Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

PM: No One Had Better Violate Our Rosh Hashana Peace
Sep 2nd, 2013
Daily NewsINN - David Lev
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

With the Rosh Hashana holiday coming up in just a few days, Israelis will be attending synagogue services, visiting family, and generally taking it easy during a rare three day break from work. And Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the the country would take steps to ensure that the holiday is a calm one.

With the decision by U.S. President Barack H. Obama to ask Congress to approve military action against Syria, the prospect of immediate American action seems to be postponed until at least next week. Last week, Israel had ordered a callup of reserve troops in anticipation of a possible Syrian strike at Israel, promised by Bashar al-Assad's government if Syria was attacked by the U.S. But the IDF released many of those soldiers over the weekend, because of the somewhat reduced threat.

But the IDF remains on high alert, and Israel is not taking any chances, said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Speaking at a ceremony in northern Israel inaugurating a new major intersection, Netanyahu said that Israel had “major challenges in light of the events in our region, both close and farther away. As they shoot at each other, we continue to build,” the Prime Minister said, praising the Transportation Ministry for its efforts in building a cloverleaf intersection at the Golani Junction, long a major choke on traffic for drivers headed to the Galilee.

Unlike Israel's neighbors, Netanyahu said, “Israel is an island of calmness. We trust the IDF and our own ability to defend ourselves. I will not allow anyone to hurt our country and violate that calmness. I ask you to enjoy yourselves over the holiday.

“If anyone thinks they are going to ruin the peace and quiet of Rosh Hashana in Israel, they had better realize what response awaits them,” Netanyahu added.

Let the Headlines Speak
Sep 2nd, 2013
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Destructive, shallow and deadly earthquake jolts Yunnan - Sichuan border region, China
According to statement from the Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs Department, the earthquake has toppled 600 residential units and damaged 55 500 others, some 9 200 local residents have been forced to relocate. There are about 467 340 people living within 100 km radius. According to USGS, epicenter was located below the city of Benzilan at shallow depth of 10 km. China Earthquake Network Center said the epicenter is believed to be Xingfu Village in Nixi Township of Shangri-La.  

Laser fusion experiment yields record energy
In the early morning hours of Aug.13, Lawrence Livermore's National Ignition Facility (NIF) focused all 192 of its ultra-powerful laser beams on a tiny deuterium-tritium filled capsule. In the nanoseconds that followed, the capsule imploded and released a neutron yield of nearly 3x1015, or approximately 8,000 joules of neutron energy—approximately three times NIF's previous neutron yield record for cryogenic implosions.  

Swarm of strong earthquakes rattle Andreanof Islands region, Alaska
Earthquake sequence that started with M 7.0 on August 30 at 16:25 UTC generated 44 M1+ earthquakes until 07:00 UTC on August 31, according to USGS. In that timeframe, USGS reported 30 M 2.5+ earthquakes and 13 M 4.5+, with strongest being M 6.1 at 06:38 UTC and M 5.5 at 6:43 UTC today. The location of the swarm is south of Andreanof Islands and on top of the subducted plate where the oceanic Pacific plate subducts the North American plate at a very high speed.  

Obama Backs Down, Seeks Congressional OK For Syria Action
Obama unexpectedly stepped back from a missile attack against Syria on Saturday and instead asked Congress to support a strike punishing Bashar Assad’s regime for the alleged use of chemical weapons.  

The Traveling Ark Sails Into The US Army Fort Hamilton Base
For the first time in history did a traveling ark complete with live animals interactive displays, talking moose, etc…. show up at an US army base ..where it was admired and “wowed“ by all the soldiers , and their families,  

GEOMAGNETIC UNREST
Earth's polar magnetic field is unsettled as our planet enters a stream of fast (~500 km/s) solar wind. The encounter is sparking the first auroras of September.  

Strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia: USGS
A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.  

NASA's Chandra Observatory Catches Giant Black Hole Rejecting Material
The researchers found that the Chandra data from Sgr A* did not support theoretical models in which the X-rays are emitted from a concentration of smaller stars around the black hole. Instead, the X-ray data show the gas near the black hole likely originates from winds produced by a disk-shaped distribution of young massive stars.  

Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack
Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack - Militants tell AP reporter they mishandled Saudi-supplied chemical weapons, causing accident. Syrian rebels in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta have admitted to Associated Press journalist Dale Gavlak that they were responsible for last week’s chemical weapons incident which western powers have blamed on Bashar Al-Assad’s forces, revealing that the casualties were the result of an accident caused by rebels mishandling chemical weapons provided to them by Saudi Arabia.  

U.S. Reveals: Indyk Took Part in One Peace Meeting
The U.S. State Department revealed on Sunday for the first time that the U.S. envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian Authority talks had taken part in a meeting between the two parties since negotiations resumed in late July. "The negotiations have been serious, and U.S. Special Envoy Martin Indyk and his team have been fully briefed on the bilateral talks and also participated in a bilateral negotiating session," said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki. "As we have said in the past, we are not planning to read out the details of these meetings."  

U.S. Sending Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier to Middle East
he nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria if needed, defense officials told the Reuters news agency on Sunday.  

Abbas: US Promised Us Full Withdrawal as Basis of Talks
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas said that the United States had promised him that it would support the PA's demands that Israel withdraw to the 1948 cease-fire lines as the basis for any final status agreement with Israel. The statement shoots down claims by Israeli officials, such as President Shimon Peres, that the PA had agreed to Israel's retention of the so-called “settlement blocs.”  

White House to Congress: Help Israel, Bomb Syria
Obama is convincing congressmen to support a strike against Syria by saying that it will help protect Israel, reports Politico.  

Arab states call for international action against Syrian regime
At an Arab League meeting in Cairo on Sunday evening, foreign ministers passed a resolution pressing the United Nations and the global community to “take the deterrent and necessary measures against the culprits of this crime that the Syrian regime bears responsibility for,” according to Reuters.  

Taliban bombers attack US base in Afghanistan
Taliban militants have attacked a US base in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a lengthy gun battle in which three insurgents were killed. Reports say the attack on Torkham base in Nangarhar province unfolded after militants torched Nato supply trucks on the highway leading to the base.  

Hamas slams Egyptian plan to create buffer zone with Gaza
The Hamas government said Sunday it was “surprised” to hear that Egypt is planning to create a buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip. Ehab Ghissin, spokesman for the Hamas government, said that there should be no buffer zones “between brothers and friendly countries.”  

Analysis: Putin sees chance to turn tables on Obama at G20
Less than three months after Vladimir Putin was cast as a pariah over Syria at the last big meeting of world leaders, the Russian president has glimpsed a chance to turn the tables on Barack Obama. The U.S. president's dilemma over a military response to an alleged poison gas attack in Syria means Obama is the one who is under more pressure going into a G20 summit in St Petersburg on Thursday and Friday.  

NYC cancels last day of music festival after deaths
The final day of a three-day dance music festival held on New York's Randall's Island was canceled Sunday after the deaths of two attendees and the hospitalizations of several others, apparently linked to drugs.  

Syria minister: US strike on Syria 'would benefit al-Qaeda'
Any US military action against Syria would amount to "support for al-Qaeda and its affiliates," Damascus has said. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad also told the BBC that armed groups backed by America - not Syrian troops - had used chemical weapons.  

Abbas: U.S. Promised us Full Withdrawal As Basis of Talks
Sep 2nd, 2013
Daily NewsINN - David Lev
Categories: Today's Headlines;Peace Process

Speaking in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas said that the United States had promised him that it would support the PA's demands that Israel withdraw to the 1948 cease-fire lines as the basis for any final status agreement with Israel. The statement shoots down claims by Israeli officials, such as President Shimon Peres, that the PA had agreed to Israel's retention of the so-called “settlement blocs.”

In the speech Monday night, Abbas stressed that the U.S. had made this promise to the PA before the start of negotiations. Without it, he said, the PA would not have agreed to participate in the talks.

Israel has said that it had did not agree to any preconditions in order to enter the talks. The recent release of terrorists by Israel was not fulfillment of a preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said, but a “gesture” to encourage the PA to enter into talks. Netanyahu also said that in any final status agreement, Israel would retain the settlement blocs.

Israel agreed to release about 100 terrorists, many of whom had planned or participated in the murder of Jews. Abbas said in his speech that the PA would demand that Israel release an additional 250 terrorists as a condition for continuing the negotiations. Abbas added that the PA had shelved plans to charge Israel with “war crimes” in the World Court after Israel agreed to release the terrorists.

Earlier, Peres praised the Oslo Accords, declaring them a great success and the right thing for Israel. In an interview on Army Radio, Peres praised the accords as “the right decision,” one which led to a “great revolution.”