ENDTIME MINISTRIES: 5.2.14

Top Story Kerry to Resume Israeli-Palestinian Talks After the nine month deadline for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks expired, US Secretary of State John Kerry's aides said that he would again try to get the sides back to the negotiating table after a pause of several months. After an initial domestic political boost, an aide predicted, Israeli and Palestinian officials would be forced back to the table by the long term need for a two state solution. Read More >

MARK OF THE BEAST Scour Net for 'Hate Speech' Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y are putting together a bill that calls for the Justice Department and the US Commission on Civil Rights to analyze information on the use of telecommunications to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate. The Boston Herald took issue with the bill, saying it's "frankly chilling" that Markey is seeking to "empower an obscure federal agency to begin scouring the Internet, TV and radio speech it finds threatening." Read More >   SIXTH TRUMPET US 'to React' if Russia Crosses Into Ukraine The US ambassador to Ukraine has said that an "inevitable reaction" should be expected from the United States if Russian troops were to cross the border into Ukraine. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops in areas near the Ukrainian border. There is concern that Moscow aims to use unrest in the east as a pretext for an invasion.   Read More > MIDDLE EAST The Palestinians Outnumbered  Attorney Elyakim Haetzni, a former Israeli Knesset Member, thinks Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas has outnumbered Benjamin Netanyahu and that Israel is in danger of losing more ground. After being recognized as a state by the UN, all avenues are open before the PA in the struggle over Israel's sovereignty. Until now, Haetzni explained, Israel has not been defined as an occupier, according to the Geneva convention. This could change now, however. Read More >   HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Czech Republic has Zero Influence Czech President Vaclav Klaus said, "I must honestly say we have zero influence, even though the current prime minister believes our influence is big. It is not. The EU, particularly through its Lisbon Treaty, has given a giant position to the European great powers and largely degraded the role of small European countries." Klaus also repeated his support for the national currency and rejected the adoption of the euro. Read More > WORLD RELIGION 40 Day Fast to Protest Gay Marriage The Family Foundation is encouraging pastors and congregations to fast between Aug. 27 and Oct. 5 to fight against the legalization of gay marriage. "Our nation, built on a Judeo Christian foundation, has been greatly blessed by the Lord, but instead of being thankful, we have turned our back on the Lord and His teachings and followed after other gods," organization said. Read More >   WORLD GOVERNMENT Internet Governance Summit Advances With much of the world deeply suspicious of the would be Internet overlords, the final agreement from the NETmundial summit was deliberately scripted to seem as non-threatening as possible, but they failed. Among the most alarming "Internet Governance Principles" outlined in the final declaration is the notion of the World Wide Web as "a global resource which should be managed in the public interest."     Read More >