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1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Abbas aide: As price for embassy move, Trump must make E. Jerusalem our capital-After US president says Israel will now pay 'higher price' in talks, Majdi al-Khaldi says Washington needs to recognize State of Palestine, back two-state solution-By Adam Rasgon-TOI-AUG 23,18
The only “compensation” the US could provide to the Palestinians for its Jerusalem moves would be recognition of “the State of Palestine” with East Jerusalem as its capital, a senior diplomatic adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday.Addressing US President Donald Trump’s statement that Israel would pay a “higher price” for recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Majdi al-Khaldi also said Washington would have to recognize the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “the sole solution.”At a rally in West Virginia on Tuesday, Trump said that he took competing claims over Jerusalem, one of the conflict’s most intractable disputes, off the table by recognizing the city as Israel’s capital and moving the American embassy there.However, he also said that Israel would have “to pay a higher price” in negotiations because of those moves and added that “the Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”He did not define the “price” Israel would have to pay. “The American administration made a major mistake when it recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved its embassy there,” Khaldi told The Times of Israel. “There is no compensation the administration could offer for those moves other than recognizing the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital and clearly defining the two-state solution as the sole solution.” Since Trump announced his Jerusalem moves, the Palestinians have refused to meet with many members of the Trump administration including the White House officials responsible for the Middle East peace process. Abbas has also said that the US no longer can be the “sole” mediator of the peace process between the Palestinians and Israelis and called for the establishment of a multilaterally-mediated mechanism to broker it.Khaldi also criticized Trump’s suggestion that the issue of “making Jerusalem the capital of Israel” has prevented the advancement of the peace process.“The obstacle in the path of the peace process is the occupation. It is not Jerusalem,” he said. In his speech before the rally Trump said, “Every time there were peace talks, they never got past Jerusalem becoming the capital [of Israel]…They could never get by.” The status of Jerusalem has long been one of the most sensitive and contentious issues in past peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.Over the past several months, Trump administration officials have said they intend to present a plan to end the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. “No one will be full pleased with our proposal, but that’s the way it must be if real peace is to be achieved. Peace can only succeed if it is based on realities,” Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kushner, Trump’s envoys responsible for the administration’s Middle East peace efforts; US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman; and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said in a joint statement on August 15.Since Trump’s Jerusalem moves, Abbas has said a number of times that he would reject any American peace plan. However, he has also said at least once that he would be willing to listen to a US peace proposal if Trump recognizes East Jerusalem as the capital of “the State of Palestine” and backs a two-state solution. “We will not listen to anything that comes [from the Trump administration], regardless of what it is, unless if the two-state solution [is endorsed] and East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine is recognized,” Abbas said at a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee in April. “If that happens, we can talk about rest of the issues remaining on the table.”Trump has said he has no preference between a two-state and one-state formula, but recently reportedly joked to Jordan’s King Abdullah that a single state of Israelis and Palestinians would end with “a prime minister named Mohammed.”
Report: UN Middle East envoy may soon leave post, sparking concern in Israel-Israeli TV says Nickolay Mladenov likely to become organization's envoy for Syria, quotes official saying his departure would be a 'pity'-By TOI staff-AUG 23,18
The United Nations envoy for Middle East peace, who has played a central role in mediating between Israel and Hamas amid recent violence on the Gaza border, may leave his post to become the organization’s envoy to Syria, Israeli television reported Tuesday.According to Hadashot TV news, Nickolay Mladenov’s possible departure is being met with concern in Jerusalem, with an Israeli official telling the network it would be a “pity” if Mladenov leaves for Syria.“He has forged wonderful connections with the Israeli leadership and is attentive to our needs,” the unnamed source was quoted saying.The report said Mladenov, a former Bulgarian diplomat and defense minister, is aware he is the top candidate being considered to replace Staffan de Mistura, the UN’s special envoy for Syria, and has expressed a desire to soon take up the position.Quoting unnamed UN officials, the report said Mladenov has asked to retain his current job in addition to the new post, but UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is opposed to this arrangement.Mladenov has emerged as a key figure in efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and has shuttled between Israel, Gaza and Egypt to broker an agreement.Earlier this month Hamas announced a ceasefire brokered by the Egyptians and the UN had taken effect, days after the largest flare-up between the sides since the 2014 Gaza war.Though the ceasefire has not been officially acknowledged by Israel, a senior diplomatic source days later credited the relative calm to “the understandings advanced by the Egyptians and the UN,” without elaborating.The sides are now working toward a long-term truce, though Israel has conditioned this on the return of two Israeli citizens and a pair of soldiers’ bodies killed during the 2014 war being held by Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza.The recent heavy exchange of fire between Hamas and Israel came after a number of other similar bouts of intense violence in the past months, as well as weekly clashes along the border that have regularly included rioting, attacks on Israeli troops and attempts to infiltrate and sabotage the border fence.Mladenov has been outspoken in his calls for calm during the fighting between Israel and Hamas, imploring the sides to “step back from the brink.”At least 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the weekly protests began, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. Hamas has acknowledged that dozens of those killed were its members.One Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper.In addition to the border clashes, southern Israel has experienced hundreds of fires as a result of incendiary kites and balloons flown over the border from Gaza. Over 7,000 acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials.
Liberman met with Qatar foreign minister on sidelines of Gaza talks — report-Senior Israeli official says Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani secretly flew to Cyprus in June to meet defense minister; two believed to have discussed long-term Gaza truce-By Michael Bachner and TOI staff-AUG 23,18
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Cyprus two months ago, an Israeli report said Wednesday, amid efforts to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip.The Walla news site said the plane used by al-Thani during his international diplomatic tour in Europe and the United States had made a secret flight from Italy to Cyprus on June 23, while Liberman was in the island nation where he held talks with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts and with Cyprus’s president.A day later, the plane — belonging to the VIP airline Qatar Amiri Flight — left Larnaca airport and traveled to the United States via Ireland, according to the report.Earlier this month, Channel 10 reported that Liberman had met secretly with Qatar’s envoy to Gaza Mohammed al-Emadi in Cyprus to discuss the Palestinian enclave’s humanitarian crisis and the return of captive Israeli civilians and remains of fallen soldiers held by Hamas.But Walla quoted a senior Israeli official as saying a meeting with al-Emadi would not have had to take place in Cyprus as the Qatari envoy is frequently in Israel. However, a rare sit-down with a high-ranking official like al-Thani required Liberman to travel abroad.Israel and Qatar do not have diplomatic ties, though the Jewish state in recent years has hinted at high-level talks with moderate Arab states.The meeting may have been kept under wraps because Israel has publicly rejected Qatari mediation between Jerusalem and Hamas, preferring the Egyptian channel. Egypt has joined Israel in maintaining the blockade on the Hamas-ruled Strip since at least 2014, and seeks to expand its influence over the territory, despite the efforts of Hamas-backers such as Qatar and Turkey to intervene on the terror group’s behalf.Nonetheless, both the US and Israel have sought to keep Qatar involved in the process, in part as a key funder of any future humanitarian projects that emerge from agreements with Hamas. Qatar is all but alone among wealthy Arab states willing to pour humanitarian funding into Gaza. Many others, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, fear their funds would only serve to strengthen Hamas’s rule in Gaza and influence over Palestinian politics.Liberman’s office responded by saying it “doesn’t comment on the minister’s meetings.”The meeting reportedly took place on the sidelines of talks the defense minister was holding in Cyprus regarding the possibility of constructing a seaport in Cyprus for Gaza in addition to a possible long-term truce between Israel and Hamas.Liberman pitched the idea of setting up a floating dock for Palestinian sea traffic in Cyprus when he met with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in June, Hadashot news reported at the time. The plan was conditional on the return of two Israeli civilians and the bodies of two IDF soldiers held by Hamas, the television report said.Last week’s Channel 10 report said that al-Emadi had offered unspecified Qatari proposals for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as solutions to the question of the Israeli captives. He also pledged some $350 million to humanitarian projects in Gaza as part of any deal.Last Thursday, a Lebanese-based TV channel reported that the long-term deal taking shape will last for a year and see the establishment of a cargo shipping connection between Gaza and Cyprus. Israel will have security control over the sea traffic between the Palestinian coastal enclave and Cyprus, according to the report from the al-Mayadeen television channel, which cited sources familiar with the details.Hamas has long made access to a seaport a key strategic goal. Under the conditions of Israel’s naval blockade, goods heading to Gaza are currently shipped to Israeli ports and then trucked into Gaza.Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza since Hamas, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction, seized the territory from the PA in 2007. It says the blockade is in place in order to prevent weapons and other military equipment from entering the Strip. Hamas has fought three wars with Israel in the last decade.Egypt, too, has kept its Gaza border crossing largely closed during years of sour relations with the Islamist terror group.Sources told al-Mayadeen that the forthcoming deal will include Qatari funding for Gaza’s electricity bills in cooperation with Israel, and Qatari payment of civil service employees’ salaries in Gaza in cooperation with Egypt. Gaza has limited electricity supplies and civil servants have not been paid for months due to a spat between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.Along with halting the recent fighting, the Egypt-brokered plan supposedly includes humanitarian projects for Gaza, and future indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the exchange of prisoners, the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported.
Top minister vows to ‘push back’ against Trump’s promised price for embassy move-Tzachi Hanegbi says Israel has 'no need to worry' after US president pledges Jerusalem will pay for his recognition of the capital-By Raoul Wootliff-TOI-AUG 23,18
Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said Wednesday that Israel will “push back against dictates or pressure,” after US President Donald Trump said it will pay “a higher price” in peace talks with the Palestinians due to his recognition of Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital.“There is no need to worry,” Hanegbi, a senior Likud minister and close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a Facebook post “If the Palestinians return to the negotiating table… we will know how to stand up for our own interests and push back against and dictates or pressure.”Trump told a campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday that the Palestinians “will get something very good” in any future negotiations in return for the US’s recognition of the Israeli capital.“If there’s ever going to be peace with the Palestinians, then this was a good thing to have done,” the US president said of both the recognition of Jerusalem and the relocation of the US embassy to the city. “We took it off the table.In past negotiations, they never got past Jerusalem. Now Israel will have to pay a higher price, because it’s off the table. The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”Hanegbi, however, said, “The fundamental principles [over future negotiations] that have been presented by Prime Minister Netanyahu are accepted by the Trump administration.”According to those principles, which Hanegbi claims have vast support among the Israeli public, “under any future deal, only Israel will have responsibility over all of the Judea and Samaria area [the West Bank], and Jerusalem will be our eternal capital.”Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel of the Jewish Home party also rejected the US president’s suggestion that Israel would have to pay a price, but unlike Hanegbi, said the comments were reason for worry.“Not that we are fearful, but there is definitely concern,” Ariel told Army Radio.Nonetheless, Ariel continued, “The president said in his comments ‘if there is ever going to be peace.’ I suggest that we first wait for that ‘if ever,’ before making any concessions.”In May, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman acknowledged that Israel would likely pay “a price” for the embassy move, explaining, “There is no free lunch.” But, he added, “it is worth paying it. We should welcome, and be prepared, to pay a price.”Speaking to reporters near the end of a three-day trip to Israel, Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton said Wednesday the US president’s comments did not represent a change in the administration’s policy on peace negotiations or on Israel’s need to make concessions.But Zionist Union MK Eitan Cabel, responding to Ariel, said in a statement that Trump’s intentions were clear.“The right can try to deny it all they want but they know that Trump is going to demand concessions from Israel for his ‘deal of the century,’” Cabel said. “It is time for the right to give up its mistaken notion that if they just postpone and delay, the diplomatic issues will fix themselves.”The Trump administration said last week that neither Israelis nor Palestinian would be “fully pleased” with its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, whose contents are one of the most guarded secrets in Washington.Bolton declined to give a timeframe for when the plan may be unveiled, saying that while “work continues and there are a lot of consultations underway, there are no decisions on the details or when the plan will be announced.”
Bolton denies ‘quid pro quo’ in embassy move after Trump warns of ‘price’-US national security adviser downplays president's claim that 'the Palestinians will get something very good,' says no change in administration's policy-By Raoul Wootliff-TOI-AUG 23,18
A top adviser to US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that there was no “quid pro quo” involved in the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, hours after the president said that Israel will pay “a higher price” in peace talks with the Palestinians due to his recognition of the city as the Jewish state’s capital.Speaking to reporters near the end of his three-day trip to Israel, John Bolton said the president’s comments did not represent a change in the administration’s policy on peace negotiations or on Israel’s need to make concessions.“I don’t think there’s any change in policy. I think the president looked at the recognition of Jerusalem as being Israel’s capital and the inevitable consequence of that is that the US embassy ought to be in the capital city of the country which its accredited as the right and natural thing to do,” he said. “It’s not an issue of quid pro quo.”On Tuesday night, Trump told a campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia, that the Palestinians “will get something very good” in any future negotiations in return for the US having recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.“If there’s ever going to be peace with the Palestinians, then this was a good thing to have done,” the president said of both the recognition of Jerusalem and the relocation of the US embassy to the city. “We took it off the table. In past negotiations, they never got past Jerusalem. Now Israel will have to pay a higher price, because it’s off the table. The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”Bolton echoed the president in saying that the decision had removed Jerusalem as a contentious issue.“He’s made the point that this issue has been a hangup in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. And as he said last night as well, he’s taken that issue off the table,” Bolton said.In May, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman also acknowledged that Israel would likely pay “a price” for the embassy move, explaining, “There is no free lunch.” But, he added, “it is worth paying it. We should welcome, and be prepared, to pay a price.”Despite Trump’s assertions, Bolton suggested that the president was disappointed with the Palestinian response to the move.“As a deal maker he would expect that the Palestinians would say, ‘Okay, great, we didn’t get that one, now we want something else.’ We’ll see how it goes,” he said.Instead, Palestinian Authority officials have refused to meet with members of Trump’s cabinet, declaring them unfit to act as an honest mediator in negotiations.Bolton nonetheless said “the president did the right thing in moving the embassy to Israel’s capital, and that in and of itself brings reality to the negotiations.”“It was a very positive step forward not just for Israel, but for the Palestinians as well,” he insisted.Bolton remained tight-lipped about what such negotiations may entail or what the US may push for, saying it was “fundamental” that the two sides dictate the terms of talks and not a third party. “Any agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is going to require agreement of the parties, it’s not something the US is prepared to force on anybody,” he said.The Trump administration said last week that neither Israelis nor Palestinian would be “fully pleased” with its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, whose contents are one of the most guarded secrets in Washington.Bolton declined to give a time frame for when the plan may be unveiled, saying that while “work continues and there are a lot of consultations underway, there are no decisions on the details or when the plan will be announced.”Fielding a question about the US position towards Israel’s reportedly ongoing negotiations with the Hamas terror group towards a ceasefire in Gaza, Bolton lamented that “all the Palestinians have is a choice between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.”He said there are “a lot of prospects to find ways here to resolve some of these problems and give the people of Palestine, who have been used as agents by radical leaders over the years for their own political purposes, a chance for a decent life going forward.”
MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL EATS HUMANS FLESH FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL-JERUSALEM
EZEKIEL 39:11-12,18
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
EZEKIEL 39:17-21
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF RUSSIAN/ISLAMIC HORDES AGAINST ISRAEL)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
REVELATION 19:17-18
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;(AGAINST ALL NATIONS ARMIES THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL)
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
EZEKIEL 38:1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Top Iranian cleric threatens Tehran will target Israel if US attacks-'Any aggression against Iran will inflict costs not only on America, but also on Zionist regime,' Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warns-By Michael Bachner and TOI staff-AUG 23,18
A senior Iranian cleric on Wednesday warned that Tehran would target Israel if the United States harmed the Islamic Republic, continuing an escalating war of words over sanctions reimposed by Washington.“The costs of a possible US war on Iran will be definitely heavy for Americans, and any aggression against Iran will inflict costs not only on America, but also on its ally, the Zionist regime,” Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.In June, the deputy commander of Iran’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps boasted that Iranian-backed forces in Syria and Lebanon were awaiting orders to eradicate the “evil regime” of Israel.“We are creating might in Lebanon because we want to fight our enemy from there with all our strength,” he stated. “Hezbollah today has tremendous might on the ground that can on its own break the Zionist regime. The Zionist regime has no strategic-defensive depth.”In the speech for the anti-Israel al-Quds Day, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Hossein Salami said that “the life of the Zionist regime was never in danger as it is now.”The US has sold hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons to Iran’s regional rivals and has demanded that Tehran curb its ballistic missile program. It is in the process of reimposing crippling sanctions in a bid to force it to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear pact.In May, the US announced it was abandoning the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimposing nuclear-related sanctions, threatening global companies with heavy penalties if they continue to operate in Iran.In a bid to salvage the accord, the EU and European parties to the deal — Britain, France, and Germany — presented a series of economic “guarantees” to Iran last month, but they were deemed “insufficient” by Tehran.Khatami also dismissed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to hold talks with Tehran, claiming his administration wasn’t open to concessions.“Americans say you should accept what we say in the talks,” he charged, according to comments carried by Iran’s Mizan news agency and translated by Reuters. “So this is not negotiation, but dictatorship. The Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation would stand up against dictatorship.”Trump has offered talks on a “more comprehensive deal” but Iran has balked at negotiating under the pressure of sanctions and has instead leaned on its increasingly close ties with fellow US sanctions targets Turkey and Russia.The sanctions that went into effect earlier in August target US dollar financial transactions, Iran’s automotive sector, and the purchase of commercial planes and metals, including gold. Even stronger sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector and central bank are to be reimposed in early November.AFP and Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.
Russia says its air force has killed ‘over 86,000 militants’ in Syria-Figure constitutes over one-quarter of total estimated deaths in civil war; Russian defense ministry says 63,000 troops have fought in country-By AFP-AUG 23,18
MOSCOW — Russia has sent over 63,000 troops to Syria over the course of its involvement in the conflict, the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday.The ministry said Wednesday that the Russian air force had conducted more than 39,000 sorties that killed “over 86,000 militants” and destroyed 121,466 “terrorist targets.”A total of 63,012 Russian personnel have “received combat experience” in the war-torn country, the ministry said in a video about Russia’s campaign to support the Syrian regime dating back to September 2015.This number includes 25,738 ranking officers and 434 generals as well as 4,349 artillery and rocket specialists, it said.Previously Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu said in December 2017 that over 48,000 military personnel had taken part in the Syrian campaign.President Vladimir Putin in December last year ordered his armed forces to pull the bulk of troops out of Syria.But the Russian president later clarified that the military would remain in Syria for “as long as it is beneficial” and was not planning to withdraw yet.It said its forces had tested 231 types of modern weaponry in Syria including aircraft, surface-to-air systems, cruise missiles and others.The video made no mention of Russia’s civilian or military casualties in the conflict.Moscow’s intervention in the multi-front war in Syria in support of President Bashar Assad has been a turning point in the conflict.Since it started in 2011, Syria’s war has killed more than 350,000 and displaced millions.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
German minister calls for payments system independent of US to aid Iran deal-Heiko Maas sees Europe taking a 'balanced share of responsibility' to be 'a counterbalance when the US crosses red lines'-By Geir Moulson-TOI-AUG 23,18
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister is calling for Europe to create a payments system independent of the United States, a move that could help keep alive the nuclear deal with Iran following the withdrawal of the US.Heiko Maas’s suggestion was part of a wider-ranging piece for Wednesday’s edition of the daily Handelsblatt on Germany’s future strategy toward the US. He said he envisions Europe taking a “balanced share of responsibility” and being “a counterbalance when the US crosses red lines.”Chancellor Angela Merkel responded cautiously, noting that cooperation with Washington is important in combating terror financing.Though Maas conceded that the US and Europe have been drifting apart since well before Donald Trump’s presidency, he criticized recent decisions such as Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.Germany, France and Britain, the European signatories to the 2015 agreement, have vowed to keep it alive in the face of new US sanctions against Tehran.“In this situation, it is of strategic significance that we say clearly to Washington: We want to work together, but we will not allow you to act over our heads to our detriment,” Maas wrote.“That is why it was right to legally protect European companies from sanctions,” he added.“That is why it is indispensable to strengthen European autonomy by setting up payment channels that are independent of the US, creating a European monetary fund and setting up an independent SWIFT system.”He didn’t elaborate. SWIFT is the system overseeing international bank transfers.Separately, there has been talk for some time of upgrading a bailout fund cobbled together during Europe’s debt crisis into a full-fledged European monetary fund to assist troubled countries.He also said that Europe must “expose fake news as such,” renewing Germany’s argument that, if trade isn’t reduced to goods, Europe rather than the US has a deficit.Merkel said Maas’ article was an “important contribution,” reflecting her own previous statements that trans-Atlantic relations are changing and that Europe “must to some extent take its fate in its own hands.”However, she said Maas’ article wasn’t coordinated with her, and sounded skeptical about the idea of independent payment systems. Maas is a member of the center-left Social Democrats, the junior partner in the conservative Merkel’s coalition government.“We do face some problems in dealing with Iran, for example, no question about that,” she told reporters in Berlin.“But on the other hand, we also know that on questions of terror financing, for example … we need a close partnership with the United States,” she added.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Hurricane Lane now at Category 4 as it heads toward Hawaii-[Associated Press]-JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER-YAHOONEWS-August 23, 2018
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a hurricane churned toward the state.The National Weather Service said Wednesday that Hurricane Lane had weakened to a Category 4 hurricane, but those hurricanes with winds of more than 130 mph (209 kph) or above can still cause catastrophic damage.More weakening was predicted, but the weather service said that "Lane is forecast to remain a dangerous hurricane as it draws closer to the Hawaiian Islands."The hurricane was about 465 miles (804 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu before dawn Wednesday and The National Weather Service extended a hurricane warning for Hawaii's Big Island to include the island of Maui.Meteorologist Melissa Dye shortly before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday said the hurricane was 320 miles (515 kilometers) southeast of Hilo and moving north-northwest at about 9 mph (15 kph)."We are starting to see some of the rain show up on the Big Island radar," she said. Offshore buoys also had detected wave action associated with the storm.The weather service in a special statement said tropical-storm-force winds could begin as early as Wednesday afternoon or evening on the Big Island.A hurricane watch remained in effect for Oahu and other smaller islands, meaning tropical storm-force winds, excessive rain and large swells could arrive starting Wednesday.There's uncertainty to Lane's path, said meteorologist Gavin Shigesato."It is much too early to confidently determine which, if any, of the main Hawaiian islands will be directly impacted by Lane," the weather service said.But the hurricane center said the storm will move very close to or over the islands from Thursday through Saturday. Even if the center of Lane doesn't make landfall, the islands could be walloped with rain and wind.Public schools on the Big Island and in Maui County are closed Wednesday until further notice.Hawaii Gov. David Ige is allowing non-essential state employees on the Big Island and Maui to go on administrative leave from Wednesday to Friday as Hurricane Lane approaches. Employees on Hawaii and Maui islands who work in disaster response as well as in hospitals and prisons are required to report to their jobs, the governor said.Longtime Hawaii residents recalled a devastating 1992 hurricane as they prepared for Hurricane Lane.Kauai resident Mike Miranda was 12 when Hurricane Iniki devastated the island 26 years ago. "A lot of people are comparing the similarities between Iniki and Lane," he said.Iniki's turn into the islands was sudden, he recalled."I remember how very little rain fell. But I remember the wind being the strongest force of nature I've ever witnessed and probably the scariest sounds I've ever heard in my life," he said.Utility poles were down all over the island, and his 7th-grade classes were held in Army tents for several months.Miranda said his family is used to preparing for hurricane season."A lot of people who moved here and never experienced a hurricane . they're the ones rushing to the store," he said.___Associated Press writer Dan Joling in Anchorage, Alaska, contributed to this report.
Rattled quake survivors mark Muslim festival on Indonesian island-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-August 23, 2018
KEKAIT, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors on the Indonesian island of Lombok celebrated the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday in makeshift camps on Wednesday, in a rare moment of joy after weeks of strong tremors that have killed more than 500 people.The evacuees prayed, chanted and feasted together, marking the festival of sacrifice in open rice fields and under tents. Many communities received extra livestock as donations for the ritual of animal sacrifice, residents said."In the past, the meat was distributed by the mosque to people in need but now we are all equal, there’s no differences between the rich and the poor," said Rafiqah, whose family lost its home in one of the quakes."What is important is we are together in one evacuation camp," she added.The jolts that rocked the island, which is popular with tourists for its beaches, flattened entire villages and many mosques in the north, forcing more than 350,000 people to flee their homes for fear of aftershocks.The earthquakes caused at least $340 million in damage, authorities said last week, and relief and reconstruction efforts were underway. [nL4N1V42P6] (Writing by Kanupriya Kapoor, editing by Andrei Khalip)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Conservative Party releases immigration plan as debate continues-YAHOONEWS-AUG 23,18-[CBC]
The Conservative Party released what it's calling a "fair, orderly and compassionate" vision for Canada's immigration plan, amidst a tense, national — and internal — debate on the issue.Critic Michelle Rempel and her colleague Gerard Deltell outlined how their party would handle the immigration file in Ottawa Wednesday morning, making it clear immigration will be a key election campaign issue in 2019."We need to bring it back to policy," said Rempel, who argued the Liberal government "has treated setting the number of immigrants allowed into Canada like an auction," and without ensuring they can work in Canada.The planks of the Conservative's principles are to encourage immigrants to become self-sufficient, prioritize the most vulnerable when it comes to humanitarian immigration, and match the skills of economic migrants with industries that need workers in Canada.Rempel said the party will tour the country over the next year to help shape its policies , including closing the loophole on the Safe Third Country Agreement.Rempel wouldn't say how much a Conservative government would reduce the number of immigrants accepted each year, but said she feels the levels are currently arbitrarily set.Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen called it "empty criticism for the sake of criticism." "I haven't see seen anything here today that convinces me that they've changed the channel," he said. "When they were asked repeatedly whether they think our numbers are too high or too low, five times they they couldn't answer that question."Heckler, Bernier questions-The Tories' announcement comes as the prime minister deals with a flurry of reaction to his handling of a heckler who shouted questions at him during a rally in Quebec last week.The heckler asked him whether the federal government would repay Quebec for costs it has incurred as a result of an influx of "illegal immigrants" coming over the Canada-U.S. border, and if he's tolerant of "Québécois de souche," meaning white French Quebecers.In French, Trudeau told her "your racism has no place here."Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer accused Trudeau of resorting to personal attacks because he did not like being questioned about the issue.The woman was later identified by La Presse Canadienne as Diane Blain, a member of Storm Alliance, a nationalist group that has advocated against immigration."I'm not a Québécois so I don't understand the term at large, but if it holds offence to people and it's not productive towards maintaining Canadian pluralism, then of course I don't support that," she said.The Conservative Party has also been dealing with the issue internally.Last week Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, who challenged Scheer for the leadership role, took to Twitter to condemn the Liberal approach to multiculturalism, warning "ever more" diversity is leading to the ghettoization of minorities and fostering a culture of government dependence.His tweet storm sparked rebuke from within his caucus and from the leader, who said Bernier "holds no official role in caucus and does not speak for the Conservative Party of Canada on any issue."Bernier noted the timing on Twitter Wednesday morning."So, after disavowing me last week for raising the issue and telling me to shut up, my colleagues have just realized that this is something Canadians find important and want to hear about? Great example of strong leadership," he said.Rempel tried to further distance herself from Bernier's tweets."Max has never come to talk to me about immigration," said Rempel. "My colleague has a choice to make. Does he want Andrew Scheer to win or Justin Trudeau to win?"The topic is expected to dominate the Conservatives' biennial policy convention in Halifax later this week.
Tories To Reveal Immigration Policy As Bernier Calls For Fewer Immigrants-[HuffPost Canada]-Althia Raj-YAHOONEWS-August 22, 2018
OTTAWA — The Conservatives are scheduled to release their immigration policy Wednesday morning in Ottawa, HuffPost Canada has learned, just as former leadership candidate Maxime Bernier says he'd like to see fewer immigrants accepted into Canada.Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel and Quebec MP Gérard Deltell will speak to reporters as Tory delegates prepare to meet in to Halifax on Thursday for the party's biennial convention.For more than a week, Tory members have been thrown into an explosive debate on diversity — led by Bernier's controversial tweets — and now the Conservatives' own response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling a woman with clear ties to white nationalist groups that her comments were racist.Several Conservative MPs suggested Trudeau had gone too far in calling the woman a racist. They said that she was simply asking a question about the millions spent on border crossers and that it was no way to treat an elderly citizen.Former public safety minister Steven Blaney, for example, tweeted in French that: "The arrogant attitude of Justin Trudeau, to treat as racist a citizen that was asking a simple question is inadmissible. He must apologize!"Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tweeted on Tuesday that "this is not the first time Trudeau has responded to criticism with demonizing attacks.""By sweeping away legitimate questions on his failed border policy with vile personal insults, it is Trudeau himself who is guilty of polarizing the debate. No one has done more to divide Canadians than he has," the Tory leader wrote.-Internal debate among senior Tories-Last Thursday, Diane Blain asked Trudeau at a Liberal corn roast whether he would give Quebecers back the $146 million he'd spent for his illegal immigrants. He told her intolerance wasn't welcome. Later, when she demanded to know if he was intolerant towards "Québécois de souche" — roughly translated as old-stock Quebecers, the prime minister told her that her comments were racist and not welcome at a Liberal event.The term "Québécois de souche" refers to white French Canadians who consider themselves descendents of the first arrivals.A senior Conservative said the party wanted to address the immigration issue before 3,000 Tories gather, lest the issue dominate the convention.They have to pull it back as quickly as possible.Another Tory told HuffPost that there was an internal debate among the senior team about the tone the discussion has taken — that they don't want to be associated with condoning any racism."They have to pull it back as quickly as possible. That's why they are doing it, so the convention isn't all on immigration."Bernier tweeted on Tuesday that the Tories should accept fewer newcomers than the Liberals' target of 340,000 by 2020."Successful immigration depends on social acceptability and the maintenance of social harmony," Bernier wrote. "Many people have asked how do I know that there is "too much diversity." When I see that half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high, I know we've reached that point."Successful immigration depends on social acceptability and the maintenance of social harmony. Many people have asked how do I know that there is "too much diversity." When I see that half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high, I know we've reached that point.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018 -Calling "too high" levels of immigration, a big government "social engineering" plan for ideological and electoral purposes, Bernier outlined in series of tweets what he'd like to see in his party's policy:1/ Our immigration policy should not aim to forcibly change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada, as radical proponents of multiculturalism want. Of course, society is transformed by immigration. But this has to be done organically and gradually.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018.2/ At too high a level, immigration ceases to be a tool to economically benefit Canadians, and it turns instead into a burden. It becomes essentially a big-government policy of social engineering for ideological and electoral purposes.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018 3/ The vast majority of Canadians rightly expect immigrants to learn about our history and culture, master one of our official languages, and adopt widely shared Canadian values. Instead of spending M$ on multiculturalism programs, we should focus on integration.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Abbas aide: As price for embassy move, Trump must make E. Jerusalem our capital-After US president says Israel will now pay 'higher price' in talks, Majdi al-Khaldi says Washington needs to recognize State of Palestine, back two-state solution-By Adam Rasgon-TOI-AUG 23,18
The only “compensation” the US could provide to the Palestinians for its Jerusalem moves would be recognition of “the State of Palestine” with East Jerusalem as its capital, a senior diplomatic adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday.Addressing US President Donald Trump’s statement that Israel would pay a “higher price” for recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Majdi al-Khaldi also said Washington would have to recognize the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “the sole solution.”At a rally in West Virginia on Tuesday, Trump said that he took competing claims over Jerusalem, one of the conflict’s most intractable disputes, off the table by recognizing the city as Israel’s capital and moving the American embassy there.However, he also said that Israel would have “to pay a higher price” in negotiations because of those moves and added that “the Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”He did not define the “price” Israel would have to pay. “The American administration made a major mistake when it recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved its embassy there,” Khaldi told The Times of Israel. “There is no compensation the administration could offer for those moves other than recognizing the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital and clearly defining the two-state solution as the sole solution.” Since Trump announced his Jerusalem moves, the Palestinians have refused to meet with many members of the Trump administration including the White House officials responsible for the Middle East peace process. Abbas has also said that the US no longer can be the “sole” mediator of the peace process between the Palestinians and Israelis and called for the establishment of a multilaterally-mediated mechanism to broker it.Khaldi also criticized Trump’s suggestion that the issue of “making Jerusalem the capital of Israel” has prevented the advancement of the peace process.“The obstacle in the path of the peace process is the occupation. It is not Jerusalem,” he said. In his speech before the rally Trump said, “Every time there were peace talks, they never got past Jerusalem becoming the capital [of Israel]…They could never get by.” The status of Jerusalem has long been one of the most sensitive and contentious issues in past peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.Over the past several months, Trump administration officials have said they intend to present a plan to end the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. “No one will be full pleased with our proposal, but that’s the way it must be if real peace is to be achieved. Peace can only succeed if it is based on realities,” Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kushner, Trump’s envoys responsible for the administration’s Middle East peace efforts; US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman; and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said in a joint statement on August 15.Since Trump’s Jerusalem moves, Abbas has said a number of times that he would reject any American peace plan. However, he has also said at least once that he would be willing to listen to a US peace proposal if Trump recognizes East Jerusalem as the capital of “the State of Palestine” and backs a two-state solution. “We will not listen to anything that comes [from the Trump administration], regardless of what it is, unless if the two-state solution [is endorsed] and East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine is recognized,” Abbas said at a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee in April. “If that happens, we can talk about rest of the issues remaining on the table.”Trump has said he has no preference between a two-state and one-state formula, but recently reportedly joked to Jordan’s King Abdullah that a single state of Israelis and Palestinians would end with “a prime minister named Mohammed.”
Report: UN Middle East envoy may soon leave post, sparking concern in Israel-Israeli TV says Nickolay Mladenov likely to become organization's envoy for Syria, quotes official saying his departure would be a 'pity'-By TOI staff-AUG 23,18
The United Nations envoy for Middle East peace, who has played a central role in mediating between Israel and Hamas amid recent violence on the Gaza border, may leave his post to become the organization’s envoy to Syria, Israeli television reported Tuesday.According to Hadashot TV news, Nickolay Mladenov’s possible departure is being met with concern in Jerusalem, with an Israeli official telling the network it would be a “pity” if Mladenov leaves for Syria.“He has forged wonderful connections with the Israeli leadership and is attentive to our needs,” the unnamed source was quoted saying.The report said Mladenov, a former Bulgarian diplomat and defense minister, is aware he is the top candidate being considered to replace Staffan de Mistura, the UN’s special envoy for Syria, and has expressed a desire to soon take up the position.Quoting unnamed UN officials, the report said Mladenov has asked to retain his current job in addition to the new post, but UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is opposed to this arrangement.Mladenov has emerged as a key figure in efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and has shuttled between Israel, Gaza and Egypt to broker an agreement.Earlier this month Hamas announced a ceasefire brokered by the Egyptians and the UN had taken effect, days after the largest flare-up between the sides since the 2014 Gaza war.Though the ceasefire has not been officially acknowledged by Israel, a senior diplomatic source days later credited the relative calm to “the understandings advanced by the Egyptians and the UN,” without elaborating.The sides are now working toward a long-term truce, though Israel has conditioned this on the return of two Israeli citizens and a pair of soldiers’ bodies killed during the 2014 war being held by Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza.The recent heavy exchange of fire between Hamas and Israel came after a number of other similar bouts of intense violence in the past months, as well as weekly clashes along the border that have regularly included rioting, attacks on Israeli troops and attempts to infiltrate and sabotage the border fence.Mladenov has been outspoken in his calls for calm during the fighting between Israel and Hamas, imploring the sides to “step back from the brink.”At least 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the weekly protests began, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. Hamas has acknowledged that dozens of those killed were its members.One Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper.In addition to the border clashes, southern Israel has experienced hundreds of fires as a result of incendiary kites and balloons flown over the border from Gaza. Over 7,000 acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials.
Liberman met with Qatar foreign minister on sidelines of Gaza talks — report-Senior Israeli official says Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani secretly flew to Cyprus in June to meet defense minister; two believed to have discussed long-term Gaza truce-By Michael Bachner and TOI staff-AUG 23,18
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Cyprus two months ago, an Israeli report said Wednesday, amid efforts to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip.The Walla news site said the plane used by al-Thani during his international diplomatic tour in Europe and the United States had made a secret flight from Italy to Cyprus on June 23, while Liberman was in the island nation where he held talks with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts and with Cyprus’s president.A day later, the plane — belonging to the VIP airline Qatar Amiri Flight — left Larnaca airport and traveled to the United States via Ireland, according to the report.Earlier this month, Channel 10 reported that Liberman had met secretly with Qatar’s envoy to Gaza Mohammed al-Emadi in Cyprus to discuss the Palestinian enclave’s humanitarian crisis and the return of captive Israeli civilians and remains of fallen soldiers held by Hamas.But Walla quoted a senior Israeli official as saying a meeting with al-Emadi would not have had to take place in Cyprus as the Qatari envoy is frequently in Israel. However, a rare sit-down with a high-ranking official like al-Thani required Liberman to travel abroad.Israel and Qatar do not have diplomatic ties, though the Jewish state in recent years has hinted at high-level talks with moderate Arab states.The meeting may have been kept under wraps because Israel has publicly rejected Qatari mediation between Jerusalem and Hamas, preferring the Egyptian channel. Egypt has joined Israel in maintaining the blockade on the Hamas-ruled Strip since at least 2014, and seeks to expand its influence over the territory, despite the efforts of Hamas-backers such as Qatar and Turkey to intervene on the terror group’s behalf.Nonetheless, both the US and Israel have sought to keep Qatar involved in the process, in part as a key funder of any future humanitarian projects that emerge from agreements with Hamas. Qatar is all but alone among wealthy Arab states willing to pour humanitarian funding into Gaza. Many others, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, fear their funds would only serve to strengthen Hamas’s rule in Gaza and influence over Palestinian politics.Liberman’s office responded by saying it “doesn’t comment on the minister’s meetings.”The meeting reportedly took place on the sidelines of talks the defense minister was holding in Cyprus regarding the possibility of constructing a seaport in Cyprus for Gaza in addition to a possible long-term truce between Israel and Hamas.Liberman pitched the idea of setting up a floating dock for Palestinian sea traffic in Cyprus when he met with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in June, Hadashot news reported at the time. The plan was conditional on the return of two Israeli civilians and the bodies of two IDF soldiers held by Hamas, the television report said.Last week’s Channel 10 report said that al-Emadi had offered unspecified Qatari proposals for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as solutions to the question of the Israeli captives. He also pledged some $350 million to humanitarian projects in Gaza as part of any deal.Last Thursday, a Lebanese-based TV channel reported that the long-term deal taking shape will last for a year and see the establishment of a cargo shipping connection between Gaza and Cyprus. Israel will have security control over the sea traffic between the Palestinian coastal enclave and Cyprus, according to the report from the al-Mayadeen television channel, which cited sources familiar with the details.Hamas has long made access to a seaport a key strategic goal. Under the conditions of Israel’s naval blockade, goods heading to Gaza are currently shipped to Israeli ports and then trucked into Gaza.Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza since Hamas, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction, seized the territory from the PA in 2007. It says the blockade is in place in order to prevent weapons and other military equipment from entering the Strip. Hamas has fought three wars with Israel in the last decade.Egypt, too, has kept its Gaza border crossing largely closed during years of sour relations with the Islamist terror group.Sources told al-Mayadeen that the forthcoming deal will include Qatari funding for Gaza’s electricity bills in cooperation with Israel, and Qatari payment of civil service employees’ salaries in Gaza in cooperation with Egypt. Gaza has limited electricity supplies and civil servants have not been paid for months due to a spat between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.Along with halting the recent fighting, the Egypt-brokered plan supposedly includes humanitarian projects for Gaza, and future indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the exchange of prisoners, the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported.
Top minister vows to ‘push back’ against Trump’s promised price for embassy move-Tzachi Hanegbi says Israel has 'no need to worry' after US president pledges Jerusalem will pay for his recognition of the capital-By Raoul Wootliff-TOI-AUG 23,18
Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said Wednesday that Israel will “push back against dictates or pressure,” after US President Donald Trump said it will pay “a higher price” in peace talks with the Palestinians due to his recognition of Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital.“There is no need to worry,” Hanegbi, a senior Likud minister and close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a Facebook post “If the Palestinians return to the negotiating table… we will know how to stand up for our own interests and push back against and dictates or pressure.”Trump told a campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia, on Tuesday that the Palestinians “will get something very good” in any future negotiations in return for the US’s recognition of the Israeli capital.“If there’s ever going to be peace with the Palestinians, then this was a good thing to have done,” the US president said of both the recognition of Jerusalem and the relocation of the US embassy to the city. “We took it off the table.In past negotiations, they never got past Jerusalem. Now Israel will have to pay a higher price, because it’s off the table. The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”Hanegbi, however, said, “The fundamental principles [over future negotiations] that have been presented by Prime Minister Netanyahu are accepted by the Trump administration.”According to those principles, which Hanegbi claims have vast support among the Israeli public, “under any future deal, only Israel will have responsibility over all of the Judea and Samaria area [the West Bank], and Jerusalem will be our eternal capital.”Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel of the Jewish Home party also rejected the US president’s suggestion that Israel would have to pay a price, but unlike Hanegbi, said the comments were reason for worry.“Not that we are fearful, but there is definitely concern,” Ariel told Army Radio.Nonetheless, Ariel continued, “The president said in his comments ‘if there is ever going to be peace.’ I suggest that we first wait for that ‘if ever,’ before making any concessions.”In May, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman acknowledged that Israel would likely pay “a price” for the embassy move, explaining, “There is no free lunch.” But, he added, “it is worth paying it. We should welcome, and be prepared, to pay a price.”Speaking to reporters near the end of a three-day trip to Israel, Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton said Wednesday the US president’s comments did not represent a change in the administration’s policy on peace negotiations or on Israel’s need to make concessions.But Zionist Union MK Eitan Cabel, responding to Ariel, said in a statement that Trump’s intentions were clear.“The right can try to deny it all they want but they know that Trump is going to demand concessions from Israel for his ‘deal of the century,’” Cabel said. “It is time for the right to give up its mistaken notion that if they just postpone and delay, the diplomatic issues will fix themselves.”The Trump administration said last week that neither Israelis nor Palestinian would be “fully pleased” with its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, whose contents are one of the most guarded secrets in Washington.Bolton declined to give a timeframe for when the plan may be unveiled, saying that while “work continues and there are a lot of consultations underway, there are no decisions on the details or when the plan will be announced.”
Bolton denies ‘quid pro quo’ in embassy move after Trump warns of ‘price’-US national security adviser downplays president's claim that 'the Palestinians will get something very good,' says no change in administration's policy-By Raoul Wootliff-TOI-AUG 23,18
A top adviser to US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that there was no “quid pro quo” involved in the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, hours after the president said that Israel will pay “a higher price” in peace talks with the Palestinians due to his recognition of the city as the Jewish state’s capital.Speaking to reporters near the end of his three-day trip to Israel, John Bolton said the president’s comments did not represent a change in the administration’s policy on peace negotiations or on Israel’s need to make concessions.“I don’t think there’s any change in policy. I think the president looked at the recognition of Jerusalem as being Israel’s capital and the inevitable consequence of that is that the US embassy ought to be in the capital city of the country which its accredited as the right and natural thing to do,” he said. “It’s not an issue of quid pro quo.”On Tuesday night, Trump told a campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia, that the Palestinians “will get something very good” in any future negotiations in return for the US having recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.“If there’s ever going to be peace with the Palestinians, then this was a good thing to have done,” the president said of both the recognition of Jerusalem and the relocation of the US embassy to the city. “We took it off the table. In past negotiations, they never got past Jerusalem. Now Israel will have to pay a higher price, because it’s off the table. The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”Bolton echoed the president in saying that the decision had removed Jerusalem as a contentious issue.“He’s made the point that this issue has been a hangup in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. And as he said last night as well, he’s taken that issue off the table,” Bolton said.In May, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman also acknowledged that Israel would likely pay “a price” for the embassy move, explaining, “There is no free lunch.” But, he added, “it is worth paying it. We should welcome, and be prepared, to pay a price.”Despite Trump’s assertions, Bolton suggested that the president was disappointed with the Palestinian response to the move.“As a deal maker he would expect that the Palestinians would say, ‘Okay, great, we didn’t get that one, now we want something else.’ We’ll see how it goes,” he said.Instead, Palestinian Authority officials have refused to meet with members of Trump’s cabinet, declaring them unfit to act as an honest mediator in negotiations.Bolton nonetheless said “the president did the right thing in moving the embassy to Israel’s capital, and that in and of itself brings reality to the negotiations.”“It was a very positive step forward not just for Israel, but for the Palestinians as well,” he insisted.Bolton remained tight-lipped about what such negotiations may entail or what the US may push for, saying it was “fundamental” that the two sides dictate the terms of talks and not a third party. “Any agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is going to require agreement of the parties, it’s not something the US is prepared to force on anybody,” he said.The Trump administration said last week that neither Israelis nor Palestinian would be “fully pleased” with its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, whose contents are one of the most guarded secrets in Washington.Bolton declined to give a time frame for when the plan may be unveiled, saying that while “work continues and there are a lot of consultations underway, there are no decisions on the details or when the plan will be announced.”Fielding a question about the US position towards Israel’s reportedly ongoing negotiations with the Hamas terror group towards a ceasefire in Gaza, Bolton lamented that “all the Palestinians have is a choice between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.”He said there are “a lot of prospects to find ways here to resolve some of these problems and give the people of Palestine, who have been used as agents by radical leaders over the years for their own political purposes, a chance for a decent life going forward.”
MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL EATS HUMANS FLESH FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL-JERUSALEM
EZEKIEL 39:11-12,18
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
EZEKIEL 39:17-21
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF RUSSIAN/ISLAMIC HORDES AGAINST ISRAEL)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
REVELATION 19:17-18
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;(AGAINST ALL NATIONS ARMIES THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL)
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
EZEKIEL 38:1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Top Iranian cleric threatens Tehran will target Israel if US attacks-'Any aggression against Iran will inflict costs not only on America, but also on Zionist regime,' Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warns-By Michael Bachner and TOI staff-AUG 23,18
A senior Iranian cleric on Wednesday warned that Tehran would target Israel if the United States harmed the Islamic Republic, continuing an escalating war of words over sanctions reimposed by Washington.“The costs of a possible US war on Iran will be definitely heavy for Americans, and any aggression against Iran will inflict costs not only on America, but also on its ally, the Zionist regime,” Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.In June, the deputy commander of Iran’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps boasted that Iranian-backed forces in Syria and Lebanon were awaiting orders to eradicate the “evil regime” of Israel.“We are creating might in Lebanon because we want to fight our enemy from there with all our strength,” he stated. “Hezbollah today has tremendous might on the ground that can on its own break the Zionist regime. The Zionist regime has no strategic-defensive depth.”In the speech for the anti-Israel al-Quds Day, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Hossein Salami said that “the life of the Zionist regime was never in danger as it is now.”The US has sold hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons to Iran’s regional rivals and has demanded that Tehran curb its ballistic missile program. It is in the process of reimposing crippling sanctions in a bid to force it to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear pact.In May, the US announced it was abandoning the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimposing nuclear-related sanctions, threatening global companies with heavy penalties if they continue to operate in Iran.In a bid to salvage the accord, the EU and European parties to the deal — Britain, France, and Germany — presented a series of economic “guarantees” to Iran last month, but they were deemed “insufficient” by Tehran.Khatami also dismissed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to hold talks with Tehran, claiming his administration wasn’t open to concessions.“Americans say you should accept what we say in the talks,” he charged, according to comments carried by Iran’s Mizan news agency and translated by Reuters. “So this is not negotiation, but dictatorship. The Islamic Republic and the Iranian nation would stand up against dictatorship.”Trump has offered talks on a “more comprehensive deal” but Iran has balked at negotiating under the pressure of sanctions and has instead leaned on its increasingly close ties with fellow US sanctions targets Turkey and Russia.The sanctions that went into effect earlier in August target US dollar financial transactions, Iran’s automotive sector, and the purchase of commercial planes and metals, including gold. Even stronger sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector and central bank are to be reimposed in early November.AFP and Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.
Russia says its air force has killed ‘over 86,000 militants’ in Syria-Figure constitutes over one-quarter of total estimated deaths in civil war; Russian defense ministry says 63,000 troops have fought in country-By AFP-AUG 23,18
MOSCOW — Russia has sent over 63,000 troops to Syria over the course of its involvement in the conflict, the Russian defense ministry said Wednesday.The ministry said Wednesday that the Russian air force had conducted more than 39,000 sorties that killed “over 86,000 militants” and destroyed 121,466 “terrorist targets.”A total of 63,012 Russian personnel have “received combat experience” in the war-torn country, the ministry said in a video about Russia’s campaign to support the Syrian regime dating back to September 2015.This number includes 25,738 ranking officers and 434 generals as well as 4,349 artillery and rocket specialists, it said.Previously Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu said in December 2017 that over 48,000 military personnel had taken part in the Syrian campaign.President Vladimir Putin in December last year ordered his armed forces to pull the bulk of troops out of Syria.But the Russian president later clarified that the military would remain in Syria for “as long as it is beneficial” and was not planning to withdraw yet.It said its forces had tested 231 types of modern weaponry in Syria including aircraft, surface-to-air systems, cruise missiles and others.The video made no mention of Russia’s civilian or military casualties in the conflict.Moscow’s intervention in the multi-front war in Syria in support of President Bashar Assad has been a turning point in the conflict.Since it started in 2011, Syria’s war has killed more than 350,000 and displaced millions.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
German minister calls for payments system independent of US to aid Iran deal-Heiko Maas sees Europe taking a 'balanced share of responsibility' to be 'a counterbalance when the US crosses red lines'-By Geir Moulson-TOI-AUG 23,18
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister is calling for Europe to create a payments system independent of the United States, a move that could help keep alive the nuclear deal with Iran following the withdrawal of the US.Heiko Maas’s suggestion was part of a wider-ranging piece for Wednesday’s edition of the daily Handelsblatt on Germany’s future strategy toward the US. He said he envisions Europe taking a “balanced share of responsibility” and being “a counterbalance when the US crosses red lines.”Chancellor Angela Merkel responded cautiously, noting that cooperation with Washington is important in combating terror financing.Though Maas conceded that the US and Europe have been drifting apart since well before Donald Trump’s presidency, he criticized recent decisions such as Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.Germany, France and Britain, the European signatories to the 2015 agreement, have vowed to keep it alive in the face of new US sanctions against Tehran.“In this situation, it is of strategic significance that we say clearly to Washington: We want to work together, but we will not allow you to act over our heads to our detriment,” Maas wrote.“That is why it was right to legally protect European companies from sanctions,” he added.“That is why it is indispensable to strengthen European autonomy by setting up payment channels that are independent of the US, creating a European monetary fund and setting up an independent SWIFT system.”He didn’t elaborate. SWIFT is the system overseeing international bank transfers.Separately, there has been talk for some time of upgrading a bailout fund cobbled together during Europe’s debt crisis into a full-fledged European monetary fund to assist troubled countries.He also said that Europe must “expose fake news as such,” renewing Germany’s argument that, if trade isn’t reduced to goods, Europe rather than the US has a deficit.Merkel said Maas’ article was an “important contribution,” reflecting her own previous statements that trans-Atlantic relations are changing and that Europe “must to some extent take its fate in its own hands.”However, she said Maas’ article wasn’t coordinated with her, and sounded skeptical about the idea of independent payment systems. Maas is a member of the center-left Social Democrats, the junior partner in the conservative Merkel’s coalition government.“We do face some problems in dealing with Iran, for example, no question about that,” she told reporters in Berlin.“But on the other hand, we also know that on questions of terror financing, for example … we need a close partnership with the United States,” she added.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Hurricane Lane now at Category 4 as it heads toward Hawaii-[Associated Press]-JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER-YAHOONEWS-August 23, 2018
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a hurricane churned toward the state.The National Weather Service said Wednesday that Hurricane Lane had weakened to a Category 4 hurricane, but those hurricanes with winds of more than 130 mph (209 kph) or above can still cause catastrophic damage.More weakening was predicted, but the weather service said that "Lane is forecast to remain a dangerous hurricane as it draws closer to the Hawaiian Islands."The hurricane was about 465 miles (804 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu before dawn Wednesday and The National Weather Service extended a hurricane warning for Hawaii's Big Island to include the island of Maui.Meteorologist Melissa Dye shortly before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday said the hurricane was 320 miles (515 kilometers) southeast of Hilo and moving north-northwest at about 9 mph (15 kph)."We are starting to see some of the rain show up on the Big Island radar," she said. Offshore buoys also had detected wave action associated with the storm.The weather service in a special statement said tropical-storm-force winds could begin as early as Wednesday afternoon or evening on the Big Island.A hurricane watch remained in effect for Oahu and other smaller islands, meaning tropical storm-force winds, excessive rain and large swells could arrive starting Wednesday.There's uncertainty to Lane's path, said meteorologist Gavin Shigesato."It is much too early to confidently determine which, if any, of the main Hawaiian islands will be directly impacted by Lane," the weather service said.But the hurricane center said the storm will move very close to or over the islands from Thursday through Saturday. Even if the center of Lane doesn't make landfall, the islands could be walloped with rain and wind.Public schools on the Big Island and in Maui County are closed Wednesday until further notice.Hawaii Gov. David Ige is allowing non-essential state employees on the Big Island and Maui to go on administrative leave from Wednesday to Friday as Hurricane Lane approaches. Employees on Hawaii and Maui islands who work in disaster response as well as in hospitals and prisons are required to report to their jobs, the governor said.Longtime Hawaii residents recalled a devastating 1992 hurricane as they prepared for Hurricane Lane.Kauai resident Mike Miranda was 12 when Hurricane Iniki devastated the island 26 years ago. "A lot of people are comparing the similarities between Iniki and Lane," he said.Iniki's turn into the islands was sudden, he recalled."I remember how very little rain fell. But I remember the wind being the strongest force of nature I've ever witnessed and probably the scariest sounds I've ever heard in my life," he said.Utility poles were down all over the island, and his 7th-grade classes were held in Army tents for several months.Miranda said his family is used to preparing for hurricane season."A lot of people who moved here and never experienced a hurricane . they're the ones rushing to the store," he said.___Associated Press writer Dan Joling in Anchorage, Alaska, contributed to this report.
Rattled quake survivors mark Muslim festival on Indonesian island-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-August 23, 2018
KEKAIT, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors on the Indonesian island of Lombok celebrated the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday in makeshift camps on Wednesday, in a rare moment of joy after weeks of strong tremors that have killed more than 500 people.The evacuees prayed, chanted and feasted together, marking the festival of sacrifice in open rice fields and under tents. Many communities received extra livestock as donations for the ritual of animal sacrifice, residents said."In the past, the meat was distributed by the mosque to people in need but now we are all equal, there’s no differences between the rich and the poor," said Rafiqah, whose family lost its home in one of the quakes."What is important is we are together in one evacuation camp," she added.The jolts that rocked the island, which is popular with tourists for its beaches, flattened entire villages and many mosques in the north, forcing more than 350,000 people to flee their homes for fear of aftershocks.The earthquakes caused at least $340 million in damage, authorities said last week, and relief and reconstruction efforts were underway. [nL4N1V42P6] (Writing by Kanupriya Kapoor, editing by Andrei Khalip)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Conservative Party releases immigration plan as debate continues-YAHOONEWS-AUG 23,18-[CBC]
The Conservative Party released what it's calling a "fair, orderly and compassionate" vision for Canada's immigration plan, amidst a tense, national — and internal — debate on the issue.Critic Michelle Rempel and her colleague Gerard Deltell outlined how their party would handle the immigration file in Ottawa Wednesday morning, making it clear immigration will be a key election campaign issue in 2019."We need to bring it back to policy," said Rempel, who argued the Liberal government "has treated setting the number of immigrants allowed into Canada like an auction," and without ensuring they can work in Canada.The planks of the Conservative's principles are to encourage immigrants to become self-sufficient, prioritize the most vulnerable when it comes to humanitarian immigration, and match the skills of economic migrants with industries that need workers in Canada.Rempel said the party will tour the country over the next year to help shape its policies , including closing the loophole on the Safe Third Country Agreement.Rempel wouldn't say how much a Conservative government would reduce the number of immigrants accepted each year, but said she feels the levels are currently arbitrarily set.Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen called it "empty criticism for the sake of criticism." "I haven't see seen anything here today that convinces me that they've changed the channel," he said. "When they were asked repeatedly whether they think our numbers are too high or too low, five times they they couldn't answer that question."Heckler, Bernier questions-The Tories' announcement comes as the prime minister deals with a flurry of reaction to his handling of a heckler who shouted questions at him during a rally in Quebec last week.The heckler asked him whether the federal government would repay Quebec for costs it has incurred as a result of an influx of "illegal immigrants" coming over the Canada-U.S. border, and if he's tolerant of "Québécois de souche," meaning white French Quebecers.In French, Trudeau told her "your racism has no place here."Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer accused Trudeau of resorting to personal attacks because he did not like being questioned about the issue.The woman was later identified by La Presse Canadienne as Diane Blain, a member of Storm Alliance, a nationalist group that has advocated against immigration."I'm not a Québécois so I don't understand the term at large, but if it holds offence to people and it's not productive towards maintaining Canadian pluralism, then of course I don't support that," she said.The Conservative Party has also been dealing with the issue internally.Last week Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, who challenged Scheer for the leadership role, took to Twitter to condemn the Liberal approach to multiculturalism, warning "ever more" diversity is leading to the ghettoization of minorities and fostering a culture of government dependence.His tweet storm sparked rebuke from within his caucus and from the leader, who said Bernier "holds no official role in caucus and does not speak for the Conservative Party of Canada on any issue."Bernier noted the timing on Twitter Wednesday morning."So, after disavowing me last week for raising the issue and telling me to shut up, my colleagues have just realized that this is something Canadians find important and want to hear about? Great example of strong leadership," he said.Rempel tried to further distance herself from Bernier's tweets."Max has never come to talk to me about immigration," said Rempel. "My colleague has a choice to make. Does he want Andrew Scheer to win or Justin Trudeau to win?"The topic is expected to dominate the Conservatives' biennial policy convention in Halifax later this week.
Tories To Reveal Immigration Policy As Bernier Calls For Fewer Immigrants-[HuffPost Canada]-Althia Raj-YAHOONEWS-August 22, 2018
OTTAWA — The Conservatives are scheduled to release their immigration policy Wednesday morning in Ottawa, HuffPost Canada has learned, just as former leadership candidate Maxime Bernier says he'd like to see fewer immigrants accepted into Canada.Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel and Quebec MP Gérard Deltell will speak to reporters as Tory delegates prepare to meet in to Halifax on Thursday for the party's biennial convention.For more than a week, Tory members have been thrown into an explosive debate on diversity — led by Bernier's controversial tweets — and now the Conservatives' own response to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling a woman with clear ties to white nationalist groups that her comments were racist.Several Conservative MPs suggested Trudeau had gone too far in calling the woman a racist. They said that she was simply asking a question about the millions spent on border crossers and that it was no way to treat an elderly citizen.Former public safety minister Steven Blaney, for example, tweeted in French that: "The arrogant attitude of Justin Trudeau, to treat as racist a citizen that was asking a simple question is inadmissible. He must apologize!"Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tweeted on Tuesday that "this is not the first time Trudeau has responded to criticism with demonizing attacks.""By sweeping away legitimate questions on his failed border policy with vile personal insults, it is Trudeau himself who is guilty of polarizing the debate. No one has done more to divide Canadians than he has," the Tory leader wrote.-Internal debate among senior Tories-Last Thursday, Diane Blain asked Trudeau at a Liberal corn roast whether he would give Quebecers back the $146 million he'd spent for his illegal immigrants. He told her intolerance wasn't welcome. Later, when she demanded to know if he was intolerant towards "Québécois de souche" — roughly translated as old-stock Quebecers, the prime minister told her that her comments were racist and not welcome at a Liberal event.The term "Québécois de souche" refers to white French Canadians who consider themselves descendents of the first arrivals.A senior Conservative said the party wanted to address the immigration issue before 3,000 Tories gather, lest the issue dominate the convention.They have to pull it back as quickly as possible.Another Tory told HuffPost that there was an internal debate among the senior team about the tone the discussion has taken — that they don't want to be associated with condoning any racism."They have to pull it back as quickly as possible. That's why they are doing it, so the convention isn't all on immigration."Bernier tweeted on Tuesday that the Tories should accept fewer newcomers than the Liberals' target of 340,000 by 2020."Successful immigration depends on social acceptability and the maintenance of social harmony," Bernier wrote. "Many people have asked how do I know that there is "too much diversity." When I see that half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high, I know we've reached that point."Successful immigration depends on social acceptability and the maintenance of social harmony. Many people have asked how do I know that there is "too much diversity." When I see that half of Canadians believe immigration levels are too high, I know we've reached that point.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018 -Calling "too high" levels of immigration, a big government "social engineering" plan for ideological and electoral purposes, Bernier outlined in series of tweets what he'd like to see in his party's policy:1/ Our immigration policy should not aim to forcibly change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada, as radical proponents of multiculturalism want. Of course, society is transformed by immigration. But this has to be done organically and gradually.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018.2/ At too high a level, immigration ceases to be a tool to economically benefit Canadians, and it turns instead into a burden. It becomes essentially a big-government policy of social engineering for ideological and electoral purposes.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018 3/ The vast majority of Canadians rightly expect immigrants to learn about our history and culture, master one of our official languages, and adopt widely shared Canadian values. Instead of spending M$ on multiculturalism programs, we should focus on integration.— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) August 21, 2018.
