20/05/2012

Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

Parents call for peace: Israelis and Palestinians unite over common grief

 After years of dispute Israelis and Palestinians seem to have no middle ground, but those who paid the highest possible price for the conflict have found a way to dialogue. Parents and relatives of those who died in the violence urge peace.The Parents Circle is a grassroots organization bringing together Israelis and Palestinians who lost their loved ones in the long lasting conflict.They meet on a regular basis to talk with one another and show that reconciliation is possible.


'Jews plan to storm Temple Mount on J'lem Day'

A leading Palestinian Muslim cleric has called on Palestinians to "be alert for possible infiltration of fanatic Jews" onto Jeruslaem's Temple Mount during Jerusalem Day celebrations on Sunday, Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported on Saturday, despite a rerouting of the parade by police to avoid Muslim-majority areas.

Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Suicide blast hits Syria as G8 calls for end to violence

A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in eastern Syria on Saturday killing nine people, as G8 leaders called for a "political transition" in Syria and an end to violence that has claimed an estimated 12,000 lives. The G8 -- which includes long-time Syrian-ally Russia -- called for a "Syrian-led, inclusive political transition leading to a democratic, plural political system." The group, huddled at Camp David, outside Washington, also called on the Syrian government and all parties to "immediately and fully adhere" ...

 Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

 Clashes between Yemeni army and Qaeda over south town control kill 26

Clashes between al-Qaeda gunmen and the army have killed 26 people dead near the jihadists’ stronghold of Jaar, and a drone killed two in a strike on a militant vehicle, military and tribal sources said. Eight soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded” in fighting that included artillery and machinegun fire late on Friday on the outskirts of Jaar, in Yemen’s south, a military official said. A tribal source said “18 Qaeda militants were killed” in the same clashes.

Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

 Emerging US-Iran interim nuclear deal endangers Israel

Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is entrusted with a decisive mission in Tehran Sunday, May 20: collecting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s broad endorsement of the interim eight-point deal he and US President Barack Obama have drafted through secret dialogue. debkafile has obtained exclusive access to the eight points - with the caveat that they may not be final.

Obama says G8 ‘unified’ on Iran, committed to transition in Syria

President Barack Obama hosting Group of Eight leaders on Saturday at Camp David said the group was “unified” on how to tackle upcoming nuclear negotiations with Iran and on the need to rapidly move toward a plan for political transition within Syria. “I think that all of us agree that Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear power but that its continuing violations of international rules and norms and its inability thus far to convince the world community that it’s not pursuing the weaponization

Revived Roman Empire (Dan 2:40-43) (Rev 17:17) 

 18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse

With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates. European banks are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone. The situation in Europe is rapidly going from bad to worse. It is almost like watching air being let out of a balloon. The key to any financial system is confidence, and right now confidence in banks in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal is declining at an alarming rate.

Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8)

Strong quake strikes North Italy: at least 3 dead 

A 5.9-magnitude tremor has hit northern Italy, reportedly killing at least three people and injuring several others. The earthquake struck some 36 km northwest of the city of Bologna and was followed by a powerful aftershock. Local officials say that one man died in the locality of Bordeno when a warehouse collapsed during the quake. Two others were killed in a cave-in at a ceramics factory in Sant’Agostino di Ferrara. The temblor struck a populated region in the north of the country affecting the cities of Modena, Ferrara, Verona and Mantua.

Upcoming solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'

(CNN) -- Thousands of people are planning viewing parties for the upcoming annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon. The eclipse will begin over Asia on Monday morning, when it will be visible in southern Japan and southern China. In the United States, the eclipse will be visible on a path from northwestern Texas through New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, southern Utah, Nevada, northern California and southwestern Oregon late Sunday.

Preaching the Gospel (Mat 24:14)

 King James Bible Sent to Every School in England in Honor of 400th Anniversary

In honor of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, every state primary and secondary school in England is set to receive a copy of the holy text distributed by the Department for Education. Close to 24,000 Bibles are being distributed all across England, with Education Secretary Michael Gove insisting that every child should have the chance to read "the most important book written in the English language

13/05/2012

Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

Netanyahu Responds to Abbas' Letter

Attorney Yitzchak Molcho, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s special envoy, met on Saturday evening in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister's Office announced.During the meeting, Molcho handed Abbas a letter from the Israeli government, according to the PMO.A joint Israel-PA statement produced after the meeting said that “Israel and the PA are committed to achieving peace and the parties hope that the exchange of letters between Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu will contribute to this.”

Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Clashes rage in northern Syria as opposition groups meet in Turkey 

BEIRUT - Rebels fought the army in northern Syria on Saturday, activists said, and Syrian dissidents abroad gathered to try to unify and project themselves as a credible alternative to President Bashar Assad.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fighting in Idlib province, on Syria's northern border with Turkey, a hotspot of the 14-month-old revolt against Assad's rule."Violent clashes are raging between Syrian regime forces and armed military defectors ...

 Syria activists: At least 5 killed in village raid

 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say regime forces killed at least five people during a raid on a northwestern farming village. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops torched homes in the village of al-Tamana about 55 kilometers (35 miles) northwest of the city of Hama and put the death toll at five. Activist Mousab Alhamadee said Sunday that residents had recovered six bodies after the raid the day before.The attack followed anti-regime protests, and one of the dead was a rebel leader, he said.

 Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

 Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a top Afghan peace negotiator in the capital Kabul on Sunday, police said, dealing another blow to the country's attempts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban.

Maulvi Arsala Rahmani was one of the most senior members on Afghanistan's High Peace Council, set up by President Hamid Karzai two years ago to liaise with insurgents."He (Rahmani) was stuck in heavy traffic when another car beside him opened fire," said General Mohammad Zahir, head of the investigations unit for Kabul police.

Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

 Ahmadinejad: Israel 'Nothing More Than a Mosquito'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared Israel to an annoying insect Saturday, maintaining that the Jewish state poses no threat to Tehran’s nuclear program. "Israel is nothing more than a mosquito which cannot see the broad horizon of the Iranian nation," he said in northeastern Iran's Khorassan province, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Ahmadinejad said "regional states" were being duped into buying billions of dollars worth of arms from "arrogant and imperial powers,"...

 Putin Decision To Skip G8 Arouses Speculation On Motivations

Vladimir Putin's decision to skip next week's meeting of the G8 at Camp David has set off speculation on how this decision should be interpreted. The most pessimistic reading is that this is a deliberate snub and represents a continuation of the anti-Western policy that permeated Putin's election campaign. It essentially meant that the Obama administration's reset policy with the Russians

 Exile group: Iran advancing active nuclear arms program

An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some 60 scientists and engineers involved in a concerted and expanding program to develop nuclear weapons under defense ministry auspices.However, diplomats say the National Council of Resistance of Iran has had a spotty record with allegations about Iran's nuclear work since exposing a secret uranium enrichment plant at Natanz in 2002. A top U.S. nuclear expert said the NCRI report, like previous ones, should be treated with great skepticism.

More than 60 nuclear experts at work building Iranian nuclear bomb

 The names and addresses of 60 Iranian experts employed by 11 different Iranian agencies under the control of the Iranian Defense Ministry were revealed Saturday, May 12, by the main Iranian opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI). This is the first time an extensive, highly secret, central organizational structure dedicated to building a nuclear weapon has been revealed in detail – specifically the Ministry of Defense under the command of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which also runs the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.