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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)
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
Israeli plane diverts to Slovakia over oxygen problem-IsraAir passengers describe fear and confusion as masks came down with no explanations from crew; company insists landing was not an emergency-By Times of Israel staff May 30, 2017, 3:31 am
A chartered Israir flight from Warsaw to Tel Aviv was forced to land in Slovakia Monday after suffering problems with its oxygen supply, according to reports in Hebrew media.The plane, which according to The Marker was leased to Israir by a Czech lowcost company, landed safely in the city of Kosice, and passengers later boarded another flight to Israel.Passengers described an emergency situation, saying said they were forced to wear oxygen masks as the plane descended and were kept in the dark as to the nature of the problem for a lengthy period of time.Passenger Orly Zeevi told the NRG website: “We began feeling suffocated and a lack of air, the masks came down and there was mass hysteria. No one told us what was going on…we felt we were going to die any second.“Only after about 15 minutes the pilot, who apparently wasn’t even Israeli, spoke to us in English and said we were landing,” she recounted. “Those 15 minutes in which no one was telling us what was happening were an eternity for me.”Another unnamed passenger told The Marker: “If we knew we were buying Israir’s record and getting a foreign airline’s ramshackle plane, we would have thought twice before boarding.”Israir denied an emergency landing had taken place, saying the plane’s crew “identified a suspected pressurization problem. The crew decided not to continue [the flight] and diverted to a regular landing in Kosice airport. The plane landed a regular landing and there was no danger to the passengers or the plane.”
N. Korea claims progress in efforts to prepare missile ‘gifts’ for US-Pyongyang says latest test of precision-guided ballistic missile was ‘successful,’ after projectile lands in waters close to Japan-By AFP and Times of Israel staff May 30, 2017, 3:05 am
North Korea confirmed its test-firing of a precision-guided ballistic missile was “successful”, the state-run news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, a day after the projectile landed in waters provocatively close to Japan.North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un supervised the launch of the “new-type precision guided ballistic rocket” — the third missile test by the nuclear-armed regime in less than three weeks and carried out in defiance of UN sanctions warnings and US threats of possible military action.“The ballistic rocket flew toward the east sky where the day broke and correctly hit a planned target point… after flying over the middle shooting range,” the report said.South Korea’s military earlier said the Scud-type missile traveled eastward for 450 km (280 miles). Japan said it believed it had fallen into its exclusive economic zone, extending 200 nautical miles from the coast.The missile test triggered swift condemnation from US President Donald Trump who said it showed “disrespect” for neighboring China, the North’s sole major ally, which has sought to dampen tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons program.The launch was aimed at testing a weapon “capable of making ultra-precision strike on the enemies’ objects at any area”, the North Korean report said.“It also verified ultra-precision guidance correctness in the re-entry section,” it said.“Whenever news of our valuable victory is broadcast… the Yankees would be very much worried about it and the gangsters of the south Korean puppet army would be dispirited more and more,” the report quoted Kim as saying.Kim “expressed the conviction that [North Korea] would make a greater leap forward in this spirit to send bigger ‘gift packages’ to the Yankees” if provoked, the report added.It added that the projectile was showcased for the first time last month as part of Pyongyang’s annual military parade to mark the 105th birth anniversary of the regime’s founder Kim Il-Sung.Following North Korea’s test-firing earlier this month of what analysts said was its longest-range rocket yet, the UN Security Council vowed to push all countries to tighten sanctions against Pyongyang.But China has made it clear that the push for talks — and not more sanctions — is its priority. On Monday it pleaded again for dialogue.“We hope that related parties can remain calm and restrained, ease the tension on the peninsula, and bring the peninsula issue into the right track of peaceful dialogue again,” the Chinese foreign ministry said.The US has said it is willing to enter into talks only if the North halts its missile and nuclear tests.Several rounds of UN sanctions have done little to stop the isolated regime from pushing ahead with its ambition to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the continental US.
Arrested cousin of Manchester bomber posted anti-Semitic messages on Facebook-In now-disabled account, Abderahman Forjani said ‘If only Hitler was still alive — these Jews would be burnt in chambers’-By JTA May 30, 2017, 4:11 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
A cousin of the Manchester bomber arrested last week in connection with the attack that left 22 dead posted anti-Semitic messages on social media.Abderahman Forjani, 21, was arrested on May 23, hours after the suicide bomb attack by Salman Adedi outside the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by American popstar Ariana Grande. His brother, Abdalla Forjani, also was arrested.London-based The Times reported on Monday that Abderahman Forjani had posted anti-Semitic messages on Facebook. His account has since been taken down.Among the Facebook posts were: “If only Hitler was still alive – these Jews would be burnt in chambers.”He further expressed animosity toward his hometown of Manchester.It also was reported on Monday that the bomber had prayed at Didsbury mosque in south Manchester, which was attended by at least two British members of the Islamic State group who had traveled to Syria.Some 14 people have been arrested in Britain in connection with the bomb attack.
Manchester attack transforms Britain’s election campaign-Security, rather than Brexit negotiations, has become dominant theme of June 8 race-By Jill Lawless May 30, 2017, 1:16 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
LONDON (AP) — Until a week ago, two things were widely agreed about Britain’s upcoming general election: it was producing the dullest campaign in recent memory and the result was a foregone conclusion. It would be a coronation march for Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May.Then a bomb blast killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, bringing campaigning to a shocked halt. When the debates, ads and stump speeches resumed three days later, they were delivered to a jittery nation on a transformed political landscape.Security now is the dominant theme in a contest that was supposed to be about Britain’s exit from the European Union, with the main parties battling over which can keep Britain safer.History suggests the tragedy should further bolster May. Violent attacks usually produce a “rally-round-the-flag effect” that boosts support for government and state institutions, Manchester University political science Professor Rob Ford said.While campaigning was suspended, May remained highly visible in her role as head of government, making several televised statements that were praised as somber and steadying.Yet the pause also seems to have solidified concerns about the lackluster campaign May was running before the suicide bombing at Manchester Arena. Polls which had given the prime minister’s Tories as much as a 20-point lead over the left-leaning Labour Party have narrowed into the single figures.The Guardian newspaper noted that Conservative confidence has been replaced by “the palpable sense of a Tory wobble.”May is an unelected and relatively untested prime minister. The Conservative Party picked her to replace Prime Minister David Cameron after his unexpected resignation in the wake of Britain’s vote last June to leave the EU. May called an early election in a bid to increase her parliamentary majority and strengthen her hand in Brexit negotiations.It seemed a low-risk gamble. Polls suggested voters regarded May as a stronger leader than Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, an old-fashioned socialist. Many Labour members harbor concerns about Corbyn, and the Conservatives were confident voters would reject seemingly outmoded Labour promises such as raising taxes on the wealthy and re-nationalizing industries.But from the start, May was accused of running a tightly controlled and uninspiring campaign. She made speeches to hand-picked audiences and batted away awkward questions by falling back on her oft-repeated slogan “strong and stable government.”May also made several unforced errors. She said she would give Parliament a vote on reversing the ban on fox hunting — a statement that reinforced the Conservatives’ status in many minds as the party of the wealthy.Then the party proposed changing the way pensioners pay for long-term care — a policy the opposition quickly labeled as a “dementia tax.” The proposal alarmed many of the older people who form the bedrock of Conservative support. May was forced to make an embarrassing partial reversal.“Theresa May’s ‘strong and stable’ has proven to be an albatross around her neck,” said Steven Fielding, a professor of political history at Nottingham University. “It’s something that people now contrast with the reality, rather than showing the reality.”Labour, meanwhile, has outperformed expectations. Its focus on pouring more money into education and Britain’s overstretched national health service has resonated with many voters.“People expected the Labour campaign to fall apart, and it hasn’t happened,” Fielding said.With less than two weeks until polling day on June 8, the heightened focus on security has risks for both parties.Authorities have acknowledged that British-born suicide bomber Salman Abedi was peripherally on the security services’ radar, so voters could blame the Conservative government for failing to prevent the attack.Labour has criticized the cuts to police budgets May made while she was home secretary between 2010 and 2016, a period that saw the number of police officers across the country fall by almost 20,000.The Conservatives, meanwhile, have ramped up accusations that Corbyn would weaken Britain’s defenses. They have repeatedly underscored his opposition to Britain’s nuclear weapons and appearances alongside Irish republicans, even in the years when the IRA was setting off bombs in Britain.In a speech on Friday, Corbyn argued that British foreign policy had helped fuel terrorism. He said intelligence and security experts “have pointed to the connections between wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home.”Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Corbyn’s comment amounted to justifying terrorism, and argued Sunday that Britain would be “less safe if Jeremy Corbyn was prime minister.”Political commentators say such intense verbal assaults show the Conservatives are worried.In Sunday’s Observer newspaper, columnist Andrew Rawnsley said a campaign organized around the projection of May as “the Supreme Leader” had backfired by exposing her flaws.“She is still on course to win, but it will not be the unvarnished victory that she was looking for when she began this campaign,” he wrote.
German FM: Trump has ‘weakened’ the West, hurt EU interests-Sigmar Gabriel says US policies on climate change, weapons sales and conflicts ‘is putting peace in Europe at risk’-By Damien Stroka May 30, 2017, 2:41 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
BERLIN (AFP) — Germany unleashed a volley of criticism Monday against US President Donald Trump, slamming his “short-sighted” policies that have “weakened the West” and hurt European interests.The sharp words from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Trump concluded his first official tour abroad which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit.They followed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s warning on Sunday that the United States and Britain may no longer be completely reliable partners.Germany’s exasperation was laid bare after the G7 summit which wrapped up on Saturday with the US refusing so far to sign up to upholding the 2015 Paris climate accord.Days earlier, in Saudi Arabia, Trump had presided over the single largest US arms deal in American history, worth $110 billion over the next decade and including ships, tanks and anti-missile systems.Gabriel said Monday that “anyone who accelerates climate change by weakening environmental protection, who sells more weapons in conflict zones and who does not want to politically resolve religious conflicts is putting peace in Europe at risk”.“The short-sighted policies of the American government stand against the interests of the European Union,” he said, judging that “the West has become smaller, at least it has become weaker”.“We Europeans must fight for more climate protection, fewer weapons and against religious (fanaticism), otherwise the Middle East and Africa will be further destabilized,” Gabriel said.Germany’s harsh words for Washington, traditionally a close ally, were highly unusual and came as relations have grown increasingly frosty.When Trump was inaugurated in January, Merkel had told the billionaire and former reality TV show star that cooperation would be on the basis of shared democratic values.The relationship between Merkel and Trump contrasts with the warm ties between her and former US president Barack Obama — who last week travelled to Berlin to attend a key Protestant conference.Obama’s participation in a forum with Merkel last Thursday came hours before her meeting with Trump in Brussels at the NATO summit.At the alliance’s meeting on Thursday, Trump lambasted 23 of the alliance’s 28 members — including Germany — for “still not paying what they should be paying” towards the funding of the bloc.After the NATO and G7 summits, Merkel said at an election rally in southern Germany that “the times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I’ve experienced that in the last few days.”“We, the Europeans, will have to take our fate into our own hands. Our friendship with the US, the UK, our neighborly relationship with Russia and also with other countries count, of course. But we must know, we have to fight for our own future,” she said.In response to Merkel’s comments, Britain said it would be a “strong partner” to Germany.“As we begin the negotiations about leaving the EU, we will be able to reassure Germany and other European countries that we are going to be a strong partner to them in defence and security and, we hope, in trade,” Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd told BBC radio.“We can reassure Mrs. Merkel that we want to have a deep and special partnership so that we can continue to maintain European-wide security to keep us all safe from the terrorists abroad and those that are trying to be nurtured in our country,” she said.Separately, France’s Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard said that Trump’s broadside at NATO allies could boost efforts toward a common European defense policy.“At a time when we want to take steps forward for Europe and its defense, it is a spur,” said Goulard.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker “supports building bridges,” spokesman Margaritis Schinas said, while the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Twitter he “agreed” with Merkel that “Europe’s destiny is in our own hands.”
Iran denies Trump’s claims it sponsors terrorism-Tehran says US accusations that it is a major backer of extremist groups throughout the Middle East are ‘incorrect and irrelevant’-By Times of Israel staff May 30, 2017, 2:24 am
Iran on Monday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s allegations that it is a major sponsor of terrorism as “incorrect and irrelevant.”Trump, during his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, accused Tehran of spearheading global terror. Along with Saudi King Salman he called for the Islamic Republic to be shunned.“From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region,” Trump said.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed the accusations during a press briefing.“These improper, incorrect and irrelevant positions of certain countries are nothing new and they try to project the blame on others and such remarks are unbelievable and unacceptable,” he said.According to the Fars news agency, Qassemi also questioned how Tehran could be a sponsor of terror when it had just recently proven to the world its democratic bona fides with its presidential elections.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s monarchy faces “certain downfall” for aligning itself with the US and that its regime could be toppled sooner rather than later.“They will be gone, they can be toppled and can perish [or be destroyed]… there is no doubt about it… it is certain that it will happen,” Khamnei said during a religious gathering in comments translated from Persian.In further scathing remarks against Riyadh, Khamenei said the Muslim world has been placed in “grave danger” by “a group of worthless, inept and villainous people [who] are ruling over a community of the Muslim nation, namely the Saudi government.”Khamenei also said that Saudi Arabia is a “cow being milked” by the United States, a week after the kingdom signed an $110 billion weapons deal with Trump during his visit last Saturday. Private sector and other agreements with the US totaled some $350 billion.Majority Shiite Iran and predominantly Sunni Saudi Arabia support opposite sites in the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East.AP contributed to this report.
North Miami Beach Jewish school evacuated over bomb threat-Fax sent to institution demands $25,000 in ransom; police find no explosives at scene-By JTA May 30, 2017, 3:42 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
A Jewish day school in North Miami Beach was evacuated following a bomb threat.The Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes school, which has enrolled 600 students from early childhood to high school, received a fax on Sunday demanding $25,000 in ransom and threatening to detonate explosives already in place at the school if the demand was not met, WSVN News 7 reported late Sunday.The message warned school officials not to call police, saying if they do so “I’ll know.” The letter also said that the would-be bomber had access to the school’s computers and email addresses, according to The Yeshiva World news website. The letter demanded that the money be sent to a certain address in the United States via Western Union by May 31.Roads near the school campus were shut down and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the area. No bombs were found.
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
Israeli plane diverts to Slovakia over oxygen problem-IsraAir passengers describe fear and confusion as masks came down with no explanations from crew; company insists landing was not an emergency-By Times of Israel staff May 30, 2017, 3:31 am
A chartered Israir flight from Warsaw to Tel Aviv was forced to land in Slovakia Monday after suffering problems with its oxygen supply, according to reports in Hebrew media.The plane, which according to The Marker was leased to Israir by a Czech lowcost company, landed safely in the city of Kosice, and passengers later boarded another flight to Israel.Passengers described an emergency situation, saying said they were forced to wear oxygen masks as the plane descended and were kept in the dark as to the nature of the problem for a lengthy period of time.Passenger Orly Zeevi told the NRG website: “We began feeling suffocated and a lack of air, the masks came down and there was mass hysteria. No one told us what was going on…we felt we were going to die any second.“Only after about 15 minutes the pilot, who apparently wasn’t even Israeli, spoke to us in English and said we were landing,” she recounted. “Those 15 minutes in which no one was telling us what was happening were an eternity for me.”Another unnamed passenger told The Marker: “If we knew we were buying Israir’s record and getting a foreign airline’s ramshackle plane, we would have thought twice before boarding.”Israir denied an emergency landing had taken place, saying the plane’s crew “identified a suspected pressurization problem. The crew decided not to continue [the flight] and diverted to a regular landing in Kosice airport. The plane landed a regular landing and there was no danger to the passengers or the plane.”
N. Korea claims progress in efforts to prepare missile ‘gifts’ for US-Pyongyang says latest test of precision-guided ballistic missile was ‘successful,’ after projectile lands in waters close to Japan-By AFP and Times of Israel staff May 30, 2017, 3:05 am
North Korea confirmed its test-firing of a precision-guided ballistic missile was “successful”, the state-run news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, a day after the projectile landed in waters provocatively close to Japan.North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un supervised the launch of the “new-type precision guided ballistic rocket” — the third missile test by the nuclear-armed regime in less than three weeks and carried out in defiance of UN sanctions warnings and US threats of possible military action.“The ballistic rocket flew toward the east sky where the day broke and correctly hit a planned target point… after flying over the middle shooting range,” the report said.South Korea’s military earlier said the Scud-type missile traveled eastward for 450 km (280 miles). Japan said it believed it had fallen into its exclusive economic zone, extending 200 nautical miles from the coast.The missile test triggered swift condemnation from US President Donald Trump who said it showed “disrespect” for neighboring China, the North’s sole major ally, which has sought to dampen tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons program.The launch was aimed at testing a weapon “capable of making ultra-precision strike on the enemies’ objects at any area”, the North Korean report said.“It also verified ultra-precision guidance correctness in the re-entry section,” it said.“Whenever news of our valuable victory is broadcast… the Yankees would be very much worried about it and the gangsters of the south Korean puppet army would be dispirited more and more,” the report quoted Kim as saying.Kim “expressed the conviction that [North Korea] would make a greater leap forward in this spirit to send bigger ‘gift packages’ to the Yankees” if provoked, the report added.It added that the projectile was showcased for the first time last month as part of Pyongyang’s annual military parade to mark the 105th birth anniversary of the regime’s founder Kim Il-Sung.Following North Korea’s test-firing earlier this month of what analysts said was its longest-range rocket yet, the UN Security Council vowed to push all countries to tighten sanctions against Pyongyang.But China has made it clear that the push for talks — and not more sanctions — is its priority. On Monday it pleaded again for dialogue.“We hope that related parties can remain calm and restrained, ease the tension on the peninsula, and bring the peninsula issue into the right track of peaceful dialogue again,” the Chinese foreign ministry said.The US has said it is willing to enter into talks only if the North halts its missile and nuclear tests.Several rounds of UN sanctions have done little to stop the isolated regime from pushing ahead with its ambition to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the continental US.
Arrested cousin of Manchester bomber posted anti-Semitic messages on Facebook-In now-disabled account, Abderahman Forjani said ‘If only Hitler was still alive — these Jews would be burnt in chambers’-By JTA May 30, 2017, 4:11 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
A cousin of the Manchester bomber arrested last week in connection with the attack that left 22 dead posted anti-Semitic messages on social media.Abderahman Forjani, 21, was arrested on May 23, hours after the suicide bomb attack by Salman Adedi outside the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by American popstar Ariana Grande. His brother, Abdalla Forjani, also was arrested.London-based The Times reported on Monday that Abderahman Forjani had posted anti-Semitic messages on Facebook. His account has since been taken down.Among the Facebook posts were: “If only Hitler was still alive – these Jews would be burnt in chambers.”He further expressed animosity toward his hometown of Manchester.It also was reported on Monday that the bomber had prayed at Didsbury mosque in south Manchester, which was attended by at least two British members of the Islamic State group who had traveled to Syria.Some 14 people have been arrested in Britain in connection with the bomb attack.
Manchester attack transforms Britain’s election campaign-Security, rather than Brexit negotiations, has become dominant theme of June 8 race-By Jill Lawless May 30, 2017, 1:16 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
LONDON (AP) — Until a week ago, two things were widely agreed about Britain’s upcoming general election: it was producing the dullest campaign in recent memory and the result was a foregone conclusion. It would be a coronation march for Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May.Then a bomb blast killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, bringing campaigning to a shocked halt. When the debates, ads and stump speeches resumed three days later, they were delivered to a jittery nation on a transformed political landscape.Security now is the dominant theme in a contest that was supposed to be about Britain’s exit from the European Union, with the main parties battling over which can keep Britain safer.History suggests the tragedy should further bolster May. Violent attacks usually produce a “rally-round-the-flag effect” that boosts support for government and state institutions, Manchester University political science Professor Rob Ford said.While campaigning was suspended, May remained highly visible in her role as head of government, making several televised statements that were praised as somber and steadying.Yet the pause also seems to have solidified concerns about the lackluster campaign May was running before the suicide bombing at Manchester Arena. Polls which had given the prime minister’s Tories as much as a 20-point lead over the left-leaning Labour Party have narrowed into the single figures.The Guardian newspaper noted that Conservative confidence has been replaced by “the palpable sense of a Tory wobble.”May is an unelected and relatively untested prime minister. The Conservative Party picked her to replace Prime Minister David Cameron after his unexpected resignation in the wake of Britain’s vote last June to leave the EU. May called an early election in a bid to increase her parliamentary majority and strengthen her hand in Brexit negotiations.It seemed a low-risk gamble. Polls suggested voters regarded May as a stronger leader than Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, an old-fashioned socialist. Many Labour members harbor concerns about Corbyn, and the Conservatives were confident voters would reject seemingly outmoded Labour promises such as raising taxes on the wealthy and re-nationalizing industries.But from the start, May was accused of running a tightly controlled and uninspiring campaign. She made speeches to hand-picked audiences and batted away awkward questions by falling back on her oft-repeated slogan “strong and stable government.”May also made several unforced errors. She said she would give Parliament a vote on reversing the ban on fox hunting — a statement that reinforced the Conservatives’ status in many minds as the party of the wealthy.Then the party proposed changing the way pensioners pay for long-term care — a policy the opposition quickly labeled as a “dementia tax.” The proposal alarmed many of the older people who form the bedrock of Conservative support. May was forced to make an embarrassing partial reversal.“Theresa May’s ‘strong and stable’ has proven to be an albatross around her neck,” said Steven Fielding, a professor of political history at Nottingham University. “It’s something that people now contrast with the reality, rather than showing the reality.”Labour, meanwhile, has outperformed expectations. Its focus on pouring more money into education and Britain’s overstretched national health service has resonated with many voters.“People expected the Labour campaign to fall apart, and it hasn’t happened,” Fielding said.With less than two weeks until polling day on June 8, the heightened focus on security has risks for both parties.Authorities have acknowledged that British-born suicide bomber Salman Abedi was peripherally on the security services’ radar, so voters could blame the Conservative government for failing to prevent the attack.Labour has criticized the cuts to police budgets May made while she was home secretary between 2010 and 2016, a period that saw the number of police officers across the country fall by almost 20,000.The Conservatives, meanwhile, have ramped up accusations that Corbyn would weaken Britain’s defenses. They have repeatedly underscored his opposition to Britain’s nuclear weapons and appearances alongside Irish republicans, even in the years when the IRA was setting off bombs in Britain.In a speech on Friday, Corbyn argued that British foreign policy had helped fuel terrorism. He said intelligence and security experts “have pointed to the connections between wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home.”Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Corbyn’s comment amounted to justifying terrorism, and argued Sunday that Britain would be “less safe if Jeremy Corbyn was prime minister.”Political commentators say such intense verbal assaults show the Conservatives are worried.In Sunday’s Observer newspaper, columnist Andrew Rawnsley said a campaign organized around the projection of May as “the Supreme Leader” had backfired by exposing her flaws.“She is still on course to win, but it will not be the unvarnished victory that she was looking for when she began this campaign,” he wrote.
German FM: Trump has ‘weakened’ the West, hurt EU interests-Sigmar Gabriel says US policies on climate change, weapons sales and conflicts ‘is putting peace in Europe at risk’-By Damien Stroka May 30, 2017, 2:41 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
BERLIN (AFP) — Germany unleashed a volley of criticism Monday against US President Donald Trump, slamming his “short-sighted” policies that have “weakened the West” and hurt European interests.The sharp words from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Trump concluded his first official tour abroad which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit.They followed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s warning on Sunday that the United States and Britain may no longer be completely reliable partners.Germany’s exasperation was laid bare after the G7 summit which wrapped up on Saturday with the US refusing so far to sign up to upholding the 2015 Paris climate accord.Days earlier, in Saudi Arabia, Trump had presided over the single largest US arms deal in American history, worth $110 billion over the next decade and including ships, tanks and anti-missile systems.Gabriel said Monday that “anyone who accelerates climate change by weakening environmental protection, who sells more weapons in conflict zones and who does not want to politically resolve religious conflicts is putting peace in Europe at risk”.“The short-sighted policies of the American government stand against the interests of the European Union,” he said, judging that “the West has become smaller, at least it has become weaker”.“We Europeans must fight for more climate protection, fewer weapons and against religious (fanaticism), otherwise the Middle East and Africa will be further destabilized,” Gabriel said.Germany’s harsh words for Washington, traditionally a close ally, were highly unusual and came as relations have grown increasingly frosty.When Trump was inaugurated in January, Merkel had told the billionaire and former reality TV show star that cooperation would be on the basis of shared democratic values.The relationship between Merkel and Trump contrasts with the warm ties between her and former US president Barack Obama — who last week travelled to Berlin to attend a key Protestant conference.Obama’s participation in a forum with Merkel last Thursday came hours before her meeting with Trump in Brussels at the NATO summit.At the alliance’s meeting on Thursday, Trump lambasted 23 of the alliance’s 28 members — including Germany — for “still not paying what they should be paying” towards the funding of the bloc.After the NATO and G7 summits, Merkel said at an election rally in southern Germany that “the times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I’ve experienced that in the last few days.”“We, the Europeans, will have to take our fate into our own hands. Our friendship with the US, the UK, our neighborly relationship with Russia and also with other countries count, of course. But we must know, we have to fight for our own future,” she said.In response to Merkel’s comments, Britain said it would be a “strong partner” to Germany.“As we begin the negotiations about leaving the EU, we will be able to reassure Germany and other European countries that we are going to be a strong partner to them in defence and security and, we hope, in trade,” Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd told BBC radio.“We can reassure Mrs. Merkel that we want to have a deep and special partnership so that we can continue to maintain European-wide security to keep us all safe from the terrorists abroad and those that are trying to be nurtured in our country,” she said.Separately, France’s Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard said that Trump’s broadside at NATO allies could boost efforts toward a common European defense policy.“At a time when we want to take steps forward for Europe and its defense, it is a spur,” said Goulard.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker “supports building bridges,” spokesman Margaritis Schinas said, while the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Twitter he “agreed” with Merkel that “Europe’s destiny is in our own hands.”
Iran denies Trump’s claims it sponsors terrorism-Tehran says US accusations that it is a major backer of extremist groups throughout the Middle East are ‘incorrect and irrelevant’-By Times of Israel staff May 30, 2017, 2:24 am
Iran on Monday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s allegations that it is a major sponsor of terrorism as “incorrect and irrelevant.”Trump, during his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, accused Tehran of spearheading global terror. Along with Saudi King Salman he called for the Islamic Republic to be shunned.“From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region,” Trump said.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed the accusations during a press briefing.“These improper, incorrect and irrelevant positions of certain countries are nothing new and they try to project the blame on others and such remarks are unbelievable and unacceptable,” he said.According to the Fars news agency, Qassemi also questioned how Tehran could be a sponsor of terror when it had just recently proven to the world its democratic bona fides with its presidential elections.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s monarchy faces “certain downfall” for aligning itself with the US and that its regime could be toppled sooner rather than later.“They will be gone, they can be toppled and can perish [or be destroyed]… there is no doubt about it… it is certain that it will happen,” Khamnei said during a religious gathering in comments translated from Persian.In further scathing remarks against Riyadh, Khamenei said the Muslim world has been placed in “grave danger” by “a group of worthless, inept and villainous people [who] are ruling over a community of the Muslim nation, namely the Saudi government.”Khamenei also said that Saudi Arabia is a “cow being milked” by the United States, a week after the kingdom signed an $110 billion weapons deal with Trump during his visit last Saturday. Private sector and other agreements with the US totaled some $350 billion.Majority Shiite Iran and predominantly Sunni Saudi Arabia support opposite sites in the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East.AP contributed to this report.
North Miami Beach Jewish school evacuated over bomb threat-Fax sent to institution demands $25,000 in ransom; police find no explosives at scene-By JTA May 30, 2017, 3:42 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
A Jewish day school in North Miami Beach was evacuated following a bomb threat.The Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes school, which has enrolled 600 students from early childhood to high school, received a fax on Sunday demanding $25,000 in ransom and threatening to detonate explosives already in place at the school if the demand was not met, WSVN News 7 reported late Sunday.The message warned school officials not to call police, saying if they do so “I’ll know.” The letter also said that the would-be bomber had access to the school’s computers and email addresses, according to The Yeshiva World news website. The letter demanded that the money be sent to a certain address in the United States via Western Union by May 31.Roads near the school campus were shut down and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the area. No bombs were found.
