITAL.God will keep his promises SARA and you gals keep up the great work.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

WORLD BRAINWASHED INTO BACKING PALESTINIANS

Israeli PM: World conditioned to back Palestinians
MAR 6,11 11:15AM


JERUSALEM – Israel's leader has accused the international community of automatically siding with the Palestinians.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Palestinians are refusing to make peace overtures, instead preferring to take advantage of the international community's Pavlovian reflex in their favor.Peace talks broke down in September. The Palestinians blame Israel for the stalemate, saying continued Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and east Jerusalem is preventing the resumption of talks.Netanyahu reportedly is considering making an unspecified interim offer, but the Palestinians have rejected provisional arrangements and want nothing short of an accord for a permanent Palestinian state.

Chile president: Palestinian state good for Israel
MAR 6,11


JERUSALEM (AFP) – Chile's president on Sunday sought to mollify Israel over his country's recognition of Palestinian statehood, saying that the move was ultimately for the good of the Jewish state.Speaking to journalists after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Jerusalem office, Sebastian Pinera echoed a phrase often used by his host, saying that any lasting peace must be based on security.Chile has just recognised the Palestinian state because we have always thought that Israel has the right to live within secure borders, internationally-recognised borders, in peace, he said in English.We also think that the Palestinian people have the right to their own state, a free state, a democratic state, he added.

On January 7, Santiago announced it was formally recognising Palestinian statehood, following the footsteps of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador.Israel opposes the policy, saying a Palestinian state should only be established through bilateral negotiations.Unlike its neighbours, Chile did not specifically refer to a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders -- those which existed before Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem during the Six-Day War of that year.Pinera on Sunday said recognition was fully compatible with a negotiated peace.

That's why when we recognised the Palestinian state we made it very clear that the best way to reach a strong, secure, durable peace is by direct talks between the two countries, he said.If they reach an agreement, then peace will be built on rock, not on sand.Pinera met on Saturday in Ramallah with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas, who reiterated his dismissal of any interim accord with Israel for a Palestinian state with provisional borders.This project was already submitted to us and, if it is presented again, we will reject it again, Abbas said at a news conference with Pinera following their talks.Sources close to Netanyahu have said he plans to deliver a key speech in Washington announcing a new diplomatic gambit towards the Palestinians, which would stipulate a long-term interim agreement, rather than negotiations on a final settlement, Israeli media reported.International pressure is mounting for movement in the moribund peace process, which collapsed late last year over a dispute about Jewish settlements.The failure of the peace talks prompted a Palestinian diplomatic initiative to win widespread international recognition for their state, with the aim of securing UN recognition in September.

Mideast tourism sector hit by uprisings
by Jocelyne Zablit - MAR 6,11


BEIRUT (AFP) – Tourism professionals in the Middle East are bracing for fallout from the revolts shaking the region, with cancellations affecting even countries so far spared from the upheavals, notably Jordan and Syria.Tourists are being influenced by the media coverage and are putting the whole Middle East in one bag, not differentiating between one country and another, Touhama Naboulsi, an official with Jordan's Tourism Board, told AFP.Some tourists have cancelled trips to all Arab countries and of course this includes Jordan, he added.Several sources in the hotel sector said cancellations have reached a worrying 50 percent, while one tour operator said that for every 3,000 tourists originally booked to travel to Jordan in the coming months 1,200 are cancelling.Tourism revenue in Jordan was estimated at one billion dollars (700 million euros) in 2010, representing 14 percent of the gross domestic product.The country's biggest tourist attraction is the ancient city of Petra, and visitors to Jordan often opt for a package tour that also includes Egypt, itself hit by a sharp drop in tourism following the uprising in February that toppled long-time president Hosni Mubarak.The popular revolt in Egypt followed a similar uprising in Tunisia that led to the downfall of strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. Libya, meanwhile, lying between the two, is in the throes of a rebellion while Yemen, Bahrain and Oman on the Gulf have also experienced unrest.

In France, an official with one of the country's top tourism operators, Voyageurs du Monde, described Jordan as a catastrophe with cancellations nearing 50 percent.People are in fact more worried about what may happen in other countries than those that have already had a revolution, said company chairman Jean-Francois Rial. They're wondering whether Jordan's King Abdullah is going to be toppled, whether the king of Morocco might have trouble and the same even for China's leader.
Syria is also nervously watching developments and has lowered its forecast of tourist arrivals.We don't expect more than an 11 to 12 percent increase in the number of tourists because of the situation, Tourism Minister Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa recently said, adding that annual growth since 2000 had stood at 15 percent.

Ghassan Chahine, owner of Naya Tours in Damascus, said his agency had received 35 to 40 percent cancellations for the peak season that runs from March through May and concerns mainly European tourists.People tend to think that the revolts taking place extend to the entire region even though we are telling them that nothing is happening in Syria, Chahine told AFP.Not so long ago, we were begging hotels that were fully booked to find us rooms and now they are calling us looking for customers, Chahine said, adding that the downturn will translate into hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.But despite all the gloom and doom, tourism professionals point to the industry's capacity to rebound quickly.People's perceptions change very quickly, said Sean Tipton, of the Association of British Tour Operators.He said Egypt is by far the biggest market in the region for British tourists with one million visiting the country every year.As soon as we saw the scenes (of unrest) in Cairo and other cities it had a very direct impact, Tipton said. My experience in the travel industry is that the British tourists tend to be fairly resilient and have fairly short memories,he added. So it doesn't take long for a country to bounce back in the reservations.

Official: GCC weighing stability fund
By TAREK EL-TABLAWY, AP Business Writer - MAR 6,11


CAIRO – Gulf Arab officials are considering setting up a fund that would help Bahrain and Oman deal with some of the economic issues that have helped stoke unrest in those two nations, an official with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council said Sunday.GCC finance ministers had met a day earlier in the Saudi Arabian capital and expectations were that they would announce what officials, ahead of that gathering, had described as a Gulf Marshall Plan to help Manama and Muscat. The plan called for a hefty financial contribution by the four wealthier GCC member states that would target key economic issues such as a housing shortage and unemployment.The financial boost is seen as pivotal for Bahrain and Oman, whose concurrent protests have brought the unrest that has thrown the Arab world into unprecedented turmoil right to Saudi Arabia's doorstep. It also threatens to test the durability of the region's monarchies, with nascent calls for demonstrations focusing largely on greater accountability by the rulers and a more direct political participation in government by the people.The political commitment is there for such a plan, said John Sfakianakis, chief economist with the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Banque Saudi-Fransi.

Bahrain's protests are more rooted in sectarian strife, with the Shiite-majority demanding greater rights from the Sunni-minority monarchy. Oman, meanwhile, is seeing building pressures against the country's sultan, who has tried to stave off the unrest with a Cabinet reshuffle and some financial measures. But neither country has the wealth of the other oil-rich GCC nations: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.Momentum is building in the region for demonstrations. Calls for protests in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia this week have surfaced, and Riyadh issued a statement outlawing all forms of demonstrations as contrary to Islamic laws and Saudi values. It warned that security forces were authorized to take action against violators.Unrest in Saudi Arabia is particularly worrisome for many. The kingdom sits atop the world's largest proven reserves of conventional crude oil — much of it in the eastern provinces where the country's minority Shiite population lives. The violence in Libya has already rattled oil markets and even the perception that oil supplies from Saudi Arabia could be disrupted would be enough to send shock waves through global oil markets.GCC foreign ministers are slated to meet in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi on Monday, with the GCC's secretary general quoted in Gulf newspapers as saying that the meeting takes on particular importance given the unrest in the region.It appears unlikely that the ministers will make any formal announcement about providing funds for Bahrain and Oman during that gathering, and many experts expect that the steps could take place behind the scenes, without the official framework of a fund or a specific plan.Analysts said the general hope in the region is that propping up Bahrain and Oman will help the two nations address some of the economic catalysts behind the disquiet and that, in turn, could buy other GCC nations with more time to gradually phase in at least some of the political reforms that are being demanded.The money will be allocated, said Sfakianakis.It's a matter of how they will do it and what will the mechanisms be.

UK's Huhne says unrest shows need to wean off oil
– Sun Mar 6, 5:10 am ET


LONDON (AFP) – The unrest in the Arab world makes it all the more urgent to wean Britain off oil and onto greener sources of power, its energy minister said Sunday.
Britain has no other option but to speed up efforts to move away from oil towards other energy sources, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne told The Observer newspaper, as prices at the petrol pumps soar.Britain will launch a new national Carbon Plan this week aimed at getting government departments to shake up their operations and make their projects less dependent on fossil fuels.Getting off the oil hook is made all the more urgent by the crisis in the Middle East, Huhne said.We cannot afford to go on relying on such a volatile source of energy when we can have clean, green and secure energy from low-carbon sources.The Carbon Plan is about ensuring that the whole of government is engaged in a joined-up effort to lead us into a low-carbon world.The Carbon Plan will be launched this week by Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Huhne.Non-governmental organisations will be asked to play a monitoring role to ensure progress across departments, The Observer said.It is being published in draft form ahead of a final version before 2012. It will be updated annually, with progress being published quarterly on the Downing Street website, the weekly said.Public anger is mounting at the cost of petrol in Britain -- most of which goes to the Treasury.Finance minister George Osborne hinted Saturday that in his budget later this month, he might drop the one penny above inflation tax rise in a bid to ease the pressure on motorists.Alan Duncan, Britain's junior international development minister and a former oil trader, warned Saturday that the price of a barrel of crude could top $200 (140 euros) if the unrest worsens.

Israeli warplanes raid Gaza City: witnesses
– Sat Mar 5, 5:42 pm ET


GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Israeli warplanes launched four raids on Gaza City late Saturday, witnesses and security services reported, after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel.During the assault, an Israeli F-16 fired a missile at a target in the city's Zeitoun district, but there were no casualties, said the sources.Three of the raids targetted bases of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. These attacks caused significant damage both to the targets and to neighbouring houses.

Two other raids targetted the north and south of the city.An Israeli army statement said it had carried out three air raids.Two had targetted terrorist targets in the central Gaza Strip, in what appeared to be a reference to Brigade sites.A third had been on a tunnel intended for armed raids into Israel or operations against army positions along the border with the Gaza Strip, said the statement.The army said the raids had come after a rocket was fired Saturday from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel.This morning a rocket fired from Gaza fell in the western sector of the Negev (desert in southern Israel), without causing any casualties or damage, an army spokeswoman said earlier.Last Sunday, Israeli tank fire on a group of militants in Gaza City killed one Palestinian, after rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and air raids launched in reprisal.Since the beginning of the year, army figures show more than 60 rockets or mortar rounds have been fired into southern Israel. Many have prompted retaliatory air raids.The attacks have continued despite calls by Hamas for armed groups to respect a truce with Israel.

A look at political unrest in the Middle East The Associated Press – Sat Mar 5, 12:23pm ET - A look at anti-government protests, political unrest and key developments in the Middle East on Saturday:

LIBYA:Moammar Gadhafi loyalists sweep into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli, tightening security around the regime-held capital. To the east, rebel forces capture a key oil port as the country veers toward civil war.The contrasting fortunes of the two warring sides suggest that the conflict in Libya could last for weeks and maybe months, with neither side mustering enough military power to decisively defeat the other. The government is fighting fiercely to maintain its hold in Tripoli and surrounding areas and the rebels are pushing their front westward from their eastern stronghold.

YEMEN:Increasing pressure on Yemen's embattled president, several members of his ruling Congress Party resign as tens of thousands take to the streets to demand his ouster and Britain warns its citizens against all travel to the impoverished Arab nation. President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejects a proposal by a coalition of Yemeni opposition groups to end the political standoff by agreeing to step down by year's end.

BAHRAIN:Bahrain's Shiite protesters form a huge human chain around the capital as their campaign to loosen the Sunni monarchy's grip on power in the strategic Gulf nation enters the third week. No police are in sight when thousands of protesters — men and women — hold hands to encircle Manama, where Bahrain's Shiite majority has been staging daily marches and demonstrations to end what they say are discriminatory policies and political persecution.

EGYPT:Hundreds of Egyptians march on buildings belonging to the internal security service in Cairo, a day after they storm one of its offices and beat up officers in a show of anger at the agency blamed for some of the worst human rights violations during ousted President Hosni Mubarak's rule. The fate of Egypt's internal security agencies remains one of the most contentious issue facing the military rulers who took charge of the country from Mubarak when he was forced to step down on Feb. 11 after the 18-day popular uprising.

SAUDI ARABIA:Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says demonstrations will not be tolerated following a protest by about 100 members of the Shiite minority in the eastern region of the kingdom. The ministry says in a statement that the kingdom bans all demonstrations because they contradict Islamic laws and society's values.
The ministry says some people have tried to go around the law to achieve illegitimate aims, and it warned that security forces were authorized to act against violators.

OMAN: Government officials say protests demanding economic reforms by Oman's ruler reached a key oil region in the Arabian Peninsula country.The officials say workers stage a sit-in at a main oil field in Haima, about 300 miles (500 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Muscat, demanding more state investments in the area. The officials speak on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

ALGERIA: Algerian pro-Democracy protesters' fifth bid in six weeks to march in the capital is again put down by police.Unlike pro-Democracy movements in neighboring Tunisia and Libya, Algeria's protest movements have yet to get off the ground. Police put down three separate march bids in the capital that also drew demonstrators who turned out in favor of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Many Algerians say they are tired of conflict after being subjected to years of violence due to an Islamist insurgency.

US favors protecting long-term Mideast allies: report
– Sat Mar 5, 12:04 pm ET


WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama's administration is settling on a Middle East strategy that favors keeping longtime Arab allies who are willing to reform in power, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday.Citing unnamed officials and diplomats, the newspaper said the administration is leaning toward this approach even if that means the full democratic demands of Arab citizens might have to wait.

Instead of pushing for immediate change -- as it did in Egypt and now Libya -- the United States is urging protesters from Bahrain to Morocco to work with existing rulers toward what some officials and diplomats are now calling regime alteration, the report said.The moderate US approach has emerged after lobbying by Arab governments who were alarmed that Obama had abandoned Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, The Journal said.The Arab rulers were worried that, if Washington did the same to the king of Bahrain, a chain of revolts could sweep them from power too, the paper noted.A senior administration official acknowledged the past month has been a learning process for policy makers, the report said.What we have said throughout this is that there is a need for political, economic and social reform, but the particular approach will be country by country, The Journal quotes the unnamed official as saying.

Israeli fear greater peace deal pressure: poll
– Sat Mar 5, 11:01 am ET


JERUSALEM (AFP) – Most Israelis believe their country will come under increased international pressure to strike a peace accord with the Palestinians in the aftermath of massive Arab uprisings, public radio said on Saturday, citing an opinion poll.The survey said 55 percent of those polled said they expect stepped up pressure while 34 percent disagreed and 11 percent had no opinion.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing isolation over the impasse in peace talks and planning a new initiative to set up a Palestinian state within temporary borders, press reports said on Friday.He is largely expected to announce his new diplomatic initiative during a visit to the United States in May.Details are still sketchy, but the idea is believed to involve establishing a Palestinian state within temporary borders, while providing guarantees about talks on final status issues, the Maariv newspaper said.But Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reiterated on Saturday he will only accept a deal that calls for a Palestinian state with borders that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War.

During that conflict Israel seized the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as well as east Jerusalem -- the mostly Arab part of the city now annexed by Israel that the Palestinians want as the capital of their future state.Since peace talks ran aground late last year over an intractable dispute about settlements, the Palestinians have been pursuing a raft of diplomatic initiatives aimed at garnering world support for a unilateral declaration of independence.Several nations -- notably Latin American countries -- have also announced their recognition of a Palestinian state.Israel is fiercely opposed to such a move, arguing that negotiations are the only way to end the conflict and establish a Palestinian state.But there are also other reasons forcing Netanyahu to come up with a fresh political initiative -- namely, Israel's growing diplomatic isolation.That isolation was clearly demonstrated last month when 14 out of 15 members of the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution condemning Jewish settlement activity.The resolution was quashed when the United States vetoed it.A total of 500 people were surveyed by an independent polling institute which placed the margin of error at 4.5 percentage points.

Arab unrest could double oil price: minister
– Sat Mar 5, 5:48 am ET


LONDON (AFP) – The price of a barrel of crude could double if the unrest in the Arab world deteriorates, oil trader turned British international development minister Alan Duncan warned Saturday.Duncan, who has 30 years' business experience in the Gulf, told The Times newspaper that the price of a barrel of crude could top $200 (£123), well above the record high of $147 (£90) reached in July 2008.If extremists used the instability in the Arab world to bomb oil tankers, pipelines or Saudi reserves, prices could even hit $250 (£154) a barrel, Duncan said.The Times said analysts fear such highs could trigger another recession in Britain.I've been saying in government for two months... $200 is on the cards if this goes wrong, if anyone is reckless and foments unrest. All I'm predicting is danger, said Duncan.It could be very serious. If crude oil doubles, you're going to have a very serious spike (in petrol prices). Try living without it for a week.The British government is under pressure over the price at the pumps, with 63 percent of the cost going to the exchequer.If the worst happened, current prices of £1.30 ($2.10, 1.50 euros) a litre at the pump could look like a luxury, Duncan said, warning of £4 a litre.A Twittered-up generation now has massive power. All Arab countries are moving on. But they are all different, he said.The powers are shifting but you can't do it overnight. We are asking them to do at the flick of a switch what we took centuries to do.The majority of these rulers are not dictators. These are countries with their own history and cultures. Who are we to lecture? We must treat these countries with respect.The people who want all unelected leaders to go should remember Iran, Duncan said.It didn't work with the shah, we must pray it works in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.At the moment this is secular, economic and demographic but if it goes wrong you will see Islamic fundamentalism becoming the only vehicle for people's grievances,he warned.

EU's Ashton mulls scrapping Mideast envoy job
– Fri Mar 4, 12:35 pm ET


BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU chief diplomat Catherine Ashton has left the job of special envoy to the Middle East vacant while she decides whether to scrap the post, a decision that disappointed the Palestinians on Friday.The move comes at a sensitive time when the international community is trying to convince Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks, which broke down late last year over Jewish settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.Belgian diplomat Marc Otte, who held the post since 2003, was not replaced after his term ended this week.Ashton's spokeswoman, Maja Kocijancic, said the EU is taking time to decide on the position because the bloc is overhauling its diplomacy with the nascent European External Action Service taking shape this year.It is an organisational issue, Kocijancic said. It is not a change in policy.A diplomat said it will probably be several months before Ashton decides whether to name a new envoy.A final decision will be taken at a later time, probably in the fall, the diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Ashton, who heads the new EU diplomatic corps, is reviewing the bloc's network of special envoys and representatives in order to determine their usefulness.The EU's foreign and security policy chief has made her personal involvement in the diplomatic efforts in the Middle East a priority and prefers to take the dossier in her own hands, another diplomat said.The English baroness is close to the special envoy of the diplomatic Quartet in the Middle East, former British prime minister Tony Blair, her political mentor in the Labour Party.Ashton has given one of her top advisers for political affairs, Germany's Helga Schmid, the task of following Otte's dossier.Handing the work to someone busy with a wide range of issues was criticised by some European diplomats, with one saying the Middle East envoy, a job created in 1996, must be a full-time job.A top Palestinian negotiator, Nabil Shaath, said he hoped the EU would provide an explanation for its decision.We need a special EU independent representative for the peace process and we need the EU's own peace project,he said.

Gaza banks shut down after Hamas confiscation By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press – Thu Mar 3, 12:03 pm ET

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – All banks in the Gaza Strip temporarily shut down on Thursday after Hamas-affiliated men forced a local branch to cash some $500,000 in checks.Gaza bankers said the ruling Hamas militant group sent police to confiscate the money from a branch of the Palestine Investment Bank. They said the police were accompanied by members of a committee Hamas had appointed in 2009 to oversee the Palestine Investment Fund, which is run by the rival Palestinian government in the West Bank.The men confiscated checks from the fund, and then ordered bank tellers to cash them, though the account didn't contain enough money. The bankers spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.The Hamas Interior Ministry said the police helped to seize the money because the investment fund had improperly transferred funds out of Gaza to the West Bank. Hamas denied the money was taken at gunpoint.The investment fund is one of the few institutions affiliated with the rival Fatah movement still operating in Gaza. After seizing power in Gaza in a violent takeover in 2007, Hamas shut down most agencies connected to Fatah, the party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Hamas has confiscated funds several times since the Hamas takeover, part of the bitter rivalry between the two dueling Palestinian governments. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority now governs only in the West Bank.The Palestine Monetary Authority, which regulates Palestinian banks, closed all Gaza branches Thursday to protest the confiscation. They are to reopen Sunday.

Israeli settlers protest on Day of Rage
– Thu Mar 3, 11:55 am ET


JERUSALEM (AFP) – Settlers and their supporters burned tyres and blocked traffic across Israel on Thursday during a Day of Rage to protest police action during a settlement outpost demolition earlier in the week.Police and media said the protesters had taken part in a number of attempts to block roads and train tracks across the country, but that security forces had successfully countered their actions.An AFP photographer saw around a dozen people being carted off by police near Modi'in, half-way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, but police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said no one had been formally arrested in connection with the protests.

On Thursday morning, the demonstrators tried to block a main highway and burned tyres at the entrance to Jerusalem, but police arrived on the scene to dismantle the impromptu roadblocks, Rosenfeld said.News website Ynet reported that around 50 right-wing activists gathered on a West Bank road to demonstrate and some of the protesters had slashed the tyres of a police car.The day of protests came in response to the demolition of a caravan, a tent and another half-built structure at the Havat Gilad outpost near Nablus on Monday. The outpost was built without permission from the Israeli government.During the incident, settlers say police used excessive force to remove demonstrators, using stun grenades and paint ball guns against them.Some hardline settlers threatened to carry out price tag attacks against Palestinians on Thursday. This involves attacks on the local population as a direct response to anti-settler activity by the Israeli government.But despite the threats, there did not appear to be any signs of widespread action against Palestinians by sundown.Police had been on high alert all day, including in the West Bank, to prevent violence, Rosenfeld told AFP.

Major Palestinian party looks to oust Fayyad
By Mohammed Assadi – Thu Mar 3, 11:52 am ET


RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' dominant Fatah political faction has demanded that he sack Western-backed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, according to a letter shown to Reuters on Thursday.The letter, signed by senior Fatah officials, was sent to Abbas on Saturday, but the president did not take it seriously, a Fatah official told Reuters.However, the request underlined deep political friction at the heart of the Palestinian Authority, with many Fatah activists clearly frustrated by Fayyad, who has no significant political base of his own but wields substantial power.Fayyad, a former World Bank economist, is widely credited by Western governments with transforming the institutional landscape in the West Bank, successfully building the core structures needed for a planned independent Palestinian state.As prime minister he controls finances and security, leaving many Fatah members to complain bitterly in private that his high-profile activities are overshadowing their own work.We suggest you reconsider re-appointing Dr. Fayyad and (instead) ask that a strong Fatah figure do the job, said the letter, backed by Fatah's central revolutionary council.

Looking to show his commitment for change in the wake of popular protests across the Arab world, Abbas on February 14 asked Fayyad to appoint a new cabinet and prepare for elections.Talks aimed at drawing up a new list of ministers have not gone as quickly as hoped, and the Fatah discontent is likely to further complicate Fayyad's task.Fatah was particularly upset when Fayyad proposed forming a unity government with Hamas Islamists, who seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 after a brief civil war with Fatah forces.Hamas rejected Fayyad's advances and denounced him as a puppet of the West, which provides much of the aid needed to prop up the West Bank economy under Israeli occupation.Fatah has dominated Palestinian politics for generations and many activists are angered by Abbas's apparent reliance on Fayyad, saying it risks eroding their credibility.(Writing by Mohammed Assadi; Editing by Jon Hemming)

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

LIBYA IN LINE TO GO DOWN NOW

THE WORLD DICTATOR

REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.

JACK VAN IMPE ON HIS MAR 2,11 SHOW MENTIONED THAT MAYBE THE TOPPLING OF ALL THESE WORLD DICTATORS AROUND THE WORLD IS BECAUSE PROPHECY IS STARTING TO BE FULFILLED THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE A SINGLE WORLD DICTATOR.NOT MANY DICTATORS AROUND THE WORLD.JACK THINKS AND I AGREE WITH HIM THE WORLD IS BEING SETUP FOR THE SINGLE EUROPEAN UNION WORLD DICTATOR.AND IT FITS RIGHT IN WITH PROPHECY.
http://www.thegospel.com/clients/jvim-jack-van-impe-ministries/media.asp

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.

2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

AMOS 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

WARS AND RUMURS OF WARS.

MATTHEW 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

MARK 13:7
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

Top lawmaker meets Mideast envoy Blair
– Wed Mar 2, 6:45 pm ET


WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Palestinians have yet to show that they can be Israel's partners in peace, a top US lawmaker said Wednesday after talks with Middle East diplomatic Quartet envoy Tony Blair.Israel has shown through its actions that it is ready and able to make peace, but the Palestinian Authority has yet to demonstrate that it can be a partner for peace, said House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.I again reiterated the need for the Palestinian leadership to meet its basic obligations and commitments, including recognizing Israel's right to exist as a democratic, Jewish state, said the Republican lawmaker.The Middle East diplomatic Quartet, which seeks rapid resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, comprises the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.

Ros-Lehtinen said she and Blair had a very productive discussion about upcoming Quartet meetings as well as the deadly turmoil sweeping through the region.We discussed the threats that Islamist extremist groups pose to the entire region in general, and to Israel and opportunities for peace and security in particular, she said.The Palestinians walked out of peace talks after Israel refused in September to renew a temporary ban on building settlements in the West Bank -- on land earmarked for a future Palestinian state.

Mideast protests at a glance By The Associated Press – Wed Mar 2, 4:37 pm ET

A look at anti-government protests, political unrest and key developments in five Arab countries on Wednesday.

LIBYA:Rebel forces rout troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in a fierce battle over an oil port, scrambling over the dunes of a Mediterranean beach through shelling and an airstrike to corner their attackers. While they thwart the regime's first counteroffensive in eastern Libya, opposition leaders still plead for outside airstrikes against pro-government troops.Meanwhile, Gadhafi warns thousands of Libyans will die if US or NATO intervene, and says Libya will replace Western banks and companies with others from China, Russia and Brazil.

YEMEN:Two anti-government protesters are shot and killed in southern Yemen. A hospital official says the deaths occur during demonstrations in the town of Sadr, in the province of Lahaj. Protesters also clash with government supporters and security forces in the Red Sea city of Hodeida. Thirteen protesters are injured in confrontations that included the use of sticks and rocks.President Ali Abdullah Saleh calls U.S. homeland security adviser John Brennan to express his regret for any misunderstanding caused by his public accusations that the U.S. and Israel are behind the unrest threatening his 32-year rule.

BAHRAIN:Thousands of anti-government protesters march on the Interior Ministry in Bahrain's capital, Manama, demanding the release of all political prisoners.Last week, Bahrain's king released 23 high-profile activists who had been on trial for allegedly trying to overthrow the monarchy. The Shiite opposition claims at least 200others remain jailed for political reasons.

TUNISIA:A Tunisian Islamist party banned for more than 20 years is legalized while the country's most prominent opposition figure quits the unity government amid renewed uncertainty about where Tunisia is headed.The Ennahdha party, branded an Islamic terrorist group by Tunisia's deposed leader but considered moderate by scholars, is rebounding onto the political scene since a popular uprising forced out autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January.

EGYPT: Egypt's state news agency says two leading members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood will be released after serving nearly five years in prison. MENA says that Khayrat el-Shater, the lead strategist for Egypt's largest opposition group, and Hassan Malek, a prominent businessman and group financier, will be freed for medical reasons.The move comes nearly three weeks after an uprising ousted Egypt's longtime president.

Realistic options for ousting Gadhafi look limited
By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press – Wed Mar 2, 4:24 pm ET


WASHINGTON – Short of a U.S.-led military offensive, international options to quickly force Moammar Gadhafi from power now appear to be highly limited, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for an end Wednesday to loose talk about steps that would amount to an act of war.There are still hopes that U.N. sanctions and other diplomatic moves can undermine Gadhafi's authority, and Libyan rebels pressed their fight against troops loyal to Gadhafi on Wednesday.But while a leading U.S. senator urged the Pentagon to be prepared to provide air cover for the rebels, there was little evidence of an appetite by the U.S., Europe or other powers to risk the consequences of military intervention.Gates captured the mood in telling a congressional panel, Let's call a spade a spade: A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy its air defenses. His point: To ground Libya's air force in a way that minimizes risk to U.S. or coalition pilots would mean initiating an act of war in an Arab land.The unspoken subtext is that with U.S. forces already deeply committed in Afghanistan, still winding down military operations in Iraq and on the watch for surprises in Iran and elsewhere in the suddenly volatile Persian Gulf region, the risks associated with military action in Libya might be unacceptable.

Alluding to Gates' announcement a day earlier that he had ordered two U.S. warships into the Mediterranean in case they were needed for civilian evacuations or humanitarian relief, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in separate testimony that the crisis could call for a mix of diplomacy and more.We are taking no option off the table so long as the Libyan government continues to turn its guns on its own people, she said.Clinton said she feared the prospect of Libya becoming infested with al-Qaida or affiliated terrorist groups on the scale of Somalia, the Horn of Africa country where the al-Shabab terrorist organization has gained a foothold.One of our biggest concerns is Libya descending into chaos and becoming a giant Somalia, Clinton said. It is right now not something that we see in the offing, but many of the al-Qaida activists in Afghanistan and later in Iraq came from Libya and came from eastern Libya, which is now the so-called free area.Gates, in testimony before a House committee, decried loose talk about military options in Libya, noting that even a no-fly zone would be a major undertaking. He said it could be accomplished if ordered by the White House, but it would require more airplanes than are found on a single U.S. aircraft carrier, which typically carries about 75 planes.So it's a big operation in a big country, he said, adding that the U.N. Security Council has not yet authorized any form of military action in Libya.

In support of Gates' point, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the committee that despite media reports of Libyan aircraft attacking rebel areas, the Pentagon as of Wednesday had not confirmed any such attacks. He also said it must be assumed, in planning for the possibility of establishing a no-fly zone, that Libya's air defenses are substantial. Neither he nor Gates said explicitly whether they support or oppose such an operation.White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, asked about Gates' comments, said, The fact that the no-fly zone idea is complex does not mean it's not on the table.Egyptian officials said two U.S. warships passed through the Suez Canal on Wednesday on their way to the Mediterranean Sea, closer to Libya. The amphibious assault ships USS Kearsarge and USS Ponce entered the canal from the Red Sea. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk to media, said the Kearsarge carried 42 helicopters.There has been no consensus call from Congress for U.S. military action in Libya. However, Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Wednesday that while a no-fly zone over Libya is not a long-term proposition, the Pentagon should be prepared to go that route if so ordered.The people of Libya do not ask for or need foreign troops on the ground, Kerry said. They are committed to doing what is necessary, but they do need the tools to prevent the slaughter of innocents on Libyan streets, and I believe the global community cannot be on the sidelines while airplanes are allowed to bomb and strafe.Senators, meanwhile, worked on an aid package to Arab countries to solidify democratic gains and improve relations with citizens in a part of the world accustomed to U.S. support for questionable rulers.Kerry, D-Mass., said at a hearing attended by Clinton that significant financial commitment by the U.S. was crucial to help what he called a monumental and uplifting transformation in the Mideast.

Some U.S. allies in NATO are mulling the idea of creating a no-fly zone over Libya. But Germany cautioned Wednesday against playing into charges that the West is unduly meddling in Arab affairs.I would advise that we conduct the debate ... about military options with all the appropriate caution and reserve, Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Berlin.The U.N. Security Council slapped an arms embargo, a travel ban and an assets freeze on Gadhafi, his family and top associates during an emergency weekend meeting. It also agreed to refer the case to the International Criminal Court at The Hague — a permanent war crimes tribunal — to investigate and prosecute possible crimes against humanity. But the U.N. has not yet included an authorization for the use of military force against Libya.Charles Heyman, a defense analyst and editor of The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, said sanctions directed at the bank accounts and freedom to travel of high level Gadhafi supporters would have an impact. In his view, military intervention, including imposition of a no-fly zone, would prove to be counterproductive.A no-fly zone is the least bad option, but it's technically very hard to do and it costs a fortune and I don't think the U.S. or Europeans have to the money to spend now, he said.
Associated Press writers Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata in Washington and Gregory Katz in London contributed to this report.

Iran warships to transit Suez Canal Thursday: officials
– Wed Mar 2, 3:24 pm ET


CAIRO (AFP) – The two Iranian warships that passed through the Suez Canal last month en route to Syria, a move Israel branded political provocation, will make the return trip on Thursday, an official said.The Alvand, a frigate, and the supply ship Kharg will be in Port Said at four in the morning (0200 GMT) to begin passage towards the Red Sea, the official with the Suez Canal Authority said.The two ships transited the canal into the Mediterranean on February 22, the first Iranian vessels to do so since the Islamic revolution in 1979.In response, Israel put its navy on alert. Israel considers Iran, which opposes the Jewish state and supports Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Islamist Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, a serious threat.Israeli President Shimon Peres called the passage of the two warships through the canal a political provocation. Tehran described the move as a routine visit.Analysts said it was an attempt by the Islamic republic to project its clout in the region at a time when anti-government protests sweeping the Arab world from Casablanca to Cairo are shifting the regional balance of power.Egypt's ruling military council, which has been running the country since president Hosni Mubarak quit on February 11 following massive street protests against his government, approved the ships' passage through the waterway, a vital global trading route.The Suez Canal Authority said last month that ships of any nationality can pass through as long as the country is not in a state of war with Egypt.After the Iranian ships entered the Mediterranean, and steamed past the coast of Israel on their way to Syria, the United States said it was keeping a careful eye on their activities.We are watching the situation, said Colonel Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.

We have said generally that Iran's actions are not helpful, but we would expect that these Iranian ships would adhere to international law no matter where they operate, Lapan said.The NATO military alliance also said it was monitoring the Iranian naval presence.We follow events in the region and we follow these two Iranian warships with as much interest as we do any other warships in the region, said NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu.We are monitoring events, she told reporters, refusing to elaborate.The ships docked on February 24 at the Syrian port of Latakia.Iran's navy chief, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayari, said on Monday that Tehran's dispatch of the two warships to the Mediterranean was not aggressive in aim.The Iranian strategy is to reinforce its defensive capacities. We do not harbour aggressive intentions against other countries, Sayari said at a news conference in Damascus.The visit aims to strengthen old ties between Iran and Syria and to enhance maritime cooperation, the navy chief said, adding the visit had been scheduled before popular uprisings began breaking out across the Arab world.

Israel skips Quartet meet, as PM eyes interim deal
– Wed Mar 2, 9:19 am ET


JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is considering pushing for a long-term interim agreement with the Palestinians in the absence of any moves to renew peace talks, press reports said on Wednesday.The idea was splashed across all of Israel's main newspapers as Palestinian negotiators held talks about resuming peace dialogue in Brussels with envoys of the Middle East Quartet of peacemakers -- in a session which Israel declined to attend.The Palestinians are unwilling to enter into serious negotiations and therefore we should examine the idea of a long-term interim arrangement, a senior source in the premier's office told Israel Hayom, a newspaper considered close to Netanyahu.In light of the instability in the region, the only possibility is to go for an interim arrangement, on condition that it is a long-term one -- and this is what we are currently examining, he said, referring the unrest sweeping the Middle East.Details of the plan are still sketchy but the idea is believed to involve the establishment of a Palestinian state within temporary borders, while at the same time holding talks on the principles of final status issues, the Haaretz newspaper said.News of Netanyahu's intentions were leaked to the press as the Quartet sought to push both sides into renewing some kind of peace negotiations, which ran aground last autumn over an intractable dispute about settlements.

Netanyahu had been expected to send his chief negotiator Yitzhak Molcho to the Brussels talks, but decided to skip the meeting when it became clear there would be no direct contact with their Palestinian counterparts, Haaretz said.The moment there were no direct talks, there was no reason to fly out there, a source in Netanyahu's office told the paper.Since the expiry in September of a temporary ban on settlement building -- which Netanyahu refused to extend -- the Palestinians have refused all direct contact with the Israelis, saying they will not talk while settlers build on land they want for a future state.Members of the Palestinian negotiating team, headed by Saeb Erakat, are currently in Brussels to negotiate the parameters of the Quartet statement that will be issued after a top-level meeting of the principals when they meet in mid-March, Palestinian sources told AFP.

Israel okays 14 new east Jerusalem settler homes
– Wed Mar 2, 9:11 am ET


JERUSALEM (AFP) – Jerusalem municipality has approved construction of 14 new apartments in an abandoned Israeli police compound in occupied east Jerusalem, a councillor told AFP on Wednesday.Pepe Alalu, of the opposition Meretz party, said the 14 new units were to be built in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood on land owned by a Jewish religious trust which was also seeking permits for a further 104 housing units next to the police building.I strongly condemn this, he said.It's really problematic.The Haaretz newspaper said the plan was to link up the Ras al-Amud housing with the adjacent Jewish enclave of Maaleh Zeitim, where more than 100 families now live.US-brokered peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians stalled late last year over a bitter dispute about settlement building.Since the expiry of a 10-month Israeli ban on new settlement construction, the Palestinians have refused all direct contact with Israel, saying they will not talk while settlers build on land they want for their promised state.Israel regards the whole of Jerusalem, including the eastern sector which it occupied during the 1967 Six Day War, as its united and undivided capital in a move which has never been recognised by the international community.The Palestinians want the city's eastern sector as the capital of their promised state.

Drops in Saudi Arabia fuel Mideast markets slide By ADAM SCHRECK, AP Business Writer – Wed Mar 2, 7:58 am ET

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Investors rattled by spreading Mideast unrest drove stocks across the Arab world down sharply Wednesday, with regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia's exchange suffering another day of steep declines.The kingdom's benchmark Saudi All Shares Index tumbled 4.4 percent in late afternoon trading, piling on to losses sustained in a 6.8 percent rout late in the previous session after most other regional markets had closed.Investors are very jittery. There is clearly panic selling, said John Sfakianakis, chief economist with the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Banque Saudi-Fransi, who said he expects the sell-off to continue. Whenever this jittery panic sets in, it has a snowball effect.The Saudi index has lost about a fifth of its value since the start of the year even as oil prices — the kingdom's main source of revenue — are pushing back toward $100 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Investors fear the demonstrations that have shaken Bahrain and Oman could spread elsewhere in the Gulf, including OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab economy. Anti-government organizers are calling for rallies in Saudi Arabia on March 11, though it remains unclear how much support opposition groups have.Increasing unrest in North Africa, particularly Libya, a significant oil producer, is putting further pressure on Mideast markets. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi again vowed on Wednesday to fight to the last man and last woman to defend his country against anti-government rebels who hold parts of Libya's east.Stock sell-offs in Asia and Europe and a lack of a clear end game for the regional unrest give investors little incentive to buy into regional markets, analysts say.The news flow is negative. The uncertainty is there, said Akram Annous, Middle East and North Africa strategist at Dubai-based Al Mal Capital.The Dubai Financial Market's benchmark index dropped 3.5 percent to close at 1,374 points.Shares of the Dubai developer of the world's tallest tower, Emaar Properties, plunged 6 percent Wednesday. The Dubai Financial Market's own shares shed 4.9 percent.National Central Cooling Co., also known as Tabreed, plunged 7.6 percent after it disclosed that it would tap into as much as 3.1 billion dirhams ($845 million) in new funds from Abu Dhabi state investment fund Mubadala Development Co.Annous said investors are selling off shares of many Gulf-based companies not necessarily because they expect significant unrest in places such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Qatar, but because of the potential ripple effects to their business elsewhere in the Arab world. Uncertainty in potential growth markets in North Africa such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya makes it difficult for Mideast companies to plan ahead, he said.It's more that you're worried about how you're going to grow in the region, Annous said. You need to get back to that simple process where you know who's in control. Right now you don't even know who you're supposed to have dialogue with.Markets elsewhere in the region also fell.Qatar's stock index dropped 3.6 percent to 7,657 points. Kuwait fell 2.3 percent to 6,158.

Arab protest wave undermines Al-Qaeda, Iran: US
– Tue Mar 1, 5:34 pm ET


WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday that protests across the Arab world have dealt a major setback to Al-Qaeda militants and Iran by endorsing democratic change.It basically gives the lie to Al-Qaeda's claim that the only way to get rid of authoritarian governments is through extremist violence, Gates told reporters.With a wave of unrest and protests toppling regimes in Egypt and Tunisia and prompting reforms elsewhere, Gates said grassroots movements are an extraordinary setback for Al-Qaeda.The Pentagon chief, a former intelligence analyst and CIA director, said that the example of mostly peaceful uprisings also posed a problem for Iran that might become more acute over time.Because the contrast in the behavior of the militaries in Tunisia and in Egypt, and -- except for a brief period of violence -- in Bahrain, contrast vividly with the savage repression that the Iranians have undertaken against anybody who dares to demonstrate, Gates explained.

Describing himself as an optimist about these changes, Gates said it could take months or years for the unrest to play out but a process of change has begun after decades of frozen political arrangements.If political change in the region occurs without violence and gives rise to democratic rule, it will be a gain for everybody.
When asked if popular anger could pose a threat to allies in Saudi Arabia or Jordan, Gates played down any serious risk to US interests.We obviously have very strong and longstanding relationships with both of those countries, Gates said.Both kings have undertaken reforms over time. There is clearly a need for continuation of those efforts, and we're supportive of them.Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, agreed with Gates at the same press conference, saying it is a message that completely undermines the strategy of Al-Qaeda.At a Senate hearing earlier, the head of US Central Command, General James Mattis, made the same point, saying Al-Qaeda had suffered a propaganda blow.At the same time the populist-inspired changes that are taking place across the region undercut the message of Al Qaeda and other extremist groups, highlighting the bankrupt philosophies of terrorists who use violence and contribute nothing but mayhem to the innocent, Mattis said.These young folks today have achieved more change in 10 weeks than 10 years of Al Qaeda's murderous campaigns, he added.

Anti-rocket system passes combat test in Gaza clash
– Tue Mar 1, 2:13 pm ET


GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – A state-of-the art anti-rocket system designed to protect tanks had its baptism of fire on Tuesday as Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen on the Gaza border, the army said.The military said an Israeli tank on border patrol was attacked by an anti-tank missile, but used the new equipment to neutralise the attack and did not return fire.For the first time during operational activity, the Trophy (ASPRO-A) system, also known as the Windbreaker, designed to actively protect against anti-tank missiles, identified, alerted and intercepted the missile, the army said in a statement.In a separate incident an army unit saw a group of gunmen approaching the border and opened fire at them, the army said.Both events occurred in the southern Gaza Strip.Palestinian medics said a man was wounded by a tank shell near the south Gaza town of Khan Yunis. An Israeli military spokeswoman said there was no tank fire.

Israel developed Trophy in the wake of its 2006 war with Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah militia, when dozens of Israeli tanks were hit by advanced anti-tank weapons.The radar-guided system employs sensors attached to the sides of vehicles that detect and track incoming rockets and fire off countermeasures to destroy them before they can hit the tank, manufacturer Rafael says.The system was deployed on tanks along the Gaza border last year after one of Israel's frontline Merkava tanks was hit by a Russian-made Kornet anti-tank rocket. The missile penetrated the tank's armour but did not explode or cause any casualties.The new system is known in Israel as Windbreaker and as Trophy for export.Tuesday's clashes come after several days of tension along the border, following renewed rocket fire into southern Israel and a string of retaliatory Israeli air strikes.

Palestinians try to create Facebook revolution By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press – Tue Mar 1, 9:06 am ET

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The mass demonstrations sweeping the Middle East are touching the Palestinian territories, where West Bank and Gaza Strip activists are trying to organize their own Facebook revolutions.The Palestinian activists are inspired by the calls for democracy that toppled autocratic leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and threaten longtime rulers in Libya and Bahrain.In recent weeks, activists using Facebook have brought hundreds of people onto streets of the West Bank, waving Palestinian flags and calling for change. Smaller gatherings have taken place in Gaza. The protesters hope to stage a massive demonstration in both areas on March 15.

Whether they can succeed is far from certain because of the unique situation of the Palestinians. In contrast to countries where crowds have rallied against a single, despised leader, the Palestinians face a series of intertwined problems, making it harder to rally around a common cause.Palestinians seek an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza, areas wedged on different sides of Israel and ruled by rival governments. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority governs in the West Bank, where Israel's military still retains overall control. The militant Islamic group Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007.The Palestinian split has crippled efforts to negotiate an independent state from Israel. Repeated efforts to reconcile, including a Palestinian Authority proposal to hold new elections, have foundered.The Facebook activists have divisions of their own. Some want the rival Palestinian governments to reconcile. Others demand they resign. Still others want to demonstrate against Israel's occupation.Activist Hasan Farahat, 22, said there was enough common ground. Everybody is sick of the situation. We want work, we want the right to speak freely. We want freedom, he said.The governments see even the smallest demonstrations as a challenge to their rule.On Monday, Hamas moved swiftly to break up a small demonstration in Gaza City where people called for Palestinian reconciliation. Hamas police arrested a protest organizer, seizing a tape from a German TV crew showing a security official slapping the man.In previous protest attempts, Hamas security arrested activists and seized their phones and computers, according to the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights.The West Bank has seen about a dozen demonstrations, including two in Ramallah, where some 2,000 Palestinians demanded reconciliation. Others urged leaders to revoke interim peace agreements with Israel.
Palestinian Authority security forces initially broke up protests by beating participants. Now, organizers are threatened and sometimes arrested, they said.
Daraghmeh and Associated Press writer Diaa Hadid reported from Ramallah.

Rage against regimes spreads across Middle East
– Tue Mar 1, 2:41 am ET


TRIPOLI (AFP) – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi insisted his people loved him but was slammed as delusional as the United States slapped a record-breaking $30 billion in sanctions on his brutal regime.US and European leaders weighed the use of NATO air power to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and stop Kadhafi from using air strikes against his own people, as the strongman fights a bloody rearguard action against encroaching rebels.Anger at authoritarian Arab regimes in the Middle East and North Africa raged from Algeria to Yemen and has spread to the previously unaffected Gulf states of Djibouti, Kuwait and Oman.Interim regimes in Egypt and Tunisia felt renewed pressure from protesters impatient for real democratic change, while Iran denied reports that it had imprisoned key opposition leaders.Fears grew over the humanitarian fallout after more than six weeks of turmoil as the United Nations stepped up warnings of a mass exodus from Libya. More than 100,000 people have already fled into Egypt and Tunisia.The United States said it had blocked around $30 billion in Libyan assets, the largest amount ever frozen, while the European Union also imposed its toughest international sanctions yet on Kadhafi's crumbling regime.

Kadhafi was unrepentant, although his regime now controls only some western areas around the capital and a few long-time bastions in the arid south. Key oil fields in the east have fallen to the opposition. They love me all. They would die to protect me, he said in an interview with Western journalists in Tripoli on Monday, laughing off suggestions that he might leave Libya as the White House aired the prospect of exile for him.US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the interview showed how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality.It sounds just frankly delusional, when he can talk and laugh to an American and (an) international journalist while he is slaughtering his own people,Rice said.The United States moved naval and air forces into position around Libya. Britain said it was working with its allies on a military no-fly zone over Libya, while stressing the logistical and diplomatic difficulties.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied that military action was imminent but said Kadhafi should quit power now.Forces loyal to Kadhafi on Monday attacked the town of Misrata, 150 kilometres (95 miles) east of Tripoli, and killed two people, a witness said. Rights groups say at least 1,000 people have now been killed in Libya.

Egypt imposed a travel ban Monday on its ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who resigned and retreated to his home in Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea on February 11 following weeks of protests.Fresh clashes erupted between Omani police and protesters, a day after police killed at least one as the regional turmoil reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate.Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman said efforts were under way to launch talks with the opposition, which is demanding major political reforms amid a wave of anti-government protests.Two ministers in Tunisia's interim government quit on Monday, a day after prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned following protests demanding the removal of figures from the toppled hardline regime.

Kuwait too has been affected, with a key opposition group on Monday demanding the ouster of the prime minister as youth activists called for a rally on March 8 to force him to quit. In Djibouti, President Ismael Omar Guelleh, who is seeking a third term in April elections, accused the opposition Monday of choosing the path of violence.And in Iran, the websites of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi said they and their wives had been arrested and put in a Tehran jail.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the reported detentions were unacceptable, but an Iranian judicial official denied the reports.Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in Geneva that events in Iran were being manipulated and there was absolutely no comparison to the popular uprisings in the Arab world.The regional crisis drove world oil prices up to a two-year high last week, although Saudi Arabia's reassurances of adequate supply have calmed the markets somewhat.In Asian trade Tuesday, Brent North Sea crude for April delivery gained 62 cents to $112.42 and New York's main contract was up 44 cents to $97.41.Libya's opposition said it was resuming oil exports suspended during the unrest, and had loaded a tanker with one million barrels of crude for China.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Kadhafi's few remaining allies, again accused the United States of plotting to invade Libya with European connivance.What do they want? Libya's oil,he said. But UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Kadhafi had lost legitimacy when he declared war on his people, adding his regime was meeting the winds of change sweeping across the region.