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Friday, April 11, 2025
SATANIC WORSHIP AND THE MICRCHIP IMPLANT UNDER YOUR SKIN.
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)
SATANIC WORSHIP AND THE MICRCHIP IMPLANT UNDER YOUR SKIN.
REVELATION 9:20-21
20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship
devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of
wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
DEU 32:17-18
17
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to
new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
1 Corinthians 10:20-King James Version
20
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles (WORLD NATION) sacrifice,
they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship with devils.
GERMAN SOCCER FANS WORSHIP SATAN OUT IN THE OPEN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtwE5q7yp-I
AS
YOU WILL SEE IN THIS VIDEO THOUSANDS OF GERMAN SOCCER FANS HAVE A
RITUAL CEREMONY COMPLETE WITH A PENTIGRAM. WITH SATAN RISING FROM THAT
PENTIGRAN. AND WITH THESE WORDS WRITTEN IN GERMAN. HEAR US LUCIFUR OR
SATAN AND RISE FROM THE ABYSS. TAKE ARE SOULS.
I
KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP
WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2,
19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS
DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE
CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN
WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO
GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK
WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA,
KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS
A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM
5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A
POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E
(BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A
SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO
"GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING,
-TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα,
στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German
stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in
or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves
and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded
or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general
they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped
themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling,
Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.)
Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says
he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils,
hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of
Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary,
servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage
cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY - POWER CORRUPTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGpQLbZXKME&t=1326s
LIKE
THE NEW WORLD ORDER NUTCASES ALWAYS SAY-WE CAN'T LET A GOOD CRISIS GO
TO WASTE-TO STEAL PEOPLES RIGHTS AND CONTROL ALL THE WORLDS
(SHEEP)-(SUCKERS).WELL THE NEW WORLD ORDER SHOULD BE GREATFUL TO TRUMP
FOR DOING THESE WORLD TARIFFS. WITH THE STOCK MARKET GOING DOWN FOR A
WEEK OR MORE. THEN IT GOES UP 2,900 POINTS. NOW DOWN 1,000 YESTERDAY.
VERY VOLATAL. THIS IS WHAT THE NEW WORLD ORDER LOVES. THEY COULD DO A
STOCK MARKET CRASH. AND BRING IN THE CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY. THEN
LATER ON FROM THE CBDC TO A MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR HAND. FOR THE
CONVIENCE AND THEN A SINGLE EUROPEAN UNION LEADER CAN CONTROL EVERY
TRANSACTION A PERSON DOES. AND TRACK EVERY WHERE THAT PERSON GOES 24
HOURS A DAY. SATAN ALWAYS WANTED TO BE WORSHIPPED AS A GOD. BUT GOD
THREW HIM OUT OF HEAVEN WITH 1/3 OF THE ANGELS THAT ALSO REBBELED
AGAINST GOD. SO SINCE SATAN IS A CREATED BEING LIKE US HUMANS. HES NOT
AS POWERFUL AS GOD. GODS EVERY WHERE AT ALL TIMES. AND SATAN NEEDS
TECHNOLOGY AND A FALSE RESURRECTION TO DECIEVE THE WORLD INTO
WORSHIPPING HIM AS GOD LIKE HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED. WELL DURING THE LAST 3
1/2 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD. THE EUROPEAN UNION LEADER
WILL STOP THE ISRAELIS FROM DOING ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN THE 3RD TEMPLE.
THEN I BELIEVE A JEW WILL KILL THE EU LEADER WITH A SWORD WOUND TO THE
HEAD. FOR STOPPING THE ISRAELIS FROM DOING SACRIFICES TO GOD IN THE 3RD
TEMPLE. THE EU LEADER DIES. BUT THREE DAYS LATER WHILE MICHAEL THE ARCH
ANGEL ISRAELS WAR ANGEL IS FIGHTING SATAN AND HIS FALLIN ANGELS. IN THE
HEAVENLIES. MICHAEL WINS AND BOOTS SATAN AND THE 1/3 OF FALLIN ANGELS
OUT OF THE HEAVENLIES. AND FORCED TO LIVE ON THE EARTH ONLY. SO SATAN
AND HIS DEMONS CAN ONLY DECIEVE THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH. AT THE MID
POINT OF THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD. I BELIEVE THIS ISRAEL-SATAN WAR
WILL BE GOING ON FOR THE 3 DAYS WHILE THE EU LEADER ID DEAD. THEN ON THE
3RD DAY MICHAEL ISRAEL DEFEATS SATAN. AND SATAN GETS BOOTED TO THE
EARTH ONLY. AND SINCE A SPIRIT BEING NEEDS A HUMAN BODY TO POSSESS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. SATAN INCARNATES INTO THE EU LEADERS BODY. AND BRINGS HIM
BACK TO LIFE WITH A FALSE RESURRECTION. THE WORLD WILL WONDER AND SAY.
HE MUST BE A REINCARNATION OF JESUS. JESUS IS THE ONLY EVER PERSON ON
EARTH TO HAVE A RESURRECTION. AND COME BACK TO LIFE. THE WORLD SAYS HES
GOD. LETS LET HIM BE THE EUROPEAN UNION WORLD LEADER. AND NOW SATAN GETS
WHAT HES ALWAYS WANTED SINCE HE REBELLED AGAINST GOD IN HEAVEN BECAUSE
OF HIS PRIDE AND SIN. HE NOW SITS IN THE 3RD TEMPLE CALLING HIMSELF GOD.
BUT HE GOES EVEN FUTHUR. IN ORDER TO WORSHIP HIM AS GOD. AND NOT JESUS.
YOU MUST GET A MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND IF YOU HAVE NO
RIGHT HAND. YOU CAN TAKE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR FOREHEAD. INSIDE
THAT MICROCHIP IMPLANT WILL BE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE
EITHER THE NAME OF THE WORLD EU DICTATOR NOW IN IT. OR THE NUMBER OF
HIS NAME 6006006 IN THE CHIP IMPLANT. IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THIS CHIP
IMPLANT UNDER YOUR SKIN. WHICH MEANS YOU WORSHIP JESUS AS GOD AND NOT
HIM. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL. AND YOU WILL BE KILLED BY HIS
NEW WORLD ORDER MUSLIM POLICE (BEHEADED) OR THE AI STATUE THATS SET UP
IN THE 3RD TEMPLE. WILL BE ABLE TO CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF ALSO WITH A
GUILOTINE. AND FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION
PERIOD. SATAN WILL GET HIS WISH TO BE WORSHIPPED AS GOD. UNTIL WHEN AT
THE 7 YRS END. JESUS THROWS SATAN INTO A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL. WERE HE
CAN NOT DECIEVE THE WORLD FOR 1,000 YEARS.WHILE JESUS IS RULING FROM THE
4TH TEMPLE OF EZEK CHAPTERS 40-48 ON EARTH OVER HIS ISRAELIS. AND
BEFORE SATAN GETS THROWN IN THE PIT OF HELL. AS SOON AS JESUS RETURNS TO
EARTH WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS THAT WENT TO HEAVEN 7 YEARS EARLIER
IN THE RAPTURE. THE EU WORLD DICTATOR AND THE FALSE PROPHET POPE
FRANCIS. WILL BE THE FIRST 2 ON EARTH NOT ONLY TO BE CAST INTO THE
OUTTER DARKNESS BLACK HOLE LAKE OF FIRE. BUT THESE 2 WILL BE CAST ALIVE
IN THE LAKE OF FIRE WITHOUT EVER DYING BEFORE GOING TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
THEN 1,000 YEARS LATER SATAN IS SET FREE FROM THE HOLDING CELL IN HELL
WERE SATAN HAS BEEN. HES ALLOWED BY GOD TO TEST ALL THE CHILDREN BORN
DURING THE 1,000 YEARS. TO SEE IF THEY WILL REBEL AGAINST JESUS. WHEN
EVILS SATANIC INFLUENCE IS BACK ON EARTH.AND THIS RESULT SHOULD NOT
SURPRISE ANYBODY. THAT MILLIONS WILL REBEL AGAINST JESUS. AND ONCE AGAIN
THEY COME TO JERUSALEM TO GET RID OF JESUS. BUT GOD SENDS FIRE DOWN
FROM HEAVEN TO BURN THEM UP. AND THROWS THEM IN HELL. THEN AFTER THAT.
SATAN IS FINALLY THROWN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER. WERE THE EU WORLD
DICTATOR AND POPE FRANCIS HAVE BEEN BURNING FOR THE LAST 1,000 YEARS.
WELL THIS DEMOLISHES THE CATHOLIC CULTS PURGATORY THEORY. AND ALL THE
REINCARNATION CULT THEORIES ABOUT PRAYING YOURSELF OUT OF PURGATORY OR
THINKING YOU WILL BE REINCARNATED. AND COME BACK TO LIVE ON EARTH AGAIN.
THESE 2 LIES ARE FROM THE PITS OF HELL. THE SECOND YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES
IN DEATH. YOU GO DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN OR HELL. NO SUCH THING AS PURGATORY
OR RE-INCARNATION. THEN THE FINAL JUDGEMENT IS DONE. JUST LIKE POPE
FRANCIS AND THE EU WORLD DICTATOR WERE THROWN ALIVE (BODY AND SPIRIT) IN
TO THE LAKE OF FIRE TO BURN FOREVER. NEVER ENDING. THEN ALL THE LOST
FROM ADAM TO THE LAST SINNER THROWN IN HELL. WILL HAVE THEIR DEAD BODIES
BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. AND THEIR SPIRITS PUT BACK INSIDE THEIR NOW ALIVE
BODIES. TO STAND IN FRONT OF JESUS TO BE JUDGED FOR THEIR WORKS AND
DEEDS. ONLY TO BE THROWN ALIVE INTO THE LAKE FIRE LIKE POPE FRANCIS AND
THE EU WORLD DICTATOR A THOUSAND YEARS EARLIER. AND AFTER THE JUDGEMENT
BY JESUS. SHEOL OR HELL WILL BE EMPTY. AND CAST INTO THE OUTER DARKNESS
BLACK HOLE LAKE OF FIRE WERE ALL THE LOST WILL BE LIVING FOREVER AND
EVER. NEVER ENDING. WHILE THE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS WILL BE LIVING ON
EARTH FOREVER. NEVER END WITH JESUS. AND SINCE SHEOL OR HELL (OR THE
LOCAL JAIL) IS CAST INTO GEHENNA OR THE LAKE OF FIRE (OR THE FINAL
PENETENTUARY OF JUDGEMENT). THERE WILL BE NO SIN IN THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH ANY MORE. SO JESUS WILL FILL IN WERE HELL USED TO BE IN THE CENTER
OF THE EARTH. AND THE EARTH WILL BE LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN AGAIN.
BEFORE SATAN DECIEVED EVE AND ADAM INTO REBELING AGAINST GOD. AND
POLLUTING THE EARTH WITH SIN AND DEATH.
Charles Doyle
of the University of Georgia, my coauthor on the forthcoming Yale Book
of Modern Proverbs, has found that this expression is now commonly
applied to economic or diplomatic crises that can be exploited to
advance political agendas, but he traced it back at least as far as
1976, when M. F. Weiner wrote an article in the journal Medical
Economics entitled “Don’t Waste a Crisis — Your Patient’s or Your Own.”
Weiner meant by this that a medical crisis can be used to improve
aspects of personality, mental health, or lifestyle.
How about the very recent “Don’t waste a crisis”? Did that phrase/quote have usage prior to Rahm Emanuel?”
Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste.-Stoic Meditation
It's
the mid 1940's. The world is on fire. Millions of lives have been lost
in the largest war ever fought on planet earth. As the end of 1942
approached the Allied forces secured two key victories at El Alamein and
Stalingrad allowing the first offensive push for the allies in all of
WWII. Victory however remained uncertain, and it's safe to say the world
leaders on at the time had a lot on their plate to manage. Then in
February of 1945, President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph
Stalin met in Crimea to discuss their vision a post-war reorganization
of Europe.Churchill's guiding philosophy for the meeting was this:
"Never let a good crisis go to waste."Just a month later the United
Nations was formed by 50 governments with the stated purpose of
maintaining international peace and security. Imagine that. Just a year
before the entire planet had been consumed in war, and the result was an
intergovernmental organization whose goal was to make sure a war like
this never happened again.Most of us are fortunate enough to not be the
leader of a country during an international war. Yet, sometimes our
crisis's can still feel catastrophic. It could be a the loss of a job, a
particularly painful breakup, or the death of a loved on. Plans are
always subject to change without notice.What I like about this quote
from Winston Churchill is that it's very stoic in nature in that it
reminds us that we are in control of the lens in which we view our
perceived crisis."Nothing is so conductive to spiritual growth as this
capacity for logical and accurate analysis of everything that happens to
us." Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.11Or as Epictetus once said, every
pot has two handles. There are always two ways to look at things. We can
spend our time telling ourselves that we are victims to fate, or we can
choose to learn from the Crisis that are guaranteed in life.The choice
is up to you.
WEF Says CBDCs Must Be ‘Implanted Under Your Skin’
if You Want To Participate in Society-Fact checked by The People's Voice
Community-July 10, 2023 Sean Adl-Tabatabai News.
The WEF has
declared that all citizens must be implanted with a CBDC microchip in
the very near future, in order to be able to fully participate in
society and do basic things such as purchase food and water.According to
Professor Richard Werner, in the very near future citizens will “need
to use the latest technology” such as a “CBDC chip implant” in order to
access their bank accounts.Professor Richard A. Werner is an economist
and professor of banking and finance. He is known as the proponent of a
new post-crisis monetary policy he called Quantitative Easing (“QE”) –
which he proposed in Japan in 1995 as chief economist of a British
investment bank.He has also worked as a researcher at the University of
Oxford, the Bank of Japan, the Development Bank of Japan, and the Asian
Development Bank. He is involved in supporting the establishment of
not-for-profit community banks through an initiative called Local First
CIC.Expose-news.com reports: At the Amsterdam Science Summit 2022, Prof
Werner gave a lecture on central bank digital currencies (“CBDCs”) and
the 2030 Agenda. At the sidelines of this year’s Amsterdam Science
Summit, he spoke to Ivor Cummins about CBDCs and how high inflation has
been orchestrated by central banks to further their agenda.There are two
aspects to QE monetary policies that Prof. Werner proposed: QE1 and
QE2. QE1 is for the central bank to step in and purchase the
non-performing assets in the banking system. The central bank buys up
non-performing assets at face value and the problem is solved, banks
have a strong balance sheet. But that won’t be enough to get banks to
increase credit. So, Prof. Werner proposed QE2 which allows the central
bank to force the banks to create more money and push it into the
economy. This would be accomplished with central banks buying assets,
e.g., property, from the non-bank sectors. The money the non-bank
sectors receive from the sale of the property would then be deposited
into the seller’s bank account. When an economy is experiencing
deflation, “that’s how central banks can push money into the economy
directly,” Prof Werner explained.QE1 was followed by Japan in the 1980s
but the USA disallowed Japan subsequently using QE2. And then out of
the blue and at the wrong time, QE2 was adopted by the US Federal
Reserve and other central banks in March 2020. The intention of
adopting QE2 at that time was to cause high inflation. Why? To move
economies onto a CBDC system.“You have to think of CDBCs as a control
system [or a permit system], not a currency,” Prof. Werner
explained.“It’s a conditional currency based on you actually getting
that permit. Now, if you happen to be some kind of critic of government
policy or a critic of central banks this could be difficult. Or if you
dare to step out of the 15-minute city zone, you know, maybe you’ll find
that: ‘Oh [my CBDC is] not working’. Of course, these are things we’ve
seen already in China. There’s plenty of videos where somebody tries to
use it to buy a ticket and it doesn’t work because his social credit
scores are low.”And, effectively, there’s no real right to appeal. With
very few people controlling the very many, the controllers will use
computers and algorithms to run the system. If you appeal the blocking
of CDBCs you’ll be dealing with automated responses.Prof. Werner
explained that the central planners, as he calls them, orchestrate
inflation to cover up changes to banking systems. For example, in the
1970s high inflation was orchestrated to cover up the move of the
gold-backed US dollar to the petrodollar. And the high inflation we’ve
experienced in 2021/2022 has been orchestrated to cover up the move from
the petrodollar to CBDCs.In March 2020, the Federal Reserve and other
key central banks adopted QE2, a recommendation for deflation or a
shrinking economy. In March 2020 economies weren’t shrinking but the
Federal Reserve adopted QE2 and bought up assets from non-banks forcing
banks to create credit. It was very clear it was going to create
inflation. This was not an error in judgement, it was intentional, Prof
Werner explained. It’s a very specific policy that is very rarely
taken.Proof that this was a deliberate action, Prof Werner said, was
that “just before covid in August 2019, there was a conference in
Jackson Hole of the annual Central Bankers conference but it invited
BlackRock the big asset manager … and BlackRock made a proposal, they
said ‘there will be another crisis … but this time we should create
inflation’. They never explain why, they just say we must create
inflation … and here’s how we’re going to do it and they cited my
proposal without mentioning my name, of course.”“And, there’s one more
factor,” Prof Werner said, “the Federal Reserve hired Blackrock in March
2020 to buy assets … QE was for a deflationary situation but the way
they were using it had to cause inflation, there was no doubt. And they
knew it because they even said it.”“So, this [current] inflation is
entirely intentionally created by the central banks, by the central
planners. So how are we going to punish them for this? ‘Oh, let’s give
them more powers, let’s give them unprecedented powers over everything,
over life on Earth through central bank digital currencies.”“The true
reason I think why they wanted this inflation because that is to cover
up, essentially, the disintegration of the petrodollar and move to the
new system which they want to be CBDC based.”At the moment there’s talk
about CBDCs being used via phone-based apps. “Yes, that is the initial
phase. But what was already ready around 2015, is the ultimate goal –
what they really want, apparently, I was told by a Central Banker – is
CBDC looks like a small grain of rice that they want to put under your
skin, which is my view a violation of human dignity. And they realise
there is a hurdle to get people to accept this,” Prof. Werner said.So,
they’re using crises, disruption and unemployment to introduce universal
basic income, to soften the public up to accepting a CBDC chip
implanted under their skin.“You will get 2 000 Euros into your account
every month. But of course, to run this efficiently [they’ll say:] ‘We
need to use the latest technology so you need the CBDC chip implant’.”
Act
early or pay later: the role of qualitative measures in effective
supervisory frameworks-FSI Insights | No 66 | 09 April 2025-by
Monica Balan, Fernando Restoy and Raihan Zamil
https://www.bis.org/fsi/publ/insights66.pdf
Executive
Summary-The March 2023 banking turmoil exposed fundamental failures in
bank governance and supervisory oversight. While the affected banks met
applicable quantitative requirements, they faced unprecedented liquidity
runs, due to poor board oversight, flawed risk management and
unsustainable business models.Supervisory delays allowed these issues to
linger until they culminated in a crisis of confidence, providing a
stark reminder that no feasible amount of capital and liquidity
requirements can offset severe qualitative shortcomings in banks. It
also underscored the critical importance of supervisors taking timely
qualitative measures to foster the safety and soundness of banks and the
banking system.This paper examines various supervisory frameworks that
underpin the use of qualitative measures and identifies key attributes
that can enhance supervisory effectiveness. To strengthen supervision, a
comprehensive approach, targeting each step of the supervisory process,
can help supervisors to make the nuanced judgments needed to determine
the timing, nature and severity of qualitative measures to address
weaknesses in governance and bank business models, before they manifest
in financial metrics.JEL classification: G20, G21, G28
Central bank digital currencies as superheroes?
Keynote
speech by Tara Rice, Head of Secretariat, Committee on Payments and
Market Infrastructures, at the fifth annual meeting of CEBRA's
International Finance and Macroeconomics Program, 20 October 2021.
CPMI
speech | 26 October 2021-by Tara Rice-Introduction-Money has changed
in form drastically over the course of human history – from ancient
shells and stones to today's coins, banknotes, bank sight deposits and
credit cards.* More recent payment innovations include mobile money,
payment apps, stablecoins and even a new form of central bank-issued
money, central bank digital currencies (or CBDCs).1 CBDCs can be seen as
a digital form of the central bank money we have in use today: cash (ie
banknotes) and central bank settlement accounts. Retail CBDCs would be a
central bank liability, a form of "digital cash" accessible to all.
Wholesale CBDCs, also a digital liability of the central bank, could
become a new instrument for settlement between financial
institutions.According to last year's CPMI CBDC survey, nearly 90%
central banks were doing some sort of work on the topic.2 In fact, some
are moving into more advanced stages, progressing from conceptual
research to experimentation. Over the course of the last four years of
conducting this survey, we have seen the work advance
considerably.Particularly in the area of wholesale CBDCs, many central
banks are past the research stage and currently experimenting with
concrete proofs-of-concept. Let me briefly mention a couple of examples
led by the BIS Innovation Hub. Project mCBDC Bridge is testing
interoperability between CBDC systems of four different jurisdictions3
on the same DLT platform while Project Dunbar is exploring the
interoperability between multiple CBDCs on a shared platform.4 -Also in
the area of retail CBDCs, central banks are making large steps. Two
retail CBDCs have been launched, namely the Sand Dollar of the Central
Bank of the Bahamas and DCash of the Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank.5-Most retail CBDC projects focus on domestic issues and use cases.
Last year's CPMI CBDC survey showed that financial inclusion and
enhancing domestic payments efficiency and safety are key motivations of
central banks for issuing CBDC. These are followed by financial
stability and monetary policy-related reasons. But CBDCs are seen by
many central banks as an opportunity to enhance cross-border payments,
as well. Cross-border payments can be defined as where the payer and
payee each reside in a different jurisdiction, most often with a
different currency. As you might have experienced yourself, cross-border
payments have four primary challenges – they are generally costly, can
be slow, suffer from low transparency and are not widely accessible.
Many of today's frictions are rooted in differences among domestic
payment systems (eg opening hours, technical standards, data
requirements).6-In this context, CBDCs are seen by some as a superhero
or superheroine solution; that is, as an opportunity to address all of
the pain points in payments. Superheroes and heroines have fantastic
abilities. They are full of possibilities. They come in many shapes and
sizes: some are gifted with flight (like Captain Marvel), some with
telekinesis (Wanda Maximoff), and others with super strength (Wonder
Woman).We could say that CBDCs also have many potential superpowers, or
design features. They ought to have at least a "required" set of powers –
perhaps strength and agility. Figuratively speaking, these ought to
represent the prerequisites for a safe and secure CBDC.CBDCs offer hope
in improving payments generally, and in enhancing cross-border payments,
more specifically. Like all superheroes, CBDCs do not need the full
spectrum of superpowers. Having a few important design features could be
sufficient for enhancing cross-border payments. Like Kamala Khan, whose
powers include shapeshifting, elasticity, and size alteration – the
ultimate power is perhaps interoperability. On that note, I'd like to
focus my remarks on three topics related to how CBDCs can help on the
international dimension of payments: (i) a taxonomy to describe the
different forms and elements of cross-border interoperability; (ii) the
conceptual trade-off between cost and complexity on the one hand and
benefits on the other (which in this case would be mainly in reducing
the frictions of cross-border payments); and (iii) some thoughts on
lessons learned and the way forward.1.Interoperability-At a very high
level, there are two fundamentally different ways in which cross-border
payments with CBDCs can be envisioned:The first is, like cash, a retail
CBDC of a given jurisdiction is made available to anybody residing
inside or outside that jurisdiction. This model would entirely depend on
the jurisdiction's domestic CBDC design and would not require
coordination between the issuing central banks because, by design, there
will be just one central bank.In practice, relatively few central banks
are considering such fully open (and anonymous) systems. The Bahamian
CBDC – the Sand Dollar – for example, is only available for domestic
use. Non-residents can hold Sand Dollars when visiting the Bahamas, but
only through a special Sand Dollar wallet, with a holding limit of 500
Sand Dollars and a transaction limit of 1,500 Sand dollars per month.
(That is equal to 500 and 1,500 US dollars, respectively). While no
central bank from an advanced economy has yet decided to proceed with a
retail CBDC, many are exploring the topic due to its wide-ranging
implications.Alternatively, cross-border payments with CBDCs can be
achieved through interoperability. This approach – the main focus of my
talk – relies on design choices of the payments system infrastructures,
and requires strong cooperation among central banks.This is the approach
that a number of central banks are following. A survey of 50 central
banks conducted in early 2021 by my BIS colleagues7 shows that a quarter
are considering incorporating interoperable features in designing their
CBDC to reduce frictions in cross-border and cross-currency settlement.
One key advantage of CBDCs compared with the efforts of improving the
existing payments infrastructure is the opportunity to start with a
"clean slate". If central banks take the international dimension into
account when designing their domestic CBDCs and commit to
interoperability, consistent standards and coordination of CBDC designs
are built in from the start. And many problems inherent in today's
legacy technologies and processes could be mitigated.I'll note that my
focus is on how cooperation can help achieve interoperability but also
what challenges can arise. There are a number of critical issues with
regard to the forces at work between competition and interoperability
that I will not cover.A conceptual framework for interoperability-Let's
define interoperability. In a broad sense, interoperability is the
technical or legal compatibility that enables a system or mechanism to
be used efficiently in conjunction with other systems or mechanisms.
There are a number of ways to classify interoperability; let me present
three broad categories:First, technical interoperability refers to
making sure the systems use the same technical standards, such as
message formats and communication protocols, as well as the hardware and
software infrastructure needed for them to operate. Accounts and payees
can be identified in different ways, eg using letters, numbers,
institutional identifiers or even aliases such as a phone number or
email address. Addressing a payment initiated in one system to a
specific account in another system is a non-trivial challenge. For the
non-CBDC systems we see today, technical interoperability is promoted
through common ISO standards and APIs.But agreeing on using the same
standards is not enough to fully leverage the advantages of
interoperability. This is where the second category, terminology (or
semantic) interoperability comes in. Terminology interoperability is
about everyone speaking and understanding the same language. It involves
using the standards and arrangements in a uniform way, developing
vocabularies and schemes to describe data exchanges, and ensuring that
data elements are understood in the same way by all communicating
parties Terminology interoperability is necessary for the effective
delivery of services to a user across multiple systems. For example,
even if messages can be exchanged between two systems, challenges arise
when messages in one system are based on Latin alphabets, and another
could be designed, say, for Chinese characters.Finally, business
interoperability refers to bilateral and multilateral agreements between
infrastructures covering their mutual rights and obligations in
processing transactions on behalf of their participants. For example,
agreements on who can access the payments platform and when, execution
and response times, how to clear and settle obligations among
infrastructures and how to address risks of payment failures.Let's
compare this with how we interact in today's conference on Webex. We
have invested in the technology; we have our computers or mobile devices
connected to the internet, and we are all able to use Webex. We are
clearly technically interoperable, even though we use different
computers or other devices, different operating systems etc.But there's
more to it. The organisers have chosen English as the conference
language and everyone connected via WebEx can be assumed to speak
English (or to have a translate function working properly). So we have
terminology (or language) interoperability.We have also agreed
multilaterally to some common business rules; we are muted when not
speaking, and we raise our hands or the chat function to ask questions.
We have agreed to hold this event at this specific time of the day so
that those from other time zones can attend this event more easily. This
is business interoperability.2. Benefits, challenges and trade-offs of
interoperability-Achieving meaningful progress in enhancing cross-border
payments requires interoperability in all three categories, in varying
forms depending on the initial starting point and the level of
innovation or development desired. There are numerous trade-offs to
consider, and I will come back to this in a moment.Benefits-Generally
speaking, the degree of overall interoperability increases as we adopt
pure technical interoperability and then also include terminology and
finally business interoperability. Various benefits are associated with
increased interoperability between payment systems, and many of these
also apply to CBDCs.Interoperability between different CBDCs will allow
for greater efficiency, which may eventually mean lower costs and
reduced processing times, ie cheaper and faster cross-border payments.
Compatible message standards, for example, will allow payments to flow
without data loss or manual interventions.Common agreements for CBDC
wallet providers or common charging and foreign exchange conversion
practices would enable users to calculate fees and rates prior to
initiating a cross-border payment, resulting in higher transparency. And
having common or compatible compliance regimes reduces uncertainty and
costs, at the same time increasing user access.All this leads to
benefits for existing users and greater inclusion. And from a macro
perspective, having full interoperability can encourage regional and
international economic and financial integration.Challenges-But
achieving interoperability is not easy and requires some heroic power
and determination. The challenges, like the benefits, increase as we
move from technical to also include terminology and business
operability.With technical interoperability, moving to a new payment
platform involves research, development and investment costs. It may be
the case that its benefit can be felt only when there is a sufficient
number of platforms or users that have adopted the new technology. This
can mean inertia, especially when there are legacy systems in place. So
it requires a significant level of commitment, as well as coordination
between domestic and foreign entities and industry groups.With
terminology interoperability, once the investments in the underlying
technology have been made, arrangements must be made to ensure uniform
implementation. This might require additional investments, but
potentially also changes in domestic laws to align standards, such as
those involving anti-money laundering and counterterrorist policies.
This requires again cooperation and coordination, across platform
operators and regulators, which can be challenging and time-consuming,
especially in a cross-border context.As regards business
interoperability, it is a mistake to think that when there's technical
and terminology interoperability, we are almost there. Getting to
bilateral and multilateral agreements might sometimes require a
divergence from common practices. It might involve costs related to
legal, operational, financial risk management, and possible foreign
exchange settlement issues and agreements. This requires a dialogue with
stakeholders, both domestically and internationally.These steps require
investment costs, the commitment of stakeholders and coordination among
them, making interoperability complex to achieve. This holds for any
type of payment system that jurisdictions wish to interlink. But here
CBDCs could be seen as a solution. All jurisdictions start from scratch
and are in the preliminary stages of their designs. And no one has a
legacy CBDC system in place. This is the time to align approaches and
agree on design features that allow interoperability.Central banks
already collaborate closely at an international level and have committed
to the G20-endorsed roadmap to address the key challenges in
cross-border payments. CBDCs are one solution that could be harnessed to
overcome some of the obstacles I noted earlier with cross-border
payments.Trade-offs-Going forward, central banks will consider a variety
of issues in designing CBDC systems. Interoperability is one important
aspect. Many of the issues I've identified are jurisdiction-specific,
which means that the ideal form of the CBDC and interoperability will
vary across jurisdictions, there is no "one-size-fits-all" answer.In
pursuing interoperability between different CBDCs, a trade-off arises
between costs and complexity to overcome on the one hand and the final
efficiency (ie speed, safety, transparency etc) gains on the other.The
optimal choice is not a corner solution: that is, it's not black and
white. Back to my analogy: superhero stories showcase the classic "good
versus evil", but there are often deeper themes behind the stories. This
is the same with CBDC and other innovations in digital payments.Central
banks have multiple options in how they could achieve interoperability,
from harmonising messaging standards to also aligning business rules
and regulatory frameworks. Thus the accrued benefits of achieving
interoperability between CBDCs will differ across jurisdictions.For
CBDCs, technical interoperability will require use of common technical
standards, such as message formats, cryptographic techniques, data
requirements and user interfaces. Terminology interoperability will
require CBDCs to move towards common languages, broadly speaking, for
messaging and data, and to achieve uniform and consistent interpretation
of data and information across systems and jurisdictions. Business
interoperability will require the establishment of links and agreements
between the central banks and/or payment system operators involved and
allows participants – either retail or wholesale – in one CBDC system to
make payments to those in another. But these forms of interoperability
are often interdependent: central banks would, for example, need to
agree on the clearing, settlement and FX conversion across CBDCs
(business interoperability) alongside the commitment to share and
interpret relevant data and information consistently (terminology
interoperability).For countries with many cross-border transactions, the
benefits of cheaper and speedier cross-border payments might outweigh
significant investment costs and the efforts required to modify public
laws and regulations and private contractual arrangements. For others,
having some basic level of compatibility through technical
standardisation might be sufficient if not perfect.If you've studied
economics or business, you are likely familiar with the Pareto
Principle, or the 80/20 rule. The idea is that 80% of the results come
from 20% of the action. Let's apply this to the trade-off between cost
and complexity versus improvements in the efficiency of cross-border
payments and CBDCs. Central bank investments may be relatively low to
achieve the first 80% of improvements, but then costly to achieve the
final 20% of improvements. That said, while we may be happy with, say,
80% of maximum (payments) speed, should we accept 80% of maximum payment
system safety and integrity? I would say that there are some areas
where we cannot and should not compromise.Also, the design of
jurisdictions' current domestic payment systems will play a role. For
central banks that aim to make their CBDC system interoperable with
their current domestic RTGS, they might, for example, decide to use the
same domestic technical interfaces and messaging standards, which might
lead to national differences and complicate cross-border
interoperability. Let me say just a few words on CBDC alternatives to
enhance cross-border payments. Development of stablecoins as a payment
system continues apace, and the cryptoasset market continues to grow
substantially. Are CBDCs the only solution? No, there are potential
scenarios where a well designed stablecoin that meets all regulatory
requirements could provide an affordable and inclusive payment option to
households in some jurisdictions.Let's link this back to the
superheroine analogy. The Incredible Hulk, with potential for good but
also for disruption, might be the appropriate stablecoin hero here.
Certainly more work is needed – and it is already under way – on the
potential regulation of stablecoin arrangements. Cryptoassets pose more
acute challenges to the current regulatory and monetary system. Loki,
the god of mischief, might be fitting here.Clearly, more research is
needed to further understand the trade-offs faced by different
jurisdictions; on the impact of different interoperability choices on
benefits and costs, and on the various business cases for cross-border
interoperability.3.Lessons learned-As I noted at the outset, the BIS
Innovation Hub, central banks and financial institutions are
experimenting with cross-border CBDC solutions. Let me raise three early
lessons from these experimental projects.First, not all projects will
succeed. Failure lies on the path to innovation. Of course, failure is
not the objective, but if we want to be at the cutting edge, we need to
recognise that not all projects will succeed. As our General Manager
said earlier this week, we need to "fail forward;" that is embrace
failure as a stepping-stone to innovation.8 Not all successful projects
will automatically lead to implementation. Still, the learnings of all
projects – successful and unsuccessful ones alike – will provide
important insights. The interesting thing about this concept is that is
at odds with central banks culture. Central banks are by their nature
quite conservative, and do not seek to fail.Second, we must think ahead
about possible scenarios and their outcomes, even if some of those
scenarios seem at the moment unlikely. Why? Technological disruption is
moving very quickly. We need to stay nimble and be prepared for outcomes
that may not seem likely now, but which could have significant
financial stability and macroeconomic implications. We should be
thinking ahead about potential risks and what could be done to mitigate
them. As noted, while central banks are moving steadily but cautiously
with regard to CBDCs, comparatively, private stablecoin developers are
moving at a very rapid pace. This requires that authorities must be
thinking ahead about the potential regulation of stablecoins. An example
is the recent consultation report on the application of the CPMI-IOSCO
Principles for Financial Market Structures to stablecoin
arrangements.9-Finally, international coordination and cooperation are
essential. Failure to coordinate risks fragmentation of the financial
system and lack of interoperability between countries in technical terms
but also in policy terms. In addition to coordination and cooperation,
we need public and private sector commitment over a sustained period of
time. Without that commitment, I do not think we will be able to achieve
the ambitious the objectives set out in the G20 roadmap, including the
cross-border payment targets, aiming for meaningful progress by
2027.4.Looking ahead-Today I have focused on how CBDCs could enhance
cross-border payments, and in particular on the role of interoperability
in achieving this goal. Let me end by highlighting some policy mistakes
that should be avoided when further pursuing this work.10-First, while
CBDCs have unique features, central banks should be aware that there are
other policy tools to reach their public policy objectives, and that
there's an interplay between them. In terms of improving cross-border
payments, CBDCs are just one of the 19 elements, or building blocks,
that comprise the G20 Roadmap. Other ways to improve cross-border
payments include enhancing existing payment systems and arrangements and
aligning regulatory, supervisory and oversight frameworks for
cross-border payments. They impact each other, and their
interdependencies should be carefully considered.Importantly, CBDCs will
not exist in isolation, and they are part of a broader payments
ecosystem, next to other payment methods and systems. As is generally
the case with any new technology or process, the eventual international
adoption of CBDCs is likely to proceed at different speeds in different
jurisdictions. This calls for interoperability with legacy payment
arrangements, not only domestically but also abroad. Hence, the analysis
of cross-border or domestic interoperability with non-CBDC payment
arrangements calls for further work. Here pursuing backward
compatibility between old and new may provide a solution, as we see in
other areas of industry with strong network externality. Answering these
open questions will be crucial for the appropriate design of CBDCs as a
new form of money in the digital era.Additionally, we clearly need to
watch out for negative spillovers when exploring CBDCs in a cross-border
dimension, especially, the macro-financial implications of cross-border
CBDC use. International use of CBDCs could potentially increase
cross-border flows or lead to currency substitution. However, some
specific design choices for CBDCs could limit such use.Let me close by
saying that the superhero (heroine) motif makes for a great family movie
night, but doesn't solve our real world problems. It reminds us of
classical ideas of virtue and valour. But to be successful as a
cross-border means of payment, CBDCs will require real-world solutions
that only we can define and resolve. It will require material investment
in infrastructures and resources, significant forward thinking, a
little failing forward, and a heroic amount of international
collaboration as well as sustained political support.
* This
speech and the views expressed are those of the individual and do not
necessarily reflect the views and/or position of the BIS or CPMI.1-Many
thanks to Anneke Kosse for her (super power) contributions to this
speech.2-C Boar and A Wehrli, "Ready, steady, go? – Results of the third
BIS survey on central bank digital currency", BIS Papers, no 114,
January 2021.3-The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand,
the Digital Currency Institute of the People's Bank of China and the
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates.4-Reserve Bank of Australia,
Bank Negara Malaysia, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and South African
Reserve Bank.5-See "CBDC research and pilots around the world". Source:
R Auer, G Cornelli and J Frost, "Rise of the central bank digital
currencies: drivers, approaches and technologies', BIS Working Papers,
no 880, August 2021.6-See FSB, Enhancing cross-border payments stage 3
roadmap, 2020 and CPMI, Enhancing cross-border payments: building blocks
of a global roadmap stage 2 report to the G20, 2020.7-See R Auer, C
Boar, G Cornelli, J Frost, H Holden and A Wehrli, "CBDCs beyond borders:
results from a survey of central banks", BIS Papers, no 116, June
2021.8- A Carstens, "Lessons on innovation", speech at the DC Fintech
Week, 18 October 2021.9-"Application of the Principles for Financial
Market Infrastructures to stablecoin arrangements", CPMI Papers, no 198,
6 October 2021.10-See D Elliott and L de Lima, "Central bank digital
currencies: six policy mistakes to avoid", Oliver Wyman, May 2021.
Digital
Canadian Dollar-We've been exploring a digital form of the Canadian
dollar, also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC), to be
ready in case it is needed in the future. Find out about the research we
completed and about what we're focused on as the payments landscape
evolves.Over the past few years, the Bank of Canada has undertaken
significant research towards understanding the implications of a retail
central bank digital currency, including exploring the implications of a
digital dollar on the economy and financial system, and the design
features and technological approaches to providing a digital form of
public money that is secure and accessible.A core part of the Bank’s
mandate is to provide Canadians with a secure means of payment they can
rely on. In an era where commerce becomes ever more digital, the Bank
has explored how a digital Canadian dollar could complement bank notes,
so Canadians continue to have all the benefits of money issued by the
central bank.Research on digital currencies-The body of knowledge built
over recent years will be invaluable if, at some point in the future,
Canadians, through their elected representatives, decide they want or
need a digital Canadian dollar. This research includes:Research into
digital currency technology solutions, ecosystem design and distribution
models.Research on key features of a digital Canadian dollar including
the benefits and challenges of an offline digital dollar.Analysis of the
financial system impacts of introducing a digital Canadian
dollar.Identification of key market gaps, user needs and preferences,
and potential adoption of a digital dollar through research and
extensive public and stakeholder consultations.Analysis of the
regulatory and legal framework requirements, including for privacy and
the prevention of financial crime, that would be required should a
digital Canadian dollar be needed in the future.Access the research
conducted by Bank staff on central bank digital currencies.With this
work completed, and with other payments issues gaining prominence, the
Bank is scaling down its work on a retail central bank digital currency
and shifting its focus to broader payments system research and policy
development. The Bank will be ready to ensure Canadians always have a
safe and secure supply of public money.Read a summary of our engagement
on a Digital Canadian Dollar from 2020–23.Future of payments-Going
forward, the Bank will focus on major developments that will impact
Canada’s payments landscape. The Bank’s mandate to oversee retail
payment service providers is coming into force in 2024, and work by
Payments Canada on Real-time Rail continues. The focus of the Bank’s
work on payments system issues will include its payments oversight and
supervision functions, policy development related to wholesale and
retail payments infrastructure, as well as policy work on cross-border
payments in collaboration with our central bank partners.The Bank will
continue to monitor global retail CBDC developments and publish some
related research, but the focus will be on preparing for the evolution
of payments both in Canada and around the world, through policy research
and analysis.The road to digital money-We’re looking ahead to imagine
how we’ll pay for things in the future.Do you use cash? How often does
the cashier just hand over the debit machine when you pay for your
morning coffee? Some even seem surprised if you give them cash.Last year
in Canada, people used cash for only 1 in 3 transactions. That’s down
from more than half just 10 years ago. And Canada’s not alone. In many
countries, people use cash less often.It’s hard to imagine this trend
reversing—especially since cash isn’t an option when people shop
online.And everyday, new competitors are showing up: payment platforms
that offer speed, security and convenience.Financial technology—or
fintech—is changing the way we pay for things around the world.Taking
cash for granted-When times are good, we keep most of our money in the
bank, knowing we can access it 24/7 to pay for things electronically.But
when the global financial system looks shaky—like it did in 2008—many
people around the world turn to cash. That’s because central banks can’t
fail like commercial banks do, so cash is the safest liquid financial
asset.While deposit insurance acts as a key safeguard in the event of a
commercial bank failure, it’s not a cure-all. There are limits on how
much can be insured, and usually there’s a bit of a delay before your
money is paid out.What about private digital currencies? Despite their
claim of being the money of the future, current private digital
currencies, like bitcoin, don’t work well for making payments or saving
for the future. Because of their fluctuating values and slow clearing
times, very few merchants accept them.It’s possible future digital
currencies could at least partially solve these problems, leading to
greater adoption.But widespread adoption of private digital currencies
would carry important risks, to both the economy and the financial
system. The issuer could go out of business, or fall victim to
cybertheft-If these situations occur, a loss of confidence in the
payment system could ensue.Private digital currencies could even hurt
our ability as a central bank to control inflation, and act as the
lender of last resort.That’s because our policy tools, like the
overnight interest rate and lending facilities, only work in Canadian
dollars.If private digital currencies aren’t the answer, is there a
better version of ultra-safe cash for the future? We’re taking
note-Research is underway at the Bank of Canada, because exploring the
idea of a central bank digital currency makes sense. In theory, it could
provide the safety of cash, with the convenience of modern electronic
payments.It could take many forms, but two broad approaches are
value-based—people transfer money from their bank account to a card or a
phone app; oraccount-based—people and businesses can open an account at
the central bank.Either way, payments made using a central bank digital
currency could allow payments to remain private to the parties
involved, just like cash; but traceable to law enforcement, just like
bank accounts.Central bank digital currencies could give consumers more
choice while maintaining competition among financial service providers
like banks—the way cash does now. Depending on their design, they could
even act as a backup if other payment methods become temporarily
unavailable.Basically, central bank digital cash would act like current
electronic payment methods. Only difference: it wouldn’t be tied to a
commercial bank the way bank accounts and debit cards are.Rest assured,
though, that even if we were to issue a digital currency, we wouldn’t
stop printing cash. We will supply highly secure bank notes for as long
as Canadians demand them.Important challenges along the way-There would
be some obstacles to think about on the path to a central bank digital
currency. For example, people could decide to keep a large amount of
their money in the central bank digital currency rather than in a
regular bank account. The digital equivalent of putting money under the
mattress, except easier.If people keep their money under their
mattresses, so to speak, there could be:less money available for
lending, or higher lending rates,or even both.Why? Because banks rely
partly on deposits to make loans.So, it could become harder to get
credit, like a mortgage or business loan. If businesses invest less as a
result, productivity and innovation could suffer. That’s because
innovation often happens when companies borrow to create new products
and services.In other words, holding cash is safe, but it’s not very
productive.There are ways to lower the risk. One example is to not earn
interest on central bank digital currency, the way cash in your wallet
doesn’t earn interest. This would make holding it in large amounts less
appealing in normal times. But in difficult times, it could still act as
a safe asset—just like cash.Other risks-There could still be a problem,
though: a central bank digital currency could increase the risk of a
run on the banking system. A run on the system basically means that
people rush to withdraw the money they hold from all commercial banks
because they don’t know which banks are healthy and which ones are in
trouble.But banks hold only a fraction of the total value of deposits in
cash, so they typically can’t pay everyone at once.A central bank
digital currency would make it easier and faster to transfer money out
of commercial banks. So these system-wide runs could, in theory, become
quicker and more frequent. We could end up in a situation where a
central bank digital currency, instead of making the financial system
more stable, makes it less so. Thankfully, runs on the entire banking
system are extremely rare in modern times. In fact, Canada has never had
one.We need to do more research-Our experts are looking into the pros
and cons of creating our own central bank digital currency.Creating a
central bank digital currency is a pretty complicated decision. That’s
why central bankers around the world, including us, are analyzing the
pros and cons. We’re working to determine under which conditions it may
make sense to, one day, issue a digital currency.
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.
Joel
3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD
IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU
WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION
DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them
down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for
my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land.
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)(500 MILLION) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 MILLION) and
with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) (500 MILLION) and with the beasts of the
earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).(500 MILLION)
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.
France
could recognize a Palestinian state in June, says Macron-The move would
be a historic shift for France.April 10, 2025 11:34 am CET-By Clea
Caulcutt
PARIS — France is making plans to recognize a
Palestinian state and could do so as early as June, French President
Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with a French broadcaster on
Wednesday.Macron said he hoped that by recognizing Palestinian statehood
at a conference in June that France is co-hosting with Saudi Arabia
pushing for a two-state solution, attendees who do not formally
recognize Israel would in turn do so.“We must move toward recognition,
and we will do so in the coming months,” said the French president. “I’m
not doing it for unity, or to please this or that person. I’m doing it
because at some point it will be fair,” he said.Macron’s comments come
after Israel resumed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip last month when a
two-month-long truce came to an end and ceasefire talks broke down
between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel has since halted the
delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.Israel’s war in
Gaza was triggered by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, assault against southern
Israel during which 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage.
The Hamas-run Gazan Health Ministry says more than 50,000 people in
Gaza have died in the ensuing conflict. That figure includes both
civilian and combatant fatalities.The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
resonates deeply in France, which is home to Europe’s largest Jewish and
Muslim communities. Israel is also home to a large French-speaking
community that has kept strong ties to France.France has always been in
favor of a two-state solution but has resisted calls to recognize a
Palestinian state, often arguing that Paris would only do so if it
served the peace process.Macron’s comments came at the end of a
three-day trip to Egypt, during which he visited a hospital treating
Palestinians in the city of El Arish, near the border with Gaza.“I want
to believe in peace; today the conflict has intensified and it’s
terrible … Since March 2, there’s nothing going in [to the Gaza Strip] —
no water, no food, no medication, and none of the injured are coming
out,” Macron said.Macron’s decision is likely to antagonize Israel and
draw a backlash from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says
that recognizing Palestinian statehood now is effectively rewarding
terrorism.“A ‘unilateral recognition’ of a fictional Palestinian state,
by any country, in the reality that we all know, will be a prize for
terror and a boost for Hamas. These kind of actions will not bring
peace, security and stability in our region closer — but the opposite:
they only push them further away,” Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister
Gideon Sa’ar said on X.The French Jewish umbrella group Crif on Thursday
slammed Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, calling it
“an unacceptable political victory” for Hamas while dozens of Israeli
hostages are still being held in Gaza.
MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 055 FRI APR 11, 2025
MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF FRI APR-11, 2025 - DAY-055
MOHAWK PICKS
01-9-10-8-4 P-20.90 - 20.90
02-4-2-3-5 W-3.10 - 24.00
03-2-7-6-1 S-3.00, 4TH WBP (35-1) - 27.00
04-7-2-5-0 W-2.50 - 29.50
05-2-10-8-3
06-2-4-8-7 P-3.70 - 33.20
07-4-2-6-3 W-3.50 - 36.70
08-7-5-2-6 P-2.40 - 39.10
09-2-3-1-7 S-3.50, 4TH WBP (5-1) - 42.60
10-1-5-3-2 W-5.10, 4TH (6-1) - 47.70
11-2-3-1-10-9 4TH WBP (9-1)
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $47.70 OVERALL TOTAL $19,433.25
STANS PICKS
01-8-2-4-9-10 4TH (1.2)
02-3-4-5-6-2 4TH WBP (7.2), MEX-8.90 - 8.90
03-2-1-4-7-5 P-24.70, 4TH (3.2) - 33.60
04-7-2-6-3-5 W-2.50, S-4.80 - 40.90
05-2-9-6-5-3 P-13.00, 4TH WBP (9-1) - 53.90
06-8-6-7-3-1
07-4-5-7-9-1 W-3.50, P-3.80, S-3.60, SEX-19.20, STRI-32.05 - 116.05
08-5-4-2-1-6 MEX-39.70 - 155.75
09-1-7-3-6-9 P-4.90, MTRI-29.05 - 189.70
10-1-5-2-6-3 W-5.10, 4TH WBP (7.2), MSUP-68.00 - 262.80
11-2-3-8-10-6 4TH WBP (9-1)
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $200,368.26
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $262.80 OVERALL TOTAL $12,486.50
ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-6 (13-1)-10 (14-1)-3 (50-1)-9 (1.2)
02-4 (1.2)-3 (7.2)-6 (7.2)-2 (15-1)
03-5 (38-1)-1 (35-1)-6 (6.5)-7 (3.2)
04-7 (1.5)-10 (27-1)-6 (15-1)-2 (6-1) (9-SCR)
05-8 (4-1)-9 (19-1)-5 (9-1)-4 (70-1)
06-6 (15-1)-4 (8.5)-2 (9.5)-5 (22-1)
07-4 (3.5)-5 (5-1)-7 (9-1)-2 (10-1)
08-4 (11-1)-5 (1-1)-7 (9.2)-2 (2-1)
09-3 (4.5)-7 (5-1)-1 (7-1)-4 (47-1)
10-1 (3.2)-6 (7.2)-5 (8.5)-2 (6-1)
11-5 (13-1)-2 (6.5)-10 (9-1)-3 (7.2)-6 (49-1)
MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-184-BIG-$22.00 (FEB 21-6TH) (10-1), $13.60 (MAR 10-10TH) (5-1), $13.50 (FEB 28-11TH) (5-1)
02-114-BIG-$20.90 (APR 11-1ST) (14-1), $11.20 (FEB 24-10TH (17-1), $09.30 (FEB 08-10TH) (9-1)
03-071-BIG-$12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1), $06.20 (MAR 20-5TH) (11-1), $06.10 (MAR 14-5TH) (9-1)
04-081-BIG-55-1 (FEB 22-10TH), 41-1 (FEB 14-10TH), 28-1 (FEB 24-7TH), 28-1 (FEB 27-1ST)
04-177-W B P-BIG-37-1 (JAN 24-1ST), 37-1 (JAN 04-11TH), 37-1 (MAR 07-10TH), 32-1 (MAR 29-5TH)
S EX-065-BIG-$45.10 (FEB 14-1ST)
M EX-031-BIG-$40.30 (MAR 17-10TH)
S TRI-019-BIG-$75.10 (APR 04-9TH)
M TRI-032-BIG-$149.10 (APR 04-7TH)
S SUP-008-BIG-$202.20 (APR 04-9TH)
M SUP-035-BIG-$2,393.10 (APR 10-8TH)
DD-1,2-07-BIG-$45.50 (FEB 14-2ND)
DD-2,3-11-BIG-$29.10 (FEB 01-3RD)
DD-3,4-07-BIG-$61.10 (JAN 20-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-05-BIG-$29.40 (FEB 07-6TH)
DD-6,7-08-BIG-$75.10 (FEB 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-09-BIG-$38.20 (FEB 07-8TH)
DD-8,9-04-BIG-$24.90 (FEB 21-9TH)
DD-9,10-04-BIG-$60.10 (MAR 10-10TH)
DD-10,11-01-BIG-$16.20 (JAN 04-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-03-BIG-$23.50 (FEB 01-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-03-BIG-$32.00 (FEB 01-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-00-BIG-$
P3 (4-6)-01-BIG-$06.90 (JAN 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-03-BIG-$41.90 (FEB 07-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-04-BIG-$68.50 (FEB 07-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-02-BIG-$17.00 (FEB 21-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$720.10 (MAR 21-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(02)-186
5-1+ LONG TOT-(17)-750-24.8%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-27-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-1,331-2,160-61.6%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-540
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-03-04-02,05-01,06-02,07-02,08-03,09-03,10-03,11-03,12-00,13-00=27-44-OATOT 1,331-2,160-61.6%
(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-135-BIG-$40.00 (APR 10-4TH) (19-1), $39.70 (FEB 03-1ST) (18-1), $36.30 (MAR 07-4TH) (17-1)
02-089-BIG-$27.90 (MAR 06-8TH) (44-1), $24.70 (APR 10-3RD) (35-1), $22.90 (APR 07-4TH) (32-1)
03-059-BIG-$14.90 (MAR 17-7TH) (22-1), $13.60 (APR 03-10TH) (34-1), $12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1)
04-070-BIG-43-1 (FEB 01-2ND), 42-1 (JAN 11-10TH), 40-1 (JAN 02-10TH), 32-1 (JAN 25-7TH)
04-193-W B P-BIG-93-1 (JAN 25-3RD), 73-1 (APT 05-6TH), 52-1 (FEB 17-8TH), 51-1 (FEB 20-3RD)
S EX-027-BIG-$115.20 (MAR 07-6TH)
M EX-023-BIG-$84.60 (FEB 24-5TH)
S TRI-005-BIG-$427.40 (FEB 14-2ND)
M TRI-017-BIG-$498.30 (MAR 22-8TH)
S SUP-001-BIG-$31.90 (FEB 17-5TH)
M SUP-022-BIG-$1,120.05 (FEB 08-1ST)
DD-1,2-09-BIG-$29.70 (MAR 21-2ND)
DD-2,3-04-BIG-$24.00 (FEB 24-3RD)
DD-3,4-05-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-02-BIG-$12.80 (MAR 21-5TH)
DD-5,6-01-BIG-$68.00 (FEB 14-6TH)
DD-6,7-05-BIG-$67.50 (MAR 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-04-BIG-$16.80 (MAR 14-8TH)
DD-8,9-03-BIG-$13.70 (FEB 28-9TH)
DD-9,10-01-BIG-$16.20 (APR 04-10TH)
DD-10,11-01-BIG-$82.80 (FEB 03-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$9.80
P3 (2-4)-02-BIG-$12.75 (FEB 10-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-01-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 03-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$
P3 (7-9)-01-BIG-$07.80 (MAR 15-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(09)-243
5-1+ LONG TOT-(17)-750-32.4%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-28-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-1,222-2,160-56.6%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-540
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-01,02-03,03-02-04-03,05-02,06-01,07-03,08-03,09-03,10-04,11-03,12-00,13-00=28-44-OATOT 1,222-2,160-56.6%
MOHAWK PICKS
01-9-10-8-4 P-20.90 - 20.90
02-4-2-3-5 W-3.10 - 24.00
03-2-7-6-1 S-3.00, 4TH WBP (35-1) - 27.00
04-7-2-5-0 W-2.50 - 29.50
05-2-10-8-3
06-2-4-8-7 P-3.70 - 33.20
07-4-2-6-3 W-3.50 - 36.70
08-7-5-2-6 P-2.40 - 39.10
09-2-3-1-7 S-3.50, 4TH WBP (5-1) - 42.60
10-1-5-3-2 W-5.10, 4TH (6-1) - 47.70
11-2-3-1-10-9 4TH WBP (9-1)
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $47.70 OVERALL TOTAL $19,433.25
STANS PICKS
01-8-2-4-9-10 4TH (1.2)
02-3-4-5-6-2 4TH WBP (7.2), MEX-8.90 - 8.90
03-2-1-4-7-5 P-24.70, 4TH (3.2) - 33.60
04-7-2-6-3-5 W-2.50, S-4.80 - 40.90
05-2-9-6-5-3 P-13.00, 4TH WBP (9-1) - 53.90
06-8-6-7-3-1
07-4-5-7-9-1 W-3.50, P-3.80, S-3.60, SEX-19.20, STRI-32.05 - 116.05
08-5-4-2-1-6 MEX-39.70 - 155.75
09-1-7-3-6-9 P-4.90, MTRI-29.05 - 189.70
10-1-5-2-6-3 W-5.10, 4TH WBP (7.2), MSUP-68.00 - 262.80
11-2-3-8-10-6 4TH WBP (9-1)
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $200,368.26
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $262.80 OVERALL TOTAL $12,486.50
ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-6 (13-1)-10 (14-1)-3 (50-1)-9 (1.2)
02-4 (1.2)-3 (7.2)-6 (7.2)-2 (15-1)
03-5 (38-1)-1 (35-1)-6 (6.5)-7 (3.2)
04-7 (1.5)-10 (27-1)-6 (15-1)-2 (6-1) (9-SCR)
05-8 (4-1)-9 (19-1)-5 (9-1)-4 (70-1)
06-6 (15-1)-4 (8.5)-2 (9.5)-5 (22-1)
07-4 (3.5)-5 (5-1)-7 (9-1)-2 (10-1)
08-4 (11-1)-5 (1-1)-7 (9.2)-2 (2-1)
09-3 (4.5)-7 (5-1)-1 (7-1)-4 (47-1)
10-1 (3.2)-6 (7.2)-5 (8.5)-2 (6-1)
11-5 (13-1)-2 (6.5)-10 (9-1)-3 (7.2)-6 (49-1)
MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-184-BIG-$22.00 (FEB 21-6TH) (10-1), $13.60 (MAR 10-10TH) (5-1), $13.50 (FEB 28-11TH) (5-1)
02-114-BIG-$20.90 (APR 11-1ST) (14-1), $11.20 (FEB 24-10TH (17-1), $09.30 (FEB 08-10TH) (9-1)
03-071-BIG-$12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1), $06.20 (MAR 20-5TH) (11-1), $06.10 (MAR 14-5TH) (9-1)
04-081-BIG-55-1 (FEB 22-10TH), 41-1 (FEB 14-10TH), 28-1 (FEB 24-7TH), 28-1 (FEB 27-1ST)
04-177-W B P-BIG-37-1 (JAN 24-1ST), 37-1 (JAN 04-11TH), 37-1 (MAR 07-10TH), 32-1 (MAR 29-5TH)
S EX-065-BIG-$45.10 (FEB 14-1ST)
M EX-031-BIG-$40.30 (MAR 17-10TH)
S TRI-019-BIG-$75.10 (APR 04-9TH)
M TRI-032-BIG-$149.10 (APR 04-7TH)
S SUP-008-BIG-$202.20 (APR 04-9TH)
M SUP-035-BIG-$2,393.10 (APR 10-8TH)
DD-1,2-07-BIG-$45.50 (FEB 14-2ND)
DD-2,3-11-BIG-$29.10 (FEB 01-3RD)
DD-3,4-07-BIG-$61.10 (JAN 20-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-05-BIG-$29.40 (FEB 07-6TH)
DD-6,7-08-BIG-$75.10 (FEB 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-09-BIG-$38.20 (FEB 07-8TH)
DD-8,9-04-BIG-$24.90 (FEB 21-9TH)
DD-9,10-04-BIG-$60.10 (MAR 10-10TH)
DD-10,11-01-BIG-$16.20 (JAN 04-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-03-BIG-$23.50 (FEB 01-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-03-BIG-$32.00 (FEB 01-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-00-BIG-$
P3 (4-6)-01-BIG-$06.90 (JAN 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-03-BIG-$41.90 (FEB 07-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-04-BIG-$68.50 (FEB 07-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-02-BIG-$17.00 (FEB 21-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$720.10 (MAR 21-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(02)-186
5-1+ LONG TOT-(17)-750-24.8%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-27-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-1,331-2,160-61.6%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-540
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-03-04-02,05-01,06-02,07-02,08-03,09-03,10-03,11-03,12-00,13-00=27-44-OATOT 1,331-2,160-61.6%
(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-135-BIG-$40.00 (APR 10-4TH) (19-1), $39.70 (FEB 03-1ST) (18-1), $36.30 (MAR 07-4TH) (17-1)
02-089-BIG-$27.90 (MAR 06-8TH) (44-1), $24.70 (APR 10-3RD) (35-1), $22.90 (APR 07-4TH) (32-1)
03-059-BIG-$14.90 (MAR 17-7TH) (22-1), $13.60 (APR 03-10TH) (34-1), $12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1)
04-070-BIG-43-1 (FEB 01-2ND), 42-1 (JAN 11-10TH), 40-1 (JAN 02-10TH), 32-1 (JAN 25-7TH)
04-193-W B P-BIG-93-1 (JAN 25-3RD), 73-1 (APT 05-6TH), 52-1 (FEB 17-8TH), 51-1 (FEB 20-3RD)
S EX-027-BIG-$115.20 (MAR 07-6TH)
M EX-023-BIG-$84.60 (FEB 24-5TH)
S TRI-005-BIG-$427.40 (FEB 14-2ND)
M TRI-017-BIG-$498.30 (MAR 22-8TH)
S SUP-001-BIG-$31.90 (FEB 17-5TH)
M SUP-022-BIG-$1,120.05 (FEB 08-1ST)
DD-1,2-09-BIG-$29.70 (MAR 21-2ND)
DD-2,3-04-BIG-$24.00 (FEB 24-3RD)
DD-3,4-05-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-02-BIG-$12.80 (MAR 21-5TH)
DD-5,6-01-BIG-$68.00 (FEB 14-6TH)
DD-6,7-05-BIG-$67.50 (MAR 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-04-BIG-$16.80 (MAR 14-8TH)
DD-8,9-03-BIG-$13.70 (FEB 28-9TH)
DD-9,10-01-BIG-$16.20 (APR 04-10TH)
DD-10,11-01-BIG-$82.80 (FEB 03-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$9.80
P3 (2-4)-02-BIG-$12.75 (FEB 10-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-01-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 03-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$
P3 (7-9)-01-BIG-$07.80 (MAR 15-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(09)-243
5-1+ LONG TOT-(17)-750-32.4%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-28-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-1,222-2,160-56.6%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-540
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-01,02-03,03-02-04-03,05-02,06-01,07-03,08-03,09-03,10-04,11-03,12-00,13-00=28-44-OATOT 1,222-2,160-56.6%
Thursday, April 10, 2025
TRUMP IF IRANS NUKE SITES DESTROYED, ISRAEL WOULD LEAD.
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)
TRUMP IF IRANS NUKE SITES DESTROYED, ISRAEL WOULD LEAD.
FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN
LUKE 21:11,25-26
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.
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)
EARTHQUAKES
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.
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.
Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Congo's Virunga National Park-Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear.By REUTERS-APRIL 8, 2025 14:34
At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of Africa's great lakes, the head of the park said on Tuesday.Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear.Images shared by the park show the hippopotamuses motionless on their sides and backs in the Ishasha River, or caught among foliage on the river's muddy banks.The deaths represent a major loss for the park, which has been working to increase the number of hippos in recent decades after poaching and war reduced the population from over 20,000 to a few hundred by 2006. The park now holds about 1,200 hippos.Park guards noticed there was a problem when the dead animals started to appear about five days ago along the river, which forms Congo's border with Uganda and runs through an area under the control of rebel fighters.What is anthrax? Anthrax is a serious disease usually caused by bacteria found naturally in soil. Wild animals can become infected if they inhale anthrax spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water.In a statement on Tuesday, the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation warned residents to avoid wildlife in the area and to boil water from local sources before drinking.De Merode said that a team was on site and that they were trying to get the hippos out of the water and bury them, but that it was difficult because they did not have excavators."It's difficult due to lack of access and logistics," De Merode told Reuters. "We have the means to limit the spread (of the disease) by...burying them with caustic soda."The river runs north to Lake Edward, where locals spotted more corpses."There are more than 25 hippopotamus bodies floating in the waters of the lake, from Kagezi to Nyakakoma," Thomas Kambale, a civil society leader in Nyakakoma, told Reuters.Virunga is a vast expanse of deep forests, glaciers and volcanos, with more species of birds, reptiles, and mammals than any other protected area in the world.It has been caught in the middle of militia activity since civil wars fought around the turn of the century.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
MARK OF THE BEAST (engraved microchip in your hand or forehead)
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) 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 16:1-2
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
FAMINE
EZEKIEL 5:16
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:
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7For 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: 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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
DEUTORONOMY 28:24
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
EU prepares for GDPR simplification-Apr 7, 2025, 12:01 pm EDT | Masha Borak
The European Commission is planning to issue a proposal for simplifying the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the next couple of weeks.The proposal will be a part of a forthcoming omnibus package, according to Michael McGrath, the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection.“We have already brought forward the first round of omnibus proposals, and they have to make their way through the legislative process over the period ahead,” McGrath announced last Friday.One of the specific points that the Commission plans to examine is the impact of GDPR on SMEs and smaller organizations related to record-keeping obligations, he added.The package was planned for April 16th but was rescheduled for May 21st. According to unnamed sources quoted by Politico, the proposal to simplify privacy rules will be delivered by June.The effort is a part of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plan to cut red tape and increase the competitiveness of European businesses. Another part of the initiative is packages aimed at simplifying sustainability reporting and access to EU investments.Other lawmakers are also backing the GDPR cuts, including Denmark’s Digital Minister Caroline Stage Olsen who noted that the EU doesn’t need to regulate privacy “in a stupid way.” Denmark is expected to chair the EU Council in the second part of the year.However, privacy advocates such as digital rights group EDRi have raised concerns that the data regulation could come under pressure from lobbying groups.
Tariffs aren’t enough: America needs a semiconductor revolution -by Macabe Keliher and Dev Gupta, opinion contributors - 04/07/25 11:00 AM ET
The debate over U.S. tariffs has been mired in politics and is now causing market disruptions. But the real stakes are even higher: The future of American manufacturing. President Trump’s tariffs regime is not just about rebalancing trade or punishing some countries; it is very much about “reprioritizing U.S. manufacturing” and and bringing about “the day American industry was reborn,” as Trump put it.Yet tariffs alone can’t revive an industrial base hollowed out by decades of offshoring and underinvestment. If America wants to lead again, it must go beyond trade wars and build a real manufacturing ecosystem — starting with semiconductors, the linchpin of modern industry. Take automobile manufacturing, for example. The average car today relies on thousands of semiconductors — a number that will only grow as vehicles become electric and autonomous. If the U.S. fails to secure its own supply of these tiny but indispensable components, no tariff will shield American factories from the next shortage. Or worse, if the U.S. fails to lead in development and production of these chips, its reliance on foreign supplies could morph from a market problem to a critical national security problem. Semiconductors aren’t just about cars, though — they’re the crude oil of the 21st century. Without them, the U.S. economy grinds to a halt, and our military loses its technological edge. These tiny microchips instruct industrial robots, power our cellphones, help fly airplanes and turn on the coffee machine. They enable increasingly sophisticated AI models and guide defense systems.While the importance of semiconductors has long been recognized by Congress and successive presidential administrations, policies have failed to keep the U.S. at the forefront of semiconductor manufacturing. Whereas the U.S. once commanded 40 percent global semiconductor manufacturing in 1990, it accounts for just 10 percent today, and none of these are in cutting-edge chips, such as those that facilitate AI. The U.S. firm Intel, once the dominant semiconductor leader, has been in decline. For the U.S. to regain its edge in semiconductor manufacturing and development, a robust industrial program must materialize: an initiative that mobilizes an industrial bank with the sole focus of investing in U.S. manufacturing and building up research and development, by raising a critical mass of experts to solve the most pressing technological and manufacturing problems. The 2022 CHIPS Act was a step forward, but it treated symptoms, not the cause. While it funded Research and Development and subsidized factories like TSMC’s Arizona plants, it failed to address the root problem: America is lacking the infrastructure, talent and financial firepower to compete with Asia.Economic history shows tariffs can have a place in industrial policy, but they won’t rebuild it. Tariffs must be accompanied by a package of policy tools for industrialization: easy financing, targeted investment in key sectors, manufacturing incentives, favorable tax policies for strategic sectors, and technological and industrial knowledge diffusion.In the 1960s-1980s, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan used tariffs effectively to protect domestic industries. But at the same time, policy makers enhanced the industry with financing, training, technology and production incentives. These countries went on to experience some of the fastest economic growth in world history and developed large and prosperous firms such as Toyota, Samsung and TSMC.For such reasons, we advise against repeal of CHIPS and advocate revamping it with a more comprehensive program. The U.S. should emphasize semiconductor manufacturing in the same way the Trump administration has emphasized steel and aluminum manufacturing, and more recently automobile manufacturing.To do so will require not only high levels of investment in capital equipment, but also in research and development and technical expertise. A single EUV lithography exposure tool, for example, may cost $350 million. A typical factory will need 10 such tools, along with the highly trained personnel to operate and maintain them.To compete, the U.S. needs a Marshall Plan for semiconductors — a wartime-level mobilization of capital, brains and industrial policy.Foremost is funding. The price tag of semiconductor manufacturing is in the tens of billions to build a single factory, or fab. For example, TSMC recently committed $100 billion for semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., in addition to an already committed $65 billion. American firms need ready access to that kind of capital to invest in production.Second is research. The major technical concern in the semiconductor industry today is the leakage of electrons as transistors are shrunk to cram more functions on the same chip size. The shape of transistors are ever more complex and harder to manufacture. While TSMC and the most advanced manufacturers say they will roll out new processes later this year, it is an even more complicated production process requiring advanced equipment. What will be needed in the future is a breakthrough in physics. This can only take place with better research centers and funding.Third is education. A critical mass of experts in semiconductor manufacturing needs to emerge. Such a body will require at least 200 advanced degree experts in math and sciences, with comparable training and skills that can be applied to manufacturing.The choice is stark: Will America settle for begging TSMC to build factories on our soil, or will we reclaim the power to make the chips that shape the future? Tariffs can protect, but only a robust industrial program can rebuild. The time to act is now — before the next breakthrough happens in Shanghai rather than Texas. Macabe Keliher is an associate professor in the Clements Department of History at SMU Dallas. He is writing a book on industrialization and manufacturing in East Asia. Dev Gupta, Ph.D., is the founder and CTO of APSTL llc of Scottsdale, Ariz. His past inventions in semiconductor manufacturing at Motorola & Intel in AZ are now used widely for AI hardware. He chairs a section of the IEEE International Roadmap for Semiconductor Devices.
Trump wants to kill $52.7 billion semiconductor chips subsidy law-By David Shepardson-March 5, 20255:22 AM ESTUpdated a month ago
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday U.S. lawmakers should get rid of a landmark 2022 bipartisan law to give $52.7 billion in subsidies for semiconductor chips manufacturing and production and use the proceeds to pay debt."Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn't mean a thing. They take our money and they don't spend it," Trump said in a speech to Congress. "You should get rid of the CHIPS Act and whatever is left over, Mr. Speaker, you should use it to reduce debt."The CHIPS and Science Act signed by then President Joe Biden in August 2022 included $39 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and related components along with $75 billion in government lending authority.The comments were Trump's strongest criticism of the bipartisan CHIPS Act to date. "We don't have to give them money," Trump said, suggesting that avoiding new tariffs would be enough to convince them to build U.S. factories.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has praised the program but said previously he wanted to review awards finalized under Biden.Then Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo under Biden convinced all five leading-edge global semiconductor firms to locate factories in the United States through government grants in the effort to tackle national security risks from imported chips.In the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Commerce Department finalized more than $33 billion in awards including $4.745 billion to South Korea's Samsung Electronics (005930.KS)-, up to $7.86 billion for Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab, $6.6 billion for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), opens new tab and $6.1 billion for Micron (MU.O)-Some officials have expressed concern Trump could seek to invalidate binding grant agreements struck in the Biden administration.New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday the law "is the reason Micron is bringing $100 billion and 50,000 jobs to Central New York. Trump just said he wants to get rid of it."TSMC announced this week with Trump it plans to make a new $100 billion investment in the United States that involves building five additional chip facilities there in coming years.Lutnick referenced the $6.6 billion award for TSMC in a White House event on Monday - but noted the department was not planning to give TSMC any new subsidies - though it is eligible for a 25% manufacturing investment tax credit. TSMC said last month it has already received $1.5 billion of its award.Representative Greg Stanton said Trump's comments were a "direct attack on Arizona's semiconductor industry and tens of thousands of Arizona workers." He said TSMC's $100 billion investment would not have happened without the law.This week about one-third of the staff in the U.S. Commerce Department office overseeing $39 billion of manufacturing subsidies for chipmakers was laid off, two sources familiar with the situation said.Reuters reported last month that the new Trump administration, which has embarked on a dramatic overhaul of the federal government, is reviewing the projects awarded.Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing Stephen Coates and Jacqueline Wong.
Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile-A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 03/11/2025-Executive Order 14233 of March 6, 2025-Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile-By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1-Background.Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency. The Bitcoin protocol permanently caps the total supply of bitcoin (BTC) at 21 million coins, and has never been hacked. As a result of its scarcity and security, Bitcoin is often referred to as “digital gold”. Because there is a fixed supply of BTC, there is a strategic advantage to being among the first nations to create a strategic bitcoin reserve. The United States Government currently holds a significant amount of BTC, but has not implemented a policy to maximize BTC's strategic position as a unique store of value in the global financial system. Just as it is in our country's interest to thoughtfully manage national ownership and control of any other resource, our Nation must harness, not limit, the power of digital assets for our prosperity.Sec. 2-Policy.It is the policy of the United States to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. It is further the policy of the United States to establish a United States Digital Asset Stockpile that can serve as a secure account for orderly and strategic management of the United States' other digital asset holdings.Sec. 3-Creation and Administration of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile.(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an office to administer and maintain control of custodial accounts collectively known as the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” capitalized with all BTC held by the Department of the Treasury that was finally forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or in satisfaction of any civil money penalty imposed by any executive department or agency (agency) and that is not needed to satisfy requirements under 31 U.S.C. 9705 or released pursuant to subsection (d) of this section (Government BTC). Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency shall review its authorities to transfer any Government BTC held by it to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and shall submit a report reflecting the result of that review to the Secretary of the Treasury. Government BTC deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve shall not be sold and shall be maintained as reserve assets of the United States utilized to meet governmental objectives in accordance with applicable law.(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an office to administer and maintain control of custodial accounts collectively known as the “United States Digital Asset Stockpile,” capitalized with all digital assets owned by the Department of the Treasury, other than BTC, that were finally forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings and that are not needed to satisfy requirements under 31 U.S.C. 9705 or released pursuant to subsection (d) of this section (Stockpile Assets). Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency shall review its authorities to transfer any Stockpile Assets held by it to the United States Digital Asset Stockpile and shall submit a report reflecting the result of that review to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall determine strategies for responsible stewardship of the United States Digital Asset Stockpile in accordance with applicable law.(c) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall develop strategies for acquiring additional Government BTC provided that such strategies are budget neutral and do not impose incremental costs on United States taxpayers. However, the United States Government shall not acquire additional Stockpile Assets other than in connection with criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or in satisfaction of any civil money penalty imposed by any agency without further executive or legislative action.(d) “Government Digital Assets” means all Government BTC and all Stockpile Assets. The head of each agency shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any Government Digital Assets, except in connection with the Secretary of the Treasury's exercise of his lawful authority and responsible stewardship of the United States Digital Asset Stockpile pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or pursuant to an order from a court of competent jurisdiction, as required by law, or in cases where the Attorney General or other relevant agency head determines that the Government Digital Assets (or the proceeds from the sale or disposition thereof) can and should:(i) be returned to identifiable and verifiable victims of crime;(ii) be used for law enforcement operations;(iii) be equitably shared with State and local law enforcement partners; or(iv) be released to satisfy requirements under 31 U.S.C. 9705, 28 U.S.C. 524(c), 18 U.S.C. 981, or 21 U.S.C. 881.(e) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver an evaluation of the legal and investment considerations for establishing and managing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile going forward, including the accounts in which the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile should be located and the need for any legislation to operationalize any aspect of this order or the proper management and administration of such accounts.Sec. 4-Accounting.Within 30 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall provide the Secretary of the Treasury and the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets with a full accounting of all Government Digital Assets in such agency's possession, including any information regarding the custodial accounts in which such Government Digital Assets are currently held that would be necessary to facilitate a transfer of the Government Digital Assets to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve or the United States Digital Asset Stockpile. If such agency holds no Government Digital Assets, such agency shall confirm such fact to the Secretary of the Treasury and the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets within 30 days of the date of this order.Sec. 5-General Provisions.(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.THE WHITE HOUSE,-March 6, 2025.
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse-A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 03/28/2025
Section 1-Purpose.Promoting financial integrity and operational efficiency are critical responsibilities of the Federal Government. The Federal Government processes trillions of dollars annually in disbursements to individuals, businesses, and organizations, and in receipts from taxes, fees, and other payments to finance daily and long-term Government operations. These transactions flow into and out of the United States General Fund (General Fund), which might be thought of as America's bank account. In Fiscal Year 2024, $33.9 trillion flowed into the General Fund and $33.6 trillion flowed out of the account, including $5.87 trillion (less net interest) in benefits, grants, loans, vendor payments, and other disbursements.The Department of the Treasury is the largest financial payment manager of the Federal Government and is responsible for safeguarding the General Fund, but lacks sufficient controls to track transactions flowing through the General Fund to determine if they were proper. To enforce sufficient controls and ensure accountability to American taxpayers, the Department of the Treasury requires financial information from executive departments and agencies (agencies) beyond what they currently provide.Financial fraud threatens the integrity of Federal programs and undermines trust in Government. Agencies' past underinvestment in technology and longstanding challenges with access to accurate data has prevented them from more fully safeguarding taxpayer dollars against fraud and improper payments. The Government Accountability Office estimates that the Federal Government loses between $233 and $521 billion annually to fraud.In addition to being an efficient steward of taxpayer funds, the Federal Government, on behalf of the American public, must seek to ensure that financial information is accurate and that there is transparency with respect to how taxpayer dollars are being used. Today, Federal funds are disbursed both by the Department of the Treasury and various Federal Government entities that are authorized to issue their own disbursements known as Non-Treasury Disbursing Offices (NTDOs). In Fiscal Year 2024, NTDOs were estimated to be responsible for 181 million payments totaling over $1.5 trillion (approximately 22 percent of all Federal Government dollars disbursed). This fragmentation of disbursing authority, together with the proliferation of non-standard financial management systems across the Federal Government, leads to expensive, disjointed, and duplicative financial reporting, lack of financial traceability, complicated financial management, opacity, increased operational risks, and decreased ability of the Department of the Treasury to provide centralized oversight.This order promotes financial integrity by enabling the Department of the Treasury to more easily conduct improper payment and fraud prevention screening prior to disbursing funds on behalf of agencies. This order increases transparency and accountability by requiring agencies to provide the Department of the Treasury with the information needed to track transactions through the General Fund in greater detail. This order also promotes operational efficiency by returning disbursing functions to the Department of the Treasury when possible and consolidating and standardizing core Federal financial systems.Sec. 2-Policy.It is the policy of the United States to defend against financial fraud and improper payments, increase transparency and accountability around the Federal Government's operations and financial condition, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the security of Federal payments.Sec. 3-Treasury Verification of Agency Payments Information.(a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Director), shall update guidance and enhance systems to ensure that all payments made by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of agencies pursuant to the Secretary of the Treasury's disbursing authority, including 31 U.S.C. 3321, are subject to pre-certification verification processes established by the Secretary of the Treasury and conducted by agencies and the Department of the Treasury for the purposes of defending against financial fraud and improper payments, to the greatest extent permitted by law. Such guidance shall set forth guidelines for compliance with the Do Not Pay Working System as described in 31 U.S.C. 3351 et seq.,and such other payment, account, and payee validation programs and services that the Secretary of the Treasury and the OMB Director determine to be beneficial for reducing financial fraud and improper payments. (b) In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3354, the heads of all agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary of the Treasury to fulfill their obligations to determine payment or award eligibility through pre-certification and pre-award procedures, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and section 4 of this order to prevent fraud and improper payments.(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is directed to minimize administrative barriers to accessing and using data to prevent fraud and improper payments by exercising the authority in 31 U.S.C. 3351 et seq.to waive the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552(o), in consultation with the OMB Director, in any case or class of cases for computer matching activities, to the extent permissible by law.(d) Within 90 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall review and modify, as applicable, their relevant system of records notices under the Privacy Act of 1974 to include a “routine use” that allows for the disclosure of records to the Department of the Treasury for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping fraud and improper payments, to the extent permissible by law.(e) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the OMB Director, shall issue guidance to agency heads on the circumstances in which agency heads, to the extent permissible by law, may provide the Secretary of the Treasury with access to data necessary for the purposes of detecting and preventing fraud and improper payments, as well as data for payment information verification (and not, for example, data such as health records).Sec. 4-Implementation and Compliance of Payment Verification.(a) Agency heads, through designated agency officials (Certifying Officers or COs), who are responsible for verifying that disbursements made by the Federal Government are legal, proper, and correct, and for performing the duties in 31 U.S.C. 3528, shall comply with the disbursement requirements and instructions, including pre-certification requirements, published by the Secretary of the Treasury.(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall consider, as appropriate, issuing instructions to agencies to enforce the following pre-certification criteria for disbursement requests submitted by COs (Vouchers) before they are certified for payment by the CO:(i) Funds are available at the time the obligation is incurred. If an obligation is incurred when funds are not available, then the CO shall not certify the payment.(ii) The amount of the payment and the name of the payee on the Voucher are correct, in conformance with the Department of the Treasury's prescribed standard format.(iii) A proper Social Security Number, Taxpayer Identification Number, Employer Identification Number, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or Payee ID Number is provided for each payee on the Voucher, as applicable.(iv) The appropriation or fund from which the payment will be made is available for the purpose set forth in the Voucher and indicated with the appropriate Treasury Account Symbol/Business Event Type Code.(v) Payees are not deceased individuals, to the greatest extent permitted by law.(vi) The account number provided on the Voucher is held at a financial institution and is open, valid, and belongs to the payee or valid designee of payee. (vii) Contracts or agreements are referenced on the Voucher by providing the contract number, referred to as the Procurement Instrument Identifier, where applicable.(viii) Financial assistance awards (non-aggregate) are referenced on the Voucher by providing the award number, referred to as the Federal Award Identification Number, where applicable.(ix) For summary schedules, the payments on the Voucher are submitted in conformance with the Department of the Treasury prescribed standard formats for such schedules.(c) Agency heads shall submit payment files other than with respect to same-day payments to the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's designee with sufficient lead time prior to the date of disbursement as determined by the Department of the Treasury and provided in the requirements and instructions issued pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, to allow for fraud and improper payment screening, to the extent permissible by law. With respect to same-day payments, agency heads shall submit payment files to the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's designee as much in advance as reasonably practicable.(d) In issuing requirements and instructions pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consider whether it would be appropriate to provide that the Department of the Treasury's Chief Disbursing Officer return to the relevant agency for reconciliation any payments that do not pass the pre-certification verification processes established pursuant to section 3(a) of this order and notify the designated CO.(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall include in the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or in other regulations or guidance, a transparent process for agencies to request exemptions from some or all of the payment verification requirements for specific payments or categories of payments.Sec. 5-Core Financial System Consolidation.(a) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the OMB Director shall issue guidance that directs agencies described in 31 U.S.C. 901(b) (CFO Act agencies) to consolidate their core financial systems.(b) As soon as practicable, but not later than 180 days of the date of this order, the OMB Director, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue guidance directing all non-CFO Act agencies to consolidate transactional financial management services under a single provider approved by the Department of the Treasury.(c) As soon as practicable, all heads of CFO Act agencies shall use standard financial management solutions available through the Financial Management Marketplace, administered by the Financial Management Quality Service Management Office.(d) Agency heads shall ensure that core financial systems comply with Federal accounting and financial reporting standards and relevant regulations, orders, guidance documents, policy statements, and other agency actions published by the Department of the Treasury from time to time.Sec. 6-Reduction of NTDOs.(a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall assess whether to maintain disbursing authority that it has delegated to agencies pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3321(b) and issue notices to revoke such delegations, as appropriate, in accordance with applicable law.(b) The heads of agencies with disbursing authority under 31 U.S.C. 3321(c), including the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Supreme Court and other entities of the Federal Government outside the Executive Branch) will work with the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate the performance of their disbursing activities, other than with respect to classified payments, to the Department of the Treasury's Chief Disbursing Officer in accordance with applicable law.(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) or (b) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury may continue to delegate disbursing authority to NTDOs at other agencies when doing so would align with significant Government priorities. Any remaining NTDOs are required to report daily to the Department of the Treasury's centralized accounting and reporting system in accordance with then-current Department of the Treasury guidance and applicable law.(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall develop a plan to centralize and manage all payments previously disbursed by NTDOs, ensuring seamless continuity of Government payments.(e) The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with agency heads, shall establish a transition plan for agencies currently operating as NTDOs, including staffing adjustments, system integrations, and legal or regulatory modifications necessary for full consolidation.(f) The heads of agencies with disbursing authority delegated to the agency under 33 U.S.C. 3321(b) shall decommission all internal payment systems and use the Department of the Treasury's disbursement systems, except and to the extent authorized by the Department of the Treasury or otherwise required by applicable law.Sec. 7-Reporting and Implementation Requirements.(a) The heads of all agencies shall submit a compliance plan to the OMB Director within 90 days of the date of this order detailing their strategy for:(i) transitioning disbursing authority to the Department of the Treasury, as applicable and as contemplated by this order;(ii) updating and integrating systems with Department of the Treasury platforms;(iii) procedures to verify payment information as contemplated by this order; and(iv) transmitting information associated with improper payments to the Department of the Treasury in accordance with standards and reporting specifications established by the OMB Director in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury as contemplated by this order.(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an implementation report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy within 180 days of the date of this order detailing progress on the matters set forth in this order.(c) The Secretary of the Treasury and agency heads shall take all necessary steps to protect classified information and systems, as well as personally identifiable information and tax return information, through the implementation of this order.Sec. 8-General Provisions.(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.THE WHITE HOUSE,-March 25, 2025.
Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account-A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 03/28/2025-By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1-Purpose.The continued use of paper-based payments by the Federal Government, including checks and money orders, flowing into and out of the United States General Fund, which might be thought of as America's bank account, imposes unnecessary costs; delays; and risks of fraud, lost payments, theft, and inefficiencies. Mail theft complaints have increased substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Historically, Department of the Treasury checks are 16 times more likely to be reported lost or stolen, returned undeliverable, or altered than an electronic funds transfer (EFT). Maintaining the physical infrastructure and specialized technology for digitizing paper records cost the American taxpayer over $657 million in Fiscal Year 2024 alone.This order promotes operational efficiency by mandating the transition to electronic payments for all Federal disbursements and receipts by digitizing payments to the extent permissible under applicable law (but not, for avoidance of doubt, to establish a Central Bank Digital Currency). Sec. 2-Policy.It is the policy of the United States to defend against financial fraud and improper payments, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the security of Federal payments.Sec. 3-Phase Out of Paper Check Disbursements and Receipts.(a) Effective September 30, 2025, and to the extent permitted by law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cease issuing paper checks for all Federal disbursements inclusive of intragovernmental payments, benefits payments, vendor payments, and tax refunds, except as specified in section 4 of this order.(b) All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall comply with this directive by transitioning to EFT methods, including direct deposit, prepaid card accounts, and other digital payment options, and take all steps necessary to enroll recipients in EFT payments, except as specified in section 4 of this order.(c) As soon as practicable, and to the extent permitted by law, all payments made to the Federal Government shall be processed electronically, except as specified in section 4 of this order.(d) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take appropriate action to eliminate the need for the Department of the Treasury's physical lockbox services and expedite requirements to receive the payment of Federal receipts, including fees, fines, loans, and taxes, through electronic means except as specified in section 4 of this order.(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall support agencies' transition to digital payment methods, including by providing access through the Department of the Treasury's centralized payment systems to:(i) direct deposits;(ii) debit and credit card payments;(iii) digital wallets and real-time payment systems; and(iv) other modern electronic payment options.Sec. 4-Exceptions and Accommodations for the Phase Out of Paper Check Disbursements and Receipts.(a) The Secretary of the Treasury, shall review and, as appropriate, revise procedures for granting limited exceptions where electronic payment and collection methods are not feasible, including exceptions for:(i) individuals who do not have access to banking services or electronic payment systems;(ii) certain emergency payments where electronic disbursement would cause undue hardship, as contemplated in 31 C.F.R. Part 208;(iii) national security- or law enforcement-related activities where non-EFT transactions are necessary or desirable; and(iv) other circumstances as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as reflected in regulations or other guidance.(b) Individuals or entities qualifying for an exception under this section or other applicable law shall be provided alternative payment options.Sec. 5-Implementation and Compliance of Electronic Transactions.(a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the heads of agencies, shall develop and implement a comprehensive public awareness campaign to inform Federal payment recipients of the transition to electronic payments, including guidance on accessing and setting up digital payment options.(b) Agencies shall coordinate with the Department of the Treasury to facilitate a smooth transition to digital payments, ensuring that affected individuals and entities receive adequate support.(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall work with financial institutions, consumer groups, and other stakeholders to address financial access for unbanked and underbanked populations.(d) The Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of agencies shall take all necessary steps to protect classified information and systems, as well as personally identifiable information and tax return information, through the implementation of this order.Sec. 6-Reporting Requirements.(a) The heads of agencies shall submit a compliance plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget within 90 days of the date of this order detailing their strategy for eliminating paper-based transactions.(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an implementation report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy within 180 days of the date of this order detailing progress on the matters set forth in this order.Sec. 7-General Provisions.(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.THE WHITE HOUSE,March 25, 2025.
Human microchip implants take center stage-by Zhanna L. Malekos Smith, Opinion Contributor - 01/23/23 7:30 AM ET
The novelty of replacing one’s “home key” with a microchip implant is gaining worldwide interest, but there’s another more compelling story under the surface. Why is this technology — an integrated circuit the size of a grain of rice — reviled by some and celebrated by self-proclaimed human cyborgs?Arguably, William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” offers the most elegant explanation: “Nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.” However, it would be prudent to tell Prince Hamlet that not all microchip implants are designed alike, and understanding the technological design enables one to better evaluate the competing viewpoints. Today, more than 50,000 people have elected to have a subdermal chip surgically inserted between the thumb and index finger, serve as their new swipe key, or credit card. In Germany, for example, more than 2,000 Germans have opted to receive these implants; one man even used it to store a link to his last will and testament. As chip storage capacity increases, perhaps users could even link to the complete works of Shakespeare.Chip implants are just one of the many types of emerging technologies in the Internet of Things (IoT) — an expanding digital cosmos of wirelessly connected internet-enabled devices. Some technologists are worried, however, that hackers targeting IoT vulnerabilities in sensors and network architecture also may try to hack chip implants. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips are identifying transponders that typically carry a unique identification number and can be tagged with user data such as health records, social media profiles, and financial information.RFID chips are passive transponders, which means the digital reader must be positioned a few inches away from the user’s microchipped hand to communicate. In contrast, near field communication (NFC) chips use electromagnetic radio fields to wirelessly communicate to digital readers in close proximity, much like smartphones and contactless credit cards. A benefit of NFC over RFID is international use, reasons Biohax: “With the power of existing infrastructure and the wide variety of services and products already supporting the NFC standard globally, one huge benefit of ours is that we overlap virtually any private or public sector already using NFC or mobile tech.”According to a 2021 United Kingdom-based consumer survey by Propeller Insights on digital payment trends in Europe, 51 percent of the approximately 2,000 respondents said they would consider getting a chip implant to pay for services. This technology is especially popular in Sweden as a substitute for paying with cash. “Only 1 in 4 people living in Sweden use cash at least once a week,” writes NPR. More than 4,000 Swedes have replaced keycards for chip implants to use for gym access, e-tickets on railway travel, and to store emergency contact information.The technology also may offer increased mobility for people with physically limiting health conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and motor neurone disease, according to BioTeq, a UK-based tech firm. For example, “a wheelchair-mobile person can approach a door and the reader will unlock the door, avoiding the need for keys that the person may not be able to use for themselves.” BioTeq is also exploring providing microchip services for those who are visually impaired to create “trigger audible or touch-sensory signals” in the home. Despite these benefits, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists avers that the main challenges to chip implants are security, safety and privacy.A general security concern with NFC technology is that it could allow third parties to eavesdrop on device communication, corrupt data, or wage interception attacks, warns NFC.org. Interception attacks are when someone intercepts the data transmitted between two NFC devices and then alters the data as it’s being relayed. Like any device, these personal chips have security vulnerabilities and potentially could be hacked, even if embedded underneath the skin.With regard to health safety concerns, a 2020 study with the American Society for Surgery of the Hand indicated that RFID chip implants may carry potential health risks such as adverse tissue reaction and incompatibility with some magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. Several social scientists also are apprehensive about the risks to privacy and human rights if the body becomes a type of “human barcode.” According to microbiologist Ben Libberton at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, chip implants can reveal sensitive personal information about your health and even “data about your whereabouts, how often you’re working, how long you’re working, if you’re taking toilet breaks and things like that.” Interestingly, the first person to implant a microchip in himself was professor Kevin Warwick of Reading University in 1998; he wanted to determine whether his computer could wirelessly track his movements at work.To date, at least 10 state legislatures in the United States have passed statutes to ban employers from requiring employees to receive human microchip implants. The most recent state was Indiana, which prohibited employers from requiring employees to be chipped as a condition of employment and discriminating against job applicants who refuse the implant. Nevada’s legislation is the most restrictive — although not a total ban, as proposed in 2017, Nevada Assembly Bill 226 prohibits an officer or employee of Nevada from “establishing a program that authorizes a person to voluntarily elect to undergo the implantation of such a microchip or permanent identification marker.”As the impact and influence of chip implants increases in the United States, it will raise complex questions for state legislatures and courts to consider, such as third-party liability for cybersecurity, data ownership rights, and Americans’ rights under the Fourth Amendment and the protection of sensitive digital data under the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Carpenter v. United States.Microchips offer alluring benefits of convenience and mobility, but they carry potential cybersecurity, privacy and health risks. The onus cannot be on the law alone, however, to protect consumers. Instead, it is a shared responsibility among consumers to understand their data rights as part of digital literacy, and among technologists to promote cybersecurity-informed engineering at each phase of product development. Further, lawmakers must be mindful of the delicate balance between protecting the flame of technological innovation and advancement, while guarding against misapplication and abuse. As technology historian Melvin Kranzberg noted, “Technology is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.”Zhanna L. Malekos Smith is a nonresident adjunct fellow with the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington and an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where she also is a Cyber Law and Policy Fellow with the Army Cyber Institute and affiliate faculty with the Modern War Institute. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and not those of CSIS, the U.S. government or Department of Defense.
Tech5 patents complete decentralized biometric digital ID system-Apr 9, 2025, 8:05 pm EDT | Chris Burt
Tech5 has been granted patent protection for its decentralized system for digital identity issuance, storage and real-time verification.The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Tech5 the patent for a “System and Method for Decentralized Digital Identity Verification.”The patent describes the issuance of digital IDs in the form of Verifiable Credentials or 2D machine-readable code to support identity verification without relying on centralized databases or an internet connection. The system supports selective disclosure, biometric identity binding and verification using any of a wide range of modalities, and blockchain integration.Tech5 emphasizes in a press release that the patented system aligns with self-sovereign identity (SSI) principles.The machine-readable code is a cryptograph embedded in the credential, and the request indicates a piece of data to reveal from the cryptograph. A stable bio-hash is generated from the live biometric sample, and the decryption key is composed of shards generated with live biometric data, according to the patent.The system can be used to advance towards universal inclusion, and supports financial inclusion and services, including digital payment ecosystems.“We continue to innovate in the field of decentralized identity because we believe in building inclusive infrastructure that empowers every individual to participate in the digital ecosystem in a secure and private manner,” says Tech5 Co-founder, CTO and Chairman Rahul Parthe. “There is still work to be done to create truly trustworthy digital IDs that are accessible to all. The method and system described in this patent bring us one step closer to that goal. This technology serves as a core building block for decentralized Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), where digital identity becomes the foundation of trust.”Tech5 is actively implementing the solution as a decentralized DPI in countries in Africa and Latin America, the company says in the announcement. Countries Tech5 has been confirmed active in include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Colombia.
AI, DPI offer Africa new hope for more efficient, impactful public sector: Tony Blair Institute-Apr 9, 2025, 7:27 pm EDT | Ayang Macdonald
Generative AI can help Africa leapfrog its historical development constraints and fast-track a new approach to socio-economic progress which is different from the liner trajectory the continent has known over the decades.This view underpins the arguments shared in the first of a planned series of papers by the Tony Blair institute for Global Change, titled: “Governing in the age of AI: A new model to transform the state.”The thinking reflected in the paper is about Africans embracing a public sector modernization approach that is driven by AI and digital public infrastructure, both of which have the potential to make governments run in a more efficient, transparent and smart manner, void of the analogue system challenges that have bedevilled governance in the past.AI, the Institute holds, can be extremely useful in streamlining a wide gamut of processes – from service delivery, to healthcare access, the fight against corruption, social protection, education and learning, climate change, agriculture and food security, the fight against youth unemployment, and financial inclusion, just to mention a fraction of these real-world use scenarios.The paper contends that to set off a new governance dispensation, African countries must incorporate AI into their governance realities, with each of them tailoring it to suit their specific local contexts in order to make the most of the technology.In its executive summary, the paper proposes that “to fully unlock AI’s potential, African governments must adopt a dual-track strategy – one that balances immediate, high-impact interventions with the development of long-term structural readiness.”This, according to the writers, means “rapidly deploying AI for impactful use cases in priority sectors including health care, education, agriculture and public administration, addressing immediate challenges and building momentum.”The paper also mentions key tips on African countries integrating AI into public sector governance. This includes “clear national leadership, robust institutional frameworks and forward-thinking investment.”Specifically, the paper explains that adopting and deploying AI at scale will involve a number of strategic measures, the first of which is defining a national AI vision and governance framework, and then adopting adaptive AI governance and regulation models.Other measures proposed include making significant investments in foundational AI infrastructure and data governance, building AI talent and ecosystems for innovation, and strengthening national computing infrastructure for the development of AI.To the experts, one of the major challenges AI adoption and development would bring to the African governments is the cost burden, but they believe thinking of innovative financing models could prove crucial.They go ahead to propose what they term a “dedicated AI-Financing Compact for Africa” which “could help governments integrate AI investment into long-term economic and fiscal planning.”Among other things, the paper also discusses the systemic barriers which have prevented efficient governance in Africa, how AI can dismantle these hurdles and transform public administration, the building of AI systems that can drive cross-sectoral impact, AI investment models that can work better, and the role of the central government in AI governance.DPI, AI among priorities of SA’s G20 presidency-Conscious of the potential impact and transformational power of AI and DPI in driving economic growth, South Africa says it is making these aspects part of the priority causes it is using its G20 presidency to advocate.India had also used its own G20 presidency two years ago to make the case for global DPI adoption which is a major propeller of digital transformation.According to a blog post by the World Economic Forum, the UNDP is joining hands with the South African government to make good on these intentions.The South African President’s announcement of the putting in place of a G20 Task Force on Artificial Intelligence is expected to tie in with other global and regional efforts which are already ongoing with the aim of unearthing the real value of DPI and AI for Africa’s economic growth.The WEF article notes that one of the roles of the G20 AI Task Force should be closing the AI gap, as well as harnessing the potential and contributions of the private sector.One event to watch out for where discussions around DPI and AI will come under sharper focus is the ID4Afirca 2025 AGM coming up in Addis Ababa next month. Reflections around AI will feature during the event in the light of scalability of identity systems, deploying sector-specific applications and driving large scale impact.Another event where these technologies will be extensively discussed is coming up in August in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.As Daily Trust reports, the event, dubbed African Digital Economy & Inclusivity Conference, will take place under the theme “AI and Africa’s Digital Economy: Leaving No One Behind.” It will bring participants from across the board to discuss advances in DPI and AI as they relate to Africa’s digital economy which is said to be valued at $180 billion.
About Event-Middle East Resilient Banking & Payments
Welcome to the Middle East Resilient Banking & Payments Symposium, Exhibit, and Awards — an exclusive gathering designed to address the pivotal challenges and opportunities steering the course of banking in the region. This symposium serves as a critical nexus for industry leaders, innovators, and solution providers, converging to dissect the key forces shaping the future of Middle East banking and payments.In an era of unprecedented change, our conference spotlights the challenges and opportunities fueling the ongoing transformation of the financial landscape. From Saudi Arabia’s Fintech Revolution, navigating Vision 2030 and FSDP Aspirations, to exploring the dynamics of Beyond Banking, our discussions will unravel the intricate challenges faced by the industry.Data-Driven Excellence takes center stage as we delve into predictive analytics, data practices, and strategic insights, shedding light on the opportunities for leveraging data in responsible and impactful ways. AI Empowerment in Banking & Payment examines the challenges and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence, particularly in areas like credit intelligence and financial inclusion.Revolutionizing Banking & Payment explores the challenges faced by neobanks in reshaping the traditional narrative, while AI and ML Reshaping Credit Scoring dissects the opportunities and ethical considerations surrounding the integration of artificial intelligence in risk assessment.Join us in unpacking the challenges and opportunities that define the trajectory of Middle East Resilient Banking & Payments Symposium, driving meaningful conversations and actionable insights for the industry’s future.
Middle East Resilient Banking & Payments Symposium-Apr 9, 2025 - Apr 10, 2025-Abu Dhabi, UAE-April 9-10, 2025
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Middle East Resilient Banking & Payments Symposium is an exclusive gathering designed to address the pivotal challenges and opportunities steering the course of banking in the region.This symposium serves as a critical nexus for industry leaders, innovators, and solution providers, converging to dissect the key forces shaping the future of Middle East retail banking and payments.
• CONFEX: 09th & 10th of April 2025
• MERBP Awards: 10th of April 2025
• Theme: Breaking Boundaries: Let’s Keep Disrupting
• Venue: Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort
A few speakers among many others:
1. Sanjoy Sen – Managing Director, Group Head of Consumer Bank | DBS Bank
2. Christoph Koster – Chief Executive Officer | ruya
3. Zein Malhas – Chief Executive Officer | Blink by Capital Bank
4. Hisham Hammoud – Chief Executive Officer and Board Member | Aafaq Islamic Finance
5. Vimal Kumar – Chief Executive Officer | omnispay
Why attend:
• Gain valuable insights from industry experts and thought leaders.
• Network with key players in sector.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and innovations.
• Participate in discussions shaping the future of banking in the Middle East region.
This summit will host high-profile officials from relevant government bodies, as well as c-suite executives from banks, microfinance institutions, fintech companies, and regulatory authorities. The audience will comprise senior and executive management officials from the financial services sector who are keen to shape the future of payments, digital banking, and more within the Middle East region.
Consumers fear cyber threats but remain exposed; preparedness fails-Apr 9, 2025, 3:34 pm EDT | Anthony Kimery
Two new reports reveal a troubling dissonance between perceived security and actual preparedness. And when examined together, their findings draw a sobering conclusion: people are more aware of cyber threats, but they remain dangerously under protected, especially as AI empowers cybercriminals to innovate faster than defenses can adapt.Iris’ consumer-focused Identity & Cybersecurity Concerns Survey underscores that while individuals recognize the dangers of identity theft, their behavioral response remains insufficient. Only 30 percent of respondents reported following all recommended cybersecurity practices, despite deep concerns about data breaches, compromised passwords, and fraud.Particularly alarming is the concern surrounding AI. Ninety-one percent cited AI as a significant threat to personal information, an anxiety that is especially acute among women. Yet, this high level of awareness does not translate into meaningful action. Most respondents described themselves as feeling only “somewhat secure” while using their digital devices, a sense of unease that reflects the gap between what they know and what they do.This unease is well founded. According to Delinea Labs’ Cybersecurity and the AI Threat Landscape report, AI is not just accelerating existing cyber threats, it is completely redefining them. AI-generated phishing, deepfake impersonations, and automated ransomware are rapidly becoming the norm. In 2024, phishing attempts increased by over 200 percent, and credential phishing surged by 703 percent. Deepfake attacks are now occurring every five minutes around the world.One notorious case involved a finance employee of British engineering giant Arup transferring $25 million after being duped by a deepfake impersonation of the company’s CEO during a video call. Such events reveal how AI enables attackers to craft convincing social engineering schemes, tricking even the most security-conscious individuals into compromising their organizations.Despite these realities, though, most consumers still turn to their banks or credit card companies rather than dedicated cybersecurity providers when confronted with a data breach. Iris’ survey revealed that 46 percent would contact their financial institution compared to just 19 percent who would reach out to a cybersecurity provider.This behavior aligns with another key finding, which is 66 percent of consumers expressed interest in buying cyber protection directly from their bank or credit card issuer, which in turn suggests a significant opportunity for trusted institutions to embed digital protection into the platforms consumers already use, addressing both the accessibility gap and trust deficit.This embedded approach also speaks to the broader challenge, which is the complexity of cybersecurity tools. Iris Chief Technology and Product Officer Erik Nienaber explained that consumers shouldn’t have to navigate a labyrinth of products to stay protected. Instead, the goal should be seamless, behind-the-scenes security that is integrated into daily workflows and built into the systems people already rely on.“These findings only confirm what we’re doing at Iris. Our identity and cyber protection suite has been designed with this idea in mind, allowing our partners to seamlessly integrate proactive security into the systems their customers already use,” Nienaber said. “By embedding protection where consumers already are -whether through banks, credit card companies, or other trusted providers – we’re making it easier than ever for them to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats without having to navigate complex security solutions on their own.”The Delinea report supports this approach. It highlights the growing attack surface of identity systems, particularly those involving Non-Human Identities (NHIs), digital accounts used by apps, APIs, and services. For every human identity, there are 46 NHIs, and over 70 percent are not rotated according to security best practices. Worse, 97 percent of organizations expose these NHIs to third parties, further compounding the risk.Failures in identity protection aren’t just theoretical. The Snowflake breach in 2024 – one of the biggest breaches last year – exploited stolen credentials from an employee account lacking multi-factor authentication (MFA). This single vulnerability led to the exposure of data from multiple high-profile clients that affected hundreds of millions of consumers. Similarly, a breach of the Internet Archive was due to unsecured non-human identity tokens left accessible in a public repository for nearly two years.These incidents serve as stark reminders of the cascading consequences when identity systems are not secured, especially as attackers grow more adept at exploiting them. Windows’ Active Directory, the backbone of access management for many enterprises, was the target of nine out of 10 ransomware attacks in 2024, according to Delinea. Attackers increasingly are using AI to probe weaknesses, bypass MFA through fraudulent push notifications, and exploit identity provider systems. MFA itself was implicated in nearly half of all incidents, often due to misconfiguration or user error.Iris CEO Paige Schaffer emphasized that consumers shouldn’t be left to navigate these complex threats alone. Indeed, this is the core message echoed by both reports, which is that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical challenge – it’s a societal one. The stress of recovering from identity fraud is immense. Iris found that 93 percent of recent victims reported significant emotional distress, with over half describing the experience as more stressful than any previous event in their lives. Yet only 5 percent of these victims received help from an identity protection provider, revealing a striking underutilization of available support.And this is where coordinated, proactive defenses become essential. Delinea’s report urges organizations to adopt identity-first security strategies and investing in advanced threat detection and continuous monitoring. It highlights the rapid growth in identity-related vulnerabilities, which rose by nearly 40 percent in 202.As attackers leverage AI to automate phishing sites, impersonate executives, and target privileged accounts, the window for detection narrows. Human vigilance, while still important, is no longer enough. Instead, a layered defense strategy is necessary. One that integrates intelligent access controls, risk-based authentication, and real-time monitoring. Identity systems must be hardened against exploitation and consumer-facing platforms must evolve to offer embedded protection that meets users where they are. Institutions, whether financial or governmental, must lead by example in deploying AI to defend, not just attack.In the final analysis, both the Iris and Delinea reports point to the same conclusion, which is the cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The tools of attack have changed – fueled by AI, scale, and automation – yet the tools of defense remain fragmented and underutilized. Bridging this gap will require more than awareness and a rethinking of how cybersecurity is delivered, accessed, and experienced.
Trump administration announces overhaul of federal AI policy-Apr 9, 2025, 8:40 pm EDT | Anthony Kimery
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) this week advanced a major policy initiative fulfilling President Trump’s Executive Order, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, with the release of two transformative memos, M-25-21 and M-25-22. These revised policies outline the federal government’s updated approach to AI use and procurement, and signal a paradigm shift in federal policy away from outdated bureaucracy and toward a forward-leaning, innovation-focused administration.“President Trump recognizes that AI is a technology that will define the future. This administration is focused on encouraging and promoting American AI innovation and global leadership, which starts with utilizing these emerging technologies within the federal government, said Lynne Parker, Principal Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). These “revised memos offer much needed guidance on AI adoption and procurement that will remove unnecessary bureaucratic restrictions, allow agencies to be more efficient and cost-effective, and support a competitive American AI marketplace.”Trump’s Executive Order underscores the urgency of positioning the U.S. at the forefront of global AI innovation. To this end, OMB, in close collaboration with OSTP and the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, crafted M-25-21, Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust, and M-25-22, Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government. The two memos replace previous guidance with streamlined strategies that prioritize national competitiveness, data privacy, public trust, and operational excellence.For their part, industry experts are cautiously optimistic about the new guidance. While the memos emphasize innovation and risk management, there is uncertainty about their practical implementation. Quinn Anex-Ries, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Democracy and Technology, noted that the guidance maintains core AI governance requirements but emphasized that its faithful execution remains to be seen. He also expressed concerns regarding the Department of Government Efficiency’s potential use of AI systems that might compromise sensitive data, highlighting the need for timely and transparent implementation across all federal agencies.Cody Venzke, senior policy counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), acknowledged the administration’s commitment to ensuring AI systems are safe, fair, and aligned with the public interest, but also emphasized the importance of agencies verifying that AI tools are fair and safe before deployment, especially when such tools influence critical decisions affecting individuals’ lives. The ACLU highlighted the necessity for ongoing monitoring and human oversight to maintain public trust in AI applications.Legal experts, meanwhile, observed that the new memos, while introducing a distinct approach, build upon themes from previous administrations concerning responsible AI use within the federal government.M-25-21 lays the foundation for accelerating AI integration across federal agencies by removing structural bottlenecks and reimagining governance models. The memorandum instructs agencies to implement AI not as a peripheral enhancement, but as a mission-critical tool for modern public service. It establishes three central pillars – innovation, governance, and public trust – as the basis of AI deployment strategy.Central to M-25-21 is the newly expanded role of the Chief AI Officer (CAIO). Each agency must designate a CAIO with the authority to lead strategic AI initiatives and ensure compliance with governance standards. These officers are now positioned as champions of innovation rather than mere compliance administrators. They are tasked with evaluating AI maturity within their agencies, identifying opportunities for growth, and overseeing risk management, especially for high-impact AI systems that influence legally binding decisions or affect the rights and safety of the public.The memo redefines AI governance as an enabler, not an obstacle. Rather than layering new approval processes atop existing structures, M-25-21 aligns AI accountability with current IT governance models. Agencies are encouraged to promote rapid innovation by establishing clear expectations and delegating decision-making power, particularly when deploying AI tools in contexts such as healthcare, public safety, or benefits administration.Public trust is a consistent theme in the policy’s language. M-25-21 mandates agencies to identify and report AI use cases annually, with special attention paid to “high-impact” applications, which are defined as AI systems whose outputs serve as a principal basis for decisions that have legal, material, or safety implications. In these cases, agencies must conduct risk assessments, maintain rigorous performance monitoring, and suspend use if systems fail to meet safety, fairness, or transparency criteria.Meanwhile, M-25-22 complements these efforts by overhauling federal acquisition strategies to ensure agencies can efficiently and responsibly procure AI technologies. The memo responds to long-standing frustrations with procurement delays and inefficiencies and directs agencies to adopt performance-based contracting and to reduce their reliance on a narrow pool of vendors.The policy also places emphasis on American-made innovation. Consistent with the Executive Order’s mandate to “buy American,” agencies are encouraged to prioritize domestically developed AI systems, which is aimed at promoting national security and economic strength by ensuring that critical government infrastructure relies on trustworthy, transparent, and secure technologies.Greg Barbaccia from the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer emphasized that these memos help agencies overcome stagnation created by outdated acquisition models. According to him, the revised approach reflects a government-wide commitment to fiscal responsibility, innovation, and public trust.“Federal agencies have experienced a widening gap in adopting AI and modernizing government technology, largely due to unnecessary bureaucracy and outdated procurement processes. OMB’s new policies demonstrate that the government is committed to spending American taxpayer dollars efficiently and responsibly, while increasing public trust through the Federal use of AI,” Barbaccia said.A key innovation in M-25-22 is the requirement for cross-functional acquisition teams. When planning to procure AI systems, agencies must convene internal experts from legal, IT, procurement, privacy, civil liberties, and operational backgrounds to evaluate AI’s potential impact, especially in high-risk or sensitive domains. This collaborative structure is supposed to ensure that decisions are informed by diverse perspectives and aligned with agency missions.M-25-22 also addresses vendor lock-in – which has been a significant challenge in past technology contracts – by requiring agencies to prioritize interoperability, transparency, and open standards. Solicitation language must reflect these priorities, ensuring that the government retains sufficient data and intellectual property rights to adapt, modify, and monitor AI systems over time.To support agencies in implementing the new requirements, the General Services Administration is developing a shared repository of best practices, sample contract language, and procurement templates tailored to various types of AI such as biometrics and generative AI. These resources are designed to standardize approaches across government and reduce the learning curve for agency acquisition teams.Both memoranda emphasize the development of an AI-ready workforce. Agencies must invest in staff training, both for technical specialists and non-technical employees who may interact with AI tools. Through centralized government-wide training programs and internal capacity-building initiatives, the memos aim to democratize AI literacy and foster a culture of continuous improvement.Trump’s vision, as expressed in his Executive Order, is not merely to use AI more, but to use AI better. Through M-25-21 and M-25-22, the administration has provided a roadmap it says will achieve that goal.Importantly, both memos establish mechanisms for accountability and transparency. Agencies must publish AI strategies, risk assessments, and inventories of AI use cases. High-impact AI applications must undergo pre-deployment testing, periodic audits, and independent reviews. If a system is found to pose undue risks or fails to deliver on its intended performance, agencies are directed to modify or discontinue its use.The practical effects of the new policies are being touted by highlighting pioneering use cases such as the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) deploying AI to deepen its understanding of the global drug market. By analyzing data patterns and market behaviors, DOJ is using AI tools to disrupt drug trafficking networks. DOJ says its application of AI enhances public safety by enabling faster, more targeted investigations and interventions.DOJ’s December 2024 report, Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Justice, outlines how AI is being implemented in areas including sentencing, pretrial decisions, risk assessments, police surveillance, predictive policing, forensic analysis, and prison management. While recognizing the potential of AI to enhance fairness, efficiency, and accuracy, the report also underscores the risks these technologies pose, especially regarding bias, privacy violations, and the potential erosion of civil liberties.A significant portion of the report addresses AI-driven identification and surveillance technologies, especially the growing use of biometrics. Facial recognition technology receives close scrutiny, with the report noting its expanded use by federal and local agencies for identifying suspects, witnesses, and missing persons. While acknowledging its operational benefits, the report emphasizes persistent concerns over misidentification and its chilling effect on constitutionally protected activities like protest and anonymous assembly. It highlights the variation in policies among jurisdictions and recommends consistent safeguards and oversight to prevent civil rights infringements.The report further evaluated AI applications in forensic analysis, where technologies like machine learning are being used to interpret DNA evidence, digital forensics, and drug identification. These tools, while promising faster and more accurate outcomes, still face challenges in transparency and evidentiary validation. The complexity of AI systems often makes it difficult to explain forensic conclusions in court, raising questions about due process and the reliability of evidence.Ultimately, the report stresses that the adoption of AI in criminal justice must not come at the cost of constitutional rights, public trust, or ethical accountability. The deployment of these tools should be carefully controlled, subject to public input, and continually evaluated to ensure they promote fairness and justice in the American legal system.
Somalia mandates use of biometric ID for govt, private sector services-Apr 8, 2025, 10:12 am EDT | Ayang Macdonald
Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, has directed that all government and private sector service providers begin to mandatorily integrate the national biometric ID card for verification and authentication.The PM made the call while chairing a high-level meeting on April 7 which was aimed at reviewing the implementation of the national identification program, and finetuning strategies ahead of a mass citizen enrollment campaign.According to an announcement from the National Identification and Registration Authority of Somalia (NIRA), the PM’s call is in line with the country’s National Transformation Plan which emphasizes the critical importance of digitizing and modernizing public service delivery.He also reiterated the government’s commitment to registering all citizens for the national ID and protecting their personal data in conformity with existing laws and regulatory frameworks.Barre said details of the national ID card adoption strategy will be unveiled soon.Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister, Ali Yusuf Ali, who attended the meeting, explained the necessity of integrating the national ID with various services across the board, adding that the national ID is an important tool that will contribute substantially to the growth and development of the conflict-battered country.A presentation from NIRA Director General, Abdiweli Ali Abdulle, outlined the features and uses of the national ID, highlighting the potential of the identity system in streamlining administrative and governance operations. He added that the ID brings some level of trust, security and convenience to the way citizens access services from government and private sector institutions and businesses. The NIRA boss also praised the support which the ID authority has had from government institutions and even external partners.The Somalia national ID project has massive support from Pakistan’s NADRA, which recently held a working session with NIRA officials on ways of tackling challenges and advancing progress on the rollout of ID cards. Official printing of the ID cards was launched in January.The call from the PM comes at a time when NIRA also organized an event in the capital Mogadishu to pep up staff who’ll take part in an upcoming nationwide ID registration exercise.NIRA director general expressed gratitude to the staff for their sacrifice and dedication, calling them the “backbone” of the national ID initiative, according to a blog post.“Your perseverance, professionalism, and commitment to the establishment and development of the modern National Identification System will serve future generations. On behalf of NIRA and the Federal Government of Somalia, I thank you for the great work you have done,” Abdulle told NIRA staff, before reiterating the vision of the ID authority which is to ensure the putting in place of a reliable, secure, and inclusive national identification system that ensures every Somali citizen has access to legal identity.Also speaking, the deputy Director General of NIRA, Abdirahman Said Ahmed, also encouraged staff to be ready for the imminent nationwide registration campaign which is to ensure that ID cards are issued to every citizen.“We are not just conducting registrations; we are laying the foundation for digital infrastructure that will underpin Somalia’s future development. Therefore, let us constantly strive to serve the Somali people efficiently, fairly, and in line with our institutional values,” the official appealed.Somalia is getting its national ID system back to life after a more than 30-year hiatus.
Netanyahu to cabinet: Negotiations underway with two countries to absorb Gazans-“That’s the direction things need to go,” said Netanyahu, following his US visit regarding discussions with countries about the possibility of absorbing a large number of Gazans.By AMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 9, 2025 22:48
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the security cabinet on Wednesday that negotiations are underway with two large countries to absorb large numbers of Gazans who will emigrate voluntarily. Netanyahu continued that Israel knew in advance about the US talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program, and the US wanted to know what a good agreement was from Israel's perspective. The prime minister said that there is goodwill in the US to reach a solution on the issue of tariffs and that Israel is committed to reducing the trade deficit with the US.At the end of the discussion, he instructed that a trade delegation be sent to the US in the coming days, headed by the Finance Ministry, to continue discussing the tariffs with the American administration.Visit to the White House-In his visit to the White House on Tuesday, Netanyahu discussed with US President Donald Trump about Gaza and the Israel-Hamas war, stating, "We are determined to eliminate Hamas, and at the same time, we are committed to bringing back all our hostages.”The prime minister also quoted Trump in confirming that Netanyahu “is working all the time to free the hostages,” adding, “I hope this statement puts to rest the false narrative that I’m not working for their release or that I don’t care.”Netanyahu added that the US and Israel are in talks with countries about the possibility of absorbing a large number of Gazans. “That’s the direction things need to go,” said Netanyahu.
Increase in applications for pregnancy termination in Israel in 2023, CBS reveals-The report reveals that Jewish women had an approval rating of 8.1 per 1,000 women aged 15-49, while Arab women had 6 per 1,000 women.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 8, 2025 16:01
Israel has seen a significant increase in the number of applications to terminate pregnancies, totaling 15,173 submissions in 2023. This marks a significant increase in abortion requests from previous years, according to data presented by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Of the applications, approval committees approved 99.5% of the requests, rising just under 10% from years prior. The demographics of the report show that Jewish women had an approval rating of 8.1 per 1,000 women aged 15-49, with Arab women having a lower approval rating at 6 approvals per 1,000 women. Age and marital status also played a key role in determining application approval. Teen pregnancy — referring to pregnancies terminated in individuals aged 19 and younger — comprised 6.8% of the population, dropping significantly over the last decade from 14.3% in 2006. Married women also made up 50.1% of the applicants, compared to 39.6% of single women.85.5% of the procedures were within the first trimester - up to 12 weeks. 12.8% of the procedures were performed in the second trimester - 13 to 23 weeks. Finally, Less than 2%, only 1.7% of procedures were performed at 24 weeks and beyond. The circumstances varied for why women required the procedure. For 47.9% of approvals, the pregnancy was outside of marriage on unspecified grounds. For 24% of approvals, there was a risk of fetal abnormalities, and for 18.8% of approvals, carrying the pregnancy to term would cause a risk to the woman’s health.Israel's rate of pregnancy terminations-When compared internationally, Israel's rate of pregnancy terminations is relatively low. In 2021, the rate stood at 8.9 per 100 live births. This is significantly lower than the European Union average of 21.0 per 100 live births in 2019, reflecting cultural, legal, and healthcare system differences.The data from 2023 provides valuable insights into the demographic and legal factors influencing pregnancy terminations in Israel. Understanding these trends is essential for policymakers, healthcare providers, and social services to address the needs and concerns of women across different communities.
Israel arrests five for stealing millions from public war funds for evacuees-In total, it is believed the five individuals misappropriated tens of millions of shekels.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 8, 2025 11:17
Five suspects were arrested for allegedly taking tens of millions of shekels in public aid funds set aside to help those impacted by the war, Israel Police announced on Monday.The suspects were identified after a joint investigation between the Northern District police and the National Insurance Institute. The stolen funds were set to be awarded to evacuees who returned to work at least 11 days a month. Those who returned received NIS 3,000 in a monthly grant but were expected to declare their eligibility through a government site. However, it was found that in thousands of cases, funds were being claimed without legal entitlement. During the investigation, dozens of citizens who made a false statement were questioned - many of whom testified that other parties "hunted" potential clients by various means in order to take the grants.The suspects-Israel Police raided the homes of the five suspects in Deir al-Assad, Kisra Sumia, Uzir, Nazareth, and Beit Jan.In total, it is believed the five individuals misappropriated tens of millions of shekels.
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.
DR DOCTORION-ANGEL OF THE MIDEAST
"The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
Trump: Israel would ‘be the leader’ of strike on Iran if nuclear talks fall apart-US president adds however that Washington will make the decisions; Netanyahu’s cabinet secretary says PM was surprised that direct US-Iran talks are slated for coming weekend-By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Today, 6:37 am
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Israel would take a leading role in a potential military strike on Iran along with the US if upcoming nuclear talks don’t succeed.The remark came days after Trump appeared to blindside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by announcing alongside him at the White House that direct US-Iran talks on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program would take place this coming Saturday, a timing that Netanyahu’s cabinet secretary said Wednesday had taken Jerusalem by surprise.Asked by reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday whether he would use military means against Iran if the latter doesn’t agree to a nuclear deal, Trump responded: “If it requires military, we’re going to have military.”“Israel will obviously be very much involved in that — it’ll be the leader of that,” he said, in what appeared to be the first time he’s explicitly threatened an Iranian strike by Israel, let alone one led by the Jewish state.But he appeared to partially walk back the comment in his next breath. “Nobody leads us. We do what we want to do.”He said the US would “absolutely” use military force against Iran if necessary and that he has a timeline for how long they will take, though he didn’t specify. Reports have said Trump is giving the process two months.Trump: "With Iran, yeah, if it requires military, we're gonna have military. Israel will obviously be very much involved in that." pic.twitter.com/WqLDE7N6v5— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2025-The US president said that Saturday’s slated summit in Oman was the “start” of a process. His envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is slated to represent the US, while Iran will be represented by its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Trump has said the talks will be direct, while Iran has said they will be through a mediator.“We have a little time, but we don’t have much time because we’re not going to let them have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “We’re going to let them thrive. I want them to thrive. I want Iran to be great. The only thing they can’t have is a nuclear weapon. They understand that.”“I was a little bit surprised because when the election was rigged, I figured that they would get the weapon because with me, they were broke,” he claimed, without elaborating.Witkoff may end up holding off on traveling to Oman on Saturday if Iran refuses to hold direct talks with him in Muscat, The Washington Post reported.US officials have been insisting that the negotiations will be direct, having argued that indirect talks aren’t as effective.“We won’t be played for fools,” a Trump administration official was quoted as saying, arguing that what is needed to break through the deep mistrust on both sides is a “full-fledged discussion” and a “meeting of minds.”Witkoff would even be willing to travel to Tehran if invited, two administration officials told the Post. One of the officials speculated that Trump’s decision to announce the talks alongside Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Monday was to keep the premier in check and preempt Israeli criticism.Trump is more eager to engage in diplomacy than bombing, the officials told the Post.Meanwhile, Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs acknowledged that Netanyahu was caught off guard by Trump’s announcement of the direct talks this weekend.Speaking with the Kol Berama radio station, Fuchs insisted that Netanyahu had known in advance about the planned US negotiations with Iran, but “he did not know the talks will take place on Saturday.”“There is a close connection between the president and the prime minister. The president’s team competes over who loves Israel the most,” said Fuchs.In a cabinet meeting Wednesday night, Netanyahu reportedly told ministers that Israel had had advance knowledge of the US talks with Iran, with Washington having asked Jerusalem what it would consider to be a good deal.The Kan public broadcaster cited an Israeli source as saying that Netanyahu answered that a good proposal would be similar to one that led to the dismantlement of Libya’s nuclear program, and added that time for diplomacy was limited.Netanyahu convened the cabinet to discuss his recent trips to Hungary and the United States, with a focus on the US. The premier called on Monday for the forum to convene, immediately after he finished his meeting with Trump, The Times of Israel has learned.The Trump meeting contained a series of unwelcome surprises for Netanyahu even beyond the Iran talks, namely on the lack of immediate tariff relief, and on tensions with Turkey with Trump praising its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a staunch Israel critic who has close Hamas ties.Only cabinet ministers were invited to the cabinet meeting. Security chiefs, including Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar as well as the heads of the IDF and the Mossad, were not invited according to Hebrew media outlets. The Kan public broadcaster cited an unnamed source as asserting this was due to the diplomatic, non-security nature of the meeting.Netanyahu also met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Jerusalem on Wednesday, his office said, adding that Mossad chief David Barnea was also present.Efforts to settle a dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, which it says is purely for civilian use but which Western countries see as a precursor to an atomic bomb, have ebbed and flowed for more than 20 years without resolution.Trump tore up a 2015 deal between Iran and six world powers — the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany — during his first term of office in 2017, and also imposed stiff sanctions. Iran responded by dropping some of its commitments to the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.Iran, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction, denies seeking a nuclear weapon, but it has ramped up its enrichment of uranium to 60 percent purity, which has no application beyond nuclear weapons, and has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities.International talks to bring both countries back to the deal have stalled.The US issued fresh sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, with the Treasury Department saying that the measures targeting five Iran-based entities and one person based in Iran were imposed due to their support of Iran’s nuclear program with the aim of denying Tehran a nuclear weapon.Lazar Berman contributed to this report.
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NGO alleges IDF razed civilian homes for buffer zone, did not have clear rules of engagement-The NGO also alleged that there is no “proper combat procedure,” such as exists in the West Bank.By EVE YOUNG-APRIL 9, 2025 17:19
The IDF worked to create an expansive buffer zone in Gaza along the border, Breaking the Silence (BTS) said in a report.The NGO’s report, released this week and which includes testimony from over 10 soldiers, states that, in practice, this meant razing homes and agricultural fields in Gaza to create a flat area about one kilometer from the border in which the IDF would have a clear line of sight.According to a satellite analysis cited in parallel to the report, the IDF is accused of leveling over 6,200 buildings Gaza since January in a one-kilometer-wide buffer zone.The report also includes testimony from IDF soldiers who described the rules of engagement in the buffer zone, with some expressing concern that all those who entered certain areas were considered terrorists and highlighting that Gazans may not have had a way to know that the area was forbidden to enter.The IDF added that as part of this defense strategy, in accordance with the political echelon, “the IDF destroys terror infrastructure, strengthens defense components in settlements, maintains a broad military presence in the security zone adjacent to Israel, and works to eliminate threats in the area.”The IDF said these measures are essential to prevent the operation of terror organizations in the area and ensure security.“All actions are carried out in compliance with international law, with the understanding that the security zone is a vital component of the IDF’s ability to prevent the enemy from carrying out offensive terrorist activities, such as those seen in the October 7 massacre, or launching fire towards Israeli settlements," the IDF added.It also said that IDF actions are directed only against military targets and terror actors, in accordance with international law, and added that it warns civilian populations in military areas to protect them.A major who served in northern Gaza said he heard a perimeter being discussed as early as November 2023.In November 2023, the talk in the operations room was that the war would last a year and be like the West Bank with localized operations in Gaza, the major told BTS.They also “talked about the perimeter in the northern Gaza Strip, that we were going to conquer an area that would be cleared of everything and that would be a buffer between Israel and the Gaza Strip,” he told the organization.When speaking about civilians in the area, the idea that there are “no innocents” in the designated area guided operational activity, an IDF warrant officer in reserves told BTS.The warrant officer added that part of the rationale given to soldiers was that the area overlooks the fence, and terrorists can shoot at the fence from that area.A sergeant-major told BTS that the conquest of this area was done separately from the clearing of the area.He added that some of the houses that were destroyed contained clear evidence that they had been used for terror activity.“At least a few dozen of the houses we took down were houses that were full-on incriminated. We found hostages’ belongings in them,” he said.These houses, however, were “by no means the majority,” he added, explaining that it was dozens of houses out of hundreds.Explaining how the IDF operated in these areas, a captain in the Armored Corps told BTS that “the IDF decides on a certain line, and conceptually, anyone who crosses it is considered a threat. It happened at the Netzarim Corridor, and it happened on the border, too.“There are no clear rules of engagement,” he added, saying that there was “room for discretion on the ground,” and that ultimately company and battalion commanders could determine the rules of engagement.There was no “proper combat procedure,” such as exists in the West Bank, he added, saying that “there is no system of accountability in general. Anyone who crosses a certain line that we have defined is considered a threat and is sentenced to death. That did exist. It was an IDF definition. There was a line.”A staff-sergeant-major also commented in his testimony on the rules of engagement in the perimeter area, saying the orders were “Adult, male – kill. Shoot to kill. For women and children, shoot to drive away.'Don't kill women, children, or the elderly'“You don’t kill women, children, or the elderly,” he added.The staff-sergeant-major added that reservists would raise the question whether the fact that there was a perimeter area they could not enter was communicated to Palestinians, saying they did not have an answer.Additional soldiers whose testimony was included in the report highlighted that rules of engagement were localized.A captain told BTS that the IDF also instigated fire “for the sake of instigating fire,” explaining that this was partially to produce a psychological effect and partially “for no reason.”He added that “the IDF’s system has failed and fallen apart,” saying the system by which the IDF classified suspicious and civilian sites had fallen apart.“Maybe it’s Hamas’s fault that this diagnosis is complex. But we set out on this war out of insult, out of pain, out of anger, out of the sense that we had to succeed. This distinction [between civilians and terrorist infrastructure], it didn’t matter. Nobody cared,” he added.Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.
Netanyahu: Iran can agree to US nuclear deal, but under one condition-Netanyahu said Iran's denuclearization could be achieved by two routes: either through an agreement or militarily.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMICHAI STEIN-APRIL 8, 2025 18:22
Following his meeting with US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Iran "must not have nuclear weapons."Netanyahu added that this could be achieved by two routes: either through an agreement or militarily.He added that the deal would only be acceptable if it were similar to the one with Libya: "We go in, blow up the facilities, dismantle all the equipment, under American supervision and execution. That’s the ideal scenario.""The second option, which we don’t want, is that they’ll simply drag out the negotiations, and in that case, the military option becomes the only choice."However, Iran would be allowed to maintain a civilian nuclear program for electricity generation, such as the Bushehr reactor, even if it must completely dismantle its current nuclear program, including the facilities housing centrifuges and enabling uranium enrichment.A source familiar with the details of the discussions told the Jerusalem Post: "Trump said Iran will not have nuclear weapons. Military nuclear facilities—no; civilian nuclear—yes."Libyan model"Netanyahu spoke at length about the Libyan model during the meeting with Trump," an Israeli source told the Post.The Libyan Model refers to the agreement under which Libya dismantled its nuclear weapons program in the early 2000s, during which facilities and structures related to the program were also dismantled.Israeli sources told the Post that "the chances of the Iranians agreeing to a nuclear deal based on the Libyan model are low." The sources further noted: "The impression is that Trump is serious about his threats, meaning if there’s no agreement, he will act against the nuclear program with military means." Elliott Abrams, who was Trump special envoy to Iran told the Post "If Trump is also serious about the possibility of bombing Iran, then it's useful to have a negotiation, go through it, watch it fail, so that's your explanation of why you had to use military force". That said, it should be noted that Trump maintains ambiguity regarding what he will demand from the Iranians and how far he is willing to go. "If the talks fail, Iran will be in great danger," Trump said during his meeting with Netanyahu.Abrams says he thinks Trump should set the Iranian a deadline of 30-60 days to reach a deal. "I do worry that the administration would take a deal somewhat like the JCPOA and declare a victory and say, 'no, no, no', it's very different and this is a much better deal. We've solved everything", he said. "We need them to agree to stop supporting terrorist proxies. And we need control of the missile program. If that is the US position, then I think Iran will not agree and the talks will fail".On the upcoming Saturday, American and Iranian delegations will meet in Oman to discuss the nuclear deal. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will lead the Iranian delegation, while Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy, will head the American delegation. Although Trump stated these would be direct talks, the Iranians clarified that, at least in the first stage, they would be indirect. "This is an opportunity—no less than it is a test. The ball is in America’s court," the Iranian foreign minister said, adding that if the talks progress positively, a face-to-face meeting could be possible."I think it's remarkable that Trump has put all these forces in the region plus the THAAD deployment to Israel. That's a real message to Iran", Abrams tells the Post. "But, If Trump concludes that negotiations is going to fail, will he then use force? I think it's a very real possibility. But it's the decision of one person, President Trump."Gaza and Turkey-The two leaders also discussed Gaza, with Netanyahu confirming "We are determined to eliminate Hamas, and at the same time, we are committed to bringing back all our hostages."Netanyahu quoted Trump as saying that he [Netanyahu] "is working all the time to free the hostages," adding "I hope this statement puts to rest the false narrative that I’m not working for their release or that I don’t care."The Israeli prime minister added that the US and Israel are in talks with countries about the possibility of absorbing a large number of Gazans. "That’s the direction things need to go," said Netanyahu.Netanyahu also spoke about Turkey's attempts to establish military bases in Syria, "which presents a danger to Israel.""We oppose this and are actively working against it," he added. "I told President Trump, who is both a friend of mine and a friend of Erdogan’s: “If we need your help, we’ll speak to you about it.”
You can’t starve Hamas and feed Gaza at the same time,' expert warns-"The essential condition for Israel’s security is not being responsible for two million Gazans.”By PELED ARBELI-APRIL 8, 2025 18:21
“Read my lips: Not a single grain of wheat will enter Gaza if it is to end up in Hamas’ hands,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday.He was joined by the IDF spokesperson, who stated: “Israel does not, and will not, transfer any aid to Hamas.”In light of these unequivocal statements, Maariv asked Eyal Ofer, an expert on Hamas’s economy, whether Israel plans to maintain the blockade on Gaza until Hamas surrenders and the hostages are returned."From the official 'no' we won't allow aid in, you can understand the unofficial 'yes'," Ofer replied."Israel is going back to its old doctrine—the one they called 'creating a separation between Hamas and the civilian population.' They're going to use this flimsy distinction between 'humanitarian aid to Gaza' and 'aid that ends up with Hamas' to justify not just letting in sacks of wheat, but truckloads of other stuff. It's the same excuse they’ve been giving us for years—whether it was Qatari money, cement, or anything else going into Gaza. And it always comes with that same neat justification: 'Yes to civilians, no to Hamas.'"Ofer reminded Maariv that the ideology in Gaza is consistently rooted in deep hatred of Israel: “When our soldiers entered homes in Gaza, they reported finding weapons in every third house and Hamas propaganda in every child’s bedroom.""That doesn’t mean every Gazan is a Hamas operative, but even the few Gazans now protesting against Hamas rule are angry at the destruction caused by the war—not at the ideology that led to it: the desire to erase Israel from the map.”Israel's war conduct-Ofer then launches into a sharp critique of Israel’s conduct: “How did we get to a situation where, after a year and a half of war, after losing hundreds of soldiers -- we are once again preparing the ground for aid transfers, reopening crossings, and once again taking on the responsibility of feeding two million Gazans?""Yes, international law requires us not to interfere with third parties bringing aid in. The Geneva Convention obligates Israel not to prevent Egypt from sending aid and to allow Egypt to receive refugees from Gaza. That’s the obligation. Why are we doing more than that? When we take responsibility for the Gazans, we also send the world a message that we feel guilty for the situation.”According to Ofer, this is the result of a lack of strategic decisiveness: “We can't seem to decide if we want to be an occupying force in Gaza or not. If not, why are we responsible? Why are we the ones opening the Kerem Shalom crossing? It’s absurd. We’re about to build an entire military strategy based on the same concept that already failed in the past. You can’t solve a problem using the same thinking that created it.”He also pointed to past statements by senior government officials, which now seem like ironic reminders of what's happened since: “On October 2023, Israel Katz declared: ‘Not a single power switch will be flipped, no water valve opened, and no fuel truck will enter until the hostages are returned.’"In reality, Hamas has paid no real price. If anything, it has benefited—Israel feeds the population in its place, and Hamas can continue firing, inciting, and holding hostages as bargaining chips.""We’ve failed to apply pressure on Hamas where it matters most—its desire to retain control over Gaza City. Instead, we’re going back, just like a year ago, to thinking we can defeat Hamas in Rafah.”And the future? Ofer isn’t optimistic.“If there’s no hostage deal that benefits Hamas, we’ll be dragged into another military operation—possibly even broader. That means more reserve call-ups, more fighting in neighborhoods, more lost lives. And why? Because we haven’t learned the most basic lesson: you don’t strengthen your enemy by trying to artificially separate Hamas from the Gazan population.""The essential condition for Israel’s security is not being responsible for two million Gazans.”He ended the interview with a warning: “If Hamas doesn’t clean up the mess they made—we’ll find ourselves back inside Gaza, with hostages, with IDF divisions, and with the illusion that one day, someone else will rule there. Hamas won’t disappear with economic reconstruction. If you believe that, I have a tweet from Israel Katz on October 9th to show you.”
Ex-NSC chief Ben Shabbat: Road to dethroning Hamas in Gaza could require temporary chaos-Top Israeli lawyers debate if ICC can be reasoned with over war crimes debate.By YONAH JEREMY BOB-APRIL 8, 2025 18:16
Dethroning Hamas in Gaza may require a temporary period of chaos, former National Security Council chief Meir Ben Shabbat said at the Kohelet Policy Forum conference.Ben Shabbat, who currently heads the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, explained that any alternative to some temporary period of chaos and Israeli control of Gaza would leave Hamas in charge for all practical purposes.He said this would be true regardless of who might be officially in control – with various plans suggesting the Palestinian Authority or a mix of moderate Arab allies like Egypt and the UAE – because Hamas would use the Hezbollah tactic of using its arms to rule from behind the scenes.Earlier at the conference, top international law experts debated whether Israeli efforts for dialogue with the International Criminal Court could have any impact on its war crimes investigation of Israelis.To date, the ICC has issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, but it still remains to be seen whether it will indict them and whether it will issue arrest warrants for Israeli soldiers who participated in the current war.ICC's "complementarity"Former IDF International Law Division chief Col. (ret.) Pnina Sharvit Baruch said investing in dialogue with international tribunals is important, especially because “it can give a good answer for complementarity for the ICC. I don’t believe in [the ICC’s integrity] much, but it could be a tree [for the court] to climb down from to get off of the [US] sanctions.”The ICC “prosecutors don’t want these cases; they want [us] to give them a reason to close the case,” she added.Sharvit Baruch was referring to the ICC rule of “complementarity,” which states that it cannot intervene against a country that self-investigates war crimes allegations.In essence, she hopes that if Israel continues to investigate allegations against its own soldiers and presents these probes to the ICC prosecution, eventually, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan will “use” the excuse of complementarity to drop the case to get out of sanctions the US slapped the ICC with to penalize it for going after Netanyahu and Gallant, even if he might otherwise not treat Israel fairly.Former head of Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch responded, “We need to throw the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) guidance [on the laws of war] into the garbage bin. Regarding complementarity [and the ICC], for our own souls, we have a duty to protect our soldiers with our understanding of the laws of war so that they respect themselves as human beings, but not for self-flagellation.”No point in reasoning with the ICC“But it is beyond naïve” to think that the ICC can be reasoned with regarding its handling of Israel since “the court invented a state which doesn’t exist [in 2021 it recognized Palestine as a state]. To think that they’ll accept our investigation of ourselves for complementarity purpose is beyond naïve,” said Hirsch, though the formerIDF prosecutor himself has full faith in Israeli probes.In other words, Hirsch said it was a waste of time to try to convince the ICC to treat Jerusalem reasonably, given his view that it is heavily biased and that no IDF soldiers should be probed to try to achieve that. Only where Israel itself thinks that probes are appropriate to maintain its own moral standards should they be implemented.Sharvit Baruch responded, “I am not naïve about the ICC. I agree with you. But we can give them a pretext where the prosecutor [who] has sanctions against him can get out of this case.“Complementarity could be a way out for him. It could also be relevant to courts around the world” and has helped Israel get out of war crimes cases in foreign countries in the past. She cited a particular case in the Spanish courts as just one of many examples.Talia Einhorn, an Ariel University international law professor and Government Professional Advisory Committee member, said that Jerusalem is wasting time trying to reason with the ICC and the International Court of Justice “since all of this is a political matter; they don’t care about the laws of war.”Justice Ministry Law of Armed Conflict Division head and former IDF International Law Division chief Col. Noam Neuman said Israel does succeed at influencing the rules of the laws of war, especially among critical countries like the US, the UK, and other allies.He added that there will always be differences between Israel and the ICRC in interpreting the laws of war but that Jerusalem “must be part of the discussion and must try to convince others.”Looking forward-Neuman also said that Israel will soon be organizing a symposium of like-minded countries relating to the laws of war in the shadow of the current war.Further, after Einhorn said that Jerusalem should follow the US Department of Defense 2015 Law of War Manual instead of their current more restrictive legal approaches, Neuman responded that Israeli military lawyers are familiar with the US manual but that the war manuals of the UK, France, Denmark, and others were actually more useful in some ways.He rejected any claim that IDF lawyers are restrictive in their legal approaches to war, instead saying sometimes the government or military as a matter of policy is more restrictive than the law (for example, to please the Biden administration), and he advocated for Israel having its own war manual.Sharvit Baruch said many Israeli officials have been antsy over the years about committing to a set public manual, which could be twisted and used against Israel by its critics.
Sudanese leader's envoy visits Israel in secret normalization talks - report-According to the report, the envoy told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Al-Burhan wanted to finalize the normalization process between the two countries.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 8, 2025 10:24
Lt.-Gen. Al-Sadiq Ismail, the personal envoy to Sudan's military ruler Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, made a secret visit to Tel Aviv last week to discuss normalization efforts with Israel, Sudanese news outlet Al-Rakoba reported on Tuesday morning.The visit aimed to coordinate with Israeli officials on how to present al-Burhan in a positive light to the new US administration and to address growing tensions with the United Arab Emirates over al-Burhan and the Sudanese army in general. According to the report, the envoy told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Al-Burhan wanted to finalize the normalization process between the two countries and arrange Sudan's inclusion in the Abraham Accords in return for Israeli support for Sudan.Through his envoy, al-Burhan promised to meet any conditions Israel set in order to complete the agreement quickly.The envoy explained that Sudan’s recent closer ties with Iran, which disturbed Israel, were a result of pressure and that Sudan’s army leader, al-Burhan, had no choice but to improve relations with Iran because Sudan has been isolated and facing a lot of pressure from other countries since the war started. In addition, he stated that Sudan urgently needed military support to win the civil war.Burhan expressed his dissatisfaction with Israel-The ongoing Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, intensified due to rising tensions between competing military factions, especially between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The war has led to significant instability in Sudan and raised concerns internationally.A source close to Sudan’s army commander said that Burhan shared his frustration with Israel about not receiving enough help during the two-year war. Since the war had started, he had hoped to get weapons from Israel to help defeat the Rapid Support Forces.Burhan also said that Israel had no reason to be angry about Sudan’s recent move toward Iran because he turned to Iran only after not getting the military support he expected from Israel, despite their agreement to cooperate five years earlier.The source added that Burhan assured Israel that he hoped to receive this assistance at a very important time, which would contribute to "achieving a real breakthrough in relations between the two countries and changing the opinion of many Sudanese toward Israel."
Fear in the sky: How to avoid flying over enemy territory, what to do if you land there-The best advice is as follows: If you are flying with an Israeli passport, it’s recommended to fly with Israeli airlines.By DR. ITAY GAL-APRIL 7, 2025 18:38
In the opening scene of the Tehran series, a young Israeli couple boards a flight from the Gulf. Midway through the flight, a technical malfunction forces the plane to make an emergency landing at the airport in Tehran.The couple, terrified and seemingly aware of the risk, begs not to be removed from the plane. However, despite their pleas, Iranian security forces violently escort them off for questioning, cutting them off from the outside world.While this is a fictional TV drama, the danger it depicts is all too real. Israeli travelers—whether they hold a foreign passport or not—could find themselves in a similar situation. Passengers must understand how flight routes are chosen, how to verify them, and how to avoid flying over or landing in enemy countries.How flight routes are planned-Flight paths are typically planned in advance using international flight software called LIDO, a global planning system used by most airlines. This software receives data about the aircraft type, passenger count, altitude, weather conditions, and fuel consumption to suggest possible flight routes. Airlines also input a list of countries in which their planes are prohibited from flying over based on security, regulatory, and political concerns.For instance, Israeli airlines program the system to avoid flying over countries like Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, as outlined by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. This restriction is not left to the pilot's discretion and cannot be altered mid-flight. The software provides several route options, but each one is pre-checked for both safety and legal compliance.What you can do as a passenger-Gadi Amal, Arkia's chief flight officer, explains that if you're flying with a foreign airline, it may be your responsibility to check the flight route. Airlines from East Asia, the Gulf, or Africa do not always avoid flying over enemy territory on flights to Israel. Therefore, it's highly recommended to use apps like Flightradar24 or FlightAware. These apps allow you to track your flight number and review the routes of previous flights along the same path. They will show you exactly which countries your plane is flying over. You can also use AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, although they may sometimes provide outdated information.For example, some flights from Dubai to East Asia pass through Iran, and Israeli passport holders with foreign passports may not realize this until it's too late. Passengers often ask, "What happens if I fly over Iran?" In the case of a flight malfunction, extreme weather, or a medical emergency, the plane might be forced to land in a hostile country.What to Do in an Emergency Landing-So, what happens if you find yourself in that situation? It’s important to note that the plane is considered the territory of the country to which it belongs, regardless of where it lands. However, the crew can disembark passengers at an airport that follows international conventions. In non-democratic countries that don’t adhere to international treaties, various, often unsympathetic, scenarios may unfold.“First of all, don’t panic,” says Amal. “Avoid speaking Hebrew, showing Israeli documents, or doing anything that might reveal your nationality. While you’re still on the plane, immediately contact the Foreign Ministry’s situation room or let your family know what’s happening. Hopefully, the Israeli government and security services will take over the situation. In rare cases, intermediary countries like Switzerland or Germany might intervene and conduct a quiet rescue.”Amal also stresses that pilots will not deviate from the planned route, even in an emergency. Instead, they will aim to land at an alternative airport in a non-hostile country. However, factors like weather, air traffic control, or emergency directives may influence this.Recommendations for travelers-The best advice is to fly with Israeli airlines if you have an Israeli passport. If you have a foreign passport, always verify the flight route ahead of time. If you have concerns that the flight may pass over enemy territory, consider a different flight.
IAI successfully tests Barak missile system in India-The missiles successfully intercepted their targets, achieving direct hits and neutralizing the threats, demonstrating the system's operational capability.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 7, 2025 17:21
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced the successful completion of a series of tests on the Barak medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) system in India on Monday.IAI reported that four operational interceptions were successfully carried out against aerial targets traveling at various speeds at challenging altitudes and ranges.The missiles successfully intercepted their targets, achieving direct hits and neutralizing the threats, demonstrating the system's operational capability.The tests, conducted by the Indian Army's ground forces, mark a significant step in the system’s development, IAI stated. Their success paves the way for all three branches of India's armed forces to declare the system operationally ready.The MRSAM system has already completed several proof-of-concept trials. It is being gradually integrated into the Indian Navy and Air Force and has now passed acceptance trials with the Indian Army.IAI President and CEO Boaz Levy commented: "The Barak System provides advanced and innovative defense against a wide range of air and missile threats. The success of these tests strengthens the technological cooperation between our countries and reflects our partnership with the Indian Ministry of Defense, as well as with industries in both Israel and India."Aerospace Service India-In March 2024, IAI announced the establishment of Aerospace Service India (ASI), a new aerospace defense company in India, as previously reported by the Jerusalem Post. ASI serves as the original equipment manufacturer's technical representative for India's MRSAM system.Developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with IAI, the MRSAM system provides advanced protection against various aerial threats.The system is a cornerstone of India's defense capabilities, currently in use by the Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy. IAI explained that the MRSAM includes an advanced phased-array radar, command and control systems, mobile launchers, and interceptors equipped with cutting-edge RF seekers.
South Korea says it fires shots after North Korean soldiers cross demarcation line-On Monday, the South's military said about 1,500 North Koreans were working on barbed wire installations and land work in the demilitarized zone, as the North was conducting military exercises.By REUTERS-APRIL 8, 2025 12:36
South Korea's military said on Tuesday that it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation linebefore returning."Our military conducted warning broadcasts and warning shots after about 10 North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) in the eastern area of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) around 5:00 pm local time," the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a text message to reporters."Our military is closely monitoring the North Korean military's activity and taking necessary measures according to the operational procedures," JCS said.Military tensions-On Monday, the South's military said about 1,500 North Koreans were working on barbed wire installations and land work in the demilitarized zone, as the North was conducting military exercises.The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-53 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
Hezbollah a ‘cancer,’ Iran a threat, US deputy envoy Ortagus tells Arab media-In an interview with Al Arabiya, Morgan Ortagus urged Hezbollah's disarmament, calling it a 'cancer' blocking Lebanon's recovery, and accused Iran of fueling regional instability.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 8, 2025 10:01
Morgan Ortagus, US Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, called for Hezbollah's complete disarmament and compared the Iran-backed group to a “cancer” within Lebanon that must be removed for the country to have any hope of recovery, in an interview with Al Arabiya on Monday.Ortagus placed blame on Iran and Hezbollah for Lebanon’s conflict with Israel and for dragging Lebanon into it."The government of Lebanon didn’t want to go to war with Israel. It was on October 8, 2023, that Hezbollah and Iran decided to get into the war… people were forced into a war that nobody wanted to be in,” she said.The special envoy emphasized the need for Hezbollah’s complete disarmament, comparing the group to a “cancer” within Lebanon that must be removed for the country to have any chance of recovery.“When you have cancer, you don’t treat part of the cancer in your body and let the rest of it grow and fester,” she stated. “You cut the cancer out.”Addressing fears of civil warDuring a diplomatic visit to the UAE, Ortagus dismissed longstanding concerns that disarming Hezbollah could lead to a civil war. "We’ve been hearing that for 20 years," she remarked in her interview with Al Arabiya News.Ortagus expressed strong support for Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, calling the current moment “a once-in-a-generation” opportunity for reform. She highlighted the severity of Lebanon’s financial crisis, stating, “Lebanon’s financial situation is as bad as it gets. They’re in a hole. It’s worse than Greece during the financial crisis.”She also praised the formation of a technocratic Cabinet composed of Lebanese professionals from the diaspora, including figures from HSBC, JP Morgan, and Blackstone, who returned to help rebuild the country. "They didn’t have a party affiliation, and they swore not to run for the [parliamentary] elections next year,” she noted.Ortagus reaffirmed US support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), stressing that the military is fully capable of taking over national security duties from Hezbollah. “If we’ve been providing assistance for several decades and they couldn’t do it, then there’s a problem with their US assistance… They have the capability. They just need the political will,” she said.Ortagus underscored the importance of passing long-delayed legislation to reform Lebanon’s financial sector, including a bank secrecy law and a bank resolution framework, ahead of the IMF and World Bank’s Spring Meetings. “You can’t make the case [for support] if you haven’t passed the legislation in Parliament to show that you’re serious about these reforms,” she concluded.
Iran-backed militias in Iraq ready to disarm to avert Trump wrath-The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by US officials to the Iraqi government since Trump took power in January.By REUTERS-APRIL 8, 2025 08:51
Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the US Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters.The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by US officials to the Iraqi government since Trump took power in January, according to the sources who include six local commanders of four major militias.The officials told Baghdad that unless it acted to disband the militias operating on its soil, America could target the groups with airstrikes, the people added.Izzat al-Shahbndar, a senior Shi'ite Muslim politician close to Iraq's governing alliance, told Reuters that discussions between Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and several militia leaders were "very advanced," and the groups were inclined to comply with US calls for disarmament."The factions are not acting stubbornly or insisting on continuing in their current form," he said, adding that the groups were "fully aware" they could be targeted by the US.The six militia commanders interviewed in Baghdad and a southern province, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive situation, are from the Kataib Hezbollah, Nujabaa, Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhada and Ansarullah al-Awfiyaa groups."Trump is ready to take the war with us to worse levels, we know that, and we want to avoid such a bad scenario," said a commander of Kataib Hezbollah, the most powerful Shi'ite militia, who spoke from behind a black face mask and sunglasses.Following publication, Kataib Hezbollah issued a statement denying that any of its members had spoken to Reuters, adding that official comments are made only by its named spokespersons.The commanders said their main ally and patron, Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) military force, had given them its blessing to take whatever decisions they deemed necessary to avoid being drawn into a potentially ruinous conflict with the United States and Israel.The militias are part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of about 10 hardline Shi'ite armed factions that collectively command about 50,000 fighters and arsenals that include long-range missiles and anti-aircraft weapons, according to two security officials who monitor militias' activities.The Resistance group, a key pillar of Iran's network of regional proxy forces, have claimed responsibility for dozens of missile and drone attacks on Israel and US forces in Iraq and Syria since the Gaza war erupted about 18 months ago.Farhad Alaaeldin, Sudani's foreign affair adviser, told Reuters in response to queries about disarmament talks that the prime minister was committed to ensuring all weapons in Iraq were under state control through "constructive dialog with various national actors."The two Iraqi security officials said Sudani was pressing for disarmament from all the militias of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which declare their allegiance to Iran's IRGC or Quds Force rather than to Baghdad.Some groups have already largely evacuated their headquarters and reduced their presences in major cities including Mosul and Anbar since mid-January for fear of being hit by air attacks, according to officials and commanders.Many commanders have also stepped up their security measures in that time, changing their mobile phones, vehicles and abodes more frequently, they said.The US State Department said it continued to urge Baghdad to rein in the militias. "These forces must respond to Iraq's commander-in-chief and not to Iran," it added.An American official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that there had been instances in the past when the militias had ceased their attacks because of US pressure, and was skeptical any disarmament would be long-term.The IRGC declined to comment for this article while the Iranian and Israeli foreign ministries didn't respond to queries.Shaken: Iran's Axis of Resistance -Shahbndar, the Shi'ite politician, said the Iraqi government had not yet finalized a deal with terrorist leaders, with a disarmament mechanism still under discussion. Options being considered include turning the groups into political parties and integrating them into the Iraqi armed forces, he added.While the fate of any disarmament process remains uncertain, the discussions nonetheless mark the first time the militias have been prepared to give ground to longstanding Western pressure to demilitarize.The shift comes at a precarious time for Tehran's regional "Axis of Resistance" which it has established at great cost over decades to oppose Israel and US influence but has seen severely weakened since Palestinian group Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7 2023 tipped the Middle East into conflict.Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon have been hammered by Israel since the Gaza war began while the Houthi movement in Yemen has been targeted by US airstrikes since last month. The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, another key Iranian ally, has further weakened the Islamic Republic's influence.Iraq is seeking to balance its alliances with both America and Iran in its dealing with the militias on its soil. The groups sprang up across the country with Iranian financial and military support in the chaotic wake of the 2003 US invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, and have become formidable forces that can rival the national army in firepower.US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth told Prime Minister Sudani in a phone call on March 16, shortly after the American strikes on the Houthis began, to prevent the militias carrying out revenge attacks on Israel and US bases in the region in support of their allies, according to two government officials and two security sources briefed on the exchange.The Iraqi-based militias had launched dozens of drone and rockets attacks against Israel in solidarity with Hamas since the Gaza war began and killed three US soldiers in a drone operation in Jordan near the Syrian border last year.Ibrahim al-Sumaidaie, a former political adviser to Sudani, told Iraqi state TV that the United States had long pressed Iraq's leadership to dismantle Shi'ite militias, but this time Washington might not take no for an answer."If we do not voluntarily comply, it may be forced upon us from the outside, and by force."
Taiwan says China using generative AI to ramp up disinformation and 'divide' the island-Taiwan has accused China of stepping up military drills, trade sanctions and influence campaigns against the island in recent years.By REUTERS-APRIL 8, 2025 08:19
China is using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to ramp up disinformation against Taiwan to "divide" Taiwan's public, the island's National Security Bureau said.Taiwan has accused China of stepping up military drills, trade sanctions and influence campaigns against the island in recent years to force the island to accept Chinese sovereignty claims. Taiwan strongly rejects China's sovereignty claims.China staged two days of war games and live-fire drills near the democratically governed island this month, triggering concern by the United States and many of its allies.In a report to parliament, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, the security bureau said it had detected more than half a million pieces of "controversial messages" so far this year, mostly seen on social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok.Beijing's strategy-Beijing has targeted sensitive moments such as President Lai Ching-te's speech on China last month or chipmaker TSMC's 2330.TW announcement of new US investment to launch what the report said was "cognitive warfare," adding such efforts were "designed to create division among our society.""As the application of AI technology becomes more widespread and mature, it has also been found that the Chinese Communist Party has been using AI tools to assist in the generation and dissemination of controversial messages," the report said.China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to a request for comment.The report said China has also ramped up its "grey-zone" tactics against Taiwan, with a sharp increase so far this year in the number of Chinese coast guard incursions as well as air balloons in Taiwan's waters and airspace.Those moves have forced Taiwan to dispatch its own forces in response and depleted its resources, the report said.Lai, who says only Taiwan's people can decide their future, in March labeled China a "foreign hostile force."China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under Chinese control.
Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down Grand Central Station in NYC-The protests in Grand Central Station come after Trump told reporters that the US "controlling and owning" the Gaza Strip would be a positive development.By MICHAEL STARR-APRIL 8, 2025 04:27
Anti-Israel protests shut down New York City's Grand Central Station on Monday, according to demonstration organizer Within Our Lifetime and the New York Police Department.‼️‼️Betar warns Jews to avoid NYC at this time. Grand central terminal is under attack and blocked by masked terrorists with weapons !‼️‼️‼️ — Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) April 7, 2025-Betar warned all Jews in the area to avoid Grand Central Station in a post on X/Twitter. The account added that the protesters were masked and armed.Activists wearing keffiyehs entered the American landmark waving Palestinian flags and banging drums in response to a global strike called for by Palestinians over the ongoing war in Gaza, WOL leader Nerdeen Kiswani explained in a social media post.BREAKING: Terror supporters have violently taken over Grand Central Station in NYC, completely halting all trains.How much longer will we tolerate these extremists? Who is paying them? pic.twitter.com/O5SvpR8HYl— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 8, 2025-BREAKING: New Yorkers are now trapped in Grand Central Station after terror supporters shut it down.It’s a Monday night and people cannot get back home because of these extremists. This is not normal—enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/ZhO6kp8Do5— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 8, 2025-Kiswani said the NYPD had shut down the entrances to the station because the authorities didn’t want people to hear their message. She mentioned elsewhere that law enforcement had attempted to block them from entering the station but failed.The WOL X account, however, also bragged that "Pro-Palestine protesters shut down entrances to Grand Central.""We just wanted to platform our message to one of the largest transportation hubs in the world," Kiswani said on X.She also published a video in which activists chanted to “shut it [Grand Central] down.” One protester held a placard calling to “abolish” Israel.Protests escalate outside key locationsProtesters also rallied outside the Egyptian Consulate and the United Nations building, calling on Arab leaders to take action against Israeli military operations in Gaza.“Arab leaders make it right, join the people, join the fight!” chanted protesters as they marched past the Egyptian mission, according to a WOL video.NYC: GLOBAL STRIKE FOR GAZA OUTSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS. 43RD ST & 1ST AVE. JOIN US. pic.twitter.com/hGqprxrbNN— Within Our Lifetime (@WOLPalestine) April 7, 2025-In another WOL video, leaders led the crowd in a chant in front of the UN building, proclaiming, “from the river to the sea, Palestine is almost free.” The video was captioned with a call to “globalize the intifada” from New York to Gaza, a sentiment echoed on banners held by some protesters.The NYPD said that six people were taken into custody at a demonstration outside the UN on Monday, and four people were issued summons, including for obstructing governmental administration.Kiswani said on X that the NYPD had threatened the group with arrest if they demonstrated at the Israeli consulate.Activists also marched in Times Square, according to WOL, chanting, “While you’re shopping, bombs are dropping.”One protester could be seen in videos wearing a Hamas bandana, and at least one other wore a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine bandana. Both organizations are designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the US State Department.Kiswani claimed that heavy objects were thrown at the protesters from the windows of the buildings above them. This reportedly included garbage water and a bag of feces. The WOL leader emphasized that the projectiles could have killed someone and smashed a car windshield. She also claimed that she was assaulted by police when she attempted to report the matter."This is what being Palestinian or even supporting Palestine looks like in New York: Zionists can commit acts of violence with impunity," said Kiswani. "Palestinians and our allies can’t even gather without facing repression.'Grand Central Station has been repeatedly targeted as a site for anti-Israel protests since the October 7 massacre.The same month as the Hamas-led pogrom in southern Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace protests in the station led to a closure.
US strikes Houthi sites in Yemen, killing top intelligence official - report-The Houthi movement claimed that its senior intelligence leader, Abdul Nasser Al-Kamali, was killed in a US airstrike.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS-APRIL 8, 2025 04:10
The United States continued its airstrikes in Hodeidah, Marib, and the Houthi-run capital city of Sana'a in Yemen, Houthi-linked media outlets reported on Monday night.The Houthi movement claimed that its senior intelligence leader, Abdul Nasser Al-Kamali, was killed in the strike, Al Hadath reported. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Prime Minister Sudani in a phone call on March 16, shortly after the American strikes on the Houthis began, to prevent the militias carrying out revenge attacks on Israel and US bases in the region in support of their allies, according to two government officials and two security sources briefed on the exchange.Eliminating the Houthi threat-Last week, the White House said that US strikes in Yemen earlier this month killed the Houthi top missile expert, but the US military has so far declined to confirm the death, and the identity of the Houthi commander in question is unclear.National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, in public remarks to CBS News the weekend after the March 15 strikes, said the first wave killed "their head missileer."US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, have told Reuters that they were unaware of any independent US military confirmation that such a person had been killed.According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank, Abdul Khaliq Badruddin Al-Houthi is the "de-facto commander of the Strategic Missile Forces."Mohammed Albasha, whose Basha Report risk advisory firm researches open-source information about Yemen, has tallied Houthi reports of more than 40 Houthi fighters killed in action in airstrikes in March.Nobody as senior as Abdul Khaliq Badruddin Al-Houthi has been identified yet, he said, nor is he aware of any death announced on Houthi television of a person whose profile would be a match for the individual mentioned by Waltz.
Trump: Owning Gaza would be good, why did Israel ever give it up? Trump added that he was confused as to “why Israel ever gave (Gaza) up," adding that it was "a great location that nobody wants to live in.”By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 7, 2025 23:05
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States' "controlling and owning" the Gaza Strip would be a good thing, again floating a proposal that he put forward multiple times during the opening weeks of his administration."Having a force like the United States there, controlling and owning the Gaza Strip would be a good thing," Trump told reporters at the White House, after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“If you take the people, the Palestinians, and move them around to different countries — and you have plenty of countries that will do that — and you really have a freedom zone. You call it the freedom zone, a free zone, a zone where people aren’t going to be killed every day,” Trump told reporters on Monday, as reported by CNN. He added that he was confused as to “why Israel ever gave (Gaza) up.”“That’s a hell of a place,” Trump said. “You know what I call it — a great location that nobody wants to live in.”End to Israel-Hamas War-Trump also spoke on his election campaign promise to end the war in Gaza, Trump said: "I'd like to see the war stop, and I think the war will stop at some point, that won't be in the too-distant future."The president also spoke about his administration's efforts to free the hostages. Trump said work was ongoing to free hostages held by Hamas, but said securing the release of all the hostages was "a long process."Following the January ceasefire that saw some hostages released, Netanyahu said, Israel was working on "another deal we hope will succeed." "We're committed to getting all the hostages out, but also eliminating the evil tyranny of Hamas in Gaza and enabling the people of Gaza to freely make a choice to go wherever they want," he said.Netanyahu said he had also discussed with Trump the US president's "bold vision" for the future of Gaza, a reference to a proposal for the US to take over the enclave that Trump put forward multiple times during the opening weeks of his administration. Trump's plan has been globally condemned as a proposal for ethnic cleansing.
Iran's Al Quds special forces use Beirut Port to smuggle weapons for Hezbollah - Arab report-In addition to losing monopoly over airspace, Hezbollah also lost control of land supply routes following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 8, 2025 12:52
Hezbollah has shifted its focus to Beirut Port as its primary means of smuggling weaponry, a security source told Hadath on Tuesday.Previously, Hezbollah had significant control over Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Aiport. However, Lebanese authorities sought to reduce this.Al Hadath added that, in addition to losing monopoly over airspace, Hezbollah also lost control of land supply routes following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December.The source confirmed to Al Hadath that the commanders of Units 190 and 700 of the Al-Quds Force - the special operations arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - are overseeing the maritime smuggling operations, either directly to Lebanon or through intermediary countries.According to the report, Hezbollah operates unhindered in Beirut Port thanks to networks of collaborators in the customs apparatus and port control mechanisms, managed by the terror group's security chief, Wafiq Safa.Safa is allegedly seeking to facilitate the smuggling of equipment, weapons, and money through the port without any inspection or oversight.The security source told Al Hadath that Hezbollah's use of Beirut Port - Lebanon's most important port - "endangers Lebanese interests and threatens foreign investments supporting Lebanon's development and reconstruction."Beirut Port explosion-The source also said that Hezbollah's hijacking of the port could impede the hub's return to normal functioning following its explosion in 2020.The August 4 2020 explosion of Beirut Port was the largest non-nuclear blast in modern history, and occurred after an estimated 2750 tons of unsafely stored ammonium nitrate exploded. There were claims that Hezbollah was connected to the explosion due to unverified reports that the group was storing weapons at the site. The source alluded to this, telling Al Hadath that the Lebanese government should take urgent action in light of Hezbollah's violations and plans for the Beirut port, which could repeat the August 2020 disaster.
Russia rejects Syrian request to hand over former regime leader Assad-Syrian President al-Sharaa's extradition request for Assad meets with firm Russian rejection as ambassador confirms Putin's protection 'will not change.'By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 7, 2025 00:50
Russian authorities have said they will not hand over Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, following requests from the acting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Jordanian newspaper Rai-al-Youm reported on Sunday.Assad fled Damascus by plane on Sunday, December 8, escaping the rebel coup in the capital. He flew to Russia's Hmeimim airbase in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, and from there on to Moscow, where he met with his family."One of the conditions for Bashar al-Assad's settlement in Moscow is his complete abstention from any media and political activity, and up to this point, no violations have been observed on his part," Russian Ambassador to Baghdad, Alperus Kotrashev, told the Islamic Republic News Agency."The asylum of Bashar al-Assad and his family was issued based on the direct orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the decision in this regard will not change," Kutrashev added.Syria initially requested Assad's return in FebruarySharaa reportedly asked Russia to hand over the former regime leader in February, Reuters reported, citing an informed Syrian source."The only agreement reached between Damascus and Russia is to continue the review and talks," the source said.Reuters also quoted diplomatic sources as saying that the Syrian president would return funds deposited by Assad in Moscow.However, sources confirmed that Russia informed Sharaa that Assad had not deposited any funds in Russia.
IDF sources admit it may take years to root out all Hamas terrorists in Gaza - exclusive-Katz to 'Post': Philadelphi constitutes ongoing major smuggling threat - despite prior top IDF official denials-By YONAH JEREMY BOB-APRIL 9, 2025 20:00
Although the IDF is making consistent progress against Hamas on many fronts, the army sources acknowledged to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that it could easily take a full year or even years to fully root out the terror group.The starting point of the conversation was the recent success of the IDF killing 300 Hamas terrorists and the success prior to the January 19 ceasefire of having killed 18,000-20,000, but then combining that picture with the fact that Hamas may have another 25,000 or more fighters and that currently, the IDF is focusing lots of energy on eliminating the terror group’s remaining fighters in Rafah.In other words, the IDF has killed many Hamas fighters, and few are left to resist it in Rafah from the original 4,000-8,000 terrorists, but if the largest group of known and consolidated fighters the military is going after is a few hundred, and it is up against an enemy that has 25,000, then finding and rooting out that enemy could be a long process.While some Israeli officials hope that Hamas will soon disband and its top leaders will accept expulsion, if that does not happen and if Israel also does not reach a permanent ceasefire with Hamas, including with its moderate Sunni allies rebuilding Gaza, Jerusalem could be in for an extended and slow war of attrition in the Strip.Some IDF officials recognize this scenario and believe it could take years, including gradually and painstakingly eliminating small numbers of terror cells at a time when their hiding places in schools and other civilian facilities are uncovered.Other aspects of the IDF’s presentation of its latest accomplishments in Rafah also raised questions.In June, August, and September 2024, during multiple visits by The Jerusalem Post to Rafah and multiple briefings from top defense officials, as well as public statements, it was declared that Hamas’s Rafah brigades had been completely defeated.More specifically, it was declared that its forces in the Shaboura area of Rafah were completely defeated.However, IDF sources now say that the remaining battalions were in Shaboura and that they had not been defeated because the IDF had never invaded that particular area.Confronted over this apparent inconsistency, IDF officials implied that possibly previous statements had referred to the smaller Shaboura refugee camp, and that the Shaboura general area was larger and had not been fully invaded.Previous IDF and other senior official statements on the issue had not been qualified in this way, but the latest statements may be a more nuanced and accurate depiction of the facts on the ground, with the earlier statements being exaggerated claims about the extent of the IDF’s victory.In addition, there appears to have been a change in tone by IDF commanders.If, under former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, there were IDF officials presenting narratives that sometimes were inconsistent with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s narratives, there now seems to be a trend in which IDF commanders toe the line with the political echelon.For example, under Halevi and Gallant, many IDF officials voiced concern that military pressure would hopefully help coerce Hamas into releasing more hostages, but many recognized that such pressure could sometimes be a double-edged sword and unintentionally lead hostages to being harmed by Hamas or even by the IDF if they struck an area which they thought was “hostage-free.”Now, there seems to be a trend where virtually all IDF officials are concurring that military pressure will only have the positive impact of potentially freeing hostages.The importance of the Philadelphi Corridor-In addition, Defense Minister Israel Katz responded to a question by the Post on Wednesday with a powerful affirmation of the importance of holding on to the Philadelphi Corridor.Katz even said that new cross-border smuggling tunnels into Egypt have been recently found and that if the IDF is not present at the Corridor, Hamas could reignite a major rearmament campaign.In contrast, during a visit to the corridor in September 2024, multiple top IDF officials said that there had been at most 10 cross-border tunnels, that all of them had been blocked off, and that prior to and during the war, Hamas was only using the tunnels for maneuvering its existing rocket arsenal, but not to smuggle in new weapons from Egypt.Instead, the senior IDF officials said that essentially all of Hamas’s vast weapons had been smuggled into Gaza years before through the above-ground Rafah crossing during periods when Egypt did not carefully inspect for smuggling.
Israel security forces apprehend two terrorists, one member of 'Lion's Den'Lion's Den has been behind the killing of a number of Palestinians and claimed responsibility for several drive-by shootings in the Nablus area since 2022.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF-APRIL 9, 2025 15:17
Israeli security forces apprehended two terrorists, including a senior terrorist in the dismantled "Lion's Den" network, during counterterrorism operations, the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and Israel Police said in a joint statement on Wednesday.Additional weapons were also confiscated.The IDF, Shin Bet, and the Lahav 433 "Gidonim" Unit apprehended Muhammad Bana, who was previously a senior member of the Nablus terrorist organization, and was armed with an M-16 rifle and a spray grenade, the statement said.Bana had previously been involved in planning attacks toward Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.During his apprehension, he attempted to flee and was shot in his leg. Additionally, the IDF’s Duvdevan unit, following the direction of the ISA, detained Khalil Hanbali, a terrorist wanted by security forces for his involvement in multiple shooting attacks, as well as for his role as a weapons supplier. The terrorists were taken for questioning and their weapons were transferred for further processing. Who are the Lions' Den? The terrorist group, centered in Nablus’s Old City, emerged in 2022, according to the European Council on Foreign Relations.Lions’ Den reportedly benefits from cooperation and coordination with other Palestinian terror groups - namely, Palestinian Islamic Jihad‘s al-Quds Brigades, Fatah‘s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In October 2022, Lions’ Den claimed responsibility for several drive-by shootings in the Nablus area and an attack on the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha - targeting both Israeli civilians and military personnel.The terror group has also been responsible for the killing of a number of Palestinians, according to the US State Department. In September 2022, Palestinian civilians were killed in the crossfire between the Lions’ Den and the Palestinian Authority Security Forces in Nablus. The group also claimed to have executed a “traitor” in 2023, believing him to have been an Israeli spy. A security source in Nablus told AFP that the man was shot dead in the city’s Old City. Some reports have claimed the man was being blackmailed to provide information for Israel as the state had footage of him engaging in sexual relations with another man. However, the reports couldn’t be verified.Danielle Greyman-Kennard contributed to this report.
Israel and Turkey hold Syria deconfliction talks to avoid military clash-Israeli source confirms talks after airstrikes on Turkish-scouted sites; Netanyahu says Israel seeks no confrontation but will defend itself; US and Azerbaijan offer to mediate By Nava Freiberg and Reuters Today, 5:32 am-APR 10,25
Israel and Turkey have been holding technical talks aimed at establishing a deconfliction mechanism for Syria, an Israeli source was cited Wednesday as confirming.The source told Channel 12 news that “a mechanism will be established, similar to the one built between Israel and Russia.”The comment follows remarks on Wednesday by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in a live interview on CNN Turk that the two countries have been holding talks on the matter “when needed.”According to a report by the Ynet news site, a senior Israeli official said that during a Wednesday night security cabinet meeting, Netanyahu told ministers that Israel is not seeking a confrontation with Turkey in Syria, but will not hesitate to act if necessary to defend itself.The prime minister added that he would request assistance from US President Donald Trump if needed, given Trump’s close relationship with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Escalating strikes-Fidan’s remarks came a week after Israel stepped up airstrikes on Syria, declaring the attacks a warning to the new government in Damascus as it accused Turkey of trying to turn the country into a Turkish protectorate.Israel has carried out a campaign to destroy Syrian military capabilities so that they cannot threaten Israel, and fears that if Turkey establishes a military presence in Syria, it could hamper the Israeli Air Force’s freedom of action in the region.Turkey is a key backer of the Islamist-led coalition that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria after almost 14 years of civil war. Israel is wary of the Islamist presence on its border and has lobbied the United States to curb Turkey’s growing influence in the country.On Saturday, Reuters reported that Turkey scoped out at least three airbases in Syria where it could deploy forces as part of a planned joint defense pact that could see new Turkish bases in central Syria and use of Syria’s airspace, before Israel hit the sites with airstrikes.The Israeli strikes on the three sites Turkey was assessing, including a heavy barrage last Wednesday night, came despite Ankara’s efforts to reassure Washington that a deeper military presence in Syria was not intended to threaten Israel, the report said, citing four people familiar with the matter.“While we are conducting certain operations in Syria, there needs to be a deconfliction mechanism with Israel, which flies aircraft in that region, similar to mechanisms we have with the US and Russia,” Fidan said on Wednesday.“There are technical contacts to prevent combat elements from misunderstanding each other,” Fidan continued, adding that technical teams are communicating “when needed.”The Turkish foreign minister said these talks are solely for deconfliction in Syria and do not aim at normalizing relations.Turkey’s foreign ministry last week called Israel “the greatest threat to regional security.”Fidan told Reuters last Friday that “We don’t want to see any confrontation with Israel in Syria because Syria belongs to Syrians,” but that repeated Israeli strikes there are eroding the new government’s ability to deter threats from enemies, including the Islamic State terror group.Azerbaijan, US offer hands-At the annual ADA University Policy Forum in Baku earlier Wednesday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev referenced his country’s past role in facilitating Israeli-Turkish ties, noting that “both countries are close friends of Azerbaijan.”“We hope that the process will lead to normalization,” Aliyev said of the new development, adding: “I think, despite the legitimate concerns and despite the quite a high level of mistrust, there can still be found grounds for normalization and areas of mutual interest. So the process, to my mind, should not stop, and Azerbaijan is doing everything in its position to facilitate the process.”Trump on Monday touted himself as a mediator between Israel and Turkey in their struggle over politically fragile Syria.The US president, speaking alongside Netanyahu during the premier’s White House visit, said negotiations could be helped by the president’s “great relations” with Erdogan, whom he said he likes very much and called “very smart.”Trump appeared to acknowledge Turkey’s dominance in Syria, saying he told Erdogan he had “taken it over through surrogates.”“I told the [Israeli] prime minister, I said, ‘Bibi, if you have a problem with Turkey, I really think I’m going to be able to work it out,’” Trump told reporters, using Netanyahu’s nickname.“You know, I have a very, very good relationship with Turkey and with their leader, and I think we’ll be able to work it out,” he added. “As long as you are reasonable, you have to be reasonable.”Netanyahu voiced Israeli concerns over Turkish influence in Syria while touting the US president as a mediator.“We’ve had neighborly relations with Turkey that have deteriorated, and we don’t want to see Syria being used by anyone, including Turkey, as a base for attack in Israel,” he said.“We discussed how we can avoid this conflict in a variety of ways, and I think we can’t have a better interlocutor than the president of the United States for this purpose,” Netanyahu added.Hamas ties and harsh rhetoric-Erdogan is an avowed supporter of Hamas and one of the leading critics of Israel on the world stage, and his country has frequently praised the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack which started the ongoing war, when thousands of terrorists invaded southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.Erdogan was quoted in a speech two weeks ago calling on Allah to “destroy Zionist Israel.”Less than a month after the October 7 attack, Erdogan, whose government had only recently restored full diplomatic ties with Israel, massively stepped up his criticism of the country. In late October 2023, he asserted that Hamas was not a terrorist organization but a liberation group of “mujahideen” fighting for its lands and people, and said in an address to a mass pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul that his country was making preparations to proclaim Israel a “war criminal” for its actions in Gaza.Israel announced it would pull its diplomats out of Turkey in response to Erdogan’s inflammatory statements.Turkey hosts several Hamas officials, and was also expected to absorb more of them when Qatar expelled the terror group’s leadership in November 2024, reportedly under pressure from the US.In May 2024, Turkey halted all bilateral trade with Israel, aiming to pressure Israel into allowing unhindered aid flow into Gaza.Past normalization efforts-In September 2023, less than a month before Hamas’s attack would set off the current conflict, Netanyahu and Erdogan discussed the effort to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia during their first-ever known meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.The leaders agreed at the time to coordinate mutual visits “in the near future,” according to Netanyahu’s office.It came amid a warming of ties between Israel and Turkey after years of animosity between the two countries’ leaders. President Isaac Herzog was hosted by Erdogan in March 2022 in Ankara — the first high-level Israeli visit since 2008.Israel was a long-time regional ally of Turkey before Erdogan came to power, but ties imploded after a 2010 Israeli commando raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara ship, part of a blockade-busting flotilla, that left dead 10 Turkish activists who attacked IDF soldiers aboard the ship.Netanyahu and Erdogan repeatedly aimed brickbats at each other in the ensuing years. In July 2014, Erdogan accused the Jewish state of “keeping Hitler’s spirit alive” during a war with Gaza.Facing hardening diplomatic isolation and economic woes, Erdogan began to publicly display an openness toward rapprochement in December 2020.In August 2022, Israel and Turkey announced a full renewal of diplomatic ties, a move that Aliyev said on Wednesday Azerbaijan played a key role in facilitating.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
US Senate confirms Huckabee as next Israel envoy, voting largely along party lines-Democrat John Fetterman joins Republicans in sending Christian Zionist and settlement backer to Jerusalem; Trump: ‘He’ll bring home the bacon, even though bacon isn’t big in Israel’By Jacob Magid-Today, 3:52 am-APR 10,25
The US Senate voted almost entirely along party lines on Wednesday to confirm the nomination of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee to be Washington’s ambassador to Israel.Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania — an ardent supporter of Israel and virtually the only Democratic ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — was the lone lawmaker to break with his party by joining Republicans in backing Huckabee’s nomination.The final vote tally was 53 to 46 in favor of Huckabee, a passionate evangelical supporter of Israel and its West Bank settlement movement.Despite his conservative views on Israel, which include support for Israel annexing the West Bank and opposition to a two-state solution, Huckabee stressed during his confirmation hearing that he would work to advance the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration, not his own personal agenda.He said last month that he hoped to arrive in Israel by Passover, which starts on Saturday evening.Welcoming the confirmation, Trump told reporters later Wednesday that Huckabee would “bring home the bacon.”“Even though bacon isn’t too big in Israel,” he quipped.President Trump on the confirmation of Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel:He’s going to be fantastic. He’s going to bring home the bacon, even though bacon isn’t too big in Israel. I had to clear that up. Congratulations to Mike Huckabee." ???? pic.twitter.com/1vS3b0QIDA— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 9, 2025-Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and other top Israeli officials also tweeted congratulations to Huckabee.A self-identified Christian Zionist who has visited Israel dozens of times, Huckabee will now assume the high-profile post during a time when US-Israel relations have been shaken by Trump’s tariffs and as the United States opens nuclear talks with Iran, Israel’s sworn enemy.Huckabee was always a lock for the position, given the slight Republican majority in the Senate, but his stance on the Palestinian issue all but ensured Wednesday’s divided vote.As a presidential candidate in 2008, Huckabee said: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian… [The term is] a political tool to try and force land away from Israel.”While running for president again in 2015, he openly posited purchasing a “holiday home” in the settlements, though he has yet to pull the trigger.In the coming weeks, he’ll move into the ambassador’s residence in downtown Jerusalem.Huckabee has long rejected the term “West Bank,” preferring to refer to the disputed territory by its biblical name, “Judea and Samaria.”“I’m aware that not everyone on this committee will agree with the president’s policies or his personal choices in his administration,” the former Arkansas governor said during his confirmation hearing last month.“I’m not here to articulate or even defend my own views or policies, but rather to present myself as one who will respect and represent the overwhelmingly elected president,” he added.Huckabee, 69, grew up in the city of Hope, Arkansas, and first traveled to Israel as a teenager. He has gone on to regularly lead Christian groups in the five decades since.“It’s going to be a privilege to be one of those people — not Jewish, but Christian — who will say to our Jewish friends, ‘You will never go through what you’ve gone through alone,'” Huckabee said during his confirmation hearing, referring to Hamas’s October 7 onslaught and its aftermath. “We will not stand behind you. We will stand with you.”Nava Freiberg and JTA contributed to this report.
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)
Britain's King Charles makes surprise visit to Pope Francis at Vatican-King Charles and Queen Camilla had been due to make a formal state visit to the Vatican, but postponed their plans after doctors prescribed Francis two months of rest.By REUTERS-APRIL 9, 2025 22:01
Pope Francis had a previously unannounced meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon with Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla, during their state visit to Italy, Buckingham Palace and the Vatican announced.Charles and Camilla had been due to make a formal state visit to the Vatican, but postponed their plans after doctors prescribed Francis two months of rest after the pontiff experienced a serious bout of double pneumonia.The pope met the royal couple privately and offered his best wishes for their 20th wedding anniversary, which they celebrated on Wednesday, said a Vatican statement.Buckingham Palace said Charles and Camilla "were delighted The Pope was well enough to host them - and to have had the opportunity to share their best wishes in person."Britain's history with the Catholic ChurchAs British monarch, Charles heads the Church of England, which split from the Catholic Church in 1534.Francis and Charles have met twice previously in 2017 and 2019, before Charles became king. The late Queen Elizabeth II visited Francis at the Vatican in 2014.
Pope Francis Meets With King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Vatican-The date was 'particularly significant' for the English Royal Family, being Charles and Camilla’s 20th wedding anniversary-April 9, 2025
Pope Francis greeted England’s King Charles and Queen Camilla on Wednesday in a brief meeting in which the dignitaries wished each other well at the pope’s private residence.The Holy See Press Office said in a Wednesday statement that the Pope “met privately with Their Majesties, King Charles and Queen Camilla, this afternoon.”“During the meeting, the Pope had the opportunity to address a wish to Their Majesties on the occasion of the anniversary of their marriage,” the statement said.The Pope also “reciprocated to His Majesty the wish for a speedy recovery of his health.”That detail in the statement was a reference to the health concerns the two heads of state have faced in recent months — Charles with a cancer diagnosis and the Pope with a monthlong stay at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital recovering from a lung infection and other health issues. Vatican News noted on Wednesday that the date was “particularly significant” for the English Royal Family, being Charles and Camilla’s 20th wedding anniversary and “the four-year anniversary of the death of the king’s father, Philip of Edinburgh.”The meeting took place at the Pope’s Casa Santa Marta residence at the Vatican. Buckingham Palace announced in February that the two English royals would meet with Pope Francis during a trip to Rome. Last month, however, the monarchs postponed their visit to the Vatican at the advice of the pope’s doctors after his extended stay in the hospital.Charles’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II, met a total of five popes over the course of her historic reign. Elizabeth died on Sept. 8, 2022, after which Charles ascended to the throne.
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