16,500 CONFIRMED DEAD IRANIANS AND UP TO 20,200 ON THE UPPER SIDE.

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)

  16,500 CONFIRMED DEAD IRANIANS AND UP TO 20,200 ON THE UPPER SIDE.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.

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.

2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) 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)

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

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.

Trump admin orders 1,500 troops to prepare for possible Minnesota deployment.

Washington, United States, Jan 18 (AFP) Jan 18, 2026-The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 US soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to a state roiled by unrest over an immigration crackdown, US media reported Sunday.The reported preparations come days after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which enables use of the military to suppress "armed rebellion" or "domestic violence" -- although a day later he said there was no immediate need for it.The troop deployment plans were first reported by the ABC. The news network cited two unnamed US defense officials as saying 1,500 active-duty Army paratroopers based in Alaska have been put on alert, but the president has not made a final decision on the deployment.The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment on Sunday.The Insurrection Act was last invoked in the United States more than 30 years ago, and any move by the federal government to deploy the military would inflame the standoff between the White House and local authorities in Minnesota.Crowds of protesters have clashed with immigration officers in the midwestern state's main city of Minneapolis, particularly since the fatal shooting of a US woman by a federal agent on January 7.On Saturday, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said that at the direction of Governor Tim Walz the state's national guard has been mobilized to support local law enforcement and emergency management agencies. As governor, Walz has the authority to deploy the state's US military reserve during emergencies.Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Sunday described the 3,000 federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border control waging Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration as an "occupying force that has quite literally invaded our city."He told CBS's "Face the Nation" that the federal agents outnumbered the 600-strong city police force by five to one. He also voiced concern about reports of 1,500 federal troops readying to join them."This is not about safety. What this is about is coming into our city by the thousands and terrorizing people simply because they're Latino or Somali, and yeah, people in Minneapolis are speaking up," Frey said.Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that the crackdown would continue "until we are sure that all the dangerous people are picked up, brought to justice and then deported back to their home countries."The Pentagon deployed some 700 US Marines in Los Angeles in June and July in response to angry protests over aggressive immigration enforcement operations underway there.Trump also threatened at that time to invoke the Insurrection Act, but ultimately did not, and the soldiers' role was limited to guarding two federal properties in the greater Los Angeles area.

China factory explosion kills two, injures 66: Xinhua.

Beijing, Jan 18 (AFP) Jan 18, 2026-An explosion at a steel factory in northern China killed two people and injured 66 on Sunday, with five more still missing, state media said.The blast occurred at around 3 pm (0700 GMT) at a Baogang United Steel plate plant in Baotou city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, state news agency Xinhua reported."As of 5:30 pm on Sunday, local emergency management and fire rescue authorities reported two fatalities and five people missing," Xinhua said."Sixty-six individuals have been sent to hospitals for treatment, three of whom are in severe condition."Footage on social media showed collapsed ceilings and rubble at the factory, huge plumes of smoke overhead and fire engines at the scene.Other videos showed an object being blasted into the sky as smoke billowed from the factory and a large, cylindrical hunk of metal that appeared to have come from the plant lying among the rubble of buildings.Residents kilometres away reported that the explosion shook their homes and shattered windows.The cause of the incident is being investigated, Xinhua said, while the rescue operation continues.Industrial accidents are common in China due to lax safety standards.An explosion at a fireworks factory in Hunan province in central China in June killed nine people and injured 26 others.In 2015, blasts at warehouses containing flammable chemicals in the port city of Tianjin killed more than 170 people and injured 700 others.

Hundreds in London protest against Beijing 'mega embassy'

London, Jan 17 (AFP) Jan 17, 2026-Hundreds of people on Saturday rallied in London against Beijing's controversial new "mega" embassy, days ahead of a decision on the plan.Protesters, their faces mostly covered with scarves or masks, chanted "No to Chinese embassy" and waved flags reading "Free Hong Kong. Revolution now".Others held up placards with slogans such as "MI5 warned. Labour kneeled", referring to the UK's domestic intelligence agency and Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ruling party.Others read: "CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is watching you. Stop the mega embassy."China has for several years been trying to relocate its embassy, currently in the British capital's upmarket Marylebone district, to the sprawling historic site in the shadow of the Tower of London.The move has sparked fierce opposition from nearby residents, rights groups and critics of China's ruling Communist Party.The latest protest came ahead of an expected decision this week.Benedict Rogers, head of the human rights group Hong Kong Watch said if it got the go-ahead it was "highly likely" that the site "will be used for espionage", citing the sensitive underground communications cables close to the site.He said China had already been "carrying out a campaign of transnational repression against different diaspora communities" and other critics and predicted that that would "increase and intensify".Beijing 'operations base' -A protester who gave his name only as Brandon, for fear of reprisals, said the plans raised a "lot of concerns".The 23-year-old bank employee, originally from Hong Kong but now living near Manchester in northwestern England, said many Hong Kongers had moved to the UK "to avoid authoritarian rule in China".But they now found there could be an embassy in London serving as an "operations base" for Beijing."I don't think it's good for anyone except the Chinese government," he said.Another demonstrator, who did not to give her name, called on Starmer to "step back and stop it (the plan) because there is a a high risk to the national security of the UK, not only Hong Kongers".The 60-year-old warehouse worker, also originally from Hong Kong and now living in Manchester, said the embassy would be a "spy centre not only to watch the UK but the whole of Europe".Speakers at the rally throwing their weight behind the campaign to stop the embassy included Kemi Badenoch, leader of the main opposition Conservative Party.British MPs voiced major security concerns earlier this week after a leading daily reported the site would house 208 secret rooms, including a "hidden chamber".The Daily Telegraph said it had obtained unredacted plans for the vast new building which would stand on the historical site of the former Royal Mint.It showed that Beijing reportedly plans to construct a single "concealed chamber" among "secret rooms" underneath the embassy which would be placed alongside the underground communications cables.

Glitch delays restart of world's biggest nuclear plant in Japan

Tokyo, Jan 19 (AFP) Jan 19, 2026-A technical glitch pushed back the restart of the world's biggest nuclear reactor in Japan, its operator said on Monday, a day before local media reported it would go online.Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it would need another day of two to check the equipment at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, which media reports said was set to restart on Tuesday.The plant was taken offline when Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after a colossal earthquake and tsunami sent three reactors at the Fukushima plant into meltdown in 2011.The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility would be the first nuclear plant that Fukushima operator TEPCO restarts since the disaster.The company has never publicly announced a date to switch on the plant.TEPCO has decided to run more checks after detecting a technical issue on Saturday related to an alarm linked to one of the reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, company spokesman Isao Ito told AFP.The alarm issue had been fixed by Sunday, he added.After the final checks, the utility will explain to nuclear authorities what had happened and proceed to restart the plant, the spokesman said, without providing an exact timeline.More than a decade since the Fukushima accident, Japan now wants to revive atomic energy to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and meet growing energy needs from artificial intelligence.But it is a divisive issue, with many residents worried about nuclear safety.About 50 people gathered Monday outside TEPCO's headquarters in the capital Tokyo, chanting "No to the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa!""TEPCO only mentions a possible delay. But that's not enough," said Takeshi Sakagami, president of the Citizens' Nuclear Regulatory Watchdog Group."A full investigation is needed, and if a major flaw is confirmed, the reactor should be permanently shut down," he said at the rally.The reactor has cleared the nation's nuclear safety standard.Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has voiced her support for the use of nuclear power.Japan is the world's fifth-largest single-country emitter of carbon dioxide, and is heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels.

Russia: Trump would go down in history if US took Greenland-Trump tells Norway’s PM he’ll no longer think ‘purely of peace’ after Nobel snub-US president says he will be prioritizing ‘what is good and proper’ for Washington; Norweigan leader says he explained to Trump his government has no role in awarding Peace Prize By Agencies Today, 12:50 pm-JAN 19,26

US President Donald Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer needed to think “purely of peace” after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published Monday.Trump went on to reiterate his desire for the United States to take control of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, in the interest of world peace.“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” Trump said in a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.He said that although peace would still be “predominant,” he could “now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”Store’s office confirmed the authenticity of the document in an email to AFP.In a written comment, Store underlined that the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded by the Norwegian government.“I have clearly explained, including to president Trump what is well known — the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee,” Store said.Trump also reiterated his desire for control of Greenland, which has sent jitters worldwide, in his message to the Norwegian premier.“Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China,” Trump said.“Why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also,” he said.“The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland,” he added.When asked to comment on Trump’s remarks about the alleged Russian threat, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that there has been a lot of “disturbing information” lately but that the Kremlin would not comment on the alleged Russian designs on Greenland.“Here, perhaps, it is possible to abstract from whether this is good or bad, whether it will comply with the parameters of international law or not,” Peskov said.“There are international experts who believe that by resolving the issue of Greenland’s incorporation, Trump will certainly go down in history. And not only in the history of the United States, but also in world history.”Trump had campaigned hard to win last year’s Nobel Peace Prize for what he says are his efforts to stop eight wars.Instead, it went to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who appeared in Oslo last month to collect her prize — following a daring escape from Venezuela by boat.She dedicated the prize to Trump and last week gave her medal to him.

Toll in Spain train collision rises to at least 39 dead as rescue efforts continue-Spanish transport minister says cause of crash is unclear; stretch of track where it happened was renovated last year, and the train itself was less than four years old By IAIN SULLIVAN, Joseph Wilson and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Today, 11:10 am-JAN 19,26

ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people died in the high-speed train collision Sunday in southern Spain and rescue efforts were continuing.The collision occurred when the tail end of a train traveling between Malaga and Madrid with some 300 passengers went off the rails near Cordoba at 7:45 p.m. It slammed into an incoming train from Madrid to Huelva, another southern Spanish city, according to rail operator Adif.Earlier in the morning, Andalusian regional leader Juan Moreno said 75 passengers were hospitalized, 15 in serious condition. Most were taken to Cordoba, about 390 kilometers (242 miles) south of Madrid.The Spanish Red Cross set up a help center in the town of Adamuz, near the crash site, offering assistance to emergency services and people seeking information. Members of Spain’s civil guard and civil defense worked on site throughout the night.Spanish police said 159 people were injured, of whom five were in critical condition. A further 24 were in serious condition, authorities said. Transport Minister Óscar Puente said the death toll was not final.Video and photos showed twisted train cars lying on their sides under floodlights. Passengers reported climbing out of smashed windows, with some using emergency hammers to break the windows, according to Salvador Jiménez, a journalist for Spanish broadcaster RTVE, who was on board one of the derailed trains.He told the network by phone that “there was a moment when it felt like an earthquake and the train had indeed derailed.”Officials call accident ‘strange’Puente said early Monday that the cause of the crash was unknown.He called it “a truly strange” incident because it happened on a flat stretch of track that had been renovated in May. He also said the train that jumped the track was less than four years old. That train belonged to the private company Iryo, while the second train, which took the brunt of the impact, was part of Spain’s public train company Renfe.According to Puente, the back part of the first train derailed and crashed into the head of the other train, knocking its first two carriages off the track and down a 4-meter (13-foot) slope. He said the worst damage was to the front section of the Renfe train.When asked by reporters how long an inquiry into the crash’s cause could take, he said it could be a month.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his condolences to the victims’ families. “Tonight is a night of deep pain for our country,” he wrote on X.Spain leads Europe in high-speed trains-Spain has the largest high-speed rail network in Europe for trains moving over 250 kph (155 mph), with more than 3,100 kilometers (1,900 miles) of track, according to the European Union.The network is a popular, competitively priced and safe mode of transport. Renfe said more than 25 million passengers took one of its high-speed trains in 2024.Train services between Madrid and cities in Andalusia were cancelled Monday.Spain’s worst train accident this century occurred in 2013, when 80 people died after a train derailed in the country’s northwest. An investigation concluded the train was traveling 179 kph (111 mph) on a stretch with an 80 kph (50 mph) speed limit when it left the tracks.

Israel said worried Hamas is emboldened by Trump’s Gaza plan, is looking to rebuild-Security officials have reportedly warned that the inclusion of Turkey, Qatar on Gaza Executive Board motivates Hamas to model itself after Hezbollah and hold onto its weapons-By ToI Staff Today, 10:36 am-JAN 19,26

Israel’s defense establishment believes that Hamas is increasingly motivated to rebuild and recover from the heavy losses inflicted upon it throughout the last two years of war, encouraged in part by US President Donald Trump’s plan for the Gaza Strip, Hebrew language media reported Sunday, citing unnamed security sources.At the same time as it rebuilds, the Palestinian terror group will be looking to attack Israel Defense Forces soldiers on the Israeli-controlled side of the Yellow Line, the reports said.The assessment, reportedly delivered in closed-door briefings to Israel’s political echelon, came days after the Trump administration announced the start of phase two of its plan for ending the Gaza war, which envisions the establishment of a series of panels tasked with governing the Strip in place of Hamas.Rather than seeing Washington’s plans as a threat to its future, Hamas has “welcomed” them, the security sources said, as the terror group is hoping to model Gaza after Lebanon, where the Hezbollah terror group wields significant power, and the government is weak and unable to bring it in line.A November 2024 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon mandated that Hezbollah be disarmed, but the Iran-backed group has insisted that it will not agree to do so, and Israel has accused it of attempting to rebuild in southern Lebanon.The current assessment in Israel is that Hamas, like Hezbollah, will continue to stall for time and delay giving up its weapons, and that, although disarmament is a key term of the US-brokered ceasefire, the delay will not prevent the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip from moving ahead.Hamas, according to officials quoted by Channel 12, “will do everything it can to drag out the process and exhaust all parties, while reconstruction on the ground begins in practice.”The Palestinian terror group’s thinking has been shaped in no small part by Washington’s decision to include both Turkey and Qatar in the post-war management of the Gaza Strip, the security sources said.“The inclusion of Turkey and Qatar in the Executive Board instills in [Hamas] long-term hope and short-term courage,” the officials said.The Gaza Executive Board is the operational arm of the UN-mandated and largely ceremonial Board of Peace and is tasked with overseeing the postwar management of Gaza.Among those sitting on the board are Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and senior Qatari diplomat Ali Thawadi.Israel has expressed opposition to the inclusion of representatives from Turkey and Qatar, both of which are sympathetic to Hamas and are hosts to senior members of the terror group.Trump, by contrast, has touted his personal relationships with the leaders of the two countries and has credited them with pressuring Hamas to accept the ceasefire with Israel in October.But now, their inclusion on the executive board could eventually “undermine the IDF’s achievements in the war,” the security sources warned.On Saturday, after the board’s makeup was unveiled by the US, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare break with Washington, announcing that it was not coordinated with Israel in advance and “contradicts its policy” regarding post-war Gaza.Netanyahu’s office said that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar had been instructed to raise the issue with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. On Sunday, the premier then convened several meetings with his war cabinet, the full government cabinet, and the party chairs in his coalition.Joining the Qatari and Turkish representatives on the Gaza Executive Board are Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, UAE International Cooperation Minister Reem Al-Hashimy, former UK prime minister Tony Blair, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, top Trump aide Jared Kushner, Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan, Israeli-Cypriot businessman Yakir Gabay, former UN humanitarian coordinator Sigrid Kaag, and former UN envoy to the Mideast Nickolay Mladenov.Mladenov has also been named high representative for Gaza and will be the executive board’s on-the-ground liaison to the new Palestinian technocratic government.Nava Freiberg contributed to this report.

55 children injured, including 2 babies who are critical, after incident at Jerusalem daycare-Today, 1:57 pm

Medics say that 55 children were injured, including two babies in critical condition, in the incident at a Jerusalem daycare.Police have said the incident did not involve hazardous materials, but reports say investigators are examining whether the heating was faulty at the unlicensed daycare.The daycare was located in an apartment on Ha’Mem Gimel Street.Medics tell Hebrew-language media that they were running in and out of the building, carrying multiple babies and young children at a time.

Police arrest dozens, seize weapons and fake products in East Jerusalem operation-Raid led by Ben Gvir’s former pick for police chief reportedly sees forces march 60 former prisoners to entrance of Shuafat and snap group photo of them next to Israeli flags By Noam Lehmann 18 January 2026, 9:34 pm

Law enforcement officers have arrested 39 people, seized at least seven allegedly stolen vehicles, confiscated contraband military equipment, drugs, counterfeit goods, and thousands of unmarked eggs in an operation in Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem, police said.“Operation Capital Protection” was launched by Jerusalem District Police in collaboration with Border Police a week ago, days after Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled took command of the police’s Jerusalem District. According to a statement from police last week, the operation’s goal was to “bolster sovereignty and deepen governance” in the area.Footage from Wednesday that was published by Palestinian media showed Israeli police vehicles rolling down a road in the refugee camp of Shuafat, with an officer shouting through a megaphone in Arabic: “We’ve come to pay you a visit; whoever wants to meet will come to me, and whoever wags their tail at us — we’ll cut it off.”Later that day, some two dozen Israeli officers could be seen taking a group photo with an Israeli flag in the middle of Shuafat.Palestinian media reported that the operation particularly targeted people who were formerly jailed by Israel.Footage from Thursday showed Israeli forces at the entrance to Shuafat reportedly gathering over 60 Palestinian ex-convicts from the Jerusalem area and taking a group photo of them next to Israeli flags.Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate said Israeli forces on Wednesday evening raided the family home of Hamas official Majed Abu Qataish, who was released from Israeli prison and deported to Turkey in 2011.According to the governorate, the officers tried using Abu Qataish’s mother’s phone to contact him and, failing to reach him, took a photo of his mother next to an Israeli flag and sent it to him.Police said the contraband military equipment located during the operation included four handguns, parts of an M16 rifle, ammunition, and two tactical vests. Some of it was IDF equipment, according to police.Officers also located drugs, including marijuana, hashish, and ecstasy, that were “not meant for personal consumption,” police said.Shuafat residents cited by Haaretz said the contraband arms belonged to well-known drug dealers in the refugee camp.Police, health, and tax authorities on Tuesday morning also seized 13,600 unmarked eggs worth more than NIS 400,000 ($127,000) and about 90,000 fake cigarette packets worth some NIS 890,000 ($283,000), police said.A brief video from Shuafat, which was published in Arabic media on Wednesday, showed a police officer tossing a carton of eggs over his shoulder and onto the street. He can be seen wearing a tactical helmet emblazoned with the word “Press,” a marking typically reserved for journalists in war zones to distinguish them from combatants.According to police, the people arrested over the past week included six Palestinians from the West Bank who were in Israel illegally, and the manager of a construction site in East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood who allegedly let them stay overnight at the site. Peled, the Jerusalem police chief, ordered the site closed for 30 days, police said Friday.It was unclear how many of the people arrested in East Jerusalem were still in custody. According to Haaretz, the majority had already been released and were unlikely to face charges.Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday, including on whether the operation was still ongoing.Peled was National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s first choice for police chief in 2024. The officer, who was then a deputy police chief, withdrew his candidacy amid scrutiny of his ethics record. At the time, senior police officials were quoted anonymously in Hebrew media expressing concern that Peled would be too subservient to the far-right minister.

FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2 before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab (JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e]  shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a -Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain

DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17

First From Daniel Chapter 2

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES

Now From Daniel Chapter 7

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16

REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man. 

DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.

THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.

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.

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

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.

HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)

01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA

THE CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8, DAN 7:23-24

WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME

NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html 

FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf

Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defense-By Mathieu RABECHAULT and Fabien ZAMORA.

Paris, France (AFP) Jan 14, 2026-President Donald Trump has said US control of Greenland is vital for his planned Golden Dome missile defense system, but not all experts are convinced.- What missile defense capabilities does Washington have? -The United States relies on a network of satellites and early warning radar stations to detect and track missiles. They are currently deployed in the Aleutian Islands in the Pacific, Alaska, Britain, and Greenland.There is also the Aegis Ashore air defense system based in the northern Polish town of Redzikowo that is capable of intercepting short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles, as well as radar located in Deveselu, Romania.Washington has several types of interceptor missiles, including the 44 GBI deployed in California and Alaska.Those missiles are meant to "counter a threat from the Asian continent, but the GBI silos are not well positioned to intercept a threat coming from Russia," Etienne Marcuz, a researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research, a French think tank, told AFP.An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched by its engine to an altitude of several hundred kilometers. Once in space, it travels unpowered along a ballistic trajectory before releasing its warheads. The final phase of the flight involves the warheads re-entering the atmosphere.If the goal is to protect against an Asian threat, it would make sense to deploy GBI missiles in the northeastern United States, not Greenland, Marcuz went on.The researcher called Trump's idea of placing radar dishes and interceptors in Greenland merely "a pretext" to annex the Arctic island from NATO ally Denmark."There are already some in Poland and Romania, so that's not an argument."The United States deploys SM-3 missiles on Aegis destroyers and at Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania to intercept ballistic missile warheads after they separate from the booster, while the THAAD system is designed to target warheads in the upper atmosphere during their terminal descent.- What is the Golden Dome project? -Announced by Trump shortly after taking office, the Golden Dome project is intended to protect US territory against all types of missiles. The president plans to allocate $175 billion for the program, aiming to have an operational system by the end of his term -- a goal that many experts consider unrealistic within that timeframe.Todd Harrison of the American Enterprise Institute estimates the project could cost around $1 trillion over 20 years, rising to as much as $3.6 trillion for a fully capable missile shield.The centerpiece of the plan is a fleet of interceptor satellites in low Earth orbit, designed to leave orbit and collide with missiles during their flight through space."It's a multilayered system. In case of failure you need to have other firing options," said Marcuz, the French researcher. He added that Washington will also need to upgrade its missiles and interception capabilities on land and at sea.- Why Greenland? -Intercontinental ballistic missiles aimed at the United States would inevitably pass over the North Pole, he noted, so having detection radars and interception capabilities there would make sense.The US military currently operates radar systems at its Pituffik base (formerly Thule).Marcuz added that while "it's always useful to have radars in Greenland" in order to track missiles in space, "it will become less and less so.""The United States is currently deploying SBIRS low-orbit satellites specifically to track missiles in their exo-atmospheric phase," he said.Furthermore, the current defense agreements between the United States, Greenland, and Denmark already give Washington considerable leeway."The United States can position technical, material, and human resources in Greenland without limitation. They could even reposition nuclear assets if they wanted to," said Mikaa Blugeon-Mered, a researcher specializing in the geopolitics of the polar regions. "However, the key point is that the Danes and Greenlanders must be informed and consulted.""If the Danes consulted on a project said 'no' and the United States proceeded unilaterally anyway, it could be interpreted as a violation of Danish sovereignty, and that would lead to a diplomatic and political escalation," he added."Therefore, Denmark doesn't have a veto right in the legal sense of the term, but in practice what the United States does in Greenland requires a political agreement."

EU scrambles to avert Trump Greenland tariffs, prepares retaliation-Leaders are expected to discuss options at emergency meeting in Brussels later this week-By Philip Blenkinsop Today, 6:32 am-JAN 19,26

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — European Union ambassadors reached broad agreement on Sunday to intensify efforts to dissuade US President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on European allies, while also preparing retaliatory measures should the duties go ahead, EU diplomats said.Trump vowed on Saturday to implement a wave of increasing tariffs from February 1 on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, along with Britain and Norway, until the US is allowed to buy Greenland, a step major EU states decried as blackmail.EU leaders are set to discuss options at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday. One option is a package of tariffs on 93 billion euros ($107.7 billion) of US imports that could automatically kick in on February 6 after a six-month suspension.The other is the so far never used “Anti-Coercion Instrument” (ACI), which could limit access to public tenders, investments or banking activity or restrict trade in services, in which the US has a surplus with the bloc, including in digital services.The tariff package appeared to command broader support as a first response than anti-coercion measures, where the picture was currently “very mixed,” according to an EU source.European Council President Antonio Costa, who chairs EU summits, said in a social media post that his consultations with EU members had shown their strong commitment to support Denmark and Greenland and readiness to defend against any form of coercion.Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, visiting his Norwegian counterpart in Oslo, said Denmark would continue to focus on diplomacy, referring to an agreement Denmark, Greenland and the US made on Wednesday to set up a working group.“The US is also more than the US president. I’ve just been there. There are also checks and balances in American society,” he added.The EU’s efforts at dialogue are likely to be a key theme of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Trump is set to deliver a keynote address on Wednesday in his first appearance at the event in six years.“All options on the table, talks in Davos with the US and leaders gather after that,” said one EU diplomat in summarizing the EU’s plan.The eight targeted countries, already subject to US tariffs of 10% and 15%, have sent small numbers of military personnel to Greenland, as a row with the United States over the future of Denmark’s vast Arctic island escalates.“Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” they said in a joint statement published on Sunday, adding they were ready to engage in dialogue, based on principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a written statement she was heartened by the consistent messages from the rest of the continent, adding: “Europe will not be blackmailed.”The tariff threat unsettled global markets, with the euro and sterling falling against the dollar and a return to volatility expected.Question marks over US trade deals-A source close to French President Emmanuel Macron said he was pushing for activation of the ACI. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said that while there should be no doubt that the EU would retaliate, it was “a bit premature” to activate the as-yet unused instrument.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is closer to the US President than some other EU leaders, described the tariff threat on Sunday as “a mistake,” adding she had spoken to Trump a few hours earlier and told him what she thought.Asked how Britain would respond to new tariffs, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said allies needed to work with the United States to resolve the dispute.“Our position on Greenland is non-negotiable… It is in our collective interest to work together and not to start a war of words,” she told Sky News on Sunday.The tariff threats do call into question trade deals the US struck with Britain in May and the EU in July.The limited agreements have already faced criticism about their lopsided nature, with the US maintaining broad tariffs, while its partners are required to remove import duties.The European Parliament looks set to suspend its work on the EU-US trade deal. It had been due to vote on removing many EU import duties on January 26-27, but Manfred Weber, head of the European People’s Party, the largest group in parliament, said late on Saturday that approval was not possible for now.German Christian Democrat lawmaker Juergen Hardt also mooted what he told Bild newspaper could be a last resort “to bring President Trump to his senses on the Greenland issue,” a boycott of the soccer World Cup that the US is hosting this year.

Netanyahu convenes cabinet meetings on topic-Pakistan and Jordan confirm being invited to sit on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace-Islamabad says it is committed to finding a ‘lasting solution to the Palestine issue,’ as Trump’s various Gaza committees take shape with several anti-Israel countries involved By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff 18 January 2026, 5:36 pm

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, a spokesperson for the country’s ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement Sunday, in a move that adds another nation hostile to Israel to the Gaza oversight committee.“Pakistan will remain engaged with international efforts for peace and security in Gaza, leading to a lasting solution to the Palestine issue in accordance with United Nations resolutions,” the statement said.Pakistan does not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state, and has been vocally opposed to Israel’s military operations inside Gaza, going as far to describe it as a “genocide,” a charge Israel has vehemently rejected.If Islamabad accepts Trump’s invite, it would join a largely symbolic board that would include Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a staunch critic of Israel, as well as several other European and Middle Eastern leaders.A representative from Turkey, as well as from fellow hostile state Qatar, will sit on the more consequential Gaza Executive Board. The inclusion of both was met with staunch objections from Jerusalem, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office saying Saturday that the board’s makeup “was not coordinated with Israel and contradicts its policy.”After Netanyahu’s statement, an unnamed senior American official was quoted by the Axios news outlet saying “This is our show, not his show,” and “If he wants us to deal with Gaza, it will have to be our way.”Netanyahu convened several meetings Sunday morning with his war cabinet, the full government cabinet and the party chairs in his coalition, called in response to the inclusion of Qatar and Turkey on the Gaza Executive Board.The Israeli prime minister also received an invitation to sit on the more ceremonial Board of Peace made up of world leaders, according to the Ynet news outlet. The Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to requests for comment on the report.Meanwhile, Jordan’s foreign ministry said Sunday that King Abdullah also received an invitation from Trump to join the Board of Peace, adding that it was reviewing related documents within the country’s internal legal procedures before deciding whether to accept.Additionally, after Canada announced Saturday that its Prime Minster Mark Carney had also received an invite to sit on the more symbolic Board of Peace, Carney said Sunday that he had agreed in principle, although details were still being worked out, especially regarding financial commitments.“We haven’t gone through all the details of the structure, how it’s going to work, what financing is for, et cetera,” Carney told reporters in Doha. “We will work through those in the coming days.”Regarding the financial commitments that countries are asked to contribute, Trump’s administration wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his Gaza Board of Peace for more than three years, according to the full text of the board’s charter, which was obtained and verified by The Times of Israel.“Each Member State shall serve a term of no more than three years from this Charter’s entry into force, subject to renewal by the Chairman,” who will be Trump, the charter said. “The three-year membership term shall not apply to Member States that contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter’s entry into force.”Positioned above the Board of Peace, the confusingly named Gaza Executive Board is a less ceremonial and more consequential council that will be more directly involved in overseeing the postwar management of Gaza.The White House unveiled the makeup of the executive board on Friday, with Turkey to be represented by its Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Qatar to be represented by its senior diplomat Ali Al Thawadi. They will be joined by Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, UAE International Cooperation Minister Reem Al-Hashimy, former UK prime minister Tony Blair, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, top Trump aide Jared Kushner, Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan, Israeli-Cypriot businessman Yakir Gabay, former UN humanitarian coordinator Sigrid Kaag, and former UN envoy to the Mideast Nickolay Mladenov.A source familiar with the matter said Israel did not aggressively push back against Turkish President Erdogan’s inclusion on the Board of Peace, recognizing that the more consequential panel is the executive board.Jerusalem had sought to prevent the inclusion of a Turkish representative on the latter body, but apparently lost that battle in a demonstration of Ankara’s perceived utility in the eyes of Trump, who has repeatedly praised Erdogan — including in front of Netanyahu — and has hailed both Turkey and Qatar’s success in coaxing Hamas to accept his ceasefire deal in October.On Sunday, Qatar said that its representative on the executive board, Thawadi, is on the body to support “international efforts aimed at effective governance and the achievement of long-term, sustainable peace, stability, and prosperity for the people of Gaza.”Thawadi, strategic affairs minister in Qatari PM Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani’s office, “has been a key figure and effective facilitator in Qatar’s mediation efforts, engaging in sustained dialogue with Israel, Hamas, and mediation partners,” Doha said in a statement, adding that he was central to Qatar’s contributions to Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza.The US is aiming to hold the first Board of Peace meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, officials familiar with the matter have told The Times of Israel.While the charter speaks of a desire for involvement beyond Gaza, the UN Security Council resolution pertaining to the Board of Peace that was passed last month restricts its mandate to the Strip, and only until the end of 2027.

Slingshot to embed AI agent in US Space Force space warfare training by Clarence Oxford.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026-Slingshot Aerospace has secured a 27 million dollar contract to modernize how the US Space Force trains for conflict in orbit by embedding its TALOS AI agent into the service's Operational Test and Training Infrastructure program. The 18 month effort will integrate AI native technology into existing training capabilities so that exercises more accurately reflect the rapidly evolving orbital threat landscape and near peer adversary behavior.The company describes TALOS AI as an autonomous agent that imitates realistic satellite actions for training and simulation. Built on Slingshot's behavior cloning pipeline, the software learns and replicates real world spacecraft tactics within an ever changing orbital environment, allowing operators to rehearse against complex and adaptive scenarios instead of scripted patterns.Slingshot says the new award advances earlier SpaceWERX and Space Force investments, including a 25 million dollar STRATFI contract from 2022 that helped mature its training and simulation technologies. Under the new contract, TALOS will be used to explore how AI can act as a force multiplier in training by generating machine speed threat behaviors, enabling faster scenario development, larger scale simulations and more realistic mission profiles.Space Training and Readiness Command has already tested TALOS to assess how AI driven agents can serve as intelligent, unpredictable opponents in exercise environments. During these trials, TALOS produced adaptive behaviors representative of modern orbital maneuver tactics, giving Guardians experience against adversaries that update their strategies in real time during a scenario.Slingshot is positioning TALOS as a core element in a broader ecosystem of training systems, data sources and AI capabilities that the Space Force can draw on for future exercises. The company is designing the agent and its supporting infrastructure to integrate with complementary platforms from other industry and government partners, with an emphasis on interoperability and mission realism across the training enterprise.Open application programming interfaces and flexible integration paths are central to the approach. Slingshot says this will allow the Space Force to plug in new sensors, data systems and AI tools as they come online, while still using TALOS as a coordinating layer for threat behaviors and scenario logic.According to Slingshot chief executive Tim Solms, the contract reflects a shift toward AI native space training where human and machine intelligence work together to give mission leaders an operational edge. He said the system allows Guardians to train against adaptive, AI driven threats that behave like real adversaries rather than pre programmed scenarios, marking what the company calls the dawn of AI native space training.Slingshot Aerospace, founded in 2017, provides AI powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination and space modeling and simulation to government and commercial customers. Its platform fuses data from the Slingshot Global Sensor Network, the Slingshot Seradata satellite and launch history database, satellite owner operators and third party providers to create a common operating picture of space for training, planning and operations.The company positions this unified view of past, present and predicted space activity as a way to enhance space situational awareness, improve operational efficiency and reduce risk for operators. Slingshot states that its mission is to help keep space safe, sustainable and secure for the growing number of actors relying on orbital infrastructure.

World leaders show caution on Trump’s broader ‘Board of Peace’ amid fears for UN-‘It’s a ‘Trump United Nations’ that ignores the fundamentals of the UN charter,’ one diplomat says of initiative currently focused on Gaza By John Irish and Andreas Rinke Today, 5:46 am-JAN 19,26

Reuters — Governments reacted cautiously on Sunday to US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his “Board of Peace” initiative aimed at resolving conflicts globally, a plan that diplomats said could harm the work of the United Nations.Only Hungary, whose leader is a close Trump ally, gave an unequivocal acceptance in response to the invitations, which have been addressed to some 60 nations and began arriving in European capitals on Saturday, according to diplomats.Other governments appeared reluctant to make public statements, leaving officials to express concerns anonymously about the impact on the work of the UN.The board would be chaired for life by Trump and would start by addressing the Gaza conflict and then be expanded to deal with other conflicts, according to a copy of the letter and draft charter seen by Reuters.Member states would be limited to three-year terms unless they pay $1 billion each to fund the board’s activities and earn permanent membership, the letter states.“This simply offers permanent membership to partner countries who demonstrate deep commitment to peace, security, and prosperity,” the White House said in a post on X.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, visiting South Korea, told reporters her country was “ready to do our part.” Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had agreed to Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza in principle although details were still being worked out.A mandate for a Board of Peace was authorized by the United Nations Security Council in November, but only through 2027 and solely focused on the Gaza conflict. Russia and China, two veto wielding powers, abstained, complaining that the resolution did not give the UN a clear role in the future of Gaza.‘Undermining the UN’The inclusion of a ‘charter’ in the invitation letter stoked concerns among some European governments that it could undermine the work of the United Nations, which Trump has accused of not supporting his efforts to end conflicts around the world.“It’s a ‘Trump United Nations’ that ignores the fundamentals of the UN charter,” said one diplomat.Three other Western diplomats said it looked as if it would undermine the United Nations if it went ahead.A further three diplomats and an Israeli source said that Trump wanted the Board of Peace to eventually have a broader role beyond Gaza that would oversee the other conflicts that Trump has said he has resolved.The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Australia, Canada, the European Commission and key Middle East powers were among those invited, according to officials. “We have, of course, accepted this honorable invitation,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of Trump, wrote on X.The document said “durable peace requires pragmatic judgment, common-sense solutions, and the courage to depart from approaches and institutions that have too often failed.” There was a “need for a more nimble and effective international peace-building body,” it added.A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Guterres “believes Member States are free to associate in different groups” in response to a question about the draft US charter for a Board of Peace.“The United Nations will continue with its mandated work,” deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said.Trump, who covets the Nobel Peace Prize, said in the letter that the board would convene in the near future, adding: “This board will be one of a kind, there has never been anything like it!”Another senior UN official did not address the plan directly, but said the United Nations was the only institution with the moral and legal ability to bring together every nation, big or small.“And if we question that … we fall back and very, very, dark, times,” Annalena Baerbock, president of the United Nations General Assembly, told Sky News, adding that it was up to individual states to decide what to do.Trump has long been wary of multilateral institutions, particularly the United Nations. He has repeatedly questioned the effectiveness, cost and accountability of international bodies, arguing they often fail to serve US interests.The US, which is required to pay 22% of the UN’s regular budget, currently owes $1.5 billion, according to UN officials.The White House on Friday named some individuals who will sit on the board, which would outlive its role supervising the temporary governance of Gaza, under a fragile ceasefire since October.They included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, former British prime minister Tony Blair and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.Israel and Hamas signed off on Trump’s plan, which says a Palestinian technocratic administration will be overseen by an international board, which will supervise Gaza’s governance for a transitional period.Going for global peace role-“It’s going to, in my opinion, start with Gaza and then do conflicts as they arise,” Trump told Reuters in an interview earlier this week.Many rights experts and advocates have said that Trump overseeing a board to supervise a foreign territory’s governance resembles a colonial structure, while Blair’s involvement was criticized last year due to his role in the Iraq war and the history of British imperialism in the Middle East.The White House did not detail the responsibilities of each member of the board. The names do not include any Palestinians. The White House said more members will be announced over the coming weeks.It also named a separate, 11-member “Gaza Executive Board” to support the technocratic body, including officials from Turkey and Qatar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the composition of this board had not been coordinated with Israel and contradicted its policy.

Sanhedrin Addresses Iran and Syria, Invoking Cyrus and Biblical Covenants-Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-Biblical News-January 16, 2026

The nascent Sanhedrin issued two declarations that reach across centuries of history to address peoples caught in the grip of tyranny. The first declaration calls on the Iranian people to overthrow the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and return to the partnership with Israel exemplified by Cyrus the Great. The second urges the Kurdish and Druze populations in Syria to seek independence and alignment with Israel. These declarations represent a reclamation of biblical prophecy and the restoration of ancient alliances that the Sages understood would define the end of days.The Sanhedrin’s declaration to Iran begins with a message of divine partnership: “As messengers of God, Creator of the world in His mercy, we as bearers of the voice of the Torah of the Creator of the world, want every nation to prosper, including the ancient Persian peoples.”The court expresses deep sorrow for what the Iranian people have endured under Islamist rule and before it. The declaration states: “Every nation has its important contribution to humanity, and for this God created them. This contribution can only be expressed when they listen to the voice of the Creator of the world, mediated through His covenant people, Israel.”The text then quotes the prophet Zechariah, who prophesied in Israel during the days of Darius, King of Persia: “Speak truth, each man to his neighbor, truth and peaceful justice you shall administer in your gates. And let no man plot evil in his heart against his neighbor, and love no false oath… and love truth and peace…. And many peoples and mighty nations shall come to seek the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the presence of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: In those days it shall be that ten men, out of all the languages of the nations, shall take hold, they shall take hold of the corner of the garment of a Jewish man, saying: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” (Zechariah 8:16-17, 19, 22-23)This passage ties Persian support for Israel directly to the messianic vision. Zechariah prophesied during the Second Temple period, when Persia under Cyrus and Darius enabled the Jewish return to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the Temple. The Sanhedrin sees in this a template for the future.The declaration continues: “We carry a prayer for all the peoples in Iran, that they merit to free themselves from the cruel rule of the Revolutionary Guards.”The Sanhedrin acknowledges the origins of the revolution: “The Iranian Revolution began with a noble aspiration: to free themselves from a corrupt, tyrannical, and hedonistic government, and to establish a just and modest government that serves the Creator of the world.”But the declaration notes a terrible transformation: “Unfortunately, a short time after the revolution, it was taken over by the descendants of the wicked Haman—Khomeini and later Khamenei. Like Haman, his descendants are also obsessed with harming Israel, even at the expense of severe damage to the welfare of their own people. They invest in developing nuclear weapons to destroy Israel, while their own people do not even have water to drink. Iran is seventy times larger than Israel in territory and nine times larger in population, yet they suffer from poverty, only because of the regime’s obsession against Israel.”This week, hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country in the largest wave of protests since the Green Movement. Demonstrations have erupted in Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and Mashhad, with protesters openly calling for the overthrow of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guard. Security forces have responded with lethal force, killing thousands of protesters according to human rights groups, but the demonstrations continue to grow.President Donald Trump issued strong statements of support for the Iranian protesters. “The great Iranian people have been badly repressed for many years,” Trump posted. “They are hungry for food and hungry for freedom. Along with peace, this is the right time for change!” Trump warned the regime against violent repression: “The world is watching. Killing your own citizens will have severe consequences.” He has reportedly directed the State Department to provide technological support to help Iranian protesters circumvent government censorship and communicate securely. Despite the president’s strong warnings, a military response has not yet materialized.The historical irony is deliberate. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran and Israel maintained close diplomatic and economic relations. The Shah’s Iran was Israel’s primary oil supplier and a key strategic partner in the region. Israeli advisors helped train Iranian forces, and the two nations cooperated on intelligence and military matters. Iranian Jews lived openly and freely. The revolution shattered this partnership and replaced it with a regime that calls for Israel’s destruction.The Sanhedrin’s invocation of Cyrus is central to its vision. Cyrus the Great, King of Persia, issued a decree in 538 BCE allowing the Jews to return from Babylonian exile and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. The prophet Isaiah called Cyrus God’s anointed—mashiach—even though he was not Jewish. “Thus says the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him.” (Isaiah 45:1) Cyrus is mentioned by name in the Bible twenty-three times, more than any other Gentile king. He funded the Temple’s construction from the royal treasury. This partnership between Persia and Israel was not political convenience but divine orchestration.The Sanhedrin declared: “We wish all the peoples in Iran, who are now struggling for their freedom, success in their struggle and the removal of the evil rule of the Revolutionary Guards. We pray that each of the peoples of Iran will merit an independent state in their land, and to choose for themselves just and modest leaders, God-fearing and lovers of peace.”The declaration then issued a spiritual call: “We call upon all the peoples in Iran to abandon foreign worship and to accept upon themselves the Seven Commandments that God gave to Noah and his descendants after the Flood, as they were given to Moses our teacher at Mount Sinai for all the nations.”These Seven Noahide Laws—the Sheva Mitzvot B’nei Noach—prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, theft, sexual immorality, eating flesh from a living animal, and require the establishment of courts of justice. The Sages teach that any Gentile who observes these commandments is considered righteous among the nations and has a share in the World to Come.The declaration issued a direct call to Iranian leadership: “We call upon the leaders of all the peoples in Iran to walk in the path of Cyrus, King of Persia, to support the building of the Temple on the Temple Mount, and even to ascend and pray there in the places designated for the descendants of Noah, ‘for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.'” (Isaiah 56:7)The Sanhedrin is calling for the reconstruction of the Third Temple and inviting the nations to participate. In Jewish law, the Temple Mount has designated areas where non-Jews who observe the Noahide Laws may enter and pray. The vision is that of the prophet Zechariah: nations streaming to Jerusalem to seek God.The declaration concludes with the covenantal promise: “Every nation that chooses to serve God as He commanded us will merit divine blessing, as God said to Abraham, ‘And I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed through you,’ (Genesis 12:3) and to Jacob, ‘And all the families of the earth shall be blessed through you and through your seed.’ (Genesis 28:14) And they will also merit to spread the good within them to the entire world.”The second declaration addresses the people of Syria, particularly the Kurds and the Druze. The Sanhedrin states: “As messengers of God, Creator of the world in His mercy, we as bearers of the voice of the Torah of the Creator of the world, pray for the peace of all the peoples of the world, and want every nation to prosper.”The declaration continues: “We see with great sorrow what is happening to the Kurds and Druze in Syria, who suffer from oppression and killing by the Syrian authorities in cooperation with Turkey.”On the Kurdish people, the Sanhedrin declared: “Every nation has its important contribution to humanity, and for this God created them. The Kurds number fifty million people today, and they are the largest ethnic group in the world without a state. They are scattered between Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey, and in all these places, they suffer cruel oppression. We support the right of the Kurds to an independent state in their land northeast of the Euphrates River, and we pray that they will merit just and God-fearing leaders and lovers of peace, who fulfill the Seven Noahide Commandments.”On the Druze, the declaration states: “We call upon the Druze in Syria, in the territory of the Land of Israel, southwest of the Euphrates River, to join the State of Israel. To continue living according to the Seven Noahide Commandments, as decided by the Druze Sheikh Amin Tarif. To walk in the path of their Druze brothers in the State of Israel, who have made a covenant with Israel. To cooperate with the children of Israel who come to settle in Bashan, and with all the people of Israel in their land.”Bashan is the biblical name for the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and formally annexed in 1981. The Druze maintain a tradition that they are descendants of Yitro (Jethro), the father-in-law of Moses, and therefore possess an inherited portion of land in Israel. This belief in their Israelite lineage has shaped their relationship with the Jewish state.The Druze community in the Golan has maintained a complex relationship with Israel, with many holding Israeli residency but not citizenship. The recent fall of the Assad regime has created new realities on the ground. The Sanhedrin sees this as an opportunity for the Syrian Druze to fully align with Israel rather than face persecution under whatever regime emerges in Damascus.The invocation of Sheikh Amin Tarif is significant. Tarif served as the spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community from 1928 until his death in 1993. He was the first to formalize the Druze commitment to the Seven Noahide Laws and to frame Druze theology in these terms. He also established the principle of Druze military service in the Israel Defense Forces, creating the covenant between the Druze and Jewish communities that endures today. Israeli Druze serve with distinction in the IDF at rates higher than the general Jewish population and hold positions of leadership in combat units, military intelligence, and elite special forces. Druze officers have reached the highest ranks of the Israeli military, and Druze soldiers are known for their exceptional bravery and loyalty.What the Sanhedrin is proposing is a realignment of the Middle East based on biblical boundaries and covenantal relationships rather than the artificial nation-states created by European colonial powers after World War I. The vision is that people who accept the Seven Noahide Laws and recognize Israel’s divine mandate will prosper and find their place in the messianic order. Those who reject this framework, like the current Iranian regime, bring suffering upon themselves and their people.The Sanhedrin was reconstituted in 2004 after nearly 1,600 years of absence. Its members believe the generation has arrived when prophecy will be fulfilled, and the Temple will be rebuilt. The declarations to Iran and Syria are legal rulings with the force of biblical law, not suggestions. They represent the Sanhedrin’s assertion of its role as the supreme legal authority for the Jewish people and its responsibility to guide the nations toward their proper service of God.The Sanhedrin sees the chaos in Iran and Syria not as accidents of history but as birth pangs of the messianic age. The protests in Tehran, the collapse of the Assad regime, the realignment of regional powers—these are signs that the old order is crumbling.The Sanhedrin believes the Nations will either align themselves with Israel and the God of Israel, walking in the path of Cyrus and receiving blessing, or they will follow the path of Haman and inherit destruction. The Iranian people face a choice: remain under the tyranny of the ayatollahs who impoverish them to fund terrorism against Israel, or rise up and reclaim the partnership their ancestors had with the Jewish people. The Kurds and Druze face a similar choice: seek autonomy under hostile regimes, or accept the protection and partnership Israel offers. 

Warning of inexplicable interstellar influence on earthquakes is Joel’s prophecy of cosmic “shake and bake”Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-Biblical News-January 7, 2026

In a groundbreaking YouTube video released on Sunday, renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku stunned viewers by claiming that the trajectory of a recently discovered interstellar object appears to correlate directly with global seismic activity. The presentation, which blends precise scientific observation with extraordinary implications, may now intersect with prophetic interpretations of cosmic events discussed by Yuval Ovadia, who has connected astronomical phenomena in the Zohar to terrestrial upheavals.“Seven countries. Seven earthquakes. One trajectory. This has a 0.00003 percent chance of being coincidental,” Kaku began.Kaku’s Analysis: An Interstellar Object and Global Earthquakes-Kaku focused on 3I/Atlas, the third confirmed interstellar object ever observed. He detailed how seismographs recorded earthquakes in Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Turkey, Iran, Greece, and Morocco, all occurring within a 72-hour window, aligning with the object’s predicted path.“When you plot these earthquake epicenters on a global map, when you trace them chronologically, the pattern follows a curve,” Kaku explained. “A curve that matches, within 0.7 degrees of accuracy, the projected trajectory of 3I/Atlas across our inner solar system. Think about that for a moment.”The object, Kaku emphasized, is currently 187 million kilometers from Earth, traveling at 42.6 kilometers per second, yet seismic activity deep beneath Earth’s surface appears to respond to its path.“This should not happen. Gravitational influence at that distance… the math doesn’t support it,” he said. “3I/Atlas would need to be billions of times more massive than our estimates suggest.”Kaku stressed that estimates from the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble, and ground-based observatories place the object’s mass at only 8–12 billion metric tons, insufficient to have a measurable gravitational impact on Earth.“Direct gravitational influence is impossible,” he said. “So what’s causing this pattern?”The Seismic Correlation-The connection was first noticed by Dr. Helena Vasquez, a geophysicist at the University of Chile, who observed on December 29, 2025, an earthquake in Chile that occurred precisely at 14:23:07 UTC, coinciding with the object crossing a specific celestial longitude. Kaku recounted the discovery:“Vasquez noted it as a coincidence,” Kaku said. “Then she checked Indonesia’s December 30th earthquake. Same pattern. Exact alignment with the object’s projected position. By December 31st, four research teams across three continents were independently tracking the same impossible pattern.”Kaku described the escalation of seismic events, which he believes further substantiates the correlation:“December 29th: magnitude 5.2. December 30th: 4.8, then 5.4. December 31st: 5.1, 5.6, 5.3. January 1st, 2026: magnitude 5.9 in Morocco. Coincidence doesn’t escalate. Random chance doesn’t follow orbital mechanics.”Scientific Hypotheses: Beyond Conventional Physics-Kaku outlined potential mechanisms, all of which remain speculative:Electromagnetic Interaction: ALMA in Chile detected emissions from 3I/Atlas at the 1.42 GHz hydrogen line, which can penetrate Earth’s crust.“Some researchers propose that this radiation could trigger microfractures along fault lines,” Kaku suggested. “The problem: to generate earthquakes from 187 million kilometers away, the emission would need to produce 10²⁴ watts — more energy than our Sun.”Quantum Entanglement Effects: Theoretical physicists suggest exotic matter on the object could induce non-local effects.“If 3I/Atlas is somehow quantumly entangled with Earth’s crust, it would represent physics beyond anything in our current models,” Kaku said.A Third Undetected Source: A massive, invisible force could simultaneously affect the object and Earth, potentially involving dark matter concentrations, primordial black holes, or cosmic strings.Predictions and Verification-Perhaps the most astonishing claim Kaku made involves the successful prediction of earthquakes using 3I/Atlas’s trajectory:“On January 3rd, 2026, a Caltech team predicted a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Papua New Guinea,” he said. “It occurred within the predicted window, at the predicted location, with the predicted magnitude. On January 4th, a second prediction hit Taiwan, magnitude 5.4 — two for two, zero misses.”The probability of correctly predicting both events by chance, Kaku says, is one in 847 billion.“For the first time in human history, an earthquake was successfully predicted — not by analyzing tectonic stress, but by tracking the trajectory of an interstellar object 174 million kilometers away,” he said.Prophetic Echoes: Yuval Ovadia-While Kaku emphasizes scientific verification, the implications resonate with Yuval Ovadia’s interpretations of Jewish mystical texts. Ovadia, whose videos on Nibiru have garnered hundreds of thousands of views, suggested that the recent earthquakes might be linked to the imminent appearance of a star that will appear at the end of days, which will wreak havoc but not destroy the world.“As Nibiru approaches, more asteroids will appear,” Ovadia said. “Nibiru is described in Jewish sources as a star, not as an asteroid. But as it approaches, it pushes asteroids ahead of it like a ship pushes water in front of it.”Although the earthquakes and asteroids seem as distant from each other as heaven and earth, Ovadia explained that both had the same source. “Earthquakes and volcanoes are on the increase, but rather than look for the cause under the earth, scientists should also be looking to the stars,” Ovadia said. “Nibiru is huge, much larger than any asteroid, and as it approaches, its presence will exert a gravitational pull on the earth, bringing about earthquakes, volcanoes, and even changes in the weather.”Ovadia noted that this connection between asteroids and earthquakes, what he calls a “celestial shake and bake,” is hinted at by the Prophet Joel.Before the great and terrible day of Hashem comes,* I will set portents in the sky and on earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. Joel 3:3For believers who follow these signs, Kaku’s observation of seven countries experiencing coordinated tremors along a single trajectory mirrors the imagery in the Zohar and other prophetic texts.Ovadia, an observant Jew, noted that despite its catastrophic consequences, the appearance of Nibiru should be welcome as the harbinger of the Messiah.  This is based on the Bible, which contains a prophecy of a star signaling the arrival of the Jewish Messiah.I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Yakov, and a scepter shall rise out of Yisrael, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth. Numbers 24:17 “Jewish sources say that this astrological phenomenon is a necessary part of the geula (redemption),” Ovadia said. He explained that if the star does not appear, then any claim that the Messiah has arrived will be rejected by Judaism. He pointed to an example: 400 years ago, Rabbi Yaakov Sasportes used the absence of a new star as an argument against Shabbetai Tzvi, a Jew who falsely claimed to be the Messiah.The Zohar, the foundational work of Jewish mysticism, predicted the appearance of a star with seven ‘stars’ orbiting it.“After forty days, when the pillar rises from earth to heaven in the eyes of the whole world, and the Messiah has appeared, a star will rise up on the east, blazing in all colors, and seven other stars will surround that star. And they will wage war on it.”What Comes Next-Kaku warns that as 3I/Atlas approaches perihelion on January 9, additional seismic events are predicted, including one potentially along the San Andreas Fault in California, magnitude 6.2–6.8.“There is no comfortable explanation. There is no answer that leaves our worldview intact,” Kaku concludes. “Seven countries. Nine earthquakes. One trajectory. Whatever 3I/Atlas truly is — we’re about to find out.”For those observing both science and prophecy, the convergence of Kaku’s data and Ovadia’s mystical interpretations frames a startling possibility: the Earth may be responding to cosmic movements in ways humanity has not previously understood — and the days ahead could bring confirmation of patterns that intertwine the heavens and the Earth.

Toppled statue of Liberty replica in Brazil revives 1,100-year-old messianic prophecy-Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-Biblical News-December 23, 2025

Last week, a replica of the Statue of Liberty that stood in Brazil was toppled by high winds. Although the event was relatively minor, the prophecy-inclined interpreted it as a hint of an enigmatic prophecy from almost 1,500 years ago, suggesting that the destruction of this statue may herald the appearance of the Messiah.On Monday, December 15th, strong winds toppled an 80-foot Statue of Liberty replica in the city of Guaiba, Rio Grande, Brazil. No injuries were reported following the dramatic fall. Authorities promptly cordoned off the area, and emergency responders reportedly deployed to clear debris within hours. The statue advertised Havan, a Brazilian department store chain. The strange story began over 1,100 years ago with Rabbi Pinchas, a noted kabbalist and mystic living in Northern Israel, and his wife, Rachel of Kifar Bar’am. After years of infertility, they were blessed with a son they named Nachman Chatufa in the Hebrew year 4632 (872 CE). According to the legend, Nachman was born on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. The baby began speaking esoteric secrets immediately after being born.Rabbi Ben-Tsiyon Mutsafi, a noted Jerusalem Kabbalist, related the details in a lecture in 2008. “Above the ceiling of the sky is heaven in Asiya (spiritual world), and an angel is in charge of it,” the newborn said. “It contains many windows and openings. Every opening has an angel who punishes the wicked of this world and accepts the prayers of the righteous.”The people were shocked to hear a description of what was happening in heaven on the eve of the holy day.“Above that, there is a second heaven,” the baby said, naming it, the openings, and the angels. Nachman went on to describe a third, fourth, and fifth heaven. The most amazing wonders were in the seventh heaven. All of the Torah sages, returning souls, and the Jews killed in the name of heaven were residing there. When he finished describing the seventh heaven, he began to describe the throne of glory and the Merkava, the  “chariot,” of God as described by the prophet Ezekiel, and all of the angels. His father, shocked at hearing the forbidden secrets spoken aloud, reprimanded him. The child fell silent and didn’t say another word until the day of his twelfth birthday.When he turned twelve, Rachel pleaded with her husband, who prayed until the boy began to speak. Again, the child revealed esoteric secrets, relating five prophecies concerning the days before the Messiah. As soon as he finished giving over his prophecy, the child fainted and died, as his parents looked on. That’s why he was called Nachman Chatufa, or the ‘plucked’ one, because he was plucked from this world while he was still a youth.His words were recorded in Aramaic in Nevuat HaYeled (Prophecy of the Child). The language the prophecies were written in was very obscure, and the information was given over by way of hints and riddles. It was taught that Nachman’s prophecies would only be understood in the days before the Messiah.Rabbi Yaakov Natan, an American Torah scholar, deciphered the fourth section of Nachman’s prophecy. The original Aramaic text is difficult to understand, but it means, “When the idol of Rhodes will be destroyed, know that the end of the wicked kingdom is near.”The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected on the Greek Island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos in 280 BCE. Standing over 100 feet tall, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was constructed to celebrate the successful defence of Rhodes city against an attack by Demetrius I of Macedon, who had besieged it for a year with a large army and navy.The Colossus stood for 54 years until an earthquake destroyed it. The ruin remained one of the wonders of the ancient world and was even described in the Talmud. The resemblance to the modern Statue of Liberty built by France in 1876 is astounding.Indeed, the sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi stated that the Colossus of Rhodes inspired him. In 1903, a plaque engraved with words from “The New Colossus,” an 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus, was added. The statue was initially offered to Egypt to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. It was designed as an ancient Egyptian female fellah or peasant, robed and veiled, holding a torch aloft. The original plan was to erect the statue at the entrance to Port Said, where it would serve as a lighthouse to guide ships. The Egyptian ruler and the canal’s designer rejected the plan, so the unveiled version was offered to the US.Rabbi Natan suggested that Nachman had a vision of this Colossus of Rhodes, which was destroyed 1,098 years before he was born in northern Israel. “Many times, the prophet is shown a specific vision, but he doesn’t understand what he is seeing,” Rabbi Natan wrote. “This is explicitly stated by the prophets Daniel and Zechariah. Sometimes, the vision is a metaphor for future events. Sometimes, the visions show the events themselves, but the prophet is limited and can only describe them using his own vocabulary, using concepts and events that he is familiar with.”“In his vision, the child, Nachman, saw the Statue of Liberty but didn’t understand what he saw and couldn’t put words to it. Only about 120 years ago were we finally able to understand what Nachman saw: a sign of the coming redemption, the destruction of the Statue of Liberty, a copy of the Colossus of Rhodes.”This prophecy was also given by Rabbi Shimon Dahan, who passed away in Paris, France, about three years ago. Rabbi Dahan said in 2005 that the Statue of Liberty would be destroyed at a certain stage of the final redemption. “When this happens, we will know that the Messiah is about to be revealed,” Rabbi Dahan taught.While the destruction of the Statue of Liberty seems unlikely to most, in April, a French member of the European Parliament, Raphaël Glucksmann, demanded that the US return the monument his country had gifted to the US in 1876.“We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’” local outlet France 24 reported.“‘We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home,’” Glucksmann said at a convention of his Place Publique movement.The Trump administration refused to return the iconic symbol of freedom.The burial sites of the child, Nahman, and his father, now a shrine, still exist in northern Israel.

JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37  For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
38 I will set My throne in Elam,And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord.
39 ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days:I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”

Ezekiel 32:24
24 There [is] Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

THIS ONE GUY WAS ON ILTV NEWS ISRAEL. HE SAID KHEMEINI AND HIS GUARDS ARE MERCILESS AT KIILING IRANIANS. AND THE MILITIAS THEY USE TO KILL IRANIANS ARE FROM PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ. THE IRANIANS DID NOT WANNA SHOOT THEIR OWN PEOPLE. SO KHEMEINI AND HIS BLACK HAT 12ERS GOT MINISTERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO KILL THE IRANIANS INSTEAD. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR AMERICA AND ISRAEL TO SAVE THEM FROM THE KILLERS THAT ARE NOW COUNTED FROM 16,500-20,200 REGULAR IRANIANS KILLED. THE PEOPLE IN IRAN ARE CALLIING BIBI NETANYAHU SIRUS. AND THE ISRAELIS ARE CALLING DONALD TRUMP A SIRUS. SO THIS IRANIAN SAYS BIBI AND TRUMP SHOULD COME TO SAVE THEM. LEKE THEY SAID. DEFENCELESS IRANIANS ARE BEING GUNED DOWN ON THE STREETS. AND EVEN IF THEY COME OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO GO PROTEST. THEIR SHOT AND KILLED RIGHT AT THEIR HOMES ALSO. AND KHEMEINI AND HIS BLACK HAT MAUDI 12ERS IN POWER CAN GET AWAY WITH THESE KILLINGS BECAUSE THEY STOPPED THE INTERNET FROM COMING IN AND OUT OF IRAN. AND CUT POWER TO SOME  CITIES. THATS HOW THESE PAKISTAN,IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN MINISTER SHOOTERS. COULD PING OFF THE IRANIANS IN DARKNESS. GREAT COVERUP BY BLACK HAT MAUDI WELL BOY WORSHIPPER KHEMINI. AND HIS IRANAN GUARDS AND FOREGN KILLERS. ITS TIME FOR KHEMEINI AND HIS BLACK HAT MOHAMMAD ANCESTRY. TO BE BIRD FOOD ON THE GROUND IN IRAN. AND SPEAKING OF THE BLACK HAT MOHAMMAD ANCESTERY. HERE WERE I LIVE AT THE LONG TERM CARE BUILDING. WE GOT AT LEAST 2 IRANIANS WORKING HERE. AND ONE WOMAN WEARS THAT KHEMEINI BLACK HAT EVERY WHERE SHE GOES. SO SHES OVIOUSLY A LINAGE TO PROFIT PEDOPHILE MOHAMMAD ALSO. I HAVE NOT SEEN HER WORKING FOR A FEW WEEKS. SO SHE PROBABLY WENT BACK TO HER FAMILY IN IRAN. WERE KHEMEINI AND HER LINAGES. ARE PROBABLY IN SOME BUNKER SOMEWHERE TILL THE GUARDS AND FOREIGN MINISTER TROOPS TAKE CARE OF THE GENOCIDE OF NORMAL IRANIANS. OR THROW THEM IN JAIL TO BE HANGED. ONE OR THE OTHER. THE IRANIANS WANT THE HATER ISRAEL LEADERS TO BE KICKED OUT OF POWER. I DON'T SEE THE 12ERS BLACK HAT SAVIOR MAUHDI COMING OUT OF THE WELL YET. HE MUST BE PICKING HIS NOSE AND ANUS 24 HRS A DAY. BECAUSE THERE SO CALLED SAVIOR OF JUSTICE IS A COWARD LIKE A DOG WITH HIS TAIL BETWEEN ITS LEGS. OR LIKE A DOG RETURNING TO ITS VOMIT. THATS THE KHEMEINI, BLACK HAT 12ER CROWD OF NUTJOBS WHO BELIEVE THEIR SO CALLED SAVIOR LIVES IN A WELL. WELL KHEMEINI I GOT A QUICK SAND BUSH IN FLORIDA FOR 10 MILLION DOLLARS. FOR YOU 12ERS TO BURY YOURSELVES IN. IF YOU DO NOT WANNA GET EATIN BY THE MIGRATING BIRDS. BUT EVEN IF THESE LEADERS GET THE BOOT. UNLESS THE EZEKIEL 38 & 39 WAR OCCURS. IRAN WILL NOT BE DEMOLISHED INTO THE DEATH HEAP OF HELL FIRE. BECAUSE IRAN AND THEIR NEW LEADERS WILL STILL BE ISRAEL HATERS. AND THEY WILL STILL MARCH AGAINST ISRAEL WITH RUSSIA, TURKEY, GERMANY, IRAQ, SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, LIBYA AND NORTH AFRICAN MUSLIM COUNTRIES. SO UNLESS THIS WAR OCCURS NOW. IRAN WILL STILL SURVIVE UNTILL ISRAEL NUKES THEM. AND GOD SENDS AN EARTH QUAKE, PESTILENCES, STORMS AND FRIENLY FIRE AND 100 LB HAIL STONES. SO IF THE CULT KHEMEINI GET THE BOOT. THE NEW LEADER WILL STILL BE AN ISRAEL HATER. SO DON'T EXPECT IRAN TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY TILL AFTER THE EZEKIEL 38 & 39 WAR AGAINST ISRAEL.  

Report: Iran state TV hacked, broadcasts call for protests-Iran’s president warns US attack on supreme leader would mean ‘full-scale war’Regime hints it may go forward with executing protesters; CEO of Iran’s second-largest telecom company fired for not blocking internet, as shutdown returns after briefly easing-By Agencies and Lazar Berman-Today, 1:16 am-JAN 19,26

Iran’s president warned on Sunday that any US strike on the country would provoke a “harsh response,” and that any attack on its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would be “tantamount to a full-scale war on the Iranian nation.”Masoud Pezeshkian’s threats came as the Islamic Republic’s judiciary hinted that it may go forward with executions of people arrested amid the recent unrest, which seems to have quelled after a violent crackdown.Limited internet access briefly returned in Iran on Sunday but went down again shortly thereafter, as news broke that the chief executive of Irancell, Iran’s second-largest mobile phone operator, was dismissed for failing to comply with the shutdown.Due in part to the internet blackout, the exact scale of the killings that took place amid the mass protests remains unclear. The demonstrations were sparked by an economic crisis, but grew into calls for the fall of the regime.A Sunday Times report, based on information from doctors in Iran, said more than 16,500 people were killed and more than 330,000 injured during the unrest. An Iranian official said authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests, including about 500 security personnel.In a post to X on Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said: “An attack on the great leader of our country [Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei] is tantamount to a full-scale war with the Iranian nation.” In his post, Pezeshkian also blamed the US and its allies for the hardship experienced by Iranians.The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump called Khamenei a “sick man” in an interview with Politico, and said, “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran.” It appeared to be the first time Trump had called for the end of Khamenei’s rule in Iran.Despite having repeatedly threatened to attack Iran if the regime were to start killing protesters, Trump has held off on any immediate military action against the Islamic Republic. He has moved US military assets into the region but has not specified what he might do.According to Iran International, an opposition-allied site, Iranian state television was hacked on Sunday, broadcasting opposition messaging for several minutes, including a speech by exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi,The report said videos of protests against the regime were broadcast on a number of channels, apparently owing to the hacking of satellite broadcasts.Pahlavi was seen calling on Iranians to join demonstrations and urging security forces to side with the protesters.Executions may go forward-Trump has cited, as a reason for his restraint up until now, Tehran’s allegedly canceling “the hanging of over 800 people,” saying: “I greatly respect the fact that they canceled.”Iranian judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir, however, told a press conference on Sunday: “A series of actions have been identified as Mohareb, which is among the most severe Islamic punishments.”Mohareb, an Islamic legal term meaning to wage war against God, is punishable by death under Iranian law.“All those who played a decisive role in these calls for violence, which led to bloodshed and significant damage to public finances, will not be spared,” Jahangir said.A family member of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani said Sunday that the 26-year-old is in good physical health and was able to see his family days after his planned execution was postponed.A close relative of Soltani who is living abroad told the AP that the family had been told his execution would be set for Wednesday, but it was postponed when they reached the prison in Karaj, a city northwest of Tehran.“I ask everyone to help in securing Erfan’s freedom,” the relative Somayeh, who asked to be identified by first name only for fear of government reprisal, said in a video message.Report: Israel, Saudis urged Trump against strike-Axios reported Sunday that the US military had been waiting for a green light from Trump to strike Iran last week, but that he decided against pulling the trigger under pressure from Israel and Arab allies.The report cited four US officials, two Israeli officials, and two sources with knowledge of the details.The US’s initial intelligence assessment was that the anti-regime protests in Iran were too contained to threaten the survival of the regime, but that position changed on January 8 when massive protests hit Tehran and other major cities, according to the report.The first high-level meeting on a potential military response was chaired by US Vice President JD Vance on January 9, reported Axios. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi contacted top Trump envoy Steve Witkoff that same weekend to open a de-escalation channel.Trump chaired his first meeting on the protests on January 13, and was presented with several options for strikes, including from US naval ships and submarines.According to Axios, Trump chose his favorite option and ordered preparations to be completed. According to a US official, a strike plan was ready that day but not approved.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump that same day to tell him Israel wasn’t ready to defend itself if Iran attacked the Jewish state after an American attack, and that the US plan wouldn’t achieve its goal, according to Axios.Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also urged Trump not to attack, citing the need for regional stability, according to the report.No protests have been reported for days in Iran, where the streets have returned to an uneasy calm. Instead, some Iranians chanted anti-Khamenei slogans from the windows of their homes on Saturday night, the chants reverberating around neighborhoods in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan, witnesses said.One new pro-regime banner in central Tehran showed a set of dominoes with images including the former shah of Iran, ousted Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein and Trump with the caption, “dominoes falling.”Schools reopened on Sunday after a week of closure and authorities said “internet access would also be gradually restored,” Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.Telecom CEO fired for failing to block internet-Internet access was down again in Iran after a brief restoration of limited services, a monitor said on Sunday.“As of internet shutdown hour 240, traffic levels have fallen after a brief, heavily filtered restoration of select Google and messaging services in Iran,” Netblocks said on X. “During this time, some Iranians were able to give updates detailing the severity of the crisis on the ground.”Iran cut off all communications on January 8, as the protests intensified.The chief executive of Irancell, Iran’s second-largest mobile phone operator, was dismissed for failing to comply with the shutdown, the Fars news agency reported Sunday.“Alireza Rafiei was removed from the position of CEO of the company after about a year of activity,” Fars reported.“Irancell disobeyed the orders of the decision-making institutions in implementing the announced policies regarding the restriction of internet access in crisis situations,” the agency said.“The relevant institutions decided to dismiss the CEO of Irancell, citing ‘failure to comply with the announced rules in crisis situations’,” Fars added.Iranian authorities have announced they are planning to restore internet access “gradually.”

Analysis'It's preferable for the Americans to do it, not us'With Iran’s rulers battered, Israel hopes to help knock out regime by not getting in ring-Seeing little upside in speaking out or striking ayatollahs already beset by domestic unrest and US threats, Netanyahu shelves usual bombast and opts instead for strategic silence-By Nava Freiberg-18 January 2026, 7:44 pm

For weeks, Israel’s closest ally has been openly threatening to strike its arch-nemesis, yet Jerusalem has been notably quiet.No stranger to verbal and military confrontation with the Iranian regime, in recent weeks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stood off to the side while US President Donald Trump repeatedly issued bellicose warnings to the Islamic Republic that it could face military strikes in response to its deadly attempts to suppress widespread protests in Tehran and beyond.Iran’s response that it would attack Israel and American military assets in retaliation for US action was met with veritable crickets from Jerusalem, rather than the bombastic saber-rattling that would normally follow such threats.From the get-go, Netanyahu reportedly instructed cabinet ministers to maintain radio silence on Iran when protests triggered by worsening economic woes in the country of over 90 million broke out late last month.The premier has himself remained relatively taciturn, releasing only a brief statement encouraging the downfall of the regime and offering strength to the Iranian people.He was even said to have asked Trump last week to delay potential plans for a strike on Iran, apparently to buy Israel time to prepare for any possible retaliation.This restraint isn’t for lack of desire to see the collapse of a regime that has long been sworn to Israel’s destruction. Instead, it’s likely a calculated approach taken to avoid disrupting a process of regime change that may be driven internally without the need for intervention — or through American, rather than Israeli, initiative.“[Israel’s] thinking is that our ability to help is limited, and the cost is high, because any visible involvement would give the Iranians an excuse to intensify repression,” said Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and former head of Iran research in an Israeli military intelligence branch.In stark contrast to the approach by Trump — who anyway has seemingly backed off his threats in recent days — Jerusalem has apparently concluded that little good can come of it intervening publicly. Doing so would only confirm the regime’s claims that the protesters are Zionist agents, a charge that could shift popular anger onto the demonstrators and douse the movement.A US strike carries a similar risk of allowing the regime to rally support by focusing the public’s rage on an outside agitator rather than its own leaders, though it’s unclear if this calculation is behind Trump’s recent vacillations. Regardless, if Trump does choose to strike, Israel would prefer that the US — with its greater offensive and defensive capabilities — carry out the attack and take responsibility for the aftermath.For now, Tehran appears to have successfully quelled the uprising by killing thousands of its own citizens in a bloody campaign of violent suppression. But the issues behind the protests are unresolved and the deep wellsprings of anger and despair that brought tens of thousands of Iranians into the streets for what was considered the most serious protest movement since the 1979 revolution remain a potent threat to the regime’s survival.If, and when, protests flare again, in Israel, mum will likely remain the word.Letting things play out-Israel’s restraint is shaped not only by military caution but also by a sense that direct involvement may be unnecessary to achieve regime change.The current unrest is viewed by many analysts as unprecedented in nature and scale. Due to the state of Iran’s economy and the regime’s inability to address the demands of its citizens in the short or long term, these protests appear especially destabilizing for the regime — convincing Israel that intervention could be unneeded.“The Iranian regime is probably finished — no matter what happens,” said Eran Lerman, vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and past deputy director of Israel’s National Security Council.“The problems that produced the current protests exist on a completely different plane than before. We’re now talking about an economy that’s been destroyed to the core… Even if protests rise and fall, the governing infrastructure of the regime has, in my view, been irreversibly undermined,” he said.For Israel, there is also a strategic fear of miscalculation, with the scars from the last bout with Iran still visible.Amid increasing reports of renewed Iranian missile production since the June war with Israel, analysts have warned that Israel may be less equipped now to defend itself against Tehran’s ballistic missiles and drones, giving Israel all the more reason to prepare defensively and avoid needless provocation.“We can hope for change in Iran, but Israel’s ability to influence it is very limited,” Citrinowicz asserted.With little ability to do much to help things in Tehran, Israel is unlikely to get involved unless severely threatened or presented with a high chance of success.“We need to be very sober about our ability to exert decisive influence — unless there’s an exceptional opportunity,” Lerman said.Such an opportunity could mean an “intelligence window that allows a decapitating strike,” he explained, saying that Israel must keep a sharp eye out for “a fracture inside the enforcement apparatus, meaning within the Revolutionary Guards.”If, as some reports already suggest, Iran’s leaders begin to flee or otherwise signal an imminent regime collapse, the IRGC won’t risk itself “for people who are about to run away anyway,” Lerman continued. “Once that truly crystallizes in a meaningful way, that’s the point where intensified pressure could cause final collapse. But we’re not there yet.”“Even then,” he added, “it would be preferable for the Americans to do it, not us.”‘Mixed messages’While Israel concluded that it was most prudent to keep quiet, Washington had seemed to take a different tack, with Trump threatening to get involved to protect protesters. But on Friday, he indicated that he had canceled any plans for a strike after Iran’s ostensible decision to call off the planned execution of 800 protesters, even as reports put the number killed in the regime’s bloody crackdown in the thousands.According to Hebrew-language news outlets, Israeli officials believe Trump may still hit Iran. Trump and Netanyahu have held multiple phone calls over the past week, indicating coordination behind the scenes.The oscillation between threats and moderation could reflect indecision by Trump, or be part of a deception strategy, as was the case in the lead-up to Israel’s summer campaign against Iran’s nuclear facilities, which the US eventually joined.According to Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, Trump’s back and forth could have been designed to keep pressure on Tehran until the military threat was ready for deployment.Even as Trump appeared to back away from threats to strike last week, the US pushed ahead with repositioning the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier from the South China Sea into the Middle East.“These mixed messages are, in part, a package of a psychological operation to shape the decision-making of the Iranian regime and to lower their guard a little bit while the US moves assets into place,” said Brodsky, who is also a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute’s Iran Program.Even if Trump decides to intervene militarily, his definition of success remains unclear.A US attack could aim to batter Iran’s internal repression apparatus, target key regime leaders, significantly degrade missile capabilities to prevent retaliation, or take many other forms.But as with Israel, any action also carries significant risks. A US military campaign that fails to actually remove the regime could wind up bolstering the ayatollahs, focusing anger on Washington instead of Tehran, while undercutting the opposition and exposing protesters to charges of being American stooges.At the same time, Trump is opposed to getting the US involved in the type of prolonged military conflict necessary to bring down the Iranian regime.There is no figure capable of capitalizing on [the regime’s fall]. That’s the core problem.Operationally speaking, “There is no American strike that would bring about regime change in Iran. Regime change would require prolonged, extensive, sustained strikes over time,” Citrinowicz explained.The scope of Washington’s theoretical offensive will directly influence Israel’s involvement. The more limited the strike, the lower the likelihood that Israel gets drawn in. But the broader the campaign — and the more dangerous the Iranians perceive it as — the more likely Israel will take action, either offensively or defensively.Eyes open, mouth shut-Should the regime survive, it will likely be only a matter of time until its next confrontation with Israel.Having quashed domestic opposition, the leadership in Tehran will likely seek to shore up control by neutralizing any foreign threats to its rule as well.“That could mean turning toward diplomacy and trying again for a [nuclear] deal with the Americans — something Israel strongly opposes. Or it could mean crossing thresholds in the nuclear realm, believing that only nuclear deterrence can protect the regime from external threats,” Citrinowicz said.Beyond that, Israel has said it will not abide Iran’s continued buildup of ballistic missile stocks.“Israel, especially after October 7, cannot live with thousands of missiles aimed at it,” Citrinowicz said. “If Iran’s force buildup continues, I believe Israel will reach a direct confrontation with the regime in 2026.”But the collapse of the regime also brings no guarantees, and would carry a plethora of unknown and potentially disastrous consequences.There is no opposition leadership. There is no figure capable of capitalizing on [the regime’s fall]. That’s the core problem-Among those potential consequences, according to Citrinowicz, is a power vacuum that results in a full takeover by the Revolutionary Guards, further threatening Israel in the long term.“There is no opposition leadership. There is no figure capable of capitalizing on [the regime’s fall]. That’s the core problem,” he said.With risks abounding no matter what happens, there seems to be sense in Israel keeping its eyes wide open and mouth tightly shut for now.“We need humility,” Lerman said. “Bigger and stronger actors than us have failed at regime change.”Barring exceptional circumstances, he added, “This has to be the work of the Iranian people. Not ours.”

Thousands march in New York, LA, decrying Iranian regime crackdown on protests-Protester who fled Iran in 2006 says 10-year-old cousin was killed during rallies; other activist expresses hope Trump will intervene, backs Pahlavi monarchy By AFP Today, 11:36 am-JAN 19,26

LOS ANGELES — Thousands in the United States staged large demonstrations Sunday denouncing the Iranian government’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic.Several thousand people marched in Los Angeles, home to the world’s largest Iranian diaspora, while several hundred others gathered in New York, AFP journalists in both cities reported.US protesters could be seen carrying signs condemning a “New Holocaust,” a “genocide in the making,” and the “terror” of the Iranian government.“My heart is heavy, and my soul is crushed. I’m at a loss for words to describe how angry I am,” said Perry Faraz at the demonstration in Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the US.The 62-year-old payroll manager, who fled Iran in 2006, learned this week that one of her young cousins had been killed during the overseas rallies held in her native country.“He wasn’t even 10 years old, that’s horrible,” she said.Demonstrations sparked by anger over economic hardship exploded into protests late December in what has been widely seen as the biggest challenge to the Iranian leadership in recent years.The rallies subsided after a government crackdown in Iran that rights groups have called a “massacre” carried out by security forces under the cover of a communications blackout that started on January 8.Norway-based Iran Human Rights says it has verified the deaths of 3,428 protesters killed by security forces, confirming cases through sources within the Islamic Republic’s health and medical system, witnesses, and independent sources.The NGO warned that the true toll is likely to be far higher. The media cannot independently confirm the figure, and Iranian officials have not given an exact death toll.Calls for US intervention-“This mass murdering of the population is terribly upsetting,” Ali Parvaneh, a 65-year-old lawyer protesting in LA, said.Like many protesters, Parvaneh carried a “Make Iran Great Again” sign and said he wanted US President Donald Trump to intervene by targeting the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).Some in the crowd in LA went as far as to call for the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has been in power for more than 25 years.After having attacked Iranian nuclear sites in June, Trump sent mixed signals on possible US intervention this week.The Republican first threatened to intervene if Iranian protesters were killed, but then said he was satisfied by Iranian assurances that demonstrators would not be executed.“I really hope that Trump will go one step beyond just voicing support,” Parvaneh said.Many protesters in the Californian city chanted slogans in support of the US president and Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah of Iran, who was deposed by the popular uprising in 1979.‘Don’t need a puppet’Parvaneh echoed Pahlavi’s popularity among some segments of Iran’s exiled and expatriate population.“Had the monarchy stayed in place, it would be much different, and Iran would be in a much better situation,” he said.Pahlavi’s support base is concentrated abroad while his political sway within Iran is limited.The former Shah’s son, who lives in exile near Washington, said this week he would be ready to return to Iran — but it is unclear if most Iranians want this.The Iranian opposition remains divided, and memories of the Shah’s brutal repression of his left-wing opponents remain vivid.Last week, a man caused minor injuries when he drove a truck into a demonstration held by Iranians in Los Angeles, carrying a sign that read: “No Shah. No Regime. USA: Don’t Repeat 1953. No Mullah.”The sign was referring to the 1953 coup that saw Iran’s government overthrown in a US- and UK-backed operation that had seen Pahlavi installed as the country’s leader.In Los Angeles’s Westwood neighborhood, nicknamed “Tehrangeles,” Roozbeh Farahanipour believes the diaspora must support Iranians without infringing on their “right to decide their own future.”“They don’t need a puppet implanted by the West,” said the 54-year-old restaurant owner.Others in California also share that view.“Trump is playing the Iranian people,” said poet Karim Farsis, a resident of the San Francisco Bay area.Farsis, an academic, stresses that it is US sanctions — including those imposed by Trump — and the Republicans’ ripping up of a nuclear deal that have contributed in large part to the suffering of the Iranian people.She also criticized the almost complete ban on Iranians entering the US since June.“We’re living in a really twisted moment,” she said. “Trump is saying to Iranians: ‘Keep protesting, take over your institutions.’“But if they find themselves in danger, they can’t even find refuge in the United States.”