JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 14 - ISRAEL,USA HAMMER IRAN.
THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.
JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI, ISLAM) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
Interview'The likelihood of success in toppling the regime is slim'War aimed at preventing Iranian nukes may actually lead to them, ex-IDF expert warns-Danny Citrinowicz, IDF’s former top Iran researcher, fears regime will try and break out toward a bomb in response to killing of its supreme leader, whose policy was to keep Tehran at threshold-By Jacob Magid-Today, 3:53 pm-MAR 13,26
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei saw his nuclear strategy blow up in his face when an Israeli strike killed him on the first day of the war Jerusalem launched together with the United States against the Islamic Republic on February 28.For decades, Khamenei had a policy of developing the ability to build a nuclear weapon, while holding off on actually doing so.Khamenei’s threshold nuclear strategy was designed to pose a deterrent to US and Israeli attacks, while staying true to his 2005 religious ban on nuclear weapons.The scheme didn’t save Iran from crippling US sanctions imposed by both Democratic and Republican administrations, but until last year’s 12-Day War, Tehran avoided paying a kinetic price.Unmoved by the massive damage inflicted on his country’s three main nuclear sites last June, Khamenei directed his negotiators to continue insisting that Iran retain the right to enrich uranium in talks with the US last month.For US President Donald Trump, a deal with Iran offered the opportunity to block Tehran’s path to a nuclear weapon. But the sanctions relief Washington needed to give in exchange would have strengthened a destabilizing regime when it was at its weakest.Untrusting of Iran’s intentions, Trump authorized the launch of Operation Epic Fury, rather than allow his top aides to convene for another round of talks.The past two weeks have seen a relentless US-Israeli bombing campaign that has shaken the foundations of the entire region, with countries in the Gulf and beyond finding themselves the targets of much of Iran’s retaliation.While the US and Israel are hoping this war strips Iran of the capability to obtain a nuclear weapon — let alone the ability to use it — a former top Iran analyst for the Israel Defense Forces argues that it may have an opposite effect, as the preemptive US-Israeli strikes once and for all proved Khamenei’s threshold strategy ineffective.So now, Iran is left with two choices: abandon its nuclear program entirely or rush to a bomb.Danny Citrinowicz, who headed the Iran branch of the Israeli Military Intelligence’s Research and Analysis Division, maintains that a threatened Iran is more likely to choose option two, particularly given that it is now led by Khamenei’s son Mojtaba, who is determined to avenge the deaths of his family members killed along with his father in the war’s opening strike.Regime change would solve this most fateful of crises, and while Israel has been unambiguous about that being a primary goal, the US has stopped short of following suit. Trump has said he would like to pick Iran’s next leader and has urged the Iranian people to rise up against the regime once the bombing stops, but he is also insisting that the war will soon wrap up.“The likelihood of success in toppling the regime is slim, and by taking kinetic action, you’re pushing the Iranians to cross the Rubicon on the nuclear file,” Citrinowicz said in an interview this week with The Times of Israel.“This is what I’m afraid of — that this war will not prevent Iran from getting a bomb, but actually accelerate its plans to do so,” he added.In the lengthy interview, Citrinowicz explained why each side’s misunderstanding of the other doomed the nuclear talks to fail. He also stressed the importance and difficulty of recovering Iran’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium now that the war is being waged.The former IDF analyst cautioned against assumptions that Trump will be able to unilaterally declare victory to end the conflict, while suggesting that further military achievement will not translate to an improvement in Israel’s strategic position in the region.‘Dialogue of the deaf’Citrinowicz characterized the February negotiations that preceded the war as a “dialogue of the deaf,” with the US convinced that Iran would capitulate completely if pressured enough.While Iran, in the talks, continued to insist on maintaining the right to enrich uranium, mediating Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said Tehran had agreed not to stockpile the uranium it was enriching.Related: He led IDF intel gathering on Iran, was ignored and fears Israel is now paying price-“That was an important development because it meant that Iran was only seeking to maintain its enrichment project as a means of saving face,” maintained Citrinowicz, who is currently a senior fellow at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies.“If you wanted to prevent Iran from building a bomb, and that is really what the Iranians have offered, then this kind of an agreement wasn’t a bad option,” he said, noting that it would also include an inspections regime, so nothing would have come down to simply trusting the Islamic Republic.“The problem is that an agreement prevents the Iranians from reaching a bomb, but strengthens the regime, while [a military strike] weakens the regime, but strengthens its [resolve] to reach a bomb,” Citrinowicz said, suggesting that the US effectively chose the latter option.Asked if a way could be found around that dilemma, the INSS scholar acknowledged the difficulty in doing so when trust between the sides is so low.An agreement prevents Iranians from reaching a bomb, but strengthens the regime,” Citrinowicz said. A strike “weakens the regime, but strengthens its [resolve] to reach a bomb.“In the Iranian view, they agreed to negotiate twice, and both times the US and Israel attacked. So I don’t think we’ll see the Omani-mediated process being discussed anytime soon,” Citrinowicz said, referring to the 2025 US-Iranian talks that preceded the war in June.‘Victory’ requires seizing highly enriched uranium-Citrinowicz speculated that Netanyahu will declare victory regardless of the outcome, recalling the premier’s claim after the 12-Day War just nine months ago that the blows struck to Iran’s missile and nuclear programs would “abide for generations.”“We now understand that there may have been achievements, but definitely not strategic ones,” argued Citrinowicz.“If the war ends tomorrow, we will again have operational achievements to point to, but they will be eroded in the future because this regime — if it remains, and I assume it will, unfortunately — will rebuild its nuclear capacities,” he said.But even the operational achievements would be limited, he cautioned, if they do not include the recovery of the 440 kilograms of highly enriched uranium that Iran is believed to be storing deep underground at the Isfahan site.“If the war is about preventing Iran from building a bomb and that 440 kilograms isn’t seized, then you definitely cannot speak of strategic gains,” Citrinowicz said, given that Tehran would still be left in control of uranium that has undergone most of the work needed to reach weapons-grade status.If the war is about preventing Iran from building a bomb and that 440 kilograms [of enriched uranium] isn’t seized, then you definitely cannot speak of strategic gains.The US and Israel have an undeniable military advantage over Iran, but recovering that uranium will take more than a small team of skilled commandos. A massive unit would likely be needed to first conquer the area surrounding the nuclear site to give American or Israeli soldiers time to reach the stockpile deep underground and load the steel cylinders onto a truck. Troops would have a hard time catching the Iranians off guard, given that Tehran knows that the highly enriched uranium is a target.While Netanyahu has claimed Israel knows where the material is located, there are also reports that Iran has dispersed it to several locations.Recovering the enriched uranium would indeed set Iran back from building a nuclear weapon, but Tehran still would be left with uranium enriched at lower levels, the know-how to enrich it further, and a potential newfound drive to rush toward a weapon, even if it takes longer to get there, Citrinowicz said.The determination not to cave under US and Israeli pressure was demonstrated by the election of Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as the next supreme leader on the eighth day of the war, even after Trump warned against such a decision.Citrinowicz maintained that Mojtaba would not have been chosen by the regime’s clerical Assembly of Experts — in an election reportedly orchestrated by Iran’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — had his father not been killed. The elder Khamenei, Citrinowicz said, “was against” the idea of Mojtaba taking his place, “and a lot of people in the regime were against it as well.”“Iran is not a monarchy. But when you kill [Ali] and when President Trump threatens [against picking Mojtaba], then you’re pressuring those people who want to show defiance toward the US to elect him,” he said.Citrinowicz suggested that Israel may have been better off with the elder Khamenei still at the helm.“[Ali] Khamenei was a fierce adversary of Israel and the US, and I’m not shedding a tear over the fact that he’s gone. But he did have his advantages,” he said, arguing that Khamenei was easier to predict and had clear red lines.Ali Khamenei was committed to a weaponized enrichment program until 2003, when Iran agreed to halt the military track in favor of just a civilian one, amid fears of a strike by the US following its invasion of neighboring Iraq. After Trump abandoned the nuclear deal Washington signed with Tehran in 2015, Khamenei approved the acceleration of Iran’s enrichment to 60 percent purity, a level with no civilian application, while still stopping just short of weapons-grade.“We are now getting an ‘upgraded’ version of [Ali Khamenei] — someone who is extreme, someone who wants to avenge the deaths of his family members.”“I don’t know if Mojtaba will live to see the day after the war, and Iran will have a mountain to climb in terms of its domestic problems, regardless,” Citrinowicz said. “But [Ali] Khamenei was a balancer between the IRGC and the more moderate forces within the regime. Now we have someone who is controlled by the IRGC, and I think that will manifest in Iran’s nuclear strategy moving forward.”Citrinowicz rejected the idea that Iran would respond to the ongoing war by deciding to forgo its nuclear program completely. “The regime would see that as a capitulation and a betrayal of its legacy and of everything that Khamenei led in Iran.”While Israel or the US could well kill Mojtaba as they did his father, doing so would likely be more difficult in the middle of a war, with the new supreme leader yet to show his face.Regardless, Trump should not expect developments in Iran to unfold as they did in Venezuela, Citrinowicz noted.“There is no Delcy Rodriguez in Iran,” he said, referring to the Venezuelan vice president who has agreed to work with the Trump administration after the US captured her country’s leader Nicolás Maduro. “With this [Iranian] regime, working with the US gets you shot, especially after the killing of Khamenei.”This is why ending the war will be so problematic, he went on, as there is no way to ensure the current Iranian regime won’t return to enriching uranium.“You can threaten to come back and bomb them again if necessary, but you’ll have to bring the aircraft carriers back, and it’s unclear whether you’d have the same willingness from both countries to act again,” Citrinowicz argued. “So Iran will wait for a certain number of months, pull out their uranium and begin enriching again.”Is Israel actually interested in regime change? It is likely these issues that have led Israel to conclude that the only solution is to topple the regime entirely, but Citrinowicz expressed heavy skepticism that doing so is possible.It would require the Iranian people to return to the streets, knowing that those who did so before them were mowed down in their tens of thousands during the weeks leading up to the war. Even if the protesters do come out after the bombing stops, “the regime will still be in the fight for its life. [Iranian forces will be] obligated to Mojtaba and will be very violent toward anyone who takes to the streets,” Citrinowicz asserted.And while there is widespread domestic opposition to the regime, it is unclear whether those dissidents would be willing to follow the orders of the countries currently attacking Iran, telling them that the time has come for them to oust the Islamic Republic from within.Citrinowicz contended that Israel would have been better served by allowing “nature to take its course,” arguing that another wave of protests would have eventually gathered force since the regime remains fundamentally incapable of providing for its citizens.He also called into question whether Israel is genuinely committed to bringing down the Islamic Republic, as opposed to less drastically removing the current iteration of the regime, arguing that if it were, it would not have targeted Iran’s fuel facilities in Tehran, inflicting harm that extends beyond the ruling elite.“For Netanyahu, the main issue is preventing Iran from being a strategic threat to the state of Israel, and if, to achieve that, you need to have chaos or civil war in Iran, so be it. He sees anything as better than the current [version of the] regime,” Citrinowicz maintained. “Netanyahu is not planning on continuing the war until [the son of Iran’s last shah Reza] Pahlavi has been installed to take care of the Iranian people.”For Netanyahu, the main issue is preventing Iran from being a strategic threat to the state of Israel, and if, in order to achieve that, you need to have chaos or civil war in Iran, so be it.Who gets the last word? Citrinowicz acknowledged that it is difficult to predict how the war will unfold, but he said the most likely scenario — absent another dramatic development — would be for Trump to try and unilaterally declare victory.But while the US would be able to say it significantly degraded Iran’s nuclear and missile capacity, that’s not the same as irreversibly destroying those two programs.“You can’t really call this a war of winners,” Citrinowicz maintained.The Iran expert also expressed significant skepticism that Tehran and its proxies would immediately agree to a ceasefire, as they did when Trump declared one nine months ago.“The Iranians understand that nothing good comes out of a unilateral ceasefire. That’s what they had in June. They want different conditions: [They’ll seek] a non-aggression pact or [warn otherwise that] they’ll continue firing, or that their proxies will continue launching missiles, or that they can carry out terror attacks,” Citrinowicz said.“It’s not that the Iranians want an endless war. But they want to create a new reality that will prevent Israel and the US from attacking them every eight months,” he clarified.“We should think long and hard about whether we can mow the lawn in Iran every few months, given all the prices we are paying. Maybe it’s time to think about a different solution, and not only the kinetic one,” Citrinowicz argued.Asked whether that makes him a pacifist, he responded, “Go and topple the regime. I’m in favor of the idea [in theory]. It would be a positive earthquake for the region.”“It won’t solve Israel’s problems in terms of the Palestinian issue or normalization with its neighbors, but it would definitely allow the region to prosper. I just don’t think the chances for success are very high,” Citrinowicz explained.“Changing the regime takes time. We can find someone from the opposition, we can arm the opposition, we can do many things, but I’m not sure they will help in the foreseeable future,” he said. “We came to this war with no strategic plan whatsoever.”
Analysis-With Iran war exit elusive, Trump aides vie to affect the outcome-US president’s shifting statements are result of tug-of-war in his administration, sources say, as officials weigh economic, political costs of continued strikes By Nandita Bose, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk Today, 2:59 pm-MAR 13,26
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving US President Donald Trump’s shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and how to declare victory even as the conflict spreads across the Middle East.Some officials and advisers are warning Trump that surging gasoline prices could exact a political cost from the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, while some hawks are pressing the president to maintain the offensive against the Islamic Republic, according to interviews with a Trump adviser and others close to the deliberations.Their observations to Reuters offer a previously unreported glimpse inside White House decision-making as it adjusts its approach to the biggest US military operation since the 2003 Iraq war.The behind-the-scenes maneuvering underscores the high stakes Trump, who returned to office last year promising to avoid “stupid” military interventions, faces nearly two weeks after plunging the nation into a war that has rattled global financial markets and disrupted the international oil trade.The jockeying for Trump’s ear is a feature of his presidency, but this time the consequences are a matter of war and peace in one of the world’s most volatile and economically critical regions.Shifting from the sweeping goals he framed in launching the war on February 28, Trump in recent days has emphasized that he views the conflict as a limited campaign whose objectives have mostly been met.But the message remains unclear to many, including the energy markets, which have lurched in both directions in response to Trump’s statements.He told a campaign-style rally in Kentucky on Wednesday that “we won” the war, then abruptly pivoted: “We don’t want to leave early, do we? We’ve got to finish the job.”Economic advisers and officials, including those from the US Treasury Department and National Economic Council, have warned Trump that an oil shock and rising gasoline prices could quickly erode domestic support for the war, said the adviser and two others close to the deliberations, speaking on the condition of anonymity to disclose internal discussions.Political advisers, including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and deputy chief James Blair, are making similar arguments, focusing on the political fallout from higher gas prices and urging Trump to define victory narrowly and signal the operation is limited and nearly finished, the sources said.Pushing in the other direction are hawkish voices urging Trump to sustain military pressure on Iran, including Republican lawmakers such as US Senators Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton, and media commentators such as Mark Levin, according to people familiar with the matter.They argue the US must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and respond forcefully to attacks on American troops and shipping.A third force comes from Trump’s populist base and figures such as strategist Steve Bannon and far-right, anti-Israel television personality Tucker Carlson, who have been pressing him and his top aides to avoid getting dragged into another prolonged Middle East conflict.“He is allowing the hawks to believe the campaign continues, wants markets to believe the war might end soon and his base to believe escalation will be limited,” the Trump adviser said.Asked for comment, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement: “This story is based on gossip and speculation from anonymous sources who aren’t even in the room for any discussions with President Trump.“The President is known for being a good listener and seeking the opinions of many people, but ultimately everyone knows he’s the final decision maker and his own best messenger,” she said. “The President’s entire team is focused on ensuring the objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved.”Other people named for their roles in the deliberations did not immediately respond to Reuters’ questions.In taking America to war, Trump offered little explanation, and the administration’s stated war aims have ranged from thwarting an imminent attack by Iran to crippling its nuclear program to replacing its government.As he seeks an exit from an unpopular conflict, Trump is trying to juggle competing narratives that some critics say have complicated an already difficult situation, with Iran defiant despite the devastating US-Israeli air assault.Top political aides and economic advisers, whose warnings before the war of the potential economic shock were largely ignored, appear to have played a major role in pushing Trump’s efforts this week to reassure skittish markets and contain rising oil and gas prices.His public shift to downplaying the war’s impact, describing it as a “short-term excursion,” and his insistence that gas price hikes would be short-lived appeared aimed at calming fears of an open-ended conflict.Some top aides have advised him to work toward a conclusion to the conflict that he can call a triumph, at least militarily, the sources said, even if much of the Iranian leadership survives, along with remnants of a nuclear program that the campaign was meant to target.Wave after wave of US and Israeli air strikes have killed a number of top Iranian leaders, devastated its ballistic missile arsenal, sunk much of its navy and degraded its ability to support terror proxies around the Middle East.But the military achievements have been seriously undercut by Iran’s stepped-up attacks on oil tankers and transport facilities in the Gulf, driving up oil prices.Trump has said he will decide when to end the campaign. He and his aides say they are far ahead of the four- to six-week timeframe Trump initially announced.The shifting reasons for launching the conflict, which has spilled over into more than half a dozen other countries, have only made it more difficult to predict what comes next.For their part, Iran’s rulers will claim victory, analysts say, for simply surviving the US-Israeli offensive, especially after demonstrating their ability to fight back and inflict damage on Israel, the US and its allies.Critical to the war’s final trajectory will be the Strait of Hormuz. A fifth of the world’s oil shipments, which normally traverse the narrow waterway, have come to a near-standstill. Iran in recent days has struck tankers in Iraqi waters and other ships near the strait, and the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to keep it shut in a recent statement attributed to him.If Iran’s stranglehold on the waterway pushes US gas prices high enough, that could increase political pressure on Trump to end the military campaign to help his Republican Party, which is defending narrow majorities in Congress in November’s midterm elections.Trump has recently refrained from pushing the idea that the war seeks to topple the government in Tehran. US intelligence indicates that Iran’s leadership is not at risk of collapse anytime soon, Reuters reported on Wednesday.At least some of the confusion over the war’s trajectory appears rooted in the quick US military success in Venezuela.Since the start of the war, some aides have struggled to convince Trump that the Iran campaign was unlikely to unfold in the same way as the January 3 Venezuela raid that captured its president, Nicolas Maduro, according to another source familiar with the administration’s thinking.That operation opened the way for Trump to coerce former Maduro loyalists into giving him considerable sway over the country’s vast oil reserves – without requiring extended US military action.Iran, by contrast, has proved a much tougher, better-armed foe with an entrenched clerical and security establishment.Experts have rejected claims by Trump aides that Iran had been within weeks of being able to produce a nuclear weapon, despite the president’s insistence in June that US-Israeli strikes had “obliterated” its nuclear program during the war that month.Most of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium is believed to have been buried by the June strikes, meaning the material potentially could be retrieved and purified to bomb grade.If the war drags on, American casualties mount and the economic costs multiply, some analysts say it could erode backing from Trump’s political base. But despite criticism from some supporters opposed to military interventions, members of his “Make America Great Again” movement have so far largely stayed with him on Iran.“The MAGA base is going to give the president wiggle room,” said Republican strategist Ford O’Connell.
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.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Explosion outside Rotterdam synagogue sparks fire, damages building; 4 arrested-No injuries reported; police say suspects may have planned attack on second Jewish house of worship; synagogue chair decries lack of action over rising antisemitism By AFP and ToI Staff Today, 4:32 pm-MAR 13,26
Dutch police said Friday they had arrested four young men on suspicion of setting off an explosion outside a synagogue in Rotterdam that caused a brief blaze and damage to the building.After the blast, police monitored other synagogues as a precaution and stopped a vehicle near another building driven by someone matching the description of one of the suspects.“It is not yet clear whether the suspects planned to detonate an explosive or set fire to another synagogue as well,” police said in a statement.Two men were aged 19, one 18, and the fourth was 17 years old, said police, without specifying any potential motive.Authorities said they were launching a “large-scale investigation into this serious incident” and appealed for witnesses to come forward.An unverified video showing an explosion near a building resembling the targeted synagogue circulated on social media on Friday, which police said they were examining as part of their probe.Justice Minister David van Weel said the attack was “terrible news.”“We will not tolerate antisemitism, intimidation, and violence. Local authorities are ensuring the safety of synagogues,” he wrote on X.The minister voiced solidarity with the Dutch Jewish community, adding: “They must feel safe in the Netherlands.”Rotterdam city mayor Carola Schouten said the attack had caused “a great deal of anxiety among our Jewish fellow citizens.”There was no place for antisemitism, intimidation, violence, or hatred toward religious communities in her city, added Schouten.The synagogue’s chairman, Chris den Hoedt, told public broadcaster NOS that the attack was “shocking” but came amid warnings of a lack of action over rising antisemitism.“This is material damage,” he said, showing the scorched doors of the building.“But the emotional damage our community feels is bigger and longer-lasting. We can repair this (the door), but not the rest,” he added.“It is the prelude to what we have been seeing for two years: rising antisemitism. And the fact that little is being done about it,” he said.On Monday, an explosion shook a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege before dawn, causing some damage but no injuries.On Thursday, an unidentified assailant rammed his car into a synagogue that had a preschool on the premises, on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, sparking a blaze. Security guards opened fire on the attacker, who was killed in the assault.Antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments have skyrocketed worldwide since the start of the war sparked by the devastating Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Michigan synagogue attacker was US-Lebanese citizen with relatives said killed in IDF strike-Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was naturalized US citizen who worked in restaurant; four family members reportedly killed in Israeli airstrike amid fighting with Hezbollah By Leon Kraiem and Agencies Today, 3:41 pm-MAR 13,26
The armed man who rammed his truck into a Reform synagogue in Michigan on Thursday has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, US federal officials said Friday.Multiple reports, as well as a statement from the mayor of Dearborn Heights, who said he was a resident, said that several of Ghazali’s Lebanese relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike recently, amid the renewed fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group.Security guards opened fire on Ghazali after he smashed a truck through the doors of the Temple Israel synagogue and preschool in West Bloomfield, near Detroit.According to the US Department of Homeland Security, Ghazali came to the United States in 2011 on an IR1 immigrant visa, given to spouses of US citizens, and was granted US citizenship himself in 2016.Ghazali worked at a popular restaurant in Dearborn Heights, Hamido, but had been absent in recent weeks, fellow employees told The New York Times. Coworkers and a neighbor praised him to the Detroit Free Press, with the neighbor saying she had planned to bring him flowers because his brother had died.He was divorced and had at least one child, according to The Detroit News, which cited court records. The newspaper reported, citing two people familiar with the investigation, that at least four of Ghazali’s relatives, including a sibling, “had been killed days earlier in a military strike in Lebanon.”Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun said in a statement that this month, “he lost several members of his own family, including his niece and nephew, in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon.”At a news conference Thursday evening, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said no synagogue staff or children were hurt in the attack, but 30 law enforcement officers were “taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation” after the evacuation efforts. Earlier, he said one security guard was injured by the assailant’s truck.The FBI will investigate the incident “as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community,” Jennifer Runyan, special agent in charge of the federal agency’s Detroit field office, told reporters Thursday. Law enforcement has not yet publicly detailed a motive.CBS News cited a source in Michigan’s Lebanese-American community who said that in the wake of the strike, Ghazali stopped working and spent his time alone at home. According to the source, who has long known Ghazali, the strike killed two of Ghazali’s brothers and two of their children, and severely wounded one of his sisters.The same source said that prior to the synagogue attack, Ghazali called his ex-wife. The conversation reportedly left her concerned, and she called the police afterward.According to the source quoted by CBS, the strike in Lebanon took place roughly 10 days before Ghazali carried out the synagogue attack, which would place the event on March 3 or 4.Israel has been carrying out extensive airstrikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Israel Defense Forces has pushed further into the south of the country on the ground, after the Iran-backed terror group started firing hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel on March 2, in response to US-Israeli attacks on Iran.Mayor condemns attack, does not mention antisemitism-In his statement posted to social media late Thursday, Dearborn Heights’s Baydoun wrote: “Earlier today, we learned that the individual responsible for the incident that took place at Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield was a resident of Dearborn Heights. He died at the scene.”“No matter where violence occurs, whether in West Bloomfield or anywhere around in the world, harm against innocent people is something we must all stand firmly against,” he said, adding: “The tensions we see across the world too often find their way into our own neighborhoods, reminding us how deeply connected our shared safety is.”Baydoun urged residents to “stay aware and vigilant, especially as we gather during these sacred final days of Ramadan,” the Muslim holy month.It was the second statement issued by the mayor since the attack. Both made reference to houses of worship, including “the impacted congregation,” and noted that the event took place at a synagogue. Neither statement made any explicit reference to antisemitism.According to a report in local Detroit media from 2024, Baydoun himself also lost relatives — a family of five — in Lebanon as a result of an Israeli airstrike during the previous round of Israel-Hezbollah fighting, which started when the terror group began attacking Israel on October 8, 2023. That round ended with a ceasefire agreement in November 2024.
US defends Israel against South Africa’s allegation of genocide in top UN court-US legal adviser: Finding against Israel would be ‘radical’; Iceland, Netherlands also intervene in case, with Dutch urging court to probe ‘deliberate withholding’ of aid By AP and ToI Staff Today, 12:23 pm-MAR 13,26
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel brought at the United Nations’ highest court by South Africa, arguing that the accusations are false and warning that a ruling against Israel could undermine international law.Since late 2023, the International Court of Justice has been considering whether Israel’s military operation in Gaza, launched in response to the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, amounts to genocide under a treaty drawn up after World War II.Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has vehemently denied the allegations, saying it makes efforts to protect non-combatants. It has accused Hamas of fighting from within civilian population centers and of using civilians as human shields.The war ended with a US-backed ceasefire that took effect in October, though clashes between Israel and Hamas still occur regularly. Gaza is effectively split between Israeli and Hamas control.In a filing obtained on Thursday by The Associated Press, the US says that the accusations are part of a “broader campaign” against Israel and the Jewish people, to justify or encourage terrorism against them.Any party to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide can intervene to contribute its assessment of the legal questions in the case. In 2023, over 30 countries backed Ukraine in a separate case it brought against Russia.More than a dozen other countries have filed interventions in the Israel case, including Spain and Ireland. Many take a different view from that of the United States. Iceland and the Netherlands both said this week that they would intervene in the case.Judges start a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2024. The United Nations’ top court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP/Patrick Post)-In its declaration of intervention, the Netherlands said: “The Court should take account of starvation or the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid for the purpose of establishing specific intent, in particular when this occurs based on a concerted plan of a consistent pattern of conduct.”Israel halted the entry of aid into Gaza for 11 weeks in 2025, but has denied a plan to cause systematic starvation there and has highlighted its efforts to ensure a flow of humanitarian supplies to the Strip. It has accused Hamas of stealing humanitarian aid.The current ceasefire has led to more humanitarian aid and other supplies entering the enclave, though restrictions have been reimposed during the ongoing US and Israeli attacks against Iran.The US filing stresses that a finding of genocide requires a “specific intent” to commit the crime and cautions the court, which sits in The Hague, against “lowering the standard.”“Civilian casualties, even widespread civilian casualties, are not necessarily probative of genocidal intent, particularly when they occur in the context of an armed conflict involving urban combat,” the US argues in the filing.Reed Rubenstein, a legal adviser at the State Department who represents the US, said that a finding against Israel would be a “radical repudiation” of the court’s precedent.Such a decision would “feed the perception that the court is simply just one more tool in the ongoing pro-Hamas lawfare campaign” against Israel, Rubenstein told the AP.The ICJ has issued a series of orders concerning Israel’s conduct in Gaza since South Africa filed its case, including telling the country to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide.In separate proceedings, the court has said that Israel must allow the UN aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. Israel has enacted laws banning UNRWA and has accused it of ties to Hamas, including alleging that some of its members took part in the October 7 attack.Separately, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant in 2024 in connection with the Gaza war. The ICC said there was reason to believe the pair used “starvation as a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeting civilians.The Trump administration responded by sanctioning ICC officials, including nine judges and top prosecutors. Israel also adamantly denies the charges.Trump: Mojtaba likely alive; 'deranged scumbags' should watch out-Woman wounded by shrapnel, dozens lightly hurt as Iranian missile hits northern town.
US military announces 4 killed in aircraft crash; IDF strikes 200 targets in Iran over past day, including underground weapons site; French soldier killed in Iraq, 2 dead in Oman By Emanuel Fabian,Agencies and Diana Bletter-Today, 11:46 am-MAR 13,26
An Iranian ballistic missile attack on the northern Israeli town of Zarzir moderately wounded a 34-year-old woman and lightly wounded dozens more in the early hours of Friday.The incident came as Iran continued to fire barrages at both Israel and neighboring Gulf countries, while Israel carried out hundreds of strikes on regime targets across the Islamic Republic, including on an underground weapons site, as the war that began with US-Israeli strikes on February 28 neared the two-week mark.The US military announced on Friday that four of its soldiers died when a refueling aircraft crashed over Iraq last night, bringing the US military death toll to 11. US President Donald Trump has sent mixed signals about how long the war will continue, warning on Friday that “deranged scumbags” should watch out.The war has shaken the world’s energy market as Iran has struck countries across the region and blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for the global oil supply.One day earlier, Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei ostensibly issued his first statement, but was not seen or heard. His father, former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on the war’s first day, and the younger Khamenei was reportedly injured. On Thursday, Trump said he believes Mojtaba is “probably” alive.The IDF said it was investigating the circumstances that led to the impact in Zarzir at around 2:30 a.m. on Friday.Home Front Command search and rescue soldiers were dispatched to the scene, where they conducted an assessment alongside rescue services and assisted with clearing the scene, the army said.According to the IDF’s initial findings, the missile may have been partially intercepted by air defenses, and the warhead remained entirely intact and ultimately crashed down on Zarzir and exploded.Nearly 60 people were wounded by the incident, almost all of them lightly due to broken glass or panic attacks. One 34-year-old woman was moderately wounded by shrapnel. She, along with a 17-year-old who was lightly hurt, were taken to a local hospital. Many of the wounded had been discharged by the late morning.Images from the scene showed a large crater and extensive damage to homes and cars following the direct impact. The strike blew out windows and damaged dozens of homes.The missile that struck Zarzir came as the Tehran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon has aimed constant missile fire at the north. Hezbollah entered the fray last week, launching missiles and drones at Israel. In response, Israel has conducted heavy strikes on the terror group and expanded its ground presence in Lebanon.There were no other reports of injuries as a direct result of Iran’s three ballistic missile attacks overnight and early Friday, which set off sirens in northern and southern Israel.The missile in the third attack was likely intercepted, according to initial military assessments. Sirens had sounded in the southernmost city of Eilat.The Health Ministry reported Friday that in the preceding 24 hours, 213 injured people had been taken to hospitals as a result of the conflict with Iran. Among those treated in hospitals, four were in moderate condition, and 196 were in good condition. Thirteen people had been treated for acute anxiety.The ministry did not give a breakdown of the causes of injuries, and some might have been sustained by people trying to reach shelter rather than as a direct result of missile fire from Iran or rocket fire from Lebanon.On Thursday evening, a 17-year-old girl was fatally run over by a car in Rehovot, paramedics said, reportedly while dashing across a street to seek shelter ahead of an Iranian missile attack.IDF strikes underground ballistic missile site in Shiraz-On Friday morning, the military said the Israeli Air Force had launched a fresh wave of “extensive” airstrikes in Tehran, targeting Iranian regime infrastructure sites. It also issued an “urgent warning” to Iranians in several areas in the Tehran region, ahead of planned airstrikes targeting the regime.Previous waves of Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Shiraz, and Ahvaz on Thursday hit several Iranian military sites, including a subterranean ballistic missile manufacturing and storage site, the Israel Defense Forces said.The military said the underground site in Shiraz was used by Iran to manufacture and store ballistic missiles “which were set to be launched toward the State of Israel.”In Tehran, the IDF said it struck several sites belonging to Iran’s air defense array, including a “key base,” along with facilities used by Iran to manufacture various weapons, including air defense systems and ballistic missile components.In Ahvaz, the IDF said it struck several headquarters of various Iranian regime bodies, including the IRGC ground forces and Iran’s internal security forces. The military said dozens of Iranian soldiers were operating at the headquarters that were targeted.The military also said Friday morning that the IAF had struck over 200 targets in western and central Iran over the preceding twenty-four hours.Dozens of IAF aircraft dropped numerous bombs on the targets, the military added, attaching footage showing some of the strikes.Sirens heard at NATO base in Turkey hosting US troops-Amid the fighting, countries surrounding Iran reported continuing attacks by the Islamic Republic on targets within their territory.Sirens were heard early Friday morning at Turkey’s Incirlik airbase, a key NATO facility where US troops are stationed near the southeastern city of Adana, state news agency Anadolu reported.There was no immediate official comment on the incident, which took place four days after NATO air defenses shot down a ballistic missile in Turkish airspace that was fired from Iran, the second in five days.Several people posted mobile phone footage on social media of a glowing image flying through the sky, suggesting it could be a missile heading for the airbase, it said.NATO said it shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran on Monday, prompting a stern warning from Turkey to Tehran not to take “provocative steps.”Gulf states report ongoing attacks; two dead in OmanTwo people died after security forces intercepted a drone in northern Oman, state media says, without giving further details.Both victims in the incident at the Al Awahi industrial area were expatriates, the Oman News Agency says, adding that others were injured.A building at the Dubai International Financial Center also sustained damage on Friday after what authorities described as a “successful interception.” The Dubai Media Office did not elaborate on what had been intercepted, nor did it acknowledge the damage done to DIFC, an economic free zone for banks, capital traders and wealth managers, home to exclusive restaurants and nightclubs for the city’s elite.The United Arab Emirates’ air defenses have intercepted more than 1,500 Iranian drones and nearly 300 missiles during the current war.Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said its own air defenses had downed 10 more drones headed toward the kingdom’s Eastern and Central Provinces, bringing the total to nearly 50 drones entering Saudi airspace over the span of a few hours.The overnight barrage represented a higher-than-usual number of aerial threats for the kingdom, which has seen sites including the US Embassy in Riyadh, oil infrastructure, and a military base hosting US troops targeted as the war has intensified.On Friday, the Saudi Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted a drone targeting Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter, housing foreign embassies.French soldier killed by drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan-Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron announced early Friday that a French soldier was killed, the country’s first fatality in this war, in a drone attack in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.A member of the armed forces “died for France during an attack in the Erbil region of Iraq,” Macron wrote on X. He added that several other soldiers had been wounded in the incident, which the French military earlier said was a drone attack on troops carrying out a training exercise.Around the same time, the pro-Iranian Ashab al-Kahf group in Iraq posted a statement to its Telegram channel, warning that French interests “in Iraq and the region” will be “under targeting fire” after the arrival of a French aircraft carrier.Iran’s military, in a statement carried by state TV, also claimed that an allied group in Iraq had downed an American refueling aircraft and killed all its crew. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose alliance of Iran-backed factions, claimed to have struck the plane with a missile.An American KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft did crash in western Iraq. However, US Central Command, which is responsible for American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement Thursday that the crash “was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”At rally, IRGC threatens Iranians who would protest government-Israel’s strikes came just before rallies were to begin for the annual Quds Day on Friday, which Iran has been marking on the last Friday of Ramadan since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, and which sees annual anti-Israel demonstrations.In Iran, state television aired footage on Friday showing thousands of people participating in the Quds Day rallies, chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” while carrying Iranian flags.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Friday that any new protests against the authorities would be met with a stronger response than in anti-regime protests in January, when activist groups say security forces killed as many as tens of thousands of people.“The evil enemy, failing to achieve its field battle goals, is once again pursuing the instillation of fear and street riots,” the Guards said in a statement broadcast on TV. The statement promised “a stronger blow than on January 8” in the event of new unrest.The rallies came almost a week after Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, took over the helm of the Islamic Republic. The elder Khamenei was killed on the war’s first day.Trump: ‘Watch what happens’ to regime ‘scumbags’ todayTrump weighed in on the younger Khamenei’s status after the new supreme leader ostensibly issued his first statement since being appointed.Asked if he thinks Mojtaba Khamenei is alive, Trump said, “I think he probably is.”“I think he is damaged, but I think he’s probably alive in some form, you know,” Trump continued, speaking to the Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio. The interview was taped on Thursday to air Friday morning.Early Friday, Trump issued a new threat online, writing: “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.”Trump made the post on his Truth Social website, saying that “Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth.”“They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them,” Trump wrote. “What a great honor it is to do so!”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Inside Story-With foreign airlines fleeing war, fares take off as local carriers cash in-Ticket prices for the coming weeks have already gone up by 15% in the past 10 days, as Israeli airlines look to profit off a dominant position during war yet again, says expert By Sharon Wrobel-Today, 11:27 am-MAR 13,26
An exodus of major foreign airlines from routes serving Israel due to the war with Iran has led to sky-high prices and rampant uncertainty for Israelis attempting to book Passover travel or plan for summer trips abroad.On Tuesday, British low-cost carrier easyJet said it will stay away from Ben-Gurion Airport until the fall, while other carriers have voided the route for the coming weeks. It’s unclear when they will return, if at all.Local carriers, which are the only airlines reliably flying in and out of Israel into the near future, are taking advantage of the cloudy horizon for air travel by charging customers exorbitant sums. That includes flagship carrier El Al, which has been repeatedly accused of price gouging during wartime since October 7, 2023.“Every day that we are at war means another foreign carrier is going to delay its return until it’s quiet in the skies over Israel,” Mark Feldman, CEO of Ziontours Jerusalem, told The Times of Israel.Feldman said carriers who have abandoned Ben Gurion Airport would seek to return when they could, but are dealing with the same uncertainty as everyone else over how much longer the war will last.“Most foreign carriers want to come back and fly to Israel as they don’t want to lose all of their revenue, since they have already booked and sold tickets,” he said. “But we don’t know if the war is going to last three days or another three weeks.”Yet even if there were to be a ceasefire with Iran and quiet on the northern front with Hezbollah, many foreign carriers are likely to “step into the water cautiously,” with a return of limited flight services, Feldman cautioned.Just over two weeks before the beginning of the Passover break, visitors who are already booked to travel to and from Israel are, for now, left in limbo.“We have many customers booked for Passover, and they are worried and scared about whether they will be able to come,” said Feldman. “They have already bought flights, booked their hotel or Airbnb, and they are aware that if they cancel now, they are going to have to face huge cancellation fees.”Israel’s airspace has been shut to most commercial traffic since February 28, when joint attacks with the US on Iran began. In recent days, the airport has gradually reopened, but only for inbound flights operated by Israeli airlines El Al, Arkia, Israir, and Air Haifa to repatriate some of the 100,000 Israelis stuck abroad. El Al sold seats to the general public on its repatriation flights at a fixed price, though those have since sold out.The country’s main gateway has also partially reopened for a restricted service of outbound flights, but only by local carriers with no more than 100 passengers per flight.With no easy way out of the country, Israelis looking for R&R, or at least respite from the missile attacks and air raid sirens that have become a daily reality in the center and north, are planning vacations closer to home.“Over the past few days, we have been seeing a daily increase in bookings for vacations at hotels across Israel,” said Eshet Tours VP Shirley Cohen-Orkaby. “At a time when traveling abroad is not possible and the education system is closed, with studies already taking place remotely, Israelis prefer to get away on a short vacation in Eilat, the Dead Sea, and also in Jerusalem — areas where the number of sirens is significantly lower than in other parts of the country.”The majority of European and US carriers have suspended Tel Aviv services through March and into April, though the cancellations could be extended if the war drags on.Citing the military situation in the Middle East, Air Canada has suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv through May 2. American Airlines has pushed back the resumption of flights to and from the country to April 23, while Delta has cancelled through March 23, and United Airlines through March 21.The Lufthansa group — which includes Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings — and ITA Airways have canceled all services to and from Ben Gurion through April 2.Other European airlines, such as British Airways, have extended suspensions until the end of March and French carrier Air France said the earliest it could return is March 16.Easyjet, which has repeatedly postponed a resumption of flight services since the last war with Iran in June, had been scheduled to start flying to and from London Luton, Amsterdam, and Milan Malpensa on March 29.But on Tuesday, the low-cost carrier said it was extending the cancellation until October.Rival Wizz Air, based in Hungary, has also postponed a resumption of flight services to at least March 29. The budget carrier had been poised to set up an operational aviation hub in Israel as early as April, boosting competition and bringing down sky-high fares for travelers.El Al has canceled all regular scheduled flights through March 21. It and other local carriers are charging higher prices than other airlines, banking that consumers will be willing to pay a premium to book a flight that is less likely to get canceled.“We have seen a 15% increase in ticket prices for the spring and summer to almost all destinations, relative to just 10 days ago,” said Feldman.El Al is already facing an NIS 121 million ($39 million) fine after Israel’s competition watchdog last month alleged that the airline exploited its monopolistic power and charged “excessive and unfair” fares during the two-year war with Hamas in Gaza.Over the course of the war, foreign airlines repeatedly halted flight services to and from Israel due to heightened regional tensions, leaving travelers largely dependent on Israeli carriers.A limited number of flights allowed El Al to raise airfares by 16% on average, a situation that seems poised to repeat.“Most bookings we are getting are almost exclusively on El Al, which reinforces, once more, why El Al will have a dominant position, and reap the benefits from a near monopoly on its routes,” said Feldman.Round-trip tickets for flights to New York in the last week of May currently sell for $1,990 with El Al and for $1,700 with United Airlines, said Feldman. Flights to and from New York operated by the smaller Israeli carrier Arkia for the same period are selling between $1,550 and $2,448, depending on the dates, and in the summer prices start around $1,800.“People booking their holidays abroad are prepared to pay more and book with El Al because they want to know that they will be able to fly,” said Feldman. “This is a short-term gain for El Al, as once there is peace and a few months have gone by with quiet, foreign carriers’ market share will go up again.”
'We can no longer take this like good Canadians'‘Every light is flashing’: After shootings at synagogues, Canada’s Jews fear what’s next-Community leaders worry a Bondi Beach-type attack is around the corner after years of unchecked antisemitism; they’re hopeful lawmakers will finally heed the warnings-By Zev Stub-Today, 8:15 am-MAR 13,26
When shots were fired at two Toronto synagogues last Friday night, only the timing of the gunfire — after the buildings had emptied — prevented anyone from being hurt. Occurring not far from each other, these attacks, Jewish leaders say, reflect an alarming rise in antisemitism in the city.At Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto (BAYT), the last guests from a singles dinner had left about half an hour before the shots rang out.“The attack on our shul happened a bit before midnight,” said BAYT’s Rabbi Daniel Korobkin. “Fortunately, someone saw what had happened, and the police and members of the shul were on top of it almost immediately. No one was hurt.”Korobkin believes the gunfire may have been carried out by the same person who shot at the nearby Shaarei Shomayim congregation in North York about 30 minutes later. Police have not confirmed a connection between the incidents or announced any arrests.The two attacks came just days after a third synagogue was targeted with gunshots on the Purim holiday, heightening alarm in Canada’s Jewish community.“What we need to do now is make sure that this doesn’t escalate,” Korobkin said. “We have to make it clear to our elected officials that the status quo is completely unacceptable.”Some might say it’s already too late for that. Antisemitism was already on the rise in Canada before the bloody Hamas invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023. But since then, Canadian Jews have been targeted in a surge of incidents, including shootings and firebombings of community institutions.Just over the past year, three men attempted to kidnap Jewish women, antisemitic graffiti was daubed on three synagogues in Nova Scotia, and a Jewish man in Montreal was beaten in front of his children. And in 2024, the community experienced 6,219 antisemitic incidents — about 17 cases of harassment, vandalism or violence per day — according to B’nai Brith Canada.Just across the border, on Thursday, an armed suspect crashed his truck into the hallway of a Detroit-area synagogue where children were attending preschool. The attacker, identified by federal officials as a US citizen born in Lebanon, was shot dead in a confrontation with security personnel.Canadian community leaders worry that there will be a further escalation and more — and more serious — attacks.After the Toronto synagogue shootings, Israeli President Isaac Herzog held an emergency Zoom call with Canadian Jewish leaders on Sunday to discuss the growing threat. Several days later, B’nai Brith Canada published a list of demands of the Canadian Government to deliver “a serious and immediate response commensurate with the gravity of the moment.” And several figures told The Times of Israel that they feel like a Bondi Beach-type terror attack is lurking right around the corner.“Every light on the dashboard is flashing,” said Richard Marceau, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and general counsel for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), an umbrella organization representing the country’s Jewish Federations. “It is long past time for people to realize how dangerous the situation is.”Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the shootings as “criminal antisemitic attacks” that are “an assault on the rights of Jewish Canadians to live and pray in safety,” and pledged federal assistance in investigating and prosecuting them.But Jewish community leaders are calling on government officials to take stronger actions to increase security enforcement, prosecute hate crimes, and invest more resources to secure the Jewish community. They hope their demands — which they have repeated frequently — will be taken more seriously this time.“Until now, the Jewish community here has tried to be polite and avoid making waves when we’ve confronted our political leaders about antisemitism,” Korobkin said. “That’s the Canadian ethos. But the line has been crossed, and we can no longer take this like good Canadians and comport ourselves in the same way.”Changes in society-For many Canadian Jews, the shootings at synagogues are not isolated incidents but part of a broader shift in the country’s social climate. But it’s still a wonder how they got here.The world’s fourth-largest Jewish community, with more than 400,000 people, had seen several decades of unprecedented social acceptance and freedom from oppression since the 1980s, experiencing a golden age of safety, public visibility and upward mobility.Prime ministers like Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau prided themselves on their special relationships with Israel, even as the latter was often critical of Israeli policies, especially late in his term. A 2021 University of Toronto Press collection of essays entitled “No Better Home?” went so far as to suggest that Canada was the best home that Jews have ever had.But things began to shift in recent years, and accelerated with the global surge in antisemitism since the bloody Hamas invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Carney has shifted the country’s diplomatic tone regarding Israel, recognizing a Palestinian state in September and threatening to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on an International Criminal Court warrant if he traveled to Canada.Meanwhile, the country has seen synagogues firebombed, shootings at schools, people assaulted, and discrimination and hate in schools, universities and in the workplace. Jews have begun wondering openly about whether they should consider leaving the country.A dangerous progression of hatred-The increase in overt antisemitism and violent episodes has been similar to that in Australia, which culminated in the deadly Bondi Beach attack on Hanukkah that killed 15 people and wounded dozens, according to Israel’s Canadian-born Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, who has been closely following developments in the country.Deputy Foreign Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)“Over the last two years, many red lines have been crossed,” she said. “It started the day after the October 7 attack, when mobs were marching through Canadian neighborhoods, chanting and glorifying violence, and intimidating Jews.”A lack of police deterrence created the conditions for more brazen acts of aggression to become thinkable, she said. Demonstrations outside synagogues and on university campuses gave way to attacks on Jewish-owned businesses and institutions. More than 10 shooting attacks against Canadian Jewish targets have followed, with virtually no security enforcement or consequences, Haskel said.It’s the same pattern that has played out in Australia, where unchecked hate speech and harassment culminated in violence, Haskel added.“The writing is on the wall,” she said. “The next step is going to be bloodshed if there is no real action.”Doxxing soldiers and institutions-It’s gotten to the point where former IDF soldiers are being targeted and threatened. Last year, Davide Mastracci, managing editor of left-wing news site The Maple, published a website listing Canadian citizens who had served in the IDF, including their personal information. The site insists that it is not a call for doxxing anyone, even as some of the people on the list said they felt “targeted” and compared it to historical attempts to single out Jews.More recently, a federal petition by a member of the New Democratic Party has called on the government to investigate Canadian citizens who have served in the IDF for “serious violations of international law.” That petition has already garnered nearly 10,000 signatures.IDF veterans in Canada are unlikely to ever be arrested, the CIJA’s Marceau said, but such campaigns are part of a long-term effort to stigmatize those individuals and “divide and weaken Israel and the Jewish community here.”In December, Mastracci launched a new list, highlighting Jewish institutions in the Greater Toronto Area, including schools, synagogues, and summer camps.“This, in effect, puts a target on the back of those people and those institutions, and the people who frequent those institutions,” Marceau said. “It is unconscionable that this is happening.”The website insists that it is merely gathering the information for public knowledge, and doesn’t encourage harassment. But both of the synagogues attacked this past weekend, BAYT and Shaarei Shomayim, were on that list, Marceau said.The country’s political echelon talks tough about fighting antisemitism domestically, but hasn’t backed it up with concrete actions, Marceau says.“We have seen a systemic failure in Canada at all levels to address rising hatred,” said Marceau. “There is a lack of resources allocated, there’s a lack of understanding of antisemitism, and there is a refusal to face the current reality.”CIJA and B’nai Brith have a long list of things that need to change on multiple levels of government. Locally, Jewish neighborhoods and institutions need greater security, including more funding for security infrastructure, and authorities need to take a zero-tolerance approach to intimidation and hate in public spaces. Those who are apprehended must be punished to the full extent of the law to discourage others, they say.Canadian law has a mechanism in which prosecution for certain minor crimes can be diverted outside of the formal justice system, allowing police to use their discretion to assign more lenient punishments. Hate crimes should be excluded from this track and prosecuted fully, Marceau stressed.On a broader scale, hate crimes need to be tackled by federal police, not just municipal forces, and there should be intelligence coordination between police and national agencies to monitor and respond to potential threats. A federal hate-crimes bill — currently stalled in parliamentary proceedings — must move forward as part of a broader strategy to fight hate, said Marceau.More fundamentally, Jewish leaders are asking governments and public institutions to apply existing regulations in schools, universities, unions and workplaces to curb harassment and incitement. They also want clear, consistent public messaging from federal, provincial and municipal officials that antisemitism is unacceptable and incompatible with Canadian values.There is some reason to be optimistic that these demands will be taken more seriously now, Marceau said. Toronto’s Jewish leaders are set to meet with the provincial government in the coming days, and British Columbia announced several days ago that it will introduce legislation to protect safe access to places of worship and schools. On Wednesday, the government announced a $10 million investment in Jewish community security, on top of previous grants made in recent years.“There is a growing realization from policymakers that things cannot remain as they have been,” Marceau said.A shooting this week at the US consulate in Toronto has also made it clear that violence in Canada is not only a Jewish issue, he added.“This is an attack on Canadian values and the Canadian way of life,” Marceau said. “The promise of Canada has been broken. It is time to fix this.”
