The first Palestinian above all others is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Salam al Maseeh
The first Palestinian above all others is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Let be accursed any gospel other than that which was preached at the beginning, received not from man but from Christ Jesus, thou alone, in whom we have redemption through thy all holy infinitely pure and undefiled blood, the remission of our sins, who in the future shall recreate the heavens and the earth, called by thine special choice, who before hoped in Christ with all who heard the word of truth and believed, sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of the possession, for the praise of his glory, in faith in the Lord Jesus, and of love for all the saints in unceasing intercession of all the elect angels and saints of God, virgins, with all thanksgiving, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him; the eyes of our minds being enlightened, to know the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power wrought in Christ the only first born from the dead in the flesh raised above all things he made subject under his feet, we who hold him the head directly and no other, Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour immortal son of the immortal Father in the unity and power and bond of love of the immortal Holy Spirit our Paraclete unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
O Lord our God, grant us peace. Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God; for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth. For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but when they know it, let them be put to shame. Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast given all things unto us. O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name. But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast slain them, and hast taken every man of them away. Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction was Thy chastening with us. And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy beloved. We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth. We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall fail. The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish. Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season [during the Great Tribulation, hidden in mountains and dens and caves of the earth - there is NO secret rapture which is only an heretical apostate Lurianic Talmudic Judaic doctrine], until the anger of the Lord shall pass away.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Note in the below that this is a description of the evil that precedes the Antichrist who is the Abomination of Desolation. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ then comes after the reign of Antichrist has proceeded for a while. Antichrist, his reign and the False Prophet and all their followers are then destroyed by the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with all His elect Angels and sent to hell forever. The saints will then reign with Our Lord Jesus Christ at their head on earth forever.
Palestine, which is properly the Holy Land for in it walked God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, and there He allowed Himself to be sacrificed for the salvation of those who profess Him from the heart and with the mouth, is a miniature of all the evil that has come upon the earth and there will the final evil be concentrated in its fullness and rule from there for a short time.
Writing in the second century, St. Hippolytus wrote the following about the evil that will abound before the coming of Antichrist:
The temples of God will be like houses, and there will be overturnings of the churches everywhere. The Scriptures will be despised, and everywhere they will sing the songs of the adversary. Fornications, and adulteries, and perjuries will fill the land; sorceries, and incantations, and divinations will follow after these with all force and zeal. And, on the whole, from among those who profess to be Christians will rise up then false prophets, false apostles, impostors, mischief-makers, evil-doers, liars against each other, adulterers, fornicators, robbers, grasping, perjured, mendacious, hating each other. The shepherds will be like wolves; the priests will embrace falsehood; the monks will lust after the things of the world; the rich will assume hardness of heart; the rulers will not help the poor; the powerful will cast off all pity; the judges will remove justice from the just, and, blinded with bribes, they will call in unrighteousness.
St. Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on the end of the world and on Antichrist
The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.
1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,
18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.
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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.
19: Mark xvi. 15.
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Method of Baptism
From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):
Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.
And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.
Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.
The Muhammad of the Almighty Triune God of The Final Trial would not stand in the way of Muslims coming to Our Lord Jesus Christ and being baptized in Him as the Injeel commands. The Mohammed of Ahmadiyya is the same as the Mohammot of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah and both are antichrists and contradict the clear commands of God in the Injeel and Taurat and Quran.
Noble Quran
003.045 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (held in honor by the company of the prophets and saints) those nearest to God;
003.046 "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (adhered to by the company) of the righteous."
003.047 She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!
003.048 "And God will teach him [Jesus Christ] the Book [alkitaba = all sacred writing from God Most High] and Wisdom [hikma = sophia = uncreated wisdom of God one with His Holy Spirit], the Law [Taurat fulfilled in the Gospel of Jesus Christ] and the Gospel [of Jesus Christ],"
As the Word of God Jesus Christ willed to learn in His Incarnation what He already possessed and knew prior to His Incarnation as part of His kenosis (emptying out of Himself and taking upon Himself our nature while in no way losing anything of what He already was as God by nature and Son of God as the Second Person of the undivided Trinity) and as an example to us of how we in humility must follow God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.
1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,
18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.
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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.
19: Mark xvi. 15.
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Method of Baptism
From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):
Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.
And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.
Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.
The Muslim feast of Eid only commemorates the typological sacrifice by Abraham of Issac. That prefigured the final and only Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on His Most Holy Cross. It is only by the Sacrifice of Christ on His Cross that we are saved. Jesus Christ commanded, not suggested, that we be baptized; echoing the rest of the Church Fathers, St. Augustine noted that if someone could not be baptized even though they wanted it and did everything they could to be baptized in the water in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, then their confession of faith is enough for their salvation. But no where are we allowed to refuse baptism.
All Muslims and everyone who will, are invited and encouraged to come to the water of life now and be baptized in the water and in the Spirit in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and receive Communion.
For Noah and Abraham as Prophecies of Baptism in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ see:
There is no evolution, to be baptized in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one must believe in the truth of literal Creation by God and no pantheistic syncretism with deistic design and the rest of pagan evolutionary theory.
For all Jews wishing to convert sincerely from the heart to Jesus Christ now, here is a prayer based on the biblical Hebrew of the prophets of the Old Testament and the Septuagint Greek of the Old Testament and the New Testament and Arabic.
(The Arabic, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, means the same as God Almighty, or 'O Theos 'O Pantocrator, in Septuagint Greek.)
In the below “Dam (Blood) Kadosh (Holy) bet Yeshua ha Maschiach (Jesus Christ) kanawn anawim (have mercy on Your faithful [those who turn to God by the shed Blood of Christ on Calvary])” is asking for God's forgiveness by the shed Holy Blood of Christ – which is the only forgiveness there is from God for sin.
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the E3+3 (France, Germany, UK, China, Russia and USA) and Iran have asked Austria to host the upcoming round of talks between E3/EU+3 and Iran in Vienna from 18 to 20 February 2014.
Austria has provided, as part of its foreign policy, its strong support to achieve a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear issue and therefore welcomes the possibility to provide the venue for these important negotiations. The meeting in Vienna constitutes the start of talks on a comprehensive agreement between E3/EU+3 and Iran.
The meeting will be held at Austria Center Vienna (ACV),Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna
Reuters – Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was
poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha
said on Wednesday after receiving the results of Swiss forensic tests on
her husband’s corpse. “We are revealing a real
crime, a political assassination,” she told Reuters in Paris. A team of experts,
including from Lausanne University Hospital’s Institute of Radiation
Physics, opened Arafat’s grave in the West Bank city of Ramallah last
November, and took samples from his body to seek evidence of alleged
poisoning. “This has confirmed all
our doubts,” said Suha Arafat, who met members of the Swiss forensic
team in Geneva on Tuesday. “It is scientifically proved that he didn’t
die a natural death and we have scientific proof that this man was
killed.” She did not accuse any
country or person, and acknowledged that the historic leader of the
Palestine Liberation Organization had many enemies. Arafat signed the 1993
Oslo interim peace accords with Israel and led a subsequent uprising
after the failure of talks in 2000 on a comprehensive agreement. Allegations of foul play surfaced
immediately. Arafat had foes among his own people, but many Palestinians
pointed the finger at Israel, which had besieged him in his Ramallah
headquarters for the final two and a half years of his life. The Israeli government has denied
any role in his death, noting that he was 75 years old and had an
unhealthy lifestyle. An investigation by the
Qatar-based Al Jazeera television news channel first reported last year
that traces of polonium-210 were found on personal effects of Arafat
given to his widow by the French military hospital where he died. That led French prosecutors to
open an investigation for suspected murder in August 2012 at the request
of Suha Arafat. Forensic experts from Switzerland, Russia and France
all took samples from his corpse for testing after the Palestinian
Authority agreed to open his mausoleum.
“Smoking Gun” The head of the Russian forensics
institute, Vladimir Uiba, was quoted by the Interfax news agency last
month as saying no trace of polonium had been found on the body
specimens examined in Moscow, but his Federal Medico-Biological Agency
later denied he had made any official comment on its findings. The French pathologists have not
reported their conclusions publicly, nor have their findings been shared
with Suha Arafat’s legal team. A spokeswoman for the French
prosecutor’s office said the investigating magistrates had received no
expert reports so far. One of her lawyers said the Swiss
institute’s report, commissioned by Al Jazeera, would be translated from
English into French and handed over to the three magistrates in the
Paris suburb of Nanterre who are investigating the case. Professor David Barclay, a British
forensic scientist retained by Al Jazeera to interpret the results of
the Swiss tests, said the findings from Arafat’s body confirmed the
earlier results from traces of bodily fluids on his underwear,
toothbrush and clothing. “In my opinion, it is absolutely
certain that the cause of his illness was polonium poisoning,” Barclay
told Reuters. “The levels present in him are sufficient to have caused
death. “What we have got is the smoking
gun – the thing that caused his illness and was given to him with
malice.” The same radioactive substance was
slipped into a cup of tea in a London hotel to kill defecting Russian
spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006. From his deathbed, Litvinenko accused
Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his murder. The British government refused to
hold a public inquiry into his death after ministers withheld some
material which could have shed light on Russia’s suspected involvement. Barclay said the type of polonium
discovered in Arafat’s body must have been manufactured in a nuclear
reactor. While many countries could have
been the source, someone in Arafat’s immediate entourage must have
slipped a miniscule dose of the deadly isotope probably as a powder into
his drink, food, eye drops or toothpaste, he said. Brief Recovery Arafat fell ill in October 2004,
displaying symptoms of acute gastroenteritis with diarrhoea and
vomiting. At first Palestinian officials said he was suffering from
influenza. He was flown to Paris in a French
government plane but fell into a coma shortly after his arrival at the
Percy military hospital in the suburb of Clamart, where he died on
November 11. The official cause of death was a
massive stroke but French doctors said at the time they were unable to
determine the origin of his illness. No autopsy was carried out. Barclay said no one would have
thought to look for polonium as a possible poison until the Litvinenko
case, which occurred two years after Arafat’s death. Some experts have questioned
whether Arafat could have died of polonium poisoning, pointing to a
brief recovery during his illness that they said was not consistent with
radioactive exposure. They also noted he did not lose all his hair. But
Barclay said neither fact was inconsistent with the findings. Since polonium loses 50 percent of
its radioactivity every four months, the traces in Arafat’s corpse
would have faded so far as to have become untraceable if the tests had
been conducted a couple of years later, the scientist said. “A tiny amount of polonium the
size of a flake of dandruff would be enough to kill 50 people if it was
dissolved in water and they drank it,” he added. The Al Jazeera investigation was
spearheaded by investigative journalist Clayton Swisher, a former U.S.
Secret Service bodyguard who became friendly with Arafat and was
suspicious of the manner of his death. Hani al-Hassan, a former aide,
said in 2003 that he had witnessed 13 assassination attempts on Arafat’s
life, dating back to his years on the run as PLO leader. Arafat claimed
to have survived 40 attempts on his life. Arafat narrowly escaped an Israeli
air strike on his headquarters in Tunisia in 1985. He had just gone out
jogging when the bombers attacked, killing 73 people. He escaped another attempt on his
life when Israeli warplanes came close to killing him during the 182
invasion of Beirut when they hit one of the buildings they suspected he
was using as his headquarters but he was not there. In December 2001,
Arafat was rushed to safety just before Israeli helicopters bombarded
his compound in Ramallah with rockets. (Additional reporting by Gerard
Bon; Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by Crispian Balmer and Ralph
Boulton)
تواصل جرائم قتل
النساء في فلسطين جريمة قتل جديدة بحق إمرأة خلال اقل من
اسبوعين, الضحية قتلها والدها وشقيقها ودفناها في حديقة المنزل صورة الضحية
رندة...
We see this as part of a pattern of escalation by Israel, carefully
orchestrated terrorism which may well culminate in an attack on the
London Olympics as has been predicted by many. Nothing less could bring
about the result Netanyahu desires, a massive US and NATO air attack on
Iran, and note this carefully, not an attack on Syria.
The video below describes how Israeli contractors are sabotaging
London Olympic security. Highly credible source:x
It is our opinion that this is a valid news story.
We believe the attack on Clinton is related to the current political
upheaval in Israel, an attempt to kill Clinton, blame Iran and take the
focus off the domestic political meltdown.
We also feel the bus attack in Bulgaria, killing 6 Israeli citizens
is highly suspect for the same reasons as well.
Israeli radio broke the story Sunday night, midnight, but never
mentioned it again. This has been confirmed by sources inside Israel
The real story as we have been able to learn is this; About 16 hours
ago, Secretary Clintons convoy, traveling from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,
was attacked. There would have been a minimum of 3 to 5 vehicles, with
Clinton probably traveling in a bulletproofed Chevy Tahoe or Israel
built Toyota Land Cruiser.
This follows the story earlier of an attack on a bus loaded with
Israeli tourists that exploded in Bulgaria. Six were killed. Netanyahu
said he would respond by attacking Iran. It is our opinion that this
was a Mossad “false flag” operation much as was the Clinton
assassination attempt. Bulgarian security services are trained by the
Mossad. There are dozens of Mossad agents operating in Bulgaria which
still has in place massive Soviet era security services that follow all
tourists and check on every “overnight” guest in Bulgaria.
In fact, you can’t leave Bulgaria without meal and hotel receipts
being reviewed. Bulgaria is considered, next to North Korea, the most
“watchful” nation on earth.
There has never been evidence of any Iranian security personnel
operating in Eastern Europe though Iran could, if they chose, claim
retaliation for the murder inside Iran of a number of scientists and
their families, acts openly admitted to by Israel. Iran has, however,
made no such threats.
Coincidentally, the attack on Clinton was within hours of her
statement in support of Israel regarding the Bulgarian attack. We do
not believe in coincidences and find the timing of these events and the
arrival of the USS Stennis, another American aircraft carrier in the
Persian Gulf, to be coincidental also.
Were Secretary Clinton murdered as intended, Iran would have been
blamed also as would Iran have been blamed for the US Navy’s attack on a
Dubai fishing boat which failed to sink, a boat the Navy said was
“Republican Guard” but returned to Dubai with dead and wounded fishermen
who were gunned down, unarmed by American .50 caliber machine gun
rounds.
In making these statements, which will surprise none of the world’s
intelligence community, we expect reprisals from Mossad based press
management and intimidation groups, such as the one that suppressed the
Clinton murder attempt.
A white Citroen DS, a French car built (assembly plant in Israel)
drove alongside the convoy and opened up on Clinton’s vehicle with
automatic weapons fire.
Normal security procedures should have prevented any vehicle on open
regions from coming within 200 meters of Clinton. Additionally, the
Secretary of State would have traveled with Apache helicopter air
support above while on open highway.
Thus, the concept of a cheap French sedan with plastic wheels and a 1
litre deisel engine escaping such an incident is fanciful.
ANALYSIS
The translation of the intercepted Reuter’s story from Israel is
below.
We list probability of the story being high and that networks are
being asked to suppress the incident as an embarrassment to Israel.
Reports are coming in, to Israeli blogs, radio and TV that red flares
and illumination is seen at the “alleged ” site.
This is the first visit by Secretary Clinton to Israel in two years:
Israeli sources reported that the procession of Hillary
Clinton Secretary of State was fired on yesterday, while passing through
on the road to Jerusalem – Tel Aviv,” states Al-Alam News.
According to information published by the site ‘Reuters’,
the car was a white‘Citroen’.
The assassition team approached the Clinton convoy and
opened up with multiple automatic weapons.
Secretary Clinton was not injured but members of the
security staff spoke with press, leading to a news announcement in
Israel which was quickly denied.
Citizens of the region noted the area under “illumination”
used, either artillery or dropped from aircraft.
French Diplomat Arrested fur Smuggling Gold Into Israeli
More than 150kg of gold, mainly in solid bars, were found in the diplomatic vehicle.
The Israeli Hebrew newspapers reported today Sunday Sep. 8 2013 that the Israeli police had arrested an employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem for smuggling gold, tobacco, bank cheques and cell phones while trying to cross through the Jordanian – Palestinian Karamah Bridge into the West Bank. The Israeli police found about 152 Kg in gold bars, nearly $2 million in cheques, 500 Kg of tobacco and hundreds of cell phones in his car with a diplomatic registration.
Since it is highly unusual that a diplomat would be detained for such “petty” misdemeanours, it can be theorized that the Israeli police would be deliberately dirtying the name of the French consulate for unknown reasons. No information was released about the partners of the French diplomat who were supposed to receive the contraband so it is not known if he works for an Israeli governmental body, is a politician, a parliamentarian, a Mafioso or even an employee of the Palestinian Authority. The police also did not say how many times the French diplomat had succeeded in smuggling goods before.
The Israeli police did not disclose the reasons for the dispute that took place between the French diplomat and his partner, which led him to inform the Israeli police about the deal and the confiscation of gold before the entry through the occupied Palestine.
News about the smuggling deal are below
By FRANCE 24 – Israeli officials arrested an employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem on Tuesday as he tried to cross from Jordan into the West Bank with some 152 kg in gold bars, nearly $2 million in checks and 500 kg of tobacco.
Israeli customs officials on Tuesday arrested a French consulate employee carrying nearly $2 million in checks, 152 kg in gold bars and a half ton of tobacco as he tried to cross between Jordan and the West Bank in a diplomatic vehicle, a French source confirmed to FRANCE 24.
Intrigued by the smell of tobacco, Israeli officials asked the man if they could search his car. He refused, explaining that his diplomatic plates were registered at the French consulate in Jerusalem and that he possessed a service passport – an official document issued by the French authorities that indicates he is a member of the consular staff but which does not serve as a diplomatic passport.
A hidden treasure Faced with more questions and increasing pressure, the man grew nervous and asked to be allowed to turn around and return to Jordan. The officials refused and called their superiors, who alerted the French consulate. The ambassador was away, so his deputy took the case.
While the diplomat told the young driver that he was probably right in refusing a search, he insisted it would be in his best interests to obey the custom officials’ orders, whereupon the man informed the consular official that what he was carrying wasn’t “insignificant”. The diplomat, realising that the situation was becoming increasingly complicated, alerted the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris.
The ministry’s advice was to allow the vehicle to be searched to avoid giving the impression that there was a coverup.
The driver eventually complied, revealing 152 kg of gold, mostly in bars; 500 kg of tobacco; hundreds of new cell phones; and nearly $2 million in checks.
Deported back to France
The Israeli police arrested the man, who was in charge of the consulate’s garage, questioned him and quickly deported him to France.
Now back on French soil, it is still unclear whether or not the driver was arrested by French police.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Vincent Floriani, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, said the driver was travelling on his own account, privately, and not on behalf of the embassy.
He insisted that the French and Israeli authorities had cooperated fully. “We have absolutely no tolerance for this kind of behaviour,” he said.
The case, however, could harm the reputation of the French consulate in Jerusalem, which some Israelis already call “the embassy of France in Palestine”.
Abbas to Sign a Confidential Side Letter Not to Accede to the ICC
If it is true what Chris McGreal, correspondent of The Guardian in Ramallah, reports, then yesterday Tuesday 27 November 2012 the US pressed Abbas to sign a confidential side letter, which would not be presented to the UN General Assembly, committing the Palestinian Authority not to accede to the ICC and to offer guarantees that the PA will not take advantage of the new status to accuse Israel of war crimes at the international criminal court (ICC) or to seek territorial rulings at the international court of justice. This is a conspiracy to betray the Palestinian national rights being played out on the theatre of international relations by a group of traitors who have renounced the National rights of all Palestinians under the cover of going to ask for statehood at the United Nations and in order to line their pockets with money paid to them by the enemy.
According to what Mr. McGreal reports, the Palestinian leadership warned Europeand the US that failure to support its bid for statehood at the United Nations on Thursday Nov. 29 2012, will further strengthen Hamas after the Gaza fighting by suggesting that violence, rather than diplomacy, is the way to win concessions from Israel.
Senior Palestinian officials believe the vote is a crucial test of whether there is a future for President Mahmoud Abbas‘s diplomatic strategy after his credibility was badly damaged among Palestinians by what they regard as the success of Hamas in the conflict with Israel this month.
Many ordinary Palestinians believe the conflict showed that standing up to Israel delivers results, in contrast to years of concessions under US peace plans, and drawn-out negotiations. European diplomats concede that the fighting has shifted the ground before the Palestinian request for recognition as a “non-member state”. Failure to support Abbas could risk further undermining his increasingly weak position, to Hamas’s advantage, they warn.
France has said it will vote in favor, and Spain is shifting in that direction. But the US and Britain are attempting to weaken the impact of a UN vote in support of statehood by putting considerable pressure on the Palestinian leadership to offer guarantees that it will not take advantage of the new status to accuse Israel of war crimes at the international criminal court (ICC) or seek territorial rulings at the international court of justice.
Palestinian officials said Britain and the US had pressed Abbas to sign a confidential side letter, which would not be presented to the UN general assembly, committing the Palestinian Authority not to accede to the ICC. See full report
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EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the E3+3 (France, Germany, UK, China, Russia and USA) and Iran have asked Austria to host the upcoming round of talks between E3/EU+3 and Iran in Vienna from 18 to 20 February 2014.
Reuters – Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was
poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha
said on Wednesday after receiving the results of Swiss forensic tests on
her husband’s corpse.
By FRANCE 24 – Israeli officials arrested an employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem on Tuesday as he tried to cross from Jordan into the West Bank with some 152 kg in gold bars, nearly $2 million in checks and 500 kg of tobacco.
Now back on French soil, it is still unclear whether or not the driver was arrested by French police.