Posted on 05/13/2009 10:15:19 AM PDT by VRWCTexan
Russia is moving to reassert its role in the Middle East – and in particular in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process...Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired a special meeting Monday of the United Nations Security Council that endorsed the idea of holding a Middle East peace conference in Moscow this year....Mr. Lavrov noted that the United States, in a Council statement delivered Monday by Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, called for "integrating" the Arab peace initiative of 2005 into the peace process
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Daniel 9:27
Gomer is coming on strong these days
U.S. statement on nukes pact stirs concerns in Israel
By Leslie Susser · May 12, 2009
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Given the delicate state of relations between the new administrations in Washington and Jerusalem, an American statement last week about the need for Israel to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, or NPT, touched a raw nerve.
The worst-case scenario is that it portends a “grand bargain” with Iran at Israel’s expense. In this nightmare development, the American side will say to Tehran: Abandon your nuclear weapons program and we will lean on Israel to dismantle its alleged nuclear arsenal
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/12/1005092/us-statement-on-nukes-pact-stirs-concerns-in-israel
From a LA Times Blog (describing Pope’s visit to Israel)
“ISRAEL: The Holy Seat” (promise of things to come!)
The Antichrist will stop the sacrifices in the rebuilt Jewish Temple (Dan. 9:27).
He will take his seat in the Temple, displaying himself as being God (2 Thess. 2:4).
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Russia considers the area to be their sphere of influence, and will certainly capitalize on a vacumn caused by indecisive American power.
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