30/12/2011: DAILY NEWS

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

•  Israeli Operation Cast Lead-2 looming?
•  Palestinians offer to renew Israel peace talks without settlement freeze, official says
•  Eye of the storm
•  Protest / The tectonic plates beneath Israel are shifting
•  Israel seeks to launch new wars
•  Afternoon Naps Shattered by Rocket Attack on Southern Israel
•  Tragedy Narrowly Averted as Iron Dome Rockets Come Crashing Down
•  EU blasts Israel on discrimination
•  Hamas forces ordered to cease attacks on Israeli targets, Palestinian sources say

Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

•  Syrian information controversy: who to trust?
•  Foreign monitors energize Syrian protests
•  US seeks options for Syria intervention
•  'US views Syria as a rival in Mideast'
•  Arab observers fan out across protest-hit Syria as death toll mounts
•  Syrian opposition expresses concerns over Arab observers’ performance

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

•  Libyan society falling apart without anti-Gaddafi glue
•  US price tag on Egyptian revolution? 
•  Iran raises anti-US threat level. Israel's C-of-S warns of potential for regional war 
•  U.S. trip gives Saleh neither immunity nor exile

Babylon, Iraq (Jeremiah 50:9, 13) (Jeremiah 51:6, 29, 37, 55, 64) (Revelation 18)

•  Turkey acknowledges killing civilians in Iraq strike, says attack might be ‘blunder’
•  U.S. to move ahead with arms deal with Baghdad, despite concerns about Maliki

Arab Nations (Ezekiel 38-39)

•  'Iran war very dangerous scenario'
• The Gathering Storm: A pessimistic prognosis for 2012
•  2012: The year that could bring a U.S. strike of Iran
• Mossad Chief: Nuclear Iran Not an Existential Threat 
• 'Stuxnet virus used on Iran was 1 of 5 cyberbombs' 
• US aircraft carrier 'spotted' in Iran wargames zone 
• ‘US not ready for all-out conflict with Iran’
• Iran official: U.S. cannot stop us from cutting off world oil supply
• Clock Ticking for West to Act on Iranian Nuclear Program
• Iran bombers pound mock targets

The Revived Roman Empire / Rise of European Superstate (Dan 2:40-44) (Rev 17:17)

• Terminal phase awaiting Europe: Poll
  • Euro slides to 10-year low against Yen

Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14) 

•  Report: U.S. to Sell F-15 Jets to Saudis
•  Pakistan defies US, honors Iran gas deal

Immorality (2 Tim 3:2-4) 

•  Zambian Christians to March Against 'Satanic' Flood of Homosexuality

Nuclear Contamination (Rev 8:10-11) 

•  Diseased seals washing ashore in Alaska being tested for possible Fukushima radiation exposure

Global Pestilence: Drought (Rev 6:6) Floods (Luke 21:25) Earthquakes (Mat 24:7) 

•  Finland hammered by powerful storms- 200,000 residents suffer power outages
•  Awakening: volley of recent earthquakes rattling East Java has agitated three volcanoes
•  Scientists stunned to see new volcanic island emerge from the Red Sea

The Gospel Preached (Mat 24:14)

• Christianity Faces Eradication in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt (VIDEO)
•  Fox Latin America apologizes for Facebook poll on whether Jews killed Jesus