Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)
'Security situation isn't all doom and gloom'
It’s not often that you hear an Israeli general saying the country’s security situation is fine, that everything isn’t gloom and doom, and that the defense budget is adequate.But, breaking from that military tradition, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, the director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs at the Defense Ministry, contends that the country is in a stronger position than it has been in a long time. “This has been the most convenient year from a security point of view,” he says.
Bibi Wants Face-to-Face Meeting With Abbas
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will seek direct talks with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas when he meets PA prime minister Salam Fayyad next week.Netanyahu will hold a rare face-to-face meeting with Fayyad and two other senior officials from Ramallah in Jerusalem on April 17.
'Security situation isn't all doom and gloom'
Bibi Wants Face-to-Face Meeting With Abbas
Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)
Activist: no reports of violence at truce deadline
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire has passed without reports of major violence, just hours after Syria promised to observe the halt in fighting. The truce deadline was 6 a.m. Thursday.But there were only dim hopes for an abrupt end to the bloodshed. Syria has backtracked on previous peace plans and has characterized the uprising it's facing as a terrorist plot.
TEL AVIV – The Syrian military is on its second highest alert level, believing Turkey may be attempting to stage a provocation in hopes of drawing Damascus into a conflict, a top Syrian official told WND.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Syria noted unusual Turkish troop movements in recent days along the Syria-Turkey border.
Exclusive: Iran’s “new initiatives” place Israel at center of nuclear talks
The head of Iran’s National Security Council Saeed Jalili suggested enigmatically Wednesday, April 11, that its representatives would present “new initiatives” at the negotiations with six world powers starting in Istanbul next Saturday. “We hope,” he said, “that the powers will also enter talks with constructive approaches; the language of threat and pressure against the Iranian nation has never yielded results.”The Rise of the East
Defiant North Korea begins injecting fuel into rocket
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea rejected international protests over its planned long-range rocket launch and said on Wednesday that it was injecting fuel "as we speak", meaning it could blast off as early as Thursday.If all goes to plan, the launch, which North Korea's neighbors and the West say is a disguised ballistic missile test, will take a three-stage rocket over a sea separating the Korean peninsula from China before releasing a satellite into orbit when the third stage fires over waters near the Philippines.
Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14)
24 Outrageous Facts About Taxes In The United States That Will Blow Your Mind
The U.S. tax code is a complete and utter abomination and it needs to be thrown out entirely. Nobody in their right mind would ever read the whole thing - it is over 3 million words long. Each year, Americans spend billions of hours and hundreds of billions of dollars trying to comply with federal tax requirements. Sadly, it is the honest, hard working Americans in the middle class that always get hit the hardest. The tax code is absolutely riddled with loopholes that big corporations and the ultra-wealthy use to minimize their tax burdens as much as possible.
24 Outrageous Facts About Taxes In The United States That Will Blow Your Mind
America's Debt Is Greater than Entire Eurozone's (and U.K.'s) Combined Debt
Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8)
Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warnings lifted after 8.6 magnitude quake strikes off coast
A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering immediate tsunami warnings for the region—and fears for an area devastated by an earthquake almost eight years ago. The tsunami warnings were later lifted.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 270 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, at a depth of 14 miles.Two hours later, an 8.2 magnitude aftershock also struck off the coast of the Sumatra island.
April 11, 2012 – ARIZONA – According to the Arizona Geological Survey, 131 earthquakes were detected in 2011 compared with 53 in 2010. That was twice as many as in 2009 and about a third more than in 2008. Most of the earthquakes were in the northwestern part of the state. The Yuma area was also shaken by earthquakes associated with the Gulf of California Rift Zone.
Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warnings lifted after 8.6 magnitude quake strikes off coast
A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering immediate tsunami warnings for the region—and fears for an area devastated by an earthquake almost eight years ago. The tsunami warnings were later lifted.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 270 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, at a depth of 14 miles.Two hours later, an 8.2 magnitude aftershock also struck off the coast of the Sumatra island.
April 12, 2012 – WORLD – A strong earthquake hit Mexico on Wednesday, shaking buildings and sending people running out of offices onto the streets of the capital Mexico City. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.5 -magnitude quake was centered on Mexico’s Pacific coast near Michoacan and struck fairly deep under the earth at 65 km or 40 miles. Prior to the Mexico earthquake, a powerful and shallow 5.9 struck near the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate off the coast of Oregon- indicating tectonic plates worldwide are being rattled by planetary seismic tension.
April 11, 2012 – INDONESIA – A massive earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean. The quake struck about 434 kilometers (270 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s Aceh province, and had a magnitude of 8.6, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It took place at a depth of 23 kilometers (14 miles). The massive earthquake was followed by a 6.0 in the north Indian Ocean and then a 8.2 earthquake near the main epicenter.
April 11, 2012 – ARIZONA – According to the Arizona Geological Survey, 131 earthquakes were detected in 2011 compared with 53 in 2010. That was twice as many as in 2009 and about a third more than in 2008. Most of the earthquakes were in the northwestern part of the state. The Yuma area was also shaken by earthquakes associated with the Gulf of California Rift Zone. Preaching the Gospel (Mat 24:14)
'Jesus Tomb' Controversy Rages as Archaeologists Explore Another 2,000-Year-Old Tomb
Archaeologists working in Jerusalem claim that a discovery they made inside a burial tomb, dating back to the time of Jesus Christ, could shed new light on the origins of Christianity. Biblical historian James Tabor, professor and chair of religious studies at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, is working with the team, led by controversial filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici. Using a camera mounted on a robotic arm, the team found a 2,000-year-old engraving....
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