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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)
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.
HERZOG WANTS TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM HE TELLS ABBAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G3CdZu38_M&list=LLLB16lNTqDd9F0W3JKFcu5A&index=5
Backing French peace push, EU ministers add carrots to sweeten deal-Foreign Affairs council offers economic incentives to jump-start moribund Israeli-Palestinian negotiations-By Raphael Ahren June 20, 2016, 5:44 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The European Union on Monday proposed “concrete” incentives for Israelis and Palestinians to restart peace negotiations at a peace summit later this year in Paris.During their monthly meeting in Brussels, the EU’s 28 foreign ministers tasked the European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service — its equivalent of a foreign ministry — to make a “concrete and substantial contribution” to international efforts seeking to revitalized the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process through a “global set of incentives” for both two parties.“The EU is determined, alongside other international and regional partners, to bring a concrete and substantial contribution to a global set of incentives for the parties to make peace with a view to an international conference planned to be held before the end of the year,” the foreign ministers said in a statement.Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council specifically mentions “economic incentives,” invoking the EU’s 2013 offer of an “unprecedented package of political, economic and security support to be offered to and developed with both parties in the context of a final status agreement.”Both Israelis and Palestinians “need to demonstrate, through policies and actions, a genuine commitment to a peaceful solution in order to rebuild mutual trust and create conditions for direct and meaningful negotiations aiming at ending the occupation that began in 1967, and resolving all permanent status issues,” the European foreign ministers said.The EU’s foreign ministers also unanimously endorsed the French peace initiative, which started with a conference in Paris earlier this month. Israel flatly rejected the French move, arguing that it hardens Palestinian negotiation positions and thus pushes off peace.The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem responded to the statement by repeating its rejection of the French peace initiative and calling for bilateral talks.“This is an unfortunate step that pushes back efforts to provide the peace that Israel needs,” the ministry said in a statement.Later this week, both President Reuven Rivlin and and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet separately with EU foreign policy czar Federica Mogherini.Also later this week, the Middle East Quartet, of which the EU is a part, is expected to publish its reports on the peace process. According to officials who have seen early drafts of the report, it outlines steps that both sides must take to advance a two-state solution, including the cessation of settlement expansion and incitement.
Netanyahu, Kerry said set to meet next week in new peace bid-Talks to take place in Europe, as Paris pushes its two-state initiative and Israel prefers to work with Egypt-By Times of Israel staff and AFP June 19, 2016, 8:22 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly to meet early next week with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss ways to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.Israel’s Channel 2 said the meeting would take place in a European capital. The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately confirm the meeting, saying it would “make an announcement when there is something to announce.”The TV report said Netanyahu would tell Kerry he backs potential Egyptian-led efforts to revive negotiations, rather than the international approach being pushed by France.Netanyahu has recently given mixed signals on the Saudi-drafted Arab Peace Initiative as a means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, suggesting partial support for it but also calling for it to be amended.His Foreign Ministry director-general, Dore Gold, told The Times of Israel three weeks ago that Israel believes improved ties with certain Arab states could enable subsequent progress with the Palestinians. “The conventional wisdom for the last few decades has been that a solution to the Palestinian issues will result in improved ties between Israel and the Arab world,” Gold said. “But there is a serious basis for thinking that, actually, the sequence is exactly the opposite — that by improving ties with the Arab states, we set the stage for a future breakthrough with the Palestinians.”The European Union’s foreign ministers are to meet Monday to vote in support of the French peace initiative.Earlier this month, representatives from 28 Arab and Western countries, the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations met in Paris to discuss ways in which the international community could help advance the Palestinian-Israel peace process.Neither Israeli nor Palestinian representatives were invited to attend the meeting, which aimed to lay the groundwork for a full-fledged peace conference to be held by the end of the year.The Palestinians have welcomed the French bid, but Israel said the initiative would go down in history as having “pushed peace further away.”Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have been at a standstill since a US-led initiative collapsed in April 2014 amid mutual recriminations.The official said that the overwhelming support for Paris’s proposal stems mostly from the fact that “there’s no other initiative on the table that tries to break the freeze in the peace process.”Monday’s summit of EU foreign ministers will be the latest in France’s efforts to bring the international community together for a peace conference. Senior French envoy Pierre Vimont, tasked with shepherding the peace effort, met Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Friday for talks on future steps he will take to prepare for a conference to revive the moribund peace process.The Arab League said its secretary general Nabil Elaraby held similar talks with Vimont.On Thursday, Egyptian ambassador Hazem Khairat said Cairo was willing to help create an “appropriate Palestinian environment” to facilitate an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.During a speech at the Herzliya Conference, Khairat hailed the current French peace initiative “as contributing to the framework of international action to this end.”The ministerial meeting in Paris earlier this month, he said, “has certainly made a new step toward peace.”
Herzog agreed to ’67 lines in talks with Abbas, report says-In negotiations with PA leader ahead of 2015 elections, envoy for prospective PM learned a deal was possible ‘on everything’-By Dov Lieber June 19, 2016, 11:32 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog held secret talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas during the 2014-2015 election cycle, and agreed to cede the entire West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians as part of a future peace deal, according to report published on Thursday.Herzog’s negotiator, former minister Efraim Sneh, and a Palestinian Authority representative who remained unnamed reached an agreement under which Palestinian refugees would receive financial compensation, the Western Wall would remain under Israeli control, and Israel would retain a “symbolic” military presence in the Jordan Valley, alongside Palestinian and Jordanian soldiers, Channel 10 reported.“I learned that there is someone to talk with, something to talk about, and that we can arrive at understandings on everything,” Sneh said of the negotiations.He said that the provisional negotiations was cut short by the result of the elections, which saw Herzog, who was thought to have a chance to win the premiership, soundly lose to Netanyahu.According to the report, which cited an agreed document setting out the understandings, Herzog was willing to withdraw to the 1967 lines in full, with the exception of mutual land swaps on four percent of the territory. Land swaps would be negotiated so that Israel could retain control of its largest settlement blocs.The final-status equation for Jerusalem would have seen the east of the city become the capital of a Palestinian state, with a single municipality responsible for the two capitals.The Temple Mount — the site on which the two ancient Jewish temples once stood and where the Islamic holy sites of the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock now stand — was supposed to be under the authority of a multinational force, but with Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall, the report said.The Palestinian refugee issue was to be settled based on UN Resolution 194 and the Arab Peace Initiative, according to the report, with financial compensation for the majority of refugees and a “symbolic” return for some based on a “joint decision.”UN Resolution 194, somewhat different than what was presented in the report, calls for the allowance of any refugee wishing to return to their homes to be able to do so, and financial compensation for those who do not return. The Arab Peace Initiative, a proposal that would see all Arab and Islamic states establish normal diplomatic relations with Israel after the successful conclusion of the peace process with the Palestinians, calls for a just solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees to be agreed upon in accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution No. 194.The UN today says there are five million Palestinian refugees. That number has grown more than five-fold since the 1948 Israeli War of Independence because the UN also designates as refugees second, third and subsequent generations of descendants of Palestinians who used to live in what is now Israel and the West Bank.Herzog confirmed the talks with Abbas, although he did not confirm the specifics, and asserted that had they come to fruition they would have forestalled the wave of violence that swept across Israel and the West Bank in late 2015 and early 2016.“During the talks with the Palestinian Authority president in 2014, I made efforts aimed at reaching understandings that would have prevented the wave of terror that I anticipated, just like the efforts I am now making so that the abandonment of the initiative for a regional conference by the extreme right-wing government won’t lead us to another war,” he said. “After rounds of wars and funerals nearly every year and over the past decade, I won’t listen to the mantra that threats can only be subdued through military force.”Herzog added: “Most peace agreements came after a difficult round of bloodshed between peoples fighting each other. The right always offers us war and then runs to sign peace treaties. We are just offering to reverse the order and prevent hundreds of fathers and mothers from visiting military cemeteries. The right should also consider this.”During the Taba Summit, the final chapter of negotiations between Israel and the PLO before the breakout of the Second Intifada in 2001, Israel reportedly offered 97% of the West Bank.In 2008, during negotiations between then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas, Israel offered to retain 6.3% of the West Bank and offered 5.8% of Israel proper in return.Abbas has said that negotiations with Olmert nearly led to an agreement, but then the former prime minister fell into legal troubles and was out of office.Abbas said he also felt Olmert’s offer to accept a symbolic number of Palestinian refugees into Israel did not resolve the issue .The current Israeli government is calling for direct negotiations with the PA, but the Palestinians are instead pinning their hopes on the French initiative, which calls for a regional and international approach to negotiations.
Herzog blasted by opposition party chief for offer to split Jerusalem-Yair Lapid decries peace negotiations between opposition leader and Mahmoud Abbas as poorly managed, says it ‘weakened’ Israel’s left-By Times of Israel staff and Dov Lieber June 20, 2016, 6:23 pm
Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid bashed opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Sunday for allegedly offering the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians in secret talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014-2015, calling it “dangerous and wrong.”The criticism marked the opening of a rare rift between the two opposition parties, and came as Herzog has been pilloried by his own party for being an ineffectual leader in challenging the ruling coalition.Lapid’s remarks came after Channel 10 reported Thursday that Herzog and Abbas worked through proxies ahead of Israeli elections last year to reach a framework for a future peace deal under which Palestinian refugees would receive financial compensation and the Western Wall would remain under Israeli control, Channel 10 news reported on Thursday.Those talks fell apart after Herzog lost to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the March 2015 election.During a weekly party meeting, Lapid took Herzog to task for the alleged agreement, calling it a “classic mistake of the left.”The Yesh Atid leader took particular issue with Herzog’s plans to divide Jerusalem, giving the eastern parts of the city to the Palestinians and placing the Temple Mount under the control of a multinational force, except for the Western Wall.“This was a dangerous and wrong move. Jerusalem cannot be divided,” Lapid said.“This is a classic mistake of the left, which always runs to announce ahead of time what it’s prepared to give up. That’s not how you negotiate in the Middle East,” he continued.Herzog confirmed the talks with Abbas, although he did not confirm the specifics, and asserted that had they come to fruition they would have forestalled the wave of violence that swept across Israel and the West Bank in late 2015 and early 2016.“During the talks with the Palestinian Authority president in 2014, I made efforts aimed at reaching understandings that would have prevented the wave of terror that I anticipated, just like the efforts I am now making so that the abandonment of the initiative for a regional conference by the extreme right-wing government won’t lead us to another war,” he said. “After rounds of wars and funerals nearly every year and over the past decade, I won’t listen to the mantra that threats can only be subdued through military force.”On Sunday, Lapid also gloated over the recent reports that Netanyahu had plans to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians and the possibility of going forward with the French peace initiative.“Two years ago, during the past government, I turned to the prime minister — also publicly — and warned of the international break we are seeing today. I propose to [Netanyahu] exactly what he’s doing today,” Lapid said.“I warned him that if we didn’t do it, there would be attempts to force a solution upon us from outside,” added Lapid.During the Taba Summit, the final chapter of negotiations between Israel and the PLO before the breakout of the Second Intifada in 2001, Israel reportedly offered 97% of the West Bank.In 2008, during negotiations between then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas, Israel offered to retain 6.3% of the West Bank and offered 5.8% of Israel proper in return.Abbas has said that negotiations with Olmert nearly led to an agreement, but then the former prime minister fell into legal troubles and was out of office.Abbas said he also felt Olmert’s offer to accept a symbolic number of Palestinian refugees into Israel did not resolve the issue.The current Israeli government is calling for direct negotiations with the PA, but the Palestinians are instead pinning their hopes on the French initiative, which calls for a regional and international approach to negotiations.
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)
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant 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 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.
Israel confirms it’ll ratify nuke test ban, ‘at the right time’-Netanyahu tells UN official that commitment to treaty, which Jerusalem has already signed, depends on ‘regional context’-By Stuart Winer and AP June 20, 2016, 3:19 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel said Monday it would ratify a treaty banning nuclear tests, a move that could be significant for Middle East peace, but only at “the right time.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Lassina Zerbo, the visiting head of the UN organization created to implement the treaty, that Israel supports the terms and therefore signed it, his office said in a statement.But the further matter of ratification depends on “the regional context and the appropriate timing,” Netanyahu said.His comments were backed up by Zerbo, who told The Associated Press after their meeting that the prime minister considered the issue of ratifying the treaty a matter of “when, rather than if.”Israeli ratification would move the treaty closer to taking effect, leaving only seven holdouts among the 44 countries that must ratify it for the pact to go live.Zerbo came to Israel at the invitation of the head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Zeev Senir. It was Zerbo’s third visit to Israel and was made to mark the 20th anniversary of the treaty being opened for signatories.While the prime minister did not commit himself to a specific time frame for ratification, Zerbo said that is “normal in diplomacy.”He said ratification by Israel would help pave the way for a nuclear test-free zone in the Middle East.According to the UN, by signing a treaty a country expresses willingness to accept the terms while allowing a period for domestic approval, and “does not establish the consent to be bound.” Ratification is an indication of “consent to be bound to a treaty.”The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, known as the CTBT, has 196 member states — 183 that have signed the treaty and 164 that have ratified it. But the treaty has not entered into force because it still needs ratification by eight countries that had nuclear power reactors or research reactors when the UN General Assembly adopted the treaty in 1996: the United States, China, Iran, Israel, Egypt, India, Pakistan and North Korea. The treaty was embraced by the United Nations on September 10, 1996.Israel has never officially admitted to possessing nuclear weapons, with successive governments maintaining ambiguity and indicating that the Jewish state would not be the first to use them in a conflict. However, the country is widely estimated to have some 80-200 nuclear warheads.The early 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and related technologies, has not been signed by four countries — India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan.
Arafat’s shadowy money man visits Israel — report-Palestinian media says Muhammad Rashid arrived with Kurdish delegation, met with Israeli officials and Syrian rebels-By Avi Issacharoff June 20, 2016, 1:46 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s former money man Muhammad Rashid visited Israel on June 12 and held meetings with Israeli officials as well as figures connected to Syrian rebel groups, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, reported.According to the report, Rashid traveled on a Canadian passport, arrived with a delegation of senior officials from Iraqi Kurdistan, and stayed at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. During the visit, Rashid, who is a fugitive from the PA, where he has been convicted of embezzlement, was said to have met with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and an IDF intelligence officer.From Jerusalem, Rashid reportedly went on to Haifa and met with senior Israeli officials at a restaurant, where the delegation was hosted by Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation Ayoub Kara, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Kara told The Times of Israel that “it is no secret that I am connected to the Kurds, the Yazidis, and the Syrian Druze,” but refused to discuss specific details of the Palestinian media report.“There is a war today between terror entities in Iran and the relatively free world, backed by Saudi Arabia,” Kara said. “We are obliged to develop connections with the relatively free world in order to overcome the extremist religious trend. I don’t intend to comment on the visit of one person or another. But almost every day I have meetings with different people with the aim of preventing terrorism. And that includes [putting myself in] personal danger and entering dangerous places. I hope that these activities will bear fruit.”According to Al-Hayat al-Jadida, last Wednesday Rashid, who was accompanied by “a senior intelligence office in the Israeli army,” met with a former senior commander in the al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group Al-Nusra Front, named in the report as “Mustafa Ali Albabadi,” who it said is hospitalized in Israel.Israel routinely takes in and treats Syrians injured in the civil war, and the IDF has set up a field hospital along the border, though it transports more serious cases to hospitals elsewhere in the country. It says it does this without prejudice to which side of the civil war the injured was fighting on.The report framed the meeting as proof that Albabadi had left the ranks of Al-Nusra.After the meeting with Albabadi, Rashid and his entourage were said to continue to the border on the Golan Heights, where they met “in the area of Quneitra” with “a Syrian rebel faction that has an open relationship with the Israel security forces.” The IDF intelligence officer was present at that meeting too, the report claimed.In June 2012 the Palestinian anti-corruption court convicted Rashid of siphoning off millions of dollars in public funds, sentencing him to 15 years in prison.The court, concluding its highest-profile probe, found Rashid guilty of embezzlement and money laundering. In addition to the prison sentence, he was fined $15 million and his properties were ordered confiscated.He and two associates were convicted of taking a total of $33.5 million from the foreign donor-financed Palestinian Investment Fund.Rashid, who in the past has denied wrongdoing, was sentenced in absentia by the court in the West Bank city of Ramallah. He left the Palestinian territories after Arafat’s death in November 2004 and has rarely been seen since. He is said to hold business interests in four Middle Eastern countries and Montenegro.Times of Israel staff and AP contributed to this report.
REVELATION 7:1-17 (144,000 MESSIANIC JEWS PREACH WORLDWIDE) (TRIBULATION CONTINUES)
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this (AFTER MOSES,ELIJAH AND THE 144,000 PREACHERS-PREACHING DURING THE TRIBULATION) I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Long-delayed heritage center for Ethiopian Jewry launches in Jerusalem-Organizers say ‘better late than never,’ though it’ll still be at least 4 years before the facility opens--By Melanie Lidman June 20, 2016, 12:21 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Four years after the government passed a law to establish the National Institute for Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center, the newly formed board of the center on Sunday hosted a celebratory launch at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.The establishment of the institute marks the first time that the government has taken an active role in preserving Ethiopian Jewish culture and traditions. “This center is being created to share the incredible traditions of Ethiopian Jewry with the people in Israel and across the Jewish world,” said Dr. Simcha Getahune, the chair of the public committee for the center.In a video message broadcast to the 2,000 attendees, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted that the center would help preserve “traditions that were passed on orally, from grandfather to father and father to son.“It will be a place to store historical knowledge and for children to learn the tradition and the culture,” he said.Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev touched on the decades of discrimination that Ethiopian Jews have faced in Israel, after making some awkward comments about the beauty of Ethiopian women.“This center is the government trying to implement a correction,” said Regev. “This community has fought for years for their rights, and for many years there was no way for this community to tell their own story. They were the victims of racism and discrimination, I feel personal responsibility to correct these wrongs.”The event took place the day before the Chief Rabbinate announced it would not renew the contract of Ethiopian Chief Rabbi Yosef Hadane, reportedly due to his public criticism of the rabbinate over its discriminatory policies concerning Ethiopians, including demanding conversion certificates before marriage.At Sunday’s celebration, Regev also applauded MK Avraham Neguise (Likud) for his efforts to bring 9,000 Falashmura to Israel. Falashmura are Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity generations ago and desperately want to move to Israel. Their aliyah was supposed to have begun in June but has not progressed.“Equality must also come through cultural channels as well, and this is why government support is imperative,” said Regev. “There needs to be an Ethiopian theater just like there is Sephardi and Yiddish theater.”The Ethiopian Heritage Center receives a yearly allotment from the government of a bit more than NIS three million ($777,000), according to the newly appointed CEO, Danny Adamsu. The HaBima theater, the national theater in Tel Aviv, receives at least NIS 20 million per year.Adamsu said the organization is currently looking for a building in Jerusalem, and expects to open in about four years. The center will be a place for research as well as performance and rehearsal spaces.He said the leadership committee for the center was focused on the future, rather than being frustrated that it took almost 30 years after the first wave of Ethiopian immigration for the government to start recognizing the importance of preserving these cultural traditions. “We need to bless what there is and go forward,” he said. “We all believe that it’s better late than never.”The celebratory kickoff of the event featured Ethiopian singers, dancers, actors, philosophers, politicians, rabbis, and teachers. Sharon Shalom, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and rabbi of a congregation in Kiryat Gat, addressed the tension within the Ethiopian community about honoring their identity, after decades of trying to assimilate into Israeli culture.“After I published one of my books on Ethiopian Jewry, someone called me up and said, ‘You made a big error!’” Shalom recalled. “He said to me, ‘Why did you tell people that we should keep these Ethiopian Jewish traditions? We’ve made so much progress in the past 30 years!’ But in reality, in order to continue going forward, we must also look backwards.”
Spanish village formerly named ‘Kill Jews’ twins with Israeli town-Kfar Vradim in northern Galilee signs agreement with newly monikered ‘Jews’ Hill’ to promote cultural, commercial ties-By Times of Israel staff and AP June 20, 2016, 5:57 am
The ancient Spanish town of Castrillo Matajudios (“Camp Kill Jews”) that changed its name last year to Castrillo Mota de Judios (“Jews’ Hill Camp”) has twinned with the northern Israeli town of Kfar Vradim (Village of the Roses).A delegation from Castrillo Mota de Judios arrived in Israel on Sunday for a ceremony designating the two as twin towns to promote cultural, touristic and commercial ties.The signing was attended by the mayor of the Spanish town, Lorenzo Rodriguez, and the Spanish Ambassador to Israel, Fernando Carderera.“We’re here in the Promised Land to safeguard the roots of the town, established in 1035, “said Rodriguez alongside the head of the Kfar Vradim local council, Sivan Yehieli.Rodriguez said the agreement twinning the towns marks a “new chapter in the history of Castrillo Mota de Judios,” announcing that archaeological digs were recently launched to “rediscover ancient roots” and set up a Jewish culture museum in the town.No Jews live in the village today but many residents have Jewish roots and the town’s official shield includes the Star of David.Yehieli also welcomed the agreement, saying that when he first received the request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “and after learning the story of the town, we didn’t decide for a moment.”Last October, the town changed its name, a year after the north-central village of some 50 inhabitants voted to do so after the mayor argued it was offensive and the village should honor its Jewish origins.Documents show the village’s original name was “Jews’ Hill Camp” and that the “Kill Jews” name dates from 1627, after a 1492 Spanish edict ordering Jews to convert to Catholicism or flee the country. Those who remained faced the Spanish Inquisition, with many burned at the stake.Israeli Ambassador Daniel Kutner said the town’s decision to celebrate its Jewish past was to be praised. “It must be remembered that the expulsion from Spain was for Jews a traumatic event of historical dimensions and set out the trajectory for the Jewish people from there on,” he said at the brief ceremony in October before a road sign bearing the new name was placed at the town’s entrance.The change did not go unchallenged and the town has faced some vandalism as a result, according to the mayor-The name change was formally approved by the regional government of Castilla y Leon in June.Researchers believe the village got its previous name from Jewish residents who converted to Catholicism and wanted to reinforce their repudiation of Judaism to convince Spanish authorities of their loyalty. Others suspect the change may have come from a slip of the pen.
Israel seizes wet suits believed to be heading to Hamas-Scuba gear thought planned for sea-borne attack hidden among shipment of sporting goods sent by Palestinian Authority to Gaza Strip-By Judah Ari Gross June 20, 2016, 7:04 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli border agents confiscated a shipment of wet suits they suspected of being en route to Hamas in the Gaza Strip to be used for a seaborne attack on Israel, the Defense Ministry said Monday.Bearing uncanny resemblance to an incident last year, the wet suits were hidden in a shipment of sportswear coming in to the coastal enclave from the Palestinian Authority through the Kerem Shalom Crossing, the ministry said.“The shipment was seized and an investigation has been opened to locate those involved,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.Wet suits require a special permit to be imported into the Gaza Strip, lest they wind up in the hands of Hamas’s naval commando unit.During the 2014 Gaza war, a team of five Hamas frogmen entered Israel from the shore and approached a nearby Jewish community before they were spotted and taken out by an attack helicopter.Last month, Israeli authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle metal pipes and motors into the Gaza Strip, which could have been used for building rockets and tunnels, the Defense Ministry said at the time.In that case as well, the illicit materials were “camouflaged,” stuck in alongside “textiles and jewelry.”This practice of hiding illegal goods among approved products has become the go-to method for smugglers. Earlier this year, electrodes were discovered hidden in butter from a Ramallah factory.
British Jewry faces Brexit vote with fear and trepidation-For Jews there are three big questions regarding a continuing relationship with Europe: its attitudes to Israel, ritual slaughter and circumcision-By Jenni Frazer June 20, 2016, 3:02 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
LONDON — As Britain heads into the last few days of campaigning before the historic referendum on whether to stay in or leave the European Union, only one thing is clear: This will be a narrow, knife-edge, vote.Just a week ago those pressing for “Brexit” — a British exit from Europe — were ahead in the polls by around five to seven points. But on Sunday the respected polling organization YouGov published two polls showing a swing back to “Remain,” in support of the status quo.The tragic murder of the MP Jo Cox, a leading figure in the Remain camp, may not have had a direct impact on Sunday’s YouGov polls, given that most of the research in one poll took place before her death. But few British citizens can have heard the words of her alleged killer, Thomas Mair, without a shudder, when he was asked to identify himself in court at the weekend. Instead of giving his name, Mair said, “My name is death to traitors, freedom for Britain.”Appalled Jews across the community were united in their response — not just grief for the death of a young woman, but horror at what her murder meant in terms of the European debate.In the last weeks before the referendum on June 23, the campaign has divided clearly into an at times ill-tempered debate about immigration and its effect on Britain. On the day of Jo Cox’s murder, the right-wing UKIP leader Nigel Farage unveiled a controversial poster denounced as racist across the political spectrum. A picture of Syrian refugees walking into Europe through Slovenia — though not identified as such by UKIP — the clear intention was to fuel a fear of immigrants if Britain stays in Europe.A Jewish Chronicle poll conducted in May showed that 49 percent of British Jews wanted to remain in Europe. Just over a third of those balloted (34%) backed Brexit, but 17% said at the time that they had not yet made up their minds. Age made a great difference to responses, as younger voters — who have, of course, never known a Britain not in the EU — were keener to remain, while older people, many of whom may have taken part in the 1975 decision to join the European Union, were more supportive of leaving.West Germany, France and four other nations formed the European Economic Community in 1957, determined to banish forever the bloodshed of two world wars. The grouping became the EU in 1993 and has grown into a 28-nation bloc of more than 500 million people stretching from Ireland to the Aegean Sea, with substantial powers over member states’ laws, economies and social policies. It has its own parliament, central bank and 19 EU members use a common currency, the euro.Many Britons feel their island nation — a former imperial power with strong ties to the United States — is fundamentally different to its European neighbors. Anti-EU Britons resent everything from fishing quotas to fruit sizes being decided in Brussels.The anti-EU view is especially strong in the Conservative Party of Prime Minister David Cameron. It was partly to appease his party that Cameron promised to hold a referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017.Supporters say Britain’s economy and security are enhanced by EU membership. They argue that membership makes it much easier for British companies both large and small to import and export goods to other member countries with minimum hassle. Supporters say being part of the 28-nation bloc gives them many more options and makes it easy for them to live and work in other countries.-Jews in Britain have traditionally been nervous of appearing to speak with one voice on UK politics-Labour Party leaders also argue that European rules and regulations and European courts have improved the way British workers are treated. They say removing these protections could lower living standards.Jews in Britain have traditionally been nervous of appearing to speak with one voice on UK politics. But when the campaign really got underway in February this year, many Jews were horrified to see their nemesis, the vituperatively anti-Israel politician George Galloway, join UKIP’s Nigel Farage on stage to back the Brexit argument.Privately, many Jews felt that a campaign backed by both men was something from which they wanted to distance themselves as far as possible. This has continued to be the case despite the involvement of some “Jew-friendly” politicians in the Leave camp such as the outgoing mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove.-European Jews would feel a cold wind on many fronts without the support of their British cousins-For Jews there are three big questions regarding Europe: the attitude to Israel, and the future of shechita (ritual slaughter) and circumcision. Britain’s membership of the EU has allowed this country’s Jewish community to take a leading role in defending all three positions. Though there are 27 member states of the EU, only Britain, France and Germany have significant Jewish populations and the expertise to deal with these challenges. European Jews would feel a cold wind on many fronts without the support of their British cousins.And British Jews, in the last several months, have had even more reason to wonder about the impact of Brexit, as thousands of French Jews, fleeing anti-Semitism, have made their homes in London. The French Jews are boosting once moribund UK synagogues and giving a new tone to Jewish education — some Jewish primary schools now have near 60% French Jewish children. And what would happen to French Jews in the UK if Britain votes to leave? Last Tuesday London Jews had the opportunity to hear both sides of the debate as Education Secretary Nicky Morgan went head-to-head with the former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell, who is now UKIP’s only representative in Westminster.Nicky Morgan is one of Cameron’s closest allies in the Remain campaign but the audience, according to reports, was keener on arguments made by Carswell, who warned of the future of shechita resting in the hands of “faceless bureaucrats” in Brussels and the potential damage done to Israel by EU insistence on specific food labelling.Morgan attacked Carswell for promoting what she described as a “nasty” and “mean spirited view” on refugees — an argument which has also struck a chord with a community who are overwhelmingly the children and grandchildren of Jewish refugees and immigrants.The June debate followed one hosted by the Board of Deputies last month, with Daniel Hannan, Conservative member of the European Parliament for South East England, making the case for Brexit, and upcoming Labour MP Wes Streeting (himself a close friend of Jo Cox) speaking on behalf of the Remain campaign.The European project has brought post-war peace to the continent and relative peace of mind to its Jews. British Jews, buffeted by depression at the anti-Semitic convulsions in the opposition Labour Party, and with a naturally “conservative” with a small “c” bent, are perhaps more likely to stick with what they know and vote to stay in.However, in Israel, an advocacy group that is allied with the West Bank settler movement is urging British-Israelis to vote in favor of leaving the European Union in Britain’s referendum this week.Regavim says the European Union is biased against Israel and says voters should oppose the 28-nation bloc and try to weaken it by encouraging Britain to leave. (The EU considers settlements to be illegal.)Regavim claims that European aid money to the Palestinians has reached terrorists, and that the EU is funding illegal Palestinian construction in the West Bank. It also alleges an EU rule labeling settlement exports to Europe is anti-Semitic, and that the EU funds hostile anti-Israel groups.There is no denying people’s nervousness and fear of the unknown. A friend applied last month to cash in pension savings and contacted the pensions company when there was no response after six weeks.“Well,” said a slightly embarrassed official, “it’s the Brexit polls. People don’t know what’s going to happen if we leave Europe so they are trying to get their hands on their money. We can barely cope — we’ve had to take on more staff.”The first results of the EU referendum will be known when voting closes at 10 pm on Thursday June 23.
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)
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.
HERZOG WANTS TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM HE TELLS ABBAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G3CdZu38_M&list=LLLB16lNTqDd9F0W3JKFcu5A&index=5
Backing French peace push, EU ministers add carrots to sweeten deal-Foreign Affairs council offers economic incentives to jump-start moribund Israeli-Palestinian negotiations-By Raphael Ahren June 20, 2016, 5:44 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The European Union on Monday proposed “concrete” incentives for Israelis and Palestinians to restart peace negotiations at a peace summit later this year in Paris.During their monthly meeting in Brussels, the EU’s 28 foreign ministers tasked the European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service — its equivalent of a foreign ministry — to make a “concrete and substantial contribution” to international efforts seeking to revitalized the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process through a “global set of incentives” for both two parties.“The EU is determined, alongside other international and regional partners, to bring a concrete and substantial contribution to a global set of incentives for the parties to make peace with a view to an international conference planned to be held before the end of the year,” the foreign ministers said in a statement.Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council specifically mentions “economic incentives,” invoking the EU’s 2013 offer of an “unprecedented package of political, economic and security support to be offered to and developed with both parties in the context of a final status agreement.”Both Israelis and Palestinians “need to demonstrate, through policies and actions, a genuine commitment to a peaceful solution in order to rebuild mutual trust and create conditions for direct and meaningful negotiations aiming at ending the occupation that began in 1967, and resolving all permanent status issues,” the European foreign ministers said.The EU’s foreign ministers also unanimously endorsed the French peace initiative, which started with a conference in Paris earlier this month. Israel flatly rejected the French move, arguing that it hardens Palestinian negotiation positions and thus pushes off peace.The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem responded to the statement by repeating its rejection of the French peace initiative and calling for bilateral talks.“This is an unfortunate step that pushes back efforts to provide the peace that Israel needs,” the ministry said in a statement.Later this week, both President Reuven Rivlin and and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet separately with EU foreign policy czar Federica Mogherini.Also later this week, the Middle East Quartet, of which the EU is a part, is expected to publish its reports on the peace process. According to officials who have seen early drafts of the report, it outlines steps that both sides must take to advance a two-state solution, including the cessation of settlement expansion and incitement.
Netanyahu, Kerry said set to meet next week in new peace bid-Talks to take place in Europe, as Paris pushes its two-state initiative and Israel prefers to work with Egypt-By Times of Israel staff and AFP June 19, 2016, 8:22 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly to meet early next week with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss ways to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.Israel’s Channel 2 said the meeting would take place in a European capital. The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately confirm the meeting, saying it would “make an announcement when there is something to announce.”The TV report said Netanyahu would tell Kerry he backs potential Egyptian-led efforts to revive negotiations, rather than the international approach being pushed by France.Netanyahu has recently given mixed signals on the Saudi-drafted Arab Peace Initiative as a means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, suggesting partial support for it but also calling for it to be amended.His Foreign Ministry director-general, Dore Gold, told The Times of Israel three weeks ago that Israel believes improved ties with certain Arab states could enable subsequent progress with the Palestinians. “The conventional wisdom for the last few decades has been that a solution to the Palestinian issues will result in improved ties between Israel and the Arab world,” Gold said. “But there is a serious basis for thinking that, actually, the sequence is exactly the opposite — that by improving ties with the Arab states, we set the stage for a future breakthrough with the Palestinians.”The European Union’s foreign ministers are to meet Monday to vote in support of the French peace initiative.Earlier this month, representatives from 28 Arab and Western countries, the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations met in Paris to discuss ways in which the international community could help advance the Palestinian-Israel peace process.Neither Israeli nor Palestinian representatives were invited to attend the meeting, which aimed to lay the groundwork for a full-fledged peace conference to be held by the end of the year.The Palestinians have welcomed the French bid, but Israel said the initiative would go down in history as having “pushed peace further away.”Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have been at a standstill since a US-led initiative collapsed in April 2014 amid mutual recriminations.The official said that the overwhelming support for Paris’s proposal stems mostly from the fact that “there’s no other initiative on the table that tries to break the freeze in the peace process.”Monday’s summit of EU foreign ministers will be the latest in France’s efforts to bring the international community together for a peace conference. Senior French envoy Pierre Vimont, tasked with shepherding the peace effort, met Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Friday for talks on future steps he will take to prepare for a conference to revive the moribund peace process.The Arab League said its secretary general Nabil Elaraby held similar talks with Vimont.On Thursday, Egyptian ambassador Hazem Khairat said Cairo was willing to help create an “appropriate Palestinian environment” to facilitate an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.During a speech at the Herzliya Conference, Khairat hailed the current French peace initiative “as contributing to the framework of international action to this end.”The ministerial meeting in Paris earlier this month, he said, “has certainly made a new step toward peace.”
Herzog agreed to ’67 lines in talks with Abbas, report says-In negotiations with PA leader ahead of 2015 elections, envoy for prospective PM learned a deal was possible ‘on everything’-By Dov Lieber June 19, 2016, 11:32 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog held secret talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas during the 2014-2015 election cycle, and agreed to cede the entire West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians as part of a future peace deal, according to report published on Thursday.Herzog’s negotiator, former minister Efraim Sneh, and a Palestinian Authority representative who remained unnamed reached an agreement under which Palestinian refugees would receive financial compensation, the Western Wall would remain under Israeli control, and Israel would retain a “symbolic” military presence in the Jordan Valley, alongside Palestinian and Jordanian soldiers, Channel 10 reported.“I learned that there is someone to talk with, something to talk about, and that we can arrive at understandings on everything,” Sneh said of the negotiations.He said that the provisional negotiations was cut short by the result of the elections, which saw Herzog, who was thought to have a chance to win the premiership, soundly lose to Netanyahu.According to the report, which cited an agreed document setting out the understandings, Herzog was willing to withdraw to the 1967 lines in full, with the exception of mutual land swaps on four percent of the territory. Land swaps would be negotiated so that Israel could retain control of its largest settlement blocs.The final-status equation for Jerusalem would have seen the east of the city become the capital of a Palestinian state, with a single municipality responsible for the two capitals.The Temple Mount — the site on which the two ancient Jewish temples once stood and where the Islamic holy sites of the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock now stand — was supposed to be under the authority of a multinational force, but with Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall, the report said.The Palestinian refugee issue was to be settled based on UN Resolution 194 and the Arab Peace Initiative, according to the report, with financial compensation for the majority of refugees and a “symbolic” return for some based on a “joint decision.”UN Resolution 194, somewhat different than what was presented in the report, calls for the allowance of any refugee wishing to return to their homes to be able to do so, and financial compensation for those who do not return. The Arab Peace Initiative, a proposal that would see all Arab and Islamic states establish normal diplomatic relations with Israel after the successful conclusion of the peace process with the Palestinians, calls for a just solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees to be agreed upon in accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution No. 194.The UN today says there are five million Palestinian refugees. That number has grown more than five-fold since the 1948 Israeli War of Independence because the UN also designates as refugees second, third and subsequent generations of descendants of Palestinians who used to live in what is now Israel and the West Bank.Herzog confirmed the talks with Abbas, although he did not confirm the specifics, and asserted that had they come to fruition they would have forestalled the wave of violence that swept across Israel and the West Bank in late 2015 and early 2016.“During the talks with the Palestinian Authority president in 2014, I made efforts aimed at reaching understandings that would have prevented the wave of terror that I anticipated, just like the efforts I am now making so that the abandonment of the initiative for a regional conference by the extreme right-wing government won’t lead us to another war,” he said. “After rounds of wars and funerals nearly every year and over the past decade, I won’t listen to the mantra that threats can only be subdued through military force.”Herzog added: “Most peace agreements came after a difficult round of bloodshed between peoples fighting each other. The right always offers us war and then runs to sign peace treaties. We are just offering to reverse the order and prevent hundreds of fathers and mothers from visiting military cemeteries. The right should also consider this.”During the Taba Summit, the final chapter of negotiations between Israel and the PLO before the breakout of the Second Intifada in 2001, Israel reportedly offered 97% of the West Bank.In 2008, during negotiations between then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas, Israel offered to retain 6.3% of the West Bank and offered 5.8% of Israel proper in return.Abbas has said that negotiations with Olmert nearly led to an agreement, but then the former prime minister fell into legal troubles and was out of office.Abbas said he also felt Olmert’s offer to accept a symbolic number of Palestinian refugees into Israel did not resolve the issue .The current Israeli government is calling for direct negotiations with the PA, but the Palestinians are instead pinning their hopes on the French initiative, which calls for a regional and international approach to negotiations.
Herzog blasted by opposition party chief for offer to split Jerusalem-Yair Lapid decries peace negotiations between opposition leader and Mahmoud Abbas as poorly managed, says it ‘weakened’ Israel’s left-By Times of Israel staff and Dov Lieber June 20, 2016, 6:23 pm
Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid bashed opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Sunday for allegedly offering the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Palestinians in secret talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in 2014-2015, calling it “dangerous and wrong.”The criticism marked the opening of a rare rift between the two opposition parties, and came as Herzog has been pilloried by his own party for being an ineffectual leader in challenging the ruling coalition.Lapid’s remarks came after Channel 10 reported Thursday that Herzog and Abbas worked through proxies ahead of Israeli elections last year to reach a framework for a future peace deal under which Palestinian refugees would receive financial compensation and the Western Wall would remain under Israeli control, Channel 10 news reported on Thursday.Those talks fell apart after Herzog lost to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the March 2015 election.During a weekly party meeting, Lapid took Herzog to task for the alleged agreement, calling it a “classic mistake of the left.”The Yesh Atid leader took particular issue with Herzog’s plans to divide Jerusalem, giving the eastern parts of the city to the Palestinians and placing the Temple Mount under the control of a multinational force, except for the Western Wall.“This was a dangerous and wrong move. Jerusalem cannot be divided,” Lapid said.“This is a classic mistake of the left, which always runs to announce ahead of time what it’s prepared to give up. That’s not how you negotiate in the Middle East,” he continued.Herzog confirmed the talks with Abbas, although he did not confirm the specifics, and asserted that had they come to fruition they would have forestalled the wave of violence that swept across Israel and the West Bank in late 2015 and early 2016.“During the talks with the Palestinian Authority president in 2014, I made efforts aimed at reaching understandings that would have prevented the wave of terror that I anticipated, just like the efforts I am now making so that the abandonment of the initiative for a regional conference by the extreme right-wing government won’t lead us to another war,” he said. “After rounds of wars and funerals nearly every year and over the past decade, I won’t listen to the mantra that threats can only be subdued through military force.”On Sunday, Lapid also gloated over the recent reports that Netanyahu had plans to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians and the possibility of going forward with the French peace initiative.“Two years ago, during the past government, I turned to the prime minister — also publicly — and warned of the international break we are seeing today. I propose to [Netanyahu] exactly what he’s doing today,” Lapid said.“I warned him that if we didn’t do it, there would be attempts to force a solution upon us from outside,” added Lapid.During the Taba Summit, the final chapter of negotiations between Israel and the PLO before the breakout of the Second Intifada in 2001, Israel reportedly offered 97% of the West Bank.In 2008, during negotiations between then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas, Israel offered to retain 6.3% of the West Bank and offered 5.8% of Israel proper in return.Abbas has said that negotiations with Olmert nearly led to an agreement, but then the former prime minister fell into legal troubles and was out of office.Abbas said he also felt Olmert’s offer to accept a symbolic number of Palestinian refugees into Israel did not resolve the issue.The current Israeli government is calling for direct negotiations with the PA, but the Palestinians are instead pinning their hopes on the French initiative, which calls for a regional and international approach to negotiations.
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)
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant 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 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.
Israel confirms it’ll ratify nuke test ban, ‘at the right time’-Netanyahu tells UN official that commitment to treaty, which Jerusalem has already signed, depends on ‘regional context’-By Stuart Winer and AP June 20, 2016, 3:19 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel said Monday it would ratify a treaty banning nuclear tests, a move that could be significant for Middle East peace, but only at “the right time.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Lassina Zerbo, the visiting head of the UN organization created to implement the treaty, that Israel supports the terms and therefore signed it, his office said in a statement.But the further matter of ratification depends on “the regional context and the appropriate timing,” Netanyahu said.His comments were backed up by Zerbo, who told The Associated Press after their meeting that the prime minister considered the issue of ratifying the treaty a matter of “when, rather than if.”Israeli ratification would move the treaty closer to taking effect, leaving only seven holdouts among the 44 countries that must ratify it for the pact to go live.Zerbo came to Israel at the invitation of the head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Zeev Senir. It was Zerbo’s third visit to Israel and was made to mark the 20th anniversary of the treaty being opened for signatories.While the prime minister did not commit himself to a specific time frame for ratification, Zerbo said that is “normal in diplomacy.”He said ratification by Israel would help pave the way for a nuclear test-free zone in the Middle East.According to the UN, by signing a treaty a country expresses willingness to accept the terms while allowing a period for domestic approval, and “does not establish the consent to be bound.” Ratification is an indication of “consent to be bound to a treaty.”The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, known as the CTBT, has 196 member states — 183 that have signed the treaty and 164 that have ratified it. But the treaty has not entered into force because it still needs ratification by eight countries that had nuclear power reactors or research reactors when the UN General Assembly adopted the treaty in 1996: the United States, China, Iran, Israel, Egypt, India, Pakistan and North Korea. The treaty was embraced by the United Nations on September 10, 1996.Israel has never officially admitted to possessing nuclear weapons, with successive governments maintaining ambiguity and indicating that the Jewish state would not be the first to use them in a conflict. However, the country is widely estimated to have some 80-200 nuclear warheads.The early 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and related technologies, has not been signed by four countries — India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan.
Arafat’s shadowy money man visits Israel — report-Palestinian media says Muhammad Rashid arrived with Kurdish delegation, met with Israeli officials and Syrian rebels-By Avi Issacharoff June 20, 2016, 1:46 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s former money man Muhammad Rashid visited Israel on June 12 and held meetings with Israeli officials as well as figures connected to Syrian rebel groups, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, reported.According to the report, Rashid traveled on a Canadian passport, arrived with a delegation of senior officials from Iraqi Kurdistan, and stayed at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. During the visit, Rashid, who is a fugitive from the PA, where he has been convicted of embezzlement, was said to have met with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and an IDF intelligence officer.From Jerusalem, Rashid reportedly went on to Haifa and met with senior Israeli officials at a restaurant, where the delegation was hosted by Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation Ayoub Kara, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Kara told The Times of Israel that “it is no secret that I am connected to the Kurds, the Yazidis, and the Syrian Druze,” but refused to discuss specific details of the Palestinian media report.“There is a war today between terror entities in Iran and the relatively free world, backed by Saudi Arabia,” Kara said. “We are obliged to develop connections with the relatively free world in order to overcome the extremist religious trend. I don’t intend to comment on the visit of one person or another. But almost every day I have meetings with different people with the aim of preventing terrorism. And that includes [putting myself in] personal danger and entering dangerous places. I hope that these activities will bear fruit.”According to Al-Hayat al-Jadida, last Wednesday Rashid, who was accompanied by “a senior intelligence office in the Israeli army,” met with a former senior commander in the al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group Al-Nusra Front, named in the report as “Mustafa Ali Albabadi,” who it said is hospitalized in Israel.Israel routinely takes in and treats Syrians injured in the civil war, and the IDF has set up a field hospital along the border, though it transports more serious cases to hospitals elsewhere in the country. It says it does this without prejudice to which side of the civil war the injured was fighting on.The report framed the meeting as proof that Albabadi had left the ranks of Al-Nusra.After the meeting with Albabadi, Rashid and his entourage were said to continue to the border on the Golan Heights, where they met “in the area of Quneitra” with “a Syrian rebel faction that has an open relationship with the Israel security forces.” The IDF intelligence officer was present at that meeting too, the report claimed.In June 2012 the Palestinian anti-corruption court convicted Rashid of siphoning off millions of dollars in public funds, sentencing him to 15 years in prison.The court, concluding its highest-profile probe, found Rashid guilty of embezzlement and money laundering. In addition to the prison sentence, he was fined $15 million and his properties were ordered confiscated.He and two associates were convicted of taking a total of $33.5 million from the foreign donor-financed Palestinian Investment Fund.Rashid, who in the past has denied wrongdoing, was sentenced in absentia by the court in the West Bank city of Ramallah. He left the Palestinian territories after Arafat’s death in November 2004 and has rarely been seen since. He is said to hold business interests in four Middle Eastern countries and Montenegro.Times of Israel staff and AP contributed to this report.
REVELATION 7:1-17 (144,000 MESSIANIC JEWS PREACH WORLDWIDE) (TRIBULATION CONTINUES)
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this (AFTER MOSES,ELIJAH AND THE 144,000 PREACHERS-PREACHING DURING THE TRIBULATION) I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Long-delayed heritage center for Ethiopian Jewry launches in Jerusalem-Organizers say ‘better late than never,’ though it’ll still be at least 4 years before the facility opens--By Melanie Lidman June 20, 2016, 12:21 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Four years after the government passed a law to establish the National Institute for Ethiopian Jewry Heritage Center, the newly formed board of the center on Sunday hosted a celebratory launch at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.The establishment of the institute marks the first time that the government has taken an active role in preserving Ethiopian Jewish culture and traditions. “This center is being created to share the incredible traditions of Ethiopian Jewry with the people in Israel and across the Jewish world,” said Dr. Simcha Getahune, the chair of the public committee for the center.In a video message broadcast to the 2,000 attendees, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted that the center would help preserve “traditions that were passed on orally, from grandfather to father and father to son.“It will be a place to store historical knowledge and for children to learn the tradition and the culture,” he said.Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev touched on the decades of discrimination that Ethiopian Jews have faced in Israel, after making some awkward comments about the beauty of Ethiopian women.“This center is the government trying to implement a correction,” said Regev. “This community has fought for years for their rights, and for many years there was no way for this community to tell their own story. They were the victims of racism and discrimination, I feel personal responsibility to correct these wrongs.”The event took place the day before the Chief Rabbinate announced it would not renew the contract of Ethiopian Chief Rabbi Yosef Hadane, reportedly due to his public criticism of the rabbinate over its discriminatory policies concerning Ethiopians, including demanding conversion certificates before marriage.At Sunday’s celebration, Regev also applauded MK Avraham Neguise (Likud) for his efforts to bring 9,000 Falashmura to Israel. Falashmura are Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity generations ago and desperately want to move to Israel. Their aliyah was supposed to have begun in June but has not progressed.“Equality must also come through cultural channels as well, and this is why government support is imperative,” said Regev. “There needs to be an Ethiopian theater just like there is Sephardi and Yiddish theater.”The Ethiopian Heritage Center receives a yearly allotment from the government of a bit more than NIS three million ($777,000), according to the newly appointed CEO, Danny Adamsu. The HaBima theater, the national theater in Tel Aviv, receives at least NIS 20 million per year.Adamsu said the organization is currently looking for a building in Jerusalem, and expects to open in about four years. The center will be a place for research as well as performance and rehearsal spaces.He said the leadership committee for the center was focused on the future, rather than being frustrated that it took almost 30 years after the first wave of Ethiopian immigration for the government to start recognizing the importance of preserving these cultural traditions. “We need to bless what there is and go forward,” he said. “We all believe that it’s better late than never.”The celebratory kickoff of the event featured Ethiopian singers, dancers, actors, philosophers, politicians, rabbis, and teachers. Sharon Shalom, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and rabbi of a congregation in Kiryat Gat, addressed the tension within the Ethiopian community about honoring their identity, after decades of trying to assimilate into Israeli culture.“After I published one of my books on Ethiopian Jewry, someone called me up and said, ‘You made a big error!’” Shalom recalled. “He said to me, ‘Why did you tell people that we should keep these Ethiopian Jewish traditions? We’ve made so much progress in the past 30 years!’ But in reality, in order to continue going forward, we must also look backwards.”
Spanish village formerly named ‘Kill Jews’ twins with Israeli town-Kfar Vradim in northern Galilee signs agreement with newly monikered ‘Jews’ Hill’ to promote cultural, commercial ties-By Times of Israel staff and AP June 20, 2016, 5:57 am
The ancient Spanish town of Castrillo Matajudios (“Camp Kill Jews”) that changed its name last year to Castrillo Mota de Judios (“Jews’ Hill Camp”) has twinned with the northern Israeli town of Kfar Vradim (Village of the Roses).A delegation from Castrillo Mota de Judios arrived in Israel on Sunday for a ceremony designating the two as twin towns to promote cultural, touristic and commercial ties.The signing was attended by the mayor of the Spanish town, Lorenzo Rodriguez, and the Spanish Ambassador to Israel, Fernando Carderera.“We’re here in the Promised Land to safeguard the roots of the town, established in 1035, “said Rodriguez alongside the head of the Kfar Vradim local council, Sivan Yehieli.Rodriguez said the agreement twinning the towns marks a “new chapter in the history of Castrillo Mota de Judios,” announcing that archaeological digs were recently launched to “rediscover ancient roots” and set up a Jewish culture museum in the town.No Jews live in the village today but many residents have Jewish roots and the town’s official shield includes the Star of David.Yehieli also welcomed the agreement, saying that when he first received the request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “and after learning the story of the town, we didn’t decide for a moment.”Last October, the town changed its name, a year after the north-central village of some 50 inhabitants voted to do so after the mayor argued it was offensive and the village should honor its Jewish origins.Documents show the village’s original name was “Jews’ Hill Camp” and that the “Kill Jews” name dates from 1627, after a 1492 Spanish edict ordering Jews to convert to Catholicism or flee the country. Those who remained faced the Spanish Inquisition, with many burned at the stake.Israeli Ambassador Daniel Kutner said the town’s decision to celebrate its Jewish past was to be praised. “It must be remembered that the expulsion from Spain was for Jews a traumatic event of historical dimensions and set out the trajectory for the Jewish people from there on,” he said at the brief ceremony in October before a road sign bearing the new name was placed at the town’s entrance.The change did not go unchallenged and the town has faced some vandalism as a result, according to the mayor-The name change was formally approved by the regional government of Castilla y Leon in June.Researchers believe the village got its previous name from Jewish residents who converted to Catholicism and wanted to reinforce their repudiation of Judaism to convince Spanish authorities of their loyalty. Others suspect the change may have come from a slip of the pen.
Israel seizes wet suits believed to be heading to Hamas-Scuba gear thought planned for sea-borne attack hidden among shipment of sporting goods sent by Palestinian Authority to Gaza Strip-By Judah Ari Gross June 20, 2016, 7:04 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli border agents confiscated a shipment of wet suits they suspected of being en route to Hamas in the Gaza Strip to be used for a seaborne attack on Israel, the Defense Ministry said Monday.Bearing uncanny resemblance to an incident last year, the wet suits were hidden in a shipment of sportswear coming in to the coastal enclave from the Palestinian Authority through the Kerem Shalom Crossing, the ministry said.“The shipment was seized and an investigation has been opened to locate those involved,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.Wet suits require a special permit to be imported into the Gaza Strip, lest they wind up in the hands of Hamas’s naval commando unit.During the 2014 Gaza war, a team of five Hamas frogmen entered Israel from the shore and approached a nearby Jewish community before they were spotted and taken out by an attack helicopter.Last month, Israeli authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle metal pipes and motors into the Gaza Strip, which could have been used for building rockets and tunnels, the Defense Ministry said at the time.In that case as well, the illicit materials were “camouflaged,” stuck in alongside “textiles and jewelry.”This practice of hiding illegal goods among approved products has become the go-to method for smugglers. Earlier this year, electrodes were discovered hidden in butter from a Ramallah factory.
British Jewry faces Brexit vote with fear and trepidation-For Jews there are three big questions regarding a continuing relationship with Europe: its attitudes to Israel, ritual slaughter and circumcision-By Jenni Frazer June 20, 2016, 3:02 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
LONDON — As Britain heads into the last few days of campaigning before the historic referendum on whether to stay in or leave the European Union, only one thing is clear: This will be a narrow, knife-edge, vote.Just a week ago those pressing for “Brexit” — a British exit from Europe — were ahead in the polls by around five to seven points. But on Sunday the respected polling organization YouGov published two polls showing a swing back to “Remain,” in support of the status quo.The tragic murder of the MP Jo Cox, a leading figure in the Remain camp, may not have had a direct impact on Sunday’s YouGov polls, given that most of the research in one poll took place before her death. But few British citizens can have heard the words of her alleged killer, Thomas Mair, without a shudder, when he was asked to identify himself in court at the weekend. Instead of giving his name, Mair said, “My name is death to traitors, freedom for Britain.”Appalled Jews across the community were united in their response — not just grief for the death of a young woman, but horror at what her murder meant in terms of the European debate.In the last weeks before the referendum on June 23, the campaign has divided clearly into an at times ill-tempered debate about immigration and its effect on Britain. On the day of Jo Cox’s murder, the right-wing UKIP leader Nigel Farage unveiled a controversial poster denounced as racist across the political spectrum. A picture of Syrian refugees walking into Europe through Slovenia — though not identified as such by UKIP — the clear intention was to fuel a fear of immigrants if Britain stays in Europe.A Jewish Chronicle poll conducted in May showed that 49 percent of British Jews wanted to remain in Europe. Just over a third of those balloted (34%) backed Brexit, but 17% said at the time that they had not yet made up their minds. Age made a great difference to responses, as younger voters — who have, of course, never known a Britain not in the EU — were keener to remain, while older people, many of whom may have taken part in the 1975 decision to join the European Union, were more supportive of leaving.West Germany, France and four other nations formed the European Economic Community in 1957, determined to banish forever the bloodshed of two world wars. The grouping became the EU in 1993 and has grown into a 28-nation bloc of more than 500 million people stretching from Ireland to the Aegean Sea, with substantial powers over member states’ laws, economies and social policies. It has its own parliament, central bank and 19 EU members use a common currency, the euro.Many Britons feel their island nation — a former imperial power with strong ties to the United States — is fundamentally different to its European neighbors. Anti-EU Britons resent everything from fishing quotas to fruit sizes being decided in Brussels.The anti-EU view is especially strong in the Conservative Party of Prime Minister David Cameron. It was partly to appease his party that Cameron promised to hold a referendum on EU membership by the end of 2017.Supporters say Britain’s economy and security are enhanced by EU membership. They argue that membership makes it much easier for British companies both large and small to import and export goods to other member countries with minimum hassle. Supporters say being part of the 28-nation bloc gives them many more options and makes it easy for them to live and work in other countries.-Jews in Britain have traditionally been nervous of appearing to speak with one voice on UK politics-Labour Party leaders also argue that European rules and regulations and European courts have improved the way British workers are treated. They say removing these protections could lower living standards.Jews in Britain have traditionally been nervous of appearing to speak with one voice on UK politics. But when the campaign really got underway in February this year, many Jews were horrified to see their nemesis, the vituperatively anti-Israel politician George Galloway, join UKIP’s Nigel Farage on stage to back the Brexit argument.Privately, many Jews felt that a campaign backed by both men was something from which they wanted to distance themselves as far as possible. This has continued to be the case despite the involvement of some “Jew-friendly” politicians in the Leave camp such as the outgoing mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove.-European Jews would feel a cold wind on many fronts without the support of their British cousins-For Jews there are three big questions regarding Europe: the attitude to Israel, and the future of shechita (ritual slaughter) and circumcision. Britain’s membership of the EU has allowed this country’s Jewish community to take a leading role in defending all three positions. Though there are 27 member states of the EU, only Britain, France and Germany have significant Jewish populations and the expertise to deal with these challenges. European Jews would feel a cold wind on many fronts without the support of their British cousins.And British Jews, in the last several months, have had even more reason to wonder about the impact of Brexit, as thousands of French Jews, fleeing anti-Semitism, have made their homes in London. The French Jews are boosting once moribund UK synagogues and giving a new tone to Jewish education — some Jewish primary schools now have near 60% French Jewish children. And what would happen to French Jews in the UK if Britain votes to leave? Last Tuesday London Jews had the opportunity to hear both sides of the debate as Education Secretary Nicky Morgan went head-to-head with the former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell, who is now UKIP’s only representative in Westminster.Nicky Morgan is one of Cameron’s closest allies in the Remain campaign but the audience, according to reports, was keener on arguments made by Carswell, who warned of the future of shechita resting in the hands of “faceless bureaucrats” in Brussels and the potential damage done to Israel by EU insistence on specific food labelling.Morgan attacked Carswell for promoting what she described as a “nasty” and “mean spirited view” on refugees — an argument which has also struck a chord with a community who are overwhelmingly the children and grandchildren of Jewish refugees and immigrants.The June debate followed one hosted by the Board of Deputies last month, with Daniel Hannan, Conservative member of the European Parliament for South East England, making the case for Brexit, and upcoming Labour MP Wes Streeting (himself a close friend of Jo Cox) speaking on behalf of the Remain campaign.The European project has brought post-war peace to the continent and relative peace of mind to its Jews. British Jews, buffeted by depression at the anti-Semitic convulsions in the opposition Labour Party, and with a naturally “conservative” with a small “c” bent, are perhaps more likely to stick with what they know and vote to stay in.However, in Israel, an advocacy group that is allied with the West Bank settler movement is urging British-Israelis to vote in favor of leaving the European Union in Britain’s referendum this week.Regavim says the European Union is biased against Israel and says voters should oppose the 28-nation bloc and try to weaken it by encouraging Britain to leave. (The EU considers settlements to be illegal.)Regavim claims that European aid money to the Palestinians has reached terrorists, and that the EU is funding illegal Palestinian construction in the West Bank. It also alleges an EU rule labeling settlement exports to Europe is anti-Semitic, and that the EU funds hostile anti-Israel groups.There is no denying people’s nervousness and fear of the unknown. A friend applied last month to cash in pension savings and contacted the pensions company when there was no response after six weeks.“Well,” said a slightly embarrassed official, “it’s the Brexit polls. People don’t know what’s going to happen if we leave Europe so they are trying to get their hands on their money. We can barely cope — we’ve had to take on more staff.”The first results of the EU referendum will be known when voting closes at 10 pm on Thursday June 23.
