"And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off [Jesus went to the cross], but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week [beginning of the Tribulation & the Rapture]: and in the midst of the week [3.5 years into the Tribulation] he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease [the sacrifices in the third rebuilt Israeli Temple], and for the overspreading of abominations [the Antichrist is given full power, God withdraws] he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." (Daniel 9:26, 27)

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Reported by retired pastor/teacher James McCutchan   "And he (the beast) shall confirm the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)"[Daniel 9:27]. 1. Report: Obama to Mediate Israel-PA Meeting by Maayana Miskin   September 8, 2009 Talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will begin in under a month with help from a new moderator – United States President Barack Obama. So reports the American television news network Fox News, based on an exclusive interview with President Shimon Peres.   Peres told Fox that the three-way meeting is expected to take place at the United Nations compound in New York.   In advance of the meeting, Israeli, American, and European officials continue to talk regarding the PA's demand that Israel freeze construction in Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem. The PA has warned that it will not begin negotiations as long as Jews are allowed to build in areas that the PA claims as the site of a future Arab state.   The PA is backed by the U.S. and the E.U., both of which have pressured Israel to halt construction.   When it comes to the proposed building freeze, Netanyahu “knows he must do it,” Peres said. The prime minister “is aware of the choice, and he knows there is no chance, no escape, no alternative to go ahead and make peace,” he stated.   When negotiations between Israel and the PA resume, they will not include Hamas, Peres said. Hamas became part of the PA leadership after winning the most recent PA elections, but later split from the Fatah-led PA after staging a violent coup in Gaza. Currently, Hamas rules Gaza, while the Fatah-led PA controls Arab towns in Judea and Samaria.   ----------oOo--------- "And he (the beast) shall confirm the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)"[Daniel 9:27]. Mitchell heads to Israel, other Mideast nations Fri Sep 11, 2009 WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) U.S. special envoy George Mitchell leaves on Friday to visit Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt as he seeks to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the State Department said. Mitchell has been trying to put together a package under which Israel would freeze settlement construction and Arab nations would make gestures toward recognizing the Jewish state as a precursor to the resumption of peace talks. The envoy hopes to secure a deal for a possible meeting at the U.N. General Assembly this month among Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President Barack Obama. U.S. officials have declined to speculate on the odds of that occurring or of peace talks, which have been stalled since December, resuming. "We are in discussions. Where they lead and how quickly, we'll see," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters as he announced Mitchell's travel. The spokesman said Mitchell was expected to visit Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt after his talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials but he declined to specify his exact travel plans. Netanyahu's refusal so far to stop settlement activity has led to a rare Israeli diplomatic rift with Washington, and the issue of ceasing construction is likely to be among the most difficult on Mitchell's trip. Israel approved on Monday the building of 455 settler homes in the West Bank, a move that drew Palestinian protests and rare U.S. criticism but that could pave the way for the construction moratorium sought by Washington. Some 500,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, land which Israel captured in a 1967 war and Palestinians seek for a state, and Arab East Jerusalem, which Israel has annexed as part of its capital in a move not recognized internationally. Palestinians, who number about three million in the West Bank, say settlements deprive them of land for a viable state. "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes" (Psalm 118:9). ----------oOo---------   "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). Sep 23, 2009 'It's enough talking about talking' By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOSR CORRESPONDENT IN NEW YORK   The Obama administration is growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli and Palestinian foot-dragging over peace negotiations, which it wants to see relaunched immediately and based on previous agreements and principles laid out in earlier talks. "We're not going to be starting from scratch," a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post, following three-way talks held by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. "There's a body of agreements and basic principles" to build on, he said. The Obama administration has until now been vague about how it sees such a process going and what frameworks would govern the talks. But Obama called for immediate final-status talks at the beginning of Tuesday's trilateral meeting, telling the press, "Permanent-status negotiations must begin, and begin soon." The senior official described Obama as having expressed his "impatience" over the need to start negotiations during his separate one-on-one meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas earlier in the day. "It's enough talking about talking, and it's time to get started as soon as possible," he said.     Sep 23, 2009 'It's time to move forward,' Obama demands By HERB KEINON, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT IN NEW YORK Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu emerged from his meeting with US President Barack Obama and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday saying that the Palestinians had dropped their preconditions for negotiations, and that the discussion now centered on the framework of the talks. The questions being dealt with now, Netanyahu said at a press briefing with Israeli reporters, were "how the discussions will be held, within what framework and how they will be characterized." The prime minister, who termed both his bilateral talks with Obama and the tripartite talks with Obama and Abbas as "good," said the importance of the meeting was in its very existence, and that it was an ice-breaker. "There was a general agreement by all sides, including the Palestinians, to renew the negotiations without preconditions," he said. The Palestinians have said up until now that they would not renew talks with Israel until it declared a complete settlement freeze. In a moment that was deep in symbolism but offered little expectation of any immediate breakthrough, Obama showed frustration with the looming gap between the two sides as the US again tried to foster a deal. Obama challenged Israel and the Palestinians to find a way to advance the peace process, and outlined a timetable of steps for the coming weeks. "Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations," Obama said. "It is time to move forward." Everyone had "worked tirelessly," but had still not done enough, he said. The US president, who first called for a complete settlement freeze earlier this year, seemed to step back from this demand during the comments he made before the tripartite meeting, but after meeting separately with Netanyahu and Abbas. He noted positively that Israel had "discussed important steps to restrain settlement activity." But, he said, there was now a need to "translate the discussions into actions." Obama also praised Israel for facilitating greater freedom of movement for Palestinians. The US president also praised the Palestinians for strengthening "their efforts on security," and then criticized them gently, saying they needed to do more to stop incitement and "move forward on negotiations." While not declaring a relaunch of full-blown negotiations, as he had hoped, Obama said that US Middle East envoy George Mitchell would meet next week in Washington with teams sent by Netanyahu and Abbas. He said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who took part in Tuesday's meetings, would report back to him on these talks by mid-October. He called on the sides to demonstrate "flexibility and common sense and a sense of compromise" in creating a framework for permanent-status talks. He also said it remained "important for the Arab states to take concrete steps to promote peace," an indication that these steps, which the Obama administration has made a pillar of its Middle East policy, have not been forthcoming. "I am committed to pressing ahead in the weeks and months and years to come, because it is absolutely critical that we get this issue resolved," Obama said. There was no joint Israeli-Palestinian-US statement. Netanyahu said he hoped that the negotiations would restart in the next few weeks. After the meeting, Abbas insisted that Israel must halt settlement building in the West Bank including Jerusalem. "In today's meetings, we confirmed our positions and commitment to the road map and its implementation. We also demanded that the Israeli side fulfill its commitments on settlements, including on natural growth," Abbas said in a statement. "As for resuming talks, this depends on a definition of the negotiating process that means basing them on recognizing the need to withdraw to the 1967 borders and ending the occupation, as was discussed with the previous Israeli government when we defined the occupied territories as the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem," he went on. "This was reiterated in the talks with President Obama and in the trilateral talks. We believe the American administration will review the positions of the two sides in the coming weeks to make it possible for us to renew peace talks based on our stated position." Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who, along with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, participated in both the bilateral and tripartite meetings, said at the press briefing that he had made clear to the Palestinians that he expected them to withdraw their petition to the International Criminal Court in the Hague regarding alleged IDF war crimes during Operation Cast Lead. Lieberman said that the PA, which wanted Israel to deliver a pummeling blow to Hamas in Gaza, could not then turn to the ICC and accuse it of war crimes. "This is the first thing we expect of them," he said. Lieberman, who some thought would be shunned by the PA officials at the meeting, said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat had wished him a good year in Hebrew, and that Abbas had said, "Hello, foreign minister," to which Lieberman had replied that there was no need for such formality, considering that they were neighbors. Netanyahu said his bilateral talks with Obama, which also included a private conversation, had focused on the diplomatic process, the recently released Goldstone Report accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza, and Iran. The prime minister would not divulge any details of the conversation on Iran, nor what he planned on saying in his speech at the UN on Thursday, although Iran is expected to be a major focus. Netanyahu said that during the negotiations, all the "core issues" would be on the table, though he was not committed to what the previous government had offered. He said that although he did not know whether Abbas "could deliver the goods," he was intent on trying. AP contributed to this report. GOD SAYS ISRAEL'S COMING COVENANT IS, "A COVENANT WITH DEATH; AN AGREEMENT WITH HELL" Please read Isaiah 28:14-21 from your own Bible: "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" (Isaiah 28:18).     ----------oOo---------     Sep 24, 2009 Abbas: We can't return to negotiations By ASSOCIATED PRESS The Palestinians cannot return to peace talks at this time because of "fundamental disagreements" with Israel on what should be on the agenda, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published Thursday, rebuffing an appeal by US President Barack Obama that both sides get back to the table promptly. Abbas said he wants to avoid a crisis with the Obama administration at any cost, but that "there is no common ground for discussion" with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.   ----------oOo---------   "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:" (Titus 2:13)   PM hopes prize ´will usher in a new era of peace and reconciliation´ (JERUSALEM POST) By REBECCA ANNA STOIL AND JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/11/09) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu praised US President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the occasion meant little for the Palestinians. Netanyahu passed his congratulations on to US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell during a meeting between the two in Jerusalem, the Prime Minister´s Office told The Jerusalem Post. Netanyahu later praised Obama personally through a letter sent to the White House. "You have already inspired so many people around the world, and I know that this award also expresses the hope that your Presidency will usher in a new era of peace and reconciliation," Netanyahu wrote. "Nowhere is such a peace needed more than in the Middle East, a region that has been long marked by terror and bloodshed. I look forward to working closely with you in the years ahead to advance peace and to give hope to the peoples of our region who deserve to live in peace, security and dignity." Former Israeli UN ambassador Dan Gillerman, however, said that while he hoped Obama would live up to the expectations the Nobel committee had vested in him, he was surprised at the decision. "I´m a little surprised at the choice, not because I don´t appreciate the efforts of the president of the United States for peace, but because in my opinion the test is in the results and not in the attempt," Gillerman told Israel Radio. "I think that at this time he has done very little, at least from the point of view of results," he said. "This choice is somewhat premature." President Shimon Peres also sent a letter of congratulations to Obama, telling the American leader that under his leadership, peace became a "real and original agenda." "Very few leaders if at all were able to change the mood of the entire world in such a short while with such profound impact. You provided all of humanity with fresh hope, with intellectual determination, and a feeling that there is a Lord in heaven and believers on Earth," Peres, himself a 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, wrote to Obama. "Under your leadership, peace became a real and original agenda. And from Jerusalem, I am sure all the bells of engagement and understanding will ring again. You gave us a license to dream and act in a noble direction," the president concluded. Earlier, Defense Minister Ehud Barak was the first Israeli official to congratulate Obama, expressing hope that the award would help the US president in his efforts to bring peace to the region. "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. "Reaching peace with our neighbors is a top priority for Israel," Barak said. "I believe the Nobel Prize will empower President Barack Obama in his efforts to bring regional peace to the Middle East, as well as to an agreement between ourselves and the Palestinians, resulting in peace and prosperity for all the nations in the region." Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip said on Friday his group heard Obama´s speeches seeking better relations with the Islamic world but had not been moved. "We are in need of actions, not sayings," Haniyeh said. "If there is no fundamental and true change in American policies toward the acknowledgment of the rights of the Palestinian people, I think this prize won´t move us forward or backward." Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin described the choice of Obama from among the more than 200 candidates as "quite strange." "A Nobel Prize is given to someone who has carried out a mission. Obama´s mission was to reach the White House - and maybe for that he deserves a prize - but not the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is given for results and not for plans - but strange are the ways of the world," Rivlin told Israel Radio. He added that he fears "giving the prize to Obama could lead to the forcing of steps upon Israel. I fear that the prize was given him so that he will carry out his plans, which may well be completely incorrect and in opposition to the State of Israel´s interests." MK Ophir Paz-Pines called upon Rivlin to "immediately retract his statements. "Rivlin is the chairman of all of the country´s Knesset and not of the extreme Right´s. It is not appropriate that someone in such a position makes statements against Obama´s receipt of the prize." "The Knesset speaker speaks in the name of the entire Knesset, and it is not appropriate that the voice of the Knesset on this day is so exceptional, so cut-off and so critical relative to the voices coming out from all other world leaders," Paz-Pines said. "The prize to Obama will give a push to all peace-seekers throughout the world and in Israel and will emphasize that the way today to solve international conflicts is to achieve peace. This is an important message. Peace is not a disease or a dirty word, and there is nothing to fear in it." (© 1995 - 2009 The Jerusalem Post. 10/11/09) MATERIAL REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY "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" (I Thessalonians 5:3)     ----------oOo---------     "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). Oct 17, 2009 Israeli envoys set to return to DC By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON Israeli envoys negotiating with the US over a settlement freeze and restarting peace talks are set to return to Washington in coming days to continue discussions with the Obama administration. The unexpected decision to return so soon to the US is seen as a sign of movement towards an agreement after rounds of meetings have failed to produce a deal. The sides have noted progress on a formula for a time-limited settlement freeze with some provisions for continuing current construction as well as determining the parameters of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Prime Minister's Office advisor Yitzhak Molcho and Defense Ministry chief of staff Michael Herzog already spent three days in town this past week, stretching their stay from an originally planned 24 hours and meeting several times with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell. Before their anticipated return, Mitchell will meet separately with Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat on Tuesday, though it's possible that both the Israeli and Palestinian teams would meet together if an agreement seems imminent.   ----------oOo---------     Netanyahu told Obama: Peace talks must yield deal (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Aluf Benn 11/12/09 Most of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu´s White House meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama this week took place in private, and it centered mainly on the Palestinian issue. This is what Netanyahu told the people he briefed after the meeting. Netanyahu asked to meet privately with Obama, at the end of the working day, "with jackets off," in an effort to build trust and open a dialogue. He left very pleased, according to his aides, and said the atmosphere reminded him of his first meeting with Obama, two years ago. Obama was then a senator running in the Democratic Party´s presidential primary, and Netanyahu was the head of the opposition in Israel They met in a room at the airport in Washington. At Monday´s meeting, Netanyahu sought to convince Obama that he wants to conduct serious negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to reach a peace agreement. He said that Abbas "must not be written off in advance." "[Anwar] Sadat was also written off at first," Netanyahu told Obama. "Abbas is at the end of his career, and he will be thinking about what he will leave to his nation." Netanyahu said that Israeli politicians are urging him to conduct "a process for the sake of process," either merely for the sake of holding negotiations with the Palestinians, or in order to prevent a further outbreak of violence. "I disagree with my colleagues on both sides," Netanyahu said. "We need to try to reach an agreement." Netanyahu asked Obama to convince Abbas to begin negotiations with him. He expressed understanding for the political difficulties that Abbas found himself in several weeks ago over the Goldstone Report, when he succumbed to U.S. and Israeli pressure and agreed that the PA would not bring the matter before the United Nations, only to reverse his position. "Leaders need to do the right thing, and Abbas needs to be seen as such a leader," Netanyahu said. "The absence of a political process would be deadly for the Palestinians and also for us," Netanyahu warned, "because that would strengthen Hamas, which in turn would be a victory for Iran." He and the president also discussed concrete steps that would serve to advance the process. In his speech to the United Jewish Communities´ General Assembly in Washington, Netanyahu said that Israel is ready to make great concessions for the sake of peace. Netanyahu told Obama that any final-status deal with the Palestinians will have to include a solution to the danger posed by the introduction of advanced weaponry into the territories. "It can´t be that Israel will be left with a piece of paper while arms smuggling goes on," he said. "We must create security arrangements that will prevent the introduction of weapons across the border." He pointed to the advanced weapons now possessed by Hezbollah and Hamas, which are not made in Lebanon or the Gaza Strip, but are smuggled in from abroad, and gave as an example the arms seized recently from the freighter Francop. "This is a critical problem, to which an answer must be given," Netanyahu warned. "We suffered rockets twice, from Lebanon and from Gaza, and we do not want to suffer them a third time, in much larger doses." The prime minister was impressed with Obama´s knowledge of the details. According to Netanyahu, there is a major difference between his own image as someone who rejects peace, and his actual stance, and the same is true of Obama´s attitude on Iran. Netanyahu praised Obama to his Israeli interlocutors for his efforts to combat the Goldstone Report and the administration´s actions against the Iranian threat. (© Copyright 2009 Ha´aretz 11/12/09) MATERIAL REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY   ----------oOo---------   "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. 01/06/2010 U.S. - Arab states collaborating to see Mideast talks resume By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent The Obama administration and delegates from Arab states were holding a series of meetings in Washington this week in an effort to see a renewal of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Friday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and negotiator Omer Suleiman during their visit to Washington. Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh will also meet Clinton that day, along with other U.S. officials. The United States pledged on Monday, as the talks kicked off, to be "even more committed this year" to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The State Department warned then that any further delay would only hurt the interests of all parties involved. "We know that the Palestinians deserve a state to fulfill their aspirations. The Israelis deserve security to live peacefully side by side with their Palestinian neighbors," Clinton said. "The Arab nations have made a very positive contribution in the peace initiative of the Arab League and others. So we're going to be even more committed this year, and we're starting this new year with that level of commitment and we're going to follow through and hopefully we can see this as a positive year in this long process," she said. The State Department said Monday that it was making efforts to ensure a quick resumption of talks, adding that it was '"consulting closely with our European and regional allies." Our goal remains the resumption of negotiations as soon as possible," said a state department official. "We believe that further delay is not in the interests of Palestinians, of Israelis, or of the U.S. We recognize of course that there are problems and difficulties. But waiting will only make things worse." Obama's Middle East envoy George Mitchell is expected to return to the region sometime next week, according to an Israeli official in Washington. Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani on Monday said he believed a unity government between rival Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah would greatly aid the peace process, and pledged his own commitment to seeing the conflict resolved with the help of U.S. mediation. "The most important thing is how we can make a unity government between the Palestinians so they can concentrate how to deal with the peace process," said Al-Thani. "Also, the Israeli and the Palestinian have to know that the solution to solve this problem is by a dialogue," he said. "It is very important that there is no games in this dialogue because we know Jerusalem is a very important part, we know the settlements [are] a problem, we know the water, we know peace - land-for-peace... [these are] the main elements [upon] which the international arena and all the countries." "So I hope that both sides realize that they have to work together," Al-Thani added. "All of us, we are ready to help. All of us rely on the United States.. in this process." End Item. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMENTARY: The United States' plan for peace has been widely accepted internationally as well as by the Israeli and Palestinian governments, which would see two sovereign states existing beside each other in the land God has promised to Israel.: "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 16:25). "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (Matthew 24:21 & 22). But the hope of the Church, which is the body and bride of Christ, is to be caught up (raptured) to meet Christ in the air immediately before the tribulation. There is an event that indicates the first day of the tribulation: "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. One of these days, in the near future, we're going to hear that an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians has been reached. Also the date for a formal public confirmation ceremony will be announced. Let's say for example, the confirmation ceremony, with much pomp and circumstance, with the whole world watching, is scheduled to convene on October 28. Based on past performance, such as Israel's treaties with Egypt; Jordan; and the Oslo agreements, the announcement of the public confirmation ceremony always came several days in advance of the event. So, let's say that on or about October 22, we hear that a confirmation ceremony is set for October 28. We would then know that the Church would be caught up to meet Christ in the air on October 27; as the Church Age goes up to, but not into the tribulation. Then we'll be singing, "Coming home, coming home, Lord I'm coming home." Amen! "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (I Thessalonians 4:16-18).   ----------oOo---------     "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13).   Jan 8, 2010 20:17 | Updated Jan 9, 2010 5:11 US, Jordan pressure Israel, PA on peace By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Friday laid out a bold shift in its Mideast peace strategy, stepping up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to resume stalled talks by first taking on the tough issues of borders for a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem. On its face, the decision to tackle two defining and difficult issues that Israel has long refused to budge on would appear to be a major turnaround in long-standing American policy to push for incremental Mideast progress. But US officials stressed that the shift does not abandon the administration's comprehensive approach to peace and said their overall aim is get the parties back to the negotiating table, where all issues would be discussed. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that dealing with those matters first would eliminate Palestinian concerns about continued construction of Jewish settlements in disputed areas. After a meeting at the State Department, Clinton and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh called for negotiations to begin as soon as possible and be bound by deadlines. "Resolving borders resolves settlements, resolving Jerusalem resolves settlements," said Clinton. Obama administration's special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell prepares to visit Europe next week and Israel and the Palestinian territories later this month to try to relaunch stalled negotiations. Mitchell will visit Paris and Brussels first to build support for the approach from European officials. When he travels to the region, Mitchell is expected to be carrying letters of "guarantees" outlining the US position. End item. "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27].     ----------oOo---------   It seems the Sovereign God of the universe may be preparing Israel's enemies to make peace with 'crazy' Israel. "And he (the beast) shall confirm the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. Israel is back   February 19, 2010   Our enemies scared of ‘crazy’ Israel, which finally learned rules of region Guy Bechor   We are currently facing an odd situation the likes of which we have not seen for many years: Israel’s enemies are in panic, or is it paranoia, for fear that Israel will be attacking them. Hezbollah is convinced that it will suffer a blow at any moment, Hamas is still licking its wounds, Syria is concerned, and Iran’s foreign minister already declared that Israel is a “nation of crazy people” with “mad leaders” who may launch a strike. Meanwhile, the frightened Lebanese turned to the UN, to UNIFIL, and to French President Sarkozy and asked for France’s protection against the “terrible” Israel. However, the French announced that as long as Hezbollah is armed, they will only ask Israel to refrain from destroying Lebanon’s civilian infrastructures and no more than that. All this was published by the Arab media. On the other hand, our borders are quieter than they have been in many years. So how do we explain this bizarre Middle Eastern paranoia? The IDF is training today as it has not done in dozens of years. Every day, from morning till night: Tanks, airplanes, helicopters, live-fire drills and soldiers running around. The Lebanese watch this from across the border, as do the Syrians, and they are becoming anxious: What are the Israelis plotting over there? Is there something we don’t know? The Israeli restlessness prompts anxiety among our enemies, and this is good, of course. It’s called deterrence. Both Hezbollah and Syria know that the IDF made a leap since the last Lebanon War and it is now the first military in the world equipping its tanks with anti-missile systems, which are changing the rules of war. The IDF is also equipping itself with new APCs, advanced airplanes, and amazing technological systems, while Hezbollah and Syria are still stuck in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Moreover, a series of daring assassinations attributed to Israel is prompting personal fears among axis of evil leaders. They suspect everyone around them and the confusion is great. We should recall that Hezbollah leader Nasrallah has been hiding for three and a half years now, and this is quite embarrassing for someone who rushed to declare a “divine victory,” no less. Israel here to stay   According to terror groups, Israel can reach anywhere and has infiltrated every organization and each Arab state. The glory of Israel’s secret services had been restored and the fear of them has increased. So what are people in the region telling themselves? “Israel is back.” It disappeared for about a decade and a half of “peace,” where it was perceived as weak; yet now it is back at full force. Both the Lebanon War and the Gaza War are having an effect. If in the past Lebanon prompted the Palestinians to launch an Intifada or be daring in Gaza, based on Nasrallah’s “spider web” theory,” today the opposite is true. Hezbollah sees the destruction sowed by Israel in Gaza and it loses the urge to fight us. They look at Gaza and think about themselves. The Goldstone Report, which claimed that Israel goes crazy when it is being attacked, caused us some damage (which should not be exaggerated) in the world, yet it was a blessing in our region. If Israel goes crazy and destroys everything in its way when it’s being attacked, one should be careful. No need to mess with crazy people. Yet what concerns our enemies more than anything else? The insight that Israel, for the first time in its history, has learned the rules of the region. Our enemies realize that the days where Israel conducted itself as a state without honor willing to give in to the advances of those who deceive it are over. They realize that Israel has matured, learned the art of creating deterrence, and that it is here to stay. Our enemies understand that Israel will no longer give in to their advances in exchange for illusions or words. They realize that it won’t be easy for them to control it from the outside or to deploy their supporters within it, because they lost the faith of the public. They are starting to understand that Israel is stronger than they thought or fantasized of, and this insight affects their own self-image – and to their great regret, this hurts. Will the coming covenant bring Mid-east peace? "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" (I Thessalonians 5:3). ----------oOo---------     "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27].   FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU White House 'on board' Palestinian unilateral statehood threat U.N. would recognize new nation outside of negotiations with Israel --------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: February 23, 2010 11:13 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2010 WorldNetDaily   TEL AVIV – Recent meetings between the Obama administration and the Palestinian Authority revealed the White House is on board a Palestinian threat to unilaterally ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state outside of negotiations with Israel, a senior PA negotiator told WND. The negotiator further claimed the entire European Union leadership has backed the plot. WND previously the PA's chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, headed a team that held a series of meetings in December with members of the Obama administration in Washington to discuss the U.S. response should the Palestinians bring to the U.N. Security Council a resolution to unilaterally create a Palestinian state. "The U.S. position is less restrained than it appears in the media," a PA official told WND in December, referring to media claims the U.S. would veto any such resolution. Yesterday, a senior PA negotiator stated the Obama administration still has not threatened to veto the conceptual unilateral resolution and even indicated the U.S. would support such a resolution. "The U.S. prefers a negotiated settlement but indicated they would back the resolution if talks don't progress," the PA negotiator said. The official also said the U.S. supports the creation of a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders, meaning in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem. In a recent WND interview, Ahmed Qurei, former PA prime minister and member of the Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee, said the PA "reached an understanding with important elements within the (Obama) administration" to possibly bring the resolution to the U.N. Security Council.   Asked to which "elements" he was referring, Qurei would only say they were from the Obama administration. A top PA negotiator, speaking on condition of anonymity, named the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, and National Security Council member Samantha Power as among the Obama administration officials who were involved with the Palestinians' U.N. threat. "The U.S. told us that they prefer a negotiated settlement with Israel, but if we (Palestinians) insist on a resolution, the Americans will not necessarily reject it," the PA negotiator said. "The U.S. has a history of never before vetoing any U.N. move to create a new state," the negotiator pointed out. End item ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor's note: Perhaps this Palestinian threat will hasten negotiations. We watch and hope as we well know: "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes" (Psalm 118:9). ----------oOo---------     "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). Preview of Armageddon?   Syria, Lebanon host Iranian Troops, Qatar also willing (DEBKAfile) Special Report 2/27/2010 Iran further consolidated its anti-US coalition and honed its hard edge against Israel this week with two important defense treaties signed with Syria (covering Lebanon) and Qatar, home to the biggest US air base outside America. These treaties opened doors for Iranian troops to be stationed in all three countries. According to debkafile´s military sources, they are already present in Syria and Lebanon. On this high note, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syrian president Bashar Assad and Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Thursday, Feb. 25, wound up their talks in Damascus - to which Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was co-opted - on joint military preparations for a Middle East war. That day too, Israel completed a five-day command exercise against a possible four-front assault by the Tehran-led coalition. Our sources reveal that after his talks, the Shiite Iranian president make the extraordinary gesture towards the Arab countries he is wooing of attending a two-hour prayer session with Assad at a Sunni mosque in Damascus. Asked about his Shiite sensitivities, Ahmad said, "We are all one Ummah." Together with Nasrallah, the pair later appeared before the press to scoff at US policies, celebrate their friendship and predict Israel´s early annihilation, the day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a U.S. Senate subcommittee the United States had recently urged Syria to "begin to move away" from Iran following the appointment of its first ambassador to Damascus in five years. Ultimately, she said, the United States expects Assad to curb his ties with Iran and his support for militant groups like the Lebanon- based Hezbollah and Hamas, based in the Gaza Strip. Assad drew laughs when he told the correspondents that he and Ahmadinejad had just signed "a separation accord, but because of a bad translation "we ended up signing an accord scrapping visas. debkafile´s military sources report that this clause facilitates the passage of Iranian military into Syria and between Syria and Lebanon. The Iranian president suggested jocularly that "no-one had enlightened her" about the depth of Iranian-Syrian relations and called on the United States to "pack up and leave the region." "A new Middle East - one without Zionists and imperialists - was quickly emerging," he said. Assad expressed Syria´s full support for Iraq´s uranium enrichment activities. "To forbid an independent state the right to enrichment amounts to a new colonialist process in the region," he said. In Doha, Iran´s defense minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi and Qatari chief of staff Gen. Hamad bin Ali Attiya put their signatures Wednesday, Feb. 24 to military contracts providing for "the exchange of technical and expert delegations, the expansion of cooperation in personnel training and joint campaigns against terrorism and elements behind regional insecurity." This language covers the dispatch of Iranian officers and soldiers to Doha, a sight the US and Saudi Arabia hoped never to witness. The "elements behind regional insecurity" refer to the United States and Israel. The big US air base was established at Al Udeid, Qatar, to keep the Persian Gulf and its oil resources safe and curb Iranian expansion. That its rulers were now willing to host the Iranian defense minister and establish military ties with Tehran is another landmark in that expansion drive and a serious setback for America´s regional standing. (Copyright 2000-2010 DEBKAfile. 02/27/10) MATERIAL REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (I Thessalonians 4:16-18).   ----------oOo---------     Mitchell: Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks to start next week in Washington (DEBKAfile) Exclusive Report   03/08/10 "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). Mitchell: Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks to start next week in Washington (DEBKAfile) Exclusive Report 03/08/10 The delegations will be headed by Israeli prime minister´s adviser Yitzhak Molcho and senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. debkafile´s Middle East sources disclose that Special US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell notified Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas Monday, March 8, that his mission on behalf of president Barack Obama was to get direct peace talks started without delay at a venue near Washington. The US president, he said, was out of patience with the two sides´ objections, gripes and maneuvers. According to our Washington sources, administration officials were charged with finding a location around the US capital isolated enough for Israel and Israeli negotiators to talk in private. They recommended the 11th Wing´s facility at Bolling Air Force base, which best answered the White House´s request for a venue where the Israeli and Palestinian delegations could be kept out of reach of US, Israeli and Palestinian media, so that Mitchell could act as the negotiations sole spokesman. The US envoy´s immediate plan now is to ensconce the two delegations for a couple of days in separate rooms at a place in Israel still to be selected to preserve the semblance of indirect talks. After that, they will be transferred to Washington early next week. Debkafile´s sources stress that the reports leaked from Israeli and Palestinian quarters about the subjects of the talks are irrelevant because the US envoy is still pondering the agenda and has not yet decided where it will start. Our sources disclose that the Palestinians spent most of Monday finding ways to clamp their delegation´s wheels because the Fatah does not trust Erekat enough to give him a free hand. His opponents finally established a "national committee" to monitor his decisions at the negotiating table. Its members are Jibril Rajoub, Muhammad Dahlan and Nasser al Kidwa. The Palestinian team will therefore operate under the close scrutiny of two commissions, one Palestinian, the other appointed by the Arab League. The Israeli prime minister and defense minister Ehud Barak both warned Mitchell against Abbas´ plan to attach representatives of Palestinian terrorist groups to the monitoring commission, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Damascus-based extremist groups, all of whom are determined to derail the US peace initiative. (Copyright 2000-2010 DEBKAfile. 03/08/10) MATERIAL REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. ----------oOo---------   Headline News Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Israel Today Staff   'There is an anti-Semitic president in America'   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brother-in-law, Dr. Hagi Ben-Artzi on Wednesday charged US President Barack Obama with being anti-Semitic, and allowing his disdain for the Jewish nation to influence recent policy decisions and statements. Speaking to Army Radio, Ben-Artzi said, "It must be stated clearly and simply. Unfortunately, there is an anti-Semitic president in America. As a politician, who ran for presidency, he had to hide it, but from time to time, it bursts out from inside."   Ben-Artzi noted that this should come as no surprise, considering that Obama was spiritually mentored by Rev. Jeremiah Wright for the past 20 years.   "For 20 years he sat with the preacher Jeremiah Wright, who is anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli," he said. During Obama's election campaign, it was revealed that Wright's church on more than one occasion featured Hamas-authored editorials in its weekly bulletin. Ben-Artzi said that rather than despair, Israelis should view the situation in the White House as a test of their faith and commitment.   "When an anti-Semitic president comes to power in America, it is our test, and we must say: 'We will not give up. We are a 4,000-year-old people, while you will pass on and disappear in one or two years. Who will remember you? But Jerusalem will always be secure.'" "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it" (Zechariah 12:3).     ----------oOo---------     JERUSALEM; A BURDENSOME STONE "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it" (Zechariah 12:3). The Biden incident By C. KRAUTHAMMER 21/03/2010 22:20   Why did Obama decide to turn the East Jerusalem construction announcement into a crisis? Why did President Barack Obama choose to turn a gaffe into a crisis in US-Israeli relations?   And a gaffe it was: the announcement by a bureaucrat in the Interior Ministry of a housing expansion in a Jewish neighborhood in north Jerusalem. The timing could not have been worse: Vice President Joe Biden was visiting, Jerusalem is a touchy subject and you don’t bring up touchy subjects that might embarrass an honored guest.   But it was no more than a gaffe. It was certainly not a policy change, let alone a betrayal. The neighborhood is in Jerusalem, and the 2009 Netanyahu-Obama agreement was for a 10-month freeze on West Bank settlements excluding Jerusalem.   Nor was the offense intentional. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did not know about this move – step four in a seven-step approval process for construction that, at best, will not even start for two to three years.   Nonetheless, the prime minister is responsible. He apologized to Biden for the embarrassment. When Biden left Israel on March 11, the apology appeared accepted and the issue resolved. The next day, however, the administration went nuclear. After discussing with the president specific language she would use, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Netanyahu to deliver a hostile and highly aggressive 45-minute message that the Biden incident had created an unprecedented crisis in US-Israeli relations.   Clinton’s spokesman then publicly announced that Israel was now required to show in word and in deed its seriousness about peace.   Israel? Israelis have been looking for peace – literally dying for peace – since 1947, when they accepted the UN partition of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state. (The Arabs refused and declared war. They lost.) Israel made peace offers in 1967, 1978 and in the 1993 Oslo peace accords that Yasser Arafat tore up seven years later to launch a terror war that killed a thousand Israelis. Why, Clinton’s own husband testifies to the remarkably courageous and visionary peace offer made in his presence by Ehud Barak (now Netanyahu’s defense minister) at the 2000 Camp David talks.   Arafat rejected it. In 2008, prime minister Ehud Olmert offered equally generous terms to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Refused again.   IN THESE long and bloody 63 years, the Palestinians have not once accepted an Israeli offer of permanent peace, or ever countered with anything short of terms that would destroy Israel. They insist instead on a “peace process” – now in its 17th post-Oslo year and still offering no credible Palestinian pledge of ultimate coexistence with a Jewish state – the point of which is to extract preemptive Israeli concessions, such as a ban on Jewish construction in parts of Jerusalem conquered by Jordan in 1948, before negotiations for a real peace have even begun.   Under Obama, Netanyahu agreed to commit his center-right coalition to acceptance of a Palestinian state; took down dozens of anti-terror roadblocks and checkpoints to ease life for the Palestinians; assisted West Bank economic development to the point where its GDP is growing at an astounding 7 percent a year; and agreed to the West Bank construction moratorium, a concession that Clinton herself called “unprecedented.”   What reciprocal gesture, let alone concession, has Abbas made during the Obama presidency? Not one!   Indeed, long before the Biden incident, Abbas refused even to resume direct negotiations with Israel. That’s why the Obama administration has to resort to “proximity talks” – a procedure that sets us back 35 years to before Anwar Sadat’s groundbreaking visit to Jerusalem.   And Clinton demands that Israel show its seriousness about peace? Now that’s an insult.   So why this astonishing one-sidedness? Because Obama likes appeasing enemies while beating up on allies – therefore Israel shouldn’t take it personally (according to Robert Kagan)? Because Obama wants to bring down the current Israeli coalition government (according to Jeffrey Goldberg)?   Or is it because Obama fancies himself the historic redeemer whose irresistible charisma will heal the breach between Christianity and Islam or, if you will, between the post-imperial West and the Muslim world – and has little patience for this pesky Jewish state that brazenly insists on its right to exist, and even more brazenly on permitting Jews to live in its own ancient, historical and now present capital?   Who knows? Perhaps we should ask those Obama acolytes who assured the 63 percent of Americans who support Israel – at least 97 percent of those supporters, mind you, are non-Jews – about candidate Obama’s abiding commitment to Israel. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. ----------oOo---------     OBAMA'S ARMY Date: Mar 28, 2010 2:23 AM "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship. "It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force" Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may - may not, I hope not - but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism." Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.   "That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."   Obama's comments about a national security force came during a speech in Colorado about building a new civil service corps. Among other things, he called for expanding the nation's foreign service and doubling the size of the Peace Corps "to renew our diplomacy."   "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," Obama said in July. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."   Broun said he also believes Obama likely will move to ban gun ownership if he does build a national police force. Obama has said he respects the Second Amendment right to bear arms and favors "common sense" gun laws. Gun rights advocates interpret that as meaning he'll at least enact curbs on ownership of assault weapons and concealed weapons. As an Illinois state lawmaker, Obama supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter restrictions on firearms generally.   "We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun said. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential."   King Obama? "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. 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. If any man have an ear, let him hear" (Revelation 13:7-9) JESUS SAID, "WATCH AND KNOW THE HOUR"   "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee" (Revelation 3:3).     ----------oOo---------     Posters: Destroy mosque, build 3rd Temple now! / Brazen demands on Jerusalem buses deliver in-your-face message (WND-WORLD NET DAILY) By Drew Zahn 03/30/10 Jewish activists in Jerusalem are using buses to deliver an in-your- face message to Muslims by calling for the immediate destruction of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock on the city´s disputed Temple Mount. The bulldozing of the Muslim holy sites, say leaders of Our Land of Israel, will pave the way for construction of the Third (Jewish) Temple. "The Arabs and President Obama know that the Temple will be built on the Temple Mount," said Rabbi Shalom Dov Volpo, the group´s founder, "instead of the temporary buildings that are there today." According to the Jerusalem Post, 200 buses now carry posters picturing the Third Temple sitting atop the mount alone – with no Muslim buildings in sight – along with the words, "May the Bais Hamikdosh [Holy Temple] be rebuilt speedily and within our days." Adding fuel to the fire, the campaign´s organizers told the Post they´ve targeted buses with routes through predominately Arab neighborhoods in east Jerusalem. "We´re representing the truth, in front of everyone, and saying out loud what every Jew believes," said Our Land of Israel activist Baruch Marzel, "that the Third Temple needs to be built immediately on the Temple Mount and that the mosque should not be there." When asked about sparking Muslim furor over the posters, Marzel told the Post, "It upsets them that we´re alive, and that we´re living here." He continued, "If such a basic point is going to upset them, then we might as well say what we truly believe and what we pray for three times a day – that is to rebuild the holy temple on top of the Temple Mount, and tomorrow, not to wait any longer." The First Temple refers to the structure built by King Solomon in the 10th century B.C. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. The Second Temple was then rebuilt in 515 B.C. after Jerusalem was freed from Babylonian captivity. That temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire in A.D. 70. Each temple stood for a period of about four centuries. The Temple was the center of religious worship for ancient Israelites. It housed the Holy of Holies, which contained the Ark of the Covenant and was said to be the area upon which God´s presence dwelt. All biblical holidays centered on worship at the Temple. The Temples served as the primary location for the offering of sacrifices and were the main gathering place for Israelites. According to the Talmud, the world was created from the foundation stone of the Temple Mount. It´s believed to be the biblical Mount Moriah, the location where Abraham fulfilled God´s test to see if he would be willing to sacrifice his son Isaac. The Temple Mount has remained a focal point for Jewish services for thousands of years. Prayers for a return to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the Temple have been uttered by Jews since the Second Temple was destroyed, according to Jewish tradition. The Al Aqsa Mosque, however, was constructed in about A.D. 709 to serve as a shrine near another shrine, the Dome of the Rock, which was built by an Islamic caliph. Al Aqsa was meant to mark what Muslims came to believe was the place at which Muhammad, the founder of Islam, ascended to heaven to receive revelations from Allah. Our Land of Israel states its goal is "to oppose and fight the political accords with the Arabs that include land or security concessions." "Eretz Yisroel is our G-d given land and belongs to the Jews exclusively," the group´s website states. "Any accord or agreement that includes land concessions endangers the Jewish nation and world peace." Marzel explained to the Post the traditions and prayers that have long called for construction of the Third Temple: "When we reach the end of the Pessah Seder tomorrow night," he said, "we´ll say, ´Next year in a rebuilt Jerusalem.´ What does ´rebuilt´ mean? It means with the Third Temple intact." (Copyright 1997-2010 WorldNetDaily.com Inc. 03/30/10) MATERIAL REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY   ----------oOo---------     WITHIN FOUR MONTHS? We hope!! Nevertheless we are: "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. Obama, Hu weigh sanctions tradeoff against Iran, Israel (DEBKAfile) Special Report 04/03/10 Chinese president Hu Jintao indicated a willingness to consider abstaining on a UN Security Council vote imposing sanctions against Iran - if the United States reciprocated by withholding its vote on sanctions against Israel over its construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Debkafile´s sources report that US president Barack Obama did not reject the idea out of hand when it was raised in his hour-long telephone conversation with President Hu Thursday, April 1. They decided to talk again about a coordinated, tit-for-tat US-Chinese sanctions deal with regard to Israel and Iran when they meet at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on April 12-13. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was invited to the conference; Iranian leaders were not. After the Obama-Hu phone conversation, the foreign ministry in Beijing delivered the Chinese president´s consent to attend the summit. His reply was delayed to signal displeasure over US arms sales to Taiwan and Obama´s White House welcome for the Dalai Lama. It would be the first time a US president has come close to considering withholding his veto from an anti-Israel resolution at the Security Council. This implied willingness may have been partly responsible for breaking the ice in Sino-US relations. According to our Middle East sources, White House officials dealing with Arab governments were quick to pass the word around of the evolving Obama approach. They tied it in with the US president´s special envoy George Mitchell´s new plan to push for a negotiated Israel-Palestinian deal on the borders of a Palestinian state to be struck within four months. Mitchell arrives in Jerusalem on April 12 - shortly before the Israeli prime minister is due to take off for Washington. The two combined US steps add up to a further widening of the Obama administration´s distance from Jerusalem, a rift which may even lead at some point to his facilitating parallel condemnatory sanctions against Israel and Iran. He is determined to force the Netanyahu government to bow to Washington´s say-so on issues vital to Israel´s security, namely the Iranian nuclear threat and its claim to secure borders. Beijing´s turnabout on sanctions against Iran brought Saeed Jalili, the director of Iran´s National Security Council, running to Beijing Thursday to demand explanations. The US president´s openness to Beijing´s proposed sanctions trade belies the outreach his aide Dan Shapiro, National Security Council Middle East Senior Director, sought to achiieve in a call to Jewish community representatives Friday. He tried denying relations were in crisis after Netanyahu´s chilly welcome at the White House last month and insisted that there had been more agreement than disagreement between the two leaders. debkafile´s Washington sources report that the American-Jewish leaders addressed by Shapiro received his message with extreme skepticism. (Copyright 2000-2010 DEBKAfile. 04/03/10) MATERIAL REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY ----------oOo---------     "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). U.S. can make peace happen Tues., Apr. 06, 2010   Re: "The Israel conundrum" I am encouraged that Americans are beginning to see that the Israel-Palestine conflict must be settled. And Gen. James L. Jones, President Barack Obama's national security adviser, said that the conflict is harming our efforts to tame the militant problem in the entire Middle East.   That is a diplomatic understatement. In fact, the taking of Palestinian lands by Israelis since 1948 is the root cause of the Muslim intifada. It has been incorporated into Islam. Not until the state of Palestine is firmly established will the attacks on America stop. And no one except the American president can bring that about.   "And he (the U.S President?) shall confirm (guarantee) the covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27].   ----------oOo---------   "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13).   "And he (the beast) shall confirm the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27].   April 7, 2010 President Obama is "seriously considering" proposing an American peace plan to resolve the Palestinian conflict, according to two top administration officials. "Everyone knows the basic outlines of a peace deal," said one of the senior officials, citing the agreement that was nearly reached at Camp David in 2000 and in subsequent negotiations. He said that an American plan, if launched, would build upon past progress on such issues as borders, the "right of return" for Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem. The second senior official said that "90 percent of the map would look the same" as what has been agreed in previous bargaining. The American peace plan would be linked with the issue of confronting Iran, which is Israel's top priority, explained the second senior official. He described the issues as two halves of a single strategic problem: "We want to get the debate away from settlements and East Jerusalem and take it to a 30,000-feet level that can involve Jordan, Syria and other countries in the region," as well as the Israelis and Palestinians. "As a global power with global responsibilities, we have to do something." He said the plan would "take on the absolute requirements of Israeli security and the requirements of Palestinian sovereignty in a way that makes sense." The White House is considering detailed interagency talks to frame the strategy and form a political consensus for it. The second official likened the process to the review that produced Obama´s strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He said the administration could formally launch the Middle East initiative by this fall.   Looking for the uppertaker; not the undertaker; we are: "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (I Thess. 4:16 & 17).     ----------oOo---------     "And he (the beast) shall confirm the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)"[Daniel 9:27]. Obama taking reins on policy towards Mideast conflict YNetNews 04/15/10 WASHINGTON – US President Obama has taken control over US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly since Israel announced the construction of 1,600 new housing units in Jerusalem´s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood during Vice President Joe Biden´s visit, according to an opinion piece published in the New York Times on Thursday. “The president is re-evaluating the tactics his administration is employing toward Israel and the entire Middle East,” said Robert Wexler, a former Democratic now leading the Center for Middle East Peace, a Washington-based nonprofit institution that is working for a peace agreement. A strident debate is being waged within the Obama administration as to how the US should respond to the hurdles on the path to direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The New York Times reported Thursday that Obama´s National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones supports presenting an American-drafted peace place, while Dennis Ross, a senior official in the National Security Council and former US special envoy to the Middle East, opposes such a move. Jones promoted his support of an American peace plan during a meeting with former national security advisors and Obama. The US administration sent another signal to Israel on Wednesday night. Obama´s senior advisor, David Axelrod, said during a celebration marking Israel´s 62nd year of independence held at the Israeli Embassy that promoting the peace process is an American, as well as an Arab and Israeli interest. On this backdrop, there is a growing sense that Obama is considering pushing for a solution to the Middle East dispute because of what he called "a vital national security interest of the United States" during a news conference on Tuesday. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13).     ----------oOo--------- Netanyahu seeking direct talks   Proximity talks with Palestinians should lead to direct negotiations soon, Prime Minister Netanyahu says after PLO approves talks; Palestinians expect Israeli concessions, including handing over of land to PA control Attila Somfalvi Published: 05/08/10   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians Saturday, expressing his hope for the launch of direct negotiations in the near future. Earlier, Saturday, the PLO and Fatah's central committee gave their go-ahead to the American proposal for indirect negotiations with Israel. In a statement on behalf of the PM, Netanyahu said that "Israel's position was, and still is, that the talks should be managed with no pre-conditions, and that they should lead to direct negotiations soon." Earlier, Defense Minister Ehud Barak issued a statement also lauding the Palestinian approval of talks. "I hope and believe that through an approach of responsibility and willingness to take the tough decisions required of both sides, we shall reach direct talks and a breakthrough towards an agreement," he said. The Palestinians expect that the sides will shift from indirect negotiations to direct talks before the four months which the Arab League earmarked for the proximity talks. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority is demanding a series of Israeli gestures such as the opening of Palestinian institutions in east Jerusalem, Palestinian security presence in additional areas, and the handing over of more land to PA control. Speaking earlier Saturday, PA President Mahmoud Abbas' right-hand man Yasser Abed Rabbo said the Palestinian decision to approve the talks was "mostly premised on pledges and guarantees made by the Americans to the Palestinian side in respect to the issue of settlements and the basis for negotiations – Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, the Road Map, and the Arab peace initiative." "And he (the beast) shall confirm (guarantee) the covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" [Daniel 9:27]. Could it be that we'll meet in the air this year? "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13).   ----------oOo---------     "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes" (Psalm 118:9). President's Social Takeover Must Be Stopped (WASHINGTON TIMES COMMENTARY) By Jeffrey T. Kuhner 07/23/10)   President Obama has engaged in numerous high crimes and misdemeanors. The Democratic majority in Congress is in peril as Americans reject his agenda. Yet more must be done: Mr. Obama should be impeached. He is slowly - piece by painful piece - erecting a socialist dictatorship. We are not there - yet. But he is putting America on that dangerous path. He is undermining our constitutional system of checks and balances; subverting democratic procedures and the rule of law; presiding over a corrupt, gangster regime; and assaulting the very pillars of traditional capitalism. Like Venezuela´s leftist strongman, Hugo Chavez, Mr. Obama is bent on imposing a revolution from above - one that is polarizing America along racial, political and ideological lines. He has abused his office and violated his oath to uphold the Constitution. His health care overhaul was rammed through Congress. It was - and remains - opposed by a majority of the people. It could only be passed through bribery and political intimidation. The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker Kickback, the $5 billion Medicaid set-aside for Florida Sen. Bill Nelson - taxpayer money was used as a virtual slush fund to buy swing votes. Moreover, the law is blatantly unconstitutional: The federal government does not have the right to coerce every citizen to purchase a good or service. This is not in the Constitution, and it represents an unprecedented expansion of power. Yet Obamacare´s most pernicious aspect is its federal funding of abortion. Pro-lifers are now compelled to have their tax dollars used to subsidize insurance plans that allow for the murder of unborn children. This is more than state-sanctioned infanticide. It violates the conscience rights of religious citizens. Traditionalists - evangelicals, Catholics, Baptists, Muslims, Orthodox Jews - have been made complicit in an abomination that goes against their deepest religious values. As the law is implemented (as in Pennsylvania) the consequences of the abortion provisions will become increasingly apparent. The result will be a cultural civil war. Pro-lifers will become deeply alienated from society; among many, a secession of the heart is taking place. Mr. Obama is waging a frontal assault on property rights. The BP oil spill is a case in point. BP clearly is responsible for the spill and its massive economic and environmental damage to the Gulf. There is a legal process for claims to be adjudicated, but Mr. Obama has behaved more like Mr. Chavez or Russia´s Vladimir Putin: He has bullied BP into setting up a $20 billion compensation fund administered by an Obama appointee. In other words, the assets of a private company are to be raided to serve a political agenda. Billions will be dispensed arbitrarily in compensation to oil-spill victims - much of it to Democratic constituents. This is cronyism and creeping authoritarianism. Mr. Obama´s multicultural socialism seeks to eradicate traditional America. He has created a command-and-control health care system. He has essentially nationalized the big banks, the financial sector, the automakers and the student loan industry. He next wants to pass "cap- and-trade," which would bring industry and manufacturing under the heel of big government. The state is intervening in every aspect of American life - beyond its constitutionally delegated bounds. Under Mr. Obama, the Constitution has become a meaningless scrap of paper. "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" (Revelation 13:7).   ----------oOo---------     "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (Titus 2:13). Obama Warns Abbas: ‘Start Talks or Else’ by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu A secret 36-page memo based on Obama administration statements indicates that the president warned Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to start direct talks with Israel or risk losing American support for the recognition of the PA as a country.   The Associated Press reported it has possession of the document, under the letterhead of the Palestinian Negotiations Department and which indicates the warning came from President Barack Obama via U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell.   It shows that the Obama administration has resigned itself to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining head of Israel's coalition government. “Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is not in political danger of being replaced,” the document states. It adds that Abbas is under pressure from both the Arab world and within the PA, whereby his consent to direct talks with Israel would be “political suicide” for him. However, the document warns, “Abbas needs to accept direct talks now if he wants President Obama’s help in facilitating statehood.” The memo says that PA advisors are in favor of rejecting the American ultimatum.   Abbas told PA media on Sunday that he is resisting pressure from “the entire world” to concede his long-stated condition that Netanyahu extend the 10-month building freeze that expires in late September.   Senior Cabinet ministers as well as the Prime Minister have clearly stated they will not extend the freeze. Political support for the coalition is strong, with even the center-left Israeli media generally recognizing that the PA keeps adding on new condition for direct talks. Abbas has in effect insisted on acceptance of a proposed PA state without negotiations on any substantial issues, such as the status of Jerusalem.   Prime Minister Netanyahu and Abbas have been blaming each other for the failure to sit down for direct talks. “We have negotiated with Israeli governments before, more than once. Why would we avoid such talks? We are not,” Abbas told reporters after discussions with King Abdullah in Jordan.   Prime Minister Netanyahu repeated on Monday his oft-stated declaration that he is ready meet Abbas immediately without pre-conditions. "We have an understanding with the Americans that we need to move now, without any delay, to direct negotiations, but in response, we have a clear Palestinian attempt to avoid this process," Netanyahu said. "They are trying to stall and to sneak away from direct negotiations and to cause the Arab League to shackle the talks."   The secret memo from Washington indicates clearly that President Obama has given up on pressing Israel for any more concessions, which Jerusalem has made on a regular basis since the Roadmap Plan was announced by former U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002. The memo puts the Palestinian Authority in the unaccustomed position of having to compromise or “going for broke” by continuing its previously announced strategy of waiting for the United States to declare the PA as a new Arab country within Israel’s borders. State Department officials would not confirm the exact language of the memo, but said, "This indeed illustrates where we are." PA negotiator Saeb Erekat said the memo is not entirely accurate, but confirmed that American officials told Abbas that he has to sit down with Israel “if he wants Obama to help.” End item. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WOW! If Obama pushes the Mid-east peace process like he pushed his socialist projects at home, he could even become a world dictator as Scripture says: "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" (Revelation 13:7). Immediately prior to the first day of the tribulation and the covenant confirmation ceremony, something exciting is going to happen to the true believers in Christ Jesus: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words" (I Thessalonians 4:16-18). ----------oOo--------- "And he (the beast) shall confirm the (Israeli) covenant with many for one week (seven yrs.)" (Daniel 9:27). COULD THIS BE THAT MAN?? ----------oOo--------- Retired pastor/teacher JamesMcCutchan jmccutchan@aol.com