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
Trump’s language on North Korea carries dire risk-Analysts criticize US president’s latest volley at Pyongyang, in which he said future threats will be ‘met with fire and fury’-By Jung Ha-Won August 9, 2017, 3:47 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
AFP — By borrowing from North Korea’s own rhetorical playbook in his latest verbal assault on Pyongyang, US President Donald Trump risks provoking the unpredictable, nuclear-armed regime into carrying out “the very attack we seek to deter,” critics say.At his New Jersey golf club, Trump warned that the North — which last month carried out two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile — would be “met with fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it makes more threats against the US.The language was similar to the bombastic, colorful diatribes North Korea unleashes against enemies such as South Korea, which it habitually threatens to turn into a “sea of flames” with its missiles.But Trump’s comments were made as Asia was waking up to the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and analysts said they would be closely examined in Pyongyang.The US needed to avoid “escalating rhetoric that risks provoking the very attack we seek to deter,” said Laura Rosenberger, former National Security Council director for Korea and China.The “biggest concern is if they fear US action is imminent and they act in what they believe to be preemptive way,” she said on Twitter.“Trump’s statement today is the kind of threat that could accelerate and/or tip that decision.”Republican Senator John McCain also warned that Trump should tread carefully when speaking about the North, telling a US radio station: “All it’s going to do is bring us closer to some kind of serious confrontation.”Pyongyang’s first ICBM brought Alaska within its range, experts say, and its second extended that to much of the US mainland, including Chicago and potentially New York.The United Nations has imposed a new set of sanctions on the North which could shave off a third of the impoverished country’s total export earnings, and Washington, Seoul and Tokyo have staged joint military drills in a show of force.“Brinkmanship is highly psychological and the potential for miscalculation is high,” said Jane’s analyst Karl Dewey, “particularly as so little is known about North Korea’s true preferences and threat perceptions.”Pyongyang — which says it needs nuclear weapons to deter against the threat of invasion — responded to overflights of the Korean peninsula by Guam-based bombers with a declaration it was considering missile strikes on the US Pacific island.But Pyongyang regularly issues blood-curdling threats, and analysts pointed out that announcing an attack in advance was not normal military strategy.-‘Shrimp among whales’-Any US strike on the North risks immediate retaliation — the Pyongyang regime bases its claim to legitimacy on its opposition to the US — and rapid escalation, with devastating consequences for the South.Its capital Seoul, with a population of 10 million people and many more in the surrounding area, is within range of Pyongyang’s vast conventional artillery forces.“By descending to Pyongyang-style rhetoric without good options for following through, Trump risks US credibility with allies and foes,” tweeted Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at Australian National University.Southerners have become used to decades of hostile rhetoric from their northern neighbor, but the escalating war of words between the Trump administration — whose messages are frequently variable — and the North has unnerved many.“Do you think we would be unharmed if the US will turn North Korea into a sea of fire? We are all going to die,” said one of the most-liked comments on Naver — the South’s top internet portal.The capitalist South — Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a key Asian ally of the US — hosts 28,500 US troops to defend it from the North after the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice instead of a peace treaty.The North’s ICBM tests have already raised fears in the South on whether the US would protect Seoul when that could put American cities in danger of potential missile retaliation by Pyongyang.Online posters used the proverbial expression “a shrimp among whales” to describe the country buffeted by the currents of diplomacy and squeezed in a conflict between powerful neighbors.Referring to Trump and the North’s young leader Kim Jong-Un, one poster said: “If these two nutheads really start a fight, South Korea will be the biggest victim.”
Soldier who stopped Halamish terrorist to get commendation-Army lauds actions of staff sergeant and his father, who intervened to end terror attack in which three people were killed-By Judah Ari Gross August 9, 2017, 3:54 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
A soldier who intervened during a terror attack in a West Bank settlement last month will be awarded a “citation of praise” for his actions, the army announced Wednesday.On July 21, a Palestinian terrorist, Omar al-Abed, entered the Halamish settlement in the central West Bank armed with a knife. He entered the home of the Salomon family, stabbing to death the father Yosef, 70, and his children Chaya, 46, and Elad, 36. The mother, Tova, was seriously injured.The staff sergeant, who can only be identified by the first Hebrew initial of his name, “Ayin,” as he serves in the army’s elite canine unit, lives next door to the Salomons, and upon seeing that the family was in trouble, he ran over with his pistol.When the soldier saw “the terrorist fighting in the kitchen with Yossi Salomon (may his memory be blessed), he fired a single shot from outside the house, through a window, at the terrorist, stopping him,” the army said in a statement.The terrorist, Omar al-Abed, was wounded.“‘Ayin’ and his father, Shimon Maoz, entered the house, spotted the incapacitated terrorist, called for security forces and continued to clear the house” of possible threats, the military added.According to the army, the staff sergeant’s “display of cool-headedness, willingness to charge [the terrorist] and dedication to the mission of stopping the terrorist, while displaying courage and consideration, led to the prevention of a greater tragedy.”On Wednesday, the head of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa, accepted a request to grant “Ayin” an award for his actions.The staff sergeant will receive a “citation of praise,” known in Hebrew by its acronym “Tzalash.” Such an award has four levels, depending on who grants it. “Ayin” will receive the second level of the award, presented by the head of the army’s Judea and Samaria Division, Brig. Gen. Lior Carmeli.The recommendation came from a committee led by Col. Ofer Hindi.The “Tzalash” comes in the form of a green fabric pin, worn on the chest. As the staff sergeant’s citation is being awarded by a division commander, the ribbon will also feature a brass “X” made up of a sword crossing an olive branch.In addition, Numa will present the soldier’s father with a certificate of appreciation for “showing courage, a willingness to charge and exemplary citizenship by helping stop the terrorist and preventing a greater tragedy,” the army said.Last month, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman expressed his support for awarding “Ayin” a citation for his actions.In a tweet, the minister wrote: “He is an exemplary soldier and I think he is deserving of a Tzalash.”Commentators noted that the announcement that “Ayin,” who merely wounded the stabber, would be getting a citation came the same day as another IDF soldier, Elor Azaria, went to prison for killing an incapacitated Palestinian terrorist.
Car rams soldiers near Paris in ‘deliberate’ attack-Police say six people injured in incident, including two in serious condition; officers hunt for vehicle and driver-By Agencies August 9, 2017, 10:37 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
PARIS — French police said a vehicle slammed into soldiers guarding a Paris suburb on Wednesday, injuring six of them, before getting away. Police described the incident as an “apparently deliberate act.”Authorities were searching for the vehicle and driver after the incident in Levallois, northwest of Paris, according to a Paris police spokesman.The vehicle appeared to clearly target the soldiers but the motive is unclear, the spokesman said. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.Four of the soldiers suffered light injuries while two were hospitalized in the Percy military hospital south of Paris, police officials said. They were from the 35th infantry regiment and served in Operation Sentinelle, created to guard prominent French sites after a string of deadly Islamic extremist attacks in 2015, according to the interior ministry.Witnesses described seeing a BMW with one person inside waiting in a cul-de-sac near a building used for Sentinelle soldiers, according to two police officials. One official said the attacker hit just as a group of soldiers emerged from the building to board vehicles for a new shift.Authorities were checking video surveillance of the area to identify the vehicle and hunt the driver.The mayor of Levallois also said it was a deliberate act targeting security forces. Patrick Balkany denounced on BFM television what he called an “odious attack” and said it was “without a doubt deliberate.”“A BMW pre-positioned itself in the alley (where the barracks is located) and barreled into them,” he said. He added that the car “accelerated very quickly when they left” the building.A security perimeter was installed around the scene, and the Paris police chief and regional prosecutor were expected at the site later Wednesday morning.French President Emmanuel Macron was holding a previously scheduled top-level security meeting Wednesday morning.The incident is the latest of several attacks targeting security forces in France guarding sites after a string of deadly attacks.France has been under a state of emergency since November 2015 and has seen a string of attacks on security forces who have been regularly targeted, particularly those guarding key tourist sites.An 18-year-old with a history of psychological problems was arrested on Saturday at the Eiffel Tower after brandishing a knife and shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest).He told investigators he wanted to kill a soldier, sources close to the case told AFP.In February, a man armed with a machete attacked four soldiers on patrol at Paris’s Louvre Museum, while in April another extremist shot and killed a policeman on the Champs Elysees.In June, a 40-year-old Algeria doctorate student who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral.
Pilot killed, co-pilot injured as IDF chopper crashes in southern Israel-Training accident comes two months after entire Apache fleet was grounded over safety concerns, and a week after another helicopter made an emergency landing-By Judah Ari Gross August 8, 2017, 12:16 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
An attack helicopter on a training mission crashed on a base in southern Israel Monday night, killing the pilot and critically injuring a crew member, the army said.Shortly before 9:00 p.m., the pilot reported that the helicopter was experiencing some type of problem during a flight in the Ramon Air Base in the Negev desert.A few minutes after reporting the issue, as the helicopter was coming in for a landing, it crashed on the runway. It was flying relatively low at the time of the crash, an army spokesperson said, below the level of the flight tower.The cause of the crash, which came a week after another Apache was forced to make an emergency landing, has yet to be determined. A team of investigators was dispatched to the scene to look for clues among the wreckage, the army said.The pilot, an Israeli Air Force major in reserves, was killed. The co-pilot, a lieutenant, was critically wounded, the army spokesperson said. They were the only two on board.Their names were not immediately released.The co-pilot was rushed to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center for treatment. He was unconscious and hooked up to a ventilator, the spokesperson said.The army kept news of the crash under a military censor until the families of the crewmen could be notified.The major and lieutenant were members of the air force’s 190th Squadron, also known as the Magic Touch Squadron, which flies the Boeing Apache, specifically the AH-64A Peten (Cobra) model.The army dismissed rumors spread on social media that a senior officer, specifically IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, was on the helicopter at the time of the crash.On Monday night, IAF chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel appointed an air force colonel to investigate the crash, the army spokesperson said.Following the crash, Eshel grounded the entire Apache fleet until the colonel’s investigation was complete, the army said. Israel has two squadrons of Apaches, which fly out of the Ramon Air Base.This decision marks the second time this year that the air force commander barred the attack helicopters from flying in light of technical problems.In June, the IAF commander also grounded the entire fleet of Apaches, after a crack was found in the rear rotor of one of the helicopters.Last month, the helicopters were cleared to fly. The Monday night flight was part of the army’s process of gradually returning the helicopters to full service, the army spokesperson said.It was not immediately clear if Monday night’s crash was caused by a problem connected to the rotors, the army spokesperson said.However, the Apache with the cracked rotor blade was was a model AH-64D Saraph (Winged-serpent), a different version than the one that crashed Monday.The inspections in June uncovered a second crack in the original helicopter, but determined that the rest of the fleet was fit to fly. Inspectors concluded that the cracks were due to heavy use of the helicopter, which had clocked over 2,000 flight hours by the time the cracks had begun forming.The air force said it would institute new safety regulations, including shortening the rotor blades’ lifespan by 80 percent and implementing regular X-ray checks of all blades.The crash also came after another Apache helicopter carried out an emergency landing in the Hebron Hills in the southern West Bank on July 23, following a technical issue with the aircraft.The army would not specify the nature of the problem; however, the Walla news site reported at the time that the rear of the aircraft began shaking, which was not in itself dangerous, but could be indicative of a more serious problem.As soon as the helicopter was back in working order, “it took off and returned to its base,” according to an army statement at the time.Israel relies on its Apache attack helicopters to provide close air support for ground troops, while other types of helicopters are used for troop movement and supply transportation.
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
Trump’s language on North Korea carries dire risk-Analysts criticize US president’s latest volley at Pyongyang, in which he said future threats will be ‘met with fire and fury’-By Jung Ha-Won August 9, 2017, 3:47 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
AFP — By borrowing from North Korea’s own rhetorical playbook in his latest verbal assault on Pyongyang, US President Donald Trump risks provoking the unpredictable, nuclear-armed regime into carrying out “the very attack we seek to deter,” critics say.At his New Jersey golf club, Trump warned that the North — which last month carried out two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile — would be “met with fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it makes more threats against the US.The language was similar to the bombastic, colorful diatribes North Korea unleashes against enemies such as South Korea, which it habitually threatens to turn into a “sea of flames” with its missiles.But Trump’s comments were made as Asia was waking up to the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and analysts said they would be closely examined in Pyongyang.The US needed to avoid “escalating rhetoric that risks provoking the very attack we seek to deter,” said Laura Rosenberger, former National Security Council director for Korea and China.The “biggest concern is if they fear US action is imminent and they act in what they believe to be preemptive way,” she said on Twitter.“Trump’s statement today is the kind of threat that could accelerate and/or tip that decision.”Republican Senator John McCain also warned that Trump should tread carefully when speaking about the North, telling a US radio station: “All it’s going to do is bring us closer to some kind of serious confrontation.”Pyongyang’s first ICBM brought Alaska within its range, experts say, and its second extended that to much of the US mainland, including Chicago and potentially New York.The United Nations has imposed a new set of sanctions on the North which could shave off a third of the impoverished country’s total export earnings, and Washington, Seoul and Tokyo have staged joint military drills in a show of force.“Brinkmanship is highly psychological and the potential for miscalculation is high,” said Jane’s analyst Karl Dewey, “particularly as so little is known about North Korea’s true preferences and threat perceptions.”Pyongyang — which says it needs nuclear weapons to deter against the threat of invasion — responded to overflights of the Korean peninsula by Guam-based bombers with a declaration it was considering missile strikes on the US Pacific island.But Pyongyang regularly issues blood-curdling threats, and analysts pointed out that announcing an attack in advance was not normal military strategy.-‘Shrimp among whales’-Any US strike on the North risks immediate retaliation — the Pyongyang regime bases its claim to legitimacy on its opposition to the US — and rapid escalation, with devastating consequences for the South.Its capital Seoul, with a population of 10 million people and many more in the surrounding area, is within range of Pyongyang’s vast conventional artillery forces.“By descending to Pyongyang-style rhetoric without good options for following through, Trump risks US credibility with allies and foes,” tweeted Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at Australian National University.Southerners have become used to decades of hostile rhetoric from their northern neighbor, but the escalating war of words between the Trump administration — whose messages are frequently variable — and the North has unnerved many.“Do you think we would be unharmed if the US will turn North Korea into a sea of fire? We are all going to die,” said one of the most-liked comments on Naver — the South’s top internet portal.The capitalist South — Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a key Asian ally of the US — hosts 28,500 US troops to defend it from the North after the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice instead of a peace treaty.The North’s ICBM tests have already raised fears in the South on whether the US would protect Seoul when that could put American cities in danger of potential missile retaliation by Pyongyang.Online posters used the proverbial expression “a shrimp among whales” to describe the country buffeted by the currents of diplomacy and squeezed in a conflict between powerful neighbors.Referring to Trump and the North’s young leader Kim Jong-Un, one poster said: “If these two nutheads really start a fight, South Korea will be the biggest victim.”
Soldier who stopped Halamish terrorist to get commendation-Army lauds actions of staff sergeant and his father, who intervened to end terror attack in which three people were killed-By Judah Ari Gross August 9, 2017, 3:54 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
A soldier who intervened during a terror attack in a West Bank settlement last month will be awarded a “citation of praise” for his actions, the army announced Wednesday.On July 21, a Palestinian terrorist, Omar al-Abed, entered the Halamish settlement in the central West Bank armed with a knife. He entered the home of the Salomon family, stabbing to death the father Yosef, 70, and his children Chaya, 46, and Elad, 36. The mother, Tova, was seriously injured.The staff sergeant, who can only be identified by the first Hebrew initial of his name, “Ayin,” as he serves in the army’s elite canine unit, lives next door to the Salomons, and upon seeing that the family was in trouble, he ran over with his pistol.When the soldier saw “the terrorist fighting in the kitchen with Yossi Salomon (may his memory be blessed), he fired a single shot from outside the house, through a window, at the terrorist, stopping him,” the army said in a statement.The terrorist, Omar al-Abed, was wounded.“‘Ayin’ and his father, Shimon Maoz, entered the house, spotted the incapacitated terrorist, called for security forces and continued to clear the house” of possible threats, the military added.According to the army, the staff sergeant’s “display of cool-headedness, willingness to charge [the terrorist] and dedication to the mission of stopping the terrorist, while displaying courage and consideration, led to the prevention of a greater tragedy.”On Wednesday, the head of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa, accepted a request to grant “Ayin” an award for his actions.The staff sergeant will receive a “citation of praise,” known in Hebrew by its acronym “Tzalash.” Such an award has four levels, depending on who grants it. “Ayin” will receive the second level of the award, presented by the head of the army’s Judea and Samaria Division, Brig. Gen. Lior Carmeli.The recommendation came from a committee led by Col. Ofer Hindi.The “Tzalash” comes in the form of a green fabric pin, worn on the chest. As the staff sergeant’s citation is being awarded by a division commander, the ribbon will also feature a brass “X” made up of a sword crossing an olive branch.In addition, Numa will present the soldier’s father with a certificate of appreciation for “showing courage, a willingness to charge and exemplary citizenship by helping stop the terrorist and preventing a greater tragedy,” the army said.Last month, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman expressed his support for awarding “Ayin” a citation for his actions.In a tweet, the minister wrote: “He is an exemplary soldier and I think he is deserving of a Tzalash.”Commentators noted that the announcement that “Ayin,” who merely wounded the stabber, would be getting a citation came the same day as another IDF soldier, Elor Azaria, went to prison for killing an incapacitated Palestinian terrorist.
Car rams soldiers near Paris in ‘deliberate’ attack-Police say six people injured in incident, including two in serious condition; officers hunt for vehicle and driver-By Agencies August 9, 2017, 10:37 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
PARIS — French police said a vehicle slammed into soldiers guarding a Paris suburb on Wednesday, injuring six of them, before getting away. Police described the incident as an “apparently deliberate act.”Authorities were searching for the vehicle and driver after the incident in Levallois, northwest of Paris, according to a Paris police spokesman.The vehicle appeared to clearly target the soldiers but the motive is unclear, the spokesman said. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.Four of the soldiers suffered light injuries while two were hospitalized in the Percy military hospital south of Paris, police officials said. They were from the 35th infantry regiment and served in Operation Sentinelle, created to guard prominent French sites after a string of deadly Islamic extremist attacks in 2015, according to the interior ministry.Witnesses described seeing a BMW with one person inside waiting in a cul-de-sac near a building used for Sentinelle soldiers, according to two police officials. One official said the attacker hit just as a group of soldiers emerged from the building to board vehicles for a new shift.Authorities were checking video surveillance of the area to identify the vehicle and hunt the driver.The mayor of Levallois also said it was a deliberate act targeting security forces. Patrick Balkany denounced on BFM television what he called an “odious attack” and said it was “without a doubt deliberate.”“A BMW pre-positioned itself in the alley (where the barracks is located) and barreled into them,” he said. He added that the car “accelerated very quickly when they left” the building.A security perimeter was installed around the scene, and the Paris police chief and regional prosecutor were expected at the site later Wednesday morning.French President Emmanuel Macron was holding a previously scheduled top-level security meeting Wednesday morning.The incident is the latest of several attacks targeting security forces in France guarding sites after a string of deadly attacks.France has been under a state of emergency since November 2015 and has seen a string of attacks on security forces who have been regularly targeted, particularly those guarding key tourist sites.An 18-year-old with a history of psychological problems was arrested on Saturday at the Eiffel Tower after brandishing a knife and shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest).He told investigators he wanted to kill a soldier, sources close to the case told AFP.In February, a man armed with a machete attacked four soldiers on patrol at Paris’s Louvre Museum, while in April another extremist shot and killed a policeman on the Champs Elysees.In June, a 40-year-old Algeria doctorate student who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral.
Pilot killed, co-pilot injured as IDF chopper crashes in southern Israel-Training accident comes two months after entire Apache fleet was grounded over safety concerns, and a week after another helicopter made an emergency landing-By Judah Ari Gross August 8, 2017, 12:16 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
An attack helicopter on a training mission crashed on a base in southern Israel Monday night, killing the pilot and critically injuring a crew member, the army said.Shortly before 9:00 p.m., the pilot reported that the helicopter was experiencing some type of problem during a flight in the Ramon Air Base in the Negev desert.A few minutes after reporting the issue, as the helicopter was coming in for a landing, it crashed on the runway. It was flying relatively low at the time of the crash, an army spokesperson said, below the level of the flight tower.The cause of the crash, which came a week after another Apache was forced to make an emergency landing, has yet to be determined. A team of investigators was dispatched to the scene to look for clues among the wreckage, the army said.The pilot, an Israeli Air Force major in reserves, was killed. The co-pilot, a lieutenant, was critically wounded, the army spokesperson said. They were the only two on board.Their names were not immediately released.The co-pilot was rushed to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center for treatment. He was unconscious and hooked up to a ventilator, the spokesperson said.The army kept news of the crash under a military censor until the families of the crewmen could be notified.The major and lieutenant were members of the air force’s 190th Squadron, also known as the Magic Touch Squadron, which flies the Boeing Apache, specifically the AH-64A Peten (Cobra) model.The army dismissed rumors spread on social media that a senior officer, specifically IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, was on the helicopter at the time of the crash.On Monday night, IAF chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel appointed an air force colonel to investigate the crash, the army spokesperson said.Following the crash, Eshel grounded the entire Apache fleet until the colonel’s investigation was complete, the army said. Israel has two squadrons of Apaches, which fly out of the Ramon Air Base.This decision marks the second time this year that the air force commander barred the attack helicopters from flying in light of technical problems.In June, the IAF commander also grounded the entire fleet of Apaches, after a crack was found in the rear rotor of one of the helicopters.Last month, the helicopters were cleared to fly. The Monday night flight was part of the army’s process of gradually returning the helicopters to full service, the army spokesperson said.It was not immediately clear if Monday night’s crash was caused by a problem connected to the rotors, the army spokesperson said.However, the Apache with the cracked rotor blade was was a model AH-64D Saraph (Winged-serpent), a different version than the one that crashed Monday.The inspections in June uncovered a second crack in the original helicopter, but determined that the rest of the fleet was fit to fly. Inspectors concluded that the cracks were due to heavy use of the helicopter, which had clocked over 2,000 flight hours by the time the cracks had begun forming.The air force said it would institute new safety regulations, including shortening the rotor blades’ lifespan by 80 percent and implementing regular X-ray checks of all blades.The crash also came after another Apache helicopter carried out an emergency landing in the Hebron Hills in the southern West Bank on July 23, following a technical issue with the aircraft.The army would not specify the nature of the problem; however, the Walla news site reported at the time that the rear of the aircraft began shaking, which was not in itself dangerous, but could be indicative of a more serious problem.As soon as the helicopter was back in working order, “it took off and returned to its base,” according to an army statement at the time.Israel relies on its Apache attack helicopters to provide close air support for ground troops, while other types of helicopters are used for troop movement and supply transportation.
