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)
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN
REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD OVER ALL CASES 154,174,142 DEAD 3,226,724 AS OF TUE MAY 04,21
I GUESS RICK SANTORUM WAS ON PROPAGANDIST CHRIS CUOMOS SHOW WHICH I NEVER SEEN. BUT AT 10PM PROPAGANDIST DON LEMON RACE BAITER-CAME ON YAPPIN WITH CUOMO. AND HE WAS HOPPIN MAD WHAT SANTORUM SAID TO CUOMO. THEN AFTER CUOMO LOVES LEMON. HE SAYS. LEMON WINES TO HIS REGULAR SHOW. THEN HE YAPS ABOUT CERTAIN REPUBLICANS SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT STILL STICKING UP FOR TRUMP. I HAVE A FEELING THE LEMON-AIDS OF CNN IS JELOUS BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS ARE STICKING TOGETHER. AND THE DEMOLIBNUTS ARE IN FIGHTING OVER WHO CAN RACE BAIT THE BEST. AS THEY DISINTEGRATE AMERICA INTO THE NEXT 3RD WORLD COUNTRY.
EU drug agency starts evaluating Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year olds-European Medicines Agency says it will carry out ‘accelerated assessment of data’ on shot when submitted by its producers-By AFP and TOI staff-3 May 2021, 7:50 pm
Europe’s medicines watchdog said Monday that it had begun evaluating the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, after a similar request in the United States.Its possible authorization for children is seen as a crucial step toward achieving herd immunity.The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee “will carry out an accelerated assessment of data submitted by the company that markets Comirnaty,” said an EMA statement — referring to vaccine’s brand name.This included results from a large ongoing clinical study involving adolescents from 12 years of age, the Amsterdam-based agency said.The agency would announce its findings in June “unless supplementary information is needed,” the statement added.Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday asked the European regulator to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine, after filing a similar request with the US authorities earlier in April.Their vaccine is currently only approved for use on people aged 16 and over.The move comes after phase 3 trial data showed the vaccine provided “robust antibody responses” and was 100-percent effective in warding off the disease among those aged 12 to 15, the companies said.If approved, the green light would apply to all 27 European Union member states.Pfizer and BioNTech added that they also planned to seek clearance from “other regulatory authorities worldwide.”No coronavirus vaccines are currently authorized for use by children.While children and teenagers are less likely to develop severe COVID, they make up a large part of the population, and inoculating them — to prevent them from infecting others — is considered key to ending the pandemic.Getting older children vaccinated before the next school year begins would also ease the strain on parents juggling the demands of homeschooling and work.“It’s very important to enable children (to make) a return to their normal school lives and allow them to meet with family and friends,” Ugur Sahin, co-founder and CEO Germany’s BioNTech told German weekly Der Spiegel last week.BioNTech and Pfizer are also racing to get their shot approved for younger kids, from six months upwards.The BioNTech/Pfizer shot, based on mRNA technology, was the first COVID-19 jab to be approved in the West late last year.Israel is already making preparations to launch a vaccination drive of 12- to 15-year-olds following its adult inoculation campaign, which has given the Pfizer-BioNTech shots to over half the population. Health officials have said the program will start as soon as US authorities approve the vaccines for use with children.Last month, Israel signed deals to purchase millions of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccine doses to ready the country for another campaign that would also include young adolescences.The Israeli Pediatric Associated has called for parents and family doctors to vaccinate their children when the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved for those children. Currently, the vaccine has emergency authorization for use in people 16 and older.
104 North American Jews fulfill Jeremiah’s prophecy returning to Israel-by Video Manager | Apr 28, 2021 | News Videos
And there is hope for your future —declares Hashem: Your children shall return to their country. Jeremiah 31:16 (The Israel BibleTM)-104 Jewish Americans and Canadians have made Aliyah on Monday. The newest naturalized citizens of Israel arrived in the Holy Land via Nefesh b’Nefesh charter flight.The Nefesh b’Nefesh organization enables Jewish people in North America to become Israeli citizens through the Aliyah process.“Honestly, it just feels really good to be home,” said one arrival.“I dreamt about this since I was a child,” said another elderly Olah.Another couple said that they made “100 trips to Israel” adding that they “now feel like they’re part of the land.”The idea of the Jewish people ingathering from the exile has been prophesied in the book of Jeremiah:And there is hope for your future —declares Hashem: Your children shall return to their country. (Jeremiah 31:16)-Welcome home.
Israel to fly planeloads of medical aid to virus-wracked India-Shipments will include oxygen generators, ventilators; non-government organizations join effort; deliveries to arrive this week-By TOI staff-MAY 4,21-Today, 12:24 am
The Foreign Ministry said Monday that it is sending planeloads of medical equipment, including respirators, oxygen generators, and medicines to India, where the health system is collapsing under a wave of resurgent coronavirus infectionsThe shipments will include hundreds of oxygen generators, ventilators, and medical equipment that are urgently needed by India, the ministry said in a statement.The first batches will be sent Tuesday and the rest throughout the week.“India is one of Israel’s closest and most important friends. Especially in this difficult period that India is going through, we stand by it and are sending life-saving equipment to our Indian brethren,” said Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.Several ministries and other government bodies, including the Israeli and Indian embassies in each country, were involved in setting up the operation, the ministry said.In addition, the ministry’s Economics Division worked with key organizations such as the Israel-India Chamber of Commerce, the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers Association of Israel, the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, and the government-funded Israel Export Institute.The Startup Nation Central non-profit called on Israeli companies that work with Indian counterparts to join in the effort to build the Israeli aid package.Additional help came from Amdocs, a software and communications company, which donated 150 oxygen generators, the statement said. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which describes itself as the largest Jewish humanitarian organization in the world, will also donate equipment to India, including some for the Jewish community in Mumbai.Last week the Kan public broadcaster reported that an unofficial request for medical equipment, including oxygen supplies and various drugs, was made to the Israeli embassy in India.Israel and India have cooperated in the past on the coronavirus and last April, the New Delhi government reportedly sent Israel five tons of the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which are used to treat malaria. At the time, the drugs were being reviewed in various countries as a possible treatment for the coronavirus.On Sunday, India recorded a slight drop in new infections with 392,488, down from a high of 401,993 in the previous 24 hours. It also reported 3,689 additional deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 215,542. Experts believe both figures are an undercount.Other countries, including the US and Britain, have also said they will send assistance.
Minister said to muzzle police chief request for Meron probe commission-Reports say police document prepared before event specifically warned of danger at the site of the deadly crush that killed 45 and wounded dozens-By TOI staff-MAY 4,21-Today, 2:18 am
Public Security Minister Amir Ohana reportedly told Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai to drop a request for a state commission of inquiry into the deadly Meron festival disaster, Channel 13 News reported Monday.There have been increasing demands for a state probe of the tragedy at Lag B’Omber celebrations last week when 45 people were killed in a crush and over 150 injured.During a meeting of senior police commanders, Shabtai declared that he would make a formal request to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to set up a state commission of inquiry, the report said.At some point during the Monday morning meeting, Ohana arrived and, after learning of Shabtai’s intention, asked to speak with the chief in private. When they returned to the room, Northern District Commander Shimon Lavi also voiced his request for a state inquiry, at which point Ohana asked to speak with him too, in private, according to the report.What was said between the minister and the two police officers was not reported but no request has been made by Shabtai to Mandelblit, the report said.Police said in response that during the meeting Shabtai had demanded that an investigative committee be established to examine the circumstances of the disaster and the role of all relevant organizations. Other options were also raised, including by Shabtai himself, the statement said.Ohana spoke with the police chief and others both before and after the meeting, but before any final decision was taken on the matter the State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman announced a special probe of the disaster, which is nonetheless not a state inquiry commission.“Therefore, it was decided, at this stage, to wait for the outcome,” the police said.A statement on behalf of Ohana said that “as usual, in the past few days attempts are made to attribute to the minister and police claims and actions that have no relation to the truth. So also in this case.”Later in the day Attorney General, Mandelblit ruled there is no legal obstacle that would prevent the current caretaker government from forming a state commission of inquiry.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Hebrew media reports, fears the political repercussions of such an inquiry.The tragedy occurred early Friday, as thousands streamed through a narrow walkway that was covered with metal flooring and may have been wet, causing some people to fall underfoot during the rush for the exit. Some apparently fell on the walkway and down a flight of stairs at its end, toppling onto those below and precipitating a fatal crushing domino effect.As attention moved from the tragedy of the lost lives, many of who were children or teenagers, the focus was being directed on the organization of annual Lag B’Omer events at Mount Meron where various ultra-Orthodox sects hold bonfire ceremonies in adjacent compounds on the side of the mountain around the gravesite of the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.The site, the second-most visited religious site in Israel after the Western Wall, appears to have become a kind of extraterritorial zone, with separate ultra-Orthodox sects organizing their own events and their own access arrangements, no overall supervision, and police routinely pressured by government ministers and ultra-Orthodox politicians not to object.Channel 13 reported that a police assessment ahead of this year’s Lag B’Omer events warned of the dangers of overcrowding at access points as well as the possibility of structures collapsing.In particular, the document alerted of overcrowding in the Toldot Aharon compound, the scene of the crush, and urged that the area be expanded.“Despite the addition of extra bleachers, it is evident that the area is too small to contain the numbers of celebrants,” the document said. “There, preparations should be made to expand it…and to widen the exit.”The order was not followed through.The police document noted that the fire lighting ceremony that occurs in the Toldot Aharon compound is not suitable for the location “since the number of participants is more than the compound can hold.According to Channel 13, a bonfire lighting ceremony in the compound was permitted to have a maximum of 3,000 participants, whereas in fact there were 12,000.In general, the document warned that taking into account the space needed between each bonfire and the number of different compounds set up, “we have reached the limit of capacity.”It also noted that there is particularly dangerous overcrowding at Meron between the hours 12.30 a.m. and 4.30 a.m.“Consideration should be given to limiting the number of fires which will bring down the size of the crowd at the mount,” the police document advised.The disaster happened at around 1.00 a.m. Friday morning.Channel 13 reported police had provided the National Center for the Development of Holy Places a list of shortcomings at the site that needed to be corrected.However, according to information obtained by the station, during a meeting to approve this year’s celebrations the center’s chief engineer said that all the faults were corrected. The minutes from the meeting have been passed on to the Lahav 433 nation serious crime unit, the report said.A police source told the station that the force was shown authorizations showing that the shortcomings had been corrected.However, Channel 12 quoted the engineering firm that did the work as saying they had provided police with a list of issues that needed fixing.The center, which sits under the Religious Affairs Ministry refused to comment on the report, the station said.The station further said that police fear that some of the sects that operate compounds at Mount Meron may be trying to remove evidence from the scene to disrupt the investigation. Police have noticed unknown people who were seen taking documents from Mount Meron after the disaster, the report said.Multiple reports in Hebrew media outlets indicated that there had been immense pressure by religious lawmakers ahead of the festivities to ensure that there would be no limits placed on the number of attendees due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 100,000 ultra-Orthodox pilgrims ultimately attended the event; a framework drawn up by the Health Ministry, in consultation with other government officials, police, and others, would have limited the event to 9,000 participants but was not implemented.
Rivlin said set to ask Lapid to form coalition, won’t give mandate to Bennett-Reports say president believes tasking Yamina leader with building a government would be tantamount to giving Netanyahu a second chance-By TOI staff-MAY 4,21-Today, 1:07 am
President Reuven Rivlin will likely tap Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid with forming the next government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to do so by the Tuesday night deadline, but will likely not consider offering it to Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, according to Hebrew media reports.Netanyahu was given the first opportunity to cobble together a coalition, on April 6, after receiving 52 recommendations to Lapid’s 45.Rivlin, who as Israel’s president is tasked with mandating a lawmaker to form a government, can give Netanyahu an extension after his 28 days end Tuesday night, hand the mandate to another lawmaker, or send it to the Knesset for a 21-day period, after which fifth elections would automatically be called if no one can form a government.The president prefers the second option, according to Hebrew media reports Monday, and is slated to transfer the government-forming mandate to Lapid as he received the second most recommendations when Rivlin consulted with party representatives after the March 23.Rivlin could also offer Bennett the chance to form a government, but the reports, citing senior political sources, said the president was unlikely to take this route. Even if Netanyahu and a majority of right-wing lawmakers choose to alter their recommendations to Rivlin in order to back Bennett, the president is not expected to transfer the mandate to the Yamina chair, the reports said.This is because the move would largely be seen as an attempt to provide an extension for Netanyahu to form the government after he failed to do so for the past month, senior political figures who have spoken with Rivlin told Channel 12 and Ha’aretz.Moreover, it would nullify the initial recommendations made by parties following the election, which are not meant to be subject to change.“There is no reason why the mandate should not go to Lapid unless Bennett were to publicly announce that he has no interest in a ‘change’ government,” one senior political source told Haaretz, referring to the coalition of anti-Netanyahu parties seeking to oust the Likud leader.While Bennett insists that he prefers joining a right-wing government, he noted again Monday that Netanyahu lacks the votes to form such a coalition and has said that Yamina is negotiating with Lapid to form a unity government as an alternative.“Rivlin will not lend a hand to a political ploy in which Netanyahu will recommend Bennett, only to preserve the chances of an incumbent prime minister to send Israel back to the polls. If the scenario in which Netanyahu forms a right-wing government were possible, one would have been formed already,” the source added.The official told Haaretz that it was also unlikely that Rivlin would send the matter to the Knesset to decide as this would likely be sentencing Israel to a fifth election in barely two years.If the mandate goes to the Knesset, an absolute majority, of at least 61 of the 120 MKs, would be needed to vote in favor of a particular lawmaker to form the next government, and “there is no chance that the (the majority-Arab) Joint List and Ra’am parties will sign off on Bennett’s appointments,” the source said.With less than two days remaining for him to form a coalition, Netanyahu said Monday that he was ready to step aside as premier and let Bennett serve as prime minister first in a rotation agreement — a proposal immediately dismissed by Bennett, who said in response that Netanyahu simply doesn’t have the votes.Meanwhile, opposition leader Lapid said he expected Rivlin to task him with forming a government “if nothing surprising happens” before Tuesday night, but that he would willing to let Bennett serve first as prime minister in any rotation agreement between them.Meanwhile, Channel 13 reported Monday night that Lapid has offered Bennett to become prime minister first in their power-sharing agreement for a period of 2 years and three months, after which Bennett would be appointed foreign minister and Lapid would assume the premiership.Lapid is also promising a senior portfolio for Yamina’s Ayelet Shaked (either interior or public security), and two or three additional portfolios for members of the seven-MK right-wing party, if a government is formed.Lapid is also willing to give Bennett’s right-wing bloc within a prospective unity coalition wide veto powers, the network said.Netanyahu, by contrast, has offered that Bennett becomes prime minister first in a rotation deal, but only for a year; a senior portfolio for Shaked; and for Yamina to be eventually merged with Likud in a future election race.Though Yamina won just seven seats in the March election, Bennett has become a potential kingmaker and even king.The last elections, the fourth since April 2019, ended in gridlock, with Netanyahu’s right-wing religious bloc again coming short of a ruling majority, in part because three right-wing parties ran with the declared goal of replacing him.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
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 (AMERICA) 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.
031 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)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
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,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AM
Suspected balloon-borne bombs from Gaza land in south for first time in months-Sappers called to remove devices that touched down in a field just east of the Strip, amid rising tensions between Israel and Palestinians-By Judah Ari Gross-MAY 4,21-Today, 12:16 am
Two balloons carrying suspected explosive devices that were apparently launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Monday, local authorities said in the first such attacks in months.According to the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council, the suspected bombs were found in agricultural fields in the community of Kfar Aza, east of Gaza Residents of the area reported seeing additional balloons overhead throughout the afternoon. It was not immediately clear where they landed.Police sappers were called to remove the suspected explosives from Kfar Aza.Once a regular phenomenon, balloons carrying explosives and incendiary devices have largely stopped being launched into Israel by Palestinian terrorist groups, following a ceasefire brokered between Jerusalem and Hamas last year.These were the first such balloons to land in Israel in several months.The apparent airborne attack comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and Palestinian groups over the Palestinian Authority’s decision to indefinitely postpone elections planned for later this month. Hamas, the de facto ruler of Gaza, has condemned the PA’s move, calling it a “coup.”Earlier this month, terrorists in Gaza launched dozens of rockets at southern Israel. Most of these landed in open fields where they caused no injury or damage, but a few struck inside Israeli communities with shrapnel hitting buildings and vehicles. No Israelis have been injured directly by the rockets or shells, but a number of people were hurt while running to bomb shelters or required medical assistance after suffering acute panic attacks from the sirens.
Islamist party chief Abbas condemns terror attack, calls victims ‘innocents’Unusual statement comes amid mounting pressure on far-right leader Smotrich to accept coalition with the conservative Arab Ra’am, which he has called ‘terror supporting’-By Aaron Boxerman-3 May 2021, 11:19 pm
Ra’am party chief Mansour Abbas implicitly condemned on Monday a recent Palestinian terror attack at Tapuach Junction in the West Bank that left three Israeli yeshiva students injured.Abbas said that the Israelis who were shot on Sunday were “innocents” and said he hoped to one day live together with them in peace. The three wounded Israelis were studying at a yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Itamar.“As one who has formulated Ra’am’s vision, a vision of peace and mutual security, partnership and tolerance between peoples, I unequivocally oppose any harm to innocents and call for the preservation of human life and to give hope that we can live together in peace,” Abbas said.However, his comments sparked a backlash in his own party.“We stand completely behind our people the Palestinians and condemn all the actions of the occupation and the settlers against our people,” wrote fellow Ra’am MK Walid Taha.“The position of Ra’am supports the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa mosque,” he said, referring to the Muslim holy site on the Temple Mount.Sunday’s shooting was followed by several apparent retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers, including the storming of a Palestinian village in the predawn hours of Monday morning, where the settlers threw rocks and stun grenades, and started fires.The conservative Islamist Ra’am is key to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes to remain in power and avoid a fifth round of elections in little more than two years. In a rare move for an Arab Israeli politician, Abbas has expressed willingness to back a right-wing government in order to advance legislative priorities for his community.While Abbas’s former colleagues in the predominantly Arab Joint List party regularly denounce terror attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, they most often append criticism of Israel’s military rule over the Palestinians.Abbas did no such thing on Monday, merely adding: “My path is tolerance and peace between peoples and nations, and I have always worked to reconcile people in every legal way without quarrels and without wars, including within Arab society.”Abbas’s statements come as the clock winds down on Netanyahu’s mandate to form a new government. The premier has until midnight on Tuesday to form one, or else risk seeing one of his rivals take his seat.It remains unclear whether Netanyahu can yet form a coalition, however. Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich — whose seven seats are key to any right-wing, Netanyahu-led government — is vehemently opposed to any government that depends on Ra’am’s support.“We will not be a partner in any government that leans actively or by the abstention of Ra’am or other terror supporters,” Smotrich said last month.Channel 12 said Smotrich was unswayed by Abbas’ remarks.Ra’am party officials had previously ruled out supporting Smotrich’s anti-Arab party in government. But Abbas has backtracked in recent days, hinting that he would be willing to back Smotrich from outside the government.With the risk that Netanyahu will be forced to return his mandate to President Reuven Rivlin approaching with each passing day, some far-right rabbis have come out in favor of a government backed by the Islamists.The ultra-nationalist Rabbi Tzvi Tau released a letter in which he expressed grudging support for Ra’am playing a role in a Netanyahu-led government. It would be a “desecration of the Lord’s name” for Ra’am to enter the government, he conceded, but that would be trumped by the “sanctification of God’s name” that would ensue should Netanyahu remain in power.“The sanctification will be greater than the desecration,” wrote Tau, who directs the Har Hamor Yeshiva and whose Noam faction within Zionist Union campaigned almost exclusively on opposing gay rights.Others, however, have backed Smotrich’s position. Fifty-five rabbis signed a public petition condemning any partnership with Ra’am in late April, including the prominent Rabbi Shlomo Aviner — and the very same Tau who would later publicly support it.Rabbi Haim Druckman, who directs the Or Etzion yeshiva, said in a video statement on Monday that no Israeli government could rely on the support of those whom he euphemistically deemed “others.”“Of course, our right-wing government [must] depend on Jews who vote for it, and not others. No ‘others’ will crown our government…. The government must be based on Jews,” Druckman said, sitting side-by-side with Smotric.According to reports, Abbas and Druckman met for more than an hour Monday, following pressure from Netanyahu’s associates in an attempt to sway the rabbi.
Iran a key topic as US envoy Blinken meets UK counterpart in first trip abroad-Secretary’s visit to London comes amid mounting speculation of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, which was feature of JCPOA talks as well-By Pan Pylas-3 May 2021, 10:17 pm
LONDON (AP) — Iran is expected to be a key topic in talks Monday between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his host in London, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.The two envoys donned face masks and fist-bumped before heading into the talks, a day ahead of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations’ first face-to-face discussions in two years, involving foreign and development ministers. The UK holds this year’s G-7 presidency.Blinken’s visit to London, his first since being appointed by US President Joe Biden, comes amid mounting speculation of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran. Prisoner exchanges are not uncommon and were a feature of the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and the world’s leading powers. Biden has indicated that he is looking to restart nuclear talks with Tehran after his predecessor, Donald Trump, pulled the US out of the agreement.In Britain, there is particular interest in the well-being of a British-Iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who last week was sentenced in Iran to an additional year in prison, on charges of spreading “propaganda against the system.”Touched down in London and glad to be welcomed by @USAinUK. It was eight years ago that the UK, our indispensable Ally, last hosted the @G7 presidency. It’s good to be back among partners and allies for these discussions. pic.twitter.com/q1afyAxXNI — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 2, 2021-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government is doing what it can, amid reports in Iran that Britain would pay a 400 million-pound ($550 million) debt to secure Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release.“We, of course, make sure that we do everything we can to look after the interests of Nazanin and all the very difficult dual national cases we have in Tehran,” he said.Earlier Monday, Blinken held bilateral talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on an array of subjects including the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, as well as raising concerns over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.On Tuesday, the full G-7 — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US — will meet along with representatives from other countries, including Australia, India and South Africa.Today, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and I discussed our joint efforts to combat the climate crisis and COVID-19. We also stressed trilateral cooperation with Japan to address shared security challenges, including the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. pic.twitter.com/eubpea8K9z — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 3, 2021-Ahead of the gathering, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned that “authoritarian states” around the world are “trying to play us against each other,” and that breaches of international law have become commonplace.“It is important that we hold our values of democracy, state of law, human rights, and a global order based on rules against them, united and credibly,” he said.Before the meeting, Britain’s Foreign Office said the G-7 ministers will invest $15 billion in development finance over the next two years to help women in developing countries access jobs, build resilient businesses, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic.They are also expected to establish new targets to get 40 million more girls into school and 20 million more girls in poorer nations reading by the age of 10, by 2026.
Palestinians torch vehicle used in shooting attack as IDF arrives to seize it-Clashes break out between Palestinians and soldiers who converge on West Bank village of Aqraba to seize grey van-By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff-3 May 2021, 9:18 pm
The vehicle that is believed to have been used in a drive-by shooting attack at a northern West Bank junction leaving three Israelis wounded was found outside a nearby Palestinian village on Monday.Photos of the car began circulating on Palestinian social media showing that it was hit by at least two bullets, one of which shattered the back windshield and the other hit the trunk door. That matched the claims by soldiers at the scene, who said they returned fire at the vehicle after the driver shot and gravely wounded two Israeli teenagers, and a third lightly.Shortly after the spotting of the vehicle outside the town of Aqraba, Israel Defense Forces troops arrived at the scene in order to confiscate the evidence. Clashes subsequently broke out between the soldiers and Palestinian locals, who managed to set the van alight before it was seized by the troops.Channel 12 reported that the security establishment believes the grey Hyundai belongs to a Hamas member who lives in Aqraba and that forces will be able to track down the suspect in the coming day.The military and Shin Bet security service, meanwhile, were continuing their search efforts on Monday for the terrorists who committed the shooting attack on Sunday evening at Tapuah Junction.The IDF had initially said that it was believed there was only one assailant behind the attack, but on Monday said they were looking for more than one suspect.According to Beilinson Hospital, where the three were taken, one of the victims, Yehuda Guetta, 19, from Jerusalem, remained in critical condition as of Monday morning, with a head wound, and doctors fearing for his life.Benaya Peretz, 19, from Beit She’an, who was shot in the back, remained in very serious condition. The third victim, Amichai Hala from Safed, also 19, was released from the hospital to recover from his wounds at home.The attack came amid heightened tensions in the West Bank after the Palestinian Authority announced it was indefinitely delaying elections planned for later this month, blaming the decision on ostensible Israeli refusal to allow PA voting in East Jerusalem.The IDF also bolstered its forces in the West Bank for the month of Ramadan, a period that regularly sees an uptick in violence.Sunday’s shooting was followed by several apparent retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers, including the storming of a Palestinian village in the predawn hours of Monday morning, where they threw rocks and stun grenades, and started fires.Clashes broke out between the residents of Jaloud village and the Israelis from the nearby Shiloh settlement, whereupon the Israel Defense Forces and Border Police attempted to break up the fighting by firing rubber-coated bullets and other riot dispersal weapons — though only at the Palestinians, injuring four of them in the process.Eleven Palestinian residents of the village were arrested by the IDF. No settlers were arrested, even though several police vehicles’ tires were punctured by the Israelis.
