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un officials hope observance of international year will lead to israeli-palestinian peace16 january 2014 the united nations today launched the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, with senior officials urging that the observance be used to redouble efforts to achieve a durable peace between israel and palestine.. the coming year will be crucial to achieving the two-state solution, deputy secretary-general jan eliasson said in his remarks to the un general assemblys committee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the palestinian people.. mr. eliasson said israeli and palestinian negotiators are working hard towards a peaceful, comprehensive settlement of all permanent status issues.

that means a settlement that ends the occupation that started in 1967 and which would end the conflict.. it also means securing an independent, viable and sovereign state of palestine living alongside a secure state of israel, where each side recognizes the others legitimate rights, he added.. the secretary-general and i urge all in the international community to work together to translate the solidarity and desire for peace expressed on this occasion into positive action for security and for justice.. last november, the general assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 2014 as the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, and requested the committee to organize activities around the observance.. general assembly president john ashe told todays meeting that he hoped the year leads to robust support for the people of palestine.

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The UN can promote peace all they want, but it's Israel who calls the shots. Figure it out.

http://rt.com/news/israel-settlements-west-bank-988/

In the latest blow to the Middle East peace process, Israel has approved plans to build another 381 settler homes in the West Bank. The move brings the total number of planned units announced since the start of the year to 2,530.

"The Israeli Civil Administration, which falls under the Defense Ministry, has published plans for the construction of 381 extra units in Givat Zeev [near the annexed East Jerusalem],” Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now told AFP.

This is the third such announcement by the Israeli government since the beginning of the year.

On January 6, it unveiled plans for 272 new homes in various West Bank settlements. The move was followed by the announcement of another 1,877 new units on January 10.

“This is the third time since the last phase of Palestinian prisoner releases that the government has approved plans for new houses,” Peace Now spokesman Lior Amihai said.

The announcements follow Israel’s release of 26 Palestinian prisoners on December 31, which took place as part of US-brokered peace talks that resumed in July following a three-year break.

"Netanyahu's government does not want peace," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP.

The peace talks, which have stalled ahead of the April deadline for a framework agreement, have produced little progress. However, Erakat says the Palestinians will not be accepting an extension.

"We've not been presented with a [plan for] extending negotiations, but we will not extend them for even an additional day after the nine-month period we agreed on," he said.

"There are still three months left, which Israel can use to move with us towards a peace agreement, but its actions confirm that it's not interested in this. It's destroying everything that might help a comprehensive peace agreement."

Last week, four key European states summoned Israeli ambassadors over the January 10 settlement announcement, drawing a strong reaction from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The prime minister accused the EU of “hypocrisy” for choosing to condemn Israeli settlement construction, and not Palestinian incitement.

“I think it’s time to stop the hypocrisy and inject some fairness in the discussion,” Netanyahu told an annual reception of foreign journalists in Jerusalem on Thursday, as reported by the Jerusalem Post.

He also said that the EU’s bias does not foster peace, but in fact undermines it because “it tells the Palestinians that they can engage in incitement and terror and not be held accountable.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman subsequently called in the ambassadors of the UK, France, Italy, and Spain, stressing to them “that their perpetual one-sided stance against Israel and in favor of the Palestinians is unacceptable and creates the impression they are only seeking ways to blame Israel,”Lieberman’s spokesman said in a statement, as quoted by AFP.

Netanyahu also addressed claims that settlements are an obstacle to a peace agreement, calling such assertions “bogus.”

“Adding a few houses will not change the map an iota,” Netanyahu said, adding that he wondered if the Palestinians were looking to create an “ethnically cleansed state.”

Adding to tensions last week, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, slammed the UN’s ‘Year of Solidarity with the Palestinians’ as “propaganda.” In November, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that named 2014 as the year dedicated to identifying obstacles to the peace process and promoting solidarity with the Palestinians.

“Rather than putting an end to Palestinian incitement, the UN is now the primary platform for Palestinian propaganda,” Prosor said on Thursday.

“The organization allocates endless resources to advancing lies and half-truths of the Palestinian leadership instead of dealing with pressing issues facing the international community and the Middle East region,” he added.

Prosor also said that while the UN encouraged “solidarity,” the Palestinian Authority continued to propagate a culture of hatred towards Israel, claiming that cross-border attacks had “doubled” in the past year. He asked why the UN had not designated 2014 as a year of “solidarity with the Israeli victims of terror.”

“The time has come to stop this hypocrisy and ask why there is no solidarity with the Israeli victims of terrorism and their families,” Prosor said.

The US, Australia, Canada, Israel, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau voted against the UN’s‘Year of Solidarity with the Palestinians.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIeSx7VWrEw

Israel's wealth (Banks-Oil) uses this leverage to get what it wants from the US.

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Witnesses: Why The 1/19/14 WT Lesson Is Dangerous

by Apognophos in

today's watchtower lesson touched on the history of hezekiah's reign, and then made a surprising modern-day application.

having used my time before the meeting to research the underlying material instead of highlighting my magazine, i personally found this to be an upsetting study, and decided to put this warning here in the hopes that some active witnesses read it.. the most important thing i want to say to you is that the actual flow of events in this bible account were severely misrepresented, and that there are some disturbing implications in the distortions that were made.

1. hezekiah's father ahaz makes himself a vassal to assyria out of fear of their overwhelming might (2 kings 16:7, 8).. 2. upon becoming king, hezekiah rebels against assyria (2 kings 18:7).

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Peace In The Middle East - It's a comin'

by scotoma in

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from the un news centre (with breaking news from the un news service).

un officials hope observance of international year will lead to israeli-palestinian peace16 january 2014 the united nations today launched the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, with senior officials urging that the observance be used to redouble efforts to achieve a durable peace between israel and palestine.. the coming year will be crucial to achieving the two-state solution, deputy secretary-general jan eliasson said in his remarks to the un general assemblys committee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the palestinian people.. mr. eliasson said israeli and palestinian negotiators are working hard towards a peaceful, comprehensive settlement of all permanent status issues.

that means a settlement that ends the occupation that started in 1967 and which would end the conflict.. it also means securing an independent, viable and sovereign state of palestine living alongside a secure state of israel, where each side recognizes the others legitimate rights, he added.. the secretary-general and i urge all in the international community to work together to translate the solidarity and desire for peace expressed on this occasion into positive action for security and for justice.. last november, the general assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 2014 as the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, and requested the committee to organize activities around the observance.. general assembly president john ashe told todays meeting that he hoped the year leads to robust support for the people of palestine.

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From 1941-1950

http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/history/1941-1950.shtml

From 1955

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/un.html

https://www.un.org/en/sc/documents/resolutions/1955.shtml

Timelines 1940's - 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_Nations_peacekeeping_missions

And the time lines will continue because that's what the UN does.

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The Vatican will be questioned by UN Committee-Rights of Child-Jan. 16-Geneva

by AndersonsInfo in

survivorsnetwork of thoseabused bypriests this thursday, for the first time ever, the vatican will be questioned about its record on child sexual violence by an international body.

the un committee on the rights of the child in geneva is holding the meeting in two sessions on jan 16, each three hours long.

snap and our attorneys from ccr will be there.

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Yes, this is big news actually! Thanx for posting......:)

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How would you answer these questions that came to me in an email through my website? ...

by AndersonsInfo in

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many emails are sent to me through my website, watchtowerdocuments.com.

all are answered.

remember 1corinthians 6: 1-2 (i'll answer this question.

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Question #4:

(A). James 4:17 ...."So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

- It is not acceptable to wait while children are being harmed.

(B) Matthew chapter 17: "If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector."

- No one is above being exposed of wrong doing.

(C ) Ezekiel 33:8 ..."If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

- Doesn't sound like wait on Jehovah to me.

(D) Romans 13:1-7...... Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

(F) Matthew 18:6.......But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

- Doesn't sound like it says wait, and let the little ones be harmed. Does it?

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I've been asked to give a public talk (should I)

by darth frosty in

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a friend of mine who is planing his fade, has just been made talk coordinator.

so he calls me and ask 'do i want to give a talk at his hall?

' he knows my situation and lurks on this board himself.

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Maybe, if you were 14 yo it would seem an interesting quest. Howevever, if you get found out it will reflect badly on us Apostates, and may mean more trouble for yourself since you've been comfortably laying low. At least that's my opinion. Sounds like you're board.......