Democratic Reform in Egypt or Sharia Lawlessness?

Christian Copts being butchered in "reformed" Egypt as they peacefully protest the destruction of their churches.

Egypt's Massacre of Christians: What the Media Does Not Want You To Know
A massacre at this level never occurred during the thirty-year reign of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, and yet Mubarak is being charged with "crimes against Egyptians." What about the Military Council? It has committed greater crimes—even though it has been in charge for less than a year. Saddam Hussein was condemned by the international community for using chemicals on his own people; where are the international community, the media, and the so-called human rights groups when it comes to a government running over its own civilians with tanks and having "death squads" of snipers shooting at them?

Syria's Choice: Murderous Secular Regime or Murderous Islamic Fundamentalists
Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, has come out in favor of suicide bombings, which he called "evidence of God's justice;" the death penalty for homosexuals; the beating of women; a genocidal hatred of Jews: "O Allah, do not spare a single one of them….kill them down to the very last one," as he put on al-Jazeera on January 9, 2009 [www.MEMRI.org]; and, as he said on April 14, 2004, boycotts of America and Israel: "Our duty is to make them as weak as we can."

'15,000 strong' army gathers to take on Syria - Telegraph: An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

Israeli president: Clock ticking on Iran: Israel's president says the international community is closer to pursuing a military solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program than a diplomatic one.

Barak: Israel's stance unchanged, Iran must be stopped
Defense minister proposes waiting for IAEA report to show world Iranian threat is international; all options should be on table, Barak says.

Flotilla Activists 'Won't Resist IDF' - Defense/Security - News - Israel National News: Israeli defense officials say if the purpose of the flotilla were aid rather than a media spectacle and provocation the supplies carried could easily be unloaded in Ashdod and shipped by ground to Gaza.

Top diplomats from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden blast 'punitive measures' in West Bank: The foreign ministers of the five Nordic countries on Wednesday harshly criticised Israel for plans to accelerate settlement building and withhold taxes it has collected for the Palestinian Authority.

Ho hum just another average day (insert sarcasm):

Headlines from DRUDGE Report...

Israel test-fires missile that could hit Iran...

Netanyahu rallies support for attack...

Washington Fears Unilateral Strike...

Iran Rattles Saber...


Ezekiel 38's not far away from these headlines.

US fears unilateral Israeli strike on Iran
Washington concerned Israel will mount military operation against Islamic Republic without coordinating move first

Amos Gilad: Iran is massive threat that must be dealt with
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are extremely concerned by the Iranian threat, and Defense Ministry Director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad believes the matter must be a top priority

DEBKAfile, NATO squeezes Assad: A Syrian uranium enrichment plant "discovered"
Whether or not NATO intervenes in Syria is no longer a question. It already has, in one way or another. The question is when will Assad decide that Western intervention has reached a level warranting delivery on his threat to burn the Middle East?

Fortunately Israel has an "Iron Dome" that works

Where was Iron Dome?
Anti-missile system intercepts one rocket aimed at Beersheba while Ashdod, Ashkelon remain exposed. IDF cites technical problems when trying to explain failure.

Amos 9:
¹³ “The time will come,” says the Lord,
“when the grain and grapes will grow faster
than they can be harvested.
Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
will drip with sweet wine!
¹⁴ I will bring my exiled people of Israel
back from distant lands,
and they will rebuild their ruined cities
and live in them again.
They will plant vineyards and gardens;
they will eat their crops and drink their wine.
¹⁵ I will firmly plant them there
in their own land.
They will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

Palestinians press U.N. for statehood vote
The Palestinian drive for United Nations membership may be resolved in the upcoming week, say diplomatic sources.

"The president of the Palestinian Authority has zero authority in the Gaza Strip," he argued. "Before flying 9,000 kilometers to New York to seek U.N. membership, President Abbas should have driven 50 kilometers to Gaza, where he has been unable to visit since 2007."

Israel is secure, but one accurate rocket attack and the whole Middle East could go up in flames.

20 rockets fired into Israel - Man dies of wounds
Man injured in Ashkelon rocket attack dies from wounds.
School takes direct hit.
At least 20 rockets on Saturday evening.
Islamic Jihad, Hamas vow to destroy Israel.

Man injured in Ashkelon rocket attack dies from wounds
Doctors at Barzilai unable to save man injured in residential area; 4 further people wounded as South Israel pounded by 35 projectiles from Gaza in total; extensive damage reported in Ashdod as rocket hit school.

Joel 3:

⁴ “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done...

⁹ Say to the nations far and wide:
      “Get ready for war!
   Call out your best warriors.
      Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
 ¹⁰ Hammer your plowshares into swords
      and your pruning hooks into spears.
      Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
 ¹¹ Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.
      Gather together in the valley.”

   And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!

Saudi prince backs cleric's bounty offer for Israeli soldier | Reuters: A member of the Saudi royal family has pledged $900,000 to a bounty offered by a prominent cleric to any Palestinian who kidnaps an Israeli soldier.

Assad: challenge Syria at your peril
Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has warned that Western action against his country would cause an "earthquake" that would "burn the whole region".

While the world is distracted by the economy, the end of this age is steadily approaching...(hat tip to Legal Sodium)

Israeli prisoner swap may be prelude to attack on Iran - Washington Times
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to execute a 1,000-for-1 prisoner exchange last week despite his frequently voiced opposition to such lopsided deals is seen by several Israeli military commentators as an effort to “clear the deck” before possibly undertaking an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

French far-right Christians besiege Jesus excrement play
Paris police have arrested around 20 Christian fundamentalists who burst into a theatre and threw stink bombs to protest against a play featuring the face of Christ drizzled with fake excrement.

If it were Mohammad instead of Jesus Christ, Paris would be burning down right now.

Romans 12:

¹⁹ Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[d] says the Lord.

"you talkin' to me?"

Syria Grand Mufti: "Assad will activate American sleeper cells if needed"
Syria's top Sunni Muslim cleric has warned Western countries against military intervention in Syria and threatened to retaliate with suicide bombings in the United States and Europe if his country comes under attack.

Israel may lose German sub deal - Ynetnews:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's frustration over new east Jerusalem housing plans may jeopardize Israel's chances of getting new Dolphin class submarine.

French Suburbs Becoming 'Separate Islamic Societies':
Muslim immigrants are increasingly rejecting French values and identity and instead are immersing themselves in Islam, according to the report, which also warns that Islamic Sharia law is rapidly displacing French civil law in many parts of suburban Paris.

6.6 magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey - Telegraph: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 shook southeastern Turkey on Sunday, Turkey's Kandilli Observatory said, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing scores of people.

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EU bank failures will crash Wall Street — again: EU banks problems are “bound to have a life-changing impact on nearly all investors in the U.S. and around the globe.”

When faced with economic depression - start a war. Syria next?

Obama hails death of Muammar Gaddafi as foreign policy success
The death of Gaddafi immediately raised speculation in the US that the same military model – the use of US air power combined with rebel forces on the ground and special forces from Europe – could be used again in Syria.

Vice-president Joe Biden described the military model as a "prescription" for the future, while White House spokesman Jay Carney, when asked about Syria, said Assad had lost his legitimacy to rule.

NATO hits Syria; Syria and Iran hit Israel. There's a number of ways a war could start against Israel, which would be significant given the time we're living in.

Interesting that the Bible predicts Damascus will be razed.


Isaiah 17:

¹ This message came to me concerning Damascus:    “Look, the city of Damascus will disappear!
      It will become a heap of ruins.

Interesting slant from the Lebanon media:

THE DAILY STAR :: Hezbollah, Israel war imminent, both sides well prepared
Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, citing U.S. Embassy cables from 2009 and released by WikiLeaks, said Israel expected the next war to last two months during which Hezbollah would likely fire between 24,000 to 36,000 missiles into Israel, about 6,000 aimed at Tel Aviv.

Worst Killers Released for Shalit
AS Gilad Shalit prepared to return home after five long years in captivity, Israelis agonized over having to release some of the worst-ever Palestinian killers.

Debkafile predicts crucial week ahead with Shalit's planned release
The US, Israeli, Egyptian and Saudi armies are on high military preparedness amid warnings of terrorist attacks to disrupt the prisoner exchange and avenge US charges of an Iran-instigated plot to murder the Saudi ambassador...

Sunday, Oct. 16, US intelligence sources warned that the operation for the Israeli soldier's recovery from Hamas captivity (paid for by 1,027 jailed Palestinian terrorists) could touch off a spate of terrorist attacks in the region, most likely aimed at US embassies and Israel targets in and outside the country.

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 White House Says Data Shows Iran Push on Nuclear Arms - NYTimes.com
President Obama is pressing United Nations nuclear inspectors to release classified intelligence information showing that Iran is designing and experimenting with nuclear weapons technology. The president’s push is part of a larger American effort to further isolate and increase pressure on Iran after accusing it of a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States.

Some U.S. officials question response to Iran plot | Reuters:
 Still, one senior U.S. official said, "There shouldn't be skeptics."
"You can say: 'Why the hell would anyone be so stupid?' That's fair game. But you can't translate that into innocence."

The U.S. is doing their best to make this alleged plot "stick" to the highest level in the Iranian government - to the Ayatollah. But another round of leaky sanctions, which Iran has been able to skirt around for years, is not going to make any difference as an actual deterrent.

Leaky Sanctions - Investors.com (Aug 9, 2010)
[Obama] has not succeeded in using his charm to convince the world to stand together against Tehran; there is no economic warfare — concerted or unilateral — taking place against the regime, and certainly no real pressure to force the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop its nuclear program and end its support of terrorism. So much for "the Obama Doctrine" of multilateralism and engagement.

Wild and crazy thought of the day:

What if Israel made an incredibly lop-sided deal with Hamas to free 1027 Palestinian prisoners for releasing 1 Gilad Shalit, just before Israel lets missiles and bunker-buster bombs rain on Iran; and the U.S. at the same time, began forming the pretexts for war on Iran? After all you wouldn't want Gilad in Hamas' hands, just before attempting to "...cut the head off the snake" (in Saudi Arabia's words) that is Iran.

Out of the 1027, why would Israel cut short the life sentences of 280 mass murderers responsible for hundreds of Israeli deaths? Because they are going to end up bombing Gaza and likely killing many of these terrorists anyways.

That's my crazy thought for the day; my theory. No matter what happens - interesting times directly ahead. Ezekiel 38, coming soon.

US Gives Israel Green Light For Iran Strike - Alex Jones' Infowars
Fabricated terror plot provides pretext for intervention following Panetta’s October 3 Tel Aviv visit.

"Unusual" meeting between US, Iran over plot - CBS News
Obama would not say whether Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, knew of the alleged plan. Yet he called it part of a pattern of "dangerous and reckless behavior" by the Iranian government and said people within that government were aware of a murder-for-hire plot.

The U.S. considers it an attempted act of terrorism.

Missing Libya Missiles Find Their Way to Gaza
Some of the thousands of surface-to-air missiles that have gone missing since the collapse of the Gadhafi regime in Libya have now turned up just miles from the Israeli border.



Ezekiel 38:
⁵ Persia [aka Iran], Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons.

 Isaiah 41:

 ⁸ “But as for you, Israel my servant,
      Jacob my chosen one,
      descended from Abraham my friend,
 ⁹ I have called you back from the ends of the earth,
      saying, ‘You are my servant.’
   For I have chosen you
      and will not throw you away.
 ¹⁰ Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
      Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
   I will strengthen you and help you.
      I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
 ¹¹ “See, all your angry enemies lie there,
      confused and humiliated.
   Anyone who opposes you will die
      and come to nothing.
 ¹² You will look in vain
      for those who tried to conquer you.
   Those who attack you
      will come to nothing.
 ¹³ For I hold you by your right hand—
      I, the Lord your God.

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Saudis, U.S. trade charges with Iran over plot
"There could have been some contact on this with the Quds Force, but the idea that this was some sort of directed, vetted, fully thought-through plot, approved at high levels in Tehran leadership I think defies credulity,"

Security Official: Shalit Deal will Spill Blood
A senior security official with the IDF, who was involved in the capture of many terrorists over the years, said on Wednesday that the deal to bring back Gilad Shalit is dangerous to Israel.

Setting the stage for a war on Iran
The announcement yesterday that Iran planned the assassination of the Saudi and Israeli Ambassadors to the US  is just too much of a stretch to be believable. Would Iran really risk their nuclear weapons program by starting a war now? What is President Obama up to one year prior to a US election he looks destined to lose? Or is Iran already nuclear weapons capable and willing to instigate an Ezekiel 38 war?

8 Unanswered questions over the alleged Iranian assassination plot
It has the ring of a far-fetched Hollywood thriller and even the senior law enforcement official involved in the investigation admitted to journalists that the alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US did not fit with what was known about the methods and practices of the supposed perpetrators, the Quds force of the Revolutionary Guards.

Alleged Iran plot could have been trigger for war in Middle East
Robert Baer, a former CIA agent with long experience of observing the QF, said: "This stinks to holy hell. The Quds Force are very good. They don't sit down with people they don't know and make a plot. They use proxies and they are professional about it. If Kassim Suleimani was coming after you or me, we would be dead. This is totally uncharacteristic of them."

The forgotten Christians of the East
It is unclear what either Western governments or Western churches think they are achieving by turning a blind eye to the persecution and decimation of Christian communities in the Muslim world.

Revelation 6:

  ⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰ They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” ¹¹ Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.

DEBKAfile, Sinai militias cut Egypt-Israel trade ties amid declining security
Sunday night, Oct. 9, a Coptic demonstration outside the state TV station to protest the authorities' failure to protect their churches from radical Islamic attacks ended with 24 dead of whom 17 were Copts and more than 200 injured. The Copts, who make up more than one-tenth of Egypt's 85 million inhabitants, were then attacked by hoodlums wielding clubs, stones and machetes. But the security forces turned their guns on the Copts and drove tanks against them – not the rowdies shouting Islam, Islami!

Yom Kippur drill: IDF simulates war call-up
The army decided to hold the exercise in the backdrop of recent developments in the Middle East.

Joel 3:

⁹ Say to the nations far and wide:
“Get ready for war!
Call out your best warriors.
Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
¹⁰ Hammer your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
¹¹ Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.
Gather together in the valley.”

And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!

 

Russia, China veto UN resolution against Syria
Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Damascus if it fails to halt crackdown against civilians defeated by 9:2 vote with four abstentions. Russia and China vote against sanctions.

Report: Assad threatens to attack Tel Aviv in case of NATO strike - Ynetnews
In meeting with Turkish FM, Syrian president discusses possibility of NATO strike, says 'I won't need more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets to Golan to fire at Tel Aviv'

 Isaiah 14:

²⁴ The LORD Almighty has sworn,

   “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,
   and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
²⁵ I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
   on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will be taken from my people,
   and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

 ²⁶ This is the plan determined for the whole world;
   this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
²⁷ For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
   His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

Damascus No More

One of the world's most ancient, continuously inhabited cities could become a radioactive wasteland in our day (or perhaps even: "today").

DEBKAfile, Assad holds Tel Aviv hostage against Turkish, NATO attack on Syria
Syria, Iran and Hizballah have charted a coordinated military operation for flattening metropolitan Tel Aviv, Israel's financial, industrial and cultural center, with thousands of missiles launched simultaneously by all three - plus the Palestinian Hamas and Jihad Islami firing from the Gaza Strip.

Israel reacted with a warning of its own: If a single Syrian missile explodes in Tel Aviv, Damascus will be first to pay the price, and if the missile offensive persists, one Syrian town after another will be destroyed.

This of course could be followed by any or all of Ezekiel 38, Zechariah 12, Joel 3, Isaiah 11:14-16, Psalm 83 et al. One thing is clear: the end of this age is very near.

Isaiah 17:

  ¹ A prophecy against Damascus:  

 “See, Damascus will no longer be a city

   but will become a heap of ruins.

Erdogan playing with fire - Ynetnews
Erdogan should not be surprised to see a Turkish or Israeli pilot, who suddenly feel threatened, pressing the button and firing the missile. The distance between provocation and a regional flare-up could be several seconds long.
 
DEBKAfile, Turkish warships harass Israeli freighters. Israeli missile boats off Cyprus
Increasingly assertive Turkey is setting the scene for clashes in the eastern Mediterranean.

Hamas: 'Resistance' against Israel is only option left for Palestinians
Hamas leader Khaled Meshal told an international conference in Iran on Saturday that "resistance" was the only option left for the Palestinians.

Why do human rights groups ignore Palestinians’ war of words? - The Washington Post
The real obstacle to long-term peace is the endless and overwhelming words of hate and incitement to genocide effectively spread to Arabs and Palestinians. One example is the textbooks given to millions of children in Saudi Arabia, distributed in the Arab world and beyond, that label Jews “monkeys and pigs.” This continues to foment discord, radicalism and violence.

Powerful Words

Romans 8:
⁹ But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) ¹⁰ And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. ¹¹ The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
 ¹² Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. ¹³ For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. ¹⁴ For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

 Assassinated cleric a charismatic figure in al-Qaeda’s shadowy leadership
Mr. Awlaki was killed in an assassination strike by U.S. missile-firing drones operating over strife-torn Yemen, Yemeni officials said on Friday.

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IAF jets circled over Turkish ship - Ynetnews
According to a report published Friday in the Turkish newspaper Watan Daily, two F-15 jets passed through Cyprus' Greek and Turkish airspace and approached the Turkish coastline, while ignoring air controllers' warnings in north Cyprus, which is considered a Turkish territory.

Israeli jets fly low over Turkish gas exploration ship
Turkish media reports Israeli F-15 jets and helicopter "harassed" Turkish ship exploring for gas in disputed area of Mediterranean off Cyprus coast.

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The Religion of Peace and Tranquility

Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death: Nadarkhani Refuses to Convert from Christianity
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who is facing the death penalty, again refused to convert to Islam to save his life.

Egypt uncovers Libyan SA-24 anti-air missiles and sea mines bound for Gaza
Helped by highly sophisticated contraband weapons smuggled out of Libya, Iran and Hizballah are getting the Palestinian Hamas equipped for another round of hostilities with Israel.

Nightmare in Libya: Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted For
The White House announced today it planned to expand a program to secure and destroy Libya's huge stockpile of dangerous surface-to-air missiles, following an ABC News report that large numbers of them continue to be stolen from unguarded military warehouses.

 Lies, lies and more lies from the 'religion of peace' 
(which is at war in practically every country it infects)

DEBKAfile, Palestinian and Israeli leaders cross swords as ME Quartet bids for new talks
Abbas said he would never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Turning to the Palestinian religious and historical affinity to Jerusalem, he called it the city of two Koranic prophets, Muhammad and Jesus, obliterating any Jewish ties to the city - and then accused Israel of restricting freedom of faith.

Listen to all the nations clapping with glee before Abbas' speech. Soon the clapping will stop, replaced with weeping and wailing. Punishment for the division of Israel's land is coming. If only there were more wisdom in the world. Instead we have a world full of scoffers and mockers and willful ignorance. Punishment will not be light.

Joel 3:

 ¹ “At the time of those events,” says the Lord,
      “when I restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem,
 ² I will gather the armies of the world
      into the valley of Jehoshaphat.
   There I will judge them
      for harming my people, my special possession,
   for scattering my people among the nations,
      and for dividing up my land.

Zechariah 14:

³ Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past...

 ¹² And the Lord will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. ¹³ On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the Lord with great panic...

Netanyahu: Palestinians want a state without peace - Israel News, Ynetnews
Responding to Abbas’ fiery anti-Israel speech, PM Netanyahu tells UN General Assembly Palestinians want a state without peace; ‘Israel has extended its hand in peace from the moment it was established,’ he said

 I just don't get it. Bible prophecy very clearly states that Jerusalem would be the center of world attention at the end of the age. How amazing is that considering Jerusalem was left in desolation for nearly 2,000 years?!  Today we watched the United Nations start debate on the status of Jerusalem and on making it a dual capital of Israel and Palestine. With such amazing prophecy written in black and white and fulfilled in our day, why don't more people believe in the God of the Bible, the God of Israel?

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.

 Romans 1:¹⁸ But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. ¹⁹ They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.

²⁰ For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

DEBKAfile, No big UN showdown on Palestinian state this week. West Bank flare-up close
... the real diplomatic battle over the Palestinian drive for UN acceptance will not take place this week in the GA chamber where the speeches are made, but in Washington. The Obama administration has absurdly been maneuvered, or maneuvered itself, into the lead role for defeating the Palestinian claim for an independent state within the 1967 borders.

Five Wars, 63 Years of Terrorism, and Israel Survives Thrives

What will happen at the United Nations this week?
What will happen if Turkey decides to attack the oil rig off the Grecian part of Cyprus?
What will happen when the Israelis who have a defense pact with the Greeks respond?
How does NATO deal with two of its member nations going to war?

Don't believe the 'land for peace' deception - the LBL Beast of Islam wants to annihilate Israel

Palestinians Promote Genocide; NYTimes Silent
In a recent poll of Palestinian opinion – conducted by Stanley Greenberg, leading pollster for the Democratic party, in conjunction with the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, and sponsored by the Israel Project – 73% agreed with a quote from the Hamas charter on the need to kill all Jews...66% of Palestinians said that a two-state arrangement might be a starting point but that the Palestinian goal should be the annihilation of Israel.

Holy Land clerics bless Palestinian UN bid
A joint statement by Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran priests pledged their "support for the diplomatic efforts being deployed to win international recognition for the State of Palestine... on the June 1967 borders with Jerusalem as our capital."

Zechariah 8:
³ “And now the Lord says: I am returning to Mount Zion, and I will live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be called the Holy Mountain.⁷ “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west. ⁸ I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God.

These extremely misguided Priests are going to have some explaining to do some day soon. Is the only God, the God of Jacob, going to be pleased with a proposal to hand Jerusalem over to Muslims? Is the God of Jacob going to live in Jerusalem with believers of Islam?! Ironically, beginning in the 11th century, the Catholic Pope started the Crusades to purge Jerusalem of Muslims. Now the Catholic church is welcoming Muslims to take control of Jerusalem - weird world we live in, indeed!

Have no fear - if you're a Believer in the God of Jacob, the only God will soon set everything straight, and anyone who refuses to believe in the plain language of the Bible will be destroyed. Pray for their souls while there is still time.

Zechariah 14:

  ¹² And the Lord will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. ¹³ On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the Lord with great panic. They will fight their neighbors hand to hand. 

Ezekiel 38? 

With Erdogan's eye on Israel's oil and gas fields, and his desire to strengthen alliances among the nations of the LBL Beast - it may give new clues regarding the Battle of Gog & Magog.


Hat tip to Legal Sodium...

The man who could trigger a world war
The West is just watching, while Erdogan creates pretexts for another Middle Eastern war: one in which Israel may be pitted not only against the neighbouring states of the old Arab League, but also Turkey, and Iran, and Hamas, and Hezbollah.

Israeli-Greek-Turkish air sea forces prepare for first Cypriot gas drilling 
As the rig moved into position opposite Cyprus, so too did two Turkish frigates. A Cypriot spokesman said Turkish warships and fighters had not entered the island's territorial waters.
Ankara questions the rights of Israel and Cyprus to drill for hydrocarbon reserves in the respective Exclusive Economic Zones marked out in an accord they concluded last year.

Good article In Plain Language: Do the Palestinian Deserve a State?

Will this new nation stand on its own two feet and do what it takes to support itself? Having taken tens of billions of dollars over the years from well-meaning donors, can the Palestinians learn to be self-sufficient, or are they entrenched in a welfare state, where someone else is always expected to pay the bills? And will they use the massive amounts of money thrown at them wisely? In the course of the last six decades, they have built no new hospitals or medical centers, no great universities, no respectable housing projects to relocate their poor who suffer in squalid refugee camps. Instead, after all their hierarchies of henchmen stole their share, the bulk of what was left was used for weapons and training for war.

Hamas Against PA Statehood Bid
The Palestinians can't even agree amongst themselves, so how will the UN bid next week advance peace?

US, Saudi relationship at risk - Yahoo! News
Speculation over the state of relations between Washington and Riyadh were stirred again this week when the former Saudi ambassador to Washington, Prince Turki al-Faisal, wrote a blistering New York Times opinion piece.

He warned that if Washington carried out its threat to use its veto to halt the Palestinian drive for statehood recognition in the UN Security Council, it would put at risk Saudi-US cooperation in numerous areas.

Egypt declares Camp David accords with Israel 'not a sacred thing
Egypt's prime minister triggered angry consternation in Israel on Thursday after declaring that the historic Camp David accords underpinning peace between the two countries were "not a sacred thing".

Sending David to slay the Philistine Giant
(haven't we read this before?)

Next Friday could be a day of Biblical proportions

Netanyahu set for UN diplomatic showdown
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, will address the UN General Assembly on Friday next week, setting the stage for a potentially dramatic diplomatic showdown with the Palestinians. He will speak on the same day that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, is due to deliver a landmark speech calling on the global body to support Palestinian statehood.

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Resigns Over Global Warming
"The claim … is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this 'warming' period."

Take care of the earth until it's destroyed by fire, but let's not be stupid about it.

Report: Turkish warplanes now able to fire at Israeli targets
Ankara's Star Gazete says country's new F-16 radar system modified to recategorize Israeli targets as hostile. Order said to come directly from PM Erdogan's office

 

Is Turkey's Erdogan about to attack Israel?

DEBKAfile, Israeli-Greek defense pact invoked versus Turkish naval and air movements 
Israel suspects that a Turkish attack on the Greek island will be the signal for Turkish military aggression against its oil and gas platforms located in the Mediterranean between Israel and Cyprus.

This news of Turkey potentially starting a play for Israel's oil and gas fields, reminds me of the start of Ezekiel 38:

¹⁰ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme. ¹¹ You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence! ¹² I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!’


Don't Erdogan's comments yesterday sound like he's saying: "They think the whole world revolves around them?"

Here's the story about Erdogan's comments again, this time from Haaretz:

Erdogan warns Israel: Turkey can send warships to east Mediterranean at any time
Turkish PM says Israel can not do whatever it wants in the eastern Mediterranean

We live in an amazing generation. We are within a week of the potential Palestinian UN Declaration, where they hope to take East Jerusalem's Temple Mount as their Nation's capital. Stay alert!

'Warships could be in E. Mediterranean at any moment
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday Israel could not do whatever it wanted in the Eastern Mediterranean and that Turkish warships could be there at any moment.

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BBC News - Q&A: Palestinian statehood bid at the UN: Palestinian officials have launched a campaign to join the United Nations as a full member state. They will ask for international recognition on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as a capital.

Isaiah 26:

  ²⁰ Go home, my people,
      and lock your doors!
   Hide yourselves for a little while
      until the Lord’s anger has passed.
 ²¹ Look! The Lord is coming from heaven
      to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
   The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
      They will be brought out for all to see.

Israeli officials: Jordan hanging by a thread - Israel News, Ynetnews

While Israel continues to push for a resumption of peace talks, it is also increasing threats on the PA to stop its unilateral campaign. State officials told Ynet that Jerusalem is considering causing significant damage to the Palestinian economy in light of its great dependence on Israel in the labor and commerce fields.

The US has already threatened Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and President Mahmoud Abbas to cut financial aid if they promote unilateral moves.

"The Palestinians need to realize that unilateral steps on their part will be met with unilateral steps on Israel's part," one state official said. "If they go head to head against us, we will react.

Turkish PM throws weight behind Arab cause
Erdogan, addressing Arab foreign ministers in Cairo at the start of a Middle Eastern tour, said backing a bid for recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations later this month was "not an option but an obligation" for Arab states.

PLO ambassador says Palestinian state should be free of Jews
The Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that any future Palestinian state it seeks with help from the United Nations and the United States should be free of Jews.

Such a state would be the first to officially prohibit Jews or any other faith since Nazi Germany, which sought a country that was judenrein, or cleansed of Jews, said Elliott Abrams, a former U.S. National Security Council official.

Israel has 1.3 million Muslims who are Israeli citizens.

Israel's 'Diplomatic Tsunami' has arrived – CNN

 September 11, 2001

"Mohammad is God's apostle.  Those who follow him are ruthless
 to the unbelievers but merciful to one another"  Quran 48:29

Beyond Cairo Embassy Attack, Israel Senses Wider Siege
With its Cairo embassy ransacked, its ambassador to Turkey expelled and the Palestinians seeking statehood recognition at the United Nations, Israel found itself on Saturday increasingly isolated and grappling with a radically transformed Middle East where it believes its options are limited and poor.

No peace in this age.
Looters Steal Gadhafi's weapons, including surface-to-air missiles
HRW estimates there are 20,000 surface-to-air missiles in Libya, and many of those are now missing. Some are recent Russian-made SAMs, capable of shooting down aircraft flying as high as 11,000 feet.

"They have no military use in this war," said Bouckaert. "Gadhafi is not flying any airplanes, he's not flying any helicopters. So why are people looting these very powerful and dangerous missiles?"

Egyptians break into Israeli Embassy in Cairo
Israel ambassador and 80 embassy staff flee Egypt. Turkey's Erdogan has threatened to provide warship escort for the next Gaza aid ships, although he's tried to temper his statements recently.

Interestingly, just last Tuesday Israel's government gave the following statement:

"Israel's security situation has never been better," "We have deterrence in the north and the south, the Arab regimes around us are stable"
- Israeli defense minister's political adviser Amos Gilead, September 6, 2011

How quickly things changed.

DEBKAfile Erdogan drives toward armed clash with Israel. Oil and gas at stake
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan this week coolly moved his country step by provocative step towards an armed clash with Israel – not just over the Palestinian issue, but because he covets the gas and oil resources of the eastern Mediterranean opposite Israel's shores.

Specific, unconfirmed terror threat received against New York or Washington - The Washington Post: U.S. officials are investigating a possible al-Qaeda plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb in Washington or New York City around Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Turkish PM: Warships will escort future aid vessels to Gaza: Turkish warships will escort any Turkish aid vessels to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks broadcast on Al Jazeera television on Thursday.

US says to veto Palestinian bid at UN as Mitchell sees low chance to stop it

PA: US trying to threaten Palestinians to drop UN bid
He added that after the UN vote later this month, the state of Palestine will be under occupation and Israel would be held responsible – according to international agreements and conventions – fully responsible for health, education, security and other things. “The rest of the members of the UN would be obliged to help Palestine get rid of the occupation,” he explained.

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DEBKAfile, Israel's Home Front chief dose of reality flusters defense establishment: The defense minister's adviser Amos Gilead, hurriedly denied this prediction. "Israel's security situation has never been better," he said insisting "The Arab regimes around us are stable."

Noticed in Zechariah 12 last night that it says:

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.

Israel is surrounded by hostile enemies bent on her destruction. The $64 million dollar question is:

Will a failed UN vote be the spark that ignites this whole thing?

United Nations General Assembly meeting starts September 20.

PA Exploits Obama in Campaign for UN - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News: The Palestinian Authority turns the tables on Obama, using an old speech to support its campaign for the UN recognition that he opposes.

China supports Palestinian UN bid | World | RIA Novosti: China on Wednesday announced its support for Palestine's plans to seek full membership in the United Nations next month.

IDF general: Likelihood of regional war growing - Israel News, Ynetnews: "It looks like the Arab Spring, but it can also be a radical Islamic winter," he said in a speech at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.

The "N" in NATO stands for Naive

Jihadists plot to take over Libya - Washington Times
A defense official familiar with jihadist strategy said Islamists likely will emerge in power from the turmoil expected after the demise of the Gadhafi regime and the West will be partly to blame. “We’re helping pave the way for them” through NATO airstrikes and other support, he said.

Setting up the Gog & Magog War

DEBKAfile, Iran runs nuclear missile payload tests, moves onto 60 pc fuel enrichment 
Last Wednesday, Aug. 31, French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned, "Iran's attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack."

Zechariah 12:

² “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. ³ On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.

Obama Administration tries to delay Palestinian UN Vote
The Obama administration has begun a last-ditch diplomatic campaign to avert a confrontation this month over a Palestinian plan to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations, but it may already be too late, according to senior American officials and foreign diplomats. The vote is set for September 20.

Bring on the war of Gog and Magog I say.

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Concern rising about Iran military nuclear work
The International Atomic Energy Agency is "increasingly concerned" about possible activity in Iran to develop a nuclear payload for a missile, the IAEA said in a confidential report obtained by Reuters on Friday

Today's Laodicean Church is either too sleepy or too politically correct to tell you this

The Religion of the Beast and anti-Christ are in our midst

Quran, Surah 4:157

And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah ." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.

 Written on the Abomination of Desolation on the Temple Mount:

O People of the Book! Do not exaggerate in your religion
nor utter aught concerning God save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of
Mary, was only a Messenger of God, and His Word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and say not 'Three' - Cease! (it is)
better for you! - God is only One God. Far be it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son.

1 John 2:
22 Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. 23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

al Qaeda elements in Libya's transition council
NATO fighting with them in Libya, and against them in Afghanistan

US confirms al Qaeda members' role in rebel command. Qaddafi contacts them The Obama administration finally acknowledged Wednesday, Aug. 31 that al Qaeda elements had been fighting in Libyan rebel ranks in last week's capture of Tripoli.


Ezekiel 38:
⁵ Iran, Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons.

General: China Could Be Planning Surprise Missile Attack on United States
A retired Chinese general recently revealed that his country might be planning a surprise missile attack on the United States.

Bahrain: US Ally Kills Children… So When Is NATO Intervening?
 The Bahraini protests against the US and British-backed autocratic rulers have been continuing for nearly seven months despite the military intervention of Saudi Arabia in the Gulf island to crush the pro-democracy movement. Nearly 40 civilians have been killed by state forces since the uprising began in mid-February; thousands more have been injured, imprisoned, tortured or sacked from jobs.