JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE
MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Netanyahu suspends state contact with PA-Punitive step against Ramallah excludes Defense Ministry, security collaboration and peace negotiations-By Spencer Ho and Elhanan Miller April 9, 2014, 11:23 am 4-The Times of Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved forward with punitive steps Tuesday in response to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s application to international bodies, ordering government officials not to meet with their Palestinian counterparts.“In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks… Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts,” an official told AFP, requesting anonymity.The order did not ban contact between the Defense Ministry and the PA, which would have hampered security cooperation in the West Bank, according to Israel news site Ynet. Peace negotiations are also unaffected, the site reported.Low-level cooperation in the field will also continue, a senior Israeli official said, according to the Haaretz daily.Mohammed al-Madani, a Fatah official and PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s contact person with Israeli society, told The Times of Israel that he was unaware of the details of the Israeli decision.“If true, this decision is mistaken,” Madani said. “It’s impossible to sever the ties between Israelis and Palestinians. “We must continue to have normal relations in order to reach a just and lasting peace.”The move by Netanyahu came as peace efforts between the sides have hit an impasse amid a series of escalating moves by Jerusalem and Ramallah.On Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that the peace talks started to crumble only after Israel refused to release a fourth round of prisoners 10 days ago.“The prisoners were not released by Israel on the day they were supposed to be released and then another day passed and another day, and then 700 [new housing] units were approved in Jerusalem and then poof — that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said.Cutting off ministerial contact is one of a series of low-level sanctions Israel is reportedly pursuing against the PA in response to the crisis in peace talks, according to press reports. Other measures being considered include canceling permits for the Palestinian telecommunications company al-Watanya and withholding tax revenues.On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that unilateral moves would be met with the same, alluding to PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision last week to apply for membership to 15 international treaty organizations, some of which are tied to the United Nations.The Palestinians said the move came in response to Israel’s refusal to free a final round of prisoners from the 104 inmates Jerusalem agreed to release before peace talks began in July, and a tender. Israel said it would not free them without a commitment to continue talks beyond the April 29 deadline.Ramallah was also incensed by the republication of tenders for 708 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.In comments to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, Kerry also deemed Abbas’s actions “unhelpful.”Both sides say they want to continue talks but so far efforts and bringing the parties together have yielded few results.Madani, the Palestinian official, said that Palestinians are still obligated to continuing negotiations with Israel until the end of April.“We hope these negotiations result in a positive outcome,” he said.Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met on Sunday and Monday with US mediator Martin Indyk.State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said gaps remained between the sides after the Monday meeting.Despite the impasse, world leaders have continued to express hope and urge the two parties to return to the negotiating table.French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, speaking at the annual dinner of the Israel-France Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night, said that there is still a “window of opportunity” to achieve an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and the world should not allow it to close, adding that France and other European countries were continuing to work with the US to revive the talks.Also on Tuesday, Chinese President President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make “brave decisions” for peace with the Palestinians.
“At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and also many difficulties,” Xi said.“[China] hopes that Israel keeps in mind the broader picture of peace, shows strategic wisdom, makes brave decisions as early as possible, and pushes, along with the international community and Palestinians, for substantive progress on peace talks.”
Raphael Ahren and AFP contributed to this report.
Israel limits contact with Palestinians as peace talks falter-By Daphne ROUSSEAU -APR 9,14-YahooNews
The move comes a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry, who kick-started talks in July, blamed Israel for derailing the process by announcing new settlement homes in what he described as a "poof" moment in negotiations."In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks... Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts," the Israeli government official told AFP, requesting anonymity.Palestinian minister of labour Ahmad Majdalani dismissed the significance of Israel's tactic."In any case there are no (regular) meetings organised between Palestinian and Israeli ministers, apart from the finance ministers," he told AFP."Ninety percent of day-to-day dealings are done with the Israeli military administration" of the occupied West Bank, Majdalani added.Kerry on Tuesday blamed Israel's approval of Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem on April 1 for the latest stalemate in the negotiations, a charge that has left Israeli officials bristling.While he blamed intransigence on both sides, Kerry told US lawmakers that a delayed Israeli plan to release several Palestinian prisoners as part of a good faith effort was sabotaged by the settlements move."In the afternoon, when they were about to maybe get there, 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem and, poof, that was sort of the moment," he testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.At the end of March, Israel refused to release a final batch of long-serving Palestinian prisoners as agreed under the talks, and at the same time reissued tenders for 708 settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem.The Palestinians responded to the prisoner issue by applying for membership of 15 international treaties, breaking their own commitment to refrain from such action during the nine months of talks.Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have teetered on the brink of collapse, with Washington fighting an uphill battle to get the two sides to agree to a framework proposal to extend the negotiations beyond an April 29 deadline to the year's end.Kerry's remarks were met with a crisp response from Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the far-right Jewish Home party."Israel will never apologise for building in Jerusalem," Bennett said."I hear that the (building) programme in Jerusalem was defined as 'poof'. For many years (the Palestinians) tried with explosions and bombs to stop us being in the eternal capital of the Jewish people, it will not happen."The State Department, perhaps assessing the potential impact Kerry's comments could have in the Middle East, rushed to explain that the secretary of state was fairminded in apportioning blame."John Kerry was again crystal clear today that both sides have taken unhelpful steps and at no point has he engaged in a blame game," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Twitter."He even singled out by name Prime Minister Netanyahu for having made courageous decisions throughout process."Kerry was also drawn into a heated exchange with Senator John McCain, who declared the peace talks "finished".While Kerry insisted that Israelis and Palestinians were keen on continuing the process, McCain cut in: "It is stopped," he told Kerry. "Recognise reality."Meanwhile, the two sides met US envoy Martin Indyk late on Monday and were to see him again on Wednesday, a Palestinian source told AFP.It was unclear if the latest Israeli decision would affect that meeting.
Kerry focuses blame on Israel for collapse of talks-Secretary of state highlights both sides’ ‘unhelpful moves’ but indicates crisis began with failure to release prisoners-By Raphael Ahren April 8, 2014, 7:48 pm-The Times of Israel
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that both Israelis and Palestinians were responsible for the current crisis in peace talks, but appeared to allocate the lion’s share of the blame to Jerusalem.At the same time, he expressed hope that the two sides would continue to negotiate, but also warned that there was a “limit” to how much effort the US government could invest in the process if the two parties weren’t serious about negotiating a pact.“Both sides wound out in a position of unhelpful moves,” Kerry said at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, delineating what he said led to the current impasse.“The prisoners were not released by Israel on the day they were supposed to be released and then another day passed and another day, and then 700 units were approved in Jerusalem and then poof — that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said.The secretary of state was referring to the planned fourth release of Palestinian security prisoners, which was originally slated for March 29. Israel did not proceed with the release on time, with Jerusalem saying that it was delayed because the Palestinian Authority had demanded that Israeli Arabs be among those freed and was unwilling to commit to extend peace talks beyond their April 29 deadline.
On April 1, the Israel Lands Authority reissued a call for tenders for 708 homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, which is located beyond the 1967 lines and was annexed by Israel.Later that same day, PA President Mahmoud Abbas signed 15 letters of accession to multilateral treaties and conventions, in what Israel said was a clear breach of Ramallah’s commitment not to take unilateral steps to advance their statehood bid so long as the talks were ongoing.“The treaties were unhelpful, and we made that crystal clear to the Palestinians,” Kerry said at the Senate hearing.He also said that Palestinians recognition of Israel as a Jewish state should be part of a final peace agreement, but added that the step would likely only be achieved at the very end of the process and not at the outset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent months elevated the demand for such Palestinian recognition to that of a core issue.Despite his evident frustration, Kerry said it was still possible for the two sides to find a way to extend the talks and return to “substantive discussion.”Senator John McCain told Kerry that “talks, even though you might drag them out for a bit, are finished,” but the secretary of state replied by saying that the peace process should not be declared dead as long as the two sides declare their willingness to continue negotiating.At the same time, Kerry said, “there are limits to the amount of time the president and myself can put into this, considering the other challenges around the world, especially if the parties can’t commit to being there in a serious way.”Afterward, the State Department attempted to dispel the impression that Israel had been singled out for harsher criticism in Kerry’s comments.“As he has been throughout this impasse, today Secretary Kerry was again crystal clear that both sides have taken unhelpful steps and at no point has he engaged in a blame game,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.“Today he even singled out by name Prime Minister Netanyahu for having made courageous decisions to bring the process this far. Now it is up to the parties and their leaders to determine whether we maintain a productive path,” she added.Kerry was set to meet US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office later Tuesday to discuss the fate of the peace talks.Senior officials have rejected the idea that Obama intends to pull the plug on the peace effort, and say he deeply appreciates his top diplomat’s efforts.But equally, Obama may need to be convinced that Kerry’s intense focus on the initiative is merited given its apparently slim chance of success and deepening global crises crying out for US attention elsewhere.“The issue now is whether the parties can demonstrate that they are willing to make the difficult decisions necessary to move the process forward,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney.“The parties understand what the choices are and they understand that these are not decisions that the United States or any other country can make. The parties themselves have to make them.”On Wednesday, Kerry will meet with Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in Washington.AFP contributed to this report.
Lapid: Settlement freeze preferable to prisoner release-Finance Minister says he would leave coalition if it was responsible for collapse of peace talks-By Ben Sales April 9, 2014, 2:33 am 5-The Times of Israel
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said he supports freezing settlement growth to help jump-start peace negotiations and vowed that his centrist Yesh Atid party would leave Israel’s governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were responsible for the collapse of the peace process.In an interview this week with JTA, his first with an American Jewish news organization since entering the Knesset last year, Lapid continued his recent shift toward placing the peace process at the top of his party’s agenda.A year ago he told The New York Times that Israel should not change its settlement policy to advance negotiations, nor should it curb its “natural expansion” or limit financial inducements to Israelis who move there.But on Monday, Lapid told JTA that he would sooner agree to freeze settlement growth than free Palestinian prisoners, as Netanyahu has done previously in an effort to advance the process. A fourth round of prisoner releases was due to take place March 29, but Israel reneged.“I would choose, every day of the week, freezing the settlements over freeing prisoners,” he said. “But in this coalition, in this particular moment, this was the favorable option.”A former television news anchor, Lapid entered politics for the first time in advance of the January 2013 elections with the aim of re-energizing Israel’s political center. He stayed relatively quiet on security issues during the campaign, running on a largely domestic platform of lowering the cost of living and expanding the mandatory military draft to include the haredi Orthodox.But over the past year, Lapid has become increasingly vocal about the need for Israel to reach a two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians. And while he laid the blame for the current impasse in peace talks squarely at the feet of the Palestinian leadership, Lapid said he could not stay in the government if it did not aggressively pursue a deal.“If I would think this coalition did not exhaust all options and it is our fault that the negotiation is not in progress or process, then I can’t stay in this government,” Lapid said. “We decided we’ll do everything in our power to back up the negotiations.”Lapid said that overall, he is happy with how the past year has gone for his party. He dismissed criticism that Yesh Atid’s signature achievement, a bill mandating that the haredi Orthodox perform military service, is too weak. The bill defers criminal sanctions for haredi draft dodgers for three years, but Lapid said a stricter law would have been unrealistic.“If we would just send draft bills to any young 18-year-old haredim, we’ll be the winners of some game, but nothing would have happened,” Lapid said. “The way we’ve been doing this, it will actually happen.”Lapid also campaigned on establishing civil unions in Israel, a measure that would have broken the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate’s control of Jewish marriage. Yesh Atid introduced a bill to create civil unions in October, but it is opposed by Jewish Home, a religious Zionist party that entered the coalition in alliance with Yesh Atid.Lapid sounded confident that he could get a civil unions bill past Jewish Home, possibly with support from left-wing parties. But though he vowed to continue to push the issue, he would not say if Yesh Atid would leave the coalition if the bill fails.“I don’t think this is good partnership,” Lapid said, “to keep a coalition under threat.”Lapid said all Jewish denominations should have equal standing in Israel, which he said would strengthen Israel’s relationship with American Jews.He also called for ending the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over Jewish marriage and conversion, and for an end to all forms of religious coercion.But he stopped short of calling for the abolition of the Chief Rabbinate or for a complete separation of religion and state, which he said would hurt the country’s Jewish character.“I don’t think the American model of total separation of religion and state is feasible in Israel because it was established as a Jewish state,”Lapid said. “I don’t want to give up this identity.“I would favor having parallel institutions to the Rabbinate. If someone wants to get married in the rabbinate, he can. If someone wants to get married at City Hall, he should be able to do so as well.”Yesh Atid surprised pundits when it captured 19 seats in Knesset elections last year, becoming Israel’s second largest political party. Soon after, Lapid said that he expected to be prime minister after the next ballot.On Monday, Lapid said his party was in the Knesset to stay, but he declined to make similar boasts about his own political future.“I’ll tell you one thing I’ve learned in this last year: There’s no problem in politics being an idiot — there’s a big problem being an idiot twice,” he said. “I’ve learned my lesson and I’m not going to declare such declarations anymore because this is stupid.”
Opposition Attacks Netanyahu For 'Adding Fuel' to Haters-Labor leader attacks cutting ties with PA, calls it 'disengagement' from the world; other MKs praise 'firm response to PA rovocation.'-By Iddo Ben Porat, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 4/9/2014, 1:27 PM-Israelnationalnews
Critics and supporters alike did not waste time responding to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's instructions on Wednesday to cut off all governmental ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA), excluding those of the Defense Ministry and the peace talks. The move came as promised, after Israel warned the PA last Thursday it would take several punitive actions and sanctions as a response to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's breaching of peace talk conditions by requesting membership in 15 UN agencies.Opposition Chairman and Labor Party Chair Yitzhak Herzog, who has expressed support for dividing Jerusalem and withdrawing from most of Judea and Samaria, slammed Netanyahu's orders on Wednesday."The prime minister is putting gasoline and flammable materials in the hands of the haters of Israel, it's not clear what benefit will sprout from this excessive step," claimed Herzog. "Netanyahu has started the process of Israel's disengagement from the world."However, other voices spoke out in support of Netanyahu's move. Deputy Education Minister Avi Wortzman (Jewish Home) welcomed the call to cut cooperation with the PA."The practice of free gifts that Israel is giving the Palestinians has to stop. The time has come for Abbas, who has proven time and again he isn't interested in peace, and the Palestinians, to understand that every unilateral step they take has immediate consequences," declared Wortzman.Finance Committee Chairman MK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) similarly said "the Palestinians need the peace talks much more than we do." The assessment follows a new survey released Tuesday, which found 45.5% of Israeli Jews felt the talks were not urgent."It's a serious mistake to think that we need to pay some kind of price for them to talk to us," argued Slomiansky. "I welcome the prime minister's decision to respond firmly to the provocation of the Palestinian Authority."
Government Cutting Most Ties with Ramallah-Prime Minister forbids meetings with Palestinians and cooperation with the Palestinian Authority.-By Gil Ronen, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 4/9/2014, 10:14 AM-IsraelnationalNews
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has issued instructions to government ministries forbidding meetings with Palestinian officials, and halting all civilian and economic cooperation with the Palestinian Authority (PA), following the collapse of negotiations with the PA."In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks... Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts," the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.The new instructions do not include the Defense Ministry or talks carried out as part of the Israel-PA negotiations.Israel last Thursday informed the Palestinian Authority (PA) of a series of punitive measures against it, following the PA’s request to join 15 international conventions, ahead of becoming a member of various UN bodies.According to Voice of Israel public radio, these measures include a suspension of high-level contacts between ministers and CEOs, and any contacts with the PA will now be led by the Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea and Samaria, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai.It was also decided to freeze the implementation of 3G cellular technology in PA-assigned areas and stop the transfer into Gaza of communications equipment belonging to the PA cellular phone company Watania. US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke before the Senate on Tuesday, where he blamed Israel for the breakdown of peace talks last week."Israel didn't release the Palestinian prisoners on the day they were supposed to be freed, and another day passed, and another day, and then another 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem, and 'poof'...that was sort of the moment," remarked Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
China urges Israel to make 'brave' decisions on peace talks
APR 9,14-YahooNews
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make "brave" decisions on the latest round of peace talks with the Palestinians, after negotiators ended another U.S-mediated session with no sign of a breakthrough."At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and also many difficulties," Xi told visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres, China's foreign ministry said late on Tuesday."(China) hopes that Israel keeps in mind the broader picture of peace, shows strategic wisdom, makes brave decisions as early as possible, and pushes, along with the international community and Palestinians, for substantive progress on peace talks," Xi added.The U.S.-brokered negotiations, which began in July, plunged into crisis last week after Israel, demanding a Palestinian commitment to continue talking beyond an April 29 deadline for a peace deal, failed to carry out a promised release of about two dozen Palestinian prisoners.China has traditionally had a low profile in Middle East diplomacy despite its reliance on oil imports from there, but is keen to assert its role as a force in international politics.Last year, Xi met both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, urging them to revive discussions.Xi, who took office in March last year, did not outline any specific proposals for the peace talks, saying simply that China would keep "playing a constructive role".Xi said the Chinese and Jewish peoples had long had friendly relations, pointing out China's role in fighting "fascism and militarism" during World War Two.Beijing has maintained close relations with the Palestinians for decades. In recent years, it has also cultivated ties with Israel, though Israel is wary of China's links with Iran.China, Iran's top oil customer and a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has opposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, such as those imposed by Washington and the European Union, and has called repeatedly for talks to resolve the stand-off over Iran's contested nuclear program.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Ron Popeski)
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Netanyahu suspends state contact with PA-Punitive step against Ramallah excludes Defense Ministry, security collaboration and peace negotiations-By Spencer Ho and Elhanan Miller April 9, 2014, 11:23 am 4-The Times of Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved forward with punitive steps Tuesday in response to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s application to international bodies, ordering government officials not to meet with their Palestinian counterparts.“In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks… Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts,” an official told AFP, requesting anonymity.The order did not ban contact between the Defense Ministry and the PA, which would have hampered security cooperation in the West Bank, according to Israel news site Ynet. Peace negotiations are also unaffected, the site reported.Low-level cooperation in the field will also continue, a senior Israeli official said, according to the Haaretz daily.Mohammed al-Madani, a Fatah official and PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s contact person with Israeli society, told The Times of Israel that he was unaware of the details of the Israeli decision.“If true, this decision is mistaken,” Madani said. “It’s impossible to sever the ties between Israelis and Palestinians. “We must continue to have normal relations in order to reach a just and lasting peace.”The move by Netanyahu came as peace efforts between the sides have hit an impasse amid a series of escalating moves by Jerusalem and Ramallah.On Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that the peace talks started to crumble only after Israel refused to release a fourth round of prisoners 10 days ago.“The prisoners were not released by Israel on the day they were supposed to be released and then another day passed and another day, and then 700 [new housing] units were approved in Jerusalem and then poof — that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said.Cutting off ministerial contact is one of a series of low-level sanctions Israel is reportedly pursuing against the PA in response to the crisis in peace talks, according to press reports. Other measures being considered include canceling permits for the Palestinian telecommunications company al-Watanya and withholding tax revenues.On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that unilateral moves would be met with the same, alluding to PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision last week to apply for membership to 15 international treaty organizations, some of which are tied to the United Nations.The Palestinians said the move came in response to Israel’s refusal to free a final round of prisoners from the 104 inmates Jerusalem agreed to release before peace talks began in July, and a tender. Israel said it would not free them without a commitment to continue talks beyond the April 29 deadline.Ramallah was also incensed by the republication of tenders for 708 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.In comments to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, Kerry also deemed Abbas’s actions “unhelpful.”Both sides say they want to continue talks but so far efforts and bringing the parties together have yielded few results.Madani, the Palestinian official, said that Palestinians are still obligated to continuing negotiations with Israel until the end of April.“We hope these negotiations result in a positive outcome,” he said.Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met on Sunday and Monday with US mediator Martin Indyk.State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said gaps remained between the sides after the Monday meeting.Despite the impasse, world leaders have continued to express hope and urge the two parties to return to the negotiating table.French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, speaking at the annual dinner of the Israel-France Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night, said that there is still a “window of opportunity” to achieve an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and the world should not allow it to close, adding that France and other European countries were continuing to work with the US to revive the talks.Also on Tuesday, Chinese President President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make “brave decisions” for peace with the Palestinians.
“At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and also many difficulties,” Xi said.“[China] hopes that Israel keeps in mind the broader picture of peace, shows strategic wisdom, makes brave decisions as early as possible, and pushes, along with the international community and Palestinians, for substantive progress on peace talks.”
Raphael Ahren and AFP contributed to this report.
Israel limits contact with Palestinians as peace talks falter-By Daphne ROUSSEAU -APR 9,14-YahooNews
The move comes a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry, who kick-started talks in July, blamed Israel for derailing the process by announcing new settlement homes in what he described as a "poof" moment in negotiations."In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks... Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts," the Israeli government official told AFP, requesting anonymity.Palestinian minister of labour Ahmad Majdalani dismissed the significance of Israel's tactic."In any case there are no (regular) meetings organised between Palestinian and Israeli ministers, apart from the finance ministers," he told AFP."Ninety percent of day-to-day dealings are done with the Israeli military administration" of the occupied West Bank, Majdalani added.Kerry on Tuesday blamed Israel's approval of Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem on April 1 for the latest stalemate in the negotiations, a charge that has left Israeli officials bristling.While he blamed intransigence on both sides, Kerry told US lawmakers that a delayed Israeli plan to release several Palestinian prisoners as part of a good faith effort was sabotaged by the settlements move."In the afternoon, when they were about to maybe get there, 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem and, poof, that was sort of the moment," he testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.At the end of March, Israel refused to release a final batch of long-serving Palestinian prisoners as agreed under the talks, and at the same time reissued tenders for 708 settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem.The Palestinians responded to the prisoner issue by applying for membership of 15 international treaties, breaking their own commitment to refrain from such action during the nine months of talks.Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have teetered on the brink of collapse, with Washington fighting an uphill battle to get the two sides to agree to a framework proposal to extend the negotiations beyond an April 29 deadline to the year's end.Kerry's remarks were met with a crisp response from Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the far-right Jewish Home party."Israel will never apologise for building in Jerusalem," Bennett said."I hear that the (building) programme in Jerusalem was defined as 'poof'. For many years (the Palestinians) tried with explosions and bombs to stop us being in the eternal capital of the Jewish people, it will not happen."The State Department, perhaps assessing the potential impact Kerry's comments could have in the Middle East, rushed to explain that the secretary of state was fairminded in apportioning blame."John Kerry was again crystal clear today that both sides have taken unhelpful steps and at no point has he engaged in a blame game," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Twitter."He even singled out by name Prime Minister Netanyahu for having made courageous decisions throughout process."Kerry was also drawn into a heated exchange with Senator John McCain, who declared the peace talks "finished".While Kerry insisted that Israelis and Palestinians were keen on continuing the process, McCain cut in: "It is stopped," he told Kerry. "Recognise reality."Meanwhile, the two sides met US envoy Martin Indyk late on Monday and were to see him again on Wednesday, a Palestinian source told AFP.It was unclear if the latest Israeli decision would affect that meeting.
Kerry focuses blame on Israel for collapse of talks-Secretary of state highlights both sides’ ‘unhelpful moves’ but indicates crisis began with failure to release prisoners-By Raphael Ahren April 8, 2014, 7:48 pm-The Times of Israel
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that both Israelis and Palestinians were responsible for the current crisis in peace talks, but appeared to allocate the lion’s share of the blame to Jerusalem.At the same time, he expressed hope that the two sides would continue to negotiate, but also warned that there was a “limit” to how much effort the US government could invest in the process if the two parties weren’t serious about negotiating a pact.“Both sides wound out in a position of unhelpful moves,” Kerry said at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, delineating what he said led to the current impasse.“The prisoners were not released by Israel on the day they were supposed to be released and then another day passed and another day, and then 700 units were approved in Jerusalem and then poof — that was sort of the moment,” Kerry said.The secretary of state was referring to the planned fourth release of Palestinian security prisoners, which was originally slated for March 29. Israel did not proceed with the release on time, with Jerusalem saying that it was delayed because the Palestinian Authority had demanded that Israeli Arabs be among those freed and was unwilling to commit to extend peace talks beyond their April 29 deadline.
On April 1, the Israel Lands Authority reissued a call for tenders for 708 homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, which is located beyond the 1967 lines and was annexed by Israel.Later that same day, PA President Mahmoud Abbas signed 15 letters of accession to multilateral treaties and conventions, in what Israel said was a clear breach of Ramallah’s commitment not to take unilateral steps to advance their statehood bid so long as the talks were ongoing.“The treaties were unhelpful, and we made that crystal clear to the Palestinians,” Kerry said at the Senate hearing.He also said that Palestinians recognition of Israel as a Jewish state should be part of a final peace agreement, but added that the step would likely only be achieved at the very end of the process and not at the outset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent months elevated the demand for such Palestinian recognition to that of a core issue.Despite his evident frustration, Kerry said it was still possible for the two sides to find a way to extend the talks and return to “substantive discussion.”Senator John McCain told Kerry that “talks, even though you might drag them out for a bit, are finished,” but the secretary of state replied by saying that the peace process should not be declared dead as long as the two sides declare their willingness to continue negotiating.At the same time, Kerry said, “there are limits to the amount of time the president and myself can put into this, considering the other challenges around the world, especially if the parties can’t commit to being there in a serious way.”Afterward, the State Department attempted to dispel the impression that Israel had been singled out for harsher criticism in Kerry’s comments.“As he has been throughout this impasse, today Secretary Kerry was again crystal clear that both sides have taken unhelpful steps and at no point has he engaged in a blame game,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.“Today he even singled out by name Prime Minister Netanyahu for having made courageous decisions to bring the process this far. Now it is up to the parties and their leaders to determine whether we maintain a productive path,” she added.Kerry was set to meet US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office later Tuesday to discuss the fate of the peace talks.Senior officials have rejected the idea that Obama intends to pull the plug on the peace effort, and say he deeply appreciates his top diplomat’s efforts.But equally, Obama may need to be convinced that Kerry’s intense focus on the initiative is merited given its apparently slim chance of success and deepening global crises crying out for US attention elsewhere.“The issue now is whether the parties can demonstrate that they are willing to make the difficult decisions necessary to move the process forward,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney.“The parties understand what the choices are and they understand that these are not decisions that the United States or any other country can make. The parties themselves have to make them.”On Wednesday, Kerry will meet with Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in Washington.AFP contributed to this report.
Lapid: Settlement freeze preferable to prisoner release-Finance Minister says he would leave coalition if it was responsible for collapse of peace talks-By Ben Sales April 9, 2014, 2:33 am 5-The Times of Israel
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said he supports freezing settlement growth to help jump-start peace negotiations and vowed that his centrist Yesh Atid party would leave Israel’s governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were responsible for the collapse of the peace process.In an interview this week with JTA, his first with an American Jewish news organization since entering the Knesset last year, Lapid continued his recent shift toward placing the peace process at the top of his party’s agenda.A year ago he told The New York Times that Israel should not change its settlement policy to advance negotiations, nor should it curb its “natural expansion” or limit financial inducements to Israelis who move there.But on Monday, Lapid told JTA that he would sooner agree to freeze settlement growth than free Palestinian prisoners, as Netanyahu has done previously in an effort to advance the process. A fourth round of prisoner releases was due to take place March 29, but Israel reneged.“I would choose, every day of the week, freezing the settlements over freeing prisoners,” he said. “But in this coalition, in this particular moment, this was the favorable option.”A former television news anchor, Lapid entered politics for the first time in advance of the January 2013 elections with the aim of re-energizing Israel’s political center. He stayed relatively quiet on security issues during the campaign, running on a largely domestic platform of lowering the cost of living and expanding the mandatory military draft to include the haredi Orthodox.But over the past year, Lapid has become increasingly vocal about the need for Israel to reach a two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians. And while he laid the blame for the current impasse in peace talks squarely at the feet of the Palestinian leadership, Lapid said he could not stay in the government if it did not aggressively pursue a deal.“If I would think this coalition did not exhaust all options and it is our fault that the negotiation is not in progress or process, then I can’t stay in this government,” Lapid said. “We decided we’ll do everything in our power to back up the negotiations.”Lapid said that overall, he is happy with how the past year has gone for his party. He dismissed criticism that Yesh Atid’s signature achievement, a bill mandating that the haredi Orthodox perform military service, is too weak. The bill defers criminal sanctions for haredi draft dodgers for three years, but Lapid said a stricter law would have been unrealistic.“If we would just send draft bills to any young 18-year-old haredim, we’ll be the winners of some game, but nothing would have happened,” Lapid said. “The way we’ve been doing this, it will actually happen.”Lapid also campaigned on establishing civil unions in Israel, a measure that would have broken the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate’s control of Jewish marriage. Yesh Atid introduced a bill to create civil unions in October, but it is opposed by Jewish Home, a religious Zionist party that entered the coalition in alliance with Yesh Atid.Lapid sounded confident that he could get a civil unions bill past Jewish Home, possibly with support from left-wing parties. But though he vowed to continue to push the issue, he would not say if Yesh Atid would leave the coalition if the bill fails.“I don’t think this is good partnership,” Lapid said, “to keep a coalition under threat.”Lapid said all Jewish denominations should have equal standing in Israel, which he said would strengthen Israel’s relationship with American Jews.He also called for ending the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over Jewish marriage and conversion, and for an end to all forms of religious coercion.But he stopped short of calling for the abolition of the Chief Rabbinate or for a complete separation of religion and state, which he said would hurt the country’s Jewish character.“I don’t think the American model of total separation of religion and state is feasible in Israel because it was established as a Jewish state,”Lapid said. “I don’t want to give up this identity.“I would favor having parallel institutions to the Rabbinate. If someone wants to get married in the rabbinate, he can. If someone wants to get married at City Hall, he should be able to do so as well.”Yesh Atid surprised pundits when it captured 19 seats in Knesset elections last year, becoming Israel’s second largest political party. Soon after, Lapid said that he expected to be prime minister after the next ballot.On Monday, Lapid said his party was in the Knesset to stay, but he declined to make similar boasts about his own political future.“I’ll tell you one thing I’ve learned in this last year: There’s no problem in politics being an idiot — there’s a big problem being an idiot twice,” he said. “I’ve learned my lesson and I’m not going to declare such declarations anymore because this is stupid.”
Opposition Attacks Netanyahu For 'Adding Fuel' to Haters-Labor leader attacks cutting ties with PA, calls it 'disengagement' from the world; other MKs praise 'firm response to PA rovocation.'-By Iddo Ben Porat, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 4/9/2014, 1:27 PM-Israelnationalnews
Critics and supporters alike did not waste time responding to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's instructions on Wednesday to cut off all governmental ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA), excluding those of the Defense Ministry and the peace talks. The move came as promised, after Israel warned the PA last Thursday it would take several punitive actions and sanctions as a response to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's breaching of peace talk conditions by requesting membership in 15 UN agencies.Opposition Chairman and Labor Party Chair Yitzhak Herzog, who has expressed support for dividing Jerusalem and withdrawing from most of Judea and Samaria, slammed Netanyahu's orders on Wednesday."The prime minister is putting gasoline and flammable materials in the hands of the haters of Israel, it's not clear what benefit will sprout from this excessive step," claimed Herzog. "Netanyahu has started the process of Israel's disengagement from the world."However, other voices spoke out in support of Netanyahu's move. Deputy Education Minister Avi Wortzman (Jewish Home) welcomed the call to cut cooperation with the PA."The practice of free gifts that Israel is giving the Palestinians has to stop. The time has come for Abbas, who has proven time and again he isn't interested in peace, and the Palestinians, to understand that every unilateral step they take has immediate consequences," declared Wortzman.Finance Committee Chairman MK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) similarly said "the Palestinians need the peace talks much more than we do." The assessment follows a new survey released Tuesday, which found 45.5% of Israeli Jews felt the talks were not urgent."It's a serious mistake to think that we need to pay some kind of price for them to talk to us," argued Slomiansky. "I welcome the prime minister's decision to respond firmly to the provocation of the Palestinian Authority."
Government Cutting Most Ties with Ramallah-Prime Minister forbids meetings with Palestinians and cooperation with the Palestinian Authority.-By Gil Ronen, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 4/9/2014, 10:14 AM-IsraelnationalNews
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has issued instructions to government ministries forbidding meetings with Palestinian officials, and halting all civilian and economic cooperation with the Palestinian Authority (PA), following the collapse of negotiations with the PA."In response to the Palestinian violation of their commitments under peace talks... Israel government ministers have been told to refrain from meeting their Palestinian counterparts," the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.The new instructions do not include the Defense Ministry or talks carried out as part of the Israel-PA negotiations.Israel last Thursday informed the Palestinian Authority (PA) of a series of punitive measures against it, following the PA’s request to join 15 international conventions, ahead of becoming a member of various UN bodies.According to Voice of Israel public radio, these measures include a suspension of high-level contacts between ministers and CEOs, and any contacts with the PA will now be led by the Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea and Samaria, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai.It was also decided to freeze the implementation of 3G cellular technology in PA-assigned areas and stop the transfer into Gaza of communications equipment belonging to the PA cellular phone company Watania. US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke before the Senate on Tuesday, where he blamed Israel for the breakdown of peace talks last week."Israel didn't release the Palestinian prisoners on the day they were supposed to be freed, and another day passed, and another day, and then another 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem, and 'poof'...that was sort of the moment," remarked Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
China urges Israel to make 'brave' decisions on peace talks
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make "brave" decisions on the latest round of peace talks with the Palestinians, after negotiators ended another U.S-mediated session with no sign of a breakthrough."At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and also many difficulties," Xi told visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres, China's foreign ministry said late on Tuesday."(China) hopes that Israel keeps in mind the broader picture of peace, shows strategic wisdom, makes brave decisions as early as possible, and pushes, along with the international community and Palestinians, for substantive progress on peace talks," Xi added.The U.S.-brokered negotiations, which began in July, plunged into crisis last week after Israel, demanding a Palestinian commitment to continue talking beyond an April 29 deadline for a peace deal, failed to carry out a promised release of about two dozen Palestinian prisoners.China has traditionally had a low profile in Middle East diplomacy despite its reliance on oil imports from there, but is keen to assert its role as a force in international politics.Last year, Xi met both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, urging them to revive discussions.Xi, who took office in March last year, did not outline any specific proposals for the peace talks, saying simply that China would keep "playing a constructive role".Xi said the Chinese and Jewish peoples had long had friendly relations, pointing out China's role in fighting "fascism and militarism" during World War Two.Beijing has maintained close relations with the Palestinians for decades. In recent years, it has also cultivated ties with Israel, though Israel is wary of China's links with Iran.China, Iran's top oil customer and a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has opposed unilateral sanctions on Tehran, such as those imposed by Washington and the European Union, and has called repeatedly for talks to resolve the stand-off over Iran's contested nuclear program.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Ron Popeski)
