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)
ALEX JONES COULD BE SHUT DOWN AT ANY MINUTE.
AFTER BLOOMBERG HAD A STORY ON JONES NOW TODAY MAR 11,24. ALEX HAD TO ADMIT ANY MINUTE HIS INFOWARS SHOW COULD BE TAKIN OFF THE AIR.AS THE TRUSTEES AND JONES ARE HAVING DISAGREEING.
March 11, 2024, 12:12 PM EDT-Alex Jones’ Media Company Reorganization Doubtful, Trustee Says-Alex Wolf
The parent company of Alex Jones’ Infowars program appears unlikely to reorganize in bankruptcy following an irreparable feud between the company’s chief officer and lead attorney, a court-appointed trustee said.Efforts to rehabilitate Free Speech Systems LLC in Chapter 11 are about to fail, trustee Melissa Haselden told the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in a one-page brief on Sunday. The trustee’s statement comes as Free Speech’s chief restructuring officer, Patrick Magill, is asking to replace lead attorney Ray Battaglia after both men said their relationship was “fundamentally broken.”The dispute, which was recently made public in a series of heavily-redacted briefs, is raising questions about the company’s path out of bankruptcy and bid to settle about $1.5 billion in claims held by the families of Sandy Hook School shooting victims through a Chapter 11 plan. The company is scheduled to appear in court on March 25 to seek approval of its proposed reorganization plan, but it’s unclear how Battaglia’s motion to withdraw and Magill’s bid to swap legal representation may affect the course of the case.“In the interest of transparency, the Trustee has concluded that the case is quickly approaching, if it has not already arrived, at a place in which a reorganization is not possible,” Hadelden said in Sunday’s filing.Free Speech has outstanding litigation filed against a dietary supplement provider indirectly owned by Jones and his father, accusing the Infowars vendor of receiving millions in insider payments.A group of Sandy Hook families said in a March 8 filing that they’re particularly concerned about an apparent accusation lodged by Magill that Battaglia “was not independent, particularly with respect to the debtor’s sole shareholder, Alex Jones.”“The Connecticut families are bewildered by the various finger-pointing that underlies the current dispute,” the group said. “But more importantly, they are concerned about the pattern of dysfunction revealed by the pleadings and the fact that none of these events were brought to the creditors’ or the court’s attention in advance.”If the company is going to replace its counsel, it should do so at minimal cost and object to Battaglia’s fees if he acted under a conflict of interest or refused to follow Magill’s instructions, the families said.The parties are scheduled to appear in court Monday afternoon regarding the requests to switch counsel.Jones and his right-wing media company filed separate bankruptcy cases in 2022 after losing state court defamation cases for calling the 2012 school shooting a hoax.The Sandy Hook families last month voted 100% in favor of a Chapter 11 plan for Jones that would liquidate and redistribute his property and cash.The trustee is represented by The Law Office of Liz Freeman.The Connecticut families are represented by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC, and Cain & Skarnulis PLLC.Free Speech’s proposed counsel is O’ConnorWechsler PLLC.The case is In re Free Speech Systems LLC, Bankr. S.D. Tex., No. 22-60043, brief filed 3/10/24.To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Wolf in New York at awolf@bloomberglaw.com-To contact the editor responsible for this story: Maria Chutchian at mchutchian@bloombergindustry.com
Infowars bankruptcy lawyer wants out of company's Chapter 11 case-By Dietrich Knauth-March 4, 20245:53 PM EST
March 4 (Reuters) - The lawyer responsible for guiding Alex Jones' media company through bankruptcy will ask a judge for permission to drop out of the case at a court hearing next week, saying he has irreparable disagreements with the company's management.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston, Texas, said on Friday that he would convene an emergency hearing on March 11 to consider a request by Ray Battaglia, who has been lead bankruptcy counsel for Infowars' parent company Free Speech Systems since 2022 after Battaglia said his relationship with the company's chief restructuring officer, Patrick Magill is "fundamentally broken."Magill, who is in charge of day-to-day operations at FSS, has withheld Battaglia's legal fees for January and February as "blatant retaliation" for a Jan. 25 disagreement about whether or not FSS should pursue litigation over a legal claim, Battaglia said in a Feb. 29 court filing. Battaglia did not describe the legal claim, but he said that pursuing it would be "ill advised."Magill did not immediately respond to a request for comment.FSS and Jones filed for bankruptcy after being sued over Jones' repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre.A judge has since ruled that Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to avoid paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation verdicts that the families have won against Jones in court cases in Connecticut and Texas. The families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have voted for a bankruptcy plan that would liquidate Jones' assets, if approved in court.FSS' bankruptcy, which was filed before the defamation verdicts, is proceeding in parallel with Jones' personal bankruptcy. The company initially said it would attempt to reach a settlement with the Sandy Hook families, but the defamation cases proceeded to judgment without a settlement with FSS.Battaglia has "zealously" represented FSS since becoming lead counsel in September 2022, but he never intended to be the company's lead lawyer, according to his motion.Battaglia, a solo practitioner, was hired as co-counsel when FSS filed for bankruptcy in July 2022, but he became the company's sole bankruptcy lawyer after its other lawyers were kicked off the case due to a conflict of interest.Battaglia initially balked at Lopez's decision to disqualify them, telling the judge, "I can't do this alone."Battaglia then hired Magill to take over the company's day-to-day operations, and the two men initially had a "constructive working relationship," according to Battaglia's court filing.The case is In re: Free Speech Systems, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, No. 22-60043-Reporting by Dietrich Knauth in New York.
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TROOPS IN NYC SUBWAY
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TROOP INFO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV_03FFWQls
TRUCKER BOYCOTT IS ON IN NYC
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TRUCKERS FOR TRUMP
I THINK THE TROOPS ARE JUST A COVERUP FOR THE SUBWAY. THESE TROOPS I BELIEVE ARE IN NYC BECAUSE OF THE SKY ROCKETING FOOD PRICES BECAUSE THE TRUCKERS HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERING FOOD OR ITEMS TO NEW YORK. AND I BELIEVE ITS ON THE BRINK OF PROTESTS FOR FOOD ETC. BETWEEN THE MIGRANT TERRORISTS IN NEW YORK, AND THIS TRUCKER BOYCOTT. NEW YORK IS ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER.
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Truck drivers who support former president Donald Trump have voiced that they won’t be driving to New York City to underscore their disappointment with the civil fraud judgment that fined Mr Trump more than $350m.On 16 February, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Mr Trump, his two sons, Trump Organization associates and Trump properties were liable for tens of millions of dollars. While Mr Trump — and his companies and his trust — were ordered to pay over $350m plus interest, his sons were also ordered to pay roughly $4m. Many truck drivers across the country have seemingly taken issue with the ruling.A man known online as Chicago Ray posted a video on X following the decision: “I’ve been on the radio talking to drivers for about the past hour and I’ve talked to about 10 drivers” He added that truckers are going to “stop refusing loads starting on Monday.”“I don’t know how far across the country this is or how many truckers are going to start denying loads going to New York City, but I’ll tell you what — you f*** around and find out,” he said.“We’re tired of you f***ing leftists f***ing with Trump,” he continued, while wearing a Trump-branded cap. “Our bosses ain’t going to care if we deny the loads. We’ll just go somewhere else, alright? You know how f***ing hard it is to get into New York City in one of these [vehicles]?”“Truckers out for Trump,” he said, before reciting one of Mr Trump’s lines, calling the ruling “election interference.”The video seemed to gain some traction. As of Sunday morning, the phrase “Boycott NYC” was trending on X, with more than 13,000 posts mentioning the term.It’s unclear whether the boycott will actually manifest. But Chicago Ray isn’t the only one who has voiced opposition to the civil fraud ruling.Elena Cardone, the wife of wealthy real estate investor Grant Cardone, created a GoFundMe page — called “Stand with Trump; Fund the $355M Unjust Judgment.” Her husband explained on X that “100% of funds will be forwarded to Trump Org for his defense of this ridiculous judgement.”On the page, she wrote: “I stand unwaveringly with President Donald Trump in the face of what I see as unprecedented and unfair treatment by certain judicial elements in New York.”Since Ms Cardone launched the fundraiser, it has already raked in over $240,000.The strong reaction to the civil fraud judgment could serve as a bellwether of how America will respond to the outcomes of the now-ongoing court cases that Mr Trump is facing in federal and state courts.
JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3 PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
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.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
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.
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.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
EZEKIEL 31:10-17
10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.(HELL).
15Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
17They also went down into hell with him unto [them that be] slain with the sword; and [they that were] his arm, [that] dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword. This [is] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
EZEKIEL 32:17-32
17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, [even] her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
20 They shall fall in the midst of [them that are] slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
22 Asshur [is] there and all her company: his graves [are] about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
24 There [is] Elam (IRAN) and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves [are] round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of [them that be] slain.
26 There [is] Meshech, Tubal,(RUSSIA) (GERMANY, TURKEY) and all her multitude: her graves [are] round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
27And they shall not lie with the mighty [that are] fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with [them that are] slain with the sword.
29 There [is] Edom,(JORDAN) her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by [them that were] slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
30 There [be] the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, [even] Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that are] slain with the sword, [even] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, 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)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
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, 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, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, 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?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
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?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, 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 (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS FLESH)
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee,(300 MILIION RUSSIA-ARAB-MUSLIMS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, 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,(RUSSIA) and all thy bands,(RUSSIA SUPPORTED WITH WEAPONS-ARAB/MUSLIM COUNTRIES) 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 (ATOMIC BOMB) on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.(I belive ISIS-DAMASCUS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)(THIS WILL BE WW3 DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD I BELIEVE.2 BILLION DIE ON EARTH IN THIS NUKE WAR)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
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)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
EZEKIEL 39:6
6 And I will send a fire on RUSSIA (Magog,) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
SECOND ANGEL: The Middle East DR DOCTORIAN
Then Isawthat the second angel had a sickle in his hand,such asis used in harvesting. The second angelsaid, “Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the wayto Iran.” Isawthose countriesin a fewsplitseconds. “All of Turkey and those other countries that have refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one another.” I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries.I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia – Iraq, Syria,Lebanon,Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor – full of blood. Isaw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; nuclear weapons were used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard these words, “Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come.”The angel said, “The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God.” I saw fires rising to heaven.The angel said, “This is the final judgment My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Watershall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries.” The angelshowed me that the United Nationsshall be broken in pieces because of the crisisin the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
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)
THE ISRAEL WAR CABINET VOTED 90-9 I THINK IT WAS TO CONTINUE TO ELIMINATE THE HAMAS MUSLIM COCK ROACHES ONCE AND FOR ALL.SO WORLD NUTJOB LEADERS ESPECIALLY BRAIN DEAD BIDEN. STAY THE HECK OUT OF ISRAELS BUSSINESS. AND CLEAN UP YOUR OWN 3RD WORLD COUNTRY. FORGET ABOUT TELLING ISRAEL HOW TO GET RID OF THEIR ENEMIES. SINCE BIDEN IS FLOODING ITS COUNTRY WITH 10 MILLION MOSTLY MUSLIM COUNTRY MIGRANTS. AND WHO KNOWS PROBABLY 2 MILLION OF THE 10 ARE IN THE USA ILLEGALLY. JUST READY TO DO TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE BIG SATAN 3RD WORLD COUNTRY AMERICA. AS WELL AS THE LITTLE SATAN IRAEL. WELL I GOT NEWS FOR THE MUSLIM COCKROACH COUNTRIES, ISRAEL HAS THE GOD AND CREATOR OF EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING ON THEIR SIDE. AND NOW MARCH TILL MAY THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS ARE IN ISRAEL. SO USE BETTER NOT TRY ANY THING STARTING TODAY ON THIS RAMADAN. BECAUSE ISRAEL WILL BE DOING THE NUKING. LEAD BY GOD OF COURSE. WHO WILL BE IN CONTROL OF THE SPACE JUDGEMENTS ON THIS MUSLIM HOARDE. GOD WILL SEND A RAGING STORM, 90 POUND HAIL STONES, A GIANT QUAKE THAT WILL SWALLOW UP MUSLIMS IN A BIG SINK HOLE. THE MUSLIM HORDE WILL BE DIZZY FROM THE BIG QUAKE AND WILL KILL EACH OTHER BY FRIENDLY FIRE. AND THE QUAKE FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB AND FIRE WILL DISOLVE THE MUSLIMS TO BONES ONLY WHOEVER IS NEAR THE BLAST FROM THE NUKE. SO ISLAMIC COCK ROACHES IF USE THINK YOUR GOING TO DESTROY ISRAEL FROM THE EARTH. I GOT NEWS FOR USE. AND BESIDES ITS GOD HIMSELF THAT FORCES YOUR PUTIN RUSSIAN LEADER AND ALL YOU MUSLIMS AND GERMANY TO COME AGAINST ISRAEL SO USE GET TAUGHT THE TRUTH. NOT ANTISEMETISM. YOU HATE ISRAEL YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE AND HATING GOD. AND GOD HATERS GET BURNED UP, EATIN BY MIGRATING BIRDS BY BECOMING BIRD FOOD. AND THEN THE 300 MILLION OR 85% OF YOUR ARMY WILL BE BURIED IN THE JORDAN VALLEY. IN MASS GRAVES.AND THE 15% OF YOUR ARMY WILL BE SENT BACK LIKE A DOG WTH ITS TAIL BETWEEN ITS LEGS TO THE SIBERIAN DESERT IN RUSSIA.AND USE WILL CRY LIKE LITTLE BABIES. USE CAN-BECAUSE ISRAEL AND THE ONLY GOD OF THE EARTH HAS JUST DESTROYED 1/4 OF ISLAM OR ISHMAEL (THE FIRST BASTARD CHILD-ARAB) IN ONE SHOT.
AND I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE ISLAMIC COCKROACH BELIEF. ISHMAEL LIVED AT SAUDI ARABIA. SO HOW COULD YOUR PEDOPHILE SO CALLED LEADER MOHAMMID BECOME THE LEADER OF ISLAM. WHEN DID ISHMAEL AND MOHAMMID MEET TO DECIDE HE WAS THE ISLAMIC DEATH CULT LEADER INSTEAD OF ISHMAEL. THE FIRST MUSLIM ARAB ON EARTH. IS MY QUESTION. WE KNOW WHEN MOHAMMID CLAIMED HE WENT TO HEAVEN. IT WAS SATAN THAT DECIEVED MOHAMMID TO BELIEVE HE WAS GOD IN HEAVEN. AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE IN ISAIH 14:12-14 HOW SATAN GOT BOOTED OUT OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF PRIDE AND REBELLION. AND HAD VERY BAD I AM) GOD DELUTION TROUBLES). AND 1/3 OF ALL THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN WERE BOOTED WITH SATAN FOR THE SAME REASON. AND THE WORD FOR SATAN IN THERE WAS SON OF THE MORNING (WHICH IN HEBREW MEANS CRECENT MOON). SO I KNOW FOR SURE SATAN IS THE LEADER OF ISLAM. AND IF MUHAMMID MET WITH SATAN. WE KNOW FOR SURE. THATS WHY ANY MURDER, PEDOPHILIA, SIN GOES. NO WONDER THE SO CALLED LEADER OF ISLAM MOHAMMID MARRIED A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL. AND STARTED HAVING SEX WITH HER AT 9 YEARS OLD. SINCE SATAN IS THE LEADER BEHIND ISLAM. NOW WE KNOW ON OCT 7TH WHY THE SEX SIN AND MURDER ANY WAY POSSIBLE AGAINST THE INNOCENT ISRAELI WOMEN, CHILDREN AND MEN. I WOULD STILL LOVE TO KNOW THOUGH. WHY ISHMAEL WHO WAS THE 1ST ARAB (MUSLIM) ON EARTH. IS NOT THE LEADER OF THIS SATANIC DEATH CULT. BUT MOHAMMID IS.
PM: 'You have an issue with the entire people of Israel' US criticism of Israel encourages Hamas, Netanyahu says in Fox News interview-In response to mounting criticism from the Biden administration, PM says Israelis are united behind the war aims and opposition to Palestinian state-By Lazar Berman-Today, 6:12 pm-MAR 11,24
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that perceived disagreements between the US and Israel make it harder to defeat Hamas.“To the extent that Hamas believes that there’s daylight between us, that doesn’t help,” Netanyahu said in a Fox News interview in the wake of intensified criticism from US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over the weekend.Agreement between the two allies, on the other hand, “helps the war effort, and it helps our efforts to achieve victory and obviously the release of the hostages,” he added.On Saturday, Biden asserted that Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” with his handling of the war against Hamas.“You don’t have an issue with me,” said Netanyahu told “Fox and Friends.” “You have an issue with the entire people of Israel. They’re really united as never before, united to destroy Hamas, and ensure that we don’t have another Palestinian terror state like the one that we had in Gaza that could threaten the State of Israel.”The comments appeared to be a rebuke of White House messaging seemingly telegraphing unhappiness with Netanyahu, while still signaling strong support for Israel, by highlighting gaps between Israelis’ interests and those of their prime minister.The idea was underlined by Harris, who said Saturday that it was important to avoid conflating the Israeli government and Israeli people.Netanyahu responded in a similar fashion in an interview on Sunday, telling Politico that if Biden thinks “that I’m pursuing private policies against the wish of the majority of Israelis, and that this is hurting the interests of Israel, then he’s wrong on both counts.”“These are not my private policies only,” he claimed. “They are policies supported by the overwhelming majority of Israelis.”On Monday, Netanyahu maintained that there has been broad agreement between himself and Biden, and they both agree that civilians need to be evacuated from Rafah before an IDF operation there.“The president and I have agreed that we have to destroy Hamas. We can’t leave a quarter of the Hamas terror army in place there in Rafah,” he said. “We have agreements on the basic goals, but we also have disagreements. Ultimately, it’s Israel that has to decide.”Hitting back at Biden’s comment that entering Rafah was a “red line” for him, Netanyahu said that leaving the Hamas forces there intact is “a red line. We can’t let Hamas survive.”“We are not getting off the gas” in the war on Hamas, he insisted.In a possible signal to the US president, who is seen as pressuring Israel in order to appeal to progressive voters ahead of the November election, Netanyahu pointed at polling that shows that “82% of Americans support Israel against Hamas.”Asked about Biden’s hot mic comment at the State of the Union that he and Netanyahu need to have a “come to Jesus” conversation, Netanyahu said he is “not familiar with that term, even though Jesus was born not that far from here.”“If it means a heart-to-heart conversation, we had that plenty of times in the 40 years I’ve known Joe Biden, and over the 12 or 13 conversations we’ve had over the course of the war,” said Netanyahu.Netanyahu said Israel is “very close to victory,” and that it “will come sooner the more united we are.”“One way or the other, we’re going to do it,” he pledged.A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office distributing Sunday’s Politico interview clip stated explicitly in its title that Netanyahu was responding directly to Biden. The PMO did not distribute clips from the Fox News interview on Monday.An Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Sunday afternoon that Netanyahu’s decision to grant an interview to Politico was made after Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday in which the president warned that humanitarian aid “cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip,” lamented the fact most of the “more than 30,000 Palestinians” killed in Gaza were not Hamas members, and said “the only real solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is a two-state solution.”The Israeli official said Netanyahu’s office believes Politico is read by Biden and his aides, and was therefore a fitting outlet in which to respond.In a hard-hitting interview aired by MSNBC Saturday, Biden highlighted deep US concerns over civilian deaths in Gaza and called the planned IDF operation in southern Gaza’s Rafah a “red line.”He also said there was no way he was going “to cut off all weapons [to Israel] so that they don’t have the Iron Dome [missile defense system] to protect them,” but did not pledge to maintain supplies of offensive weaponry.There have been multiple reports in recent weeks that Biden is fed up with Netanyahu, including that he has referred to the prime minister as an “asshole” in private on multiple occasions.Biden has expressed frustration to confidants, according to NBC News, over his “inability to persuade Israel to change its military tactics in Gaza.”He has publicly denounced Netanyahu’s hard-right coalition and become increasingly public about his frustration with the Israeli government’s unwillingness to open more land crossings for critically needed aid to make its way into Gaza. In his State of the Union speech, he announced plans to build a temporary port on the Gaza coast to facilitate direct delivery of aid.The president’s criticisms in the MSNBC interview also reflected intensified frustration following a mass-casualty incident on February 29 in which dozens of Palestinians were killed while trying to collect humanitarian aid in Gaza City, where law and order has collapsed amid desperate conditions.He is also flummoxed by Netanyahu’s rejection of deals that the US president thinks are a win for Israel, like Saudi normalization in exchange for movement toward a Palestinian state.The Washington Post reported in February that the US and several Arab partners were preparing a detailed plan for a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians that includes a “firm timeline” for a Palestinian state.Biden’s vision for the end of the war, rejected by Israel, starts with an extended truce and a hostage deal, followed by Arab stakeholders helping to rehabilitate the Strip, a reformed Palestinian Authority returning to govern the enclave, Saudi Arabia normalizing ties with Israel, the creation of a pathway toward a Palestinian state and the bolstering of broader regional alignment against Iran.Netanyahu’s government insists fighting cannot end until Hamas is completely destroyed, which necessitates expanding the military operation to Rafah, along Gaza’s border with Egypt. It has also rejected the PA having a role in governing postwar Gaza, noting Ramallah’s lack of condemnation for the October 7 massacre in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 were slaughtered and 253 were kidnapped into Gaza.Top Biden administration aides warned visiting war cabinet minister Benny Gantz last week that Jerusalem could well end up indefinitely occupying Gaza with no help from the international community if it does not begin advancing a viable alternative to Hamas’s rule.Despite the increasing visible rift, Biden and members of his administration have continued to insist that Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas and have avoided publicly backing a permanent ceasefire before the terror group is toppled and all the hostages are freed.
Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders meets Herzog, vows ‘full support’ in battling terror-Pro-Israel lawmaker has struggled to form government after his party won November elections; main parties to meet, seek path to coalition Monday-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 2:25 pm-MAR 11,24
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders said on Monday he had met with President Isaac Herzog and pledged his full support to Israel in fighting terrorism.Wilders, who is aiming to lead a new government after his nationalist PVV party won elections in November, has long been a staunch supporter of Israel.Wilders has unsuccessfully tried to form a government since the elections. The main parties trying to form a governing coalition will meet again on Monday in an effort to agree on what form a possible cooperation could have.The Israeli president was in the Netherlands to attend the opening of a Holocaust museum in Amsterdam on Sunday. At the opening ceremony, Herzog called for prayers for peace and the immediate release of hostages taken by Hamas during its devastating October 7 massacre in Israel.Wilders posted a picture on X of his meeting with Herzog and wrote: “I told him I am proud that he visits the Netherlands and that Israel has, and always will have, my full support in its fight against terror.”Herzog’s presence in Amsterdam prompted protests led by a local Jewish anti-Zionist group calling for his arrest on war crimes charges due to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.I just had a great meeting in Amsterdam with the President of Israel @Isaac_Herzog. I told him I am proud that he visits the Netherlands and that Israel has, and always will have, my full support in its fight against terror. #Israel #Herzog ic.twitter. com/ LBft3ieYlG— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) March 11, 2024-Hundreds gathered on Sunday waving Palestinian flags and banners and shouting “Never Again Is Now,” a reference to their belief Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. They booed and shouted slogans as the dignitaries arrived at the museum.Protesters had hung signs on lampposts reading: “Detour to International Criminal Court” along the route.Another pro-Palestinian Dutch organization, The Rights Forum, called Herzog’s presence “a slap in the face of the Palestinians who can only helplessly watch how Israel murders their loved ones and destroys their land.”The war erupted when Hamas launched a devastating assault on Israel that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Terrorists also abducted 253 people and took them as hostages to Gaza. Israel responded to the attack with a military campaign to destroy the terror group, topple its regime in Gaza, and free the hostages, over half of whom remain in captivity.According to a statement from Herzog’s office last week, his visit aimed to focus on efforts to release the hostages and on the rise of antisemitism since the outbreak of the war.Herzog was among Israeli leaders cited in an order issued in January by the International Court of Justice for Israel to do all they can to prevent death, destruction, and any acts of genocide in Gaza. He accused the court of misrepresenting his comments in the ruling. Israel strongly rejected allegations leveled by South Africa in the court case that the military campaign in Gaza breached the Genocide Convention.
Construction begins on large new settlement neighborhood west of Ariel-Plans for 1,600 homes in Amirim were approved by Housing Ministry in 1991; Peace Now claims it constitutes a new settlement due to size and distance from Ariel-By Jeremy Sharon-Today, 5:25 pm-MAR 11,24
Construction has begun in a large new settlement neighborhood on the west side of Ariel in the northern West Bank, approved by the Housing and Construction Ministry and in line with a decision dating back some 33 years.The new neighborhood, named Amirim, was approved by the Housing Ministry in 1991, before the Oslo Accords, and is situated some two kilometers west of Ariel’s current built-up area, although it is nevertheless within the city’s municipal boundaries.Former housing and construction minister Ze’ev Elkin advanced the construction of Amirim during the tenure of the Bennett-Lapid government by publishing tenders for construction in October 2021 and advancing the bureaucratic procedure for the approval of an access road to the nascent neighborhood in early 2022.The Housing Ministry confirmed that construction has begun, stating, “In the last few weeks, the ministry began carrying out initial infrastructure works in the area through the Ariel Municipality.”The establishment of Amirim was initiated by the approval of plans for the construction of some 1,600 housing units in the proposed neighborhood by the Housing and Construction Ministry in 1991 during the premiership of Yitzhak Shamir, on what was determined to be state land, meaning land that has no registered private owner and is deemed not to be cultivated or used for agricultural purposes.Implementation of the construction plans was delayed, however, by elections in 1992, which were won by Yitzhak Rabin’s Labor party, and the subsequent Oslo peace process beginning in 1993.Ariel is already one of the largest West Bank settlements, with over 20,500 residents as of 2024 — one of only four formally designated Israeli cities in the territory.The Peace Now group, which campaigns against the settlement movement, argued that construction in Amirim amounted to the establishment of an entirely new settlement due to its size and distance from the rest of Ariel.The organization said it was “further proof, for anyone still in doubt” that the current government is “doing all it can to destroy the possibility of the two-state solution.”“The construction of a new settlement is part of recent initiatives amidst the ongoing war aimed at advancing thousands of housing units in the territories, declaring thousands of dunams as state land, and approving significant funding for settlements in the 2024 budget,” Peace Now charged.The organization added that the construction of Amirim and its access road would cut off the nearby Palestinian village of Salfit from other Palestinian population centers in the region, including Kifl Hares and Hares.A record number of housing units for settlements were advanced at different stages of the planning process in 2023, which Peace Now said was a record since the Oslo Accords were signed.At the same time, 15 illegal outposts were either legalized or advanced along the process of legalization following a decision by the security cabinet on February 2023.Just last week, plans for a further 3,426 homes were advanced by the High Planning Subcommittee of the Civil Administration, an agency in the Defense Ministry largely controlled by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is also a minister in the Defense Ministry.Separately, police and Civil Administration personnel on Monday demolished the illegal West Bank outpost of Or Ahuvia close to the settlement of Ofra and evacuated the settlers who had taken up residence in the early hours of the morning.A rudimentary home was torn down and various equipment at the site was confiscated, settlement activists said. The Civil Administration said the outpost had been established on private Palestinian land.Or Ahuvia was established in recent months by a group of young female settlement activists in memory of Ahuvia Sandak, who died in a car crash while fleeing from police in December 2020, allegedly after throwing rocks at Palestinians.Activists said that they had planned for Or Ahuvia to be part of a “Jewish territorial contiguity” area along with Or Meir and two other illegal outposts.
Gallant warns enemies not to try take advantage of Ramadan-Israel, Hamas both said probing fate of terror group’s No. 3, targeted in airstrike-Marwan Issa was reportedly hiding in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza; IDF pressing raid in Khan Younis’s Hamad Town; US officials say Rafah op not on horizon-By Emanuel Fabian-and Agencies Today, 3:11 pm-MAR 11,24
The Israeli military and Hamas are trying to determine if Marwan Issa, the deputy head of the terror group’s military wing, was killed in a recent airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, Hebrew media reported Monday.According to reports by several outlets, Issa was hiding in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, the IDF carried out an airstrike on a building where he was believed to be.
Reports said five Palestinians were killed in the strike, although it is unknown if Issa is among them.According to the reports, both the IDF and Hamas were trying to ascertain if Issa was among the dead.Issa is considered the number three in the terror organization in Gaza and serves as the deputy of Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Together with Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, they are believed to have masterminded the group’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel that triggered the war.Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces said the Nahal Brigade killed some 15 gunmen in the central Gaza Strip over the past day, with sniper fire, close-quarters combat, and by calling in airstrikes.Also over the past day, the Commando Brigade continued its raid on the Hamad Town residential complex in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.The IDF said the commandos raided apartments used by Hamas, captured operatives, and seized weapons.Troops of the Givati Brigade came under anti-tank missile fire amid operations in Hamad. The IDF said the soldiers spotted and tracked the operative behind the attack, and he was killed by Maglan commandos.Additionally, the IDF said troops of the 7th Armored Brigade located Hamas tunnels in Hamad.It said one of the tunnel shafts led to an underground route where food and weapons were found.Another tunnel shaft contained weapons manufacturing equipment and concrete production machinery used by Hamas to build tunnels, the IDF said.The IDF stated the tunnels were destroyed in an airstrike.The IDF said the brigade raided several more Hamas sites in the Hamad area, seizing sniper rifles, explosive devices, military equipment, and intelligence documents.Alongside the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 and Shin Bet, dozens of terror operatives attempting to flee while civilians evacuated from the Hamad area have been captured by troops, and hundreds more suspects have been taken for questioning, the IDF added.Elsewhere in Khan Younis, in the suburb of al-Qarara, the Bislamach Brigade killed several Hamas operatives with sniper fire and by calling in airstrikes and tank shelling, the IDF said.In northern Gaza, the IDF said, the Navy directed an attack helicopter to strike a vessel used by a Gaza-based terror group.Ramadan-As the Muslim world welcomed Ramadan with the customary daytime fast, many Gazans awoke to renewed airstrikes and fighting.“The start of Ramadan has been sad and covered in darkness, with the taste and stench of blood everywhere,” said one displaced Palestinian man, Awni al-Kayyal, 50.“The (Israeli) occupation does not want us to have any joy during Ramadan. We do not have any food for our iftar table,” he said, referring to the fast-breaking evening meal.“You don’t see anyone with joy in their eyes,” said Sabah al-Hendi, who was shopping for food on Sunday in the southernmost city of Rafah. “Every family is sad. Every family has a martyr.”In a message to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Israel’s enemies that the country was ready for any threat.“The month of Ramadan is an important month in which the Quran was revealed and in which there is an opportunity to improve neighborly relations and strengthen family ties,” Gallant said in a statement.“We are aware that the month of Ramadan may be a month of jihad. We tell everyone who is thinking of trying us – we are ready, don’t make mistakes,” he said.Gallant added a traditional greeting for the holy month, and declared that Israel “respects freedom of worship at Al-Aqsa and all the holy places.”UN and aid groups say only a fraction of the supplies needed for Gaza’s 2.4 million people have been allowed in since Israel placed it under near-total siege since the beginning of the war. Israel says it does not restrict humanitarian or medical aid and has blamed the lack of deliveries on the capacity of aid agencies, repeatedly saying that it is approving more aid trucks for crossing than the agencies are able to deliver. It also accuses Hamas of commandeering some aid deliveries.A Cyprus government spokesman said a Spanish charity ship with food aid was set to sail from the island to the coastal Gaza Strip, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine.The Open Arms group said its boat would tow a barge with 200 tons of food, which its partner the US charity World Central Kitchen would later unload on Gaza’s shores.Multiple countries airdropped aid into northern Gaza on Sunday, but the United Nations aid coordinator for the area has said boosting supply by land would be far more effective.Some of the food packages smashed open on impact, leaving residents picking through the dirt to salvage what they could, AFPTV images showed.The United States, Qatar, and Egypt had hoped to broker a ceasefire ahead of the normally joyous month of dawn-to-dusk fasting that would include the release of dozens of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of a large amount of humanitarian aid, but the talks stalled last week.Hamas is demanding guarantees that any such agreement will lead to an end to the war, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the offensive until “total victory” against the terror group and the release of all the remaining hostages.A source with knowledge of the ceasefire talks told AFP “there will be a diplomatic push, especially in the next 10 days” to secure a deal within the first half of Ramadan.Two US officials told CNN that the Biden administration is not expecting Israel to expand the Gaza ground operation to Rafah in the near future.Israel has vowed to move into Rafah, Hamas’s last stronghold. It believes that some of the hostages and Hamas leaders are in Rafah. Earlier this month, special forces rescued two Israeli hostages from captivity in an apartment in the city.However, in a hard-hitting interview published by MSNBC Saturday, US President Joe Biden highlighted deep US concerns over civilian deaths in Gaza and called the planned IDF operation in southern Gaza’s Rafah a “red line.”War erupted when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists burst into Israel by air, land and sea, killing close to 1,200 people and kidnapping another 253 to Gaza, where more than 100 are still held hostage.Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel responded with a wide-scale ground and air campaign that the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said has now killed more than 31,000 people. These figures cannot be independently verified, and are believed to include both civilians and Hamas members killed in Gaza, including as a consequence of terror groups’ own rocket misfires. The IDF says it has killed over 13,000 terror operatives in Gaza since the war started, in addition to some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.The war has driven around 80% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people from their homes and pushed hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine. Health officials say at least 20 people, mostly children, have died from malnutrition and dehydration in northern Gaza — figures that cannot be independently verified.
Analysis'It can turn into total chaos, where everyone is threatened' In Gaza, as elsewhere, aid missions are dangerous for soldiers-Deadly Gaza City incident underscores the risks and challenges IDF troops face when trying to secure delivery of food and medicine to hungry Palestinians-By Lazar Berman-Today, 12:16 pm-MAR 11,24
In 2003, in the early stages of the Allied invasion of Iraq, American journalist P.J. O’Rourke joined a Kuwait Red Crescent aid convoy on a journey to the southeastern Iraqi city of Safwan.The convoy, he wrote in The Atlantic, stopped in the countryside instead of entering the city itself because the previous convoy to Safwan had been looted in what he called “a riot.”Standing on top of one of the aid trucks, O’Rourke described in great detail the chaos on the ground as the workers tried to distribute the packages.“Below, a couple of hundred shoving, shouldering, kneeing, kicking Iraqi men and boys were grabbing at boxes of food,” he wrote.“Every person in the mob seemed to be arguing with every other person. Giving in to impulses to push themselves forward and push others away, shouting Iraqis were propelled in circles. A short, plump, bald man sank in the roil. A small boy, red-faced and crying, was crushed between two bellowing fat men. An old man was trampled trying to join the fray.”The Iraqis, said O’Rourke, weren’t starving. Still, every time the truck doors were opened, “everything went to hell.”British troops stood nearby, trying to stay out of the way. But when fights broke out in the crowd, they had to intervene to force the combatants apart.Then things got worse. Gangs arrived from the city on forklifts, old pickups, taxis, and bicycles, and took control of the trucks.“In a few minutes one squad of looters had seventeen aid boxes,” writes O’Rourke. “The box throwers were dancing and singing in the back of the tractor-trailer.”The British forces quickly cleared the road, and the aid trucks hurried back to Kuwait, with some of the looters still inside.Many of the duties soldiers are tasked with in war come with great peril. But handing out humanitarian aid to civilians is not generally seen as one of the more dangerous missions — at least by those who have never been asked to do so.A deadly incident less than two weeks ago in Gaza underscored the risks for IDF troops trying to ensure that aid gets to civilians.Early on Thursday, February 29, IDF troops were securing a convoy of aid trucks as it entered the northern Gaza Strip. A crowd rushed the vehicles, and at the end of the melee, dozens of civilians were dead. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry — and Israeli allies like France — placed the blame on IDF forces.The IDF acknowledged that troops opened fire on several Gazans who moved toward soldiers and a tank at an IDF position, endangering soldiers, but said that the bulk of the casualties were trampled by the crowd and were crushed by escaping trucks.As the distribution of humanitarian aid becomes an issue of strategic importance for Israel in its determination to maintain support for its campaign to destroy Hamas, IDF soldiers will continue to find themselves involved in missions to secure the delivery of aid.And they will find themselves in tense, volatile and dangerous situations that their training did not prepare them for.The military and humanitarian aid-Handing out aid comes with inherent risks.“Distribution of aid may become contentious,” warns the Camp Management Toolkit, a resource guide for those working with displaced communities, “and who receives what may become a problem. Large distributions lasting several days may make certain sectors of the displaced populations fear that they are being excluded.”The US Army recognizes this reality as well. It includes humanitarian assistance operations in its field manual on civil disturbance operations. The manual says that such missions “demand some sort of graduated-response criteria to maintain order and prevent uncertain environments from becoming hostile.”In some ways, military forces are uniquely suited to provide aid on the battlefield. No other organization can move comparable numbers of personnel and equipment quickly across long distances, even in extremely challenging terrain conditions. And militaries can secure the transportation and delivery of aid.But aid organizations warn that soldiers should only be used as a last resort.“Soldiers are trained to fight wars and aid workers are trained to deliver aid,” warned the British charity Christian Aid in a press release.“Distributing humanitarian supplies is not as simple as it sounds and, if done incorrectly, can lead to danger both for recipients and for those handing out the food packs,” it continued.“We have seen soldiers on television in a state of panic trying to hand out relief supplies under great pressure from crowds of people desperate to get much-needed help.”Some groups, like the International Committee of the Red Cross, reject direct military involvement in humanitarian aid — even armed protection for aid workers — which it sees as compromising the “impartiality, neutrality and independence” of its work.Yet humanitarian aid has become an integral part of military campaigns in recent decades. The US-led efforts to create stable, pro-Western governments in Iraq and Afghanistan included humanitarian aid at the center of the counterinsurgency doctrine. The Pentagon even created the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance to coordinate military and aid efforts, and included aid funding within the Iraq War budget.The lack of clear distinctions between the military and humanitarian efforts alarmed some practitioners. “The boundaries between the occupying force and the UN and the humanitarian community in Iraq is the most blurred it’s ever been, anywhere we’ve worked,” said Oxfam spokesman Brendan Cox.In Gaza too, the humanitarian mission is not independent of Israel’s war effort. International support for the continuation of the campaign against Hamas hinges on Israel’s ability to ensure that food and medicine enter the Strip and reach civilians in need.Nightmare-For a soldier, humanitarian aid missions are a “nightmare,” said John Spencer, chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute in the prestigious US military academy West Point.“In a split second,” he told The Times of Israel, “chaos can ensue and you don’t have the normal tools to try to control both the threat to your life, but also the chaos around you.”He said that the deadly melee around the aid convoy in northern Gaza “brought back a lot of scar tissue,” the memories of his own fraught aid missions in Iraq.“You have thousands and thousands of people who won’t listen to orders, which are an attempt to help keep control — form a line, don’t approach the security personnel,” said Spencer.“In the snap of a finger, it can turn into complete chaos, where everybody is threatened,” he repeated.There are ways to reduce the chances of the situation spinning out of control — including by delivering at night when fewer people are around, and controlling the delivery points.But groups like Hamas know that they can use a crowd of desperate civilians to create disorder from which they can target troops, prevent them from asserting control over the distribution of aid, and keep themselves from being sidelined.During the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, Israel set up a hospital for Palestinian civilians at the Erez Crossing, complete with an emergency medicine department, an inpatient department, and facilities to provide advanced treatments like orthopedics, ophthalmology, and OB-GYN care.Hamas issued threats against anyone who would be treated at the hospital, and in the end, only a few dozen arrived.In the ongoing war in Gaza, the terrorist organization has conducted “humanitarian ambushes,” firing at IDF troops from crowds receiving aid, IDF commanders told The Times of Israel.Soldiers always have the right of self-defense,” Spencer explained, adding that he “can’t imagine” the challenge of securing aid convoys into the northern Gaza Strip.“It was the fourth night in a row,” he said of the deadly swarm in February in Gaza Strip, “which creates a pattern which somebody could then use to take to their advantage.”Former CIA director David Petraeus, who also led the 2008 surge of US troops in Iraq that changed the tide of the war, was more optimistic about the potential to find ways to distribute aid effectively.“We had to figure out how you do these operations,” he told The Times of Israel. “But it can be done. And I think the challenge is that, unfortunately, right now, it’s you and your soldiers who will have to figure out how to do this.”In the meantime, Israel’s official line is that the aid organizations within the Gaza Strip are responsible for arranging security once Israel hands over aid shipments.‘The international organizations that are delivering the aid also take responsibility for securing their convoys,” a spokesman from the IDF Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories told The Times of Israel. “We’re happy to try and help work with them to find solutions. But it’s important to remember that the distribution is their responsibility.”Even if Israel officially puts the burden on the UN and other organizations, the aid issue is too important to be left to unreliable actors. Another deadly incident could further undermine American patience, and if the aid distribution doesn’t improve, the pressure to end the campaign could endanger Israel’s ability to win the war.Given what’s at stake, the IDF will continue to be involved in missions to secure aid distribution. On Friday, US President Joe Biden said that Israeli troops will provide security for the temporary port he announced will be built off the coast of Gaza City. It remains unclear who will get the aid from the pier to Gazans, but Israel will presumably have to oversee some of the journey, including keeping hungry crowds away from the operation.That mission, and other similar attempts to ensure that aid reaches Gazans and is not looted or taken by Hamas, will continue to be fraught, with the potential for bloodshed and chaos.“I don’t wish that mission on any soldier, period,” said Spencer.
Police scuffle with worshipers outside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on 1st night of Ramadan-Officers seen assailing some with batons at entrance to Temple Mount, accused of blocking entry to some Israeli citizens in contravention of PM’s promise-By Gianluca Pacchiani-and ToI Staff Today, 6:57 am-MAR 11,24
While thousands of Muslim worshipers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem to pray on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan Sunday, police officers scuffled with some attendees at the entrance to the flashpoint Temple Mount site, a video circulating on social media showed.Police were also accused of denying some Arab Israelis entry to the site, in violation of a promise made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to enable free access to Muslim citizens.The footage showed Israeli Border Police officers assailing some visitors with batons at the entrance to the compound. In response to the video, Israel Police said it was working to “enable freedom of worship on the Temple Mount while at the same time ensuring safety and security, in accordance with instructions given by the political leadership.”Police said “increased inspection was carried out in the area” to detect threats and “prevent potential criminals, instigators and violators of public order, for the sake of public peace and security, and the proper observance of Ramadan prayers.”Netanyahu pledged last week that the number of worshipers allowed to pray on the Temple Mount in the first week of Ramadan would be the same as in previous years and that no restrictions would be imposed on Arab Israelis, overruling the reported wishes of ultranationalist firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the Israel Police.Most of the Arab population of Jerusalem, however, does not hold Israeli citizenship, and can therefore be subject to stricter limitations.The Abraham Initiatives, a coexistence organization, said that some citizens were in fact blocked and accused police of ignoring Netanyahu’s directives.“Netanyahu has to impose order and calm surrounding Al-Aqsa,” the group said. “The numerous reports of blocking entrance to Israeli citizens on the first night of Ramadan stand in complete contrast to the decision made by the prime minister.“The footage of police beating worshipers with batons is embarrassing and difficult to countenance,” the statement said, calling on Netanyahu to act urgently and allow freedom of worship.Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai was reportedly looking to limit attendance “in the initial stage” of Ramadan, assessing that younger Arabs, whether Israeli or from East Jerusalem, are the main “agitators.”Photos and videos filmed Sunday night and shared on X showed groups of young Muslim men who were refused access to the Al-Aqsa compound praying in the alleys leading to it, and outside the walls of the Old City.The Haaretz daily reported that hundreds of young Palestinians were prevented from accessing the site but that some managed to enter the compound with their parents or when police eased entrance procedures due to pressure at barriers at the entrances.According to the report, thousands of Muslim worshipers prayed at the site Sunday, with their numbers expected to swell over the coming days to reach tens of thousands on Friday.Ramadan began Sunday night as the war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza, and a deadlock in negotiations on a temporary truce and hostage release deal, cast a somber mood on normally festive preparations by Muslims and ratcheted up fears of violence.Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of worshipers are expected every day at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam. The compound sits atop the Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism, where the two biblical temples stood.The sacred Ramadan month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and alms-giving across the Muslim world. Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia saw the crescent moon Sunday night, meaning Monday is the first day of the fast in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, as well as much of the rest of the Muslim world, though others, like Jordan, will begin the holy month Tuesday.Israeli security officials fear that Muslim anger over the Gaza war could rise to a crescendo during Ramadan, fueling unrest. Hamas branded its October 7 massacre in Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and 253 taken hostage, as the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” and has attempted to link its slaughter in southern Israel to the disputed Jerusalem holy site.Police said earlier Sunday that terror groups were attempting to stir up unrest in the capital around Ramadan by spreading “false information regarding the reality in Jerusalem, the Old City and in particular the Temple Mount.”A statement said that 20 East Jerusalem residents had been arrested on suspicion of incitement and support for terrorism over the past two weeks.
Italy mulls Israel’s extradition request for arrested Palestinian terror suspect-Man is one of three nabbed and suspected of setting up cell linked to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, terror group tied to Abbas’s Fatah party-By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 3:22 pm-MAR 11,24
ROME — Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday, with Israel requesting the extradition of one of them.The three men, living in l’Aquila, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Rome, had set up a cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the statement said.The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is an armed offshoot of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s secular nationalist Fatah party. It is considered a terrorist group by Israel, the European Union, and the United States.Police said the three Palestinians had been charged with criminal conspiracy for terrorism purposes or subversion of the democratic order, which carries jail terms of up to 15 years.“The suspects engaged in proselytism and propaganda… and planned attacks, including suicide attacks, against civilian and military targets on foreign territory,” police said.One of the three men is wanted by Israel, which is at war with the Palestinian terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and an Italian court is examining an extradition request for him, the statement added.In a separate statement, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi hailed the arrest of “three dangerous terrorists” and said Italy was always on high alert against extremism and radicalization.There was no immediate comment by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Progressive groups unite to counter pro-Israel Democratic primary candidates-Jewish, Arab and Muslim organizations form Reject AIPAC to counter pro-Israel groups’ strategy of funding incumbent anti-Zionists’ challengers-By AP and ToI Staff Today, 4:22 pm-MAR 11,24
Facing a barrage of super PAC money, more than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully counter pro-Israel groups’ efforts to mount a primary challenge to liberal members who have been critics of Israel’s blistering military offensive in Gaza.The coalition, called Reject AIPAC, includes Jewish anti-Zionist organizations and Arab American and Muslim groups that have been organizing in record numbers since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.Their efforts are a direct response to pro-Israel political action committees like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as AIPAC, that are pledging or planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to try to defeat Democratic members of the so-called “squad” in primaries and the general election this year. Th AIPAC campaign has turned the otherwise safely Democratic districts into election battlegrounds.“These are a handful of Black and brown progressive incumbents who are under attack from a threat of $100 million in spending and usually Democratic leadership and establishment is up in arms anytime someone primaries an incumbent,” said Usamah Andrabi, communications director for Justice Democrats, one the groups leading the coalition. “But the energy is a little lighter when it comes to some of these progressives and so we are coming together to ensure that they have the resources to defend themselves against AIPAC.”The strategy, according to Andrabi, is to link up the grassroots organizations behind a seven-figure “electoral defense campaign” that aims to not only protect members of Congress being targeted by AIPAC but also to bring light to what they see as the group’s divergence from the longstanding values of the Democratic Party.AIPAC has defended its track record, telling The Associated Press last month that “it is entirely consistent with progressive values to stand with the Jewish state” and that the group has a history of supporting members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.Nonetheless, the coalition’s lobbying effort will focus on promoting pro-Palestinian members and candidates as well as highlighting national polling that shows that the majority of Democratic voters are aligned with their stances, including increasing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and conditioning US aid to Israel as the number of casualties rises above 30,000 Palestinians in the five months of war, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the Strip.Those figures cannot be independently verified, and are believed to include both civilians and Hamas members killed in Gaza, including as a consequence of terror groups’ own rocket misfires. The IDF says it has killed over 13,000 terror operatives in Gaza since the war started, in addition to some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.Israel’s air and ground offensive has also driven most Palestinians from their homes and pushed one-quarter of the population toward starvation.The war erupted when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists burst into Israel by air, land and sea, killing close to 1,200 people and kidnapping another 253 to Gaza, where more than 100 are still held hostage.In Congress, the war has driven a familiar wedge between Democrats, with even some lawmakers aligned with AIPAC declining to discuss the dynamics on the record.Part of the strategy of the new coalition is to force those fissures into the open by requiring any candidate or member aligned with them to sign a pledge, outright rejecting any campaign money from groups like AIPAC, which has historically yielded immense clout in Washington.This comes as AIPAC shifted in its own strategy in the last several years, transitioning from strictly a lobbying organization to helping elect centrist, pro-Israel Democrats. In 2022, it began challenging Democratic incumbents in primaries.Before November, the group and PACs connected to its ethos have once again begun contributing to candidates running against members of the squad. The Democrats facing challengers include Jamaal Bowman of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, and Cori Bush of Missouri, all of whom have not only called for a ceasefire but have demanded an end to US aid to Israel.In 2022, AIPAC spent around $27 million targeting progressive candidates. Its war chest this cycle is expected to be more than twice that amount.“We will never be at parity and that’s the reality of this,” Andrabi said. “This has always been a David vs. Goliath conflict and it will continue to be but the most we can do is organize now in a concerted way and take them on head-on in a way that folks haven’t in past cycles.”
