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U.S. Health Officials Troubled By New Flu Pattern
May 19th, 2009
Daily NewsReuters - Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

WASHINGTON- The new influenza strain circulating around most of the United States is putting a worrying number of young adults and children into the hospital and hitting more schools than usual, U.S. health officials said on Monday.

The H1N1 swine flu virus killed a vice principal at a New York City school over the weekend and has spread to 48 states. While it appears to be mild, it is affecting a disproportionate number of children, teenagers and young adults.

This includes people needing hospitalization -- now up to 200, said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"That's very unusual, to have so many people under 20 to require hospitalization, and some of them in (intensive care units)," Schuchat told reporters in a telephone briefing.

"We are now experiencing levels of influenza-like illness that are higher than usual for this time of year," Schuchat added. "We are also seeing outbreaks in schools, which is extremely unusual for this time of year."

The US President told the Israeli PM to stop building in the land God gave the Jewish people
May 19th, 2009
News UpdateJimmy DeYoung
Categories: Jimmy DeYoung News

In the recent meeting at the White House in Washington, US President Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met to discuss the way forward in the region as they talked about two volatile in the Middle East: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the threat of Iran with a Nuclear Weapon of Mass Destruction.

The US president said that for the time being, he wants Israel to restrain from launching a preemptive attack on Iran and President Obama told PM Netanyahu that Israel must stop building in the biblical areas of Judea and Samaria in the Jewish state of Israel and prepare to give up this land to a Palestinian state.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The fact that a US president would tell Israel they cannot build on the land God gave them and they must prepare to give this land up for a Palestinian state is a page out of Bible prophecy for the Last Days.

In the first official meeting between the leaders of the US and Israel, the line was drawn in the sand by US President Obama when he told Israeli PM Netanyahu that the Jewish state must stop all building and in fact any type of expansion of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. In addition to that, he made known that he wants Israel to evacuate these areas he calls occupied territories.

Leviticus 25:23 says the land is God's land and He will give it to whom He pleases. Deuteronomy 30 says God made a covenant with the Jewish people and He cannot break it and must give them this land. Ezekiel 36 says the land in question is the land of the forefathers of the Jewish people and in particular Judea and Samaria where the Jewish settlements are located today. Ezekiel 35:10-14 reveals that the Palestinians will try to take this land from the Jewish people in the Last Days.

President Obama's statements and actions as it relates to the Jewish state of Israel and the land of the Jewish people is indeed a page out of Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

The President's Appearance At the Country's Foremost Catholic University Was Shrouded in Controversy
May 19th, 2009
Daily NewsIsraelNN.com - Hana Levi Julian
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Warning

A powerful Christian activist group joined thousands of Jews Monday at a massive rally in Washington DC to protest the Obama administration’s pressure on Israel to accept the establishment of a Palestinian Authority state within its current borders.

The Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC Heartland), which links Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria with Christian churches and individual sponsors around the world, launched its internet initiative over the weekend.

The group urged its members to contact the White House and oppose President Barack Obama’s plan to pressure Israel into dividing the country with the Palestinian Authority.

It also urged members to show up en masse for the rally, scheduled to last from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – the same time, approximately, that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to meet with President Obama at the White House.

The email, sent to a list of tens of thousands of people, informed members that the White House has been pressuring Israel to agree to a two-state solution in exchange for U.S. cooperation against Iran.

“Iran poses an existential threat to Israel and to the entire free world,” noted the statement, signed by U.S. CFOIC director Kimberly Troup and Israeli office director Sandra Oster Baras.

“The two-state solution is synonymous with full Israeli withdrawal from the heart of Biblical Israel.  This poses an existential threat as well as a spiritual threat to the Nation of Israel.

“We are calling on you to stand up for Israel and to stand against Obama's plan.  Appeasement of Arab tyranny is no solution at all… Say no to a two-state solution.  Say yes to Biblical Israel!”

No 'common Ground' When It Comes to Abortion
May 19th, 2009
Daily NewsOneNewsNow - Allie Martin -
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues;Moral Decline

A Christian actor is weighing in on President Barack Obama's comments regarding abortion during his recent commencement speech at Notre Dame.

In his speech, President Obama encouraged both sides in the abortion debate to find common ground on the issue. "I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away," he stated. "Because no matter how much we may want to fudge it, indeed while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory, the fact is that at some level the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction -- but surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature. Open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words."The president's appearance at the country's foremost Catholic university was shrouded in controversy, with many pro-life supporters protesting both his appearance and the university's decision to award the president an honorary degree.
 
During an interview on Fox & Friends, actor Stephen Baldwin said while he admired the president's call for open hearts and open minds, he believes there is no common ground when it comes to babies being killed at the hands of abortionists.
 
"When you're dealing with serious pro-lifers, there's no gray matter here," he contends. "There's no conversation...the therapist is not in here."
 
Baldwin believes there will be a long-term backlash against Notre Dame in the wake of President Obama's appearance.

Netanyahu: U.S. to Present New Plan
May 19th, 2009
Daily NewsHilary Leila Krieger and Herb keinon, jpost
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Peace Process

Following his highly-anticipated meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House, and after a 30-minute press conference, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave a special briefing to Israeli reporters late Monday night, and told them that the president planned to formulate a new Middle East peace initiative which would be presented soon.

The prime minister termed the plan "interesting," and said that it would involve not just the Palestinians and Israelis, but also a number of moderate Arab states.

"I found that the president was very receptive to our position that as part of the peace process, Israel would not only give but receive," he said.

The premier expressed confidence that Israel maintained the right to defend itself from the threat of a nuclear Iran, telling reporters that there were no green, red or yellow lights from the US, but rather a shared sense that Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapons capacity.

Speaking alongside Netanyahu at the Oval Office earlier in the day, Obama stressed the importance the US attached to Israeli security and its recognition of how the Jewish state perceives the threat from Teheran, even as he defended his policy of engagement.

Obama rejected the notion of "artificial timelines" in negotiations with Iran, which he indicated he expected would begin in earnest after the Iranian election on June 12 and could subsequently expand to include direct talks between Washington and the Islamic republic.

At the same time, he stressed that "we're not going to have talk forever" and allow Teheran to develop a nuclear weapon while negotiations go on, offering that "we'll probably be able to gauge and do a reassessment by the end of the year."

He also noted that "we are not foreclosing a range of steps, including much stronger international sanctions, in assuring that Iran understands that we are serious."

Israel has been pushing for a timeline on the United States's diplomatic efforts out of concern that Iran could use the talks to run out the clock. The notion of a timeline was just one subject where differences were expected to emerge between the two leaders as they sat down for their first meeting as respective heads of government in a visit deemed crucial for determining the contours of their relationship and personal rapport.

The policy differences were clear, with Obama emphasizing the importance of a "two-state solution" and an end to settlement growth even as Netanyahu made no reference to an independent Palestinian country. Instead, the prime minister spoke of the possibility of a "two peoples to live side by side in security and peace" if the Palestinians recognized Israel as a Jewish state and agreed to an end of conflict.

Both men positively described the encounter, which was repeatedly prolonged to give the two more time together; their one-on-one meeting lasted for an hour and 45 minutes.

Netanyahu declared a desire to restart negotiations with the Palestinians immediately, saying, "We don't want to govern the Palestinians. We want to live in peace with them. We want them to govern themselves, absent a handful of powers that could endanger the State of Israel."

He also noted that "there'll have to be compromises by Israelis and Palestinians alike. We're ready to do our share."

The talks, which Obama described as "extraordinarily productive" and Netanyahu called friendly, went on for much longer than the time the American president has usually devoted to foreign leaders this year. Israeli officials took this as a good sign.

Asked about reports in the media that Israel felt progress on Iran needed to be linked to progress with the Palestinians, Obama explicitly rejected the formulation, saying, "If there is a linkage between Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, I personally believe it actually runs the other way: To the extent that we can make peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis, then I actually think it strengthens our hand in the international community in dealing with the potential Iranian threat."

But he added that both issues needed to be addressed independently on their own merits.

And Netanyahu, with Obama nodding along, said each issue could be helpful in reaching a positive conclusion on the other, but that there was no "policy linkage." Netanyahu also thanked Obama for his willingness to keep all options on the table when it comes to Iran.

And following the meeting with Obama, he told the Israeli media that he sensed a seriousness in the new American administration to push the Arab states to take meaningful steps toward peace with Israel that he had not seen before.

In his remarks to the press, Obama said "there is a recognition that the Palestinians are going to have to do a better job providing the kinds of security assurances that Israelis would need to achieve a two-state solution, [and] gain additional legitimacy and credibility with their own people, and delivering services."

He also said, "The other Arab states have to be more supportive and be bolder in seeking potential normalization with Israel."

But he cautioned Israel that it would have to make difficult steps, too, including improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and stressed that "there is a clear understanding that we have to make progress on settlements; that settlements have to be stopped in order for us to move forward."

Obama also said that the situation in Sderot was unacceptable, and that he'd seen the situation there himself. During that visit, during his electoral campaign over the summer, he first met with Netanyahu, though Monday was their first tete-a-tete as leaders of their respective countries.

Obama also noted it wasn't the first time Netanyahu had come to the White House as prime minister, perhaps warning him about the possible mistakes that could come from sour US-Israel relations such as those the prime minister once experienced with US president Bill Clinton in his bid to coax him toward the peace process.

"I'm confident that he's going to seize this moment and the United States is going to do everything we can to be constructive, effective partners in this process," Obama said of Netanyahu.

Brazil and China Eye Plan to Axe Dollar
May 19th, 2009
Daily NewsFt.com - Jonathan Wheatley
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil’s central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president.

The move follows recent Chinese challenges to the status of the dollar as the world’s leading international currency.

Mr Lula da Silva, who is visiting Beijing this week, and Hu Jintao, China’s president, first discussed the idea of replacing the dollar with the renminbi and the real as trade currencies when they met at the G20 summit in London last month.

An official at Brazil’s central bank stressed that talks were at an early stage. He also said that what was under discussion was not a currency swap of the kind China recently agreed with Argentina and which the US had agreed with several countries, including Brazil.“Currency swaps are not necessarily trade related,” the official said. “The funds can be drawn down for any use. What we are talking about now is Brazil paying for Chinese goods with reals and China paying for Brazilian goods with renminbi.”