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)
40 DEAD FROM TORNADOES IN US STATES.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING (BUT WILL NOT KILL EVERY BODY WITH WATER)(BUT 50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE (4 BILLION PEOPLE) FROM NUCLEAR WAR)(THE BIBLE SAYS BY FIRE OR ATOMIC BOMBS THIS TIME)
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950-Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
JUDGEMENT-WE ALL(EVERYONE) STAND IN FRONT OF GOD TO GIVE ACCOUNT
JOHN 14:3
3 And if I (JESUS OUR JEWISH MESSIAH) go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
MATTHEW 24:33
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,(IN THERE BEGGINING STAGES-NOT FINAL STAGES) know that it is near, even at the doors.
LUKE 21:32
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:10
10 For we must all (MEANS EVERYONE EVER BORN ON EARTH FROM ADAM-EVE ON) appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.(THIS IS THE CHRISTIANS IN FRONT OF JESUS)
LUKEWARM CHURCHES
REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I(GOD) will spue (VOMIT) thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.so was not yet deemed a threat to land.The storm was located about 580 miles (930 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost tip of the Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph), the center said.The storms churned in the Atlantic as rescuers in the U.S. Southeast searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene struck last week, leaving behind a trail of death and catastrophic damage.
REV 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
JAMES 1:11
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
The Hebrew noun accurately translated “oven” refers to a “baking oven” as distinct from a kiln or smelting furnace—both of which burn much hotter. (The Hebrew nouns for “kiln” or for “smelting furnace” are more likely to appear in contexts of God's wrath or judgment.)
21 They have roused me to jealousy with a non-god, they have exasperated me with their idols. In my turn I shall rouse them to jealousy with a non-people, I shall exasperate them with a stupid nation.
22 Yes, a fire has blazed from my anger, it will burn right down to the depths of Sheol; it will devour the earth and all its produce, it will set fire to the footings of the mountains.
23 I shall hurl disasters on them, on them I shall use up all my arrows.
Ecclesiastes 1:6 ESV
6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.
Jonah 1:4 ESV
4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
Psalm 135:7 ESV
7 He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
Psalm 78:26 ESV
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
Psalm 1:4 ESV
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Acts 27:14 ESV
14 But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land.
Amos 4:13 ESV
13 For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
Storm system to exit US, leaving behind at least 39 dead and vast destruction from tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms-Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Rafael Romo, CNN-Mon, March 17, 2025 at 6:11 a.m. EDT
A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days is poised to move offshore into the Atlantic Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities across multiple states hit with violent tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms spun off by the massive system.At least 39 people died in storm-related incidents in seven states, according to officials. Missouri has the highest death toll on record with 12 fatalities, followed by Kansas with eight. Most of Alabama was severely impacted, and at least three died in the state.“Disaster,” one Alabama resident told CNN, when asked to describe the scene. “I’ve seen nothing like this since I was a kid.”The remainder of the rain and storms from the system will move offshore from the Mid-Atlantic early Monday and away from the Northeast by the end of the day. The rain and storms across the Northeast are not expected to be severe and will mainly just be a nuisance for the daily hours.Trail of destruction-The storm unleashed a deadly wave of tornadoes across the central and Southern US since Friday. There have been around 80 tornado reports, with dozens confirmed. Storm surveys will be ongoing for the next few days to get a final tornado count.The National Weather Service said two EF4 tornadoes tore through Arkansas on Friday, marking the first time in over 25 years that the state has experienced multiple EF4 tornadoes in a single day.One EF4 tornado, with winds peaking at 170 mph, struck near Larkin in northern Arkansas, while another devastated the town of Diaz with an estimated 190 mph winds, according to the NWS.Tornados of EF4 strength are labelled as “violent” and can be devastating, easily destroying homes, tossing cars and downing large trees.At least three people have died in connection with the storms in Arkansas.In Alabama, three deaths were confirmed in Plantersville, Dallas County, and Winterboro, in Talladega County, as damage assessments continued across more than half of the state’s counties, Governor Kay Ivey said.“Yesterday’s severe weather impacted most of Alabama,” Ivey said in a statement, offering condolences to the affected communities.High winds worsened the devastation, with over 710 windstorm reports filed across the central and eastern US. The storms and punishing winds knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses over the weekend, according to PowerOutage.us, a power outage tracking service.Fire threat remains-While parts of the South and East start to clean up and survey the damage from the departed storm, the Southern Plains will continue to contend with days of fire weather to start this week. Some of these areas saw numerous wildfires pop up Friday afternoon.Critical fire weather, or a level 2 of 3 from the Storm Prediction Center, spreads across parts of western Texas and Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, eastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado on Monday. Elevated fire weather, or a level 1 of 3, spreads from southeastern Arizona to central Texas and extends north to South Dakota.This fire weather is expected to spread into Tuesday, where the center warns that, “extremely critical conditions will be possible across eastern New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle, possibly extending into western and central Oklahoma for a couple of hours Tuesday afternoon. Fuels in this region have undergone extreme fire weather conditions in the last few days and will be extremely susceptible to fire spread.”Red flag warnings spread for over 20 million people from New Mexico to Missouri, where gusts to 60 mph and very dry air is possible.In Oklahoma, wildfires fueled by high winds from the storm system killed four people in separate counties in recent days, according to Keli Cain, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.Among the victims was Allen Ferguson, a youth wrestling coach in Lincoln County who died after suffering severe burns Friday. His son was also critically injured, a family GoFundMe page said.‘I’ve seen nothing like this’Cleanup efforts began Sunday in Alpine, in Alabama’s Talladega County, where volunteers from Revive Church were left stunned by the destruction in the storm’s wake.“Disaster,” said James Stewart, 39, when asked to describe the scene.“I’ve seen nothing like this since I was a kid,” he told CNN as he raked leaves and debris into piles at the cemetery of Winterboro Community Church. “I’ve seen a few tornadoes in my lifetime, a couple of hurricanes. But other than that, this is pretty bad.”Across the street, the gymnasium of a school lay in ruins, its roof and front wall torn away, leaving the interior exposed. Outside, a school bus lies on its side, hurled against the building by the storm, with yellow caution tape keeping onlookers at a distance.The area was strewn with debris: twisted metal, splintered wood and insulation. Nearby, a partially split tree leaned precariously over gravestones at the edge of a cemetery.Brandon Chittam, another volunteer, estimated that about two dozen people were helping with the cleanup.“It’s a wreck, but it’s coming together real quick,” he said. “It’s a blessing to have people with God in their life that would reunite together — and not even know one another — to help with the effort of cleaning up.“It could have been a lot worse,” said Charles Kelly, pastor of Alpine’s Winterboro Community Church, as he stood in front of his church surveying the damage.The flipped school bus lodged in the school building is just across the street.“It’s really amazing that what we’re looking at right here across the road and what we’re looking at behind us is so drastically different,” Kelly said. “… Just by God’s grace, I mean, very, very minimal damage.”Despite the destruction, Kelly voiced hope in the resilience of his community.“You’re going to see people at their best in the days ahead, because there’s a lot of things that were lost and damage to some stuff that people care a little bit about, but they’re going to see the best in the most important thing, which is people,” he said.Amid the wreckage, 16-year-old Trenton Garrett was directing traffic around the damaged school buildings. A junior at the adjacent high school and a member of the volunteer fire department, Garrett said he wanted to serve his community.“Most people at this age really don’t want to get involved, but I love getting involved in my community,” Garrett said. “These folks don’t have to listen to me, but they are listening. They’re slowing down and they’re going the right way. I just love directing traffic,” he added.Changes to NOAA and FEMA raise alarm over preparedness-Recent layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with potential cuts and drastic changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), have sparked widespread concern about the nation’s ability to respond to severe weather and natural disasters.The Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have been fixated on reforming or eliminating FEMA, arguing it’s ineffective and inefficient. While touring hurricane damage in North Carolina in January, President Donald Trump even suggested he may eliminate FEMA entirely and instead send money directly to states to manage their own disaster relief efforts.At NOAA, as many as 800 employees have been terminated, sources previously told CNN, raising fears about the agency’s capacity to deliver critical weather alerts and forecasts ahead of tornado and hurricane seasons. Most divisions of the agency, which employs scientists and specialists in weather, oceans, biodiversity, climate and other research and planetary monitoring fields, were affected.Experts and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have raised concerns about how the changes may impair storm readiness and recovery.On Sunday Trump said his administration is ready to assist in the aftermath of the last few days’ devastating tornadoes and severe storms.“We are actively monitoring the severe tornadoes and storms that have impacted many States across the South and Midwest,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Sunday. “The National Guard have been deployed to Arkansas, and my Administration is ready to assist State and Local Officials, as they help their communities to try and recover from the damage,” he added.CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo contributed to this report.For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements (NUKES) shall melt with fervent heat,(BLAST) the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.(BUT ITS NO END OF THE WORLD HOGWASH)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,(BY NUKES INCLUDING 3 BILLION PEOPLE) what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3 PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
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)
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.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
NAHUM 3:13
13 Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
Houthis claim 2 attacks on USS Truman; US strikes said to target seized Israel-linked ship-After series of American strikes said to kill 53, Yemeni rebels vow to ‘confront escalation with escalation’; Israel is on high alert for missile attacks-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 6:12 am-MAR 17,25
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes.The Houthis initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the “aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships” in the Red Sea, before hours later claiming to have fired a second round.There was no immediate comment on the record from the United States about the Houthis’ claimed attacks.According to a US official speaking on condition of anonymity, the Houthis did fire drones and at least one missile in its first claimed attack. The official said that beginning at about midnight Saturday-Sunday local time in Yemen, the Houthis fired 11 drones and at least one missile over about 12 hours. Ten of the drones were intercepted by US Air Force fighter jets and one was intercepted by a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet. The missile fell into the water far from the ship, and nothing came close to hitting either the carrier or the warships in its strike group.In a statement posted to Telegram on Monday, a Houthi spokesperson said the attacks on the carrier group were “in retaliation to the continued American aggression against our country.”Washington has vowed to keep striking Yemen until the rebels stop attacking Red Sea shipping, with US President Donald Trump warning he will use “overwhelming lethal force.”The Houthi health ministry claimed women and children were among the 53 people killed and 98 wounded in US strikes on Saturday.Houthi media reported more explosions on Sunday night, accusing the Americans of targeting a cotton ginning factory in the western region of Hodeida as well as the command cabin of the Galaxy Leader, an Israel-linked ship captured in November 2023.The Bahamas-flagged, Japanese-operated Galaxy Leader is owned by a British company, which in turn is partially owned by Israeli tycoon Abraham “Rami” Ungar.The Houthis — whose motto calls for “death to Israel” and “a curse upon the Jews” — hijacked the Galaxy Leader with a helicopter-borne raid on November 19, 2023, ostensibly over its connection to Israel. They freed its crew in January 2025.Propaganda footage of the 2023 raid has been played constantly by the Houthis, who even shot a music video aboard the ship at one point and have turned it into a tourist attraction.Overnight between Saturday and Sunday, a missile was launched from Yemen, which landed in Egypt. The IDF said it is investigating if the missile was aimed at Israel.The Israeli Air Force has been placed on heightened alert for potential Houthi missile and drone attacks on the country.Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi called on Yemenis to march on Monday in defiance of the US.In response to the latest escalation along the maritime trade route, the United Nations has urged both sides to “cease all military activity.”The Iran-backed Houthis, who control much of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, have attacked Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, claiming to be acting in solidarity with Palestinians.Before this weekend’s targeting of the US carrier group, the Houthis had not claimed attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since January 19, when a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip.The group said it relaunched its attacks over Israel’s halting of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and would “move to additional escalatory options” if “the American aggression against our country continues.”‘Hell will rain down’Washington’s weekend strikes against the Houthis were the first since Trump’s return to the White House in January.US National Security Adviser Michael Waltz told ABC News that Saturday’s strikes “targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out.”Trump meanwhile warned the Houthis that “hell will rain down upon you.”In a social media post addressed to Iran, the US president demanded the Islamic Republic stop supporting “Houthi terrorists.”The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed a “large scale operation” against the Houthis, which it said on Sunday night was continuing.Witnesses in Sanaa described experiencing a “horrific explosion” that shook houses and shattered windows. Footage on Houthi media showed children, including a dazed girl with blackened legs wrapped in bandages, and a woman being treated in hospital.The Houthis have sealed off areas around the blast sites, however, making it impossible to gauge the true scale of the destruction.One father of two, who gave his name as Ahmed, told AFP: “I’ve been living in Sanaa for 10 years, hearing shelling throughout the war. By God, I’ve never experienced anything like this before.”“My family and I were terrified,” he added.Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the deadly US strikes and said Washington had “no authority” to dictate Tehran’s foreign policy.The Houthis’ political bureau said its “forces are fully prepared to confront escalation with escalation.”A database set up by ACLED, a non-profit monitor, shows 136 Houthi attacks against warships and commercial vessels, as well as Israeli and other targets since October 19, 2023.While the Red Sea trade route normally carries about 12 percent of world shipping traffic, Houthi attacks have forced many companies into costly detours around southern Africa.The Palestinian terror group Hamas, which has praised Houthi support, branded the US strikes “a stark violation of international law and an assault on the country’s sovereignty and stability.”The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, said: “Iran will not wage war, but if anyone threatens, it will give appropriate, decisive and conclusive responses.”The United States had already launched several rounds of strikes on Houthi targets.Israel has also struck Yemen, most recently in December, after repeated Houthi missile fire toward Israeli cities.Fighting in Yemen’s own war has largely been on hold since a 2022 ceasefire, but the promised peace process has stalled in the face of the Houthi attacks on shipping.The war killed hundreds of thousands either directly or indirectly through causes such as disease, plunging Yemen into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
3 Syrian troops killed in Lebanon; Damascus accuses Hezbollah of seizing, killing them-Terror group denies involvement, and Lebanese source claims the soldiers crossed the border and were shot by local gunmen in village of Qasr; Syria said to fire missiles at town-By AFP and ToI Staff Today, 1:47 am-MAR 17,25
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s defense ministry on Sunday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group of abducting three Syrian soldiers to Lebanon and killing them there, state media reported, as Hezbollah denied any involvement in clashes.“A group from the Hezbollah militia kidnapped three members of the Syrian army on the Syrian-Lebanese border before taking them to Lebanese territory and eliminating them,” the news agency SANA quoted the defense ministry as saying.“The defense ministry will take all the necessary measures after this dangerous escalation from the Hezbollah militia,” it added, saying the incident had occurred near the Zeita Dam, west of Homs.Meanwhile, Hezbollah in a statement denied any involvement in clashes with Syrian security forces or in Syrian territory.The Iran-backed jihadist group said it “categorically denies any connection to the events taking place today on the Lebanese-Syrian border.”It added that it “reaffirms its previous announcements that Hezbollah has no relation to any events within Syrian territory.”Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported that rockets fired from Syrian territory had landed in the Lebanese village of Qasr near the border.“A number of rockets, fired from the Qusayr countryside inside Syrian territory, fell on the border town of Qasr,” it said, without providing further details.A Lebanese security source told AFP that “tensions began after three Syrian general security personnel crossed into Lebanese territory at the village of Qasr, where they were shot at by local gunmen affiliated with a family involved in smuggling.”The source said the reason they entered was unknown.After their death, “the gunmen handed over their bodies to the Lebanese army which in turn handed them over to the Syrian side.”NNA also reported that the bodies of three Syrian soldiers had been handed over to Syria via the Lebanese Red Cross.The source said “an escalation subsequently occurred by Syrian security forces, who shelled homes in Qasr.”Hezbollah was a key backer of Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad before he was toppled in a lightning offensive by Islamist-led rebels in December.Under Assad, Syria became a staging ground for the smuggling of countless Iran-linked weapons to Hezbollah, which has fought several wars with Israel and lauched tens of thousands of rockets at the Jewish state over the years, including more than a year of war sparked when the Lebanese terror group attacked unprovoked on October 8, 2023, a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas launched its murderous October 7 onslaught near Gaza. Hezbollah and Hamas are sworn to Israel’s destruction.Syria’s new authorities announced last month the launch of a security campaign in the border province of Homs, aimed at shutting down routes used for arms and goods smuggling.They accused Hezbollah of launching attacks, saying it was sponsoring cross-border smuggling gangs.
Taiwanese president calls for 'proactive measures' against increased Chinese threat-by Darryl Coote.
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 14, 2025-Taiwan must implement "proactive measures" to thwart China's use of its democracy against it, said President Lai Ching-te amid increased efforts by Beijing to undermine the sovereignty of the self-government island.During a press conference Thursday following a high-level security meeting, Lai outlined 17 major strategies to protect Taiwan against China's threats."We have no choice but to take even more proactive measures," he said."It is time we adopt proper preventive measures, enhance our democratic resilience and national security and protect our cherished free and democratic way of life."Despite Taiwan having never been a part of the People's Republic of China, which was founded in 1949, Beijing sees the island of 23 million as a breakaway province and has vowed to take it back by force if necessary.China in recent years has been ramping up its destabilizing efforts in Taiwan.Lai told reporters during the press conference that China has been exerting its influence on current and former military personnel to spy on their homeland for Beijing, encouraging Taiwanese businesses and workers to seek out the mainland and entice Taiwanese citizens to apply for permanent residence "in an attempt to muddle Taiwanese people's sense of national identity."Among the preventive measures Lai mentioned were increased oversight and monitoring of travelers and workers to China and Chinese coming to Taiwan. He said Chinese nationals applying for permanent residence must relinquish their existing household registration, passport and must not hold dual status.Because there has been an increase in military infiltration issues, Lai called for several legal amendments including punishments for military personel who express "loyalty to the enemy.""China has been taking advantage of democratic Taiwan's freedom, diversity and openness to recruit gangs, the media, commentators, political parties and even active-duty and retired members of the armed forces and police to carry out actions to divide, destroy and subvert us from within," he said."As we face increasingly severe threats, the government will not stop doing its utmost to ensure that our national sovereignty is not infringed upon."China was quick to respond by accusing Lai of seeking personal gain, without providing proof, while saying he was "acting against the tide of history.""We sternly warn Lai Ching-te and his administration: those who play with fire will only burn themselves," Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said in a statement."Those who forget their roots have never met a good end; those who betray their country will be despised by the people and judged by history; those who engage in 'Taiwan independence' separatism will be doomed to destruction; and those who act against the will of the people and defy global norms will bring about their own downfall."
Iran Guards vow to retaliate against any attack after Trump warning-by AFP Staff Writers.
Tehran (AFP) Mar 16, 2025-Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday threatened a "decisive" response to any attack, after US President Donald Trump ordered a wave of air strikes against Yemen's Huthi rebels and warned Tehran to stop backing the group.On Saturday, Trump said the United States had launched "decisive and powerful military action" to end the Huthi threat to Red Sea shipping, and warned Iran's support for the rebels "must end immediately". A Huthi health official said the strikes had killed 31 people.Iranian Guards chief Hossein Salami denounced Trump's threats in a televised speech on Sunday, adding that "Iran will not wage war, but if anyone threatens, it will give appropriate, decisive and conclusive responses".The commander called the Huthis "the representative of the Yemenis", adding the group made its "strategic and operational decisions" independently.In January 2020, during Trump's first term, the US killed the commander of the Guards' foreign operations arms, Qassem Soleimani, in a drone strike in Baghdad.Days later, Iran retaliated by firing missiles at bases in Iraq housing American and other coalition troops. No US personnel were killed but Washington said dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries.Earlier Sunday Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei "strongly condemned the brutal air strikes by the US" in a statement, denouncing them a "gross violation of the principles of the UN Charter".Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said afterwards that Washington had "no authority" to dictate the Islamic republic's foreign policy."The United States Government has no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy," the foreign minister said on X, while urging the United States to stop the "killing of Yemeni people".Araghchi said the time when Washington could dictate Tehran's foreign policy ended in 1979, when the Islamic revolution ousted the Western-backed shah.The Huthis, who have controlled much of Yemen for more than a decade, are part of the "axis of resistance" of pro-Iran groups staunchly opposed to Israel and the United States.The Yemeni rebels have attacked Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians.The US strikes on the Huthis are the first since Trump's return to the White House in January.
China urges end to 'illegal' sanctions as it hosts Iran nuclear talks.
Beijing (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 - China urged an end to "illegal" sanctions on Iran as it hosted Iranian and Russian diplomats on Friday for talks Beijing hopes will restart long-stalled negotiations on Tehran's nuclear programme.The United States withdrew from a landmark 2015 deal, which imposed curbs on Tehran's nuclear development in return for sanctions relief, during US President Donald Trump's first term.The Republican president has called for a new nuclear deal with Iran since his return to the White House in January but Tehran says no such agreement is possible so long as punishing sanctions remain in place.The effort to secure a pact was given new urgency last month when the UN nuclear watchdog said Iran had significantly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.Beijing hosted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov for talks on Friday it said it hoped would help "resume dialogue and negotiation at an early time".Meeting the diplomats, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed "the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue is an important achievement achieved through dialogue and negotiation"."Now the situation has reached a critical juncture again. We must buy time for peace, resolve disputes through political and diplomatic means, and oppose the use of force and illegal sanctions," he said.And the US should demonstrate "political sincerity and return to talks at an early date", said a statement from Beijing's foreign ministry, which outlined propositions from China on the Iranian nuclear issue."All parties should... refrain from actions that might escalate the situation," the statement added.- 'Peaceful' nuclear programme -Gharibabadi, in turn, hailed the "constructive" talks in Beijing and said Iran's nuclear programme "is peaceful in nature"."Our nuclear programme has never been diverted to non-peaceful purposes," Gharibabadi said."But unfortunately, some countries are trying to create an unnecessary crisis in this regard.""The main root cause of the current situation is the unilateral withdrawal of the United States," Gharibabadi said.The Russian and Iranian officials met China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu earlier on Friday and "exchanged views on the Iran nuclear issue and other issues of common concern", Chinese state media said.Ma reiterated after that meeting China's support for "political and diplomatic engagement and dialogue based on mutual respect"."We emphasised the necessity of ending all illegal, unilateral sanctions," Ma told reporters."The relevant parties should work to eliminate the root causes of the current situation and abandon sanctions, pressure, and threats of the use of force."Iran's ambassador to China said later on social media platform X the meeting was a "complete success".The talks resulted in important agreements on "trilateral cooperation on important international issues, including the need for the three countries to cooperate in confronting" US sanctions, he said.The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that "it is necessary to further continue diplomatic efforts" on Iran's nuclear programme, and condemned "illegal" sanctions against Tehran.- 'Maximum pressure' -Trump has reinstated his "maximum pressure" policy of sanctions against Iran, mirroring his approach during his first term.He sent a letter to Tehran this week urging nuclear talks and warning of possible military action if it refuses.Tehran said the letter, which Trump said was addressed to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was currently "being reviewed"."Ultimately, the United States should lift the sanctions," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview published by the government's official newspaper on Thursday.Washington upped its pressure campaign the same day by imposing sanctions on Iranian Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad.The US Treasury Department also blacklisted the owners or operators of vessels it said were engaged in transporting Iranian oil to China.A report by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in February said Iran had significantly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to 60 percent purity -- a short step from the 90 percent needed for a nuclear weapon.Khamenei said this week Iran "does not have nuclear weapons" and was "not seeking" them. Tehran has long maintained that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
Iran says official to meet UN nuclear chief on Monday.
Tehran, March 17 (AFP) Mar 17, 2025-Iran's deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, will meet UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi at the agency's headquarters in Vienna on Monday, the foreign ministry said.Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency was "part of our ongoing engagement with the agency".The meeting in the Austrian capital comes after Gharibabadi took part in talks with his Russian and Chinese counterparts in Beijing on Friday."As threats against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities have increased, it is natural for us to intensify consultations with the IAEA," Baqaei said.On March 7, US President Donald Trump said he had written to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urging new talks on the country's nuclear programme but warning of possible military action if it refuses.For decades, Western countries led by the United States have suspected Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.Iran rejects these claims, insisting its nuclear activities are solely for peaceful purposes, including energy production.In 2015, Iran signed an agreement with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany to limit its nuclear activities.Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the deal in 2018.In recent months, Iran has held several rounds of talks with Britain, France and Germany in a bid to revive the agreement, which had lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear activities.
China urges 'dialogue' after Yemen rebels say attacked US carrier.
Beijing, March 17 (AFP) Mar 17, 2025-China on Monday called for "dialogue" and a de-escalation of tensions in the Red Sea after Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels claimed to have twice attacked a US aircraft carrier group within 24 hours."China opposes any action that escalates the situation in the Red Sea," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular briefing.The Huthis said their attacks were retaliation for deadly US strikes.The group initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the "aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships" in the Red Sea, before hours later claiming to have fired a second round.Washington has vowed to keep striking Yemen until the rebels stop attacking Red Sea shipping, with President Donald Trump warning he will use "overwhelming lethal force".Beijing on Monday reiterated calls for diplomacy to resolve the tensions."The reasons behind the situation in the Red Sea and the Yemen issue are complex and should be properly resolved through dialogue and negotiation," Mao said.The Iran-backed Huthis, who control much of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, have attacked Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, claiming to be acting in solidarity with Palestinians.Beijing last year called for an end to "harassment" of civilian ships in the waters, through which much of China's trade with the European Union flows.
Peru declares state of emergency in capital over extortion killings.
Lima, March 17 (AFP) Mar 17, 2025-Peru announced a state of emergency late Sunday in the capital Lima over a wave of killings linked to extortion.The move came after singer Paul Flores was shot dead by hitmen who attacked a bus he was riding with bandmates as they left a concert outside Lima.The musicians had been threatened by a criminal gang who attempted to extort money from them, their representatives said."It has been ordered that in the coming hours, a state of emergency be decreed throughout the province of Lima and the Constitutional province of Callao," Gustavo Adrianzen, head of the ministerial cabinet, posted on X.While extortion is a problem across Latin America, it has taken on alarming proportions in Peru -- a phenomenon blamed partly on criminal gangs such as Venezuela's Tren de Aragua which operates in several Latin American countries.Since January, more than 400 murders have been reported, according to local media.Peru declared a state of emergency in parts of the capital last year and deployed the military in response to a spate of murders of bus drivers blamed on the racketeering pandemic.
Air Force on high alert for resumption of Houthi missile, drone attacks on Israel-Israel checking whether missile from Yemen, which landed in Egypt, was aimed at Israel, as White House says heavy US strikes killed ‘multiple’ Houthi leaders By Emanuel Fabian-and Agencies 16 March 2025, 5:54 pm
The Israeli Air Force was on heightened alert Sunday for potential missile and drone attacks by the Houthis in Yemen, as the White House said it targeted the group’s leaders in heavy strikes and vowed to continue to do so.The level of alert was already raised by the IAF last week, after the Iran-backed group threatened to resume attacks on Israel.The Houthis halted their attacks on Israel and global shipping routes when a ceasefire took effect in Gaza in January. But the rebel group announced last week that it would resume them until Israel lifted its blockade of aid to the Strip, which it enacted on March 2 after the end of phase 1 of the ceasefire-hostage release deal.The US launched a major bombing campaign in Yemen on Saturday.Then, overnight between Saturday and Sunday, a missile was launched from Yemen, which landed in Egypt. The IDF said it is investigating if the missile was aimed at Israel.The White House said Sunday that US strikes killed “multiple” Houthi leaders in Yemen, adding that Iran was “put on notice” to stop backing the rebel group and its attacks on Red Sea shipping.The airstrikes on Saturday “actually targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took them out,” National Security Adviser Michael Waltz told ABC News.“We just hit them with overwhelming force and put Iran on notice that enough is enough,” he said in a separate appearance on Fox News.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that the US would conduct “unrelenting” strikes against the Houthis until the rebel group ceases its military actions targeting US assets and global shipping.Speaking on Fox News, Hegseth said the campaign was a response to the scores of attacks the Houthis have launched on ships since November 2023 and served as a warning to Iran to stop backing the group.“This will continue until you say, ‘We’re done shooting at ships. We’re done shooting at assets,'” Hegseth said.The Iran-backed rebel group vowed to meet “escalation with escalation” after the wave of US strikes, which killed at least 31 people and wounded 101, “most of whom were children and women,” according to Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anis Al-Asbahi.Footage on Houthi media showed children and a woman among those being treated in a hospital emergency room, including a dazed girl with blackened legs wrapped in bandages.One father of two, who gave his name as Ahmed, told AFP his “house shook, the windows shattered, and my family and I were terrified.”“I’ve been living in Sanaa for 10 years, hearing shelling throughout the war. By God, I’ve never experienced anything like this before,” he said.Trump, in a post on social media, vowed to “use overwhelming lethal force” to end the Houthi attacks.“To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!” he said.Trump also issued a stern warning to the group’s main backer.“To Iran: Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY!” he said, adding it would be held “fully accountable” for any continued threats.The Houthis vowed the strikes “will not pass without response,” while Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi condemned the deaths and said Washington had “no authority” to dictate Tehran’s foreign policy.The Houthis’ political bureau said its “forces are fully prepared to confront escalation with escalation.”The rebels, who have controlled much of Yemen for more than a decade, are part of the “axis of resistance” of pro-Iran groups staunchly opposed to Israel and the United States. They have launched scores of drone and missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Houthis had “attacked US warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times since 2023.The campaign put a major strain on the vital route, which normally carries about 12 percent of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies to take a costly detour around southern Africa.The Iran-backed rebels also fired some 40 ballistic missiles toward Israel from November 2023 until just days before Israel reached the ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas. The Houthis also launched several attack drones at Israel, including one that killed a civilian and wounded several others in Tel Aviv in July 2024. Responding to the attacks, Israel has carried out several waves of strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen.Hamas, which has praised the Houthi support for its cause, lashed out at the US strikes on Sunday, branding them “a stark violation of international law and an assault on the country’s sovereignty and stability.”Earlier this month, the Trump administration reclassified the Houthis as a “foreign terrorist organization,” banning any US interaction with it.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Security forces foil plot by Arab Israeli to carry out Jerusalem Old City shooting attack-Uday Mobarsham. 24, said to have consumed Hamas, ISIS content online; suspect bought rifle, began training; Shin Bet says thwarted attack could have caused ‘dangerous escalation’By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff 16 March 2025, 2:28 pm
Israel police and Shin Bet agents foiled a plot by an Arab Israeli to carry out a shooting terror attack in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, it was announced Sunday.The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Uday Mobarsham, a resident of the village of Makr in the north, was detained in February after he purchased a homemade rifle and began training with it.During his interrogation, he said he planned to open fire on police officers or Jewish Israelis near the Old City’s Damascus Gate.The Haifa District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment against Mobarsham, charging him with security offenses. He is currently in detention.Per the indictment, the would-be attacker underwent a religious revival in 2022, in which he became engrossed with Salafist ideology and started consuming Hamas and ISIS-related content online.Mobarsham began seriously considering carrying out a terror attack after the Hamas-led onslaught on October 7, 2023, expressing his desire to do so in writing. “Ramadan is coming, brother. The war is at the door,” he apparently wrote to his friend in February 2024, a year prior to his arrest.Before police arrested him on February 11, Mobarsham passed his gun along to his brother, Adham, telling him to hide it somewhere far from their family home.Police found the gun in Adham’s possession and arrested him also. The main suspect apparently tried to recruit several others in his terror plot, whom police also detained for questioning.Prosecutors charged Mobarsham’s brother with possessing an illegal weapon, a criminal offense, on Friday.“Foiling this attack was significant, given that we assess that if his plan had been carried out during Ramadan it could have undermined the quiet and led to a dangerous escalation in the Jerusalem area during a period of high security tensions,” a Shin Bet source said.Police have kept Jerusalem’s Old City under tight watch during Ramadan, especially in light of tensions surrounding the Gaza war.The site is the holiest place in Judaism, where two biblical Temples once stood, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third-holiest shrine in Islam, making the site a perennial flashpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Ahead of Ramadan in February, the Hamas terror group called on Palestinian Muslims in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as Arab Israelis, to travel to the Temple Mount in large numbers and oppose what it said were attempts by Israel to “desecrate and control” the site using “any means.”
Islamic Republic has 'taken us, the people, hostage'Iranian ex-officers to Israeli TV: Israel should bomb Khamenei’s home, help topple regime-In report showing them with blurred faces, men identified as ex-air force colonel and disillusioned IRGC officer say ‘the power of the Israeli army must help the Iranian nation’By ToI Staff 16 March 2025, 2:01 pm
A man said to be a retired colonel in the Iranian air force urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to facilitate a coup by striking the home of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 broadcast on Saturday.“Netanyahu needs to order an attack on Khamenei’s home,” the man said.“And we, the military can take over sensitive political centers and officially announce Iran’s freedom and friendship with Israel,” he added.The man — whose face was blurred and who used the pseudonym Arash — also claimed 95 percent of Iranians were pleased with the IDF’s retaliatory strikes on military sites in the Islamic Republic, which he said has “taken us, the people, hostage.”The man said Iranians “have this kind of wish that Israel will go further” than it had in the April and October retaliatory strikes “so that the nation will be emboldened and take to the streets.”“They themselves will cut [the regime’s] roots from the country,” he added, noting the weakening of Iran’s air defenses and its regional proxies.Also speaking to Channel 12, a man said to have been a cleric in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — which is separate from the military and answers directly to Khamenei — urged Israel to attack Iran.“I don’t see Israel as criminal. We say ‘death to Israel,’ but Israel doesn’t say ‘death to Iran,'” said the man, whose face was also blurred and who used the pseudonym Javad.“We’ve been friends days since the days of Cyrus [the Great],” he said. “Cyrus saved the Jews of Babylon. Now we expect something in return — that you lend us a hand of friendship, that the power of the Israeli army come to help the Iranian nation.”Arash and Javad were both said to be speaking to Israel’s Channel 12 from inside Iran — an exceptional feat, given the country’s tight censorship and its leaders’ open commitment to destroy Israel.As part of that cause, Iran supports an “Axis of Resistance” network of regional proxies, which includes Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Gaza’s Hamas and Yemen’s Houthi rebels.Arash said he had been forced to resign from the military after he refused to help train Hamas in guerrilla tactics and urban warfare. It was unclear when the episode had taken place.He noted Israel’s recent successes against Iran’s proxies in the wars in Gaza and Lebanon that followed October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages.Hezbollah, unprovoked, began attacking Israel a day later. In September the following year, Israel stepped up operations against Hezbollah, detonating booby-trapped pagers it had covertly sold to the terror group and assassinating its long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah.“Israel has hurt the leaders of the resistance movements. In the pager attack and others, Nasrallah himself said they took a heavy blow,” said Arash. “What the IRGC thinks now is that Hamas won’t recuperate. Hezbollah won’t recuperate. Where do they place their stock? In Yemen.”Asked about Israel’s attack on Iran’s air defenses in late October — which followed Iran’s October 1 missile attack that sent millions of Israelis into bomb shelters — Arash said that the Islamic Republic’s airspace was “wide open.”“The computer system that receives orders and launches missiles at planes — those systems have been taken completely offline,” he said.Arash said Israel’s attack mainly hit “sites with S-300 anti-ballistic missile silos that Russia gave Iran, as well as drones.”“Now they have no advanced anti-plane systems,” he said. “They have the same old systems we used in the [1980-1988] Iran-Iraq War, two pipes that we sit behind and shoot out of.”A former Israeli intelligence officer interviewed by Channel 12 explained that the Iran-Iraq War had been the reason Tehran did not disband its military, which was loyal to the deposed shah, immediately after the 1979 revolution that heralded the Islamic Republic.Then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini had planned to replace the military with the IRGC, but the war’s manpower crunch required him to keep the military intact, the Israeli officer said.The officer added that the Iranian military remains underfunded and had relatively little influence over decision-making, compared with the IRGC. The latter, he said, is identified with Iran’s hardliners and had been the driving force behind Iran’s attacks on Israel last year.Arash, the retired Iranian officer, said that “all the soldiers in the military feel estranged from the IRGC, from this regime. I can even say that 60% of soldiers in the IRGC hate it.”Javad, a former IRGC mullah, said, “The military generally comprises the lower classes, so they have negative thoughts about the regime, compared with the IRGC.”Javad also reported that the IRGC was “shocked” by Israel’s assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at a Guard guesthouse in Tehran in July.“You can see the IRGC didn’t put out a statement,” he said.He also noted that the IRGC “has lost a very strong front in Syria” when Iran-backed President Bashar al-Assad was deposed in December. “That front has fallen to Israel’s hands. Now, the Syrian regime is attacking Lebanon on behalf of Israel’s interests. And that was a very fatal blow.”According to Channel 12, Javad had become recently disillusioned with the Islamic Republic after the regime harassed him over a personal matter. The falling-out was said to have cost Javad his religious privileges and hurt his social status.“I’m a Shiite, and until this incident, there have been many videos of me taking part in rallies and such,” he said. “But I’m happy my mind has opened up. I consider them enemies, those who say Israel… is corrupt, when they themselves are corrupt.”“The corruption at the top has doubled,” he said. “The corruption and prostitution in Iran have doubled.”He proceeded to illustrate his compatriots’ discontent with their government’s generous support for Palestinian terror groups even as Iranians suffer from international sanctions on their economy.“I was in Tehran on a mission,” he said. “One of the IRGC kids said, jokingly, ‘death to Palestine,’ and we all laughed.”“Even so,” Javad added, “he knew that if he really wanted to say something tomorrow… [the regime] will easily assassinate him.”The interviews were broadcast as the US struck Houthi targets in Yemen and warned Iran to stop supporting the rebels, who have threatened to resume attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel. Iran responded on Sunday that Washington has “no authority” to dictate Iran’s foreign policy.Meanwhile, Khamenei last week rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to negotiate a deal for the White House to lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for oversight of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities.Trump — who scrapped such a deal in his first term — has indicated the alternative to a deal would be airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Though Tehran has said its nuclear program is strictly peaceful, it has enriched uranium to near-weapons-grade levels unfit for civilian use.Israeli officials have repeatedly indicated that Jerusalem could take advantage of Iran’s low air defenses to strike the nuclear facilities.Speaking to Channel 12, Javad said, “I live with the hope… that in coming months I’ll see this happen. Israel against Iran — in the end it’s in the hands of the US. The Iranians understand that, too.”
The explosion Saturday came as Syrians commemorated the 14th anniversary of the protests that led to the ouster in December of Syria’s Iran-backed President Bashar Al-Assad, who crushed the uprising, sparking the civil war.
Residents and the White Helmets said the explosion occurred in a metal scrap storage space on the ground floor of the four-story building. SANA reported that a scrap dealer had handled an unexploded munition in an attempt to retrieve the metal.Ward Jammoul, 32, from Latakia, told AFP she heard a “loud blast,” adding that the building had been “completely destroyed.”She said rescue workers and crowds of other people had gathered to “look for those trapped under the rubble.”The United Nations said in February that about a hundred people have been killed from exploding ordnance during the last 13 years.Since Assad’s ouster, over 1,400 unexploded devices have been safely disposed of across Syria, and 138 minefields and contaminated areas have been identified in Idleb, Aleppo, Hama, Deir Ezzor and Latakia, according to the UN.Aid agency Humanity and Inclusion warned last month that between 100,000 and 300,000 of the roughly one million munitions used during the war never detonated.Latakia, a key port city and coastal province of Syria, recently witnessed a surge in violence after Assad loyalists ambushed a security patrol of the country’s new regime.Forces loyal to interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa quashed the insurgency, leading to widespread destruction and numerous cases of retaliatory attacks against members of the Alawite community, which includes the Assad family. The clashes and revenge killings led to the deaths of more than 1,000 people.Assad fled Syria in December as rebel forces spearheaded by Sharaa’s Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham approached Damascus. The former insurgent faction had split from al-Qaeda and was dominant in northern Syria.Israel has assailed al-Sharaa as a terrorist and said it would not accept the presence of his forces near the Israeli border.On Thursday, Israel struck Damascus, with Defense Minister Israel Katz later saying that “Islamic terrorism will not have immunity in Damascus.” He referred to al-Sharaa by his nom de guerre, al-Jolani, calling him an “extremist Islamic leader.”Following Assad’s ouster, Israel also took over the Syrian side of the demilitarized zone delineated under the two countries’ 1974 Disengagement Agreement. Sharaa has demanded Israel withdraw from the territory.
US strikes said to kill 31 across Yemen; Houthis vow response as Trump warns Iran-Trump says he will hold Tehran accountable if US threatened; strikes represent biggest American military operation in Mideast since president took office, could last several weeks By Agencies 16 March 2025, 6:10 am
US President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping.The Iran-backed group said early Sunday that at least 31 people had been killed so far, at the start of a campaign expected to last many days.Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support for the group. He said if Iran threatened the United States, “America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!”The unfolding strikes — which one US official told Reuters might continue for weeks — represent the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since Trump took office in January. It came as the United States ramps up sanctions pressure on Tehran while trying to bring it to the negotiating table over its nuclear program.“To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.At least 13 civilians were killed and nine injured in US strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. In the northern province of Saada, the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said at least 11 others, including four children, had been killed, and 14 injured.The Houthis’ political bureau described the attacks as a “war crime.”“Our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation,” it said in a statement.Images online showed plumes of black smoke over the area of the Sanaa airport complex, which includes a sprawling military facility. The Houthis also reported airstrikes early Sunday on the provinces of Hodeida, Bayda, and Marib.Residents in Sanaa said the strikes hit a building in a Houthi stronghold.“The explosions were violent and shook the neighborhood like an earthquake. They terrified our women and children,” one of the residents, who gave his name as Abdullah Yahia, told Reuters.Another strike on a power station in the town of Dahyan in Saada led to a power cut, Al-Masirah TV reported early on Sunday. Dahyan is where Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the enigmatic leader of the Houthis, often meets his visitors.The Houthi Ansarollah website condemned what it called “US-British aggression” and Washington’s “criminal brutality.”The US Central Command, which posted images of fighters taking off from an aircraft carrier and a bomb demolishing a building compound, said “precision strikes” were launched to “defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation.”There was no immediate comment from British authorities.The Houthis, an armed movement that took control of most of Yemen over the past decade, have launched scores of attacks on ships off its coast since November 2023, claiming they were doing so in support of Gaza amid Israel’s war with Hamas. The attacks have disrupted global commerce and set the US military on a costly campaign to intercept missiles and drones that have burned through stocks of US air defenses. The group has also launched direct rocket and drone attacks on Israel.The deputy head of the Houthi media office, Nasruddin Amer, reiterated that the airstrikes wouldn’t deter the rebel group from its mission, and insisted that “Sanaa will remain Gaza’s shield and support and will not abandon it no matter the challenges.”Another spokesman, Mohamed Abdulsalam, on X, called Trump’s claims that the Houthis threaten international shipping routes “false and misleading.”A Pentagon spokesperson said the Houthis have attacked US warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times since 2023.Iran’s other proxy groups, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, have been severely weakened by Israel after months of war triggered by the Hamas-led invasion and massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Meanwhile in Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who was closely aligned with Tehran, was overthrown by rebels in December.But throughout, Yemen’s Houthis have remained on the offensive, sinking two vessels, seizing another and killing at least four seafarers in an offensive that disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to reroute to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa.The US administration of then-president Joe Biden had sought to degrade the Houthis’ ability to attack vessels off its coast but limited the US actions.US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say Trump has authorized a more aggressive approach.Strikes across Yemen-The strikes on Saturday were carried out in part by fighter aircraft from the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, which is in the Red Sea, officials said.The US military’s Central Command, which oversees troops in the Middle East, described Saturday’s strikes as the start of a large-scale operation across Yemen.“Houthi attacks on American ships & aircraft (and our troops!) will not be tolerated; and Iran, their benefactor, is on notice,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X. “Freedom of Navigation will be restored.”Trump held out the prospect of far more devastating military action against Yemen.“The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective,” Trump wrote.Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US government had “no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy.”“End support for Israeli genocide and terrorism. Stop killing of Yemeni people,” he said in an X post on early Sunday.Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.On Tuesday, the Houthis said they would resume attacks on Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden, ending a period of relative calm starting in January with the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.The US attacks came just days after a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from Trump was delivered, seeking talks over Iran’s nuclear program.Khamenei on Wednesday rejected holding negotiations with the United States.Still, Tehran is increasingly concerned that mounting public anger over economic hardships could erupt into mass protests, four Iranian officials told Reuters.Last year, Israeli strikes on Iranian facilities, including missile factories and air defenses, in retaliation for Iranian missile and drone attacks, reduced Tehran’s conventional military capabilities, according to US officials.Iran has denied wanting to develop a nuclear weapon. However, it is dramatically accelerating enrichment of uranium to up to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% weapons-grade level, the UN nuclear watchdog – the International Atomic Energy Agency — has warned.Western states say there is no need to enrich uranium to such a high level under any civilian program and that no other country has done so without producing nuclear bombs. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful.In an apparent sign of US efforts to improve ties with Russia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to inform him about the US strikes in Yemen, the State Department said. Russia has relied on Iranian-provided weaponry in its war in Ukraine, including missiles and drones, US and Ukrainian officials say.
Trump administration deports hundreds of alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling-Alison Main, Michael Rios, Kevin Liptak and Jessie Yeung, CNN-Mon, March 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM EDT
Hundreds of mostly Venezuelan alleged gang members were deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador on Sunday, with the Trump administration invoking wartime powers to speed up removals despite a court ruling halting the move.In the latest dramatic showdown between the White House and the judiciary, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s ability to use the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act on Saturday evening, and verbally ordered any planes in the air carrying some of those migrants to turn back to the US.US District Judge James Boasberg said the temporary restraining order will remain in effect for 14 days “or until further order of the court.” One person familiar with the matter said the planes were already in the air at the time of the judge’s ruling.“Particularly given the plaintiffs’ information, unrebutted by the government, that flights are actively departing and planning to depart, I do not believe that I’m able to wait any longer,” said US District Judge James Boasberg during the hearing. “Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States.”But on Sunday night, President Donald Trump defended his use of the Act, telling reporters on board Air Force One: “I can tell you this, these were bad people. That was a bad group of, as I say, hombres.”Previous use of the Aliens Enemies Act has taken place during times of war, but Trump argued that “this was a time of war” and an “invasion” of migrants and criminals – repeating his past claims about the Biden administration’s handling of immigration.When asked whether his government had violated the judge’s order, Trump replied: “You’d have to speak to the lawyers about that.”White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also said Sunday that the administration did not violate the judge’s order because it was issued after the migrants in question had left the US.“The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order. The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist (Tren de Aragua) aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory,” Leavitt said in a statement, insisting there was no conflict between the administration’s actions and the written order.“A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from U.S. soil,” she added.Leavitt said earlier Sunday that at the president’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security had arrested nearly 300 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua over the weekend. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said that “hundreds of violent criminals were sent out of our country,” and thanked El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, for offering to imprison the deportees.He added that Bukele had requested that two leaders of the MS-13 gang, as well as 21 other Salvadorans being held in the US be returned to “face justice in their homeland.”Bukele announced on X Sunday morning that the alleged Tren de Aragua members have arrived in El Salvador and been transferred to the Center for Terrorism Confinement, or CECOT, “for a period of one year.” His post included video of men being led off of buses in handcuffs and having their heads shaved.Trump, on Truth Social, thanked the Salvadorian leader for accepting the deportees hours later.Cooperation between the two leaders has been a possibility for some time. CNN previously reported that Erik Prince, a Trump ally, has been in contact with Bukele since last year about accepting undocumented migrants from the US if Trump was elected.The US will pay $6 million to El Salvador to house the deportees. The money, according to Bukele, will help sustain the penitentiary system, which currently costs $200 million annually. He added that the action will help law enforcement gather intelligence and apprehend more members of MS-13.Bukele also appeared to make light of the incident early Sunday morning. Sharing a screenshot of an article about the Saturday ruling, he wrote on X, “Oopsie…too late” Rubio later shared Bukele’s post on his own page.Deportation flights weren’t in the air long before judges order-Boasberg had initially blocked the administration from deporting five individuals who challenged Trump’s use of the act. Following a hastily scheduled hearing hours later, Boasberg broadened that temporary block, granting a request from the plaintiffs’ lawyers to cover all noncitizens in US custody who would be subject to Trump’s proclamation.Senior White House officials convened late Saturday with other administration officials to discuss how to proceed once Boasberg ruled that deportations under the Alien Enemies Act could not proceed, and ultimately determined not to order the deportation planes to turn around, according to a person familiar with the matter.The planes had not been in the air very long when the judge issued his ruling, the person said.Leavitt’s assertion that there was no conflict between the administration’s actions and the judge’s “written order” appears carefully crafted to exclude the judge’s directive that planes be turned around — which he issued verbally from the bench.Verbal orders hold the same legal weight as written directives, CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig told CNN’s Jessica Dean on “CNN Newsroom” Sunday. The big question, Honig explained, was where the planes were when the order was given.“Could the judge have ordered them to turn around mid-flight while they had already left US territory? There’s at least some gray area there. There’s at least a fig leaf for the administration to use,” he added.Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top DOJ officials argued in a Sunday afternoon filing that “some gang members” were deported between Boasberg’s two orders on Saturday after his Alien Enemies Act proclamation. They added that the five plaintiffs from the first order have not been removed.Carl Tobias, a constitutional law professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said he believes it’s possible the Trump administration defied the court based on Boasberg’s statements on Saturday, though it is still unclear when exactly the planes took off.If Boasberg determines that there was, in fact, a “clear violation” of his order, Tobias explained that the judge could issue a stricter order laying out how exactly the administration should be complying with his guidance. If the administration were to defy that order, violators could be held in either civil or criminal contempt, Tobias added.While the Trump administration has threatened to defy court orders, Tobias said this case stands out due to its implications for the country’s standing on the world stage.“This move, it seems to me, is one of the few orders that that does raise all kinds of questions about national security, as do some of the others, but also about how the United States conducts its business in the world, and so I think it is somewhat more far reaching,” Tobias explained, adding that Boasberg has demonstrated that he is “sensitive” to providing due process for the alleged criminals that have been deported.GOP Sen. Mike Rounds said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he expects the executive branch is following the law, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper “we don’t know if that happened that way” when pressed on if he’s concerned that the Trump administration potentially violated the court order.“I think most Americans are going to say, ‘I don’t care how old the law is, if you can use it to get these guys out and keep my family safe, we’re going to do it,’” the South Dakota Republican added.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday that Democrats “stand strongly in support of the rule of law” in reference to the judge’s order, and warned against the potential impacts of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation strategy.“All of us within the Democratic Party, we oppose illegal immigration,” he said MSNBC. “But we also can’t go down this road that the Trump administration is taking us on and potentially deport American citizens, deport legal and lawful permanent residents and break up law abiding immigrant families who are contributing to this country.”Cecot prison in El Salvador-With capacity for 40,000 inmates, Cecot is the largest prison in the Americas and a symbol of El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on crime.It is also notorious for the ruthless way it has treated prisoners, which human rights organizations say is inhumane and violates human rights. Between 10,000 and 20,000 inmates have been locked up there. There is no privacy, comfort or any indication that the prisoners will ever be released.CNN visited the prison late last year and saw inmates locked up in crowded cells, with some holding 80 people or so. They slept in metal bunks with no mattresses, sheets or pillows. They had an open toilet, a cement basin and plastic bucket for washing, and a large jug for drinking water. The men were inside these cells for 23½ hours a day. They had a 30-minute daily break to leave the cell for the central hallway for group exercise or Bible readings.Critics have also pointed out that under the nationwide crackdown on crime in El Salvador, some constitutional rights like due process have been suspended. More than 80,000 people have been arrested throughout the country, accounting for more than 1% of the Salvadoran population. Bukele has admitted that some innocent people have been detained by mistake and that several thousand of them have already been released. He and many of his supporters argue that such collateral damage is part of the difficult process of transforming the country from being the “murder capital of the world” to one of the safest.This story has been updated with additional details.CNN’s Piper Hudspeth Blackburn contributed to this report.For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com
EZEK 39:11-16
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: (IN THE JORDAN VALLEY) and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, (NUCLEAR SPECIALISTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
MEANING OF HAMONAH
Hamonah, ham-o'-nah (Heb.)-- host; multitude; noise; tumult; commotion of mind. The prophetic name of a city that is mentioned in conjunction with Hamon-gog: "And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city.
Metaphysical meaning of Hamonah (mbd) - Truth Unity
Strong's Lexicon-Hamonah: Hamonah-Original Word: הֲמוֹנָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location-Transliteration: Hamownah
Pronunciation: hah-mo-NAH-Phonetic Spelling: (ham-o-naw')
Definition: Hamonah-Meaning: Hamonah
Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root הָמוֹן (H1995), meaning "multitude" or "abundance."Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for "Hamonah" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun. However, the concept of a multitude or abundance can be related to Greek words like πλῆθος (G4128), meaning "multitude."Usage: The term "Hamonah" is used as a proper noun referring to a specific location mentioned in the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. It is associated with the aftermath of a significant battle, symbolizing the multitude of the slain.Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of the Hebrew Bible, names often carry significant meaning and are used to convey theological and prophetic messages. "Hamonah" is mentioned in the book of Ezekiel, a prophetic text that addresses the restoration of Israel and the judgment of the nations. The name reflects the abundance of God's judgment upon the enemies of Israel, serving as a reminder of divine justice and sovereignty.
GODS PROMISED LAND FOR ISRAEL.
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.
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
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;
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.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2 before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab (JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e] shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a -Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17
First From Daniel Chapter 2
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES
Now From Daniel Chapter 7
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16
REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS
HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION
01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA
THE CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8, DAN 7:23-24
WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME
NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
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;
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.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
After deadlock in Doha hostage talks, Israeli team heads to Cairo in search of results-US envoy Witkoff warns Hamas to ‘get sensible,’ agree to deal that would free 5 living hostages; says he discussed the demilitarization of Gaza with Arab leaders in Doha By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman 16 March 2025, 8:18 pm
An Israeli negotiating team departed for Cairo on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, as Jerusalem continued its efforts to reach a deal with Hamas for an extension of the ceasefire deal and the release of additional hostages.Negotiators were meeting with senior Egyptian officials, Netanyahu’s office said, after a team returned from Doha on Friday following an unsuccessful round of talks.The talks in Doha appeared to hit a gridlock after Hamas announced on Friday that it was willing to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, along with the bodies of four others with dual Israeli-US citizenship, in what appeared to be a rejection of a bridge proposal put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff.The offer was dismissed by both Israel and the US as disingenuous, and Witkoff charged that the terror group was “claiming flexibility” in public while making “impractical” demands in private.The US envoy warned during CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that there would be consequences for Hamas if it does not accept his bridge proposal for the ceasefire and hostage release deal.The terror group’s counter-offer, he said, was a “non-starter.”“I think there’s an opportunity for them,” he said of the terror group and its chance to negotiate for an extension of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, “but the opportunity is closing fast.”He pointed to the massive strikes that the US carried out against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen over the weekend, arguing that they demonstrated “where we stand with regard to terrorism and our tolerance level for terrorist actions.”“I would encourage Hamas to get much more sensible than how they have been,” he added.Turning to the US’s efforts to extend the truce in Gaza and free more hostages after the first phase of a fragile agreement came to an end earlier this month, Witkoff said he spent seven and a half hours in meetings with negotiators in Doha on Wednesday.Those talks led to the crafting of a “bridge proposal,” he said, confirming for the first time that it would ensure the release of five living Israeli hostages, including Alexander, in exchange for “a substantial amount of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, which would be a wonderful thing for these Palestinian families.”The details of the deal offered by Witkoff appeared in line with those widely reported in recent days, but contradicted those provided on Saturday night by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, which said that the proposal envisioned the release of 11 living hostages at the start of an extended ceasefire.The ceasefire would last until the end of the Passover holiday in mid-April, Israel said, and there would be an opportunity for the release of the remaining hostages at the end of that period.The Trump envoy said Israel was informed and consulted with in advance regarding the proposal being offered to Hamas. When the terror group received the offer, Witkoff said it took them two or three days to respond, “which is their usual mode.”He said that the group’s negotiators then came back with something that was “unacceptable,” but declined to elaborate.Like Witkoff, Israel has called repeatedly on Hamas to accept the offer. An Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Sunday, however, that Netanyahu’s aides do not believe Hamas will ever accept it.“It’s not going to happen,” said the official. “Everyone is well aware of this.”Instead, the official said Israel’s insistence that Hamas accept the proposal is a negotiating tactic.“The goal is to get more than just American hostages out because that’s not acceptable in Israel,” the official said of Hamas’s counter-proposal for the release of dual US-Israeli national Alexander, and the bodies of US-Israeli citizens Itay Chen, Omer Neutra, Gadi Haggai, and Judy Weinstein.If the negotiations fail and Hamas refuses to release hostages who don’t have US citizenship, Israel will end the ceasefire, said the official, warning that “there are war plans crafted.”“There won’t be an endless amount of time — several weeks at the very most.”As for Israel’s participation in the Doha talks, the official said a team would be dispatched once Washington gives the “green light.”Witkoff, Arab leaders talk demilitarizing Hamas-In another interview on Sunday, this time with CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Witkoff looked ahead to a more permanent end to the war in Gaza.Asked about whether the US was in talks with any specific countries about taking in Palestinians from the war-torn coastal enclave, he avoided giving a direct answer, saying instead that US President Donald Trump’s administration was “exploring all alternatives and options that lead to a better life for Gazans.”Witkoff and Trump have previously pushed for Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians, though both countries have vehemently rejected the idea and have instead backed an Arab plan for the post-war management of Gaza that would allow Palestinians to remain in the Strip while it is being rebuilt.The Associated Press reported on Friday that Israel and the US had been in contact with Sudan and Somalia, as well as the unrecognized breakaway state of Somaliland, about resettling Gazans there. Officials from Sudan and Somalia said they had rejected the overtures, while Somaliland officials told AP that they were not aware of any contacts.Witkoff offered CBS a similar update on the hostage negotiations as the one he gave to CNN, and reiterated that Hamas’s response to his bridging proposal was “not encouraging.”The US envoy told the news outlet that during his Wednesday visit to Doha to participate in hostage deal talks, he also met with top officials from Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Palestinian Authority.He said the summit discussed a final peace resolution for Gaza in which Hamas would be demilitarized, “which must happen.”“That’s a red line for the Israelis,” he said.The Gaza terror group has rejected this demand to date, but has privately told Arab mediators that it is prepared to give up governing control of the Strip, two senior Arab diplomats have told the Times of Israel.The future of the Gaza Strip and how it will shape up is still up in the air, as Israel and Hamas have yet to even reach an agreement on temporarily extending the ceasefire and hostage release deal that began on January 19.The deal was supposed to transition from phase one to phase two on March 2, with negotiations on the second stage slated to begin on the 16th day of the first stage. However, for almost a month, Israel refused to hold negotiations on the terms of phase two, which would require it to withdraw fully from Gaza and agree to permanently end the war — a red line for the government’s right-wing flank.After the first phase expired, Israel, with the White House’s subsequent backing, halted the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Under the ceasefire agreement, the flow of aid was to continue as long as talks for the second phase were ongoing.The first phase saw Hamas release 33 women, children, civilian men and those deemed “humanitarian cases,” in exchange for some 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, including over 270 serving life terms in connection with the murders of dozens of Israelis.The second phase would see Hamas release 24 hostages still believed to be alive, including Alexander. All are young men abducted on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel and killed some 1,200 people, taking 251 hostages, and sparking the war in Gaza.Another 35 hostages who were confirmed by Israel to be dead are held captive in Gaza. They include 34 kidnapped in the Hamas onslaught and a soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza war. The slain captives would be returned in the deal’s potential third phase.Times of Israel Staff contributed to this report.
EU urges member states to give Ukraine up to 40bn euros of arms this year-by AFP Staff Writers.
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 14, 2025-The EU is pressing its member states to commit to giving Ukraine up to 40 billion euros of weapons this year, according to a proposal seen Friday, as questions swirl over US support.President Donald Trump rocked Kyiv and its European backers by briefly suspending Washington's military aid for Ukraine after a bust-up with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.The proposal from EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas seeks to get countries in the bloc to "accelerate and focus" on meeting Kyiv's most pressing needs as its forces struggle against Russia."Participating states are encouraged to deliver military support to Ukraine in 2025 with a provisional value of at least EUR 20 billion, and potentially reaching EUR 40 billion pending Ukrainian needs," the document seen by AFP said.The proposal says that countries should contribute according to their "economic weight" and part of the plan would involve giving Ukraine two million artillery shells in 2025, worth five billion euros.Just under two billion euros of the total would also come from EU funds tapping profits from Russian frozen assets and previously pledged to Ukraine, the document said.Diplomats said that the plan faces opposition from large economies such as France, Italy and Spain, which have been accused of pushing below their weight on aid for Ukraine.They said the plan could get round a blockage by Hungary -- Russia's closest friend in the EU -- by opening the plan to only countries willing to join, but discussions were ongoing.Officials said the plan could be opened to countries outside the bloc such as Britain and Norway.EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday are expected to discuss the proposal ahead of a summit by leaders later in the week.EU leaders gave their initial green light for further work on the plan at a meeting earlier this month.Europe is looking to ramp up its support for Ukraine, with fears that Trump could force Kyiv to accept an unfavourable peace deal to end Russia's invasion.Washington resumed its aid to Ukraine this week after Kyiv agreed to a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, but Moscow has refused to sign up for the initiative so far.Fatigued Ukrainian forces are currently being pushed back along the front line, with Russia close to retaking the Kursk region that Kyiv captured last year.
Calls for defence spending spree raise hackles in Spain-By Alfons LUNA.
Madrid (AFP) Mar 13, 2025-Spain's leftist government, proportionally NATO's smallest spender on defence, faces political and popular resistance as it aims to meet European calls to ramp up its military budget.Russia's invasion of Ukraine and growing fears that President Donald Trump will withdraw US security guarantees that have protected Europe for decades have forced the continent to confront tough choices on defence.Spain dedicated 1.28 percent of its annual economic output to defence last year, according to NATO figures, well short of the alliance's longstanding two-percent benchmark and less than all other members.And in the new geopolitical scenario, with the European Commission looking to turbocharge defence spending to achieve greater security independence, the two-percent target agreed by NATO members in 2014 may prove insufficient.Trump has repeatedly demanded that other NATO countries bear a greater burden for Europe's defence, and floated the idea of raising the spending target to five percent of GDP.For Felix Arteaga, senior researcher in security and defence at the Elcano Royal Institute think-tank, a consistent pattern in Spanish budgets explains why the country invests "little in defence"."When the economy does well, the defence budget increases, but less than the other budgets. And when it does badly, it is cut more than the others," he told AFP.- 'Licking US boots' -Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told a press conference on Thursday that he was prepared to bring forward a 2029 target date to hit the two-percent mark.But his minority coalition government faces an uphill battle as it relies on an array of separatist and fringe parties to pass legislation.Pro-independence Catalan and Basque formations are unwilling to bolster the Spanish army, while far-left groups traditionally hostile to NATO and US policy fear increased military spending will slash funds for social programmes.Ione Belarra, spokeswoman for the hard-left Podemos party, said Wednesday that her party would not help the Socialists continue "licking the boots of the United States".Sanchez on Thursday hosted talks with leaders and senior figures from opposition parties, except the far-right Vox, at his official Madrid residence in a bid to find a consensus.Trying to assuage the concerns of his left-wing allies, he said "not a cent" would be cut from social policies."We will not enter an arms race and I will not participate in a war-mongering discourse," he added.Alberto Nunez Feijoo, head of the conservative Popular Party, the main opposition group, described his meeting as an "informal conversation" that shed no light on how Sanchez intended to open the spending taps.- Defence spending 'viewed differently' -The 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco long shaped Spanish perceptions of the military, but public opinion towards it improved after the return of democracy, with the army participating in international peacekeeping missions and domestic emergencies.But that has not translated into full support for more military spending.In a November survey by national polling institute CIS, only 14.2 percent of participants backed raising the military budget "a lot more", with health and education emerging as the main priorities.Spain stayed out of both World Wars and remained relatively isolated during the Cold War, which "has inspired our collective culture and led to defence spending being viewed differently", Arteaga wrote in an article.Spain earned a place at recent summits on the Ukraine war in Paris and London involving a select group of European leaders.But if Spain "does not stand with the rest" on spending, the country will "lose influence in the decisions relating to defence and security", Arteaga said.
Spurred by Trump turnabout, European nations debate conscription-By Anna Smolchenko and Didier Lauras with AFP bureaus.
Paris (AFP) Mar 16, 2025-Frightened by the prospect of US security disengagement and three years of Moscow's war against Ukraine, European countries are debating reinstating compulsory military service to boost their defences in the face of Russian aggression.Russian leader Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 caught Europe off guard, and fears about the strength of NATO surged further after US President Donald Trump upended the transatlantic alliance, saying Europe must take care of its own security.Both military analysts and European governments acknowledge that the threat of Russian aggression is real, today even more so than three years ago."The Russian military today is larger and better than on February 24, 2022. The Russians have hostile intent against the Baltic states and the EU's eastern flank," said Alexandr Burilkov, a researcher at the Institute of Political Science (IPW) at Heidelberg University.According to a study Burilkov co-authored for think tank Bruegel and the Kiel Institute, Europe could need 300,000 more troops to deter Russian aggression, in addition to 1.47 million active-duty military personnel."Conscription would have to play a role in any such large numbers of new troops," he said.From Paris to Warsaw, leaders have been looking to boost defence spending in the face of US threats to withdraw its European security guarantees.But many countries, including France and Britain, have struggled with recruiting and retaining troops. Reintroducing some form of national service -- compulsory or voluntary -- might be even more difficult.According to a YouGov poll, most people in France (68 percent) and Germany (58 percent) support mandatory military service for young people. Italian and British people are divided, while a majority of Spaniards (53 percent) are against it.But studies also show that many Europeans are not prepared to defend their countries on the battlefield."In a liberal society, the imposition of military constraints has become nearly impossible to implement," said Benedicte Cheron, a French expert who studies links between society and the armed forces."As long as there is no invasion of the territory, accepting the political costs of imposing sanctions on those who do not comply with the call-up seems unthinkable."- 'Incentives' -After the Cold War, most European countries ended compulsory conscription. Just nine countries -- Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Turkey -- never suspended it.Lithuania reintroduced conscription in 2015, a year after Russia annexed Crimea. Sweden followed suit in 2017 and Latvia in 2023.But mindful of political and economic costs, most of NATO's five biggest European spenders -- France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Poland -- are not planning to make participation in armed forces mandatory.But Poland, which ended conscription in 2008, recently announced plans to offer military training to 100,000 civilians a year, starting in 2027. The scheme will be voluntary but the authorities are planning a system of "motivations and incentives", said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Germany's likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said he favours the reintroduction of a compulsory year in which young people could perform either military or community service.In Britain, the last national servicemen were demobilised in 1963 and the government does not plan to reverse course."We're not considering conscription, but, of course, we've announced a major increase in defence expenditure," said Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden.In France, where compulsory military service ended in 2001, President Emmanuel Macron has been looking for ways to encourage young people to serve.In comments to reporters published Saturday, he said France no longer had the "logistics" to re-introduce compulsory service, but he wanted to "look at ways to mobilise civilians" and would be making an announcement in the coming weeks.Reintroducing national service "would mean transforming a large part of the army into training centres", said French military historian Michel Goya.In Italy, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has ruled out reintroducing national service but spoken in favour of a reserve force.- 'East-wide divide' -Researchers say Western European politicians should learn from Nordic and Baltic countries, particularly Finland and Sweden.Finland, which shares a long border with Russia and was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939, has one of the largest reserve forces in Europe."The east-west divide is still a problem. Few people in western Europe are willing to fight," said Burilkov. Convincing Europeans to volunteer would require advocacy campaigns, he said."There is also a relationship between whether people see the war as winnable and whether they want to serve, so dramatically improving European military capabilities will make people more confident in them."Goya said Europeans had been suddenly struck by their vulnerability."It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked," he said."The American sea is receding, and many European countries are saying to themselves that yes, in the end, they are a little bit exposed."'You may have to serve' in army, Polish PM jokes to new citizen Eisenberg-Warsaw (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday jokingly suggested US actor and producer Jesse Eisenberg, freshly given Polish citizenship, may have to undergo military training in line with a new law."Dear Jesse, get ready! I'll have news for you tomorrow," Tusk posted on social media site X after Eisenberg, 41, recently told NBC's The Tonight Show he was honoured to have had the nationality of his great-grandparents bestowed on him.Eisenberg earned an Oscar nomination for best original screen play for "A Real Pain", which was filmed in part in Poland.The film, which Eisenberg wrote, directed and starred in, recounts the story of Poland's Jewish population, focusing on two American cousins who travel there to honour their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, based on Eisenberg's own great aunt.Eisenberg himself played one cousin, with Kieran Culkin securing a best supporting actor Oscar for playing the other.The actor and director had for some time expressed his desire to take Polish nationality and Polish President Andrzej Duda duly granted his wish last week during a visit to New York.At the ceremony, Eisenberg said he realised how his family felt they had lost their connection to Poland after the tragedy of World War II and the Holocaust, which claimed the lives of several family members.His great aunt Doris managed to flee in 1938 to the United States.Alongside his social media post, Tusk also liked a video of Eisenberg's appearance on The Tonight Show where the actor said he was aware of the new law.He said that the day after receiving citizenship he saw the "top news was that Poland now requires all males to participate in military training".Poland has sent several years modernising its armed forces to counter a perceived threat posed by neighbouring Russia after the latter invaded Ukraine three years ago.Tusk said on Tuesday that his government wanted to provide military training to 100,000 volunteers annually.
Macron says will announce plans to 'mobilise civilians'.
Paris (AFP) Mar 15, 2025 - French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday ruled out bringing back mandatory military service but said he wanted to mobilise society in the face of Russian aggression and would make an announcement in the coming weeks.Speaking to regional newspapers in comments recorded Friday and published Saturday, Macron said the return of compulsory military service was "not a realistic option."He said France no longer had the "logistics" to reintroduce conscription, which ended in 2001."We are going to look at ways to mobilise civilians," Macron told the regional press, adding that he wanted to consolidate the "mobilisation of society in the face of crises."European countries including France have been debating reinstating compulsory military service to boost their defences in the face of Russian aggression. Fears about the strength of NATO have surged further after US President Donald Trump said Europe must take care of its own security.According to a recent poll, 61 percent of French people are in favour of re-establishing some form of compulsory military service.During his presidential campaign in 2017, Macron had promised to introduce a month-long compulsory service, but the idea received a cool response from the army.Macron has been looking for ways to encourage young French people to serve.In January, he asked the government and the army to submit proposals by May on how to mobilise more young volunteers to "back up the armed forces" in case of need.Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, speaking to Le Figaro, proposed creating "a voluntary military service", which would enable at least 50,000 men and women to be trained each year.Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu has suggested strengthening a reserve force to 100,000 people.
A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.
ISAIAH 23:15-17
15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.
REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(THATS PEDOPHELIA-FORNICATION IS SINGLES HAVING SEX OUT SIDE OF MARRIAGE)(AND SINCE PREISTS CAN NOT MARRY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS FALSE CHURCH GOES AGAINST THE BIBLE.THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECOMES A HOMOSEXUAL HAVEN OF PEDOPHILIAS FACTORY).
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:(THE VATICAN GOES AGAINST A PRIEST MARRING A WOMAN-LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS-AND WHATS AN ABOMINATION AGAINST GOD-HOMOSEXUALITY AND PEDOPHILIA JUST LIKE THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS-FORNICATION IS THE SINGLE HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVING UNMARRIED FORNICATION OR SEX WITH SINGLES-IN THIS CASE ITS SEX WITH CHILDREN OR PEDOPHILIA)
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(GOD HIMSELF GIVES THE OK TO NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)
Pope Francis Praises God for Those Who Shine ‘Light of His Infinite Love’ in the World-Conveying his special closeness with those who are sick and fragile, the 88-year-old Pontiff said they, too, can be witnesses of God’s love for others.In his message, the Holy Father particularly thanked his medical team and all people who, through their dedicated work, shine the light of God’s infinite life in hospitals and places of care.Kristina Millare/CNA Vatican-March 16, 2025
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his gratitude for those who bring God’s love into the world through their dedicated service to those who are sick.“I would like to invite you, today, to join me in praising the Lord, who never abandons us and who, in times of sorrow, places people beside us who reflect a ray of His love,” the Holy Father shared in his prepared Sunday Angelus message.In his message, the Holy Father particularly thanked his medical team and all people who, through their dedicated work, shine the light of God’s infinite life in hospitals and places of care.“How much loving care illuminates the rooms, the corridors, the clinics, the places where the humblest services are performed!” he said in his March 16 message.While “showing further, gradual improvements,” the Holy Father still requires hospital care, stated the latest Vatican health update. He was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli HospitalConveying his special closeness with those who are sick and fragile, the 88-year-old Pontiff said they, too, can be witnesses of God’s love for others.“I am sharing these thoughts with you while I am facing a period of trial,” the Holy Father said. “Our bodies are weak but, even like this, nothing can prevent us from loving, praying, giving ourselves, being for each other, in faith, shining signs of hope.”The Pope also shared his gratitude to the many children who are praying for him and his health: “Thank you, dearest children! The Pope loves you and is always waiting to meet you.”At the conclusion of his Angelus message, the Holy Father asked Catholics to pray for peace in countries “wounded by war,” including Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.“May the Virgin Mary keep you and help you to be, like Her, bearers of Christ’s light and peace,” he said.The Pope also asked people to pray for the synodality assembly to take place in October 2028, which will mark the close of the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality.“Let us also pray for the Church, required to translate into concrete choices the discernment made in the recent Synodal Assembly,” the Pope said.He added: “I thank the General Secretariat of the Synod, which over the coming three years will accompany the local Churches in this undertaking.”
First Photo of Pope Francis Since Entering Hospital-March 16, 2025.
The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since he entered the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on February 14.“This morning, Pope Francis concelebrated Holy Mass in the chapel of the tenth-floor apartment at the Gemelli Polyclinic,” according to a statement from the Vatican Press Office.In the photo, the Holy Father can be seen seated before the altar of the chapel where he concelebrated the Eucharist, in what is the first image of the Pontiff since he was admitted to the hospital, first suffering from bronchitis and then pneumonia.The Vatican also reported that “the Pope's condition remains stable” and after concelebrating Sunday Mass, "he is continuing with the prescribed therapies”, including respiratory and physical therapy.Pope Francis did not receive any visitors Sunday, instead dedicating the day to “prayer, rest, and some work.”The Vatican Press Office further indicated that tomorrow, Monday, “there will also be no medical bulletin. The Press Office will provide some general information to journalists in the afternoon.
”What Does the Swiss Guard Do While Pope Francis Is in the Hospital? The papal security corps members, who are praying for the Pope, have not left their posts, though papal events are not currently taking place.
March 10, 2025-The mission of the Swiss Guard, the oldest military corps in the world, is to ensure the security of the Pope and protect the cardinals when the chair of Peter is vacant. But what happens when the Holy Father is outside the Vatican walls, as is the case now with Pope Francis in the hospital? Currently, the Swiss Guard is led by Col. Christoph Graf, and its members are responsible for guarding access to Vatican territory, accompanying the Pope on his apostolic journeys, and maintaining order and protocol during papal ceremonies and state receptions.March 10 marks 25 days since Pope Francis was admitted to the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital in Rome. On Feb. 14, he left St. Martha’s House where he normally resides, suffering from bronchitis that later developed into double pneumonia.During these weeks, despite the absence of the Pope, the Swiss Guards have not left their posts. Eliah Cinotti, the head of press office of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, confirmed to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, that “there are no changes in the ordinary service.”However, he pointed out that because Pope Francis “is not physically present” in the Vatican, “we have a decrease in extraordinary services, such as general audiences, receptions for presidents or ambassadors, or Masses.”“Despite this, we support some events in the Vatican when necessary, such as [on Sunday] when we were present at the Mass for the Jubilee of Volunteers, even though the Holy Father was unable to participate,” he explained.During his latest meeting with the Swiss Guard at the Vatican, Pope Francis highlighted the value of its members marrying, having a family and children, emphasizing the importance of family life in their service.“I like the fact that the guards get married; I like that they have children, that they have a family. This is very important, very important. This aspect has become very important, since the number of guards married with children has increased, and the well-being of families is of fundamental importance for the Church and society,” he said on Jan. 18 at the Vatican Apostolic Palace.Cinotti emphasized that the Swiss Guard “prays and trusts that our Holy Father will recover soon so he can return to the Vatican as soon as possible.”This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
Airlines flock back to Israel with resumed services in coming month-1st United Airlines flight arrives from New York; British Airways, Ryanair, Delta, Iberia, Air Baltic carriers set to restore operations, with others to follow later in the year-By ToI Staff Today, 12:23 pm-MAR 17,25
A number of major international carriers are set to resume services to Israel in the coming month — among them British Airways, Delta, and Ryanair — after a first United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Saturday, with a return flight leaving later that day.Since the war broke out with Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the Palestinian terror group’s October 7, 2023, campaign of slaughter and mass abduction in southern Israel, foreign airlines have repeatedly canceled and resumed their flights to and from Israel.The ongoing situation — which included rocket and drone attacks from Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and Iraq, plus two large missile barrages from Iran — has led to Israeli airlines, chiefly El Al, operating at a near-monopoly and setting sky-high ticket prices.But recently the fighting halted amid a ceasefire with Hamas that was reached in January, several months after the fighting ended in Lebanon, leading some airlines to declare that they would resume flights.Delta Air Lines is scheduled to restart its Tel Aviv-New York route on April 1. American Airlines has not yet announced a return of its Israel service.Irish budget carrier Ryanair will renew flights on March 30, and Air Baltic will begin three weekly flights to Riga from April 2.British Airways will fly daily from April 5.Iberia and Italian carrier Neos are also to resume flights in the coming months.Dutch carrier KLM will have flights serving Israel from June, as will European budget carrier EasyJet, with flights to and from a number of locations.Air Canada will operate four flights a week starting June 8.The boost in services comes as Israel braces for what is expected to be its busiest travel month in recent years this April, which includes the weeklong Passover holiday.Next month there are expected to be 1.8 million travelers passing through Ben Gurion, the main international gateway, a jump of 65 percent compared to April last year, according to Israel Airports Authority figures published Sunday.The heaviest day will be April 10, when some 80,000 flyers are set to pass through the airport.In total, some 50 airlines will operate flights to and from Israel next month.March is already predicted to end with 1.4 million passengers moving through the airport, up 60% over last year.Terminal 1, which in recent years was overshadowed by the larger, modern Terminal 3, has undergone a major upgrade and will take on more international flights.Transportation Minister Miri Regev said in a statement that “the Israel aviation system is getting back on track with the opening of the skies for wide traveler traffic.”“The opening of Terminal 1, the return of dozens of carriers and the records expected on Passover are part of our efforts to ensure easy, safe, and accessible flights for the public,” Regev said in a statement.Terminal 1 will see some 1,400 flights during April, about a fifth of the total traffic via Ben Gurion, according to the IAA.
