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COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE ENEMIES OF THE WEST
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
PSALMS 83:3-7 (COUNTRIES AGAINST ISRAEL)(EXCEPT JORDAN)
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
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)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
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.
Worshipers and police crowd Western Wall for priestly blessing-Tens of thousands pack Jerusalem holy site for ceremony; security forces boosted amid holiday tensions-By Raoul Wootliff and Times of Israel staff April 25, 2016, 5:48 am Updated: April 25, 2016, 10:25 am
Tens of thousands of people thronged to the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City under heavy police guard for a twice-annual mass blessing ceremony Monday morning.Police said tens of thousands of people packed the Western Wall plaza, as security forces were bolstered amid sky-high tensions over a fresh outbreak of violence connected to increased Jewish visits to the nearby Temple Mount holy site for the Passover holiday.The blessing ceremony, which sees male descendants of the Kohanim priestly caste gather to bestow benediction, involves the raising of hands in a form similar to the “Vulcan salute” which Leonard Nimoy borrowed from Judaism for his “Star Trek” role as Mr. Spock. Those conducting the blessing also cover their heads with prayer shawls.The blessing is performed daily by devout Jews at synagogues throughout the country, and mass ceremonies are held at the Western Wall on the holidays of Passover and Sukkot.Last year, 50,000 Jews gathered at the Western Wall for the priestly blessing.The Western Wall is the closest spot to the Temple Mount where Jews can pray. Though allowed to visit the Mount, where Jews believe the two ancient Jewish temples stood, Jews are not allowed to pray and increased Jewish visits often spark tensions.Police said two Jewish visitors were ejected from the site Monday morning. On Sunday, 13 Jewish visitors were removed from the esplanade, known as the Haram al-Sharif to Muslims.Amid concerns of a terror attack on the worshipers, and fearing general unrest, police have bolstered security in Jerusalem for the ongoing festival of Passover this week.During Passover, one of three Jewish pilgrimage holidays, tens of thousands of Jews flock to the Old City, including many who visit the Temple Mount.Israel fears these visits could trigger renewed Palestinian unrest, which has appeared to subside in recent weeks after six months of intense street violence.In total, 3,500 officers will be patrolling the capital throughout the week, police said, after tensions surged last week following a bus bombing — the first in the capital in over a decade.In total 1,043 people visited the site Sunday, of whom 168 were Israeli Jews and the rest foreign tourists, police said, not including Muslim worshipers.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week Israel would deploy reinforcements around the Temple Mount during Passover to prevent “riots.”“As Passover approaches, all sorts of extremists will spread lies about our policy concerning the Temple Mount,” he said.Police have said they intend to allow Jewish visits to the site to continue as normal during the holiday, though they won’t allow disturbances.“We will not allow disturbances of public order or security, and we will act decisively against anyone who tries to do so,” police spokesperson Luba Samri said in a statement Sunday morning.On Friday police detained 10 Jewish men suspected of planning to sacrifice goats on the Mount in honor of the Passover holiday.In ancient times, Jews used to sacrifice a lamb on Passover Eve and eat it as part of the traditional Seder meal. Nearly all Jews forgo this ritual today.The Temple Mount has been at the center of months-long tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, who fear growing Jewish presence at the site that is also home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Knesset members and ministers have been banned from entering the Temple Mount compound over Passover “for security reasons.”A US-brokered plan to place cameras on the Temple Mount in a bid to calm tensions appeared to fall apart last week after Jordan, which is custodian of the site, said that Palestinians had protested the placement of recording devices.Israel has said it still wants the cameras.AP, AFP contributed to this report.
Iran threatens US with ICJ over payment to families of terror victims-Zarif says Tehran doesn’t recognize Supreme Court ruling that hands over $2b. of frozen Iranian funds-By AFP April 26, 2016, 12:15 am-the times of israel
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran threatened Monday to take legal action in the International Court of Justice against the United States if $2 billion of its frozen funds are “diverted” to compensate the families of victims of attacks.On Thursday, Tehran said the US Supreme Court’s decision to deduct $2 billion from its frozen assets to compensate American victims of “terror” attacks amounted to theft.“We hold the US administration responsible for preservation of Iranian funds and if they are plundered, we will lodge a complaint with the ICJ for reparation,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said.He was speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Macedonian counterpart Nicolas Poposki.The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Iran must hand over nearly $2 billion in frozen assets to survivors and relatives of those killed in attacks blamed on the Islamic republic.These included the 1983 bombing of a US Marine barracks in Beirut and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia.The decision affects more than 1,000 Americans.The official IRNA news agency on Monday cited Zarif as saying in English that if such a ruling were applied, it would be “misappropriation” of Iranian funds.“We have announced since the beginning that Iranian government does not recognize the US extraterritorial law and consider the US court ruling to blockade Iranian funds null and void and in gross violation of the International Law,” he said.The US court’s decision comes at a time of hopes for better ties between longtime foes Tehran and Washington, following a nuclear agreement last year between Iran, the United States and five other major powers.
Iran eyes Czech help in building new nuclear plants-Tehran also plans cooperation with European Union on atomic center to benefit regional countries-By Stuart Winer and Agencies April 25, 2016, 11:06 pm-the times of israel
Iran is seeking expertise from European countries to help advance its civilian nuclear program, and is hoping to sign up the Czech Republic to build new nuclear power plants as well as develop cooperation with the European Union.Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said that countries with long experience in the field of nuclear energy are of particular interest, the semi-official Iranian Fars news agency reported on Monday.“After so many years of not being able to make trips with such aims, we now intend to expand our cooperation with s few European countries that have the nuclear technology,” Kamalvandi said.“Perhaps, there are only 20 countries that have access to nuclear knowledge, and some of them, such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, have been in the business for decades,” he noted. “That’s why we want to cooperate with them.”Last July, Iran signed a nuclear agreement with world powers in which it committed to dismantling weapons-capable parts of its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of strict financial sanctions that had impacted the Iranian economy.AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi is scheduled to visit the Czech Republic next week, and then head to Slovakia for talks on proposals for nuclear power plants.Salehi told journalists in Tehran on Sunday that Iran is holding discussions with the European Union on nuclear cooperation, including a joint project at the Fordo uranium enrichment plant.“Various talks and visits have been made between Iran and certain European states after the nuclear deal and this time we are witnessing the presence of an EU delegation within this framework,” Salehi said after meeting the EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic.“We have held good talks with the EU delegation on nuclear cooperation, which can start from the Fordo site,” Salehi noted, according to Fars. He said that Tehran and the EU plan to set up an advanced nuclear center to provide services for Iran and other countries in the region.Under the terms of the July 2015 nuclear deal, Iran agreed to convert the Fordo site into a research facility and remove about two-thirds of all its installed centrifuges as well as significant infrastructure.Earlier this month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said nuclear cooperation was on the agenda during a one-day visit by a delegation headed by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.Last week, AEOI spokesman Kamalvandi said Tehran and the European Union are set to sign a deal on nuclear cooperation for civilian purposes, Fars reported.“Cooperation has started in practice and we have exchanged delegations with the EU, China, South Korea, Japan, the far East and countries which enjoy nuclear technology, whose number is not so high; we will interact with all of them and a document is due to be endorsed with the EU which is being compiled,” Kamalvandi said.Meanwhile, Reuters on Monday quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was in negotiations with Moscow to sell it 40 tons of heavy water from its nuclear program.Citing Fars, Reuters quoted comments made by Araghchi the day before, when he announced that the US has already bought some of the heavy water and other countries were taking an interest.“We are negotiating with Russia to sell 40 tonnes of heavy water,” Araghchi also said.Under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, which Araghchi helped to negotiate, Iran agreed to get rid of its stockpile of heavy water. Although heavy water is not radioactive, it is used in the process of making an atomic bomb.According to Reuters, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Moscow was mulling the idea.
US ready to offer Israel largest aid package in history-Amid push by senators, White House official says talks with Israeli officials ongoing to secure ‘largest single pledge’ of military assistance-By Raoul Wootliff and Times of Israel staff April 26, 2016, 5:28 am
A White House official indicated on Monday that the Obama administration was ready to offer Israel the largest military aid package offered to any country over the course of US history.Amid a push by a large majority of senators to increase foreign aid to Israel, a White House official told Reuters: “We are prepared to sign an MOU [memorandum of understanding] with Israel that would constitute the largest single pledge of military assistance to any country in US history.”The official said discussions with Israel were ongoing on a memorandum of understanding that would increase US military aid to Israel for the next 10 years, due to be renewed before 2018.More than 80 of the 100 sitting US senators signed a letter Monday calling on President Barack Obama to increase aid to Israel and immediately sign an agreement on a new defense package. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is not one of the 83 signatories.“In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement to help provide Israel the resources it requires to defend itself and preserve its qualitative military edge,” said the letter, which was seen by Reuters.Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Chris Coons were behind the letter, which was signed by 51 Republican and 32 Democratic senators.Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz was one of the signatories, while Sanders was not.Due to expire in 2018, the current aid package stands at $3 billion annually, and, according to reports, Israel wants to up the amount to $5 billion annually. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted he may wait to negotiate with Obama’s successor to try and secure a better deal.Israel welcomed the reports but did not comment on the status of talks over the deal.Speaking to The Times of Israel last month, chairman of the Senate’s Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Lindsey Graham vowed to “do everything I can to squeeze some money out of a tight budget to help increase funding for Israel.”“Israel has to decide what to do and when to do it. But I can say this: we’ll have more money this year than potentially next year, because sequestration kicks back in,” he explained, referring to spending cuts the US federal government enacted in 2013.During a visit to Israel last month, US Vice President Joe Biden reportedly warned Netanyahu that the aid package will be less than what Jerusalem seeks, but offered reassurances the amount would reflect the security needs of the country.During Biden’s meeting with Netanyahu, described by an Israeli official as “friendly, cordial and warm,” the vice president urged the prime minister to accept the offer, assuring him the agreement could always be amended at a later date.“In the past we’ve known how to make adjustments to agreements after they’ve been signed,” he said according to Channel 10, which cited senior Israeli officials.The Prime Minister’s Office could not confirm the content of the report.In November, Israel was said to have completed its “shopping list” of desired American military materiel, which reportedly included a request for V-22 Ospreys, planes believed capable of reaching Iran.Israel also reportedly sought the V-22s from the US in 2012 when contemplating a strike on Iran’s Fordo enrichment facility, but later decided not to purchase due to budgetary restraints.Under a separate budgetary hierarchy, the US administration is understood to be well-disposed to ensure funding for Israel’s missile defense systems — maintaining and improving the Iron Dome (short-range missile interceptor) and the Arrow (long range) systems, and deploying David’s Sling (medium range), to ensure Israel can counter threats from neighboring Gaza, south Lebanon and Syria, as well as from an Iran that is relentlessly developing its ballistic missile systems.The US has either jointly developed or financed all three of the programs-Judah Ari Gross and Raphael Ahren contributed to this report.
3,700-year-old scarab seal found by birdwatcher near Haifa-Egyptian artifact believed to have belonged to very senior figure in Thirteenth Pharaonic dynasty in 18th century BCE-By Times of Israel staff April 25, 2016, 4:29 am
Haifa University announced on Sunday the discovery of a rare 3,700-year-old scarab seal found at Tel Dor, an important ancient port on the coast south of Haifa.The amulet was found by a birdwatcher, who gave it to university archaeologists on site. The object was exposed after heavy rains last winter.The seal is believed to have belonged to an Egyptian official of the Thirteenth Pharaonic dynasty dating as far back as the 18th century BCE.His name, which appears on the amulet, has not yet been deciphered, but his position “who is over the treasury” in hieroglyphics are clear, according to the university.“The scarab belonged to a very senior figure in the kingdom, probably the viceroy responsible for the royal treasury,” Ayelet Gilboa of the University of Haifa, co-head of excavations at Tel Dor, said in a statement.“The role of the seal’s owner was similar to that of Joseph in Pharaoh’s kingdom after he interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams,’ she said.Tel Dor was a key port city for thousands of years, according to Haifa University, until the Romans built Caesaria.Excavators suggest two possible theories for how the scarab might have reached Tel Dor. The first has the viceroy or a representative visiting Tel Dor. The second theory suggests the scarab arrived at a much later time, perhaps when there was a demand for Egyptian antiques during the Roman period.“Since the scarab had rolled off the mound and was not found in its archaeological context, we will probably never really know when and how it got here and where it has been,” Gilboa said, as quoted in Ynet.A university spokesperson said the item was found several months ago, but was only cleaned up and cataloged in time for Passover.
Mexican president urges expats: Stop Trump bid by following Jewish example of unity-Controversial presidential candidate has sparked outrage for anti-immigrants rhetoric and campaign pledge to build a wall along southern US border-By JTA April 26, 2016, 2:45 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico called on Mexicans in the United States to follow the Jewish community’s example and unite to defend their interests in an urgent effort to defeat Donald Trump.The call was announced by the newly appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States, Carlos Manuel Sada, during an interview last week with the Noticanarias news portal, and made headlines in the Latin American Jewish press.Unity among the 35 million Mexicans and their descendants in the United States — including 6 million residents, as many undocumented workers and another 23 million US-born descendants — is urgent, Sada added, due to the rise of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.“Trump’s latest speech after his victory in New York mentioned Mexico again, which makes us vulnerable, certainly because we haven’t had a systematic strategy, which is part of a new strategy we are launching,” Sada said. “We’ll find models for promotion, dissemination and communication.”All 58 Mexican consulates in the US will join the effort in a special public relations campaign aimed at strengthening Mexico’s image and responding to distorted, biased attacks during the electoral period in America, he added.Last month, Pena Nieto compared Trump’s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, and said it has hurt US-Mexico relations.Trump has sparked outrage in Mexico with his campaign pledge to build a wall along the southern US border to keep out illegal immigrants and drugs, and to make Mexico pay for the construction. He also accused Mexico of sending rapists and drug runners across the border, and vowed to increase fees on some Mexican visas and all border crossing cards to help make Mexico pay for the proposed wall.“There have been episodes in human history, unfortunately, where these expressions of this strident rhetoric have only led to very ominous situations in the history of humanity,” Pena Nieto said last month. “That’s how Mussolini got in, that’s how Hitler got in; they took advantage of a situation, a problem perhaps, which humanity was going through at the time, after an economic crisis.”During his visit to Mexico in February, US Vice President Joe Biden came close to offering an apology for comments about Mexico and Mexican immigrants made by Republicans on the campaign trail.
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
PSALMS 83:3-7 (COUNTRIES AGAINST ISRAEL)(EXCEPT JORDAN)
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
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)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
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.
Worshipers and police crowd Western Wall for priestly blessing-Tens of thousands pack Jerusalem holy site for ceremony; security forces boosted amid holiday tensions-By Raoul Wootliff and Times of Israel staff April 25, 2016, 5:48 am Updated: April 25, 2016, 10:25 am
Tens of thousands of people thronged to the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City under heavy police guard for a twice-annual mass blessing ceremony Monday morning.Police said tens of thousands of people packed the Western Wall plaza, as security forces were bolstered amid sky-high tensions over a fresh outbreak of violence connected to increased Jewish visits to the nearby Temple Mount holy site for the Passover holiday.The blessing ceremony, which sees male descendants of the Kohanim priestly caste gather to bestow benediction, involves the raising of hands in a form similar to the “Vulcan salute” which Leonard Nimoy borrowed from Judaism for his “Star Trek” role as Mr. Spock. Those conducting the blessing also cover their heads with prayer shawls.The blessing is performed daily by devout Jews at synagogues throughout the country, and mass ceremonies are held at the Western Wall on the holidays of Passover and Sukkot.Last year, 50,000 Jews gathered at the Western Wall for the priestly blessing.The Western Wall is the closest spot to the Temple Mount where Jews can pray. Though allowed to visit the Mount, where Jews believe the two ancient Jewish temples stood, Jews are not allowed to pray and increased Jewish visits often spark tensions.Police said two Jewish visitors were ejected from the site Monday morning. On Sunday, 13 Jewish visitors were removed from the esplanade, known as the Haram al-Sharif to Muslims.Amid concerns of a terror attack on the worshipers, and fearing general unrest, police have bolstered security in Jerusalem for the ongoing festival of Passover this week.During Passover, one of three Jewish pilgrimage holidays, tens of thousands of Jews flock to the Old City, including many who visit the Temple Mount.Israel fears these visits could trigger renewed Palestinian unrest, which has appeared to subside in recent weeks after six months of intense street violence.In total, 3,500 officers will be patrolling the capital throughout the week, police said, after tensions surged last week following a bus bombing — the first in the capital in over a decade.In total 1,043 people visited the site Sunday, of whom 168 were Israeli Jews and the rest foreign tourists, police said, not including Muslim worshipers.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week Israel would deploy reinforcements around the Temple Mount during Passover to prevent “riots.”“As Passover approaches, all sorts of extremists will spread lies about our policy concerning the Temple Mount,” he said.Police have said they intend to allow Jewish visits to the site to continue as normal during the holiday, though they won’t allow disturbances.“We will not allow disturbances of public order or security, and we will act decisively against anyone who tries to do so,” police spokesperson Luba Samri said in a statement Sunday morning.On Friday police detained 10 Jewish men suspected of planning to sacrifice goats on the Mount in honor of the Passover holiday.In ancient times, Jews used to sacrifice a lamb on Passover Eve and eat it as part of the traditional Seder meal. Nearly all Jews forgo this ritual today.The Temple Mount has been at the center of months-long tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, who fear growing Jewish presence at the site that is also home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Knesset members and ministers have been banned from entering the Temple Mount compound over Passover “for security reasons.”A US-brokered plan to place cameras on the Temple Mount in a bid to calm tensions appeared to fall apart last week after Jordan, which is custodian of the site, said that Palestinians had protested the placement of recording devices.Israel has said it still wants the cameras.AP, AFP contributed to this report.
Iran threatens US with ICJ over payment to families of terror victims-Zarif says Tehran doesn’t recognize Supreme Court ruling that hands over $2b. of frozen Iranian funds-By AFP April 26, 2016, 12:15 am-the times of israel
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran threatened Monday to take legal action in the International Court of Justice against the United States if $2 billion of its frozen funds are “diverted” to compensate the families of victims of attacks.On Thursday, Tehran said the US Supreme Court’s decision to deduct $2 billion from its frozen assets to compensate American victims of “terror” attacks amounted to theft.“We hold the US administration responsible for preservation of Iranian funds and if they are plundered, we will lodge a complaint with the ICJ for reparation,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said.He was speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Macedonian counterpart Nicolas Poposki.The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Iran must hand over nearly $2 billion in frozen assets to survivors and relatives of those killed in attacks blamed on the Islamic republic.These included the 1983 bombing of a US Marine barracks in Beirut and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia.The decision affects more than 1,000 Americans.The official IRNA news agency on Monday cited Zarif as saying in English that if such a ruling were applied, it would be “misappropriation” of Iranian funds.“We have announced since the beginning that Iranian government does not recognize the US extraterritorial law and consider the US court ruling to blockade Iranian funds null and void and in gross violation of the International Law,” he said.The US court’s decision comes at a time of hopes for better ties between longtime foes Tehran and Washington, following a nuclear agreement last year between Iran, the United States and five other major powers.
Iran eyes Czech help in building new nuclear plants-Tehran also plans cooperation with European Union on atomic center to benefit regional countries-By Stuart Winer and Agencies April 25, 2016, 11:06 pm-the times of israel
Iran is seeking expertise from European countries to help advance its civilian nuclear program, and is hoping to sign up the Czech Republic to build new nuclear power plants as well as develop cooperation with the European Union.Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said that countries with long experience in the field of nuclear energy are of particular interest, the semi-official Iranian Fars news agency reported on Monday.“After so many years of not being able to make trips with such aims, we now intend to expand our cooperation with s few European countries that have the nuclear technology,” Kamalvandi said.“Perhaps, there are only 20 countries that have access to nuclear knowledge, and some of them, such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, have been in the business for decades,” he noted. “That’s why we want to cooperate with them.”Last July, Iran signed a nuclear agreement with world powers in which it committed to dismantling weapons-capable parts of its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of strict financial sanctions that had impacted the Iranian economy.AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi is scheduled to visit the Czech Republic next week, and then head to Slovakia for talks on proposals for nuclear power plants.Salehi told journalists in Tehran on Sunday that Iran is holding discussions with the European Union on nuclear cooperation, including a joint project at the Fordo uranium enrichment plant.“Various talks and visits have been made between Iran and certain European states after the nuclear deal and this time we are witnessing the presence of an EU delegation within this framework,” Salehi said after meeting the EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic.“We have held good talks with the EU delegation on nuclear cooperation, which can start from the Fordo site,” Salehi noted, according to Fars. He said that Tehran and the EU plan to set up an advanced nuclear center to provide services for Iran and other countries in the region.Under the terms of the July 2015 nuclear deal, Iran agreed to convert the Fordo site into a research facility and remove about two-thirds of all its installed centrifuges as well as significant infrastructure.Earlier this month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said nuclear cooperation was on the agenda during a one-day visit by a delegation headed by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.Last week, AEOI spokesman Kamalvandi said Tehran and the European Union are set to sign a deal on nuclear cooperation for civilian purposes, Fars reported.“Cooperation has started in practice and we have exchanged delegations with the EU, China, South Korea, Japan, the far East and countries which enjoy nuclear technology, whose number is not so high; we will interact with all of them and a document is due to be endorsed with the EU which is being compiled,” Kamalvandi said.Meanwhile, Reuters on Monday quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was in negotiations with Moscow to sell it 40 tons of heavy water from its nuclear program.Citing Fars, Reuters quoted comments made by Araghchi the day before, when he announced that the US has already bought some of the heavy water and other countries were taking an interest.“We are negotiating with Russia to sell 40 tonnes of heavy water,” Araghchi also said.Under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, which Araghchi helped to negotiate, Iran agreed to get rid of its stockpile of heavy water. Although heavy water is not radioactive, it is used in the process of making an atomic bomb.According to Reuters, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Moscow was mulling the idea.
US ready to offer Israel largest aid package in history-Amid push by senators, White House official says talks with Israeli officials ongoing to secure ‘largest single pledge’ of military assistance-By Raoul Wootliff and Times of Israel staff April 26, 2016, 5:28 am
A White House official indicated on Monday that the Obama administration was ready to offer Israel the largest military aid package offered to any country over the course of US history.Amid a push by a large majority of senators to increase foreign aid to Israel, a White House official told Reuters: “We are prepared to sign an MOU [memorandum of understanding] with Israel that would constitute the largest single pledge of military assistance to any country in US history.”The official said discussions with Israel were ongoing on a memorandum of understanding that would increase US military aid to Israel for the next 10 years, due to be renewed before 2018.More than 80 of the 100 sitting US senators signed a letter Monday calling on President Barack Obama to increase aid to Israel and immediately sign an agreement on a new defense package. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is not one of the 83 signatories.“In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement to help provide Israel the resources it requires to defend itself and preserve its qualitative military edge,” said the letter, which was seen by Reuters.Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Chris Coons were behind the letter, which was signed by 51 Republican and 32 Democratic senators.Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz was one of the signatories, while Sanders was not.Due to expire in 2018, the current aid package stands at $3 billion annually, and, according to reports, Israel wants to up the amount to $5 billion annually. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted he may wait to negotiate with Obama’s successor to try and secure a better deal.Israel welcomed the reports but did not comment on the status of talks over the deal.Speaking to The Times of Israel last month, chairman of the Senate’s Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Lindsey Graham vowed to “do everything I can to squeeze some money out of a tight budget to help increase funding for Israel.”“Israel has to decide what to do and when to do it. But I can say this: we’ll have more money this year than potentially next year, because sequestration kicks back in,” he explained, referring to spending cuts the US federal government enacted in 2013.During a visit to Israel last month, US Vice President Joe Biden reportedly warned Netanyahu that the aid package will be less than what Jerusalem seeks, but offered reassurances the amount would reflect the security needs of the country.During Biden’s meeting with Netanyahu, described by an Israeli official as “friendly, cordial and warm,” the vice president urged the prime minister to accept the offer, assuring him the agreement could always be amended at a later date.“In the past we’ve known how to make adjustments to agreements after they’ve been signed,” he said according to Channel 10, which cited senior Israeli officials.The Prime Minister’s Office could not confirm the content of the report.In November, Israel was said to have completed its “shopping list” of desired American military materiel, which reportedly included a request for V-22 Ospreys, planes believed capable of reaching Iran.Israel also reportedly sought the V-22s from the US in 2012 when contemplating a strike on Iran’s Fordo enrichment facility, but later decided not to purchase due to budgetary restraints.Under a separate budgetary hierarchy, the US administration is understood to be well-disposed to ensure funding for Israel’s missile defense systems — maintaining and improving the Iron Dome (short-range missile interceptor) and the Arrow (long range) systems, and deploying David’s Sling (medium range), to ensure Israel can counter threats from neighboring Gaza, south Lebanon and Syria, as well as from an Iran that is relentlessly developing its ballistic missile systems.The US has either jointly developed or financed all three of the programs-Judah Ari Gross and Raphael Ahren contributed to this report.
3,700-year-old scarab seal found by birdwatcher near Haifa-Egyptian artifact believed to have belonged to very senior figure in Thirteenth Pharaonic dynasty in 18th century BCE-By Times of Israel staff April 25, 2016, 4:29 am
Haifa University announced on Sunday the discovery of a rare 3,700-year-old scarab seal found at Tel Dor, an important ancient port on the coast south of Haifa.The amulet was found by a birdwatcher, who gave it to university archaeologists on site. The object was exposed after heavy rains last winter.The seal is believed to have belonged to an Egyptian official of the Thirteenth Pharaonic dynasty dating as far back as the 18th century BCE.His name, which appears on the amulet, has not yet been deciphered, but his position “who is over the treasury” in hieroglyphics are clear, according to the university.“The scarab belonged to a very senior figure in the kingdom, probably the viceroy responsible for the royal treasury,” Ayelet Gilboa of the University of Haifa, co-head of excavations at Tel Dor, said in a statement.“The role of the seal’s owner was similar to that of Joseph in Pharaoh’s kingdom after he interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams,’ she said.Tel Dor was a key port city for thousands of years, according to Haifa University, until the Romans built Caesaria.Excavators suggest two possible theories for how the scarab might have reached Tel Dor. The first has the viceroy or a representative visiting Tel Dor. The second theory suggests the scarab arrived at a much later time, perhaps when there was a demand for Egyptian antiques during the Roman period.“Since the scarab had rolled off the mound and was not found in its archaeological context, we will probably never really know when and how it got here and where it has been,” Gilboa said, as quoted in Ynet.A university spokesperson said the item was found several months ago, but was only cleaned up and cataloged in time for Passover.
Mexican president urges expats: Stop Trump bid by following Jewish example of unity-Controversial presidential candidate has sparked outrage for anti-immigrants rhetoric and campaign pledge to build a wall along southern US border-By JTA April 26, 2016, 2:45 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico called on Mexicans in the United States to follow the Jewish community’s example and unite to defend their interests in an urgent effort to defeat Donald Trump.The call was announced by the newly appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States, Carlos Manuel Sada, during an interview last week with the Noticanarias news portal, and made headlines in the Latin American Jewish press.Unity among the 35 million Mexicans and their descendants in the United States — including 6 million residents, as many undocumented workers and another 23 million US-born descendants — is urgent, Sada added, due to the rise of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.“Trump’s latest speech after his victory in New York mentioned Mexico again, which makes us vulnerable, certainly because we haven’t had a systematic strategy, which is part of a new strategy we are launching,” Sada said. “We’ll find models for promotion, dissemination and communication.”All 58 Mexican consulates in the US will join the effort in a special public relations campaign aimed at strengthening Mexico’s image and responding to distorted, biased attacks during the electoral period in America, he added.Last month, Pena Nieto compared Trump’s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, and said it has hurt US-Mexico relations.Trump has sparked outrage in Mexico with his campaign pledge to build a wall along the southern US border to keep out illegal immigrants and drugs, and to make Mexico pay for the construction. He also accused Mexico of sending rapists and drug runners across the border, and vowed to increase fees on some Mexican visas and all border crossing cards to help make Mexico pay for the proposed wall.“There have been episodes in human history, unfortunately, where these expressions of this strident rhetoric have only led to very ominous situations in the history of humanity,” Pena Nieto said last month. “That’s how Mussolini got in, that’s how Hitler got in; they took advantage of a situation, a problem perhaps, which humanity was going through at the time, after an economic crisis.”During his visit to Mexico in February, US Vice President Joe Biden came close to offering an apology for comments about Mexico and Mexican immigrants made by Republicans on the campaign trail.
