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.
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE SEEN ABOUT THE BLOOD MOONS AND ISRAELI WARS.WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE HAPPENING FROM APRIL OF THIS YEAR TILL OCT OF 2015.I BELIEVE ISRAEL WILL GET SOME OR MOST OF THE LAND THREW WARS THAT GOD PROMISED ISRAEL.AND BEING THIS IS THE BIRD MIGRATION SEASONS IN SPRING AND FALL IN ISRAEL-IT BLENDS RIGHT IN WITH THE 4 BLOOD MOONS THAT THESE 4 BLOOD MOONS MEAN ISRAELI WARS THAT ISRAEL WILL WIN AND GET THEIR PROMISED LAND TO HAVE LAND TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ARABS IN THE FUTURE 7 YEAR PEACE DEAL WHICH WILL INCLUDE ISRAEL REBUILDING THE 3RD TEMPLE FOR HALF OF JERUSALEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LClvrDFQWBw
BLOOD MOONS AND ISRAELI WARS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/12/2014-15-blood-moons-israeli-wars-to.html
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)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
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
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) 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.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
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)
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE SEEN ABOUT THE BLOOD MOONS AND ISRAELI WARS.WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE HAPPENING FROM APRIL OF THIS YEAR TILL OCT OF 2015.I BELIEVE ISRAEL WILL GET SOME OR MOST OF THE LAND THREW WARS THAT GOD PROMISED ISRAEL.AND BEING THIS IS THE BIRD MIGRATION SEASONS IN SPRING AND FALL IN ISRAEL-IT BLENDS RIGHT IN WITH THE 4 BLOOD MOONS THAT THESE 4 BLOOD MOONS MEAN ISRAELI WARS THAT ISRAEL WILL WIN AND GET THEIR PROMISED LAND TO HAVE LAND TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ARABS IN THE FUTURE 7 YEAR PEACE DEAL WHICH WILL INCLUDE ISRAEL REBUILDING THE 3RD TEMPLE FOR HALF OF JERUSALEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LClvrDFQWBw
BLOOD MOONS AND ISRAELI WARS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/12/2014-15-blood-moons-israeli-wars-to.html
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)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
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
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) 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.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
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)
Iran: We’re ready for ‘decisive battle’ with Israel, US
Chief of staff warns Tehran’s enemies and regional states against military action, calling American threats ‘political bluff’
February 12, 2014, 1:08 pm
1-The times of Israel
In the latest in a series of
warnings against the US, Iran’s chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi warned
the Islamic republic’s foes that Iran is prepared for a “decisive
battle” if attacked.“We
are ready for the decisive battle with America and the Zionist regime
(Israel),” Fars news agency quoted Firouzabadi as saying Wednesday.He also warned neighboring nations not to allow any attack to be launched on Iran from their soil.“We do not have any hostility toward regional
states, but if we are ever attacked from the American bases in the
region we will strike that area back,” he said.Washington has many military bases in the
region, including in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi
Arabia and Turkey.US Secretary of State John Kerry said late
last month that if diplomacy with Iran fails, “the military option of
the United States is ready and prepared to do what it would have to do.”But Firouzabadi accused the US of bluffing.“Over the past decade, they brought their
forces but came to the conclusion that they can’t attack us, and left,”
he said, dismissing the US military threat as nothing but a “political
bluff.”Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the West should not have any delusions about using a military option.
An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Su-24MK fighter aircraft (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Shahram Sharifi/Wikimedia)
“I say explicitly, if some have delusions of
having any threats against Iran on their tables, they need to wear new
glasses. There is no military option against Iran on any table in the
world,” he said.On Sunday, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps
Navy Commander Ali Fadavi said the US knows that its aircraft carriers
in the Persian Gulf would be sunk if it launched a military strike on
Iran.“The Americans can sense by all means how
their warships will be sunk with 5,000 crews and forces in combat
against Iran and how they should find its hulk in the depths of the
sea,” said Fadavi, according to Fars news agency.“They cannot hide themselves in the sea since
the entire Middle East region, Western Europe, the Persian Gulf, the Sea
of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz are monitored by us and there is no
place for them to hide.”Also Sunday, Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan
touted the Iranian military’s ability to respond to an American attack,
Fars reported.“The Iranian Armed Forces are an intertwined
and coherent complex that can give a decisive response to any threat at
any level and any place under the command of the commander-in-chief,”
Dehqan said in a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the revolution
that brought the current Islamic regime to power.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on parade (photo credit: YouTube image capture)
“The enemy can never assess and think of the
range of the response given by the powerful and mighty Armed Forces of
the Islamic Iran,” he added.The bellicose rhetoric follows Saturday’s
announcement by an Iranian admiral that Iran had dispatched warships to
the North Atlantic, while Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
denounced the Americans as liars who, while professing to be friends of
Tehran, would bring down his regime if they could. He also said it was
“amusing” that the US thought Iran would reduce its “defensive
capabilities.”On Friday, Iranian state TV ran a documentary
featuring a computerized video of Iran’s drones and missiles bombing Tel
Aviv, Haifa, Ben-Gurion Airport and the Dimona nuclear reactor in a
simulated retaliation for a hypothetical Israeli or American strike on
the Islamic Republic.Iran is due to resume talks on Monday in
Vienna with the P5+1 — Britain, France, the United States, Russia and
China plus Germany — aimed at reaching a comprehensive nuclear accord
following a landmark interim agreement struck in November.Western nations have long suspected Iran of
covertly pursuing nuclear weapons alongside its civilian program,
allegations denied by Tehran, which insists its nuclear activities are
entirely peaceful.Neither the United States nor Israel has ruled
out military action to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon,
if diplomacy fails.
Liberman bashes Iran’s ‘warmongering’ missile tests
Ahead of trip to Paris, foreign minister praises France’s role in curbing Tehran’s nuclear program
February 11, 2014, 8:21 pm
6-The times of Israel
Foreign Minister Avigdor
Liberman said Tuesday that Iran’s claim to have tested two new missiles
proved it was still a “warmongering” state despite its recent diplomatic
overtures to the West.Liberman’s
remarks came on the eve of an official visit to France, which is taking
part in talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear program set to resume
next week in Vienna.“France has an important role in the
international efforts to prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear
program,” Lieberman said in a statement.“The new missile tests conducted by Iran
yesterday are further proof its intentions have not changed and the
Iranians are not even hiding their being a warmongering state,” he said.“The only change in Iran is that now they threaten world peace behind a mask of smiles.”Iran announced it had tested a new ballistic
missile and a laser-guided projectile on Monday, after officials had
earlier said that its missile program would not be discussed in the
talks with the P5+1 group of world powers.Iran boasts long-range missiles with a maximum range of 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles), enough to reach Israel.Israel has long accused Iran of pursuing
nuclear weapons alongside its civilian program and, like the United
States, has refused to rule out military action to prevent the Islamic
republic from acquiring an atomic bomb.Israel is widely believed to be the only
nuclear-armed state in the region, though it has never officially
confirmed or denied having such an arsenal.Liberman, who heads the nationalistic Yisrael
Beytenu faction and was long known for his stridently hawkish views, has
struck a more conciliatory tone since returning to his post in November
following his acquittal in a corruption trial.
He stood up for US Secretary of State John
Kerry after the diplomat was slammed by Israeli ministers for remarks
they took to be a threat of international boycott of the Jewish state if
peace talks with the Palestinians fail.On his first visit to France since 2009,
Liberman plans to meet with his counterpart Laurent Fabius and Interior
Minister Manuel Valls.He will also hold talks with the head of the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Angel
Gurria, members of the National Assembly and senate, and heads of the
Jewish communities in France, his spokesman said.He will return to Israel on Sunday.
Iranian TV airs simulated bombing of Tel Aviv, US aircraft carrier
Clip shows simulated strikes on Ben Gurion Airport, Haifa, USS Abraham Lincoln in retaliation for hypothetical attack on Iran
February 8, 2014, 10:02 pm
323-The TImes of Israel
Iranian state TV on Friday ran a
documentary featuring a computerized video of Iran’s drones and
missiles bombing Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ben Gurion Airport and the Dimona
nuclear reactor in a hypothetical retaliation for an Israeli or American
strike on the Islamic Republic.Iranian
drones and missiles are also shown carrying out simulated strikes on
the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, downing American
aircraft and striking American military targets in the Persian Gulf.The clip was broadcast amid a clear escalation
of anti-American rhetoric and even action by Iran: On Saturday, an
Iranian admiral announced that Iran had despatched warships to the North Atlantic, while Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the Americans as liars
who, while professing to be friends of Iran, would bring down his
regime if they could. He also said it was “amusing” that the US thought
Iran would reduce its “defensive capabilities.”The film, entitled “The Nightmare of Vultures,” opens with Supreme Leader Khamenei addressing military academy graduates in 2011,
warning: “Anybody who thinks of attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran
should be prepared to receive strong slaps and iron fists from the Armed
Forces.”“And America, its regional puppets and its
guard dog – the Zionist regime – should know that the response of the
Iranian nation to any kind of aggression, attacks or even threats will
be a response that will make them collapse from within,” the film shows
him saying.Set to dramatic music, the video shows Iranian
drones and missiles carrying out strikes against Tel Aviv’s Kikar
Hamedina square, the Azrieli Towers skyscrapers, and the IDF’s Kirya
central command complex, as well as Ben Gurion International Airport,
Haifa’s Technion, several army and air force bases, and the nuclear
reactor in Dimona.The strike on the Israel’s central command
building is shown taking place while former prime minister Ehud Olmert
and former defense minister Amir Peretz — who served in that capacity
during the 2006 Second Lebanon War — are inside convening a meeting.
Iranian
TV aired a program showing computerized shots of Ben Gurion Airport
being bombed by Iran in retaliation for an American or Israeli strike on
Iran. (screen capture: YouTube)
The clips of drone strikes on Israel are
interspersed with shots of Israeli emergency personnel evacuating
injured Israeli civilians and soldiers while air raid sirens wail.
A barrage of missiles brings down Tel Aviv’s skyscrapers in a final blow.
Iranian
TV aired a program showing computerized shots of Tel Aviv being bombed
by Iran in retaliation for an American or Israeli strike on Iran.
(screen capture: YouTube)
Afterwards,
Iranian drones and missiles are show attacking the American aircraft
carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on its way through the Strait of Hormuz into
the Persian Gulf. Iranian drones are shown downing several American
aircraft before sinking the US capital ship. Zooming out to a map of the
Middle East marked with US military bases, Iranian missiles are then
shown striking American military targets across the Persian Gulf. In November, Iranian state television aired a shorter animated clip showing Iranian missiles targeting Israeli cities.Iranian leaders have made repeated threats to
wipe Israel off the map, and have threatened to annihilate Tel Aviv
should Iran’s nuclear facilities be attacked by the West.
Erdogan: No deal with Israel until ‘Gaza siege’ lifted
After his foreign minister reported ‘momentum’ in talks over rapprochement with Jerusalem, Turkish PM dampens optimism
February 12, 2014, 11:45 am
3-The times of Israel
Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan poured cold water Tuesday
evening on mounting expectations of a nearing détente between Ankara and
Jerusalem, telling reporters that reconciliation between the
once-friendly nations was contingent on Israel lifting its blockade on
the Gaza Strip.“About the negotiations, we have not reached any agreement,” he emphasized, according to Channel 10. “As
long as the siege on Gaza isn’t lifted, it won’t happen. The siege must
be lifted, and that must be part of the protocol, signed and agreed
upon.”Erdogan also said that talks would continue
over the amount of damages to be paid by Israel to families of the nine
Turks killed in the botched May 2010 naval commandeering operation on
the Mavi Marmara ship.The incident triggered an international outcry
and exacerbated already strained relations between Turkey and Israel
into a full-blown diplomatic crisis, with Ankara expelling the Israeli
ambassador and demanding a formal apology and compensation.Talks on compensation eventually began in
March 2013 after Israel extended a formal apology to Turkey in a
breakthrough brokered by US President Barack Obama during a landmark
visit to Jerusalem.On Monday, a Turkish official said that negotiators were close to striking the long-awaited deal.Turkish
foreign ministry undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu was in Israel
earlier this month to discuss the terms of an agreement, which would
help normalize relations between Jerusalem and its once closest Muslim
ally.Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu acknowledged on Sunday there had been “momentum” in talks toward bridging the gaps.“It would not be correct to provide a
timeframe on such (delicate) issues but I can say that serious progress
has been made in recent meetings,” Davutoglu told Turkish television.“A historic step was taken with the apology…
Now a second step will be taken with the compensation,” he said. ”We are
going through a period where the relations are the closest to
normalization after Mavi Marmara.”Israeli media
reports have said the compensation talks were revived in December when
Israeli negotiators traveled to Istanbul and Turkey lowered its demands,
which was neither confirmed nor denied by the Turkish side.
Passengers on the deck of the Mavi Marmara on May 31, 2010 (Photo credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Office/ Flash 90)
The amount of compensation to be paid, as well
as the legality of a final agreement, are believed to be sticking
points but the two sides appear to be narrowing their differences.Last week, Haaretz reported that Israel has
offered $20 million in compensation to the families of those killed and
wounded in the flotilla raid.
Western diplomats quoted by the paper said
Ankara had demanded $30 million, but Israel was initially willing to
give only $15 million.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later
decided to up Israel’s offer to $20 million, with an extra $3 million
available “if necessary to secure an agreement,” the paper said.Davutoglu refused to disclose the amount of
compensation being sought but hinted at “some positive developments.” He
said he was in constant touch with Erdogan to discuss future steps to
be taken after a deal including the appointment of an ambassador to
Israel.Turkey’s interest in reconciliation is also thought to be connected to its desire to purchase Israeli natural gas.AFP contributed to this report.
Jordanian MP: Kerry deal demolishes right of return
Mohammad al-Qatatsha says that under framework agreement, Palestinian foreign nationals will be barred from settling in Israel
February 12, 2014, 8:48 am
3-The Times of Israel
Millions of Palestinian refugees
and their descendants who live outside of the territories and hold
foreign citizenship would be ineligible for a “right of return” to
Israel under US Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposed framework deal,
a Jordanian lawmaker said.Mohammad
al-Qatatsha said that Kerry had revealed details of the proposal during
a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Monday and that it
contained “secret terms,” the Ma’an News Agency reported on Wednesday.Although no
official data exists on the subject, estimates put the Palestinian
population of Jordan at around three million people, possibly more than
half of the country’s population. After Jordan withdrew its claims to
the West Bank in 1988, it granted citizenship to the Palestinian
refugees within its borders, except for those who came from the Gaza
Strip. West Bank Palestinians living in Jordan were eligible for
citizenship as long as they could prove continuous ties with the West
Bank through Israeli-issued residency permits.However, for years Jordan systematically
revoked its nationality from citizens of Palestinian origin,
traditionally justifying the procedure as a means of preventing Israel’s
forced transfer of Palestinians eastward into Jordan. But observers
suspected that Jordan was more worried about its own demographic makeup
than the citizenship rights of Palestinians.According to a report published by Human
Rights Watch in 2010, over 2,700 Jordanians of Palestinian origin were
stripped of their nationality between the years 2004 and 2008. The
practice was reportedly suspended in April 2012.Descendants of Palestinian refugees in other
countries, such as Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt, are typically barred
from obtaining citizenship.Al-Qatatsha also said that while the Jordanian
leadership supports the Palestinians’ rights and objects to isolating a
future Palestinian state with Jordanian and international forces
controlling the borders, Jordan would not push an agenda out of respect
for the Palestinian Authority’s independence in negotiations.Kerry has been toiling over the past several
months to formulate and propose a framework deal that both the PA and
Israel will accept as a basis for continuing negotiations toward toward
an end-of-the-year target for a final accord. In his attempts, he has
run into opposition from both sides over issues such as security
arrangements and the right of return, and has reportedly not obtained
backing from US President Barack Obama to impose a “binding” deal on the
sides. The Israelis have signaled a willingness to accept the deal with
reservations, but grumblings from the PA camp seem to indicate that it
has reservations on the terms of the framework.King Abdullah is scheduled to meet with Obama on February 14 in California.On the Israeli side, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu will visit the United States for five days in the first week
of March, during which he will meet with Obama at the White House,
presumably to discuss the faltering peace process with the Palestinians
as well as differences between Jerusalem and Washington regarding Iran’s
nuclear program.Elhanan Miller contributed to this report.
Hamas can hit Tel Aviv, Jerusalem with dozens of rockets
Salvos on central Israel constitute an unprecedented threat, while Gaza’s Islamist rulers have also built sprawling underground network to move troops, fire rockets, maintain communications in future conflict
February 11, 2014, 8:39 pm
15-The times of Israel
Just 15 months after Israel
sought to drastically reduce the rocket threat from Gaza in Operation
Pillar of Defense, Hamas has substantially bolstered its capacity to
fire on Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the rest of central Israel.The
Gaza Strip’s Islamist rulers have invested heavily in producing their
own M-75 rockets, with a range of 75 kilometers and more, and now have
an arsenal of dozens of the rockets, The Times of Israel has learned.
They will have dozens more by the end of this year.This means that the next round of conflict
with Gaza will be focused on central Israel, with the Israeli military
braced to defend the heart of the country against unprecedented salvos
of M-75s directed at Tel Aviv, the rest of central Israel, and
Jerusalem.
It is not clear how effectively Israel’s
missile defense systems will be able to deal with the expected launch of
numerous M-75s in large, simultaneous barrages. During the eight days
of Operation Pillar of Defense, in November 2012, only about 10 of the
M-75 rockets were launched at central Israel and Jerusalem, so the
current threat is seen as many times more serious.
An
apartment building in Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv, that was hit by
a rocket from Gaza, November 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Hamas realized after Pillar of Defense that
firing on central Israel immensely bolstered its prestige, and the Hamas
prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, was recognized and hailed as
only the second Arab leader, after Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, to have hit
central Israel.Since that conflict, therefore, Hamas has
focused on improving its capacity to build such rockets, establishing a
domestic production capacity rather than relying on smuggling rockets
and components into the strip. Domestic production of the M-75 has
become Hamas’s flagship project.
An
Iron Dome battery placed in the Tel Aviv area on November 17, 2012
during Operation Pillar of Defense (photo credit: Alon Besson/Ministry
of Defense/Flash90)
At the same time, Hamas has also committed
considerable resources to the construction of a substantial network of
tunnels — dozens of miles of underground networks in key areas of the
Strip — which will immensely complicate future military confrontations
for Israel, The Times of Israel has learned.Hamas’s investment in tunnels dug toward and
under the border with Israel, in order to carry out terror attacks, is
longstanding. It was through such a tunnel that Israeli soldier Gilad
Shalit was kidnapped, and two of his colleagues were killed, in a 2006
infiltration that ultimately led to the release of some 1,000
Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for Shalit’s freedom five
years later. Hamas remains committed to attempting further kidnapping
operations, both to bolster its prestige and to secure additional
prisoner releases. The kidnap threat is considered acute both from Gaza
and in the West Bank.Beyond this, however, Hamas in Gaza has moved far ahead with an underground military network inside
the Strip — a subterranean network with several significant benefits
for the Islamic extremist group: Hamas will use the tunnels to plant
mines targeting Israeli land forces, the Israeli military believes. It
will use the network of tunnels to move its gunmen undetected from place
to place during warfare. The Israeli military further anticipates that
Hamas will fire rockets from underground launchers, making them far
harder to detect and target. Moreover, the Hamas command and
communication facilities will be located underground, enabling it to
seek to maintain effective control out of reach of Israeli air power.
Finally, the Hamas leadership, which the Israeli army said in the past
had taken refuge in underground bunkers beneath hospitals and other
civilian facilities, will also utilize these more-sophisticated
underground facilities.
Palestinian
rescue workers search for the bodies of three Hamas operatives inside a
tunnel hit by an Israeli air strike, near the border between Israel and
Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2013. The Israeli
military said the tunnel was to be used as a springboard for terror
attacks inside Israel. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)
In terms of its regional status, Hamas is
perceived by Israel to be relatively weak, notably because of the ouster
of its Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt. The ongoing crackdown by
Egypt on the cross-border smuggling tunnels has devastated Gaza’s
economy. Water supplies are dwindling, and water quality is extremely
poor. Electricity is available in some areas for only a few minutes a
day. Unemployment is high. And public dissatisfaction with the Hamas
government is widespread, in the Israeli assessment.For now, Hamas is not perceived to be ready
for a further round of conflict with Israel, in part because of a
concern about how the consequent devastation would be received by
Gazans. At the same time, however, Hamas’s practical capacity to prevent
rocket fire on Israel by rival groups is on the wane. Iran is
constantly prodding the rival Islamic Jihad group to attack Israel, and
Islamic Jihad is indeed behind much of the recent intermittent rocket
fire on Ashkelon and southern Israel. Hamas has made efforts to thwart
such attacks, but is ridiculed by Islamic Jihad for trying to keep the
peace with Israel, and in some cases is hamstrung by such basic factors
as a lack of fuel for its vehicles as they patrol to try to thwart the
rocket-launch squads.For now, Hamas’s governance in Gaza is secure,
Israel believes. Hamas fears a Tahrir Square-style popular uprising,
but is proving highly effective in cracking down on occasional small
public signs of dissent and is not currently facing wide scale efforts
at public protest.Ultimately, however, Israel’s military
assessment is that another round of conflict is simply a matter of time.
Some in the security hierarchy believe that a substantial Israeli
ground offensive, possibly even a long-term operation, may be
unavoidable, but there is no consensus on this.What is clear, The Times of Israel has
learned, is that when the next round of conflict does come, the IDF and
the home front will be facing a Hamas with immensely greater
capabilities to fire on central Israel, thanks to its domestic rocket
production, and a much-enhanced capacity to defend itself against
Israeli air and ground capabilities by virtue of its new underground
networks.
Fatah-Hamas reconciliation almost final, reports say
PA delegation talks with Gaza rulers; Fatah members warned against cooperating with renegade ex-security chief Dahlan
February 11, 2014, 5:05 pm
2-The Times of Israel
Fatah and Hamas have made
significant progress in reconciliation talks held in Gaza and are now on
the verge of implementing previously signed agreements, Palestinian
media reported on Tuesday.“Things
are completely ready for ending the divide, and [PA] President
[Mahmoud] Abbas is very optimistic that the reconciliation will soon be
implemented,” said Nabil Shaath, a senior Fatah member sent by Abbas to
Gaza late last week at the head of a delegation from Fatah’s Central
Committee to hold talks with Hamas.The two rival movements have been at
loggerheads since Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June
2007, a year after winning a landslide victory in national elections. A
series of signed reconciliation agreements have not been implemented
amid ongoing persecution of opposition members both by Hamas in Gaza and
by Fatah in the West Bank.Speaking to journalists in Gaza Monday
evening, Shaath said that Hamas has agreed to the immediate formation of
a “national consensus” government headed by Abbas, followed by
legislative and presidential elections in six months. Elections are also
to be held for the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body
of the PLO, in which Palestinian refugees living in the diaspora will
take part.
Nabil Shaath in his Ramallah office (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Abbas is expected to send Azzam Al-Ahmad, the
Fatah official responsible for talks with Hamas, to Gaza to discuss the
implementation of the agreement, Shaath said.Hamas, for its part, is concerned that some
55,000 of its civil servants working in Gaza will remain jobless
following reconciliation with Fatah, the PA official daily Al-Ayyam
reported, quoting “knowledgeable political sources.” Hamas would like to
see these employees integrated into the PA’s bureaucracy, though Fatah
has given no guarantee to that effect, the sources told the paper.Referring to rumors regarding the content of a
framework peace agreement to be presented by US Secretary of State John
Kerry in the coming weeks, Shaath said that Abbas would not be able to
accept a number of American conditions, including recognition of Israel
as a Jewish state, leaving a certain number of settlers in the West
Bank, and extending the Israeli military presence in the Jordan Valley.
“Negotiations will not be extended [beyond
their original nine-month time-frame] if these conditions persist,”
Shaath was quoted by the London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi as saying.
He warned, however, that Palestinians should be prepared for the
eventuality that refusal to accept the American conditions would bring
about a “cutting of the foreign aid which the PA relies on to fulfill
its needs.”
Fatah attempts to block Dahlan
Talks with Hamas were not the only purpose of
the high-profile Fatah visit to Gaza, however. The Ramallah-based
movement is concerned over the growing influence of Mohammad Dahlan, a
former Fatah member and once the head of Palestinian security in the
Gaza Strip.An Arafat loyalist, Dahlan was expelled from the movement in 2011 after his public criticism of Abbas for corruption led to accusations that he was plotting a coup against the
Palestinian president. He fled to Dubai, but continues to enjoy a
following among the rank and file of Fatah both in Gaza and in the West
Bank.
Mohammed Dahlan in 2006. (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)
According to Jerusalem-based Palestinian daily
Al-Quds, the Fatah delegation headed by Shaath sent a harsh message to
Fatah members in Gaza and the West Bank, warning them against
cooperating with Dahlan. The movement summoned prominent supporters of
Dahlan living in Ramallah, such as Sufian Abu Zaida and Majed Abu
Shamala, and told them they must choose between working with Dahlan and
remaining in the movement.“Mohammed Dahlan is no longer a member of
Fatah. He now works from an office in Dubai in the UAE under orders of
UAE sheikhs, and moves as an Emirates citizen, receiving a budget from
the UAE,” Shaath said.Fatah’s leadership has also accused Dahlan of
encouraging cooperation with Hamas in Gaza, a claim that Hamas’s deputy
political bureau chief, Mousa Abu Marzouq, rushed to dismiss.“Hamas denies the rumors regarding
reconciliation with Dahlan,” Abu Marzouq wrote in a statement posted to
Facebook on Sunday. “In truth, the demands which we obliged in Gaza came
from the reconciliation delegation headed by Azzam Al-Ahmad.” Hamas remained largely mum on Tuesday on the prospect of imminent reconciliation with Fatah.Like us on Facebook
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DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
Israel granted observer status in Pacific Alliance
Netanyahu says contact with major Latin American trade and economic organization a step in diversifying the country’s economy
February 11, 2014, 4:09 pm
0-The Times of Israel
Israel has been granted observer
status in the Pacific Alliance, an economic trade organization of
several major Latin and Central American countries, the Prime Minister’s
Office announced on Tuesday. The final decision was made Monday evening
at a summit in Cartagena, Colombia.The Pacific Alliance
member states are Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, all countries with
major coastlines along the Pacific ocean. The group aims to build “deep
economic integration,” promote “larger growth, development and
competitiveness” and ”become a platform for political articulation and
economic and trade integration” among member countries.“As an observer state, Israel will be invited
to take part in the staff work of the Pacific Alliance and attend its
conferences, which will facilitate the advancement of cooperation with
its member states,” the PMO said in a press release.Israeli exports to the Pacific Alliance
countries currently amount to $864 million, around 1 percent of its
total exports, but the government hopes that Israel’s new status will be
an aid in increasing that figure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is
scheduled, within the next few months, to visit Colombia and Mexico in
order to promote Israel’s economic role in the region.“I thank the
leaders of the Pacific Alliance member states for accepting Israel as an
observer to the important organization that they head. This is an
additional step in ensuring the continued growth of the Israeli economy.
We are diversifying the State of Israel’s international markets,”
Netanyahu said Tuesday.In becoming an observer state, Israel joins 24
other countries, including economic powerhouses such as the US, China
and Japan, a host of Latin American countries, and several European
countries including Spain and Germany. The only other Middle Eastern
observer state is Turkey.
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Army blasts MKs for rebuffing plan to lengthen service
Shaked Committee has decided to lengthen yeshiva students’ service by only a month, and women’s not at all
February 11, 2014, 7:37 pm
0-The Times of Israel
A Defense Ministry official
reacted angrily on Tuesday to the failure of a Knesset committee the
previous day to approve the army’s recommendation for extending the
length of service for women and for yeshiva students in the Hesder
program.The Shaked Committee agreed
Monday that IDF service for male noncombat soldiers would be shortened
to 32 months, instead of the current 36. The IDF representative to the
committee had agreed to the change on condition that, in order to make
up the manpower shortfall, the service period of women would be extended
by four months from 24 to 28 and that of Hesder students by eight
months, from 16 to 24.Soldiers who participate in the five-year
Hesder program typically do 16 months of actual army service, including
training and active duty, with the balance devoted to several years of
Torah study in their yeshivas. The committee voted to extend the 16
months to 17.Said the defense official, “You cannot make a
mockery of an entire establishment and of the army.” The IDF proposal,
which he called extremely thorough and well-thought-out, “must not
disappear into oblivion based on a whim or on politics.”
Committee head MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish
Home) said that the committee did not support the lengthening of women’s
service. Members objected to the extension because, as women can obtain
an exemption simply by signing a declaration that they are religious,
it would be unfair to increase the burden on those who actually choose
to serve.One MK on the committee said Monday that it
would be particularly unjust to extend women’s service when the
committee was only extending Hesder soldiers’ service by one month,
after having bowed to pressure from rabbis and Shaked’s Orthodox-nationalist Jewish Home party, Haaretz reported.Since the
IDF’s manpower cycle is four months — every four months a new cohort is
drafted and a veteran cohort is discharged — it is unclear how the
additional single month of service will help fill the IDF’s manpower
needs, since it will leave a three-month gap before the next cohort is
drafted.The committee has faced criticism, including
from Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, for
not requiring Hesder participants to perform as much army service as
ultra-Orthodox citizens who would be drafted into the army — as long as
24 months in the developing compromise.Shaked fired back on Israel Radio Tuesday,
noting that there are 8,000 religious-nationalist soldiers in the IDF,
of which just 900 are part of the shortened Hesder program (one-third of
whom eventually decide to remain in the army for the full term). She
said, “Shas has nothing to complain about; when all of their yeshiva
graduates go to the army and 900 go to Hesder, then we can talk.”
Yeshiva students affiliated with Shas rarely serve in the IDF at all.
The committee, tasked with drafting a bill for
the parameters of ultra-Orthodox army conscription, is set to present a
version for a final Knesset vote in March, and will meet again on
Wednesday to discuss the hot-button issue of criminal sanctions for
Haredi young men who do not report for enlistment.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid, the leader of the
Yesh Atid party, said Saturday that his party would pull out of the
ruling coalition if a bill mandating military or national service for
the ultra-Orthodox was not passed.The implementation of such a bill was a
central pillar of Yesh Atid’s platform in the last general election.
The arrest of an ultra-Orthodox man who
refused to enlist in the IDF sparked widespread protests throughout the
country last week, as thousands of Haredi demonstrators demanded the
young man’s immediate release from army prison and called on the
government to reinstate payments to religious seminaries which were
frozen earlier in the week by the Finance Ministry.Earlier last week, Lapid brought a halt to
state payments to yeshivas attended by ultra-Orthodox men who refuse to
register for the draft. Lapid’s freeze order on the funds came just
hours before the cash was due to be paid out.Times of Israel Staff contributed to this report.
