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-589,164,619 - DEAD 6,436,114 - AS OF THU AUG
18,2022-THESES ARE THE BLOOD TOTALS ON THE HEADS OF FAUCI-DRUG DEALERS
MODERNA AND PFIZER. AND ALL THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD THAT SCAMMED THEIR
CITIZENS TO TAKE THE POISON KILLER VACCINE SHOTS FOR THE CHILDREN SAKE
AND THE EARTH OF COURSE.AS THE LIBBYDEMS PLAY ANY SIN GOES.
THE MONKEY POX SCAM TOTALS (ROUND 2 OF DEATH BY VACCINES)
WORLD
OVER ALL CASES-2,103 - DEAD 01 - SCAM VACCINE SHOTS HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS FOR MONKEY POX - MOSTLY GAY BOYS. NO MORE GAYS OR
HOMOSEXUALS.THERE BACK IN THE CLOSET WITH THE WHOLE ALPHABET. ANOTHER
LIBERAL MENTAL GENDER-THEIR MEN HAVING SODOMY SEX WITH MEN.THE NEW
LIBERAL MADE UP SCAM. THE GAYS AND HOMOSEXUALS AND EVERY LETTER OF THE
ALPHABET IS BACK IN THE CLOSET AGAIN.
LAB LEAK PROOF STILL GOOD OF COVID SCAM-NO ONE CAN PROOVE IT WASN'T MADE IN A LAB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xy9BAbH2BA
THE COVID KILL SHOT CLOTS
https://www.banned.video/watch?id=62a7a9a671d5801bf19beb91
THERE
TRYING ANYTHING TO GET US WORLD SLAVES UNDER CONTROL OF LOCK DOWNS
AGAIN. IT WORKED FOR 2 YEARS UNDER THE COVID 19-GENE THERAPY KILLER
SHOTS SCAM. THEN THEY TRYED THE THROW THE GAYS AND HOMOSEXUALS BACK IN
THE CLOSET TRICK WITH MONKEY POX. BUT JUST SODOMITES OR MEN HAVING SEX
WITH MEN SCAM. WHICH FAILED. SO NOW THEIR TRYING THE POLIO IN THE SEWAGE
TEST SCAM. THAT DIED IN THE DUNG. NOW ITS FLU SHOTS AS WELL AS ANOTHER
SCAM GENE THERAPT COVID 19 AND OMICROM MIXTURE SCAM KILLER SHOTS. SEE IF
THIS WORKS IN THEIR SCAM LOCK US DOWN CONTROL FREAK LIBDEMOCAPS BOOK OF
SCAMS TO CONTROL US ALL LIKE GOOD LITTLE SHEEP. I THINK NOT-PEOPLE ARE
WAKING UP TO EVERY SCAM THEY PULL NOW.
Israeli health officials
brace for combined wave of flu and COVID ahead of winter-Health
Ministry’s Sharon Alroy-Preis urges vaccines against both viruses,
noting that shots for influenza and coronavirus can be administered at
the same time-By Amy Spiro-AUG 18,22-Today, 12:40 pm 0
Health
officials in Israel are sounding the alarm and predicting a potentially
dangerous winter with a combined wave of COVID and flu cases.Dr. Sharon
Alroy-Preis, head of public health services at the Health Ministry, said
Thursday that best possible weapon remains vaccinations against both
viruses.“There are predictions that in Israel there will be a wave of
COVID in October and November,” she told Army Radio. “The combination of
COVID and flu could be problematic. We are preparing for this in terms
of vaccines, which can be received together.”She said that flu vaccines
for this year are slated to arrive in Israel at some point in
September.An unnamed health official told the Kan public broadcaster on
Thursday that Israel is exploring purchasing COVID vaccines that are
tailored specifically to new variants of the virus. The official also
said that the administration of COVID and flu shots simultaneously may
only be for those who are over 60 or high-risk.While Israel’s COVID
vaccine campaign has slowed dramatically, hundreds of people a day are
still getting the shots. On Tuesday, 186 Israelis got a fourth dose of
the vaccine, 83 got a third dose, 84 a second dose and 81 a first dose.
In late July that figure was closer to 750 vaccines doses a day.Overall,
more than 72% of Israelis have received at least one dose of the COVID
vaccine, 66% have received two doses, 48% three doses and just 9% have
gotten a fourth shot of the vaccine.Alroy-Preis said that health
officials are continuously monitoring the situation around the globe,
particularly in parts of the world that are already experiencing
winter.“One of the tools that we have to prepare for winter is to look
at the other half of the globe, and what we see there is not
reassuring,” she said, noting a serious wave of flu and COVID cases
during Australia’s winter with a high rate of hospitalization.At the
moment, Alroy-Preis said Israel’s COVID rates are remaining steadily
low.“We’ve been saying for a while already that COVID is here and we
have to live with it, with the ups and downs in infection, and adjusting
the regulations to the situation,” she said.As of Thursday morning,
there were 18,335 confirmed active COVID cases in Israel, with 583 of
them hospitalized and 199 of those listed as serious cases. In the past
week, 18 people with COVID have died, bringing the death toll since the
start of the pandemic to 11,524.
Admitting botched pandemic
response, CDC head orders major agency overhaul-Dr. Rochelle Walensky
says public health body ‘fell short’ in dealing with coronavirus,
proposes restructuring plan aimed at making CDC more nimble and
improving communication-By Mike Stobbe-AUG 18,22-Today, 6:15 am 2
NEW
YORK (AP) — The head of the US’s top public health agency on Wednesday
announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short
responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble.The planned
changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders
call it a “reset”— come amid criticism of the agency’s response to
COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats. The changes include
internal staffing moves and steps to speed up data releases.The CDC’s
director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, told the agency’s staff about the
changes on Wednesday. It’s a CDC initiative, and was not directed by the
White House or other administration officials, she said.“I feel like
it’s my my responsibility to lead this agency to a better place after a
really challenging three years,” Walensky told The Associated Press.The
Atlanta-based agency, with a $12 billion budget and more than 11,000
employees, is charged with protecting Americans from disease outbreaks
and other public health threats. It’s customary for each CDC director to
do some reorganizing, but Walensky’s action comes amid a wider demand
for change.The agency has long been criticized as too ponderous,
focusing on collection and analysis of data but not acting quickly
against new health threats. Public unhappiness with the agency grew
dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts said the CDC was slow
to recognize how much virus was entering the US from Europe, to
recommend people wear masks, to say the virus can spread through the
air, and to ramp up systematic testing for new variants.“We saw during
COVID that CDC’s structures, frankly, weren’t designed to take in
information, digest it and disseminate it to the public at the speed
necessary,” said Jason Schwartz, a health policy researcher at the Yale
School of Public Health.Walensky, who became director in January 2021,
has long said the agency has to move faster and communicate better, but
stumbles have continued during her tenure. In April, she called for an
in-depth review of the agency, which resulted in the announced
changes.“It’s not lost on me that we fell short in many ways” responding
to the coronavirus, Walensky said. “We had some pretty public mistakes,
and so much of this effort was to hold up the mirror … to understand
where and how we could do better.”Her reorganization proposal must be
approved by the Department of Health and Human Services secretary. CDC
officials say they hope to have a full package of changes finalized,
approved and underway by early next year.Some changes still are being
formulated, but steps announced Wednesday include:Increasing use of
preprint scientific reports to get out actionable data, instead of
waiting for research to go through peer review and publication by the
CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Restructuring the
agency’s communications office and further revamping CDC websites to
make the agency’s guidance for the public more clear and easier to
find.Altering the length of time agency leaders are devoted to outbreak
responses to a minimum of six months — an effort to address a turnover
problem that at times caused knowledge gaps and affected the agency’s
communications.Creation of a new executive council to help Walensky set
strategy and priorities Appointing Mary Wakefield as senior counselor to
implement the changes. Wakefield headed the Health Resources and
Services Administration during the Obama administration and also served
as the No. 2 administrator at HHS. Wakefield, 68, started Monday-
Altering the agency’s organization chart to undo some changes made
during the Trump administration. Establishing an office of
intergovernmental affairs to smooth partnerships with other agencies, as
well as a higher-level office on health equity.Walensky also said she
intends to “get rid of some of the reporting layers that exist, and I’d
like to work to break down some of the silos.” She did not say exactly
what that may entail, but emphasized that the overall changes are less
about redrawing the organizational chart than rethinking how the CDC
does business and motivates staff.“This will not be simply moving boxes”
on the organization chart, she said.Schwartz said flaws in the federal
response go beyond the CDC, because the White House and other agencies
were heavily involved.A CDC reorganization is a positive step but “I
hope it’s not the end of the story,” Schwartz said. He would like to see
“a broader accounting” of how the federal government handles health
crises.
Regional complications leave Jordan River rich in
holiness, but poor in water-Efforts to rehabilitate valley conduit
stymied as conservationists seek to reverse damage from years of
conflict and politics, resource abuse and pollution
By MARIAM FAM-AUG 18,22-Today, 11:10 am 1
ALONG
THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed
time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her
feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the
Jordan River.“It’s very profound,” said the 53-year-old visitor from
Indiana. “I have not ever walked where Jesus walked, for one
thing.”Tourists and pilgrims come to the site from near and far, many
driven by faith, to follow in Christ’s footsteps, to touch the river’s
water, to connect with biblical events.Symbolically and spiritually, the
river is of mighty significance to many. Physically, the Lower Jordan
River of today is a lot more meager than mighty.By the time it reaches
the baptismal site, its dwindling water looks sluggish, a dull brownish
green shade.Its decline, due to a confluence of factors, is intertwined
with the entanglements of the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict and
rivalry over precious water in a valley where so much is contested.
Championing the transboundary Jordan’s revival without wading into the
thicket of the disputes that have fueled its deterioration can be a
challenge.A stretch of the river, for instance, was a hostile frontier
between once-warring Israel and Jordan; river water also separates
Jordan on its eastern bank from the Israeli-controlled West Bank,
captured by Israel from Jordan in a 1967 war and sought by the
Palestinians for a future state.“It’s a victim of the conflict,
definitely. It’s a victim of people, because it’s what we did as people
to the river, basically, and now adding to all this it’s a victim of
climate change,” said Yana Abu Taleb, the Jordanian director of EcoPeace
Middle East, which brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli
environmentalists and lobbies for regional collaboration on saving the
river. “So it’s a victim in every way.”EcoPeace has said for years that
the Lower Jordan River, which runs south from the Sea of Galilee, is
particularly threatened by decades of water diversions for agriculture
and domestic use and by pollution. Only a tiny fraction of its
historical water flow now reaches its terminus in the Dead Sea, not far
south from the baptismal site that Burckhartt visited.That’s one reason
the Dead Sea has been shrinking.Standing at the Jordanian baptismal site
Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Burckhartt, a Presbyterian, said the river’s
water felt cold on her skin, offering a respite from the sweltering
heat around her. In the jumble of emotions she grappled with, she could
also feel sadness for the river’s dwindling.“I am sure God above is also
sad.”The Bible says Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River.The river’s
eastern bank, modern-day Jordan, and its western one both house
baptismal sites, where rituals of faith unfold, a reflection of the
river’s enduring religious, historical and cultural allure.The river
holds further significance as the scene of miracles in the Old
Testament; after years of wandering the desert, the ancient Israelites
are said to have crossed the Jordan on dry ground after the water was
stopped for them to pass.At the Jordanian baptismal site on the eastern
bank recently, a woman dipped her feet in the waters and then cupped
some with her hands, rubbing it on her face and over her head. Others
touched the river and crossed themselves or bent over to fill empty
bottles.Charlie Watts, a tourist from England, submerged a wooden cross —
a gift and a blessing for his Christian mother back home. “I took a
video… so I can show her that it was true,” Watts said.While he is not
as religious as his mother, the 24-year-old still considered his visit
to the Jordanian site special: “What made it surreal is to think that
this is what started the world movement of Christianity.”In an
interview, Rustom Mkhjian, director general of the Baptism Site
Commission in Jordan, spoke passionately about the Jordanian site’s
claim to authenticity and its preservation as it was in the time of
Christ and John the Baptist. UNESCO has declared it a World Heritage
Site “of immense religious significance to the majority of denominations
of Christian faith, who have accepted this site as the location where
Jesus” was baptized.“Every year we celebrate interfaith harmony, and
among my happiest days in my life is days when I see Jews, Christians
and Muslims visit the site and the three of them cry,” Mkhjian said.
“The present spot where we are is a site with a great message needed:
Let us build human bridges of love and peace.”The Jordanian and West
Bank sites both give visitors access to the river, where they come face
to face, a narrow stretch of the waterbody between them. An Israel flag
at the West Bank’s Qasr al-Yahud serves as a reminder to those in Jordan
that the river is a frontier separating the two worlds.That site is
also billed as where, according to tradition, Jesus was baptized. Jordan
and Israel compete for these people’s tourism dollars.Several people in
flowing white robes waded in from the West Bank recently, posing in a
semicircle for photos. Visitors in another group stood on riverbank
steps or in the water itself as two men in black, apparently clerical
attire poured river water over their heads.In the background some sang,
their voices heard back on the Jordanian side:“Oh, Brothers, let’s go
down… Down in the river to pray.”Waters of conflict-Such serene moments
contrast with the military hostilities that have played out on the
river’s banks as part of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The river’s history
and its water have been as politically fraught as holy, and for decades
land mines have lurked menacingly on banks that were once a war zone.On
the eastern bank, demining of the area where the Jordanian baptismal
site now sits began after a 1994 peace treaty between Jordan and
Israel.On the West Bank, a team from The HALO Trust, a British-American
charity, has cleared mines from areas housing churches in the vicinity
of the Qasr al-Yahud site as recently as 2020. The site itself had
opened for the public years earlier after Israel cleared a narrow road
to the river, while the churches area remained off-limits and frozen in
time for decades.Work began to clear those mines in 2018, but only after
three years of building trust and getting onboard all involved, from
Israeli and Palestinian authorities to several Christian denominations
that own the churches and lands, said Ronen Shimoni, who was part of the
HALO effort.“Nothing is simple here in the West Bank,” Shimoni
said.-Collaboration-It’s against that turbulent backdrop that EcoPeace
Middle East has been urging regional collaboration on the Jordan between
rivals who have long had every motivation to squeeze as much water as
possible out of the river or its tributaries.“Any fresh water left in
the river would have in the past been seen as empowering the enemy… You
take everything that you can,” said Gidon Bromberg, the group’s Israeli
director.“There’s legitimate need for the water… Water is scarce,” he
said. “But the conflict creates an incentive to take everything.”The
result is that the Lower Jordan’s annual discharge into the Dead Sea was
estimated at 20 million to 200 million cubic meters compared to a
historic amount of 1.3 billion cubic meters, according to a report
published in 2013 by a UN commission and a German federal institute.
Bromberg puts the current figure at no more than 70 million cubic
meters.“Israel, from a historical perspective, has taken about half the
water, and Syria and Jordan have taken the other half,” Bromberg said.
“The pollution that’s coming into the river is coming from Jordanian,
Palestinian and Israeli sides and a little bit also from Syria.”EcoPeace
Israel co-director Gidon Bromberg explaining water issues at Naharayyim
in northern Israel on June 12, 2019. (courtesy EcoPeace)-Water use in
the Jordan River basin is unevenly developed, the UN-German report said,
adding that the Palestinians can no longer access or use water from the
Jordan River itself. Syria doesn’t have access to the river but has
built dams in the Yarmouk River sub-basin, which is part of the Jordan
River basin, it said.For Palestinians in the West Bank, the only way to
see the Jordan River is to visit the Israeli-run baptismal site there,
said Nada Majdalani, EcoPeace’s Palestinian director.“The Jordan River
in the past, for Palestinians, meant livelihoods and economic stability
and growth,” she said. Now, she added, it has been reduced to an
“ambition of statehood and sovereignty over water resources.”The river’s
decline, she said, is especially disappointing to elderly Palestinians
“who remember how the river looked… and how they used to go fishing, how
they used to have a dip in the river.”Bromberg said EcoPeace has been
documenting the “lose-lose” nature of the river’s deterioration for all
parties.“From a Jewish tradition, you know, the river and its banks are a
place of miracles,” he said. “Well, it doesn’t reflect a place of
miracles in its current depleted state.”Rehabilitation-In late July the
Israeli government approved plans to rehabilitate a stretch of the Lower
Jordan, a decision described by Environmental Protection Minister Tamar
Zandberg as “historic” and the beginning of a correction.“For decades
it was neglected and most of its waters were taken, and it effectively
turned into a sewage canal,” Zandberg said in a statement. “In an era of
climate crisis and a serious ecological crisis, there is double
significance to rehabilitating the River Jordan and returning it to
nature, the public, and hikers.”Speaking by phone, Zandberg said the
plan focuses on a stretch that runs in Israeli territory and reflects
Israel’s improved water situation given its desalination program, which
has left it much less reliant on water it has been using from the Sea of
Galilee.“Now, we’re actually more equipped to do it,” she said. “We
have water.”She added she hopes the decision would showcase the river’s
potential and pave the way for broader collaboration on the rest of the
Lower Jordan as well as send a signal to Jordan that “we are committed…
to our mutual assets,” including the river.“It can provide a success
story on that segment, and then it will enable more successful
partnerships in the future.”That’s something that hasn’t always come
easily.“Politics, sometimes, interferes and also budget issues and the
trust… between the parties,” Zandberg said.A regional rehabilitation and
development master plan announced in 2015 by EcoPeace and others was
adopted by the Jordanian government but not by the Israelis or
Palestinians due to outstanding “final-status” peace process issues,
according to the group.That plan said the lower part of the Jordan River
will require at least 400 million cubic meters of freshwater per year
to reach “an acceptable rehabilitation level.”Creation of a trust fund
to finance de-pollution projects — an effort that EcoPeace had viewed as
less politically controversial — stalled after a 2017 diplomatic crisis
between Israel and Jordan and amid years of strained ties under the
government of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There
have been signs of improved ties since.Not everyone in the region
welcomes, or trusts, EcoPeace’s calls for cooperation.“Our job is tough.
Our messages are challenged,” said Abu Taleb, the group’s Jordanian
director.Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox
community from Tel Aviv stand in the waters of the Jordan River during a
baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the
Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho on
Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (Oded Balilty/AP)“Because of having that, you
know, Israeli chapter, we’re always accused of being ‘normalizers,'” or
having normal relations with Israel, Abu Taleb said. That is a
contentious topic, unpopular among many ordinary Arabs, citing factors
such as Israel’s open-ended control of lands it captured in 1967 and a
lack of a resolution to the Palestinian issue.“The water knows no
borders,” Abu Taleb said.Bromberg said he, too, has run into criticism
from what he said was a vocal minority in Israel “inappropriately”
branding their work as benefiting Jordanians and Palestinians at the
expense of Israeli interests.“Sadly, there are people who think that if
you’re working with the other side, you must be working for the other
side exclusively,” he said.Politics aside, the strain on some
governments to meet water needs complicates calls to add water to the
river.Jordan, for instance, is one of the world’s most water-scarce
nations, and its challenges are compounded by a growing population
swelled by waves of refugees.“We are under stress, so we don’t have a
surplus to add to the Jordan River and to revive it despite the great
importance of this to the Jordanians,” said Khalil Al-Absi, an official
with the Jordan Valley Authority.“Solutions require concerted (regional)
effort and the international community’s” help, the Jordanian official
said. “We have many beautiful ideas for the Jordan River but there are
limitations.”Climate change threatens to exacerbate such problems. “The
impact of the climate change is seriously influencing the water
resources,” Al-Absi said.According to the World Bank, the Middle East
and North Africa region faces the greatest expected economic losses from
climate-related water scarcity, estimated at 6% to 14% of GDP by
2050.Advocates, like Bromberg, acknowledge that climate change makes a
Jordan revival harder — but argue that restoring the river and its banks
offers economic incentives.“The climate crisis brings home the issue of
urgency that rehabilitating the river is perhaps the only way to
prevent further instability in the valley,” Bromberg said, “because it
can create alternative revenues through tourism.”For all the river’s
challenges, Al-Absi, the Jordanian official, said he remained
optimistic. The alternative could be grim.“If there is no water, people
won’t come despite (the presence) of religious sites,” he said. “Water
is life. Without water, there is no life.”
OIL IN ISRAEL
JOB 29:6
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
GENESIS 12:3
3
And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAEL) and curse (DESTROY) him
that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed.
GENESIS 14:10
10 And the vale of Siddim was
full of slimepits;(CRUDE OIL) and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,
and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain
DEUTERONOMY 33:19,24
19
They (ISRAEL) shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall
offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance
of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
24 And of Asher he
said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his
brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
DEUTERONOMY 12:3
13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the
increase of the fields;(OIL) and he made him to suck honey out of the
rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
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.
UK premiership candidates offer cautious backing for
embassy move to Jerusalem-Rishi Sunak calls Jerusalem undisputed capital
of Israel but notes move is easier said than done, while Conservative
Party race frontrunner Liz Truss commits to ‘review’ matter-By Michael
Horovitz-AUG 18,22-Today, 3:43 am 1
Both candidates in the race
to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister have expressed
cautious openness to moving their country’s embassy to Jerusalem and
recognizing the city as Israel’s capital.Former chancellor Rishi Sunak
and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are competing to capture the leadership
of the UK’s ruling Conservatives Party, after Johnson announced he would
step down as faction leader and premier last month.Addressing a
Conservative Friends of Israel event on Monday, Sunak said Jerusalem was
“indisputably the historic capital” of Israel and there was a “very
strong case” for moving the UK embassy from its current location in Tel
Aviv.“It’s something I’d like to do,” he said.However, Sunak also
expressed wariness over the delicate nature of the issue.“All I would
say is, having not been foreign secretary, there must be some
sensitivities involved because if it was that easy, it would have been
done by now,” he explained.Earlier in August, Truss, the favorite to win
the race, penned a letter to the Conservative Friends of Israel vowing
to “review” the embassy matter: “I understand the importance and
sensitivity of the location of the British Embassy in Israel. I’ve had
many conversations with my good friend Prime Minister Yair Lapid on this
topic.”Neither candidate made a definitive commitment that they would
go forward with the move should they make it to 10 Downing
Street.Palestinians claim part of Jerusalem as their future capital and
most countries, Britain included, have refused to recognize the city as
the seat of Israel’s government.US president Donald Trump recognized
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017 and opened the US embassy
in Jerusalem the following May.Britain was one of 128 countries that
voted in favor of a United Nations resolution condemning Trump’s
decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem and recognize it as Israel’s
capital. The resolution called on countries not to move their diplomatic
missions to Jerusalem.Candidates in the UK and elsewhere have long
teased moving their country’s embassy to Jerusalem in pitches to Jewish
or pro-Israel voters, though follow-through is generally stymied by
diplomatic and security concerns.Three countries — Honduras, Guatemala,
and Kosovo — have followed the US despite resistance from the
international community. Others, including the UK, maintain their lead
missions in Tel Aviv.Israel captured the eastern part of the city from
Jordan during the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1980, in a move
declared illegal under international law by the United Nations Security
Council.Results of the UK Conservative Party leadership contest are
expected on September 5.
Military chief says IDF forces struck
‘third country’ during recent Gaza fighting-Kohavi doesn’t name nation
or target, but Arab media reported Iranians and Lebanese killed in large
explosion at Houthi camp in Yemen earlier this month-By Emanuel
Fabian-AUG 18,22-Today, 1:06 pm 0
Military chief Aviv Kohavi
revealed Thursday that the Israel Defense Forces carried out a strike on
an unnamed country during the recent round of fighting in the Gaza
Strip earlier this month.“Ten days ago, the Israel Defense Forces hit
with great precision Tayseer Jabari, who is an arch-terrorist,” Kohavi
said at a Federation of Local Authorities conference, referring to the
northern Gaza commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, killed during
the opening strikes of Operation Breaking Dawn.“And at the same time
[the IDF] carried out a wave of arrests in [the West Bank], and at the
same time attacked a third country, and carried out defense along the
rest of the country’s borders,” Kohavi said.Kohavi did not name the
“third country” that was hit during that battle between August 5 and
8.However, Arabic-language media reports have said that on August 7 at
least six Iranian and Lebanese advisers were killed in Yemen at a camp
run by the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group. The reports attributed the
blast to a Houthi ballistic missile that exploded while being
redeployed.The reports carried by Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya and
Al-Hadath said dozens of Houthi fighters were also killed, and that the
blast triggered a second explosion in a nearby factory and weapons dump
near Yemen’s capital Sa’ana.Last night, several huge blasts shook
Sana'a. According to local sources, it was due to an error during
transporting a ballistic missile by Houthis. The explosion took place in
Al Hafa military site in Naqam mountain.#Yemen
pic.twitter.com/owA5legjxW — Aleph ? (@no_itsmyturn) August 8, 2022-It
was not clear from the reports if the Lebanese were linked with
Hezbollah, another armed terror group supported by Tehran.Last year, the
IDF deployed air defense batteries around the southern city of Eilat
amid concerns of an attack by the Houthis. The Iran-backed group is
believed to have missiles and drones that can reach Israel.Yemen’s
brutal war erupted in 2014 after the Houthis seized Sana’a. A Saudi
Arabia-led coalition entered the war months later to try to restore the
internationally recognized government.The conflict has in recent years
become a regional proxy war that has killed more than 150,000 people,
including over 14,500 civilians. It also created one of the worst
humanitarian crises in the world. A ceasefire between the sides took
effect in April.Israel in the past has been willing to strike targets
relatively far from its borders, including several airstrikes in Sudan
more than a decade ago that targeted shipments from Iran to the Hamas
terror group in Gaza via the African nation.Israel has also carried out
hundreds of airstrikes in Syria in the last decade, mostly to stymie
attempts by Iranian forces to transfer weapons to Lebanon’s Hezbollah or
establish a foothold on Israel’s northern frontier.But there were no
reports of Israeli strikes in Syria during the three-day battle, with
the closest incident being on August 12.Iran has also previously accused
Israel of mounting sabotage attacks against its nuclear facilities and
military sites, but there were no such incidents reported during the
Gaza operation.The IDF refers to three levels of direct threats facing
Israel as “circles” with the first being small terror groups on Israel’s
borders, like Hamas; the second being larger threats, like the Syrian
army and Hezbollah; and the “third circle” being countries that do not
share a border with Israel, like Iran, Iraq, and Yemen.Agencies and
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Observant
Ukrainian Jewish refugees find peace at Hungarian resort complex-At a
Chabad-affiliated camp on the shores of Lake Balaton, 700 religious Jews
find refuge while hundreds of others remain on waiting list-By Peter
Murphy-AUG 18,22 Today, 12:02 pm 0
BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AFP)
— With kosher food, debates on the Torah and a women’s section on the
beach for swimming, Ukrainian Rina Jalilova is finally feeling safe
again at a Jewish refugee camp on the shores of Lake Balaton in
Hungary.“I feel amazing here. It’s very important for us that there is
kosher food, and that I can swim… it’s beautiful and quiet here,” said
the 18-year-old, who helps out in the camp’s children’s playroom,
playing with about a dozen kids.Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in
February, many Jews have fled, the latest ordeal for a once large
community that has survived a painful history of pogroms, the Holocaust
and communist-era purges.The camp — set up specifically for observant
Ukrainian Jews on the shores of Hungary’s largest lake — is “unique,”
said one of its organizers, Rabbi Slomo Koves.“It is the only one for
people who want to stick to their religious customs, to the nutrition
laws of the Jewish tradition, to be in a community together,” said
Koves, who heads the Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities
(EMIH).“This is a calming place for traumatized people to reflect and
think about [their] next steps… They can recharge their soul here,”
Yaakov Goldstein, a 33-year-old rabbi and father of three, told AFP as
swans swam by on the lake’s serene green water. Goldstein helped
evacuate thousands of Jews from across Ukraine, the cradle of Orthodox
Hasidic Judaism, with many coming through the camp after it opened in
April at the lake resort of Balatonoszod, 130 kilometers (80 miles)
southwest of Budapest.Taking up a Ukrainian rabbi’s call for help to
find a refuge for Jews in time for Passover in mid-April, Koves
persuaded the Hungarian government to let them use the huge complex,
formerly a holiday resort for government officials, that had lain
disused for a decade.EMIH, a group affiliated to the Hasidic
Chabad-Lubavitch movement — which was founded by a Ukrainian-born rabbi —
maintains close ties with nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orban, known for his anti-refugee and anti-immigration stance.Orban
sparked a storm of criticism last month, including from Jewish groups,
after he warned against mixing with “non-Europeans” and creating
“peoples of mixed-race.”Orban defended his comments as a “cultural
standpoint” and insists he has zero tolerance for antisemitism. After
Russia’s invasion, Hungary kept its border with Ukraine open and has
helped house tens of thousands of Ukrainians.About 2,000 people have
passed through the Machne Chabad camp since it was set up, some only for
a few days before traveling onward to the US or Israel. Others have
stayed longer, with some eager to return to Ukraine.A new row of mobile
container houses means the camp, which is funded mainly by US and
western European private donors, can handle up to 700 people.“Now we are
full. There are about 500 people waiting to come, but we don’t have
enough place for everyone,” said Alina Teplitskaya, director of the
Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, which manages daily life in
the camp.While fish is being prepared in the kitchen for lunch
according to strict kosher rules, bearded men pray in the dining room.
Downstairs, teenagers make handcrafts and dance, while a group of
scarved women in long skirts discuss the Torah near the
lakeshore.Margarita Yakovleva, a 40-year-old filmmaker, told AFP that
she fled with her dog Yena after a Russian airstrike in March near
Kyiv’s Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial — the site of a Nazi massacre in
which over 33,000 people were killed in 1941, most of them Jews.“I was
inside my apartment near Babyn Yar when the bombs fell. It was terrible,
like an earthquake,” she said while queueing to register with visiting
Hungarian immigration officials.The Drobytskiy Yar Holocaust memorial in
Ukraine’s Kharkiv was also damaged by Russian shelling in March.Many in
the camp don’t know what the future holds.“We don’t have plans, so we
will see,” said Jalilova from Odesa, who arrived with her family at the
camp in May after three months in Berlin.It's not (only) about you.The
Times of Israel.
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
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
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
(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS
DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD
BILLION IN WW3)
US CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY
https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/money-and-payments-20220120.pdf
In
call with Lapid, German leader again condemns Abbas ‘holocausts’
remarks-Olaf Scholz tells PM it was important to personally decry PA
president’s allegation; Lapid urges Europe to stop letting Iran drag its
feet in nuclear talks-By Lazar Berman-AUG 18,22-Today, 2:08 pm 0
German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned in a Thursday phone call with Prime
Minister Yair Lapid inflammatory comments made Tuesday in Berlin by
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.Scholz told Lapid that it was important
for him to personally emphasize to the prime minister his condemnation
of Abbas’s claims that Israel had carried out “50 holocausts” against
Palestinians.“Keeping alive the memory of the civilizational rupture of
the Shoah is an everlasting responsibility of this and every German
government,” said Scholz, according to Berlin’s readout of the
conversation.On Wednesday, Scholz said he was “disgusted” by the
remarks, after enduring criticism by local media for not immediately
countering Abbas’s remarks, which the latter made as the two leaders
stood side by side during a Berlin press conference the night before.
Though Scholz seemed pained as Abbas spoke, he did not speak up.During
their phone call, Lapid thanked the German leader, saying he was
speaking both as Israel’s premier and as the son of a Holocaust
survivor, according to a statement released by Lapid’s office.At
Tuesday’s press conference, Abbas was responding to a reporter’s
question about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Munich massacre.
Eleven Israeli athletes and a German police officer died when members of
the Palestinian terror group Black September took hostages at the
Olympic Village on September 5, 1972. At the time of the attack, the
group was linked to Abbas’s Fatah party.Asked whether as Palestinian
leader he planned to apologize to Israel and Germany, Abbas responded
instead by citing allegations of atrocities committed by Israel since
1947.“If we want to go over the past, go ahead,” Abbas, who was speaking
Arabic, told the reporters.“I have 50 slaughters that Israel committed
in 50 Palestinian villages… 50 massacres, 50 slaughters, 50 holocausts,”
he said, pronouncing the final word in English.In their call Thursday,
Scholtz and Lapid also discussed the ongoing nuclear talks with
Iran.Lapid stressed Israel’s firm opposition to a return to the deal. He
added that it was crucial for the E3 — Germany, France, and the UK — to
send a clear message that they would make no further concessions to
Iran during the talks. Ich bin zutiefst empört über die unsäglichen
Aussagen des palästinensischen Präsidenten Mahmoud #Abbas. Gerade für
uns Deutsche ist jegliche Relativierung des Holocaust unerträglich und
inakzeptabel. Ich verurteile jeden Versuch, die Verbrechen des Holocaust
zu leugnen. — Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) August 17,
2022-The latest draft agreement from the EU foreign policy chief
reportedly made significant concessions on sanctions and on IAEA
inspections.Lapid also urged the European states to ensure that they are
not allowing Iran to drag out the talks in Vienna, which have gained
some momentum in recent weeks.Scholz and Lapid agreed to meet in the
near future, according to the Israeli statement. Reports on Thursday
indicated that Lapid would visit Germany on an official visit slated for
September, although no official confirmation has been published.German
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is considering flying to Israel in a
bid to convince the families of the Munich victims to attend
commemorations in Germany after they decided they would boycott the
events, Hebrew media reported Thursday.The families of the 11 Israeli
athletes killed in Munich are refusing to attend after rejecting a
German compensation offer as insulting.According to reports,
Steinmeier’s potential visit to the victims’ families was spurred by
Abbas’s remarks and the subsequent controversy over Scholz’s lack of
immediate reaction.It is unclear whether Lapid’s trip would overlap with
the commemorations in Munich. President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to
attend the commemoration ceremony, despite pressure from the victims’
families not to participate.-Not a word of dissent-Scholz was widely
criticized for failing to speak out. Der Spiegel, Welt, Junge Freiheit,
and other media outlets ran headlines noting his silence during the
press conference. BILD expressed shock that there was “not a word of
dissent in the face of the worst Holocaust relativization that a head of
government has ever uttered in the chancellor’s office.”Bundestag
opposition leader Friedrich Merz, head of Germany’s powerful Christian
Democrat party, said Scholz “should have contradicted the Palestinian
President in no uncertain terms and asked him to leave the house!”Most
of the backlash, though, was aimed at Abbas for refusing to apologize
over the Munich massacre and for what critics said was trivializing the
Holocaust.Germany’s Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert called Abbas’s
comments “wrong and unacceptable.”Following the uproar, Abbas issued a
statement released by the Palestinian Authority’s official WAFA news
agency, walking back his comments and affirming that “the Holocaust is
the most heinous crime in modern human history.”A spokesman for Scholz
told reporters that his office had summoned the head of the Palestinian
mission in Berlin on Wednesday.The chancellor’s foreign and security
policy adviser conveyed that Scholz expects the Palestinian Authority
president “to acknowledge the singularity of the Holocaust without any
qualification,” Steffen Hebestreit said. “His gaffe yesterday casts a
dark shadow over Germany’s relations with the Palestinian Authority.”
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a
witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have
heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that
great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment
come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one
hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all
the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood
afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping
and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich
all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one
hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast
their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be
removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to
deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the
stumblingblock of their iniquity.
MARK OF THE BEAST (engraved microchip in your hand or forehead)
REVELATION 13:16-18
16
And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 16:1-2
1
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels,
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
I
THINK THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP
WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2,
19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS
DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE
CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN
WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO
GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK
WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA,
KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS
A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM
5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A
POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E
(BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A
SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO
"GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING,
-TEN).
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
REVELATION 13:16-18 (WORLD ECONOMY RUN BY THE EUROPEAN UNION)
16
And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 17:12-13
12
And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with
the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
REVELATION 6:1-2
1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it
were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2
And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a
bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU)
and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE
FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a
lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
GENESIS 49:16-17-POSSIBLY A JEW FROM DAN KILLS THE DICTATOR AT MIDPOINT OF TRIB
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
REVELATION 13:3,7,8 (WORLD GOVERNMENT, WORLD ECONOMY, WORLD RELIGION)
1
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS
DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and
great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw
one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly
wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after
the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
7
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and
to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the
earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of
life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD
DICTATOR).
Israel shuts offices of Palestinian rights
organizations it labeled terror groups-IDF troops confiscate property,
weld doors of offices in Ramallah shut, after defense minister ratifies
2021 decision to outlaw groups over alleged ties to PFLP-By Emanuel
Fabian-AUG 18,22-Today, 10:45 am 1
Israel’s troops in the early
hours of Thursday raided the Ramallah offices of several Palestinian
advocacy groups it has designated as terror organizations, sealing
entrance doors and leaving notices declaring them closed.Israel has said
the groups were effectively operated as an arm of the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine terror organization, a claim the groups
denied. They accused Israel of trying to silence criticism of alleged
human rights abuses.On Wednesday night, Defense Minister Benny Gantz
ratified the October 2021 decision to label some of the organizations as
terror groups linked to the PFLP: the Union of Palestinian Women’s
Committees, the Bisan Research and Advocacy Center, and Addameer, which
represents Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli military
courts.Separately, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces’ Central
Command, denied appeals by Palestinian rights organization Al-Haq, and
Defense for Children-International in Palestine, a group that advocates
for Palestinian children, to be removed from the terror list.Other
groups, including the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, also remain
listed as linked to the PFLP.The IDF said Thursday morning that troops
had shuttered the offices of seven organizations in the West Bank
overnight, seizing “property belonging to the terror
organizations.”????????Breaking: This morning, Israeli Occupation Forces
(IOF) raided Al-Haq’s office in Ramallah, confiscated items and shut
down the main entrance with an iron plate leaving behind a military
order declaring the organization unlawful 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Y8yqRdU4Db
— Al-Haq ???? (@alhaq_org) August 18, 2022-“During the counterterrorism
activity, rocks and Molotov cocktails were hurled toward the soldiers,
who responded with riot dispersal means,” the IDF added.According to
Al-Haq and DCI-P, troops confiscated “client files,” welded the doors to
their offices in Ramallah shut, and left notices declaring the
organization unlawful.“They came, blew up the door, got inside, and
messed with the files,” Shawan Jabarin, director of al-Haq, told The
Associated Press, adding that they are still examining whether any
documents had been confiscated. BREAKING: Israeli forces broke into our
Ramallah office early this morning, confiscating client files, welding
the door shut, and leaving a notice ordering the organization closed.
#StandWithThe6 pic.twitter.com/QM4BBjBsLM — Defense for Children
(@DCIPalestine) August 18, 2022-The declaration last year sparked a
swift backlash around the globe, with the European Union, the
Palestinian Authority, progressive US Democrats, US Jewish groups, and
international human rights organizations expressing criticism.Most of
the targeted organizations document alleged human rights violations by
Israel as well as the Palestinian Authority, which routinely detains
Palestinian activists. Many have received considerable funding in grants
from EU member states and the United Nations, among other
donors.Representatives of the groups and international organizations
have denied the charges and accused Israel of trying to silence
criticism of alleged human rights abuses.In July, nine EU member states
said Israel hasn’t backed up its allegations and that they will continue
working with the targeted groups.“These accusations are not new and
Israel failed to convince even its friends,” Jabarin said.Jabarin said
“neighbors and strangers” who were nearby during Thursday’s raid had
opened the office in Ramallah as soon as the Israeli forces left, and
that al-Haq’s staff were inside and resuming their work.“We don’t take
permission from any Israeli military or political official. We are
proceeding, encouraged by our belief in the accountability and the
international law,” he said.The PA described the closure of the
organizations as a “dangerous escalation” and said it was “an attempt to
silence the voice of truth and justice.” Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior
Palestinian official, said the PA will appeal to the international
community to reopen the institutions.The Defense Ministry claimed that
the organizations in question “operate under cover for the PFLP,” and
work “under the guise of performing humanitarian activities to further
the goals of the PFLP terror organization.”“The organizations operate to
strengthen the organization and to recruit operatives. They also assist
in raising funds for the terror organization via a variety of methods
that include forgery and fraud.”“The five organizations are controlled
by the PFLP, employ PFLP operatives in management and field positions,
and operate to conceal their affiliation to the terror organization, out
of fear of the security agencies in Israel and in the countries in
which they raise funds.”NGO Monitor, which tracks anti-Israel
nonprofits, said Gantz’s ratification was “a response to the European
refusal to engage with the evidence.”“Even without any classified
intelligence, open source information published by NGO Monitor clearly
shows the links between the PFLP and the European funded NGOs,” said
Gerald Steinberg, the monitor’s founder.Both Israeli military and
civilian law ban supporting or joining a terror group, and violators can
face years in prison. Israeli authorities can also seize assets
belonging to terror organizations and forbid funding their activities;
donors may also be subject to significant jail time.Israeli authorities
have charged before that the PFLP has pilfered millions of euros from
civil society organizations affiliated with its members to fund
terrorist activities. In May of last year, the Shin Bet arrested four
suspects, including a Spanish citizen, who were believed to have
channeled European funds to the PFLP.The Associated Press and Times of
Israel staff contributed to this report.It's not (only) about
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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)
THIS WAS A MUSLIM HATER OF
RUSHDIE. THIS IS A HATE CRIME. REMEMBER WHEN THAT WHITE GUY MURDERED A
BLACK OR MUSLIM. WITHIN 2 HOURS THE LIBERAL-DEMOCRAPS HAD HIS NAME ALL
OVER THE MEDIA. SAYING THIS WAS SUCH A HATE CRIME. BUT WHEN A MUSLIM
HATER ALMOST KILLS RUSHDIE. NO BRAIN DEAD PUPPET LIBERAL-DEMOCRAPS MEDIA
WHORES EVEN MENTIONED ANY THING ABOUT A HATE CRIME.
Alleged
Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ author survived, praises ayatollah-Hadi
Matar tells NY Post from jail that he was not in touch with Iran’s
Revolutionary Guard, but refuses to say if attack inspired by Iranian
leader’s fatwa-By AFP-18 August 2022, 2:35 am 0
NEW YORK — The
New Jersey man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie told the New York Post
in an interview published Wednesday that he was “surprised” the author
had survived the attack.“When I heard he survived, I was surprised, I
guess,” Hadi Matar, 24, told the tabloid, which said they held a video
interview with the jailed suspect.The suspected assailant, who has
pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges, did not say whether he
was inspired by the 1989 edict, or fatwa, issued under Iran’s former
supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that ordered Muslims to kill
the writer for what he deemed the blasphemous nature of the book “The
Satanic Verses.”“I respect the ayatollah. I think he’s a great person.
That’s as far as I will say about that,” said Matar, who according to
the Post was advised by his lawyer not to discuss the issue.Matar told
the paper he had “read a couple pages” of Rushdie’s novel.“I don’t like
the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” he said of the
author. “I don’t like him. I don’t like him very much.”“He’s someone who
attacked Islam, he attacked their beliefs, the belief systems.”Matar
said he was not in contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He said he
had learned Rushdie would speak at the Chautauqua Institution’s literary
series via a tweet earlier this year.He told the Post he had taken a
bus to Buffalo one day prior to the attack, before taking a Lyft to
Chautauqua.He bought a pass to the Chautauqua Institution grounds and
then slept in the grass the night before Rushdie’s planned talk.“I was
hanging around pretty much. Not doing anything in particular, just
walking around,” he told the paper. “I was just outside the whole
time.”On Friday, as Rushdie was set to deliver a talk as part of a
lecture series, a man stormed the stage and stabbed him several times in
the neck and abdomen.Rushdie was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where
he underwent emergency surgery for life-threatening injuries.The
75-year-old’s condition remains serious but he was taken off a
ventilator, and has shown signs of improvement.Matar told the Post he
had watched YouTube videos of Rushdie speaking, and called the author
“disingenuous.”Matar was born in the US but holds dual citizenship in
Lebanon, where his parents were born.On Monday Matar’s mother, Silvana
Fardos of Fairview, New Jersey, described him as “a moody introvert” who
became increasingly fixated on Islam after visiting Lebanon to see his
estranged father, in an interview with Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.He
is set to appear in court Friday.The Associated Press contributed to
this report.
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
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
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
(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS
DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD
BILLION IN WW3)
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will
bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them
clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and
shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6
Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of
the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with
thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and
prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto
thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be
visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is
brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against
the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is
brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of
them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a
cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with
thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that
at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think
an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of
unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell
safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor
gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand
upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people
that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and
goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and
the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say
unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company
to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and
goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY
RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man,
prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my
people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And
thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many
people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a
mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel,
as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I
will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I
shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my
servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many
years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to
pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in
my jealousy and in the fire (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken,
Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth,
and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my
presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places
shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will
call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord
GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will
plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with
blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many
people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones,
fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS
FLESH)
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I
will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man,
prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am
against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I
will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee,(300 MILIION
RUSSIA-ARAB-MUSLIMS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL) and will cause thee to come up
from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou,(RUSSIA) and all thy
bands,(RUSSIA SUPPORTED WITH WEAPONS-ARAB/MUSLIM COUNTRIES) and the
people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of
every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6
And I will send a fire (ATOMIC BOMB) on Magog, and among them that
dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and
I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen
shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall
set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the
bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall
burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood
out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they
shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that
spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a
place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the
east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and
there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it
The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13
Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to
them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through
the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of
the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they
search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any
seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers
have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every
feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves,
and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do
sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel,
that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of
the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams,
of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21
And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall
see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon
them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity
for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I
my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so
fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be
jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame,
and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when
they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I
have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their
enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28
Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to
be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto
their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my
spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of
Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST
DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four
winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS
IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there
shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD
IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be
dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life:
and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES
POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I
have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt
thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the
day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of
many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the
rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of
mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many
waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and
shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a
rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide
trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT
RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of
them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of
Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him
that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of
Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.(I
belive ISIS-DAMASCUS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE
EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)(THIS WILL BE
WW3 DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD I BELIEVE.2 BILLION DIE ON EARTH
IN THIS NUKE WAR)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel
poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN
IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the
way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM
ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I
saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and
out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are
the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings
of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue
Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA
ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44
But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS
WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL)
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to
make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC
WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE
WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN
TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the
four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared
for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third
part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand
thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and
I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the
vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of
jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of
lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and
brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men
killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which
issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
EZEKIEL 39:6
6 And
I will send a fire on RUSSIA (Magog,) and among them that dwell
carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
SECOND ANGEL: The Middle East DR DOCTORIAN
Then
Isawthat the second angel had a sickle in his hand,such asis used in
harvesting. The second angelsaid, “Harvest time has come in Israel and
the countries all the wayto Iran.” Isawthose countriesin a
fewsplitseconds. “All of Turkey and those other countries that have
refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill
one another.” I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the
Middle East countries.I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of
Georgia – Iraq, Syria,Lebanon,Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor – full
of blood. Isaw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; nuclear
weapons were used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from
everywhere. Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard
these words, “Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come.”The angel
said, “The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The
Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God.” I saw fires rising to
heaven.The angel said, “This is the final judgment My church shall be
purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from
thirst. Watershall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry
up, and men will fight for water in those countries.” The angelshowed me
that the United Nationsshall be broken in pieces because of the
crisisin the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The
angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
Nuclear drill in Ukraine 'to prepare for all scenarios' by AFP Staff Writers-Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 18, 2022
Ukraine
must "prepare for all scenarios" linked to a Russian-occupied nuclear
plant, the interior minister has said during a drill for emergency
workers in the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia.Moscow and Kyiv have accused
each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant, the biggest atomic power
station in Europe, which has been under Russian control since March.The
tensions around the facility have sparked fears of another nuclear
disaster in Europe like the one in Chernobyl in then Soviet Ukraine in
1986."Nobody could have predicted that Russian troops would be firing on
nuclear reactors with tanks. It is incredible," Interior Minister Denys
Monastyrsky said in the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia, 50
kilometres (31 miles) from the plant.After watching a nuclear accident
drill on Wednesday, he said Ukraine should be prepared since "as long as
the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is controlled by Russia, there are major
risks".Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers wearing gas masks and
hazmat suits took part in the drill in which they practised evacuating
an injured person and washing down contaminated vehicles.The head of
Ukraine's state nuclear agency Energoatom, Petro Kotin, said around 500
Russian soldiers and 50 armoured vehicles were at the plant.Russia has
said it does not have any heavy weapons or troops there except for guard
units.Ukraine has accused Russia of firing on the plant in order to
accuse Ukraine of doing it, while Russia has accused Kyiv of shelling
the facility.It is impossible to independently verify the claims.Russia
says 'no heavy weapons' deployed at Ukraine nuclear plant-Moscow (AFP)
Aug 18, 2022 - Russia's defence ministry said Thursday that its forces
did not have heavy weapons deployed at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear
power plant, accusing Kyiv of preparing a "provocation" at the
station."Russian troops have no heavy weapons either on the territory of
the station or in areas around it. There are only guard units," the
ministry said in a statement.Pointing to accusations that Russian forces
have been shelling Ukrainian positions from the territory of the
station, the ministry said Kyiv was planning a "provocation" during a
visit to Ukraine by UN chief Antonio Guterres that would see Moscow
"accused of creating a man-made disaster at the plant".It said Ukraine
was deploying forces in the area and planned to launch artillery strikes
on the plant from the city of Nikopol on Friday, when Guterres is due
to visit Odessa."The blame for the consequences (of the strikes) will be
placed on the Russian armed forces," it said.Russian forces took
control of the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine in March, shortly
after moving into the country.The plant is the largest of its kind in
Europe and uncertainty surrounding it has fuelled fears of a nuclear
accident to rival the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that it was "urgent" to allow the
International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the plant and for Russian
forces to withdraw.He said Moscow's control of the plant "raises the
risks of a nuclear accident or incident".Stoltenberg also accused Russia
of using "the ground around the nuclear power plant as a staging area,
as a platform, to launch artillery attacks on Ukrainian forces".
If
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant stops, possibility of nuclear disaster
increases Energoatom-Ukrainska Pravda-Thu, August 18, 2022 at 7:50
AM-IRYNA BALACHUK – THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 14:50
Energoatom, a
Ukrainian state enterprise operating all four nuclear power stations in
Ukraine, has stressed that if the Russian occupying forces halt the
operation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the
possibility of a nuclear disaster will increase.Quote from Energoatom:
"If the ZNPP generators are disconnected from Ukraine’s power grid, they
will not be able to continue cooling the fuel in case the station’s
electricity supply is cut off. This will increase the possibility of a
nuclear disaster at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the
Zaporizhzhia NPP."Details: Energoatom also said that the Russian
occupiers are meddling in management of the nuclear facility, which
further increases the threat of a nuclear disaster.The organisation
noted that the Russians want to disconnect the ZNPP from Ukraine’s power
grid and connect it instead to Russia-controlled power grid in
Crimea.Energoatom added that if the ZNPP lost access to the Ukrainian
power grid, a blackout would occur, making it possible to connect the
power plant to the Russian-controlled power grid.Quote from Energoatom:
"This is what nuclear terrorism looks like. The Ruscists are terrorising
and blackmailing not only Ukraine, but the entire civilised world. They
are gradually destroying all possible means that can protect the ZNPP
from a nuclear disaster.The Russian troops must urgently withdraw from
the territory of the ZNPP and the power plant must be returned under
Ukraine’s full control! Only this will guarantee the safety of the
nuclear facility."Background:On 18 August, Russian military command
threatened to stop the operation of Europe’s largest Zaporizhzhia
Nuclear Power Plant. In addition, the Russian Defence Ministry said that
a "large-scale provocation of the Kyiv regime" could occur at the ZNPP
during the visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Ukraine on
19 August.Journalists fight on their own frontline. Support Ukrainska
Pravda!UN chief issues warning as Ukraine nuclear plant shelled again
Russian
and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly accused each other of shelling
the Zaporizhzhia plant since the invasion began.Published On 11 Aug
202211 Aug 2022
The United Nations chief has called for an
immediate end to all military activity around Europe’s largest nuclear
power plant in southeastern Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each
other for renewed shelling.Russian-appointed officials, meanwhile, said
Ukraine shelled the plant twice, disrupting a shift changeover,
according to Russia’s TASS news agency.In a statement ahead of a UN
Security Council meeting called by Russia, Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres warned that any damage could lead to “catastrophic
consequences” in the region and beyond.“The facility must not be used as
part of any military operation. Instead, urgent agreement is needed at a
technical level on a safe perimeter of demilitarisation to ensure the
safety of the area,” Guterres said in a statement."Any potential damage
to Zaporizhzhia or any other nuclear facilities in Ukraine, or anywhere
else, could lead to catastrophic consequences." — @antonioguterres
expresses grave concern about situation in & around Zaporizhzhia
nuclear power plant. https://t.co/aLppSvn22A pic.twitter.com/69AQIbPMx7 —
United Nations (@UN) August 11, 2022-UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi
told the Security Council that the military activity around Zaporizhzhia
was “very alarming” and called on Ukraine and Russia to immediately
allow nuclear experts to assess damage as well as evaluate safety and
security at the complex because the situation had “been deteriorating
very rapidly”.Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), pointed to shelling and several explosions at
Zaporizhzhia last Friday that forced the shutdown of the electrical
power transformer and two backup transformers, leading to one of the
nuclear reactors being shut down.He had earlier warned that the
situation at Zaporizhzhia, which was seized by Russia in March, soon
after the February 24 invasion, was getting more perilous every
day.While the plant in southeastern Ukraine is controlled by Russia, its
Ukrainian staff continues to run its operations.Grossi said statements
received from Russia and Ukraine were “frequently contradicted” and that
the IAEA could not corroborate the facts unless its experts visited the
site, a call that was backed by the United States.Plant shelled
again-At the Security Council meeting, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily
Nebenzia accused Kyiv of “criminal attacks on nuclear infrastructure …
pushing the world to the brink of nuclear catastrophe”.He said Ukrainian
armed forces had repeatedly used heavy artillery and multiple-launch
rocket systems to shell the Zaporizhzhia plant, including on
Thursday.“The background radiation at the nuclear power plant at the
moment is within limits, but if the strikes continue it is only a
question of time,” Nebenzia said. “We call on states that support the
Kyiv regime to bring their proxies into check to compel them to
immediately and once and for all stop attacks.”Ukraine’s UN ambassador,
Sergiy Kyslytsya, accused Russia of using “elaborate plans of deceit,
sabotage and cover-ups” to stage the shelling at Zaporizhzhia, including
on Thursday, which poses “an unprecedented threat to nuclear security
for Ukraine, to Europe and the world as a whole”.Kyiv has also accused
Russia of firing rockets at Ukrainian towns from around Zaporizhzhia,
knowing it would be dangerous for Ukraine to return fire.Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Russia to return the plant to
Ukraine.“Only a full withdrawal of the Russians … and the restoration of
full Ukrainian control of the situation around the station can
guarantee a resumption of nuclear security for all of Europe,” he said
in a video address.-‘More catastrophic than Chernobyl’-The Russian
capture of Zaporizhzhia has renewed fears that the largest of Ukraine’s
15 nuclear reactors could be damaged, setting off an emergency on the
scale of Chernobyl in 1986. The world’s worst nuclear disaster began
with the failure of a routine systems test and took place about 110km
(65 miles) north of the capital Kyiv, when Ukraine was part of the
Soviet Union.Zelenskyy said the consequences of a radiation accident at
Zaporizhzhia “could be even more catastrophic than Chernobyl, and
essentially the same as the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, but
without a nuclear strike”.The Moscow-installed temporary head of the
Zaporizhzhia region said on Thursday that the Russia-backed
administration stood ready to ensure the safety of any IAEA delegation
sent to investigate the situation.“We are fully ready to accept the
IAEA, we will ensure security,” Yevhen Balytskyy said in an interview on
Russian state TV. He added that the Kremlin-backed authorities had
prepared armoured vehicles for the international envoys.Grossi said in a
statement on Wednesday that he would personally lead an expert mission
to inspect the nuclear plant “in the very near future,” without
elaborating on the timeline.
China to send troops to Russia for joint military drills-By AFP Staff Writers
Beijing
(AFP) Aug 18, 2022-Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in
joint military drills, Beijing's defence ministry said.Beijing and
Moscow have close defence links and China has said it wants to push
bilateral relations "to a higher level," even as Moscow faces
international sanctions and widespread condemnation over its war in
Ukraine.China's defence ministry said Wednesday its participation in the
annual "Vostok" exercises -- which Moscow has said will take place from
August 30 to September 5 -- is part of a bilateral cooperation
agreement with Russia."The aim is to deepen practical and friendly
cooperation with the armies of participating countries, enhance the
level of strategic collaboration among the participating parties, and
strengthen the ability to respond to various security threats," the
Chinese defence ministry said in a statement.India, Belarus, Mongolia,
Tajikistan and other countries will also participate, it said.China and
India have been accused of providing diplomatic cover for Russia
throughout its months-long war in Ukraine by opposing Western sanctions
and arms sales to Kyiv.But Beijing insisted its participation in the
joint exercises was "unrelated to the current international and regional
situation."It is the second joint military exercise conducted by
Chinese and Russian troops this year.Bombers from the two countries
conducted a 13-hour drill close to Japan and South Korea in May, forcing
those countries to scramble jet fighters, as US President Joe Biden was
visiting Tokyo.State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that while
warming ties between China and Russia undermined global security,
Washington didn't "read anything" into the drills."Most of the
participating countries also routinely participate in a wide array of
military exercises and exchanges with the United States as well," he
told a press conference.
Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to Kaliningrad-Moscow, Aug 18 (AFP) Aug 18, 2022
Russia
on Thursday relocated three warplanes equipped with hypersonic missiles
to its exclave of Kaliningrad on the coast of the Baltic Sea.Wedged
between EU and NATO members Lithuania and Poland that have firmly backed
Ukraine in the conflict with Moscow, the heavily militarised region of
Kaliningrad does not share a land border with Russia.On Thursday, "three
Mig-31i aircraft with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were relocated to the
Chkalovsk airfield in the Kaliningrad region," Russia's defence
ministry said in a statement.It said that they will be on
"round-the-clock combat duty".Russian President Vladimir Putin, who
unveiled the Kinzhal missile in 2018, has termed it "an ideal weapon"
that flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it extremely difficult
for missile defences to intercept.Russia in June clashed with Lithuania
after Vilnius banned the rail transit of sanctioned goods from mainland
Russia to Kaliningrad.The EU, however, said Lithuanian must allow
Russian goods to transit with the exception of weapons.Seized by the Red
Army from Germany in the closing stages of World War II, Kaliningrad
was separated from the Russian mainland following the break-up of the
Soviet Union when Lithuania became an independent state.
NATO says troops in Kosovo will intervene to keep peace-Brussels, Aug 17 (AFP) Aug 17, 2022
NATO
peacekeepers in Kosovo "will take any measure that is necessary" to
ensure peace there, the alliance's chief said Wednesday as Serbia-Kosovo
tensions simmered."Should stability be jeopardised, KFOR stands ready
to intervene and will take any measure that is necessary to ensure a
safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all the people
of Kosovo," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.He was speaking
alongside Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in a joint media
conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels.In a sign of continued
animosity between Belgrade and Pristina, Stoltenberg held a separate
media conference a short time later with Kosovo President Albin
Kurti.Serbia deeply resents Kosovo's breakaway status, which is backed
by a majority of the member states in NATO, which conducted an air war
against Serbian targets in 1999 to protect ethnic Albanians in Kosovo
demanding independence.Tensions have risen in recent months, with new
violence occurring late July in northern Kosovo, where a Serbian
minority lives.Stoltenberg said the situation on the ground has since
"improved" and stressed that "constructive dialogue" mediated by the EU
was the only forward."I call on all sides to show restraint and to avoid
violence," he said.Both Serbia and Kosovo have ambitions of one day
joining the European Union.Vucic and Kurti were to engage Thursday in
the latest round of dialogue, with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
to brief media on its outcome afterwards.Vucic told journalists he
expected "difficult discussions" in that round, but said "we want to
avoid any kind of possibility of escalation or conflict".Kurti for his
part said Kosovo's aim was to contribute to "sustainable peace", but
also alleged that "illegal structures of Serbia have been turned into
criminal gangs" that had erected roadblocks preventing movement in
northern Kosovo.
NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force comprises 3,700 soldiers operating under a UN Security Council mandate.
Palestinian
teen killed as rioters attack Jewish pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb-Heavy
clashes break out in Nablus, which has seen several bouts of violence
recently, including surrounding shrine; no Israeli injuries reported,
but bullet hits bus-By TOI staff-18 August 2022, 1:48 am 1
A
Palestinian teenager was killed as heavy clashes broke out in Nablus
late Wednesday and early Thursday while Jewish worshippers held a
monthly pilgrimage to a shrine in the Palestinian West Bank city under
military guard.The visit to Joseph’s Tomb came a week after the city saw
rare daytime gunbattles between troops and Palestinian fighters. It was
the first trip to the shrine since late June, when Palestinian gunmen
opened fire on pilgrims, wounding a senior Israel Defense Forces officer
and two civilians.Wassim Khalifa, 19, was shot by a sniper during the
clashes and rushed to a hospital before succumbing to his wounds,
Palestinian media outlets reported, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent
rescue service.Khalifa was from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus,
according to reports.Dozens more were injured, including at least one
person hospitalized in serious condition, the al Quds news site
reported. Most of the other injuries were for tear gas inhalation.The
IDF did not comment on the clashes, but confirmed in a statement that
troops from the army and border police were securing a coordinated
pilgrimage.The fighting broke out as a convoy of Jewish worshippers and
IDF soldiers entered the city for a monthly visit to the tomb, revered
by some as the final resting place of the biblical Joseph, where they
met with resistance from locals.Clashes during the visits are
commonplace; Palestinians routinely throw rocks at the troops, and
frequently attack them with Molotov cocktails and gunfire.No injuries
were reported among Israelis, though a bullet struck an armored bus used
by the Israeli group.Heavy bursts of gunfire could be heard in footage
from the scene which were shared on social media.It was not clear if the
Israeli convoy had exited the city as of publication.The clashes came
with the city already on edge following a rare daytime raid on August 9,
sparking a number of gunbattles. Israeli forces killed wanted terror
chief Ibrahim Nabulsi during an exchange of fire outside his home. Two
others were killed and forty more were injured in the clashes.Nabulsi
was part of an Islamic Jihad squad that had committed several shooting
attacks against soldiers and civilians in the West Bank earlier this
year, according to the Shin Bet. The IDF said that included a shooting
at the Joseph’s Tomb complex, where there have been several attacks
recently.Tensions have been high at the site since April, when some 100
Palestinian rioters broke into the shrine and vandalized it.A day after
the vandalism, two Jewish men were shot and lightly to moderately hurt
while trying to reach the tomb to restore it. Israel later carried out
major renovation work at the site.On June 29, Samaria Regional Brigade
Commander Col. Roy Zweig, who was involved in the site’s rehabilitation,
was shot along with two civilians as Palestinians directed heavy
gunfire at the shrine compound during a monthly pilgrimage. All three
suffered light injuries.Two weeks later, an Israeli man was shot and
lightly injured while trying to reach the site with three others in an
uncoordinated visit.Joseph’s Tomb is located inside Area A of the West
Bank, which is officially under complete Palestinian Authority control,
though the Israeli military conducts activities there. The IDF bars
Israeli citizens from entering Area A without prior authorization.
10
killed, dozens wounded in Kabul mosque explosion-Prominent cleric
Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli reported dead in blast at the Siddiquiya
Mosque in the capital’s Kher Khanna neighborhood-By Rahim Faiez-AUG
17-Today, 11:43 pm 0
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bombing at a mosque in
the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed
at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least
27, an eyewitness and police said.There was no immediate claim of
responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the
year since the Taliban seized power. Several children were reported to
be among the wounded.The Islamic State group’s local affiliate has
stepped up attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians since the former
insurgents’ takeover last August as US and NATO troops were in the final
stages of their withdrawal from the country. Last week, the IS claimed
responsibility for killing a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious
center in Kabul.According to the eyewitness, a resident of the city’s
Kher Khanna neighborhood where the Siddiquiya Mosque was targeted, the
explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber. The slain cleric was
Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli, the eyewitness said, speaking on condition
of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.He added
that more than 30 other people were wounded. The Italian Emergency
hospital in Kabul said that at least 27 wounded civilians, including
five children, were brought there from the site of the bomb blast.There
were fears the casualty numbers could rise further.Khalid Zadran, the
Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, confirmed an
explosion inside a mosque in northern Kabul but would not provide a
casualty toll or a breakdown of the dead and wounded.Taliban spokesman
Zabihullah Mujahid also condemned the explosion and vowed that the
“perpetrators of such crimes will soon be brought to justice and will be
punished.”
Iran is preparing its public for return to nuclear
deal, says Israeli official-As Tehran and world powers appear close to
reaching an agreement to revive 2015 accord, official says Israel sees
emerging deal as dangerous, has warned its allies-By TOI staff and
Agencies-AUG 17,22-Today, 10:48 pm 0
Israel believes Iran is
close to inking a nuclear agreement with world powers, and has started
preparing for the announcement of a deal, an Israeli official said
Wednesday.Jerusalem sees the emerging agreement as dangerous, is
readying itself for different possible outcomes and has warned its
allies that the agreement is a threat to Israel, the unnamed official
said in a briefing with local media.Iran is believed to be close to
signing a deal despite two major remaining roadblocks in the
negotiations. Iran is demanding an end to International Atomic Energy
Agency investigations into its nuclear program, and wants guarantees to
cover the possibility of the US ditching the agreement again in the
future. Tehran will likely have to give up on these two issues to reach a
deal, the official said, according to Hebrew media reports about the
briefing.“Despite the differences and gaps, there is a momentum and a
more positive dialogue toward reaching an agreement,” the official
said.“Israel sees the current agreement as a bad agreement and
emphasizes to its partners the danger of signing such an agreement. The
Iranians operate in a well-known tactic of shuffling and stalling for
more concessions,” the official said.The US intends to keep Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on its list of terror groups in the
emerging deal, the official said.The comments followed statements from
European officials indicating that a deal was drawing close.On Tuesday, a
European official said Iran has responded to the European Union’s
“final” draft text to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, known formally as
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. The European Union
said it was studying Iran’s response to the final draft
agreement.Speaking to Reuters, the official provided no details on the
substance of Iran’s response to the draft on the landmark deal, which
aimed to curb Iran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.The
deal has been moribund since the 2018 withdrawal of the United States
under then-president Donald Trump. The major powers have been awaiting
Tehran’s response to a proposal submitted on July 26 by EU foreign
policy chief Josep Borrell, who coordinated talks to bring Iran and the
US back into the deal.Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported earlier
Tuesday that “an agreement will be concluded if the United States reacts
with realism and flexibility” to Iran’s response.Iran’s Foreign
Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that, after the lengthy
negotiations, “what counts for us is verification” that sanctions are
lifted in practice.The US State Department spokesman said it was up to
Iran to make a final deal, rejecting reported demands that are outside
the scope of the negotiations.“We do believe that what could be
negotiated has been negotiated, and we’re prepared to affect a mutual
return to compliance with the JCPOA,” said Ned Price.Britain, China,
France, Germany, Iran and Russia — as well as the United States
indirectly — resumed talks on the nuclear accord earlier in August after
a months-long hiatus.The EU-coordinated negotiations to revive the
agreement began in April 2021 before coming to a standstill in March.
Lapid,
Erdogan speak after restoring ties, agree to restart direct
flights-Hailing new relationship as a boon to regional stability, prime
minister, Turkish president hold call hours after agreement reached to
reinstate ambassadors-By TOI staff-AUG 17,22-Today, 10:41 pm 2
Prime
Minister Yair Lapid spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
on Wednesday evening hours after the two countries announced they were
restoring full diplomatic ties and reinstating ambassadors following a
period of discord.“The prime minister and the president agreed that the
latest development is an important and additional layer in the
strengthening of relations that will also lead to many achievements,” a
statement from Lapid’s office said.The new ties will focus on growth in
the economic and tourism spheres and will see the return of Israeli
flights to Turkey in September, the statement said.The two leaders
congratulated each other on resuming relations and “emphasized the great
importance of Israel and Turkey in maintaining regional stability,” it
added. There was no immediate statement from the Turkish side.Earlier
Wednesday, Israel and Turkey announced a full renewal of diplomatic ties
after a year of gradual warming relations.Lapid hailed the development
in a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office as “an important
asset for regional stability and very important economic news for the
citizens of Israel,” adding, “We will continue to strengthen Israel’s
standing in the world.”As part of the upgrade in ties, both countries
are slated to soon exchange ambassadors and consuls general, though no
timeline was provided.Earlier Wednesday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz
welcomed “the positive development in the relations between Israel and
Turkey, and the upgrade in our ties,” also labeling it a boon for
“regional stability.”After a year of warming relations between the
nations, the final agreement was reached after a conversation Tuesday
evening between Israel’s Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz
and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal.Turkish Foreign Minister
Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Wednesday that “we are not giving up
on the Palestinian cause,” despite the upgrade in ties with Israel.The
return of ambassadors “is important to improving bilateral ties,”
Cavusoglu said, adding: “As we have always said, we will continue to
defend the rights of Palestinians.”Israel was a long-time regional ally
of Turkey, before a 2010 commando raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara,
part of a blockade-busting flotilla, left 10 Turkish activists dead
after they attacked Israeli soldiers who boarded the ship. In the dozen
years since, ties between Jerusalem and Ankara fluctuated widely.In
March, amid diplomatic signals indicating Erdogan was seeking détente
with Israel, President Isaac Herzog visited Ankara on an official trip
and was welcomed in the capital by a full military procession.Agencies
contributed to this report.
Netanyahu: Stop sucking up to this
Holocaust denier-Gantz defends Abbas meetings amid outcry over PA
chief’s ‘holocausts’ comment-Defense minister says relationship with PA
president necessary due to ‘complex security and political reality’; Yad
Vashem chairman decries politicization of controversy-By TOI staff-AUG
17,22-Today, 10:38 pm 3
Defense Minister Benny Gantz defended his
recent meetings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in
the wake of a widely condemned accusation Abbas made a day earlier that
Israel had committed “50 holocausts” against Palestinians over the
years.Amid renewed attacks from right-wing politicians on the topic,
Gantz charged that his meetings with Abbas were necessary due to the
ongoing security coordination between Israel and the PA, but also
labeled Abbas’s comments “despicable and false.”“I demanded that he
retract them and it is good that he did so,” Gantz said during a tour
Wednesday of the south following last week’s fighting with the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza.“We manage a complex security and
political reality, the consequences of which we saw only a week ago in
the region,” Gantz explained.“I hear the criticism of my conversations
and that of the security establishment with the leadership of the
Palestinian Authority and in the field,” Gantz said.“I will continue to
do everything necessary to maintain security stability, guarantee the
freedom of action of the State of Israel, and above all to protect human
life,” he added, urging his opponents not to play politics with
Israel’s security.Abbas’s remarks, made during a joint press conference
with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Tuesday, were roundly
lambasted in Israel, the United States and Germany, including by Scholz
himself, who was criticized for remaining silent during the press
conference.Abbas somewhat walked back his comments in a statement
released by the Palestinian Authority’s official WAFA news agency on
Wednesday, claiming he had merely been intending to highlight Israeli
“crimes.”Gantz has met with the aging PA president several times over
the past year, most recently last month to discuss security coordination
ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the West Bank.The
meetings have come under fire by right-wing members of both the
governing coalition and the opposition, and even encountered resistance
from former prime minister Naftali Bennett while he held the
role.Bennett noted on Wednesday that he never met or conducted
negotiations with Abbas while premier, “even in the face of internal and
external pressures,” and repeated a common refrain in Israeli politics
that Abbas was not a “partner” for a peace process with the
Palestinians.“A ‘partner’ that denies the Holocaust, chases our soldiers
to the Hague and pays the salaries of terrorists — he is not a
partner,” Bennett tweeted, referencing Abbas’s efforts to bring IDF
soldiers to the International Criminal Court, as well as the PA’s policy
of paying the families of terrorists.In a video posted on social media
Wednesday, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu called on Gantz and
Prime Minister Yair Lapid to “stop sucking up to this Holocaust denier”
after Abbas’s “outrageous statement.”Netanyahu claimed that during his
time as prime minister, his government’s isolation of the PA chief
“successfully brought about four historic peace agreements with Arab
states,” referencing the Abraham Accords, which birthed diplomatic ties
with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and sparked a process
aimed at full relations with Sudan.Netanyahu and Abbas’s last official
meeting was in Jerusalem in 2010 but they encountered one another at the
funeral of former prime minister Shimon Peres in September 2016, where
they briefly exchanged pleasantries.Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel —
who recently moved from Blue and White to Yamina ahead of the upcoming
election — wrote on Twitter: “I appreciate Gantz, he is a worthy person,
but it is permissible to disagree with him politically. His meetings
with [Abbas], who denies the Holocaust and fights us at the Hague, are a
strategic and moral error.”Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan criticized
the reaction of politicians to Abbas’s statement in an interview with
Army Radio on Wednesday, accusing them of using the situation to
squabble with their rivals.“The fact that at the beginning they
condemned Mahmoud Abbas is an obvious reaction. But at the end of the
remarks, they started a political argument. This is also wrongful use of
the Holocaust, in my opinion,” he said.Gantz first spoke on the phone
with Abbas in mid-July 2021. The two later formally met in Ramallah in
late August, marking the first such high-level contact between senior
Israeli and Palestinian decision-makers in over a decade.
Armed
drones gave IDF ‘surgical’ precision during recent Gaza fighting,
officers say-UAVs conducted over 2,000 flight hours during 3-day battle
against PIJ earlier this month; airbase commander says Strip ‘covered’
in drones, collecting intel 24/7-By Emanuel Fabian -AUG 17,2-Today,
7:59 pm 0
The Israeli Air Force’s fleet of armed and surveillance
drones was an “integral” part of the recent round of fighting against
the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in the Gaza Strip, military
officials said Wednesday.According to the Israel Defense Forces, drones
conducted more than 2,000 hours of flight time in some 100 sorties
during the 66-hour battle, dubbed Operation Breaking Dawn, between
August 5 and 8.Dozens of targets were hit by the drones, mainly using
the Elbit Hermes 450, which is operated by the Air Force’s 161st
Squadron and the Artillery Corps unit 5252, from the Palmachim
Airbase.“The whole of Gaza is ‘covered’ with UAVs that collect
intelligence 24 hours a day. From this intelligence, the Southern
Command, the Gaza Division, the Air Force and other branches produce
high-quality intelligence that turns into targets,” said Brig. Gen. Omri
Dor, the commander of Palmachim.“Some of these targets have been
attacked by helicopters and fighter jets… and of course by our drones,
which are also an integral part of the IDF’s offensive array,” he
said.In all, the IDF said it struck 170 targets, including two senior
PIJ officials, 17 observation posts (six of which were manned by PIJ
operatives), 45 rocket and mortar launching sites, eight military camps,
eight weapon caches, six weapon production facilities, three targets
related to the PIJ’s naval force and an “attack tunnel.”Dor said the use
of drones during the battle, and in general, was “diverse.”“Starting
with a very surgical event of finding a person or a single launcher and
neutralizing it without causing collateral damage or harm to another
person,” he said, to “excellent scanning abilities, which enables
massive attacks [by fighter jets], as we have seen in recent times, and
in recent years in general.”Brig. Gen. Neri Horowitz, the commanding
officer of the Artillery Corps, said the drones had been scanning the
Gaza Strip in the days leading up to the battle, allowing them to have
the intelligence to accurately target senior leaders, mortar and rocket
launchers, including those which “were prepared for launch or those that
had already fired.”Dor said being able to conduct “aggressive attacks
with a lot of explosives and minimal collateral damage” using fighter
jets was thanks to the drones scanning the area.During the recent battle
against PIJ, the IDF said it delayed several strikes that would have
been conducted, if not for drones identifying innocent people nearby who
may have been hurt.Still, Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip said 49
people were killed amid the fighting, including 17 children. The IDF
believes at least 12 people were killed by rockets misfired by
Palestinian terrorists that landed short inside Gaza.Hamas did not say
how many of the total killed were affiliated with terror groups. At
least 15 of those killed were claimed as members by the PIJ, Hamas and
another smaller terror group.Horowitz said the unit operating the drones
has been a “significant force in many operations over the years and has
an extensive combat heritage.”Until recently, talk of Israel’s armed
drones was barred from publication by the Military Censor. For years the
IDF would not state it uses armed drones, and Israeli journalists who
attempted to report on it came up against the IDF censor.Horowitz
confirmed that Unit 5252, the attack drone unit, has existed for more
than two decades. “Since its inception, it has been a model for unique
collaboration within the IDF,” he said.Other drones used by the Israeli
Air Force include the Hermes 900, also developed by Elbit, and the
Israeli Aerospace Industries’ Eitan, also known as the Heron TP.The IDF
said that in general, drones consist of about 80% of the total
operational flight hours in the Air Force. Israel has not disclosed how
many attack drones it has.
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS
1:5,145 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.14 And God said, Let
there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from
the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and
years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS
(PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven.
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)
REVELATION 16:21 80-120LB HAIL ON HUMANS
21And
there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the
weight of a talent:(80-120 LBS) and men blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
FAMINE
EZEKIEL 5:16
16
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
REVELATION 6:5-6
5
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three
measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the
wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines
and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
DEUTORONOMY 28:24
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
LOCUSTS (DEMONIC) TORTURES SINNERS 5 MONTHS
REVELATION 9:1-6
1
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he
opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as
the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by
reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke
(DEMONIC) locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the
scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that
they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing,
neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in
their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill
them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment
was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS FROM HEAVEN
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first
angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and
they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt
up, and all green grass was burnt up.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,221 For then shall
be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should
be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened
(Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
Wildfires in Portugal, Spain contained
Lisbon, Aug
18 (AFP) Aug 18, 2022-Massive wildfires in Portugal and Spain were
largely under control Thursday after forcing thousands from their homes
and destroying large swathes of land.The fires in both countries
followed punishing heatwaves and long dry spells, leaving forests
parched and primed to burn.In Portugal, over 1,000 firefighters were
still deployed in the Serra da Estrela national park, but the blaze was
mostly contained after days of burning out of control.With more hot
weather forecast, however, there were fears it could flare up again."The
fire is under control, but it is not extinguished. Consolidation work
will continue in the coming days," civil protection commander Miguel
Oliveira told TSF radio."It is always possible, and very likely, that
there will be new reactivations, but we hope that they do not take on
worrying proportions," he said.The huge fire in central Portugal was
brought under control last week, only to restart again Monday.More than
25,000 hectares (nearly 61,800 acres) of land is estimated to have been
scorched by the fire in the UNESCO-listed park, home to diverse wildlife
species including wildcats and lizards.Forecasts are predicting a fresh
heatwave on Saturday, the latest in a string of hot spells in Portugal
this year. July was the hottest on record in nearly a century.Interior
Minister Jose Luis Carneiro said Wednesday "we will experience increased
risks" of fires in the coming days due to hot and dry conditions.-
'Some good news' -In neighbouring Spain, rain and lower temperatures
eased pressure on firefighters who for days have been battling two major
fires in the eastern Valencia region, officials said Thursday."Finally,
some good news: the rain and the drop in temperatures have helped to
contain the fire in Vall d'Ebo," regional leader Ximo Puig tweeted late
Wednesday.He hoped the conditions would also "help stabilise the fire in
Bejis" further north.By Thursday morning, there were "few visible
flames left", Puig told Cadena Ser radio, as the emergency services said
the rain had almost completely put out the fires.The two wildfires had
forced the evacuation of 3,000 people and burnt their way through some
25,000 hectares.So far this year, Spain has been hit by 391 wildfires,
which have destroyed over 283,000 hectares of land in total, the latest
figures from the European Forest Fire Information System show.This
year's fires in Spain have been particularly devastating, destroying
more than three times the area consumed by wildfires in the whole of
2021, which totalled over 84,000 hectares, the figures show.In Portugal,
some 92,000 hectares have burned this year, according to the Institute
for Nature Conservation and Forests, in the worst fires since 2017 when
around 100 people were killed.Experts say climate change driven by human
activity is boosting the intensity and frequency of extreme weather
events, such as heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.burs-hmw/jv
16 killed, many missing in northwest China floods
Beijing,
Aug 18 (AFP) Aug 18, 2022-Sixteen people were killed and many left
missing in flash flooding in northwest China, state media reported
Thursday, as the country battles extreme weather that has shuttered
factories and caused rolling power cuts.The deluge comes during a summer
of soaring temperatures and torrential rains in China, with multiple
cities clocking their hottest days on record and floods causing hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of damage.Floods hit this week in a
mountainous region of Datong county in Qinghai province, affecting more
than 6,200 people from six villages, state broadcaster CCTV said.Photos
of the aftermath showed roads covered in mud, uprooted trees, damaged
homes and rescue workers carrying shovels."As of noon on the 18th, 16
people have been killed," added CCTV, saying that rescue work was
ongoing.At least 18 people are missing and 20 have since been rescued,
and a "frontline headquarters" has been set up to organise the emergency
response, according to state media reports."The rescue work is
progressing in an orderly manner," the report said, adding that sudden
heavy rainfall Wednesday night had triggered the situation.- Extreme
weather -Scientists say extreme weather across the world has become more
frequent due to climate change, and will likely grow more intense as
temperatures rise.Severe flooding in southern China in June displaced
more than half a million people and caused an estimated $250 million in
damage.On Wednesday, Chinese authorities warned that heavy rains were
also expected to hit northern regions of the country including the
capital Beijing and its neighbouring Tianjin and Hebei.Earlier this
week, President Xi Jinping called on officials in the northeastern
Liaoning province to "ensure the safety of people's lives in flood
control", state media reported.Meanwhile, millions of people in
southwest China are facing rolling power cuts after a crushing heatwave
led to an electricity supply crunch that has forced factories to halt
work.Sichuan province relies heavily on dams to generate its electricity
but the heat has caused reservoirs to dry up, exacerbating the energy
shortage.On Thursday, Sichuan authorities ordered employers to stop
requiring staff to perform outdoor work when temperatures are forecast
to hit 40 degrees Celsius or above.Water volume in the province's major
rivers has fallen by around 20 to 50 percent in the absence of rain as
well, impacting hydropower generation, state news agency Xinhua reported
Wednesday citing provincial energy officials.The China Meteorological
Administration said the country was going through its longest period of
sustained high temperatures since records began in 1961, with 64
straight days of heat warnings in various regions starting in June.More
than a third of weather stations in China recorded extreme heat this
summer, with 262 of them reaching or surpassing previous records, the
administration said.
Hundreds evacuated as 'frightening' floods hit New Zealand
Wellington,
Aug 18 (AFP) Aug 18, 2022-Hundreds of families on New Zealand's South
Island were forced to leave their homes on Thursday after dramatic
flooding prompted a state of emergency in three regions.A tropically
fuelled storm has dumped more than 30 centimetres (11 inches) of rain on
parts of the South Island, causing rivers to burst their banks. The
extreme weather has also felled trees, blocking major roads.A state of
emergency was declared Wednesday in Buller, on the west coast, and
Nelson -- where 233 homes have been evacuated after a month's worth of
rain fell in just 15 hours.The deluge transformed Nelson's main river,
the Maitai, into a torrent -- flooding houses, exposing pipes and
leaving streets knee-deep in water.City mayor Rachel Reese described the
flash flooding as a "one-in-100-year event" as search and rescue teams,
plus military personnel, helped people on submerged streets.Reese
warned locals to treat all water as contaminated, because some sewers
had broken.Nelson resident Sam Lagrutta said the situation was
"frightening" after police gave him just five minutes to leave his
home."I literally just grabbed a carry-on bag and filled it with my
passport, wallet and anything important I could find," he told the New
Zealand Herald.A further 160 households along the South Island's west
coast were also asked to evacuate.Buller has been repeatedly hit by
flooding in recent years.Mayor Jamie Cleine said frequent evacuations
had taken a toll on a community, which was now bracing for more
flooding."It is extremely troubling for people financially and mentally.
This is our reality until a long-term solution can be put in place," he
told news site Stuff.The country's Emergency Management Minister Kieran
McAnulty visited Nelson on Thursday, promising financial aid to the
flood-ravaged town."The weather has caused considerable damage and been
extremely disruptive," he told reporters."While it's too early to know
the full cost of the damage, this initial $200,000 (US$125,460)
contribution will help... in getting immediate support to those who need
it."New Zealand's North Island has also been affected by the wild
weather, with winds of up to 120 kilometres an hour barrelling across
Northland, where three people were injured in a car accident after a
tree fell on State Highway One.Last month, New Zealand was soaked by its
wettest July on record, and the wild weather looks set to continue
until the weekend.The country's largest insurer, IAG, has said building
in flood-prone areas must stop.Climate change is having an enormous
impact on New Zealand's insurance sector. Ten major floods in the past
two years have led to total losses of around $400 million, IAG
said.About one per cent of New Zealand's homes -- 20,000 properties --
are at risk of flooding.