WND Exclusive Leading Islamic voice calls for reconquering Jerusalem Erdogan: 'Ask Allah to restore the al-Aksa'

By  Leo Hohmann

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on his countrymen to refocus on the Ottoman goal of re-conquering Jerusalem for Islam and uniting Shia and Sunni tribes for that same mission.

Turkish President Erdogan makes eerie presence at party convention 2014

In a speech that got almost no coverage in the Western media, Erdogan talked about invading and reconquering Jerusalem, according to an article in the Anadolu Agency of Turkey.

“We Muslims lost our way toward Jerusalem,” he told throngs of adoring Turks while in the state of Erzincan in central Turkey. “The water of our eyes froze making us blind, and our hearts that was destined to beat for Jerusalem is now instead conditioned for rivalry being in a state of war with each other.”
Erdogan was in the city to promote numerous service projects, but the speech focused on Jerusalem.
“When you mention the worse ascension, the first thing that comes to mind is Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque,” he said, referring to the mosque that sits on the Temple Mount.
The Mount is controlled by Arab Muslim Waqf officials, who do not allow Jews to pray accept at the Western Wall. But apparently Erdogan is not satisfied with this arrangement. He told his countrymen to “ask Allah to restore the Al-Aqsa Mosque to the infallibility of the Muslims.”

In Nowruz appeal, Obama asks Iranian people to seize 'historic' nuclear deal

Obama says nuclear deal a reasonable, if fleeting opportunity for peace, in message to the Iranian people marking the Persian new year. 

 

 

To watch Obama's Appeal to the Iranians click this link.... 

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- US President Barack Obama has made a passionate appeal directly to the Iranian people to support the path of "reason," in step with international powers, over isolation and conflict over its nuclear program, in a holiday message marking the Persian new year.

"I want to take this opportunity once again to speak directly to the people and leaders of Iran," Obama said in his video message. He issued a similar message last year when negotiations were also being held. "This year, we have the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries."

Negotiations between Iran and United States are currently under way over Tehran's nuclear program on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, after nearly two years of talks. Alongside the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany, the parties seek a political framework agreement containing Iran's nuclear program by the end of the month.

"The days and weeks ahead will be critical," he said. "Our negotiations have made progress, but gaps remain. And there are people, in both our countries and beyond, who oppose a diplomatic resolution."

"My message to you—the people of Iran—is that, together, we have to speak up for the future we seek," he continued, adding that his hopes for the Persian new year, Nowruz, include "our hopes for progress between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the international community, including the United States."

While US diplomats broke off negotiations in Europe before Thanksgiving, as well as Christmas, Iran's negotiating team has suggested a willingness to stay through their New Year's Eve, a particularly important cultural holiday in the Islamic Republic.

The president said that, in a sense, "Iran’s leaders have a choice between two paths." They can choose the path of continued isolation, conflict and economic decline through sanctions; or they could choose a "reasonable deal" over its nuclear program.

Calling the opportunity "historic," Obama said the diplomatic offer before Iran may not come again soon and encouraged its leaders not to miss out.

"It can lead to a better path—the path of greater opportunities for the Iranian people. More trade and ties with the world. More foreign investment and jobs, including for young Iranians," the president proposed, should a deal be reached. "A nuclear deal now can help open the door to a brighter future for you— the Iranian people, who, as heirs to a great civilization, have so much to give to the world."

Obama went on to quote Persian poet Hafez, who once wrote on the coming of springtime: Try to be joyful in your heart. For many a flower will bloom while you will be in clay.

"For decades, our nations have been separated by mistrust and fear," Obama said. "Now it is early spring. We have a chance—a chance—to make progress that will benefit our countries, and the world, for many years to come."

"It is up to all of us," he continued, "Iranians and Americans, to seize this moment and the possibilities that can bloom in this new season."

‘Jihadi John’ apologizes to his family

By Post Wire Services

March 7, 2015 | 10:52pm

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Mohammed Emwazi has apologized to his family for the shame he has heaped on them after being unmasked as the ISIS butcher from Britain known as Jihadi John.

The Sunday Times of London reports that Emwazi, 26, a British computer science graduate, had conveyed his message of regret from Syria via a third party.

He is said to be sorry for the “problems and trouble the revelation of his identity has caused” for his parents and siblings, according to an informed source.

However, Emwazi has not expressed any remorse for his barbaric actions, which have included the on-camera beheadings of a number of Western hostages.

The Londoner’s family, originally from Kuwait, have been forced into hiding after Emwazi was identified as Jihadi John 10 days ago.

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Islam experts: No-go zones looming for America

Back Jindal's view non-assimilation is trouble because Muslims 'supremacist at core'

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The “no-go zones” in some Western nations, where law enforcement has lost control because of the influence of Islamic law, are coming to America.
That’s according to several Islam experts interviewed by WND who believe the kind of Muslim enclaves that have developed in Europe due to a lack of assimilation will eventually arise in the U.S. as the Muslim population grows.
The contention that “no-go” zones exist is controversial, as evidenced by the widespread ridicule that arose when an analyst said in a Fox News interview shortly after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris that the major English city of Birmingham was a “no-go” zone itself.
The analyst apologized, but only for exaggerating his point, not for asserting “no-go” zones exist.
As WND reported, the government of France has identified 751 Zones Urbaines Sensibles, or Sensitive Urban Zones, that the state does not fully control, citing Middle East foreign policy expert Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum.
The zones are enclaves where Muslim immigrants have chosen not to assimilate, and law enforcement has lost some degree of control.
Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently told Fox News interviewer Neil Cavuto that the zones are inevitable in America if the country doesn’t insist that immigrant Muslims assimilate.
He said Islamists are setting up their own culture within the United States “to overturn our culture.”
“We need to recognize that threat,” he insisted.
He said there are neighborhoods that could be defined as a no-go zone.
“You can call them whatever term you want, but absolutely there are neighborhoods, we have communities of people that don’t want to integrate or assimilate,” he said.
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Islam analyst and expert Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch told WND the zones “aren’t here.”
“But they’re coming as the Muslim population grows,” he warned. “We already see areas such as Dearborn, Michigan: It isn’t a no-go zone — police don’t fear to enter there and non-Muslims aren’t menaced for non-adherence to Shariah norms — but police did the bidding of the Muslim community a couple of years ago and arrested some Christian missionaries solely for the crime of preaching to Muslims. A Shariah crime, not a crime according to any U.S. law.”
David Yerushalmi of the American Freedom Law Center, which has fought legal battles over the Dearborn disputes, said there aren’t any no-go zones in American right now, but Dearborn comes close.
There, evangelical Christians were attacked with rocks and bottles by a Muslim crowd for talking about their faith on public property during an annual Arab festival. When police arrived, they ordered the Christians to leave or face arrest.
Several legal cases over the incident have been resolved in favor of the Christians, but a major one, handled by AFLC, is still under way. It has been granted the highly unusual step of a hearing before a full federal appeals court, which previously denied the Christians’ claims.
Yerushalmi said there have been times when first responders have declined to go into certain riot areas for a time because it “would incite the crowd to more violence.”
He said there aren’t the numbers of Muslims in the U.S. population at the moment to form such no-go-zones.
“However, you have demographics which are changing,” he warned.
Islam analyst Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs not only believes the zones are coming, she’s already prepared a strategy to fight them.
“There aren’t large-scale no-go zones here as there are in Europe, but they are coming, because Islam by its very nature is against assimilation into a kaffir (non-Muslim) society. It is supremacist at its core – Islam must dominate and not be dominated,” she told WND.
“So while Muslims have assimilated here to a greater degree than they have in Europe, there are growing Muslim areas in some cities (Dearborn, Newark, etc.) and these will continue to grow. Then there are rural Muslim camps where firearms training and other alarming things have been reported,” she said.
She asserted the U.S. should end immigration from Muslim countries.
Geller argued “there is no reliable way to tell a jihadist or jihadi sympathizer from a ‘moderate.’”
She called on Muslim groups in the U.S. “to renounce the aspects of Islam that contradict constitutional freedoms, or face sedition charges if they try to advance those elements.”
Geller said that when the U.S. Muslim population “grows to the levels we see in European countries, we will face exactly the same thing that Europe is experiencing now.”
Her 18 points to address the problem include:

• Profiling of Muslims at airports and in hiring in professions in which national security and public safety could be compromised.
• Investigating foreign funding for mosques in the U.S.
• Watching for mosques where violence is advocated.
• Including an accurate depiction of Islam and its violent doctrines in school textbooks.
• Stopping foreign aid for countries using Shariah, or Islamic law.
• Denying citizenship to those who support Shariah.

Onetime Muslim terrorist Walid Shoebat has posted a piece online by Keith Davies explaining that no-go zones in the U.K. are areas where even serious crimes are not reported, because they are handled by Shariah rather than British law enforcement.
“Numerous murders and rapes are not reported in these no-go zones because of local justice systems,” he wrote.
WND reported last year that President Obama had thanked Muslims for “building the very fabric of our nation” and claiming they were in part responsible for “the core of our democracy.”
But his comments didn’t align with statements from some of the Founders.
For example, in 1801, President Jefferson sent the Navy to the Barbary Coast to stop Islamic pirates’ reign of terror on U.S. merchant ships. Jefferson read the Quran to understand what was motivating the pirates, and he learned that the Muslim holy book commanded the faithful to “plunder and enslave” non-Muslims.
In 1814, after Tripoli broke its truce and began attacking U.S. ships again, former President John Adams wrote Jefferson a letter advising that Islam’s founder was “a military fanatic.” In another writing, he condemned Islamic law as “contemptible.”
His son and future president, John Quincy Adams, went further, arguing that the essence of Islam is “violence and lust: to exalt the brutal over the spiritual part of human nature.” He suggested the Quran’s commands to fight and conquer other lands “in the cause of Allah” were at odds with democracy, peace and the Judeo-Christian ethic on which America was founded.
“The precept of the Koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Muhammad is the prophet of God,” he added. “The vanquished may purchase their lives by the payment of tribute; the victorious may be appeased by a false and delusive promise of peace; and the faithful follower of the prophet may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to propagate the Muslim creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike by fraud or by force.”
Amid the controversy over the recent Islamic terrorism in Paris, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she may sue Fox News for its references to no-go zones in the city.
Pipes said that as far back as 2006 that France’s Sensitive Urban Zones ranged from two zones in the medieval town of Carcassonne to 12 in the heavily Muslim city of Marseilles. Most towns and cities have at least one, he said.
Pipes regularly has updated a 2006 post citing references by politicians, civil leaders and journalists to “no-go zones” in Britain, Germany and Sweden, as well as France.
Soeren Kern, senior fellow of the Gatestone Institute, wrote in 2011, “Islamic extremists are stepping up the creation of ‘no-go’ areas in European cities.”
“Many of the ‘no-go’ zones function as microstates governed by Islamic Shariah law,” he wrote. “Host-country authorities effectively have lost control in these areas and in many instances are unable to provide even basic public aid such as police, fire fighting and ambulance services.”
And Spencer noted that in 2002, the New York Times’ David Ignatius wrote of France that “Arab gangs regularly vandalize synagogues here, the North African suburbs have become no-go zones at night, and the French continue to shrug their shoulders.”
Jindal also referenced the zones in a speech in London last weekend.
He said in his prepared remarks that “in the West, non-assimilationist Muslims establish enclaves and carry out as much of Shariah law as they can without regard for the laws of the democratic countries which provided them a new home.”
“It is startling to think that any country would allow, even unofficially, for a so-called ‘no-go zone,’” Jindal said. “The idea that a free country would allow for specific areas of its country to operate in an autonomous way that is not free and is in direct opposition to its laws is hard to fathom.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, a “civil rights” group founded as a front by the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the FBI, expressed disappointment in what it called “Muslim bashing.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/islam-experts-no-go-zones-looming-for-america/#e8w2hKd54CcSiCRK.99

The end is near for humanity

US group founded by creators of atomic bomb moves ‘Doomsday Clock’ ahead two minutes; not so fast, other scientists say

A US nuclear bomb test at the Marshall Islands, 1954 (photo credit: Wikicommons/United States Department of Energy)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warming and nuclear weaponry. But other experts say that’s much too gloomy.

The US advocacy group founded by the creators of the atomic bomb moved their famed “Doomsday Clock” ahead two minutes on Thursday. It said the world is now three minutes from a catastrophic midnight, instead of five minutes. 

Israeli TV shows ‘Iranian missile’ that ‘can reach far beyond Europe’ Read more: Israeli TV shows 'Iranian missile' that 'can reach far beyond Europe'

A satellite image shown on Israel's Channel 2 news, January 21, 2015, said to show a new long-range Iranian missile on a launch pad outside Tehran. (Channel 2 screenshot)

Iran has built a 27-meter-long missile, capable of delivering a warhead “far beyond Europe,” and placed it on a launch pad at a site close to Tehran, an Israeli television report said Wednesday, showing what it said were the first satellite images of the missile ever seen in the West.

It stressed that the missile could be used to launch spacecraft or satellites, but also to carry warheads.

The Channel 2 news report showed satellite imagery documenting what it said was Iran’s “very rapid progress” on long-range missile manufacture.

It showed one photograph of a site near Tehran, which it said the West had known about for two years, where Iran was working on engines for its long-range missiles.

It then showed a satellite photograph of a second site, nearby, which featured a launch pad, with the 27-meter missile on it — an Iranian missile “never seen before” by the West.

The missile is capable of taking a manned spacecraft or satellite into space, the TV report said.

It is also capable of carrying a conventional or non-conventional warhead “far beyond Europe,” the report added.

ISIS Shows its Most Popular Execution Style is Crucifixion

The brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization that has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria continues to impose Islamic Sharia law sprinkled with generous helping of executions – one of its favorite methods, crucifixion, was put on display this week in rare form.
In the last two days, ISIS terrorists crucified 15 Syrian civilians in several villages of the Deir ez-Zur region in the country’s east, over accusations of “opposing” the Islamic State.
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Muslims: Convert to Christianity - 'Christ will forgive'

Franklin Graham on TV tells Muslims: Convert to Christianity - 'Christ will forgive'

The Rev. Franklin Graham told Muslims during a nationally televised interview on Fox News that they should convert to Christianity - that Jesus Christ will forgive and save them. "I want to say something to all the Muslims that may be watching this that are confused and are afraid themselves," Mr. Graham said during an interview…

As Endgame Nears US Govt Openly Targeting Watchmen, Vets In Intimidation Campaign - Will The "Lists" Be Activated Soon

What started as a step by step process to ostracize constitutionalists, religious groups, verterans, gun owners, preppers, and those considered "Watchmen" who relentlessly sound the alarm on what is coming, has turned into an open intimidation campaign against those very same groups.

In 2010 the Department of Justice listed “constitutionalists” and “survivalists” alongside organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Aryan Brotherhood. August 2011, the FBI listed preppers and preparaedness supplies in their terrosim update bulletin. In October 2012, a National Guardsman reveals US Govt plans to target preppers.  In 2013, a report was issued showing that a U.S. Army Reserve presentation classified Catholics and Evangelical Protestants as “extremist” religious groups alongside al Qaeda and the Ku Klux Klan.  April 2014, reports show that Eric Holder suggested that new smart technology, including "smart gun" bracelets, be utilized as part of gun control measures.

This type of targeting continues into 2015 as the most recent reports show that the US govt is now cracking down on survivalists and preppers.

Those links above are just a small sample of the ostracization part of the US govt, globalists campaign against anybody that may stand against their ultimate "endgame" plan.

If that is not disturbing enough to those that believe in freedom, the constitition and/or religious groups, then the next phase which is a campaign of open intimidation, should chill you to the very bone.

Veterans and gun owners promise to be the last line of defense against a tyrannical government and watchmen are those that issue warnings, point out what is hapenning when the MSM refuses to do so, connects the dots and attempt to wake people up, make them open their eyes and see what is happening right in from of them.

Recently ANP was contacted by a veteran who was concerned over being openly surveilled by an NSA van, many scoffed on how the NSA wouldn't be so blatant and how anyway can name their wireless network whatever they want. Granted, they can and they do, but that report, with others emailed after it was published, in conjunction with previous reports on blatant US surveillance  of veterans to which some believe are also being actively targeted for assassination when it all hits the fan, along with Thursday's report by the Hawk, a 'watchman" (found here) where Chinook helicopters can be heard during his broadcast, all point to a new phase in the globalists' plan..... open intimidation.

Which brings us to the much-talked about red, blue and green lists, where certain segments of the population have been put into a "red list" for termination, others a "blue list" to carry out those assassinations and the "green list" for those to be re-educated. This was exposed  by another watchman, Steve Quayle on Coast to Coast, who explained this information was given to him by a whistleblower from the EPA. Quayle recently reiterated his warning in October on the Alex Jones show, as events are fast approaching the end stages.

The first vidoe below from February 2014 is the Alex Jones interview from October 2014, the second video a reminder from Febraury 2014 about the open tageting of veterans, documented extensively in the SQ Alerts at Quayles website.

Are we about to see these lists be activated?

Profile of a terrorist: What makes people blow themselves up

Experts reveal biggest personality factors contributing to jihadist recruitment

Psychologists affirm that people avoid death at almost any cost. The will to live is strong: Witness the recent case of a little girl who walked miles through a winter forest to safety after her family was killed in a plane crash.

Or the former NFL player who saved himself after falling off his fishing boat by swimming nine miles for more than 16 hours.

So how then does a religious-political system like Islam convince people – especially young people – to commit acts of suicide terror?
Experts offer a number of answers, including that terrorists prey on those who feel disenfranchised, who see themselves as victims or who have the desire to take action and believe in violence.
One thing is certain: For terrorism to have impact, terrorists must find a regular supply of recruits.
‘Warfare of the weak’
Dr. Clark McCauley calls the scenario “warfare of the weak” and notes that those looking for recruits for violence often focus on prisons and gangs. Isolation and alienation are common factors, he said.
John Horgan, Ph.D., of Pennsylvania State’s International Center for the Study of Terrorism, elaborated on the idea.
He said recruits often display feelings of anger and alienation:

• They believe their current political involvement lacks power;
• They identify with perceived victims of social injustice;
• They feel the need to take action rather than talking;
• They believe violence is not necessarily immoral;
• They have sympathetic family or friends; and
• They believe joining a movement offers adventure, camaraderie and identity.

Anti-Gun Left Takes Their Hate to Startling New Low, Attacking Chris Kyle

During his four tours overseas, United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s kill record was so effective that insurgents put a $80,000 bounty on his head. Named by the terrorists in Iraq as the “The Devil of Ramadi” with 225 confirmed kills, the deadliest sniper in U.S. history is regarded as a hero to most red-blooded patriotic Americans.

As the deadliest sniper ever in recorded history, the anti-gun military-hating left-wing nut-jobs naturally wouldn’t be Kyle’s biggest fan. But one anti-gun group has taken their hatred to a new low, even for them, by targeting the now deceased Kyle, whose story is told in Clint Eastwood’s new film, American Sniper. The Washington Examiner reported that Washington-based anti-gun group Coalition To Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) had “given critics of the upcoming movie a Facebook outlet to rant about the subject of the movie,” where page followers then took the opportunity to take cheap shots regarding the death of the American Soldier after a post was made about the film.

 “Good Riddance,” wrote one. “What goes around comes around,” another said.

World ominously close to nuclear war – Noam Chomsky to RT

US scholar and activist Noam Chomsky

The world has come ominously close to a nuclear war in the past and it could happen again as Russia and the West have slipped back into what seems like another Cold War, world-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky tells RT’s Sophie&Co.

Once NATO has expanded its borders all the way to reach Russia, its mission has very much changed since it was initially established, Chomsky said. Now, its aim is to take control of global energy systems rather than maintaining intergovernmental military balance.

READ MORE: US and its NATO intervention force may spark nuclear war

The world has never been closer to a nuclear war that could wipe out all of its initiators, and the threat is no longer a thing of history, according to Chomsky. 

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Whom Do You Fear? God Or Man?

Whom Do You Fear? God Or Man?

Saturday, December 20, 2014 4:44

(Before It's News)

 

“Fear thou not; I am with thee.”

– Isaiah 41:10

That which we see unfolding in America on a daily basis indicates that it is certainly a very fearful period of time to be alive. But I ask, “Who should be afraid, and what should they fear?”

Crisis after crisis are taking place, and many of them are contrived to bring about an unlawful change. These crises are in many cases manufactured to produce fear for the purpose of bringing you to your knees and forcing you to submit to their creators’ ungodly plans. This is the method of dictatorships.

Fear can be either a diabolical fear that submits to the fear of man, only to be conquered; or it can be a filial fear, which submits to God and His Commandments, which liberates by conquering the oppressor (Romans 8:37; Matthew 16:18).

If it is not a terrorist threat against the American people, then it is the outrage surrounding the Obama administration’s release of thousands upon thousands of criminal illegal aliens upon American cities and neighborhoods.

But I ask you, my friends, who are you to fear? Man or God?

The Psalmist points the way:

“Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the habitation of his throne.

A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about.

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.” – Psalm 97: 3-10

How is it that the righteous could fear the face of man in the light of Scripture, which reveals such a Mighty God? Especially since God is on the side of the righteous in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus said in Luke 12:4-5, “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.”

This is the God of the Mosaic institution, who stated in Psalm 2:1-4 that He would laugh at those who sought to set themselves against Him and His Christ. He also declared He would pour out His wrath on them (vs. 5).

Assad regime 'executes 131 detainees infected with the plague'

An opposition group reports that Syrian government jailers executed 131 inmates in Damascus prison who had contracted the plague

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Photo: JOSEPH EID/AFP

By Ruth Sherlock

6:45PM GMT 04 Dec 2014

Syrian government jailers have executed 131 inmates in a Damascus prison who had contracted the plague, it was reported on Thursday.

Conditions in the 215 Security Branch detention centre in the Syrian capital were so dire that pulmonary plague was spreading through the detainees. In September of this year, the officer in charge of the prison ordered the executions of inmates in dormitory number eight, according to an opposition group called the Syrian Association, which documents human rights violations. 

Up to 117 people were killed in the first round of mass killings, with a further 14 killed two days later, the group said.

The bodies were then reportedly wrapped in nylon bags before being transferred to a mass grave near a military housing complex nearby.

Human Rights Watch said it did not have proof of this massacre, but that other deaths in this detention facility have been well documented, including reports from former detainees reflecting mass killings.

Obama slammed for staying mum on Israel sanctions 'The fact that your administration has failed to denounce or clarify is deeply troubling'

 

A member of Congress from North Carolina has put together a letter – signed by dozens of his colleagues – asking President Obama whether he is trying to impose sanctions against America’s longtime and staunch ally Israel.

“Recent reports suggest that your administration has held classified meetings over the past several weeks to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions against Israel for its decision to construct homes in East Jerusalem. We urge you and your administration to clarify these reports immediately,” said the letter assembled by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
“I’m appalled that the administration would even consider the idea of sanctioning Israel – one of our closest allies. We need clarification from the White House on this immediately,” Meadows said.
“What message does it send to the world for the U.S. to impose sanctions against Israel while easing sanctions on Iran – a state-sponsor of terror with an abysmal human rights record?” Meadows added.
There have been a number of recent reports on the question.

Qatar funding ISIS attack against U.S.

'Ally' providing new weapons for jihadist army's counter-surge

The emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, with President Obama in the Oval Office

TEL AVIV — Qatar is financing a planned ISIS counter-attack against Western allies in Iraq and Syria, according to an Egyptian government intelligence document obtained by WND.

The document claims Qatar provided ISIS with new weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, for use in a surge against Western-allied forces in the coming weeks.
Qatar is a member of President Obama’s coalition fighting ISIS.
The  U.S.-led coalition is also planning a surge against ISIS in the coming weeks.
However, informed Middle Eastern security officials say the strategy is partly dependent on cooperation from Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
The officials told WND last week that both countries have asked the U.S. for an understanding that the strikes will also target the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in exchange for the Turkish and Saudi cooperation.
The Obama administration seems unlikely to acquiesce to any requests to target Assad’s forces as part of the fight against ISIS.

Obama tentacles on dissolution of Netanyahu's gov't?

Source says U.S. officials met with senior Israeli politician

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

TEL AVIV – Do the Obama administration’s tentacles extend to the crisis that led to the dissolution Tuesday of Israel’s parliament and the scheduling of early elections that could replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

Representatives of the Obama administration held meetings with a senior politician here in which the U.S. officials brought up the possibility of replacing Netanyahu as prime minister, according to an informed Jerusalem diplomatic source.
Following months of internal bickering, Netanyahu fired centrist and leftist members of his coalition Tuesday and set March 17 as the date for new national elections.
The decision came after dismissed finance minister Yair Lapid and dismissed justice minister Tzipi Livni repeatedly accused Netanyahu of distancing himself from the U.S. and bringing relations with Israel’s most important ally to a crisis point.
Lapid and Livni took issue with Netanyahu’s decisions to expand Jewish communities in eastern Jerusalem, which they said helped to bring the relationship with the Obama administration to the brink.
In October, Israel’s Ynet news website reported a request by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to meet with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice during his visit to Washington had been denied by the White House.
The reported move is highly unusual and was seen as a snub of Netanyahu’s government. It helped to set off a firestorm against Netanyahu in Israel, with Livni and Lapid leading the charge.
Also in October, the U.S. used uncharacteristically harsh language to oppose a plan for Israel to build 2,610 new homes on empty lots in Givat Hamatos, a Jerusalem neighborhood in the eastern section of the city where Palestinians want to build a future state.

Obama's planned surge against ISIS already in trouble

Depends on requirement U.S. unwilling to meet

TEL AVIV – The U.S.-led Western coalition is planning a major surge of counter-attacks against ISIS in coming weeks, but informed Middle Eastern security officials say the strategy is partly dependent on cooperation from Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The officials note that both countries have asked the U.S. for an understanding that strikes will also target the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in exchange for the Turkish and Saudi cooperation.
The Obama administration seems unlikely to acquiesce to any requests to target Assad’s forces as part of the fight against ISIS.
According to reports, Chuck Hagel’s departure as Defense Secretary may have come amid disagreements over whether to target Assad. Hagel reportedly raised concerns that the U.S. strategy against ISIS did not fully address the issue of the Syrian regime.

ISIS puts bull's-eye on other Muslims

'They're trying to target the social fabric and trying to create a sectarian conflict'

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Shiite Iran appears to be the ultimate target of the ISIS effort to create a Sunni caliphate, reports Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
ISIS, which now calls itself the Islamic State, is enlisting help from Sunni jihadist fighters from neighboring Pakistan’s predominantly Sunni Balush province to step up attacks.
In recent months, Sunni fighters have ambushed Iranian border guards and committed atrocities against hundreds of Shiites, as documented by Human Rights Watch.
As a result, ISIS is turning its conquests into a full-fledged Sunni-Shiite conflict.
The prospect of Iran being in the bulls-eye of ISIS was underscored by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a rare public statement following a recent attempt on his life by the U.S.-led, anti-ISIS coalition.
As WND recently reported, Baghdadi outlined his priorities of first attacking Shiites then Saudi Arabia’s Mecca and Medina, two of Islam’s most revered holy places, and Shiites in Yemen. Following that, he intends to target the Saudi royal family and, only then, the Western “crusaders.”
His emphasis clearly is giving priority to eliminating Shiites wherever they may be. In the lands he’s already conquered in portions of Syria and Iraq, Baghdadi’s fighters have summarily killed all Shiites, often not even giving them a chance to “convert” or pay a tax, as he’s doing with Christians.