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August 8, 2014 – The Possible Blueprints of Prophecy Before Our Eyes
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Footage of IDF Strikes on Gazan Terror Sites
In response to the renewal of rocket fire by Gaza terrorists after the 72-hour-cease that began on August 5th, IDF aircraft targeted a number of terror sites throughout the Gaza Strip.
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 32nd day on Friday
Headline: Hamas resumes rocket attacks on Israel, after ultimatum demanding open seaport for Gaza or war
Headline: Two Wounded from Rocket Fire; IAF Retaliates
Headline: 14:04 – 40 rockets fired into Israel since 8 a.m.
Two people have been injured from shrapnel falling in the Sdot HaNegev region, it was announced Friday afternoon. The IDF confirmed that one soldier was lightly injured and a civilian – Sapir College director Dr. Nachmi Paz – was moderately wounded. Dr. Paz is being treated for his injuries in Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva for shrapnel wounds to his leg. Earlier, a senior government officials stated to Arutz Sheva that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon had authorized the IDF to retaliate with force to a barrage of over 18 rockets on Israeli civilians Friday morning. The report surfaces less than one hour after Palestinian media sources reported possible airstrikes in northern Gaza. IDF Spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner confirmed both reports close to 11:00 am Friday. “The IDF remains alert and maintains a high level of preparedness with both defensive capabilities, and striking capabilities in order to address the renewed aggression,” the IDF added, in a press release. “The IDF is determined to defend the civilians of the state of Israel.” A military spokeswoman told AFP that no Israeli soldiers entered Gaza to carry out the strikes. There has been “no change on the ground,” she said.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183852#.U-T3UmPfVeA
Headline: Israeli delegation leaves Egypt; Gazans flee eastern neighborhoods, again
Headline: Palestinians press on with Cairo talks despite end of Gaza truce
The Israeli delegation has left Egypt following the end of a 72-hour cease-fire brokered by Cairo and the renewal of hostilities by Hamas. The delegation arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel shortly before the truce expired. A diplomatic source in Egypt said the Israeli visit had lasted nine hours, longer than the previous two visits this week. There was no immediate comment from Egypt, which has positioned itself as mediator but has struggled to clinch a deal. Israel has stated repeatedly that it will not negotiate terms of a longer-term cease fire under rocket attack. Meanwhile, Palestinian factions will remain in Cairo and press on with Egyptian-mediated talks despite the end of the ceasefire in Gaza, the head of the delegation, Fatah official Azzam Ahmed, said on Friday. “We are not for escalation. We are ready to continue through our Egyptian brothers in negotiating to reach a final agreement that would return the rights to their owners,” Ahmed said. “I mean here lifting the blockade of Gaza.”
Aug. 8, 2014
Pictures of clashes Beit Furik (near Nablus West Bank) following Friday prayers today
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli border guards (background) following a demonstration in support of Gaza after Friday prayers in the West Bank town of Bethlehem
Headline: Soldier lightly hurt in West Bank riots
An IDF soldier is lightly wounded in clashes with rioters in Nabi Salah, a village near Ramallah. In Bethlehem, rioters hurl rocks at a procession of 400 people by Rachel’s Tomb, Israel Radio reports. Elsewhere in the West Bank, riots also take place in Hebron, Qaddoum and Beytounia.
Aug. 8, 2014
Headline: Fatah Official Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Israelis, Jews
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has called for ethnic cleansing against Jewish Israelis, after an official posted on Facebook to “drive the occupier out from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.” Fatah Central Committee Member Tawfiq Tirawi posted a message to his official Facebook page reading, “O our free people of resolve and sacrifice in Gaza, you are more honored than us all… We remain committed to the promise: freedom, independence, and driving out the occupier from the entire pure land, from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea.” “Long live free Gaza!” he added. The post was translated by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Tirwai has long been a proponent of violence against Israel, calling on Palestinians to take up arms shortly after the Hamas-Fatah “unity government” was declared in April. In recent weeks, Fatah has called for violent “revolution” against Israel, and threatened the Jewish state by telling it to “prepare the body bags.”
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183854#.U-T30WPfVeB
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=12268
Headline: Israeli minister urges Germany and EU to send inspectors to Gaza
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has urged Germany to help find a solution to the conflict in Gaza and send inspectors to Gaza’s borders along with other European Union countries. Lieberman told Thursday’s mass-selling German daily Bild that Germany had a “very significant” role to play in preventing an economic and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where Israel and Egypt maintain tight restrictions on the movement of goods and people to try to prevent arms reaching Islamist militants. He said Germany should bring together EU leaders to help find a lasting settlement for Gaza. Lieberman said he was not suggesting the despatch of troops or police. “But Germany and the EU need to send inspectors to Gaza to control the trade the Palestinians conduct with neighboring states.” Germany, France and Britain have proposed reactivating a European Union mission on the Egypt-Gaza border to help stabilize the enclave, a German diplomatic source said on Wednesday.
Aug. 7, 2014
*****See Germany Below
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/07/us-mideast-gaza-germany-idUKKBN0G71AE20140807
Headline: Europe offers to establish Gaza-Cyprus sea route
A European source told Palestinian media outlets on Friday that Europe was willing to establish a sea route between the Gaza Strip and Larnaca, Cyprus – meant for both people and merchandise. According to the initiative, European observers would be present both in Gaza and Larnaca in order to prevent security violations. The source noted that Europe was interested in finding a comprehensive, permanent solution in order to save from having to rehabilitate the Strip every few years. “We want to find a solution to the Gaza problem by reactivating the 2005 agreement on the crossings – including the crossing between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.” The source said that Europe has consulted with all relevant parties on the matter – including the Palestinian Authority, Israel, and Egypt – and is still waiting for their response.
Aug. 8, 2014
*****See Jordan Below
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4556538,00.html
Headline: Former Hamas Spokesman Found Dead in Gaza City
Headline: Hamas Admits Executing Palestinians Suspected of Spying for Israel During Gaza War
Ayman Taha, a former spokesman for Hamas was found dead Thursday in Gaza City, but there were conflicting reports as to the cause of his death. According to AFP, Hamas said Taha’s body was found in a neighborhood of the city that was heavily bombed by Israel and accused the Jewish state of being responsible for his death. Taha was killed when Israeli forces “targeted him in the apartment where he was with several others in Gaza City” in the Shejaiya neighborhood, the group claimed in a statement quoted by the news agency. He was severely wounded and died later, the statement said. Some Arab media outlets, however, reported that Taha was executed by Hamas over charges of spying for Egypt. Taha, the son of one of the group’s founders, was a well known spokesman for Hamas before his arrest in February. Hamas’s security apparatus detained him as part of an investigation into the possible “abuse of funds” and other allegations. If Taha was indeed executed by Hamas over spying or collaboration charges, that would not be a first for Hamas.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183841#.U-T5R2PfVeA
Headline: Hamas claims Israel closed gates to Al-Aqsa Mosque Friday
Director of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani has warned of the serious repercussions to be generated by the closure of the Aqsa Mosque’s gates by the Israeli occupation police., dubbing it a dangerous procedure that would step up tension at the Mosque. “We consider the following two measures very dangerous: First Banning Muslims, particularly women, entry into the Mosque and second shutting down four gates of al-Aqsa without any legitimate reason.” Sheikh Omar slammed Israel’s enforcement of a spatio-temporal division of holy al-Aqsa mosque as the most flagrant of all violations issued since 1967 and put into effect by the Israeli police. Hamas then issued a statement: Hamas said in a press statement Friday (8/8): “We warn the occupation of the consequences of these actions of aggression against Al-Aqsa and our people in the occupied Jerusalem, and promise closure occupation four gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque aggression Zionist new and flagrant violation of the sanctity of the maximum freedom of worship in it.” The movement in its statement that the occupation attempts singling not translated and stationed in it and the people of Jerusalem will not succeed, and that his plans to divide the maximum temporally and spatially will not pass, Valoqsy was blessed and will remain purely Islamic does not accept division. The movement called the masses of the Palestinian people to decamp to the maximum and stationed in it and confront all attempts Zionism seeking to impose a new reality in the light of collusion and international silence and inaction of the Arab and Islamic world.
Aug. 8, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/PalinfoEN/posts/830467350306068
Headline: UN Chief Condemns Rocket Attacks, Calls for Ceasefire
Headline: Israeli envoy to UN calls on Ban Ki-Moon, Security Council to condemn Hamas
United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned the latest rocket attacks on Israel and called for a return to a ceasefire in Gaza. The secretary general expressed his “deep disappointment” over the failure to extend the 72-hour truce that expired Friday and said peace talks in Cairo should continue, according to AFP. Ban “condemns the renewed rocket fire towards Israel. More suffering and death of civilians caught up in this conflict is intolerable,” said a statement from his spokesman. “The extension of the ceasefire is absolutely essential for talks to progress,” he declared. Ban “firmly” called on the Palestinians and Israel “not to resort to further military action that can only exacerbate the already appalling humanitarian in Gaza.”
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183860#.U-UrdGPfVeA
Jordan
Headline: King, Ashton discuss Gaza truce
His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday discussed efforts seeking to uphold the ceasefire and end the Israeli aggression on Gaza with Catherine Ashton, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and first vice president of the European Commission. In a telephone call with Ashton, the King stressed the pivotal role of the international community and the EU in ensuring a complete halt of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and addressing the catastrophic humanitarian situation it has caused and the destruction of infrastructure. His Majesty also mentioned the draft resolution on Gaza prepared by Jordan as a non-permanent UN Security Council member, in coordination with Palestine and on behalf of the Arab group, a Royal Court statement said. The resolution seeks to lift the blockade imposed on Gaza and proposes a plan to rebuild the coastal enclave, he said. Discussions also covered the latest regional developments, especially the situation in Syria and Iraq, with the King highlighting Jordan’s increasing burdens resulting from hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees.
Aug. 7, 2014
http://jordantimes.com/king-ashton-discuss-gaza-truce
Headline: Thousand rally for Hamas in Jordan
More than 15,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered at a pro-Hamas rally in Jordan’s capital on Friday, with many chanting “death to Israel” and urging the militant Palestinian group to step up rocket salvos against Israeli towns and cities. The evening rally, the largest such protest in Amman in years, saw scores of masked youths dressed in the uniform of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stage a mock military parade to the cheers of a flag-waving crowd. The Muslim Brotherhood, the ideological counterpart to Hamas and Jordan’s largest political group, is seeking to take advantage of a rise in anti-Israeli sentiment arising from the Jewish state’s month-long offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.609649
Headline: Jordan may have just put itself in the line of fire
Islamic State Media is reporting: Jordan: Mwaffaq Air Base in Azraq being used to conduct air attacks on the Caliphate
Lebanon
Headline: Militants say seeking prisoner swap with Lebanon
Islamist militants holding 19 Lebanese soldiers seized during an incursion into Lebanon said on Friday they had demanded the release of Islamist prisoners in exchange for letting their captives go. Two commanders close to the group holding the soldiers, speaking by telephone, said the demands had been sent to the Lebanese government and army, which drove the gunmen from the border town of Arsal on Thursday after five days of fighting. It raises the prospect of a potentially lengthy hostage crisis for the Lebanese authorities. A security source said the militants had put forward the names of around 20 Islamist detainees they wanted released.One of the militants, speaking to Reuters, said: “It is simple: their soldiers for the Islamic hostages.”
Aug. 8, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/08/militants-say-seeking-prisoner-swap-with-lebanon/
Headline: Lebanese army enters Arsal after jihadist clashes
Headline: How will the Lebanese military deal with Arsal?
Lebanese troops have started to enter the town of Arsal on the Syrian border, after days of clashes with jihadists there, a military source told AFP on Friday. “We have started to enter, we’ve set up a checkpoint on the western side of the city, and we’re advancing bit-by-bit,” the source said. “We haven’t entered all of the town yet, so we can’t say if the gunmen have completely withdrawn,” he added. Municipal council member Wafiq Khalaf confirmed that troops were entering the edge of the town, but had not yet spread throughout. “They are entering from the outskirts, the situation is quiet. There is no shooting or fighting,” he told AFP. The army advance comes after a truce that saw many of the jihadists who entered the town on Saturday withdraw to the surrounding mountains.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/lebanese-army-enters-arsal-jihadist-clashes-144613023.html
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/arsal-no-military-settlement-hostages-release.html
Headline:Syrian envoy calls for Syrian-Lebanese coordination
Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel-Karim Ali Thursday called for greater coordination between his nation’s army and Lebanon’s, urging the implementation of agreements organizing the relationship between the two states. “I don’t differentiate between the battle in Syria and the battle in Arsal,” he said in a television interview, adding that Lebanese-Syrian efforts should be united to fight terrorism. The Syrian ambassador said he was sure the Lebanese Army would be victorious, urging domestic political factions to dissolve all barriers standing in the face of Lebanese-Syrian cooperation so that “losses would be less and victory greater and swifter.”
Aug. 8, 2014
Headline:Hundreds return to Syria after Lebanon clashes
Several hundred Syrian refugees who had been sheltering in a Lebanese town where the army and jihadists have been fighting crossed back into Syria on Friday, a nun assisting them said. Sister Agnes, a nun based in Syria, said a first group of 350 of some 1,700 refugees who left the town of Arsal passed through the Masnaa border crossing back into Syria on Friday. The group set out from Arsal on Wednesday after a ceasefire between militants and the Lebanese military, following clashes that began on Saturday and have killed 17 soldiers and, reportedly, dozens of civilians. The departure appeared to be the first time a group of refugees has left Lebanon en masse to return to Syria.
Aug. 8, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Islamist protester killed in Egypt clashes
An Islamist protester was killed during a clash on Friday with Egyptian police who arrested 40 demonstrators, the interior ministry said. The ministry accused the protesters, supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, of confronting civilian opponents during a march and then firing birdshot and throwing petrol bombs at policemen, wounding an officer. Members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement and their allies have held near daily protests since his overthrow by the military in July 2013, despite a deadly crackdown on the group. At least 1,400 activists, mostly Islamists, have been killed in street clashes and hundreds sentenced to death, although none of the sentences has been carried out so far.
Aug. 8, 2014
Syria
YESTERDAY’S Headlines:
FSA rebels seize areas in Syria’s Hama after clashes with pro-Assad forces
Opposition fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) seized on Thursday two of the regime-held checkpoints in the vicinity of Mihardeh city in the western countryside of Hama in central Syria, local sources reported. Speaking to ARA News, Mohammed Barazi, media activist from the city of Hama, reported that FSA fighters supported by Islamic battalions took control of the regime-held checkpoints of Bijo and Majdal in the vicinity of Mihardeh city.
http://aranews.net/2014/08/fsa-rebels-seize-areas-syrias-hama-clashes-pro-assad-forces/
Islamic State storms last headquarter of pro-Assad army in Raqqa
Islamic State militants stormed one of the Syrian government’s last outposts in the northern province of Raqqa in an overnight attack and battled troops holed up in the area on Thursday, killing dozens of soldiers, activists said. A monitoring group said over 40 people were killed in multiple suicide car bombings carried out by Islamic State fighters and in ensuing clashes. Raqqa is a major stronghold of the Islamic State, which took control of the provincial capital and expelled rival Syrian rebel groups at the start of the year. Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes north of Raqqa city and in the area of Tabqa, the Observatory said. Tabqa’s military airbase would be the only major remaining government outpost in the province with the fall of the 93rd Brigade base.
http://aranews.net/2014/08/islamic-state-storms-last-headquarter-pro-assad-army-raqqa/
TODAY’S Headlines: Islamic State Seize Tanks in New Victory [GRAPHIC IMAGES]
This week’s battle, between Islamic State militants and Brigade 93 of the Syrian Army in Northern Syria, began on Wednesday [6 August] at 10pm, and raged for seven hours without a pause. Three truck bombs were detonated by suicide bombers; witnesses claimed two of the bombers were Syrian, and a third was Saudi. The combatants fired large numbers of lightweight ‘Grad’ missiles, which can be fired from portable rocket launchers, as well as over 300 mortar shells and heavy artillery. Over 70 regime troops died, as well as 30 people from the Islamic State (formerly known as Isis).
Syrian Army Storms Militants’ Gatherings Near Damascus
The Syrian government forces targeted the rebels’ positions at the hills of towns of Buhairan, Saber, Bala’a and other towns in Damascus’ countryside, which resulted in killing and wounding of rebels, SANA reported. Clashes in the countryside of Damascus have been incessant lately as the sound of shelling has become common. Meantime, a long convoy of rebels’ vehicle, loaded with weapons and ammunition, was targeted by the Syrian soldiers in the war-hit region.
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http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930517000309
From China to Spain…. here is a better understanding
Today I’m going to put Iraq news ahead of the rest of the Ezekiel countries, so we can concentrate on what we’re seeing
Iraq
Headline: Iraqi Airstrikes kill 130 IS Militants in Mosul
Iraqi Military planes has started air strikes against IS insurgents in Mosul a city in Northern Iraq. Airstrikes made by the Iraqi Army on Thursday night have left 130 IS militants dead and many others wounded in Gwier town, outside of Mosul. Based on the information obtained by BasNews from Iraqi security, three well-known leaders of the Islamic State were among the Sunni militant casualties. Eyewitnesses in Gwier town told BasNews that in the airstrike carried out by the US took out a significant percentage of IS troops, as well as destroyed six of the militants’ previously-stolen humvees. The death toll of IS militants had reached over 1000, giving a heavy blow to the group and allowing Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga and US Army to push their brutality back.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Iraqi-Airstrikes-kill-130-IS-Militants-in-Mosul/29656
Headline: US military launches airstrikes on terror targets in Iraq
Headline: White House says once Iraq forms inclusive govt, US ready to deploy forces to help fight ISIS
Headline: Hundreds Reported Killed After U.S. Bombs ISIS Position in Iraq
U.S. fighter jets launched a “targeted” airstrike on Friday against Islamic militants in Iraq, just hours after President Obama authorized military action to protect U.S. personnel and Iraqi civilians. Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said Friday that two F/A-18 jets dropped 500-pound bombs on a piece of artillery and the truck towing it. The Pentagon said the military conducted the strike at 6:45 a.m. ET, against terrorists with the Islamic State (IS), the group formerly known as ISIS. “As the president made clear, the United States military will continue to take direct action against [IS] when they threaten our personnel and facilities,” Kirby said. The strike took place near the city of Irbil, after IS used the artillery to shell Kurdish forces defending the city where U.S. personnel are located, the Pentagon said.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.infowars.com/hundreds-reported-killed-after-u-s-bombs-isis-position-in-iraq/
Headline: American Carriers Are Now Banned From Flying Over Iraq
The Federal Aviation Administration has banned U.S. carriers from flying over Iraq, the agency announced Friday. The ban was handed down just hours after the U.S. launched airstrikes in the country for the first time since U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq in December 2011. The American strikes were targeting forces from militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which were endangering Erbil, a city that’s home to a U.S. consulate and several American advisors.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://time.com/3092876/faa-ban-iraq/
Headline: ISIS Threatens America: ‘We Will Raise The Flag Of Allah In The White House’
Headline: Jihadists React to U.S. Airstrikes, Warn of Sleeper Cell Attacks in West
The terror group President Barack Obama threatened to strike in Iraq Thursday evening is itself threatening to strike the American homeland. “I say to America that the Islamic Caliphate has been established,” Abu Mosa, a spokesman for the terror group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), told VICE Media in a video interview posted online Thursday. “Don’t be cowards and attack us with drones. Instead send your soldiers, the ones we humiliated in Iraq.” “We will humiliate them everywhere, God willing, and we will raise the flag of Allah in the White House,” he added.
Aug. 8, 2014
Headline: The Battle for Baghdad: Scenarios
http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/isis-battle-plan-baghdad
Headline: ‘When ISIS takes Baghdad…’
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/08/05/when-isis-takes-baghdad/
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Russian nuclear-capable bombers ‘tested’ US air defenses 16 times in last 10 days
Russian strategic nuclear bombers and other military aircraft entered US air defense identification zones (ADIZs) at least 16 times over the past ten days, American defense officials confirmed on Thursday. “Over the past week, NORAD has visually identified Russian aircraft operating in and around the US air defense identification zones,” said Maj. Beth Smith, spokeswoman for US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Smith sought to downplay the incursions that she called “a spike in activity,” telling the Washington Free Beacon’s Bill Gertz that the flights were assessed as routine training missions and exercises. But an unnamed defense official familiar with the incursion reports disagreed with Smith’s assessment. “These are not just training missions,” the official told Gertz, saying that Russian strategic nuclear forces appear to be “trying to test our air defense reactions, or our command and control systems.” NORAD scrambled fighter jets several times when Russian strategic aircraft flew along US ADIZs. The planes included a mix of Tu-95 Bear H heavy bombers and Tu-142 Bear F maritime reconnaissance aircraft, as well as one IL-20 intelligence collection aircraft, Smith said. The bomber flights took place mainly along the Alaskan air defense identification zone that covers the Aleutian Islands and the continental part of the state, and one incursion involved entry into Canada’s air defense zone, she added.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://rt.com/usa/178820-russia-military-flights-us-airspace/
Headline: Russia arrests Ukrainian officers for ‘war crimes’
Headline: Ukraine troops break out of encirclement, 15 troops killed
Headline: Ukraine ready to impose sanctions on Russia
Investigators in Russia have announced the arrest of five Ukrainian army officers for alleged war crimes as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. The officers from Ukraine’s 72nd Mechanised Brigade are apparently among hundreds of soldiers who crossed into Russia to flee from pro-Russian rebels. It is unclear on what grounds Russia can prosecute the officers, who reportedly deny the charges. Meanwhile, government forces in eastern Ukraine lost 15 soldiers within a day. Fifteen were killed and 79 injured on Thursday, the Ukrainian government said, two days after 18 were killed – the highest daily death toll reported in weeks.Government forces have been accused of bombarding residential areas from the ground and the air, killing civilians, as they try to recapture rebel strongholds. International monitors have been surveying damage to homes.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28707018
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/08/ukraine-troops-break-out-of-encirclement-15-troops-killed/
Iran
Headline: Iran and West to Hold More Talks Before UN General Assembly
Iran and six world powers will hold a new round of nuclear talks before the UN General Assembly, which starts on September 16, a spokesman for lead negotiator Catherine Ashton said Thursday, according to AFP. “We expect to hold an EU-led/E3+3 round of talks in advance of the ministerial meetings at UNGA at a location to be determined,” said Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Ashton. “We will also likely hold a meeting on the sidelines of UNGA – as we did last year – possibly with ministers participating in some way,” Mann said in an emailed statement. “The specific details remain to be worked out,” he added. Iran and the six powers are trying to turn an interim nuclear deal reached in November into a permanent agreement.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183843#.U-T5DWPfVeA
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Friday, August 8th, 2014
Obama Allows Limited Airstrikes on ISIS
EU deploys 100 additional observers to assess Afghan vote audit
Reported security incidents
#1: An Afghan official says Taliban fighters stormed a police checkpoint overnight in southern Helmand province, killing four policemen. Deputy district Governor Mohammad Rassoul says the attack happened in Sangin district and that the Taliban have captured the checkpoint.
#2: At least 12 people, including two police personnel, were wounded in a remote-controlled explosion in Chaman Town, a township that shares border with Afghanistan, on Thursday. According to a senior police officer, the target was a police patrol vehicle. “The improvised explosive device (IED) was rigged to a motorbike which was parked near a hotel on Mall Road in Chaman. The bomb was detonated remotely when the police vehicle passed by,” said Mohammed Ashraf, a police officer in Chaman.
#3: A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of district governor in Sangin district of Helmand province on Friday, killing and injuring several persons. “I along with an army officer were going to inspect a checkpoint in Sarwan Qala area of Sangin district this morning at 09:00 a.m. but a roadside bomb organized by militants struck our vehicle injuring both of us besides killing and injuring few others,” Sayed Suliman Shah, the governor of Sangin district, told Xinhua from hospital bed.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: UN Calls for South Sudan Rivals to Resolve Crisis
Headline: Police send personnel to join UN forces in Sudan
The U.N. Security Council urgently called Friday for South Sudan’s feuding political leaders to resolve a mounting crisis and threatened targeted sanctions against perpetrators of ethnic violence. A presidential statement approved by all 15 council members pressed President Salva Kiir and former vice president and current rebel leader Riek Machar to implement a cease-fire and form a transitional government by Sunday. It did not name any potential targets of sanctions. The sharp dispute stems in part from when Kiir accused Machar in December of trying to oust him in a coup, which unleashed months of ethnic attacks and failed cease-fires. In recent days, an outbreak of violence has occurred along the Sudan-South Sudan border and at least six South Sudanese aid workers were killed by a militia hunting the Nuer ethnic group. All of the murdered aid workers are members of the Nuer, to which Machar belongs. Some observers believe the violence threatens to pull Sudan and its rebel groups into South Sudan’s civil war. The Security Council, which plans to visit South Sudan next week, also warned that a “catastrophic” lack of food could lead to famine. A senior U.N. official said this week that the humanitarian crisis has put almost 4 million people at risk of going hungry and another some 50,000 children at risk of dying of acute malnutrition. South Sudan is a largely Christian nation that broke off from Muslim-dominated Sudan after a 2011 referendum.
Aug. 8, 2014
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/calls-south-sudan-rivals-resolve-crisis-24904736
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/08/police-send-personnel-join-un-forces-sudan.html-0
Libya
Headline: UN Delegation Holds Talks in Tripoli to Broker Militia Cease-fire
Headline: Battle for Tripoli continues despite calls for ceasefire
A U.N. delegation was holding talks in Tripoli on Friday to try to broker a cease-fire between armed factions who have turned the Libyan capital into a battleground after the worst fighting since the fall of Muammar Gadhafi. Most Western governments followed the United States and the United Nations in evacuating diplomats and shutting embassies after three weeks of clashes between factions fighting over Tripoli airport that have killed 200 people. The delegation, led by a representative of the United Nations mission in Libya, known as UNSMIL, aims to end the violence, help displaced residents and alleviate food and gasoline shortages, UNSMIL said in a statement on its website. “UNSMIL is working closely with the international community in a joint effort to achieve a durable and sustainable cease-fire,” it said.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/battle-tripoli-continues-despite-calls-ceasefire-121955308
Headline: Libya airstrike foils Ansar al-Sharia attack
An air assault by Operation Dignity forces allegedly killed 70 Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamist fighters near Benghazi, Libya Herald reported on Thursday (August 7th). The Islamists were bombarded in Maghzana overnight as they tried to approach the Benina airbase in Benghazi, according to Brigadier-General Saqr Adam Geroushi, the commander of Operation Dignity’s air forces. Saiqa Special Forces moved to the Benina base nine days ago after they were forced out of their Buatni headquarters by Ansar al-Sharia.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2014/08/08/newsbrief-02
Tunisia
Headline: Tunisia to call up reservists to secure polls
Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa has authorised finance “to call up army reservists in order to contribute to securing upcoming elections”, a government statement said on Friday. After months of political wrangling, Tunisia’s parliament last month approved October 26 as the date for legislative polls and November 23 for a first round of a presidential election. Questioned by AFP, a government spokesman was unable to say how many reservists would be called up, or what tasks the army would undertake to ensure that the elections are trouble-free. Jomaa’s government will also “take steps to shut Internet sites linked to terrorism, and pursue those who use them,” the statement said. A government source said these measures would target mainly web pages that belong to “takfiri” jihadist militant groups “who incite killings of army personnel and security forces”.
Aug. 8, 2014
Algeria
Headline: Algerian Official Calls for Severing of Diplomatic Ties with Morocco
Responding to the recent statements of Salaheddine Mezouar, Moroccan Foreign Minister, holding Algeria responsible for disabling the Maghreb Union, the President of the Consultative National Commission for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH) Farouk Ksentini demanded this week that Algeria take a “strict” stance towards Morocco, and called for “severance of diplomatic relations” with the Kingdom. Ksentini, a lawyer, said that “The Kingdom [of Morocco] is solely responsible for the paralysis of the Maghreb Union.” In an attempt to push his country of Algeria to formally react, Ksentini said that he was “convinced” that Algeria’s Foreign Minister, “who is known for his wisdom, will answer his Moroccan counterpart in a timely manner,” stressing that the Algerians “have no problem with their Moroccan brothers.”
Aug. 8, 2014
Morocco
Headline: Radicalism takes root in northern Morocco
Headline: Morocco, US ink security accord
News about a Moroccan national who leads an Islamic State (ISIS) brigade in Syria is raising talk about Islamist jihadists in northern Morocco. Mohamed Hamdouch, a 28-year-old jihadist who is also a member of the Islamic council of the organisation, appeared in a video cutting off the heads of five people. Before fighting in Syria, he ran a clothing business in Fnideq and was recruiting jihadists from the area. A fortnight ago, Moroccan security services also arrested a French jihadist in Tangier for seeking to recruit fighters and send them to organisations loyal to al-Qaeda. Analysts say that northern Morocco has become a fertile breeding ground for radicalisation. According to Human Rights Defence Association Chairman Lahbib Haji, the region is more conservative than elsewhere in Morocco. “Furthermore, they are permanently in contact with Moroccans who have settled in Europe. That makes it easier to recruit them,” the Tetouan barrister said. The cells recruit members from underprivileged areas, he noted. Mediterranean Strategic Analysis and Intelligence Company head Mountacir Zian puts forward other factors to explain the phenomenon. “The northern region has been neglected, if not completely forgotten, since independence,” he said.
*****Notice the name of this website; see ISIS map above
Aug. 8, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2014/08/08/feature-02
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2014/08/08/newsbrief-03
Germany
Headline: Berlin plays down Israeli call for Germany to lead Gaza mission
Headline: Returning jihadists pose a threat to Germany
Germany has reacted cautiously to Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman’s call for Berlin to lead an EU inspection mission to Gaza. Lieberman’s counterpart, Mr Steinmeier, said he could envision such a mission to Gaza but played down the idea of German “leadership” of it. “Together with our European partners we are ready to make a contribution, such as an EU mission to oversee border crossings,” he said. “At present we are holding intensive talks with all sides to create the conditions for such a solution.” Reinhold Robbe, former Bundestag military co-ordinator and now president of the German-Israeli Association, said such a mission would have to have a UN mandate. “I don’t know if customs officials with an ordinary police guard will be enough to get a hold of things,” he said. “I think one won’t be able to get around military safeguard for such a supervisory mission.” Mr Robbe said it was not clear whether ordinary Germans would support the idea of sending troops to Israel and Gaza, given the country’s Holocaust history. “I think we have an obligation and cannot just close our eyes,” he said. “In spite of – and even because of – our history we have a particular responsibility. Israel wants a long-term peace and Europe can play an important role.”
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.dw.de/returning-jihadists-pose-a-threat-to-germany/a-17840568
Turkey
Headline: Support Convoy in 81 provinces of Turkey for Gaza
Reaction to Israel from IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, in support of Gaza a “Support Convoy for Gaza” will be held with the slogan “Two Sides One Heart” in all provinces of Turkey. This is the organization that will launch the Freedom Flotilla II with Turkish military escort
Aug. 8, 2014
****very ANTI ISRAEL SITE
http://www.ihh.org.tr/en/main/news/0/support-convoy-in-81-provinces-of-turkey-for-/2468
Headline: US hits IS artillery in Iraq, Turkey on alert
Turkish military sources speaking to Today’s Zaman on Friday said that there no military airplanes, either Turkish or American, had launched attacks inside Iraq from Turkey. He affirmed that the US airstrikes had not been conducted via Turkey’s İncirlik airbase. According to a US official, the military will use F-16 and F/A 18 fighter jets based in the region for strikes and cargo aircraft based in Kuwait for any additional humanitarian aid drops. In addition, USS George H.W. Bush — which carries F/A-18s — is stationed in the Persian Gulf and Apache helicopters are based in Baghdad.
Aug. 8, 2014
*****See Jordan above
http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_us-hits-is-artillery-in-iraq-turkey-on-alert_355039.html
Armenia
Headline: Azerbaijan’s president threatens war with Armenia
Headline: Azerbaijan’s Army Says It Is ‘Ready To Fulfill Even The Order Of Destroying’ Armenia’s Capital City
Azerbaijan’s president has threatened war with Armenia via Twitter, after dozens were killed in clashes over a disputed area of land that both countries lay claim to. In a lengthy series of tweets, President Ilham Aliyev said several Azeri lives had been lost in clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, and pledged to restore what he said was his country’s “territorial integrity”. The two sides began fighting over the mountainous region in the final years of the USSR. Armenian forces took de facto control of Nagorno-Karabakh. Writing in English on Twitter today, Aliyev countered: “As a result of attacks launched by Armenian occupying forces, our army suffered losses. Several servicemen have become martyrs.” Referring to Armenia as “the enemy” and “the occupiers,” Aliyev said the people of Azerbaijan were disappointed with a perceived lack of action by international mediators to bring the stand-off to an end. “We will restore our sovereignty. The flag of Azerbaijan will fly in all the occupied territories, including Shusha and Khankandi [in Nagorno-Karabakh],” he wrote. “Just as we have beaten the Armenians on the political and economic fronts, we are able to defeat them on the battlefield”.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2014/08/07/19421.shtml
http://www.businessinsider.com/armenia-and-azerbaijan-approaching-war-2014-8
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Argentina files lawsuit against US over debt dispute
Argentina has attempted to sue the United States at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the UN’s highest court, over a debt dispute. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday after a US judge blocked Argentina from servicing its restructured debt, with Buenos Aires accusing Washington of violating Argentinean sovereignty. New York District Judge Thomas Griesa has ruled to freeze Argentina’s June debt payment of $539 million in a US bank because two American hedge funds are demanding a full repayment of their money. The two hedge funds, NML Capital and Aurelius Capital Management, have been described by Argentina as “vulture funds” that are seeking profit out of the country’s financial misery. “Given that a state is responsible for the conduct of all the branches of its government, these violations have generated a controversy between the Republic of Argentina and the United States, which our country submits to the ICJ for resolution,” President Cristina Kirchner’s office said in a statement. However, the ICJ declined to take any action, claiming that it is powerless to act “unless and until the United States of America consents to the court’s jurisdiction.”
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/08/374484/argentina-takes-us-dispute-to-intl-court/
Headline: Attack leaves 12 dead, several injured in Pakistan
At least 12 people have been killed in an attack on a convoy of security forces in Pakistan’s restive southwest, an official statement reads. Pakistani officials said the attack was carried out on Thursday in the Tump area, 1,100 kilometers (683 miles) southwest of the city of Quetta, in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. The provincial home department said that a group of militants attacked a convoy of paramilitary Frontier Corps comprising five vehicles, which triggered a fierce gunfight. “Two soldiers and 10 attackers were killed in the clash,” the statement read, adding that two soldiers and several attackers were also injured. The incident came amid another attack in Pakistan’s southwestern town of Chaman located near Pakistan-Afghanistan border, where 12 people were injured. The incident occurred when an attacker detonated a bomb-laden motorbike.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/08/374539/attack-leaves-dozen-dead-in-pakistan/
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & Daniel 2:41-43- Decline of the Euro “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.” (Daniel 2:41-43)
Headline: Germany close to recession as ECB admits recovery is weak
German bonds yields plunged to a historic low and two-year rates briefly fell below zero on Thursday on fears of widening recession in the eurozone, and a flight to safety as Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border. Yields on 10-year Bunds dropped to 1.06pc after a blizzard of fresh data showed that recovery has stalled across most of the currency bloc, with even Germany now uncomfortably close to recession. Commerzbank warned that the German economy may have contracted by 0.2pc in the second quarter and is far too weak to pull southern Europe out of the doldrums. Industrial output fell 1.5pc over the three months. The DAX index of equities in Frankfurt has dropped 10pc over the past month and is threatening to break through the psychological floor of 9,000. Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank (ECB), said the recovery remained “weak, fragile and uneven”, with a marked slowdown in recent weeks on escalating geopolitical worries over Russia and the Middle East.
Aug. 7, 2014
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Liberia, Sierra Leone Deploy Troops to Contain Ebola
Headline: Uganda tests first suspected Ebola case in East Africa
Liberia and Sierra Leone are reporting hundreds of confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola. Their public health systems are overrun. And now, both countries have declared states of emergency and sent security forces to quarantine affected areas. This week, security forces in Liberia and Sierra Leone set up roadblocks and took other measures to limit people’s movements, as part of the efforts to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. In Liberia, they are calling it “Operation White Shield.” Information Minister Lewis Brown says checkpoints are already being established. “Unless it is absolutely necessary, individuals in all affected counties are strongly advised to remain in their counties and continue to take the necessary preventive measures announced by the health experts,” he added.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/liberia-sierra-leone-deploy-troops-to-contain-ebola/2407268.html
http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upi20140808-135007-6228
Headline: WHO declares Ebola an international health emergency
West Africa’s Ebola epidemic constitutes an international health emergency and the virus, which has killed nearly 1,000 people, could continue spreading for months, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “The outbreak is moving faster than we can control it,” the WHO’s director-general Margaret Chan told reporters on a telephone briefing from the WHO’s Geneva headquarters.
Aug. 8, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/declares-ebola-international-health-emergency-153855162.html
PersecutionMatthew 24:9 & Revelation 6:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” (Matthew) “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” (Revelation)
Headline: UPDATE ON PASTOR SAEED- Children of American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran Ask Obama to ‘Help Bring Daddy Home’
The children of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran have appeared in an online video plea to President Obama, asking that he ‘help bring [their] daddy home.’ As previously reported, Saeed Abedini, a former Muslim turned Christian, left Iran in 2005 and moved to the United States with his wife and children to find religious freedom. Last fall, he traveled back to Iran to build an orphanage and visit his parents—and was about to return to the states—when he was taken into custody. “Dear President Obama, please help bring my daddy home,” Rebekka and Jacob Abedini, the two young children of the American pastor, state in a video recently released by the Abedini family. “I miss him so much.” “Why does Daddy have to be in prison for loving Jesus?” Rebekka asks. In another clip, Jacob explains how his heart continually cries over the absence of his father.
****FOR A PRAYER SITE: Pray for Pastor Saeed Abedini- PLEASE SEE 2ND AND 3RD LINKS
Aug. 7, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/PrayForPastorSaeedAbedini
http://beheardproject.com/saeed
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It was a wonderful seminar last night; there was even a Pastor from ANOTHER church who came with most of his congregation! But to be honest- I’m wiped out. As we already know, Hamas will begin firing again tonight at 10pm PST – per THEIR statements. I need today to rest a bit and catch up on some things. I will be running some news through my Facebook page today, so please be sure to check. I will be back tomorrow with a FULL posting and even more surprising news about the Islamic Caliphate.
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I must also caution you: there are links used to report events below that you should use extreme caution in viewing- they are anti-Israel sites and Arabic media sites.
The video’s today are part of the news stories listed here
Headline: Netanyahu lays out Israeli case for morality of Gaza campaign
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night set out a moral justification for the way the IDF has dealt with the Hamas strategy of firing rockets at Israel, and tunneling under the Israeli border, from the heart of Palestinian residential neighborhoods in Gaza. Arguing that Israel’s battle over the past month against terrorists in Gaza using civilians as human shields came during a critical test period, he said it would be a “moral mistake” as well as a practical one to not take action against terrorists operating from mosques, schools and other civilian areas. Such behavior would represent “an enormous victory for terrorists everywhere,” he said, and would result in more and more civilian deaths around the world. “What’s happening now is not only a test for Israel but for the international community, for the civilized world itself, [for] how it is to defend itself,” Netanyahu declared at a press conference on the second day of a 72-hour ceasefire that began on Tuesday morning.
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/08/06/netanyahu-hamas-wants-civilian-deaths-gaza-pr-fodder-0
Headline: UN chief Ban: Attackers of UN shelters must be held accountable
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for the end of the cycle of violence that has plagued Gaza for years, as Palestinians were considering extending the cease-fire that went into effect the day before. Addressing the UN General Assembly at an informal meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Ban called for swift investigation of the attacks on UN. premises and other suspected breaches of international law. “UN shelters must be safe zones, not combat zones. Those who violate this sacred trust must be subject to accountability and justice,” he said. “Mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.609255
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/mideast-gaza-un-idINKBN0G623720140806
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48426&Cr=palestin&Cr1=#.U-KHvWPfVeB
MAY I JUST ASK MR. MOON- MERE SUSPICION?? ARE YOU KIDDING? After ADMITTING rockets were found, at the 2:52 mark (video is at the link below) he then goes on to state “”Mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians.”
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48426&Cr=palestin&Cr1=#.U-KHvWPfVeB
LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU- MR. MOON -EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOUR UNRWA SCHOOL TEACHES, IN ADDITION TO HOUSING ROCKETS OF HAMAS:
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 30th day on Wednesday
Headline: Arab ministers to visit Gaza, Turkey seeks air corridor
A delegation of Arab foreign ministers, including those of Egypt and Jordan, will visit Gaza “soon” in a show of support for Palestinians, Arab League chief Nabil Al-Arabi said Wednesday. The ministers will also assess reconstruction needs in the battered enclave after a nearly month-long war between Israel and Hamas, Arabi said.
“An Arab ministerial delegation will go to Gaza soon in solidarity,” he told reporters. The delegation, which is expected to expand, so far includes the foreign ministers of Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco, as well as Arabi himself. On the second day of the truce, Turkey said it has began talks with Israel and Egypt about establishing an air corridor to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate potentially thousands of injured Palestinians for treatment in Turkey.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/news/middle-east/612441
Headline: Those Involved in the Cease Fire Talks:
Yitzhak Molcho, Amos Gilad lead Israel’s ceasefire efforts; Shin Bet chief also in Cairo for talks
Kerry will not travel to Egypt for talks; instead US envoy Lowenstein, who will represent the US in ceasefire talks in Cairo, will not meet with Hamas
Tony Blair meets Egypt’s FM, Arab League Secretary General over Gaza talks
http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-30-sides-set-to-begin-negotiating-ceasefire-terms-as-truce-holds/
Headline: Israel may target Hamas leaders, Gantz says
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz says Israel is prepared to strike Hamas leaders when they emerge from hiding, and warns that the IDF will retaliate strongly if the terror organization resumes its attacks on Israel. He adds that the responsibility for the civilian casualties lies with Hamas, as they are embedded in civilian areas, and says the IDF has struck a significant blow to the terror organization. “We aren’t done,” he says. “If there are incidents, we will respond to them.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-30-sides-set-to-begin-negotiating-ceasefire-terms-as-truce-holds/
Headline: Israel agrees to extend current Gaza ceasefire; Hamas vows to renew fire
Headline: As Cairo Talks Begin, Hamas Vows Never to Disarm
Israel has reportedly agreed to extend the current ceasefire in Gaza Strip Wednesday as indirect Israel-Palestinian negotiations over extending a truce in Gaza got underway in Cairo. However, Hamas was quick to deny the reports, saying it will renew fire at Israel as soon as the current lull has ended. The official did not say for how much longer Israel had agreed to extend the truce, only that: “Israel has expressed its readiness to extend the truce under its current terms,” referring to the deal brokered by Egypt that took effect on Tuesday. Hamas began a media blitz as soon as reports of an extended ceasefire began, with its spokesmen claiming that if their demands weren’t met, especially the call to end the siege on Gaza, they would renew fire. A source within the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said that the brigades “will renew their aggressions as soon as the ceasefire ends Friday 8am.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555803,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183774#.U-KKfWPfVeA
Headline: Hamas pressured to accept Egypt’s cease-fire demand
Izzat al-Rishq, member of Hamas’ political bureau participating in the Cairo negotiations, told Al-Monitor that the movement “approved of Egypt’s call for a 72-hour cease-fire, as of 8 a.m. on Aug. 5 and of the launch of indirect negotiations regarding the truce conditions, based on the demands agreed on among the Palestinian delegation and presented to the Egyptian side.” An Egyptian official close to the negotiations told Al-Monitor that the United States pressured Israel, while Qatar and Turkey pressured Hamas to agree to the cease-fire. “Public and secret efforts preceded the call for a cease-fire, and there was pressure on all parties to reach this stage, which might put an end to the raging war. The UN and the US administration have played a role to influence Israel, as did Qatar and Turkey with Hamas. Moreover, the battlefield in Gaza has madly flared up, which means that the alternative would be a new wave of actions and reactions and more victims.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/palestinian-delegation-to-egypt-cease-fire-gaza.html
Headline: Germany, France, Britain propose EU mission to open Gaza crossing
Headline: Report: Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing – If PA Takes Control
Germany, France and Britain proposed reactivating a European Union mission to reopen the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border to help stabilise the Palestinian enclave after a month-long war, a German diplomatic source said on Wednesday. The source said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and counterparts in France and Britain favoured restoring the crossing that is the main window to the world for isolated Gaza’s 1.7 million Palestinians. Meanwhile, Arab news sources reported Wednesday that Egypt has agreed to open the crossing between it and Gaza at Rafah, on the condition that the Gazan side be supervised by the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas, and not by Hamas. Hamas has reportedly agreed to this, mostly because it is now a part of the PA government, since joining Abbas’s Fatah in a unity coalition.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555758,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183780#.U-KKEWPfVeA
Headline: Deputy British PM: Suspend Arms Exports to Israel
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on Tuesday called for arms exports to Israel to be suspended. Clegg’s call came after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a British minister who was the first Muslim woman to sit in the Cabinet, resigned over the British government’s policy on Gaza. “I think the question marks that Sayeeda Warsi has raised about the arms export licenses which we issue to arms exporters selling to Israel are very serious ones and I share her concerns”, the Liberal Democrat leader said in a statement on his website. “It’s obvious to me that however much Israel has every right to defend itself from those rocket attacks from Hamas, nonetheless the Israeli military operation overstepped the mark in Gaza,” he continued.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183762#.U-KK42PfVeA
Headline: Gazans who have lost everything want Hamas to resume fighting
Gaza, like the cities of Israel, is slowly returning to normal. Kind of. There are cars on its roads once more, and shoppers are flooding its markets. “We became accustomed very quickly to war – and even faster to peace,” Sameh, a prominent political analyst in Gaza, told The Times of Israel Wednesday. But the quiet, he said, is deceptive. “It’s not over yet. Hamas is under a lot of pressure to return to fighting if Egypt and Israel don’t allow the blockade to be lifted,” Sameh said. The residents of the Gaza Strip are torn between wanting the fighting to go on and wanting it to stop, he added. “Those who have lost their children and relatives actually want the fighting to continue. So do those whose houses were destroyed,” he said. “They don’t have anything to lose anymore, and they are pressuring [Hamas] not to stop now unless the blockade is lifted completely. On the other hand, those whose houses are still standing want it to end.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/gazans-who-have-lost-everything-want-hamas-to-resume-fighting/
Headline: Hamas Encourages Suicide Bombers to Dress as Orthodox Jews
Headline: Hamas tells Gazans over Facebook: Stop Exposing Terrorist Deaths
Hamas terrorists have been encouraged to dress up like ordinary Orthodox Jews, according to Palestinian Media Watch, to carry out suicide attacks on Israeli civilians. Hamas repeatedly broadcasted a video encouraging the attacks, as well as the disguise, according to the watchdog group. The Hamas video glorifies a terrorist dressing up in a black hat, black Hassidic coat or bekishe, and tzitzit – and fully decked with long peyot or sidelocks and a beard – before arming himself with explosives. Suicide bombers and kidnappers often are instructed to dress as Jews, in order to blend in with local population undetected before committing a terror attack. One prominent example of this strategy is the 2001 Sbarro’s suicide bombing, whereby terrorist Ahlam Tamimi dressed up as an Israeli university student to help bomber Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri enter the restaurant undetected. The bombing killed 15 people and wounded over 130.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183790#.U-KJN2PfVeA
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/06/hamas-tells-gazans-facebook-stop-exposing-terrorist-deaths/
Headline: Iran, Al Qaeda took note of curbs on IDF vanquishing Hamas
Eyes there carefully tracked each stage of the Gaza conflict, after he was understood to have raised it to a level comparable to the war on Al Qaeda. So,after curtailing the operation against Hamas, Israel may find its hand has landed in a new wasps’ nest. At this moment, the Islamic State and Syrian Nusra Front are fighting to extend their Syrian and Iraqi footholds by a push into Lebanon. They may not stop there. If the jihadists on the march were permitted to judge the IDF incapable of vanquishing Hamas, they might turn to Israel and pose it with an extremely dangerous new threat. Iran too will have taken note of the fact that, twice in two years, Israel’s leaders abstained from bringing to a victorious conclusion a war started by military forces which Tehran had fortified, trained and funded – first Hizballah in the 2006 Lebanon war, which ended in a draw, and now the contest with the Palestinian Islamists which ended in similar fashion.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Japan Provides $1 Million in Support of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Emergency Needs for Gazans
http8-6-14://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26154
Lebanon
Headline: As Lebanon ceasefire falters, Saudi offers $1 billion to army
Lebanon’s army and Islamist militants clashed on Wednesday in breach of a ceasefire aimed at ending five days of fighting in the most serious spillover of Syria’s civil war onto Lebanese soil. Saudi Arabian King Abdullah granted $1 billion to help the Lebanese army to bolster security as they battle militants who have seized the border town of Arsal on the Syrian frontier, state news agency SPA reported. Machine gun fire and shelling broke out on Wednesday on the outskirts of the town in breach of the 24-hour truce, which came into force at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Tuesday. Dozens of armored-personnel carriers and tanks were seen on the road heading towards the Arsal area. Lebanese special forces were also being deployed on Wednesday, arriving at the town of Labwa near Arsal where hundreds of soldiers are stationed.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/06/as-lebanon-ceasefire-falters-saudi-offers-1-billion-to-army/
Headline: Blast kills one, wounds more in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Headline: UPDATE: At least 11 wounded in Tripoli attack
A blast targeting a Lebanese military post in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday night killed at least one person and wounded another three, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported. The incident occurred when an explosives device detonated at the Al Khannak Bridge in Abu Samra neighborhood of the city, the correspondent said. Recent unrest in Tripoli has been linked to an ongoing standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist fighters holed up in the northeastern border town of Arsal.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Deal reached: ISIS to leave Arsal, soldiers to be released
Militant forces will withdraw from Arsal and captured security personnel will be released during a new 24-hour ceasefire, which was reached through negotiations, a security source told The Daily Star. According to the deal brokered by the Committee of Muslim Scholars, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria’s militants, who refused to withdraw Tuesday with Nusra Front fighters, will leave Arsal and head back into the mountainous outskirts before the Syrian frontier, gradually by 7 p.m. Thursday, the deadline of the ceasefire. In return, the armed groups demanded a statement be issued by the Army assuring them that Syrian refugees in Arsal would be safe from any “revenge” attacks after their withdrawal, according to the source. After reaching the agreement, the Committee of Muslim Scholars, which negotiated the deal, left the town with three released Army soldiers, the source added.
Aug. 6, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Egypt: Militants attack checkpoint, kill 5 police
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says militants attacked a police checkpoint in the country’s north, killing five policemen. Security forces killed four of the attackers in a gunbattle that followed. According to the ministry’s Facebook page, the attack took place in the Dhabaa area in the coastal province of Matrouh late Tuesday.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555579,00.html
Syria
Headline: Damascus shelling kills 16, wounds dozens: Activists
At least 16 people, including two children, were killed when rebels shelled many districts of the Syrian capital overnight, an activist group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said another 79 people were wounded in the bombardment by an Islamist rebel brigade. Several of the wounded were in serious condition, and the death toll was expected to rise, the Observatory said. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said more than a dozen areas of Damascus had been targeted, including in the upscale western Mazzeh district and central Abu Rummaneh.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Sunni insurgents attack YPG and pro-Assad forces in Syria’s Hasakah
Clashes broke out on Tuesday between the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) and fighters from Ahrar Geweran in the Arab-majority neighbourhood of Geweran in Hasakah city, northeast of Syria. Speaking to ARA News in Hasakah, civil activist Hozan Salim reported that the clashes erupted between the two sides in the afternoon on Tuesday, “following an attempt by the YPG fighters (linked to the Democratic Union Party ‘PYD’) to break into the neighbourhood of Geweran”. “Ahrar Geweran fighters targeted Hasakah city center with six mortar shells, one of which landed on Nouri Pharmacy behind Palestine Street, the second dropped on the police station of the city, and the third on Ramses Hotel, while the fourth shell landed on the headquarters of the Baath Arab Socialist Party branch in central Hasakah,” Salim reported. “Another shell hit a regime-held military barrack, and the other near the Great Mosque in the city center, without recording casualties,” the source added. On the other hand, the pro-regime military forces, who are stationed at al-Hasakah governorate building, pounded the neighbourhood of Geweran with several mortar shells, while mass displacement among civilians was reported, as many were seen heading to the city’s outskirts escaping mortar fire.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/08/sunni-insurgents-attack-ypg-pro-assad-forces-syrias-hasakah/
Headline: Understanding Syria’s four-front war
Syria’s civil conflict has evolved into a four-front war involving a fight between Islamic State and Damascus, between IS and mainstream rebels, another between the rebels and Assad – and finally one between IS and Syria’s Kurdish militias. As the world media has been preoccupied with the Gaza conflict, Syria has just had the bloodiest week of its civil war. Some 1,700 were killed in seven days, with a renewed push from Islamic State (IS) accounting for much of the violence.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/syria-s-four-front-war-1922854667
Headline: Mikdad: Syria supports Palestinian people in face of Israeli genocide
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, stressed the unity of destiny between Syria and Palestine during the difficult stage going on in the two countries, asserting Syria’s support to the Palestinian people against the genocide launched by Israel on the Palestinians. Meeting a delegation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, headed by Ahmad Majdalani, Mikdad expressed the support of the Syrian leadership and people to the Palestinian people to practice their right of determining their destiny and build their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. He also expressed the satisfaction of the Syrian leadership over the national unity shown by the Palestinian people against the unjust Israeli aggression. For his part, Dr. Majdalani stressed that his visit to Syria is aimed at briefing the Syrian leadership on the ongoing events on the Palestinian arena and coordinating on facing the unilateral war launched by Israel against the Palestinian people.
Aug. 6, 2014
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Ukraine launches airstrikes on pro-Russia Donetsk
Headline: NATO Warns Russia Will Use “Humanitarian Mission” as Pretext to Invade Ukraine
Ukraine’s military has launched airstrikes on the volatile Donetsk city, which is considered to be the main stronghold of pro-Russia forces. Two rockets reportedly landed in Budyonnovsk neighborhood of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday. Residents of Donetsk said two people were injured in the assault which was the first of its kind since Ukrainian forces bombarded the city’s airport in May. Ukrainian forces have been tightening their grip on the city which is controlled by pro-Russians. The spokesman for the Ukrainian operation in the east, Oleksiy Dmitrashkivsky, said on Wednesday, “The noose is tightening around Donetsk, Lugansk and Horlivka”, known as strongholds of pro-Russia forces. He said Ukrainian forces are “preparing for the liberation of these cities.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/06/374258/ukraine-launches-airstrikes-on-donetsk/
Headline: Letter dated 13 April 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council
Humanitarian Conditions Will Continue to Deteriorate if Crisis in Eastern Ukraine Persists, Senior Official Tells Security Council
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sc11508.doc.htm
Iraq
This report is from an Iraqi news site- Headline: ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, threatens to occupy Kuwait, take revenge against America
Kuwaiti security sources confirmed that the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, has threatened to occupy Kuwait in order to “take revenge and fight” against America. Kuwaiti security sources are monitoring Kuwaiti accounts on social networking sites which sympathize with ISIL. The Jordanian newspaper “Sawsana” also cited Kuwaiti security sources that “the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant who calls himself Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, threatened to occupy Kuwait in order to fight against America.” Sawsana added in their article, titled “al-Baghdadi threatens to occupy Kuwait,” that al-Baghdadi said on his personal account on the social networking site Twitter that “we have scores to settle with America, but we cannot reach them so we will occupy Kuwait, then America will come to us and we will fight them and our take revenge.”
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital
Headline: IS Claims Suicide Bombing by German Fighter Among Attacks in Ninawa
Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil (Erbil) in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists’ momentum. The attack 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Arbil came after the Sunni militants inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Kurds on Sunday with a rapid advance through three towns, prompting Iraq’s prime minister to order his air force for the first time to back the Kurdish forces. “We have changed our tactics from being defensive to being offensive. Now we are clashing with the Islamic State in Makhmur,” said Jabbar Yawar, secretary-general of the ministry in charge of the Kurdish peshmerga fighters.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-iraq-security-kurds-idUSKBN0G60U520140806
Headline: Iraqi air force targets suspected ISIS building in Mosul, killing dozens
The Iraqi air force launched airstrikes against a building believed to be used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. There were conflicting accounts concerning the legitimacy of the target. Iraqi state TV reported the building was a prison used by ISIS as a base of operations and that the strike killed “ISIS militants.” Local officials with the Mosul civil defense ministry asserted the building housed opponents of ISIS, and that the majority of those killed were civilians. It was also unclear how many were killed in the airstrike, with estimates ranging from 30 to at least 76 people.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Death Toll Rises on Sinjar Mountain
In the IS’ sweep across Iraq, Sinjar city has become the latest target in an attack that began late Saturday. The attack has displaced a great number of Yazidi families, causing many to flee to Erbil, Kurdistan, while others have scrambled up the mountainside to find solace in the cover of the caves. According to eyewitnesses in Sinjar, it has been difficult reaching those that fled into the mountainside. According to Yazidi activist about 150 children and women has so far died of starvation and dehydration and the death toll expected to rise as well. “Most of the victims are children and fragile elders who are unable to stand the heat and treacherous footpaths. They have perished due to lack of water and food,” said Erbil-based Yazidi journalist and activist Narin Shamo.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Death-Toll-Rises-on-Sinjar-Mountain/29387
Headline: Car Bombs Kill 51 in Baghdad Shiite Neighborhoods
Iraqi medical and security officials say two car bombs have exploded in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killing 51 people. Police said the first attack Wednesday evening was a double car bombing in a shopping area of Sadr City, a Shiite neighborhood in the east of the city, killing 31 people and wounding 34 others. Later on in the night, another car packed with explosives detonated in the nearby neighborhood of Ur, also predominantly Shiite, killing 11 more people. Medical officials confirmed the death toll and like police, spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. Baghdad has been on edge since the Sunni militants led by the Islamic State extremist group seized the northern city of Mosul in June and threatened the capital.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraq-tv-airstrike-kills-60-militants-north-24860706
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: update — A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said.
#2: In eastern Paktia province, an Afghan police guard exchanged fire with NATO troops near the governor’s office, provincial police said. The guard was killed in the gunfight.
#3: A third “insider attack” happened late Tuesday in the Uruzgan provincial capital of Tirin Kot, where an Afghan police officer killed seven of his colleagues at a checkpoint, then stole their weapons and fled in a police car, provincial spokesman Doost Mohammad Nayab said. A doctor at a local hospital told The Associated Press it appeared the police officer drugged his colleagues before the shooting.
#4: At least seven suspected militants have been killed in the latest U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s semiautonomous tribal belt. The latest strike took place in Lawara Mandi village in the federally-administered North Waziristan tribal agency, where the Pakistani military began Operation Zarb-e-Azb against militants in mid-June. This is the fifth drone strike since June 12. “A drone fired two missiles at a compound in Lawara Mandi and at least seven militants were killed,” said a senior security official in the region, adding that the dead included local and foreign militants, including Uzbeks and Haqqani network members.
#5: Two unidentified men opened fire on three members of the Sikh community in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing one and injuring the others, a private news channel reported. According to the report, attackers opened fire on the men around 10am in Shabab Market of Hashtnagri area of Peshawar.
#6: In continuation of operation which was launched recently by Afghan security forces in Helmand province, 35 armed oppositions were killed. Ministry of National Defense press office with sending a written letter stated BNA, the operation conducted under the name of Oqab (Eagle) few days ago in relevant areas of Sangeen district of the province, in which 35 Taliban militants lost their lives, 30 others wounded and several others arrested in the district.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: Armed Forces on the Alert to Counter any Potential Israeli Strike
Sudanese armed forces spokesperson, Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad reaffirmed that SAF have taken all precautionary measures to counter any Zionist strikes against the country. The spokesperson, in a press statement, dismissed as rumors the talk about Israel’s infiltration of Sudan’s air space. He said there was nothing official about an imminent Israeli air strike on Sudan, attributing such talk to electronic websites and non-official news agencies.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=238847
Libya
Headline: Libya rocket strike kills 18 Sudanese
Eighteen Sudanese people have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported. A briefing to cabinet on Tuesday said “18 Sudanese nationals were killed in one incident due to fall of a random rocket on the area of their residence on the outskirts of Tripoli”, the state SUNA news agency said late Tuesday, quoting cabinet spokesman Omer Mohammed Salih. SUNA did not say when the deaths occurred.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/libya-rocket-strike-kills-18-sudanese-100849865.html
Headline: Libya’s Extremists Tighten Grip Over Benghazi
An umbrella group for eastern Libya’s extremist militias announced Wednesday that it had overrun three more army bases in the eastern city of Benghazi and seized large amounts of heavy weapons, including armored vehicles, as they tightened their grip on the country’s second city. The Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council, composed of extremist militias like Ansar al-Shariah, posted pictures of its leaders posing in front of tanks, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery they claimed to have seized from the bases they overran. The pictures could not be independently verified but in the past weeks the militants have seized several other bases belonging to the remnants of the Libyan army. An official in the city confirmed the militias’ recent victories and said they were now shelling the army’s remaining strongholds on the outskirts of the city. Ansar al-Shariah is branded a terrorist organization by Washington and is accused of orchestrating the deadly assault on US mission in Benghazi in 2012 killing four Americans including US Ambassador Chris Stevens. The Islamist militias launched a counteroffensive after units loyal to Gen. Khalifa Hifter, attempted to dislodge them from the city months earlier. Despite support from several army units, including the elite special forces, Hifter’s troops have largely been driven out of the city and are now cornered in the Benina airport outside the city. The security official said that the militias have been pounding the airport with grad rockets. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/libyas-extremists-tighten-grip-benghazi-24865022
Headline: Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and the United States
Representatives of the governments of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and the United States met today to express their deep concern about the political and security challenges facing Libya and the impact of these challenges across North Africa and the Sahel region. We call upon all parties in Libya to adopt an immediate ceasefire and to undertake negotiations to address the country’s security and stability needs. The ongoing violence between Libyans is creating a tragic humanitarian crisis that affects the lives of the most vulnerable and threatens Libya’s democratic transition. We call upon all Libyans to reject terrorism and violence and to replace it with political dialogue to end the instability that is spreading across the country. We call on Libya’s newly elected Council of Representatives and other democratic institutions to adopt inclusive policies that benefit all Libyans and to build a government that meets the Libyan people’s needs for security, reconciliation, and prosperity.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/230341.htm
Tunisia
Headline: Marzouki Implores West to Increase Military Support to Tunisia
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki asked western countries to increase military assistance to Tunisia in an address to an audience at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, Wednesday. In the wake of recent attacks against Tunisian soldiers near Chaambi Mountain and elsewhere along the country’s mountainous border with Algeria, Marzouki criticized western countries for what he sees as their failure to support his government with the necessary military equipment and training to combat Tunisia’s ongoing “terrorist” threat. “We didn’t have the support we expected from the U.S.,” Marzouki said. “We expected more. […] If Tunisia fails, you can say goodbye to democracy in the Arab world for a century.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.tunisia-live.net/2014/08/06/marzouki-implores-west-to-increase-military-aid-to-tunisia/
Turkey
Headline: FM: TURKEY STEPS UP EFFORTS TO REBUILD GAZA
In a statement made after the 72-hour cease-fire in Gaza was called, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stated that Turkish aid organizations on the ground in war-stricken Gaza are working quickly to rebuild Gaza and help Palestinians return to their ordinary lives. Turkey has welcomed Egypt’s proposal of a 72-hour cease-fire in Gaza that came into effect at 08:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday. Turkey urged Israel to stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip and called on both sides to avoid any steps that would violate the threeday cease-fire. “We wish that this truce will form the required basis for negotiations to reach a lasting cease-fire in Gaza,” a statement by the Turkish foreign ministry read. “It should be understood that a lasting cease-fire in the region will only be possible with the lifting of the blockade in Gaza,” it added.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/08/06/fm-turkey-steps-up-efforts-to-rebuild-gaza
Armenia
Headline: Russia to host talks with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Leaders of arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to meet for talks hosted by Russia as fears grow that military clashes may lead to a resumption of one of the bloodiest post-Soviet wars. The disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has seen fierce fighting since last week between Azeri government forces and ethnic Armenian separatists. It is described as the worst flare-up of violence in years for the breakaway enclave that lies within Azerbaijan but has a majority Armenian population. Armenian snipers targeted two children, one aged 9 and the other 14. Both children were taken to hospital for treatment. The breakaway enclave said one of its men was killed by a soldier from the Azeri side. That raises the number killed killed on both sides to at least eighteen. Azerbaijan’s relations with Armenia remain severely strained. Nagorno-Karabakh has run its own affairs, backed by Armenia, since a war two decades ago killed around 30,000 people. Despite a 1994 ceasefire, international mediation has failed to secure a permanent settlement.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/06/russia-to-host-talks-with-leaders-of-armenia-and-azerbaijan/
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) is the U.S. Government’s central database on known or suspected international terrorists, and contains highly classified information provided by members of the Intelligence Community such as CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA, and many others.
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: Italy falls back into recession
Italy’s economy has fallen back into recession, latest official figures show, after contracting for two quarters in a row. GDP, the value of all the country’s goods and services, shrank 0.2% in the second quarter of the year. The surprisingly weak number follows a 0.1% contraction in the first quarter. Economists consider two quarters of shrinking GDP means a country is in recession. At the end of last year the country appeared to be emerging from recession, growing fractionally in the last three months. But since then the numbers have been getting worse.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28671107
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Ebola: Global experts begin emergency talks at WHO
Headline: Suspected Ebola victim dies in Saudi Arabia
Global health experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting to discuss new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak. The meeting is expected to last two days and will decide whether to declare a global health emergency. On Wednesday, a man suspected to have contracted Ebola died in Saudi Arabia. If confirmed, this will be the first Ebola-related death outside of Africa. The virus has killed nearly 900 people since February in West Africa. The outbreak began in February in Guinea, and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. On Wednesday a nurse became the second person to die from Ebola in Nigeria. Nigeria’s health minister said five other cases of Ebola were being treated in isolation in Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city. It comes as leading infectious disease experts have called for experimental treatments to be offered more widely.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28673380
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28678699
Headline: West African healthcare systems reel as Ebola toll hits 932
Health workers in West Africa appealed on Wednesday for urgent help in controlling the world’s worst Ebola outbreak as the death toll climbed to 932 and Liberia shut a hospital where several staff were infected, including a Spanish priest. The outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever has overwhelmed rudimentary healthcare systems and prompted the deployment of troops to quarantine the worst-hit areas in the remote border region of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 45 new deaths in the three days to Aug. 4. Its experts began an emergency meeting in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss whether the epidemic constitutes a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” and to consider new measures to contain it, including the possible use of experimental drug treatments.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-health-ebola-idUSKBN0G61ID20140806
Headline: Tainted Ohio water coming under increased scrutiny
Ohio’s governor is promising an extensive review of how the water supply for 400,000 people in Ohio and Michigan became tainted with a toxin over the weekend while a high-ranking state lawmaker is planning hearings on the blooms of algae fouling Lake Erie. The water problems that led to a state emergency in Ohio’s fourth-largest city and forced thousands to avoid drinking tap water for more than two days is certain to come under intense scrutiny in the coming months. “This is not just one community issue, this is the whole lake,” said state Rep. Dave Hall, who wants to bring in experts to look at the cause of the blooms and how they’re influenced by weather, farm runoff, manure management and wastewater treatment facilities. Toledo’s mayor lifted the water advisory Monday morning after dozens of tests over the weekend showed an algae-induced toxin contaminating Lake Erie had dropped to safe levels following intensive chemical treatments.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: August 4, 2014 – Hundreds of Spanish Sardines wash up dead along a beach in Alabama, America
Headline: August 6, 2014 -Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Puerto Rico, America
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
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PAKISTAN MISSION UPDATE
Message from Pastor Fiaz:
Dear in Christ,
These pictures are baptism in Wanya village. There Pastor Chan, and Elder Yousaf baptized new born people. They are both my cousin and also mission partner. They are working in Saudi Arabia and also working for Lord there. They baptized almost more than 10 people. They send me this praise report. I am very happy to see and listen this. Soon i will send Bibles for all new born. Please keep these all people in your prayers.
Your brother in Christ- Fiaz
Pakistan 8-6-14 Mission Update
HAITI MISSION UPDATE
In August of 2013, a member of Ascent Ministries took a short term mission trip to Haiti. Arrangements were made for her to meet Pastor Josue and see his village of Titanyen (below). She returned again in April of this year for her second visit. She has returned a for her month-long 3rd trip in July
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Can You See the Signs? Prophecy News for August 5, 2014
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Caught on camera: A Hamas squad assembles and fires a rocket right across the street from a reporter’s hotel room in Gaza.
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Video: Yemenis march in support of Gaza
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 29th day on Tuesday
Between July 8 and August 6
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/05/operation-protective-edge-numbers/
Headline: What Started OPE – the kidnapping of 3 Israeli Teens
A suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in the West Bank was arrested on July 11, it was released for publication on Tuesday. Hussam Kawasmeh was arrested at a relative’s home in ‘Anata near Jerusalem.Kawasmeh received funding for the terror attack from Hamas members in the Gaza Strip. He was arrested by Yamam, an elite counter-terror unit, following a tip from the Shin Bet. After the discovery of the bodies of Gil-Ad Schaer, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel, the suspect left his home and went into hiding, relying on his family members, with the hope of reaching Jordan using forged documents.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555463,00.html
Headline: ISIL declines invite to Gaza War but offers training
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has decided not to intervene in the Hamas war against Israel. Islamist sources said ISIL rejected several appeals by Al Qaida-aligned militias in the Gaza Strip to send money and weapons to fight Israel. They said ISIL responded that its priority was the establishment of a so-called caliphate in Iraq, Syria and Turkey. “ISIL offered training for Palestinians who come to its camps in Iraq and Syria, but nothing more,” the source said. The sources said ISIL was quietly investing resources in the Gaza Strip and neighboring Egypt. But the movement was working with other groups, including Ansar Al Sharia and Army of Islam, for recruitment of Egyptians and Palestinians for the current war in Iraq and Syria. In mid-2014, several Salafist groups in the Gaza Strip sought funding from ISIL. Some of them posted photographs of cells loyal to ISIL chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/08/05/thanks-thanks-isil-declines-invite-gaza-war/
Headline: Sources: Iran’s terror wing plots attacks in Israel
The Palestinian Authority has information indicating the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization has been seeking in recent days to recruit militants to carry out attacks in the West Bank and inside Israel, a PA intelligence official told WND. The official said the PA received the information from seven former members of Fatah’s so-called military wing, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The former Fatah fighters said they were contacted by Qais Obeid, an Israeli Arab and a grandson of former Knesset member Diyab Obeid. Obeid defected to Lebanon and became a senior officer for Hezbollah. The former Al Aqsa Brigade members said Obeid offered them money to re-launch a cell to carry out terror attacks in the West Bank and inside Israel. While the Al Aqsa members turned Obeid down, the PA is concerned that other West Bank and Jerusalem-based jihadists may already be on Hezbollah’s payroll, the official said. The PA believes Hezbollah is seeking to expand attacks against Israelis from Gaza to the West Bank as a way to distract Israel’s ongoing Gaza operations.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/sources-irans-terror-wing-plots-attacks-in-israel/
Headline: Israeli Government Now Probing Lebanon Terror Tunnels Threat
Israel’s Ministry of Defense is investing millions of shekels in research programs designed to locate tunnels from Lebanon into Israel. “There is a lot of talk about it and concern,” according to one anonymous source who spoke with Israel’s Channel 2 News on Monday. Since the IDF’s discovery and detonation of dozens of terror tunnels dug by Hamas in Gaza beneath Israeli territory during the course of Operation Protective Edge, jittery Israelis are wondering if their hostile neighbors to the north, across the border in southern Lebanon, might be planning the same tactic. The issue first came to the public’s attention during the 2006 war against Hezbollah, when the Shi’ite terrorists popped out of well-concealed, planned and equipped tunnels to attack IDF soldiers – often with lethal results. A renewed public awareness of the issue emerged when residents of Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv and Kiryat Shmona reported that they heard muffled voices beneath their homes and suspected that tunnels were being dug under their feet, not unlike similar reports from Gaza-area residents. Last week, Kiryat Shmona Mayor Nissim Malka asked Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to investigate the issue when the fighting in the south ebbs. Residents “have complained of hearing noises coming from under the ground. I have heard these complaints several times, but yesterday, when I came back from a tour of the Gaza border communities, I understood,” Malka wrote. “If this is what they did in the south, I am certain [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah is not sitting idly and giving out candy,” he said.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/08/04/israeli-government-now-probing-lebanon-terror-tunnels-threat/
Headline: Ezzat Middle (Izzat Al-Rashaq)politburo member Hamasin an interviewwith Al-Qudsfromthe Egyptian capital,Cairo
******The link below has been run through a translation site in SAFE MODE, should you choose to read it
Aug. 5, 2014
Headline: Haniyeh (deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas): We support the Palestinian delegation in Cairo to reach a conclusion worthy of the sacrifices of our people and our resistance performance and great creativity
******The link below has been run through a translation site in SAFE MODE, should you choose to read it
Aug. 5, 2014
Headline: Head of Hamas’s political wing says group will not compromise on its demands
Headline: Islamic Jihad official calls for end to Gaza blockade, in Cairo Former Hamas
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday that the Palestinian delegation in Cairo was sticking to its demands and would not compromise on them. Haniyeh said in a statement that Israel would not be able to make political gains following its “failure” in the battlefield.
Aug. 5, 2014
Headline: Fatah official threatens settlers with death
Headline: Israel fears terror spillover from Gaza to West Bank
A senior Fatah official tacitly threatened the lives of Israelis travelling through the West Bank, also warning Palestinian merchants to rid their shops of “occupation” products or have them smashed. Speaking at a rally in Nablus organized by Fatah — in solidarity with Gaza — Monday evening, Fatah Central Committee member Jamal Muheisen warned Israel “not to forget that its settlers wander the streets among us and are an easy target for [Fatah’s] al-Aqsa Brigades in the West Bank,” the movement’s official website and Facebook page reported. Muheisen’s comments came amid a chain of terror attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, apparently carried out by lone-wolf assailants.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/fatah-official-threatens-settlers-with-death/
Headline: Italy expels imam accused of violent antisemitic comments
*****On the August 4th post, we shared a video titled “ Sheik Abd Al-Barr Al-Rawdhi Al-Rahma Mosque Italy Friday Sermon at Italian Mosque: Kill the Jews to the Very Last One “ Italy expelled a Moroccan imam accused of making violent antisemitic comments during a sermon at a mosque near Venice, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. Raoudi Albdelbar, an imam from San Dona di Piave near Venice, was accused of creating a serious disturbance to public order, threatening national security and promoting religious discrimination, the ministry said in a statement. “It is unacceptable for a sermon to be delivered that is clearly antisemitic in character, with explicit incitements to violence and religious hatred,” Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said in the statement. The ministry gave no details of the sermon and did not quote the remarks directly. According to Italian daily Libero, the incident occurred at the end of July. It quoted a video published by MEMRI, a Washington-based media monitoring group considered close to Israel, in which Albdelbar is reported to have said: “Oh Allah, count them one by one and kill them to the very last one.”
Aug. 5, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/05/italy-expels-imam-accused-of-violent-antisemitic-comments/
Headline:Gaza op spurs Italian call for ‘Nuremberg for Israel’ trial
An online petition posted recently by hundreds of Italians during Israel’s operation in Gaza calls for creation of “an international tribunal,” in which the State of Israel and its people will be put on trial for the “slow genocide of the entire [Palestinian] people.” Signed by 525 Italians, most of them academics, the petition does not target just Israel Defense Forces’ commanders or the government of Benjamin Netanyahu: The signatories want “the whole State of Israel” and its “racist society” to appear in an international court, in a Nuremberg-like trial, for war crimes. And not just due to Operation Protective Edge, but because of events in “the past, the present and the foreseeable future.”
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.609046#
Headline: Security guard stabbed near Jerusalem in suspected terror attack
A security guard was moderately wounded Tuesday afternoon when he was stabbed by a Palestinian near the police station in Ma’aleh Adumim, close to Jerusalem. Police suspect a terrorist motive, making this the third such attack within 24 hours. The guard, in his mid-50s, open fired on the assailant but missed the target. The assailant managed to escape to the village of Azaria nearby. Police deployed additional units across Jerusalem in anticipation of attempted attacks after two security incidents on Monday.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.609015
Jordan
Headline: Jordan Pushes for UN Security Council Action for ‘Lasting Truce’
Jordan has presented a new resolution on the Gaza crisis to the UN Security Council and hopes for action on the measure in the coming days, its ambassador said Tuesday.
The draft resolution backed by Arab countries calls for a lasting ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, as well as an international effort to rebuild Gaza after four weeks of fighting killed at least 1,867 Palestinians, at least half of them terrorists, and 67 Israelis. “We are in consultation with all the Council members and hope that in the next day or two we can come up with a product,” Jordanian Ambassador Dina Kawar said. The latest initiative came as a 72-hour truce appeared to be holding and the two sides agreed to send envoys to Cairo for peace talks. “We are very happy with the ceasefire and with the efforts that the Egyptians and the Americans have made,” said Kawar, who stressed the urgent need for a Gaza reconstruction plan.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183755#.U-FK4mPfVeA
Headline: Jordanian King, Lebanese prime minister discuss ties, Mideast developments
His Majesty King Abdullah II, on Tuesday, discussed with Lebanese Prime Minister, Tammam Salam, the latest developments in the Middle East, and relations between the two countries and ways of cementing them. This came during a telephone call the King received from the Lebanese prime minister. They also tackled the overall challenges facing the region and efforts to address them, especially in light of mounting violence, intolerance, extremism and terrorism. The Lebanese prime minister hailed Jordan’s efforts in promoting dialogue and tolerance between religions and renouncing violence and extremism, by hosting conferences and sponsoring interfaith dialogue initiatives. Tamam also briefed the King on the latest security developments in Lebanon. His Majesty the King expressed Jordan’s support to Lebanon in countering various challenges.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=26248#.U-FW6mPfVeA
Lebanon
Headline: Arsal truce collapses as Army comes under fire
Headline: Hezbollah says holding back from Arsal battle, for now
Headline: UN backs Lebanon’s military action in Arsal
A temporary cease-fire in Arsal was shattered late Tuesday night after two Army posts on hills overlooking the Bekaa town came under fire by militants, putting the truce attempts in jeopardy, security sources said. As The Daily Star went to press, clashes raged in the border town after militants targeted the Army posts. Soldiers opened fire on routes used by the gunmen to access the embattled town, the sources said. The Lebanese Army agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian cease-fire to allow the evacuation of wounded civilians from Arsal and support ongoing efforts to release kidnapped soldiers held by Islamist militants. The cease-fire, which lasted nearly three hours, allowed Lebanese Red Cross ambulances to enter the town and transport wounded civilians to nearby hospitals, sources in Arsal told The Daily Star. The truce, which followed four days of fierce fighting between the Army and Islamist militants, came as Saudi King Abdullah pledged to speed up the delivery of military assistance to the Lebanese Army under a Saudi-sponsored deal with France, hours after Army chief Gen. Jean Kahwagi urged Paris to quickly deliver the weapons.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=26247#.U-FWoWPfVeA
Headline: Two Lebanese soldiers killed in clashes near Syrian border: sources
Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamist militants overnight in the town of Arsal on the border with Syria and an eight-year-old girl was shot dead in clashes in a northern city, security sources said on Tuesday. Gunmen had also fired on several army positions throughout the port city overnight, the National News Agency said. A girl was killed when a bullet hit her in the head. Fighting also started again in Arsal, a mainly Sunni town, around 7 a.m. (0000 EDT) as the army tried to retake a number of buildings seized by militants, the National News Agency said.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/05/two-lebanese-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-near-syrian-border-sources/
Headline: Arsal violence sparks fighting in Tripoli, security forces on full alert
Clashes erupted in Tripoli Tuesday as Lebanese security forces Tuesday remained on full alert across the country in anticipation of a backlash against the Army’s five-day operation to rid Arsal of militants. Tripoli was paralyzed by clashes that persisted throughout the day, prompting the Army to withdraw its forces from the northern neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh. A military statement said a bus carrying soldiers from the Tripoli neighborhood of Malouleh came under gunfire from armed gunmen, leaving seven soldiers wounded. A security source told The Daily Star that one soldier was in critical condition after the 6 a.m. attack. Prior to the incident, gunmen tossed stun grenades, stones and Molotov cocktails at Lebanese Army positions between midnight and 3 a.m., according to the source.
Aug. 5, 2014
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi Arabia Seeks to Protect Mecca after ISIS Destroys Iraqi Religious Sites – Reports
Saudi Arabia is seeking help from Pakistan and Egypt to protect its borders and religious sites from attacks by the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), the International Business Times reported. “The kingdom is calling in favors from Egypt and Pakistan. No one is certain what ISIS has planned, but it’s clear a group like this will target Mecca if it can. We expect them to run out of steam, but no one is taking any chances,” the International Business Times wrote Sunday citing an adviser to the Saudi government.
Aug. 4, 2014
Syria
Headline: Sunni insurgents attack YPG and pro-Assad forces in Syria’s Hasakah
Clashes broke out on Tuesday between the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) and fighters from Ahrar Geweran in the Arab-majority neighbourhood of Geweran in Hasakah city, northeast of Syria. Speaking to ARA News in Hasakah, civil activist Hozan Salim reported that the clashes erupted between the two sides in the afternoon on Tuesday, “following an attempt by the YPG fighters (linked to the Democratic Union Party ‘PYD’) to break into the neighbourhood of Geweran”. “Ahrar Geweran fighters targeted Hasakah city center with six mortar shells, one of which landed on Nouri Pharmacy behind Palestine Street, the second dropped on the police station of the city, and the third on Ramses Hotel, while the fourth shell landed on the headquarters of the Baath Arab Socialist Party branch in central Hasakah,” Salim reported. “Another shell hit a regime-held military barrack, and the other near the Great Mosque in the city center, without recording casualties,” the source added. On the other hand, the pro-regime military forces, who are stationed at al-Hasakah governorate building, pounded the neighbourhood of Geweran with several mortar shells, while mass displacement among civilians was reported, as many were seen heading to the city’s outskirts escaping mortar fire.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/08/sunni-insurgents-attack-ypg-pro-assad-forces-syrias-hasakah/
Headline: Understanding Syria’s four-front war
Syria’s civil conflict has evolved into a four-front war involving a fight between Islamic State and Damascus, between IS and mainstream rebels, another between the rebels and Assad – and finally one between IS and Syria’s Kurdish militias. As the world media has been preoccupied with the Gaza conflict, Syria has just had the bloodiest week of its civil war. Some 1,700 were killed in seven days, with a renewed push from Islamic State (IS) accounting for much of the violence.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/syria-s-four-front-war-1922854667
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Separatists fire on Ukraine troops returning from Russia: Kiev
Headline: Ukraine fighting reaches rebel-held Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists opened fire on unarmed Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday as they crossed back into Ukraine from Russia where they had taken shelter from fighting, Kiev defense officials said. Ukraine acknowledged on Monday that 311 soldiers and border guards had been forced by fighting with separatists to cross into Russia. It said they had destroyed their weapons before crossing the border, but the rebels said they had left them behind, enabling separatists to seize them. “Today at about 6 a.m. (separatist) fighters treacherously fired on a column in which there were 195 unarmed Ukrainian troops returning from the Russian Federation,” Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the national defense council, told Interfax news agency. He had no immediate word on casualties. Government troops have been battling the rebels since April in a war in the Russian-speaking east in which the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says more than 1,100 people including government forces, rebels and civilians have died.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/05/separatists-fire-on-ukraine-troops-returning-from-russia-kiev/
http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-fighting-reaches-rebel-held-donetsk-164426439.html
Headline: Russia Again Boosts Troop Levels on Ukraine Border
Headline: Poland Warns Russian Troop Buildup May Signal Invasion
Headline: Russia calls for emergency meeting of UN Security Council on Ukraine
Russia has again bolstered its troops presence on its frontier with Ukraine’s east, triggering concerns of cross-border fire or a possible intervention in support of pro-Moscow rebels increasingly besieged by Ukrainian government forces. The spike in troop and military hardware levels has been confirmed by both NATO and US military officials. “In early August, Russia significantly increased the number of troops in the vicinity of the Russian border. Our current assessment is that around 20,000 troops are now in the area. This troop presence includes tanks, infantry, artillery, air defense systems, as well as logistics troops, special forces, and various aircraft,” a NATO official said in a written statement. A spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Lysenko, said Tuesday that Russia has deployed 45,000 troops to the border – along with a large number of tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launchers and aircraft. He also said that Russian forces fired artillery and Grad rockets at Ukrainian positions across the border for several hours on Monday.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-05/poland-warns-russian-troop-buildup-may-signal-invasion
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555363,00.html
Iran
Headline: Vladimir Putin signs historic $20bn oil deal with Iran to bypass Western sanctions
Vladimir Putin has attempted to sidestep Western sanctions on Russia’s energy sector by signing a $20bn trade deal that could see his country become the largest importer of oil from Iran. The five-year accord will see Russia help Iran organise oil sales as well as “cooperate in the oil-gas industry, construction of power plants, grids, supply of machinery, consumer goods and agriculture products”, according to a statement by the Energy Ministry in Moscow. News of the agreement hit US markets. The Dow fell 188 points, or 1.1pc, in late trading, led by energy companies such as Chevron (-2.4pc) and ExxonMobil (-2.1pc). Brent Crude fell 1.5pc before recovering to trade down 0.8pc at $104.54.
Aug. 5, 2014
Headline: Iran seeks alternative to Maliki to hold Iraq together
Iran believes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is no longer able to hold his country together and is looking for an alternative leader to combat a Sunni Islamist insurgency, senior Iranian officials said Tuesday. Political deadlock since an inconclusive general election in April has paralyzed efforts to fight back against ISIS rebels who have captured swaths of northern and western Iraq and Syria and have threatened to march on Baghdad. One Iranian official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said Tehran was working with Iraqi factions to seek a replacement for Maliki, but there were few viable alternatives.
Aug. 5, 2014
Iraq
Headline: Mosul Dam director refutes claim of ISIS seizure
Abdul Khaliq al-Dabbagh, director of the Mosul Dam, refuted reports Monday that the dam had been seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Dabbagh instead hailed the Kurdish Peshmerga forces for successfully repelling the weekend assault. ISIS temporarily gained control of an employee housing complex at the dam, but were pushed back by the Peshmerga. A Kurdish Peshmerga colonel reportedly gave an erroneous account of the ISIS seizure to CNN on Sunday.
Aug. 5, 2014
Headline: ***Yesterday’s news was about the a battle in Sinjar, where Iraqi forces & militias were going to be pushing them back. Here is a photo from today August 5th
Headline: Colonel assassinated in Baghdad
Headline: BOC announces killing 20 terrorists northern Baghdad
An officer with a Colonel rank at the Ministry of Defense along with his driver was killed in an armed attack in Abu Ghraib district of western Baghdad. Security source told Iraqi News ”Unidentified gunmen attacked the vehicle that was transport the officer with silenced weapons, killing them, at the highway of Abu Ghraib district.” ”The ambulances transported the dead bodies to the morgue while the security forces blocked off the scene and started an investigation to capture the attackers who fled after the attack,” the source concluded.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/officer-assassinated-in-baghdad-2014-08-05/
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/boc-announces-killing-0-terrorists-northern-baghdad/
Headline: FROM ISIS ON TWITTER:
IS killed 16 Sahwa members in Jabour, Dhuluiya in Salahuddin after firing multiple rounds of 82mm mortars; soldiers shoot down Sukhoi aircraft in Latifiyah south of Baghdad
Aug. 5, 2014
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Afghanistan
Headline: Afghan attack kills US major general, wounds 15
A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on NATO troops at a military base, killing a U.S. two-star general and wounding some 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops, authorities said. The attack at Camp Qargha, a base west of the capital, Kabul, killed who is believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. officer to die in the nearly 13-year war and comes as foreign troops prepare to withdraw by the year’s end. While details remained murky about what sparked the attack, it showed the challenges still remaining in Afghanistan, a nation that’s known three decades of war without end.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://news.msn.com/world/us-officials-us-general-killed-in-afghan-attack
Headline: War News for Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
#1: Multiple Western soldiers were killed Tuesday after a shooting at a military academy near Afghanistan’s capital, officials said. A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force confirmed “fatalities’ after “a shooting incident involving ISAF and Afghan troops,” but could not confirm the number of victims or their nationalities. The shooting happened at Camp Qargha, which is located west of Kabul, the ISAF spokesman said. The UK’s Ministry of Defence is investigating reports of an Afghan soldier opening fire at a British-run military academy near Kabul. The BBC’s Afghanistan correspondent David Loyn said he understands that an argument took place late morning or lunchtime between Afghans and an armed Afghan soldier, who opened fire. At least four foreign soldiers were reportedly killed when an Afghan soldier fired on them in a military center in Kabul on Tuesday, a source said.
#2: A NATO helicopter strike targeting missile-launching Taliban militants killed four civilians in western Afghanistan, an Afghan official said on Tuesday. NATO said they were investigating the attack. The attack in western Herat province on Monday night in the province’s Shindan district, said Raouf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial chief of police. He said Taliban militants launched a missile at an airport nearby, drawing the NATO helicopter’s fire.
#3: A landmine killed the 19-year-old son of Afghanistan’s Kosan district’s security director, Qadir Khan, in western Herat province early on Monday, local officials said. The mine was placed near the door of Qadir Khan’s house and exploded after he and his son, Tariq, were headed to the office, said Juma Gul Rahmani, the district governor.
#4: At least two Pakistani soldiers were killed and several others injured today when unknown gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in southwestern province of Balochistan. The incident occurred in Mastung district when a Balochistan Constabulary vehicle was on a routine patrol in Splanji area and suddenly came under attack from nearby mountains, the Dawn reported. “Several personnel were injured in the attack,” a security official said.
#5: At least 30 suspected militants were killed and six of hideouts destroyed in fresh air strikes carried out by fighter jets in Datta Khel, Marsikhel, and Kamsham areas of North Waziristan tribal region, the ISPR sources said.
#6: About 33 Taliban militants were killed while 15 others injured during military operations across Afghanistan since early Monday, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
At least five Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers were martyred in fresh spate of violence during the past 24 hours.
#7: One Afghan civilian was killed along with two of his sons in a drive-by shooting in Guzara District of western Herat province on Monday, the latest in a string of targeted killings, a source said. “Abdul Shokor Robadmirza and two of his sons were killed after two men riding a motorcycle spree bullets on them at the gate of their house at around 6:00 p.m. (local time) in Guzara District,” the district governor Nisar Ahmad Popal told Xinhua.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: 6 Aid Workers Targeted, Killed in South Sudan
Headline: Rebel no-show at South Sudan talks in Ethiopia
A militia hunting down members of a specific ethnic group targeted and killed at least six South Sudanese aid workers over two days during a new bout of violence close to the South Sudan-Sudan border, the U.N. said Tuesday. Two of the victims were murdered in the town of Bunj on Tuesday while another three died in an ambush, the U.N. said. A sixth aid worker was killed Monday and a seventh is missing and presumed dead, the U.N. said. It condemned “in the strongest terms” the Upper Nile state killings by the Mabanese Defense Forces. Ethnically targeted attacks have been a hallmark of the violence coursing through South Sudan since December. All of the murdered aid workers belong to the Nuer ethnic group, the same group that former vice president and current rebel leader Riek Machar belongs to.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/violence-flares-south-sudan-peace-talks-24844414
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28669760
Tunisia
Headline: Tunisia, in Political Transition, Fears Attacks by Citizens Radicalized Abroad
Headline: United States to sell Tunisia 12 Black Hawks to aid militant fight
Tunisia has supplied a disproportionate number of fighters to the Islamist cause in Iraq and Syria. At least 12,000 foreigners have joined Islamist groups in Syria to fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and as many as 3,000 of them are Tunisians, the Soufan Group, a New York-based organization that conducts security analysis, said in a report released in June. The great majority of the foreign fighters in Syria are from Arab countries — only a fifth come from Western countries — and most have now joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, an extremist Islamist group, the report says. Eventually, Tunisian security officials fear, he will return to Tunisia determined to pursue the same goals there that he fought for in Syria and Iraq as a member of ISIS.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/usa-tunisia-arms-idINL2N0QB23S20140805
Algeria
Headline: Algeria ‘refused’ military intervention in Libya
Algeria has rejected a request to intervene militarily in neighboring Libya to restore stability to the violence-wracked country, an Algerian diplomatic source said Monday. “Former Libyan lawmakers and officials had visited Algeria in late June and asked for an Algerian military intervention to impose legitimacy in the capital Tripoli and repel warring militias,” the source told Anadolu Agency. According to the source, the proposal was backed by the Arab League, the United States, Egypt and France. “But senior Algerian officials told the Libyan envoys that Algeria refuses to militarily intervene outside its borders even under international mandate,” the source said. Meanwhile, the source said that Egypt awaits an Algerian response to a proposal to provide military support to Libyan forces. “Algeria has not yet responded to the Egyptian proposal, which is backed by the U.S. and France,” the source added. There was no comment from Egypt or Algeria on the report.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/141908/algeria-refused-military-intervention-in-libya
Germany
Headline: Russian Defense Ministry Readies Court Case Against Germany’s Rheinmetall
Headline: Germany Cancels Major Arms Deal With Russia
Russia’s Defense Ministry is preparing documents in order to sue Germany’s automotive components and defense equipment manufacturer Rheinmetall over the cancelation of a $134-million joint project to build a combat training facility in Russia, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/germany-arms-deal-russia_n_5646643.html
Turkey
Headline: Turkey says US backing of Israel is ‘shameful’
Headline: Congress Losing Patience With Turkey’s Erdogan
In a letter penned by Turkish Parliament Foreign Affairs Commission head Volkan Bozkır and sent on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s behalf, responded to a letter by co-chairs of Turkish Caucasus in the US Congress. In a sharply worded letter, Democrats and Republicans who’ve led House efforts to advance US-Turkish relations warned Erdoğan last week about what they considered to be his anti-Semitic comments. They told him he risked damaging ties between the US and Turkey. The Turkish letter described the US as an “ally and partner” and said Washington’s “silence and ineffectiveness” in the face of Israel’s “state terrorism” in Gaza is “disappointing.” The letter said that countries, particularly referring to the US, which consider themselves as the leaders of the free and civilized world have remained largely silent against the “massacres and inhumane actions” and even defended and encouraged Israel under the “right to self-defense.” The letter said trying to find a solution to the Palestinian issue together is important for Turkish-American relations, adding that biased approach to the conflict will increase insecurity and instability and will damage not only Turkey but also the US.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.todayszaman.com/son-dakika_turkey-says-us-backing-of-israel-is-shameful_354742.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/congress-losing-patience-turkeys-erdogan-24839217
Armenia
Headline: Azerbaijan urges int’l bodies to take decisive measures against Armenia
Headline: Azerbaijan, Armenia Accuse Each Other Of Escalating Tensions
The recent sharp aggravation of tensions on the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops by the Armenian armed forces haven’t been addressed properly by the international organizations. Only the OSCE Minsk group, which is involved in the settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, has voiced concern over the recent escalation of tensions- that is only thing this organization could do. Despite this body mediates on the negotiation process to bring peace to the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, it achieved no breakthrough so far. Armenia’s provocative acts on the contact line put the peace on the South Caucasus in danger. By increasing tensions on the frontline, Armenia aims to provoke Azerbaijan into war and hamper the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which emerged in 1988 over Yerevan’s territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani officials urged the international organization to take decisive measures against Armenia which has kept Azerbaijan’s territories under occupation over the last 20 years.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/69376.html
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Ebola outbreak could be much worse than thought
Headline: Saudi Arabia suspects case of Ebola infection
The worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in history could actually be much worse than the official death toll reflects. Already, the World Health Organization says 887 people have died, but a top doctor working at the heart of the outbreak in West Africa says many cases are going unreported. The senior doctor, who works for a leading medical organization in Liberia, explained to CBS News’ Debora Patta that what has helped set this outbreak apart from previous ones is the virus’ spread in urban areas. One of the epicenters of the disease is the Liberian capital of Monrovia, home to about a million people, or almost a quarter of the country’s population. The doctor, who spoke to CBS News on condition of confidentiality, said the disease is spinning out of control in Africa partly because it is extremely difficult to contain it in a sprawling, congested city center. Meanwhile, the second American missionary infected with the virus was on her way back to the U.S. aboard a private jet Tuesday morning. Nancy Writebol was expected to reach the isolation unit at the Emory University Hospital later in the day. Her colleague, Dr. Kent Brantly, is already there. Both have been given an experimental serum to try and treat the disease, and hopes have been expressed over limited improvements in their condition. Also, officials at a hospital in New York city said a man admitted to the facility Monday morning showing symptoms commonly associated with Ebola likely does not have the disease. He had traveled recently to West Africa, but a senior doctor at Mt. Sinai hospital told reporters the “odds are” his ailment is not linked to the deadly virus.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-outbreak-could-be-much-worse-than-thought/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-suspects-case-of-ebola-infection/
Apostasy Amos 8:11 & 2 Peter2:1-3 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos) “ But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.” (2 Peter)
Headline: Women ordered to stop praying inside mall
Headline: North Carolina restaurant offers a 15 percent discount to pray in public
A few weeks ago the Dublin Girls had gathered inside the local mall for an evening power walk. They formed a small circle and as they had done many times before, they bowed their heads to petition the Almighty. But before one of the runners could say, “Lord Jesus,” she was interrupted by a mall cop barreling down a corridor. “The security guard came running toward us and said, ‘You are not allowed to pray at the mall. That’s against the policy,’” Tammy told me. The ladies were aghast. “I told him we’ve been praying since last November and no one said anything about it,” she said. “We’ve never had any problems.” The security guard told her they’d had a problem with a previous religious group trying to proselytize shoppers. But Tammy said they weren’t trying to convert anybody – they were just trying to pray. And it’s not like they were having a “Holy Ghost Shoutin’ Prayer.” “You can’t hear us unless you are in the circle,” she said. The ladies thought the security guard was simply mistaken so they asked him to call the mall manager. It turns out – the security guard was not mistaken. “The mall manager verified that prayer is not allowed at the mall because this is private property,” she said. They won’t even allow patrons to ask God to bless General Tso’s chicken at the food court’s Chong Wah Express. Meanwhile, in North Carolina A Winston-Salem restaurant is giving customers a 15 percent discount if they pray in public. Mary’s Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem gives the discount for anyone who takes the time to appreciate their food before digging in. Although the restaurant has been offering the special for four years, a recent Facebook post featuring a receipt with the discount has gone viral, highlighting the practice.
Aug. 5, 2014
PersecutionMatthew 24:9 & Revelation 6:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” (Matthew) “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” (Revelation)
Headline: Boko Haram Attacks Five Northern Nigerian Churches
Boko Haram militants have attacked five more churches in northern Nigeria. The Islamic extremist group attacked churches in the Hawal Local Government Area with bombs on July 30. While the churches were destroyed, there were no knowns deaths in the incident. This attack was predecessed by another on July 29 when 13 people died in Yobe state. Suicide bombers entered two mosques for the attack, injuring many more. Boko Haram continues to defy the laws of the government and resist Nigerian law enforcement. Nigerian President has faced criticism from Nigerians as well as world leaders for failing to curb Boko Haram’s violence. Christian Solidarity Worldwide Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said, “Boko Haram continues to commit war crimes by wilfully destroying churches…Moreover, the sect has illustrated once again its disregard for every religion and for the sanctity of human life, not only by targeting the innocent as they pray, but also by indoctrinating vulnerable girls for use as disposable commodities to fulfil its murderous purposes.” “Nigerians must put aside all religious, political and other divisions and unite in the national interest to overcome this destructive terrorist sect as a matter of urgency.”
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/boko-haram-attacks-five-northern-nigerian-churches.html
Headline: Fresh sectarian clashes erupt in Egypt’s Minya
A fresh wave of sectarian-inspired clashes have broken out in the Egyptian city of Minya, local media reported on Tuesday. Violence in the religiously mixed city in Upper Egypt, some 200km south of Cairo, reportedly spread from the nearby Yaacoub village following a dispute. Around a dozen people have been arrested, various news agencies said. According to privately owned ONA news agency, the local Muslim population took to the streets and pelted Christian houses with Molotov cocktails after hearing that the villages Coptic residents were planning on building a new church. Local Coptic sources told ONA that the situation was now stable and that the community would still seek to build the church after it applied for the proper authorisation and received the adequate paperwork. The issue of church building has long been contentious with Copts requiring presidential permission to build new churches, restriction the Christian community has long tried to have lifted.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/fresh-sectarian-clashes-erupt-egypts-minya-1944994349
Scorching Sun Isaiah30:26 , Revelation 16:8-9 & Revelation 7:16, Malachi 4:1 “Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their wound.” (Isaiah 30:26) “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9) “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.” ( Revelation 7: 16) “For behold, the day is coming,Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch” (Malachi 4:1)
Headline: Over 1 million Sri Lankans affected by drought
More than one million people in Sri Lanka have been affected by a 10-month-long drought in 14 of its districts, top officials say. Sri Lankan Health Minister Maithreepala Sirisena said on Monday that about 1.5 million people were affected by the drought in the country’s north, central north, and eastern areas. According to official sources, about 111,459 families in the districts of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Hambantota, Puttalam, Mannar, Vavuniya, Moneragala, and Ampara have been affected by the prolonged situation. Sri Lanka’s government has reportedly allocated $1.47 million for relief for the people living in the districts affected.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/05/374113/drought-affects-1-million-sri-lankans/
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Hurricane, tropical storm seen moving toward Hawaii
A hurricane and a tropical storm are heading west across the Pacific Ocean toward the tourist haven of Hawaii and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said parts of the islands may need to post watches later on Tuesday. Hurricane Iselle was about 1,055 miles (1,700 km) east-southeast of Hawaii, moving west at 9 miles per hour (15 km per hour) with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (200 kph), the National Hurricane Center said. “Watches may be required for portions of the islands by later today or early Wednesday,” the Miami-based hurricane center said in an advisory. Residents stocked up on basics as authorities in Honolulu advised them to prepare a seven-day disaster supply kit. The hurricane was expected to turn west-northwest later on Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said, but was forecast to weaken over the next 48 hours. Further east over the Pacific, Tropical Storm Julio was about 1,145 miles (1,845 km) from Baja California in Mexico and also expected to continue moving west-northwest through Thursday, the NHC said.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-tropical-storm-seen-moving-toward-hawaii-163224862.html
Aug 05
A Split in the Body of Christ- Zionism : Did God ever say that the enemy wouldn’t stick his nose into the restoration? /August 4, 2014
The current conflict in Gaza has created a divide between not only the people of the world, but between Christians. Those who support “Israel” and those who do not.
One thing I believe both sides can agree on: the “Jews” are still waiting for Messiah (the Lion of Judah) and we know He’s already been here (the Lamb of God) and is coming back (the Lion of Judah). The term “Jews” or “Jewish” refers to different things:
Jews who practice the Judaic religion
Jew: Someone who came from Judea, per the Biblical definition of the word- although it is easier to say Jew or Jewish when speaking of an Hebraic person
Hebrew (Nationality): Abraham’s descendants, including Ishmael’s; HOWEVER there are covenant Hebrew’s (Isaac) and NON COVENANT Hebrews (Ishmael’s descendants)
Israeli: Anyone who lives in the Land (this means the Land defined by God in Gen. 11-13, chopped up again in Num. 34 & Jos. 13-22)
Let us not forget that Jesus tells us “we are grafted in” as Gentiles. That means we are NOT Jewish by nationality or religion, but Israeli by being grafted. It also means that Christianity is ‘grafted into’ the Judaic religion. Take a look at the Old Testament if you question this.
A whole new concept has now crept in called “Zionists”.
The End Times are here. There is no denying it. But splitting those who love Jesus because of mis-information and ‘conspiracy theories” is the worst thing the Body of Christ can do in the world today. It is time for some factual education and research.
Let’s start with some basic information:
The Tanakh is the Jewish Bible. It includes:
The Torah– the Holy book which is the 1st 5 books of our Bible (sometimes called the books of Moses)
The Nevi’im (the Haftarah) – the prophets such as Joel, Ezekiel, etc.
The Kethuvim– the writings such as Psalms and Proverbs.
Another book referred to is the Talmud. I’m sorry to say but the Talmud is NOT the Bible. It is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism (also known as the Shas), containing the teachings and opinions of thousands of rabbis on a variety of subjects.
There are 2 Talmuds: The Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud de-Eretz Yisrael); the difference being (as you can see from the titles, where they were written).
The Talmud is divided into 2 parts:
the Mishnah (oral Torah- according to Rabbinic Judaism the oral torah represents the laws and interpretations NOT recorded in the Written Torah) and
the Germara (other subjects)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Talmud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Torah
At this point we must ALL ask ourselves: do you believe that God Almighty and Jesus Christ would have anyone follow something He Himself did not see fit to reveal in His Holy Book? Before you answer, keep reading:
According to some researchers, the teachings of Jesus are ‘reflected’ by things found in the Talmud.
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Gospel |
Talmud |
| Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.—Matthew 5:7 | He who is merciful to others, shall receive mercy from Heaven.—R. Gamaliel Beribbi, 3rd century A.D.,Shabbath 151b |
| Let what you say be simply yes or no.—Matthew 5:37 | Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.—R. Abaye, died 338 A.D., Baba Metzia 49a |
| Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam that is in your own eye?—Matthew 7:3 | Do they say, take the splinter out of your eye, he will retort: “Remove the beam out of your own eye.”—R. Johanan, surnamed Bar Napha, 199-279 A.D., Baba Bathra 15b. |
| Do not be anxious, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?”—Matthew 6:31 | Whoever has a piece of bread in his basket and says, “What shall I eat tomorrow?” belongs only to them who are little in faith.—R. Eliezer, died 117 A.D., Sotah 48b |
| The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.—Matthew 9.37 | The day is short, and the work is much; and the workmen are indolent, but the reward is much; and the Master of the House is insistent.—R. Tarfon, 120 A.D., Aboth 2:15 |
| Freely you receive, freely give.—Matthew 10:8 | Just as I teach gratuituously, so you should teach gratuitously.—R. Judah, 299 A.D., Bekoroth 29a |
| Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.—Matthew 23:12 | He who humbles himself for the Torah in this world is magnified in the next; and he who makes himself a servant to the Torah in this world becomes free in the next.—R. Jeremiah, died 250 A.D., Baba Metzia 85b |
| Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.—Matthew 5:10 | Be rather of the persecuted than of the persecutors.—R. Abbahu, 279-310 A.D., Baba Kamma 93a |
| The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.—Mark 2:27 | It (the Sabbath) is committed to your hands, not you to its hands.—R. Jonathan ben Joseph, flourished after the destruction of the Temple, Yoma 85a |
http://www.jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/v01-n02/talmud
Yes Jesus was Jewish; did He hear Rabbinic teachings from the Talmud? According to historical research the answer is NO. Jesus was a contemporary of Pontius Pilate, who held office between 26 to 36 AD. We know Jesus was 33 when He died. If the BC/AD (now CE) is applied then Jesus died in 33 AD/CE. The Mishnah of the Talmud wasn’t even written until 200 AD/CE, the Germara until 350 AD/CE.
Now here I will interject something: there has NEVER been one thing I have found that Jesus said that is recorded in our Holy Bible that cannot be traced back to the Old Testament (Torah/Tanakh). It becomes very dangerous to live as LAW things that God Himself did not say. We see this in the ‘extra’ books of Mormon, Catholicism and again I would venture to say, in the Talmud.
So let’s tackle this Talmud example list:
Matthew 5:7 Psalm 41:1 (Kethuvim)
Matthew 5:37(in context Matthew 5:33-37) Deuteronomy 23:23 Leviticus 19:12 Numbers 30:2
Matthew 7:3 (in context Matthew 7:1-5) Ezekiel 16:52-56
Matthew 6:31 Lev 25:20-22 2Ch 25:9; Psa 37:3; Psa 55:22; Psa 78:18-31
Matthew 9:37 Psalm 68:11
Matthew 10:8 2Kings 5:15,20-27
Matthew 23:12 Job 22:29; Psa 138:6; Pro 15:33; Pro 16:18,19; Pro 29:23; Isa 57:15; Dan 4:37
Matthew 5:10 (The Beatitudes 5:1-12) Psalm 37:11, 41:1, 15:2, 24:4; Isaiah 55:1,65:13
Mark 2:27 Exo 23:12; Deu 5:14; Neh 9:13,14; Isa 58:13; Eze 20:12,20
It is obvious that the Rabbis who wrote the Talmud extensively studied Torah and Tanakh. I am not questioning that at all. What I AM questioning is what you will see below.
Denominations (types) of Judaism- yes they have denominations just like Christians 🙂
Orthodoxy modern classification for the traditional section of Jewry that upholds the halakhic way of life as illustrated in a divinely ordained Torah. Halakha refers to the legal aspect of Judaism, and is also used to indicate a definitive ruling in any particular area of Jewish law.
Modern Orthodoxy– Modern Orthodoxy, in general, places a high national, as well as religious, significance on the State of Israel, and Modern Orthodox institutions and individuals are, typically, Zionist in orientation.
Haredi Judaism– Haredi Judaism advocates segregation from non-Jewish culture, although not from non-Jewish society entirely. It is characterised by its focus on community-wide Torah study. Haredi Orthodoxy’s differences with Modern Orthodoxy usually lie in interpretation of the nature of traditional halakhic concepts and in acceptable application of these concepts
Hasidic Judaism–Hasidic or Chasidic Judaism overlaps significantly with Haredi Judaism in its engagement with the secular and commercial world, and as regards social issues. In addition to bridging this class gap, Hasidic teachings sought to reintroduce joy in the performance of the commandments and in prayer through the popularisation of Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah)
Reform Judaism subjects religious law and customs to human judgment, attempting to differentiate between the facets of the Torah that are divine mandate and those that are specific to the time in which they were written.
Conservative Judaism developed mainly in the twentieth century as a reaction to Reform Judaism’s liberalism. It sought to conserve tradition by applying new, historical methods of study within the boundaries of Jewish law to the mainstream of American society. It is the largest denomination of the four.
Reconstructionism is the most recent denomination within Judaism, and, rejecting the assertion that the Torah was given to Moses at Mount Sinai, views Judaism as a continual process of evolution, incorporating the inherited Jewish beliefs and traditions with the needs of the modern world.
The Difference Between Judaism and Zionism
Rabbi Dovid Weiss (Haredi rabbi) of NKI at the Islamic Center of Long Island
January 14, 2001
It is a commonplace in the media to speak of a Jewish-Arab, or Jewish – Palestinian conflict. Others even refer to a Jewish -Islamic conflict.
In our view, all these descriptions of the Middle Eastern troubles are false. Very dangerously false.
We maintain that Jews and Judaism have no conflict with Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians or any other group.
In the nineteenth century many segments of European society began to throw off the yoke of heaven. Assorted heretical movements grew up, which attracted both Jew and Gentile. Communism, evolutionism, Bible criticism, assorted forms of religious and secular liberalism, the Jewish Reform movements and scores of others, lured millions away from G-d and His law.
Born of this spirit of Godlessness, severed from all links with the Torah and Jewish tradition and in opposition to the nearly unanimous voice of Rabbis and Sages, we find at the end of the nineteenth century, a new movement that became known as Zionism. By summoning Jews to return en masse to the Holy Land, it violated one of the fundamental terms of exile as explained in the Talmud.
Throughout the twentieth century, Zionists sought to drive masses of Jews towards Palestine in order to conquer the land by immigration. One of the greatest tragedies that Zionism has brought about is the identification of Zionism with Judaism and Zionists with Jewry in the popular mind, both Jewish and non – Jewish.
The conflict in the Middle East is fundamentally about the abandonment of Torah Judaism by the Zionists and their subsequent rejection of the Divinely imposed, exilic agenda of peace, humility and piety. In their two thousand years of Divinely decreed exile no Jew ever sought to end this exile and establish independent political sovereignty anywhere. The people’s sole purpose was the study and fulfillment of the Divine commandments of the Torah. ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH FAITH AND TORAH LAW THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE FORBIDDEN TO HAVE THEIR OWN STATE WHILE AWAITING THE MESSIANIC ERA!
First, let’s tackle a few of things he said above:
By summoning Jews to return en masse to the Holy Land, it violated one of the fundamental terms of exile as explained in the Talmud. ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH FAITH AND TORAH LAW (the 613 commandments listed in the Torah). THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE FORBIDDEN TO HAVE THEIR OWN STATE WHILE AWAITING THE MESSIANIC ERA
Again, the Talmud are EXPLAINATIONS, not the Word of God. Again, the Talmud wasn’t even written until 200 AD.
Take a look at the verses below, which by the way are from the Haftarah, read EACH Sabbath after the Torah portion. Reading the Haftarah came into being n 168 BCE (BC), when the Jews were under the rule of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (of Chanukah infamy), and they were forbidden to read from the Torah. The decree, however, was limited to the Five Books of Moses, so the sages instituted that a section of the Prophets be read instead, usually an idea that was related to the Torah reading that should have been read that week.
***Depending on the ‘denomination’ of Judaic religion, the Haftarah portions appear to change. Is it possible that different denominations change what the people hear on Shabbat in order to reflect their own views? I can say nothing definitive, but take a look at what IS in their Haftarah. Do they choose to read it? That is something only THEY can answer. But choose or not- it’s there in God’s Word.
Jeremiah 24:5-6 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
Jeremiah 30:3 For behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’”
Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.
Amos 9:14 I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
Ezekiel 36:35-36– So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
Ezekiel 37:10-15 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. 14 I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.’”
Isaiah 14:1– For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
http://www.nkusa.org/activities/speeches/li011401.cfm
http://www.nkusa.org/aboutus/zionism/judaism_isnot_zionism.cfm
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/torah_reading.html
http://torahportions.org/thisyear/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_mysticism
Okay…now that we’ve had a crash course in Judaism the religion and what they follow, let’s tackle the current definition of Zionist, Zionism and the conspiracies surrounding them.
From a current headline:
Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal stated on July 27, 2014
“We are not actually fighting the Jews because they are Jews per se. We do not fight any other races. We fight the occupiers.”
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/07/27/373037/hamas-rejects-coexistence-with-israel/
Hamas‘ founder, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, stated in 1998: ” Hamas will never recognize the “usurper Zionist government”
The Hamas Charter
Article Thirty-Six
“The Islamic Resistance Movement, in its march forward, repeatedly emphasizes to all members of our people and of the Arab and Muslim peoples that it is not seeking fame for itself, or material gain, or social status, and that it is not aimed against any of our own people in an attempt to compete with them or to take their place – nothing of the kind. It does not oppose any Muslim, or any non-Muslim who is peaceful towards it, here [in Palestine] or elsewhere. It will always offer nothing but help to all groups and organizations that strive against the Zionist enemy and against its lackeys.
Article Fifteen
“The day the enemies conquer some part of the Muslim land, jihad becomes a personal duty of every Muslim. In the face of the Jewish occupation of Palestine, it is necessary to raise the banner of jihad. This requires the propagation of Islamic consciousness among the masses, locally [in Palestine], in the Arab world and in the Islamic world. It is necessary to instill the spirit of jihad in the nation, engage the enemies and join the ranks of jihad.
So which is it? Zionist occupation or Jewish occupation? My opinion: they don’t care either way, except that the Haredim are on their side. Do you think they will still be on the side of Hamas when the Islamists come to kill them?
WHY ORTHODOX JEWS ARE OPPOSED TO A ZIONIST STATE- http://www.nkusa.org/aboutus/zionism/opposition.cfm
- Zionism is a relatively new thing.
- It has only existed for a century.
- Zionism redefines the true essential nature of the People of Israel, and substitutes for it a completely contradictory and opposite character – a materialistic worldly nation.
- Their misfortune is lack of what other nations possess, i.e. a state and army.
- Their salvation is possession of a state and army etc.
- This is clearly spelled out in the circles of Zionist thought, and among the leaders of the Zionist State, that through changing the nature and character of the People of Israel and by changing their way of thinking they can set before the People of Israel “their salvation” — a state and an army.
The current definition of Zionism:
A nationalist movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the creation of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the Land of Israel. The word ZION is a synonym for Jerusalem. The word is first found in 2 Samuel 5:7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion
Therefore I would say the basic definition of Zionist/Zionism (without all the current hoopla) would be those longing for the land of Zion. That just happens to be the current state of Israel, established in 1948. However, that is where the “conspiracies” begin.
Before we go any further, am I saying ALL Jews are good people, even the so called Zionists? No…no person is perfect and there is as much evil in the state of Israel as there is anywhere else. THAT is why Jesus came!
Did God say He would return His people to THEIR land? Yes He did (see verses above). Is God capable of using earthly occurrences – such as war- to make His Word come to pass? Most definitely!!
Before I can even get the ‘declarations’ I must explain WHERE the term “Palestine” originated. The Bible never uses the name of “Palestine”, but calls it the land “Judah” or “Israel”. Mt. 2:20-21: “Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead who sought the young child’s life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.”To understand this name we must look at some historical background. In Joel 3:4: “Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? The Philistines were not Middle Eastern or Arab. The Philistines are believed to be an Aegean people (from the Adriatic sea near Greece.) who, in the 12th Century BC, settled along the Mediterranean coast of what is called the Gaza Strip. After the second Jewish revolt under Bar Cochba (A.D. 132-135) it is said the Roman emperor Hadrian renamed the land of Israel and Judea as Palastina (‘Palestine’) after the ancient enemies of the Jews – the Philistines. Because of his hatred of the Jews, it was meant to be an insult to dishonor them and remove their history.
Here is the history of how the Jews came to be in the original land God gave them:
In 1896, Theodor Herzl, a Jewish journalist living in Austria-Hungary, published Der Judenstaat (“The Jews’ State” or “The State of the Jews” – sometimes erroneously translated as “The Jewish State” although Herzl did not mean it as such. He meant a state for the Jews; not a Jewish state), in which he asserted that the only solution to the “Jewish Question” in Europe, including growing antisemitism, was through the establishment of a state for the Jews. Political Zionism had just been born.[4] A year later, Herzl founded the Zionist Organization (ZO), which at its first congress, “called for the establishment of a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured under public law”. Serviceable means to attain that goal included the promotion of Jewish settlement there, the organization of Jews in the diaspora, the strengthening of Jewish feeling and consciousness, and preparatory steps to attain those necessary governmental grants. The Zionist Organization served as an umbrella organization for the Zionist movement, whose objective was the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
After Herzi’s passing, Chaim Weizmann comes into the picture. Arthur James Balfour was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905. During the first meeting between Chaim Weizmann and Balfour in 1906, Balfour asked what Weizmann’s objections were to the idea of a Jewish homeland in Uganda, (the Uganda Protectorate in East Africa in the British Uganda Program), rather than in Palestine. According to Weizmann’s memoir, the conversation went as follows:
“Mr. Balfour, supposing I was to offer you Paris instead of London, would you take it?” He sat up, looked at me, and answered: “But Dr. Weizmann, we have London.” “That is true,” I said, “but we had Jerusalem when London was a marsh.” He … said two things which I remember vividly. The first was: “Are there many Jews who think like you?” I answered: “I believe I speak the mind of millions of Jews whom you will never see and who cannot speak for themselves.” To this he said: “If that is so you will one day be a force.”
Weizmann was also a biochemist who developed the acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation process, which produces acetone through bacterial fermentation. David Lloyd-George, then minister for munitions in 1915, was grateful to Weizmann and so supported his Zionist aspirations.
McMahon–Hussein Correspondence-
Henry McMahon (British diplomat and Indian Army officer who served as the High Commissioner in Egypt from 1915 to 1917) had exchanged letters with Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca in 1915, in which he had promised Hussein control of Arab lands with the exception of “portions of Syria“ lying to the west of “the districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama and Aleppo“. Palestine lay to the southwest of the Vilayet of Damascus and wasn’t explicitly mentioned. That modern-day Lebanese region of the Mediterranean coast was set aside as part of a future French Mandate. After the war (WWI) the extent of the coastal exclusion was hotly disputed. Hussein had protested that the Arabs of Beirut would greatly oppose isolation from the Arab state or states, but did not bring up the matter of Jerusalem or Palestine. On the basis of McMahon’s assurances the Arab Revolt began on 5 June 1916 (initiated by the Sherif Hussein bin Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen.).
However, the British and French also secretly concluded the Sykes–Picot Agreement on 16 May 1916. This agreement divided many Arab territories into British- and French-administered areas and allowed for the internationalization of Palestine.
Sykes–Picot Agreement
May 1916 the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Russia signed the Sykes–Picot Agreement, which defined their proposed spheres of influence and control in Western Asia should the Triple Entente succeed in defeating the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The agreement effectively divided the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire outside the Arabian peninsula into areas of future British and French control or influence. In 1916 is also when David Lloyd George became the PM of the UK. Prime Minister David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom supported the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine because “it would help secure post-war British control of Palestine, which was strategically important as a buffer to Egypt and the Suez Canal.” Remember, he was also grateful to Weizmann.
Balfour Declaration (1917) was a letter from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. Rothschild was a British Jewish banker and politician. As an active Zionist and close friend of Chaim Weizmann, he worked to formulate the draft declaration for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. I have heard it said that Rothschild was an atheist humanist. This is false. The 3rd Baron Rothschild (Nathaniel Victor, Walter’s NEPHEW) was an atheist.
His Majesty’s government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
So basically this Declaration announced the British intent to aid the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.”
Hussein learned of the agreement when it was leaked by the new Russian government in December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous telegrams from Sir Reginald Wingate, British general and administrator in Egypt, assuring him that the British government’s commitments to the Arabs were still valid and that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was not a formal treaty. Wingate called on the Arab population in Palestine to welcome the Jews as brethren and co-operate with them for the common welfare. Following the publication of the Declaration the British had dispatched Commander David George Hogarth to see Hussein in January 1918 bearing the message that the “political and economic freedom” of the Palestinian population was not in question. Hogarth reported that Hussein “would not accept an independent Jewish State in Palestine, nor was I instructed to warn him that such a state was contemplated by Great Britain”. Continuing Arab disquiet over Allied intentions also led during 1918 to the British Declaration to the Seven and the Anglo-French Declaration, the latter promising “the complete and final liberation of the peoples who have for so long been oppressed by the Turks, and the setting up of national governments and administrations deriving their authority from the free exercise of the initiative and choice of the indigenous populations.”
Faisal–Weizmann Agreement was signed on 3 January 1919, by Emir Faisal (son of the King of Hejaz), who was for a short time King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of the Kingdom of Iraq (today, Iraq) from August 1921 to 1933, and Chaim Weizmann as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 settling disputes stemming from World War I. It was a short-lived agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
Churchill White Paper– June 1922 clarified how Britain viewed the Balfour Declaration, 1917. “The tension which has prevailed from time to time in Palestine is mainly due to apprehensions, which are entertained both by sections of the Arab and by sections of the Jewish population. These apprehensions, so far as the Arabs are concerned are partly based upon exaggerated interpretations of the meaning of the [Balfour] Declaration favoring the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine, made on behalf of His Majesty’s Government on 2 November 1917.” ‘Unauthorized statements have been made to the effect that the purpose in view is to create a wholly Jewish Palestine. Phrases have been used such as that Palestine is to become “as Jewish as England is English.” His Majesty’s Government regard any such expectation as impracticable and have no such aim in view. They would draw attention to the fact that the terms of the Declaration referred to do not contemplate that Palestine as a whole should be converted into a Jewish National Home, but that such a Home should be founded “in Palestine.” In this connection it has been observed with satisfaction that at a meeting of the Zionist Congress, the supreme governing body of the Zionist Organization, held at Carlsbad in September, 1921, a resolution was passed expressing as the official statement of Zionist aims “the determination of the Jewish people to live with the Arab people on terms of unity and mutual respect, and together with them to make the common home into a flourishing community, the upbuilding of which may assure to each of its peoples an undisturbed national development”‘. This then is the interpretation which His Majesty’s Government place upon the Declaration of 1917, and, so understood, the Secretary of State is of opinion that it does not contain or imply anything which need cause either alarm to the Arab population of Palestine or disappointment to the Jews.’ Having clarified the understanding and intent of the British government, the White Paper continues, outlining measures to assist in attaining the objectives
The “Balfour Declaration” was later incorporated into the Sèvres peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire and the Mandate for Palestine (the legal commission for the British to administrate the areas laid out in the Sykes-Picot agreement)- the draft of the Mandate was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on 24 July 1922. The mandate formalized British rule in the southern part of Ottoman Syria from 1923–1948.
I’ve heard all the theories on Zionism- ties to the occult, Netanyahu being a Mason, the land given to Rothschild in the Balfour Declaration, ad infinitum.
This MY opinion: I cannot find ONE SHRED of truth to any of it from any CREDIBLE source. If I didn’t know better- instead of saying that the “Zionist” propaganda was in ‘league with Satan’ for the anti-Christ, I would say the spread of and division between Israel/Jews and “Zionists” WAS THE PLOT of the enemy. Separate God’s chosen people from the land He gave them by sowing seeds of confusion and doubt. “If we call them Zionists instead of Jews and make it political…well then we’ve got it made. PLUS we have all of Ishmael to help us” (think of CS Lewis’ the Screwtape Letters). What I see here are a people of God longing for the land He gave them.
As the world MOURNS for the “Palestinians” being displaced….what about the Hebrews? According to the Bible…they are STILL displaced! Bottom line: this is about a man, his wife and his ‘mistress’. Isaac and Ishmael. The Covenant and the Blessed, who aren’t happy with not being the inheritance. It’s big lesson for us on what happens when we don’t wait on God.
Did God EVER once say that the enemy wouldn’t stick his nose into the restoration? No. But like it or not, our God is bigger than the enemy and quite able to use Satan’s ‘tricks’ to fulfill HIS DIVINE WORD.
Before this split in the body of Christ grows larger, I would ask each of you to PLEASE: get your nose out of You Tube, conspiracies sites, stop listening to every little thing that someone says about Zionists versus Jews. Get yourselves into God’s Word- not the Talmud, not other writings meant to ‘help you understand’ Him…HIS WORD.
We are here to stand for God’s Word; here to watch as Christ instructed the Father’s Words come to pass, not question HOW they pass.
The time is too close. We must work together to spread the Gospel, not more rumors or information that may or may not be real. The Gospel. God will do as He wills. Our job, brothers and sisters, is to turn our eyes upon Jesus as we await His Glorious Return.
http://www.letusreason.org/Biblexp63.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Zionist_Organization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Zionist_Organization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Herzl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%E2%80%93Weizmann_Agreement
Aug 04
Another Day-Another ‘Cease Fire’/ Prophecy Signs for Monday August 4, 2014
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Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, Tareq Al-Suwaidan
Hamas TV: Every Muslim mother “must nurse her children on hatred of the sons of Zion”
Terror attack in Jerusalem
Sheik Abd Al-Barr Al-Rawdhi Al-Rahma Mosque Italy
Friday Sermon at Italian Mosque: Kill the Jews to the Very Last One
Abd Al-Bari Atwan: Arafat Ignited Second Intifada; Why Don’t We Do the Same in West Bank?
Jordanian Political Activist Husam Al-Abdalat Jordan Future TV
Host Pulls Out a Sword: If Arab Leaders Are Not Real Men, They Should Let Real Men Fight in Gaza
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 28th day on Monday
https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/496182002173767682/photo/1
IDF recap shows 119 rockets fired at Israel Sunday Day 27 OPE
Headline: 2:38-Hamas says Monday’s truce aims to ‘divert attention from Israeli slaughter’
Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri responds to the IDF’s declaration of a seven-hour humanitarian truce on Monday, saying it’s a unilateral act which is designed to “divert attention from Israel’s acts of slaughter.” “We don’t trust this truce and we call to our people to exercise caution,” he says.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: Hamas Calls for ‘3 Day Uprising’ During Ceasefire
Hamas on Monday specifically called on Arabs in Judea and Samaria to conduct attacks on Israelis, urging them to start the “third intifada” that would start with attacks on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and eventually move into the rest of Israel. In a message sent out by Hamas Monday to “the Palestinians of the Occupied West Bank,” Hamas called on Arabs to “conduct mass riots” over the next three days as a “sign of support” for Gaza, and of “resistance” to “violence” by Israel. On Monday night, Israeli media outlets, quoting Egyptian sources, said that Hamas and Islamic Jihad had agreed to an Egyptian demand for a three-day cease-fire. The sources said that the cease-fire could go into effect as soon as Tuesday morning. In its message, Hamas called on residents of Hevron, Ramallah and Shechem to converge on the main square in their cities and demand that Hamas retain the right to keep its weapons – rockets and tunnels – agains Israel. Hamas on Monday praised the terrorist who killed an Israeli and injured four others with a tractor in Jerusalem. Hamas said that it “congratulated the free Palestinian of Jerusalem for his attack. This attack is a natural response to the occupation of our people,” Hamas said. In a statement, Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum said that “the action in Jerusalem was very brave, a natural response to the occupation.”
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183719#.U9_AMWPfVeA
Headline: 8:52- Palestinians riot on Temple Mount
Headline: 5 police officers injured during riot on Temple Mount
Masked Palestinian men riot this morning on the Temple Mount, throwing rocks and fireworks at police forces at the Mughrabi Gate as the holy site is opened to visitors. The young men blockaded two entrances to the mount to keep the police from sealing the entrances themselves. Police and Border Police forces pushed the rioters back into the mosque on the site. Five police officers were lightly wounded in the skirmish, according to Israel Radio.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/5-police-officers-injured-during-riot-on-Temple-Mount-369970
Headline: 17:03- Dozens riot in East Jerusalem
Several dozen people are rioting in East Jerusalem, in the Issawiya neighborhood, clashing with police forces and hurling rocks and firebombs. Police are using nonlethal means to disperse the crowd.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: Man killed in Jerusalem tractor attack
Headline: Soldier shot near Mount Scopus
An Israeli man was shot in the stomach at the entrance to the Har Hatzofim (Mount Scopus) tunnel in Jerusalem, in what looks to be the capital’s second terror attack in a matter of hours. An eyewitness named Eti said that the victim is a soldier. “I saw him falling backward,” she told reporter Moshe Nusbaum. The wounded man is about 20, said the channel’s reporters, and he is in moderate to serious condition and received treatment on the spot. He was then taken to the nearby Hadassah Har Hatzofim hospital. Eyewitnesses said that he was shot by a man who then got on a motorcycle or scooter and then drove off toward the Arab neighborhood of Wadi Joz. There may have been another man on the scooter as well.
Police are conducting a manhunt assisted by helicopters. While the background for the attack is not known, initial estimates are that it is nationalistically motivated. Meanwhile, a pedestrian was killed and six other people were wounded Monday afternoon when a terrorist went on the rampage in an industrial digger in central Jerusalem. The terrorist hit the man as he walked on the street, as well as a bus and a car before being shot dead by an officer from the Israel Prison Service who was in the area. Images from the scene showed an overturned bus, and the the terrorist dead in the cabin of the digger.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183711#.U9-qk2PfVeA
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4554671,00.html
Headline: 3:04- Hamas lauds attacks on Israel, says no life more precious than Gazans’
Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades releases an oddly tensed statement in English in which it lauds strikes on Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Kiryat Malachi, though it’s not clear whether those are attacks it’s planning or have carried out. The group says rocket attacks are a response against “Zionist massacres” and that “the enemy continue to try to cover its military failures by targeting Palestinian civilian [sic] in their homes and shelters.” “If the enemy continues this criminal policy, all Zionist cities it will be targeted,” Hamas says. “No life is more precious than the lives of our dear people.”
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: 8:26- ‘Disarmament not raised in Gaza ceasefire talks’
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nahla, the group’s number-two, says that the issue of disarming the Gaza Strip has not come up in ceasefire talks in Cairo, and that the demand is in any case unacceptable to Palestinian factions in the Strip, Israel Radio’s Gal Berger says, citing a report in the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram. Palestinian factions are meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials in an effort to broker a ceasefire to a month of fighting. Israel was set to join the talks multiple times, but in the past week has said that due to Hamas’s violations of multiple ceasefires, Israel would no longer negotiate any agreement with Hamas.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: 9:09- Egypt asks Israel to let Hamas, Jihad leaders into Gaza
Headline: 19:28 – Egypt, Hamas: Truce may be declared within hours
Headline: 22:37 – Egypt: All sides agree to 72-hour truce starting Tuesday
The pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reports that Egypt is discussing with Israel the possibility of allowing two senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials, Khalil Al-Hiye and Khaled Al-Batsh respectively, to return to Gaza from truce talks in Cairo without being targeted by Israel. Palestinian officials at the truce talks have said that Israel’s decision not to attend the talks after Hamas’s latest break of the weekend ceasefire “doesn’t interest us, since we wouldn’t have met with [Israel] directly in any case,” Ynet reports.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: US, Qatar again working on alternative ceasefire
Palestinian sources in Cairo revealed on Monday that the United States and Qatar have again renewed their attempts to reach an understanding on a ceasefire in Gaza, even as Palestinian factions meet Egyptian officials in Cairo to forge their own proposal. Representatives of the US administration are in Cairo at the same time as a Palestinian delegation that includes senior officials from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah. The Palestinian sources suggested that the US-Qatari initiative slows and undermines the Egyptian efforts. Sources told The Times of Israel that the Egyptian effort is focused on convincing Hamas to first stop fighting on the basis of the understandings obtained after Pillar of Defense in 2012, then moving to a broader ceasefire which will include demands on Israel to withdraw from Gaza and to ease restrictions at the border crossings and to allow the rehabilitation of Gaza.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-qatar-again-working-on-alternative-ceasefire/
Headline: 17:04- France says Gaza may need ‘imposed’ solution
France’s foreign minister is calling on the international community to impose a solution on Israel and Hamas, saying the warring sides have shown themselves unable to negotiate. In an unusually strong statement Monday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says Israel’s right to security “does not justify the killing of children and the massacre of civilians.” France is closely allied with Israel, and Fabius’s statement is a rare direct criticism. Fabius says a ceasefire, followed by a two-state solution, is needed and “should be imposed by the international community because, despite numerous attempts, the two sides have shown themselves to be incapable of concluding negotiations.”
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: 17:25- Netanyahu: Op goes on until no rockets fired
Headline: 20:01 – In south, leaders say operation to go on
Operation Protective Edge will continue until no more rockets are fired on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows. “The campaign in Gaza continues,” he says after security consultations with the military leadership in the country’s south. “What is nearing conclusion is the IDF’s activity on the tunnels, but this operation will only be over when the calm and security returns to Israel’s citizens for an extended period of time.” Israel has no intention of hurting civilians in Gaza, Netanyahu says, adding that it is Hamas that harms Gazans by preventing them from accepting humanitarian aid. “I think the international community should vocally condemn Hamas and demand, as we do, that Gaza’s rehabilitation be linked to its demilitarization.”
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: Readiness upped over attack fears ahead of ceasefire
Security forces have drastically ramped up preparedness as reports come in of a possible ceasefire in the next few hours, Channel 2 reports. Officials fear terrorists will use the last hours before the ceasefire goes into effect to launch large volleys of rockets at Israel, or they may try to infiltrate into southern communities to carry out attacks. The hours before ceasefires have, in the past, seen an uptick in hostilities, as combatants try to get in their last licks before laying down their arms. According to Channel 2, a 72-hour ceasefire brokered in Egypt will be announced in the coming hours and go into effect Tuesday morning.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: Hamas Fortress in Shuja’iya
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/04/map-exposes-hamas-fortress-shujaiya-neighborhood/
Headline: Hamas Demands UN ‘Apologize’ for Demanding Soldier’s Release
Hamas officials called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to “formally apologize before the Palestinian people” for “accepting Israel’s version of events” regarding their breaking a humanitarian ceasefire on Friday, claiming that the fact that IDF soldier Hadar Goldin (hy”d) was killed and not abducted proves that Israel lied to international community on being attacked by Hamas. Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu-Zuhri, called Ban a “partner in slaughter” to Israel in his remarks and demanded an apology.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183692#.U9-rp2PfVeA
Headline: 20:29 – HRW accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Headline: Captured Hamas Combat Manual Explains Benefits of Human Shields
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of killing civilians as they attempted to flee a stricken neighborhood of Gaza, in what it says amounts to a war crime. “Israeli forces in the southern Gaza town of Khuza’a fired on and killed civilians in apparent violation of the laws of war in several incidents between July 23 and 25,” says the New York-based watchdog. “Deliberate attacks on civilians who are not participating in the fighting are war crimes.” The group says civilians faced “grave dangers” in Khuza’a, including repeated shelling, lack of access to medical care, and coming under attack from the Israelis as they attempted to flee to nearby Khan Younis. The report points out that, although Israeli forces had warned people to leave Khuza’a prior to July 21, “the failure of civilians to abide by warnings does not make them lawful targets of attack.”
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/04/captured-hamas-combat-manual-explains-benefits-human-shields/
Headline: Expert Says Terror Tunnels a Threat in the Galilee
Prize-winning geologist and onetime advisor on terror tunnels suggests Hezbollah could be building Gaza-esque tunnels into Israel. For a long time he spoke to every official, every minister, and every IDF Chief of Staff over the threat of terror tunnels – in Gaza and elsewhere – but the system preferred to silence him. Now, Geologist and res. Col. Yossi Langotsky speaks to Arutz Sheva for the first time since Operation Protective Edge began 28 days ago about his perspective on the current conflict, and on how war tunnels may continue to threaten Israel despite the operation. Col. Langotsky commanded for five years in Operational Intelligence and won the Israel Security Prize twice. Despite his expertise, however, his warnings about terror tunnels were apparently ignored. “For nine years I raised hell, and said [terrorists are] digging tunnels into Israeli territory, and the state security system is not organized with enough seriousness required to deal with the intensity of the threat,” he recounted. This operation, he noted, is the result. Langotsky, while happy that the tunnels are being taken care of in Gaza, noted that the IDF’s partial withdrawals indicates that the entire threat will probably not be eradicated; Israel will have to destroy terror tunnels again, he predicts – and is not aware of the danger, even now.
*****For complete information on why this is important, please see the 2nd link
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183691#.U9-s0mPfVeA
http://endtimesresearchministry.com/the-mahdi/
Headline: Rabbi attacked in Sweden, days after synagogue vandalized
A rabbi from the Swedish city of Malmo was attacked by men who hurled objects at him from a car and used anti-Semitic pejoratives. Rabbi Shneur Kesselman was assaulted on Saturday night along with a member of his congregation, the Sydsvenskan daily reported Sunday. The attack, which resulted in no physical injuries, came on the heels of vandalism against the southern city’s main synagogue on July 31, when unidentified individuals smashed three of the building’s windows by hurling objects at them.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.608813
Headline: Israeli Leaders Hung in Effigy in Hungarian Town
The mayor of a town in eastern Hungary has held an event hanging effigies of the prime minister and former president of Israel to protest the war in Gaza. Mihaly Zoltan Orosz, who has been mayor of Erpatak since 2005, told The Associated Press Monday that the “Jewish terror state” is trying to obliterate the Palestinians and said he opposed “the efforts of Freemason Jews to rule the world.” Hungary’s foreign ministry condemned the mayor’s actions, saying he was using innocent victims of the war “to spread hate-inducing propaganda.” An online video of Saturday’s event shows an executioner with a black hood over his face kicking chairs out from under the puppets of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former President Shimon Peres, each tied to a gallows.
Aug. 4, 2014
Jordan
Headline: Officer killed, MPs survive attempted attack in Maan
Police on Sunday said they were searching for unidentified assailants who reportedly shot and killed an on duty Gendarmerie officer in Maan earlier in the day. Also on Sunday, a man was arrested for attempting to attack lawmakers with a homemade bomb, which did not detonate. Second Lieutenant Nart Nafesh, 23, was part of a patrol that was guarding a post in the city of Maan, some 220km south of Amman, when a group of suspects opened fire with machine guns at 4:45am on Sunday, Gendarmerie Public Relations Department Director Lt. Col. Ahmad Abu Hammad said. A committee was formed to investigate the incident and “arrest the perpetrators”, according to an official statement issued by the press office of the Gendarmerie Forces.
Aug. 3, 2014
http://jordantimes.com/officer-killed-mps-survive-attempted-attack-in-maan
Lebanon
Headline: Syrian rebels kill 10 Lebanese troops, take others captive
Syrian rebels killed 10 Lebanese troops and likely captured over a dozen more in a raid on a Lebanese border town, the country’s military chief said, the most serious spillover of violence yet into the tiny country from its neighbor’s civil war. The capture of Lebanese soldiers and police raised fears that the country could become further entangled in the Syrian civil war and could worsen already-brewing sectarian tensions. “What happened today is more serious than what some people imagine,” Lebanon’s army chief, Gen. Jean Kahwaji, told journalists. The raid came hours after the army said troops detained Syrian Imad Ahmad Jomaa, who identified himself as a member of the Nusra Front. The state-run National News Agency said Jomaa was detained as he was being brought to a hospital in Lebanon after being wounded while fighting Syrian troops. The Nusra Front is one of the most powerful groups fighting to overthrow the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The army chief said the fighters belonged to extremist Sunni groups, but did not name them. He said the fighting had killed 10 soldiers, while 13 were missing.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.608681
*****Compare the above story to this one
Headline: The Islamic State expands into Lebanon
Arsal is in jihadi hands. In a matter of hours, radical jihadi militants were able to seize this Bekaa Valley town. Militants affiliated to the Islamic State and its “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi overran the town’s streets along with a few army barracks and an Internal Security Forces (ISF) station in the area. Then, after some hesitation, militants from al-Nusra Front joined the battle. Immediately after it apprehended the wanted fugitive Imad Jumaa, (aka Abu Ahmed Jumaa), the radical jihadi group known as the Islamic State declared war on the Lebanese army. The Islamic State “emir” in the Qalamoun region, who is known as Abu Hassan al-Filastini, ordered his men to occupy Ersal; within a few hours, dozens of militants deployed to its streets, cutting off the main road that links the town to Labweh, before attacking Lebanese army positions in Ersal.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/islamic-state-expands-lebanon
Headline: Tripoli protest against Army measures in Arsal
Headline: Hezbollah vows to support the Army against militants
Headline: Hezbollah calls North Beqaa residents to arms; vows to support army
A protest kicked off in the northern city of Tripoli Monday evening against the Army’s operation in Arsal, where the military has been battling Islamist militants for three days. The protest, led by the Committee of Muslim Scholars, began at the Harba neighborhood in the Sunni-majority neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh and was supposed to conclude at the highway connecting Tripoli to Akkar. The military deployed in the neighborhood and prevented the protesters from reaching their destination. Angered by the Army blockade, men fired shots at soldiers who responded by firing tear gas to disperse the crowd. Soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, launched raids in Tripoli in search for the gunmen and reinforced its posts in the city that have witnessed several rounds of clashes in previous years. Carrying black flags with the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria’s logo, the protesters demanded that the Army end its military operation in Arsal and open a humanitarian corridor to the northeastern town.
*****Just a reminder: ISIS is Sunni, Hezbollah Shiite
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: Saudi Arabia voices support for LAF
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Assiri expressed his support for the Lebanese Armed Forces, who are locked in fighting with Syrian Islamists in the border Beqaa town of Arsal. “I hope that the unity of the Lebanese in all their political parties would be reflected through a national unity that supports the army and the nation,” Assiri said on Monday. The Saudi envoy also voiced his hope that all Lebanese leaders be “united and make Lebanon’s safety, sovereignty, and stability their priority.”
Aug. 4, 2014
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/558736-saudi-arabia-voices-support-for-laf
Egypt
Headline: Egyptian army says 11 militants killed in Sinai
Egyptian troops have killed 11 militants in shoot-outs in the restive Sinai Peninsula where security forces have battled an insurgency since president Mohammad Mursi’s overthrow, the army said on Monday. The fighters were killed on Sunday when troops clashed with them during a raid in north Sinai, the army said, adding that three cars and eight motorbikes belonging to the “terrorist elements” were destroyed in the firefight. Since Mursi was deposed in July 2013, the army has poured arms and soldiers into the peninsula to quell the insurgents, who have also struck Cairo and other cities using car and roadside bombs.
Aug. 4, 2014
Syria
Headline: Eighteen rebel factions announce new military grouping
Eighteen rebel factions in Syria announced Sunday the formation of a new unified “Revolutionary Command Council” based inside the country, in the latest bid to address the rebels’ fragmentation. The factions include leading groups from the Free Syrian Army, namely the Hazm Movement and the Syria Rebel Front, as well as members of the Islamic Front, such as the Islam Army and Suqour al-Sham. Notably, the announcement leaves out the Islamic Front’s Ahrar al-Sham militia as well as the Nusra Front, which cooperates with Islamist militias in many parts of the country although it is not a part of the seven-member Islamic Front.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: Syria conducts airstrikes on militants along Lebanon border
Syrian regime forces on Monday afternoon conducted a series of air-strikes on militants deployed along the country’s border with Lebanon amid the fighting raging in the eastern Beqaa town of Arsal, Lebanon’s state National News Agency reported. However, the report did not elaborate further.
Aug. 4, 2014
Russia
Headline: Ukrainian Soldiers Cross Border Into Russia
Headline: Nato to strengthen military exercises after Russia ‘aggression’
A Russian border security official said Monday that more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers have crossed into Russia, although both sides gave conflicting accounts as to why they did it. The Russian official said the soldiers deserted the Kiev government and the Russian side opened a safe corridor. A Ukrainian military official, who did not give a number for the soldiers involved, were forced into Russian territory by rebel fire after running out of ammunition. Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have been battling the Kiev government since April, a conflict that has claimed at least 1,129 civilian casualties, according to a U.N. estimate. Ukraine and Western countries have accused Russia of providing the rebels with equipment and expertise, a claim that the Russian government has repeatedly denied. The West has also accused Russia of most likely providing the insurgents with surface-to-air missiles that may have been used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over rebel-held territory on July 17, killing all 298 people on board. A Dutch plane carrying victims’ remains from the disaster took off from Kharkiv on Monday. The plane was also carrying personal belongings of victims back to the Netherlands. The Interfax news agency reported Monday that Russia’s air force began military drills in central and western regions of the country, a move that could spark further fears that Moscow is ready to flex its military muscle in Ukraine. The drills will start Monday and last through Friday, air force chief Igor Klimov was reported as saying, and will involve more than 100 fighter jets and helicopters.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/interfax-russia-starts-air-force-drills-24829044
http://euobserver.com/foreign/125178
Headline: Donetsk residents told to evacuate in advance of liberation operation
As the Ukrainian military seeks to regain control over its restive eastern region, the military encouraged residents of the rebel stronghold in Donetsk on Monday to evacuate. The Ukrainian military now surrounds Donetsk, which the rebels re-named the Donetsk People’s Republic. Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko expressed concern that the rebels were mistreating the residents of Donetsk. Rebels have forced some to take up arms against the military; in other instances, they have kidnapped and killed residents, seizing control of their homes. The military has established humanitarian corridors to facilitate the evacuation of civilians out of eastern Ukraine. Lysenko added that the government would help evacuees find temporary shelter. It is unclear when the military will move in to liberate Donetsk but with Monday’s evacuation warning, the assault could be imminent.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/08/04/Donetsk-residents-told-to-evacuate-in-advance-of-liberation-operation/9771407161971/?spt=sec&or=tn
Headline: Russia tells Israel to agree to cease-fire
A Russian foreign ministry statement said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also told his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman that the foes “should reach an agreement that excludes the return to violence in which mostly innocent civilians suffer”. Israel launched an offensive against Hamas almost four weeks ago following a surge in cross-border rocket salvoes. Gaza officials say 1,797 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed, while Israel has lost 64 soldiers in combat and three civilians to Palestinian shelling. Moscow supported the Palestinian cause in the Soviet era but established warmer ties with Israel in the past two decades. But its influence in the region has dropped off substantially and Moscow no longer plays an important mediating role between the two sides.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_08_04/Russia-calls-on-Israel-to-agree-to-ceasefire-5024/
Iran
Headline: Iran Accuses Israel of ‘Genocide’ in Gaza
Headline: Iran says it gave missile technology to Hamas
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani denounced Monday the “inaction” of the UN Security Council on Gaza, describing the conflict as a “genocidal massacre” of Palestinians by Israel, according to AFP. His comments came at a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement’s (NAM) committee for Palestine, with several foreign ministers among officials from Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Sudan, Uganda and other member states. “The savage aggression by the army of this child-killer regime (Israel), continues with a deliberate policy to commit genocide and massacre civilians and destroy infrastructure, houses, hospitals, schools and mosques,” Rouhani said in Tehran. “The inaction of international bodies, in particular the Security Council, to prevent the crimes against humanity of the Zionist regime” is to be condemned, he added.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183704#.U9-rAWPfVeA
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-gave-missile-technology-hamas-172659788.html
Iraq
Headline: Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting Islamists
Headline: Kurdish troops declare ISIS counter-offensive
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country’s armed forces to help Kurdish forces battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has caused tens of thousands of people from the minority Yazidi community to flee their homes. Iraq’s military spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said Monday that al-Maliki has commanded the air force to provide aerial support to the Kurds in the first sign of cooperation between the two militaries since Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, was captured by the militants on June 10.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4554814,00.html
Headline: ISIS Kills 30 Yazidis In Sinjar
Headline: Peshmerga To Attack ISIS In Sinjar On Four Fronts
Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) Militants have captured the Yazidi-majority town of Sinjar, north of Mosul, and the extremist group starts killing Yazidis. According to a BasNews correspondent in Sinjar, ISIS Militants has so far killed 30 Yazidis for not converting to Islam and has warned others to convert or to face the same punishment. Thousands of Sinjar residents have fled to Sinjar Mountain which is under the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the residents have asked Peshmerga to attack the ISIS militants which are in complete control of the town.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/ISIS-Kills-30-Yazidis-In-Sinjar/29050
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Peshmerga-To-Attack-ISIS-In-Sinjar-On-Four-Fronts/29040
Headline: ISIS seizes largest dam in Iraq
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants claimed control of the Mosul Dam on Sunday, after a 24-hour battle with the Kurdish Peshmerga. The dam is located on the Tigris River and provides electricity to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Dam employees were still inside the facility, noted Peshmerga Lt. Col. Herash. Middle East Forum president Daniel Pipes explained the rationale behind the attack, telling CNN “If you control the Mosul Dam, you can threaten just about everybody.” With such control, ISIS would be able to orchestrate a massive flood that could have reverberations as far south as Baghdad, 280 miles away. “It’s a horrendous prospect,” Pipes observed.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: ISIS threatens Kurds after battlefield victories
The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) warned Monday it would seek to further expand into autonomous Kurdish territory after claiming key towns and areas over the past 48 hours. “ISIS brigades have now reached the border triangle between Iraq, Syria and Turkey. May God Almighty allow his mujahideen to liberate the whole region,” it said in a statement. The jihadist group listed the gains achieved over the weekend in what was its most significant territorial push since first sweeping across Iraq nearly two months ago.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: KRG: The Number of Kurdish Youths Joining ISIS has Increased
A spokesman for a Kurdish Ministry has revealed that following the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) recent attacks in Mosul, the number of Kurdish youths joining the extremist group has increased. Mariwan Naqishbandi, a spokesman for Kurdistan’s Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs told BasNews that after the Mosul attacks last June, about 200 Kurdish youths have joined ISIS Militants who are currently fighting Peshmerga forces as well as the Iraqi Army. “Before the Mosul attacks, about 200 Kurdish youths were members of ISIS, but now the number has risen to about 400; since the Mosul attacks, the number of Kurdish youths fighting with ISIS has doubled,” said Naqishbandi.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/KRG–The-Number-of-Kurdish-Youths-Joining-ISIS-has-Increased/29010
Headline: Tunneling through triangle of death, Islamic State aims at Baghdad from south
Using secret tunnels built by Saddam Hussein and rough terrain to outfox Iraqi troops, Islamic State insurgents are getting dangerously close to Baghdad with the support of heavily-armed Sunni tribesmen, Iraqi security and intelligence officials said. The al Qaeda offshoot, which poses the biggest security threat to Iraq since the fall of Saddam in 2003, has made new bold advances in the north, reaching a major dam and seizing a fifth oilfield and three more towns after routing security forces from the Kurdish autonomous region. But some Iraqi intelligence and security officials are far more alarmed by the Islamic State’s less heralded campaign in rural areas just south of the capital, rugged Euphrates valley terrain once known to U.S. forces as the “triangle of death”. While the Islamic State’s march on Baghdad from the north has been halted near the town of Samarra 100 km (60 miles) from the city limits, the fighters have more quietly building up their forces on the capital’s southern outskirts.
Aug. 4, 2014
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Monday, August 4th, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: A bomb killed a Pakistani religious leader and two of his guards during a celebration at a northwestern shrine on Monday, police said, as officers prepared for a militant backlash over a continuing military operation. Monday’s bomb attack took place as a crowd of thousands gathered at a Sufi shrine near the city of Dera Ismail Khan where the religious leader, Faqir Jamshed, was presiding at a function.
#2: Four Afghan army soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a bomb attack in the outskirts of the national capital of Kabul on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry confirmed. “Four Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel were martyred and four wounded following a roadside bombing in southern outskirts of Kabul. The army personnel were on their routine patrol in an army armored vehicle when the incident took place at around 7:45 a.m. local time,” the ministry said in a statement.
#3: Seven Uzbek terrorists and two army soldiers were killed during the clearance of the Miramshah to Datta Khel road, a military spokesperson said on Monday.
#4: Units of police in coordination with the army personnel have killed 86 Taliban militants during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Monday.
#5: Nine armed Taliban were killed and another wounded in Kunar province last night. According to police chief of Kunar province to BNA, nine armed insurgents were killed in drone attack of foreign forces and another wounded.
#5: Two consecutive explosions inflected financial damages in Nangarhar provinces last night.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: South Sudan peace talks resume in Addis Ababa
Headline: 114 South Sudanese soldiers seek refuge in Sudan: report
Peace talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels have resumed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The regional bloc overseeing the talks, Igad, has set a 10 August deadline to agree on a transitional government and implement a ceasefire. The last round of talks between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar stalled in June. Conflict erupted in December after Mr Kiir accused Mr Machar – his sacked deputy – of plotting a coup. Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then marshalled a rebel army to fight the government. More than 1.5 million people have since been displaced and the UN has warned that the country is on the verge of famine. “This session of negotiations must make progress, we must end the war,” said chief mediator Seyoum Mesfin at the resumption of talks in Addis Ababa. He said that if war continues “it will have serious consequences” and added: “Those that insist on continued fighting must be held accountable.”
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28644316
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article51905
Libya
Headline: 22 killed in day of clashes over Libyan airport
A day of militia fighting over control of the international airport in Libya’s capital killed 22 people, the country’s interim government said Sunday, part of the worsening chaos gripping the country. Libya is seeing its worst violence since the 2011 civil war that toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi, as militias made up of the rebels who overthrew him largely run wild in the country, armed with heavy weaponry that outguns its poorly organized security forces. Saturday’s deaths bring the death toll after weeks of fighting for control of Tripoli’s international airport, as well as Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi, to 236 people. Islamist militias from the coastal city of Misrata have led the assault on the airport, seeking to seize it from militiamen from the mountain town of Zintan. Militia shelling has set fire to at least eight huge oil depots, sending plumes of black smoke over Tripoli, Libya’s state-run news agency reported Sunday.
Aug. 3, 2014
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20140803/ml–libya-57190f684c.html
Headline: Algeria, Egypt may lead military force in Libya
Arab League preparing force of Arab nations to help resture order to Libya. News sources have reported that the president of the Justice and Equality movement in Egypt, Ziad al-Qanai, has discovered secret communications circulated in the Arab League concerning the formation of a shared Arab military force including Egypt and Algeria to be deployed in Libya to fight extremist factions there. Amr Moussa, the previous secretary general of the Arab League, also reported that Egypt was planning on sending military forces into Libya due to repeated attacks on Egyptian nationals. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has recently spoken of the threat posed by extremist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Islamic State, and other Islamist groups possibly active in Libya. He added that Egypt would not sit with its hands tied with the threat of such groups at its doorstep. Egyptian news sources said that a number of generals from the Algerian intelligence forces arrived in Cairo on the personal request of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika due to the cooperation between the two countries on the Libyan question.
Aug. 4, 2014
Algeria
Headline: Saharawi Ambassador in Algeria Condemns Moroccan Arbitrary Policy Against Innocent Saharawis
The Sahrawi Ambassador in Algeria Mr. Brahim Ghali condemned Sunday the arbitrary policy practiced by Moroccan occupying forces against the innocent Saharawis in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a speech during the opening of the 5th edition of Gdeim Izik Summer University in the Algerian province of Boumerdes. The Saharawi diplomat praised the ongoing struggle and resistance of the Saharawi people in the occupied territories, calling for the release of all Saharawi political prisoners languishing in Moroccan jails. He also appreciated the recent position taken by the African Union during the 23 AU summit, held in Equatorial Guinea, which is the appointment of Mr. Joaquin Chissano as a special envoy for Western Sahara. Mr. Brahim Ghali praised the Algerian constant support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination through a just and a free referendum, appreciating the full support of the Algerian committee of solidarity with the Saharawi people. He also confirmed the willingness of the Saharawi people to continue their peaceful struggle until the realization of their right to freedom and independence.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://allafrica.com/stories/201408041778.html
Morocco
Headline: Moroccan FM calls on Algeria to fully shoulder its responsibilities
Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Salaheddine Mezouar, called on Algeria to fully shoulder its responsibilities in searching for a solution to the Western Sahara issue, similarly to Algiers’ involvement in this regional dispute. “Algeria should fully shoulder its responsibilities in searching for a solution similarly to its military, political and diplomatic involvement in the outbreak and persistence of the regional dispute over the Sahara,” Mezouar told Moroccan newspaper Aujourd’hui le Maroc. He also stressed the need for Algeria to “understand that the exercise by the Kingdom of its sovereignty in the Moroccan Sahara is irreversible.” Underlining the direct involvement of Algeria in this dispute notably through “generous and sustained financial, military and logistical support to the Polisario, Mezouar said Algeria’s positions and behavior since the outbreak of the Moroccan Sahara issue, “have made it, indeed, the main party in this regional dispute.” Responding to recent press statements of Algeria’s Foreign Minister, in which the Algerian diplomat reportedly said “normalization of Moroccan-Algerian relations depend on the respect of Algeria’s position over the Moroccan Sahara,” Mezouar said he was “disappointed but not surprised.” He added that Algeria places “its opposition to the Kingdom’s territorial integrity over all other considerations.”
Aug. 4, 2014
Turkey
Headline: NATO reassures Turkey: U.S. radar won’t be used to help Israel
NATO has confirmed to Turkey that a ballistic missile defense radar won’t be used to protect Israel. NATO’s supreme commander Gen. Philip Breedlove said the Western alliance’s facility near the Turkish town of Kurecik would be reserved for European security. Breedlove dismissed assertions by the Turkish opposition that the U.S.-origin radar would relay BMD data on Iran to the Jewish state. “It is an American-supplied radar that is offered to NATO to be a part of the European phase-adaptive approach missile defense of Europe,” Breedlove said. “That is what it is there for.” In July, the opposition asserted that the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan quietly tolerated the NATO radar and its U.S. operation. The opposition said the U.S. military maintained full control over the long-range X-band radar and would work with Israel. “The fact that there has not been a single missile fired on Turkish soil makes this mission a complete success,” Breedlove told CNN Turk. Turkey has opposed Israel’s participation in NATO exercises. Officials said Ankara was abandoning plans to improve relations with Israel.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/08/04/nato-commander-u-s-radar-turkey-wont-used-help-israel/
Armenia
Headline: Death Toll Rises in Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict
Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday both reported more losses in a sharp escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh, with 18 soldiers now confirmed dead. The Azerbaijani region and some adjacent territory have been under the control of Armenian soldiers and ethnic Armenian local troops since the end in 1994 of a six-year separatist war. Both sides report frequent shootings and attempted incursions along the cease-fire line, but the latest outbreak of fighting has been the worst in many years. Russia, the United States and the European Union have all expressed concern and urged both sides to respect the cease-fire. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Monday that 13 soldiers were killed in the fighting that spiked over the weekend, while Nagorno-Karabakh’s armed forces said five of its soldiers were killed. It was not immediately clear what set off the latest violence between the former Soviet republics, with each side accusing the other of being the aggressor. Armenia’s prime minister said the presidents of the two countries were expected to meet at the end of the week in Sochi, Russia, although this has not been confirmed by Azerbaijan. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan would have separate meetings in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-rises-azerbaijan-armenia-conflict-24832635
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Leaked CBP Report Shows Entire World Exploiting Open US Border
A leaked intelligence analysis from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reveals the exact numbers of illegal immigrants entering and attempting to enter the U.S. from more than 75 different countries. The report was obtained by a trusted source within the CBP agency who leaked the document and spoke with Breitbart Texas on the condition of anonymity. The report is labeled as “Unclassified//For Official Use Only” and indicates that the data should be handled as “Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU).” Among the significant revelations are that individuals from nations currently suffering from the world’s largest Ebola outbreak have been caught attempting to sneak across the porous U.S. border into the interior of the United States. At least 71 individuals from the three nations affected by the current Ebola outbreak have either turned themselves in or been caught attempting to illegally enter the U.S. by U.S. authorities between January 2014 and July 2014. As of July 20, 2014, 1,443 individuals from China were caught sneaking across the porous U.S. border this year alone, with another 1,803 individuals either turning themselves in to U.S. authorities at official ports of entry, or being caught attempting to illegally enter at the ports of entry. This comes amid a massive crackdown by Chinese authorities of Islamic terrorists in the Communist nation. Twenty-eight individuals from Pakistan were caught attempting to sneak into the U.S. this year alone, with another 211 individuals either turning themselves in or being caught at official ports of entry. Thirteen Egyptians were caught trying to sneak into the U.S. this year alone, with another 168 either turning themselves in or being caught at official ports of entry.
Aug. 4, 2014
Headline: FBI to hire firm to rate ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ stories about the agency
The FBI is hiring a contractor to grade news stories about the agency as “positive” “neutral” or “negative,” but the agency won’t say why officials need the information or what they plan to do with it. FBI officials wouldn’t even reveal how they will go about assigning the grades, which were laid out in a recent contract solicitation. The contract tells potential bidders to “use their judgment” in scoring news coverage as part of a new “daily news briefing” service the agency is seeking as part of a contract that could last up to five years.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/3/fbi-hires-firm-to-rate-news-stories-about-the-agen/#ixzz39S2AxGAq
Headline:Suspected al Qaeda militants kill nine Yemeni soldiers: local officials
Militants have killed at least nine soldiers in attacks in south and eastern Yemen over the past three days, local officials said on Monday, just as the government sent more troops to the east to confront a growing al Qaeda threat. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), exploiting political turmoil during a 2011 uprising that forced President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, has repeatedly attacked state institutions, including army camps and government buildings across the U.S.-allied country, killing hundreds of people. The stability of Yemen, which shares a long, porous border with the world’s top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, and whose coast gives onto major shipping lanes, is an international concern. A local official told Reuters that a group of militants attacked a security checkpoint on a main road in Hadramout province in eastern Yemen early on Monday, killing six soldiers. “The militants are believed to be from al Qaeda and they used machineguns to shoot the six soldiers,” the official said. On Saturday, three soldiers were killed in a similar attack in the southern Shabwa province, local officials told Reuters. Al Qaeda militants are trying to impose their version of Islamic law on parts of Hadramout, where government control is perceived to be weakest. Residents said last month that leaflets have been distributed in the eastern city of Seiyoun warning women not to go out without being accompanied by a man.
Aug. 4, 2014
Wars & Rumors of WarsMatthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Weapons of Mass DestructionZechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: US looks to calm South China Sea tensions
he United States will be looking to calm tensions stoked by recent Chinese oil drilling in disputed waters of the South China Sea at an upcoming meeting of the region’s foreign ministers. Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip in Myanmar, starting Saturday, comes after China angered Vietnam by deploying a deep-sea oil rig near islands claimed by both nations. The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Russel, says China’s withdrawal of the rig in mid-July had removed an irritant but left behind anger in Vietnam and serious questions among other countries about Beijing’s long-term strategy. Russel says the U.S. will be encouraging the half-dozen claimants in South China Sea to take voluntary steps to reduce tensions. Although the U.S. claims neutrality, China is unlikely to respond favorably.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.kfoxtv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/39f993c5-www.kfoxtv.com.shtml#.U9_XwmPfVeA
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Ebola death toll rises to 887, Nigeria cases increase
The death toll from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak had risen to 887 by Aug. 1, while the total number of cases in the four West African countries affected stood at 1,603 on the same date, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Nigeria, the latest country to import the disease, has had up to four cases, of which three are classed as ‘probable’ Ebola and one as ‘suspected’, the Geneva-based agency said in a statement.
Aug. 4, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Ebola-death-toll-rises-to-887-Nigeria-cases-increase-370040
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August 1, 2014 – Hundreds of Thousands of dead fish wash up in Santa Cruz harbor, California, America
http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_26257880/fish-meet-grisly-end-at-santa-cruz-harbor
August 1, 2014 -Hundreds of dead birds found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, America
http://www.wgal.com/news/hundreds-of-birds-found-dead-in-lancaster-county/27264626#!bvxz5o
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Thousands stranded, at least 1 killed by Southern California mudslides
About 2,500 people were stranded early Monday after thunderstorms caused mountain mudslides in Southern California, while one person was found dead in a flooded creek, authorities said. Mud, rocks and debris several feet deep blocked roads in the communities of Oak Glen and Forest Falls, and it could be several hours before crews cleared the way through, San Bernardino County Fire spokesman Ryan Beckers said. All residents in the two towns were accounted for and no injuries were reported, he said. To the west, a body was found Sunday in a car that was swept into the rain-swollen water course in Mount Baldy and overturned, fire spokesman Chris Prater said. Coroner’s officials identified the victim on Monday as Joo Hwan Lee, 48, of El Segundo. About 1,500 residents of Oak Glen, and another 1,000 residents of Forest Falls were unable to get out because of thick debris flows caused by flash floods. The stranded include 500 children and adults who had arrived at a Forest Falls campground Sunday morning.
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I must also caution you: there are links used to report events below that you should use extreme caution in viewing- they are anti-Israel sites and Arabic media sites.
Anti Semitic Gaza Rally in Ceuta, Spain July 25, 2014
Clashes erupt during West Bank Day of Anger- euronews
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 25th day on Friday
Headline: Abbas Praises Algeria’s $25 Aid Funding to Gaza (Algeria is PUT in the Ezekiel War)
President Mahmoud Abbas expressed Thursday his appreciation for the Algerian support of affected Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the latest of which was a grant of US$25 by Algeria to help overcome the humanitarian disaster caused by the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza. Abbas expressed thanks for his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika for providing this urgent support, signifying Bouteflika’s constant stance in supporting the Palestinian rights of freedom and independence. “We recall [the role of] Algeria in supporting and embracing our Palestinian revolt, as well as standing in support of the Palestinian stance at all international and regional forums and its ongoing financial assistance to Palestine,” said Abbas.
***I believe they mean $25 MILLION although that is up for debate since we can’t independently confirm the amount; Algeria sent $100,000.00 on July 20th.
8-1-14: Update: I was correct that it was $25 MILLION, this was confirmed correctly in Wafa Twitter (2nd link)
July 31, 2014
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26074
Headline: 6 Dead Following Earthquake in Algeria
Algerian officials say six people are dead and 420 injured following an earthquake that shook Algiers Friday morning. Algeria’s health ministry says four of the victims died after jumping from windows in panic. Authorities say two more people died of heart attacks during the quake, which measured 5.6 on the Richter scale. Most of the injured were treated and released, but 21 remained hospitalized. The earthquake happened at 0411 GMT and its epicenter was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Bologhine, a town north of the capital.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dead-earthquake-algeria-24804481
Headline: Netanyahu: Hamas Will ‘Bear the Consequences’ for Abduction
Headline: MKs Urge Netanyahu to Stop Cease-Fire Agreements
Headline: MK Danon to Ynet: If the soldier isn’t returned, ‘we should start leveling Gaza’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with US Secretary of State John Kerry following Friday, after Hamas terrorists breached a 72-hour ceasefire to attack an IDF force in Gaza, killing two soldiers and taking another hostage. A statement from the prime minister’s office said that Netanyahu confirmed to Kerry “that despite his joint statement with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, according to which assurances had been received from Hamas and the other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip regarding a ceasefire from 08:00 this morning, the Palestinians had unilaterally and grossly violated the humanitarian ceasefire and attacked our soldiers after 09:00. “Prime Minister Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Kerry that Hamas and the other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip will bear the consequences of their actions and that Israel would take all necessary steps against those who call for our destruction and perpetrate terrorism against our citizens.” The abducted soldier is Lieutenant (Platoon Leader) Hadar Goldin, 23, from Kfar Saba. Goldin serves in the
Givati Brigade. (2nd link)
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183611#.U9vcNmPN5Jk
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183606#.U9vc2GPN5Jk
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183607#.U9vdx2PN5Jk
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553387,00.html
Headline: Report: Hamas claims responsibility for kidnapping
Headline: Hamas claims capture of IDF soldier
Contrary to their early morning media blitz denying responsible for kidnapping, Hamas has now confirmed that their forces captured the IDF soldier feared kidnapped Friday, but strongly contested the version of events put forward by Israel, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported. Hamas’s Moussa Abu Marzouk says Hamas captured an Israeli soldier. He tells the Turkish Anadolu news agency that the kidnapping took place shortly before the since-collapsed truce went into effect. Israel says the incident in which the soldier was kidnapped occurred at about 9.30, more than an hour into the supposed truce.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553400,00.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-25-us-slams-indefensible-israeli-strike-pa-could-press-war-crimes-charges/
Headline: Israeli Analyst: Hamas Has 3,000 Elite Soldiers Ready to Die in Suicide Attacks on Israel
An Israeli analyst told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday morning that he received information from reliable sources that 3,000 Hamas elite soldiers told their families goodbye and appear ready to carry out suicide attacks on Israel. Middle East analyst Gershon Baskin said that all the fighters were equipped with suicide vests and that they had expected to die in terrorist attacks. Baskin spoke just hours after a Hamas suicide attack, believed to have been conducted by the group’s militant wing Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, killed two Israeli soldiers. During the surprise Hamas attack, which happened two hours into the 72-hour agreement for a cease fire, the militants captured an Israeli officer. “You say these elite fighting forces they’re all prepared– they all go in with suicided vests ready to kill themselves in order to kill Israelis?” Blitzer asked as Baskin nodded. “I was told by someone who had spoke to al-Qassam, the military wing of officer who said that before the ground operation began they were all instructed to go to their families and say goodbye to their families with the intent that they would not be returning alive from this battle,” Baskin told Blitzer in an news report airing live from Israel. “This is one of the very difficult things about fighting with an organization like Hamas, particularly these very dedicated soldiers, combatants who are not afraid to die.”
Aug. 1, 2014
Headline: Kerry says Hamas violated ceasefire with attack on Israeli soldiers
The United States on Friday strongly condemned the killing of two Israeli soldiers and kidnapping of another by Palestinian militants and blamed Hamas for violating a 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Hamas to immediately and unconditionally release the missing Israeli soldier. He urged the international community to step up efforts to end the attacks against Israel. “I have been in close touch with Prime Minister Netanyahu, with U.N. Special Coordinator Robert Serry and with other regional partners,” Kerry said in a statement. “The international community must now redouble its efforts to end the tunnel and rocket attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israel and the suffering and loss of civilian life.”
Aug. 1, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-says-hamas-violated-ceasefire-attack-israeli-soldiers-154605777.html
Headline: Kerry seeks Qatari, Turkish help to find Israeli soldier
Headline: Turkey: Ready to assist US with abducted soldier
Headline: UN chief demands immediate release of captured soldier
Kerry called Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu soon after being told of the abduction and the killings of two Israeli soldiers by an aide while flying back from a visit to India. The incidents led to the quick breakdown of a ceasefire Kerry had worked hard to broker. “We have urged them, implored them to use their influence to try to get the release of that soldier,” a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Kerry. “Absent that, the risk of this continuing to escalate, leading to further loss of life, is high.” The official said he understood the ceasefire broke down about an hour after it began. Kerry also talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was to speak to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Another senior US official said the United States was still working with Egypt, which was to be a venue for talks between the parties during the ceasefire, as to what the next step would be.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553479,00.html
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553504,00.html
Headline: Mortar hits Golan Heights; most likely misfire from fightng in Syria
A mortar shell fell in the area of Tel Fares in the Golan Heights. No one was injured and no damage was caused in the attack. The incident was seemingly the result of misfire in the course of fighting in Syria’s civil war.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553289,00.html
Headline: Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank clashes
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes in West Bank on Friday, Palestinian medical officials said. The violence erupted when a few thousand Palestinians took to the street to protest at Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip. Both men were killed by live fire in two separate incidents, Palestinian medical officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops shot one man in the city of Tulkarm after violence got out of control, with protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs at soldiers. The spokeswoman said she was looking into the second incident. Fatah claims: The high number of people injured in Hebron to 120 of them 7 injured critically
*****See video above
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553487,00.html
Headline: Casualties
121 Palestinians have been killed Friday, according to Palestinian media reports. 54 of the fatalities are from Rafah, 25 from Shujaiyeh, 16 from Khan Younis and the rest throughout Gaza. The number of casualties in Rafah rose to 62 today, eight of them children and babies, elderly persons, and three medics. The number of people injured rose to 350.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608331
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608331
Headline: As if 8:51 pm Israel time Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired 61 rockets at Israel.
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/07/18/live-updates-ground-operation-gaza/
Headline: Fatah claims: brigades of the martyr Abdel Kader Husseini, announces engagement directly with an Israeli special force in the area of the buzz with Khan Yunus, stressing that her resisting withdrew safely after causing casualties among Israeli troops (1:13 PST)
Al Quds Brigades claim: Al-Quds Brigades bombed Ashdod Besaruchi Grad (12:22pm PST)
Al Quds Brigades claim: Al-Quds Brigades bombed Ashdod Besaruchi Grad (10:30am PST)
Al Quds Brigades claim: Al-Quds Brigades bombed Kibbutz Beeri b 4 107 missiles (8:30am PST)
****I could go on all day, but you get the idea
Headline: Hamas’s return to the resistance axis
In analyzing the conflict in Gaza, many observers have focused on the role of Hamas’s backers, Qatar and Turkey. But this analysis misses a key player. To understand Hamas’ strategy, the place to look is Iran. After the war broke out, senior Iranian officials, including Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, expressed strong support for the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah also phoned the head of Hamas’s politburo, Khaled Mashaal, and Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan Shallah. Iran’s relationship with Hamas has been strained for the past couple of years, so these statements mark a reinvigoration of the “Resistance Alliance.” The rebirth of the Iranian-led axis provides the essential ingredient for a new explanation of Hamas’s decision to go to war with Israel. Recent commentary, however, has placed Hamas’s decision in the context of the regional rivalry between the camp of states that back the Muslim Brotherhood, on the one hand, and Egypt, backed by the camp of anti-Muslim Brotherhood states, on the other. Hamas’s primary objective, according to this line of analysis, is to force a change in Egypt’s policy toward Gaza. In addition, Hamas is said to have sought to dilute Egypt’s role by leveraging Turkish and Qatari support, thereby revitalizing the status of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood camp. While there’s no denying the rivalry between Doha and Cairo, which is supported by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, this dynamic was not the principal driver behind Hamas’s decision.
Aug. 1, 2014
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/558264-hamass-return-to-the-resistance-axis
Headline: Egypt said to revoke Palestinians’ invite to ceasefire talks
Headline: PA: Visit to Cairo postponed until Saturday due to ‘escalation from the Israelis’
According to the Lebanese Al Mayadeen news station, Egypt has withdrawn its invitation to Palestinian factions to participate in ceasefire negotiations in Cairo. However, a member of the Palestinian Authority Executive Committee, Bassam AL-Salahi, who is supposed to take part in ceasefire talks in Cairo, said Friday that the visit of the Palestinian envoy has been postponed, “Due to the escalation from the Israelis.” In a conversation with Turkish media, he asserted that the visit would take place Saturday. This information comes after Egypt reportedly refused to receive the Israeli and Palestinian envoys on Friday due to renewed fighting.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553275,00.html
Headline: UN Blasts Israel for Not Sharing Iron Dome with Hamas
Headline: UN Security Council: ‘It Was Past Time for an Immediate and Unconditional Ceasefire’ in Gaza, United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency Chief Tells Security Council
In what may be one of the most ridiculous accusations yet against Israel, the UN’s top human rights official condemned Israel on Thursday for failing to share the Iron Dome anti-missile system with Hamas, Breitbart reports. According to the report, human rights commissioner Navi Pillay condemned Israel’s military actions to stop Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, telling reporters that Israel was “deliberately defying International Law… in a way that may constitute war crimes.” “There is a strong possibility that international law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes,” Breitbart quoted Pillay as saying following a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Gaza. She backed this statement by citing Israel’s refusal to share its Iron Dome ballistic missile defense shield with the “governing authority” of Gaza. Pillay criticized the U.S. for helping Iron Dome, adding, “No such protection has been provided to Gazans against the shelling.” Just because Hamas fires rockets indiscriminately aimed at Israeli civilian population centers without provocation and fires them from within its own population centers does not “absolve” Israel from its own legal violations, Pillay told reporters, according to Breitbart.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183616#.U9vboWPN5Jk
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sc11504.doc.htm
Headline: US Senate blocks Iron Dome funding to Israel
Headline: Senate approves funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system
The Senate on Friday rushed through a $225 million bill to replenish Israel’s missile defense system, and House approval was expected in the final hours before lawmakers began a summer break. The money will go to restocking Israel’s Iron Dome, which has been credited with shooting down dozens of incoming rockets fired by Palestinian militants over three and a half weeks of war. The vote came two days after the Pentagon announced ammunition deliveries to the Jewish state and as a planned 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas unraveled almost as quickly as it began. Efforts in the Senate to approve the money stalled Thursday night after Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma sought cuts elsewhere in the budget to pay for the aid. Earlier, senators attempted to lump the Israel money into a broader spending bill that included border security and wildfire assistance money. That bill failed to get the necessary 60 votes on Thursday, and the House had little interest in it, anyway. Friday’s separate Israel bill passed by voice vote.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/US-Senate-blocks-Iron-Dome-funding-to-Israel-369699
Headline: Arab Rioter Killed in Samaria as Hamas Calls for ‘Intifada’
Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian rioter during clashes in Samaria on Friday, security sources told AF, as Hamas urged Arabs in Judea and Samaria to begin a new “intifada”. They said Tamer Smour, 22, was hit by a live bullet in the chest in the city of Tulkarem. A spokesman for the Red Crescent told AFP that 39 Palestinians were wounded by live ammunition and rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces during clashes throughout Judea and Samaria. In Jerusalem, Israeli police arrested two Muslim extremists during a clash that took place outside the Old City after Friday prayers. The clashes came as violence in Gaza escalated after a short-lived humanitarian truce collapsed after just a few hours, when Hamas terrorists launched an attack on IDF soldiers, killing two and apparently taking another hostage. The violence in Judea and Samaria appeared to be a response to calls earlier by Hamas for Arabs in Judea and Samaria to launch a new “intifada” or violent uprising against Israel, and reiterated calls to terrorist groups in Lebanon to attack Israel’s northern borders. Hamas officials released a statement calling on Palestinians to attack Israeli security forces after Friday prayers.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183614#.U9vcdmPN5Jk
Headline: Jerusalem: Arabs Attack Woman for Attempting to Remove PLO Flag
Headline: Four cars with Israeli flags set on fire in Jerusalem
Headline: In several points in East Jerusalem Arab residents threw stones at police officers.The police responded with Non-lethal weapons and had the crowds disperse. No damage or casualties were reported. One protester was arrested.
A Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO – the terror group behind the Palestinian Authority) flag was spotted hanging from a utility pole near the Lion’s Gate last week, a Jerusalem resident reports – and the municipality refused to take it down until it caused someone to get hurt. “I called the police and the dispatcher told me it was illegal,” a woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Arutz Sheva Friday. “I turned to the municipality where I was told they are afraid of a ‘pogrom.'” “When I returned at eleven at night and saw that the flag was still there, I decided to do something,” she continued. “It’s just shameful that this flag hangs five minutes from the Kotel [Western Wall].” She and a neighbor went to go take the flag down the next day, but were attacked by Arab teenagers guarding the flag. “Two Arab youths guarded it,” she said. She had come with a four meter-long stick and tools to cut the flag down. “As soon as I started cutting it, a whistle sounded, and thirty Arab youths surrounded me and began throwing rocks at me.” “I was injured, but not seriously – but we left anyway,” she said. Later that day, the police forces came to finally remove the flag; it was later brought to the victim of the attack. “They brought it to us and we burned it,” she said. “I expect all members of our community to rally to enact a law against hanging PLO flags in Jerusalem.” Meanwhile, Four cars with Israeli flags were set on fire Friday in the German Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem. A fire bomb was thrown at the fourth car. Firefighters managed to control the fire and prevented it from spreading to nearby vehicles.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183604#.U9vd7GPN5Jk
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553524,00.html
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608331
Headline: Spain: 100s at Anti-Semitic Rally Call to ‘Put Fear into Jews’
More disturbing footage has emerged illustrating the recent surge in anti-Semitism in Europe, as Islamists and extremists from both the hard-left and -right of the political spectrum have used the pretext of Israel’s military operation in Gaza to engage in violent attacks and incitement against Jews. The latest video is from an Islamist rally in the Spanish city of Cueta, and shows what looks to be hundreds of Muslims cheering and chanting during an anti-Semitic diatribe by one of the rally’s leaders. Branding Israel “the arm of the United States”, the speaker continues: “The Jews, for decades, for thousands of years, have wanted to exterminate the prophets and everyone on the face of the Earth who is not a Hebrew. “In the Torah of the Jews it says that they are the chosen people… I swear to God that we will put fear into you until judgement day!”
*****See video above
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183612#.U9vdJmPN5Jk
Headline: Protestors in Portugal’s capital head to Israeli embassy
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Lisbon, Portugal, shouted slogans and waved flags and banners during a demonstration against Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip
‘Stop Killing, Stop Bombing,’ read one sign. ‘End Occupation,’ said another. Protestors were headed to the Israeli embassy.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Protestors-in-Portugals-capital-head-to-Israeli-embassy-369767
Headline: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
All out for Palestine! Ongoing actions for Gaza around Ireland. Today: [Belfast] Die-in for Gaza at the BBC
http://www.ipsc.ie/event/belfast-die-for-gaza-at-the-bbc
Listed activities from today August 1, 2014 to August 14, 2014
Jordan
Headline: Jordan: Thousands protest in support of Hamas
Thousands protested across Jordan on Friday in support of Gaza as crowds called on government to end diplomatic ties with Israel. The largest manifestation took place in downtown Amman, with tens of thousands flocking to downtown, chanting slogans in support of Hamas and residents of Gaza. Protesters called on king Abdullah to “open the borders to allow military support to Gaza” and end diplomatic ties with Israel as they burnt the Israeli flag and chanted anti-American slogans. Police were present in hundreds in Amman but the protests ended peacefully with no confrontations or arrests. Demonstrations also took place in many cities across the kingdom including Irbid, Zarqa, Ajloun, Maan and Karak as well as small towns and villages.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553412,00.html
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=26200#.U9vwsmPN5Jk
Headline: Relations with Maliki on edge as Jordan courts Iraq’s Sunnis
Relations between Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Jordan have hit rock bottom following the convening of a conference in Amman on July 15 by Iraqi Sunni representatives and other opposition groups. Baghdad recalled its ambassador in Amman “for consultations” two days later and Maliki criticized Jordan for sponsoring a meeting for “those who support sectarianism and terrorism” and called on the kingdom to “clarify its position on terrorism.” While Maliki insisted that he was looking to strengthen economic, political and security relations with the kingdom, Iraqi deputies belonging to Maliki’s coalition called on him to impose sanctions in retaliation for what they saw as a “hostile act” by an “ungrateful Jordan” against Iraq.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=26195#.U9vxgGPN5Jk
Lebanon
Headline: Syrians injured in fighting outside Arsal
Twenty injured Syrians injured in the fighting outside Arsal arrived to field hospitals in the eastern Beqaa town on Friday, Lebanese broadcaster LBC reported on Friday. According to LBC the Syrians were injured in clashes and airstrikes by the Syrian airforces. The outskirts of Arsal have been repeatedly hit by Syrian missiles allegedly targeting rebels infiltrating the border. The Anti-Lebanon mountain range has also been the scene of ongoing fighting between Syrian regime forces, supported by Hezbollah fighters, and opposition rebels, which recently led to the injury of a young man from Arsal on Sunday.
Aug. 1, 2014
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/Newest-Developments/558303-syrians-injured-in-fighting-outside-arsal
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi King Abdullah criticizes lack of internation action against Israeli ‘war crimes’ in Gaza
Saudi King Abdullah on Friday criticized international inaction regarding the situation in Gaza, labeling Israeli’s military offensive a “war crime against humanity.” A statement read out on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on Saudi state television on Friday, said that: “This (international) community which has observed silently what is happening in the whole region, was indifferent to what is happening, as if what is happening is not its concern. Silence [such as this] has no justification.” “We see the blood of our brothers in Palestine being shed in collective massacre, that have spared nobody, and in war crimes against humanity . . . all taking place before the eyes and ears of the international community,” the King’s statement said. King Abdullah affirmed that the Muslim world is going through a “historic and vulnerable phase,” adding that “the terrorists think that their . . .backbones have been strengthened but they are delusional.” “What these terrorists are doing in the name of religion is shameful and disgraceful,” the statement added, citing “the killing of people whose killing God has forbidden, and mutilating their bodies and feeling proud in promoting this,” the King’s statement added according to the state-owned Saudi Press Agency.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553357,00.html
http://www.aawsat.net/2014/08/article55334964
Egypt
Headline: Egyptian pro-Morsi group calls for protests in solidarity with Palestine
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, a pro-Muslim Brotherhood grouping, has called on its supporters to protest on what it called “the Friday of Resistance” in support of the Palestinian resistance a statement. The statement highlighted that the beginning of this week will mark a new “revolutionary week” in solidarity with Palestine. The Muslim Brotherhood has links with Hamas, the leading Palestinian resistance group. Egypt’s post-Morsi authorities have accused the Brotherhood of conspiring with Hamas to undermine Egypt’s national security.
Aug. 1, 2014
Syria
Headline: ISIS imposes media controls in Syrian province
Islamic State, the al Qaeda splinter group which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq, has told activists in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province they must swear allegiance to it and submit to censorship, a monitoring group said on Friday. The militant group imposed the rules after a meeting on Tuesday with activists involved in media work, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. International media organizations have little presence in Syria and rely on activists and other sources to provide information on what is happening in the country. Islamic State also told the activists they must recognize the caliphate, based on their strict interpretation of Islam, that it has declared in the parts of Iraq and Syria it controls. It also said they must stop using the term “Daash” to describe the group. “Daash” is the Arabic acronym for the group’s previous name, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and is mainly used by people who oppose it.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/01/islamic-state-imposes-media-controls-in-syrian-province/
Headline: Islamic State continues offensive against Hasakah
Militants of the Islamic State (IS) fired on Thursday mortar shells targeting Nashwa district in western Hasakah (172 miles NW of Mosul) , northeast of Syria. At least four civilians were killed and several others injured. The mortars were reportedly launched from villages near Abdulaziz Mount west of Hasakah, which falls under the control of al-Qaeda offshoot group of the Islamic State (IS). Nashwa district, on the other hand, contains a number of regime-held security headquarters. Nashwa’s attack led to the death of two women and two children, in addition to the injury of about a dozen, most of them children who were transferred to al-Hikma private hospital in central Hasakah and the National Hospital in al-Aziziya district.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/08/islamic-state-continues-offensive-hasakah/
Russia
Headline: U.S. to give Ukraine $8 million aid for border guard: White House
The United States on Friday pledged about $8 million in new aid to bolster Ukraine’s border guard service as the country struggles to counter pro-Russian separatist groups. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden promised the assistance in a phone call with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, the White House said in a statement. The aid includes engineering and surveillance equipment, transport and patrol vehicles, and small boats.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/u-ukraine-8-million-aid-border-guard-white-172639733.html
Headline: Obama, Putin discuss Ukraine, missile treaty
President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday that the United States is still deeply concerned that Russia is ramping up support for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. It was the first conversation between the leaders since the U.S. and Europe slapped a new round of economic sanctions on Moscow. In a phone call, Obama also raised concerns that Russia violated a key Cold War era nuclear weapons treaty, the White House said. The Obama administration has said Russia violated a 1987 treaty that bars the possession, production or testing of certain intermediate-range cruise missiles. In Moscow, the Kremlin said Putin had characterized the sanctions during the phone call as counterproductive, adding that they seriously damage bilateral cooperation and general global stability. The Kremlin said both Obama and Putin underscored the urgency for bringing an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine and spoke positively about a meeting that took place the day before in Minsk, Belarus, among members of a diplomatic “contact group” pursuing an end to hostilities. That group includes representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11470908
Headline: Pro-Russian rebels kill 10 Ukrainian soldiers near Malaysia Air crash site
With the sound of artillery fire in the distance, dozens of international investigators arrived Friday at the zone where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine and began preparations to comb the rural area for remains of as many as 80 victims and jet debris. Several hours before they arrived, at least 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by pro-Russian separatist rebels in a town close to the wreckage site. Thirteen more soldiers were unaccounted for after the attack, officials said, and the bodies of four more people were being examined to determine whether they were soldiers or rebels. Both sides in the conflict tentatively agreed to a cease-fire around the crash zone, but the Friday morning attack by rebels on government troops took place less than 12 miles south of the crash site, outside the town of Shakhtarsk. Ukrainian forces and rebels have been battling in that area for several days but the town is still in rebel hands. Defense officials said that an army convoy was struck by mortars during redeployment. Ukraine security spokesman Vladislav Seleznev said the attack took place at 6 a.m., before the end of the 24-hour “day of quiet” declared Thursday in response to a call for a cease-fire from U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. “The militants are behaving in a cowardly and shameless fashion,” Seleznev said. “They used the `day of quiet’ just to fire on us.”
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/01/ukrainian-troops-suffer-heavy-losses-in-ambush/
Iran
Headline: Iranian forces arrive in Iraq’s Kurdistan
A heavily armed Iranian military force arrived at Sulaymaniyah International Airport in the autonomous northern Kurdistan region of Iraq this week en route to Kirkuk to help defend Shiite shrines from Sunni militant attacks, pan-Arab Asharq Al-Awsat, quoting an Iraqi Kurdish security official, reported Thursday. The senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to brief the media about the Iranian military, told the daily that the 200-strong elite Iranian military force was granted access to Kirkuk province from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The PUK facilitated the Iranians force’s movement through Kirkuk, the source added. He said the top Iranian leading forces were trained in guerilla warfare and were armed with “sophisticated” weapons to aid in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in order to protect Shiite shrines. He also added that the heavily armed military would lift the siege imposed by ISIS on the Shiite and Turkmen communities there.
Aug. 1, 2014
Iraq
Headline: Iraqi FM blames Maliki for ISIS insurgency
Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari blamed on Friday Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his security officials for the Islamist insurgency gaining power in parts of Iraq, in a rare criticism of the Iraqi leader by a government official. “Surely the man who is responsible for the general policies bears the responsibility and the general commander of the armed force, the ministers of defense and interior also bear these responsibilities,” Zebari said, in a statement to Al Arabiya News Channel. “There are other sides who bear responsibility, maybe political partners, but the biggest and greatest responsibility is on the person in charge of public policies,” Zebari added. The Kurdish foreign minister’s comments are likely to further deteriorate relations between Maliki’s Shiite-led government and the Kurds.
Aug. 1, 2014
Headline: Iraq soldiers die battling jihadists, Baghdad blasts
Headline: At least 10 killed in Baghdad bombing attacks
Headline: Army kills 200 ISIL terrorists attemtping to sieze checkpoints in Jarf Asakhr, Babylon
At least 17 Iraqi soldiers were killed in a fierce battle against jihadists south of Baghdad Friday while bombs in and around the capital left another 16 people dead. The clashes took place in Jurf al-Sakhr, a small Euphrates River town on a road linking Sunni insurgents strongholds in the west to Shiite holy cities south of Baghdad. “Seventeen soldiers were killed and three wounded during clashes with insurgents in Jurf al-Sakhr that lasted two hours this morning,” an army lieutenant told AFP. An army medic confirmed the death toll, with both sources saying 23 jihadists from the Islamic State were also killed. The mainly Sunni town, which lies in the north of Babil (Babylon) province, is the scene of almost daily fighting between pro-government forces and Sunni militants.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/01/c_133525731.htm
Headline: ISIS fires rockets in to recapture Baiji Refinery
The extremist group attacks the biggest oil refinery in Iraq on order to recapture it. Islamic State militants formally known as (ISIS) have once again made their mark at the Baiji Oil Refinery located in Tikrit, northern Iraq. In late July, the Iraqi Army was able to recapture the refinery from IS, but they now have been showered with rockets from IS militants.
According to information obtained by BasNews, IS insurgents have fired a number of rockets at the Baiji refinery, causing a massive fire to break out and causing severe damage to a number of the pipelines. The BasNews source said that Baiji residents have been affected by the refinery fire by suffering from gas inhalation.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/ISIS-fires-rockets-in-to-recapture-Baiji-Refinery/28806
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Friday, August 1st, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: The two militants were killed during an operation launched by army in Keran sector of Kupwara district on Thursday following a specific input about their movement in the area, the spokesman said. He said the militants were trying to exfiltrate from the Valley to PoK.
#2: Some unknown gunmen killed three persons including a woman in the Balochistan district on Friday here, Geo News reported. Levies Force said that the firing incident occurred at Join in Tehsil Prom, where unknown armed motorbike riders barged into a house and opened indiscriminate firing resulting in the death of three persons including a woman, while the assailants after the firing escaped from the scene.
#3: An armed trespasser has been killed on the Tajik-Afghan border in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region. According to the press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), officers from SCNS’s office in GBAO jointly with border guards on a routine patrol spotted a trespasser who was illegally crossing the border river in the Rushan district late Thursday (July 31). When security officers and border guards tried to detain the trespasser, the last opened fire at them. The trespasser was reportedly killed by return fire.
#4: Unknown gunmen shot dead district mayor for Mohammad Agha in eastern Logar province of Afghanistan, local officials said. Provincial governor spokesman, Din Mohammad Darwish, said the incident took place late Thursday night after a group of gunmen attacked the residence of Mohammad Agha district mayor Saifullah.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Ethiopia
Headline: Ethiopia, Egypt to resume Nile dam talks on Aug. 26
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan will resume their tripartite talks on an Ethiopian multi-billion dollar hydroelectric dam on the Nile in late August, an Ethiopian official said Tuesday. “The negotiations will resume on August 26-27,” Fekahmed Negash, director-general of boundary and trans-boundary rivers at Ethiopia’s Water Ministry, told Anadolu Agency. Cairo and Khartoum had earlier accepted a proposal by Addis Ababa to hold the talks in Sudan in the third week of August. Set up in 2011, a tripartite technical committee was tasked with studying the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the two downstream states. The committee’s activities, however, were suspended in January amid mounting tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa. Negash said the committee will “pick up where it left off at the time of its disruption, which is the formation of a committee for conducting two proposed studies.”
July 31, 2014
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/141557/ethiopia-egypt-to-resume-nile-dam-talks-on-aug-26
Sudan
Headline: S.Sudan media crackdown stifling debate on war
Amid civil war and famine warnings, South Sudan’s tough security forces have cracked down on journalists, suffocating debate on how to end the fighting, rights groups warned Friday. South Sudan’s feared National Security Service (NSS) should “stop seizing and shutting down newspapers as well as harassing, intimidating, and unlawfully detaining journalists,” Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said in a joint report. “The government clampdown takes place at a time when South Sudan most needs independent voices to contribute to discussions about how to end the political crisis and internal armed conflict,” said Amnesty researcher Elizabeth Ashamu Deng. Thousands of people have been killed and over 1.5 million have fled more than seven months of fighting between government troops, mutinous soldiers and ragtag militia forces divided by tribe.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-media-crackdown-stifling-debate-war-163835356.html
Libya
Headline: Protests against militias break out in Libyan capital
Protesters took to the streets of the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday in a show support for the embattled army and to demand the expulsion of Islamist militias from the capital, during a peirod of the country’s worst fighting since the 2011 revolt that overthrew Muammar Qaddafi. The protest in Tripoli comes after Libya’s Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia has said that it seized complete control of Benghazi late on Wednesday, declaring the city an “Islamic emirate.”
July 31, 2014
Headline: Blast flattens police building eastern Libyan city
A strong explosion ripped through the main police building in Benghazi early Friday, nearly flattening it, days after Islamic militias overran army barracks and claimed control of the eastern Libyan city. The police headquarters has been empty for several days after militias pounded it with shelling. The blast, which was heard across Benghazi and shook houses in surrounding area, appeared to be from explosives planted in the building, the witnesses at the site said. Police officials in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, could not be reached. A coalition of Islamic militias over the past week captured a number of army bases in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, driving out troops and police and seizing large weapons stores. The fighting takes place at a time that rival militias in the capital, Tripoli, have been battling for weeks over control of its airport.
Aug. 1, 2014
Headline: Tunisia guards fire in air to disperse crowds at Libya border
Headline: Tunisia Closes Main Border Crossing with Libya
Tunisian guards shot into the air and fired tear gas on Friday to stop a group of Egyptians from storming across the border with Libya after fleeing violence in Tripoli, a Reuters reporter said. The Egyptians were fed up with long wait at the Ras Jdir border crossing and then tried to force their way over. There was no immediate official comment on any injuries from Tunisian or Libyan officials. Tensions have been high on the Tunisian-Libyan border after two Egyptians were killed on Thursday when Libyan guards opened fire to disperse them as they tried to leave.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/01/tunisia-guards-fire-in-air-to-disperse-crowds-at-libya-border/
http://www.voanews.com/content/tunisia-closes-main-border-crossing-with-libya/1969767.html
Headline: Ansar al-Sharia claims Jebel Chaambi attacks
Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia for the first time claimed responsibility for the deadly terror attacks in Jebel Chaambi and surrounding areas. The statement released Monday (July 28th) to mark Eid al-Fitr followed the week-end killing of two Tunisian troops. That attack came on the heels of a mid-July assault that left 15 soldiers dead in the same remote mountains near the Algeria border. The Ansar al-Sharia claim published on a jihadist website was the first for the Tunisian terrorist organisation since its founding in 2011. Addressing the army and security forces, the statement said: “The events that have taken place in the land of Kairouan since May at the hands of mujahedeen positioned in the mountains are the best proof that you only understand the logic of force and only hear the sound of bullets.” Ansar al-Sharia also threatened further terrorist operations in Tunisia.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2014/08/01/feature-01
Morocco
Headline: Hi-Tech Moroccan Border Fence Angers Algeria
Headline: Morocco Deplores Closure of Moroccan-Algerian Borders
French TV channel France 24, exploring the effect of the fence on Algeria, has reported that Algeria is “angered” by Morocco’s new strategy to protect its borders. According to the French TV channel, the Algerian authorities consider the Moroccan measure to be an “accusation” against Algeria as being a regional exporter of terrorism. Speaking to France 24 regarding Morocco’s initiative, Hadda Hazem, Director General of the Algerian newspaper Al-Fajr, said that she was not convinced by the reasons announced by Morocco to build the fence. The journalist regarded the measure as a blow to both parties’ call for reopening of the borders.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/08/135824/hi-tech-moroccan-border-fence-angers-algeria/
Germany
YESTERDAY’S Headline: European Union Provides €13 Million to East Jerusalem Hospitals (17,403,295 US)
“Today, the European Union is responding with a contribution of €13 million to the major cash flow problems of East Jerusalem Hospitals as a result of the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis,” Wednesday said the European Union in a press release. “The contribution, which is channelled through the PEGASE mechanism, will cover the outstanding costs of referrals of patients for treatment to East Jerusalem Hospitals by the Palestinian Ministry of Health,” the release added. “With an overall contribution of €36 million since 2012, the EU is covering the referral costs over a period of nearly two years (January 2012 to October 2013) for patients referred for treatment in East Jerusalem Hospitals by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.”
July 31, 2014
http7-31-14://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26066
TODAY’S Headline: Germany’s DAX posts biggest weekly loss in two years (Germany is the EU’s largest economy)
Germany‘s benchmark stock index tumbled on Friday, marking a third straight day of losses, as investors continued to worry about the fallout from the tougher sanctions on Russia. Russia and Germany have close trading ties, and some 25% of Germany’s energy needs come from Russian gas, oil and coal imports. “The sanctions will have a much bigger impact on Germany than most other markets,” said Peter Dixon, strategist for Commerzbank.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/germanys-dax-set-for-worst-week-in-two-years-2014-08-01
Armenia
Headline: Azeri troops killed in clashes with Armenia as tensions spike
Azerbaijan said Friday it had lost eight soldiers in three days of clashes with arch-foe Armenia on the border and near the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region in a dramatic spike in tensions in the long-simmering territorial conflict. International mediators, who have for years sought to help the two countries reach a breakthrough, expressed concern over the violence. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said Armenian troops had ramped up their activity in the past few days and attacked Azeri positions. “Reconnaissance and sabotage groups of the Armenian armed forces attempted to break through the line of contact between the troops along the entire front line,” the ministry said, adding that the Armenian troops had been repelled. “As a result of clashes over the past three days, eight Azeri troops have died,” it said. Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a protracted conflict over the Nagorny Karabakh region with occasional skirmishes along the front.
Aug. 1, 2014
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Obama Signs Executive Order to Allow Detention of Americans With ‘Respiratory Illnesses’
As the Ebola outbreak continues to cause concern, President Barack Obama has signed an amendment to an executive order that would allow him to mandate the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of “respiratory illness.” The executive order, titled Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases, amends executive order 13295, passed by George W. Bush in April 2003, which allows for the, “apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of suspected communicable diseases.” The amendment signed by Obama replaces subsection (b) of the original Bush executive order which referred only to SARS. Obama’s amendment allows for the detention of Americans who display, “Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled.”
*****Story repeats below under Pestilence
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-executive-order-to-detain-americans-with-respiratory-illnesses/
Headline: Nine more killed as violence continues in China’s Xinjiang
Nine militants were shot dead and one captured in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, state media said, the latest bout of violence in a week in which dozens have been killed there. The official People’s Daily said on its microblog that the incident happened in Hotan in Xinjiang’s far south, when more than 30,000 civilians involved in a counter-terror operation with police discovered “signs” a terror gang was operating. “Police and the 30,000 civilians in unison surrounded the terror gang, and nine of them were shot dead and one detained,” the newspaper said. No police or civilians were injured in the operation, it added, without providing further details. China usually uses terms like “terror gang” to describe Islamist militants or separatists.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/01/nine-more-killed-as-violence-continues-in-chinas-xinjiang/
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: Asian Stocks Down Following Wall Street Sell-Off
Asian markets were mostly down Friday, continuing a global sell-off that began a day earlier when U.S. stocks had their worst one-day drop since February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1.9 percent Thursday, erasing all its gains for the year. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite also fell about two percent. Argentina’s debt default, the crisis in Gaza, and lingering tensions between the West and Russia are all thought to have played a role in rattling investors. Many analysts also said the market was simply due for a correction, noting that stocks had become too expensive. Wall Street’s poor performance spread to Asia Friday, though the damage was limited due to better-than-expected manufacturing numbers from China.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/asian-stocks-down-following-wall-street-sell-off/1969395.html
Wars & Rumors of WarsMatthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Weapons of Mass DestructionZechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: Japan offers vessels to Vietnam to boost its sea strength
Headline: Japan names 5 disputed islets in East China Sea
Japan will give six navy boats to Vietnam to boost its patrols and surveillance in the South China Sea, Japan’s foreign minister said on Friday, in the latest sign of a strengthening of alliances between states locked in maritime rows with China. The used vessels, worth 500 million yen ($4.86 million), would be accompanied by training and equipment to help the coastguard and fisheries surveillance effort, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said after talks with Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh. The deal represents a notable shift in the two countries’ close diplomatic and investment ties towards defense, a move likely to irk an increasingly assertive China that is pressing hard on claims to nine-tenths of the potentially energy-rich sea, and worrying much of the region. “International security is getting more complicated… prosperity only comes with stability in the South China Sea and the East China Sea,” Kishada told a news conference in Hanoi. “I hope this equipment will strengthen the ability of Vietnam’s coastal enforcement authorities.”
Aug. 1, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/01/japan-offers-vessels-to-vietnam-to-boost-its-sea-strength/
http://news.yahoo.com/japan-names-5-disputed-islets-east-china-sea-092310775.html
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: WHO: Ebola moving faster than control efforts
Headline: CDC chief: Ebola ‘could arrive in the U.S.’
An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa is moving faster than the efforts to control the disease, the head of the World Health Organization warned as presidents from the affected countries met Friday in Guinea’s capital. Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, said the meeting in Conakry “must be a turning point” in the battle against Ebola, which is now sickening people in three African capitals for the first time in history. “If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives but also severe socio-economic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries,” she said. At least 729 people in four countries — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria — have died since cases first emerged back in March. While health officials say the virus is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids, many sick patients have refused to go to isolation centers.
Aug. 1, 2014
http://news.msn.com/world/who-ebola-moving-faster-than-control-efforts
http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/cdc-chief-ebola-could-arrive-in-the-u-s/
Headline: Obama Signs Executive Order to Allow Detention of Americans With ‘Respiratory Illnesses’
Headline: New York City Department of Health Massive emergency drill in New York City
As the Ebola outbreak continues to cause concern, President Barack Obama has signed an amendment to an executive order that would allow him to mandate the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of “respiratory illness.” The executive order, titled Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases, amends executive order 13295, passed by George W. Bush in April 2003, which allows for the, “apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of suspected communicable diseases.” The amendment signed by Obama replaces subsection (b) of the original Bush executive order which referred only to SARS. Obama’s amendment allows for the detention of Americans who display, “Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled.”
Aug. 1, 2014
http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-executive-order-to-detain-americans-with-respiratory-illnesses/
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26170612/drill-in-new-york-city
Headline: HealthMap
Global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site ‘healthmap.org’ and mobile app ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers.
http://healthmap.org/formobile/
Increase in Knowledge/Mark of the Beast Daniel 12:4 and Revelation 13:16-17 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel) “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Revelation)
Headline: School Plans To Tag Students With Microchip Bracelets To Encourage ‘Good Behaviour’
In a move that sounds like something out of a frightening dystopian fiction, a school in New Zealand has come under intense criticism from parents for attempting to introduce a scheme to tag children with microchips in order to promote good behaviour. Fairfax Media reports that Swannanoa School in North Canterbury plans to attach chipped bracelets to students to track their behaviour. Many parents were not notified of the scheme, only finding out about it via minutes from a Parent Teacher Association meeting. When the local media investigated the proposal, the school finally sent out notifications to parents. A letter from the principal suggested that the plan was more efficient than alternatives such as ID cards, which could be misplaced. The school has even gone as far as measuring up the wrists of children in preparation for the plan, which it says will cost $7000 to set up. Under the proposal, the devices locked to kids’ arms would allow teachers to use portable scanners in order to add reward points to a student’s good behaviour record, stored on a database. Students would be rewarded points when they did something teachers determined to be positive, and incentives would be enhanced with the promise of prizes for reaching a certain amount of points. The chips would contain information including names, points tally and the school house that students belonged to. The school claims that the devices would not have a GPS tracker.
Aug. 1, 2014
Scorching Sun Isaiah30:26 , Revelation 16:8-9 & Revelation 7:16, Malachi 4:1 “Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their wound.” (Isaiah 30:26) “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9) “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.” ( Revelation 7: 16) “For behold, the day is coming,Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch” (Malachi 4:1)
Headline: Killer solar superstorm could destroy Earth at ANY MOMENT, scientists warn
It is “only a matter of time” before a catastrophic eruption on the surface of the sun hurtles towards the planet with devastating consequences. The Earth could be the target of an explosion equivalent to “10 billion Hiroshima bombs exploding at the same time”. It has emerged crisis meetings have been held to discuss how to limit the damage of solar superstorms which present a “long-lasting” threat to all forms of life. Scientists warn communication systems will be crippled, vital services such as transport, sanitation and medicine will close, and loss of power will plunge the planet into darkness. Ashley Dale, member of international task force SolarMAX set up to identify the risks of a solar storm, said: “Without power, people would struggle to fuel their cars at petrol stations, get money from cash dispensers or pay online. The warning comes as Britain is experiencing one of the hottest summers on record. Scientists have warned of “highly unusual activity” on the surface of the sun which has already sent smaller solar flares spiralling towards earth. Solar storms are triggered when coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the sun tear into the earths magnetic field ripping it apart.
Aug. 1, 2014
*****I could not find the SolarMAX task force they speak of, but did find the NERC; see 2nd link
http://www.eiscouncil.com/English/Resources/ResouceInside.asp?itemId=10409
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Tropical Storm Bertha approaching the Caribbean
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and other nearby islands as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches the Caribbean. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 45 mph with no significant change in strength expected over the next two days. In addition to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, tropical storm warnings are in effect for Babados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Vieques and Culebra. A tropical storm watch is in effect for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Bertha is centered about 170 miles east of Barbados and is moving west-northwest near 20 mph.
Aug. 1, 2014
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There are a few things I need to speak with you about before getting to the news. The first is a new Psalm 83/Ezekiel War chart that will be included today. Please read it carefully and make note of the changes. The second is a crash course on Islamic Jihad.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8 KJV)
Fatah flag
In light of the video shared Tuesday (July 29th) on my main website titled “Iran Will Provide Missiles to West Bank Palestinians”, I did some research.
Let me give you a break down before we get to the information: Fatah is a ‘catch-all’ phrase used to differentiate them from Hamas (although with the reconciliation agreement and what you’ll see below, there is no difference).
Fatah is a political party of the PLO. Fatah has several hundred militiamen in the Gaza Strip who belong to various armed groups:
Jaish al-Karamah-(Army of Pride and Dignity – ADP) surfaced at the end of 2013 in Anbar (Iraq) as a radical Islamic group opposing Iraqi Government forces in pre-dominant Sunni areas.
Brigades of Martyr Abdel Qader Husseini – Armed Wing of Fatah
Jaish al-Asifah [Army of the Storm]
Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades– coalition of Palestinian armed groups in the West Bank
Hamas also has various ‘brigades’ operating in Gaza:
Islamic Jihad –Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian militant organization
Al Qassam Brigade – military wing of the Palestinian “Islamic Resistance Movement”
Al-Quds Brigades – the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (NOT to be confused with the Quds Force of the IRGC Iran)
This is by NO means a complete list. At times, it’s impossible to tell WHICH of these groups fired at Israel. I would venture to guess they bicker among themselves over who gets credit. Lately, though it seems Fatah is claiming the credit for every rocket, which leads to the information below: (I will provide links when possible but for viewer protection I have left a few out, as the chance of computer tampering and virus’ need to be considered)
http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/gaza-watch/groups/
During Abbas’ speech on Friday July 25th, the last lines he spoke were taken as a call to “war for Allah” (‘Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory’ [Surah 22:39). Al Aqsa claimed they opened fire on July 25 at Israeli soldiers in Qalandia. Violence obviously began immediately following Abbas’ speech. Despite the claims that the al-Aqsa brigade was disband (2nd link), beginning on July 27th, the official Fatah Facebook page begin publishing statements and releasing videos, along with their declaration of open war
Headline: Fatah Declares ‘Open War’ on Israel
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183378#.U9hwDGPN5Jk
Headline: Fatah official Tirawi: “The big explosion is coming”
“These are small explosions, which happen occasionally, but the big explosion is coming. The big explosion is coming. After the big explosion, no one will know where it will lead and what its results will be…It is legal to use all means – to shoot, throw stones, to hold a demonstration and a sit-down strike. All these means will be possible and permissible for our people, and let no one say that weapons are forbidden in the West Bank.”
Jul 27, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGGesBsd9Vc&list=UUMsgtVuEB3figdSPz_9dRIA
Headline: Fatah: “We will turn Tel Aviv into a ball of fire””The enemy (i.e., Israel) must understand that the Martyr Commander Nidal Al-Amoudi left behind an army of well-trained fighters. We swear to you that we will turn the beloved [Gaza] Strip into a graveyard for your soldiers, and we will turn Tel Aviv into a ball of fire. (they start singing at the :47 mark)
Jul 28, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrnildEaYk&list=UUMsgtVuEB3figdSPz_9dRIA
Headline: Fatah incites violence through song: We are “as shining swords”
“In the name of Allah the Merciful ‘Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory.’
Protect the sanctuary and protect them
Knights of the sanctuary are holding the flags
Whenever they [Israelis] go crazy, and when our eyes are closed
We open our eyes on the sanctuary and its borders
When the land calls its men, it finds us as shining swords
There’s nothing more precious. We kneel only to the Creator
When the land calls its men, it finds us as shining swords
There’s nothing more precious. We kneel only to the Creator.”
Jul 28, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLRiBsom59g&list=UUMsgtVuEB3figdSPz_9dRIA
Headline: This was in Arabic and the translation perhaps leaves something to be desired. It was found on a Fatah website (which I will NOT name in order to protect viewers). This will give you an idea of the extent Fatah – not Hamas- has become involved in Gaza:
In the name of God the Merciful
“So for those who fight because they have been wronged, and God’s power to the victory”Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, during the last 24 hours of the day Wednesday announce the implementation of the tasks jihadist following:
Deir al-Balah rocket attack minutes exactly at 11:40 am on Wednesday
bombing Zakim four missiles promptly at 4:40 minutes of Wednesday evening
bombing Ashkelon makeshift rocket promptly at 10:20 minutes in the evening
Chicago Imam Encourages Jihad against Israel
Top Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: Ceasefire Should Include Int’l Forces on June 4, 1967 Borders
12 Examples of Hamas Firing Rockets from Civilian Areas
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 24th day on Thursday
https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson
Headline: US, UN announce deal on 72-hour Gaza cease-fire
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire beginning Friday, during which time there will be negotiations on a more durable truce in the 24-day-old Gaza war, the United States and United Nations announced Thursday. The announcement came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas‘ tunnel network “with or without a cease-fire” and as the Palestinian death toll soared past 1,400. There was no immediate Israeli comment on the announcement.
Jul 31, 2014
http://news.msn.com/world/us-un-announce-deal-on-gaza-cease-fire
Headline: Netanyahu: Israel will destroy Gaza tunnels, with or without cease-fire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel was determined, regardless of ceasefire efforts, to complete the destruction of tunnels that Palestinian militants have built under the Gaza-Israel border. “We are determined to complete this mission with or without a cease-fire,” Netanyahu said in public remarks at the start of a cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv. “I won’t agree to any proposal that will not enable the Israeli military to complete this important task for the sake of Israel’s security.” “Hamas’ capabilities would have enabled it to abduct and murder civilians and IDF soldiers while simultaneously attacking from the tunnels penetrating our territory,” Netanyahu said. “We are destroying that capability now. There are no 100 percent guarantees, just as the Iron Dome does not give a complete response, but the IDF’s operations in the field are impressive and they are continuing at full force.”
July 31, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-gaza-conflict-2014/1.608189
Headline: Palestinian delegation arrives in Cairo for cease-fire talks
Headline: Kerry: ‘No promise’ Gaza ceasefire can be reached
Headline: Lapid: No deal until tunnels cleared
Headline: 16:40– Ceasefire talks at dead end, says Palestinian official
Palestinian and Egyptian sources reported that a Palestinian delegation, comprised of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad representatives, arrived on Thursday morning in Cairo to discuss a potential cease-fire agreement with Israel. Earlier, Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar reported that according to senior Palestinian sources, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke with the Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad, Ramadan Shalah, and told him that the groups were willing to “participate in the Egyptian discussions, as one united government.” Palestinian sources said the delegation decided to include the opening of the Rafah crossing in the cease-fire talks, as well as discussions of opening all the borders of Gaza. The sources added that Egyptian officials pressed Abbas to convince the sides to agree to a two-day cease-fire, in order to convince Israel to accept Egypt’s newest initiative.
July 31, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553018,00.html
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4553034,00.html
Headline: Australia PM urges immediate ceasefire
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. “It should be a ceasefire immediately by both sides. That’s what there should be, because plainly, too many people are dying. It’s just wrong what’s happening, so there should be a ceasefire,” he says in an interview with Radio 3AW. Asked if Israel is perhaps overreacting in its military operation, Abbott admits that in recent days he was “rather more focused” on Malaysian flight MH17, which was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, than on the Gaza conflict and that he’s therefore reluctant to judge. “All I say is that there should be an immediate ceasefire. Innocent people are dying. But, we must also be working towards a long-term solution that does involve the recognition of Israel’s right to exist behind secure borders.”
July 31, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-24-despite-criticism-government-resolves-to-intensify-gaza-offensive/
Headline: Five Israelis wounded by mortar fire near Gaza border; two injured by rocket in Kiryat Gat
An Israeli delegation traveled to Cairo on Wednesday for several hours of talks over Egypt’s efforts to broker a truce in Gaza. An official said Israel will continue to allow temporary humanitarian cease-fires in certain areas. Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and 12 wounded on Wednesday afternoon in the Khan Yunis area of south Gaza, bringing the death toll in the military to 56. Three Israeli civilians have been killed in the current round of fighting.
July 31, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608121
Headline: Qassam Brigades attacks Israeli anti-tunnel vehicle
Headline: Intense fighting in Shejaiya
The Hamas-affiliated al-Qassam Brigades on Wednesday claimed responsibility for targeting an Israeli military engineering vehicle used to destroy tunnels in an attack in eastern Juhr al-Dik in the Gaza Strip. The Brigades said in a statement that the group destroyed the vehicle and “everyone, everything around it” including military vehicles, officers and soldiers. The group added that this attack, which used a kornet missile, was an “initial response” for the latest “Shujaiyya massacre,” referring to Israel’s shelling of a market Wednesday that killed 17 shoppers and injured 200. Meanwhile, Intense fighting is reported in the hard-hit Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. The neighborhood contains a high concentration of tunnel entrances and rocket launchers, and has seen some of the bloodiest ground fighting of the campaign.
July 31, 2014
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=717132
Headline: Two rockets shot down over Tel Aviv
Sirens are sounding in multiple cities in central Israel’s Dan region. Two rockets are intercepted over Tel Aviv as sirens also sound in Bnei Brak, Givat Shmuel, Givatayim, Ramat Gan and Ramat Efal. Pieces of one of the rockets are reportedly found.
July 31, 2014
Headline: IDF reveals foiled body-snatching attempt
The IDF reveals a thwarted body-snatching attempt that took place two days ago in the southern Gaza Strip. The 101st Paratrooper Battalion was engaged in a battle in Khan Younis in which several IDF soldiers were killed. At one point in the battle, the battalion’s commander noticed a Hamas cell dragging the body of one of the dead soldiers toward the entrance of a tunnel. The Hamas fighter dragging the soldier’s body had already reached the entrance to the tunnel when the battalion commander charged the entrance alone in order to retrieve the body. He managed to kill the Hamas fighter, and then to drag the body back toward the IDF troops.
July 31, 2014
Headline: Hamas calls for ‘Day of Rage’ Friday in West Bank
Headline: 13:21 – Shooting incident in West Bank; no injuries
Hamas called for “Day of Rage” to take place Friday in the occupied West Bank, as the Israeli offensive continued unabated for a 24th day in the Gaza Strip. “We call on you to actively participate in an angry protest against the crimes committed by the Israeli army against our steadfast people in Gaza and to support the courageous resistance,” Hamas said on flyers published online Thursday. The messages targeted Palestinians in several cities in the West Bank, including Hebron, Tulkarm and Bethlehem.
July 31, 2014
Headline: Hamas suppressing wartime dissent, shooting to kill Palestinian protesters
Hamas has been shooting Palestinians to quell unrest in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has been killing Palestinians suspected of sparking protests amid the war with Israel. They said more than 50 people have been killed, most of them accused of spying for Israel. “Everybody is terrified to talk about this because they still control the streets,” a source said. The sources said Hamas troops have also opened fire on those who demanded food rations. On July 28, two people were killed and more than 20 injured when Hamas gunmen battled those waiting on line for food in the northern town of Beit Hanoun. On July 26, at least five protesters were shot dead by Hamas gunmen in Gaza City. The sources said some 40 people gathered outside Shifa Hospital to demand medical services. The sources said Hamas was concerned that the rival Fatah movement as well as neighboring Egypt were fomenting unrest amid the war with Israel. They said Hamas has retained its 20,000-member security force to prevent a coup.
July 31, 2014
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4396/fatah-rockets
Headline: Hamas Planned War for Months in Advance, Says IDF
Headline: Calls Grow to Upgrade Operation Protective Edge to ‘War’ Status
A senior source in the IDF’s Southern Command says the IDF was not surprised by the Hamas tunnel network, and seeks to dispel the widely held notion that the flareup in fighting in Gaza was an unintended result of the large-scale arrests of Hamas terrorists carried out by the IDF after the abduction and murder of three yeshiva boys. Hamas began preparations for the “July War,” as he put it, in February of this year, and the date of July 15 was set for its launching four months ahead of time. Contrary to most reports, the officer says that the tunnel threat was something “everyone” knew about, both inside and outside the military. However, he explained, “on a national level, no one wanted to hear about the tunnel issue.” In February, he added, Hamas tripled the pace of the tunnel digging, especially in the southern Gaza Strip, and the IDF knew this. The tunnel diggers had previously worked one eight-hour shift per day, and began working three eight-hour shifts, around the clock.
July 31, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183570#.U9p8xWPN5Jk
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183563#.U9p_mmPN5Jk
Headline: Al Jazeera video catches rocket attack
Al Jazeera reporter Nicole Johnston stands on a dark Gaza street when the night is suddenly lit up by the apparent launch of three rockets at Israel from only a few meters away. Unfortunately, Al Jazeera has chosen to NOT make this video available to America.
July 31, 2014
http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Gaza_Blog/122938423
Headline: Booby-Trapped Explosives Built into Walls of UNRWA Clinic
New details have emerged about the booby-trapped clinic explosion that killed three IDF Maglan unit soldiers in Gaza earlier this week – Sergeant First Class Matan Gottlieb, 21, from Rishon LeZion; Sergeant First Class Omar Chai, 21, from Savion; and Sergeant First Class Guy Algranati, 20, of Tel Aviv, hy”d. Over eighty kilograms of explosives were built into the UN-funded hospital’s walls themselves, it was cleared for publication Thursday – revealing that the clinic itself was built to mask, and perform, potential acts of terror on the IDF. Moreover, the clinic was built over tens of terror tunnels, according to the report. The UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) has yet to respond to the revelations, and has still not responded to the deaths of the Israeli soldiers Wednesday.
July 31, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183566#.U9p-1GPN5Jk
Headline: Israeli Air Force takes out 40 mosques-cum-rocket stores, brings new drone into Gaza operation
The Israeli Air Force bombed 40 mosques in Gaza Tuesday night, July 30, in the most extensive operation against Hamas’ religious institutions-cum-military bases so far. In total, at least 50 mosques have been blown up along with their stockpiles of rockets and arms caches. This past week has also seen the first deployment in action of the Air Force’s brand new Hermes 900 UAV, an unmanned aircraft also known as the Star. Never before used in wartime operations, the drone’s debut was rushed forward because of its useful properties: The aircraft can fly nonstop for 30 hours at an altitude of 30,000 feet, the while conducting surveillance, gathering intelligence and relaying communications to and from military personnel in the field.
July 31, 2014
Headline: Israel deploys robots to clear Hamas tunnels
Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system isn’t the only high-tech hardware the country’s military is deploying in its latest fight against the Islamist militant group Hamas in Gaza. Israel Defense Forces have for the first time deployed an unmanned ground vehicle known as the Micro Tactical Ground Robot made by Tel Aviv-based Roboteam to scour underground tunnels for Hamas-controlled weapons caches and command posts, according to a Defense News article. The portable, remote-controlled system weighs about 20 pounds and has a maximum speed of 2 miles per hour, range of about 1,600 feet and battery life of four hours. Outfitted with five cameras, an internal microphone and infrared laser pointers, the machine can collect and relay encrypted information. The company’s website touts that the ISR model “is currently used by Special Forces, tactical and urban warfare units.”
July 31, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/07/31/israel-deploys-robots-to-clear-hamas-tunnels/
Headline: ‘Hamas using sophisticated Qatari tech’
Though many Israelis underestimate its capabilities, Hamas actually has sophisticated computer and networking resources in terror tunnels to detect the presence of IDF troops and to automatically fire rockets and missiles at Israeli targets — and a rich sponsor is helping them. That sponsor is Gulf oil powerhouse Qatar, says Aviad Dadon of Israeli cyber-security firm AdoreGroup. “The Qataris have invested hundreds of millions in both defensive and offensive cyber capabilities,” says Dadon. “We have sourced 70% of the cyber-attacks on Israeli government sites in recent weeks to IP addresses associated with Qatar.” According to Dadon, Hamas has embedded sophisticated network systems inside its terror tunnels, giving operatives in command and control centers the ability to monitor events in any of the tunnels. Using sensors and other networked equipment, terrorists can quickly be notified if an IDF unit is advancing in a tunnel, allowing them to disperse quickly — and allowing the command and control staff to set off explosives when soldiers approach a booby trap.
July 31, 2014
Headline: UN rights chief accuses Israel, Hamas of committing war crimes in Gaza
Headline: White House calls IDF fire on UN school ‘indefensible’
The U.N.’s top human rights official accused both Israel and Hamas militants of committing war crimes in the latest Gaza war, but reserved her harshest words for the Israeli government, which she said Thursday was deliberately defying international law. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that by placing and firing rockets within heavily populated areas both sides are committing “a violation of international humanitarian law, therefore a war crime.” “Locating rockets within schools and hospitals, or even launching these rockets from densely populated areas are violations of international humanitarian law,” Pillay said, referring to Hamas, but added that doesn’t “absolve” Israel from disregarding the same law.
July 31, 2014
Headline: Abbas Praises Algeria’s $25 Aid Funding to Gaza (Algeria is PUT in the Ezekiel War)
President Mahmoud Abbas expressed Thursday his appreciation for the Algerian support of affected Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the latest of which was a grant of US$25 by Algeria to help overcome the humanitarian disaster caused by the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza. Abbas expressed thanks for his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika for providing this urgent support, signifying Bouteflika’s constant stance in supporting the Palestinian rights of freedom and independence. “We recall [the role of] Algeria in supporting and embracing our Palestinian revolt, as well as standing in support of the Palestinian stance at all international and regional forums and its ongoing financial assistance to Palestine,” said Abbas.
***I believe they mean $25 MILLION although that is up for debate since we can’t independently confirm the amount; Algeria sent $100,000.00 on July 20th.
July 31, 2014
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26074
Headline: European Union Provides €13 Million to East Jerusalem Hospitals (17,403,295 US)
“Today, the European Union is responding with a contribution of €13 million to the major cash flow problems of East Jerusalem Hospitals as a result of the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis,” Wednesday said the European Union in a press release. “The contribution, which is channelled through the PEGASE mechanism, will cover the outstanding costs of referrals of patients for treatment to East Jerusalem Hospitals by the Palestinian Ministry of Health,” the release added. “With an overall contribution of €36 million since 2012, the EU is covering the referral costs over a period of nearly two years (January 2012 to October 2013) for patients referred for treatment in East Jerusalem Hospitals by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.”
July 31, 2014
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26066
Headline: Amsterdam home flying Israeli flag targeted with firebomb
A Jewish woman who displayed an Israeli flag from her balcony in Amsterdam is targeted with a firebomb and death threats. The firebomb lands on the balcony of neighbors of Leah Rabinovitch, a Mexico-born Jewish woman who flew the Israeli flag on Amsterdam’s Kruger Square, located in an eastern neighborhood heavily populated with Moroccan immigrants, the Het Parool daily reports Wednesday. The report did not say whether the firebomb ignited and whether it caused any damage, but according to the FokNews website, it landed on a neighbor’s balcony. Fok also reported that a stone that was hurled at Rabinovitch’s apartment smashed a window and that one of the death threats sent to Rabinovitch read: “Heil Hitler, Hitler is coming back, Jews must die.”
July 31, 2014
Headline: Paris Riot Police Deployed for Pro-Israel Rally
Hundreds of riot police in Paris deployed near the Israeli Embassy Thursday for the first major pro-Israel rally since the start of the latest Gaza war. Several thousand people turned out for the rally, waving signs with slogans like “Gaza hostage of Hamas” and “We protest for peace.” The demonstration happened amid persistent reports the Jewish Defense League faces a government ban. JDD militants stepped in to assure security at synagogues during pro-Gaza protests, but were blamed for provoking violence at pro-Palestinian rallies. France has both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Western Europe, and the Gaza war has raised tensions to their highest in years.
July 31, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/paris-riot-police-deployed-pro-israel-rally-24791910
Lebanon
Headline: Palestinian embassy asks Lebanon to raise flag
Headline: How Gaza and Mosul activate Lebanese fault lines
The Palestinian Embassy in Beirut Thursday asked Lebanese citizens to raise the Palestinian flag in a sign of solidarity with Gaza as Israel’s three-week-old bombardment continues. In a statement titled “Palestine unites us,” the embassy asked “people in Lebanon to raise the Palestinian flag on top of building to express national unity and solidarity with our people in Gaza as well as a sign of their victory.”
July 31, 2014
Headline: Lebanese Army arrests 6 Syrians in Arsal
The Lebanese Army arrested six Syrian nationals in Arsal Thursday over suspicion of belonging to Syrian rebel groups, the National News Agency reported. The agency said four were detained at an Army checkpoint in Wadi Ain-Ata and two at another checkpoint in Ain al-Shaab. The six suspects were handed over to the judicial police for further interrogation. The army had detained eight other Syrian nationals Wednesday who were also accused of belonging to armed rebel groups. Residents of Arsal are sympathetic to the Syrian rebels, and many of the latters are believed to be taking refuge in the mountainous area bordering the town. Battles raged Wednesday in Qalamoun, the Syrian region just across the mountainous border area, and in the mountains surrounding Shiite villages such as Labweh, Nahlet Younin and Al-Ain in Lebanon’s northeast, between regime and Hezbollah forces and the Syrian rebels.
July 31, 2014
Syria
Headline: At least 49 killed in Syria Kurdish-jihadist battle
A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the Kurds seized several ISIS positions, Agence France-Presse reported a monitoring group as saying Thursday. Wednesday’s fighting in Ain al-Arab (Kobane in Kurdish) killed 14 members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and 35 jihadists, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that dozens of fighters were wounded. The Britain-based monitor said it was now “calm” after the fighting in the Ain al-Arab area in the restive northern province of Aleppo on the border with Turkey. The Observatory also reported fighting in eastern Syria between a Sunni tribe and ISIS, with members of the tribe tweeting about an “uprising.” The Shaitat tribe in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor — most of which is under jihadist control — also fought back against the ISIS, the Observatory said. The fighting erupted after the ISIS detained three members of the tribe, “violating an agreement” between the two sides, it said. According to the Observatory, the Shaitat tribe had promised ISIS it would not oppose it, in exchange for the jihadists not harassing or attacking its members.
July 31, 2014
Russia
Headline: Russia threatens Europe with higher energy prices
Russia on Wednesday (30 July) reacted angrily to the EU economic sanctions, threatening to increase energy prices. “Obsessed with sanctions, Brussels is itself creating barriers for further cooperation in such a key sector as energy industry,” the Russian foreign ministry said in statement. “It is a senseless and irresponsible step, which will inevitably cause European energy market prices to rise,” the statement said. The ministry added that the economies of Russia and the EU are interlinked and that the “stage three” sanctions will affect the economic situation in the EU “not less than in Russia”. Some 30 percent of the overall EU gas consumption is covered by Russian gas imports, but some eastern member states are up to 90 percent dependent on Russia. The possible retaliation in the energy sector was factored in when the EU decided to adopt economic sanctions, which will enter into force Friday.
July 31, 2014
http://euobserver.com/foreign/125158
Headline: Food supplies cut to rebel stronghold in east Ukraine
Food supplies have been cut to the rebel stronghold of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine during a military offensive on the city by government forces, local officials said on Thursday. The army says it has almost completely encircled Luhansk but has opened a humanitarian corridor to allow people to flee the city. It says it is not firing on residential areas although three people were reported killed in overnight shelling. “Chains of large supermarkets, food shops and markets work intermittently. Food deliveries to the city have stopped, supplies are decreasing every day. Shops only offer products from their stocks,” the city authorities said in a statement on their website. The United Nations say more than 1,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine since mid-April. This is around the time when pro-Russian separatists rose up in mainly Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, prompting Kiev to launch an “anti-terrorist” operation to try to quell the rebellion.
July 31, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/07/31/food-supplies-cut-to-rebel-stronghold-in-east-ukraine/
Iran
Headline: Iran’s Quds Force to Hamas: Turn Israeli land and sky into hell
Headline: Iranian ‘Qods Force’ General Scoffs at Calls to Disarm Hamas
Maj.-Gen. Qassem Suleimani’s message to militant factions resisting Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip was published late Wednesday by Iran’s official IRNA news agency. Suleimani “underlined that confronting the Zionist enemy is a necessity and the Palestinian resistance movement will turn the land and sky into hell for the Zionists.” “Disarmament of resistance is a daydream that will only come true in the graveyard” for Israel, said the rarely quoted senior figure. The United States and European countries have called for a cease-fire in the devastating Gaza conflict and the disarmament of militant groups in the coastal strip, notably Hamas. The Quds Force, a branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, is highly secretive and conducts security functions abroad deemed necessary to protect the Islamic Republic. As its leader, Suleimani is seldom mentioned or pictured in Iranian media but he has cultivated a reputation as one of the most influential security operatives in the Middle East. “The painful scenes in Palestine dishearten us and fills our chests with deep grief arising from deep anger,” his statement added. “Martyrdom for Palestine is a dream of every noble Muslim and freedom-seeker.”
July 31, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4552812,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183552#.U9qB9WPN5Jk
Iraq
Headline: US to sell largest ever Hellfire missile cache to Iraq
The United States is preparing to sell the Iraqi government 5,000 Hellfire missiles through a proposed $700 million deal intended to equip Baghdad with additional power as militants from the Islamic State continue to wage a campaign across the region. On Tuesday, the US State Department issued a statement announcing the preliminary approval of an agreement that would give Iraq a new arsenal of AGM-114K/N/R Hellfire missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support “to help improve the Iraq Security Forces’ capability to support current on-going ground operations.” The Washington Post reported that the deal, if cleared for approval, would constitute the largest shipment yet of Hellfire missiles to Iraq. Congress will first have to authorize the arrangement, but AFP reported that lawmakers are expected to green-light the deal as planned.
YESTERDAY’S HEADLINE:
Iraq signs $1 billion USD contract to buy Russian weapons
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/urgent-iraq-signs-1-billion-usd-contract-buy-russian-weapons/
July 31, 2014
http://rt.com/usa/176800-hellfire-missile-deal-iraq/
Headline: Fighting in flashpoint Iraq town kills five militants
Headline: ISIL targets Dhiloa’ya district in Tikrit with mortar shells
The Islamic State launched a failed attack on the Iraqi town of Dhuluiya on Thursday, sparking clashes that left at least five of its fighters dead, the army and residents said. “The Iraqi security forces repelled an attack launched this morning by Daash,” military spokesman Qassem Atta told AFP, using ISIS’ former Arabic acronym. “The army and airforce, supported by tribal fighters, killed five Daash members, including a senior leader,” he said. Dhuluiya, which is located 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Baghdad, is a key target in the jihadist group’s attempt to progress toward the capital. “We killed eight of them. Four bodies are still strewn in the street and Daash has now retreated,” said one tribal fighter contacted in Dhuluiya by phone.
July 31, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/isil-targets-dhiloa-ya-district-in-tikrit-with-mortar-shells/
Headline: ISIL terrorists execute 17 citizens, including police officer in northern Tikrit
The ISIL terrorists executed 17 citizens of northern Tikrit. Security source stated to IraqiNews.com “The ISIL terrorists executed 17 citizens of Shurqat district of northern Tikrit after kidnapping them for several days.” “The security forces seized the corpses of the dead civilians including Abdul Bari al-Jumaili, a police officer within Salah il-Din Police Command,” the source concluded.
July 31, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/isil-terrorists-execute-1-citizens-northern-tikrit/
Ethiopia
Headline: Ethiopia, Egypt to resume Nile dam talks on Aug. 26
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan will resume their tripartite talks on an Ethiopian multi-billion dollar hydroelectric dam on the Nile in late August, an Ethiopian official said Tuesday. “The negotiations will resume on August 26-27,” Fekahmed Negash, director-general of boundary and trans-boundary rivers at Ethiopia’s Water Ministry, told Anadolu Agency. Cairo and Khartoum had earlier accepted a proposal by Addis Ababa to hold the talks in Sudan in the third week of August. Set up in 2011, a tripartite technical committee was tasked with studying the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the two downstream states. The committee’s activities, however, were suspended in January amid mounting tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa. Negash said the committee will “pick up where it left off at the time of its disruption, which is the formation of a committee for conducting two proposed studies.”
July 31, 2014
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/141557/ethiopia-egypt-to-resume-nile-dam-talks-on-aug-26
Libya
Headline: Heavy shelling, clashes resume in Libya’s Tripoli
Headline: Libya Islamic militias declare control of Benghazi
Headline: Benghazi declared ‘Islamic emirate’ by militants
Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital’s main airport in some of the worst clashes since the 2011 revolt which ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Around 200 people have been killed since the clashes erupted two weeks ago in the capital and also in the eastern city of Benghazi, where a coalition of Islamist militants and former rebels have overrun a major army base in the city. Meanwhile, Islamic hard-line militias claimed to have taken control of Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, after defeating army units, taking over military barracks and seizing tanks, rockets and hundreds of boxes of ammunition, as deadly clashes continue in the western edge of the country in the capital between rival militias, promoting a wave of evacuation by foreign nationals, diplomats and Libyans.
July 31, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/07/31/heavy-shelling-clashes-resume-in-libyas-tripoli/
http://news.yahoo.com/libya-islamic-militias-declare-control-benghazi-140620053.html
Headline: ISIS woos Ansar al-Sharia in Libya
After failing to attract al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is now trying to gain the support of Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia. An ISIS supporter recently endorsed the terror group on a global jihadist forum. On July 23rd, the militant urged ISIS followers to repost his comments on social networking websites, in order to push Ansar al-Sharia in Libya to swear allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. To their view Ansar al-Sharia in Libya is key for taking control over the Maghreb and Egypt. According to Abdellah Rami, an expert on jihadist movements, AQIM’s refusal to recognise al-Baghdadi’s group kept ISIS from claiming the key position in the parent terror organisation. “The success or failure of the ISIS project hinges on the positions of three key jihadist organisations in the world: al-Qaeda in Yemen, AQIM and Ansar al-Sharia in Libya,” Rami said. “Without the allegiance of those groups, the caliphate project will just be ink on paper and will be a local organisation confined to Iraq’s borders.” “However, this doesn’t mean that the caliphate state doesn’t have supporters in those areas,” Rami told Magharebia. “There are dozens of small groups and terrorist cells that have already sworn allegiance to ISIS in those countries, and there are hundreds of lone wolves that ISIS has already attracted. Therefore, al-Baghdadi can use those at any moment to carry out terrorist operations and destabilise regional countries.”
July 31, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2014/07/31/feature-01
Algeria
Headline: Algeria willing to establish “normal” relations with Morocco, says Lamamra
Algeria is willing to establish “normal” relations with Morocco and build the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) in compliance with Saharawi people’s right to self-determination under the International Law, Algeria’s Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Wednesday. Algeria today “reaffirms its commitment for the establishment of the normal bilateral relations with the Kingdom of Morocco and the construction of the Arab Maghreb Union to serve the interests of the region’s peoples, but by respecting the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination,” Lamamra stressed in an interview with Ennahar TV channel. “When Algeria banked on the establishment of normal bilateral relations with the Kingdom of Morocco and on the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union to set up a new climate in the region, likely to offer promising prospects to the region’s peoples, it was based on the idea that Morocco would admit evidences and would not impose a solution in the region which would be rejected by both the international community and the Sahrawi people,” the minister said.
July 31, 2014
Germany
Headline: Germans protest Israeli attacks in Gaza
Dozens of Germans held a street protest in Berlin on Wednesday against the continued Israeli attacks on Gaza. Protesters marched with flags, banners and placards saying, “Free Gaza” and “Stop Massacre in Gaza.” No arrests were reported. The Berlin rally is just latest in a wave of protests in hundreds of cities around the world. Over 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing operation in Gaza.
July 31, 2014
http://rt.com/in-motion/176968-gaza-israel-germany-protest/
Turkey
Headline: Erdogan Accuses Israel of ‘Hitler-Like Fascism’
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday launched one of his strongest attacks yet on Israel over its military operation in the Gaza Strip, accusing the Jewish state of showing “Hitler-like fascism” against the Palestinians. Speaking at a mass rally in eastern Turkey to promote his candidacy in presidential elections, Turkey’s Islamist leader once again compared Israel to Nazi Germany saying he was happy to give back an award that was bestowed upon him by an American Jewish Group in 2004, reiterating comments made earlier this week. In typically bombastic mood wearing a casual shirt and sunglasses, Erdogan showed no sign of reining in rhetoric that has angered not just Israel but also Ankara’s NATO ally the United States. “What is the difference between Israeli actions and those of the Nazis and Hitler?” he asked. “How can you explain what the Israeli state has been doing in Gaza, Palestine, if not genocide?” he said. “This is racism. This is fascism. This is keeping Hitler’s spirit alive,” he added.
July 31, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183575#.U9p9XGPN5Jk
Headline: Turkish ‘Humanitarian Aid’ to Gaza: Ball-Bearings, Cement Mixers
*****This is NOT yet the Freedom Flotilla II with naval escort
Customs officials at southern Israel’s Ashdod port discovered hundreds of ball-bearings and cement mixers in a Turkish shipment of “humanitarian aid” to Gaza on Wednesday, raising fears the cargo could have been used by Hamas to support its ongoing war against Israel, according to Channel Two. While both items have civilian uses, both have played a central role building Hamas’s rocket arsenal and its vast network of “terror tunnels” into Israel. Terrorists in Gaza regularly use ball-bearings to maximize the lethality of locally-made, short-range Qassam rockets. Unlike other, more powerful long-range rockets and military-grade mortar shells smuggled into Gaza from state-sponsors such as Iran, Qassam rockets have a relatively small warhead. But while the explosion itself may be relatively “small”, the rockets are also packed with shrapnel – including nails, razors and, most commonly, ball-bearings – which are scattered throughout a relatively wide radius upon impact, maiming or killing anyone in the vicinity. The co-opting of hundreds of tons of concrete supplies by Hamas to build its underground tunnel network, used to store and transport weapons as well as carry out attacks inside Israel, has also been well-documented. The timing of those specific items of “humanitarian aid” is particularly suspicious; Gaza’s civilian population are hardly appealing for fresh supplies of ball-bearings, and rebuilding targets struck by the Israeli Air Force while it is still operating over Gaza’s skies seems a rather unfruitful endeavor.
July 31, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183554#.U9p_0WPN5Jk
Armenia
Headline: US Warns Armenia, Russia Fires Back
After the US Embassy in Armenia issued a terse warning to Armenian businesses about the consequences of doing business with Russia in light of the most recent Western sanctions, the Russian Embassy fired back accusing the US of “threatening” Armenia. “We encourage all countries and their nationals to consider the reputational risk of doing business with sanctioned individuals and entities and cease business dealings inconsistent with the sanctions that we and others have imposed,” the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan said on Thursday. “The U.S. Embassy in Armenia, like other U.S. embassies around the globe, distributed information about these latest sanctions to Government of Armenia representatives as well as to local business organizations,” it added a statement to RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am). The Russian Embassy was quick to respond and accuse the US of using “thinly veiled threats” against the Armenian government and its business community. “It is not within diplomatic norms to dictate to a host country’s authorities with whom and how they should maintain ties, especially using suggestive threats against a sovereign state. We expect that the business community of Armenia is also able to independently conduct its business and does not need any and does not need any pressure,” said the Russian Embassy statement.
July 31, 2014
http://asbarez.com/125526/us-warns-armenia-russia-fires-back/
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Report reveals ‘disturbing trend’ of brazen attacks against border security by gangs, drug and human traffickers
A game warden hit in the head with a rock while trying to seize a raft. Police officers wounded in an hours-long standoff with a gang member wanted for murder. Criminals spewing obscenities and death threats at local cops before asking for – and receiving – medical treatment. And that was just last week. A weekly report distributed by a Texas state agency to senior law enforcement officials paints a grim picture of the Mexican border, where authorities regularly confront illegal immigrant gang members and draw automatic gunfire from across the Rio Grande, and where local, state and federal authorities fight a never-ending battle against drug smugglers. The most recent Border Operations Sector Assessment report compiled by the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Border Security Operations Center, dated July 25 and obtained by FoxNews.com, details local and federal authorities encountering smugglers carrying millions of dollars’ worth of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, some of which was found in vehicles filled with biblical passages and religious items; federal agents being assaulted and shot at; gang members brazenly approaching people in their homes; and ranch workers witnessing men crossing into the U.S. wearing camouflage and carrying long guns and automatic weapons.
July 31, 2014
Headline: China says Islamist militants kill pro-Beijing imam in Xinjiang
Three suspected Islamist militants armed with knives and axes killed the imam of China’s biggest mosque in the western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, the authorities said, days after a knife-wielding gang attacked state buildings in the same region. All three attackers, who were named by the government, had ethnic Uighur names and the imam, Juma Tayir, was a well-known pro-government Uighur who led prayers at the Id Kah Mosque in the old Silk Road city of Kashgar. Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur people, who speak a Turkic language, has for years been beset by violence, which the government blames on Islamist militants or separatists who it says want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan. Exiled Uighur groups and human rights activists say the government’s repressive policies in Xinjiang, including controls on Islam, have provoked unrest, a claim Beijing denies.
July 31, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/07/31/china-says-islamist-militants-kill-pro-beijing-imam-in-xinjiang/
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: Argentina misses default deadline after talks with creditors collapse
Headline: Argentina blames US, ‘incompetent’ judge for default
The collapse of talks with U.S. creditors sent Argentina into its second debt default in 13 years and raised questions about what comes next for financial markets and the South American nation’s staggering economy. A midnight Wednesday deadline to reach a deal with holdout bondholders came and went with Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof holding firm to his government’s position that it could not accept a deal with U.S. hedge fund creditors it dismisses as “vultures.” Kicillof said the funds refused a compromise offer in talks that ended several hours earlier, although he gave no details of that proposal. “We’re not going to sign an agreement that jeopardizes the future of all Argentines,” Kicillof said after he emerged from the meeting with creditors and a mediator in New York City. “Argentines can remain calm because tomorrow will just be another day and the world will keep on spinning.” But court-appointed mediator Daniel Pollack said a default could hurt bondholders who were not part of the dispute as well as the Argentine economy, which is suffering through a recession, a shortage of dollars and one of the world’s highest inflation rates. “The full consequences of default are not predictable, but they are certainly not positive,” Pollack said.
July 31, 2014
Wars & Rumors of WarsMatthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Weapons of Mass DestructionZechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: North Korea fires projectiles toward Sea of Japan
On Wednesday, North Korea reportedly launched four projectiles in the direction of the Sea of Japan. A South Korea defense ministry official told CNN that two of the projectiles failed to launch successfully. The other two projectiles flew distances of 130 miles and 80 miles, respectively. The one that flew the farthest landed in the sea. It’s unclear where the second projectile landed. All were launched from central North Korea.
July 31, 2014
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Congressional Report: Ebola Bio Kits Deployed to National Guard Units In All 50 States
The Department of Defense informed Congress that it has deployed biological diagnostic systems to National Guard support teams in all 50 states, according to a report published by the Committee on Armed Services. The report, published in April amid growing fears that the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus might spread outside of West Africa, says that the portable systems are designed for “low probability, high consequence” scenarios. Some 340 Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) units have thus far been given to emergency response personnel. The systems are “rapid, reliable, and [provide] simultaneous identification of specific biological agents and pathogens,” says executive officer for the DOD’s Chemical and Biological Defense group Carmen J. Spencer.
July 30, 2014
Headline: Sierra Leone declares emergency as Ebola death toll hits 729
Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims on Thursday, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing tough controls as the death toll from the worst-ever outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa. The World Health Organisation said it was in urgent talks with donors and international agencies to deploy more medical staff and resources to one of the world’s poorest regions. The WHO reported 57 new deaths between July 24 and July 27 in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
July 31, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-health-ebola-leone-idUSKBN0G00TG20140731
Headline: Drug-resistant malaria spreads in Asia, Africa
Drug-resistant malaria is dangerously spreading in South-East Asia, according to a recent study. “Radical action” is needed to prevent it from spreading further, the researchers say. The study was carried out by the New England Journal of Medicine, and founded by the UK Department of International Development. In the study, blood samples from 1,241 malaria patients in 10 countries at 15 trial sites in Asia and Africa. Resistance was noticed in central Burma, southern Laos, and north-eastern Cambodia. In particular, the Cambodia-Thailand border was indicated as risky. No evidence of resistance was found in Africa. “It may still be possible to prevent the spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites across Asia and then to Africa by eliminating them, but that window of opportunity is closing fast,” Professor Nicholas White, who led the research, told Reuters. Artemisinins are the frontline drugs for the disease. “It’s worse than we expected. We have to act quickly if we are going to do anything,” he added.
July 31, 2014
http://rt.com/news/176992-malaria-resistance-asia-africa/
Headline: HealthMap
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http://healthmap.org/formobile/
July 29, 2014 – Thousands of dead fish found floating in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, America
http://wavy.com/2014/07/29/fishermen-find-thousands-of-dead-fish-in-chesapeake-bay/
July 30, 2014 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash up along Necanicum River, Oregon, America
Scorching Sun Isaiah30:26 , Revelation 16:8-9 & Revelation 7:16 “Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their wound.” (Isaiah 30:26) “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9) “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.” ( Revelation 7: 16)
Headline: California breaks drought record as 58% of state hits driest level
More than half of California is now under the most severe level of drought for the first time since the federal government began issuing regular drought reports in the late 1990s, according to new data released Thursday. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor report, in July roughly 58% of California was considered to be experiencing an “exceptional” drought — the harshest on a five-level scale. This is the first year that any part of California has seen that level of drought, let alone more than half of it, said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, which issued the report. “You keep beating the record, which are still all from this year,” he said. The entire state has been in severe drought since May, but more of it has since fallen into more severe categories — “extreme” and “exceptional.” Nearly 22% more of California was added into the exceptional drought category in the last week alone. California is also more than a year’s worth of water short in its reservoirs and moisture in the state’s topsoil and subsoil has nearly been depleted, according to the report.
July 31, 2014
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-drought-worsens-record-20140731-story.html
Headline: Hottest August in 300 YEARS on way as jet stream BOILS Britain
An “explosion” of unstable air high in the atmosphere has created an “unusually elongated” jet stream which is poised to drag SCORCHING highs in from the Continent and Africa sending thermometers soaring to dangerous levels around the UK. The entire country will swelter in the highest summer temperatures for more than 300 years, putting even The Great Heatwave of 1906 firmly in the shade. The Great Heatwave lasted a week and was the most intense of the 20th Century, with temperatures exceeding 32C (90F) in the UK for FOUR days running. The warning that Britain now faces an even WORSE blast comes just days after scientists revealed “highly unusual activity” on the surface of the sun which sent huge solar flares spiralling towards earth.
July 31, 2014
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.”
Headline: Floods submerge parts of Balkans, 2 have died
A second person has drowned after rivers burst their banks in Romania, authorities said Thursday, and the flooding also caused damage across the Balkans, inundating a power plant in Serbia and causing landslides in Montenegro. Forecasters issued a severe weather warning for parts of southern Romania, which has been worst hit by the floods this week. About 300 people were stranded by floods in a village near the Gilort River, which burst its banks. Authorities said a man was found dead several kilometers from his home, the second person to drown in Romania from the flooding. Around 1,200 people have been evacuated, and some 2,200 homes were damaged by floods with 99 of them completely destroyed. Forecasters said flooding was also expected in northwest Romania as waters levels in rivers grew, and one major road in west Romania was also flooded.
July 31, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/floods-submerge-parts-balkans-2-died-145437521.html