Reading between the lines, and thinking outside the box . . .
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When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Holy Land next week, he will greet a community of believers whose numbers are gradually eroding.
Dwarfed by Jewish and Muslim populations, young Christians are increasingly leaving to seek their futures elsewhere, especially those in the Palestinian territories and east Jerusalem.
Christians say they are treated with suspicion by both Jews and Muslims and feel caught in an increasingly polarized conflict between them.
The Holy Land's Christians mainly consist of Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox, with smaller contingents of Armenians, Assyrians and a smattering of other sects.
Symbolic gestures are the tools of any leader's trade, but nowhere do they spell the difference between life and death quite like the Middle East.
Thus when Pope Benedict XVI visits Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories starting on Friday, the world may be excused for holding its breath. In his four years on the job, this pope has not always demonstrated a deft symbolic touch.
If he simply manages to get back to Rome without starting a war, some might declare the trip a success.
The king of Jordan plans to break protocol this Friday when he receives Benedict XVI.
King Abdallah II will welcome the Pontiff at the airport where he is scheduled to arrive.
And in a particularly unusual gesture, he and Queen Rania will again accompany the Pope to the airport when he leaves on Monday.
A new book by the Bishop of Gibraltar, and published by the Vatican Press, is part of the events organised to commemorate 700 years of the devotion of Our Lady of Europe.
The 2nd most powerful man in Nazi Germany, Martin Bormann, was a "Soviet" (i.e. Illuminati) agent who ensured the destruction of both Germany and European Jewry.
Thus, he advanced 2 of the Illuminati's main goals: integrate Germany into a world government by annihilating its national, cultural and racial pretensions, and establish Israel as the Masonic banker's world capital by threatening European Jews with extermination.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has come under fire from the Catholic Church as controversy over his private life continued.
In a front-page editorial Avvenire, the official newspaper of the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference, described his behaviour as "worrying".
The stinging comment said Italy deserved a Prime Minister who was a "mirror of the country's soul" and called on him to be more "sober and sombre."
Socialists in the European Parliament have said they will reject any bid by Jose Barroso to lead the European Commission for a 2nd term unless he agrees to initiate more social policies.
A day after Georgia announced that it had put down a brief military mutiny aimed at disrupting NATO military exercises, the drills began Wednesday over Russian objections.
(And: RUSSIA FUMES)
The ball is in NATO's court, as Russia not only says it wants to cooperate with the Alliance, but proves it in deed.
In essence, the entire future of the Euro-Atlantic region is at stake. Missing this opportunity to come to an agreement is fraught with the danger of sliding into chaos on security matters.
Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the global pact meant to limit the spread of atomic weapons, a senior US official said on Tuesday.
A political source in Jerusalem voiced amazement Wednesday at the US call for Israel to join the treaty.
The Obama Administration has signalled a tougher approach towards Israel ahead of fresh talks on the Middle East peace process by insisting it must endorse the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
(Op-ed: WHAT OBAMA MUST TELL BIBI)
(Op-ed: BIBI, LISTEN TO OBAMA)
Joe Biden placed America on a collision course with Israel on Tuesday, urging the new government to accept the goal of a Palestinian state and stop expanding Jewish settlements on occupied land.
"Israel has to work for a two-state solution. You're not going to like my saying this, but not build more settlements, dismantle existing outposts and allow Palestinians freedom of movement."
US congressional leaders and the most powerful pro-Israel lobby group in the US are attempting to forestall a significant shift in the White House's Middle East policy.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee this week sent hundreds of lobbyists to urge members of Congress to sign a letter to Obama.
The letter calls for the maintenance of the status quo, with an emphasis on Palestinian institution-building before there can be an end to Israeli occupation.
Arab states are revising elements of a 2002 peace plan to encourage Israel to agree to the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state, the London-based paper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported today.
The countries are making the amendments at Barack Obama's request, the paper said.
The US-led Quartet of Mideast mediators is working on a new strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and is expected to present it in 5-6 weeks, said Quartet envoy Tony Blair.
"The plan is being devised by the Obama administration, with input from others. We're about to get a new framework," Blair said Tuesday evening, adding that he did not know the details.
"The reason I say people should be more hopeful, is that this is a framework that is being worked on at the highest level in the American administration, [and] in the rest of the international community."
Air strikes by US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday are now thought to have killed dozens of civilians including women and children, the Red Cross has said.
The Indian government believes Pakistan is "taking the United States for a ride" in its war against Islamic militants who are now just 60 miles from the capital Islamabad.
Officials in India say that, despite major military operations in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan has no will to challenge the Taliban and other jihadi groups because it needs them to carry out terrorist attacks in India and to maintain its influence in Afghanistan.
President Ahmadinejad slammed Zionism as "occupation" and "aggression" Tuesday as he delivered his latest diatribe against the Jewish state on a visit to key Middle East ally Syria.
"The Zionist occupiers are destructive microbes, because Zionism itself is occupation, aggression, the use of assassination and annihilation."
Tehran continued its rhetoric Tuesday in opposition to bipartisan efforts by US lawmakers to supplement sanctions on the Iranian energy sector.
The annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful and hawkish pro-Israel lobby, wrapped up on Tuesday, capping 3 days that were primarily devoted to the threat of a nuclear Iran.
Puh-leaze, Puh-rez!...
The world has no choice but to compare the threat posed by Iran now to that of Nazi Germany before WW2, President Peres told Obama in Washington on Tuesday.
"Iran is a threat not just to Israel, but to the whole world. As Jews, after being subjected to the Holocaust, we cannot close our eyes in light of the grave danger emerging from Iran."
He may be the most mysterious and secretive president in American history.
Though inexperienced and arguably unqualified for the presidency, he mesmerized the entire establishment press and more than half of voters, many regarding him nothing short of a political messiah.
Though he can barely speak publicly without a teleprompter, he's praised as a transcendent communicator. Though his voting record is extreme left, he portrays himself as a pragmatic centrist.
But beyond Obama's political ideology, many Americans are troubled also by his strange personality attributes – all of which are textbook symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said.
"We have no plans to release them," an aide to Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.
Although Governor Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma's sovereignty.
The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate.
The resolution states the federal government should "cease and desist" mandates that are beyond the scope of its powers.
According to an online Yahoo program, the Global Position System coordinates for the White House, probably one of the best-known publicly-owned buildings in the world, are 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude.
And since you know that, it's no big deal for the White House to know the coordinates for your front door, is it?
Some people think it is, and are upset over an army of some 140,000 workers hired in part with a $700 million taxpayer-funded contract to collect those GPS readings for every front door in the nation.
As the National Surveillance State grows, the need for new checks and balances has never been greater.
"Everybody's panic buying," said a wholesale ammunition dealer. "When the doors opened, people we're running in."
Gun dealers across the country are reporting a virtual run on ammo as prices soar.
There is a rumor floating around that Obama will seize Americans' retirement funds, like Argentina and some other countries have done.
Two investment newsletters have recently claimed that the 401k seizure is a sure thing. Is this just crazy talk, or is there something to it?
Some investors in 401(k) retirement funds who are moving to grab their money are finding they can't.
A bill calling for the comptroller general of the US to audit the private Federal Reserve is gaining widespread support in Congress, as 124 representatives have added their names to its growing list of co-sponsors.
Regulators have determined that Bank of America Corp. requires about $34 billion in new capital, the largest need among the 19 biggest US banks subjected to stress tests, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
Something strange is stirring. Even the young are joining the chorus of concern that this tarnished giant is part of a financial oligarchy that holds the US in its grip.
Positive thinking is a powerful force, even when it doesn't make much sense. That is one explanation for the mounting exuberance in financial markets.
As of 06:00 GMT, today, 22 countries have officially reported 1516 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.
The terminology is important, because if the pandemic is labelled "Mexican flu", the presumption is that Mexicans, namely humans, are the source of the disease.
The term "Swine Flu', on the contrary, suggests that the pigs, at least initially, transmit the virus to humans, and, therefore, the issue of animal health must also be addressed.
While many questions about the origin and nature of this particular virus remain unanswered, there is no question that its actual cause is globalization, and the British Empire which created globalization with the deliberate intent of creating genocide.
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The 57th meeting of representatives from Western European and North American countries known as Bilderberg Group will be held next week at a 5-star hotel in Greece.
Sources in Greece have confirmed the meeting will be held at the Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel in Vouliagmeni from May 14-17.
This year, according to Estulin's sources, the meeting's talking points will focus on finances, namely the future of the US dollar, the economy and unemployment levels.
Estulin also claims in a statement to have obtained a pre-meeting booklet sent out to attendees that presents a discussion of 2 economic options: "Either a prolonged, agonizing depression that dooms the world to decades of stagnation, decline and poverty ... or an intense-but-shorter depression that paves the way for a new sustainable economic world order, with less sovereignty but more efficiency."
Doh! In a hurry and forgot!...
"Six days before the Passover, Yahshua arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Yahshua had raised from the dead." (John 12:1-11)
* Tell the whole community of Israel that on the 10th day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household." (Exo 12:3)
* "On the 10th day of the 1st month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho." (Josh 4:19)
* "The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem." (John 12:12-50)
* "As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Yahshua sent 2 of his disciples, saying to them: "Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here." (Mark 11:1-11)
"The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Yahshua was hungry." (Mark 11:12-19 / Mat 21:18-33)
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