Cairo: Anger starting to focus on Israel, US
"The protests have lacked a clear leader to unite them and provide an alternative to Mubarak, and demonstrators are beginning to focus their wrath not just on Mubarak and the country’s widespread corruption, but also on the United States and, to a lesser extent, Israel. They blame Israel and the US for supporting a government because it is convenient for them, not because it is good for the Egyptian people."

DEBKAfile, Hamas gunmen cross over from Gaza battle Egyptian forces in Sinai
"Gunmen of Hamas's armed wing, Ezz e-Din al Qassam, crossed from Gaza into northern Sinai Sunday, Jan. 30 to attack Egyptian forces and push them back."

STRATFOR: Hamas collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood
"The Egyptian police are no longer patrolling the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Hamas armed men are entering into Egypt..."

Iran Sees Rise of Islamic Hard-Liners in Arab Lands
"TEHRAN — Hopeful that the protests sweeping Arab lands may create an opening for hard-line Islamic forces, conservatives in Iran are taking deep satisfaction in the events in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, where secular leaders have faced large-scale uprisings."

Keep watch! Nations are coming to a boil around Israel

Egyptians protest against Mubarak's 30-year brutal reign; America's best option in Egypt is Mubarak

‘We’re living on a volcano,’ - Maj.- Gen. Ya’acov Amidror, former head of the IDF’s Research and Assessment Directorate: "The true struggle in Egypt was not between “Mubarak and pro-democracy elements, but between Mubarak and the Muslim Brotherhood,”"

 

Fresh protests erupt in Egypt - Middle East "Protests have erupted in cities across Egypt following Friday midday prayers, with angry demonstrators demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year presidency. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the country, witnesses have said.

"Egypt's Muslims and Christians will go out to fight against corruption, unemployment and oppression and absence of freedom," a [Facebook] page with more than 70,000 signatories said."

Violent clashes erupt during protests in Egypt: "Police fired tear gas into crowds as violent clashes between authorities and anti-government protesters erupted Friday in the Egyptian cities of Cairo and Alexandria."

Analysis: Israel concerned if Egypt's Mubarak should fall: "“If Mubarak is toppled then Israel will be totally isolated in the region,” said Alon Liel, a former director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and a former ambassador to Turkey."

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Social Security fund will be drained by 2037 - Yahoo! News: "The $2.5 trillion surplus, however, has been borrowed over the years by the federal government and spent on other programs. In return, the Treasury Department has issued bonds to Social Security, guaranteeing repayment with interest."

This is what happens when flash-in-the-pan (i.e. here today, gone tomorrow) politicians run a benefit plan.

DEBKAfile, Mubarak's defense minister bids for US backing in Washington: "Tantawi also warned that the radical Muslim Brotherhood, which has stood aside from the opposition protests, was merely biding its time for the right moment to step in and take over. He asked the Obama administration for an urgent airlift of advanced riot control equipment."

This can't be good. Egypt is looking for the US to back its dictator. If the US doesn't, radical Islam could take over Egypt and become yet another enemy of Israel.
 

AFP: Israel's Shalom says Iran taking Lebanon 'hostage'
"'Hezbollah is not simply a terrorist organisation, it's a terrorist organisation controlled by the Iranian state,' he said."

Isaiah 14:

³ On the day the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, ⁴ you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

   How the oppressor has come to an end!
   How his fury has ended!
⁵ The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked,
   the scepter of the rulers,
⁶ which in anger struck down peoples
   with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
   with relentless aggression.
⁷ All the lands are at rest and at peace;
   they break into singing.
⁸ Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
   gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
   no one comes to cut us down.”

 PM: World has not put into practice lessons from Holocaust
"During Knesset session ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Netanyahu asks 'Where is the fury, international uprising' of the world against Iran for calling for destruction of Jews?"

It only looks like Israel is alone... 

Isaiah 63

God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption

 ¹ Who is this coming from Edom,
   from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?
Who is this, robed in splendor,
   striding forward in the greatness of his strength?

   “It is I, proclaiming victory,
   mighty to save.”

 ² Why are your garments red,
   like those of one treading the winepress?

 ³ “I have trodden the winepress alone;
   from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled them in my anger
   and trod them down in my wrath;
their blood spattered my garments,
   and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;
   the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one to help,
   I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm achieved salvation for me,
   and my own wrath sustained me.
⁶ I trampled the nations in my anger;
   in my wrath I made them drunk
   and poured their blood on the ground.”

Erekat: Palestinian state is coming, Israel can't stop it
"Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Sunday confirmed his instance that a Palestinian state will be created soon. 'A Palestinian state is coming, with 1967 borders and with a capital in east Jerusalem, and Israel cannot stop it anymore,' he said during an interview with Army Radio."

DEBKAfile, Al Jazeera runs special " exposé" of Palestinian Authority leaders

Sauntering into Armageddon

 ¹⁵ “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

 ¹⁶ And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon.                                 

 - Revelation 16

 

Iran nuclear talks fall flat
The EU foreign policy chief blames unrealistic demands by Iran — an end to UN sanctions and agreement that Iran could continue to enrich — for the disappointing results.


DEBKAfile, Iran balks at nuclear discussion. Military option aired
"Refusing to discuss his own country's nuclear program, Iranian delegation leader Saeed Jalili was only willing to talk about Israel's reported nuclear arsenal when he met with the delegations of six world powers in Istanbul Friday, Jan. 21. Our sources report that European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, head of the multi-power delegation, physically blocked the exit of the conference chamber to prevent Jalili from walking out. He finally agreed to stay another day in response to Ashton's pleas but refused to change his position."

Tony Blair: West must prepare to confront Iran
"Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the west to confront Iran with force in order to face the 'looming and coming challenge' from Iran...The Quartet representative to the Middle East says he can see the "impact and the influence of Iran everywhere."

UN's Ban Ki-moon: Israeli settlements are illegal, hamper talks
"UN Sec.-Gen. slams continued settlement in West Bank, East Jerusalem; says he's 'very concerned at lack of progress towards peace.' The proposed UN Security Council resolution condemns “the continuation of settlement activities by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,” as well as “all other measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Territory, in violation of international humanitarian law and relevant resolutions.”condemning Israel's settlement activity and demanding it “immediately and completely” cease all settlement activities “in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.”"

Zechariah 12:
¹ This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit. ² I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. ³ On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.

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U.S., Allies Press Iran for Action at Talks - WSJ.com: "ISTANBUL—The U.S. and other world powers began a second round of negotiations with Iran here Friday, vowing to press Tehran to take concrete steps to ensure its nuclear activities are peaceful and to justify the continuation of an eight-year diplomatic track that has yielded few gains, American and European officials involved in the negotiations said.

Iran came to Turkey offering no signs that it is willing to respect United Nations Security Council resolutions and suspend its production of nuclear fuel. 'There is nothing to discuss' about Iran's nuclear program, an Iranian official said Thursday. 'In Istanbul, we will speak about something else.'"

'We won't allow talks to discuss nuclear enrichment freeze': "While the six would have liked to kickstart talks focused at freezing Iran's uranium enrichment program, Teheran has repeatedly said that activity is not up for discussion. Instead, Iranian officials are pushing an agenda that covers just about everything except its nuclear program: global disarmament, Israel's suspected nuclear arsenal, and Teheran's concerns about US military bases in Iraq and elsewhere in the region."

Israeli Olympic Committee Offers To Help Palestinians Train For 2012 Games

Hamas warned of Israeli war plans: "Intelligence indicating that the Israelis were ready to strike Gaza was passed to Hamas officials last week via Egypt after more than 30 separate rocket and mortar attacks against Israel since the start of 2011."

Joel 3

The Nations Judged

 ¹ “In those days and at that time,
   when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
² I will gather all nations
   and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will put them on trial
   for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered my people among the nations
   and divided up my land.
³ They cast lots for my people
   and traded boys for prostitutes;
   they sold girls for wine to drink.  
 ⁴ “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done." 

Could this passage be talking about Israel Post-Independence Day May 14, 1948 and Tyre, Sidon and Philistia mean today's Lebanon and Gaza? Israel is specifically threatened today by Hezb'allah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza - formerly Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia. Not to mention Persia/Iran specifically mentioned in Ezekiel 38. Stay alert - this could get very interesting at any moment.

WikiLeaks cables: Iran has cleared major hurdle to nuclear weapons
"Ultimately, western officials admit Iran will find a way around any effort to stop the programme. At best, they say, it can only be delayed – its future will ultimately be decided by the leadership in Tehran."

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The Battle for Jerusalem in our day - ludicrous Palestinian claims
The world will go to war over Jerusalem. Keep your eye on the current crisis in Lebanon. The start of this war only requires one little regional spark.


PA FM condemns Israel's 'Judaization' of Jerusalem
"'When Israel announced the construction of 1400 new housing units in east Jerusalem, there were severe condemnations from the United Nations and many other parties,' Malki reportedly said. 'Condemnations are important...but this did not stop Israel from Judaizing the city, changing its features and bringing settlers rather than indigenous people.'"

Hizballah's eleventh-hour pullback from siege of UN sites and troops
With minutes to spare, Hizballah called off its plan Wednesday night, Jan. 19, to lay siege to UN offices in Beirut and UNIFIL patrols in the South...

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Moscow reaffirms Soviet recognition of Palestine - Yahoo! News: "Medvedev responded, saying: 'Russia made its choice a long time ago ...we supported and will support the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to an independent state with its capital in East Jerusalem.'"

What a fool. The God of Israel saw you coming ages ago...

Zechariah 12:

² I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. ³ On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.

Ahmadinejad, Medvedev agree to boost ties: report
"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to boost ties between their countries, in a telephone conversation, state media reported on Monday."

Russia's Medvedev in Jericho for peace talks
"There was a festive atmosphere as the president drove into town, with the streets lined with Russian and Palestinian flags, and posters of the two leaders fluttering in the breeze."

PA gives new names to historical Jewish sites
Since 2001 Palestinian civil studies books, "with the help of Arab and Islamic centers," change Rachel's Tomb to Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque.

Stuxnet virus attack: Russia warns of ‘Iranian Chernobyl' - Telegraph
"Russian nuclear officials have warned of another Chernobyl-style nuclear disaster at Iran's controversial Bushehr reactor because of the damage caused by the Stuxnet virus, according to the latest Western intelligence reports."

Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel - NYTimes.com
"Over the past two years, according to intelligence and military experts familiar with its operations, Dimona has taken on a new, equally secret role — as a critical testing ground in a joint American and Israeli effort to undermine Iran’s efforts to make a bomb of its own."

 This war is about to go global

Asia Times Online :: Al-Qaeda to unleash Western jihadis
"ISLAMABAD - With the Afghan war entering its 10th year, completely undeterred by the American drone strikes in the Pakistani tribal region, al-Qaeda is putting the final touches to plans to recruit, train and launch Western Caucasians in their countries; the aim is to spread the flames of the South Asian war theater to the West."

May 2008 - Thousands of illegal immigrants missing
"There are 41,000 people that Canada wants to deport but cannot find, Auditor-General Sheila Fraser announced Tuesday in her latest report on the efficiency of government operations."

Just as long as none of the illegal immigrants are named Abdul, Mohammad, or Mahmoud we should be ok.

Revelation 16:

 ¹⁵ “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

 ¹⁶ And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon

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America's Debt Problems
"It was the most startling of warnings. If the US does not get its finances in order “we will have a European situation on our hands, and possibly worse”"

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Hezbollah and its allies topple Lebanon government
BEIRUT – Lebanon's government collapsed Wednesday after Hezb'allah and its allies resigned from the Cabinet

Hizbullah to quit gov't if Hariri tribunal crisis not fixed
"Shi'ite group says it will topple Lebanese gov't if prime minister doesn't convene Cabinet meeting on UN probe; Lebanese newspaper reports indictments to be handed down in 'hours or days'; Saad Hariri to meet Obama."

Erekat: Peace talks with Israeli government have ended
On eve of visit to US, Chief PLO negotiator reiterates PA's refusal to return to negotiations unless Israel halts settlement construction... He added that the Netanyahu government’s platform was based on settlements, dictates, walls, incursions, assassinations, sieges and closures. The talks have ended and it’s time for the Palestinians to make decisions, he said without elaborating.

A nation in decline...

City Health Department: 39 Percent Of NYC Pregnancies Result In Abortion
"The city health department last month released statistics that showed 39 percent of pregnancies ended with induced termination in 2009."

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Ecclesiastes 9:

¹² People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

Hosea 4:

  ¹ Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel!
      The Lord has brought charges against you, saying:
   “There is no faithfulness, no kindness,
      no knowledge of God in your land.
 ² You make vows and break them;
      you kill and steal and commit adultery.
   There is violence everywhere—
      one murder after another.
 ³ That is why your land is in mourning,
      and everyone is wasting away.
   Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
      and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand

Millions of dead fish surfaced in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay in the U.S., Tuesday, while similar unexplained mass fish deaths occurred across the world in Brazil and New Zealand. On Wednesday, 50 birds were found dead on a street in Sweden. The news come after recents reports of mysterious massive bird and fish deaths days prior in Arkansas and Louisiana.

Animal death mystery: 8000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with blue stain on beaks
Blue stain believed to be sign of poisoning or hypoxia - lack of oxygen that is precursor to altitude sickness
# Cold weather and over-breeding blamed for deaths of two 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay
# Disease behind deaths of 100,000 fish in Arkansas River
# At least nine incidents of mass animal deaths across the globe
# Hundreds of confused birds plummeted to their deaths in multiple locations in the U.S.
# Rapid movement of Magnetic North Pole towards Russia may have caused bird deaths"

Killing Christians, in the name of the Prophet | National Post

"It is almost miraculous that Christians still live in the region because, contrary to what public television and fashionable commentators tell us, pluralism and diversity are not philosophically or practically Islamic concepts."

Revelation 6:

 ⁹ When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. ¹⁰ They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?” ¹¹ Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters—their fellow servants of Jesus who were to be martyred—had joined them.

Excellent Comment from someone at FrontPageMag.com

While Islam may have initially started out as a religion during its first 13 years of its existence, subsequent to the Hijra, Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, Muhammad turned to jihad, politics, and eventually to conquest and it was this transformation of Islam from the realm of religion to the realms jihad, politic, and conquest that set the stage for Islam to finally become successful after 13 previous years of failure, as a short 100 years after Muhammad’s death Islam had already conquered most of the known world, from Portugal to India. Had Muhammad not morphed Islam from religion into what it became after the Hijra, which is a militant theo-political totalitarian ideology, Islam would have died out in the deserts of Arabia with the death of Muhammad and no one would have ever heard of Islam and Muhammad. Hence, today Islam is not a religion but instead a militant theo-political totalitarian ideology that seeks to subjugate the world into totalitarianism via the imposition of Sharia as its main goal.

Additionally, via the doctrine of abrogation, whereby when verses of the Koran come into conflict, the latter issued verses abrogate, i.e. supersede and replace, the earlier issued verses, all of the earlier peaceful verses of the Koran that originate from the time that Islam was a religion prior to the Hijra and shortly thereafter have all been abrogated by the latter issued violent verses of the Koran they conflict with that command Muhammadans to wage jihad against unbelievers for the spread of Islam.

Therefore, not only did Muhammad morph Islam from religion into a militant theo-political totalitarian ideology after the Hijra, but also the earlier peaceful verses of the Koran that originate from the time Islam was a religion have also all been abrogated by the latter violent verses of the Koran as well.

Thus, to call and label Islam a religion is flat out wrong, because it is a totalitarian ideology today very similar to Communism, and just like it is impossible for Communism to ever be reformed, it is also impossible for Islam to ever be reformed because it is not a religion. As a matter of fact, the biggest difference between Islam and Communism is Islam unlike Communism masquerades as being a religion to infiltrate the societies it intends to subjugate, which encourages societies to leave their guard down. However, the net result is exactly the same in both ideologies, totalitarianism.

In addition, during the Cold War of the 20th century we didn’t allow millions of Communists to immigrate and infiltrate our countries because that would have been suicidal. Yet, today when the West opens up the floodgates to massive Muhammadan immigration we are in effect committing civilizational suicide.

In fact, the Global Jihad that Islam is waging against all unbelievers today should be acknowledged as the new Cold War of the 21st century and it should be combated very similar to the way the West combated the Cold War of the 20th century. In any event, if we fail to continue to understand what Islam really is and keep deluding ourselves with respect to what Islam really is, it will soon be too late.

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Lieberman invites Turkish counterpart for ‘honest dialogue’
"In ‘Post’ op-ed, FM says Israel won’t be 'punching bag,' but adds,“allies can have disagreements, it is how we deal with them that is the true mark of any relationship.” Poll: 63% of Turks want to freeze ties with Jerusalem."

Lieberman to EU: If you want to end Gaza siege, help stop arms smuggling - Haaretz Daily Newspaper
The Foreign Minister met with Catherine Ashton on Wednesday, who said crossings into Gaza must be opened to allow for economic reconstruction.

I love these verses:

Obadiah:

¹⁵ “The day is near when I, the Lord,
      will judge all godless nations!
   As you have done to Israel,
      so it will be done to you.
   All your evil deeds
      will fall back on your own heads.
 ¹⁶ Just as you swallowed up my people
      on my holy mountain,
   so you and the surrounding nations
      will swallow the punishment I pour out on you.
   Yes, all you nations will drink and stagger
      and disappear from history.

 ¹⁷ “But Jerusalem will become a refuge for those who escape;
      it will be a holy place.
   And the people of Israel will come back
      to reclaim their inheritance.
 ¹⁸ The people of Israel will be a raging fire,
      and Edom a field of dry stubble.
   The descendants of Joseph will be a flame
      roaring across the field, devouring everything.
   There will be no survivors in Edom.
      I, the Lord, have spoken!

 ¹⁹ “Then my people living in the Negev
      will occupy the mountains of Edom.
   Those living in the foothills of Judah
      will possess the Philistine plains
      and take over the fields of Ephraim and Samaria.
   And the people of Benjamin
      will occupy the land of Gilead.
 ²⁰ The exiles of Israel will return to their land
      and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath.
   The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north
      will return home and resettle the towns of the Negev.
 ²¹ Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem
      to rule over the mountains of Edom.
   And the Lord himself will be king!”

Vulture tagged by Israeli scientists flies into Saudi Arabia and is arrested for being a spy | Mail Online

"A vulture tagged by scientists at Tel Aviv University has strayed into Saudi Arabian territory, where it was promptly arrested on suspicion of being a Mossad spy, Israeli and Saudi media reported Tuesday."

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Barak: 2010 was Israel's quietest year in many, but IDF is prepared - Haaretz Daily
"Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday that 2010 had proven to be the 'quietest in many years' in terms of Israel's security"

Widening cracks in Ahmadinejad's grip on power
Mahmoud's under increasing pressure

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.