JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE
MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET
SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO
OTHER
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two
weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall
Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince
that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS
DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and
unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70
WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE
NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE
ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many
for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL
SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall
make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall
be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring
man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised
the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS
HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And
Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+)
when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated
the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was
intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the
children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her;
and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the
LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,
and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND
THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other
people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the
younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME
CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was
threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE
THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2
TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN
CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS
JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not
make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge
of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your
covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell
shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then
ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth
it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and
by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
06/
9/2014 -VATICAN INSIDER-Bringing together the three “brothers”: the
strength of an unprecedented gesture-Bartholomew, Peres, Francis and Abu
Mazen (from the left)-An analysis by Tornielli of the meeting for peace
promoted by Pope Francis with Peres, Abbas and Bartholomew-ANDREA
TORNIELLI
Vatican City-There are gestures that come
from the heart, in that precise instant ... ». This is how Pope Francis
answered two weeks ago after being asked how that tribute, with a kiss
on the hand of the survivors of the Holocaust in Yad Vashem, was born.
And it is in this way that, during a short trip to the Holy Land last
May, Bergoglio had the idea of bringing together in prayer the leaders
of the two peoples, Israeli and Palestinian. The dream could not come
true on-site, but the Pope did not give up, and so he invited Shimon
Peres and Mahmoud Abbas to his home.The prayer to God to grant peace in
the Holy Land, which took place yesterday evening in the Vatican, is a
new and unprecedented gesture. John Paul II, after September 11th , had
invited religious leaders to Assisi. But he had not brought them to pray
in the same place where there is fighting. More than the words, which
however are significant, the most striking part of the ceremony that
took part in the triangular garden with the Dome looming in the
background, was the silence, the participation, the images. Something
truly «powerful », said a spokesman of President Peres. A celebration
organized with attention to every detail by the Custos of the Holy Land,
Father Pizzaballa, with equal space for the three religions professed
by those who live in Israel and Palestine. Three distinct prayers,
without confusion, but accompanied by many believers around the world,
all spiritually present beside the four elders who with blue metal
shovels planted a small olive tree, symbol of peace and a plant in its
own way emblematic: it takes many years before bearing fruit.An
unprecedented gesture, that of yesterday evening, even for Christians.
Joined in the embrace between Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of
Constantinople, Bartholomew, both at the center of the scene at the
moment of the final peace greeting. A minority, that of Christians,
increasingly internally reconciled, that can play a key role in bringing
peace to Israelis and Palestinians.Francis wanted to throw a stone into
a stagnant negotiation process, interrupted after the decision of Abu
Mazen to create a national unity government with Hamas leaders, which
was followed by the go-ahead announced by the Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu for thousands of new settlements in the West Bank.
The Bishop of Rome did not act as a politician, he brought the two
presidents to pray, as men of faith, in the shadow of the Dome of St.
Peter. There are many tensions and conflicts that remain open. In their
speeches both Peres and Abu Mazen referred to the uniqueness of
Jerusalem as the holy city of their respective faiths. But the Israeli
president, nearing the end of his tenure, also recognized that peace
must be built even «if it requires sacrifices or compromises.Francis did
not act as diplomat or mediator. However, he spoke clear words about
the numerous innocent child victims of war and violence: «It is our duty
to ensure that their sacrifice not be in vain». «To make peace - he
added - it takes courage, much more than to make war. It takes courage
to say yes to meeting and no to confrontation; yes to dialogue and no to
violence; yes to negotiations and no to hostilities; yes to the
observance of pacts and no to provocations; yes to sincerity and no to
duplicity. For all this, it takes courage, great fortitude.Praying to
God, raising eyes to heaven, does not mean giving up efforts to build
peace «by hand», every day with courage. To have prayed in the same
place, with rabbis, priests and imams, with representatives of the
Israeli and Palestinian peoples, on the day when Christians celebrate
Pentecost – the Feast of the Holy Spirit who is «harmony» as always,
recalls Bergoglio - is a calling and a responsibility. The spiral of
hatred and violence must be broken «with just one word: “brother”. But
to say this word - said Francis – we must all raise our eyes to heaven,
and recognize each other as children of the one Father.
06/
9/2014 -THE VATICAN INSIDER-«The Testament of Peres: dialogue with the
Palestinians, as well as with Hamas.-Abraham B. Yehoshua-Interview with
Israeli writer Yehoshua: reminds me of the Rabin-Arafat
handshake-MAurizio Molinari-CORRESPONDENT IN JERUSALEM
From
the gardens of the Vatican, Shimon Peres has left his last message as a
political leader as a legacy for Israel, casting his gaze to the future
of the Middle East». Sitting in the living room of his apartment in Tel
Aviv, writer Abraham B. Yehoshua watches the live images coming from
the Vatican, with particular attention to the ninety year old Israeli
President, who has arrived at the end of his
term.
What is the message that
Peres leaves Israel?-«It is the recognition of the government of
national unity created by Abu Mazen and Hamas. Tomorrow the Knesset will
elect his successor. We are at the end of the seven-year mandate for
Peres, and also of his long public life, dedicated to the security and
prosperity of Israel, and we find ourselves before the last
statesmanlike gesture he will make. This is a symbolic moment of
political value. Peres acknowledges the Hamas-Fatah government,
suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do so the same.
Why
believe that in an interreligious event full of symbolism, this
political aspect is what prevails?-For the simple reason that there have
been many of these meetings between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
The handshake in the Vatican gardens evokes, for those who saw it, that
of the Rose Garden of the White House between Rabin and Arafat over the
Oslo Accords. It was 1993. We were in the days of Bill Clinton, but
neither the U.S. President, or others who came later were able to bring
the parties to an agreement on the final status. I doubt that the Pope
can do so. Those who can do this however are the parties involved, with
decisions and concrete actions such as that has made by Shimon Peres.
In
introducing the event at the Vatican, the Vatican spokesman said they
would only create a favorable atmosphere between the parties, without
going into negotiation details such as borders and settlements. Is it an
approach that can work?-«Only time will tell, but as I said, they
belong to a generation that has seen many handshakes, many hopes for
agreements go up in smoke and many certain understandings fade away. The
belief that I have learned is that the intermediary may very little in
the Middle East, even if the parties are actually very close. To reach
an understanding first and foremost there must be mutual desire. It
must be the Israelis and Palestinians to want peace».If, then, what
struck you most is the gesture made by Peres to attend, how do you
interpret that of Abu Mazen going to the Vatican? «The Palestinian
president is seeking legitimacy for the government just created. Is this
the path he is following to reach a peace agreement with Israel and
Shimon Peres has rightly decided to meet him. At this time, from an
Israel point of view, this is a very important political step.What might
be the consequences of this act that Shimon Peres bequeaths to
Israel?-«Hard to say. Just think about the fact that the major Israeli
television channels did not devote great attention to the event, in fact
it declassified it to marginal event. It's something that makes you
think, but that does not detract from the decision taken by Peres.In a
recent interview with "La Stampa" Shimon Peres said that religious
leaders «can act as heads of state». Can the event at the Vatican
initiate a new line of dialogue in an attempt to reach a peace
agreement?-«Peres is right in assigning religious leaders a strategic
and growing importance here in the Middle East, and not only. But the
fact remains that we are faced with a conflict between two peoples, each
with their own legitimate reasons, which can only be solved through
political decisions taken by the respective governments. And Peres, from
the gardens of the Vatican, turned primarily to Israel, the Israelis
as citizens and as a nation, urging them to continue on the path for
peace with the Palestinians, to face the sacrifices that agreements
involve, and to seize the agreement between Fatah and Hamas as an
opportunity to reach an understanding that can bring an end to the
conflict between the two peoples nearer.
06/ 9/2014
-THE VATICAN INSIDER-Touching hearts and minds: prayers for
Israeli-Palestinian peace-Pope Francis, Shimon Peres and Abu Mazen-An
extraordinary event whose contribution to peace will depend on those
back home-Lisa Palmieri-Billig
rome-Ceremonies with
participants in rank and file, the fanfare of formal dress and music, a
select audience amplified to the point of near infinity by the presence
of TV troops, cameramen, media representatives from the four corners of
the earth – this, consequent to John Paul II’s genial transformation of
Papal communications – is the style chosen by the Vatican today as the
most effective way to evangelize and at the same time work for
peace.The unprecedented prayer on June 8 by the Israeli and Palestinian
Presidents hosted by Pope Francis for a united prayer for peace by the
three monotheistic religions represented in each group, is the latest
example of an ancient diplomacy’s updated expertize in expressing its
commitments.The effects on participants and observers corresponded to
the artistry of the mediatic message.Presidents Peres and Abbas, first
received privately and separately by Francis in his “home” (Santa
Marta), then brought, together, in a simple white van to the Vatican
gardens, President Abbas seated next to the Pope and facing President
Peres who was ensconced between Father Pizzaballa – the Francescan
Custodian of the Holy Land -- and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew: this
carefully planned scenario in itself symbolized a process, a hope, and
also an aspired unity of Roman Catholicism with Eastern Orthodoxy.From
the first images transmitted by CTV, the Vatican TV station, it could
easily have seemed a prayer meeting of old friends, of religious people
who knew each other well and had always known that peace was a common
goal and that prayer with great and serious intent was necessary for its
maintenance. In reality, the scenario was more complex and betrayed
subtle uncertainties, but the emotional impact was overwhelmingly
positive. To see Pope Francis, President Peres, President Mazen, and
Father Pizzaballa smilingly conversing, even apparently joking and
laughing together in the van, (although Patriarch Bartholomew’s veneer
was more contemplative), the event did not seem like a meeting between
the highest representatives of two states in dispute over territories,
boundaries, mutual recognition and terrorism.And yet, those issues
remain on the table. Whether this personal and mass media experience can
also generate positive political developments remains to be seen.
Participants, though hopeful, remain skeptical. “The medium is the
message” said a foresighted sociologist (Marshall McLuhan) exactly 50
years ago. An excellent little multinational orchestra of Jewish,
Muslim and Christian musicians from different nations performed music of
the three traditions at intervals throughout. They were completely
attuned to each other and to each other’s music.Two delegates, a
Palestinian Imam and an Israeli rabbi (David Rosen) respectively sang a
Muslim and a Jewish prayer (“Grant Peace” from the daily “Amidah”).While
the political delegations of Palestinian Muslims and Christians and
Israeli Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druse sat together in their
separate national delegations, the predicted intermingling of
Palestinian and Israeli religious representatives according to their
religious and not national identities took place, with Israeli Arab
Muslims and Druze joining their Palestinian brothers and sisters for
prayers. After the ceremony, the delegations crossed the lawn and met
in the center for smiles and greetings. Palestinians and Israelis could
no longer be distinguished from each other except for the headdress and
clothes of some.The final invocations expressed different personal and
religious heritages, but the messages matched. Francis emphasized that
“Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare. It calls for
the courage to say yes to encounter and no to conflict; yes to dialogue
and no to violence; yes to negotiations and no to hostilities; yes to
respect for agreements and no to acts of provocation; yes to sincerity
and no to duplicity.” Pope Bergoglio’s words seemed designed to recall
and address the various aspects of the present Israeli-Palestinian
impasse.A strong admonition from the wells of his faith characterized
Francis’ words. “History teaches that our strength alone does not
suffice. More than once we have been on the verge of peace, but the
evil one, employing a variety of means, has succeeded in blocking it.
That is why we are here, because we know and we believe that we need the
help of God.”Israel’s President Peres, the 90 year old Nobel Peace
Prize winner, concurred that “Peace does not come easy. We must toil
with all our strength to reach it. To reach it soon, even if it
requires sacrifice and compromise….Two peoples—Israelis and Palestinians
– are still aching for peace. The tears of mothers over their children
are still etched in our hearts. We must put an end to the cries, to
the violence, to the conflict. We all need peace. Peace between
equals.”Shimon Peres also paid tribute to Pope Francis, thanking him for
his “exceptional invitation”. He said, “During your historic visit to
the Holy Land, you moved us with the warmth of your heart, the sincerity
of your intentions, your modesty, and your kind ways. You touched the
people’s hearts …. regardless of their faith or nation. You emerged as a
bridge-builder of brotherhood and peace. We are all in need of the
inspiration which accompanies your character and your way.”On a
spontaneous personal note, Shimon Peres said, “I was young and now I am
old. I have lived through war and tasted peace. I shall never forget
the bereaved families and shall continue to search for peace for my
entire life.”The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas thanked Pope
Francis “for initiating this important gathering in the Vatican”.….and
for his “visit to the Holy Land Palestine, and specifically to our Holy
city Jerusalem and to Bethlehem.” His invocation stressed the religious
significance to Muslims of Jerusalem, thus making veiled references to
territorial disputes. He prayed for a “comprehensive and just peace to
our country and region so that our people and the peoples of the Middle
East and the whole world may enjoy the fruit of peace, stability and
coexistence. We want peace for us and for our neighbors…”The invocations
were followed by ubiquitous hugs and kisses. Pope Francis and President
Peres, then the Pope and President Mazen, and finally, the Israeli and
Palestinian presidents all freely and heartily embraced one other. This
was followed by a line-up of handshakes, kisses and embraces between
the guests, the two Presidents and the Pope, standing together.Among
various greetings, President Mazen was seen talking at length with
Riccardo Pacifici, President of the Rome Jewish Community. “When I told
him my name”, said Pacifici, “President Mazen asked me to repeat it and
then said he had heard of me!”Asked about his impressions regarding the
consequences of this event, Pacifici stated “A moment of prayer such as
this must leave a sign in sincere believers. It can and hopefully will
kindle hope in young Israelis and Palestinians and encourage them to
summon up more courage for peace.”Referring to wider political
consequences, Pacifici said “After Pope Francis’ initiative, neither the
EU nor President Obama can be indifferent to the fate of the Middle
East. They will have to be more engaged. However, permanent boundaries
between will have to be negotiated directly by the two parties.”Riccardo
Pacifici; the President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities
Renzo Gattegna; and the Chief Rabbi of Florence Josef Levi were invited
as representatives of Italian Jewry.
The participating Israeli
rabbinical authorities expressed their emotional and spiritual response
to the ceremony. Rabbi David Rosen, AJC’s International Director for
Interreligious Affairs, said the prayers were “very inspiring and
moving. I hope they will also inspire and move those who make the
political decisions.”Rabbi Skorka, the Pope’s Argentinian friend who
accompanied him in Jerusalem, commented on the “very impressive
ceremony”. He noted the positive comments from the team of President
Peres’ office. “One person told me it was very different from what she
had expected. – very positive. In private conversations after the
event people spoke to each other very frankly and sincerely, and without
embellishing their words they spoke the truth”, she said.Time will tell
whether this spiritual happening will move the “hard-liners” in the
political camps back home. As Pope Francis said, so many times Israelis
and Palestinians “have been on the verge of peace”. But their efforts
were then nullified by the destructive whirlwind of political pressures
and corruption.President Peres will soon retire. President Mazen may or
may not be re-elected. The impact and consequences of an extraordinary
spiritual moment in the Vatican Gardens will depend on whether the waves
of this event will reach those who were absent. And perhaps create the
miracle of an acceptable Palestinian Unity government in which Hamas
finally accepts the three basic principles, already accepted by Mahmoud
Abbas, and that Israel requires in order to return to the negotiating
table: 1) recognition of Israel's right to exist; 2) recognition of all
past peace agreements between Israelis and Palestinians including the
Oslo accords and 3) calling an end to violence and terrorism.
Even President Peres in his fervent commitment to peace, deems these three conditions as a necessity.
Israel Parliament to Elect New President on Tuesday-Monday, 09 Jun 2014 07:11 AM
By Elliot Jager-Newsmax
Israel's
parliament, the Knesset, will vote to elect a new president on Tuesday
to replace Shimon Peres, 90, whose term expires on July 15, Israeli
media reported.Voting will be by secret ballot. Members of parliament's
12 parties are free to vote their conscience.The apparent front-runner
is former Knesset Speaker Reuven "Ruby" Rivlin, a member of the
governing Likud Party.The other candidates are former Knesset member
Dalia Itzik, left-leaning former Supreme Court justice Dalia Dorner,
Nobel Prize laureate Dan Shechtman, and Knesset member Meir Sheetrit of
the dovish Hatnuah Party.The candidates will be lobbying Knesset members
Monday seeking support.Urgent: Do You Approve Or Disapprove of
President Obama's Job Performance? Vote Now in Urgent Poll.If no
candidate gets an absolute majority of the 120-member Knesset, there
will be a runoff between the two leading candidates.Among the real
powers of Israel's president is to decide which party will lead efforts
to form a government after elections and to pardon or commute
criminals.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is known to want to do away
with the mostly ceremonial office altogether.
Peres:
'Everyone Deserves Right to Live in Peace'-Shimon Peres bestows
Presidential Medal of Distinction on Italian President Napolitano - and
preaches peace for 'Palestinian neighbors.'By Tova Dvorin-First Publish:
6/9/2014, 4:55 PM-IsraekNationalNews
President
Shimon Peres bestowed the Presidential Medal of Distinction upon Italian
President Giorgio Napolitano at a ceremony in Rome Monday, in a
ceremony highlighting the strength of Israel-Italy relations. The award
is the highest civilian honor in Israel. In giving the award, President
Peres thanked President Napolitano for his steadfast support for
Israel."I am proud to confer upon you the Presidential Medal of
Distinction in honor of your steadfast commitment to the State of Israel
and the Jewish people," Peres stated. "You raised a clear voice in
support of Israeli democracy."The ceremony took place the day after
President Peres attended the joint event in the Vatican hosted by Pope
Francis along with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, an
event Peres also addressed. "The time has come for peace and we must
find an agreed upon solution accepted by both parties," he said. "We
still face threats, namely terror from Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. We
must overcome terror and improve the situation for all the people of the
region.""Israel stretches out its hand for peace with the Palestinians,
our neighbors," he continued. "I have experienced both war and peace
and everyone deserves the right to live in peace."
President Napolitano agreed.
"My
unflagging relation with the State of Israel and the Jewish people, my
determination to fight anti-Semitism and attacks on Israel are an
integral part of my anti-fascist commitment," Napolitano said. "I am
honored to receive this distinguished award." Turning to President
Peres, he added, "Peace is a part of your legacy and today we must say
with conviction, the time has come for peace."Napolitano received the
award for his dedication to the State of Israel, which changed the
official Italian policy on the Middle East, according to the explanatory
address given before Peres awarded the President with the Medal."Over
the years, President Napolitano demonstrated his uncompromising
commitment to the well-being and security of the State of Israel, and
inspired by him, the Italian Communist Party adopted new and independent
positions in relation to the Middle East," the note explains. "At the
time, President Napolitano clearly and consistently voiced his views on
the question of Prisoners of Zion in the former Soviet who requested to
emigrate to Israel was denied.""President Napolitano has condemned every
manifestation of terrorism, he has hosted meetings between Israelis and
Palestinians in an effort to seek a solution to the Middle East
conflict on the basis of mutual recognition," it continues. "The
President represents a figure of leadership in the European arena in the
fight against Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.""President
Napolitano's relations with the State of Israel and the Jewish people
have been steadfast and characterized by a deep sense of friendship," it
concludes. "He has repeatedly expressed his steadfast position
regarding Israel's unequivocal right to live in peace and security."
PM
Mocks 'Inexperienced Lapid' for Contradicting Himself-Prime Minister
Netanyahu slams Finance Minister Yair Lapid, branding him too
inexperienced to make decisions on security.By Moshe Cohen-First
Publish: 6/9/2014, 4:21 PM-IsraelnationalNews
Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday slammed Finance Minister Yair
Lapid for comments he made Sunday night at the Herzliya Conference.
Speaking at Monday's Likud-Beiteinu faction meeting, Netanyahu said that
Lapid was "very inexperienced" and should think twice before
speaking.In his remarks Sunday, Lapid threatened that he would topple
the government if it annexes any areas of Judea and Samaria. In
contrast, an agreement with the PA, he claimed, would prevent Israel
from being "internationally isolated", will increase personal safety,
will help the economy "and above all - will remove from above our heads
the threat of becoming a bi-national state, the only meaning of which is
the end of Israel’s existence as a Jewish state and the elimination of
Zionism.”Israel, Lapid said, should apply the principle of the two
states and to separate from the Palestinians. "We cannot and should not
control four million Palestinians, who will double in number in the next
generation."But Lapid's comments Sunday contradicted stances that he
has taken in the past, Netanyahu pointed out.The Prime Minister quoted
Lapid from several speeches he made before the 2013 Knesset elections.
In one of those speeches, Netanyahu quoted the Finance Minister as
saying, "Israel cannot repeat the errors made by the Israeli left.""Let
him stand up and say what he is willing to give up without receiving
something in return. This is not a way to conduct negotiations,”
Netanyahu said."We cannot allow inexperience in negotiations and
security to lead us into making rash decisions," Netanyahu said. "Others
can make bombastic declarations, but I will continue to lead Israel
with responsibility and balanced decisions," he added.
Islamist
Leader Attacks Pope for Visiting 'Muslim' Western Wall-Islamic Movement
leader Salah writes letter to pope, accusing him of 'approving'
occupation in visit, not apologizing to Muslims.By Dalit Halevy, Ari
Yashar-First Publish: 6/9/2014, 2:55 PM-IsraelNationalNews
Sheikh
Raed Salah, head of the radical Islamic Movement in Israel, wrote an
open letter to Pope Francis last Thursday, criticizing him for his visit
to the Western Wall (Kotel) two weeks ago, and further claiming that
the site is Muslim.In the letter, which was posted on the Arabic site
Al-Sonara, Salah condemns the pope for placing a note in the Kotel."The
Israeli occupation utilized the visit of the pope in the most ugly
fashion," wrote Salah, going on to list the pope's actions he saw as
being in Israel's favor at the 'Al-Buraq' Wall, a name given by Muslims
to the Kotel in the 1920s in an attempt to claim it. The name refers to
Mohammed's "winged steed" he supposedly rode to Jerusalem in his "night
journey.""You put a note in the 'Al-Buraq' Kotel which the Israeli
occupation calls in deception and lies the Wailing (Western) Wall...as a
result you give them approval that this Kotel is the Western Wall and
not the 'Al-Buraq' Wall, and you permit them sovereignty on it," charged
Salah.Another source of contention for Salah was the pope's visit to
the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum."There you apologized for the tragedies
that occurred to the Jews in Europe and during the Second World War. We
hoped that you would say that these tragedies don't give an excuse to
the Zionist enterprise to cause similar tragedies to the Palestinian
people," stated Salah, equivocating Israel's defensive wars with the
Holocaust."In contrast, you haven't apologized to this day to the
Palestinian people for the support of Europe for the Zionist enterprise
in money, weapons, experts and volunteers to this very day, and you
didn't apologize for the Crusades which were of a world war scale, which
Europe initiated intentionally against the Muslim nation," accused
Salah.Despite Salah's protestations of the pope's support for the
"occupation," the pope also made some controversial moves which drew ire
from Israeli officials.During the visit the pope called the Palestinian
Authority (PA) the "state of Palestine," and then made an unexpected
stop at the security barrier between Jerusalem and Bethlehem to pray at a
section with "Pope we need to see someone to speak about justice.
Bethlehem look like Warsaw ghetto. Free Palestine" spray-painted on it.
Violent extremist
The
Israeli government in late May began discussions on whether to declare
Salah's Islamic Movement in Israel an illegal organization. Salah has
been jailed for incitement in the past after calling followers to
physically block Jews from entering the Temple Mount, and has been
sentenced in the past for incitement and assault, among other
nationalistically-motivated crimes.The Islamic Movement has also been
involved in the violent "Nakba Day" protests opposing Israel's
existence.Salah's revisionist history is not new; the Jordanian Waqf
(Islamic trust) which supervises the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest
site, issued a pamphlet in January claiming Jews have no connection to
the Temple Mount or the Kotel, calling it the Al-Buraq Wall.The
Palestinian Authority also regularly claims the Kotel as a Muslim site
and denies the Jewish connection to it, as part of a wider campaign to
claim Jerusalem as an Arab site.The Western Wall is a relic of the
retaining wall of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, which was destroyed by
Roman Empire in 70 CE. For nearly 2,000 years Jews were prevented from
worshipping on the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, and instead
prayed at the Wall, which has since become a holy site in its own right
at which millions of Jews congregate to pray each year.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23
Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth
kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all
kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and
break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD
DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise
after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue
three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3
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,(EU WORLD DICTATOR)the son of perdition;
4 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.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which
thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but
receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
REVELATION 6:1-2
1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it
were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2
And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a
bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU)
and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE
FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a
lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
REVELATION 13:1-10
1
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS
DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and
great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw
one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly
wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after
the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4
And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the
beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is
like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE
RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him
a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto
him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to
blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and
to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the
earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of
life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH
AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON
EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD
(JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm
the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS)
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,
even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we
like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved
by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on
7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry
Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What
we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people
in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into
which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil,
we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a
man.
Merkel reportedly against Schulz as EU commissioner
06.06.14 @ 13:48-By EUOBSERVER
German
Chancellor Merkel is rejecting her centre-left coalition partner's
request to have Martin Schulz as the next German EU commissioner,
Spiegel reports. "Schulz as German commissioner is out of the question,
the SPD has enough ministerial posts for a 25-percent-party," said
Hans-Peter Freidrich, Bavarian member of Merkel's coalition.
Lagarde 'not candidate' for EU commission presidency
06.06.14 @ 13:12-By EUOBSERVER
IMF
chief Christine Lagarde has said she is "not a candidate" to be EU
commission president, reports Reuters. She said she is not a candidate
because she has a job. "It's a job that I happen to think is rather
important at the moment (...) which I intend to complete."
Conservatives nominate British MEP to head EU Parliament
06.06.14 @ 14:57-By EUOBSERVER
The
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European
Parliament has nominated UK Tory MEP Sajjad Karim to be its candidate
for European Parliament President. Karim, the first British Muslim to be
elected to the Parliament in 2004, says he wants reforms, including
scrapping the European Parliament's Strasbourg seat.
Juncker 'will not kneel' before Brits-06.06.14 @ 09:29-EUOBSERVER-By Valentina Pop
BRUSSELS
- EU commission president-hopeful Jean-Claude Juncker has not given up
on his bid for the post despite British opposition, but EU leaders are
nowhere near an agreement on him.Speaking at a meeting of centre-right
MEPs on Thursday (5 June), Juncker said: "I will not fall on my knees
before the British."He also complained about a negative campaign in the
British media and photographers stalking him at his home in Luxembourg,
asking his neighbours about family stories. The British tabloid The Sun
on Tuesday listed "six reasons why Juncker is the most dangerous man in
Europe".But he acknowledged that, were he to become commission
president, he would need to have a good working relationship with the
British government. "One of my priorities [as commission chief] is to
get a fair agreement with the UK. We need to take into account the
British specificities," he said.Juncker needs a so-called qualified
majority of EU leaders to back his nomination. British Prime Minister
David Cameron has made it clear that he would under no circumstance
agree to Juncker, as the ex-Eurogroup chief is seen as part of an old
guard rather than the reform that Cameron is pushing for.German
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday evening went to the British
permanent representation in Brussels to talk to Cameron about Juncker in
what diplomats described as "candid", which is code for 'tense',
discussions. The next day, Merkel admitted in a press conference that
"no conclusion was reached".Merkel repeated that she and her entire
government back Juncker for the commission post, but said that
negotiations will take some time and warned against alienating
Britain.As for Cameron, when asked in a joint press conference with US
President Barack Obama about Juncker, he said that it would be wrong for
Europe to "stick its head in the sand" after the eurosceptic vote in
France and Britain."On the issue who runs the European Commission, what
matters is people who understand the need for change, for reforms. That
was the message widely received in the elections," Cameron said.Obama
also weighed in on the debate, warning against Britain leaving the EU – a
prospect which Cameron reportedly raised when talking to fellow EU
leaders who consider Juncker's nomination."It's always encouraging for
us to know that Britain has a seat at the table in the wider European
project. It would be difficult to imagine that project going well in the
absence of Great Britain," Obama said.But Cameron is not alone in his
opposition to Juncker. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who also
took part in the G7 meeting in Brussels, said in a press conference
afterwards that "the new commission president has to stand for a new
agenda", putting an end to austerity policies.Renzi also said there
should be no "diktat" on who should run the commission, neither by a
country – a reference to Germany – nor by an institution, alluding to
the European Parliament who wanted Juncker to be the negotiator for the
post, not EU council chief Herman Van Rompuy.The Italian leader would
like to see a woman in a top post, or preferably several, not just a
successor to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.Two women are
currently floated for an EU top job – the centre-right, French
ex-finance minister and head of the IMF Christine Lagarde and the Danish
centre-left Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Poroshenko: 'My pen is in my hands' to sign EU pact
08.06.14 @ 14:33-JUNE 9,14-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS
- Ukraine’s new President, Petro Poroshenko, at his "modest"
inauguration said he wants to sign an EU trade treaty as soon as
possible.“My pen is in my hands and as soon as the EU approves the
respective decision, the signature of the President of Ukraine will
appear in this fateful document,” he said in a speech at the Ukrainian
parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Saturday (7 June).“We consider it as
the first step toward full membership in the EU. Nobody has the right to
veto the European choice of Ukraine,” he added.“We, the people who were
isolated from their great European homeland, are coming home.”The EU
pact means Ukraine can have free trade with Russia, but is legally bound
to stay out of Moscow's Eurasian Union.It is known in EU circles as
“accession-lite” because it also obliges Ukraine to align itself with
the minutsiae of single market rules.EU ambassadors are to meet in
Brussels on Wednesday to adopt a decision to sign.The Union intends to
sign it along with Georgia and Moldova treaties in the EU capital on 27
June, but officials have not ruled out doing it earlier.Poroshenko also
outlined a peace plan for east Ukraine.He said pro-Russia gunmen who are
not guilty of killing people can have amnesty and offered “a corridor
for Russian mercenaries who would like to return home.”He called for
local elections to pick new leaders for talks on "decentralisation" and
“guaranteed” the “free usage of Russian language".He laid down some red
lines, however.He said Ukraine will not become a federation and will not
cede Crimea to Russia. He added that Ukrainian will remain the “single
state language".Poroshenko, himself a minor oligarch, also promised to
fight corruption.“We need a national anti-corruption pact between the
government and the people. It is simple: Officials do not take and
people do not give. We won't be able to change the country unless we
change ourselves, our attitude to life,” he said.The inauguration was
attended by EU Council chief Herman Van Rompuy, the Presidents of
Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia,
the Prime Ministers of Hungary and Latvia, the Canadian Prime Minister,
and the US vice president.The President of Belarus and the Prime
Minister of Kazakhstan also came despite their countries' alliance with
Russia.Lithuania’s Dalia Grybauskaite said the ceremony was “modest”
compared to the style of ousted leader Viktor Yanukovych.Poroshenko went
from the Verkhovna Rada to the second part of the event, in Kiev's St.
Sophia cathedral, in an unescorted car through normal traffic and
greeted people when he arrived.A small incident created a buzz in social
media.One of the guards by the red carpet outside parliament
half-fainted in the heat and dropped his rifle. Poroshenko spoke with
him before the soldier was escorted away.People said on Twitter and
Facebook the fallen rifle and Poroshenko’s gesture is an omen of peace.
They also made fun of an incident in 2010, when Yanukovych was going
into parliament for his inauguration and a guard's hand slipped on the
door, which almost closed in Yanukovych's face.
Fighting continues
EU
diplomats say it was a "good sign" that Poroshenko met with Russian
leader Vladimir Putin at a D-Day anniversary in France on Friday.But
Putin said afterward he would adopt trade restrictions if Ukraine signs
the EU pact. "As soon as the treaty is signed and comes into force, we
will be taking measures to secure the [Russian] economy,” he told a
state broadcaster, Russia Today.Meanwhile, fighting continued in east
Ukraine on Saturday and Sunday.A rebel leader, Fyodor Berezin, told the
Reuters news agency that he rejects Poroshenko’s peace plan.“What they
really want is one-sided disarmament and for us to surrender. That will
never happen … As long as Ukrainian troops are on our soil, I can see
that all Poroshenko wants is subjugation,” Berezin said.
EU threatens action against Israeli settlers-06.06.14 @ 09:30-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS
- The EU has threatened to take action against settlers after Israel
backed the building of 1,466 more Jewish homes on Palestinian land in
the West Bank.EU countries said in a joint communique on Thursday (5
June) the move is “unhelpful to peace efforts” and called on Israel to
“reverse the decision”.They added that if it doesn't, they will “act
accordingly” and “fully and effectively implement existing legislation
in relation to settlements”.The threat refers to plans to publish a code
of conduct for EU retailers on how to label settler-made products - a
move likely to fuel consumer boycotts and to harm Israel’s image.It is
part of a tougher new approach which EU diplomats say the US
endorses.The US state department also on Thursday said: “We’re deeply
disappointed; again, difficult to understand how these [settlements]
contribute to peace.”Israel announced the new housing units as a price
tag for Palestine’s formation of a unity government.The government is
backed by Palestine’s two main political factions, Fatah and Hamas,
which used to be bitter rivals. But it is composed of technocrats and
does not contain anyone from Hamas, which the EU and US call a
“terrorist” entity because it advocates armed resistance.The EU and US
earlier this week snubbed Israel by saying they will work with the new
Palestinian cabinet.Israel’s housing minister, Uri Ariel, himself a
far-right settler, said the new housing units come because "when Israel
is spat upon, it has to do something about it".Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said: “Hamas is a terrorist organisation that calls
for Israel's destruction, and the international community must not
embrace it".He has also said he supports a two-state solution and freed
dozens of Palestinian prisoners in recent peace talks. But at the same
time, he endorsed the building of 14,000 new settler homes, prompting
the talks to break down.“The fact settlement activity increased after
the peace talks were launched last July shows it was a political
decision,” the EU’s envoy in Jerusalem, John Gat-Rutter, recently told
EUobserver.“It’s quite obvious that the issue on [product] labelling
will come even more to the forefront if the kind of settlement expansion
that we have seen in the recent year continues in the future,” the EU’s
ambassador in Tel Aviv, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, said.
EARTH WORSHIP
DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the
sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired
diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such
abomination is wrought in Israel:
DEUTORONOMY 4:15-19
15 Take
ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the
midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest
be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath
divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
2 KINGS 23:5
5
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had
ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and
in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto
Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the
host of heaven.
Oxfam on G7 summit: Stronger steer
needed on energy security, climate change and the global
economy-Published: 5 June 2014-Energy security, climate change and the
global economy were among the main topics the G7 leaders addressed
during the Brussels summit, but Oxfam says what’s needed is a stronger
steer from leaders.
Energy security and climate change
Today
G7 leaders backed the Rome G7 Energy Initiative adopted by their
ministers last month, and stressed the urgency of reaching a global
climate change deal at next year’s UN climate talks in Paris.Natalia
Alonso, Head of Oxfam’s EU Office, said: “G7 leaders missed turning the
energy crisis with Russia into an opportunity to steer Europe and the
world onto a clean energy path that will save Europe money and prevent
the worst impacts of climate change at home and abroad.“G7 leaders
offered climate action with one hand, making good pledges on energy
efficiency and renewables, only to snatch it away with the other, by
continuing to trumpet indigenous hydrocarbon resources, which are
expensive, unproven and dirty like shale gas.“Europe’s dependence on
dirty energy is pushing up fuel prices and driving climate change, which
means higher food prices in Europe and across the world. If leaders
don't break their fossil fuel habit, poor people in Europe may be left
to choose between eating and heating.“Ahead of the Ban Ki-moon climate
summit in September, Europe and the G7 should take bold steps to wean us
off dirty fuels and promise cash for the new global Green Climate Fund
to help the world’s poorest countries tackle climate change.”Global
economy: Wealth inequality and tax dodging.Regarding the global economy,
G7 leaders did reaffirm their commitment to end financial secrecy and
tax evasion, but they failed to say how they’re going to take further
action on wealth inequality, which can only block growth and job
creation.Alonso commented: “Today 85 people own as much wealth as half
the world’s population. At least US$18.5 trillion is hidden by wealthy
individuals in tax havens worldwide representing a loss of more than
$156 billion in tax revenue; money that could be invested in promoting
equitable and sustainable growth and jobs.“By not agreeing on next steps
to end financial secrecy and tax evasion, G7 leaders have in effect
shut their eyes to the growing problem of economic inequality. In
response, Oxfam is calling for the Post-2015 Millennium Development
Goals to eradicate extreme economic inequality by 2030.”
Extractive industries
What
G7 leaders agreed was an initiative aimed at supporting governments in
developing countries to negotiate fairer and more sustainable natural
resource deals with multinationals.Oxfam’s Natalia Alonso said: “Making
all contracts between extractive industries and governments public
should be a prerequisite for donors’ assistance in negotiating
deals.“Affected communities should have a say in how – and whether –
oil, gas and mining projects go forward, and their governments should
harness the natural resource wealth of their countries to help all
citizens to be lifted out of poverty.”
New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
G7
leaders reiterated their support for the New Alliance for Food Security
and Nutrition, launched by the G8 in 2012, but they need to do more to
help boost public sector investment in agriculture to meet the needs of
small-scale food producers.Alonso commented: “The ‘New Alliance’
requires major reform to prevent it from tipping policy reforms and
company investments in favour of large-scale producers, at the expense
of small-scale producers who are in greater need of support. The “New
Alliance” must be more transparent and accountable.”Worldwide, around
500 million small farms support almost two billion people – nearly
one-third of the global population. Public sector funding directed to
meet the needs and priorities of small-scale food producers should
remain a top priority as reliance on private sector investments alone
will not benefit them.
Notes to Editors
Energy security and
climate change:Read Oxfam’s new report “Fit for a Food and Energy Secure
World?”Download photos of G7 leaders, depicted by the “Oxfam Big
Heads”, hooked on dirty energy.
Global economy – wealth
inequality:Download photos of G7 leaders, depicted by the “Oxfam Big
Heads”, playing to the tune of the wealthy elite.Read the lastest IMF
report demonstrating that increasing economic inequality is hampering
growth.Read Oxfam’s report “Working for the Few: Political capture and
economic inequality”
