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Morals
Spain votes for Gay marriage
30/6/05
Spain officially approved gay marriage in the Spanish parliament today, with a vote of 187 for and 147 against the bill. It makes Spain the third country in the world to legalize gay marriage nation-wide. Canada will become the fourth, if legislation is passed in July.

Quote: "The new law puts same-sex and heterosexual marriages on the same legal footing, including the right to adopt children. About 5,000 gay couples in Spain have already announced they are queuing up to say "I do", our correspondent says.

This follows a world-wide scientific study into the affects of homosexual and lesbian adoption, showing that children raised in these kinds of environments are more likely to suffer from gender confusion and stress.

Source BBC, TruthTV

Lawlessness abounds
UK Teen kills parents
30/6/05
A UK teen got life yesterday for killing both his parents in an horrific attack, and then going on a spending spree, racking up £30,000 of debt on their credit cards. He was jailed on a reduced charge of manslaughter, claiming the reason why he carried out the attack is because he had a "personality disorder".

Quote: "He falsely claimed he was a professional tennis player and applied for 13 credit cards in his father's name to fund his fantasies. After battering and stabbing his parents, he went on holiday to the US with his girlfriend Amal Saba, where his excesses included spending £2,200 on a three-night stay in the Presidential Suite of the Plaza Hotel in New York. When he returned home on 12 August he stayed with his girlfriend's parents claiming he was locked out of his house until his parents returned "from holiday".

It can be argued that anyone who kills somebody must have a personality disorder, and this shows just to what extent people are prepared to go to bend the laws to justify sin.

Matthew 10:21 
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Source BBC

Israel
Israeli's die in new Hizbullah attack
30/6/05
Fierce fighting has erupted in northern Israel, when Hizbullah mounted an incursion into the Mount Dov region. Five Israeli's were killed in Wednesday's attack in the same area.

Source Jerusalem Post

Israel
Terror "tunnels" pose new threat
29/6/05
Residents of Gaza now face a new threat from Palestinian terrorists. This time  not from the air with Kassam rockets, but from under ground. An Islamic Jihad member is in jail after admitting to digging a 20 metre tunnel into Gush Katif - bypassing an army checkpoint, where he planned to carry out a suicide bombing. The IDF admit there's not much they can do about the situation.

Quote: "Palestinian terrorists regularly use tunnels to smuggle weapons from Egypt into the nearby Rafah refugee camp. And Hamas in December killed five Israelis by packing explosives in a tunnel they had dug underneath a military base. But the discovery in Neve Dekalim this week marked the first known case of terrorists planning to infiltrate Gaza's Jewish communities by way of a tunnel.

This revelation marks a new precedent in Palestinian terror groups' determination to attack Israeli citizens before the Gaza disengagement is completed.

Source WorldNetDaily

Morals
Canada approves gay marriage
29/6/05
Canada has become the 3rd country in the world to legalize gay marriage.

Quote: "The bill would grant same-sex couples legal rights equal to those in traditional unions between a man and a woman, something already legal in a majority of Canadian provinces. The legislation drafted by Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority Liberal Party government was also expected to easily pass the Senate and become federal law by the end of July. The Netherlands and Belgium are the only other two nations that allow gay marriage nationwide.

Source myway

Israel
Gaza protests amid Palestinian violence
28/6/05
There were further protests n Israel today over the Gaza disengagement, with the public becoming increasingly disillusioned because of Palestinian violence. Two boys were murdered this month by Palestinian gunmen, being sprayed with bullets while they waited at a bus stop...

Quote: "The attack left 17 year old Avihai Levy instantly dead and two other boys seriously wounded. One of them, 15 year old Aviad Mansour—who was on his way home to surprise his parent’s with a wedding anniversary cake—had both legs amputated due to his severe wounds. He died two days later in a Jerusalem hospital. A PLO Fatah group claimed responsibility for the brazen attack.

Over 200,000 people showed their solidarity with the protesters by pulling their vehicles into the side of the road for 15 minutes, considerably slowing traffic.

Quote: "Today's campaign, dubbed "Stop for a minute, think for a minute," was led by the Yesha settler's council, which claimed tonight about 40,000 cars and 200,000 demonstrators participated. Drivers were asked to pull over to the side of the road for 15 minutes and exit their vehicles while waving orange ribbons, Israeli flags and anti-disengagement placards. The actual protest lasted over an hour, until Yesha Council leader Pinchas Wallerstein eventually issued an order to end the event. 

Source David Dolan, WorldNetDaily.

Temple Mount
Gay ruling gives new hope for Revava
27/6/05
The ruling yesterday, permitting a Gay pride march to go ahead as planned, in spite of a previous ban by the Jerusalem Mayor, has given new impetus into Revava's hopes of organizing a march in support of rebuilding the Third Temple.

Quote: "David Ha'ivri, director of Revava, an organization with the stated mission of ''restoring self-esteem to the state of Israel by restoring national pride and values," said in response to the court's decision, he will be holding a "Jewish pride" parade the same day on the Temple Mount. "If the Jewish state will allow any other group to assemble, how can they ban Jews from holding a parade demanding access to their holiest site?" asked Ha'ivri.

Only Muslims are permitted to enter and worship on the Temple Mount, while Jews and Christians are only permitted to enter on non-Christian and non-Jewish holidays, and must not carry any item of religious significance that might cause offence to the Waqf - the Muslim authority on the site, and must not pray.

Source WorldNetDaily

Morals
Gay pride ban overturned
26/6/05
An Israeli judge overturned the Jerusalem Mayor's ban of a Gay pride march in spectacular fashion today, demanding the Mayor pay the gay and lesbian centre, Jerusalem Open House, over $12000 for legal fees and damages, stating that the Mayor cannot "act with prejudice against a group of people because he disagrees with their views".

Source BBC

Mark of the Beast
UK will vote on ID Cards
26/6/05
The UK House of Commons plan to vote Tuesday whether to accept or reject the resurrected National ID Cards Bill. If accepted it will be the first time ID cards have been introduced in Britain since the Second World War.

Before the election, the government claimed their intention of introducing the card was to prevent terrorists entering the country. Now the government claim the reason for bringing in the card is to reduce fraud and illegal immigration (now uppermost in the public's mind). But its hard to see how such a card can prevent fraud, illegal immigration or terrorism. The card will also not be compulsory, so the system will only be as secure as its weakest link. The card will cost roughly £93 (an initial government estimate), meaning the poorest families will find them difficult to afford.

Quote: ""In Labour's Britain there is a sense that we are all now guilty until proven innocent," David Davis (Shadow Home Secretary) continued. "As if to reinforce this point, they now want us to carry around a plastic card with our name, address and photo on it so we can prove who we are all at all times. "This is something which I instinctively oppose. It represents an unhealthy shift in the balance of the relationship between the citizen and the state." 

The government are trying their best to condition the public for accepting identity cards. But I believe it will take a major crisis in the country before people will accept it. Cards can also be stolen or lost, and can you imagine having to fork out £93 because you lost your card? 

There is a better system, manufactured in America by Applied Digital Solutions, called the VeriChip. It is a little microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, which can be implanted under the skin. As a result it is almost impossible to steal or lose. After the tragedy of the Asian Tsunami, one News Agency suggested this chip could have helped identify the tens of thousands of corpses, and stated the VeriChip is usually implanted in the right hand or forehead, the exact place where the Mark of the Beast will be implanted, as mentioned in the book of Revelation.

Source BBC, StarTech Central

Anti-Semitism
Anglicans call for action against Israel
25/6/05
The Anglican church repeated its call for action against Israeli firms today, to put pressure on the Israeli government to find a solution to the conflict there. A few months ago, the church called for divestment from Israeli companies working in "occupied areas", including the Gaza strip, West Bank and Golan Heights. 

The Anglican church has been criticized, and justly so, for their one-sided view, condemning Israel while keeping silent on Palestinian terror. 

Quote: "Jon Benjamin, chief executive of the Board of British Deputies of British Jews, told The Guardian newspaper: "That Israel alone should be singled out for such treatment, particularly at a time when dialogue is beginning to prevail, shows an inequality in the treatment of the Jewish state which must raise concerns about the Church's relationship with our community. "Once again, the outrageous falsehoods levelled against Israel are used by the enemies of peaceful co-existence to undermine the genuine goodwill of those who want to see an end to conflict in the region."

What this shows, like Palestinian terror groups, the "church" will not be satisfied until Israel hands back all territory, including East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount to the Palestinians. The Catholic church is also keen to see peace in Jerusalem. But the reason for that is, because they want Jerusalem under their control. They want to place a Pope in Jerusalem before the return of Christ, because they believe the Pope is Christ's representative on earth. Unless a Pope is sitting in Jerusalem at His return, the Catholic church will be seen as being a false church, and the Popes weren't Vicars of Christ after all.

Source BBC

Morals
"Gay pride" ban in Jerusalem
24/6/05
A Gay pride march planned for next week in Jerusalem may be banned after the Mayor of the city stated that this march may offend the conservative majority living in the city. But the Israeli Interior Minister has stated that if it comes down to it, he will force Jerusalem to hold the Gay pride march.

Quote: "The city council, including the mayor, decided "it is not right to allow the march or other planned activities to take place in the streets of Jerusalem, fearing that it will create an uproar, offend a wide sector of city residents and out of fear of public disturbances," Eitan Meir, director general of City Hall, said in a letter to organizers.

Of course the very reason why the event is being held in Jerusalem is because of those conservative beliefs, and Gay activists wish to confront them, in an effort to get greater recognition for their "cause".

Source SF Gate

Temple Mount
Revava to hold conference
24/6/05
Revava, a Jewish group that is trying to increase public awareness of the Temple Mount (meaning the rebuilding of the Third Temple), is planning to hold a conference next week

Quote: "Organizers said they decided to hold a conference open to the public after the Bayit Leumi organization – behind last month's massive street protests – did the same and succeeded in recruiting thousands of activists.

Source Jerusalem Post

Morals
Co-op terminates Christian Voice account
24/06/05
The Co-operative bank today gave 30 days for the Christian Voice to find somewhere else to take their money because of their stance on homosexuality. The Christian Voice is a UK group that organized protests against the Jerry Springer Opera, which portrayed Jesus Christ as a homosexual man in a nappy.

Quote: "The Co-operative Bank has asked Christian Voice to close its account following a review of their activities. Anyone visiting the Christian Voice website will see that it is engaged in discriminatory pronouncements, based on the grounds of sexual orientation. This public stance is incompatible with the position of The Co-operative Bank, which publicly supports diversity and dignity, in all its forms, for our staff, customers and other stakeholders.

The Co-operative Bank state that they have had a lot of support from their customers in this decision. You can give them feedback on this issue here.

Source Co-operative Bank

Earthquakes
2 quakes hit Greece
24/6/05
Two earthquakes struck Greece Thursday and Friday, measuring 4.2 and 4.8 on the Richter Scale.

Quote: "The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale and occurred at 1:44 a.m., about 270 kilometers (168 miles) east of Athens.

Source Jerusalem Post

Sanhedrin
Call for plans for Temple
23/6/05
Sorry, I should have posted this when I saw it first time. The Sanhedrin, the newly established Jewish legal/religious body, has called on groups to put forward plans for the rebuilding of the Third Temple, for when the opportunity arises to build it.

Quote: "Nevertheless, the group will establish a forum of architects and engineers to begin plans for rebuilding the Temple - a move fraught with religious and political volatility. The group, which calls itself the Sanhedrin, is calling on the Jewish people to contribute toward the acquisition of materials for the purpose of rebuilding the Temple - including the gathering and preparation of prefabricated, disassembled portions to be stored and ready for rapid assembly, "in the manner of King David."

Daniel states that the Jewish sacrificial system will soon be re-instated, possibly as a result of a peace agreement in the Middle East, of whom the Antichrist will be the main signatory (Daniel 9:27). During the tribulation period, the sacrifices will be stopped, and the Antichrist, will sit in the Temple and proclaim Himself as God (2nd Thessalonians 2:3-4). The Temple Institute already has most of the artefacts of the Temple recreated ready for use, and the fact that Rabbis are even considering rebuilding the Temple shows us how close the events mentioned in the book of Revelation may be.

Source WorldNetDaily

Gay marriage
December date for Gay law in N. Ireland
23/6/05
Some local news for a change. A Church of Ireland cleric has expressed his fear that the UK government will impose a Gay civil-union law on Northern Ireland this coming December, when the Act is due to become law in England.

Quote: "Bishop Harold Miller told the Down and Dromore Synod in Moira parish hall yesterday that the Government appeared intent on imposing on Northern Ireland civil partnerships for gay and lesbian couples by December. "These issues will continue to run, not only in the Church, but in the province, as the Government seems determined to introduce a form of civil partnership into Northern Ireland, beginning, so far as I can see, in December," he said.

With no Assembly running, it may make it more difficult to voice opposition against this bill, which will deal a blow to the already faltering family-unit in Northern Ireland. Hopefully with the DUP's increased majority in the House of Commons, there will be a greater voice speaking on behalf of the people of Northern Ireland against this bill.

Source Belfast Telegraph

Islam
Koran abuse
22/6/05
An Israeli has been killed in retaliation for the so-called "Koran abuse" in Megiddo, Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Israel investigated the Koran abuse story, and found that Israeli guards had not torn pages out of a Koran. In fact, pages had been torn out of a Koran by Palestinians, who used it to build a model of the Dome of the Rock. Another Palestinian prisoner in Ashkelon was also caught in the act, tearing pages out of a Koran and flushing them down the toilet. 

Source BBC

Morals
Parents ignore violent game ratings
22/6/05
With violent games on the increase, and available to an increasingly younger audience, new research shows that a majority of parents ignore warnings on the box, and let their children play games that are not suitable for their age.

Quote: ""Most parents think their child is mature enough so that these games will not influence them," Modulum researcher Jurgen Freund told a games conference.
Mr Freund suggested that the problem was that parents felt disconnected from the world of video games and so showed little interest in this aspect of their children's lives. "Parents are too divorced from what teenagers play," he said.

It is true, that most adults can easily differentiate between what is a game, and what is reality. It's sad that most parents don't seem to understand that children cannot so easily do this, and can be profoundly mentally affected by the things they see and hear. This is the reason we have age limits on videos and games. Having seen first hand the effects violent games have on young children, I just hope that something can be done about this trend sooner rather than later. 

Ezekiel 28:16
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God:

Source BBC

Israel
Qurei flees Palestinian gunfire
22/6/05
Palestinian PM, Ahmed Qurei, was forced to flee a meeting he was speaking at today in the West Bank, after Palestinians fired shots into the building he was in. 

Quote: "Mr Qurei was not harmed but had to flee the Balata camp in Nablus amid more gunfire. An explosive device also went off, but nobody was injured.
"This is the kind of chaos we do not want," Mr Qurei, who was accompanied by several cabinet ministers, said after the shooting. "They want to impose their will but we will not bend to them," he added.

The shooting makes a mockery of the PA's attempt to court the terror groups. The PA should realize that actively recruiting terrorists into the Palestinian Police force is not the way to bring lasting peace to the region. If the PA had lived up to their responsibilities of disarming all terror groups, as the Middle East "roadmap" demands, this event would likely have not happened.

Source BBC

Israel
Tahdiah "only in name"
21/6/05
Palestinian violence continues to escalate in the Middle East, making a mockery of the "tahdiah", or "temporary calm" which President Abbas had supposedly secured. Israeli forces prevented possible mass-carnage today, when they arrested a young Palestinian woman, who had an explosives belt tied around her waist. She was on her way to a hospital in Beersheba to receive treatment for burns, where she intended to detonate the explosives. Thankfully the explosives failed to go off.

Quote: "In an interview shown on Israeli television, Ms Bis said her "dream was to be a martyr". She said she was recruited by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - an off-shoot of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction. Ms Bis also said she had been angry over allegations that Israeli guards had ripped out pages of the Koran at a prison in northern Israel, claims Israel denies. "What angered me and the Palestinian people is the abuse of the Koran," she said. "Should we sit in silence with our hands tied?" Later, she pleaded for mercy because she "didn't kill anyone".

How a young girl could equate killing dozens of innocent people as justified retaliation for Israeli prison guards "abusing" a religious book, a story which wasn't even true, boggles the mind. It shows the amount of indoctrination and brainwashing Palestinian youths must go through, where killing one's self along with other innocent people is seen as honouring God. The media must also be held fully accountable the reports they broadcast, especially when they are inaccurate and have a tendency to incite violence.

Source BBC, Jerusalem Post

Lawlessness
Rape and murder
20/6/05
I have just read about two horrific incidents which occurred in the last few days, of which I even questioned putting on this site, such was the severity of the incidents.

A boy is under arrest in America, after having been caught in the act, raping a neighbour's dog. The dog later died from its injuries. The teen was also charged with the rape of two children of another neighbours. 
And in Africa, a man would have been under arrest for stabbing his wife to death, only that he died in the process of eating her flesh, all in front of police officers. 

I won't even quote from these articles, as they are too graphic, and absolutely disgust me.

Jesus Christ stated that "as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man", Luke 17:26. In the days of Noah, God said that the whole world had corrupted themselves in His sight, and that He would destroy man, whom He had created.
Incidents like these only prove how far man has fallen, and that unless we repent, we will all likewise perish (Luke 13:3)

Genesis 6:5-6
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Source Fox21, AlertNet

Earthquakes
Quake hits Japan
20/6/05
An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit northern Japan today. There were no reports of casualties.

Quote: "The magnitude-4.9 quake hit at 1:03 p.m. in Niigata prefecture (state), the Meteorology Agency said. Its epicenter was estimated at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).

Source Jerusalem Post

Islam
Palestinian tears up Koran
20/6/05
A Palestinian prisoner in Ashkelon has been "caught in the act" of desecrating a Koran in an Israeli jail, putting a completely new twist on the media's affair with so-called "Koran abuse". 

Quote: "A Palestinian female prisoner from Shikma Prison near Ashkelon desecrated a Koran on Sunday and tore pages from the book which she threw into a toilet, the Prisons Service said. A guard succeeded in retrieving the pages from the toilet and turned them over to the Prison management. The prison warden ordered an investigation into the incident.

The Western media has been quick to blame the US over alleged Koran desecrations, with Newsweek having to retract their article because of lack of evidence, and had only one source who wasn't willing to back up the story. It seems with Palestinian Arabs now getting in on the act, the media will have to check their sources more carefully.

Source Jerusalem Post

Spiritual darkness
"Crucified" Nun dies on cross
19/6/05
I was shocked when I read this article on the BBC's website, how a young 23 year old Nun was "bound to a cross" and left for 3 days in a convent in Romania as "punishment" for supposedly being possessed by a demon.

Quote: "Police say the 23-year-old nun, who was denied food and drink throughout her ordeal, had been tied and chained to the cross and a towel pushed into her mouth to smother any sounds. A post-mortem is to be carried out, although initial reports say that Cornici died from asphyxiation.

This story reminds me of years ago in Ireland, where Catholic nuns who gave birth to Priests' babies in the convents used to lower them down into lime pits to die, rather than being found out for what they had done. Sadly I imagine this is only the tip of the iceberg, and shows the spiritual darkness that pervades in countries where superstitious beliefs, under the guise of religion, hold sway. We have had many stories in the press lately in the UK of 300 African boys that went missing from London, who it is believed have ended up as ritualistic sacrifices for Africans living in Britain. African culture is full of superstition, and when when family members suffer sickness or die, often innocent people are blamed for putting a "curse" on them, and terrible retribution is carried out.

Source BBC, BBC

Morals
Spanish protests over Gay marriage bill
18/6/05
Spain looks set to be the first European state to legalize gay marriage, when the Spanish Upper house will vote on whether to make the new bill law. The Lower house has already passed the bill, which will make it legal for gay citizens living in Spain to marry and adopt children. 

A rally in protest of the legalization of gay "marriage" has been organized for 6pm today, and they hope to have around 500,000 in the march on Madrid. I just wonder how Europe will play its part here, seeing we are all governed by Brussels, will Spain's ruling affect the rest of us Europeans?

Ironically, a recent scientific study by world experts into gay adoption found that children raised in a gay environment were more susceptible to "low self-esteem, stress, confusion regarding sexual identity, an increase in mental illness, drug use, promiscuity, STD’s, and homosexual behaviour, amongst others."

Quote: "HazteOir, concerned by the apparent unquestioning acceptance in Spain of homosexual adoption, hopes that the wide array of information provided in the report and its extensive bibliography will prove to the Senate that homosexual parentage is harmful for children. The president of HazteOir stated, in light of the findings of the report: “In no way can a couple of persons of the same sex be judged suitable for adopting a child. Considering the findings of this vast bibliography we are obliged to protect the minor and say that same-sex couples must not be allowed to adopt children.

Source BBC, TruthTV

Earthquakes
Fourth quake strikes California
17/6/05
Another earthquake hit California yesterday, measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale. It comes just days after California was hit by a magnitude 7.9 quake which sparked a Tsunami warning. This is the fourth earthquake to strike the state this week.

Quote: "A 4.9 magnitude earthquake centred in San Bernardino County shook much of Southern California yesterday. The previous event near Eureka was measured at 7.2 on the Richter scale. Last Sunday, a 5.2 quake centred near Anza jolted Californians awake. Scientists admit it's rare for quakes of this magnitude to strike so close together.

Source WorldNetDaily

Apostasy
Is Jesus Christ the Son of God?
16/6/05
Stupid question? Apparently not for the United Church of Christ in America, a denominational umbrella covering many churches, who will put this question to those gathered at their up-coming convention.

Quote: "It may seem like a slam dunk, but delegates for the 1.3 million-member United Church of Christ may reject the resolution. Several Bergen County pastors, who aren't delegates to the convention, said they expect the measure to fail. "Religiously speaking, it sounds like apple pie," said the Rev. Raymond Kostulias of the First Congregational Church of Park Ridge. "But there is a judgmental quality to it that implies very strongly that those who do not agree with us are condemned or damned or hopeless - and that's exactly the thing that UCC is against."

I never thought I would see this day, but it looks like it will happen... Question is for the UCC, if Jesus Christ is not God, who was He?

2 Peter 2:1 
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Source North Jersey

Anti-Semitism
Electronic Intifada
16/6/05
If you thought the Palestinian Authority had changed their tune since the death of Arafat, and had become true peace brokers of the Middle East, you should maybe think again. The PA claimed a few days ago that Israel is selling "carcinogenic juice" to Palestinians and dumping toxic waste in the West Bank, amid other ridiculous statements.

Quote: "Such allegations, which were common under Yasser Arafat's rule, have resurfaced in recent weeks in the Palestinian media. PA officials have also accused Israel of dumping toxic chemical waste in some areas in the West Bank with the intention of causing severe damage to the health of Palestinians. Last month, PA-controlled newspapers claimed that Israel was using wild pigs to destroy crops and agricultural farms in the West Bank. The papers claimed that settlers and IDF soldiers were seen setting loose many wild pigs near Palestinian villages as part of a campaign designed to destroy the Palestinian economy. 

Such claims, although obviously untrue, incite Palestinian violence and hatred against Israel, and are especially despicable coming from officials who are meant to be trying to curb violence - not incite it, and who hope to form the first Palestinian government. If they are prepared to lie about these things, what else are they prepared to lie about in order to achieve their goal (the destruction of Israel)?

Source Jerusalem Post

Israel
PA will not disarm militants
14/6/05
According to Hal Lindsay, President Bush put his foot in it when he stated that the Israel/Palestine borders should legally be the 1949 armistice lines. This meaning that the official US position is, that Israel has no legal right to a united Jerusalem, and thus no Temple Mount. This has resulted in the PA declaring that no Palestinian terrorist group will be disarmed until Israel withdraws from the entire Gaza strip and West Bank. Not that President Abbas intends to disarm terrorists, for he has actively recruited them into the PA police force, guns and all.

Quote: "Under international law, the Palestinian people have the right to resist this occupation and defend themselves," Kidwa, the former Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, told Reuters in an interview. "When occupation ends, it becomes a different matter. It would have to come to a national position to start disarming everybody, everybody but the security apparatus," he said, referring to Palestinian Authority security forces.

Of course, "resistance" in Palestinian sense of the word, means killing innocent civilians, which under International Law is called a crime against humanity. This situation puts Israel in a very dangerous position, because in any "right of return" which the PA demands, Israel cannot absorb over a million Palestinians (and give them full Israeli citizenship) and remain a Jewish state. And if Israel do not succumb to PA demands, the terrorists will claim that Israel has violated the agreement, and take up arms once more.

Source Stuff

Israel
PA brings back death sentences
14/6/05
In a move which has brought about international condemnation, the PA has carried out death sentences on Palestinians for the first time since 2002. Yasser Arafat, as head of the PA, used to approve the death sentences himself until pressure was put on him by President Clinton to stop them. President Abbas has asked for an Islamic ruling to reinstate death sentences.

The first PA death sentences were carried out on Sunday, three by hanging and one by firing squad. A majority of news reports have portrayed the four men as murderers, but Israel National News states that one man was killed because he collaborated with Israel in passing on information of the whereabouts of a wanted Hamas terrorist. 

Source Israel National News

Morals
Gay protests demand School staff take Homophobia lessons
14/6/05

"Gay rights" protestors are campaigning in the US against a School district in which they demand that teachers are forced to take Homophobia lessons, due to supposed discrimination against gay and lesbian pupils. As usual, the ACLU may get involved...

Quote: "“I’m giving them time to redeem themselves,” said Daley, an Institute for Global Commerce and Government junior. “If the problems are fixed, then I won’t move any further with it.” Daley is talking to the American Civil Liberties Union about harassment of gays on campus, though the ACLU hasn’t made a commitment to represent Daley if he decides to file a lawsuit, said Tamara Lange, a lawyer with the organization.

Isn't it interesting, the words "Gay" and "Pride" are both sins which God hates (although God hates all sin). We read in the book of Ezekiel, that "pride" was one of the sins of Sodom...

Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Also, Isaiah mentions a particular characteristic of Sodom's sins, was that they were declared openly, just like we have today, in these many "Gay Pride" parades. 

Isaiah 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Source Tracy Press

Israel
Sanhedrin makes statement on court ruling
14/6/05
The High Court in Israel recently ruled that the Israeli governments Gaza disengagement plan, which includes the forced relocation of over 8000 Israelis, is legal according to Israeli law. The Court also received many petitions against the evacuation plan. The Sanhedrin, the recently re-established Jewish religious/legal body, released this statement regarding the Court's approval of the disengagement.

Quote: "This decision by the High Court of Justice regarding petitions brought against the disengagement, and the Evacuation-Compensation Law, according to which: "Judea and Samaria are not a part of the Jewish State," is in opposition to the laws of the State, the decisions of previous governments, and past decisions of the Knesset, and every precedent that has been established until this year.

Source BBC, Temple Institute

Earthquakes
Quake hits Chile
14/6/05
A massive earthquake struck Chile today, measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale. Around 8 people have been reported dead.

Quote: "The earthquake, which lasted nearly a minute, was also felt in neighbouring Bolivia and Peru.

Source BBC

Morals
Ban can't stop Gay Pride
12/6/05
Showing just how highly they regard the law, a Gay Pride march went ahead in Poland today, despite being banned by the Mayor of the city, because the application for permission to march was filed incorrectly by the group.

Quote: "The marchers were joined by a number of politicians, including Deputy Prime Minister Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka and two German MPs from the Green Party, Claudia Roth and Volkar Beck. "Mayor Kaczynski, democracy also means freedom of assembly and expression for gays and lesbians," Ms Roth told the crowd.

Democracy also means respecting the rule of law. 

Source: BBC

Religious hatred
UK Religious hatred bill re-unveiled
9/6/05
The UK Labour government have unveiled their plans to re-introduce the controversial Religious Hatred bill. The bill was dropped from the government's anti-terror laws before the election, coming under fire from both Christians and Muslim groups, who believe it will make it a criminal offence to evangelise or criticize other faiths. This has already happened in Australia, which introduced a similar bill some years ago. Pastor Daniel Scott was jailed for speaking to his own gathering about Islam, because a visiting Muslim did not like his remarks. 

In their usual arrogance, as seen in the recent UK elections, the Labour government accuses those who see genuine problems with this bill as "holding back progress".

Quote: "However, the Government has put the blame squarely on the Conservatives and Lib Dems. In a letter to mosques yesterday, Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, said, "The reason we cannot pass this legislation is because both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives have blocked the legislation in Parliament. The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives made it clear that they were not willing to see this measure become law. They bear full responsibility for blocking this part of the Bill."

Source BBC, Ian Paisley.org, Muslim News

Famines
China water shortage by 2030
9/6/05
If current estimates of population growth continue in China, experts say there will be a severe water shortage by 2030, when China is expected to have a population in excess of 1.6 billion. China has 20% of the world's population, and only 7% of the world's water supplies.

Revelation 6:5-6
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

The book of Revelation shows us that during the tribulation period, there will be a worldwide shortage of food which will cause prices to rocket. When the verses above were written, a penny was a day's wages. And the care taken over the handling of the oil and wine shows us how scarce these things will become.

Source China

Sanhedrin
New leader chosen
8/6/05
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz has been chosen as the new temporary head of the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish legal/religious tribunal in Israel.

Quote: "There is also a broad consensus, even among national religious rabbis such as Rabbi Avraham Shapira and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, that no steps should be made toward the building of a Third Temple.

The re-establishment of the Sanhedrin, after 1400 years, is an extremely significant event. It would have been the Sanhedrin that Jesus Christ appeared before He was sent to Pilate to be crucified (Mat 26:59, "Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death"). The Jewish Sanhedrin may also be the group that will officially recognize the Antichrist as their Messiah...

John 5:43
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Although some say no steps should be made toward the rebuilding of the Third Temple, this is one of the primary concerns of the Sanhedrin. A Third Temple must also be built in order to be desecrated during the tribulation by the abomination of desolation which the Lord Jesus spoke of (Mark 13:14-16, Daniel 12:11), and this Temple will also be the place where the Antichrist will take up his residence for the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation period.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 

Source Jerusalem Post

Middle East
Spanish PM - Europe appeases terror
8/6/05
The previous Spanish Prime Minister, in an interview with the Jerusalem Post, has stated that Israel should do its best to ignore European pressure for a solution to the conflict, because Europe has a track history of appeasing terror and is largely pro-Palestinian.

Quote: ""Europe likes appeasement very much; this is one of the most important differences between us and the States," Aznar said in an interview on the Bar-Ilan University campus. "Europeans don't like any problems. They prefer appeasement."
"For many people in Europe, when they watch television and see the image of the democratically elected prime minister of Israel, for them the image is that of an autocrat. But when they see the image of an Islamic elected prime minister, they see someone they want to engage in dialogue." Asked to explain the phenomenon, Aznar replied: "This is Europe."

Even though this is true, and that can only be shown by France and other states' willingness to turn a blind eye to men like Saddam, we are told in the Bible that Europe will be a key player in the peace process in the Middle East. The leader of the European Union (Antichrist) is to put his signature to the seven year peace treaty, mentioned in Daniel 9:27, which will mark the start of the tribulation period.

Javier Solana also recently told Israeli ministers that they had to deal with Europe (as regards to the peace process), "whether they liked it or not".

Source Jerusalem Post

Persecution
Saudi crackdown
7/6/05
While the media in the US and UK are bending over backwards trying to accommodate Muslims in their "supposed" Quran desecration, even after Newsweek famously had to retract their article claiming a Quran was flushed down the toilet during prisoner interrogation, Saudi Arabia launched a crackdown of their own which has went largely unreported in media circles.

Quote: "International Christian Concern reported it had learned of 46 confirmed arrests in the Middle Eastern country through June 1. The arrests included eight Indian nationals who were taken into custody May 28, according to ICC. It also has confirmed reports of police ransacking the houses of Christians and destroying Bibles, ICC reported. Regular Saudi police and Muttawa religious police have carried out these actions, according to the ICC.
"Saudi police confiscate hundreds of Bibles yearly at border crossings and in raids on Christians, then burn or desecrate them, the Saudi Institute reported May 20. The latest actions by Saudi police came after the United States was accused of desecrating the Koran, Islam’s holy book, at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba...

Source BPNews

Terrorism
UK admits Hamas contacts despite terror
7/6/05
The UK government has continued its policy of secret talks with terrorist organizations, this time not with the IRA - but with Hamas, who have recently become favourites in the Palestinian elections.

Even though today, Hamas launched three Kassam rockets at Sderot in Israel, that killed two people and wounded six others, Jack Straw of the UK government admitted his staff have had two previous contacts with Hamas.

Quote: "On the UK's low-level meetings with Hamas, Shuli Davidovich, spokeswomen at the Israeli Embassy in London, said: "Any dialogue will empower the extremists and not the moderates on the Palestinian Authority. "As long as Hamas continued to go through the route or terrorism we can't perceive them as a political organisation."

Source BBC, Jerusalem Post

Anti-Semitism
French paper found guilty in court
6/6/05
The French newspaper, Le Monde, has been found guilty of "racial defamation" of Jews in a landmark court ruling, although this ruling has went largely unreported in major media circles. You can read the full article here.

Quote: "One is hard pressed to imagine that a nation of fugitives, descended of the people persecuted longest in the history of humanity, having been subjected to the worst humiliations and the deepest contempt, should be able to transform itself in two generations into a "dominating and self-assured people" and, with the exception of an admirable minority, a contemptuous people taking satisfaction in humiliating others.

It seems that the intention of the author was not to label "all Jews" as a "contemptuous people taking satisfaction in humiliating others", but that was what was written, and this case shows just how subtly the media makes play on words in order to put their slant across. 

Quote: "The French umbrella group for Jewish associations, CRIF, said it "noted with satisfaction" the appeal court ruling, adding that the verdict "clearly set limits on a deviation that consists of incriminating 'the Jews' in the name of a criticism of Israel". The group added: "We have always considered that criticism of Israeli policy falls under the category of the free and democratic exchange of ideas, but that debate cannot express itself as a demonisation of Israel nor of the Jews."

Source Honest Reporting, Guardian

Temple Mount
Muslims attack visitors
6/6/05
A group of around 200 Arab youths stoned police guarding a group touring the Temple Mount today. Police returned fire with stun grenades, in order to disperse the crowd. In a remarkable twist of logic, with the tired old strategy of blaming Israel for everything, President Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Qurei released these statements about the incident...

Quote: ""The Israeli government and the international community must stop these unjustified and dangerous violations that risk reaping regrettable consequences," he said during a tour of a Palestinian school in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said the incident occurred because a "horde of extremist and criminal settlers attacked the al-Aqsa". He said the Palestinian stone throwers were defending themselves.

Source BBC

Earthquakes
Quake strikes Turkey
6/6/05
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Turkey this morning. No reports of causalities have yet been reported.

Quote: "The quake struck Bingol province, some 900 kilometres (560 miles) southeast of the capital, Ankara, at 10:41 a.m. (0741 GMT), the Kandilli Observatory said.

Source Jerusalem Post

Israel
CFR meets Abbas
3/6/05
The President of the Council on Foreign Relations - another front for the New World Order, has held a press conference with Mahmoud Abbas about the peace process in Israel. President Abbas restated his belief that there can be no peace without East Jerusalem...

Quote: "You cannot have a viable state without East Jerusalem for a very central reason. We are talking about territories that were occupied in 1967, and East Jerusalem falls into that part of territories that were occupied in 1967. We are not asking for anything more than what was taken in 1967 and became occupied territories. I think this is a clear issue, and we made that very clear in all of our meetings, either the ones we had with the Israelis or the ones we had with various [inaudible].

The Bible states that in the last days, before Christ's return to earth, Jerusalem would become a source of worldwide contention...

Zechariah 12:2-3
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Israel is not prepared to give up Jerusalem under any circumstances. It has been their capital for over 3000 years, and East Jerusalem possesses Judaism's most holy site, the Temple Mount. Already over one third of all UN resolutions are made concerning Israel, and the Middle East has become the centre stage for governments seeking to achieve peace in the world. Tony Blair even recently stated that the situation in the Middle East does affect people on the streets of Britain, because it is a worldwide issue.

Peace will be achieved, but it will be short-lived. The Antichrist (the leader of the EU) will sign a peace agreement with Israel and the surrounding nations for 7 years (Daniel 9:27). But the Antichrist himself will break the peace agreement in the middle of the 7 years, and turn against the Jews. He will gather all nations against Jerusalem to destroy God's people once and for all. East Jerusalem will once again come under the foot of the Gentiles, but only for a brief period...

Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

But the Lord Jesus Christ will return at this point and will destroy all those nations that came against Jerusalem, and set up an everlasting kingdom which shall never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44).

Source CFR

Blasphemy
New Bible portrays Jesus Christ as a woman
3/6/05
A new Bible translation has been published in the US by LBI, Law & Business Institute, which redefines Jesus Christ as a woman, called Judith Christ. They claim the reason for doing this is to "empower" women, say that the name "Yeshua", which is the Hebrew for "Jesus" and means "Saviour", should actually be "Judith", which instead actually comes from the root name of "Juda", or "Judas".

Quote: "A passage compiled from Luke 2, with corresponding verses at the beginning of each sentence, says: "4 And Joseph went to Bethlehem. 5 To be enrolled with Mary, his wife, who was then pregnant. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn child. 21 And her name was chosen to be Judith." A passage on the crucifixion, from John 19, says: "17 And She bearing her cross went forth. 18 There they crucified Judith."

2nd Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Source WorldNetDaily

EU Constitution
Latvia approves
2/6/05
The Latvian parliament approved the EU Constitution today, with a large majority, while EU leaders are in crisis talks over what to do about the French and Dutch rejection. Latvia is the tenth state to do so.

Quote: ""Our goal is a more competitive EU," Mr Pabriks said. He blamed the French and Dutch "No" votes on domestic problems in both countries and "the inability of some politicians to offer a new vision to people".

Source BBC, BBC

Lawlessness abounds
UK Children hang baby
2/6/05
Several children aged from ten to twelve have been arrested in the UK, accused of the attempted murder of a young child by hanging. The child managed to escape its captors, and was found later with marks around his neck and other serious injuries.

It marks a new low for British society, coming a twelve years after the murder of Jamie Bulger, a toddler who was abducted from a shopping centre in broad daylight, and savagely killed by two young boys, who had previously watched a horror film, Child's Play 3, in which a young child was murdered in a similar manner.

And yet the UK television watchdog, OfCom, continues to press ahead with its efforts in hammering away the standards of broadcasting, seeking to bring in R18 rated material, for public consumption. They claim a majority of people find this type of viewing "acceptable", and yet on the other hand refuse to act against shows like Jerry Springer the Opera, where a record 60,000 complaints were received.

Genesis 6:5 
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.

Source BBC

EU Constitution
Netherlands say NO
1/6/05
The Netherlands rejected the EU Constitution today, by an overwhelming majority of 61%, with a 60% turnout, coming just three days after France's rejection.

Quote: "If you realise that two-thirds of parliament supported the constitution and two out of three people in the land are against, it means a lot is wrong in the country." - Geert Wilders. 

We have exactly the same problem in the UK, with a parliament and government that is no longer accountable to the people it was created to serve, run by politicians with treasonous agendas from foreign influences. 

Source BBC

New World Order
Bilderberger heads World Bank
1/6/05
Paul Wolfowitz, a permanent member of the Bilderberg group, which is striving to create a "new world order", has taken his place as the new head of the World Bank. The World Bank is apparently in talks with the UN to create a universal tax on oil which would affect every citizen on earth, the proceeds of which would go to the UN to increase its influence as a world power. Paul Wolfowitz is also criticized for his involvement in the war in Iraq.

Source BBCGlobal Elite

Morals
Boycott of Ford announced
1/6/05
American Family Association has launched a boycott of the Ford Motor Company, at www.boycottford.com, for its active participation towards funding the "homosexual agenda".

Quote: ""From redefining family to include homosexual marriage; to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to support homosexual groups and their agenda; to forcing managers to attend diversity training on how to promote the acceptance of homosexuality; to sponsoring a commitment ceremony -- that is, 'marriage'; to sponsoring 'gay pride' parades, Ford leads the way," Wildmon states. "The goal of every homosexual organization supported by Ford is to get homosexual marriage legalized."

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

Source Agape Press