QUAKE SETS OFF MOUNTAIN AVALANCHE THEN FLASH FLOODING IN NEPAL-37 DEAD-400 MISSING.

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)

 QUAKE SETS OFF MOUNTAIN AVALANCHE THEN FLASH FLOODING IN NEPAL-37 DEAD-400 MISSING.

FAMINE

EZEKIEL 5:16
16  When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

DEUTORONOMY 28:24
24  The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

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.) 

M 4.4 - 77 km NNW of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal-Time    2026-08-26 02:52:47 (UTC)-Location-28.550°N 85.538°E-Depth-10.0 km 

Seven Dead, Several Missing As Flash Floods Hit Nepal; Rescue Ops On-OMMCOM NEWS by OMMCOM NEWS-August 26, 2026

Kathmandu: At least seven people have been confirmed dead after sudden flooding of the Bhote Koshi River hit Nepal’s Rasuwa on Wednesday, according to local media reports.According to a report by The Kathmandu Post, a Nepali Army spokesperson said that at least 25 people have been rescued as of Wednesday afternoon.Additionally, the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force (APF) and police have been mobilised and 14 choppers deployed for search-and-rescue operations.Meanwhile, four personnel of APF deployed at a border outpost in northern Rasuwa have gone missing due to the sudden flooding.APF spokesperson Deputy Inspector General Netra Bahadur Karki said the four personnel have been out of contact since the flood struck the area near the Nepal-China border.“The border post itself has not been damaged,” Karki said, adding that authorities have yet to determine whether the missing personnel were affected by the flood.Additionally, unconfirmed reports in local media say 14 Rasuwa customs office staff are also out of contact.A Nepal Police spokesperson also mentioned that 32 personnel are also out of contact, reports Kantipur Television.The Himalayan Times reported that flood swept away around 60 houses near Trishuli Bazaar in Nuwakot and two motorable bridges have also been damaged.In view of the situation, Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah has consulted with federal parliamentarians from the affected areas, including Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and Chitwan.The discussion focused on the damage caused by the earthquake, the condition of coastal settlements, and rescue and relief efforts.Earlier in the day, PM Balendra Shah had convened a meeting of the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management to receive high-level information on the latest situation in the flood-affected areas and the progress of rescue, search and relief efforts.The Prime Minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to the safety and relief of the affected citizens and informed that clear instructions have been given to the subordinate bodies to adopt additional vigilance in the low-lying coastal areas and to immediately relocate the displaced to safe places.Search and rescue operations are underway, and further details are awaited. (IANS)

Landslide was triggered by earthquake - Nepal's foreign ministerpublished at 07:06
An earthquake hit the area at around 08:37 local time, Nepal's foreign minister Shishir Khanal tells parliament, citing preliminary information.He says the earthquake then triggered an avalanche, which in turn resulted in flash floods. He notes that teams are still verifying the information.Khanal says that as well as Nepal, China is also experiencing "huge damage".He says Nepal is co-ordinating with China. So far, 26 police personnel, nine armed police personnel and 44 military personnel are missing.Officials from customs and immigration are also missing, he adds.There has also been huge damage on road, bridges, communication and hydropower infrastructures. Rasuwa and Nuwakot were worst affected districts, he adds.More than 100 Indians and 
12 people from UK among missingpublished at 07:01

As we’ve reported 384 travellers are "reported missing", including 93 Nepali nationals and 291 foreign nationals.According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the foreign nationals include:
12 British nationals
105 Indians
37 non-resident Indians 
17 Malaysians
4 South Africans
3 Americans
1 Australian
1 Dutch 
111 nationalities yet to be confirmed 

Floodwaters coursing down a river through a town, a bridge is being carried by the waterImage source, X By Emma Pengelly

Verified videos from Nepal show a bridge being swept away and multi-storey buildings collapsed by the force of floodwaters, and the aftermath of a town with many buildings destroyed.BBC Verify has located the clips to the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot District in Bagmati Province, about 16 miles (25km) to the north-west of Kathmandu.The video shows the river Trishuli suddenly becoming swollen by enormous amounts of water, which appears to have significantly increased in volume and speed and filled with sediment.About 40 seconds into the clip, the weight of the flash flood rips the bridge off its supports and carries it swiftly downriver. A few seconds later, several buildings also collapse.The second verified video, filmed from the same location, shows the devastating aftermath. The river’s level has risen significantly, and trees and many building visible in the earlier video have been ripped away.It is not clear exactly how many have been destroyed, but many buildings near the riverbank have disappeared, partially collapsed or are caked in sediment from the flood’s force.

RUSSIA NUKES NEW YORK CITY.

JEREMIAH 51:29-32
29  And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (NEW YORK) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30  The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32  And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(NEW YORK) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK ATTACK ON NEW YORK)

REVELATION 18:9-11,15-21
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,(NUKE ATTACK I BELIEVE FROM RUSSIA)
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city,  (NEW YORK) that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (NEW YORK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.(1 HOUR NEW YORK IS GONE)
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon (NEW YORK) be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

A nuclear detonation over New York City would cause immediate catastrophic destruction, killing millions of people and collapsing the regional infrastructure.The Initial Blast and Thermal WaveThe Fireball: A massive ball of fire would form instantly at ground zero, vaporizing structures and people directly underneath it.The Shock Wave: Hurricane-force winds and extreme pressure changes would flatten reinforced concrete buildings across dozens of square miles, sending lethal debris flying.Extreme Heat: Intense thermal radiation would trigger third-degree burns and cause paper, wood, and clothing to spontaneously ignite miles away from the epicenter, fueling a massive firestorm.Casualties and Health ImpactsImmediate Deaths: Millions would be killed instantly by the blast, heat, and collapsing structures.Injuries: Millions more would suffer severe trauma, burns, and injuries from shattered glass and debris.Radiation: High levels of gamma rays and neutrons would cause severe radiation sickness in surrounding zones, proving fatal for a vast percentage of exposed survivors within days or weeks.Long-Term AftermathInfrastructure Collapse: Emergency services, hospitals, and basic utilities within the metropolitan area would cease to function.Radioactive Fallout: Wind patterns would carry radioactive particles across neighboring parts of New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut, leaving large areas uninhabitable for an extended period.Global Consequences: A strike on a major financial and cultural hub like New York City would trigger massive geopolitical fallout and severe risks of wider retaliatory escalation.YouTube·Science TimeWhat If A Nuclear Weapon Hits New York Tomorrow?Aug 17, 2024 — the ZAR bomber was never designed as a practical weapon. but rather to demonstrate the sheer power that could be unleashed. some e...14:32Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsWhat would happen if an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead ...Feb 25, 2015 — What would happen if an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above midtown Manhattan? * The initial fireball. The warhead would p...Facebook·Tucker CarlsonWhat would happen if a nuclear weapon detonated over Times ...Oct 26, 2025 — These often require ampitation. If a nuclear bomb like the R-36M2 (also known as the SS-18 Satan) were to strike New York City, th...Show all.

What would happen if an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above midtown Manhattan? By Steven Starr, Lynn Eden, Theodore A. Postol | Analysis | February 25, 2015

Effects of nuclear bomb attack on Manhattan-Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles are believed to carry a total of approximately 1,000 strategic nuclear warheads that can hit the US less than 30 minutes after being launched. Of this total, about 700 warheads are rated at 800 kilotons; that is, each has the explosive power of 800,000 tons of TNT. What follows is a description of the consequences of the detonation of a single such warhead over midtown Manhattan, in the heart of New York City.The initial fireball. The warhead would probably be detonated slightly more than a mile above the city, to maximize the damage created by its blast wave. Within a few tenths of millionths of a second after detonation, the center of the warhead would reach a temperature of roughly 200 million degrees Fahrenheit (about 100 million degrees Celsius), or about four to five times the temperature at the center of the sun.A ball of superheated air would form, initiallly expanding outward at millions of miles per hour. It would act like a fast-moving piston on the surrounding air, compressing it at the edge of the fireball and creating a shockwave of vast size and power.After one second, the fireball would be roughly a mile in diameter. It would have cooled from its initial temperature of many millions of degrees to about 16,000 degrees Fahrenheit, roughly 4,000 degrees hotter than the surface of the sun.On a clear day with average weather conditions, the enormous heat and light from the fireball would almost instantly ignite fires over a total area of about 100 square miles.Hurricane of fire. Within seconds after the detonation, fires set within a few miles of the fireball would burn violently. These fires would force gigantic masses of heated air to rise, drawing cooler air from surrounding areas toward the center of the fire zone from all directions.As the massive winds drove flames into areas where fires had not yet fully developed,the fires set by the detonation would begin to merge. Within tens of minutes of the detonation, fires from near and far would join to form a single, gigantic fire. The energy released by this mass fire would be 15 to 50 times greater than the energy produced by the nuclear detonation.The mass fire, or firestorm, would quickly increase in intensity, heating enormous volumes of air that would rise at speeds approaching 300 miles per hour. This chimney effect would pull cool air from outside the fire zone towards the center of the fire at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour. These superheated ground winds of more than hurricane force would further intensify the fire. At the edge of the fire zone, the winds would be powerful enough to uproot trees three feet in diameter and suck people from outside the fire into it.The inrushing winds would drive the flames from burning buildings horizontally along the ground, filling city streets with flames and firebrands, breaking in doors and windows, and causing the fire to jump, sometimes hundreds of feet, swallowing anything not already violently combusting.These above-hurricane-force ground winds would have average air temperatures well above the boiling point of water. The targeted area would be transformed into a huge hurricane of fire, producing a lethal environment throughout the entire fire zone.Ground zero: Midtown Manhattan. The fireball would vaporize the structures directly below it and produce an immense blast wave and high-speed winds, crushing even heavily built concrete structures within a couple miles of ground zero. The blast would tear apart high-rise buildings and expose their contents to the solar temperatures; it would spread fires by exposing ignitable surfaces, releasing flammable materials, and dispersing burning materials.

At the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, about one half to three quarters of a mile from ground zero, light from the fireball would melt asphalt in the streets, burn paint off walls, and melt metal surfaces within a half second of the detonation. Roughly one second later, the blast wave and 750-mile-per-hour winds would arrive, flattening buildings and tossing burning cars into the air like leaves in a windstorm. Throughout Midtown, the interiors of vehicles and buildings in line of sight of the fireball would explode into flames.Slightly more than a mile from ground zero are the neighborhoods of Chelsea, Midtown East, and Lenox Hill, as well as the United Nations; at this distance, for a split second the fireball would shine 10,000 times brighter than a desert sun at noon.  All combustible materials illuminated by the fireball would spew fire and black smoke.Grass, vegetation, and leaves on trees would explode into flames; the surface of the ground would explode into superheated dust. Any flammable material inside buildings (paper, curtains, upholstery) that was directly exposed to the fireball would burst into flame. The surfaces of the bronze statues in front of the UN would melt; marble surfaces exposed to the fireball would crack, pop, and possibly evaporate.At this distance from the fireball, it would take about four seconds for the blast wave to arrive. As it passed over, the blast wave would engulf all structures and crush them; it would generate ferocious winds of 400 to 500 miles per hour that would persist for a few seconds.The high winds would tear structural elements from buildings and cause them to disintegrate explosively into smaller pieces. Some of these pieces would become destructive projectiles, causing further damage. The superheated, dust-laden winds would be strong enough to overturn trucks and buses.Two miles from ground zero, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with all its magnificent historical treasures, would be obliterated. Two and half miles from ground zero, in Lower Manhattan, the East Village, and Stuyvesant Town, the fireball would appear 2,700 times brighter than a desert sun at noon. There, thermal radiation would melt and warp aluminum surfaces, ignite the tires of autos, and turn exposed skin to charcoal, before the blast wave arrived and ripped apart the buildings.Three to nine miles from ground zero. Midtown is bordered by the relatively wide Hudson and East rivers, and fires would start simultaneously in large areas on both sides of these waterways (that is, in Queens and Brooklyn as well as Jersey City and West New York).  Although the direction of the fiery winds in regions near the river would be modified by the water, the overall wind pattern from these huge neighboring fire zones would be similar to that of a single mass fire, with its center at Midtown, Manhattan.Three miles from ground zero, in Union City, New Jersey, and Astoria, Queens, the fireball would be as bright as 1,900 suns and deliver more than five times the thermal energy deposited at the perimeter of the mass fire at Hiroshima. In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and in the Civic Center of Lower Manhattan, clothes worn by people in the direct line of sight of the fireball would burst into flames or melt, and uncovered skin would be charred, causing third-degree and fourth-degree burns.It would take 12 to 14 seconds for the blast wave to travel three miles after the fireball’s initial flash of light.  At this distance, the blast wave would last for about three seconds and be accompanied by winds of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Residential structures would be destroyed; high-rises would be at least heavily damaged.Fires would rage everywhere within five miles of ground zero. At a distance of 5.35 miles from the detonation, the light flash from the fireball would deliver twice the thermal energy experienced at the edge of the mass fire at Hiroshima. In Jersey City and Cliffside Park, and in Woodside in Queens, on Governors Island and in Harlem, the light and heat to surfaces would approximate that created by 600 desert suns at noon.Wind speed at this distance would be 70 to 100 miles per hour. Buildings of heavy construction would suffer little structural damage, but all exterior windows would be shattered, and non-supporting interior walls and doors would be severely damaged or blown down. Black smoke would effuse from wood houses as paint burned off surfaces and furnishings ignited.Six to seven miles from ground zero, from Moonachie, New Jersey, to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, from Yankee Stadium to Corona, Queens and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the fireball would appear 300 times brighter than the desert sun at noon. Anyone in the direct light of the fireball would suffer third degree burns to their exposed skin. The firestorm could engulf neighborhoods as far as seven miles away from ground zero, since these outlying areas would receive the same amount of heat as did the areas at the edge of the mass fire at Hiroshima.Nine miles from ground zero, in Hackensack, Bayonne, and Englewood, New Jersey, as well as in Richmond Hill, Queens, and Flatlands, Brooklyn, the fireball would be about 100 times brighter than the sun, bright enough to cause first- and second-degree burns to those in line of sight. About 36 seconds after the fireball, the shockwave would arrive and knock out all the windows, along with many interior building walls and some doors.No survivors. Within tens of minutes, everything within approximately five to seven miles of Midtown Manhattan would be engulfed by a gigantic firestorm. The fire zone would cover a total area of 90 to 152 square miles (230 to 389 square kilometers). The firestorm would rage for three to six hours. Air temperatures in the fire zone would likely average 400 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (200 to 260 Celsius).After the fire burned out, the street pavement would be so hot that even tracked vehicles could not pass over it for days. Buried, unburned material from collapsed buildings throughout the fire zone could burst into flames when exposed to air—months after the firestorm had ended.Those who tried to escape through the streets would have been incinerated by the hurricane-force winds filled with firebrands and flames. Even those able to find shelter in the lower-level sub-basements of massive buildings would likely suffocate from fire-generated gases or be cooked alive as their shelters heated to oven-like conditions.The fire would extinguish all life and destroy almost everything else. Tens of miles downwind of the area of immediate destruction, radioactive fallout would begin to arrive within a few hours of the detonation.But that is another story.Editor’s note: This article is adapted from “City on Fire” by Lynn Eden, originally published in the January 2004 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

White House presents Saudi nuke deal to Congress, but insists Riyadh recognize Israel-US official affirms Trump will only move forward if kingdom joins Abraham Accords — something Riyadh conditions on Israel allowing irreversible path to Palestinian statehood By Reuters and Jacob Magid
Today, 2:59 am-AUG 26,26

US President Donald Trump has sent Congress a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear energy while insisting the pact will only be approved if the kingdom normalizes relations with Israel, an administration official told The Times of Israel.The agreement, which was reached in July and would allow US companies to export civilian nuclear technology to the kingdom, was sent to Congress on Monday, according to the US official.The Saudi embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.It was not clear how Trump expects sending the nuclear deal to Congress, which has 90 session days to consider it, will advance his objectives.“The president’s position has not changed that the agreement will only move forward if Saudi Arabia joins the Abraham Accords,” the US official said in an email, referring to US-brokered agreements to normalize relations between Israel and Arab and Muslim-majority nations.Those accords, reached in 2020 and 2021, were between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco.Days after agreeing to the Saudi nuclear deal in July, Trump, who worked on a similar pact during his first term, set normalization as a condition for it to go into effect.The retroactive condition from Trump followed alarm from Israel and its supporters over the administration’s decision to proceed with the agreement without an Abraham Accords condition.The text of the agreement signed last month did not mention a requirement for Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel, an official familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel at the time.Former US president ​Joe Biden also pushed for a nuclear deal and wanted to tie it to the accords. Diplomats thought Riyadh was close to normalizing relations with Israel in 2023, but Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught against Israel and the ensuing Gaza war changed the landscape.Saudi Arabia has demanded an irreversible path to a Palestinian state before ​recognizing Israel — something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has rejected outright.The 30-year nuclear deal calls for the construction of AP1000 reactors, a project worth tens of billions of dollars that would benefit Westinghouse, jointly owned by Canada-based Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management.Some Democratic lawmakers and nonproliferation advocates have criticized the nuclear pact for not barring Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or reprocessing nuclear waste, two potential pathways for making a nuclear weapon. The UAE agreed to such measures, known as the gold standard, in its 2009 civil nuclear deal with Washington.The Trump administration says the deal has nonproliferation measures required by law.By starting the process, Trump has opened the possibility that Congress could allow the deal to proceed without normalization and proliferation stipulations, said Henry Sokolski, the head of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. “This is hardly ideal if you’re serious about no enrichment and recognition of Israel,” Sokolski said.

Rubio says no new Iran offensive for now as US focuses on economic pressure — report-Washington also bent on restoring shipping through Hormuz; Iran and Oman discuss temporary corridor; oil firms begin avoiding vessels on Iranian blacklist of ships By Nava Freiberg,Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 10:27 am-AUG 26,26

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told counterparts around the world that Washington does not currently expect to launch new offensive strikes against Iran, as the Trump administration shifts its focus to economic pressure and restoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Channel 12 reported Tuesday.Rubio did not rule out US military action if Iran initiates new hostilities, according to two sources familiar with the conversations.The change in emphasis comes as Washington imposes new sanctions on Tehran and pushes to normalize traffic through the vital waterway. At the same time, Iran warned that the strait will remain closed unless the United States ends the war, nearly six months after the US and Israel launched their offensive, and fulfills commitments Tehran says Washington violated according to a June memorandum of understanding.The US approach is expected to remain in place at least through the country’s midterm elections in early November, after which the possibility of a broader military campaign could again be considered, according to the Channel 12 report.US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday laid out new sanctions on Iran, which he called “economic asphyxiation,” warning that countries that do not support the US economic campaign would “share in the isolation” of the Islamic Republic.The Treasury Department said the expanded sanctions would target Iran’s digital assets and technology, gold, aviation and shipping sectors, with measures affecting entities in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Europe.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the new US sanctions, saying Washington was exacting a “steep price” from Iran and “those who assist its continued aggression.”Hormuz mine-clearing-US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US Navy had cleared mines from the strait’s Traffic Separation Scheme, the main shipping corridor between Oman and Iran.Channel 12 reporter Barak Ravid, who also reports for Axios, cited US officials with direct knowledge as confirming Trump’s announcement.Over the past several months, US Navy underwater drones systematically scanned the area and identified more than 100 objects suspected of being mines, according to Axios. Private contractors were then brought in to remove or detonate them.US officials said the operation had made it safe for vessels to transit the strait in both directions under US Air Force protection, potentially allowing a significant increase in tanker traffic.They argued that removing the mines reduced Iran’s leverage over global energy markets and in any future negotiations with Washington.Iran rejected Washington’s account on Wednesday, with Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi calling claims that the mines had been cleared “propaganda deception” and warning that Tehran would target US minesweepers that enter the area.Gharibabadi said Iran would not allow military vessels from any country to pass through Hormuz and would continue monitoring commercial vessels seeking to cross.“We closed the Strait of Hormuz before the United States imposed an economic blockade because the United States failed to fulfill its commitments under the memorandum of understanding,” he said, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.“Before any action is taken to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the United States must fully implement all of the commitments it has violated,” Gharibabadi said, calling on Washington to end the war and lift its blockade.Iran has blockaded the strait, which normally carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas exports, while Washington has imposed a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports.Iran and Oman discuss temporary corridor-At the same time, Iran and Oman continued discussing a temporary transit corridor and a joint mine-clearing project aimed at allowing some traffic through the strait.During talks in Tehran, the countries’ foreign ministers discussed a “phased framework” that would establish a “joint temporary navigational corridor through the Strait of Hormuz” and a joint project to clear mines from the waterway.Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said Tuesday that he hoped the two countries would “soon announce” the temporary corridor.“Future management of the strait and a permanent solution will follow in due course,” he wrote on X.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the proposed framework as evidence that Tehran’s “commitment to peace and stability is matched by steadfast diplomacy with our neighbors.”Oil firms respond to Iran’s ship blacklist-At least three Indian oil refiners and a major global energy company plan to stop using vessels included on a new Iranian blacklist, including for ship-to-ship transfers, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.Tehran on Sunday published a list of 45 ships it said had violated its rules for crossing the Strait of Hormuz and threatened action against vessels that transfer cargo with them.The named vessels could be fined, detained and have their cargoes confiscated, according to a post on X from the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a new body set up by Iran to manage the strait.Some of the listed tankers are owned or chartered by Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. They have been used to shuttle crude oil, refined products and liquefied natural gas through the strait for ship-to-ship transfers off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates or Sohar, Oman, according to shipping data.Those shuttle runs have helped maintain Gulf oil flows despite Iran’s restrictions on shipping through Hormuz.Several charterers and shipping companies are now discussing whether to continue such operations, Reuters reported.“We will avoid our chartered vessels dealing or STS or anything to do with non-compliant ships for Middle Eastern cargos,” said one of the sources, who works at an Indian refinery.Ana Subasic, a trade risk analyst at ship-tracking firm Kpler, said compliance-sensitive buyers were likely to avoid the blacklisted vessels, though trade would probably shift to alternative ships, counter-parties or transfer locations rather than disappear.“The key issue is contagion,” she said, warning that if Iran follows through on threats against vessels dealing with blacklisted tankers, it could reduce the pool of willing shipowners and buyers while increasing freight, insurance and risk costs.Iran previously attacked several of the vessels included on the list.Oil prices continued to decline on Wednesday as concerns over another military flare-up in the Middle East receded.

Israel raids homes of Palestinians freed in Gaza deals, says they got ‘pay-to-slay’ stipends-Forces confiscate five cars and hundreds of thousands of shekels in cash and jewelry from homes in East Jerusalem, police and Defense Ministry sayBy Noam Lehmann Today, 3:10 pm-AUG 26,26

Israeli forces raided the East Jerusalem homes of Palestinian former prisoners who were freed in exchange for hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and who have been getting “cash benefits from the Palestinian Authority for the terrorist acts they committed,” the police and Defense Ministry said Wednesday.The joint statement did not specify when the raids took place.Officers from the ministry’s Bureau for Counter-Terror Financing confiscated hundreds of thousands of shekels in cash, five vehicles and jewelry worth NIS 96,000 ($32,400), the statement said.The seizure complied with a repossession order signed by Defense Minister Israel Katz against released Palestinian prisoners who still receive the PA stipends that Israel refers to as “pay-to-slay” payments, according to the statement.The PA had a longstanding stipend scheme providing benefits to Palestinians arrested for terror offenses or the families of those killed while carrying out attacks. Amid international pressure, and in a bid to position Ramallah as a governing alternative to Hamas in Gaza, PA President Mahmoud Abbas last year enacted a welfare program that the PA insists ended the payments.An external audit earlier this year suggested the welfare reform was in effect. The reform tied welfare recipients’ stipends to their financial situation rather than time served or their actions, sparking protests in the West Bank.However, Washington and Jerusalem have remained doubtful.According to the police and Defense Ministry statement, former prisoners whose homes were raided over stipend payments included Ahed al-Natsheh, a Hamas operative convicted of planning a pair of 2001 attacks in Jerusalem, one of which wounded a dozen people; and Muhammad Abad, a Fatah operative convicted of planning a 2002 suicide bombing in Jerusalem.Both were released under the second ceasefire deal with Hamas that was reached in January 2025.Palestinian Jerusalem-based outlet Al-Qastal reported that two other prisoners released in that deal were summoned for interrogation on Wednesday after Israeli forces raided their homes in the East Jerusalem area of Silwan.They were named as Muhammad Farroukh and Amir Farroukh, members of a group the Shin Bet busted in 2017 that carried out several firebombings and other attacks in the capital and that was planning shootings at the time, according to the security agency.Hamas-led terrorists abducted 251 hostages to Gaza during the October 7 onslaught, while massacring men, women and children in their homes, at a rave and in shelters, killing some 1,200 people, most of them civilians.Throughout the war in Gaza Israel reached several ceasefire deals with Hamas and eventually freed some 4,000 jailed Palestinian terrorists, security prisoners, Gazan terror suspects detained during the war and the bodies of Palestinian terrorists.