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
Defense Ministry ombudsman says IDF ground forces unprepared for war-Army acknowledges budget and personnel woes, tells lawmakers it has fixed most problems found by Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Brick-By TOI staff-DEC 12,18
The Defense Ministry’s ombudsman warned lawmakers on Wednesday that Israel’s ground forces are unprepared for a future war.In a contentious meeting of the Knesset State Control Committee, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Brick warned that personnel cuts imposed by cost-cutting demands from the government, and the shortening of men’s military service from 36 months to 32, was among the factors leading to “critical gaps between the missions [given to the army] and the manpower needed to carry them out,” according to the Ynet news site.He also pointed to the switch to digital communication between commanders and subordinates throughout the military, including via email and WhatsApp, as well as the prevalence of smartphones, as liable to hamper effective communication in battle.He railed against the outsourcing of many logistical operations in the military to private companies, and said the warehouses containing the war supplies of many ground forces units were woefully understocked, which could leave units without the necessary supplies in the battlefield.“In wartime, we will fail because of these [private] companies running [the army’s] inventories. The Defense Ministry has been chasing after the IDF to deal with this issue, but it feels like there’s no one to talk to,” Brick lamented.A former tank commander and head of the army’s college system who has served as Defense Ministry ombudsman since 2008, Brick has long complained about many of the issues he raised Wednesday, but his criticism has grown more vocal in recent months, drawing rebuke from army leaders who have labeled him an alarmist.Brig. Gen. Uri Gordin, chief of staff of the Ground Forces Command, who bears command responsibility for many of the concerns Brick raised in the committee, told lawmakers he partially agreed with the ombudsman.There were gaps in needed manpower, he said, as well as budget shortages when it came to stocking equipment the ground forces will need in wartime.“We’re doing everything we can to ready the army” for war, Gordin said, but added, “There are resource gaps and the defense budget is limited. We have advanced a great deal in the current multi-year [budget] plan, and will need two more multi-year plans before the ground forces are at the level at which we want them to be. I, too, am worried about the warehouses. NCO pay is inadequate and we face a manpower challenge in the modern world.”But, he insisted, “the army is a very well-supervised organization” that works hard to identify such problems and correct them. “Every division supervises its units. The General Staff supervises the army as a whole, alongside the Defense Ministry’s comptroller and the state comptroller. The army, in my view, has done a great deal to correct shortcomings over the years.”Gordin turned to the committee’s chair, Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich, and invited her to pay a surprise visit to any ground forces supply base she wished. “This is one of the biggest challenges the ground forces face. I invite you tomorrow at 7 a.m. to any warehouse you pick anywhere in the country. Come visit. The gaps exist everywhere, but we’re completely transparent about them. We’ve invested NIS 200 million in closing these gaps. Do we need more? The answer is yes.”In August, Brick presented his concerns in a 270-page report submitted to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which oversees his office.“I’ve visited 1,400 separate units, spoken with tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers,” Brick said Wednesday. “I think I know the army in the field better than anyone in the IDF today. I have found serious problems in the logistical, technological and operational systems of the army, and I have informed the army of these findings. The army has corrected the individual problems I have pointed out, but the central problem is the organizational culture [which has fostered] problems so deep that they are not easily solved.“The seriousness of the situation requires the establishment of an external commission of inquiry, headed by a judge, so we can begin to change the IDF’s organizational culture from the foundations. There is a conspiracy of silence at all levels,” he charged. “It is the unifying thread in many units, that commanders sometimes don’t acknowledge to the political echelon the realities on the ground.”Brick rejected the criticism that he was being alarmist.“We have a good air force and a good navy, and most of the ground forces are good, and the commanders and soldiers of the IDF are excellent. I’m not out to fight with anyone,” he insisted.IDF Comptroller Brig. Gen. (res.) Ilan Harari tried to reassure lawmakers that Brick’s concerns were being heard in the army.“The IDF and its leadership take criticism seriously, and my reports have not been kind. I have assigned 100 reserve officers to check Brick’s claims, on the chief of staff’s orders, and there is a steering committee headed by Maj. Gen. (res.) Avi Mizrahi that is directing our work.”In his response to the committee, Brig. Gen. Gordin dismissed some of Brick’s complaints as untrue. On Brick’s criticism of the prevalence of smartphones and other digital communications channels, Gordin said, “Everyone uses smartphones. It’s part of how we communicate today. What are you going to do? It’s how MKs talk to their employees too. But when I was with the Nahal Brigade during Operation Protective Edge, there were 2,500 combat troops inside the Gaza Strip. Not one had a phone on him. Orders came over the military radio. That’s how it works during operations.”The army has insisted in recent months that it has dramatically expanded the ground forces’ training regimen and has worked diligently to correct many of the problems pointed out by Brick over the years.Two committee members, both retired generals, criticized Brick.Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern, a retired major general, asked Brick to remove him from the ombudsman’s office mailing list, saying his warnings were over-the-top and “no longer interesting.”Zionist Union MK Eyal Ben-Reuven said he had “great respect for Maj. Gen. Brick” and that he had “read both the classified report and the public one.”In the wake of Brick’s concerns, he noted, the Knesset committee had visited two ground forces warehouses and met with brigade and battalion commanders.“No one argues that we aren’t seeing these gaps [in budgets and manpower], with NCOs not willing to remain in the military, with insufficient manpower — but there are also strengths, reserve battalion commanders who tell us that it’s been many years since they’ve seen this many training days.”He slammed Brick’s accusation that commanders in the field were involved in a “conspiracy of silence.”“Are we crazy? Are we calling them liars? The public’s trust in the army is important,” Ben-Reuven said. “I’m all for criticism, but what Maj. Gen. Brick has done has crossed the line. Brick has gone from doing good to doing harm, from a very respected office to a persona non grata. I don’t accept Brick’s assessment that the army is unprepared for war. The IDF generally and the ground army in particular are going through a rapid upgrade in its capabilities.”
EU to give Swiss time until June to agree new treaty: sources-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Foo Yun Chee and Francesco Guarascio-December 12, 2018
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission decided on Tuesday to offer Switzerland six additional months to agree on a new treaty that will govern the country's future relations with the European Union, two EU sources told Reuters.The political decision, to be formalized after talks with EU leaders in Brussels this week, would allow Swiss stock exchanges to maintain access to EU clients until the end of June under a temporary extension of the "equivalence" regime that permits foreign financial firms to operate in the 28-nation bloc.The move marks a retreat from the more belligerent stance Brussels had previously adopted. Last week it threatened to prevent EU-based banks and brokers from trading on Swiss stock exchanges from 2019 if Bern failed to clearly back a draft pact on future relations.But despite the Commission's pressure and the economic risks, the Swiss government on Friday dodged the EU deadline and said it would revisit the subject in spring 2019 after political consultations.The dispute with Bern gives a glimpse of the Commission's negotiating strategy on sensitive equivalence decisions, which will also be crucial for London-based financial operators after Britain leaves the EU next year.No decision will be announced on Tuesday, a Commission spokeswoman said.LAST OFFER-But the two senior officials, who participated in Tuesday's Commission meeting, said the political decision had been made."It is a last gesture of goodwill from our side accompanying their consultation, which runs into spring," one told Reuters.The Commission will informally broach the issue with EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, officials said.A spokesman for the Swiss government declined to comment.The Commission told EU diplomats last week it would not have extended the equivalence regime for Swiss exchanges after it expires in December, if they did not agree on a new treaty by the end of the year, minutes of an EU meeting show.Talks on a new treaty, which would replace more than 120 sectoral pacts regulating EU-Swiss relations, have been continuing for more than four years.A draft treaty agreed by EU and Swiss negotiators, but not yet endorsed by Switzerland, would establish a mechanism for Bern to adapt more smoothly new EU rules and would give the EU Court of Justice a final say on the application of EU laws in the Alpine country.Switzerland, closely integrated economically with the EU but not a member of the bloc, would also have to contribute to the EU budget and provide funds to poorer EU regions.But both the traditionally pro-EU left and anti-EU far-right say the draft deal infringes too much on Swiss sovereignty, leaving the four-party coalition government short of a majority to approve it before elections next year.(Additional reporting by Michael Shields in Zurich; writing by Francesco Guarascio; editing by Ed Osmond and Gareth Jones)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Spacewalking astronauts check site of capsule leak-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 12, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts ripped through thick insulation on a capsule docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, looking for clues to a mysterious drilled hole that leaked precious cabin air four months ago.Russians Sergei Prokopyev and Oleg Kononenko spotted the tiny hole in the external hull of the Soyuz capsule, more than five hours into their grueling spacewalk."That is exactly the hole we've been looking for, guys," radioed Russian Mission Control outside Moscow.The spacewalkers reported seeing no drill marks around the black dot, like on the inside.Back in August, the station crew patched the hole in the Soyuz capsule, plugging it with epoxy and gauze. Russian space officials wanted the site surveyed from the outside, before the capsule's return to Earth next week with Prokopyev and two others. This part of the capsule will be jettisoned as usual before atmospheric re-entry, and so poses no risk for descent.Prokopyev and Kononenko had to use a pair of telescoping booms to reach the Soyuz. It took nearly four hours for them to cross the approximately 100 feet (30 metres ) to get there. Then the insulation proved harder to remove than expected, taking another one to two hours of effort.To expose the external hull, they cut away a 10-inch (25- centimetre ) swatch of thermal insulation and debris shield. Bits of shredded silver insulation floated away like confetti, as the two slashed at it with a knife and long cutters. The astronauts collected samples of the black epoxy sealant protruding from the hole, just one-tenth of an inch (2 millimeters) across.Their spacewalk lasted almost eight hours. "It is high time you went home," Mission Control urged."It was very difficult ... but we were able to get it done," one of the spacewalkers said.NASA said the pieces of freed insulation posed no threat to the space station and would likely burn up in the atmosphere in a day or so.The capsule leak caused a flap between the U.S. and Russian space agencies, following its discovery at the end of August. Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin observed that the hole could have been drilled during manufacturing — or in orbit. The space station's commander at the time flatly denied any wrongdoing by himself or his crew.Rogozin has since backpedaled his statement, blaming the news media for twisting his words.A Russian investigation is ongoing, according to Rogozin, and samples collected during the spacewalk will be returned to Earth on the Soyuz. The spacewalk findings could lead to better repair techniques in the future, officials said.The Soyuz is scheduled to depart the orbiting lab on Dec. 19, U.S. time, with Prokopyev, American Serena Aunon-Chancellor and German Alexander Gerst, the station's current skipper. It ferried them up in June.Remaining aboard the 250-mile-high ( 400-kilometre-high ) outpost for the next six months will be an American, Russian and Canadian who arrived last week.This was the 213th spacewalk in 20 years at the space station.___The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Strasbourg gunman cried ‘Allahu Akbar’ during fatal attack, says prosecutor-Suspected shooter who killed three named as Cherif Chekatt, who has a long criminal record in both France and Germany; authorities say he was radicalized in prison-By Agencies-TOI-DEC 12,18
The gunman who carried out a mass shooting in Strasbourg cried the Islamic phrase “Allahu Akbar” (“God is Greatest”) as he opened fire, France’s anti-terror prosecutor Remy Heitz told a news conference Wednesday, citing witnesses.Four people connected to the main suspect were detained overnight in the eastern French city, he added.Police union officials identified the suspected assailant as Cherif Chekatt, a 29-year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to publicly discuss details of the large and ongoing investigation.Hundreds of police and soldiers hunted for the extremist suspect that they believe sprayed gunfire near one of Europe’s most famous Christmas markets the night before, killing three and wounding at least 13 in the eastern city of Strasbourg and putting the whole country on edge anew.Senior Interior Ministry official Laurent Nunez said Chekatt had been radicalized in prison and had been monitored by French intelligence services since his release from jail in late 2015, because of his suspected religious extremism.Nunez, secretary of state for the Interior Ministry, said on France-Inter radio that police sought to arrest Chekatt on Tuesday morning, hours before the shooting, in relation to an attempted murder. He was not at home but five other people were detained, authorities said.The government raised the security alert level and sent police reinforcements to Strasbourg, where more than 350 security forces were involved in the massive manhunt. Police officials said he was wounded in a gunfight with soldiers after the Tuesday night attack but escaped, and a top official said he might have fled to neighboring Germany.A terrorism investigation was opened. Nunez said eight of the injured are in serious condition, and the city mayor said some had head wounds.Police have named the suspect of the #strasbourgshooting Christmas terror attack as local Cherif Chekatt https://t.co/3xYHhATA78 pic.twitter.com/MfIr17EoKg— The European Post (@theEUpost) December 12, 2018-Witnesses described shots and screams after the gunman opened fire around the Christmas market Tuesday evening in a city that’s home to the European Parliament and considers itself a capital of Europe — and promotes itself as the “capital of Christmas.” For several hours swaths of the city were under lockdown.The suspected attacker also had a criminal record in Germany. He was convicted of robbery in the country in 2016 and sentenced to two years and three months in prison for breaking into a dental practice and a pharmacy in two German towns.The 2016 verdict from a district court in the southern German city of Singen, obtained by The Associated Press, also said he was sentenced to prison in France in 2008 and in Basel, Switzerland in 2013 for various robberies. News agency dpa reported that he was deported to France in 2017.According to that verdict, the suspected attacker grew up with six siblings in Strasbourg, worked for local authorities after leaving school and had been unemployed since 2011. He said that he had been traveling a lot and had already spent four years of his life in prison. The German robberies took place in Mainz, near Frankfurt, in 2012 and in Engen, near the Swiss border, in 2016.The attack is a new blow to France, which saw a wave of Islamic extremist killings in 2015 and 2016. It came amid a month of protests against President Emmanuel Macron that have blocked roads around the country, led to rioting in the capital and put heavy strain on police.While authorities urged people in the area to stay inside after Tuesday’s attack, Strasbourg Mayor Roland Ries told BFM television Wednesday that “life must go on” so that the city doesn’t surrender to a “terrorist who is trying to disrupt our way of life.”The assailant got inside a security zone around the venue and opened fire from there, Mayor Roland Ries said on BFM television.Police were out in force in Strasbourg, a city about 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of Paris on France’s border with Germany, on Wednesday morning. The Christmas market, a holiday tradition there, was closed. The market was the target of an al-Qaeda-linked plot at the turn of the millennium.Many of Europe’s deadliest terror attacks in recent years have taken place in France. In response to Tuesday’s shooting, the government decided to take the country’s attack risk up a level on the official threat index and to send security reinforcements to Strasbourg, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in Strasbourg.Some 350 officers and two helicopters were searching for the assailant after Tuesday’s drama, which involved shooting in multiple neighborhoods of Strasbourg, authorities said. The assailant confronted law enforcement officers twice, exchanging fire, while he “sowed terror,” Castaner said.The shooter was shot and wounded by soldiers guarding the Christmas market, according to Stephane Morisse of police union FGP Police.“I heard two or three shots at around 7:55 p.m., then I heard screams. I got close to the window. I saw people running. After that I closed the shutters. Then I heard more shots, closer this time,” said Yoann Bazard, 27, who lives in central Strasbourg.“I thought maybe it’s firecrackers,” he said, speaking by phone. “And then, as it got close, it was really shocking. There were a lot of screams. … There were police or soldiers shouting ‘Get inside!’ and ‘Put your hands on your head.'”Another witness, Peter Fritz, told the BBC one of the three people killed was a Thai tourist who was shot in the head and didn’t respond to lengthy attempts to revive him.
Condition of mother gunned down in terror attack improves, baby still critical-Hospital says Shira Ish-Ran no longer on respirator or sedated, communicating with those around her; injured husband doing well-By TOI staff-DEC 12,18
Doctors have registered a further improvement in the condition of a woman who was shot in a terror attack this week, and whose baby was delivered by doctors in the wake of the attack, Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center said Wednesday.However, Shira Ish-Ran’s newborn son, who was delivered in the wake of the attack, remains in critical condition as doctors fight to keep him alive, the hospital said.Ish-Ran was seriously hurt Sunday evening when terrorists in a passing car opened fire at Israeli civilians waiting at a bus stop and hitchhiking post outside the settlement of Ofra. Seven people were injured in all, including Ish-Ran’s husband, Amichai, who was moderately hurt.“Shira’s condition further improved and she is stable,” the hospital said in a statement. “She is not on respirators and is not sedated. She is responding to her surroundings.”“Amichai’s condition is good,” the statement added. “The condition of the baby continues to be critical.”On Tuesday evening Amichai Ish-Ran entered his wife’s hospital room and saw her conscious for the first time since she awoke from her induced coma. Her baby had been delivered by emergency cesarean section at 30 weeks.The couple smiled at each other and held hands, her father, Chaim Silberstein, told reporters. The young mother could not speak due to tubes in her throat at the time.She reportedly has asked about her baby, but has not been told about his condition.After the boy was delivered, he was immediately transferred to the ward for premature babies. Initially said to have been in “stable” condition, his condition worsened, the hospital said Monday. He was hooked up to a ventilator and has been undergoing treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit.The military’s search for the perpetrators of the attack entered its fourth day on Wednesday, with troops setting up roadblocks and sweeping nearby Palestinian villages.
Congress backs bill targeting Hamas and Hezbollah for using human shields-Legislation calls for sanctions on both terror organizations as ‘repeated’ violators of international law-By JTA and TOI staff-DEC 12,18
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would target for sanctions Hezbollah and Hamas for using civilians as human shields, guaranteeing that it will become law.“This critical and timely legislation mandates new sanctions against Hamas, Hezbollah and foreign state agencies that use civilians as human shields or provide support to those doing so,” the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said in a statement Tuesday after the House passed the bill. The Senate passed the measure in October.The bill castigates Hezbollah, a terrorist Lebanese militia backed by Iran, and Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group controlling the Gaza Strip, as “repeated” practitioners of an action that violates international law. It notes reports that Hezbollah is concealing missiles in villages in Lebanon and that Hamas routinely launches missiles at Israel from densely populated areas.The bill, which had bipartisan backing, now goes to US President Donald Trump for his signature.Israel last week launched a military operation to find attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah under the border with Israel. Operation Northern Shield has so far uncovered three such tunnels, one of which originated in the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila and another in the village of Ramiyeh.The army has also said it is aware of the existence of other tunnels, but has yet to fully expose them.Israel has accused Hamas, which is sworn to destroy the Jewish state, of fighting from within civilian areas and storing munitions under residential buildings.
Skepticism follows Montreal police plan to combat profiling of racial minorities-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 11, 2018
MONTREAL — Anastasia Marcelin, originally from Haiti, says she became an activist after witnessing how city police treated her three younger brothers in their Montreal North neighbourhood.She was part of a group of citizens at city hall Tuesday who expressed little confidence as the Montreal police force unveiled its latest plan to prevent racial profiling by its officers."As soon as a young, black man gets a car — the harassment begins," Marcelin said in an interview, referring to family and friends who have had run-ins with the police."I lived in Montreal North for 15 years, and I've witnessed police destroy the lives of young people."Incoming police Chief Sylvain Caron and other officers presented councillors with the force's 2018-21 plan to prevent racial profiling.The plan is short on details, but it includes steps to hire more visible minorities and to build stronger relationships with community groups.It also includes a long-awaited promise to begin collecting and analyzing data on complaints against officers accused of racial profiling."There is a desire to continue working (to prevent racial profiling)," Caron said to a question from the audience. "We want to do more."Marcelin called the plan "a joke." She said police have promised for years to address complaints of racial profiling and "nothing has changed."Most of the questions from people in the council chamber reflected a frustration and anger with the police.Many people said little has changed in the way police behave towards people living in the Montreal North and St-Michel neighbourhoods, both of which have sizable populations of visible minorities.Alex Norris, chairman of the public security committee, said the police plan includes "concrete and tangible" steps to address the issue, particularly regarding the collection of profiling data."We have reason to be optimistic," Norris said.Also on Tuesday, a lawyer working on behalf of the Black Coalition of Quebec announced he is seeking approval for a class action lawsuit against the city of Montreal for alleged racial profiling practices by the police.Jacky-Eric Salvant said he is seeking $4 million in damages from the city on behalf of people who claim they were singled out by city police officers because of their race.The main plaintiff is Alexandre Lamontagne, a man of Haitian origin. He says he was stopped by police for no reason in August 2017, according to the lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press.The suit alleges about 500 people have come forward claiming to have been arbitrarily stopped and detained by police for between two and eight hours.Salvant said the suit will be filed in the coming days once the city has been served with court papers.Salvant was joined at city hall by Gabriel Bazin, vice-president of the Black Coalition, who told reporters they were both recently racially profiled.Bazin said they were inside Salvant's BMW in downtown Montreal and were followed and stopped by police."When they stopped him, do you know what was the first question they asked? 'What do you do for a living?' " Bazin said. "This is what we live."A spokeswoman for the Montreal police force said it would not comment on the class action because it is before the courts.Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press.
France’s ‘yellow vests’ only have one common message: anger at government-[Christian Science Monitor]-YAHOONEWS-Peter Ford, Dominique Soguel-December 12, 2018
For Rosa Larocca, a middle-aged headmistress who can switch from a warm smile to a stern look in seconds, it’s all about politics. “The people want a different type of republic and they want [French President Emmanuel] Macron to go,” she says. “What we want are referendums.”For Shanoon Redovanc, a bespectacled retiree sporting a black woolen hat, it’s about living standards. “This is not just about Macron,” he insists. “I’ve spent two winters without heating because I am scared of the bill. What we all have in common is the search for a life with dignity.”And for Karl, an unemployed musician with a bushy ginger beard, it’s about social justice. “Poor children ... end up poor. Rich children ... end up rich. The inequality is there,” he points out. “How can this stand when the national motto is ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’?”Camped around small fires in the middle of a traffic circle in eastern France one damp afternoon last week, the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protesters who have thrown the country into crisis voiced a dizzying variety of demands. Without leaders and difficult to engage in talks, the yellow vests nationwide are united by little more than anger that their needs and opinions have been ignored.But that anger runs deep – fueled by the same sort of socioeconomic malaise that has driven social upheaval in the US and Britain. “It comes from a long way back,” says Christophe Guilluy, a social geographer who has tracked the sentiment for the past 20 years. “Macron is paying the price for 30 years of government inaction.”The president sought on Monday evening to pacify rebellious spirits. In a televised address to the nation he announced an increase in the minimum wage and different forms of tax relief, and urged employers to pay a tax-free Christmas bonus. He also pledged “an unprecedented debate” on ways to improve French democracy and make government more responsive to public opinion.It was not immediately clear what effect that would have on the protest movement. But the president acted on a broad front, in acknowledgement of the fact that the demonstrations that began as protests against a fuel tax hike have spread to challenge the very nature of French society.‘THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ARE BROKEN’-The protesters, who have occupied traffic circles across France and staged occasionally violent demonstrations for the past month, are not unlike US voters who support President Trump, or British citizens who voted for Brexit, suggests Mr. Guilluy, author of “Twilight of the Elites.”They come mainly from the middle and lower classes of society and live in the countryside or smaller towns where jobs are scarce, far from economically dynamic cities. They are “members of a weakened middle class who no longer find their place, either economically or culturally, in society,” says Guilluy. “They are peripheral France.”Because they live far from the cities, and are often seen as losers in the process of globalization, “they are off the radar for the media and the political elite,” he adds. “They are no longer the reference point for politicians that they used to be.”On the traffic circle in Kingersheim, a suburb in the industrial town of Mulhouse, Ms. Larocca knows what he means. “The French people are revolting because they don’t feel heard, considered, or respected,” she explains.Segher Hamitouche, a tall, skinny man who has been out of work for the past five months, living on his wife’s disability benefit, shares that view. “The press makes us out to be the ones who break things,” he says. “The truth is that we are broken.”It is no accident that the movement has adopted the yellow vests, the hi-visibility fluorescent yellow vests that all drivers must keep in their cars in case of accident. “The message is clear,” says Guilluy. “We are visible again. We exist.”Elsewhere in the world, that cry has made itself heard at the ballot box. But in France it spilled over onto the streets because the normal democratic channels are not working, says Guy Groux, an expert on social movements at the research center of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) in Paris.“It is very worrying for democracy,” he says. “France is suffering a crisis of representation because the French do not trust the people who are meant to be representing them.”CALLS FOR RADICAL CHANGE-France’s political parties are the least trusted organizations in the country, enjoying the confidence of only nine percent of the population, according to the latest annual survey by the IEP research center. The media and trade unions are also at the bottom of the list, at 24 percent and 27 percent respectively.In contrast, 72 percent of the French public supports the yellow vests according to a poll conducted last week for the BFM TV channel.Only 16 percent of the French think that political leaders take their opinions into account, the survey found. In contrast, 83 percent believe politicians ignore them – a figure that has remained essentially unchanged since the first such poll was conducted in 2008.That translates into some radical proposals from some of those occupying the Kingersheim traffic circle. “We need to look at everything again from zero, starting with the constitution,” argues Huguette Specht, a waitress and mother of four. “We want a political program that puts the people first, where their point of view counts.”Rebuilding trust would likely take years. The government is hoping that more immediately achievable measures on the economic front will assuage the yellow vests’ anger.Many of the protesters in Kingersheim focus their discontent on their purchasing power, eroded over a decade of stagnant wages for unskilled and semi-skilled workers.Bérangère Gabriel is one of them. A 34-year-old mother, she has cycled through a series of temporary “McJobs” as a cleaning lady, a cashier, a babysitter, a waitress, and a landscaper. At the moment she is unemployed, raising a child on state benefits totaling 700 euros ($800) a month.“I am skipping lunch so that my son can eat,” she says. “That is not normal.”Karl, the musician, says he is 2,000 euros ($2,280) in debt, more than he can manage on his social security income of 800 euros ($912) a month. “My generation started from behind,” he says. “Our parents left us nothing; we came into nothing and fell straight into debt. Every month we are juggling our bills, deciding which to pay, which not to pay.”In a country where the globalized capitalist system has made cities and most of their residents wealthier, the Kingersheim protesters represent the citizens who feel left out and ignored.“In one sense, they have already won,” says Guilluy. “Nobody can say anymore that they are not there.”
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
Defense Ministry ombudsman says IDF ground forces unprepared for war-Army acknowledges budget and personnel woes, tells lawmakers it has fixed most problems found by Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Brick-By TOI staff-DEC 12,18
The Defense Ministry’s ombudsman warned lawmakers on Wednesday that Israel’s ground forces are unprepared for a future war.In a contentious meeting of the Knesset State Control Committee, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Brick warned that personnel cuts imposed by cost-cutting demands from the government, and the shortening of men’s military service from 36 months to 32, was among the factors leading to “critical gaps between the missions [given to the army] and the manpower needed to carry them out,” according to the Ynet news site.He also pointed to the switch to digital communication between commanders and subordinates throughout the military, including via email and WhatsApp, as well as the prevalence of smartphones, as liable to hamper effective communication in battle.He railed against the outsourcing of many logistical operations in the military to private companies, and said the warehouses containing the war supplies of many ground forces units were woefully understocked, which could leave units without the necessary supplies in the battlefield.“In wartime, we will fail because of these [private] companies running [the army’s] inventories. The Defense Ministry has been chasing after the IDF to deal with this issue, but it feels like there’s no one to talk to,” Brick lamented.A former tank commander and head of the army’s college system who has served as Defense Ministry ombudsman since 2008, Brick has long complained about many of the issues he raised Wednesday, but his criticism has grown more vocal in recent months, drawing rebuke from army leaders who have labeled him an alarmist.Brig. Gen. Uri Gordin, chief of staff of the Ground Forces Command, who bears command responsibility for many of the concerns Brick raised in the committee, told lawmakers he partially agreed with the ombudsman.There were gaps in needed manpower, he said, as well as budget shortages when it came to stocking equipment the ground forces will need in wartime.“We’re doing everything we can to ready the army” for war, Gordin said, but added, “There are resource gaps and the defense budget is limited. We have advanced a great deal in the current multi-year [budget] plan, and will need two more multi-year plans before the ground forces are at the level at which we want them to be. I, too, am worried about the warehouses. NCO pay is inadequate and we face a manpower challenge in the modern world.”But, he insisted, “the army is a very well-supervised organization” that works hard to identify such problems and correct them. “Every division supervises its units. The General Staff supervises the army as a whole, alongside the Defense Ministry’s comptroller and the state comptroller. The army, in my view, has done a great deal to correct shortcomings over the years.”Gordin turned to the committee’s chair, Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich, and invited her to pay a surprise visit to any ground forces supply base she wished. “This is one of the biggest challenges the ground forces face. I invite you tomorrow at 7 a.m. to any warehouse you pick anywhere in the country. Come visit. The gaps exist everywhere, but we’re completely transparent about them. We’ve invested NIS 200 million in closing these gaps. Do we need more? The answer is yes.”In August, Brick presented his concerns in a 270-page report submitted to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which oversees his office.“I’ve visited 1,400 separate units, spoken with tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers,” Brick said Wednesday. “I think I know the army in the field better than anyone in the IDF today. I have found serious problems in the logistical, technological and operational systems of the army, and I have informed the army of these findings. The army has corrected the individual problems I have pointed out, but the central problem is the organizational culture [which has fostered] problems so deep that they are not easily solved.“The seriousness of the situation requires the establishment of an external commission of inquiry, headed by a judge, so we can begin to change the IDF’s organizational culture from the foundations. There is a conspiracy of silence at all levels,” he charged. “It is the unifying thread in many units, that commanders sometimes don’t acknowledge to the political echelon the realities on the ground.”Brick rejected the criticism that he was being alarmist.“We have a good air force and a good navy, and most of the ground forces are good, and the commanders and soldiers of the IDF are excellent. I’m not out to fight with anyone,” he insisted.IDF Comptroller Brig. Gen. (res.) Ilan Harari tried to reassure lawmakers that Brick’s concerns were being heard in the army.“The IDF and its leadership take criticism seriously, and my reports have not been kind. I have assigned 100 reserve officers to check Brick’s claims, on the chief of staff’s orders, and there is a steering committee headed by Maj. Gen. (res.) Avi Mizrahi that is directing our work.”In his response to the committee, Brig. Gen. Gordin dismissed some of Brick’s complaints as untrue. On Brick’s criticism of the prevalence of smartphones and other digital communications channels, Gordin said, “Everyone uses smartphones. It’s part of how we communicate today. What are you going to do? It’s how MKs talk to their employees too. But when I was with the Nahal Brigade during Operation Protective Edge, there were 2,500 combat troops inside the Gaza Strip. Not one had a phone on him. Orders came over the military radio. That’s how it works during operations.”The army has insisted in recent months that it has dramatically expanded the ground forces’ training regimen and has worked diligently to correct many of the problems pointed out by Brick over the years.Two committee members, both retired generals, criticized Brick.Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern, a retired major general, asked Brick to remove him from the ombudsman’s office mailing list, saying his warnings were over-the-top and “no longer interesting.”Zionist Union MK Eyal Ben-Reuven said he had “great respect for Maj. Gen. Brick” and that he had “read both the classified report and the public one.”In the wake of Brick’s concerns, he noted, the Knesset committee had visited two ground forces warehouses and met with brigade and battalion commanders.“No one argues that we aren’t seeing these gaps [in budgets and manpower], with NCOs not willing to remain in the military, with insufficient manpower — but there are also strengths, reserve battalion commanders who tell us that it’s been many years since they’ve seen this many training days.”He slammed Brick’s accusation that commanders in the field were involved in a “conspiracy of silence.”“Are we crazy? Are we calling them liars? The public’s trust in the army is important,” Ben-Reuven said. “I’m all for criticism, but what Maj. Gen. Brick has done has crossed the line. Brick has gone from doing good to doing harm, from a very respected office to a persona non grata. I don’t accept Brick’s assessment that the army is unprepared for war. The IDF generally and the ground army in particular are going through a rapid upgrade in its capabilities.”
EU to give Swiss time until June to agree new treaty: sources-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Foo Yun Chee and Francesco Guarascio-December 12, 2018
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission decided on Tuesday to offer Switzerland six additional months to agree on a new treaty that will govern the country's future relations with the European Union, two EU sources told Reuters.The political decision, to be formalized after talks with EU leaders in Brussels this week, would allow Swiss stock exchanges to maintain access to EU clients until the end of June under a temporary extension of the "equivalence" regime that permits foreign financial firms to operate in the 28-nation bloc.The move marks a retreat from the more belligerent stance Brussels had previously adopted. Last week it threatened to prevent EU-based banks and brokers from trading on Swiss stock exchanges from 2019 if Bern failed to clearly back a draft pact on future relations.But despite the Commission's pressure and the economic risks, the Swiss government on Friday dodged the EU deadline and said it would revisit the subject in spring 2019 after political consultations.The dispute with Bern gives a glimpse of the Commission's negotiating strategy on sensitive equivalence decisions, which will also be crucial for London-based financial operators after Britain leaves the EU next year.No decision will be announced on Tuesday, a Commission spokeswoman said.LAST OFFER-But the two senior officials, who participated in Tuesday's Commission meeting, said the political decision had been made."It is a last gesture of goodwill from our side accompanying their consultation, which runs into spring," one told Reuters.The Commission will informally broach the issue with EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, officials said.A spokesman for the Swiss government declined to comment.The Commission told EU diplomats last week it would not have extended the equivalence regime for Swiss exchanges after it expires in December, if they did not agree on a new treaty by the end of the year, minutes of an EU meeting show.Talks on a new treaty, which would replace more than 120 sectoral pacts regulating EU-Swiss relations, have been continuing for more than four years.A draft treaty agreed by EU and Swiss negotiators, but not yet endorsed by Switzerland, would establish a mechanism for Bern to adapt more smoothly new EU rules and would give the EU Court of Justice a final say on the application of EU laws in the Alpine country.Switzerland, closely integrated economically with the EU but not a member of the bloc, would also have to contribute to the EU budget and provide funds to poorer EU regions.But both the traditionally pro-EU left and anti-EU far-right say the draft deal infringes too much on Swiss sovereignty, leaving the four-party coalition government short of a majority to approve it before elections next year.(Additional reporting by Michael Shields in Zurich; writing by Francesco Guarascio; editing by Ed Osmond and Gareth Jones)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Spacewalking astronauts check site of capsule leak-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 12, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts ripped through thick insulation on a capsule docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, looking for clues to a mysterious drilled hole that leaked precious cabin air four months ago.Russians Sergei Prokopyev and Oleg Kononenko spotted the tiny hole in the external hull of the Soyuz capsule, more than five hours into their grueling spacewalk."That is exactly the hole we've been looking for, guys," radioed Russian Mission Control outside Moscow.The spacewalkers reported seeing no drill marks around the black dot, like on the inside.Back in August, the station crew patched the hole in the Soyuz capsule, plugging it with epoxy and gauze. Russian space officials wanted the site surveyed from the outside, before the capsule's return to Earth next week with Prokopyev and two others. This part of the capsule will be jettisoned as usual before atmospheric re-entry, and so poses no risk for descent.Prokopyev and Kononenko had to use a pair of telescoping booms to reach the Soyuz. It took nearly four hours for them to cross the approximately 100 feet (30 metres ) to get there. Then the insulation proved harder to remove than expected, taking another one to two hours of effort.To expose the external hull, they cut away a 10-inch (25- centimetre ) swatch of thermal insulation and debris shield. Bits of shredded silver insulation floated away like confetti, as the two slashed at it with a knife and long cutters. The astronauts collected samples of the black epoxy sealant protruding from the hole, just one-tenth of an inch (2 millimeters) across.Their spacewalk lasted almost eight hours. "It is high time you went home," Mission Control urged."It was very difficult ... but we were able to get it done," one of the spacewalkers said.NASA said the pieces of freed insulation posed no threat to the space station and would likely burn up in the atmosphere in a day or so.The capsule leak caused a flap between the U.S. and Russian space agencies, following its discovery at the end of August. Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin observed that the hole could have been drilled during manufacturing — or in orbit. The space station's commander at the time flatly denied any wrongdoing by himself or his crew.Rogozin has since backpedaled his statement, blaming the news media for twisting his words.A Russian investigation is ongoing, according to Rogozin, and samples collected during the spacewalk will be returned to Earth on the Soyuz. The spacewalk findings could lead to better repair techniques in the future, officials said.The Soyuz is scheduled to depart the orbiting lab on Dec. 19, U.S. time, with Prokopyev, American Serena Aunon-Chancellor and German Alexander Gerst, the station's current skipper. It ferried them up in June.Remaining aboard the 250-mile-high ( 400-kilometre-high ) outpost for the next six months will be an American, Russian and Canadian who arrived last week.This was the 213th spacewalk in 20 years at the space station.___The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Strasbourg gunman cried ‘Allahu Akbar’ during fatal attack, says prosecutor-Suspected shooter who killed three named as Cherif Chekatt, who has a long criminal record in both France and Germany; authorities say he was radicalized in prison-By Agencies-TOI-DEC 12,18
The gunman who carried out a mass shooting in Strasbourg cried the Islamic phrase “Allahu Akbar” (“God is Greatest”) as he opened fire, France’s anti-terror prosecutor Remy Heitz told a news conference Wednesday, citing witnesses.Four people connected to the main suspect were detained overnight in the eastern French city, he added.Police union officials identified the suspected assailant as Cherif Chekatt, a 29-year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to publicly discuss details of the large and ongoing investigation.Hundreds of police and soldiers hunted for the extremist suspect that they believe sprayed gunfire near one of Europe’s most famous Christmas markets the night before, killing three and wounding at least 13 in the eastern city of Strasbourg and putting the whole country on edge anew.Senior Interior Ministry official Laurent Nunez said Chekatt had been radicalized in prison and had been monitored by French intelligence services since his release from jail in late 2015, because of his suspected religious extremism.Nunez, secretary of state for the Interior Ministry, said on France-Inter radio that police sought to arrest Chekatt on Tuesday morning, hours before the shooting, in relation to an attempted murder. He was not at home but five other people were detained, authorities said.The government raised the security alert level and sent police reinforcements to Strasbourg, where more than 350 security forces were involved in the massive manhunt. Police officials said he was wounded in a gunfight with soldiers after the Tuesday night attack but escaped, and a top official said he might have fled to neighboring Germany.A terrorism investigation was opened. Nunez said eight of the injured are in serious condition, and the city mayor said some had head wounds.Police have named the suspect of the #strasbourgshooting Christmas terror attack as local Cherif Chekatt https://t.co/3xYHhATA78 pic.twitter.com/MfIr17EoKg— The European Post (@theEUpost) December 12, 2018-Witnesses described shots and screams after the gunman opened fire around the Christmas market Tuesday evening in a city that’s home to the European Parliament and considers itself a capital of Europe — and promotes itself as the “capital of Christmas.” For several hours swaths of the city were under lockdown.The suspected attacker also had a criminal record in Germany. He was convicted of robbery in the country in 2016 and sentenced to two years and three months in prison for breaking into a dental practice and a pharmacy in two German towns.The 2016 verdict from a district court in the southern German city of Singen, obtained by The Associated Press, also said he was sentenced to prison in France in 2008 and in Basel, Switzerland in 2013 for various robberies. News agency dpa reported that he was deported to France in 2017.According to that verdict, the suspected attacker grew up with six siblings in Strasbourg, worked for local authorities after leaving school and had been unemployed since 2011. He said that he had been traveling a lot and had already spent four years of his life in prison. The German robberies took place in Mainz, near Frankfurt, in 2012 and in Engen, near the Swiss border, in 2016.The attack is a new blow to France, which saw a wave of Islamic extremist killings in 2015 and 2016. It came amid a month of protests against President Emmanuel Macron that have blocked roads around the country, led to rioting in the capital and put heavy strain on police.While authorities urged people in the area to stay inside after Tuesday’s attack, Strasbourg Mayor Roland Ries told BFM television Wednesday that “life must go on” so that the city doesn’t surrender to a “terrorist who is trying to disrupt our way of life.”The assailant got inside a security zone around the venue and opened fire from there, Mayor Roland Ries said on BFM television.Police were out in force in Strasbourg, a city about 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of Paris on France’s border with Germany, on Wednesday morning. The Christmas market, a holiday tradition there, was closed. The market was the target of an al-Qaeda-linked plot at the turn of the millennium.Many of Europe’s deadliest terror attacks in recent years have taken place in France. In response to Tuesday’s shooting, the government decided to take the country’s attack risk up a level on the official threat index and to send security reinforcements to Strasbourg, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in Strasbourg.Some 350 officers and two helicopters were searching for the assailant after Tuesday’s drama, which involved shooting in multiple neighborhoods of Strasbourg, authorities said. The assailant confronted law enforcement officers twice, exchanging fire, while he “sowed terror,” Castaner said.The shooter was shot and wounded by soldiers guarding the Christmas market, according to Stephane Morisse of police union FGP Police.“I heard two or three shots at around 7:55 p.m., then I heard screams. I got close to the window. I saw people running. After that I closed the shutters. Then I heard more shots, closer this time,” said Yoann Bazard, 27, who lives in central Strasbourg.“I thought maybe it’s firecrackers,” he said, speaking by phone. “And then, as it got close, it was really shocking. There were a lot of screams. … There were police or soldiers shouting ‘Get inside!’ and ‘Put your hands on your head.'”Another witness, Peter Fritz, told the BBC one of the three people killed was a Thai tourist who was shot in the head and didn’t respond to lengthy attempts to revive him.
Condition of mother gunned down in terror attack improves, baby still critical-Hospital says Shira Ish-Ran no longer on respirator or sedated, communicating with those around her; injured husband doing well-By TOI staff-DEC 12,18
Doctors have registered a further improvement in the condition of a woman who was shot in a terror attack this week, and whose baby was delivered by doctors in the wake of the attack, Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center said Wednesday.However, Shira Ish-Ran’s newborn son, who was delivered in the wake of the attack, remains in critical condition as doctors fight to keep him alive, the hospital said.Ish-Ran was seriously hurt Sunday evening when terrorists in a passing car opened fire at Israeli civilians waiting at a bus stop and hitchhiking post outside the settlement of Ofra. Seven people were injured in all, including Ish-Ran’s husband, Amichai, who was moderately hurt.“Shira’s condition further improved and she is stable,” the hospital said in a statement. “She is not on respirators and is not sedated. She is responding to her surroundings.”“Amichai’s condition is good,” the statement added. “The condition of the baby continues to be critical.”On Tuesday evening Amichai Ish-Ran entered his wife’s hospital room and saw her conscious for the first time since she awoke from her induced coma. Her baby had been delivered by emergency cesarean section at 30 weeks.The couple smiled at each other and held hands, her father, Chaim Silberstein, told reporters. The young mother could not speak due to tubes in her throat at the time.She reportedly has asked about her baby, but has not been told about his condition.After the boy was delivered, he was immediately transferred to the ward for premature babies. Initially said to have been in “stable” condition, his condition worsened, the hospital said Monday. He was hooked up to a ventilator and has been undergoing treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit.The military’s search for the perpetrators of the attack entered its fourth day on Wednesday, with troops setting up roadblocks and sweeping nearby Palestinian villages.
Congress backs bill targeting Hamas and Hezbollah for using human shields-Legislation calls for sanctions on both terror organizations as ‘repeated’ violators of international law-By JTA and TOI staff-DEC 12,18
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would target for sanctions Hezbollah and Hamas for using civilians as human shields, guaranteeing that it will become law.“This critical and timely legislation mandates new sanctions against Hamas, Hezbollah and foreign state agencies that use civilians as human shields or provide support to those doing so,” the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said in a statement Tuesday after the House passed the bill. The Senate passed the measure in October.The bill castigates Hezbollah, a terrorist Lebanese militia backed by Iran, and Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group controlling the Gaza Strip, as “repeated” practitioners of an action that violates international law. It notes reports that Hezbollah is concealing missiles in villages in Lebanon and that Hamas routinely launches missiles at Israel from densely populated areas.The bill, which had bipartisan backing, now goes to US President Donald Trump for his signature.Israel last week launched a military operation to find attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah under the border with Israel. Operation Northern Shield has so far uncovered three such tunnels, one of which originated in the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila and another in the village of Ramiyeh.The army has also said it is aware of the existence of other tunnels, but has yet to fully expose them.Israel has accused Hamas, which is sworn to destroy the Jewish state, of fighting from within civilian areas and storing munitions under residential buildings.
Skepticism follows Montreal police plan to combat profiling of racial minorities-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 11, 2018
MONTREAL — Anastasia Marcelin, originally from Haiti, says she became an activist after witnessing how city police treated her three younger brothers in their Montreal North neighbourhood.She was part of a group of citizens at city hall Tuesday who expressed little confidence as the Montreal police force unveiled its latest plan to prevent racial profiling by its officers."As soon as a young, black man gets a car — the harassment begins," Marcelin said in an interview, referring to family and friends who have had run-ins with the police."I lived in Montreal North for 15 years, and I've witnessed police destroy the lives of young people."Incoming police Chief Sylvain Caron and other officers presented councillors with the force's 2018-21 plan to prevent racial profiling.The plan is short on details, but it includes steps to hire more visible minorities and to build stronger relationships with community groups.It also includes a long-awaited promise to begin collecting and analyzing data on complaints against officers accused of racial profiling."There is a desire to continue working (to prevent racial profiling)," Caron said to a question from the audience. "We want to do more."Marcelin called the plan "a joke." She said police have promised for years to address complaints of racial profiling and "nothing has changed."Most of the questions from people in the council chamber reflected a frustration and anger with the police.Many people said little has changed in the way police behave towards people living in the Montreal North and St-Michel neighbourhoods, both of which have sizable populations of visible minorities.Alex Norris, chairman of the public security committee, said the police plan includes "concrete and tangible" steps to address the issue, particularly regarding the collection of profiling data."We have reason to be optimistic," Norris said.Also on Tuesday, a lawyer working on behalf of the Black Coalition of Quebec announced he is seeking approval for a class action lawsuit against the city of Montreal for alleged racial profiling practices by the police.Jacky-Eric Salvant said he is seeking $4 million in damages from the city on behalf of people who claim they were singled out by city police officers because of their race.The main plaintiff is Alexandre Lamontagne, a man of Haitian origin. He says he was stopped by police for no reason in August 2017, according to the lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press.The suit alleges about 500 people have come forward claiming to have been arbitrarily stopped and detained by police for between two and eight hours.Salvant said the suit will be filed in the coming days once the city has been served with court papers.Salvant was joined at city hall by Gabriel Bazin, vice-president of the Black Coalition, who told reporters they were both recently racially profiled.Bazin said they were inside Salvant's BMW in downtown Montreal and were followed and stopped by police."When they stopped him, do you know what was the first question they asked? 'What do you do for a living?' " Bazin said. "This is what we live."A spokeswoman for the Montreal police force said it would not comment on the class action because it is before the courts.Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press.
France’s ‘yellow vests’ only have one common message: anger at government-[Christian Science Monitor]-YAHOONEWS-Peter Ford, Dominique Soguel-December 12, 2018
For Rosa Larocca, a middle-aged headmistress who can switch from a warm smile to a stern look in seconds, it’s all about politics. “The people want a different type of republic and they want [French President Emmanuel] Macron to go,” she says. “What we want are referendums.”For Shanoon Redovanc, a bespectacled retiree sporting a black woolen hat, it’s about living standards. “This is not just about Macron,” he insists. “I’ve spent two winters without heating because I am scared of the bill. What we all have in common is the search for a life with dignity.”And for Karl, an unemployed musician with a bushy ginger beard, it’s about social justice. “Poor children ... end up poor. Rich children ... end up rich. The inequality is there,” he points out. “How can this stand when the national motto is ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’?”Camped around small fires in the middle of a traffic circle in eastern France one damp afternoon last week, the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protesters who have thrown the country into crisis voiced a dizzying variety of demands. Without leaders and difficult to engage in talks, the yellow vests nationwide are united by little more than anger that their needs and opinions have been ignored.But that anger runs deep – fueled by the same sort of socioeconomic malaise that has driven social upheaval in the US and Britain. “It comes from a long way back,” says Christophe Guilluy, a social geographer who has tracked the sentiment for the past 20 years. “Macron is paying the price for 30 years of government inaction.”The president sought on Monday evening to pacify rebellious spirits. In a televised address to the nation he announced an increase in the minimum wage and different forms of tax relief, and urged employers to pay a tax-free Christmas bonus. He also pledged “an unprecedented debate” on ways to improve French democracy and make government more responsive to public opinion.It was not immediately clear what effect that would have on the protest movement. But the president acted on a broad front, in acknowledgement of the fact that the demonstrations that began as protests against a fuel tax hike have spread to challenge the very nature of French society.‘THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ARE BROKEN’-The protesters, who have occupied traffic circles across France and staged occasionally violent demonstrations for the past month, are not unlike US voters who support President Trump, or British citizens who voted for Brexit, suggests Mr. Guilluy, author of “Twilight of the Elites.”They come mainly from the middle and lower classes of society and live in the countryside or smaller towns where jobs are scarce, far from economically dynamic cities. They are “members of a weakened middle class who no longer find their place, either economically or culturally, in society,” says Guilluy. “They are peripheral France.”Because they live far from the cities, and are often seen as losers in the process of globalization, “they are off the radar for the media and the political elite,” he adds. “They are no longer the reference point for politicians that they used to be.”On the traffic circle in Kingersheim, a suburb in the industrial town of Mulhouse, Ms. Larocca knows what he means. “The French people are revolting because they don’t feel heard, considered, or respected,” she explains.Segher Hamitouche, a tall, skinny man who has been out of work for the past five months, living on his wife’s disability benefit, shares that view. “The press makes us out to be the ones who break things,” he says. “The truth is that we are broken.”It is no accident that the movement has adopted the yellow vests, the hi-visibility fluorescent yellow vests that all drivers must keep in their cars in case of accident. “The message is clear,” says Guilluy. “We are visible again. We exist.”Elsewhere in the world, that cry has made itself heard at the ballot box. But in France it spilled over onto the streets because the normal democratic channels are not working, says Guy Groux, an expert on social movements at the research center of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) in Paris.“It is very worrying for democracy,” he says. “France is suffering a crisis of representation because the French do not trust the people who are meant to be representing them.”CALLS FOR RADICAL CHANGE-France’s political parties are the least trusted organizations in the country, enjoying the confidence of only nine percent of the population, according to the latest annual survey by the IEP research center. The media and trade unions are also at the bottom of the list, at 24 percent and 27 percent respectively.In contrast, 72 percent of the French public supports the yellow vests according to a poll conducted last week for the BFM TV channel.Only 16 percent of the French think that political leaders take their opinions into account, the survey found. In contrast, 83 percent believe politicians ignore them – a figure that has remained essentially unchanged since the first such poll was conducted in 2008.That translates into some radical proposals from some of those occupying the Kingersheim traffic circle. “We need to look at everything again from zero, starting with the constitution,” argues Huguette Specht, a waitress and mother of four. “We want a political program that puts the people first, where their point of view counts.”Rebuilding trust would likely take years. The government is hoping that more immediately achievable measures on the economic front will assuage the yellow vests’ anger.Many of the protesters in Kingersheim focus their discontent on their purchasing power, eroded over a decade of stagnant wages for unskilled and semi-skilled workers.Bérangère Gabriel is one of them. A 34-year-old mother, she has cycled through a series of temporary “McJobs” as a cleaning lady, a cashier, a babysitter, a waitress, and a landscaper. At the moment she is unemployed, raising a child on state benefits totaling 700 euros ($800) a month.“I am skipping lunch so that my son can eat,” she says. “That is not normal.”Karl, the musician, says he is 2,000 euros ($2,280) in debt, more than he can manage on his social security income of 800 euros ($912) a month. “My generation started from behind,” he says. “Our parents left us nothing; we came into nothing and fell straight into debt. Every month we are juggling our bills, deciding which to pay, which not to pay.”In a country where the globalized capitalist system has made cities and most of their residents wealthier, the Kingersheim protesters represent the citizens who feel left out and ignored.“In one sense, they have already won,” says Guilluy. “Nobody can say anymore that they are not there.”
