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
Top US Jewish leader urges PM: Rethink Western Wall prayer, or risk wider chasm-10 weeks after government froze deal for formal pluralistic prayer area, Malcolm Hoenlein warns: 'We cannot afford to alienate significant portions' of US Jewry-By David Horovitz-September 5, 2017, 2:14 pm-TOI
The head of American Jewry’s main umbrella group urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rethink his approach to the suspended Western Wall compromise, and move to “restore the confidence” of US Jewry or risk broadening the “chasm” between many American Jews and Israel.Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice president of the Conference of Major American Jewish Organizations, noted that his group normally steers clear of such issues because “you cannot deal in consensus on religious issues, on issues of conviction like this.”Nonetheless, Hoenlein said that the government’s unexpected decision 10 weeks ago to suspend an agreement negotiated over years with Diaspora leaders “hurt a lot of people” and exacerbated what he said were already some “troublesome and troubling aspects of the relationship” between US Jews and Israel.Therefore, Hoenlein, speaking to The Times of Israel on Monday, urged Netanyahu to revisit the decision.“If we care about the US-Israel relationship, if we care about the relationship of the Jewish community to Israel, the internal support, then we cannot afford to alienate and lose significant portions of the American Jewish community,” he said.Events like the shocking display of racism and anti-Semitism in Charlottesville last month “underscore the need for us to be united and to stand together,” he said.But, he went on, for American Jews “to stand with Israel, and to feel that they are wanted, and that their concerns are taken into account, will require somewhat of a different approach. And I do think that the prime minister has to look for a resolution [to the Western Wall prayer issue] that restores the confidence, that ends the controversy… I hope in the New Year, with Rosh Hashanah coming, that everybody does the introspection that they’re supposed to do, on all sides, and that we, instead of broadening the divide, can find the way to bridge it.”Hoenlein said the bitter controversy over the government’s decision to freeze the deal — which would have ensured a permanent pluralistic prayer pavilion in the Robinson’s Arch area of the Wall, with leaders of non-Orthodox Judaism given a formal role in its oversight — had been exacerbated by the way in which the move was presented. “People thought that Reform and Conservative Jews could not pray anywhere [at the Western Wall], whereas of course, the areas remained open, Robinson’s Arch is being expanded, etc.”If Israel, God forbid, were in real peril, Hoenlein added, “American Jewry will rally behind it.” But, he warned, “we are seeing trends that are very troublesome. On the Democratic left, the support [for Israel] is weakening. We’re seeing a significant drop [of support for Israel] among young Jews… We have to do much more to reach out to those constituencies, to those that we can reach.”He highlighted the contrast between the extensive dialogue between Israel and Diaspora representatives that enabled the deal to take shape, and the lack of dialogue when it was abrogated. “There was a lot done that should have dampened, diminished, if not eliminated the possibility of this explosion,” he said. And now “it’s very hard to put the cat back in the bag… There are a lot of hurt feelings, people feel disenfranchised… and [they feel there was a] lack of consideration about their feelings.”If an Israeli government decision on an issue of such global Jewish sensitivity is “only going to be based on the political realities of the moment, and whose party you need for support for what, then it will broaden the chasm, ” he said. “American Jews don’t relate to Israel on a political basis. They don’t associate with a particular party or think in those terms.” They think, rather, that “Israel” did this to them.Turning to US Jewry’s domestic challenges, Hoenlein said the reaction to Charlottesville of the American people generally and those in office in particular indicated “that racism and bigotry and anti-Semitism are rejected.”“Every society has haters,” he pointed out. “The way you measure is by how those in authority respond to it.”For too long we took for granted that our places are safe — our synagogues, our schools, our community centers. And we can no longer do that Still, he warned, “We’re seeing not only more anti-Israel, but blatantly anti-Semitic attacks” in the US. “Not just the daubing of swastikas, which is serious enough, but physical assaults. There’s a heightened concern. Charlottesville is not the cause, it’s a symptom. It brought out into the public what we know.”The American Jewish leadership is now working to enhance security at its institutions. “For too long we took for granted that our places are safe — our synagogues, our schools, our community centers. And we can no longer do that. We have an obligation to our constituents, to our communities, to invest much more in this area and to be more effective. It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity.”On campus, he said, “we have to do more to stand with the students.” He cited “the lawsuit at San Francisco State University about a lawfare project” and the “actions against Students for Justice for Palestine at California Irvine” as important steps. “Because for too long people were reluctant to stand up and take a stand against it…. When Jewish interests are assaulted, Jewish speakers, pro-Israel speakers are interrupted or harassed, the fact that these things take place is one thing. The question is how we respond to them.”Asked whether he considered Charlottesville an aberration or something wider, Hoenlein answered: “Both. The nature of it was somewhat of an aberration. It was shocking in the sense that people carried weapons and that the police were outgunned, literally, and therefore didn’t draw… The synagogue asking for protection didn’t get it. It had to hire an armed guard… So there were many aspects of this which were very dramatic and of great concern. But I still think that it’s contained in the United States. It’s not something that’s happening everywhere, all the time.” Still, he cautioned, “it is too frequent and I hope that Charlottesville will at least raise the level of response and awareness, of the need to stand up to it. We have to show that we will hold people to account for it.US President Donald Trump’s initial response to Charlottesville, laying blame on both sides, “was very troublesome,” Hoenlein said. “But “our relationship with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI generally has been very good. They worked very closely with the local communities. We have to see how that is sustained. A lot comes from the message on top; that sets the tone. The haters have to be held to account.”
Rights groups slam PA for detaining Palestinian activist-Amnesty International official says arrest of Issa Amro is part of Abbas government's 'repressive campaign against free speech'-By Mohammed Daraghmeh-September 5, 2017, 4:28 pm-TOI
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Leading rights groups called Tuesday for the release of a prominent Palestinian activist who was detained after criticizing the government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.Issa Amro’s detention signals a growing crackdown on free expression in the PA-controlled enclaves in the West Bank, said the London-based group Amnesty International and the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights.Amro, 35, was detained Monday by PA security forces in Hebron, the West Bank’s largest city, after he criticized the detention of a local journalist who had called for Abbas’ resignation. Amro expressed his views in a Facebook post.Separately, Amro faces Israeli charges in an Israeli military court, including allegedly calling for illegal protests and obstructing the official duties of soldiers. His trial is to resume in October.Amro is the founder of the group Youth Against Settlements in volatile Hebron, where Jewish settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves in the center of the city. Amro has said Israel is trying to silence him.His lawyer, Farid al-Atrash, said he visited Amro and the detained local journalist in the detention center of the Palestinian Preventive Security forces in Hebron on Monday.Al-Atrash said Tuesday that the aim of the charges by Israel is to halt what he called Amro’s “relentless struggle against settlement activities in Hebron.”“It is shameful for the Palestinian Authority to arrest such a strong activist against settlement activities and [Israeli] aggressions in Hebron,” the lawyer said.Adnan Damiri, a spokesman for the PA security forces, said he was not aware of the details of Amro’s detention and declined further comment.In July, Abbas clamped down on social media and news websites — the main outlets for debate and dissent in the West Bank — with a vaguely worded decree that critics say allows his government to jail anyone on charges of harming “national unity” or the “social fabric.”Rights activists have said the edict, issued without prior public debate, is perhaps the most significant step yet by Abbas’ government to restrict freedom of expression in the areas it administers.The detention of Amro sparked new criticism.“It is outrageous that a prominent human rights defender has been arrested simply for voicing his opinion online,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.“Criticizing the authorities should not be a criminal offense,” she said in a statement. “Issa Amro’s arrest is the latest evidence that the Palestinian authorities are determined to continue with their repressive campaign against free speech.”
Lithuania calls for stronger Israel-EU cooperation on Iran-SEP 5,17-TOI
Lithuania’s foreign minister on Monday called for stronger cooperation between Jerusalem and the European Union on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, saying his visit to Israel this week has opened his eyes about problematic aspects of the nuclear agreement the international community reached with Tehran in 2015.“I told [my Israeli interlocutors] that many think the Iranian deal is a way to mitigate the problem [of Iran’s nuclear ambitions] through engagement, but here I heard a lot of criticism of the Iranian deal. We need to put all the arguments on the table and to look at them very carefully. Otherwise it will be very difficult to find a common approach,” Linas Linkevičius tells The Times of Israel.“For me it was a bit new to hear about holes in the agreement, doubts about the implementation, doubts about [Iran] continuing the nuclear program regardless of what was agreed,” he says.Linkevičius, who has been Lithuania’s foreign minister since 2012, met this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and other senior officials and security analysts.— Raphael Ahren.
Defense Ministry reveals futuristic military tech-SEP 5,17-TOI
The Defense Ministry’s Weapons Development Administration unveils nine pieces of technology, including two unmanned submarines and a hybrid gas-electric tank, that are due to enter service in the IDF in the coming years.Some of the technologies are already in advanced stages of development and have been presented to the military for consideration, while others are still in the planning phase and will need years before they will be combat-ready. None of the technologies presented by the ministry have yet been declared operational by the IDF.They were developed in collaboration with foreign and domestic companies, and in one case with a public university.One of the more significant pieces of technology presented today is the Carmel armored vehicle, which is set to eventually replace the army’s current Merkava tank, in use for some 40 years.— Judah Ari Gross.
Trump: Japan, S. Korea can buy more sophisticated US military hardware-SEP 5,17-TOI
Amid rising tensions with North Korea, US President Donald Trump says that he will allow Japan and South Korea to buy more “highly sophisticated” US military equipment.“I am allowing Japan & South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States,” Trump says in a tweet.Trump’s statement comes after North Korea on Sunday detonated what it described as a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile.— AFP
Amid US-Russia diplomatic row, Putin says Trump ‘not my bride’-Asked about US decision to shutter Russian consulates, Russia's president mocks Americans' 'low level of political culture'-By AP September 5, 2017, 6:04 pm-TOI
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin refrained from criticizing US President Donald Trump at a news conference in China on Tuesday, but said a decision to shutter Russian diplomatic outposts in the US was poorly handled.Speaking at a news conference during a summit in China on Tuesday, Putin dismissed as “naive” a question about whether he was disappointed in Trump.In comments carried by Russian news agencies, Putin said Trump is “not my bride, and I’m not his groom.”Asked how Russia would feel if Trump were impeached, Putin said it would be “absolutely wrong” for Russia to discuss domestic US politics.Russian officials cheered Trump when he was elected last year, and Putin praised him as someone who wanted to improve ties with Russia. However, further US sanctions on Russia and the US decision to close Russian diplomatic outposts have raised concerns that the two countries remain far apart.The Trump administration last week ordered the closure of three Russian facilities in the US: The San Francisco consulate and trade missions in New York and Washington. It was the latest in a series of escalating retaliatory measures between the former Cold War foes.Putin said the US had a right to close consulates but “it was done in such a rude way.”“It is hard to hold a dialogue with people who mix Austria with Australia,” he continued, an apparent reference to a decade-old gaffe by George W. Bush, who during a 2007 visit to Sydney referred to Austrian troops when he meant Australian troops.“The American nation, America is truly a great country and a great people if they can tolerate such a big number of people with such a low level of political culture,” Putin said.
Palestinian policeman arrested for incitement, praised Hitler on Facebook-Muhammad al-Sawiti posted photos online with slogans glorifying Eichmann, calling for bloodshed on Temple Mount-By TOI staff-September 5, 2017, 3:05 pm
A senior member of the Palestinian security forces was arrested on suspicion of online incitement, including posting content that glorified Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, the Shin Bet security service said in a statement Tuesday.Muhammad al-Sawiti was arrested in August after posting on Facebook “extremist content that constitutes a direct call for violent action against Jews, as well as praise and support for the actions of [Palestinian] attackers,” the Shin Bet said.He also posted pictures of Hitler and Adolf Eichmann along with expressions of admiration for “people like them,” the Shin Bet said.Sawiti is a “senior employee” in the Palestinian Preventive Security service offices in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. One of the functions of the PPS is to foil terror attacks against Israel.One picture posted by Sawiti online featured the World War II leader giving his signature Nazi salute, with the Arabic caption: “We need Hitler.”Another of Eichmann, who was a key organizer of the Final Solution, had an accompanying slogan expressing longing for more leaders like him.Another photo of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem called for “blood to be spilled” for the holy site.Sawiti was charged with incitement Monday at the Judea military court in the West Bank.“It should be emphasized that incitement activity on networks, and social networks in particular, inflames passions and may lead to terrorist acts,” the Shin Bet said.The domestic security agency said it “will continue to act to neutralize and thwart online incitement to terrorism.”
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
Top US Jewish leader urges PM: Rethink Western Wall prayer, or risk wider chasm-10 weeks after government froze deal for formal pluralistic prayer area, Malcolm Hoenlein warns: 'We cannot afford to alienate significant portions' of US Jewry-By David Horovitz-September 5, 2017, 2:14 pm-TOI
The head of American Jewry’s main umbrella group urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rethink his approach to the suspended Western Wall compromise, and move to “restore the confidence” of US Jewry or risk broadening the “chasm” between many American Jews and Israel.Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice president of the Conference of Major American Jewish Organizations, noted that his group normally steers clear of such issues because “you cannot deal in consensus on religious issues, on issues of conviction like this.”Nonetheless, Hoenlein said that the government’s unexpected decision 10 weeks ago to suspend an agreement negotiated over years with Diaspora leaders “hurt a lot of people” and exacerbated what he said were already some “troublesome and troubling aspects of the relationship” between US Jews and Israel.Therefore, Hoenlein, speaking to The Times of Israel on Monday, urged Netanyahu to revisit the decision.“If we care about the US-Israel relationship, if we care about the relationship of the Jewish community to Israel, the internal support, then we cannot afford to alienate and lose significant portions of the American Jewish community,” he said.Events like the shocking display of racism and anti-Semitism in Charlottesville last month “underscore the need for us to be united and to stand together,” he said.But, he went on, for American Jews “to stand with Israel, and to feel that they are wanted, and that their concerns are taken into account, will require somewhat of a different approach. And I do think that the prime minister has to look for a resolution [to the Western Wall prayer issue] that restores the confidence, that ends the controversy… I hope in the New Year, with Rosh Hashanah coming, that everybody does the introspection that they’re supposed to do, on all sides, and that we, instead of broadening the divide, can find the way to bridge it.”Hoenlein said the bitter controversy over the government’s decision to freeze the deal — which would have ensured a permanent pluralistic prayer pavilion in the Robinson’s Arch area of the Wall, with leaders of non-Orthodox Judaism given a formal role in its oversight — had been exacerbated by the way in which the move was presented. “People thought that Reform and Conservative Jews could not pray anywhere [at the Western Wall], whereas of course, the areas remained open, Robinson’s Arch is being expanded, etc.”If Israel, God forbid, were in real peril, Hoenlein added, “American Jewry will rally behind it.” But, he warned, “we are seeing trends that are very troublesome. On the Democratic left, the support [for Israel] is weakening. We’re seeing a significant drop [of support for Israel] among young Jews… We have to do much more to reach out to those constituencies, to those that we can reach.”He highlighted the contrast between the extensive dialogue between Israel and Diaspora representatives that enabled the deal to take shape, and the lack of dialogue when it was abrogated. “There was a lot done that should have dampened, diminished, if not eliminated the possibility of this explosion,” he said. And now “it’s very hard to put the cat back in the bag… There are a lot of hurt feelings, people feel disenfranchised… and [they feel there was a] lack of consideration about their feelings.”If an Israeli government decision on an issue of such global Jewish sensitivity is “only going to be based on the political realities of the moment, and whose party you need for support for what, then it will broaden the chasm, ” he said. “American Jews don’t relate to Israel on a political basis. They don’t associate with a particular party or think in those terms.” They think, rather, that “Israel” did this to them.Turning to US Jewry’s domestic challenges, Hoenlein said the reaction to Charlottesville of the American people generally and those in office in particular indicated “that racism and bigotry and anti-Semitism are rejected.”“Every society has haters,” he pointed out. “The way you measure is by how those in authority respond to it.”For too long we took for granted that our places are safe — our synagogues, our schools, our community centers. And we can no longer do that Still, he warned, “We’re seeing not only more anti-Israel, but blatantly anti-Semitic attacks” in the US. “Not just the daubing of swastikas, which is serious enough, but physical assaults. There’s a heightened concern. Charlottesville is not the cause, it’s a symptom. It brought out into the public what we know.”The American Jewish leadership is now working to enhance security at its institutions. “For too long we took for granted that our places are safe — our synagogues, our schools, our community centers. And we can no longer do that. We have an obligation to our constituents, to our communities, to invest much more in this area and to be more effective. It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity.”On campus, he said, “we have to do more to stand with the students.” He cited “the lawsuit at San Francisco State University about a lawfare project” and the “actions against Students for Justice for Palestine at California Irvine” as important steps. “Because for too long people were reluctant to stand up and take a stand against it…. When Jewish interests are assaulted, Jewish speakers, pro-Israel speakers are interrupted or harassed, the fact that these things take place is one thing. The question is how we respond to them.”Asked whether he considered Charlottesville an aberration or something wider, Hoenlein answered: “Both. The nature of it was somewhat of an aberration. It was shocking in the sense that people carried weapons and that the police were outgunned, literally, and therefore didn’t draw… The synagogue asking for protection didn’t get it. It had to hire an armed guard… So there were many aspects of this which were very dramatic and of great concern. But I still think that it’s contained in the United States. It’s not something that’s happening everywhere, all the time.” Still, he cautioned, “it is too frequent and I hope that Charlottesville will at least raise the level of response and awareness, of the need to stand up to it. We have to show that we will hold people to account for it.US President Donald Trump’s initial response to Charlottesville, laying blame on both sides, “was very troublesome,” Hoenlein said. “But “our relationship with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI generally has been very good. They worked very closely with the local communities. We have to see how that is sustained. A lot comes from the message on top; that sets the tone. The haters have to be held to account.”
Rights groups slam PA for detaining Palestinian activist-Amnesty International official says arrest of Issa Amro is part of Abbas government's 'repressive campaign against free speech'-By Mohammed Daraghmeh-September 5, 2017, 4:28 pm-TOI
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Leading rights groups called Tuesday for the release of a prominent Palestinian activist who was detained after criticizing the government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.Issa Amro’s detention signals a growing crackdown on free expression in the PA-controlled enclaves in the West Bank, said the London-based group Amnesty International and the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights.Amro, 35, was detained Monday by PA security forces in Hebron, the West Bank’s largest city, after he criticized the detention of a local journalist who had called for Abbas’ resignation. Amro expressed his views in a Facebook post.Separately, Amro faces Israeli charges in an Israeli military court, including allegedly calling for illegal protests and obstructing the official duties of soldiers. His trial is to resume in October.Amro is the founder of the group Youth Against Settlements in volatile Hebron, where Jewish settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves in the center of the city. Amro has said Israel is trying to silence him.His lawyer, Farid al-Atrash, said he visited Amro and the detained local journalist in the detention center of the Palestinian Preventive Security forces in Hebron on Monday.Al-Atrash said Tuesday that the aim of the charges by Israel is to halt what he called Amro’s “relentless struggle against settlement activities in Hebron.”“It is shameful for the Palestinian Authority to arrest such a strong activist against settlement activities and [Israeli] aggressions in Hebron,” the lawyer said.Adnan Damiri, a spokesman for the PA security forces, said he was not aware of the details of Amro’s detention and declined further comment.In July, Abbas clamped down on social media and news websites — the main outlets for debate and dissent in the West Bank — with a vaguely worded decree that critics say allows his government to jail anyone on charges of harming “national unity” or the “social fabric.”Rights activists have said the edict, issued without prior public debate, is perhaps the most significant step yet by Abbas’ government to restrict freedom of expression in the areas it administers.The detention of Amro sparked new criticism.“It is outrageous that a prominent human rights defender has been arrested simply for voicing his opinion online,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.“Criticizing the authorities should not be a criminal offense,” she said in a statement. “Issa Amro’s arrest is the latest evidence that the Palestinian authorities are determined to continue with their repressive campaign against free speech.”
Lithuania calls for stronger Israel-EU cooperation on Iran-SEP 5,17-TOI
Lithuania’s foreign minister on Monday called for stronger cooperation between Jerusalem and the European Union on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, saying his visit to Israel this week has opened his eyes about problematic aspects of the nuclear agreement the international community reached with Tehran in 2015.“I told [my Israeli interlocutors] that many think the Iranian deal is a way to mitigate the problem [of Iran’s nuclear ambitions] through engagement, but here I heard a lot of criticism of the Iranian deal. We need to put all the arguments on the table and to look at them very carefully. Otherwise it will be very difficult to find a common approach,” Linas Linkevičius tells The Times of Israel.“For me it was a bit new to hear about holes in the agreement, doubts about the implementation, doubts about [Iran] continuing the nuclear program regardless of what was agreed,” he says.Linkevičius, who has been Lithuania’s foreign minister since 2012, met this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and other senior officials and security analysts.— Raphael Ahren.
Defense Ministry reveals futuristic military tech-SEP 5,17-TOI
The Defense Ministry’s Weapons Development Administration unveils nine pieces of technology, including two unmanned submarines and a hybrid gas-electric tank, that are due to enter service in the IDF in the coming years.Some of the technologies are already in advanced stages of development and have been presented to the military for consideration, while others are still in the planning phase and will need years before they will be combat-ready. None of the technologies presented by the ministry have yet been declared operational by the IDF.They were developed in collaboration with foreign and domestic companies, and in one case with a public university.One of the more significant pieces of technology presented today is the Carmel armored vehicle, which is set to eventually replace the army’s current Merkava tank, in use for some 40 years.— Judah Ari Gross.
Trump: Japan, S. Korea can buy more sophisticated US military hardware-SEP 5,17-TOI
Amid rising tensions with North Korea, US President Donald Trump says that he will allow Japan and South Korea to buy more “highly sophisticated” US military equipment.“I am allowing Japan & South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States,” Trump says in a tweet.Trump’s statement comes after North Korea on Sunday detonated what it described as a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile.— AFP
Amid US-Russia diplomatic row, Putin says Trump ‘not my bride’-Asked about US decision to shutter Russian consulates, Russia's president mocks Americans' 'low level of political culture'-By AP September 5, 2017, 6:04 pm-TOI
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin refrained from criticizing US President Donald Trump at a news conference in China on Tuesday, but said a decision to shutter Russian diplomatic outposts in the US was poorly handled.Speaking at a news conference during a summit in China on Tuesday, Putin dismissed as “naive” a question about whether he was disappointed in Trump.In comments carried by Russian news agencies, Putin said Trump is “not my bride, and I’m not his groom.”Asked how Russia would feel if Trump were impeached, Putin said it would be “absolutely wrong” for Russia to discuss domestic US politics.Russian officials cheered Trump when he was elected last year, and Putin praised him as someone who wanted to improve ties with Russia. However, further US sanctions on Russia and the US decision to close Russian diplomatic outposts have raised concerns that the two countries remain far apart.The Trump administration last week ordered the closure of three Russian facilities in the US: The San Francisco consulate and trade missions in New York and Washington. It was the latest in a series of escalating retaliatory measures between the former Cold War foes.Putin said the US had a right to close consulates but “it was done in such a rude way.”“It is hard to hold a dialogue with people who mix Austria with Australia,” he continued, an apparent reference to a decade-old gaffe by George W. Bush, who during a 2007 visit to Sydney referred to Austrian troops when he meant Australian troops.“The American nation, America is truly a great country and a great people if they can tolerate such a big number of people with such a low level of political culture,” Putin said.
Palestinian policeman arrested for incitement, praised Hitler on Facebook-Muhammad al-Sawiti posted photos online with slogans glorifying Eichmann, calling for bloodshed on Temple Mount-By TOI staff-September 5, 2017, 3:05 pm
A senior member of the Palestinian security forces was arrested on suspicion of online incitement, including posting content that glorified Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, the Shin Bet security service said in a statement Tuesday.Muhammad al-Sawiti was arrested in August after posting on Facebook “extremist content that constitutes a direct call for violent action against Jews, as well as praise and support for the actions of [Palestinian] attackers,” the Shin Bet said.He also posted pictures of Hitler and Adolf Eichmann along with expressions of admiration for “people like them,” the Shin Bet said.Sawiti is a “senior employee” in the Palestinian Preventive Security service offices in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. One of the functions of the PPS is to foil terror attacks against Israel.One picture posted by Sawiti online featured the World War II leader giving his signature Nazi salute, with the Arabic caption: “We need Hitler.”Another of Eichmann, who was a key organizer of the Final Solution, had an accompanying slogan expressing longing for more leaders like him.Another photo of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem called for “blood to be spilled” for the holy site.Sawiti was charged with incitement Monday at the Judea military court in the West Bank.“It should be emphasized that incitement activity on networks, and social networks in particular, inflames passions and may lead to terrorist acts,” the Shin Bet said.The domestic security agency said it “will continue to act to neutralize and thwart online incitement to terrorism.”
