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)
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THE CHEMICALS.
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden
of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth
forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth
the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup
of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the
siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day
will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden
themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the
earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the
LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with
madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will
smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors
of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be
my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people
(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS
DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD
BILLION IN WW3)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And
Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+)
when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated
the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was
intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the
children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her;
and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the
LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,
and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND
THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other
people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the
younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME
CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was
threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE
THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2
TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN
CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS
JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not
make haste.17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to
the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with
death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not
stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be
trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall
take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by
night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
HOSEA 4:1-3
11 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children
of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the
land,(EARTH) 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.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
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, and their eyes shall consume away
in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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)
Criticism of prominent rabbi
possibly scrubbed from internet due to fraud – report-Investigation
finds someone linked to International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
may have paid to have posts panning salaries of Yehiel Eckstein and his
daughter Yael removed-By Ron Kampeas 24 February 2023, 9:49 am
JTA
— Did someone associated with the late Rabbi Yehiel Eckstein’s
nonprofit pay a company to remove criticism of his and his daughter’s
salaries from the internet?That’s the question being raised by a recent
Washington Post investigation into the allegedly fraudulent activities
of a firm that launders clients’ online reputations.The large
organization Eckstein founded, the International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews, raises funds from evangelical Christians and other
donors for impoverished Jews. It also facilitates Jewish emigration to
Israel, including from Ukraine. Eckstein founded the group in 1983; he
died in 2019.But the issue of his compensation came up last week in a
Washington Post expose about a company that allegedly makes baseless
claims to protect the reputations of public figures. The Post reviewed
nearly 50,000 records of the company, Eliminalia, documenting its
activities on behalf of almost 1,500 clients over six years. Some paid
more than $200,000 for the company’s services.In the Eckstein case,
Eliminalia is accused of demanding that the publishing platform
WordPress erase two blog posts criticizing Yechiel and Yael Eckstein’s
salaries as excessive, on the fraudulent basis that the posts were
plagiarized from other sources.The blog posts were written by Geri
Ungurean, whom the Post identifies as a 71-year-old retiree in Maryland,
and who also appears to identify as a “Jewish Christian.” Both posts,
published in 2015 and 2018, were titled “Why Christians Should Not Give
Money to Rabbi Eckstein of IFCJ.”Publicly accessible tax documents show
Eckstein’s total compensation in 2018 was more than $700,000, and that
his daughter Yael Eckstein, who then served as executive vice president,
earned more than $400,000. In 2019, the year the elder Eckstein died,
his total compensation jumped to roughly $3 million, which an IFCJ
spokesperson, Shavit Greenberg, said was due to a death benefit paid out
to his widow. The nonprofit’s revenue in both years exceeded $100
million. A Haaretz article published in 2017 also questioned the size of
Yechiel Eckstein’s salary.The top salaries of Jewish nonprofit
executives and their employees has long been a topic of discussion and
concern among Jewish groups. In 2017, the Forward counted 18 CEOs who
were earning more than half a million dollars. The introduction to the
survey said that since the Forward’s previous survey of CEO
compensation, “the gender gap at Jewish non-profits has only widened and
a few non-profit executives are receiving extraordinary payouts.” This
year, a survey of Jewish nonprofit employees by Leading Edge, which
focuses on workplace culture at Jewish groups, found that fewer than
half of respondents said their “salary is fair relative to similar roles
at my organization.”In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Greenberg said the organization “has never engaged Eliminalia or any
firm that engages in unethical practices.”Greenberg’s statement added
that the organization could not say whether Yehiel Eckstein paid for the
service himself — though it did not rule that possibility out. If
Eckstein did have a role in hiring Eliminalia, it would have been well
before the company’s alleged activity on his behalf took place: The Post
article made clear that Eliminalia was hired on the Ecksteins’ behalf
in 2020, more than a year after the elder Eckstein died.“If there is a
record of Rabbi Eckstein making such payment over five years ago, it was
a personal decision made completely independent of The Fellowship,”
Greenberg said. “Rabbi passed in 2019 and is the only one able to
comment on the alleged payment to Eliminalia.”Asked about the
discrepancy in dates, Greenberg wrote via email, “The Fellowship nor our
current president has ever engaged with Eliminalia and had never heard
of the company until the article.”The Post wrote the expose with the
assistance of Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based consortium of
investigative journalists. Forbidden Stories had obtained internal
documents detailing Eliminalia’s methods. Eliminalia did not respond to
the Post’s requests for comment, citing “business secrecy.”Eliminalia’s
techniques, according to the Post, include burying negative stories in
search results by supplanting them with positive ones from fake news
sites — a practice that media watchdogs see as unethical, but not
illegal. What is illegal is another practice: making false claims to web
hosts that content on their sites has been previously published by
other outlets, and is therefore copyright protected and should be
erased.That, according to the Post, is how Eliminalia approached
WordPress about Ungurean’s blog in 2020. Two companies claimed copyright
of Ungurean’s 2015 and 2018 blog entries. According to the Post
article, those companies show no sign of existing other than to make
those claims.Eliminalia was paid roughly $6,400 for the action, the Post
reported. Ungurean shared emails with the Post from Automattic,
WordPress’s parent company, that said the company ignored the requests,
finding them suspect.Nonetheless, the 2015 post disappeared. The 2018
post is still online. Automattic told Ungurean that someone using her
log-in erased the 2015 post in January 2022. Ungurean told the Post she
did not erase her content and believes her account was hacked.The Post
compared two searches on Yahoo for “Yael Eckstein salary,” one in
October 2020 and one from last month. On the 2020 search, the 2018 blog
post by Ungurean shows up fifth; last month’s search did not turn up the
blog post in its first 100 entries. Among the top posts, however, is an
advertisement entitled “Yael Eckstein: Salary, Spending and the
Non-Profit Double Standard,” in which the younger Eckstein posits that
non-profit executives should get salaries commensurate with the
for-profit sector.
First Jewish wedding held at Abrahamic Family
House in UAE-Former assistant to President Trump, Avi Berkowitz, held
his wedding at the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue.By JN Reporter-February
23, 2023, 8:23 pm
The first Jewish wedding has been held at the
newly inaugurated Abrahamic Family House in the United Arab
Emirates.Former assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump, Avi Berkowitz,
got married at the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, one of three houses of
worship in the interfaith building in Abu Dhabi.Berkowitz worked
alongside Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was the leading force
behind the Abraham Accords, which saw Israel normalise ties with UAE and
Bahrain.The Abrahamic Family House is the first of its kind in the
Middle East and was designed by British architect, Sir David Adjaye.In
2019, Adjaye’s company was selected to design the Abrahamic Family
House. “Essentially, the inspiration was to understand that the three
religions really emanate from this extraordinary region,” Adjaye said
last year.The synagogue features a main sanctuary, two mikvot, beit
midrash and a residence for a young rabbinical couple who will live on
site.Located in the Saadiyat cultural district in the capital of the
United Arab Emirates, visitors are now welcome to pray in the three
houses of worship whilst public access and guided tours will be
available from 1 March.
Jordan to host Israel, Palestinians for
Sunday summit in bid to restore calm-Meeting in Red Sea resort of Aqaba
will also be attended by US and Egyptian representatives; Israel’s
national security adviser, Shin Bet chief set to attend
By AFP, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff-FEB 25,23-Today, 7:30 pm
Jordan
will on Sunday host a “political-security” meeting between Israel and
the Palestinians to try and restore calm to the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip after deadly violence, a Jordanian government official said.The
meeting to be held in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba will also be attended
by United States and Egyptian representatives.It aims at “building
trust” between Israel and the Palestinians, the official told AFP on
Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity.Israel’s National Security
Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar were expected to
attend on the Israeli side.The talks will come after 11 Palestinians
were killed and more than 80 wounded in a gun battle on Wednesday when
Israeli troops raided the city of Nablus in the West Bank to arrest
terror operatives. Palestinian terror groups said at least seven of
those killed were their operatives. Another three were confirmed to have
been civilians.Intensifying unrest this year has sparked international
concern and follows violence in 2022 which was the deadliest in the West
Bank since UN tracking began. It also comes ahead of the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan, a time of particular sensitivity in Jerusalem.“The
political-security meeting is part of stepped-up ongoing efforts by
Jordan in coordination with the Palestinian Authority and other parties
to end unilateral measures [by Israel] and a security breakdown that
could fuel more violence,” the Jordanian government official
said.Palestinians clash with Palestinian security forces following an
arrest raid in the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.
(AP/Nasser Nasser)-The talks aim to reach “security and economic
measures to ease the hardships of the Palestinian people,” the official
added.Channel 12 news reported that Israel had promised to Palestinian
officials to limit entry into Palestinian towns in the near future in a
bid to calm tensions.Saudi Arabia’s Asharq News reported that the PA
team was expected to demand the cessation of Israeli raids and
settlement activity, while seeking to reach an agreement with
Palestinian armed groups to keep the calm.The summit is aimed at
boosting Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation and solidifying
understandings that had been reached earlier this week regarding the
steps that the two sides would take in order to de-escalate tensions, a
Palestinian source familiar with the matter said.A nearly year-long
Israeli anti-terror offensive in the West Bank has left over 200
Palestinians dead — the vast majority in clashes with Israeli troops but
some under more questionable circumstances — including 60 killed since
the start of the year, straining already frayed ties. The campaign was
launched last year to stem a rash of deadly attacks on Israelis: 31 were
killed in 2022, and this year alone, 11 have been killed in Palestinian
terror attacks in East Jerusalem — 10 civilians and one Border Police
officer.Ramallah is supposed to send a delegation led by PA Civil
Affairs Minister and PLO Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh along with
PA intelligence chief Majed Faraj and PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s chief
diplomatic adviser Majdi Khaldi, the source said. US National Security
Council Middle East Coordinator Brett McGurk and Assistant Secretary for
Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf are slated to represent US President
Joe Biden’s administration.Al-Sheikh and Hanegbi have established a
covert line of communication, with formal contacts between Jerusalem and
Ramallah essentially frozen. Despite the hardline nature of Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, Abbas dispatched al-Sheikh to
create a backchannel with Jerusalem that would be used to maintain
contact and prevent further deteriorations of ties. The backchannel has
largely withstood the ongoing period of violence, and al-Sheikh and
Hanegbi have held several in-person and virtual meetings, a Palestinian
official said on Monday.Wednesday’s raid, the latest in a string of
deadly military operations by Israel in the West Bank, came with Israel
headed by a new coalition government regarded as the most right-wing in
the country’s history.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who took office
again in December, traveled in January to Amman for a rare meeting with
King Abdullah II. The monarch stressed “the need to maintain calm and
cease all acts of violence,” the royal palace said at the time.Abdullah
also reaffirmed Jordan’s position in support of a two-state solution
between Israel and the Palestinians to end the decades-old conflict.The
conference is aimed at formalizing the Israeli agreement to hold off on
authorizing additional settlement expansion for several months along
with a similarly-timed commitment to ease IDF raids in Palestinian
cities and demolitions or evictions of Palestinians from their homes.
The Palestinian source said Ramallah is furious each of those
commitments was breached this week and is demanding that the US press
Israel to adhere to the agreement.
IAF chief wraps up first
official trip to Morocco, in sign of growing defense ties-After visiting
Moroccan airbase, Tomer Bar says the two air forces will ‘strengthen
partnerships,’ hold joint air exercises-By Emanuel Fabian-24 February
2023, 6:24 pm
The chief of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Tomer
Bar, wrapped up a first official visit to Morocco on Friday, another
sign of growing defense ties between Israel and the North African
nation.After landing on Tuesday, Bar met with his counterpart, Gen. El
Abed Alaoui Bouhamid, and visited the Ben Guerir Air Force Base, near
the city of the same name, as well as the Moroccan Air Force
headquarters and academy, the military said.The Israel Defense Forces
said Bar and Bouhamid “welcomed the strengthening of the existing
cooperation between the two armies and discussed key military issues,
including the air defense, team exchanges, and joint aerial
exercises.”“This is an exciting moment,” Bar said in remarks provided by
the IDF, hailing Morocco for having “one of the most professional and
advanced air forces.”“We will act and advance cooperation and common
interests, we will strengthen partnerships in training and knowledge for
the benefit of maintaining regional stability,” he added.Israel and
Morocco established low-level diplomatic relations during the 1990s
following Israel’s interim peace accords with the Palestinians, but
those ties were suspended after the outbreak in 2000 of the Second
Intifada.A breakthrough took place 20 years later when the Trump
administration agreed to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the
disputed Western Sahara region in exchange for Rabat agreeing to
normalize relations with Israel. Morocco was the third country to join
what was dubbed as the Abraham Accords, following the leads of the UAE
and Bahrain.Despite opposition from some sectors of the Moroccan public,
ties have since continued to develop.In November 2021, then-defense
minister Benny Gantz signed a memorandum of understanding with his
Moroccan counterpart, the first such agreement between Israel and an
Arab state.The agreement formalized the defense ties between the two
countries, allowing for smoother cooperation between their defense
establishments and making it easier for Israel to sell arms to the North
African kingdom.With the signing of the MOU, the two countries’ defense
ministries and militaries could more easily speak with one another and
share intelligence, whereas before, such communication was only possible
through their respective intelligence services.Last July, then-IDF
chief Aviv Kohavi held a first official visit to Morocco, also meeting
with air force officials.
Israeli experts removed, rebuilt top of
iconic Tower of David amid fears of collapse-Channel 12 TV report
details complex, highly sensitive renovation at ancient site alongside
Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City-FEB 25,23-By David
Horovitz Today, 6:07 pm
Experts in recent months completely
removed the top of Jerusalem’s iconic Tower of David and rebuilt it,
using a mix of mainly new stones combined with salvaged original
stones.In a television report aired Friday night on Channel 12,
authorities revealed details of the highly sensitive work, carried out
as unobtrusively as is possible for a structure that towers over the
Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City.The project was undertaken amid
growing fears that the 400-year-old tower faced potential collapse, and
that its top two meters in particular were in urgent need of
reconstruction.Sensitivities surrounding the restoration and
reconstruction work were heightened by the fact that although the entire
Tower of David complex, also known as David’s Citadel, has yielded
archaeological findings dating back to the First Temple period, and
though it is a landmark widely highlighted as an Israeli national symbol
and widely but erroneously believed to be directly connected to King
David, the iconic tower is actually the minaret of a mosque that was
added to the complex during the Ottoman era some 400 years ago. The
construction was part of an expansion project at the citadel initiated
by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who also restored the
Old City walls. (The mosque was used until 1917, when Britain’s General
Allenby marched into the Old City and proclaimed, at the citadel, the
capture of Jerusalem.)-Zionist pioneers adopted the citadel, with its
soaring tower, as a secular symbol of “power and hope” in contrast to
the religious centrality of the Western Wall, noted Eilat Lieber, the
director of the Tower of David Museum. Its image quickly became a
mainstay on everything from postcards to menorahs, foods and
wines.Lieber told Channel 12 in a report on the renovation work that all
of Israel’s various security apparatuses had weighed in on the project,
with various requests that it be postponed “until after Ramadan, after
Jerusalem Day, after Nakba Day,” for fear that it could prompt an
escalation of friction in the incendiary Old City and East Jerusalem.“In
the end, we said, ‘If we don’t fix the tower, and something happens on
our watch, it’ll be a lot worse… Let’s just get it done,'” she
said.Eilat Lieber, director of the Tower of David Museum (Channel 12
news screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright
Law)-Concern for the stability of the tower was highlighted by a report
from the Italian professor responsible for the well-being of the Tower
of Pisa, said Lieber. An engineering expert from the University of
Padua, he warned that the tower — whose last major renovation was
conducted in the mandatory era, when the very tip was replaced with
concrete — faced potential collapse.IAA Jerusalem renovation expert
Yossi Vaknin holds a stone as he stands at the top section of the Tower
of David (Channel 12 news screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a
of the Copyright Law)-The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)
conservation and renovation expert who oversaw the project, Yossi
Vaknin, explained that iron braces holding together stones in the tower
had gradually expanded when exposed to the elements as the stones
cracked and wore away, further destabilizing the structure, especially
near the top.“It’s falling apart in our hands,” Vaknin said to camera in
a sequence filmed at the top of the tower last year, showing the
swollen strips of iron, the cracks and broken stones.Swollen iron in the
stonework of the Tower of David“You’re taking apart an icon of
Jerusalem?” Channel 12’s reporter asked Vaknin. “In order that it will
survive,” Vaknin responded.The top section of the tower was therefore
removed, and a new top section was constructed at a stone factory in
Shfaram, in northern Israel, using new stones augmented with stone
salvaged from the removed section.The reconstructed section was then
given “a more authentic, more ancient appearance,” so as to be similar
to the original, Vaknin said.Lieber said that seeing the tower without
its top during the brief period while it was being replaced was
disquieting for her, even though she knew exactly what was being
planned.“I have to say it was a shocking sight — for me too. Coming here
every morning to work… suddenly the tower has no head. I knew it was
going to happen, but the sight was stressful.”A Muslim employee on the
project said Arabic social media at the time featured conspiracy
theories falsely asserting that “the Israel Antiquities Authority, the
Jewish rulers, the enemy leadership is taking our story apart — the
Muslim story,” but the worker stressed that “I’m proud of what I’m
doing” because the work was necessary.The new top of the tower was
installed in December, the report said, with a basalt-based material
used to help bind the stones together.The TV report showed the stages of
the renovation process, culminating with the replacement of the
decorative metal finial on the tower’s rebuilt top.“I’ve had a lot of
sleepless nights on this project,” Vaknin said, but in the end the work
on the tower was completed without any security frictions.Vaknin said
that with some work still ongoing at the citadel, the earthquake in
Turkey and Syria in early February “made me truly feel that the ground
beneath my feet was shifting.”Scaffolding around the tower was finally
removed last week.At the site this weekend, crowded with visitors, areas
around the tower were still closed off for renovation work. But staff
said the tower may be reopened to the public in the near future.
US
defense chief urges Gallant to de-escalate tensions in West Bank-Lloyd
Austin calls Israeli counterpart days after an IDF raid on Nablus killed
11, including several civilians-By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff-FEB
25,23-Today, 7:53 amUpdated at 6:55 pm
US Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin spoke late Friday with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant,
urging him to de-escalate tensions in the West Bank with the
Palestinians after a deadly raid this week.A statement from the Pentagon
said Austin “encouraged the de-escalation of tensions in the West Bank,
following a military raid this week that resulted in civilian
casualties.”Eleven Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in
exchanges of fire during a military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus
on Wednesday targeting members of the Lion’s Den terror group, which is
based in the city.Palestinian terror groups said at least seven of
those killed were their operatives. It was not immediately clear whether
the remaining four were involved in the clashes or not.The Pentagon
added that “Secretary Austin underscored his steadfast commitment to
Israel’s security, and to Israel’s right to defend its citizens from
terrorism.”“The two leaders also discussed regional security issues,”
the statement said.Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s office issued a
readout from the call on Saturday evening.Gallant’s office said the
defense minister briefed Austin on the raid in Nablus, saying the
military “foiled a terror cell responsible for shooting attacks in
Israel and planning future attacks.”The pair also “discussed the joint
efforts to calm the area ahead of the holidays,” his office said, adding
that Gallant “emphasized the necessity of continuing the uncompromising
fight against terror groups” in the West Bank.According to the Defense
Ministry, Gallant also urged Austin to “increase operations to prevent a
nuclear Iran.”Gallant said Israel was “very disturbed by the continued
enrichment of uranium… and emphasized the need and commitment to prevent
Iran from having a nuclear capability,” according to the readout.Austin
is expected to visit Israel next month, according to the Defense
Ministry.The call came after the Biden administration expressed its
“deep concern” Wednesday over the number of Palestinians injured and
killed in the raid.US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the
administration “is extremely concerned by the levels of violence in
Israel and the West Bank” and noted that both “militants and civilian
bystanders” were among the dead and injured.Price noted that the Biden
administration had “productive conversations” with Israeli and
Palestinian leaders in recent days during which each agreed to take
steps to de-escalate tensions.“We are deeply concerned that the impact
of today’s raid could set back efforts aimed at restoring calm for both
Israelis and Palestinians,” he said.The raid came amid a monthlong rise
in West Bank violence.In recent months, Palestinian gunmen — mostly
members of Lion’s Den — have repeatedly targeted military posts, troops
operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements and
civilians on the roads.Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have
been high for the past year, with the IDF conducting near-nightly raids
in the West Bank amid a series of deadly Palestinian terror attacks
that killed 32 people in 2022, and another 11 since the beginning of the
year.The IDF’s year-long operation has netted more than 2,500 arrests
in near-nightly raids. In 2022, 171 Palestinians were killed, and
another 60 have been killed since the beginning of the year, most of
them while carrying out attacks or during clashes with security forces,
but some were uninvolved civilians and others were killed under
circumstances that are being investigated.Palestinian gunmen opened fire
from a passing vehicle at a military post near the northern West Bank
city of Nablus on Friday night, the Israel Defense Forces said.According
to the IDF, several bullets hit the post near the West Bank town of
Jit, west of Nablus. The gunmen managed to flee the area.The IDF said
troops scanning the area found several shell casings.No soldiers were
hurt in the attack.Lion’s Den claimed responsibility for the shooting,
saying it was in response to the IDF raid.
Poland delivers first
German Leopard tanks to Ukraine-Warsaw, one of its beleaguered eastern
neighbor’s staunchest allies, makes announcement on anniversary of
Russian invasion-By AFP-24 February 2023, 2:14 pm
WARSAW, Poland —
Poland has delivered the first Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, the
Polish defense minister said on Friday, on the anniversary of Russia’s
invasion.“Today, Polish Leopards are already in Ukraine,” Mariusz
Blaszczak said during a National Security Council meeting, without
elaborating on how many German-made tanks were delivered to Kyiv.Poland
was the first country to offer to send Leopards to Ukraine and was
fiercely critical of Berlin’s initial reluctance to approve the transfer
of the powerful battle vehicles to Kyiv.Also on Friday, Polish Prime
Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was visiting Kyiv, where he met with
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.“On the anniversary of Russia’s
vicious attack on Ukraine, I am in
Poland has been one of Ukraine’s
staunchest supporters since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on
February 24, 2022, urging its NATO and EU allies to ramp up military aid
to the war-torn country.Morawiecki also laid a wreath at the Fallen
Defenders memorial in Kyiv alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis
Shmyhal.Poland has stepped up its own arms purchases, raising its
military budget this year to more than four percent of GDP. The country
is also host to more than a million Ukrainian refugees.Earlier this
week, Warsaw hosted US President Joe Biden who, following a surprise
visit to Kyiv, met the leaders of nine countries on NATO’s eastern flank
in Poland.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL AND THE WEST
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same
time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil
thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to
the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that
dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither
bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine
hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the
people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle
and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and
Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND)
with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW
ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come
to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry
away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great
spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth
safely, shalt thou not know it?
PSALMS 83:3-7 (COUNTRIES AGAINST ISRAEL)(EXCEPT JORDAN)
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7
Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and
Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the
inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4
And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD
FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all
thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of
armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them
handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6
Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of
the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with
thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
15 And thou shalt come from
thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many
people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon
horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up
against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be
in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the
heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before
their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have
spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which
prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against
them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall
come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall
come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath
have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the
land of Israel;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
44 But
tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS
WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL)
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to
make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
1
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will
turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the
sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I
BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA)
and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,(
ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the
ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be
devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6
And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them
that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
2February 25, 20237:29 AM PSTLast -Protest in Berlin over arming Ukraine against Russia draws thousands-Reuters
Protest against delivery of weapons to Ukraine in Berlin.
BERLIN,
Feb 25 (Reuters) - A demonstration against supplying Ukraine with
weapons for war with Russia attracted 10,000 people on Saturday, drawing
criticism from top German government officials and a large police
presence to maintain order.Organised by a prominent left-wing German
politician, the protest comes a day after the one-year anniversary of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which drew promises of more weapons from
western allies, fresh sanctions against Russia and shows of support for
Kyiv across the globe."We call on the German chancellor to stop the
escalation of arms deliveries. Now!...Because every day lost costs up to
1,000 more lives - and brings us closer to a 3rd world war," the
protest's organizers said on their website.The "Uprising for Peace" was
organised in part by Sahra Wagenknecht, a member of Germany's left-wing
Die Linke party.Germany, along with the United States, has been one of
the biggest suppliers of weapons for Ukraine."Negotiate, not escalate"
one sign held by a demonstrator said, while a banner in the crowd read
"Not our war".A police spokesperson said 10,000 people gathered around
Germany's symbolic Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin.Police mobilised
1,400 officials to keep the peace and to enforce bans on military
uniforms, Russian and Soviet flags, Russian military songs and
right-wing symbols.The police spokesperson said there was no sign of
right-wing groups attending and that the protest, which German Finance
Minister Christian Lindner said must be "clearly opposed", was
peaceful."Whoever does not stand by Ukraine is on the wrong side of
history," Lindner said on Twitter.
Iran unveils new ‘Paveh’
cruise missile that can reach Israel-Top general says Tehran still wants
to kill former US president Trump, Secretary Pompeo to avenge the
assassination of Qassem Soleimani-By ToI Staff and Agencies-FEB
25,23-Today, 10:34 am
A senior Iranian general unveiled a new
cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) that could
potentially reach Israel in an interview with state television on
Friday, in which he also reiterated Tehran’s desire to kill former US
president Donald Trump.“Our cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km has
been added to the missile arsenal of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said
Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
aerospace force according to the Reuters news agency.The television
broadcast what it said was the first footage showing the new Paveh
cruise missile, showing the missile launch, then flying low over terrain
before hitting a target.Beyond the range, Hajizadeh gave no further
details of the missile.The Guard in the past has said it has cruise
missiles with ranges of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). It also has
missiles that range up to 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), more than
enough to reach archenemy Israel and US military bases in the
region.Iran, which has developed a long list of homegrown weaponry,
including drones, naval vessels, aircraft and electronic systems, has
sparked mounting concern around the world with its supply of suicide
drones to Russia for use in Ukraine and fears it could send other
weapons systems to Moscow. Iran's state TV this evening aired what it
said was the first footage of the IRGC's new cruise missile, Paveh. It
has a range of 1,650 km. pic.twitter.com/iQcNRREAOu — Kian Sharifi
(@KianSharifi) February 24, 2023-Israel has long warned against Tehran’s
missile program saying it poses a threat to Israel, the region and
Europe, not just for its conventional capabilities, but also because
they could eventually be used to launch nuclear weapons should Iran
acquire them.In 2018, then-US president Donald Trump pulled the United
States out of the Iran nuclear deal, claiming it was too weak and didn’t
address Iran’s missile development.He also re-imposed crushing
sanctions on Iran. Tehran has since started enriching uranium up to 60%
purity — a short technical step from the 90% needed to make an atomic
bomb.Speaking to State TV on Friday, Hajizadeh also reiterated Iran’s
desire to kill Trump and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo for their
role in the January 3, 2020, killing of Iran’s Quds Force commander
Qassem Soleimani in an American drone strike in Baghdad.“God willing, we
are looking to kill Trump. Pompeo … and military commanders who issued
the order (to kill Soleimani) should be killed,” Hajizadeh said in the
television interview.The report on the new cruise missile came hours
after Iran said it will likely send air defense systems to Syria, a move
apparently meant to protect against Israeli airstrikes.“Syria needs to
rebuild its air defense network and requires precision bombs for its
fighter planes,” the Iranian state broadcaster said, according to
Reuters.“It is very likely that we will witness the supply by Iran of
radars and defense missiles, such as the 15 Khordad system, to reinforce
Syria’s air defenses,” it added.The state TV report follows an
airstrike in Damascus last weekend that was attributed to Israel, which
the news agency on Wednesday said targeted a meeting of Syrian and
Iranian officials involved with the manufacture of drones, as well as
members of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.Syria has said five
people were killed and 15 wounded in the attack on Saturday night. The
Israeli military has not commented on the strike, per its policy of not
generally commenting on air raids in Syria, though it has acknowledged
conducting hundreds of sorties against Iran-backed groups attempting to
gain a foothold in the country over the last decade. Israeli officials
have previously said the IDF does not target civilians and seeks to
avoid damage to residential areas as much as possible.Iran’s foreign
ministry condemned the strike on Sunday, but did not mention any Iranian
casualties.It was also denounced by Russia, which like Iran is a key
backer of the Syrian regime in the over decade-long civil war, as a
“flagrant violation” of international law.Israel’s need to coordinate
with Russia — which largely controls Syrian airspace — to carry out
strikes has been cited as a chief reason for Jerusalem’s reluctance to
supply Kyiv with weaponry amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israel
has found itself at odds with Russia as it increasingly supported
Ukraine while seeking to maintain freedom of movement in Syria’s
skies.Also Friday, the White House said Russia is considering sending
fighter jets to Iran as part of an expanding military cooperation that
has seen Tehran ship growing quantities of weaponry to Moscow for use in
the invasion of Ukraine.“We believe that Russia might provide Iran
unprecedented defense cooperation, including on missiles, electronics
and air defense. We believe that Russia might provide Iran with fighter
jets,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told
reporters.Kirby said Iran, which is deeply isolated by Western sanctions
aimed at halting its disputed nuclear program, was seeking to bolster
its military with Russian help in exchange for sending armaments used in
the year-long onslaught against Ukraine.“Iran is also seeking to
purchase additional military equipment from Russia, including attack
helicopters, radars and combat training aircraft. In total, Iran is
seeking billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment,” Kirby
said.“We were concerned it was going to go both ways, and those concerns
are certainly being realized,” he said.According to Kirby, Iran has
already sent hundreds of drones, as well as artillery and tank
ammunition, to Russia, saying that “Iran’s support for Russia’s war has
expanded.”
Zelensky: I don’t want Israel to mediate. I want it to
pick a side, Ukraine’s side-At press conference marking year since
invasion, Ukrainian leader says he recognizes Israel’s ‘complex’
situation vis-a-vis Russia, cites improvement in Kyiv’s ties with
Jerusalem-By ToI Staff-24 February 2023, 9:55 pm
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he would like Israel to
“choose a side — the Ukrainian side,” amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of
his country, rather than try to mediate.Speaking during a press
conference on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Zelensky
said he recognized Israel’s “complex” situation and noted an
“improvement” in Kyiv’s ties with Jerusalem. His remarks also
underscored Ukraine’s continued frustration with Israel over the
latter’s refusal to supply weapons while also refusing to forcefully
condemn Russia.As the war has progressed, Israel has increasingly
insisted that it is in fact on Ukraine’s side, providing over $22.5
million in humanitarian aid and setting up a field hospital to treat
wounded Ukrainians in the early days of the war. On Thursday, it voted
alongside 140 other countries for a UN General Assembly resolution
drafted by Kyiv calling for Russia to withdraw its forces from
Ukraine.Still, Israel’s refusal to send weapons — a position it has
justified by arguing that it cannot risk upending its ties with Russia
whose approval it needs in order to operate in the Moscow-controlled
skies over Syria to prevent Iran’s military entrenchment on its northern
border — has contributed to the perception that the Jewish state has
staked out a neutral position on the war.Earlier this week, a pair of
Israeli lawmakers said it was time for Jerusalem to stop “sitting on the
fence” and provide “meaningful” support to Ukraine, including at the
military level, after they met with Zelensky in Kyiv.At Friday’s press
conference, Zelensky was asked by an Israeli reporter how Israel is
assisting Ukraine in curbing Iranian assistance to Russia and whether
alleged Israeli strikes on Iranian weapons transfers have helped
Ukraine.Zelensky said that while he could answer those questions, he
declined to do so in order not to “jeopardize the improvement of
Ukraine-Israel relations that has begun.”Prior to that remark, he
lamented that “for a long time during this war, I’ve really been eager
for Israeli support, not just from the public — because there’s a lot of
support there — but also from its political leadership.”“Historically,
Ukraine has had excellent relations with Israel,” he noted, explaining
that he has held a wide variety of conversations with Israeli officials
regarding Jerusalem’s stance.“It has been difficult to change their
position because Israel has a complex situation regarding its relations
with Russia, Iran, Syria, etc.,” he continued.“But I very much would
like them not to be a mediator in this war, but to choose a side — the
Ukrainian side,” Zelensky said.In the first months of the war, Israel
sought to use its unique position enabled by its close working ties with
both Russia and Ukraine to serve as a mediator between the parties.
Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett flew to Moscow and held a series of
calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky over a span of
several weeks.However, the effort failed to bear fruit and Bennett
shelved the initiative altogether as his own political position at home
worsened. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged before entering
office to review Israel’s position and also speculated that he could
well be called on to mediate between the sides, as Bennett tried to
do.But Zelensky made clear on Friday that this was not what Ukraine
wants.“I cannot imagine Israel supporting war,” he said, seemingly
equating anything less than full-throttled support for Ukraine as
backing continued bloodshed.“Israel is a country that for dozens of
years had war, so I couldn’t even fathom [it supporting war here],”
Zelensky added.
Iran says it’s likely to send Syria air defenses,
after latest alleged Israeli strike-State TV says Tehran expected to
ship ‘radars and defense missiles’ to its ally in Damascus; White House
warns Russia may supply fighter jets to Iran as their security ties
grow-By ToI Staff and AFP-24 February 2023, 8:06 pm
Iran will
likely send air defense systems to Syria, Iranian state television
reported Friday, a move apparently meant to protect against Israeli
airstrikes.“Syria needs to rebuild its air defense network and requires
precision bombs for its fighter planes,” the Iranian state broadcaster
said, according to Reuters.“It is very likely that we will witness the
supply by Iran of radars and defense missiles, such as the 15 Khordad
system, to reinforce Syria’s air defenses,” it added.The state TV report
follows an airstrike in Damascus last weekend that was attributed to
Israel, which the news agency on Wednesday said targeted a meeting of
Syrian and Iranian officials involved with the manufacture of drones, as
well as members of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.Syria has said
five people were killed and 15 wounded in the attack on Saturday night.
The Israeli military has not commented on the strike, per its policy of
not generally commenting on air raids in Syria, though it has
acknowledged conducting hundreds of sorties against Iran-backed groups
attempting to gain a foothold in the country over the last decade.
Israeli officials have previously said the IDF does not target civilians
and seeks to avoid damage to residential areas as much as possible.“The
strike hit the center where they were meeting as well as an apartment
in a residential building. One Syrian engineer and one Iranian official —
not high-ranking — were killed,” an unnamed source close to the Syrian
government told Reuters.Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the strike on
Sunday, but did not mention any Iranian casualties.It was also denounced
by Russia, which like Iran is a key backer of the Syrian regime in the
over decade-long civil war, as a “flagrant violation” of international
law.Israel’s need to coordinate with Russia — which largely controls
Syrian airspace — to carry out strikes has been cited as a chief reason
for Jerusalem’s reluctance to supply Kyiv with weaponry amid the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. Israel has found itself at odds with Russia as it
increasingly supported Ukraine while seeking to maintain freedom of
movement in Syria’s skies.Also Friday, the White House said Russia is
considering sending fighter jets to Iran as part of an expanding
military cooperation that has seen Tehran ship growing quantities of
weaponry to Moscow for use in the invasion of Ukraine.“We believe that
Russia might provide Iran unprecedented defense cooperation, including
on missiles, electronics and air defense. We believe that Russia might
provide Iran with fighter jets,” National Security Council spokesman
John Kirby told reporters.Kirby said Iran, which is deeply isolated by
Western sanctions aimed at halting its disputed nuclear program, was
seeking to bolster its military with Russian help in exchange for
sending armaments used in the year-long onslaught against Ukraine.“Iran
is also seeking to purchase additional military equipment from Russia,
including attack helicopters, radars and combat training aircraft. In
total, Iran is seeking billions of dollars’ worth of military
equipment,” Kirby said.“We were concerned it was going to go both ways,
and those concerns are certainly being realized,” he said.According to
Kirby, Iran has already sent hundreds of drones, as well as artillery
and tank ammunition, to Russia, saying that “Iran’s support for Russia’s
war has expanded.”
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP)
and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be
famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE
SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And
after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into
them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them
which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from
heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE
FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies
beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great
earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake
were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and
gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM)
was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and
great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup
of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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.
THERES AT LEAST 50,000 KILLED IN THE TURKEY-SYRIA 3 BIG QUAKES.
Reuters-Turkey
widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000-Ece
Toksabay and Daren Butler-Sat, February 25, 2023 at 11:03 a.m.By Ece
Toksabay and Daren Butler
ANTAKYA/ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb 25
(Reuters) - Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility
for the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes and
investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger
simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices.Overnight, the
death toll from the earthquakes, the most powerful of which struck at
the dead of night on Feb. 6, rose to 44,128 in Turkey. That took the
overall number of deaths in Turkey and neighbouring Syria to more than
50,000.More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments
collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkey by the disaster, the worst
in the country's modern history.Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that
more than 600 people had been investigated in connection with collapsed
buildings, speaking during a news conference in the southeastern city of
Diyarbakir, which was among 10 provinces hit by the disaster.Those
formally arrested and remanded in custody include 79 construction
contractors, 74 people who bear legal responsibility for buildings, 13
property owners and 18 people who had made alterations to buildings, he
said.Many Turks have expressed outrage at what they see as corrupt
building practices and flawed urban developments.President Tayyip
Erdogan, who faces the biggest political challenge of his two-decade
rule in elections scheduled to be held by June, has promised
accountability.In the province of Gaziantep, the mayor of the Nurdagi
district - who is from Erdogan's ruling AK Party - was among those
arrested as part of the investigations into collapsed buildings, state
broadcaster TRT Haber and other media reported.'BREAKING MY
HEART'-Nearly three weeks since the disaster, there is no final death
toll in Turkey and officials have not said how many bodies may still be
trapped under the rubble.A firefighter helping to clear the rubble in
the hard-hit city of Antakya said body parts were being found on a daily
basis."It's very difficult. You cannot tell a man to continue working
if he's lifting out a person's arm," said the firefighter, who declined
to be identified.Nearly two million people left homeless by the disaster
are being housed in tents, container homes and other facilities in the
region and in other parts of the country, Turkey's disaster management
authority said.More than 335,000 tents have been erected in the quake
zone and container home settlements are being established at 130
locations, while nearly 530,000 people have been evacuated from affected
areas, it added.But near Antakya, Omran Alswed, a Syrian, and his
family are still living in makeshift shelters."Our houses are heavily
damaged so we have taken shelter here, in a garden in our
neighbourhood," said Alswed."The biggest issue is tents. It has been 19
days and we are yet to receive a single tent. We also applied to move
into a tent camp but they said the ones nearby are full," he
said.Turkey's only remaining ethnic Armenian village, Vakifli, was badly
hit by the quake, with 30 of its 40 stone houses heavily
damaged."Vakifli is all we have, the only Armenian village in Turkey. It
is our home. Seeing it like this is breaking my heart," said Masis, a
67-year-old retired jeweller, who moved back to his hometown after
spending 17 years in Istanbul.Turkey and Armenia are still at odds over
the 1.5 million people Armenia says were killed in 1915 by the Ottoman
Empire, the predecessor to modern Turkey. Armenia says this constitutes
genocide.Turkey accepts that many Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire
were killed in clashes with Ottoman forces during World War One, but
contests the figures and denies it was systematic. (Writing by Tom Perry
Editing by Helen Popper)
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,221 For then shall
be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should
be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened
(Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
POISONED WATERS
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,(EARTH) 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.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and
as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and
the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the
rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star
is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters
became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made
bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel
poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead
man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like
this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints
and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are
worthy.
Ohio train derailment: Chemicals that ‘may be of health
concern’ found in East Palestine-By Kathryn Mannie Global News-February
25, 2023 3:21 pm
UPDATE: An analysis of Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) data by Texas A&M University has found elevated levels
of nine chemicals that “may be of health concern” to residents of East
Palestine, Ohio. The small town of 5,000 played host to a nightmarish
scenario early this month when a train carrying hazardous materials
crashed, leaking toxins into the soil, water and air.The results of the
Texas A&M analysis seem to contradict assurances from state and
federal agencies that the crash site is safe, and water and air levels
are “normal.” Some locals say they began experiencing headaches,
dizziness, vomiting and bloody noses after the crash.The researchers
compared EPA measurements after the crash to national air toxics data
and found elethe presence of nine chemicals known to have adverse health
effects.“If these levels continue, they may be of health concern
(especially acrolein),” the researchers wrote.Acrolein is a colourless
or yellow substance found in smoke that can cause nose, throat and
respiratory irritation, according to Health Canada. Update (2/3)
Compared to EPA National Air Toxics data (NATA 2014), some
concentrations in East Palestine (OH) for 9 out of ~50 chemicals EPA
reported are higher than “normal.” If these levels continue, they may be
of health concern (especially acrolein). pic.twitter.com/q4jyxS45Lu—
Texas A&M Superfund Research Center (@tamusuperfund) February 24,
2023Levels of the carcinogen benzene and other toxic chemicals involved
in plastic production were not elevated, the researchers found. “Good
news,” they said.Weihsueh Chiu, a professor of veterinary physiology and
pharmacology at Texas A&M told the Washington Post that the highest
levels of air pollution were collected in the days after emergency
crews performed a controlled burn of the toxic chemicals within the
train. However, some samples taken more recently still show
higher-than-normal levels.“We can’t say whether these levels are causing
the current symptoms,” Chiu said. The EPA should “definitely make sure
that these higher levels that are detected would be reduced before they
left and declared everything cleaned up.”An official from the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources said in a news conference Thursday that
it has updated its initial estimate of how many animals died in the area
after the 38-car train derailed and caught fire, threatening to explode
and flatten the nearby town of East Palestine, Ohio.Eleven cars on the
Norfolk Southern train were carrying hazardous materials, including the
known carcinogen vinyl chloride, which emergency crews drained into a
trench and burned off — sending up a massive black plume of phosgene gas
and hydrogen chloride into the air.Shortly after the controlled burn,
videos circulated of thousands of dead fish in the waterways around East
Palestine, a small town of 5,000. At the time, Mary Mertz, director of
Ohio‘s Department of Natural Resources, reported around 3,500 animals
died after the derailment.On Thursday, she amended that figure to around
43,700 animals.Mertz said all the dead animals were aquatic species,
not believed to be endangered or threatened. She said there is no
evidence that any terrestrial animals were killed by the chemical spill,
contradicting reports from locals of dead foxes and chickens
immediately following the accident.Mertz also said there is no sign that
any of the train’s chemicals killed animals in the nearby Ohio River
and no additional animal deaths have been reported since the crash first
occurred.More from Ohio train wreck pic.twitter.com/TBCjA5xwsY — Andrew
John 🇺🇸 (@andrewjohn21) February 13, 2023-Initial federal report into
the accident-On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board
released its preliminary report on the train crash as local residents
continue to question how safe it is to return to their homes despite
assurances from the Environmental Protection Agency.The report found
that the train crash was caused when a hot axle underneath one of the
train’s cars carrying plastic pellets sparked a fire, said Jennifer
Homendy, chair of the safety board. The Norfolk Southern train passed
two wayside defect detectors as the axle got hotter and hotter, yet they
did not trigger an audible alarm to notify the crew that temperatures
were becoming dangerous. Homendy explained this was because the heat
threshold, which is set by the railroad, hadn’t been met yet.The alarm
was only triggered after the train drove through a third wayside
detector, which registered a “critical” temperature level — 253 degrees
Fahrenheit above ambient temperature — but it was already too late.The
train’s engineer applied the train’s brakes after hearing the alarm but,
“during this deceleration, the wheel bearing failed,” Homendy said.
“Car 23 derailed, and the train initiated an emergency brake application
and came to a stop.”“This was 100 per cent preventable. … There is no
accident. Every single event that we investigate is preventable,”
Homendy said during the Thursday news conference. “The NTSB has one
goal, and that is safety and ensuring that this never happens again.”The
National Transportation Safety Board report noted no wrongdoing on the
part of the train engineers.This next phase of the investigation will
seek to answer why the train’s axle and bearings failed, and will review
the train’s use of wayside defect detectors and the company’s railcar
inspection practice.Homendy told CNN that it’s “too early to tell” what
could have prevented the disaster, but she noted that the safety board
does not have the authority to make regulation changes and can only
recommend measures to Norfolk Southern and the U.S. Department of
Transportation.Another aspect of the investigation focuses on the
emergency response to the train crash, particularly the decision to burn
off the toxic chemicals in the train.Days after the train crash, the
wreck was still burning. Five of the train’s cars held more than 115,000
gallons (437,500 litres) of vinyl chloride, a flammable chemical known
to increase a person’s risk of liver cancer and death.On February 3, a
horrifying railroad accident took place. A Norfolk Southern freight
train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. You might've seen images of the
flames, but you probably haven't heard that unions were trying to
prevent this exact accident. 🧵pic.twitter.com/pnynoFHSnm— More Perfect
Union (@MorePerfectUS) February 10, 2023-Crews drained the chemicals
into a ditch to be burned off in order to avert a potential explosion,
after a dangerous rise in temperature was registered from within one of
the cars. Locals were evacuated from the area and the controlled burn
took place on Feb. 6, three days after the derailment.Two days later,
EPA and state officials were already telling residents it was safe to
return to their homes, and that air and water readings were coming back
normal. But some residents say they have experienced headaches,
dizziness, vomiting and bloody noses after the crash.Some residents are
pointing fingers at Norfolk Southern’s business practices as the
underlying cause of the crash.An investigation into Norfolk Southern by
independent news outlet The Lever found that the company has laid off
thousands of rail workers, despite safety concerns about overworked and
understaffed crews. Last year, the company reported a record-setting
profit of US$4.8 billion.Norfolk Southern also fought off a shareholder
initiative that would have required executives to “assess, review, and
mitigate risks of hazardous material transportation,” SEC filings
show.The Lever found that the railroad company helped lobby the Trump
administration to gut legislation that would have improved braking
systems across the nation’s rails. The regulators specifically killed a
provision for trains carrying hazardous flammable materials to be
equipped with an electronic braking system.The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, has ordered Norfolk Southern to cover the full cost
of the clean-up in the aftermath of the train crash.“EPA has special
authority for situations just like this where we can compel companies
who inflict trauma and cause environmental and health damage to
communities, like Norfolk Southern has done, to completely clean up the
mess that they’ve caused and pay for it,” said EPA administrator Michael
Regan.If the company doesn’t follow the order, the EPA will step in to
clean up the water, soil and debris, as well as people’s homes and
businesses, while fining Norfolk Southern up to US$70,000 a day.Norfolk
Southern CEO Alan Shaw told the people of East Palestine that he is
“terribly sorry that this has happened to this community,” and promised
to “make it right.”“We’re going to get the cleanup right, we’re going to
reimburse the citizens, we’re going to invest in the long-term health
of this community,” Shaw said. “I’m going to see this through, and we’re
going to be here. And we’re going to work with these community leaders
to help you thrive.”The company plans to rip up the tracks where the
train derailed and remove the potentially contaminated soil underneath.
Norfolk Southern also plans to use the results of the National
Transportation Safety Board’s investigation to update its safety
measures.People living near the Ohio train derailment will have to watch
their health for years
It’s the beginning of a years-long effort
to clean up and track the effects of chemicals in East Palestine,
Ohio.By Umair Irfan Feb 25, 2023, 7:00am EST
Umair Irfan is a
correspondent at Vox writing about climate change, Covid-19, and energy
policy. Irfan is also a regular contributor to the radio program Science
Friday. Prior to Vox, he was a reporter for ClimateWire at E&E
News.Many residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have warily returned to
their homes after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled more
than 100,000 gallons of dangerous chemicals into the air and water
earlier this month.The towering smoke cloud from the burning vinyl
chloride has drifted away, and the track has been cleared. Trains are
now running again through the town. But the 4,700 residents of East
Palestine say they still smell chemical residue in the air, see an oily
sheen in the water, and are suffering from headaches and nausea. Concern
is mounting about the long-term effects of the disaster.It’s also
become a political football. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
visited East Palestine this week and apologized for not speaking about
the derailment sooner. Former President Donald Trump also visited the
town and criticized President Joe Biden for going to Ukraine this week
instead of Ohio. (Trump himself has faced criticism for rolling back
train safety rules.)Other government officials are trying to assure
residents that much of the risk has faded. This week, Ohio Gov. Mike
DeWine and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan
both visited East Palestine and drank tap water in a resident’s
home.Pete Buttigieg speaks during a news conference near the site of the
Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.“You don’t
know who to trust. That’s a big part of it — the uncertainty. You don’t
know if you’re going to have to move,” one resident, Carolyn Brown, told
ABC News. “We need to feel that we’re safe.”But “safe” may be more than
anyone can promise.“‘Safe’ is one of those four-letter words in a
[disaster] response you just don’t use,” said Stan Meiburg, executive
director of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability at
Wake Forest University and a former career EPA official who worked on
toxic waste cleanup. “What people consider ‘safe’ is highly variable ...
plus, EPA just can’t answer that question.”Instead, agencies like the
EPA try to measure what they can and extrapolate from past research.
They compare the concentrations of pollutants they measure to limits
established by health departments, which don’t always reflect the
dangers an individual will face. Children, for example, breathe in more
air proportionate to their body size and thus are more vulnerable to
airborne toxic chemicals. And scientists aren’t clear how the health
effects of the specific toxic chemical brew that shrouded East Palestine
will play out over time.Authorities nevertheless told residents they
could return home. In doing so, the people of East Palestine may face
low levels of exposure to some of the dangerous chemicals from the
derailment, with uncertain health effects.So now begins a years-long
effort to track the effects of the leaked chemicals, to mitigate their
harms, to analyze why the train derailed, and to prevent the next spill.
While this is uncharted territory for health and environment agencies,
experts say there are some best practices to better understand the
disaster and to protect residents. But they require continued attention
and resources long after media coverage fades and political wrangling
stops.The next steps in the response to the East Palestine chemical
spill-Of the 38 cars that derailed on February 3, 11 were known to hold
hazardous chemicals, according to the National Transportation Safety
Board. These included chemicals like vinyl chloride, a flammable
carcinogenic gas, and butyl acrylate, a toxic flammable liquid. Some
leaked, some were vented, and some burned, further complicating the
picture.“Each of the chemicals that leaked are respiratory irritants,
and some of their breakdown products are also irritants,” said Marilyn
Howarth, an environmental toxicologist at the Perelman School of
Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in an email. “This is part
of what is unclear: How much of each was experienced by each person and
for how long?”Occupational health researchers have found that workers
who are regularly exposed to chemicals like vinyl chloride have higher
rates of liver cancer. It’s a signal that can take 20 years or more to
emerge, Howarth said. However, these workers were exposed to higher
doses and in enclosed spaces, unlike the residents of East Palestine.
It’s not clear how exposures from the train derailment will play out,
but the long latency of vinyl chloride’s worst effects means that it’s
critical to track its concentrations in the community for years to
come.A fish lays dead following a train derailment prompting health
concerns on February 20, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.More than 40,000
fish died after chemicals spilled into waterways during a train
derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. Michael
Swensen/Getty Images-Meanwhile, residues from burning vinyl chloride,
like dioxin, and other leaked chemicals, like butyl acrylate, can haunt
water supplies for years and spread through watersheds and underground
aquifers that provide drinking water.“The aquifer may remain
contaminated for years, even a decade, despite best clean-up efforts in
the short and long term,” Abinash Agrawal, a professor of earth and
environmental sciences at Wright State University, said in an email.
“This may not be a threat to breathable air quality, but definitely
toxic in drinking water as it can migrate and move/travel in a
groundwater plume of contamination to the pumping wells nearby up to
several thousand feet.”So state and federal environmental agencies will
also need to check water and soil samples regularly for contamination
for years.Parts of East Palestine and the surrounding region will also
have to be decontaminated, cleaned up, and remediated. The water used to
extinguish the train fire is now toxic, and 2 million gallons of it are
being sent to Texas, where it will be injected underground for
disposal. The contaminated soil around the train tracks is being
excavated and sent to a toxic waste disposal site in Michigan. The
community may also have to look for a new drinking water source, Agrawal
said.The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting an
investigation of the root causes of the train wreck. Federal regulators
will have to consider whether to impose new safety regulations on the
rail industry.The residents of East Palestine will also have to keep
tabs on their health. Philip Landrigan, director of the public health
program at Boston College, studied 20,000 first responders and rescue
workers in New York City after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. He said one of
the key lessons learned from that study was that in addition to figuring
out exactly what was in the dust that people were breathing in, it was
also important to conduct regular health assessments to catch problems
that emerged over time.“A program has to be put in place to get baseline
health evaluations of people in the town, even people that appear to be
okay, and follow them up periodically over the next decade or more,”
Landrigan said.Norfolk Southern will have to pay-All these measures,
however, will cost a lot of money. “You can’t expect the people who were
the victims of this catastrophe to pay for that themselves,” Landrigan
said.To that end, the EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to pay for the
cleanup of the train derailment and the response. If they fall short,
the rail operator could face a fine of $70,000 per day according to EPA
administrator Regan. “Norfolk Southern will pay for the mess that they
created and the trauma that they inflicted on this community,” he said
during a press conference this week.But that doesn’t account for the
ongoing health needs of East Palestine, and the total medical bill could
be massive. A number of residents are now looking to sue the railroad
company. Norfolk Southern has also committed $5.6 million in financial
assistance and support to the town.One of the biggest challenges,
however, will be rebuilding trust between the community and the
government. A half-dozen federal offices along with local authorities
are playing roles in the disaster response, which is making it difficult
for some residents to figure out who should be held accountable.And
agencies like the EPA are struggling to communicate how to interpret
their measurements of chemical exposures and how residents should
respond to their findings. Things like quantifying the toxic chemicals
in the air, soil, and water and determining that they’re below reference
levels don’t address the anxiety that the people of East Palestine may
feel.“One thing that I hope we will see the agency doing is recognizing
that assurances to people are not just giving them numbers but rather
helping them have access to resources that will help them discuss their
feeling about the matter,” said Meiburg.“This has been a traumatizing
event for the community,” he added. “To think about this as a ‘one and
done’ experience is probably a mistake.”
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