JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
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)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Kerry set to attend Paris peace summit, rescheduled for June 3-Yisrael Beytenu MK Orly Levy-Abekasis quits party over coalition talks; Israeli official says coalition with Liberman will still back two-state solution-By Marissa Newman May 19, 2016, 1:52 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
19:24-Kerry to attend Paris summit on Israeli-Palestinian peace-Kerry says he will attend an upcoming French-hosted meeting of foreign ministers aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.Speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Kerry says he had told French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault that he would participate in the event. Kerry has been coy about attending the meeting, which Israel is opposed to, and his comments were the first confirmation that he would go. Kerry said restarting the peace process or at least keeping a path open to doing so remained a priority.The French had initially proposed the meeting for May 30, the Memorial Day holiday in the United States, but agreed to delay it to allow Kerry to attend. The meeting will now be held on June 3.— AP--19:19-France says peace summit to be held June 3-French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says Thursday he has called for a planned Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris on June 3.“So that everyone can attend … I have suggested that the conference initially planned for May 30 be held on June 3,” Ayrault says after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels.Kerry said separately he would attend the peace conference, with Washington playing a key role in peace efforts over the years due to its special relationship with Israel.— AFP-19:17--Police arrest East Jerusalem teen with knife-Border Police arrest a 16-year-old Palestinian carrying a knife who was en route to Damascus Gate, outside Jerusalem’s Old City.The teenager, a resident of Shuafat in East Jerusalem, is held for questioning. Police believe he was planning a stabbing attack.— Judah Ari Gross contributed.
Coalition with Liberman will still back two-state solution, Israeli official says-Amid furious Palestinian reaction to news that hard-liner is set to be defense minister, official says only right-wing governments have achieved peace-By Times of Israel staff May 19, 2016, 6:48 pm
The Israeli government on Thursday sought to calm tensions with the Palestinian Authority surrounding the expected appointment of Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman as defense minister and his party’s entry into the governing coalition, with an Israeli official saying that the Netanyahu-led government would continue to support the two-state solution.“If a coalition is formed, it’s important to note that both PM [Benjamin] Netanyahu and Liberman support a solution based on two states for two peoples,” the official told The Times of Israel on Thursday. “In fact, it has historically been right-wing governments, like that of Menachem Begin, which achieved peace with our Arab neighbors like Egypt,” the official added.Liberman has reportedly been offered and accepted the position — which would put him in control of Israel’s army as well as the military administration of the West Bank — as part of a deal to bring his Yisrael Beytenu party into the coalition.The Palestinians reacted furiously to the news, charging that talk of including the hawkish Liberman in Netanyahu’s government “confirms the lack of a peace partner in Israel.”The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry said the development was no surprise.“Whoever follows daily the procedures and violations carried out by the extremist Netanyahu government against the Palestinian people, [sees] the racist, radical and violent nature of the politics of the Netanyahu government since day one. The inclusion of Liberman, known for his extreme right-wing stance toward the Palestinians, is new evidence that Netanyahu, as usual, has preferred to promote extremism in his government, which has become, as described by the Hebrew media, the most extreme government in Israel’s history,” the PA Foreign Ministry said in a statement.It stressed that this decision by Netanyahu is a response to the French, international and regional efforts to revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, and sends a strong message to the world that Israel “prefers extremism and to perpetuate the occupation and settlement over peace.”A Palestinian official said Liberman as defense minister would be a “disaster” for the Palestinians.“He will be in charge of the occupation and it will be a disaster. He is a populist — either he talks too much or he puts his words into action,” the official said, adding that the dislike of Liberman was a “unifying factor for Palestinians.”The nationalist, firebrand lawmaker has made some harsh comments against Palestinians and Arab Israelis over the years, and has proposed legislation that was deemed racist, including a suggestion that Arab citizens take loyalty oaths lest their nationality be revoked.In 2009, Liberman ran for Knesset under the campaign slogan “Only Liberman Understands Arabic,” and “No Citizenship without Loyalty,” underlining his tough stance with some 20 percent of the Israeli population.That same year, the Yisrael Beytenu party platform suggested that under a potential peace deal with the Palestinians, the Triangle area in northern Israel, inhabited predominantly by Arabs, would be transferred to the Palestinian Authority.In 2014, Yisrael Beytenu proposed using monetary incentives to encourage Arab Israelis who do not identify with the Jewish state to move to any future Palestinian state under a potential peace agreement.Last year, Liberman sparked controversy when he suggested murder as a response to Arab Israelis who support terror.“Those with us, should receive everything” in terms of rights, he said at the time. “Those against us, it cannot be helped, we must raise an ax and behead them — otherwise we will not survive here.”The death penalty for terrorists is said to be one of Liberman’s key demands for joining Netanyahu’s coalition. The two are said to have agreed on a draft bill to allow the measure.Netanyahu in 2015 ordered Likud party members to oppose a similar initiative, and then-attorney general Yehuda Weinstein indicated he would intervene if the bill advanced in the Knesset.Raoul Wootliff contributed to this report.
PA: Liberman appointment shows Israel no partner for peace-Palestinian Foreign Ministry says move is PM’s response to international peace push; MK Zoabi calls for global boycott of government-By Dov Lieber May 19, 2016, 6:29 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denounced the likely appointment of hard-line former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman as Israel’s defense minister, saying the move showed the Jewish state was not a partner for peace.In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the reported appointment “reconfirms the lack of a partner for peace in Israel,” and said it was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to recent international efforts to kick-start the peace process.Liberman has reportedly accepted the position, which would put him in control of Israel’s army as well as the civilian administration of the West Bank, as part of a deal to bring his six-seat Yisrael Beytenu party into Netanyahu’s coalition.“This development in the scene of the coalition of the government in Israel does not surprise the foreign ministry, nor whoever daily follows the procedures and violations carried out by the extremist Netanyahu government against the Palestinian people, which reflect the racist, radical and violent nature of the politics of the Netanyahu governments since day one,” the statement said.“The inclusion of Liberman, known for his extreme right-wing stance toward the Palestinians, is new evidence that Netanyahu as usual, has ever preferred to promote extremism in his government, which has become, as described by the Hebrew media, the most extreme government in Israel’s history,” the ministry continued.The statement also called Netanyahu’s decision to nominate Liberman a response “to the French, international and regional efforts to revive the peace process between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, and sends a strong message to the world that Israel prefers extremism and to perpetuate the occupation and settlement over peace.”-Boycott calls-Liberman’s new appointment sparked brash statements from members of the Joint (Arab) List party, including his political nemesis MK Hanin Zoabi.The Yisrael Beytenu leader’s hawkish politics and bombastic rhetoric have made him, in the eyes of Arab Israelis and Palestinians, one of the most detested Israeli lawmakers.Zoabi on Thursday called for an international boycott of the government, and lamented that such a step had not been instituted when Liberman was first appointed foreign minister in 2009. Such a move, she said, could have prevented the current situation in which “dangerous fascists that should be in jail are now standing at the top of the pyramid of ruling power.”She cited Liberman’s support for the soldier in Hebron who killed a wounded Palestinian assailant, and his comment last year that “those who are against us, there’s nothing to be done – we need to pick up an ax and cut off his head.”Fellow Joint List MK Masud Ganaim said the appointment would be the source of “real alarm for the citizens of Israel.”“Maybe,” Ganaim said in a statement, “the alarm will start as a rocket siren in the south or the north, and perhaps it will begin with the bombing of Cairo, the Aswan Dam, or the Istanbul of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan,” a reference to Liberman’s previous verbal attacks on the Egyptian and Turkish leadership.Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.
Flashpoint Hebron neighborhood partially reopens after 8-month IDF closure-Nonresidents aged 15-30 still barred from Tel Rumeida, but other restrictions have been eased, army says-By Judah Ari Gross May 19, 2016, 6:07 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Israel Defense Forces has eased the limitations on a divided Jewish-Muslim neighborhood of Hebron, which has been a closed military zone since October, the military said Thursday.“Following a situation assessment in the Tel Rumeida area in Hebron, the restrictions which were implemented for security purposed have been relieved,” the IDF said in a statement.However, new orders were being drafted that would prevent nonresidents between the ages of 15 and 30 years from entering the neighborhood in central Hebron.“In accordance with military orders,” the IDF said, “pedestrian movement is allowed from the Hashoter checkpoint toward Tel Rumeida through Jilbar checkpoint, with the exception of nonresidents between the ages of 15-30, which remains in accordance with the recent security assessment.”Residents of the area and local rights groups reported they had been informed on Wednesday that the closure order for the neighborhood, located in the center of the flashpoint West Bank city, had been lifted.Initially the military denied the claims, saying the area was “still a military zone, and nothing has changed.” But just a short time later, the IDF updated their previous statement with news of the policy change.Hebron — and Tel Rumeida in particular — has been a hotspot of violence and conflict since October, with residents of the city and surrounding villages carrying out numerous stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks against IDF troops during the more than half-year of violence that rocked Israel.In March, an IDF soldier was caught on film shooting a Palestinian assailant in the head nearly 15 minutes after a stabbing attack in Tel Rumeida.“Tel Rumeida is a sensitive area of Hebron under H2 (Israeli jurisdiction), in which both Palestinians and Israelis reside,” the IDF said in a statement. “Due to the multiple terror attacks that have occurred in this area, significant security measures were established, including restricted movement, imposed by orders of the military commander.”As a closed military zone, only registered residents who received an official identification number could enter the area, though some refused out of principle.“I am not a number,” Issa Amro, a local Palestinian activist from the Youth Against Settlements organization, told journalists visiting Hebron in November. He made do, instead, with scaling walls and clambering over rooftops to gain access.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Kerry set to attend Paris peace summit, rescheduled for June 3-Yisrael Beytenu MK Orly Levy-Abekasis quits party over coalition talks; Israeli official says coalition with Liberman will still back two-state solution-By Marissa Newman May 19, 2016, 1:52 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
19:24-Kerry to attend Paris summit on Israeli-Palestinian peace-Kerry says he will attend an upcoming French-hosted meeting of foreign ministers aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.Speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Kerry says he had told French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault that he would participate in the event. Kerry has been coy about attending the meeting, which Israel is opposed to, and his comments were the first confirmation that he would go. Kerry said restarting the peace process or at least keeping a path open to doing so remained a priority.The French had initially proposed the meeting for May 30, the Memorial Day holiday in the United States, but agreed to delay it to allow Kerry to attend. The meeting will now be held on June 3.— AP--19:19-France says peace summit to be held June 3-French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says Thursday he has called for a planned Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris on June 3.“So that everyone can attend … I have suggested that the conference initially planned for May 30 be held on June 3,” Ayrault says after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels.Kerry said separately he would attend the peace conference, with Washington playing a key role in peace efforts over the years due to its special relationship with Israel.— AFP-19:17--Police arrest East Jerusalem teen with knife-Border Police arrest a 16-year-old Palestinian carrying a knife who was en route to Damascus Gate, outside Jerusalem’s Old City.The teenager, a resident of Shuafat in East Jerusalem, is held for questioning. Police believe he was planning a stabbing attack.— Judah Ari Gross contributed.
Coalition with Liberman will still back two-state solution, Israeli official says-Amid furious Palestinian reaction to news that hard-liner is set to be defense minister, official says only right-wing governments have achieved peace-By Times of Israel staff May 19, 2016, 6:48 pm
The Israeli government on Thursday sought to calm tensions with the Palestinian Authority surrounding the expected appointment of Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman as defense minister and his party’s entry into the governing coalition, with an Israeli official saying that the Netanyahu-led government would continue to support the two-state solution.“If a coalition is formed, it’s important to note that both PM [Benjamin] Netanyahu and Liberman support a solution based on two states for two peoples,” the official told The Times of Israel on Thursday. “In fact, it has historically been right-wing governments, like that of Menachem Begin, which achieved peace with our Arab neighbors like Egypt,” the official added.Liberman has reportedly been offered and accepted the position — which would put him in control of Israel’s army as well as the military administration of the West Bank — as part of a deal to bring his Yisrael Beytenu party into the coalition.The Palestinians reacted furiously to the news, charging that talk of including the hawkish Liberman in Netanyahu’s government “confirms the lack of a peace partner in Israel.”The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry said the development was no surprise.“Whoever follows daily the procedures and violations carried out by the extremist Netanyahu government against the Palestinian people, [sees] the racist, radical and violent nature of the politics of the Netanyahu government since day one. The inclusion of Liberman, known for his extreme right-wing stance toward the Palestinians, is new evidence that Netanyahu, as usual, has preferred to promote extremism in his government, which has become, as described by the Hebrew media, the most extreme government in Israel’s history,” the PA Foreign Ministry said in a statement.It stressed that this decision by Netanyahu is a response to the French, international and regional efforts to revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, and sends a strong message to the world that Israel “prefers extremism and to perpetuate the occupation and settlement over peace.”A Palestinian official said Liberman as defense minister would be a “disaster” for the Palestinians.“He will be in charge of the occupation and it will be a disaster. He is a populist — either he talks too much or he puts his words into action,” the official said, adding that the dislike of Liberman was a “unifying factor for Palestinians.”The nationalist, firebrand lawmaker has made some harsh comments against Palestinians and Arab Israelis over the years, and has proposed legislation that was deemed racist, including a suggestion that Arab citizens take loyalty oaths lest their nationality be revoked.In 2009, Liberman ran for Knesset under the campaign slogan “Only Liberman Understands Arabic,” and “No Citizenship without Loyalty,” underlining his tough stance with some 20 percent of the Israeli population.That same year, the Yisrael Beytenu party platform suggested that under a potential peace deal with the Palestinians, the Triangle area in northern Israel, inhabited predominantly by Arabs, would be transferred to the Palestinian Authority.In 2014, Yisrael Beytenu proposed using monetary incentives to encourage Arab Israelis who do not identify with the Jewish state to move to any future Palestinian state under a potential peace agreement.Last year, Liberman sparked controversy when he suggested murder as a response to Arab Israelis who support terror.“Those with us, should receive everything” in terms of rights, he said at the time. “Those against us, it cannot be helped, we must raise an ax and behead them — otherwise we will not survive here.”The death penalty for terrorists is said to be one of Liberman’s key demands for joining Netanyahu’s coalition. The two are said to have agreed on a draft bill to allow the measure.Netanyahu in 2015 ordered Likud party members to oppose a similar initiative, and then-attorney general Yehuda Weinstein indicated he would intervene if the bill advanced in the Knesset.Raoul Wootliff contributed to this report.
PA: Liberman appointment shows Israel no partner for peace-Palestinian Foreign Ministry says move is PM’s response to international peace push; MK Zoabi calls for global boycott of government-By Dov Lieber May 19, 2016, 6:29 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denounced the likely appointment of hard-line former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman as Israel’s defense minister, saying the move showed the Jewish state was not a partner for peace.In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the reported appointment “reconfirms the lack of a partner for peace in Israel,” and said it was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to recent international efforts to kick-start the peace process.Liberman has reportedly accepted the position, which would put him in control of Israel’s army as well as the civilian administration of the West Bank, as part of a deal to bring his six-seat Yisrael Beytenu party into Netanyahu’s coalition.“This development in the scene of the coalition of the government in Israel does not surprise the foreign ministry, nor whoever daily follows the procedures and violations carried out by the extremist Netanyahu government against the Palestinian people, which reflect the racist, radical and violent nature of the politics of the Netanyahu governments since day one,” the statement said.“The inclusion of Liberman, known for his extreme right-wing stance toward the Palestinians, is new evidence that Netanyahu as usual, has ever preferred to promote extremism in his government, which has become, as described by the Hebrew media, the most extreme government in Israel’s history,” the ministry continued.The statement also called Netanyahu’s decision to nominate Liberman a response “to the French, international and regional efforts to revive the peace process between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, and sends a strong message to the world that Israel prefers extremism and to perpetuate the occupation and settlement over peace.”-Boycott calls-Liberman’s new appointment sparked brash statements from members of the Joint (Arab) List party, including his political nemesis MK Hanin Zoabi.The Yisrael Beytenu leader’s hawkish politics and bombastic rhetoric have made him, in the eyes of Arab Israelis and Palestinians, one of the most detested Israeli lawmakers.Zoabi on Thursday called for an international boycott of the government, and lamented that such a step had not been instituted when Liberman was first appointed foreign minister in 2009. Such a move, she said, could have prevented the current situation in which “dangerous fascists that should be in jail are now standing at the top of the pyramid of ruling power.”She cited Liberman’s support for the soldier in Hebron who killed a wounded Palestinian assailant, and his comment last year that “those who are against us, there’s nothing to be done – we need to pick up an ax and cut off his head.”Fellow Joint List MK Masud Ganaim said the appointment would be the source of “real alarm for the citizens of Israel.”“Maybe,” Ganaim said in a statement, “the alarm will start as a rocket siren in the south or the north, and perhaps it will begin with the bombing of Cairo, the Aswan Dam, or the Istanbul of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan,” a reference to Liberman’s previous verbal attacks on the Egyptian and Turkish leadership.Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.
Flashpoint Hebron neighborhood partially reopens after 8-month IDF closure-Nonresidents aged 15-30 still barred from Tel Rumeida, but other restrictions have been eased, army says-By Judah Ari Gross May 19, 2016, 6:07 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Israel Defense Forces has eased the limitations on a divided Jewish-Muslim neighborhood of Hebron, which has been a closed military zone since October, the military said Thursday.“Following a situation assessment in the Tel Rumeida area in Hebron, the restrictions which were implemented for security purposed have been relieved,” the IDF said in a statement.However, new orders were being drafted that would prevent nonresidents between the ages of 15 and 30 years from entering the neighborhood in central Hebron.“In accordance with military orders,” the IDF said, “pedestrian movement is allowed from the Hashoter checkpoint toward Tel Rumeida through Jilbar checkpoint, with the exception of nonresidents between the ages of 15-30, which remains in accordance with the recent security assessment.”Residents of the area and local rights groups reported they had been informed on Wednesday that the closure order for the neighborhood, located in the center of the flashpoint West Bank city, had been lifted.Initially the military denied the claims, saying the area was “still a military zone, and nothing has changed.” But just a short time later, the IDF updated their previous statement with news of the policy change.Hebron — and Tel Rumeida in particular — has been a hotspot of violence and conflict since October, with residents of the city and surrounding villages carrying out numerous stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks against IDF troops during the more than half-year of violence that rocked Israel.In March, an IDF soldier was caught on film shooting a Palestinian assailant in the head nearly 15 minutes after a stabbing attack in Tel Rumeida.“Tel Rumeida is a sensitive area of Hebron under H2 (Israeli jurisdiction), in which both Palestinians and Israelis reside,” the IDF said in a statement. “Due to the multiple terror attacks that have occurred in this area, significant security measures were established, including restricted movement, imposed by orders of the military commander.”As a closed military zone, only registered residents who received an official identification number could enter the area, though some refused out of principle.“I am not a number,” Issa Amro, a local Palestinian activist from the Youth Against Settlements organization, told journalists visiting Hebron in November. He made do, instead, with scaling walls and clambering over rooftops to gain access.
