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)
ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS GREAT JOB OF SENDING DEATH CULTISTS TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
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.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)
Leviticus 26:15-17 (KJV)
15-and if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
16-I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17-And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Job 22:4-22 (KJV)
4-Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
5-Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities without end?
6-For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7-You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8-But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
9-You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10-Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
11-Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
12-Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13-And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14-Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circle of heaven.
15-Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16-Who were cut down before their time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood:
17-Who said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do to us?
18-Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19-The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20-Surely our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
21-Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.
22-Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.
Senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite force killed in IDF strike-Ali Ahmed Hassin, a Radwan field commander, had been tasked with attacks on Ramim Ridge area in northern Israel amid war; explosive-laden drone hits near Rosh Hanikra-By Emanuel Fabian
Today, 12:24 pm
The Israel Defense Forces early Monday eliminated a senior field commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in southern Lebanon, the military and the terror group said.Ali Ahmed Hassin, according to the IDF, held a rank equivalent to a brigade commander, and was charged with attacks on northern Israel’s Ramim Ridge, an area that has come under repeated rocket, missile, and explosive-laden drone fire amid the war against the Hamas terror group in the south.“As part of his role, he was responsible for the planning and execution of terror attacks in the Ramim Ridge area against the Israeli home front,” the IDF said.Hassin was struck in the southern Lebanon town of as-Sultaniyah. According to the IDF, another two Hezbollah operatives under his command were killed in the strike.Hezbollah announced Hassin’s death, saying he was killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” its term for operatives slain in Israeli strikes. The terror group did not refer to him as a commander.The Radwan force is believed by Israeli officials to be tasked with potentially infiltrating into the country.Hassin was the fifth Hezbollah officer with a rank equivalent to a brigade commander to be killed by Israel amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, according to the IDF. The military has said that more than 30 Hezbollah commanders have been killed in its strikes in the past six months.Meanwhile, on Monday afternoon, an explosive-laden drone launched by Hezbollah struck an area near Rosh Hanikra.The IDF said the strike caused a small fire in an open area, and that there were no reports of injuries.Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have targeted an Israeli naval base in the area.Drone infiltration sirens had sounded in several communities in the Western Galilee amid the incident.Throughout Sunday, Hezbollah continued its attacks on northern Israel, with the IDF saying it targeted sites belonging to the terror group in response.On Sunday morning, a barrage of rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Golan Heights and Manara area, and in the evening, a rocket fired at the northern city of Safed was successfully intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, the IDF said. There were other attacks on army bases and communities in northern Israel throughout the day.The IDF said Sunday evening that its fighter jets carried out strikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon’s Kafr Kila, as well as a rocket launcher in the town of Yaroun.Earlier Sunday, the IDF said fighter jets carried out strikes on a military compound belonging to the Radwan force in southern Lebanon’s Khiam. The compound included seven buildings used by the terror group, according to the IDF.The IDF said it also struck a Hezbollah command center in Toura.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.Some 3,100 rockets, missiles, and drones have been launched from Lebanon at northern Israel since the beginning of the war. Another 35 have been fired from Syria, according to the IDF.Some 4,700 Hezbollah positions have been hit by the IDF amid the war, according to the military.So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in eight civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 10 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 273 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 53 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and at least 60 civilians, three of whom were journalists, have been killed.Tensions in the region have been high since an alleged Israeli strike in Damascus on Monday killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members, among them a senior Quds Force commander, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Iran has vowed revenge.The Iran-backed Hezbollah has said it supports Iran’s right to “punish” Israel, and in televised remarks on Friday, its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said a response was coming.
Iranian FM heads to Syria, accuses Israel of trying to start a regional war-Top diplomat met Houthi leader in Oman beforehand; Islamic Republic’s army on ‘high alert’ to avenge 7 Revolutionary Guard officers killed in alleged Israeli strike in Damascus-By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 11:51 am-
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrapped up a visit to Oman and was heading to Syria’s capital Damascus a week after Iran’s consulate there was targeted in a suspected Israeli attack, Iranian state media reported on Monday.Tehran has vowed to avenge seven of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders who were killed in the attack, with a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader saying on Sunday that Israeli embassies were no longer safe. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that Israel “completed preparations for a response against any scenario that would develop against Iran.”Amir-Abdollahian started a regional tour on Sunday in Muscat, where the foreign minister met Omani officials and a representative of Yemen’s Houthis Mohamed Abdel-Salam, who said the Iranian-backed terrorist group would continue to target Israel-bound ships until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.“The attack on Iran’s embassy building in Damascus is a new step in Israel’s warmongering and its attempt to expand war regionally,” Amir-Abdollahian said while in Oman.Israel typically does not discuss attacks by its forces on Syria. Asked about the strike last week, an Israeli military spokesperson said: “We do not comment on reports in the foreign media.”Iran was reported on Friday to have put its military on “high alert” and decided in favor of a direct strike on Israel to avenge the seven killed Revolutionary Guard officers. The Islamic Republic’s military chief promised on Saturday to inflict “maximum damage” on the Jewish state in retaliation for the alleged Israeli strike.The attack leveled a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing seven IRGC members including two generals, and at least one member of the Hezbollah terror group. Iran claims the bombed building was a consular annex. The IRGC is a US-designated terror group.Both Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah have vowed revenge. One of those killed in the Damascus attack was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, reportedly responsible for the IRGC’s operations in Syria and Lebanon, for Iranian militias there, and for ties with Hezbollah, and thus the most senior commander of Iranian forces in the two countries.Possible scenarios for which the IDF is understood to be preparing include missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen — all of which have been carried out amid the ongoing Gaza war — and ballistic missile attacks directly from Iran, a situation that Israel has not yet faced. Israeli officials believe the country’s air defense systems will be able to handle the threat.On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces canceled all leave for active combat soldiers, though the IDF Home Front Command has issued no special instructions to the public.A day earlier, the IDF said it was bolstering air defenses and calling up reservists, following an assessment.Iran has reportedly also put its military forces on “full high alert” ahead of any expected strike.
Israel, Hamas downplay report of progress in truce talks amid optimism from Egypt-Egyptian report says ‘significant progress on several contentious points of agreement,’ claims deal could be finalized this week; Hamas delegation leaves Cairo for consultations-By ToI Staff and Agencies Today, 9:52 am-APR 8,24
Israeli and Palestinian officials on Monday downplayed reports that a truce and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas could be reached as early as this week.Citing a senior Egyptian official involved in the talks, the Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported early Monday that talks in Cairo have made “significant progress on several contentious points of agreement.”Egypt, Qatar and key Israeli ally the United States have mediated previous rounds of negotiations, but a deal has remained elusive.The state-linked Al-Qahera reported that Qatari and Hamas delegations had left Cairo and were expected to return “within two days to finalize the terms of the agreement.”US and Israeli delegations were due to leave the Egyptian capital “in the next few hours” and consultations were expected to continue over the next 48 hours, the outlet added.The report, which was not comfirmed by any of the parties in the talks, came after Israeli officials had indicated cautious optimism on the chances for a deal in comments carried by Hebrew-language media, with Jerusalem giving its delegation wider leeway to make concessions toward an agreement.“This time is different, we are the closest we’ve been in months to a deal,” Channel 12 news quoted a source close to the talks saying.On Monday, however, Israeli and Hamas officials downplayed the progress cited in the Egyptian report.“We still don’t see a deal on the horizon,” an Israeli official told the Ynet news site. “The distance [between the sides] is still great and there has been nothing dramatic so far,” he added, noting that the Israeli delegation had not yet left Cairo.The official’s comments came shortly after an unidentified senior Hamas official in Gaza also denied progress in the talks, telling the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen news network that “so far there is no progress” and blaming Israel’s “obstinance.”Israel’s delegation was led by David Barnea, head of the Mossad, and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar. The Hamas delegation, invited by Egypt, was led by Khalil Al-Hayya, the terror group’s deputy chief in Gaza.The two delegations reportedly arrived in Cairo on Sunday following the arrival on Saturday of CIA Director William Burns at the head of the US delegation. The Haaretz daily reported that the US had presented the parties with a new draft proposal Sunday night.The other two mediator countries, Egypt and Qatar, were respectively represented by Abbas Kamel, head of Egypt’s Intelligence Directorate, and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.A senior Egyptian official told the Qatari-backed, London-based New Arab news site on Sunday that “the agreement is approaching intensely,” with a humanitarian truce likely over the Eid al-Fitr holiday, April 9-12, which marks the end of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. The official intimated a deal could be announced from Cairo.A diplomatic source told the Kan public broadcaster that “all sides are exhibiting greater flexibility than before,” and that “the American pressure is crucial to arrive at an agreement.”US President Joe Biden on Thursday held what was said to be a tense call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which the president urged the premier to “empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home.” Netanyahu was reported by Kan to have complied with Biden’s request.Hamas and other terror groups are still holding 129 of the 253 hostages seized on October 7, during a shock onslaught on southern Israel that killed nearly 1,200 people. Israel launched a military campaign aimed at destroying the Hamas regime in Gaza and releasing the hostages. Hamas has also been holding, for nearly a decade, two Israeli civilians and the remains of two soldiers.The prime minister said in opening remarks to the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire without the release of hostages, adding that despite growing international pressure, Israel would not give in to “extreme” demands from Hamas.Hamas, in a statement after meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas on Sunday, said it had “affirmed its adherence” to its previous demands that any hostage release be conditioned on a full ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, along with the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes and an increase in humanitarian aid.Ministers and other Israeli officials familiar with the details of the talks told Channel 12 on Saturday that the main sticking point in the talks was the question of the return of displaced Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip.A senior Israeli official told Channel 12 news: “We are in critical days the likes of which we have not since the first deal” in November, when 105 hostages held by Hamas were exchanged for 240 Palestinian security prisoners in Israel during a weeklong truce.Netanyahu is “desperate for a [ceasefire and hostage] deal,” a senior source in the government told Sky News on Sunday, adding that “everything you see happening today is linked to hostage negotiations.”The fighting has effected a humanitarian crisis in the enclave, half of whose population has been displaced over the past six months.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 33,000 people in the Strip have been killed in the fighting, a figure that cannot be independently verified and includes some 13,000 Hamas terrorists Israel says it has killed in battle. Israel also says it killed some 1,000 gunmen inside Israel on October 7.
Astronomers eager to study sun’s mysterious corona during solar eclipse-Damita Menezes-Updated: Apr 7, 2024 / 04:46 PM CDT
(NewsNation) — As millions prepare to witness Monday’s highly anticipated total solar eclipse, scientists are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to study a mysterious and little-understood part of the sun.Dr. Joe Pesce, an astrophysicist with the National Science Foundation, joined NewsNation’s “Morning in America” on Sunday to discuss the scientific significance of the celestial event.“The outer atmosphere, the most extended part of the atmosphere of the Sun is called the corona, which means crown in Latin because it looks like a crown,” Pesce explained. “It shows up when the vast portion of the light of the sun is blocked out because it’s very faint.”Solar eclipse: I’m not in the path of totality — do I still need to wear eclipse glasses? The corona, which can reach millions of degrees in temperature, is a perplexing aspect of the sun that has long intrigued scientists. Pesce said the high temperature of the corona, which contradicts the typical cooling trend as one moves away from the solar surface, is likely due to magnetic fields depositing energy into the low-density gas and plasma.“It’s a rare thing to study because historically, we’ve only seen it during solar eclipses,” Pesce said. “Nowadays, modern astronomers have instruments that can block that out. But it’s an important component of the sun.”To further their understanding of the corona, NASA is planning to launch three sounding rockets during the eclipse, providing additional data and insights.Pesce said that the eclipse itself poses no threat to power grids or GPS systems, contrary to some public concerns. He explained that while solar activity, such as coronal mass ejections, can affect infrastructure, the eclipse itself does not have any disruptive effects.Eclipse weather forecast: clear skies in the Northeast, clouds in Texas“This is an accessible astronomical activity that millions of people can participate in. And I think that’s fantastic,” Pesce said. “And if it encourages someone to go into STEM or to learn more about science and technology, then that’s … terrific.”Monday’s total solar eclipse will land along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross into Texas and 14 other U.S. states before exiting over Canada.The moon will s Shroud the sun for up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds, a spectacle normally unfolding in remote corners of the globe but this time passing over major cities like Dallas, Indianapolis and Cleveland. An estimated 44 million people live within the path of totality, with another couple hundred million within 200 miles, guaranteeing the continent’s biggest eclipse crowd ever.NewsNation’s Sean Noone contributed to this report.
Hundreds expected to tie the knot during solar eclipse-Stephanie Haines-Updated: Apr 5, 2024 / 07:11 AM CDT
(NewsNation) — An untold number of couples are heading to the solar eclipse’s path of totality Monday so they can tie the knot in a once-in-a-lifetime moment.Russellville, Arkansas, and Tiffin, Ohio, have seen hundreds of registrations, indicating that many couples may marry during the eclipse, drawing even more spectators.In Tiffin, the chamber of commerce reports 150 couples have registered to elope during the event, with participants arriving from all over the county. The ceremony is free, but couples must show their marriage license, as an officiant will conduct the ceremony during the time of the eclipse’s darkness.“We’re hoping that it sparks them to continue to come back to celebrate here, whether it’s an anniversary, showing their future children, or just having those fond memories of a community they may not have come to otherwise,” said Marisa Stephens, Seneca Regional Chamber of Commerce’s director of marketing.Eclipse travel scramble: Hotels, Airbnbs in path of totality full-Micah Simoneaux and Kathryn Jordan are planning their wedding in Texas, arranging everything from the venue to catering. They told NewsNation their priority is timing, as they want to complete their vows and ceremony before darkness falls during the eclipse, so no moment is missed.“It’s just going to be a great unique experience,” Simoneaux said in an interview aired Friday on “Morning in America.”“It’s something that we’re always going to be able to reflect on,” Jordan said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event for most people, and you’re my once-in-a-lifetime person.”The New York Times reports during the 2017 solar eclipse, nearly 1,000 weddings were listed on wedding website The Knot for that day.
Huge crowds await total solar eclipse in North America, but clouds may spoil view-The best weather is expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine; It will be another 21 years before the US sees another total solar eclipse on this scale-By Marcia Dunn Today, 8:51 am-APR 8,24
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Millions of spectators along a narrow corridor stretching from Mexico to the US to Canada eagerly awaited Monday’s celestial sensation — a total eclipse of the sun — even as forecasters called for clouds.The best weather was expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine, as well as New Brunswick and Newfoundland.It promised to be North America’s biggest eclipse crowd ever, thanks to the densely populated path and the lure of more than four minutes of midday darkness in Texas and other choice spots. Almost everyone in North America was guaranteed at least a partial eclipse, weather permitting.“Cloud cover is one of the trickier things to forecast,” National Weather Service meteorologist Alexa Maines explained at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Science Center on Sunday. “At the very least, it won’t snow.”The cliff-hanging uncertainty added to the drama. Rain or shine, “it’s just about sharing the experience with other people,” said Chris Lomas from Gotham, England, who was staying at a sold-out trailer resort outside Dallas, the biggest city in totality’s path.For Monday’s full eclipse, the moon was due to slip right in front of the sun, entirely blocking it. The resulting twilight, with only the sun’s outer atmosphere or corona visible, would be long enough for birds and other animals to fall silent, and for planets, stars and maybe even a comet to pop out.The out-of-sync darkness lasts up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds. That’s almost twice as long as it was during the US coast-to-coast eclipse seven years ago because the moon is closer to Earth. It will be another 21 years before the US sees another total solar eclipse on this scale.Extending five hours from the first bite out of the sun to the last, Monday’s eclipse begins in the Pacific and makes landfall at Mazatlan, Mexico, before moving into Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and 12 other U.S. states in the Midwest, Middle Atlantic and New England, and then Canada. Last stop: Newfoundland, with the eclipse ending in the North Atlantic.It will take just 1 hour, 40 minutes for the moon’s shadow to race more than 6,500 kilometers (4,000 miles) across the continent.Eye protection is needed with proper eclipse glasses and filters to look at the sun, except when it ducks completely out of sight during an eclipse.The path of totality — approximately 185 kilometers (115 miles) wide — encompasses several major cities this time, including Dallas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Montreal.An estimated 44 million people live within the track, with a couple hundred million more within 320 kilometers (200 miles). Add in all the eclipse chasers, amateur astronomers, scientists and just plain curious, and it’s no wonder the hotels and flights are sold out and the roads jammed.Experts from NASA and scores of universities are posted along the route, poised to launch research rockets and weather balloons, and conduct experiments. The International Space Station’s seven astronauts also will be on the lookout, 435 kilometers (270 miles) up.
Cities in North America, Europe hold rallies marking hostages’ six months ‘in hell’Former captives, relatives and politicians, including Lapid and Bennett, attend protests calling for deal; congressman heckled in New York after urging more aid for Gazans-By ToI Staff Today, 6:23 am-APR 8,24
Former hostages, relatives of captives still held in Gaza and political rivals of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined rallies in several major Western cities Sunday to mark six months since the devastating October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel.In Washington, former hostage Aviva Seigal, whose husband Keith remains kidnapped, as well as the families of captives Romi Gonen, Or Levy, Sagui Dekel Chen and Omer Neutra rallied alongside Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and supporters in front of the Lincoln Memorial, calling for a deal to free the 129 people abducted from Israel six months earlier.“The need to put together a deal that’s agreed upon by all sides is urgent more than ever,” said Nuetra’s mother Orna Neutra.Some 2,000 people attended the rally in Washington, including US Representative Jamie Raskin, who said freeing the captives should be the priority in Gaza, US news outlet The Hill reported.“We say to all the governments of the world that the freedom, the security and the peace of the hostages and all civilians is the paramount ethical imperative and consideration at this moment,” he said.“It takes precedence over all other political and ideological agendas.”Marching today in Washington DC with families of the hostages.It’s been six months and 133 hostages are still being held in Gaza. We have to bring them home. pic.twitter.com/4AdrutZKlR— יאיר לפיד – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) April 7, 2024-In New York, thousands rallied at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside the United Nations headquarters, including the father of Itai Chen, a slain captive whose remains are being held in Gaza.Speaking at the rally, former prime minister Naftali Bennett rejected international calls for a ceasefire without the hostages being freed.“No one call tell us to stop while there is even one hostage there,” he told the crowd.US Rep. Jerry Nadler, who also addressed the rally, was booed and heckled as he called for increased humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza.“We must do more, because we are better than Hamas. We must do more to bring food and assistance to those who are suffering,” he said, as participants shouted “Shame” or “Bring them home,” The New York Times reported.Near the rally, a group of activists staged an installation in which several people were locked in cages or chained to poles, wearing clothes smeared with red paint and holding signs in Hebrew and English begging to be rescued.Midtown Manhattan, New York City, it has been six months since Hamas abducted several innocent individuals. Demonstrators are highlighting the harsh reality of what the hostages are enduring.For licensing email Leeroypress@gmail.com pic.twitter.com/RLvZOiKtgg — Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) April 7, 2024-In Toronto, an estimated 2,000 people gathered downtown to call for the release of the hostages under the banner “six months in hell,” as a small group of pro-Palestinian counter-protesters gathered nearby.Two people were arrested amid police attempts to keep the groups separated, the Toronto Star reported, though there were no additional details.In a video posted online from the event, a man wearing a Palestinian flag yells into a speaker threatening that “your happy days are over,” and calls participants “prophet killers” who killed Jesus, a common antisemitic trope, to cheers from those next to him.This is Toronto, where a mob openly screams at Jews:"Your happy days are over. Every time you come out to celebrate we'll be here….you guys are known as the prophet killers. Ask your parents what you guys did to Jesus. Ask them what you did to Moses. Look at this filth right… pic.twitter.com/6G9fWDxbq8— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) April 7, 2024Rallies were also held in several European cities including Brussels, London, Amsterdam, Milan and Paris.Thank you to the hundreds of people that marched today in Brussels marking 6 months since 7.10 and calling for the released of the hostages.????️#BringThemAllHomeNOW pic.twitter.com/ NDxOKctXL— Ambassador Idit Rosenzweig-Abu (@IditAbu) April 7, 2024-The events, marking six months since thousands of Hamas-led terrorists burst into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapped another 253, coincided with a large rally in Jerusalem where demonstrators urged the government to reach a deal with Hamas for the release of hostages.Reports in Hebrew-language media Sunday indicated that Israeli officials were cautiously optimistic as talks were set to resume in Cairo. An Egyptian outlet reported early Monday that the sides had left Cairo but were set to convene in two days to finalize an agreement.Speaking to Israel’s Kan public broadcaster from the sidelines of the rally in Washington, Lapid urged the government to grab the opportunity, even if the concessions it gives up are not popular.“The government needs to be pressured into taking the deal. It’s going to be a painful deal. It’s not going to be liked, but it needs to be done so we can bring them home.”
