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
PM likens Iran to Nazi Germany in its ‘commitment to murder Jews’-But, speaking to Saban Forum, Netanyahu says Israel will be 'first in line' to restore ties after Ayatollah Khamenei's regime falls-By Raphael Ahren-DEC 3,17-TOI
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday compared Iran to Nazi Germany, pointing to Iran’s “commitment to murder Jews.” At the same time, Netanyahu said Israel would be the first country to re-establish ties with Iran once the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei falls.In a video broadcast to the Brookings Institute’s Saban Forum in Washington, Netanyahu referred to Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman calling Iran’s supreme leader the “new Hitler of the Middle East” who must be stopped.“Obviously, there are some important differences between Nazi Germany and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Netanyahu said. “But both regimes do have two important things in common. One, a ruthless commitment to impose tyranny and terror. And second, a ruthless commitment to murder Jews.”There are some 20,000 Jews currently living in Iran.Netanyahu went on to talk about a new book on World War II he is currently reading, which condemns the so-called appeasement policies of British politicians who believed Hitler was not the threat others made him out to be.“Deception,” Netanyahu quoted the book’s author, Victor Davis Hanson, “is the mother’s milk of tyrannies.”“I am sure many of you heard Iran’s silver-tongued foreign minister charmingly explain that Iran is a modern power. It harbors no hatred towards anyone. Right,” Netanyahu said sarcastically.Addressing Mohammad Zarif directly, he said Zarif should tell this to journalists tortured and students shot in the streets of Iran, to “hundreds of thousands” killed by Iranian proxies in Syria, to Jews in Argentina whose loved ones were killed by Iranian-backed terrorists, and to Israelis who are “routinely condemned to annihilation by Iran’s fanatic leaders.”“I spoke so often about Iran because I read history,” Netanyahu went on. “When tyrants call for the destruction of my people, I believe them. I don’t have the luxury of discounting their genocidal threats.”The prime minister went on to state Israel’s policy not to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and to entrench itself militarily in Syria. The 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, will allow Tehran to produce an arsenal of nuclear weapons within a decade, he said.“President [US] Trump created an opportunity to fix the great flaws of the JCPOA. I urge you, in the policy community, to help decision-makers in the capitals of Europe and on Capitol Hill to take advantage of this opportunity,” he said.“My friends, one day the Iranian regime will fall. Iranian mothers and fathers will rejoice in the streets. Israel will be the first in line to restore relations and rebuild our partnership,” he continued. “That’s just one reason why I am so hopeful about our future. Today Israel is more welcomed by the nations of the world than ever before. Our economy is booming. Our foreign relations are flourishing. Our army is more powerful than ever.”He added: “When I look forward 50 or 100 years, I believe Israel will be embraced openly by its Arab neighbors rather than in secret, in the way it is done today.”
IDF declares area around Gaza a closed military zone-Unspecified military activity taking place around the Strip one month after army destroyed cross-border attack tunnel-By Judah Ari Gross-DEC 3,17-TOI
The army has declared the area surrounding the Gaza Strip a “closed military zone” in light of unspecified activities in the area, the military censor cleared for publication on Sunday.The nature of the military activity in the area and the exact location of the closures were not allowed to be published.The army said there were no new special instructions for Israeli residents of the Gaza border region, though existing orders keeping farmers away from certain areas along the border remain in place.The closures come a little over a month after the military destroyed an attack tunnel belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, which entered Israeli territory from the Gaza city of Khan Younis.On Thursday, the Islamic Jihad launched a dozen mortar shells at an army post northeast of the Strip, causing no injuries but did damage army equipment.The military retaliated with six strikes on terrorist positions in Gaza, four of them belonging to the Islamic Jihad and two to Hamas, which rules the coastal enclave.Following last week’s exchange of fire, the army temporarily stopped construction on the underground barrier being built around the Gaza Strip in an effort to counter attack tunnels, an IDF officer said on Thursday.The army said the Islamic Jihad attack appeared to be retaliation for the army demolishing the group’s attack tunnel exactly a month earlier.After the tunnel demolition on October 30, in which at least 14 terrorists were killed, including two of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s top commanders, the group vowed revenge.The Islamic Jihad said the tunnel was supposed to be used for “kidnapping soldiers in order to free prisoners [from Israeli prisons].”According to the army, the tunnel had been under surveillance the entire time that it was inside Israeli territory and did not pose a threat to civilians.Israeli officials told the terror group not to go through with its plans to retaliate. In the weeks following, the army also kept farmers away from the fence and, in a dramatic move, deployed Iron Dome missile defense batteries in central Israel, including in the greater Tel Aviv area.The army said later that killing the terrorists was not the primary objective of the tunnel demolition.The bodies of five of the terrorists who were working on the tunnel inside Israeli territory were recovered by the IDF, the army said.
Mortar from Syria fired at Golan Heights; no injuries-Army says shell apparently spillover fire; separately, IDF seals off areas near Gaza, but issues no special instructions By Marissa Newman-DEC 3,17-TOI
6:44 pm-Islamic Jihad says it has yet to retaliate for tunnel destruction-The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group says it has yet to retaliate for Israel’s destruction of its cross-border tunnel from the Gaza Strip a month ago.After the tunnel demolition on October 30, in which at least 14 terrorists were killed, including two of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s top commanders, the group vowed revenge.“The response will come at the appropriate time and place,” the terror group warns on Sunday, according to the Ynet news site.On Thursday, the Islamic Jihad launched a dozen mortar shells at an army post northeast of the Strip, causing no injuries but damaging army equipment.6:31 pm-Police recommendations bill pulled from Knesset schedule-A Knesset Internal Affairs Committee meeting scheduled for Monday, in which lawmakers were expected to finalize the so-called police recommendations bill, is canceled.The cancellation comes after Netanyahu asked Likud lawmakers to redraft the controversial bill so that it excludes the investigations against him.6:10 pm-Top US adviser ‘not sure’ what Trump will decide on Jerusalem embassy-US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says he does not know if US President Donald Trump will relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.“I’m not sure what decision he’ll make. We’ve given him options,” McMaster tells Fox News.“There are options involving the move of an embassy at some point in the future, which I think, you know, could be used to gain momentum toward a — toward a peace agreement, and a solution that works both for Israelis and for Palestinians,” adds McMaster.5:44 pm-Mortar from Syria fired at Golan Heights; no injuries-A mortar shell was launched from Syria toward the Golan Heights, causing neither injury nor damage, according to the army.The military says it seems to be errant fire from fighting across the border.Troops are searching the area for the impact site of the shell, according to an army spokesperson.Incoming rocket alert sirens in the area were not activated as the shell was heading toward an open field.— Judah Ari Gross-5:37 pm-Half of Yazidis kidnapped by IS still missing-Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials say.In 2014, IS jihadis killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the religious minority to abuse as sex slaves.Kurdish fighters backed by the US-led coalition against IS captured Sinjar from the jihadis in November 2015 before Iraqi security forces took control of the region in October.A top official with the ministry of religious affairs of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq says that some 6,417 Yazidis were abducted by the jihadists from August 3, 2014.As of December 1, 2017, only 3,207 of them have been rescued or managed to flee their captors, says Khairi Bozani.The remaining 3,210 Yazidis — including 1,507 women or girls — are still either held by the jihadis or considered missing, he tells AFP.IDF says no special instructions for Gaza-adjacent Israelis-The army says there are no special instructions for Israeli residents in the Gaza periphery, following reports the area had been declared a closed military zone.— Judah Ari Gross-4:53 pm-Israeli areas around Gaza closed due to IDF activity-Areas around the Gaza Strip are sealed off due to military activity.Areas around Gaza Strip closed off due to military activity in the area.— Judah Ari Gross (@JudahAriGross) December 3, 2017-4:28 pm-Palestinians appeal to world leaders to block US embassy move-Palestinian leaders are seeking Sunday to rally diplomatic support to persuade US President Donald Trump not to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after suggestions that he planned to do so.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was holding a series of phone calls with world leaders to “explain the dangers of any decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem or recognize (Jerusalem) as Israel’s capital,” Abbas’s diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi tells AFP.His calls so far have included those to Arab leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Erdogan told Abbas that an independent Palestinian state must have East Jerusalem as its capital, Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported.Abbas was also said to be seeking an emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League to discuss the issue.Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Palestinian Authority intelligence head Majed Farraj were making contacts in Washington, Khalidi says.He says Abbas was warning “of the consequences of taking such a decision that will threaten the political process and peacemaking efforts.”Trump is set to decide by Monday whether to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.— AFP-4:12 pm-Netanyahu: When Iran regime falls, Israel will be first to restore ties-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says “one day the Iranian regime will fall” and “Israel will be the first in line to restore relations” with the country.The prime minister is addressing the Saban Forum in Washington, DC, in a pre-recorded video message.He urges US policymakers to rally behind the “opportunity” presented by US President Donald Trump to fix the “flaws” of the nuclear deal.And Netanyahu says he’s optimistic about the future, predicting that in 50 to 100 years, Israel will be embraced openly by its Arab neighbors.4:00 pm-US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east of Euphrates free of IS-Syria’s main Kurdish forces say it has successfully cleared areas east of the Euphrates river of Islamic State militants.Noureddine Mahmoud, spokesman for the People’s Defense Units, known as the YPG, and the backbone of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, praises at a press conference Sunday US and Russian support for forces operating in the eastern Deir el-Zour province.He says he hoped for more coordination with the two international powers to protect liberated areas. Mahmoud’s comments come a day after the US defense secretary said Washington will stop arming the YPG.Russia is the main backer of Syrian government forces battling IS on the western side of the river. Russia and the US have been in contact to prevent clashes between them.— AP-3:30 pm-Jordanian kidnapped for ransom in southern Syria is freed-Jordan’s military says it has rescued a Jordanian civilian who was kidnapped for ransom by an armed group in southern Syria several days ago.The military-linked Hala Akhbar site says Sunday that the Jordanian man had been living in southern Syria and owned a farm there. It says he was tortured by his captors.The site says the man has returned to his family in northern Jordan.It provides no further details.— AP.3:00 pm-Amsalem says he’ll revise bill in accordance with PM’s wishes-Likud’s Amsalem says he’ll revise the police recommendations bill to accommodate the prime minister’s request to exclude him from the controversial legislation.In a Facebook post, Amsalem says he “respects the request of the prime minister,” and will consult with coalition chairman David Bitan and the heads of the coalition parties on the amendment.Amsalem posts this on Facebook while chairing the Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee, which is voting on hundreds of opposition objections to the as-yet-unrevised police recommendations bill.-2:10 pm-UAE denies Houthi targeted nuclear plant-The United Arab Emirates on Sunday denies a claim by Yemen’s Shiite rebels that a rebel missile had been fired toward the country’s under-construction nuclear plant.The rebels, known as Houthis, earlier in the day claimed they had launched a missile toward the plant in Abu Dhabi in the first such strike toward the country.“The National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority denies the claim that the Houthis fired a missile toward the country,” the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency says. “The UAE possesses an air defense system capable of dealing with any threat of any type or kind.”The statement adds that the nuclear power plant was well-protected.— AP.
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
PM likens Iran to Nazi Germany in its ‘commitment to murder Jews’-But, speaking to Saban Forum, Netanyahu says Israel will be 'first in line' to restore ties after Ayatollah Khamenei's regime falls-By Raphael Ahren-DEC 3,17-TOI
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday compared Iran to Nazi Germany, pointing to Iran’s “commitment to murder Jews.” At the same time, Netanyahu said Israel would be the first country to re-establish ties with Iran once the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei falls.In a video broadcast to the Brookings Institute’s Saban Forum in Washington, Netanyahu referred to Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman calling Iran’s supreme leader the “new Hitler of the Middle East” who must be stopped.“Obviously, there are some important differences between Nazi Germany and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Netanyahu said. “But both regimes do have two important things in common. One, a ruthless commitment to impose tyranny and terror. And second, a ruthless commitment to murder Jews.”There are some 20,000 Jews currently living in Iran.Netanyahu went on to talk about a new book on World War II he is currently reading, which condemns the so-called appeasement policies of British politicians who believed Hitler was not the threat others made him out to be.“Deception,” Netanyahu quoted the book’s author, Victor Davis Hanson, “is the mother’s milk of tyrannies.”“I am sure many of you heard Iran’s silver-tongued foreign minister charmingly explain that Iran is a modern power. It harbors no hatred towards anyone. Right,” Netanyahu said sarcastically.Addressing Mohammad Zarif directly, he said Zarif should tell this to journalists tortured and students shot in the streets of Iran, to “hundreds of thousands” killed by Iranian proxies in Syria, to Jews in Argentina whose loved ones were killed by Iranian-backed terrorists, and to Israelis who are “routinely condemned to annihilation by Iran’s fanatic leaders.”“I spoke so often about Iran because I read history,” Netanyahu went on. “When tyrants call for the destruction of my people, I believe them. I don’t have the luxury of discounting their genocidal threats.”The prime minister went on to state Israel’s policy not to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and to entrench itself militarily in Syria. The 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, will allow Tehran to produce an arsenal of nuclear weapons within a decade, he said.“President [US] Trump created an opportunity to fix the great flaws of the JCPOA. I urge you, in the policy community, to help decision-makers in the capitals of Europe and on Capitol Hill to take advantage of this opportunity,” he said.“My friends, one day the Iranian regime will fall. Iranian mothers and fathers will rejoice in the streets. Israel will be the first in line to restore relations and rebuild our partnership,” he continued. “That’s just one reason why I am so hopeful about our future. Today Israel is more welcomed by the nations of the world than ever before. Our economy is booming. Our foreign relations are flourishing. Our army is more powerful than ever.”He added: “When I look forward 50 or 100 years, I believe Israel will be embraced openly by its Arab neighbors rather than in secret, in the way it is done today.”
IDF declares area around Gaza a closed military zone-Unspecified military activity taking place around the Strip one month after army destroyed cross-border attack tunnel-By Judah Ari Gross-DEC 3,17-TOI
The army has declared the area surrounding the Gaza Strip a “closed military zone” in light of unspecified activities in the area, the military censor cleared for publication on Sunday.The nature of the military activity in the area and the exact location of the closures were not allowed to be published.The army said there were no new special instructions for Israeli residents of the Gaza border region, though existing orders keeping farmers away from certain areas along the border remain in place.The closures come a little over a month after the military destroyed an attack tunnel belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, which entered Israeli territory from the Gaza city of Khan Younis.On Thursday, the Islamic Jihad launched a dozen mortar shells at an army post northeast of the Strip, causing no injuries but did damage army equipment.The military retaliated with six strikes on terrorist positions in Gaza, four of them belonging to the Islamic Jihad and two to Hamas, which rules the coastal enclave.Following last week’s exchange of fire, the army temporarily stopped construction on the underground barrier being built around the Gaza Strip in an effort to counter attack tunnels, an IDF officer said on Thursday.The army said the Islamic Jihad attack appeared to be retaliation for the army demolishing the group’s attack tunnel exactly a month earlier.After the tunnel demolition on October 30, in which at least 14 terrorists were killed, including two of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s top commanders, the group vowed revenge.The Islamic Jihad said the tunnel was supposed to be used for “kidnapping soldiers in order to free prisoners [from Israeli prisons].”According to the army, the tunnel had been under surveillance the entire time that it was inside Israeli territory and did not pose a threat to civilians.Israeli officials told the terror group not to go through with its plans to retaliate. In the weeks following, the army also kept farmers away from the fence and, in a dramatic move, deployed Iron Dome missile defense batteries in central Israel, including in the greater Tel Aviv area.The army said later that killing the terrorists was not the primary objective of the tunnel demolition.The bodies of five of the terrorists who were working on the tunnel inside Israeli territory were recovered by the IDF, the army said.
Mortar from Syria fired at Golan Heights; no injuries-Army says shell apparently spillover fire; separately, IDF seals off areas near Gaza, but issues no special instructions By Marissa Newman-DEC 3,17-TOI
6:44 pm-Islamic Jihad says it has yet to retaliate for tunnel destruction-The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group says it has yet to retaliate for Israel’s destruction of its cross-border tunnel from the Gaza Strip a month ago.After the tunnel demolition on October 30, in which at least 14 terrorists were killed, including two of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s top commanders, the group vowed revenge.“The response will come at the appropriate time and place,” the terror group warns on Sunday, according to the Ynet news site.On Thursday, the Islamic Jihad launched a dozen mortar shells at an army post northeast of the Strip, causing no injuries but damaging army equipment.6:31 pm-Police recommendations bill pulled from Knesset schedule-A Knesset Internal Affairs Committee meeting scheduled for Monday, in which lawmakers were expected to finalize the so-called police recommendations bill, is canceled.The cancellation comes after Netanyahu asked Likud lawmakers to redraft the controversial bill so that it excludes the investigations against him.6:10 pm-Top US adviser ‘not sure’ what Trump will decide on Jerusalem embassy-US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says he does not know if US President Donald Trump will relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.“I’m not sure what decision he’ll make. We’ve given him options,” McMaster tells Fox News.“There are options involving the move of an embassy at some point in the future, which I think, you know, could be used to gain momentum toward a — toward a peace agreement, and a solution that works both for Israelis and for Palestinians,” adds McMaster.5:44 pm-Mortar from Syria fired at Golan Heights; no injuries-A mortar shell was launched from Syria toward the Golan Heights, causing neither injury nor damage, according to the army.The military says it seems to be errant fire from fighting across the border.Troops are searching the area for the impact site of the shell, according to an army spokesperson.Incoming rocket alert sirens in the area were not activated as the shell was heading toward an open field.— Judah Ari Gross-5:37 pm-Half of Yazidis kidnapped by IS still missing-Around half of the Yazidis kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago are still missing, Iraqi Kurdish officials say.In 2014, IS jihadis killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the religious minority to abuse as sex slaves.Kurdish fighters backed by the US-led coalition against IS captured Sinjar from the jihadis in November 2015 before Iraqi security forces took control of the region in October.A top official with the ministry of religious affairs of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq says that some 6,417 Yazidis were abducted by the jihadists from August 3, 2014.As of December 1, 2017, only 3,207 of them have been rescued or managed to flee their captors, says Khairi Bozani.The remaining 3,210 Yazidis — including 1,507 women or girls — are still either held by the jihadis or considered missing, he tells AFP.IDF says no special instructions for Gaza-adjacent Israelis-The army says there are no special instructions for Israeli residents in the Gaza periphery, following reports the area had been declared a closed military zone.— Judah Ari Gross-4:53 pm-Israeli areas around Gaza closed due to IDF activity-Areas around the Gaza Strip are sealed off due to military activity.Areas around Gaza Strip closed off due to military activity in the area.— Judah Ari Gross (@JudahAriGross) December 3, 2017-4:28 pm-Palestinians appeal to world leaders to block US embassy move-Palestinian leaders are seeking Sunday to rally diplomatic support to persuade US President Donald Trump not to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after suggestions that he planned to do so.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was holding a series of phone calls with world leaders to “explain the dangers of any decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem or recognize (Jerusalem) as Israel’s capital,” Abbas’s diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi tells AFP.His calls so far have included those to Arab leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Erdogan told Abbas that an independent Palestinian state must have East Jerusalem as its capital, Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported.Abbas was also said to be seeking an emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League to discuss the issue.Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Palestinian Authority intelligence head Majed Farraj were making contacts in Washington, Khalidi says.He says Abbas was warning “of the consequences of taking such a decision that will threaten the political process and peacemaking efforts.”Trump is set to decide by Monday whether to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.— AFP-4:12 pm-Netanyahu: When Iran regime falls, Israel will be first to restore ties-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says “one day the Iranian regime will fall” and “Israel will be the first in line to restore relations” with the country.The prime minister is addressing the Saban Forum in Washington, DC, in a pre-recorded video message.He urges US policymakers to rally behind the “opportunity” presented by US President Donald Trump to fix the “flaws” of the nuclear deal.And Netanyahu says he’s optimistic about the future, predicting that in 50 to 100 years, Israel will be embraced openly by its Arab neighbors.4:00 pm-US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east of Euphrates free of IS-Syria’s main Kurdish forces say it has successfully cleared areas east of the Euphrates river of Islamic State militants.Noureddine Mahmoud, spokesman for the People’s Defense Units, known as the YPG, and the backbone of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, praises at a press conference Sunday US and Russian support for forces operating in the eastern Deir el-Zour province.He says he hoped for more coordination with the two international powers to protect liberated areas. Mahmoud’s comments come a day after the US defense secretary said Washington will stop arming the YPG.Russia is the main backer of Syrian government forces battling IS on the western side of the river. Russia and the US have been in contact to prevent clashes between them.— AP-3:30 pm-Jordanian kidnapped for ransom in southern Syria is freed-Jordan’s military says it has rescued a Jordanian civilian who was kidnapped for ransom by an armed group in southern Syria several days ago.The military-linked Hala Akhbar site says Sunday that the Jordanian man had been living in southern Syria and owned a farm there. It says he was tortured by his captors.The site says the man has returned to his family in northern Jordan.It provides no further details.— AP.3:00 pm-Amsalem says he’ll revise bill in accordance with PM’s wishes-Likud’s Amsalem says he’ll revise the police recommendations bill to accommodate the prime minister’s request to exclude him from the controversial legislation.In a Facebook post, Amsalem says he “respects the request of the prime minister,” and will consult with coalition chairman David Bitan and the heads of the coalition parties on the amendment.Amsalem posts this on Facebook while chairing the Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee, which is voting on hundreds of opposition objections to the as-yet-unrevised police recommendations bill.-2:10 pm-UAE denies Houthi targeted nuclear plant-The United Arab Emirates on Sunday denies a claim by Yemen’s Shiite rebels that a rebel missile had been fired toward the country’s under-construction nuclear plant.The rebels, known as Houthis, earlier in the day claimed they had launched a missile toward the plant in Abu Dhabi in the first such strike toward the country.“The National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority denies the claim that the Houthis fired a missile toward the country,” the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency says. “The UAE possesses an air defense system capable of dealing with any threat of any type or kind.”The statement adds that the nuclear power plant was well-protected.— AP.
