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The World is Sinking in Deep Mire Barrels of Middle East Speculation!

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

The World is sinking In Deep Mire

Barrels Of Middle East Speculation

Multiple Opinion from many Sources

Want to see gobs of Mid-East Chaos?

Then consider all the following Excerpts

Opinion as to what Israel will do is Multiple

Who knows what Jews or anyone else will Do

Middle East Decisions Are AS CLEAR AS Charcoal

Transparent Obama actions have made him Opaque

Obama has spent years covering up Opaque Decisions

No-Decision leader Obama’s Opaque in his foreign Policies.

Israeli Questions –To Go Or Not to Go, And When If They Do?

Obama’s Query – How do we hold Israel off past November 6th?

August 21, 2012

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

Begin Excerpt from YNet News

Will we really know?

Op-ed: US, Israel may wake up to nuclear Iran if they continue to rely solely on intelligence

Ronen Bergman

“If and when Iran decides to advance to the next stage and produce nuclear weapons, the US and Israel will know about it and share this information,” a senior American official said in an effort to allay concerns stemming from reports of differences of opinion between the sides, which may lead to an Israeli surprise attack in Iran.

But the most worrying aspect of this whole debate is the confidence both sides have in the quality of the intelligence information they have obtained. This is critical, because intelligence information indicating that the Iranians have begun to assemble the bomb would result in an immediate attack on its nuclear facilities.

Jerusalem and Washington agree that Iranian scientists have apparently assured Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that they would be able to build the first nuclear weapons production facility as soon as they are given the order to do so. Intelligence sources in Israel and the US claim they will “know when this happens,” but disagree on the response to such a development and on whether a preemptive military strike is necessary.

There is no doubt that the extensive efforts by US and Israeli intelligence agencies over the past decade have significantly increased the amount of intelligence information coming in from Iran. The discovery of facilities the Iranians were trying to conceal, alongside the planting of computer viruses and the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists – all acts that were attributed to American and Israeli intelligence agencies – provide further proof of their efficiency. On the other hand, in light of past mistakes, one would expect the intelligence sources and leaders who rely on this information to be a little more modest.

For example, a senior source in Syria who worked for Israel from the 1970s through the 1990s warned on two separate occasions that Damascus was about to attack. These warnings almost resulted in a preventive Israeli strike – which was eventually avoided due to Washington’s intervention. The information was found to be false.

Israel and the US also believed they had good intelligence on Iraq during the 1980s, but they completely missed Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction program, which almost reached the point where Iraq was capable of producing nuclear weapons.

On the other hand, in 2003 the US relied on intelligence information indicating that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction, although it wasn’t.

What all these examples have in common is exaggerated enthusiasm and complete dependence on a limited number of sources, who are supposedly reliable. But this dependence may result in another blunder of historic proportions. What would happen, for instance, if Khamenei informs the nuclear scientists of his decision through new channels that are not exposed to the CIA or Mossad? And what would happen if the Iranians assemble a bomb at a facility that has yet to be discovered? The US and Israel, who are certain in the quality of their intelligence, may wake up too late and find out that Iran has already produced a nuclear bomb and there nothing they can do about it – at least not militarily.

Moreover, opposition elements may provide information that will lead Israel to attack Iran prematurely, before the diplomatic efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear program, including harsh economic sanctions, are exhausted. Without reliable intelligence information, Israel may be under the impression that it is attacking all of Iran’s nuclear plants, when in reality it would only be attacking some of them. The Middle East would pay a heavy price for such a blunder.

Weekend and Monday Excerpts from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert

17 to 20 August, 2012

Excerpt 1 from Israel Hayon

Will America Act Against Iran?

Dore Gold

Excerpt 1 from Israel Hayom

In the internal debate in Israel over Iran, it is assumed by many that at the end of the day the U.S. will destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure when it becomes clear that sanctions and negotiations have failed. But is that a reliable assumption? Writing in Ha’aretz on August 8, Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S., Sallai Meridor, warns that it cannot be assumed that Washington will act in the Iranian case. He correctly noted that in the past, the U.S. in fact condemned Israel’s 1981 attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor and refused to take military action against the Syrian nuclear program.

The case of North Korea stands out as an instance in which the U.S. would not take action against a dangerous rogue state that was developing a nuclear weapons capability. In March 1994, North Korea blocked inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from inspecting its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. By June, it appeared that the North Koreans were about to take the spent fuel rods from the reactor and extract enough weapons-grade plutonium for five or six bombs.

Just like today, high-level U.S. officials said that all options are on the table – but that was as far as they went. Negotiations were launched with North Korea that led to the signing of the “Agreed Framework,” which the North Koreans violated within a few years. In December 2002, North Korea removed the IAEA seals from the containers with the spent fuel rods and began to produce plutonium from them. North Korea then expelled the IAEA inspectors and announced in early 2003 that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Four years later on October 8, 2006, the North Koreans conducted their first underground test of an atomic bomb.

Why has the U.S. not taken more forceful action against rogue states crossing the nuclear threshold? First, there is the issue of intelligence. Even a superpower, like the U.S., may not have a sufficiently clear intelligence picture that would allow it to detect that a state like North Korea, which is isolated from the world, is about to conduct a nuclear test. This is also a problem for the American intelligence agencies in Iran. Just two years ago, secretary of defense Robert M. Gates was quoted as saying about the Iranians: “If their policy is to go to the threshold but not assemble a nuclear weapon, how do you tell that they have not assembled? I don’t actually know how you would verify that.”

Finally, it must be remembered that the U.S. is a superpower with global commitments. That means it has conflicting priorities, which constrain its ability to take on missions against rogue states that are in the last phase of assembling nuclear weapons. The Bush administration was focused on Iraq and Afghanistan, which undoubtedly affected its approach to North Korea – and later Syria. Perhaps, in the near future, the Obama administration will be involved in supporting an international intervention against the Assad regime in Syria, and will not be focused on the Iranian issue.

Thus, while the U.S. unquestionably has the military power to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the world’s most dangerous states or organizations, repeatedly, successive administrations have been reluctant to use their vast military capabilities for that purpose because of the international circumstances they faced.

The writer, a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, is president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Excerpt 2 from Washington Institute for Near East Policy

What Will the U.S. Actually Do about Iran?

Patrick Clawson

Given Washington’s reactions to nuclear tests by North Korea, Pakistan, and India, Iranian leaders may well believe that harsh U.S. rhetoric about prevention and closing diplomatic windows does not reflect what the U.S. will actually do.

In addition, U.S. policymakers often fail to appreciate how deeply Israelis mistrust the notion of relying on foreign security guarantees. A formative experience for Israeli security doctrine came at a time of great need in June 1967, when President Lyndon Johnson refused to honor his predecessor’s explicit, written pledge guaranteeing security of navigation through the Straits of Tiran – a firm promise that had been central to Israel’s agreement to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula in 1957. That episode reinforced the state’s founding principle: that the Jewish people can never rely on others to protect them. For many Israelis, this principle is the single most important guide to foreign policy.

It is difficult to send a tough message abroad during an election campaign, when a certain skepticism is warranted about whether presidential statements are aimed at the home audience rather than accurately reflecting what policy will be after the election. The writer is director of research at The Washington Institute. (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Begin Excerpt 3 from AFP

Top U.S. General: Israel, U.S. Differ on Urgency of Iran Threat

The U.S. and Israel have different interpretations of the same intelligence reports on Iran’s nuclear program, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday. Dempsey said Israel viewed the threat posed by Tehran’s atomic ambitions with more urgency, as a nuclear-armed Iran could endanger Israel’s very existence. “You can take two countries and interpret the same intelligence and come out with two different conclusions,” he said.

Dempsey said he conferred with his Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz on a “bi-weekly” basis. “We compare intelligence, we discuss regional implications. And we’ve admitted to each other that our clocks are turning at different rates,” he said. “They are living with an existential concern that we are not living with.” (AFP)

Begin Excerpt 4 from Israel Hayom

Israeli Attack on Iran Won’t Create a Rift with the U.S.

Shlomo Cesana and Yoni Hirsch

“There is no crisis with the United States” regarding the necessity and timing of possible military action against Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren told Israel Hayom on Saturday. “The Americans hear the threats made by Iran’s leaders, who want to destroy Israel. It is clear to me that the Americans are asking themselves, ‘What would we do in their place?'” he said.

“If Israel ultimately decides to take action against Iran, we will receive extremely widespread support from the American people and Congress, and President [Barack] Obama will continue to recognize our right to defend ourselves on our own. It won’t create a rift with the United States.”

According to Oren, the only question is “the responsibility for the security of Israel, which lies with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government. It is a responsibility that no sovereign country would cast on another country, even if that country is its best friend in the world, like the U.S. is to Israel.”

Former Israel Air Force Chief Maj. Gen. (ret.) Herzl Bodinger told Israel’s Channel 1 TV: “If you ask me, I think we should have bombed the [Iranian] installations in 2005, when there was only one site, and then we wouldn’t be faced with all these questions.” “I am almost certain that the world won’t be able to prevent Iran’s nuclear militarization through sanctions, and when they have a bomb we will be in a completely different situation….We are very appreciative of American help and their support, but at the end of the day you stand by yourself, with your own fate. If we attack, missiles will fall here, but they will also fall here if the Americans attack.”

“The Chairman of the [U.S.] Joint Chiefs of Staff said this week that in his opinion Israel will not be able to destroy Iran’s nuclear installations, but I think he isn’t totally in the know about what the Israeli forces are capable of. The Americans don’t know everything about us.”

(Israel Hayom)

Begin Excerpt 5 from Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Israel Debates a Strike on Iran

Michael Herzog

Most Israelis believe that Iran is bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. They also regard a nuclear-armed Iran as a mortal threat to their country’s future and are highly skeptical that international sanctions and diplomacy will curtail Tehran’s aims. Therefore, the debate in Israel focuses on the cost-effectiveness of a unilateral Israeli strike, as well as its timing and potential impact on U.S.-Israeli relations.

Implicit in the position of Israeli decision-makers is deep skepticism regarding whether Washington will ultimately deliver on its commitment to keep Iran from going nuclear. They frequently cite the failure to curtail Pakistan and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions despite U.S. commitments to do so. At the same time, Israelis are well aware of the fact that they will depend on Washington’s support the day after a preemptive strike, particularly in leading the crucial international campaign to prevent Iran from reconstituting its nuclear capabilities.

The intensifying public debate in Israel is, first and foremost, a testimony to the fact that the country is nearing a decision on Iran, probably in the coming weeks. If Washington wants to influence Israeli decision-making, it must reach out to its ally at the highest level both publicly and privately, presenting a clearer roadmap that seriously addresses Israel’s concerns. Such a dialogue cannot wait until after the U.S. election.

Brig. Gen. (ret.) Michael Herzog is a Washington Institute international fellow.

(Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Begin Excerpt 6 from the Washington Post

Five Steps Obama Can Take to Avert an Israeli Strike on Iran

Amos Yadlin

(Washington Post)

The U.S. should take five immediate steps to convince allies and adversaries alike that military action is real, imminent and doable – which are key to making it less likely.

*Obama should notify the U.S. Congress in writing that he reserves the right to use military force to prevent Iran’s acquisition of a military nuclear capability.

*Washington should signal its intentions via a heightened U.S. military presence in the gulf, military exercises with Middle East allies and missile defense deployment in the region. Media coverage of these actions should be encouraged.

*Washington should provide advanced military technology and intelligence to strengthen Israel’s military capabilities and extend the window in which Israel can mortally wound Iran’s program.

*U.S. officials should speak publicly about the dangers of possible Iranian nuclear reconstitution in the wake of a military strike. If Iran sees military action by Israel or the West as an absolute end to its nuclear ambitions, it will be more reluctant to risk things.

*Obama should publicly commit to the security of U.S. allies in the gulf. This would credibly anchor the U.S. last-resort military option to three powerful interests: U.S. national security, Israeli security and the security of allied states.

Israel cannot afford to outsource its security to another country. But if the U.S. wants Israel to give sanctions and diplomacy more time, Israelis must know that they will not be left high and dry if these options fail.

Ironically, the best assurance the U.S. president can give Israel is a commitment to, if all else fails, resort to military action to protect critical U.S. interests. But time is running out to make this commitment credible to the people of the U.S., Israel and Iran. As the adage goes, if you want peace, prepare (credibly) for war.

The writer, a former chief of Israeli military intelligence, is director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies.

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The Muslim Brotherhood Is The Most Dangerous Organization Among Islamists!

Monday, August 20th, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood is the Most Dangerous Islamist Organization

Its immediate goal is to turn Egypt into a controlled Islamic Emirate

And to then restore the size of a Middle East Umayyad Caliphate

And Finally A Long Desired World Caliphate Of All The Nations!

The Brotherhood Hijacked Egypt’s Arab Spring Uprising!

Egypt Is Once Again Ruled by 1 Person, Pharaoh Morsi!

The World will be Ruled by 1 Lord after His 2nd Advent!

August 20, 2012

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

Zechariah 14:1-3,9,16-19 – Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. [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. [3] Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. [16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. [17] And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. [18] And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. [19] This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Muslim Brotherhood Motto – “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”

The Muslim Brotherhood, also known as the Ikhwan, was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna with the intention of restoring the Caliphate and instituting shariah (Islamic law) as a political system and a complete way of life.

Begin Excerpt 1 from MEMRI

Middle East Media Research Institute

Egyptian Sociologist Saadudin Ibrahim: The Muslim Brotherhood Is Hijacking the Revolution, More Dangerous than the Salafis

Special Dispatch No. 4884

August 14, 2014

Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian sociologist Saadudin Ibrahim , which aired on ON TV on July 31, 2012:

Interviewer: “You indicated that the Muslim Brotherhood are hijacking the country, not merely the top political posts. Is the Muslim Brotherhood indeed about to hijack the country?”

Saadudin Ibrahim: “Well, this is how it seems to me, as well as to other observers, some of whom are more knowledgeable than me about the Brotherhood.

“I have said that in my youth, I was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but it was people who remained in it for a longer period, or were much closer to the leadership than me, who helped me from my general view of the Muslim Brotherhood, and of their desire to hijack everything and to control everything.

“Their plan is to turn Egypt into an Islamic emirate, which would be the seed of an Islamic caliphate, which would first encompass the Muslim world, and later the world in its entirety.

“Of course, in 2012, this sounds like sheer fantasy, but all the major enterprises in history began as an idea. Some of ideas died while still in the cradle, while others developed.

“Therefore, we should not underestimate this idea, which is harbored by the Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt.

[…]

“The most important statement confirming this was made by Mahdi Akef, the former Muslim Brotherhood General Guide, who said: ‘To hell with Egypt.'”
Interviewer: “He also said that a [Muslim] ruler from Malaysia could govern Egypt better than…”

Saadudin Ibrahim: “Ideas like this point to their plan. Egypt is part of a bigger plan, and can be ignored for the sake of something better. Egypt can be governed by any ruler from abroad, as long as he is a devout Muslim, who is acceptable to them.

“The concept of a nation state is absent from the Brotherhood’s plans. They speak of a comprehensive, religious, Islamic state.

[…]

“They are hijacking Egypt, not just the revolution. They were among the last organized groups to join the revolution. They came at the end of the fourth day or at the beginning of the fifth…”

Interviewer: “Three days after the revolution…”

Saadudin Ibrahim: “No, four days after it.

“Nevertheless, the young people who carried out the revolution are not in power. It is the latecomers who are in power. Some of them like the Salafis, did not participate in the revolution at all. The latecomers and those who did not participate at all are now in the seat of power.

“This is an indication of their plan to hijack, control, and monopolize.”

Interviewer: “Which Islamist movement is the most dangerous to Egypt – the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafis, the Jihadists, or others?”

Saadudin Ibrahim: “The Muslim Brotherhood.”

Interviewer: “Even though some believe the Salafis to be the most dangerous?”

Saadudin Ibrahim: “The Salafis, with their simplistic and naïve ideology, speak their minds. Therefore, we know what they are up to and how to contain it, if it’s dangerous.

“The Brotherhood, on the other hand, is an organization about whose leadership we know very little. We know that there is the General Guide Office, and that they conduct secretive meetings, from which no protocols are issued for public review. Such a political party does not exist in democratic countries. A politburo may have existed in Communist or totalitarian countries, in the Communist or Nazi parties…”

[…]

Begin Excerpt 2 from YNet News

Egypt a dictatorship again

Op-ed: After a year and a half of semi-anarchy, Egypt is once again ruled by one person – Morsi

Guy Bechor

When all the analysts were dealing with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s dramatic decision to dismiss senior military commanders, only a few addressed his second “presidential declaration” of the day, which saw him seize control of the country’s corridors of power. Morsi took advantage of the incident in Sinai to justify the ousting of senior officers, thus expanding his presidential authority to the point where it is absolute.

Morsi is now the head of the executive branch, he appoints and dissolves governments in Egypt, and he is also the legislative branch in the absence of a parliament and due to his ability to enact any law he wants. He is also in charge of foreign policy, domestic policy, security, economy and more. He finalizes international agreements, interprets the constitution, and has the power to appoint a taskforce that will draft a new constitution. And so, after a year and a half of semi-anarchy, Egypt is once again a country ruled by one person – a dictatorship. But the current dictatorship is even harsher than Mubarak’s, whose decisions were reached together with parliament, political parties and the courts. Here we are talking about one man who controls everything.

Even the young revolutionaries, who spoke of democracy and freedom of expression, failed to notice Morsi’s takeover due to their enthusiasm over the sacking of the senior military officials. There is no correlation between the current autocracy and what Egypt wanted to project to the world.

It is amazing that all this has taken place a mere month and a half after Morsi took office. During this time he has tamed the military, the political parties, the courts and mainly the press. The new president and the Muslim Brotherhood movement that backs him are currently replacing the chief editors and senior journalists with government mouthpieces. Dozens of journalists are being replaced by Islamist representatives, and according to the new instructions it is prohibited to criticize the Brotherhood or the president. Publishing caricatures of the president is also forbidden, and journalists may not refer to him or his aides directly.

The private press, which has begun to take root in Egypt, is being muzzled. The private al-Dustour newspaper (“The Constitution” – how ironic) dares to criticize the president? The newspaper is removed from the stores. Such measures were not taken even under Mubarak’s rule. A private television channel was shut down after its owner, Tawfiq Okasha, dared to express pro-Israel views, and anyone who displays an ‘exaggerated’ amount of independence is put on trial – all in the name of “completing the revolution.”

Israel has a long history of disappointment from Egypt. Over the past few decades, every attempt to strengthen relations and boost economic cooperation has been rejected by Egypt because “normalization of ties” with Israel is forbidden, as though the countries had never signed a peace treaty. The result of this rejection is that Egypt’s GDP per capita is $3,000, compared with Israel’s $30,000.

Now, as Egypt enters the next phase in its history, with an autocratic regime, Israel has no expectations, apart from minimal stability along the border. That’s it. No one in Israel has any illusions regarding economic cooperation, which would have benefited both sides. Israel can only wish Egypt success in the path it has chosen and in its continued search for identity.

Begin Excerpt 3 from YNet News

Morsi a disaster for Egypt

Open letter to Egyptians: Do you really think new president will end corruption, save your economy?

Amos Shavit

Hello to you our Egyptian brothers, the tens of thousands of excited people at Tahrir Square celebrating Mohammad Morsi’s presidential victory. I truly have no idea what makes you so happy.

What kind of news do you think this bearded man, who wholeheartedly believes that “Islam is the solution,” will bring to your homeland?

Is it indeed so important for you to embrace Iran and distance yourselves from the West? Is it that important for you to smoke a hookah with Hamas’ terrorists while telling Mahmoud Abbas to get lost? Do you really think that you will be saving your collapsing economy by “re-examining” the peace treaty with Israel? Moreover, do you truly believe that terminating the gas deal with Israel is the lifesaver for your dying economy?

And here is yet another question: Are really naïve enough to think that a radical Islamic regime will be free of corruption and ensure your wellbeing? Come on, don’t make us laugh.

There is no doubt about it: This Morsi is not only bad for Israel, he is mostly bad for his countrymen. People of his type charge forward to take over the government, backed up by firecrackers at town square and President Barack Obama’s well-wishes, but end up stoning women who “committed adultery” at the same square where the masses now celebrate.

Indeed, these people tend to impose a dark Islamic regime premised on fear and hatred for Israel, and when they find themselves with their backs against the wall they butcher their countrymen mercilessly. So this is the man you elected, and this is the kind of person he is. For precisely this reason, former President Hosni Mubarak was wise enough to throw him in jail.

Indeed, if Morsi is a product of the Arab Spring, the Middle East can expect many more difficult years to come.

Begin 4 Headlines regarding Morsi on August 13, 2012 from The UK Telegraph

*Mohammed Morsi tells Egypt army to ‘protect the nation’

Egypt’s new president has ordered the army to concentrate on “protecting the nation” after he ruthlessly purged the high command, dismissing seven generals including the military chief.

*Morsi ‘now more powerful than Mubarak was’

President Morsi’s removal of senior generals within Egypt’s military will have the international community worried, says foreign affairs correspondent Damien McElroy.

*Egypt’s president Mohammad Morsi defends army chief’s sacking

Egypt’s Islamist president Mohammed Morsi has denied trying to marginalise the army after he ordered the retirement of his powerful defence minister, saying he was acting in the interests of the country.

*Morsi is challenging the assumption the army holds power

During the twilight years of Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship, Egyptians would gloomily voice one certainty about their country’s political future.

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Obama Introduces Netanyahu to Down and Dirty Chicago Politicking!

Sunday, August 19th, 2012

Obama introduces Netanyahu to down and dirty Chicago Politicking

Opaque deep back room dark deals filled with deceit and Betrayal

Obama Will Do Anything to Win His Reelection On November 6th

His promises to Israel will be as valid as those to U.S. in 2008.

He has a Silver Tongue and Outer Veneer but a Clay Interior.

August 19, 2012

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

Proverbs 26:23-28 – Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. [24] He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; [25] When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. [26] Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. [27] Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. [28] A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Psalm 36:2,3 – For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. [3] The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Proverbs 12:22 – Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

US-Israeli deal on Iran? No Israeli strike now if Obama pledged a spring attack

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

August 18, 2012, 2012, 2:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

The White House this week scrambled to reconnect with Jerusalem after the Obama administration was persuaded that Israel was serious about conducting a fall military operation against Iran’s nuclear program before the Nov. 6 US presidential election – notwithstanding the heavy opposition guns firing against it at home and from Washington. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, assisted by their newly-appointed Home Front Defense Minister, were seen deep in practical preparations for this operation and its repercussions, as well an outbreak of hostilities with Syria and Hizballah.

The White House accordingly got in touch with Netanyahu’s office to find out what America must do to convince Israel to back off.

Wednesday, Aug.15, DEBKAfile revealed exclusively that the Obama and Netanyahu were discussing a one-on-one encounter on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session opening in New York on Sept. 18 in order to resume their military and strategic dialog on the Iranian issue broken off by their polar differences.

DEBKAfile now learns that those discussions have moved forward. Handled by National Security Adviser Tom Donilon for the US president and senior adviser Ron Dermer for the prime minister, they focus essentially on a four-point plan embodying Israel’s requirements for delaying an attack.

1. President Obama will formally inform the two houses of congress in writing that he plans to use military force to prevent Iran from arming itself with a nuclear weapon. He will request their endorsement. Aside from this step’s powerful deterrent weight for persuading Iran’s leaders to give up their pursuit of a nuclear bomb, it would also give the US president the freedom to go to war with Iran when he sees fit, without have to seek congressional endorsement.

2. To underscore his commitment, President Obama would pay a visit to Israel in the weeks leading up to election-day and deliver a speech to the Knesset solemnly pledging to use American military force against the Islamic Republic if Tehran still refuses to give up its nuclear weapon program. He will repeat that pledge before various other public forums.

3, In the coming months up until Spring 2013, the United States will upgrade Israel’s military, intelligence and technological capabilities so that if President Obama (whether he is reelected or replaced by Mitt Romney) decides to back out of this commitment, Israel will by then be in command of the resources necessary for inflicting mortal damage on Iran’s nuclear program with a unilateral strike.

DEBKAfile’s military sources note that an influx of these top-grade US military resources would bridge the gap between American and Israeli ticking clocks for an attack on Iran, and dispel the fear in Jerusalem that delay would give Iran time to bury its key facilities in “zones of immunity” – outside Israel’s reach for serious damage with its present capabilities.

4. If points 1-3 can be covered – and Netanyahu and Barak are convinced the US really means to strike Iran next spring – our Washington and Jerusalem sources report that Jerusalem may be coming around to agreeing to hold back a lone Israeli attack this autumn.

Those sources report that President Obama has not rejected the plan. Donilon was told to keep on talking to Netanyahu and Barak.

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God’s Decreed Eternal City from Shem via Israel!

Saturday, August 18th, 2012

Jews (Jerusalem Day) but in Arabic is translated as Al Quds!

The Basic Law Concerning Jerusalem – The Capital of Israel!

Jerusalem -the Eternal City of God from Shem through Israel

Abraham was Isaac’s Father & Israel’s (Jacob’s) Grandfather

Jerusalem wasn’t given to the Islam descendents of Ishmael

And the Last Battle of Messiah’s Millennial Reign Will Settle It

When The Descendants of Ezekiel 39 Again Attack Jerusalem!

August 18, 2012

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

Begin Excerpt from Iranian Fars via Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert

August 17, 12

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Liberation of Palestine Responsibility of All Muslims

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the importance of this year’s International Quds [Jerusalem] Day rallies, and reiterated that liberating Palestine from the grip of Israel and its allies is a religious duty for all Muslims across the world. The Leader described the occupation of the Palestinian territories and the formation of the Israeli regime as the root of evil in the Middle East. International Quds Day was started by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini. (Fars-Iran)

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Quds Day, officially in Iran known as International Quds Day is an annual event that began in Iran in 1979, that is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and opposing Zionism as well as Israel’s control of Jerusalem; Quds is that city’s Arabic name.

Yesterday [Friday, August 17, 2012] was observed as Jerusalem Day by Jews, but as Al Quds Day by Islam.

Jesus was the descendant of Shem [The King of Salem (Jerusalem)] through Abraham, Isaac, Israel [Jacob], Judah, and King David.

Psalm 137:5,6 – If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. [6] If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Romans 2:28,29 – For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: [29] But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Revelation 20:6-9 – Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. [7] And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, [8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. [9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

Revelation 21:1-3 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. [2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

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The city of Jerusalem is known in Arabic as Al-Quds or Baitul-Maqdis (“The Noble, Sacred Place”). Jerusalem is perhaps the only city in the world that is considered historically and spiritually significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.

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BASIC LAW CONCERNING JERUSALEM – CAPITAL OF ISRAEL

(Unofficial translation)

STATEMENT 1

Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel.

STATEMENT 2

Jerusalem is the seat of the President of the State, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court

STATEMENT 3

The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings towards those places.

STATEMENT 4

(a) The Government shall provide for the development and prosperity of Jerusalem and the well-being of its inhabitants by allocating special funds, including a special annual grant to the Municipality of Jerusalem (Capital City Grant) with the approval of the Finance Committee of the Knesset.
(b) Jerusalem shall be given special priority in the activities of the authorities of the State so as to further its development in economic and other matters.
(c) The Government shall set up a special body or special bodies for the implementation of this section

STATEMENT 5

The jurisdiction of Jerusalem includes, as pertaining to this basic law, among others, all of the area that is described in the appendix of the proclamation expanding the borders of municipal Jerusalem beginning the 20th of Sivan 5727 (June 28, 1967), as was given according to the Cities’ Ordinance.

STATEMENT 6

No authority that is stipulated in the law of the State of Israel or of the Jerusalem Municipality may be transfered either permanently or for an allotted period of time to a foreign body, whether political, governmental or to any other similar type of foreign body.

STATEMENT 7

Clauses 5 and 6 shall not be modified except by a Basic Law passed by a majority of the members of the Knesset.

MENAHEM BEGIN
Prime Minister
YITZCHAK NAVON
President of the State

* Passed by the Knesset on the 17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 980 of the 23rd Av, 5740 (5th August, 1980), p. 186; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza’ot Chok No. 1464 of 5740, p. 287.
Amendment no. 1 was passed by the Knesset on the 29th Heshvan 5761 (27th November 2000) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 5762, p. 28.

Begin Excerpt from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, though not internationally recognized as such, and one of the oldest cities in the world. It is located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea. If the area and population of East Jerusalem is included, it is Israel’s largest city in both population and area, with a population of 801,000 residents[4] over an area of 125.1 km2 (48.3 sq mi). Jerusalem is also a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.] The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE. In 1538, walls were built around Jerusalem under Suleiman the Magnificent. Today those walls define the Old City, which has been traditionally divided into four quarters—known since the early 19th century as the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters. The Old City became a World Heritage site in 1981, and is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond its boundaries.

Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Jewish tradition since, according to the Hebrew Bible, King David of Israel first established it as the capital of the united Kingdom of Israel in c. 1000 BCE, and his son, King Solomon, commissioned the building of the First Temple in the city. In Christian tradition, Jerusalem has been a holy city since, according to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified there, possibly in c. 33 CE, and 300 years later Saint Helena identified the pilgrimage sites of Jesus’ life. In Sunni Islam, Jerusalem is the third-holiest city.

In Islamic tradition in 610 CE it became the first Qibla, the focal point for Muslim prayer (Salah), and Muhammad made his Night Journey there ten years later. As a result, despite having an area of only 0.9 square kilometres (0.35 sq mi), the Old City is home to many sites of tremendous religious importance, among them the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque.

Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, West Jerusalem was among the areas captured and later annexed by Israel, while East Jerusalem, including the Old City, was captured by Jordan. Israel captured East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War and subsequently annexed it. Currently, Israel’s Basic Law refers to Jerusalem as the country’s “undivided capital”. The international community has rejected the latter annexation as illegal and treats East Jerusalem as Palestinian territory held by Israel under military occupation. The international community does not recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the city hosts no foreign embassies.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 208,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, which is sought by the Palestinian Authority as a future capital of a future Palestinian state. All branches of the Israeli government are located in Jerusalem, including the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), the residences of the Prime Minister and President, and the Supreme Court. Jerusalem is home to the Hebrew University and to the Israel Museum with its Shrine of the Book. The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo has ranked consistently as Israel’s top tourist attraction for Israelis.

End Excerpt from Wikipedia

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Obama Continues HIS Madness Of Believing HIS Dialoging Is The Way To Go!

Friday, August 17th, 2012

His Self-Centered Motivation to Stop Israel’s Strike is to Keep his Office

He’ll throw Israel under a Bus if he thinks it Hurts Reelection Chances

And He will throw the United States under a Nightmare if Reelected!

Survey shows 70 Percent of Israelis Don’t Trust Panetta’s Promise

That America Will Never Let The Iranians Have Nuclear Weapons.

He should have Added the statement: “Till Obama is Reelected”

Obama Is Unscrupulous iin Using His “Divide & Conquer” Policy.

August 17, 2012

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

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PM: Iran strike worthwhile, even to delay nuke program

August 17, 2012

In private meetings, Netanyahu backs strike even if Israel can’t completely destroy Iran’s nuclear program, ‘Post’ learns; Peres says he is convinced US will take action but poll shows 70% of country thinks otherwise.

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Obama initiates September meeting with Netanyahu to renew Iran dialogue

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

August 16, 2012, 10:33 AM (GMT+02:00)

The White House has urgently contacted Jerusalem to arrange for US President Barack Obama to get together with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the next UN General Assembly session opening in New York on Sept. 18, DEBKAfile’s Washington and Jerusalem sources report. Netanyahu is preparing a tough speech inveighing against Iran’s nuclear aspirations, its calls to annihilate the state of Israel and widespread anti-Semitism. He plans to accuse Iranian leaders of assuming the role of contemporary Nazis and call for their expulsion from the world organization.

Sources close to Obama admit that the dialogue on Iran with Israeli leaders has run its course since neither side believes it can change its opposite number’s mind. This communications cutoff is hurting the president’s campaign for reelection.

Washington’s media offensive to tie Israel’s hands against attacking Iran before voting day on Nov. 6 climaxed with the news briefing given by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey at the Pentagon Tuesday, Aug. 14. They accentuated Israel’s weaknesses and argued that an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would gain very little time.

Earlier that day, the opening shot of the counter-campaign landed in the influential Wall Street Journal in an article entitled Iran Doesn’t Belong in the UN or IMF, under the bylines of former UN ambassador John Bolton and the heads of the United Against Nuclear Iran organization, Mark Wallace and Kristen Silverberg.

They wrote that by allowing Iran to use their platforms to disseminate anti-Semitic propaganda, the UN and IMF are complicit in aiding the development of the Iranian nuclear program.

The next day, the White House went into action for a meeting with Netanyahu, aware that a strong Netanyahu speech at the UN General Assembly highlighting Iran’s progress toward building a nuclear bomb and its anti-Semitism would connect with mounting anti-Iran opinion in America and show Obama in a bad light as standing against military action against Iran by the United States and, more particularly, Israel.

Even before that, damage was caused the Obama campaign by the widely-reported remarks by Israeli Ambassador to Washington Michael Oren on Wednesday, Aug. 15, asserting that Israel would be willing to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, even if doing so only delayed its ability to produce nuclear weapons for a few years.

“One, two, three, four years are a long time in the Middle East — look what’s happened in the last year” in terms of political change, Oren said today at a Bloomberg Government breakfast in Washington. “In our neighborhood, those are the rules of the game.”

He went on to stress, “Diplomacy hasn’t succeeded. We’ve come to a very critical juncture where important decisions do have to be made.”

Even before Ambassador Oren’s rejoinder, Washington insiders found the Panetta-Dempsey briefing unconvincing because it essentially covered well-trodden ground without new facts. Its timing was also unfortunate, said DEBKAfile’s Washington sources because the White House had already set in motion arrangements for an Obama-Netanyahu meeting for putting their understandings on Iran back on course.

At the moment, they admitted, the US and Israel are no longer talking, because, “Both know that they have said all they have to say on the subject and remain divided.” But, they say, “The president can’t afford to let matters rest there. He will have to perform urgent repairs when he meets Netanyahu in September.”

That too is not plain sailing. Our sources report that while the prime minister is perfectly willing to meet Obama, he says it would be only proper for him to meet his rival for the presidency, Governor Mitt Romney, as well. The president’s emissaries object on the grounds that Romney recently visited Israel. Their Israeli interlocutors respond that the government would be happy to host Obama in Israel too, even before the presidential election. Both sides are acutely aware that he missed visiting Israel in the course of his presidency.

Begin Excerpt 3 from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert

August 16, 2012

Tel Aviv University-Israel Democracy Institute

Survey: Israel Cannot Rely on U.S. Promise to Stop Iran Nukes

The July 2012 Peace Index survey asked: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta claimed that the sanctions on Iran are starting to have an effect and promised that “Iran will never have nuclear weapons.” Do you think Israel can rely on Panetta’s promise? Yes 22%, No 70%.

Do you believe that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians will lead to peace in the coming years? Yes 24%, No 74%. (Tel Aviv University-Israel Democracy Institute)

Begin Excerpt 4 from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert

August 16, 2012

Israel Is Not Bluffing

David Rothkopf

Foreign Policy

The Iranian nuclear program continues moving closer to weapons capability. Diplomacy doesn’t seem to be working. And the Iranians themselves have matched their rhetoric about the annihilation of Israel with direct support for attacks on its people, like the suicide-bomb murder of five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, which U.S. officials have linked to Iran.

It is often hard for Americans to grasp the idea of an existential threat to a nation. Since the end of the Cold War, the notion that any single actor with any single act could effectively obliterate Americans or their lifestyle is very hard for many people to get their brains around. But that is exactly the threat that Israelis face from even a “limited” Iranian nuclear attack.

And though it is reasonable to debate whether the Iranians would actually use such a weapon against Israel given the likely consequences for them, from the Israeli perspective, given Iranian threats and actions, the risks of guessing wrong about the intent of the leaders in Tehran are so high that inaction could easily be seen to be the imprudent path. (Foreign Policy)

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