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)
NORTH KOREA SHOOTS SHORT RANGE MISSLES.HARRIS LIES THREW HER TEETH AT DEBATE.
WARN THE PEOPLE-WW3
EZEKIEL 33:1-6
1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
DANIEL 11:40-45 (WW3 BREAKDOWN)
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) 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)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
ISAIAH 24:1
1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,(NUKES USED) and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(ARAB/MUSLIM) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man;(RIOTS-BURNING-MURDEROUUS RAGE) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM WANTS WORLD DOMINATION) and every man's hand against him;(DEFENDING THEMSELVES) and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(ARAB/MUSLIMS LIVE WITH ISRAELIS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOON GOD ALLAH)
ISAIAH 14:12-23
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, (SATAN) son of the morning! (HEBREW MEANS CRESCENT MOON ANGEL-ISLAM OVIOUSLY)(SATAN IS THE GOD OF ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
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,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
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)
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.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
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;(ISRAEL) 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,(OIL IS IN 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,(SAUDI-ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(SPAIN) with all the young lions thereof,(ENGLAND,AND ALL ITS ASSOCIATES-CANADA,AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND, USA, AND WESTERN ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS) 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.
EZEKIEL 39:11-22
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) 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,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) 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.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
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.
REVELATION 19:17-18
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;(AGAINST ALL NATIONS ARMIES THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL)
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
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.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)(50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.(ON EARTH)
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.(ON EARTH)
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth 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 32:18-29 (NOTICE ALL THE COUNTRIES LAND PROMISED ISRAEL BY GOD ARE IN THE JORDAN VALLEY BURIED)
18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised! (IN HELL FIRES)
20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21 Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
22 Assyria (SYRIA) is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23 Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
24 Elam (IRAN) is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
25 Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
26 Meshech and Tubal (RUSSIA) are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
27 They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
28 But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
29 Edom (JORDAN) is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.THIS IS RIGHT FROM 93:
SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting.The second angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few split seconds."All of Turkey and those [inaudible] 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. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons 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. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries."The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
PSALMS 83:1-8 (GODS LAND PROMISED TO ISRAEL)
1 O God, do not remain silent;do not turn a deaf ear,do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.
3 With cunning they (ARAB,MUSLIMS) conspire against your people;they plot against those you cherish.(ISRAELIS)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together;(TREATIES) they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom (JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites, (EGYPTIAN ARABS SO CALLED PALESTIANS) of Moab (JORDAN) and the Hagrites,(EGYPT)
7 Byblos,(HEZBOLLOH) Ammon (JORDAN) and Amalek,(SYRIAN ARABS IN THE SINAI) Philistia,(ARABS) with the people of Tyre (LEBANON).
8 Even Assyria (SYRIA) has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
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.
1 OF 3 GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO
1-PROMISCUOUS SEX AMOUNG EACH OTHER.
ROMANS 1:24
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: (THE 60S FREE SEX)
2 OF 3 GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO
2-SODOMITES - MEN LUSTING MEN, AND WOMEN LUSTING AFTER WOMEN.
ROMANS 1:26-27
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
3 OF 3 GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO
3-A DEPRAVED MIND-ANY SIN GOES.
ROMANS 1:28-31
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO THESE 3 DEPRAVED ABOMINATION SINS?
OH OH NOAHS DAY. WHAT HAPPENED IN NOAHS DAY. THE WHOLE WORLD WAS JUDGED BY WATER.
GENESIS 6:7,17
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
GENESIS 7:4
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
GENESIS 8:16
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
WELL THE SODOMITES PICKED THE RIGHT SIGN OF A RAINBOW FOR JUDGEMENT. THE SODOMITES TRYED TO STEAL GODS SIGN THAT THE WHOLE EARTH WILL NEVER DIE FROM FLOOD WATERS AGAIN. BUT THE JUDGEMENT THIS TIME IS GOING TO BE BY FIRE.NOT WATER.
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
EZIKIEL 38:12-13
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) 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? (AGAINST ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, (RUSSIA AND HER MUSLIMS HORDES)Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
ISLAMIC DEATH CULT AND FAKE MOHAMMAAD AND FAKE MOON GOD ALLAH WHICH IS SIMPLY SATAN IS THE LEADER OF ISLAM.
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart:(WARS AND DEATH) and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.(CHINA CONTROLS AMERICAS ECONOMY BY BUYING UP DEBT)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOON GOD ALLAH)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(ARAB/MUSLIM) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man;(RIOTS-BURNING-MURDEROUUS RAGE) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM WANTS WORLD DOMINATION) and every man's hand against him;(DEFENDING THEMSELVES) and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(ARAB/MUSLIMS LIVE WITH ISRAELIS)
The Family Tree of Ishmael
12 This is the family tree of Ishmael son of Abraham, the son that Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham.
13-16 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons in the order of their births: Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah—all the sons of Ishmael. Their settlements and encampments were named after them. Twelve princes with their twelve tribes.
(ISLAM CLAIMS MOHAMMID IS A OFF SPRING OF ISHMAEL THE FIRST BASTARD CHILD OF THE ARABS WITH A SLAVE MOTHER TO THE ISRAELIS.DOES ANY ONE SEE THE NAME OF MOHAMMID IN ISHMAELS FAMILY TREE. BECAUSE I SURE DON'T. I DOUBT MOHAMMID EVEN EXISTS. AND SATAN IS THE LEADER OF ISLAM HHIMSELF. SO ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION AT ALL. ISLAM IS NOTHING BUT A DEATH CULT THAT WORSHIPS DEATH. AND WILL BURN IN HELL FIRE, THEN THE FINAL JUDGEMENT IN FRONT OF JESUS.ONLY TO BE THROWN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER WITH THEIR NEVER DYING BODIES.ISLAM EXPOSED AS A FRAUD SATAN LIE AND MURDER DEAT CULT.
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 8:44
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
US sanctions Lebanese network over alleged oil, LPG smuggling for Hezbollah-Treasury Department targets three individuals, five companies and a number of tankers it says are involved in fundraising for terror group-By Reuters and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 11:23 pm
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden’s administration issued sanctions Wednesday on a Lebanese network it accused of smuggling oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to help fund the Hezbollah terror group.The sanctions targeted three people, five companies and two vessels which the US Treasury Department said were overseen by a senior leader of Hezbollah’s finance team and used profits from illicit LPG shipments to Syria to aid generate revenue for the group.Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley Smith, in a statement, said Hezbollah “continues to launch rockets into Israel and fuel regional instability, choosing to prioritize funding violence over taking care of the people it claims to care about, including the tens of thousands displaced in southern Lebanon.”The Treasury statement named the individuals as Hezbollah official Muhammad Ibrahim Habib al-Sayyid and Lebanese businessmen Ali Nayef Zgheib and Boutros Georges Obeid, who have all “materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hezbollah.”Five companies linked to the three men were also slapped with US sanctions, as were a number of oil tankers involved in delivering gas to Baniyas port in Syria.Matthew Miller, the spokesman for the US State Department, said Wednesday’s sanctions were part of overall efforts to disrupt Hezbollah’s “illicit revenue generation and isolate the terrorist group’s financial network,” adding that the US “will not waver” in pursuing the terror group.Since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and ongoing fighting against Hezbollah in the north, the US has sanctioned a large number of entities involved in funding and financing Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and other groups.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 436 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 78 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and more than 130 civilians have also been reported killed.
Remaining Hamas fighters 'broken' mentally or physically-Gallant reveals document from top Hamas commander warning Sinwar of dire losses-IDF strikes Hamas command center in Nuseirat school-turned-shelter, announces earlier killings of Hamas operatives who participated in Oct. 7, guarded hostage Noa Marciano-By Emanuel Fabian-11 September 2024, 10:32 pm
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday revealed a document he said was written by the former commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade in southern Gaza, Rafa’a Salameh, and addressed to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his brother Muhammad, in which the commander described the “difficult situation” in which the terror group had found itself.Salameh, a mastermind of the terror group’s October 7 massacre, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza in July that also killed senior Hamas commander Muhammad Deif.In the letter, he wrote: “Please consider the following: We maintain the remaining weapons and equipment, as we have lost 90-95 percent of our rocket capabilities; and we have lost some 60% of our personal weapons; we have lost at least 65-70% of our anti-tank launchers and rockets,” according to excerpts provided and translated by the Defense Ministry.“Most importantly,” he continued, “we have lost at least 50% of our fighters between those who are martyred and wounded, and now we are left with 25%. The last 25% of our people have reached a situation where the people do not tolerate them anymore, broken on a mental or physical level.”Gallant said the document showed “a real hardship that affects Hamas and affects the most senior commanders.”Salameh “cries out for the help of the Sinwar brothers, but of course they cannot save him,” Gallant said.“Why? Because we are continuing the effort that started in October and continues step by step… and reaches all senior Hamas officials. He wrote this to the Sinwar brothers, we will get to them as well,” the defense minister continued.Yahya Sinwar is the leader of Hamas in Gaza, and is considered a mastermind of the group’s October 7, 2023 attack, when thousands of terrorists invaded southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, starting the ongoing war.Sinwar was last month appointed as the head of the terror group following the July 31 assassination of previous leader Ismail Haniyeh. His brother Muhammad is a senior commander in Hamas’s military wing.Gallant’s presentation of the document came on the same day as two Israeli soldiers were killed and several others wounded in a helicopter crash attempting to extract a third, seriously wounded soldier from the battlefield. The crash was not a result of enemy fire.Gallant also published a video on social media Wednesday from the same facility, showing a photo of Muhammad Sinwar’s children posing in front of a depiction of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in the United States.The photo was discovered recently in a tunnel underneath Khan Younis, Gallant said in the video, which was posted on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.A picture is worth a thousand words. This picture was found in a tunnel where the Sinwar brothers were hiding like rats.On 9/11 we remember the horrific attack on our closest ally, the U.S. And we remember that our fight against terrorism, against Hamas, is the fight of the… pic.twitter.com/KoyE0eMOCm— יואב גלנט – Yoav Gallant (@yoavgallant) September 11, 2024-Meanwhile, an Israeli airstrike Wednesday in central Gaza struck a group of Hamas operatives at a command room embedded within a former school.According to the military, Hamas was using the Al-Jaouni School in Nuseirat to plan and carry out attacks against troops and Israel. The school has been serving as a shelter for displaced Gazans.Hospital officials reported 14 people killed, including two children, in the strike.The IDF said it carried out “many steps,” including using precision munitions, aerial surveillance and other intelligence, to limit civilian casualties in the strike.“The Hamas terror organization systematically violates international law, brutally exploiting civilian institutions and the population as a human shield for terror activity,” the military said.In recent months, dozens of airstrikes have been carried out against Hamas sites embedded within schools and other sites used as shelters for civilians, according to the IDF.The IDF also announced on Wednesday that recent airstrikes in Gaza had killed two Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 onslaught, one of whom was involved in guarding Cpl. Noa Marciano, an abducted soldier who was killed by Hamas at Shifa Hospital and whose body was recovered in November.A separate drone strike recently killed Ayman Khaled Ahmed Abu al-Yahni, who the IDF said was a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force and was involved in attacking the Erez Crossing during the October 7 onslaught, the military announced.Rocket sirens sounded in Israeli communities along the Gaza border on Wednesday, but the IDF later announced they were false alarms.It is believed that 97 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF.Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Eight hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 37 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 40,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 17,000 combatants in battle and another 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 344.Agencies and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Visiting Jordan Valley, Netanyahu vows to work with Amman to boost border fence-Days after deadly shooting at Allenby border crossing, PM says ‘stronger barrier’ needed along boundary with Jordan, a project repeatedly promised and scrapped over the years-By Lazar Berman-and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 8:51 pm
During a visit on Wednesday to an IDF outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the joint effort with Amman to secure their shared border.“In this multi-theater struggle,” he said. “We know that we need to secure our eastern border with Jordan. This is a border of peace. We are partnering with the Kingdom of Jordan to ensure that it remains so.”Challenges are increasing, said Netanyahu, days after a terrorist attack at the Allenby border crossing with Jordan left three Israelis dead.“There is an attempt to smuggle both terrorists and weapons across the Jordan into Judea and Samaria and into the cities of Israel,” he said, using the West Bank’s biblical name. “We are working here in cooperation with all parties to stop this.”Netanyahu said Israel will work to “construct a stronger barrier” to fight smuggling.“We will do it in coordination with the neighbors,” he promised. “It is important for us to ensure that this border remains a border of peace — peace and security.”Jordan has been a leading critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, and more recently, of visits by government ministers to the Temple Mount. It has recalled its ambassador but has continued close security cooperation, including during the April 13-14 drone and missile attack on Israel by Iran.There is an aging fence along the 309-kilometer (192-mile) border that Jordan shares with Israel and the West Bank, though military and police officials say it is sufficient to prevent most gun-smuggling attempts.The idea of boosting the fence or building some sort of border wall has been floated repeatedly by Netanyahu and others for more than a decade, although many see any such major effort as unlikely due to the sheer length of the border and the enormous cost.Last month, Foreign Minister Israel Katz called for a security fence to be built “quickly” along the Israel-Jordan border, accusing Iran of attempting to establish an “eastern terror front” against Israel by smuggling in weapons via Jordan.A 30-kilometer (18-mile) portion of the border with Jordan, near the southernmost city of Eilat and the new Ramon International Airport, has been upgraded in a similar fashion to Israel’s border barriers with Egypt and the Gaza Strip.Israel shelled out NIS 300 million ($88 million) for the small section of the border near Eilat, meaning that a project to cover the whole Jordanian border would likely cost billions of shekels.In September 2023, Netanyahu once again floated the idea of building a fence along the entire length of the border to “ensure that there will be no infiltration.”The prime minister also ordered IDF and Defense Ministry officials to start planning in 2012, touted the start of construction of a sensor-laden fence on the southern border with Jordan in 2015, and announced in 2016 that he planned to “surround the entire State of Israel with a fence.”For years, Netanyahu and other Israeli officials touted its NIS 3.5 billion ($1.1 billion) hi-tech state-of-the-art fence along the border with Gaza, which was equipped with a wall of iron, sensors and concrete, as providing ultimate security to citizens in the area.On the morning of October 7, 2023, the wall was handily breached by thousands of Hamas terrorists, who disabled its sensors with drones, knocked parts of the barrier down with bulldozers, then drove right through the gaping holes while others sailed right over in paragliders, ultimately massacring around 1,200 people in Israel and taking 251 hostage in Gaza.Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.
100 rockets from Lebanon batter north; IDF reservist injured by anti-tank missile-Member of Kibbutz Dan security team suffers serious injuries in attack; Israeli drone strike kills Hezbollah member, wounds another; Air Force hits Hezbollah launch sites-By Emanuel Fabian-11 September 2024, 8:17 pmUpdated at 11:03 pm
An Israeli reservist soldier was wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack from Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.It came as barrages of around 100 rockets from Lebanon pounded areas in the north of the country.The 39-year-old reservist, a member of Kibbutz Dan’s local security team, was taken to Rambam Hospital in Haifa after being hit by a missile in the community.The medical center said he was conscious and suffering shrapnel injuries. He was taken for surgery and was listed in serious condition.Meanwhile, more than 60 rockets were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel in the space of around an hour Wednesday afternoon. Then in the early evening, another 40 were fired.A barrage of some 30 rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Western Galilee, impacting open areas near the community of Abirim, the IDF said. Then, another barrage of 30 rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Galilee Panhandle area, impacting open areas near Kfar Szold.Residents of the upper and western Galilee were ordered to remain close to bomb shelters during the afternoon. There were no injuries in the rocket attacks, which apparently hit open areas.In the second wave, the IDF said some 30 rockets were launched at the Arab al-Aramshe area, and another 10 were fired at Matat. Many of the rockets struck open areas, although some impacted Matat. There were no injuries in the attacks.The IDF said it responded with artillery fire at a Hezbollah observation post and other targets in southern Lebanon.Later, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon’s Khraibeh, as well as a rocket launcher in Ayta ash-Shab, and buildings used by the terror group in Houla, Ayta ash-Shab and Marwahin, the IDF said.The rockets and missile attack came hours after the IDF confirmed carrying out a drone strike in southern Lebanon’s Mays al-Jabal, targeting two Hezbollah operatives.One was killed and the second was wounded in the strike.Separately, fighter jets struck a Hezbollah rocket launcher in Marimin, which had been used in previous attacks on Israel, the military said.Another primed rocket launcher was struck in Rashaya al-Foukhar, the IDF added.Lebanese media also reported two drone strikes in the area of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon. There was no immediate comment from the IDF.This week has seen repeated rounds of fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah amid escalating violence that has raised concerns it could boil over into a full-scale war.Overnight Tuesday-Wednesday, Israeli jets hit 30 rocket launchers in Lebanon, the military said. It came the day after Hezbollah fired 45 rockets into northern Israel, though no injuries were caused.Speaking to troops during a drill simulating a ground offensive in Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday that Israel was shifting its focus to the northern front as it aims to soon achieve its objectives in the Gaza Strip.The war in Gaza began when Palestinian terror group Hamas led a devastating October 7 cross-border attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The thousands of terrorists who burst into the country also abducted 251 people who were taken as hostages to Gaza.Israel responded with a military offensive to destroy Hamas in Gaza and free the hostages.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries. Hezbollah has named 436 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 78 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier and dozens of civilians have also been killed.Tensions have been particularly high in recent weeks, with Hezbollah vowing retaliation for Israel’s assassination of its top military commander in Beirut in July. Israel said it foiled part of the terror group’s response to the killing last month, when IDF fighter jets struck thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels in southern Lebanon, including some believed to be aimed at Mossad headquarters.
Iran’s president says West letting Israel commit ‘massacres’ using US, European arms-Visiting Iraq, Masoud Pezeshkian signs 14 MoUs to boost ties between neighbors; in hint at Israel, Iraqi PM says his country’s airspace won’t be used for attacks on Iran-By AP and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 6:22 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian slammed the West on Wednesday, claiming that Israel is “committing massacres” in the war against Hamas in Gaza and using European and American weapons to do so.Pezeshkian, who spoke in Baghdad at the start of his first visit abroad since taking office, is hoping to cement Tehran’s ties with Baghdad as regional tensions increasingly pull both majority Shiite countries into the widening Middle East fray.Iran has been a staunch supporter of the Palestinian terror group Hamas since it led a devastating October 7 cross-border attack on southern Israel that killed over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and sparked the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.Israel’s military response to the attack is aimed at destroying Hamas, toppling its Gaza regime, and freeing 251 people that terrorists abducted on October 7 and took as hostages in Gaza. Of those, 97 are still captive, dozens of them believed no longer alive.“The Israeli entity is committing massacres against women, children, young men and the elderly. They bomb hospitals and schools,” Pezeshkian said.“All these crimes are being committed by using European and American ammunition and bombs,” he added, without elaborating.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 40,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 17,000 combatants in battle and another 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools and mosques.Ahead of Pezeshkian’s arrival, an explosion struck a site near Baghdad International Airport used by the US military on Tuesday night. There were no reported casualties and the circumstances of the explosion were unclear.The US Embassy later described it as an “attack” on the Baghdad Diplomatic Services Compound, an American diplomatic facility, and that it was “assessing the damage” and the cause of the explosion. It didn’t provide further details.Pezeshkian’s visit is significant for both countries.For Iran, its relationship with Iraq remains crucial for economic, political and religious reasons — something that has especially been true since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, who launched a bloody, years-long war against Iran in the 1980s.Baghdad, meanwhile, has been trying to balance its relationship with Tehran, which backs powerful Shiite militias in the country, as well as with the United States, which maintains a force of 2,500 troops in Iraq that remain in battle with remnants of the once-dominant extremist Islamic State group.The American troops remain both a literal and rhetoric target for Iran, particularly as Israel’s nearly year-old war on Hamas in Gaza grinds on.Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told reporters during a joint news conference with Pezeshkian that the two neighboring countries signed 14 memorandums of understanding Wednesday to boost relations. He also pledged that Iraq’s airspace will not be used for attacks on the Islamic Republic, an apparent reference to Israel.Pezeshkian, who was sworn in as Iran’s new president in July, is also to visit Shiite shrines in the Iraqi holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, a railroad project to link the southern city of Basra to Iran and Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s semiautonomous northern Kurdish region.Still, there have been tensions between Iran and Iraq, particularly after Iranian missiles hit sites in Iraq in attacks over the past six years, targeting Kurdish militias, a base housing American forces and also what Tehran alleged were Israeli sites in Iraq.Iran also fired missiles and flew drones over Iraq in its unprecedented direct attack on Israel in April. That attack followed a suspected Israeli strike on a building Iran said was part of its diplomatic compound in Damascus, Syria, that killed two Iranian generals and five officers, as well as a member of the Lebanese Shiite terror group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy.The Islamic Republic has also threatened further retaliation against Israel over the July assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which could include another missile barrage. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the killing.Iraq also needs the close ties to maintain Baghdad’s supply of imported Iranian natural gas to meet its electricity needs. A barter deal for Iraqi crude oil has seen the supply continue, though US sanctions targeting Tehran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program have put pressure on Baghdad.Meanwhile Tuesday, the United States and Britain formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, announcing new sanctions on both Moscow and Tehran.The continued presence of US troops in Iraq remains a concern for Iran. Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Iraqi militias allied with Iran have targeted US forces here, leading to American airstrikes targeting the militias. Iraqi politicians continue to debate the issue of whether to back having American troops remain in the country.
Biden, Harris assail IDF over killing of American in West Bank, demand accountability-US president appears to reject family’s demand for independent probe, noting full access to findings, while VP notes answers needed, backs call for military reforms-By Agencies and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 5:23 pm
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage Wednesday over the fatal shooting of an American protester by Israeli troops in the West Bank last week, calling for full accountability and demanding Jerusalem take steps to prevent future incidents.Dual Turkish-American national Aysenur Eygi, 26, was shot dead Friday while taking part in a march against Israeli settlement activity in the northern West Bank. On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said the activist had in all probability been mistakenly hit by troops aiming at another figure and expressed regret over the killing.“There must be full accountability,” Biden said in a statement released early on Wednesday. “And Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like this never happen again.”The president said he was “outraged and deeply saddened” by Eygi’s death, calling the shooting “totally unacceptable.”A separate statement released hours later by Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, sharpened the White House’s message, saying the killing “raises legitimate questions about the conduct of IDF personnel in the West Bank,” echoing a demand from Secretary of State Antony Blinken a day earlier that the army reform its operating procedures.“The killing of Aysenur Eygi is a horrific tragedy that never should have happened,” Harris said. “No one should be killed for participating in a peaceful protest.”Biden in his statement backed the initial Israeli finding, describing the death as “the result of a tragic error resulting from an unnecessary escalation,” and appeared to push back against demands from Eygi’s family that the White House order an independent probe into the killing rather than rely on Israel.“The US government has had full access to Israel’s preliminary investigation, and expects continued access as the investigation continues, so that we can have confidence in the result,” he said in the statement.That position was largely echoed by Harris, though she omitted any mention of Israel granting the US access to the probe. She also skirted allegations of Palestinian instigation during the confrontation with troops Friday.“We will continue to press the government of Israel for answers,” she said.On Tuesday, Biden told reporters he believed the killing had been accidental. “It ricocheted off the ground, and she got hit by accident,” he said.The statements from Biden and Harris were published hours after a Palestinian driving a fuel tanker crashed his truck into a person standing at a West Bank bus stop in an apparent ramming attack, and as Israeli settlers allegedly set fire to a Palestinian olive grove, underlining months of heightened violence amid fears of a wider conflagration.Both the president and the vice president vowed in their Wednesday comments to push policies holding Israelis and Palestinians accountable for stoking violence and not facilitating peace.“The violence in the West Bank has been going on for too long,” Biden said. “Violent extremist Israeli settlers are uprooting Palestinians from their homes. Palestinian terrorists are sending car bombs to kill civilians.”Eygi was an activist with the International Solidarity Movement, which describes itself as “a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation” with nonviolent tactics. She was attending one of the group’s regular demonstrations at Beita Junction, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, when clashes broke out between troops and protesters, according to the Israeli military and an Israeli activist who attended the march.“The incident occurred during a violent gathering of dozens of Palestinian suspects, who burned tires and threw stones at forces at Beita Junction,” the IDF said Tuesday, though the activist group denied protesters engaged in any violent activity.Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli participating in Friday’s protest, said dozens of Palestinians and international activists had hurled rocks at troops following a communal prayer on a hillside outside Beita, drawing tear gas and live ammunition from the soldiers. He said Eygi was shot by troops posted on a nearby roof about a half hour after the clashes had died down.Speaking in London on Tuesday, Blinken assailed the killing as “unprovoked and unjustified.” He called for “fundamental changes” to how the IDF operates in the West Bank, including its rules of engagement, accusing the military of turning a blind eye to settler violence against Palestinians while using excessive force against protesters.“It’s not acceptable,” said Blinken. “It has to change. And we will be making that clear to the seniormost members of the Israeli government.”There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials other than the army. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley on Wednesday, visiting hours after the IDF said it had carried out an airstrike on a terror cell in the area.Three Israeli men were killed in a terrorist shooting attack at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between Jordan and the West Bank on Sunday morning.
France foiled 3 Olympic attack plots, with Israelis among the targets – official-French prosecutor says Israeli team wasn’t ‘specifically’ aimed at; five people arrested, facing terrorism-related charges-By AP 11 September 2024, 3:19 pm
PARIS — French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday.Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris” during the July 26 to August 11 Olympic competition. The prosecutor told broadcaster France Info that “the Israeli team itself was not specifically targeted.” He did not give further details.In all, five people, including a minor, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the three foiled plots against the Summer Games, which were held against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Gaza and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The suspects are facing various terrorism-related charges while they remain in pre-trial detention, the prosecutor said.France was on its highest security alert in the months ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics, which wrapped up last week. During preparations for the Games, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin repeatedly warned that security threats included those from Islamic extremist groups, violent environmental activists, far-right groups and cyberattacks from Russia or other adversaries.In May, members of the General Directorate of Internal Security arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack Olympic soccer events that were held in the southern city of Saint-Etienne.The planned attack was to target “bar-type establishments around the Geoffroy stadium,” the prosecutor said. The suspect is accused of planning “a violent action” on behalf of the Islamic State group’s jihadist ideology.Jihadists threats dominated the foiled plots and 80 percent of legal proceedings against suspects include the extremist ideology that still influences France’s youth, the prosecutor said. The Islamic State group continues to “spread propaganda,” he added.Preventive measures included increased house searches and house arrests before the start of the Olympics, the prosecutor said, adding that police and other security personnel conducted 936 house searches so far in 2024, compared to 153 last year.
Islamists make gains in Jordan vote overshadowed by Gaza war-Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islamic Action Front rides popular anger against Israel to snag up to 20% of seats, turnout low in initial figures but up slightly from last election-By Agencies and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 3:00 pm
Jordan’s Islamist opposition made significant gains in parliamentary elections, boosted by anger over Israel’s war in Gaza, initial official results showed on Wednesday.The Islamist Action Front also benefited from a new electoral law that encourages a bigger role for political parties in the 138-seat parliament, though tribal and pro-government factions will continue to dominate the assembly.The Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, won up to a fifth of the seats under the revamped electoral law, which for the first time allocated 41 seats for parties, according to preliminary figures seen by Reuters and confirmed by independent and official sources.“The Jordanian people have given us their trust by voting for us. This new phase will increase the burden of responsibility for the party towards the nation and our citizens,” Wael al Saqqa, head of the party, told Reuters.Tuesday’s vote represents a modest step in a democratization process launched by King Abdullah II as he seeks to insulate Jordan from the conflicts at its borders, and respond to demands for robust political reforms.Under Jordan’s constitution, most powers still rest with the king, who appoints governments and can dissolve parliament. The assembly can force a cabinet to resign by a vote of no confidence.The voting system still favors sparsely populated tribal and provincial regions over the densely populated cities mostly inhabited by Jordanians of Palestinian descent, which are Islamic strongholds and highly politicized.Turnout among Jordan’s 5.1 million eligible voters in Tuesday’s poll was low at 32.25 percent, initial official figures showed, up slightly from 29% in the last election in 2020.Candidates had expressed worries ahead of the election that the war in Gaza could dampen turnout, hurting chances for more significant gains by Islamists who had sought to capitalize on public anger against Israel.“The Gaza war and the Palestinian cause occupy a major place in Jordanian elections, as all eyes and minds are on Gaza and Palestine and the massacres taking place there against the Palestinian people,” IAF candidate Saleh Armouti said ahead of the vote.Jordanian officials say the fact that elections are being held at all while the war in Gaza and other regional conflicts are raging demonstrates their country’s relative stability.The Muslim Brotherhood has been allowed to operate in Jordan since 1946. But it fell under suspicion after the Arab Spring, which saw Islamists pitted against established powers in many Arab countries.They have led some of the largest protests in the region in support of the Hamas terror group, their ideological allies, in what their opponents say led to bolstered popularity.Jordan’s top court in 2020 dissolved the country’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, citing the group’s failure to “rectify its legal status.”Slain soldier named as Staff Sgt. Geri Gideon Hanghal.
IDF soldier killed as Palestinian tanker rams West Bank bus stop-Footage shows truck careening full speed into guard post near recently legalized Givat Assaf settlement; 7 Palestinians said killed in separate airstrikes on Tubas and Tulkarem-By Emanuel Fabian-and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 1:42 pmUpdated at 12:24 am
An Israeli soldier was run over and killed Wednesday at a West Bank bus stop in an apparent attack by the driver of a fuel tanker, reinforcing worries that violence in the territory could continue to heat up.The incident, outside an Israeli settlement near Ramallah, came as security officials have reportedly sought to beef up anti-terror activity in the West Bank, and hours after Palestinians reported that five people had been killed in an Israel Defense Forces drone strike in a town in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley.Footage from the scene of the attack showed a truck with Palestinian license plates veer off a busy highway and barrel full speed into an IDF guard post adjacent to a bus stop before coming to a halt.The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it treated an Israeli man in his 20s who suffered critical injuries in the attack. He was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified by the military as a soldier.He was named by the IDF as Staff Sgt. Geri Gideon Hanghal, 24, of the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion, from the northern city of Nof Hagalil.The assailant was shot at the scene by soldiers and an armed civilian, the IDF said, describing the incident as terrorism. Forces deployed to the scene were setting up roadblocks, the army added.The apparent assault occurred on Route 60 outside Givat Assaf, a former wildcat outpost that the government retroactively legalized in late June, though the settlement’s homes remain unauthorized amid claims that they were placed on private Palestinian land.The suspect was named by Israeli security sources as 58-year-old Hayil Dhaifallah, from the central West Bank town of Rafat. His condition was not immediately clear, the Palestinian Authority’s official mouthpiece Wafa reported.The IDF later operated at the assailant’s home to measure it for potential demolition.The apparent attack was the latest to raise fears of a drastic resurgence in violence in the West Bank, after a series of attempted suicide bombings claimed by Hamas in recent weeks as well as a shooting attack on the Jordanian border Sunday that killed three Israelis.According to Israeli authorities, 33 people including Israeli security personnel have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank since October 7, when the war against Hamas in Gaza started with the terror group’s massacre in southern Israel. Another six members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank over that period.Much of the violence over the past month has taken part in areas of the West Bank outside the northern third of the territory where the IDF has concentrated anti-terror efforts in recent years, including a major 10-day operation in refugee camps connected to Jenin, Tulkarem and the Jordan Valley town of Tubas that ended Saturday.The Palestinian health ministry in the West Bank said Wednesday that five Palestinians were killed in an airstrike in Tubas overnight. Another two people were injured by Israeli fire, one critically, as troops raided Tubas and the neighboring town of Tammun, Wafa reported.An IDF spokesperson confirmed carrying out an airstrike, saying it targeted members of a terror cell.The military later confirmed a separate drone strike in Tulkarem, but did not immediately provide further details. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported two Palestinians were killed in the strike.Palestinian authorities did not say whether those killed or injured by Israeli fire were civilians or members of armed groups.Once a rare occurrence, the IDF has carried out more than 70 airstrikes in the West Bank since October 7, using drones, attack helicopters, and fighter jets.A report earlier this week suggested that defense brass were increasingly worried that the violence in the West Bank could swell into a major conflagration, with the military already stretched by intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah on the northern border.According to Channel 12 news, the heads of various security agencies told the cabinet Sunday that Israel “must do everything to avoid another front,” warning that “what is happening in the West Bank could blow up in all of our faces.”Israeli officials have previously said that the violence is being helped along by Iran-backed groups smuggling weapons into the West Bank from Jordan and encouraging attacks.Hardline Israeli settlers in the central and northern West Bank have also appeared to step up attacks on Palestinians in recent weeks, including a fiery rampage on a village last month in which a Palestinian man was killed while trying to confront the rioters.On Wednesday, the Yesh Din organization said extremist youths burned and cut down dozens of olive trees belonging to a Palestinian farmer from the village of Burin in the northern West Bank.Video footage shared by Yesh Din, an Israeli group that campaigns against settler violence, showed masked individuals holding chainsaws and wearing religious Jewish garb leaving an olive grove as fires burn by several trees.The group was later seen walking toward a yeshiva in Yitzhar, a settlement with a long history of extremism southwest of Burin.According to the PA health ministry, more than 670 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israelis since October 7. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.Troops have arrested some 5,000 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank over the same time period, including more than 2,000 affiliated with Hamas.Jeremy Sharon contributed to this report.
Iranian president makes first trip abroad to Iraq in bid to tighten ties-Pezeshkian to meet officials in Baghdad, visit Kurdish zone where Iran has attacked separatists and alleged Israeli site, as Tehran looks to key neighbor amid tensions with West-By Agencies 11 September 2024, 11:54 am
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to Iraq on Wednesday on his first trip abroad, hoping to cement Tehran’s ties to Baghdad amid regional tensions threatening to pull the Middle East into a widening war.For Iran, its relationship with Iraq remains crucial for economic, political and religious reasons — something that has especially been true since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, who had launched a bloody, years-long war against Iran in the 1980s.Baghdad, meanwhile, has been trying to calibrate its relationship with Tehran, which backs powerful Shiite militias in the country, as well as with the United States, which maintains a force of 2,500 troops in Iraq that remain in battle with remnants of the once-dominant extremist Islamic State group.The American troops remain both a literal and rhetorical target for Iran and its proxies, who have staged attacks on both US troops and Israeli cities over the last 11 months in solidarity with Hamas amid Israel’s military campaign to topple the terror group and free hostages in the Gaza Strip.Just before Pezeshkian’s arrival, an explosion struck a site near Baghdad International Airport used by the US military Tuesday night. The circumstances of the explosion were not clear and there was no immediate information on damages or casualties.Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who was sworn in as Iran’s new president in July, will meet senior Iraqi officials in Baghdad, he said ahead of the trip, according to Iran state media.He is also scheduled to visit Shiite shrines in the cities of Karbala and Najaf, a railroad project linking the southern port city of Basra to Iran, and Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region.“We are planning to sign several agreements,” Iran’s state media quoted Pezeshkian as saying.Ahead of the trip, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told an Iraqi television channel that Pezeshkian hoped to tighten security relations with Baghdad, as well as economic ties.“We want to see Iraq develop, grow, be prosperous and strong on our borders, and any economic project that achieves this goal enjoys our support,” Araghchi told Al-Furat Television, owned by Iraqi Shiite cleric and politician Ammar al-Hakim.Still, there have been tensions between the former arch-foes, particularly over Iranian missile attacks on sites in Iraq over the past six years.The assaults have targeted Kurdish militias, a base housing American forces and also what Tehran alleged was an Israeli site in Iraq. US airstrikes in Iraq and on the border with Syria have targeted the militias in response to attacks on American forces.Iran also fired missiles and flew drones over Iraq in its unprecedented direct attack on Israel in April.That attack followed a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus, Syria, that killed two Iranian generals and five officers, as well as a member of the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, an Iranian ally.The Islamic Republic has also threatened further retaliation against Israel over the July assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which could include another missile barrage. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the killing.Baghdad has also tried to tackle Iranian concerns over regional separatist groups, moving to relocate some members in a 2023 security pact with Tehran.For Iraq, close ties with the Shiite powerhouse next door are essential to maintain Iranian imports of natural gas necessary to meet its electricity needs.A barter deal for Iraqi crude oil has seen the supply continue, though US sanctions targeting Tehran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program have put pressure on Baghdad to cut economic ties.On Tuesday, the United States and Britain formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use against Ukraine, announcing new sanctions on both Moscow and Tehran.
illed reservists named as Daniel Alloush, Tom Ish-Shalom-2 soldiers killed, several injured in helicopter crash in south Gaza-Black Hawk flew to Rafah to evacuate seriously wounded combat engineer; due to unknown reason, it failed to touch down correctly in IDF encampment-By Emanuel Fabian-11 September 2024, 11:55 amUpdated at 1:44 pm
Two soldiers were killed and several were injured when an Israeli Air Force helicopter crashed in the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, in what the military described as an accident.They were named by the Israel Defense Forces as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Daniel Alloush, 37, from Tel Aviv, and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Tom Ish-Shalom, 38, from Nes Harim.Both served in the IAF’s elite search and rescue Unit 669.According to an initial IAF probe, a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 123rd Squadron flew to Rafah with a Unit 669 medical team on Tuesday night to evacuate a combat engineer seriously wounded in fighting in the area.During the final landing stage inside an Israeli army encampment in Rafah at around 12:30 a.m., the helicopter impacted the ground instead of touching down correctly.According to the probe, the helicopter was not hit by enemy fire, and the crash occurred moments before it was supposed to land, meaning it did not fall from a significant height.The helicopter was still heavily damaged in the crash, and all those aboard it were injured.In all, two soldiers were killed and another eight were taken to hospitals — including the combat engineer who was injured separately during fighting in Rafah.Among the seriously wounded in the crash were two pilots and a mechanic with the IAF’s 123rd Squadron; and a reservist doctor and another soldier with Unit 669.Additionally, a reservist Unit 669 doctor and another mechanic with the 123rd Squadron were moderately wounded in the crash, the IDF said.The seriously wounded combat engineer, who was supposed to be evacuated by the crashed Black Hawk, served with the 710th Combat Engineering Battalion.It was still unclear what led to the crash, although the IAF described it as an accident.IAF Chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar ordered a probe to determine why the helicopter impacted the ground in the encampment instead of landing correctly.Black Hawk helicopters, known in the IAF as the Yanshuf — Owl in Hebrew — are used for both routine transportation missions and to drop off and pick up troops during military operations. Amid the war in Gaza, the choppers have been used for medical evacuations from inside the Strip, taking close to 2,000 wounded soldiers to hospitals in Israel.
‘State of Palestine’ takes seat in UN General Assembly despite lack of full membership-Israeli envoy decries May decision granting Palestinian delegation new rights, including to submit proposals and amendments, as ‘a reward for terrorism’By AFP and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 6:35 am
UNITED NATIONS — Palestinians took a seat among member states at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, a new right accorded to the Palestinian Authority’s delegation despite it not being a full member of the body.In May, an overwhelming majority of the General Assembly asserted that Palestinians deserved full membership, a move that has been blocked by the United States, which along with Israel says recognition of Palestinian statehood must come through a peace agreement.The General Assembly granted the delegation certain new rights in a resolution, which still excludes it from being able to vote or be a member of the Security Council.Starting with the 79th General Assembly session, which began Tuesday, the Palestinians can submit proposals and amendments, and sit among member states.The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, took his place on Tuesday afternoon at a table marked “State of Palestine” between Sri Lanka and Sudan.“This is not merely a procedural matter. This is a historic moment for us,” said Egyptian Ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud.Just as during the resolution’s adoption, Israel denounced the move.“Any decision and or action that improves the status of the Palestinians, either in the UN General Assembly or bilaterally, is currently a reward… for terrorism in general and the Hamas terrorists in particular,” said Jonathan Miller, deputy Israel ambassador to the United Nations.In April, amid the war in Gaza started by Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught in southern Israel, the Palestinians — who have had “non-member observer state” status since 2012 — relaunched a full membership bid.Full membership would not only need a vote by the General Assembly but would also require a Security Council recommendation.The United States, Israel’s staunch ally, vetoed a Security Council recommendation on the matter on April 18.
US grants Egypt entire $1.3 billion in military aid, waiving human rights requirements-By Reuters-SEP 11,24
The Biden administration notifies the US Congress that it will provide Egypt with $1.3 billion in military aid, a State Department spokesperson says, the first time since 2020 Egypt will receive the total amount of US funding despite human rights conditions.The announcement comes as Washington has relied heavily on Cairo — a longstanding US ally — to mediate so far unsuccessful talks between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza.Of the $1.3 billion in US foreign military financing allocated to Egypt, $320 million is subject to conditions that have meant at least some of that sum has been withheld in recent years.Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells Congres that he waived a certification requirement on $225 million related to Egypt’s human rights record this year citing “the US national security interest,” the spokesperson says by email.“This decision is important to advancing regional peace and Egypt’s specific and ongoing contributions to US national security priorities, particularly to finalize a ceasefire agreement for Gaza, bring the hostages home, surge humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in need, and help bring an enduring end to the Israel-Hamas conflict,” the spokesperson says.Blinken issued a similar same waiver on the human rights conditions last year but withheld a portion of the military aid over Egypt’s failure to make “clear and consistent progress” on the release of political prisoners.This year, Blinken determined that Egypt had made sufficient efforts on political prisoners to release $95 million tied to progress on the issue, the spokesperson said.
Canadian FM says she has recently suspended 30 permits for arm shipments to Israel-‘We won’t have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza,’ says Melanie Joly, adding she ordered review of all weapons contracts with Israel and other countries-By AFP 11 September 2024, 4:41 am
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada has suspended some 30 permits for arms shipments to Israel, including a rare move against a US company’s Canadian subsidiary’s deal with the US government, the foreign minister said Tuesday.All of the export permits had been approved prior to a January ban on new sales of weapons that could be used in Gaza, which is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis amid the ongoing war started by the Hamas-led October 7 terror atrocities in southern Israel.Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said she had ordered a review of all Canadian weapons suppliers’ contracts with Israel and other countries.“Following that, I suspended this summer around 30 existing permits of Canadian companies,” she said.A key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, Canada drew the ire of Israeli leaders when it initially announced it would halt new arms shipments to Israel as of January 8.Pro-Palestinian protests against Israel across Canada — at universities, political events and even the Toronto International Film Festival last week — have continued to put pressure on the government to go further.“Our policy is clear: We will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza. Period,” Joly said.“How they’re being sent and where they’re being sent is irrelevant,” she continued, alluding to ammunition that was meant to have been produced by a Canadian division of US defense contractor General Dynamics for the Israel Defense Forces.Joly added that the government is in contact about this issue with General Dynamics.The topic of arms deliveries to Israel has triggered legal proceedings in several countries around the world.Israel has historically been a top receiver of Canadian arms exports, with Can$21 million worth of military material exported to Israel in 2022, according to government data, following Can$26 million in shipments in 2021.That placed Israel among the top 10 recipients of Canadian arms exports.Britain last week also said it would suspend some arms exports to Israel, asserting a “clear risk” that they could be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law, a move that was strongly denounced by Israeli leaders.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Man charged with plotting attack on NYC Jewish center was in Canada on student visa-Canadian minister says Pakistani national entered country in May 2023, says police ‘did their jobs’ by arresting suspect before attack allegedly planned for Oct. 7 anniversary-By AP and ToI Staff 11 September 2024, 1:44 am
NANAIMO, British Columbia — A Pakistani man arrested last week in Quebec and accused of plotting to attack a Jewish center in Brooklyn came to Canada on a student visa, Canada’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday.Miller said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was granted a student visa in May 2023 and arrived in Toronto in June of that year. Miller said he wouldn’t provide any more details since the case is before the courts.Authorities in the US allege Khan planned to use guns and knives to carry out a mass shooting in support of the Islamic State jihadist group on the one-year anniversary of the devastating October 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the ongoing conflict in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East.The Conservative opposition party in Canada have been demanding the government answer questions about how Khan was allowed into the country.“We take any security breach and any entry into Canada very seriously,” Miller said. “Let’s not be naïve. A determined individual can gain access to this country and that is for the security services inside our country to apprehend this person if they commit a crime or if they’re about to commit a crime.”Miller added that Canada’s police forces “did their jobs” by arresting the individual and that “we’ll let the court case take its course.”Earlier this year a man and his son were arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out a terror attack in Toronto.The father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, has Canadian citizenship but the son, Mostafa Eldidi, does not.The father is also accused of committing an aggravated assault in 2015 for the benefit of Islamic State somewhere outside of Canada.
IDF hits Hezbollah launchers after rocket fire; Gallant to troops: Prepare for ground op-Military says it struck a weapons factory, Hezbollah command room and other sites on Tuesday, as defense minister says ‘center of gravity is moving’ from Gaza to the north-By Emanuel Fabian-11 September 2024, 12:33 am
Hezbollah rocket launchers used to fire some 45 rockets at northern Israel on Tuesday were targeted in IDF drone strikes, while Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told troops the military was in the process of shifting its attention from Gaza to Lebanon.A barrage of 30 rockets was launched at the Mount Meron area in the afternoon, with the Israel Defense Forces reporting that some were intercepted and others struck open areas. Another 15 rockets were fired at the Western Galilee, some of which were intercepted by air defenses, the IDF added.There were no injuries in the attacks.The launchers were later hit in southern Lebanon’s at-Tiri and Mansouri, according to the military.Additionally, Israeli fighter jets struck a building used by Hezbollah in Rachaf, the IDF added.The military also confirmed that several drones were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel earlier in the evening.Hezbollah rocket launchers used to fire some 45 rockets at northern Israel earlier today were targeted in drone strikes, the IDF says.The launchers were hit in southern Lebanon's at-Tiri and Mansouri, according to the military.Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets struck a… pic.twitter.com/OiUXfauxHV— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) September 10, 2024-The IDF said some of the drones were shot down, while others impacted near Kibbutz Ami’ad in the Upper Galilee. There were no injuries.Footage showed a Hezbollah drone flying over northern Israel, as sirens sounded in Rosh Pina and several other towns.Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have targeted an Israeli military site.The IDF also said fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant in southern Lebanon’s Jouaiyya earlier in the day, along with a command room and other buildings used by the terror group in Nabatieh, Mansouri, and Kafr Kila.Separately, the IDF said a cell of Hezbollah operatives spotted in southern Lebanon’s Houla was targeted in an airstrike.Speaking to troops during a drill simulating a ground offensive in Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel is shifting its focus to the northern front as it aims to soon achieve its objectives in the Gaza Strip.“The center of gravity is moving to the north, we are nearing the completion of our missions in the south, but we have a task here that has not been carried out, and this mission is to change the security situation and return the residents to their homes,” he told reservists of the Oded Brigade in northern Israel.Some 60,000 Israelis have been displaced from their homes amid daily attacks by Hezbollah on northern Israel. Returning the displaced residents of the north to their homes is part of Israel’s war goals, alongside dismantling Hamas and returning the hostages kidnapped by the terror group on October 7.“These instructions you are waiting for, I gave in the south and saw the forces at work,” Gallant said, referring to Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza. He added that such orders “will come here as well and you should be prepared and ready to carry out this mission.”“We are finishing training the entire order of battle for a ground operation [in Lebanon], in all its aspects,” Gallant continued.“I’ve already seen in many circumstances where I stood next to troops who told me: ‘You are just talking.’ After a week I met them on the ground,” he added to the reserve soldiers.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 434 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 78 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have also been killed.Tensions have been particularly high in recent weeks, with Hezbollah vowing retaliation for Israel’s assassination of its top military commander in Beirut in July. Israel said it foiled part of the terror group’s response to the killing last month, when IDF fighter jets struck thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels in southern Lebanon, including some believed to be aimed at Mossad headquarters.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
'Here you see their blood; here they were brutally murdered' IDF video shows ‘horrific conditions’ in tunnel where 6 hostages were held, executed-Spokesman says other hostages still held in airless ‘tunnels like this’; bodies of 2 Hamas terrorists killed on same day tunnel was found sent for DNA testing, may be the murderers-By Emanuel Fabian--10 September 2024, 9:34 pm
Footage showing the inside of a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip where six Israeli hostages were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the end of last month, and their bodies were found and recovered by Israeli troops two days later, was released by the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday.The video showed IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari giving a tour of the claustrophobic underground passageway in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood. The tunnel was seen littered with bottles of urine, women’s clothes, and large bloodstains on the ground, where the hostages were murdered.Hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Almog Sarusi were executed in the tunnel by their captors on August 29, before being discovered by troops on August 31.Alongside the footage, the IDF released new details on the tunnel and the operation to find the bodies of the six murdered Israelis, including that they were being held only some 700 meters away from where another hostage had been rescued alive days earlier.The tunnel where their bodies were found is a narrow 120-meter-long passageway — not tall enough to stand in without bending over — that connected parts of a large underground network in the Tel Sultan neighborhood, which according to the IDF belonged to Hamas’s Rafah Brigade.The tunnel network was one of the largest underground complexes found by the army in Gaza to date, military sources said.Inside the tunnel, located some 20 meters underground, the IDF found food and equipment that it assessed were used by the Hamas terrorists and the Israeli hostages to survive underground for extended periods.According to IDF sources, the supplies were enough to survive in the tunnel for at least several weeks.Among the items found in the tunnel were dried food, water, a bucket used as a makeshift toilet, numerous bottles of urine, mattresses, and assault rifle magazines.The video was shown to the families recently and to members of the Israeli cabinet.“The tunnel shaft was in a children’s room, in a house,” Hagari said in the video, pointing to Disney characters painted on the walls above the 20-meter-deep shaft. “Snow White and Mickey Mouse on the wall, [above] a tunnel shaft, where the hostages were murdered downstairs,” he said.“Here you see their blood on the floor. Here you see their last moments, and here they were brutally murdered,” a visibly sweating Hagari said in a Hebrew-language version of the video, while inside the tunnel.“They were here in this tunnel in horrific conditions, where there is no air to breathe, where you cannot stand. They survived, but they were murdered by terrorists,” Hagari said in an English-language video.“There are still hostages, 101, some of them are alive in the same conditions in tunnels like this in Gaza. We need to do everything we can… to bring them back home alive,” he added.The military said it did not have any concrete or real-time intelligence on the six hostages being held there in the weeks before they were murdered, but had general indications that Israeli abductees could be in the neighborhood, and therefore had operated carefully above ground and even more so underground.After spotting Israeli forces approaching the area, the Hamas terrorists guarding the six hostages decided to execute them, the terror group has hinted. Israel also believes this is what transpired.On August 30, the IDF discovered the tunnel shaft in a children’s room in a home that had been blocked up by Hamas.A day later, on August 31, troops finally managed to enter the tunnel using heavy machinery, where inside they discovered a locked blast door — believed to have been locked by the terrorists who murdered the six hostages. Later that day, the bodies of the six were found.By early on September 1, they were extracted and brought to Israel for identification and burial.Also on August 30, the IDF said troops killed two Hamas gunmen who attempted to flee from the tunnel complex.Their bodies were taken to Israel to run DNA testing to determine if they were the terrorists who killed the six hostages. The IDF believed that at least two terrorists killed the six.Two days before the six hostages were murdered, on August 27, the IDF rescued hostage Farhan al-Qadi from a tunnel — part of the same network — located less than 700 meters away.There was no direct passage between the tunnel where al-Qadi was found and the bodies of the six hostages, as Hamas had blocked the route. Al-Qadi also did not know about the six hostages being held nearby, according to military sources.On the night between August 27 and 28, troops exchanged fire with three Hamas gunmen who had attempted to flee from the major tunnel network where al-Qadi was found. All three Hamas operatives and one Israeli soldier, Staff Sgt. Amit Friedman, were killed in the exchange.The IDF had been operating in Tel Sultan for several weeks to locate tunnel shafts as part of the major Hamas underground network in the area, one of which would later lead soldiers to the bodies of the six hostages.Names leaked-The IDF’s Information Security Department was also investigating how the names of the six hostages were leaked on social media hours before the bodies were brought out of Gaza for identification, while the troops were still inside the tunnel.Hagari said the leak not only affected the families who heard about the deaths of their loved ones on social media, but also endangered troops who had still been operating in the tunnel complex.It is believed that 97 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 now remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF.Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Eight hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 37 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.Senior officer wounded in tunnel collapse-Highlighting the dangers of operating in Hamas tunnels in Gaza, Col. (res.) Golan Vach, a senior Home Front Command search and rescue officer, was wounded in a tunnel collapse in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.The incident came amid efforts to investigate and demolish tunnels in the area, the IDF said.Vach was trapped inside the tunnel and later rescued, before being taken to a hospital in Israel. He was listed in stable condition.Hamas battalion commander killedAlso on Tuesday, the IDF announced that the commander of Hamas’s Tel Sultan Battalion in the terror group’s Rafah Brigade — where the bodies of the six hostages were found — was killed in a drone strike several weeks ago.Mahmoud Hamdan was killed alongside three company commanders in the Tel Sultan Battalion, according to the IDF.The military said that additional strikes killed several more top commanders in the battalion, along with dozens of operatives.The IDF said Hamdan took a “significant part” in planning the October 7 onslaught, and was involved in other attacks amid the ongoing war.
BLINKIN IS AS DELUTED AS BRAIN-DEAD BIDEN, HARRIS AND WALZ.THE DEMOCRAPS-LIBERAL DESTROYERS OF 3RD WORLD COUNTRY AMERICA UNDER THIS CIRCUS ACT.
Despite pessimism, Blinken says US will present new hostage deal proposal ‘very soon’ Speaking alongside UK counterpart in London, US Secretary of State says ‘not even a handful of issues’ remain as diplomats try to shift gloomy projections-By Lazar Berman-10 September 2024, 7:39 pm
Standing alongside his British counterpart David Lammy in London, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated that a new formula for a hostage deal would be presented to Israel and Hamas in the near future.“Very soon, we will put that before the parties and we will see what they say,” he said in a press conference, as pessimism has spread among Israeli and US negotiators in recent days.An Israeli official told The Times of Israel that Jerusalem neither knows whether a new proposal will be presented nor what would be in it.The comments come after reports indicated growing pessimism in the US that a deal will be possible, with a senior US official describing new Hamas demands that terrorists serving life sentences be released for civilian hostages in the first stage as a “poison pill,” in remarks reported by The Washington Post Sunday.Also Sunday, unnamed Israeli sources told Channel 12 that the chances of a phased hostage-ceasefire agreement being achieved on the basis of Israel’s May proposal are “close to zero” and there is “very broad pessimism” among the Israeli negotiators.But Blinken and Lammy sounded more optimistic at the press conference after they held a private meeting that focused on support for Ukraine.“More than 90 percent of the issues have been agreed, decided, so we’re down to a handful of issues — not even a handful of issues — that are hard but are fully resolvable,” said Blinken.Lammy concurred, noting that the 90% assessment is “completely correct,” and said it is now “in the hands of [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar to get us over the line and to take that deal that is on the table.”The US is working closely with Qatar and Egypt “to bridge any remaining gaps” between Israel and Hamas as they craft a new formula for a deal, said Blinken.He noted the “strong interest that everyone in the region has” in a ceasefire, stressing that it is “clearly in Israel’s interest.”While Lammy emphasized that “there can be no role for Hamas going forward,” Blinken did not mention the defeat of Hamas.White House officials told senior Egyptian and Qatari officials on Monday that the US was “frustrated” with new Hamas demands on the release of prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli prisons, which it is seeking in exchange for hostages it has held since October 7, according to a person familiar with the discussions.The Biden administration also asked Cairo and Doha to push Hamas to back off its recent demands, according to the source, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.After talks failed to advance in recent weeks, the US was widely expected to put forward a new proposal to bridge gaps between the sides on a hostage and ceasefire deal. But with Hamas’s hardened stance, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Monday that the US was being cautious and did not want to release a proposal it knows Hamas will reject.It appears that plan is back on course.Reports Sunday indicated that there was broad pessimism over chances for a deal both among Israeli negotiators and US mediators, who were unhappy with both Hamas’s demands and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that troops remain on the Gaza-Egypt border, as well as his recent public comments.However, two senior US officials involved in hostage negotiations told a policy conference in Washington, DC, on Monday that disagreements over the Philadelphi Corridor on the border, which Israel says will be used by Hamas to smuggle in arms from the Sinai, were not the reason there is no deal.Instead, according to the Ynet news site, they blamed the new Hamas demands.The officials at the invitation-only Middle East-America Dialogue reportedly noted that the Philadelphi Corridor is not even mentioned in the existing proposal. Rather, the point of contention is whether the route is considered to be in a densely populated area; the current proposal stipulates an Israeli withdrawal from such areas.The issue is “exaggerated,” they said, adding that the prisoner release is the main sticking point. They claimed there had been agreement on the issue, but progress was derailed when Hamas murdered six hostages in late August and the terms of the swap were changed.Contradicting reports and comments indicating that the US had lost patience with Israel as well as Hamas, the officials reportedly claimed that Israel did not need to be pressured, and said families of hostages were mistaken to denounce Netanyahu over the lack of a deal.At times, they allowed, Israel could do a bit more, but they are focused on Hamas.It is believed that 97 hostages abducted during Hamas’s October 7 onslaught remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF.The shock assault saw thousands of Hamas-led terrorists storm southern Israel to kill nearly 1,200 people and take 251 hostages.Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that.Eight hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 37 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the Israeli military as they tried to escape their captors.
WELL LAST NIGHTS LIBERAL CIRCUS ACT AGAINST TRUMP WAS REDICULAS. DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS OF ABC (ABOMINATION, BIAS, COMMUNIST, DESTROYING, ENGULFING, FUTILE, GOOFS FROM HELL).LETS CALL THEM ABCDEFGH GOOFUS-FAKE-BIAS NEWS NETWORK.FROM THE FIRST QUESTION TO THE LAST. IT WAS BIAS TRUMP HATE. AND BRAIN-DEAD HARRIS LOOKED LIKE A LUMP OF LIBERAL, DEMOCRAPTIC DUMP THAT HER PAL THE TERRORISTS ON THE AMERICAN STREETS. EATING THE FAMILY PETS. DONE. TRUMP FACTS, BRAIN DEAD DEMOCRAP PUPPET HARRIS LIES, JUST ALL LIES. THERE WAS SO MANY LIES COMING FROM HARRIS, MUIR AND DAVIS. I THOUGHT THE LIARS OF ALL LIARS TO COME ON THE SCENE. WAS HERE. THE EUROPIAN ANTICRIST AND THE FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER POPE FRANCIS. I SAID TO MYSELF ABC AND THE VATICAN AND THE EU PRESIDENTS OFFICE MUST HAVE SHOWED HARRIS HOW TO LIE THREW HER LAFFER TEETH (THAT TRUMP NAMED HER) AND BURN IN HELL FOREVER. THEN THE LAKE OF FIRE. AND HARRIS DID NOT EVEN ANSWER THE QUESTION IF SHE IS BLACK, WHITE OR SOME MUSLIM FROM HELL. WE ALL KNOW BY THE LIES, SHES A POSSESSED DEMON FROM HELL. TRUMP WON BY A MILE. HARRIS WAS BEHIND LIKE A CAMEL DUMPING WHILE WALKING.
Western powers sanction Iran over missiles to Russia.By Shaun TANDON.
London (AFP) Sept 11, 2024-Western powers on Tuesday announced fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with short-range missiles for imminent use against Ukraine, calling it a dangerous escalation of the conflict that threatened European security.Britain, France and Germany said they would cut aviation agreements with the Islamic republic and sanction its national carrier Iran Air, claiming Tehran had repeatedly defied warnings about the weapons transfers."This act is an escalation by both Iran and Russia, and is a direct threat to European security," the so-called E3 powers said in a joint statement.President Joe Biden meanwhile said the United States was considering lifting restrictions on Ukraine using long-range, US-made missiles against Russia to help it defend itself in return."We're working that out right now," Biden told reporters at the White House.On a visit to London, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that the Iranian missiles could be used against Ukraine "within weeks".Dozens of Russian military personnel have trained in Iran using the Fath-360 missile, which has a range of 75 miles (120 kilometres), he added.The British government announced soon afterwards that it had already begun "the termination of all direct air services between the UK and Iran".Washington accused Iran Air of "operating or having operated in the transportation sector of the Russian Federation economy", sanctioning it and 10 individuals and companies involved in the supply.- 'False and misleading' -The move was dismissed In Iran, where foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said the Western claims were false and a distraction from US backing for Israel in its war against Hamas militants."Spreading false and misleading news about the transfer of Iranian weapons to some countries is just an ugly propaganda and lie with the aim of concealing the dimensions of the massive illegal arms support of the United States and some Western countries for the genocide in the Gaza Strip," he added.On Ukraine, the State Department said that Blinken would travel to Kyiv on Wednesday in a solidarity trip with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, as Ukrainian forces face Russian advances in the east.Moscow has stepped up its aerial attacks in recent weeks but is also trying to fight off a major Ukrainian cross-border offensive into its western Kursk region, which has reshaped the course of the two-and-a-half-year war.Lammy said the joint trip demonstrated the two countries' commitment to Ukraine, and comes before UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits the White House on Friday.Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Britain has been at the forefront of pushing for more assistance to Kyiv, including loosening restrictions on the use of Western weapons on Russian territory.Asked about reports that Britain is waiting for a US green light to let Ukraine use long-range Storm Shadow missiles against Russia, Lammy said he would not discuss "operational issues" as "the only person who could benefit" was Russian President Vladimir Putin.Last week, the UK said that it would send Ukraine 650 new specialist missile systems after President Volodymyr Zelensky complained of slow deliveries from the West.- 'Special relationship'-The US-UK "special relationship" has persevered across partisan lines since Starmer's Labour ended the Conservatives 14 years in power in July.But for Starmer, a full alignment with President Joe Biden's Democratic Party agenda could carry risks just two months before US elections in which Biden's political heir Kamala Harris is running neck and neck in polls with Republican Donald Trump.While backing Ukraine, Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, has taken a harder line than the Conservatives on Israel, which relies on the United States as its foremost backer in the Gaza war.His Labour government last week announced restrictions on some weapons to Israel, voicing concern that they could be used to violate international humanitarian law.The Labour government has also dropped its Conservative predecessor's plans to challenge the right of the International Criminal Court to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
US steps up sanctions over Iran missile deliveries to Russia.
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2024 - The United States on Tuesday unveiled fresh sanctions against more than a dozen firms and individuals in Russia and Iran in response to what it called Iran's "escalatory" decision to send ballistic missiles to Russia.The sanctions targeted 10 people and six companies for their involvement in supporting Iran's defense sector, and identified four vessels involved in "enabling Iran's delivery of weapons components and weapons systems," the US Treasury Department said in a statement."Today, the United States and our allies are taking concerted action in response to Iran's reckless decision to proliferate ballistic missiles to Russia for use in its war of aggression against Ukraine," deputy Treasury secretary Wally Adeyemo said."Iran has opted to intensify its involvement in Russia's illegal war, and the United States, along with our partners, will continue to stand with Ukraine," he added.Alongside the sanctions announced Tuesday, "the Department of State is concurrently designating three entities, including Iran Air, and identifying five vessels as blocked property involved in the proliferation of Iranian weapons systems to Russia," the Treasury Department said.Earlier Tuesday, Britain, France and Germany announced new sanctions targeting Iran's air transport, including the cancellation of bilateral air service agreements with the Islamic Republic.A spokesperson for the Iran's foreign ministry denied that Iran had made the weapons transfers to Russia, in a message posted on the social media platform X.
Germany, France, UK slap sanctions on Iran over missiles for Russia.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 10, 2024 - Germany, France and Britain on Tuesday condemned what they said was Iran's delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war and declared new sanctions targeting air transport."We will be taking immediate steps to cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran," the three European countries said in a joint statement, adding that they would also "work towards imposing sanctions on Iran Air".US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier had said, on a visit to London, that Russia had received shipments of the ballistic missiles and "will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine".London, Paris and Berlin said that, despite their warnings of "new and significant measures against Iran" in case it sent missiles, "we now have confirmation that Iran has made these transfers"."This is a further escalation of Iran's military support to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and will see Iranian missiles reaching European soil, increasing the suffering of the Ukrainian people," they said."This act is an escalation by both Iran and Russia, and is a direct threat to European security."The three countries said they "will be taking immediate steps to cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran"."In addition, we will pursue the designations of significant entities and individuals involved with Iran's ballistic missile programme and the transfer of ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia."We will also work towards imposing sanctions on Iran Air," they said, echoing a step taken by Washington.Shortly before the joint announcement, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani denied that the Islamic republic had made weapons transfers, in a message on the social media platform X.He wrote that "spreading false and misleading news about the transfer of Iranian weapons to some countries" was "ugly propaganda" and a lie.He charged that its aim was to conceal "the dimensions of the massive illegal arms support of the United States and some Western countries for the genocide in the Gaza Strip", where Israel is at war with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles.
Seoul, Sept 11 (AFP) Sep 11, 2024-North Korea fired multiple short range ballistic missiles into waters east of the Korean peninsula Thursday, Seoul's military reported, days after the nuclear-armed North marked a state anniversary.Seoul's Joint Chief of Staff said it had detected multiple "short-range ballistic missiles launched into the East Sea around 07:10 from Pyongyang today (2210 GMT on Wednesday)," referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.It said it was analysing details of the launch and "closely sharing information on the North Korean ballistic missile with the U.S. and Japanese authorities, while strengthening surveillance and vigilance in preparation for further launches".Japan's defence ministry also confirmed the launch of at least one suspected North Korean ballistic missile, with the coastguard warning vessels to take care.It is Pyongyang's first apparent weapons test since July 1, and comes days after the isolated, nuclear-armed country marked a key anniversary celebrating the founding of the ruling regime.North Korea has regularly launched missiles around September 9, its foundation day, including conducting its fifth nuclear test on the same day in 2016.The country's sixth nuclear test was conducted on September 3 in 2017.At a speech to mark the 76th anniversary of its founding this week, leader Kim Jong Un said the country was moving to steadily increase its nuclear arsenal.North Korea "will steadily strengthen its nuclear force capable of fully coping with any threatening acts imposed by its nuclear-armed rival states", Kim said.- Trash balloons -Relations between North and South Korea are at one of their lowest points in years, with the North recently announcing the deployment of 250 ballistic missile launchers to its southern border.The North has also been bombarding the South with trash-carrying balloons, including a five-day straight blitz last week.North Korea has sent more than 5,000 trash-filled balloons south since May, saying they are retaliation for propaganda balloons launched northwards by South Korean activists.In response, Seoul has suspended a tension-reducing military deal with Pyongyang and restarted some propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers along the border.North Korea has recently bolstered military ties with Moscow, and analysts have said the North could be testing and ramping up production of artillery and cruise missiles before sending them to Russia for use in Ukraine.The United States and Seoul have accused North Korea of supplying ammunition and missiles for Russia's war effort, a claim Pyongyang has called "absurd".Earlier this year, Pyongyang declared the South its "principal enemy".It has shuttered agencies dedicated to reunification and threatened war over "even 0.001 mm" of territorial infringement.The North's latest ballistic missile launch comes weeks after South Korea and the United States wrapped their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military drills.North Korea -- which attacked its neighbour in 1950, triggering the Korean War -- has always been infuriated by joint US-South Korean military exercises, decrying them as rehearsals for invasion.
