JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Ultra-Orthodox teacher said fired for getting her driver’s license-Woman got car to help disabled daughter; Education Ministry investigating as Beitar Illit principal says report ‘really not true’-By JTA August 30, 2016, 5:38 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
An ultra-Orthodox teacher at a girls’ school in the largely Haredi West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit was reportedly fired from her long-time position after obtaining a driver’s license.The woman obtained the driver’s license in order to more easily transport her disabled daughter, the ultra-Orthodox news website Kikar Hashabat reported Sunday. The family received funds from Israel’s National Insurance Institute to purchase a car to enable them to better care for their daughter, according to the report.According to the report, the woman consulted with a senior rabbi in the community, and received his permission to take her driving test and obtain the license after her husband had trouble passing.The article cited unnamed sources at the school. The sources quoted the school’s principal as saying of the teacher’s situation: “I don’t care. I will not tolerate a teacher with a driver’s license.”The teacher and her family would not comment to Kikar Hashabat on the incident, saying they do not want to cause a hillul hashem, or desecration of God’s name.When contacted by the Israeli daily Haaretz, the principal did not comment, saying: “I don’t give interviews, but this is really, really not true,” before hanging up, according to its English-language news website.The Education Ministry is investigating the report, according to Haaretz.Some ultra-Orthodox sects do not allow women to drive. Last summer, a letter was issued by rabbis of the Belz Hasidic group in London saying that children whose mothers drive them to the sect’s schools will be banned. The schools later walked back the letter.
EZEKIEL 38:1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Last chemical weapons shipped out of Libya — officials-Government sends arsenal to Germany under UN supervision to prevent it falling into hands of terrorists-By AFP August 30, 2016, 4:05 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country on a Danish vessel, under a UN-backed plan to eliminate the arsenal, officials said Tuesday.A senior security official told AFP the stocks were shipped to Germany on Saturday from the port of Misrata under the supervision of the United Nations.The deputy prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord, Mussa el-Koni, confirmed the operation, saying: “All of Libya’s chemical arsenal has been shipped out of the country.”The Danish government had earlier this month offered to send a container vessel, support ship and 200 staff to handle the operation, coordinated by the UN-backed Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.The UN Security Council on July 22 endorsed plans to remove Libya’s chemical weapons from the country and prevent them from falling into the hands of extremists like the Islamic State group.The security official said 23 tanks of chemicals were shipped out under the operation.The weapons had been stored in the central Jafa area, about 200 kilometers south of Sirte, where pro-government forces are battling IS jihadists, he said.“We as Libyans did not want these weapons, especially during the current security situation and with the presence of IS in the region,” the security official said.Libya joined the UN convention on eliminating chemical weapons in 2004.At the time it declared 24.7 tons of mustard gas, 1,390 tons of precursor chemicals and more than 3,500 aerial bombs containing chemical weapons.It had eliminated all the aerial bombs, 51 percent of the mustard gas and 40 percent of the precursor chemicals by 2011, when operations to destroy the arsenal were interrupted by the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, according to the OPCW.
Religious parties agree to a committee to discuss Shabbat construction-Compromise comes after ultra-Orthodox leaders voice outrage at decision to allow work on high-speed rail line at weekend-By Times of Israel staff August 30, 2016, 5:11 pm
Leaders of the ultra-Orthodox political parties agreed Tuesday on the establishment of a committee to define what kind of public construction work is considered critical and therefore permitted on Saturdays, the Jewish day of rest.The agreement came after a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Bureau between Shas and United Torah Judaism party leaders and senior ministers, Israel Radio reported.The conference was called after the religious parties, members of the ruling coalition, demanded an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following his decision on Friday that construction work on a train station in Tel Aviv would go ahead over the weekend despite their objections.A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said at the time that postponing the work would cause a safety hazard, and that it could therefore go ahead on Shabbat. The work on the station entailed the closure of sections of the Ayalon highway, the main expressway through Tel Aviv.The new committee was to be made up of the directors of the Prime Minister’s Office, the transportation, health and economy ministries and the heads of the ultra-Orthodox and Jewish Home parties. Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate were also set to be present.The ultra-Orthodox parties on Sunday voiced outrage over construction work, with several reports suggesting they were calling for Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz to be fired.Katz stressed his respect for religious values and Israel’s Jewish character, but said the work was done in line with the letter of the law, and was not a breach of the status quo.Police and construction professionals had stated “unequivocally,” he said, that conducting the work on a weekday would have created massive congestion throughout Tel Aviv, obstructing the work of emergency services and very possibly endangering public safety.At Tuesday’s meeting, the ultra-Orthodox leaders demanded that the CEO of Israel Railways, Boaz Tzafrir, change the company’s policy or resign, Israel Radio reported.Work on the Shalom station is part of construction on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-speed train line.Last year, then-economy minister Deri ordered a halt to all Shabbat construction on the line, in a move that Israel Railways warned would delay the project by two years.Construction on the intercity railway was originally set to be completed by late 2017 or early 2018.The Ports and Railways Authority said the move would effectively set back the NIS 6 billion ($1.5 billion) project — which began in 2001 — until 2020.
In Jewish extremist camp, youths learn to withstand Shin Bet grilling-Exposé of summer course run by right-wing Lehava organization shows military-style training, courses on how to keep Arabs from dating Jews-By Times of Israel staff August 30, 2016, 2:59 pm
A right-wing extremist Jewish group ran a series of summer camps in the West Bank teaching young people how to withstand interrogation by the Shin Bet security service, as well as teaching them Krav Maga self-defense, basic Arabic and counter-missionary work, according to a Tuesday report.The Lehava organization, headed by Bentzi Gopstein, organized five camps in the West Bank’s southern Hebron Hills over the summer, each lasting for three days.Video of the camp published by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper shows dozens of youths taking part in military-style training exercises, including running through obstacle courses and instruction in Krav Maga self-defense.According to Yedioth, some of the training was to be used to teach youths how to fight Israeli security forces, which have launched a crackdown against Jewish extremists in recent years.Israeli activists often accuse Palestinians of indoctrinating youths through camps run by Hamas and other terror groups teaching children how to fight.In addition to physical training, the camp, which was for youths ages 14-22, also ran sessions on legal rights for detainees and the best techniques for withstanding interrogation, the latter taught by Noam Federman, a former spokesperson for the outlawed Kach party, who has been repeatedly accused of taking part in Jewish terror activities.Lehava, which some see as the torchbearer for the Kach movement, has been linked to a number of cases of arson carried out by right-wing extremists, as well as attacks on Arabs. The group, which regularly protests outside mixed Jewish-gentile weddings and gay pride events, touts itself as an anti-assimilation organization standing up for Jewish rights.Several of the campers told Federman, who spent nine months in administrative detention as a terror suspect, they had been arrested by police, though he countered that Shin Bet interrogations were on another level.“Shin Bet is something completely different, and you have to prepare for it in a completely different way,” Federman said, according to the newspaper. “Shin Bet is not a place for the fainthearted. But if you are strong enough to remain silent and not allow them to play with you, you can destroy them,” Yedioth quoted him as saying.Itamar Ben Gvir, a well-known right-wing lawyer, advised the youths of their rights and how much compensation they could claim for wrongful arrest. He smiled as he spoke of the hundreds of thousands of shekels he had won in legal disputes with the authorities.“Everything we did here was legal,” Gopstein told the paper. “There was no use of weapons. These kids come to protect Jewish honor. We love the army, but we are against the violent interrogations of the Shin Bet.”Campers were also taught enough Arabic to break up a potential intermarriage. “They taught us how to approach an Arab who is dating a Jewish girl,” one participant explained to Yedioth. “I know how to say ‘give me your sister’s phone number’ in Arabic, and how to make clear to him that he must break off all ties with the Jewish girl.”On Monday morning, Gopstein accused Yedioth of “lying and inciting” against the camp.“Their headline about how to fight against the security forces shows that there are no limits to their audacity,” Gopstein wrote on Facebook (Hebrew). “Everything we spoke about was how to protect our soldiers and our daughters.”
Israel bids farewell to ‘fearless fighter’ Binyamin Ben-Eliezer-Netanyahu remembers veteran politician and general as renowned IDF commander; while Peres says his former Labor colleague is ‘planted deep in the fields of Israel’-By Sue Surkes August 30, 2016, 5:24 pm
Hundreds of people turned out in Holon on Tuesday for the funeral of former MK, minister and IDF general Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer, who died Sunday at the age of 80.“I carry many memories of him, as we say goodbye with gratitude and a bowed head,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his eulogy. Referring to Ben-Eliezer by his nickname, the prime minister continued: “The first time I heard his name was when I was a young soldier in Sayeret Matkal [an elite army reconnaissance unit] and Fuad’s fame as a commander preceded him — he was well known.”“I loved Fuad,” Netanyahu added, “and I permit myself to speak in all your names — we loved Fuad.”Ben-Eliezer, he said, “understood the meaning of Jewish sovereignty, and contributed during his IDF service and later in his years of service in the government. He was an authentic person, and I was very impressed with that.”Former president Shimon Peres also paid tribute to his one-time Labor colleague, calling him “a people person… a beloved commander… a fearless fighter against terrorism.”“Fuad,” he said, “you’re planted deep in the fields of Israel. You built its roads, defended its borders and towns.”Peres also highlighted Ben-Eliezer’s popularity, which he said transcended his Labor affiliation“We have come to take leave of you, from the right and the left, religious and secular; friends from all [ideological] streams and parties; representatives of the various religions. We’ve come to say thank you for your contribution to the security of the country, for the seeds of hope that you spread, for your humanity.”Yariv Ben-Eliezer, son of the late politician, echoed the sentiment in his own eulogy, recounting that “so many people have told me that ‘this isn’t just your father.'”Iraqi-born Ben-Eliezer, a career general, politician and one-time leader of the Labor Party, who became embroiled in allegations of graft in his later years, was being treated at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv when he passed away from complications stemming from dialysis treatment.Tributes from politicians, officials, friends and others have been flooding in since Ben-Eliezer’s death. Just one public figure — former Labor minister Yossi Beilin — broke with all the praise when he told Channel 1 news Sunday that he recalled Ben-Eliezer as “an aggressive, destructive politician.”Ben-Eliezer is survived by his wife and five children.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Ultra-Orthodox teacher said fired for getting her driver’s license-Woman got car to help disabled daughter; Education Ministry investigating as Beitar Illit principal says report ‘really not true’-By JTA August 30, 2016, 5:38 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
An ultra-Orthodox teacher at a girls’ school in the largely Haredi West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit was reportedly fired from her long-time position after obtaining a driver’s license.The woman obtained the driver’s license in order to more easily transport her disabled daughter, the ultra-Orthodox news website Kikar Hashabat reported Sunday. The family received funds from Israel’s National Insurance Institute to purchase a car to enable them to better care for their daughter, according to the report.According to the report, the woman consulted with a senior rabbi in the community, and received his permission to take her driving test and obtain the license after her husband had trouble passing.The article cited unnamed sources at the school. The sources quoted the school’s principal as saying of the teacher’s situation: “I don’t care. I will not tolerate a teacher with a driver’s license.”The teacher and her family would not comment to Kikar Hashabat on the incident, saying they do not want to cause a hillul hashem, or desecration of God’s name.When contacted by the Israeli daily Haaretz, the principal did not comment, saying: “I don’t give interviews, but this is really, really not true,” before hanging up, according to its English-language news website.The Education Ministry is investigating the report, according to Haaretz.Some ultra-Orthodox sects do not allow women to drive. Last summer, a letter was issued by rabbis of the Belz Hasidic group in London saying that children whose mothers drive them to the sect’s schools will be banned. The schools later walked back the letter.
EZEKIEL 38:1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Last chemical weapons shipped out of Libya — officials-Government sends arsenal to Germany under UN supervision to prevent it falling into hands of terrorists-By AFP August 30, 2016, 4:05 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country on a Danish vessel, under a UN-backed plan to eliminate the arsenal, officials said Tuesday.A senior security official told AFP the stocks were shipped to Germany on Saturday from the port of Misrata under the supervision of the United Nations.The deputy prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord, Mussa el-Koni, confirmed the operation, saying: “All of Libya’s chemical arsenal has been shipped out of the country.”The Danish government had earlier this month offered to send a container vessel, support ship and 200 staff to handle the operation, coordinated by the UN-backed Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.The UN Security Council on July 22 endorsed plans to remove Libya’s chemical weapons from the country and prevent them from falling into the hands of extremists like the Islamic State group.The security official said 23 tanks of chemicals were shipped out under the operation.The weapons had been stored in the central Jafa area, about 200 kilometers south of Sirte, where pro-government forces are battling IS jihadists, he said.“We as Libyans did not want these weapons, especially during the current security situation and with the presence of IS in the region,” the security official said.Libya joined the UN convention on eliminating chemical weapons in 2004.At the time it declared 24.7 tons of mustard gas, 1,390 tons of precursor chemicals and more than 3,500 aerial bombs containing chemical weapons.It had eliminated all the aerial bombs, 51 percent of the mustard gas and 40 percent of the precursor chemicals by 2011, when operations to destroy the arsenal were interrupted by the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, according to the OPCW.
Religious parties agree to a committee to discuss Shabbat construction-Compromise comes after ultra-Orthodox leaders voice outrage at decision to allow work on high-speed rail line at weekend-By Times of Israel staff August 30, 2016, 5:11 pm
Leaders of the ultra-Orthodox political parties agreed Tuesday on the establishment of a committee to define what kind of public construction work is considered critical and therefore permitted on Saturdays, the Jewish day of rest.The agreement came after a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Bureau between Shas and United Torah Judaism party leaders and senior ministers, Israel Radio reported.The conference was called after the religious parties, members of the ruling coalition, demanded an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following his decision on Friday that construction work on a train station in Tel Aviv would go ahead over the weekend despite their objections.A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said at the time that postponing the work would cause a safety hazard, and that it could therefore go ahead on Shabbat. The work on the station entailed the closure of sections of the Ayalon highway, the main expressway through Tel Aviv.The new committee was to be made up of the directors of the Prime Minister’s Office, the transportation, health and economy ministries and the heads of the ultra-Orthodox and Jewish Home parties. Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate were also set to be present.The ultra-Orthodox parties on Sunday voiced outrage over construction work, with several reports suggesting they were calling for Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz to be fired.Katz stressed his respect for religious values and Israel’s Jewish character, but said the work was done in line with the letter of the law, and was not a breach of the status quo.Police and construction professionals had stated “unequivocally,” he said, that conducting the work on a weekday would have created massive congestion throughout Tel Aviv, obstructing the work of emergency services and very possibly endangering public safety.At Tuesday’s meeting, the ultra-Orthodox leaders demanded that the CEO of Israel Railways, Boaz Tzafrir, change the company’s policy or resign, Israel Radio reported.Work on the Shalom station is part of construction on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-speed train line.Last year, then-economy minister Deri ordered a halt to all Shabbat construction on the line, in a move that Israel Railways warned would delay the project by two years.Construction on the intercity railway was originally set to be completed by late 2017 or early 2018.The Ports and Railways Authority said the move would effectively set back the NIS 6 billion ($1.5 billion) project — which began in 2001 — until 2020.
In Jewish extremist camp, youths learn to withstand Shin Bet grilling-Exposé of summer course run by right-wing Lehava organization shows military-style training, courses on how to keep Arabs from dating Jews-By Times of Israel staff August 30, 2016, 2:59 pm
A right-wing extremist Jewish group ran a series of summer camps in the West Bank teaching young people how to withstand interrogation by the Shin Bet security service, as well as teaching them Krav Maga self-defense, basic Arabic and counter-missionary work, according to a Tuesday report.The Lehava organization, headed by Bentzi Gopstein, organized five camps in the West Bank’s southern Hebron Hills over the summer, each lasting for three days.Video of the camp published by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper shows dozens of youths taking part in military-style training exercises, including running through obstacle courses and instruction in Krav Maga self-defense.According to Yedioth, some of the training was to be used to teach youths how to fight Israeli security forces, which have launched a crackdown against Jewish extremists in recent years.Israeli activists often accuse Palestinians of indoctrinating youths through camps run by Hamas and other terror groups teaching children how to fight.In addition to physical training, the camp, which was for youths ages 14-22, also ran sessions on legal rights for detainees and the best techniques for withstanding interrogation, the latter taught by Noam Federman, a former spokesperson for the outlawed Kach party, who has been repeatedly accused of taking part in Jewish terror activities.Lehava, which some see as the torchbearer for the Kach movement, has been linked to a number of cases of arson carried out by right-wing extremists, as well as attacks on Arabs. The group, which regularly protests outside mixed Jewish-gentile weddings and gay pride events, touts itself as an anti-assimilation organization standing up for Jewish rights.Several of the campers told Federman, who spent nine months in administrative detention as a terror suspect, they had been arrested by police, though he countered that Shin Bet interrogations were on another level.“Shin Bet is something completely different, and you have to prepare for it in a completely different way,” Federman said, according to the newspaper. “Shin Bet is not a place for the fainthearted. But if you are strong enough to remain silent and not allow them to play with you, you can destroy them,” Yedioth quoted him as saying.Itamar Ben Gvir, a well-known right-wing lawyer, advised the youths of their rights and how much compensation they could claim for wrongful arrest. He smiled as he spoke of the hundreds of thousands of shekels he had won in legal disputes with the authorities.“Everything we did here was legal,” Gopstein told the paper. “There was no use of weapons. These kids come to protect Jewish honor. We love the army, but we are against the violent interrogations of the Shin Bet.”Campers were also taught enough Arabic to break up a potential intermarriage. “They taught us how to approach an Arab who is dating a Jewish girl,” one participant explained to Yedioth. “I know how to say ‘give me your sister’s phone number’ in Arabic, and how to make clear to him that he must break off all ties with the Jewish girl.”On Monday morning, Gopstein accused Yedioth of “lying and inciting” against the camp.“Their headline about how to fight against the security forces shows that there are no limits to their audacity,” Gopstein wrote on Facebook (Hebrew). “Everything we spoke about was how to protect our soldiers and our daughters.”
Israel bids farewell to ‘fearless fighter’ Binyamin Ben-Eliezer-Netanyahu remembers veteran politician and general as renowned IDF commander; while Peres says his former Labor colleague is ‘planted deep in the fields of Israel’-By Sue Surkes August 30, 2016, 5:24 pm
Hundreds of people turned out in Holon on Tuesday for the funeral of former MK, minister and IDF general Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer, who died Sunday at the age of 80.“I carry many memories of him, as we say goodbye with gratitude and a bowed head,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his eulogy. Referring to Ben-Eliezer by his nickname, the prime minister continued: “The first time I heard his name was when I was a young soldier in Sayeret Matkal [an elite army reconnaissance unit] and Fuad’s fame as a commander preceded him — he was well known.”“I loved Fuad,” Netanyahu added, “and I permit myself to speak in all your names — we loved Fuad.”Ben-Eliezer, he said, “understood the meaning of Jewish sovereignty, and contributed during his IDF service and later in his years of service in the government. He was an authentic person, and I was very impressed with that.”Former president Shimon Peres also paid tribute to his one-time Labor colleague, calling him “a people person… a beloved commander… a fearless fighter against terrorism.”“Fuad,” he said, “you’re planted deep in the fields of Israel. You built its roads, defended its borders and towns.”Peres also highlighted Ben-Eliezer’s popularity, which he said transcended his Labor affiliation“We have come to take leave of you, from the right and the left, religious and secular; friends from all [ideological] streams and parties; representatives of the various religions. We’ve come to say thank you for your contribution to the security of the country, for the seeds of hope that you spread, for your humanity.”Yariv Ben-Eliezer, son of the late politician, echoed the sentiment in his own eulogy, recounting that “so many people have told me that ‘this isn’t just your father.'”Iraqi-born Ben-Eliezer, a career general, politician and one-time leader of the Labor Party, who became embroiled in allegations of graft in his later years, was being treated at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv when he passed away from complications stemming from dialysis treatment.Tributes from politicians, officials, friends and others have been flooding in since Ben-Eliezer’s death. Just one public figure — former Labor minister Yossi Beilin — broke with all the praise when he told Channel 1 news Sunday that he recalled Ben-Eliezer as “an aggressive, destructive politician.”Ben-Eliezer is survived by his wife and five children.
