WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 130 JULY 07,26 - MANHATTEN HIGH RISE BUCKLES.

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)

  WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 130 JULY 07,26 - MANHATTEN HIGH RISE BUCKLES.

THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.

JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39    
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI, ISLAM) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)

WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
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The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April. 
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April. 

The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November. 
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia. 

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)

Netanyahu: Israel will ensure freedom of navigation-Third ship hit in Hormuz within 24 hours, as Doha blames Iran for striking Qatari tanker-All 3 vessels were traveling on Omani-proposed coastal route that Tehran has rejected as it seeks to control vessels traversing vital waterway By Agencies and ToI Staff 7 July 2026, 7:23 pm

The British military’s maritime security agency said a tanker was hit Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, less than a day after two other ships, including a Qatari gas tanker, were allegedly attacked by Iran.“UKMTO has received a report of a further incident involving a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the Maritime Trade Operations center said on X. “The tanker was struck by an unknown Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and has sustained minor structural damage. No casualties or environmental impact reported.”The two ships targeted earlier also reportedly sustained damage, with nobody hurt.Amid the strikes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on a visit to a Haifa naval base that Israel would protect freedom of maritime navigation.“I set a simple objective,” he said. “The objective of the Navy, and of Israel, is to ensure shipping routes and freedom of maritime trade, which are so important to the State of Israel.”Netanyahu didn’t go as far as to say that Israel would take actions in the Strait of Hormuz, though, so it wasn’t immediately clear whether his declaration would have any implications on the broader regional conflict.The string of Iranian attacks, after more than a week of respite, revived concerns about freedom of navigation after a memorandum of understanding that the US and Iran reached last month required Tehran to lift its blockade of the waterway.All three vessels were struck close to Oman, which had proposed a temporary transit corridor hugging its coastline. Tehran, which wants to charge ships using the narrow waterway, is opposed to the Omani initiative.Qatar, which helped broker the US-Iran talks, blamed Iran for the attack on its tanker overnight and urged Tehran to “cease all practices that undermine regional security or threaten the safety of international maritime navigation.”“The targeting of the Qatari vessel ‘Al-Rekayyat’ while transiting near the Strait of Hormuz constitutes an unacceptable attack on the security and safety of international maritime navigation,” Doha’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari wrote on X.“We hold Iran fully legally responsible for this attack and for any resulting damages or repercussions,” he added.The Al-Rekayyat was the first Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker to be targeted since the US and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its leadership and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.Four sources with knowledge of the matter said the Qatari tanker’s engine room was on fire following the attack on the ship, and that the crew was unable to assess the damage. One of the sources said the crew was safe and that the vessel had sent out distress signals after it was hit on its port side.Iran imposed its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz early in the war with the US and Israel. The closure choked off about a fifth of the world’s oil shipments and sent global energy prices soaring.The fighting, which included Iranian missile and drone strikes on Israel and Gulf states, entered a truce on April 8. The US and Iran are engaged in 60-day negotiations kicked off by the MOU they reached last month.Israel is not a party to the negotiations or the memorandum, and Israeli officials have assailed the document for failing to secure concrete concessions from Iran on its nuclear program.Lazer Berman contributed to this report.

US strikes Iran, revokes oil sanctions waiver after attacks on tankers in Hormuz--Islamic Republic threatens ‘decisive’ response following launch of ‘powerful’ strikes that US official says targeted air defenses, missiles and drone launch sites; Riyadh slams Tehran for attacking Saudi and Qatari ships-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 3:44 am-JUL 7,26

The US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting further pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.After a day in which huge crowds mourned Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the holy city of Qom, US Central Command announced that it had begun a series of “powerful” strikes intended to “impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping.”“Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire,” CENTCOM said on X.Iranian media reported explosions early Wednesday local time in the southern port city of Sirik, on Qeshm Island, and in Bandar Abbas. No civilian deaths were reported, but several people were injured by shrapnel from an “enemy projectile” that hit a commercial pier in Sirik, according to an Iranian state TV reporter. The reports said strikes also hit fishing piers in Sirik and in Bandar Abbas, where several fishing boats were set ablaze.A US official told Reuters that strikes targeted Iranian air defense systems, coastal surveillance systems, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship cruise missiles and drone launch sites.The strikes came shortly after Washington revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil, raising pressure on Tehran as it negotiates with the US over a final settlement to the conflict.“Iran’s actions in the Strait were wholly unacceptable to the United States and will be met with consequences,” a US official told AFP.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US-Iran memorandum of understanding was “entirely performance-based,” warning that Tehran would see benefits only if it showed “good behavior.”Oil prices rose more than 3% after the US announced the move.Work continues toward final agreement-A US official said earlier negotiators continued to work in good faith toward a final agreement with Iran. But control of the strait has given Tehran immense leverage, effectively allowing it to force a stalemate with the world’s most powerful military. Analysts say Tehran uses attacks on ships to underscore that leverage as it negotiates a long-term peace deal with the US.Under the interim US-Iran agreement, the US Treasury issued a June 22 general license to allow the sale of crude oil and petrochemical and petroleum products of Iranian origin through August 21. In revoking that license on Tuesday, it gave Iran until July 17 to wind down any transactions.Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the move as a breach of the framework agreement to end the war and said Washington would bear responsibility for the consequences.“Iran is issuing a serious warning about the consequences of America’s breach of the treaty, and will take decisive measures to protect its interests and national security,” the ministry said in a statement carried by official media.Qatar blamed Iran for Tuesday’s attacks on the vessels, including the huge Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker, the Al Rekayyat, which reported being struck overnight by a drone that caused a fire in its engine room. The crew were safe and being evacuated.Qatar’s foreign ministry said it had summoned Iran’s deputy ambassador and handed him a protest note following the attack on the tanker, urging Tehran to “immediately cease any practices undermining regional security.”“We hold Iran fully legally responsible for this attack and for any resulting damages or repercussions,” Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari wrote on X.Iran voiced “dismay” over Qatar’s accusations in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA, calling the claims “unacceptable.” The statement claimed was diligently fulfilling its commitments but asserted that commercial vessels faced risks for using routes not coordinated with Iran.A Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker, the supertanker Wedyan, was also damaged off Oman, maritime security sources said. Riyadh blamed Tehran for the attack, with its foreign ministry condemning “Iran’s targeting of the Saudi tanker Wedyan while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the targeting of the Qatari tanker Al-Rekayyat.”A second US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said initial indications were that Iran had fired at three commercial vessels.Hundreds of thousands take to streets in Qom-Tuesday’s attacks, which ended more than a week of relative calm, revived concerns over freedom of navigation after Iran lifted its blockade of the vital waterway as part of the ceasefire with the US.Iran’s clerical rulers aim to install a permanent system to collect fees after the 60-day truce with the US in what would amount to a huge shift of the balance of power in a region where Washington has long acted as guarantor of security.At home, the leadership has used the mourning for Khamenei that began last week to show its control after Khamenei was killed with his daughter, granddaughter, son-in-law and daughter-in-law on the war’s first day.The caskets of the slain leader and family were driven through the streets of the seminary city of Qom on Tuesday, where many hundreds of thousands of people carried flags and banners comparing Khamenei to revered Shi’ite martyrs.In chants they vowed to avenge Khamenei. Some bore placards and banners reading “KILL TRUMP.”Later on Tuesday Iranian state media showed what it said was footage of an airplane carrying Khamenei’s coffin at the airport of the Shi’ite holy shrine city of Najaf in neighboring Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and senior Iraqi officials received the coffin ahead of funeral ceremonies and a mass public procession due to take place Wednesday, Iraqi state TV reported.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who was in Iraq to participate in the funeral ceremonies, left for Iran after US strikes on southern Iran, state television reported.Trump: ‘Make a deal or we’re going to finish the job’ ‘The ceasefire was intended to provide a 60-day window for negotiations on a permanent agreement, but indirect talks in Qatar ended last week with no sign of headway.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to resume bombing, most recently on Monday when he told reporters in the Oval Office: “We’re either going to make a deal or we’re going to finish the job…We can knock down their bridges in one hour, we can knock out their energy supply.”Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that under the terms of the interim ceasefire memorandum, negotiations on the final deal would “not commence if threats continue.”In launching the war four months ago, Trump said his aims were to destroy Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, end its ability to threaten its neighbors and create conditions for Iranians to topple their leaders.None of those goals has been met, although Washington says a permanent deal will halt what it says is an Iranian program that could make a nuclear bomb, which Iran says it never sought.

Hegseth planning to visit Israel on Wednesday amid concerns over potential F-35 sale to Turkey-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 2:34 am-JUL 8,26

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to visit Israel on Wednesday, CNN report and Axios report.The reports say the trip is meant in part to ease Israeli concerns about the possible sale of F-35 stealth fighters to Turkey, which Jerusalem has spoken out against. Iran is also expected to be a topic of conversation.Hegseth, who will be visiting Israel for the first time as Pentagon chief, is likely to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Iran claims US restoration of oil sanctions violates MOU ending war, vows ‘decisive’ action-By Agencies Today, 12:41 am-JUL 8,26

Iran’s foreign ministry condemns a US Treasury move to revoke the temporary suspension of sanctions on Iranian oil sales, saying the decision breaches the Islamabad memorandum on ending the war and holding Washington responsible for the consequences.“Iran is issuing a serious warning about the consequences of America’s breach of the treaty, and will take decisive measures to protect its interests and national security,” the ministry says in a statement posted to Telegram by IRIB News.

NYC Muslim groups announce anti-BDS campaign in response to Mamdani-Unbreakable Bond Coalition aims to invest $500,000 in Israeli treasury bonds to promote coexistence, push back against anti-Zionism-By Luke Tress-Today, 2:17 am-JUL 8,26

NEW YORK — A coalition of Muslim groups in New York City will launch a campaign on Thursday to counter the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.The new group, called the Unbreakable Bond Coalition, said the program “seeks to benefit Israel, its Arab citizens and Palestinians employed by Israeli companies.”“The reality is that Israelis and Palestinians are deeply connected economically,” the group said in a statement. “Broad boycotts can unintentionally harm the very workers and communities they claim to support.”The group said it believes that building economic bridges leads to dialogue, understanding and partnerships that foster peace.The participating organizations are the American Muslim & Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMMWEC), Muslim Women Speakers Bureau, Global Youth Unity Project (GYUP), Abraham PRC and Muslims Israel Dialogue.The group aims to collect at least $1 from 500,000 supporters by 9 October 2026. The funds will be invested in Israel treasury bonds, and investment proceeds will be distributed to four nonprofits — the coexistence group Sharaka, the Jerusalem Interfaith Center, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, and Debate for Peace, an Arab-Jewish student group.The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) confirmed its relationship with organizers and stated its support for the anti-BDS campaign.“CAM is proud to stand with Muslim partners in the fight against the hate-fueled BDS movement,” said director Sacha Roytman. “We look forward to continued collaborative efforts to counter extremism and revitalize the ancient Abrahamic bonds linking Muslims and Jews.”Organizers announced the anti-BDS campaign on Saturday and the initiative will officially begin with a virtual event held on Thursday, the 21st anniversary of the BDS campaign’s launch.Sheikh Musa Drammeh, a pro-Israel Muslim community activist in New York City, said the campaign was in response to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an anti-Zionist who supports BDS.“He is Muslim and New York is home to the largest Muslim and Jewish community, so some of us decided that we are going to counter every step along the way, otherwise, things will be normalized,” Drammeh told The Times of Israel.Drammeh highlighted how he and other members of the coalition marched in New York’s annual Israel parade, have visited Israel, and have joined the March of the Living in Auschwitz. Mamdani refused to march in the Israel parade or visit Israel.“Just like there are some Jewish people who are anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, there is a growing Muslim community that will never, ever subscribe to anti-Israel positions, anti-Zionism,” Drammeh said. “BDS failed and BDS cannot be tolerated. Simple as that.”He argued that boycotting Israel was “anti-Palestinian” because it hurt Palestinian and Arab Israeli livelihoods.A BDS vote at a prominent Brooklyn food co-op in May targeted companies involved in Israeli-Palestinian coexistence initiatives, pro-LGBTQ programs and family-owned firms employing diverse workforces. Four of the eight companies hit by the boycott were run by Arab Israelis or sold products from Arab-owned factories.The Unbreakable Bond Coalition will invest in Israel bonds because the bonds are a secure investment and as a symbol of the group’s support for Israel, Drammeh said.“This is a global encouragement for people to invest in Israel. We want Israeli companies and we want Israeli treasuries to be looked at as a viable, investable entity, just like the US. We’re leading the way in normalizing people to invest and learn about Israel,” he said.

IDF fire said to kill 7 in Gaza, including terror operative, aid worker and child-6 reportedly hurt in settler attack in South Hebron Hills, as Netanyahu blames ‘very lenient courts’ for unchecked violence by Israeli extremists in West Bank-By Agencies, ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian-and Nurit Yohanan-7 July 2026, 11:57 pm

Israeli strikes and gunfire reportedly killed at least seven people in Gaza on Tuesday, including a terror operative, an Egyptian aid worker and a child.Medics said an Israeli airstrike killed a man and wounded two children in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces told Reuters it had targeted a Hamas terrorist.A second Israeli airstrike hit near a tent encampment housing displaced families in western Gaza City, killing one person and wounding five others, medics said, while a third airstrike in Khan Younis killed one person and wounded three others.The Israeli military said both of those strikes had also targeted terrorists.The Popular Resistance Committees, a terror group that has long carried out armed attacks against Israel, said one of the two IDF strikes in Khan Younis had killed a senior leader of the terror group, Waheed Abu Salem.Later on Tuesday, one Palestinian was killed, and nine others were wounded by Israeli gunfire in an area of Rafah in the south of Gaza, medics and witnesses said.Meanwhile, in Gaza City’s Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood, an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle, killing three people, including a child, medics said, taking Tuesday’s death toll across the Gaza Strip to at least seven.Gaza media outlets affiliated with Hamas reported that Mohammed al-Wahidi, the public relations director of the Egyptian Committee for Aid to Gaza, an Egyptian organization that assists Gazans, was killed in the strike.According to some reports, two other people were killed along with him.The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the last two incidents.The IDF and Shin Bet announced separately on Tuesday that they had killed a Hamas Nukhba Force commander and a commander in the terror group’s intelligence division in recent strikes in the Gaza Strip.One of those strikes was on Sunday in northern Gaza and killed Ahmad Yahya Ibrahim Batsh, a commander of a Nukhba Force cell, according to the military.The IDF said Batsh had recently been working to advance attacks on troops in Gaza.A separate strike on Monday in southern Gaza killed Hamouda Abu Daqa, who served as an intelligence commander, according to the military.The IDF said Abu Daqa was involved in collecting intelligence on troops to advance attacks, and therefore, he posed a threat.The announcement came after the military said Monday night that it had killed a commander in Hamas’s training division, Fadi Daghmash, who had been advancing attacks.The IDF in recent months has been ramping up strikes on terror operatives in Gaza, saying they posed a threat to Israeli forces inside the more than half of the Strip held by the IDF.Amid the strikes, the Hamas government in Gaza on Monday announced the resignation of the so-called “Emergency Committee” — the Hamas-led administration that governs the Strip — in preparation for the transfer of authority to the technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.A Palestinian source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that the move by Hamas is aimed at turning Hamas’s existing governing structure into a caretaker framework, while increasing pressure on the Board of Peace and Israel to allow the NCAG to enter Gaza.Last month, diplomats from each of the Middle Eastern mediating countries — Egypt, Qatar and Turkey — told The Times of Israel that Hamas has sought to drag out negotiations on the issue of disarmament, which it has so far refused to do.They also argued that Israel’s refusal to adhere to the terms of the first phase of the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire has posed a major obstacle to advancing plans for the Strip as well.Six reported hurt in settler attack in South Hebron Hills-In the West Bank, Palestinian media reported on Tuesday that six Palestinians were injured by settlers in the village of Umm al-Khair in the South Hebron Hills.Footage published from the scene shows Palestinians and settlers engaged in a physical confrontation, apparently in the area where Umm al-Khair and the nearby settlement of Carmel border each other.No further details about the incident were available.Palestinian media also reported that settlers set fire on Monday night to a structure in the village of Surif, also near Hebron.Footage published online appears to show four people standing next to the structure before setting it ablaze.No injuries were reported.Netanyahu faults ‘lenient courts’ for unchecked settler violence-Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to fault Israel’s courts for letting violent settlers off the hook.“It’s a tightly knit group that tries to skirt the law, and when we bring them to the courts, our courts are very lenient. I don’t know why. Maybe because they’re young, and I’ve said that we have to challenge that, and I don’t accept it,” Netanyahu said when asked about the rampant, unchecked violence during a CNN interview.He insisted that those behind attacks on Palestinians, which take place on a near-daily basis, are not from the settlements, but rather are some 100 to 150 “juvenile delinquents” from outside of the West Bank.However, activists on the ground said those behind the attacks are Israelis who have established illegal outposts throughout the West Bank in record numbers over the past three years. Netanyahu’s government has provided significant funding and protection to these wildcat communities, which critics say are being used as a tool to dispossess Palestinians of their lands.CNN's Dana Bash presses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on why settler violence in the West Bank hasn't ended. pic.twitter.com/JbqzHhOqQN — Inside Politics (@InsidePolitics) July 7, 2026-While Netanyahu placed the number of violent offenders at 100 to 150, Israel’s own security establishment reportedly believes the numbers are much higher. When Netanyahu was asked about the phenomenon last year, he downplayed it as one caused by “about 70 kids.”Israel has come under fire for rarely carrying out arrests in instances of settler violence, with indictments and convictions even more infrequent.Shin Bet figures from earlier this year found that three times more Palestinians were victims of terror attacks in the West Bank than Jews.Netanyahu, in the CNN interview, insisted that Israel is taking the issue seriously.“We have real investigations. Israel is a transparent country. You can’t hide crimes in the military, you cannot hide crimes in the police… We’ll take care of it because that’s the kind of country we are,” he said. “This is blown up beyond belief and causes a lot of damage. I think it’s wrong on its own account. I don’t accept vigilantism, and I don’t care if it comes from Arabs or Jews.”Netanyahu was then pressed on whether he’ll commit to seeking justice for 20-year-old Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet, who was allegedly beaten to death by settlers last year.The premier said he wasn’t aware of the incident, but would look into it.

UK hard-right leader Farage quits as MP to force snap vote amid scrutiny of finances-High-stakes gamble comes as Farage’s Reform party leads UK opinion polls, but he faces mounting pressure over non-disclosure of gifts, including allegedly from convicted fraudster-By Peter HUTCHISON 7 July 2026, 10:54 pm

LONDON (AFP) — British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage announced Tuesday he would resign as a member of parliament to run in a snap special election — a high-stakes gamble following intense scrutiny over his finances.The unusual move comes as Farage, whose Reform UK party leads national opinion polls, faces mounting pressure over the non-disclosure of gifts, including allegedly from a convicted fraudster.“I’ve decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions,” Farage said in a televised address, referring to the southeast England constituency he has represented for two years.“This will be a people versus the establishment by-election,” he added, confirming he would be putting his name forward to stand in a special election held to fill a seat that becomes vacant between regular general elections.Parliament’s anti-graft watchdog has been investigating the hard-right firebrand and long-time anti-European Union campaigner over the non-disclosure of a £5 million ($6.6 million) donation from Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne.Farage’s resignation means the probe will be suspended until after the by-election.But Labour and the Conservative parties both said late Tuesday that they would not field candidates in a by-election, UK media reported.If I lose, they win. If they win, you lose. Advertisement If you lose, Britain will forever be broken and nothing will change. We will prevail. My message to the people of Clacton. ???? pic.twitter.com/j9LCX2v0Dw — Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) July 7, 2026-A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Nigel Farage is engulfed in a sleaze scandal and he’s desperately trying to change the subject.”“It’s pathetic, and the Labour Party is not going to indulge it,” the spokesperson said.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said her party would only field a “candidate in the real by-election, which will follow the standards investigation into Nigel Farage’s fishy finances.”Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, is also facing calls to investigate allegations that George Cottrell, convicted of wire fraud in the United States, paid for security and staff for Farage shortly before he became a member of parliament.Farage, who helped persuade Britons to vote to leave the EU during a divisive referendum in 2016, was elected an MP on his eighth attempt during the July 2024 general election.Reform, which advocates mass deportations of illegal migrants and the scrapping of net zero energy targets, has since led the ruling Labour party in opinion polls.Fears among Labour MPs that Reform could win the next nationwide vote, expected in 2029, ultimately led them to force Prime Minister Keir Starmer to announce his resignation last month.New MPs are supposed to register any money they received in the 12 months before their election unless it cannot be “reasonably” seen as linked to political activities.Farage has insisted he did not need to declare the money from Harborne because it was a personal gift to pay for his own security.Farage claims parliamentary standards being abused-Cottrell, a 32-year-old crypto entrepreneur from an aristocratic family, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the United States in 2017 and was jailed for eight months.Labour and the centrist Liberal Democrats had asked Greenberg to probe the latest allegations.“I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all,” Farage said, claiming that parliamentary standards were “now being used as a political tool.”A spokesperson for Andy Burnham, widely expected to become Labour’s new leader and therefore prime minister later this month, branded Farage’s move “a gimmick designed to distract from serious allegations about Farage’s funders.”Tim Bale, a politics professor at Queen Mary University of London, told AFP that “ultimately, all it does is buy him time.”“He’ll probably make it back into parliament, but at that point the investigation will start up again. So he can run, but he can’t hide,” Bale said.Clacton is a seaside town in Essex that voted heavily in favor of Brexit. Farage won the seat with a majority of 8,405, and his party has offered to cover the cost of the by-election.Rupert Lowe, leader of the far-right rival party Restore Britain, who is backed by US tech tycoon Elon Musk, also said his party would not participate in an “unnecessary sham” election.By-elections usually take place between 25 and 35 days following a resignation.

Poll: In new low, just 28% of Israelis think Trump prioritizing Israel’s security-Figure marks sharp dip from 64% who believed Trump made Israel’s security a priority in March; only 38% of respondents say Israel in a strategically better place than before Iran war By ToI Staff 7 July 2026, 6:16 pm

Only 28 percent of Israelis think their country’s security is one of US President Donald Trump’s main considerations — a drop from 44% last month, according to a poll by the Israel Democracy Institute released on Tuesday.The finding came more than four months after the US and Israel jointly launched a war against the Iranian regime, and amid concerns from Israeli officials over the Trump administration’s negotiations with the Islamic Republic to permanently end that conflict.The poll found that just 26% of Jewish Israelis and 36% of Arab Israelis think that Israel’s security is one of Trump’s main considerations, marking a record low of 28% of Israelis overall.When the views of Jewish Israelis are broken down by political beliefs, the survey showed that a majority across the spectrum do not believe Trump is prioritizing their security — 81% of those on the left, 73% in the center, and 65% of those on the right.In March, 64% of Jewish Israelis thought Trump prioritized their security, the IDI noted.The poll also found just 38% of Israelis believe the country is in a better strategic situation today than it was before Israel and the US launched the war against Iran in February.The fighting entered a truce on April 8, and the US and Iran are engaged in peace talks based on the memorandum of understanding they reached last month.Israel is not a party to the memorandum or the talks, and Israeli officials have criticized the document for failing to secure a concrete concession from Iran on its nuclear program.The US president has publicly insulted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over matters relating to the fighting in Iran and against Tehran’s proxy, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, referring to the prime minister as “fucking crazy,” saying he has “no fucking judgement” and that the Israeli leader “knows who the boss is.”Netanyahu has sought to downplay those comments, insisting on Monday that “America has no greater ally than Israel and Israel has no greater ally than the United States.”The IDI poll surveyed more than 750 respondents between June 28 and July 1 and has a 3.57% margin of error.

Analysis Turkey seen as stabilizing force, and Israel as the opposite-NATO summit, Trump’s support for F-35s sale, boost Turkey’s standing, as slumping Israel sees clout erode-Ankara and Jerusalem are again trading barbs, but Netanyahu hasn’t dented US president’s desire to sell Erdogan advanced fighter jets, as Turkey consolidates its position with the West despite increased anti-Israel rhetoric-By Lazar Berman-7 July 2026, 5:46 pm

As US President Donald Trump visits Ankara for the annual NATO summit, Israel is doing what it can to convince the White House not to provide Turkey with advanced military hardware that would drastically improve its air force.During a Friday phone call, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urged Trump not to sell Turkey fighter jet engines or allow Ankara back into the F-35 program.In a Monday interview with Fox News, Netanyahu called Turkey “a regime infected by the Muslim Brotherhood, an extreme movement that hates America and chants ‘Death to America.’”“I don’t think they should be given F-35s or engines for their fighter jets,” he declared.Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has also joined the rhetorical campaign, accusing his Turkish counterpart of incitement to genocide after he called Israel a “burden that humanity can no longer bear” and said it was a “problem” for the world.Israeli leaders’ statements aren’t a backhanded attempt to undermine another regional power. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indeed positioned himself as a leading critic of Israel, and his government openly backs and hosts Hamas.Yet despite Erdogan’s dismantling of Turkish democracy, extreme anti-Israel rhetoric, and support for a terrorist group, Jerusalem is unlikely to succeed in driving a wedge between Washington and Ankara. Hosting world leaders for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization confab, Turkey is consolidating its position in the region and beyond, while Israel is trending in the opposite direction.“It’s symbolic, but it also says something about the status of Turkey,” said Nimrod Goren, president of Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies.And, indeed, at a joint press appearance with Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, Trump said “we would consider” selling F-35s to Turkey, and noted “we have a better relationship with Turkey, and Turkey has been in many ways much more loyal, than other countries.”Turkish recovery-For much of the decade after the Arab Spring protests erupted in 2011, Turkey pursued an aggressive policy in the eastern Mediterranean that antagonized regional powers and pushed its rivals to ally with one another.Erdogan backed the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the group was ousted from power in Cairo in 2013. The rivalry between the two Sunni Muslim powers metastasized into other areas and split the Middle East, with Turkey and Qatar leading a pro-Islamist faction, and Egypt siding with Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a pro-Western camp.In the Mediterranean, Egypt aligned itself with Greece and Cyprus, which accuse Turkey of illegally drilling for natural gas in their exclusive economic zones. Together with Israel, the countries formed the EastMed Gas Forum, headquartered in Cairo, and conducted joint military exercises.Ankara also faced worsening ties with Europe. Erdogan, who has stoked Islamist sentiment, infuriated French and EU officials by stating that President Emmanuel Macron needed “mental treatment” for condemning the beheading of a teacher who had displayed a picture of the Prophet Muhammad.Refugees were also an ongoing sticking point, with Erdogan threatening to let migrants fleeing from Africa and the Mideast across its border into Greece if the EU did not keep its end of a 2016 refugee deal. EU leaders have also criticized Turkey for human rights abuses.Erdogan’s pugnacious posture led him nowhere. Isolated from Europe and many Arab states, facing an unfriendly Joe Biden White House, its economy buffeted by  the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkey finally changed course.A Turkish delegation visited Egypt in 2021 to discuss normalization, and Erdogan and Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi conducted reciprocal presidential visits in 2024.Erdogan also patched up ties with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom he had accused of killing dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The two leaders met in February to discuss defense ties.“We are seeing Turkey succeed in rising from the canvas and rehabilitating its status in the region,” said Goren.Hostility with Israel, trust from Trump-Turkey’s ties with Israel followed a similar pattern.In 2018, Turkey recalled its ambassador and asked Israel’s envoy to leave in the wake of violent protests on the Israel-Gaza border, in which dozens of Palestinians were killed. Turkish and Israeli leaders criticized each other bitterly, with Erdogan calling Israel a “child-murderer” country and Netanyahu accusing Erdogan of killing Kurdish civilians.A rapprochement process began in 2020, with an El Al plane landing in Turkey for the first time in a decade. Both sides returned their ambassadors in 2022, and — with the Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid government in power — senior Israeli officials met with Erdogan.But relations collapsed once again in the wake of Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, as Erdogan praised the terror group and accused Israel of committing genocide. Turkey suspended its trade with Israel, closed its airspace to Israeli planes and issued arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, includingNetanyahu.Turkey’s open hostility toward Israel has grown sharper as it has returned to the center of regional alliances and decision-making, emboldening Erdogan.As he did in his first term, Trump sees Erdogan as a reliable partner in a turbulent Middle East.In April 2025, with Netanyahu sitting next to him in the Oval Office, Trump described Erdogan as “very smart” and congratulated him for “taking over Syria.”“Any problem that you have with Turkey, I think we can solve, as long as you are reasonable, you have to be reasonable,” he hectored Netanyahu.Less than two weeks earlier, Erdogan had called for Allah to “destroy Zionist Israel.”There is an emphasis on Erdogan as a leader who can brings the goods.Nonetheless, Turkey managed to position itself as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, especially in talks on the Trump-backed deal that saw the final Israeli hostages freed.“There is an emphasis on Erdogan as a leader who can bring the goods,” said Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.According to Tom Barrack, who serves as both US special envoy on Syria and as US ambassador to Turkey, Trump called Erdogan hours before the Gaza ceasefire was reached in October, requesting his assistance in bringing two Hamas leaders on board.“President Erdogan, [Foreign Minister] Hakan Fidan, [Intelligence chief] Ibrahim Kalin all spent that afternoon and brought those two Hamas leaders over,” Barrack recalled.Turkey managed to use the 2026 Iran war to further cement its position in the region.The US-Israeli campaign sparked fears of worst-case scenarios for Turkey, including a massive refugee wave, an armed Kurdish uprising, or attacks on its own territory.“Turkish officials repeatedly say that they don’t want a war at their doorstep, as the consequences of such turmoil had side effects on Turkey,” a former Turkish diplomat told The Times of Israel, pointing to the 1991 and 2003 Iraq wars and the Syrian civil war.Despite those concerns about the Iran conflict — only the latter of which came to pass — Turkey succeeded in proving itself again a reliable channel for Trump as it passed messages between Iran and the US.When Trump sought an exit from the war, Turkey was there, along with Pakistan and former rivals Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to help mediate ceasefire talks that led to the end of fighting.At Erdogan’s side in Ankara on Tuesday, Trump praised Turkey for not “getting into the fight” — on the side of Iran, in the war — given Turkey’s acrimonious “relationship with Israel.”Europe needs Turkey, too-The NATO summit is the latest evidence of how far Turkey has come in restoring its relationships.“For NATO, there are two hot bubbles on the agenda,” said the former Turkish diplomat, “war in Ukraine and tension between US-Israel and Iran. Turkey is between these two bubbles.”The war in Ukraine made Turkey indispensable for Europe as well. It needs Turkey’s army — the second-largest in NATO after the US — to provide a credible deterrent to Russia. Moreover, as European countries rush to arm themselves, Turkey’s arms industry is a crucial source of weapons.Trump’s shaky commitment to the transatlantic alliance only underscores to European countries how much they need Turkish military hardware.The US president himself indicated that he would have stayed away from the NATO summit if it were not hosted by Erdogan. “I would not have gone for most people…” said Trump. “I’m going out of respect to President Erdogan.”A massive Turkish defense expo on the sidelines of NATO summit featuring over 3,000 indicates that Ankara fully recognizes the opportunity that is presenting itself.A chance for improved ties-While Turkey enjoys a string of diplomatic successes, Israel is in a slump.Jerusalem’s regional partners are cooperating with its rivals on diplomatic initiatives that go against Israel’s wishes. The end of the Iran war, and the subsequent memorandum of understanding, were negotiated without Israel in the room.Relations with neighbors Egypt and Jordan remain strained, and there is little prospect of more Arab states normalizing ties with Israel in the foreseeable future.That being said, Israel has managed to make Turkey pay a price for its hostile stance. Turkish representatives were not allowed to participate in the Civil-Military Coordination Center overseeing the Gaza ceasefire or to send troops to join the international peacekeeping force that it meant to enter the Strip at some point.Israel’s advancing peace talks with Lebanon have also managed to freeze Turkey out of a process it likely has significant interest in guiding.Ankara and Jerusalem still maintain ties, even if incredibly strained, and there are indications that there could be something of a thaw between them.Intelligence coordination continues, and the coordination mechanism in place to avoid escalation in Syria appears to be working well.Decades of deep business ties mean that many channels between the countries remain open, even if well below the radar.Barrack has also said he is working to improve Turkey-Israel ties.In the meantime, the current trends look to continue — Turkey will be at the center of regional processes, while Israel will struggle to make itself heard.That looks to bear fruit soon for Turkey, with Trump publicly throwing his support behind the sale of the F-35s, even as legal and congressional hurdles have yet to be fully resolved.“Trump and the Trump administration currently see Turkey as a stabilizing factor,” said Lindenstrauss, “whereas Israel is seen as a destabilizing factor.”

Likud minister calls Turkey’s Erdogan a ‘grotesque hybrid of Hitler and Sinwar’Diaspora Minister Chikli says vocally anti-Israel leader is a ‘pathetic blood-soaked zero’ and ‘patron of Hamas and ISIS,’ as Israeli rhetoric against Ankara escalates-By Grace Gilson 7 July 2026, 2:59 pm

JTA — Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) compared Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Adolf Hitler and slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a post on X on Monday.“We all know how narcissistic power-obsessed fanatics like you begin and how they end. The Jewish people have never feared mere flesh and blood, from Pharaoh until today,” Chikli wrote. “You are nothing but a pathetic blood-soaked zero who history will soon forget.”In the post, Chikli accused the Turkish leader of being a “patron of Hamas and ISIS” and described him as a “grotesque hybrid of Hitler and Sinwar” alongside an AI image of Erdogan in front of both ISIS and Nazi flags.Chikli’s post was in response to an address by Erdogan last month in which the Turkish leader called Zionism a “genocidal occupying expansionist ideology” and said the “struggle” against Zionism was for the “collective survival of ourselves and our nation.”Long-standing tensions between Turkey and Israel, further stoked by the war in Gaza, have escalated in recent weeks, while Israeli concerns have grown over the tight ties between Ankara and Washington and the possible sale of advanced American F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. Erdogan, who has consistently voiced support for Hamas, has been one of Israel’s most outspoken international critics.Chikli’s social media attack came amid US President Donald Trump’s trip to Ankara for a two-day NATO summit.Greetings to the patron of Hamas and ISIS, the dictator who jails every critical journalist, the man behind the barbaric rapes and massacres of Kurdish, Druze, and Alawite minorities, the megalomaniac who has lost his mind, a grotesque hybrid of Hitler and Sinwar. We all know… https://t.co/ufPgqOMJt3 pic.twitter.com/oTAZBEv9Kk Advertisement — עמיחי שיקלי – Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) July 6, 2026-Chikli’s post followed a blistering attack by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Erdogan during an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Fox News Monday. Netanyahu said Turkey was “governed by a man who calls openly for the annihilation of Israel… and talks openly about conquering Jerusalem.”The Israeli leader warned against the sale of weaponry to Ankara, portraying Turkey as an aggressive country that didn’t help the US battle Iran.“For a regime infected by the Muslim Brotherhood, an extreme movement that hates America and chants ‘death to America’ from that side of the spectrum, I don’t think they should be given F-35’s or the engines for their fighter jets,” Netanyahu told Fox News.Such a sale would “upset the power balance in the Middle East, which is ultimately guaranteed by Israeli air superiority and… by America’s posture in the Middle East,” Netanyahu said.Relations between the two regional powers have also been aggravated by the Israeli government’s June 28 decision to recognize the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire during and immediately after World War I.Turkey has condemned Israel’s recognition of the Armenian genocide. It’s a move so diplomatically controversial that to date, only some 33 countries, aside from Israel, have taken this step, including the US in 2021.According to Politico, Erdogan said in a public address last week, “We do not give the slightest heed to the slanders about our country from the murder network that has the blood of 73,000 innocent Gazans, most of them children and women, on its hands.”Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also took aim at Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, during a press conference in Jerusalem Monday, decrying Fidan’s comments to CNN Türk on Friday in which he said that Israel had become a “burden that humanity can no longer bear.”“The remarks by Turkey’s foreign minister are a clear call for genocide,” Saar said. “The Jewish people know all too well what happens when such words are allowed to go unanswered. The first step on the road to genocide is dehumanization.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Evacuations ordered as buckling Manhattan high-rise deemed unstable-The building, formerly Pfizer’s global headquarters, is being converted into a luxury rental complex. It was evacuated, along with neighboring buildings, and no injuries were reported.July 7, 2026, 12:08 PM EDT / Updated July 7, 2026, 8:18 PM EDT-By Matt Lavietes and Emilie Ikeda

Evacuations were ordered Tuesday when a high-rise apartment complex in New York City was deemed to be structurally unstable and at risk of collapse after its support columns started buckling.The area surrounding the 37-story building, in midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Terminal, was evacuated after two structural support columns on its 21st floor began to buckle around 8 a.m.Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other city officials addressed reporters nearby, saying the building was still unstable as of Tuesday afternoon.“This is an extremely serious situation, and I am thankful to our first responders for quickly arriving at the site and to New Yorkers for reacting calmly and with urgency,” he said.A city official told NBC New York Tuesday evening that prep work was being wrapped up and installation of temporary shoring was expected to begin soon after.The city’s fire commissioner said that because the building is made of steel, there is only a possibility of “localized collapse” versus “total collapse.”Mamdani said authorities were working to develop plans to shore up the affected floor. He said that if the floor is deemed to be secure, engineers will enter and begin shoring up the building “as we await the arrival of materials that will stabilize the building.”The building did not move after noon, two sources briefed on the investigation told NBC New York.A team of six people, from the fire department, the Department of Buildings and the building’s contractor, entered to assess whether shoring efforts were safe to begin, according to a city official familiar with the investigation.NYC Building Collapse Risk-In addition to the building, seven neighboring structures were evacuated — a number that grew as the response escalated, Mamdani said.By early evening, evacuated residents of nearby 222 East 44th St. were told it’s safe to return, the city official who spoke about the timing of temporary shoring told NBC New York.Other evacuated buildings near the 37-story high-rise are being evaluated to determine if they can be repopulated, the official said.Helder Pereira, whose office building was evacuated at 11:30 a.m., said he and his co-workers had to walk down 32 flights of steps to get out.“‘I need to get out of here really quick, because I don’t know if the neighboring buildings are collapsing or not,’” he recalled thinking. “It was a bit scary.”New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on X that the state government “stands ready to provide any assistance needed” and advised people to avoid the area.A building has been evacuated in New York City-The building, formerly home to Pfizer’s global headquarters, is being converted into a 1,500-unit luxury rental complex. The Department of Buildings says it has an active construction permit.The fire department said it got a call around 8 a.m. about bricks falling from the building at 235 E. 42nd St., between Second and Third avenues. The police department said it got a 911 call less than 15 minutes later.Police said they were told that construction workers on the 21st floor saw the columns beginning to collapse.Raw video from inside, recorded by a construction worker, showed crumbling steel columns on the 21st floor.No injuries were reported, and all workers are accounted for, officials said. It is unclear how many workers were on the site when the building began to show signs of distress.Matt Lavietes-I’m a reporter on NBC News’ breaking news team, covering crime, extreme weather, pop culture and more. I recently covered Hurricane Milton, which devastated the Tampa, Florida, metropolitan area, and the student-led protests at Columbia University.Emilie Ikeda-Emilie Ikeda is an NBC News correspondent.Jennifer Millman, NBC New York, Andrew Siff, NBC New York, Emma Caughlan, Andrew Siff and Dennis Romero contributed.