Tuesday, May 09, 2017

THE DOW WAS UP 05 POINTS MONDAY-YESTERDAY.

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)

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.

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

1 KINGS 10:13-14
13  And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

GENESIS 49:16-17
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 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)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

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UPDATE-MAY 09,2017-12:00AM

DOW MARKET TUESDAY-MAY 09,2017
09:30AM-5.07
10:00AM-18.30
10:30AM-20.43
11:00AM-10.83
11:30AM-5.81-
12:00PM-7.00
12:30PM-4.44-
01:00PM-9.72-
01:30PM-36.25-
02:00PM-23.96-
02:30PM-27.30-
03:00PM-15.44-
03:30PM-19.89-
04:00PM-36.50- 20975.78 - S&P -2.47 2396.91 - NASDAQ +17.93 6120.59
HIGH +34 LOW -74
TSX -82.88 15,569.20 - GOLD $-11.41 $1,214.83 - OIL $-0.50 $45.92

EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14  And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

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:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

UPDATE-MAY 09,2017-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.39 of 41 earthquakes in map area.

    4.3-124km N of Yunaska Island, Alaska-2017-05-09 20:40:43 (UTC)-182.8 km
    3.2-35km NNE of Redway, California-2017-05-09 20:40:34 (UTC)-22.3 km
    4.8-25km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska-2017-05-09 20:09:12 (UTC)-34.9 km
    5.2-13km NE of Yigo Village, Guam-2017-05-09 19:52:13 (UTC)-125.1 km
    5.4-102km N of Hirara, Japan-2017-05-09 19:15:49 (UTC)-114.5 km
    3.6-104km SSW of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska-2017-05-09 19:08:50 (UTC)-16.0 km
    4.6-2km NW of Lobo, Philippines-2017-05-09 19:06:26 (UTC)-151.1 km
    2.8-10km SW of Woodland, California-2017-05-09 18:31:13 (UTC)-10.9 km
    2.5-7km NE of Aguanga, California-2017-05-09 16:22:10 (UTC)-4.3 km
    4.0-209km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia-2017-05-09 15:55:16 (UTC)-136.6 km
    5.1-133km ESE of Pangai, Tonga-2017-05-09 15:25:35 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.6-31km NE of Warm Springs, Nevada-2017-05-09 14:30:07 (UTC)-36.6 km
    3.6-25km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma-2017-05-09 14:30:05 (UTC)-5.0 km
    5.2-25km S of Guazacapan, Guatemala-2017-05-09 14:15:49 (UTC)-82.2 km
    3.0-114km S of Homer, Alaska-2017-05-09 10:55:32 (UTC)-28.3 km
    4.6-90km SSW of Adak, Alaska-2017-05-09 09:54:32 (UTC)-36.2 km
    3.0-115km ENE of McGrath, Alaska-2017-05-09 09:31:13 (UTC)-8.4 km
    4.8-99km S of Adak, Alaska-2017-05-09 09:02:00 (UTC)-34.3 km
    5.4-81km SSW of Adak, Alaska-2017-05-09 08:59:06 (UTC)-30.6 km
    2.5-22km ENE of Gonzales, California-2017-05-09 08:37:39 (UTC)-4.8 km
    5.1-50km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand-2017-05-09 06:19:56 (UTC)-54.6 km
    3.2-91km WNW of Skagway, Alaska-2017-05-09 05:48:01 (UTC)-0.9 km
    2.6-85km WNW of Skagway, Alaska-2017-05-09 05:39:46 (UTC)-0.0 km
    4.3-25km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska-2017-05-09 05:36:52 (UTC)-10.0 km
    6.0-109km ESE of Hirara, Japan-2017-05-09 01:54:14 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.7-2km S of Livermore, California-2017-05-09 01:46:41 (UTC)-5.7 km
    4.3-44km ENE of Amatignak Island, Alaska-2017-05-09 00:58:28 (UTC)-4.7 km
    4.2-46km ENE of Amatignak Island, Alaska-2017-05-09 00:54:53 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.7-9km SSE of Aguanga, California-2017-05-09 00:36:12 (UTC)-7.5 km
    3.0-2km ENE of Palomar Observatory, CA-2017-05-09 00:36:12 (UTC)-7.0 km
    2.5-52km S of Homer, Alaska-2017-05-09 00:01:51 (UTC)-33.0 km

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AGAIN AND AGAIN ISRAEL TRYS TO FIND A DICTATOR THAT WILL BRING THEM PEACE SHARANSKY SAYS. BY THE BIBLE-ISRAEL WILL GET CONNED ONE LAST TIME BY A FALSE MESSIAH DICTATOR WHO WILL BRING A PEACE DEAL TOGETHER FOR 7 YEARS.BUT AT THE MIDPOINT THE PEACE IS BROKEN AND WW3 BREAKS OUT FOR THE WORST DEATHS IN HISTORY OF EARTH.

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)

LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)

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 FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(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)

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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

Shrugging off criticism, Netanyahu backs Jewish state bill-Despite opponents saying bill discriminates against Arab minority, prime minister says ‘no contradiction’ between proposed legislation and equal rights in Israel-By Raoul Wootliff May 8, 2017, 6:13 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday threw his support behind a controversial bill that would enshrine Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people,” dismissing criticism that the measure discriminates against Arabs.Speaking at his weekly Likud faction meeting, Netanyahu said the bill, which passed in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday, “flies in the face of everyone who tries to deny our right to Israel.”The latest incarnation of the proposed law, like many of its predecessors in recent years, has already stirred objections from opposition lawmakers who contend the bill would discriminate against the country’s Arab minority.Slamming criticism that calls the proposal discriminatory to Israel’s Arab and other minority populations, Netanyahu says “there is absolutely no contradiction between the Jewish state bill and equal rights in Israel.”Judaism is already mentioned throughout the country’s laws, and religious authorities control many aspects of life, including marriage. But the 11 existing Basic Laws deal mostly with state institutions like the Knesset, the courts or the presidency, while Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty defines Israel’s democratic character. The nation-state bill, proponents say, would put Jewish values and democratic values on equal footing.According to the language of the proposal, while every individual has the right “to preserve his culture, heritage, language and identity,” the right to realize self-determination “is unique to the Jewish people.”In another controversial clause, Arabic would be relegated from an official language to one with “special status,” which would ensure its speakers the “right to accessible state services.”“The bill constitutes an overwhelming response to all those who deny the deep connection between the Jewish people and their land,” the prime minister said.Netanyahu said the bill would be brought to the Knesset within 60 days and he “expects all the Zionist parties to support it.”Opposition leader Isaac Herzog criticized the bill drafted by Likud MK Avi Dichter as threatening to “trample on the delicate balance between Jewish and democratic.”Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid said he supports the idea of a nation-state bill to define Israel as a Jewish state, but cannot back the law in its current form.“We support the Jewish state law, but what was passed yesterday was not the Jewish state law,” Lapid told his weekly faction meeting, referring to Dichter’s bill.Lapid and Herzog both said they supported Likud MK Benny Begin’s version of the law, which is just a short paragraph-long declaration of the Jewish nature of the state.Lapid said he would not support Dichter’s, which includes a number of controversial clauses, including downgrading Arabic from an official language to one of “special status.”“If the coalition is serious and it really wants to pass a nation-state bill with wide support, then we will support it,” Lapid said.“But with this, they are trying to create chasms within Israel and it’s unnecessary. The bill creates many, many problems,” he adds.Asked what specific changes would be needed for the bill to receive the support of the party, Yesh Atid MK Yael German told The Times of Israel that it would need to enshrine, in writing, “equal rights for all citizens.”

Again and again we try to find a set of dictators that will bring us peace. It will never happen'-At ToI event, Sharansky talks of freedom, and how Israel went wrong propping up a dictator-The former Soviet refusenik serves up serious analysis, with a side of levity, to a packed Jerusalem English-speaking audience-By Amanda Borschel-Dan May 8, 2017, 3:43 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

As a Soviet Prisoner of Zion, Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky was repeatedly threatened with death. But he knew that while his body was imprisoned for nine years, he would die as a free man.“I liked very much during interrogations, to tell [the team of interrogators] anti-Soviet jokes,” recounted the former refusenik now known as Natan Sharansky.“And they were almost bursting with laughter and they could not. And I said to them, ‘You cannot even laugh when you want to laugh, and you want to tell me that I’m in prison and you’re free?'” said Sharansky to a packed Jerusalem audience at Sunday night’s Times of Israel Presents event.Upon his release in February 1986, Sharansky immigrated to Israel and rejoined his wife, Avital, who had spearheaded the international effort to win his freedom. There he continued his activism on behalf of Soviet Jewry. By 1995, lacking the political tools to help his compatriots, he cofounded Yisrael Ba’Aliyah with fellow refusenik Yuli Edelstein. Their joking slogan was, “Our leaders first go to prison, and then into politics.”However, even after garnering seven seats in the 1996 elections and serving in a variety of ministerial positions, by 2006 Sharansky, always a reluctant politician, resigned one last time from the Knesset. (He had resigned in protest from previous governments over policies such as prime minister Ehud Barak’s planned partition of Jerusalem and prime minister Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement plan.)-Explaining how an uncompromising dissident makes for a poor politician Sharansky quipped, “I was in four different governments and I resigned twice. I was in four different prisons, and I never resigned.”‘I was in four different governments and I resigned twice. I was in four different prisons, and I never resigned’However, in his current role, he is perhaps most well-known for his ability to bring all segments of the Jewish people to the table. Since June 2009, Sharansky has served as the head of the Jewish Agency where he has controversially reshaped the institution’s focus from immigration to Jewish identity. Although he had announced his retirement for this year, with no successor — and the much-negotiated Western Wall egalitarian prayer pavilion still unimplemented — he was asked by the board to serve an additional year.With a generous helping of palatable levity, in a wide-ranging on-stage interview with journalist Matthew Kalman, Sharansky delivered a healthy serving of deadly serious political and social analysis.The following are highlights from Sharansky’s thoughts on the true meaning of freedom, how the Oslo Accords’ fostering of a dictatorship only led to more strife, and the “strange prejudice” Israelis have against 65 percent of American Jewry.On growing up Jewish under Soviet ‘double speak’It was life deprived of two things: identity, and I lived in an absolutely assimilated surrounding, where we knew very well that we were Jews because that is what was written in the ID of our parents. All the conversations at home were about discrimination, anti-Semitism and restrictions. And at the same time we didn’t even know the words like Pesah or Hanukkah or bar mitzva or brit milah — the words didn’t even exist in our lives. So to be Jewish was a kind of disease that you had to get used to.‘To be Jewish was a kind of disease’And the second thing from which we were deprived of was freedom. From the age of five, from the day that [Soviet dictator Joseph] Stalin died, I remember exactly that moment when Stalin died that my father explained to me that it was very good [he had died] because he was very dangerous for us, for Jews, and for many people. I should remember that a miracle happened — Stalin died when we were in big danger — and that I should not tell it to anybody and I should do what everybody does.The next day I went to kindergarten and I was crying together with all the children, and I was singing together with all the children about how grateful we all were for the son of all the people, for this happy childhood.So I was singing, I was crying — and I remembered a miracle happened and I should be very happy. That’s a typical state of mind of a Soviet citizen and that’s how we lived. Without identity, without freedom. And then when we got both of them together, it was a very powerful feeling.-Freedom is a state of mind-Freedom is never theoretical. Or you are free or you are not. I was lucky really to experience the life of a Soviet slave, from the age of five at least till the age of twenty-something when I stopped playing this double life, and I became a free person.So the fact that physically I was put into the prison under such and such conditions, doesn’t matter. The moment you say a thing that you believe in, and do a thing you believe in, and the moment you decide that from now only I can humiliate myself and I can be ashamed of what I’m doing or not ashamed — and if I’m not ashamed of what I’m doing, if I’m a free person, if I feel myself part of this great historic process, and I am true to the image of God in which we are created — I am a free person.The moment you feel it, the moment you enjoy it, then nobody can take it from you and it’s not theoretical anymore.-Oslo Agreement as a ‘crime’ against the Palestinian people-You have to try to make peace with the partner you have. But you can’t be deceived: Peace with a dictator can be based only on your power. If the dictator is afraid, you’ll have peace.With democratic countries it’s different, why? Because democratic countries, the government, the leaders, depend on their people and as a result they have to deliver the goods to their people, and as a result peace is in their own political interest.‘The challenge of the dictator is to keep his own people under control, and that’s why he needs you as an enemy’In a dictatorship, the people depend on the dictator, so the challenge of the dictator is to keep his own people under control, and that’s why he needs you as an enemy.I believe till this day that one of our biggest mistakes — almost crimes — was the Oslo Agreements. Because the Oslo Agreement was all based on the idea, and Yitzhak Rabin z”l expressed in the best possible way, he said how good it is for us that Arafat is the dictator. “Without the Supreme Court, without free press, without human rights organizations, Arafat will fight for us against Hamas much better than we can fight Hamas.”That’s what was said two weeks after signing the Oslo Agreement, and that’s when I wrote my first article against it. I said, we will do everything so he will be a strong dictator. And he, as a strong dictator, he will do everything so that his people will hate us. There is no other way for a dictator to survive.The fact that we are ignoring it again and again, not only Israel — America, the free world — again and again we try to find a set of dictators that will bring us peace. It will never happen. If they are dictators, peace will only be brought with the help of our strong army.What I was told during the Oslo process, when I started speaking about what we have to support, then deputy foreign minister Yossi Beilin told me, “Anatoly, you speak about things which will probably take how much? 10-15 years?” I said, “Maybe.” [Beilin said,] “And we’re going to make peace in three years.” That was what he said. That was the Oslo Agreement — “peace in three years and so we cannot lose any time.” And this attempt to make peace in three years continues in every government.-The Israeli prejudice against Reform and Conservative Jewry-I don’t know how successful or less successful [the Reform and Conservative movements] will be [in Israel]. What I do know is that if Israel wants to continue its role as it is declared by its leaders and its leaders believe in it, that we are the home for the all the Jewish people, we cannot say to 65% of American Jewry that you are welcomed in Israel, but not with your community and not with your rabbi. We have to be a place for every community and every movement in the world.‘So many of us Israelis have such strange prejudices against Reform and Conservative Jews’What I found out, I was invited to many forums to speak, and I found out that so many of us Israelis have such strange prejudices against Reform and Conservative Jews. I said once, “What you are saying now, it reminds me of what in the Soviet Union people were saying about Jews.” Some secret plot of Reform Jewry to destroy world Jewry by forced assimilation and intermarriage. And now they want to bring intermarriage to Israel and they want to conquer Israeli society by destroying the Jewish character. And you hear it from very normal people who have simply never met Reform Jews.Just now we had a delegation of eight members of Knesset [to the United States] and one of them is a representative of the most right-wing part of our spectrum. He, for the first time in his life, was in America, in San Francisco in a Reform shul… and I asked him, “So now you’ll vote differently?”And he said, “No, I have to keep the line of my party. But I tell you, now I understand that they are a part of my people and I have to be in contact with them.”So only for this it was worth paying the money for his ticket, I have to say.

Rivlin thanks French victor Macron for stance against anti-Semitism-Without mentioning Le Pen, Israeli president says hatred of Jews rearing its head around world, pledges support to new French president in standing up to racism and hatred-By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff May 8, 2017, 5:38 pm

President Reuven Rivlin on Monday congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his victory in the French presidential elections, thanking him for his strong opposition to anti-Semitism and offering Israel’s help in countering terrorism.“I want to thank you for your strong stance against anti-Semitism, and all forms of racism, which have once again raised their ugly heads around the world,” Rivlin wrote in an official letter.“Standing up to such voices of intolerance and hatred, defending our citizens against vicious acts of terror, is a task of paramount importance that stands before us all, and Israel is your partner in this mission,” he told Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker who has never held elected office before.Macron, a centrist, won the presidency on Sunday with 66 percent of the vote, beating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen of the National Front party. He will be sworn in next Sunday.“I know that on your visit here in 2015, you were greatly impressed by Israeli innovation and technologies,” Rivlin said. “I share your deep belief in innovation as an engine for both economic and social prosperity for all peoples. Moreover, our growing cooperation and partnerships in this area offer a solid foundation for the ongoing deepening and strengthening of the strong ties between our two peoples, and two countries.“I hope that the relations of friendship and cooperation between France and Israel will continue to expand and strengthen under your presidency.”“Allow me to wish you much success and personal satisfaction in this highly significant and challenging role as leader of France, ” Rivlin said.On the eve of the election Macron stated in a French television interview that he backs a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that unilaterally recognizing Palestine would cause instability and would harm France’s relations with Israel.Le Pen, 48, had portrayed the ballot as a contest between the “globalists” represented by her rival — those in favor of open trade, immigration and shared sovereignty — against the “nationalists” who defend strong borders and national identities-The vote, falling in the middle of a three-day weekend, was the first in the six decades of the Fifth Republic in which neither the traditional left nor right parties had a candidate.Despite his convincing win, Macron must now pull together a majority of lawmakers for his year-old political movement to run in the mid-June legislative election.His party is changing its name to La Republique En Marche (Republic on the Move) as it prepares a list of candidates. Macron has promised that half of those candidates will be new to elected politics, as he was before his victory Sunday.Macron will be France’s youngest-ever president and was a virtual unknown before his two-year stint as economy minister, the launchpad for his presidential bid.He left the Socialist government in August and formed En Marche! (On the Move), a political movement he says is neither of the left nor the right and which has attracted 250,000 members.Macron campaigned on pledges to cut state spending, ease labor laws, boost education in deprived areas and extend new protections to the self-employed.He is also fervently pro-European and wants to re-energize the soon-to-be 27-member European Union, following Britain’s referendum vote last June to leave.Agencies contributed to this report.

Knesset aides say unprepared MKs fail to oversee government-As Israel’s legislature returns from recess, parliamentary assistants offer insider insights into the work of its lawmakers-By Raoul Wootliff May 8, 2017, 5:36 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

In a country where the nightly news consistently rates as the most-watched program on television, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, can sometimes be the source of the most flamboyant and bombastic reality TV stars.But behind the political scandals and fiery altercations, the Knesset, which returns Monday from a month-long recess, is also a place of somber legislative and constitutional work. And behind the Knesset members is a vast staff of parliamentary aides who provide the backstage support to the on-screen talent.While these assistants usually remain behind the scenes, only coming into the public light when they too are the center of a mini-scandal, a new poll of Knesset staffers, the first of its kind, reveals their insights into the work, good and bad, of their MK bosses.According to the survey conducted by the Guttman Center and released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute, a sweeping majority of parliamentary assistants think Knesset members are failing in one of the key roles of the institution — supervising the government.A staggering 92 percent of aides questioned say they think MKs do not come prepared for Knesset committee meetings, one of the key apparatuses of government oversight, and 95% said the Knesset does not sufficiently oversee the work of the executive branch.Despite this, some 65% of aides say the MKs they themselves work with invest the appropriate amount of time on meetings related to professional parliamentary matters, on party-related activities (57%), on public duties unrelated to parliamentary matters (67%) and on media-related activities (55%).While holding the exclusive authority to enact laws as Israel’s legislative branch, the Knesset has a number of roles beyond forming and amending legislation. According to the Basic Law: The Knesset, the parliament is supposed to act as the “supervising body over the executive.” In recent years, however, with increased coalition control of key committees and stricter use of coalition disciplinary measures, some have argued that government oversight has all but disappeared.In February, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Likud), along with Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud), presented a proposal to streamline and improve the work of the Knesset. In what they’ve dubbed “the legislative revolution,” they are seeking to limit the use of private members’ bills — a parliamentary apparatus that has seen a drastic increase in use in recent years as MKs seek a way to have their voice heard — in return for more tools to oversee the work of the government. The Israel Democracy Institute has supported the proposal, writing in a March statement that the initiative was “a step in the right direction and is essential for Israeli democracy.”The responses of Knesset aides in the poll show that while they believe MKs are investing time and effort in parliamentary work, they think that lawmakers lack the tools to successfully supervise the government.In terms of the work of the Knesset, 57% of aides say MKs invest more than 10 hours drafting each bill, and 67.5% report they believe MKs are trying to fulfill their duties.Aides were split, however, on the effectiveness of the tools available.Sixty-two percent said that committee discussions were a good method to oversee government ministries and 60% praised Knesset questions hours, recently reformed to allow MKs a full 60 minutes to grill ministers. But just 47% said that the regular channel of parliamentary queries was effective and only 37% said budgetary discussions provided adequate oversight of the government.“The poll proves the problem is not just on the personal level or with regards to the public obligation of one MK or another,” Israel Democracy Institute President Yohanan Plesner said in a statement. “As long as no parliamentary reform is implemented – decreasing the number of committees and increasing the Knesset’s professionalism – we will continue to be disappointed by the quality of its work.”Researchers surveyed aides to 40 of the 91 MKs who are not ministers or deputy ministers. Of the 40 total respondents, 12 work with MKs from the coalition and 28 with opposition lawmakers. While that represents a 70% split in favor of opposition lawmakers, the questions in the survey focus on the MKs each aide works with, and the general role of the Knesset, and did not solicit opinions on the actions of the government or the coalition.As for the celebrity status of MKs and the “Big Brother”-esque Knesset often portrayed on evening newscasts, the aides, who spend much of their time working from the parliament chambers or sending notes from sidelines of the plenary, were in agreement: A near-unanimous 97% said they believe the media unfairly reports on MKs and is too focused on gossip.

Iran’s Rouhani says election rivals are ‘violent extremists’-Incumbent president faces uphill battle against hardliners in campaign to improve civil liberties-By AFP May 8, 2017, 4:57 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani launched a scathing attack on his conservative election rivals on Monday, saying their era of “violence and extremism” was over.“The people of Iran shall once again announce that they don’t approve of those who only called for executions and jail throughout the last 38 years,” he told a packed stadium in the western city of Hamedan, referring to the Islamic revolution of 1979.“We’ve entered this election to tell those practicing violence and extremism that your era is over.”Rouhani faces a tough battle for re-election on May 19 as conservative opponents attack his failure to revive Iran’s stagnant economy.Analysts say his surprise victory in 2013 was largely down to his promise of improved civil liberties, and he has again made this a dominant theme of his campaign this year.“Your logic is prohibition and nothing else. Our young people have chosen the path of freedom,” he told his opponents.Rouhani raised an old threat, often leveled at hardliners, that they want to segregate men and women on public footpaths.“You don’t know them, I know them. They wanted to create segregated pavements the same way they issued a directive for sex segregation in their work place,” Rouhani said in a swipe against one of his main challengers, Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who reportedly tried to split the sexes in his city council offices.The allegation was dismissed by one of his opponents.“This ridiculous and repetitive accusation fools no one,” said leading conservative Alireza Zakani in a tweet.“By contrast, the economic wall between this government of money-makers and people’s empty plates is perfectly understood,” wrote Zakani.Rouhani’s government has tamed rampant inflation but failed to kick-start the wider economy despite a nuclear deal with world powers that ended many sanctions.He has therefore pushed his liberal credentials, attacking the security services for interfering in people’s lives, and posing with women wearing loose and colorful headscarves that are still opposed by hardliners despite becoming commonplace in wealthier parts of Tehran.He is due to address a women’s rally on Tuesday.Rouhani also attacked the continued detention of reformist politicians such as Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest since 2011 for his part in protests two years earlier.“Why have you confined to their houses our dear personalities who were of service to this nation… who showed Iran’s real image to the world? Under what law?” he asked.“We will go to the ballot boxes on 19 May to bring back our noble men to society,” he said, although Rouhani made this promise in 2013 to no avail.

Cornerstone laid for $50 million Jerusalem arts campus-Bezalel Street site designed to house four academic institutions and host performances-By Jessica Steinberg May 8, 2017, 4:46 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The cornerstore for a multipurpose, nearly 2.5-acre arts campus on Bezalel Street in downtown Jerusalem was laid Monday morning by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.The $50 million campus will bring together four Jerusalem academic arts institutions — the Nisan Nativ Acting Studio, the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, the School of Visual Theater and the Center for Middle Eastern Music.Located next to the Gerard Behar Center on Bezalel Street, the campus is expected to accommodate 1,110 students in total.It will also be designed to serve as a main thoroughfare through the central neighborhoods of downtown Jerusalem, drawing pedestrians and visitors from Nahlaot, the nearby Mahane Yehuda market area, and the satellite Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design campus just up the block.Barkat called the campus, designed with an outdoor courtyard and performance venues, one of Jerusalem’s most strategic projects, intended to help the city continue its “cultural revolution” by providing much needed infrastructure and support for artists and the cultural institutions of the city.The compound will be named for the Kirsh family of New York, which donated $10 million for the campus, a project of the UJA-Federation of New York, in cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality, the Ministry of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, the Jerusalem Development Authority, the Eden Company and the Jerusalem Foundation.The campus is slated to open in January 2020.

New Hamas chief backs ‘heroic’ hunger-striking prisoners-Netanyahu says Jewish state bill will uphold equal rights; Palestinian charged with attempted murder for Tel Aviv terror attack; Iran accuses rival Saudi Arabia of pandering to Israel-By Tamar Pileggi May 8, 2017, 2:01 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

19:29-Macron win sends ‘powerful message’ to far-right, top Europe rabbi says-One of Europe’s top rabbis welcomes pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election, saying voters sent a “very powerful” message to the country’s far-right.Macron’s sound defeat of far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the run-off vote is “very good news for France,” says Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the influential Conference of European Rabbis.“The fact that two-thirds of French voters didn’t want a far-right government is a very powerful statement,” Goldschmidt tells AFP.Many of the votes cast were not for Macron, rather “it was a protest vote against Marine Le Pen,” he says.— AFP-19:25-Herzog: Jewish state bill not the Israel Herzl envisioned-Opposition leader Isaac Herzog criticizes the Jewish state bill, as formulated by Likud MK Avi Dichter, which was adopted by ministers yesterday, while praising a similar nation-state proposal by Likud MK Benny Begin.Speaking at the plenum session on Herzl, Herzog lashes out at the government for “collecting files on journalists, threatening judges, and harming the independence of the legal system,” saying this was not the Israel Herzl envisioned.“And in particular, in the model society [envisioned by Herzl], in the Jewish and democratic state, you don’t trample on the delicate balance between Jewish and democratic, as you are supporting in the Jewish state bill in the new version, as opposed to the precise, and correct version presented by Dr. MK Ze’ev Binyamin Begin in his Jewish state bill,” he says.Earlier, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid said his opposition party would support Begin’s version of the bill.Begin’s version of the bill is a paragraph-long declaration of the Jewish nature of the state. Dichter’s bill includes a number of controversial clauses, including downgrading Arabic from an official language to one of “special status.”— Marissa Newman-19:12-Damascus: No international force for Syria safe zones-Syria’s foreign minister dismisses the idea of international forces patrolling four safe zones that are to be established under a deal struck by Russia, Iran and Turkey, suggesting Damascus would only settle for Russian “military police,” who are already on the ground in the so-called de-escalation zones.Damascus will abide by the agreement signed in the Kazakh capital of Astana last week, Walid al-Moallem tells reporters at a news conference in the Syrian capital, but cautioned it is “premature” to tell whether the deal will succeed.“There will be no presence by any international forces supervised by the United Nations,” al-Moallem says. “The Russian guarantor has clarified that there will be military police and observation centers.”Though he does not specify who the military police will be, he appears to be referring to Russian observers already in Syria.Al-Moallem also vows that Syrian government forces will respond “decisively” to any violation or attack from the opposition’s side.The Russia-Iran-Turkey cease-fire deal went into effect over the weekend and brought a general reduction in violence across the country, but clashes continued, particularly in central Syria. There are still questions about how the deal will be enforced.— AP-19:02-PM: Critical UN resolutions only strengthen Israeli resolve-Prime Minister Benjamin says UN resolutions, like the UNESCO statement that denies Israeli claims to Jerusalem approved last week, merely “strengthen our belief in our right [to the land].”Speaking at a special plenum session honoring Zionist founder Theodor Herzl, the prime minister also dismisses criticism of the Jewish state bill. “There is no contradiction between being a democracy and a state for the Jewish people,” he says.Netanyahu is hailing Israel’s foreign relations as unprecedented in its history.He says US President Donald Trump will “be received with warmth, as appropriate for a true friend” to the Jewish state during his upcoming visit later this month.The prime minister also says a meeting with the German president on Sunday was “warm.”— Marissa Newman-18:01-Egypt issues new life sentence against Muslim Brotherhood leader-An Egyptian court sentences the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide Mohamed Badie to life in prison for “planning violent attacks” in a retrial, says judicial officials and a lawyer.Badie is part of a group of 37 people accused of conspiring to stir unrest during protests that followed the July 2013 military-led ouster of Egypt’s former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, who hailed from the Brotherhood.The court condemns Badie to a life term along with Mahmoud Ghozlan, a Brotherhood spokesman, and Hossam Abubakr, a member of its guidance bureau, say the officials and defense lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud.The retrial comes after Egypt’s court of cassation scrapped a 2015 ruling under which Badie and 13 others were condemned to death, and 34 defendants given life terms.— AFP-17:38-New Hamas chief backs ‘heroic’ hunger-striking prisoners-New Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pledges support for hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in his first comments since being elected as head of the group that runs the Gaza Strip.Haniyeh, who was chosen by the party as its new leader on Saturday, says the terrorist organization stands with the hundreds of prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails.“This visit is a message to our heroic prisoners that your cause was and will remain a top priority,” he says during a visit to a protest in support of the strikers in Gaza.“Your freedom is a national duty and your dignity is our dignity,” the 54-year-old adds.Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails have been refusing food since April 17.— AFP-16:54-Rivlin congratulates French President-elect Macron-President Reuven Rivlin today sends a letter of congratulations to the president-elect of France, Emmanuel Macron, following his election yesterday.“On behalf of the State of Israel I have the honor and the pleasure of congratulating you on your election as president of the French Republic,” the president writes. “Allow me to wish you much success and personal satisfaction in this highly significant and challenging role as leader of France.Rivlin also thanks Macron for his “strong stance against anti-Semitism and all forms of racism, which have once again raised their ugly heads around the world.”“Standing up to such voices of intolerance and hatred, defending our citizens against vicious acts of terror, is a task of paramount importance that stands before us all, and Israel is your partner in this mission,” Rivlin says.Macron yesterday defeated the far right’s Marine Le Pen, winning 66.1% of the vote to her 33.9% in the second round of France’s presidential election.-16:10-Lapid says he supports Jewish state bill, but not current version-Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid says that he supports the idea of a nation-state bill to define Israel as a Jewish state but cannot back the current version of the law being put forward by Likud MK Avi Dichter.“We support the Jewish state law, but what was passed yesterday was not the Jewish state law,” Lapid tells his weekly faction meeting, referring to yesterday’s vote in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation allowing the law to progress to the Knesset.Lapid says he would vote for Likud MK Benny Begin’s version of the law, which is just a short paragraph-long declaration of the Jewish nature of the state. He will not, however support Dichter’s, which includes a number of controversial clauses, including downgrading Arabic from an official language to one of “special status.”“If the coalition is serious and it really wants to pass a nation-state bill with wide support, then we will support it,” Lapid says.“But with this, they are trying to create chasms within Israel and its unnecessary. The bill creates many, many problems,” he adds.Asked what specific changes would be needed for the bill to receive the support of the party, Yesh Atid MK Yael German tells The Times of Israel that it would need to enshrine, in writing, “equal rights for all citizens.”— Raoul Wootliff-15:41-Liberman says ‘no place’ to interfere with court’s Shabbat ruling-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman tells members of his Israel Beytenu party there is “no place” for efforts by his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners to circumvent a High Court ruling allowing mini-markets to open on Shabbat.“We are living with a status quo that has been created over many years,” he says, opining that the issue should be handled on a local municipal level.“I think that this intervention on the matter of Shabbat in Tel Aviv has no place,” he adds.He also dismisses the Palestinian prisoners hunger strike, maintaining the matter is a political battle between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and imprisoned terror leader Marwan Bargouti. On the latter, who was allegedly caught on camera sneaking food, he remarks: “I wish him bon appetit,” to titters.— Marissa Newman-15:40-New Hamas chief makes 1st public appearance in native Gaza-The new Hamas leader makes his first public appearance, visiting a solidarity tent for hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.Ismail Haniyeh stops by the tent, two days after Hamas announced that the former Gaza prime minister replaced Qatar-based Khaled Mashaal in the terror group’s top position.Haniyeh’s rise is the latest sign of a power shift in Hamas from the diaspora to Gaza, which has been under Hamas rule since a 2007 takeover.This shift comes at a time of growing financial pressure on Gaza by Hamas’ main rival, Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to force the group to cede ground.— AP-15:27-US military chief Dunford arrives in Israel-US military head Joseph Dunford lands in Tel Aviv to meet his Israeli counterparts to reportedly discuss fighting the Islamic State on the Jewish state’s borders.Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman.The Hebrew-language Ynet news website yesterday said Dunford would also meet with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman.#CJCS General Joseph F Dunford landed today in #Israel for an official visit as the guest of the IDF Chief of Staff Lt General Gadi Eizenkot pic.twitter.com/yrD0PWxCns— USEmbassyTelAviv (@usembassyta) May 8, 2017— Judah Ari Gross.-15:27-Liberman expects Trump peace push to be ‘real,’ ‘honest’Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman says he does not know the details of US President Donald Trump’s anticipated peace push, but is certain the plan will be “real” and “honest.”Ahead of the US president’s Israel visit later this month, Liberman says the administration is “very friendly, and understands our issues in the Middle East.” Israel has “many reasons to be pleased” with the new US leadership, he adds.Speaking at the start of the weekly Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting, Liberman, who is marking 72 years since the Nazis were defeated, links the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini with contemporary Palestinian terror groups and Arab Israeli lawmakers, saying both seek Israel’s destruction.“Today, too, we see the bearers of Husseini’s legacy,” says Liberman, listing Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, the Northern Islamic Branch leader Raed Salah, and former MK Basel Ghattas who was caught smuggling cellphones to Palestinian terror prisoners. He later adds Arab MKs who skipped former president Shimon Peres’s funeral to this list.— Marissa Newman-15:02-Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of pandering to Israel-Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of pandering to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to provoke Israeli action against its regional rival.Iran’s defense minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan in an interview slams Riyadh for what he describes as close ties with the US and Israel, suggesting it goes against “interests of Muslim nations.”Dehghan tells a Hezbollah-owned TV station that the Saudis seek to “please” Netanyahu for the “purpose of provoking Netanyahu’s action against us.”Dehghan’s interview comes in response to remarks made by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman who said last week that there was no space for dialogue with Tehran due to its Shiite ambitions “to control the Islamic world.”-14:44-First evacuations from Damascus rebel district-Syrian rebels and their families begin evacuating from a district of Damascus for the first time, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the capital.The evacuation begins days after regime backers Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey signed a deal to implement “de-escalation zones” where the government and opposition will halt hostilities.Earlier, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem rejected any role for United Nations or international forces in monitoring the zones.— AFP-14:39-Palestinian teen charged with terror, attempted murder for Tel Aviv attack-A Palestinian teenager is charged with terrorism and four counts of attempted murder for carrying out a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv last month.According to the indictment, Imag Agbar, 18, from Nablus, confessed to going on a stabbing spree with wire-cutters in the lobby of the Leonardo Beach hotel on April 23.Four people, including a man in his 70s and a woman in her 50s, were hospitalized with light injuries as a result of the attack.The indictment says Agbar told investigators that he decided “to kill Jews because they are Jews, and also so that when he would be killed or arrested he would become a martyr or a hero.”Defense officials later said Agbar entered Israel from the West Bank on a one-day permit group known as “Natural Peace Tours,” which is supposed to forge relationships between Palestinians and Israelis.-14:19-Route 1 reopens after Holon-area brush fire forces road closure-Route 1 reopens after a brush fire briefly closed the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway in both directions.The highway was closed for over an hour while firefighters worked to put out the blaze outside Holon.Traffic between Ganot and Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange remains heavier than usual.-Route 1 closed in both directions due to fire-Route 1 is closed in both directions near the Ganot Interchange as firefighters work to put out a brush fire.Train service is also halted near the interchange outside of Holon.Police are urging drivers to avoid the area, and are redirecting drivers to Route 4.Heavy traffic is reported between Ganot and Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange.

EMMANUEL MACRON A NEW FRANCO-EUROPEAN MONARCH.QUEBEC STILL FLOODED OUT IN STATE OF EMERGENCY-FIRST TIME SINCE 1998.

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)

DANIEL 7:23-24
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.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)

REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) 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 ANIMAL 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.

Analysis-Macron, a new Franco-European monarch-By Eric Maurice-MAY 8,17-EUOBSERVER

Paris, Today, 09:28-French presidents, with the Republic's pomp and the powers granted to them, are often called a "republican monarch".If a victory celebration is a presage of things to come, then France and Europe may have found in Emmanuel Macron a new kind of French monarch. One who is national as much as European, modern yet seeking tradition, but one who will have to start a revolution in order to stay in power.The image of Macron walking alone on Sunday evening (7 May) in the majestic courtyard of the Louvre Palace, the residence of the French kings, had an unusual feeling of solemnity for such an occasion.This feeling was also unexpected for the thousands of supporters who had been waiting for him in front of a large stage, set next to the Louvre's glass pyramid, where DJs had played music as diverse as the mostly young and multi-ethnic crowd.But the staging was symbolic on many different levels.-Symbolic stage-The fact that Macron walked to the tune of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the EU's anthem, was a strong statement of his views: that France can no longer be itself without the EU - especially after defeating Marine Le Pen, who wanted to take France out of the EU.The message was bold in a country in which 10.6 million people had just, on Sunday, voted for the far-right anti-EU Le Pen. But there was a good atmosphere in the crowd gathered at the Louvre - where star-spangled blue flags were almost as numerous as the national blue-white-red banner - even if not everyone recognised the music.Earlier in the night, Macron had said that he would defend "France's vital interests," as well as "Europe, the community of fate that the peoples of the continent gave to themselves.""It is our civilisation that is at stake," he said, insisting that he wanted to "rebuild the links between Europe and its citizens".But the new firmly pro-EU president had other messages to send, more in style than in content.For many French people, his 3-minute walk in a black coat was reminiscent of Francois Mitterrand walking alone in the Pantheon on the day of his inauguration as president in 1981. Mitterrand went on to become the longest-serving president in French modern history, for 14 years.For Macron himself, the scene was a way to demonstrate that even at only 39 years of age, with his political experience limited to a stint as economy minister, he could cloak himself in the aura of a French president.In an interview with the weekly Challenges last year, Macron had said he wanted to be a "jupiterian president", referring to the array of Jupiter-like powers of a president.He said that "democratic authority" was "a capacity to enlighten … to spell out a meaning and a direction anchored in the history of the French people".On Sunday evening, when he reached the stage - next to the pyramid built by Mitterrand - Macron attempted to set a direction anchored in history.He said that "from the Ancient Regime to the liberation of Paris [in 1944], from the French revolution to the audacity of this pyramid", the Louvre was "the place" where "the world looks at France".-Spirit of enlightenment-"Europe and the world expect us to defend everywhere the spirit of Enlightenment that is threatened in so many places," he told the crowd of supporters. "They are waiting for us to be ourselves at last".That kind of speech is almost a must-do for any French president, in a country that prides itself on being the "motherland of human rights".But in the France of 2017, where the two main parties were swept over in the presidential election's first round and where the far-right leader obtained more votes than ever before, Macron's celebration of the country's history and values addressed a deeper need."I will protect the Republic," he said. Earlier on, he had acknowledged "the divisions in our nation" and "the angers, the doubts, the anxiety that some expressed".Macron knows that he will have to unite a country that is looking for new prosperity, but also a new identity.In a way, the crowd at the Louvre represented what was at stake in the vote, where many "Francais de souche" (pure-blood French) chose Le Pen to express their unease with immigration, Islam, a growing communitarianism, as well as with the economic situation and the impact of globalisation.The people who came to acclaim Macron were of all ages but mostly young. They were white, Arabs and blacks. They were also from abroad, like a Belgian-Romanian couple who lives in Paris, or the Brazilian husband of a French man, that EUobserver met.But despite the joy of winning a presidential election, there was no fervour in the air and the party quickly ended after Macron spoke.Walking in Paris at night, this reporter saw far fewer people celebrating and heard fewer cars sounding their horns than on previous presidential election nights.Macron launched his bid to the presidency like a start-up, with his own political movement looking as a personal brand - his En Marche! movement bears his own initials - and said that he wanted to "modernise France" and "renew the political life".-Victory of circumstance-But he knows that his election is as much a product of circumstances - the necessity to beat Le Pen - as a popular adherence to his programme.And he is not assured of winning a majority in parliament in next month's legislative elections.He admitted that voters did not give him a "blank check" and that the task to address "economic difficulties [and] the moral weakening of the country" would be "hard".By staging himself as a new monarch, walking alone in the Louvre courtyard and giving a speech in front of a pyramid, Macron somehow contradicted his own ambition to "transform" France and the way it is governed.He has exposed himself to criticism before even being certain of achieving what he said was necessary.As a supporter shouted during his speech: "words are good, deeds are better".

EU relieved by Macron's win By Eszter Zalan-,AY 8,17-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 08:18-EU leaders have reacted to Emmanuel Macron’s victory with relief and with hope the French result will strike a blow against other nationalist forces.Macron won by 65 percent on Sunday (7 May) against the nationalist-populist Marine Le Pen, who had campaigned to pull France out of the euro and possibly the EU.The 39-year old Macron had campaigned on a pro-EU ticket, but also said he wanted to reform the bloc.EU Council president Donald Tusk congratulated him on Twitter.Referring to Russia’s efforts to interfere in the French elections, Tusk said: "Congratulations to French people for choosing Liberty, Equality and Fraternity over [the] tyranny of fake news.”European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told Macron he was ready to help “build a better Europe”."I am delighted that the ideas you defended of a strong and progressive Europe, which protects all its citizens, will be those that you will carry into your presidency in the debate about the history of Europe," Juncker said in a letter to Macron.He added that he was ready to work with him to change the bloc."The European Commission has been working for two and half years to build a better Europe, a Europe which protects and defends our citizens and gives them the means to react,” he said.The EU saw Macron’s win as a reinforcement of its project.The French result came amid the start of talks on the UK’s exit from the EU and amid fears that populist movements elsewhere could pull Europe asunder.The fact that populist Geert Wilders came second in the Dutch election in March had already given succour.Macron’s win came as a fresh and a bigger blow to anti-EU forces.With Germany and Sweden also heading for elections, it showed that votes could still be won via a pro-EU campaign.But with one in three French voters choosing the far-right and with Macron facing another battle, in June, to build a parliamentary majority, it also showed that there was plenty of work left to do for the pro-European side.Merkel on the phone-German chancellor Angela Merkel has also hailed Macron’s victory.Her spokesman Steffen Seibert tweeted: "Congratulations, Emmanuel Macron. Your victory is a victory for a strong and united Europe and for French-German friendship.”Seibert said that Merkel congratulated Macron in phone call in which she "praised his stance for a united and open European Union during the campaign" and told Macron that "the decision of the French voters is a clear statement of support for Europe”.Merkel ’s rival in the German elections in September, the former European Parliament president Martin Schulz, has promised to be more pro-European than Merkel on social issues.He tweeted: "Congratulations, Emmanuel Macron. And now let’s build a stronger Europe together!”Merkel has been criticised for harsh austerity policies during the euro crisis, but praised for her caution on deeper EU integration and for keeping Europe united.Her centre-right CDU party also came first on Sunday in a local election in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, with Schulz’s Social Democrats trailing in recent polls.British prime minister Theresa May also phoned Macron, who is expected to be a tough negotiator in the Brexit talks.-Brexit prelude-They briefly discussed Brexit, according to a statement by the British prime minister's office.May "reiterated that the UK wants a strong partnership with a secure and prosperous EU once we leave”.But pro-Brexit campaigner and MEP Nigel Farage highlighted that Le Pen still won a big chunk of the French vote.“Euroscepticism in France has taken a massive leap forward today”, he said on Twitter.Macron, during the last phase of the campaign, also warned that unless the EU changed, angry and disillusioned voters would try to drag France out of the bloc.

Wooing Germany: Macron team debates euro zone reform tactics-[Reuters]-By Noah Barkin-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

BERLIN (Reuters) - In the days before Emmanuel Macron traveled to Berlin in March to meet Angela Merkel, people in his entourage debated what message he should send to the German chancellor.Some urged him to lay out a clear quid pro quo on Europe, explaining reforms he would do as French president, what Germany could deliver in response, and areas where the two countries should pursue common initiatives, sources in his team said.In the end, that approach was rejected. His closest aides felt it would be presumptuous for the young candidate to appear to be making demands of Merkel before he was even elected.But the debate highlighted divisions within his camp over how best to deliver on one of Macron's biggest election promises: turning the troubled Franco-German couple into a force for closer integration in Europe."You have three camps within the Macron world: those who want to confront Germany aggressively, those who want to be friendly but firm, and those who simply want to follow the German lead," said one person familiar with the debate.Macron himself has signaled that he wants to take the middle road. But after his victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the French election on Sunday, the debate within his team is likely to intensify.The future of Europe's single currency bloc may depend on the outcome. Although Macron's defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday has bought Europe time, many economists believe the euro zone remains vulnerable to shocks.Some worry that the unwinding of the European Central Bank's bond-buying scheme risks sparking a new crisis in highly indebted member states like Italy.They are looking to Germany and France, long the drivers of European integration, to find the answers. But years of French economic underperformance, ambivalence about reforms and repeated violations of EU fiscal rules have sapped German confidence in its neighbor, dimming prospects for a deal."Germany has lost confidence in the French model, the French system, and has deep-seated doubts as to whether France is still fundamentally aligned in terms of economic philosophy and strategy," Philip Hildebrand, vice chairman of Blackrock and a former governor of the Swiss central bank, told a conference in Luxembourg on Friday.-TRUST-After Francois Hollande formally hands power to Macron next Sunday, the new president is expected to visit Berlin again. Germany will hold an election in September, but his advisers have said they will not wait until a new government is in place to begin informal talks on euro zone reform.During the election campaign, he called for the creation of a budget and finance minister for the currency bloc, both ideas that are viewed with scepticism in Berlin.One Macron aide told Reuters that a serious discussion with Germany would also be needed on boosting investment spending, reforming its services sector, changing EU fiscal rules and addressing its large current account surplus."There's a need to rebuild trust on both sides," the aide said. "It goes both ways."That message may not go down well in Berlin, especially in Wolfgang Schaeuble's finance ministry, where officials remain skeptical about whether Macron can deliver on his promises to reform the French economy - a step officials here view as a precondition for substantive talks on euro zone reform."I'll believe it when I see it," one official in the ministry told Reuters last week before Macron's victory. "I am not one of those who believes Macron is the answer to all of Europe's problems."An official close to Merkel said that while Germany was prepared to talk with Macron about Europe, France would have to recognize the importance of "rules and conditionality" in any reform of the euro zone.-CONVERGENCE-But the official also saw some scope for convergence, leaving the door open to Macron's idea of a broader discussion between Paris and Berlin that would encompass cooperation on defense, security and migration, as well as euro zone reform.Merkel has also come around to the idea, shared by Macron's team, of a "multi-speed" Europe in which groups of like-minded countries press ahead with integration in specific policy areas.Officials on both sides say they like the idea of creating a multi-year "roadmap" for closer integration.One unresolved question is whether the Germans might agree to a limited form of common debt issuance at the end of a four or five year horizon. Berlin repeated its opposition on Monday.One Macron adviser warning against a confrontational approach with Berlin is Sylvie Goulard, a German-speaking member of the European Parliament who is seen as a possible foreign minister. She accompanied the candidate when he met with Merkel in the Chancellery in March."My concern is what happens here, not there," Goulard told Reuters in Paris last month. "The best way to convince the Germans is not to start by discussing grand visions for Europe."One mistake Macron's team says it will not make is to bet on a Merkel loss in September, as Hollande seemed to do five years ago. Her challenger is Martin Schulz, the former head of the European Parliament and a staunch supporter of closer integration."In my opinion, you can't expect big policy changes from Germany regardless of who wins," said Goulard.(Reporting by Noah Barkin; Editing by Tom Heneghan)

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) 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)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

310 Ottawa homes affected by flooding, state of emergency not needed: Mayor Watson-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

Provincial officials will be in Ottawa Tuesday to help residents whose homes have been flooded apply for disaster relief funding, Mayor Jim Watson said Monday, but the city will not declare a state of emergency or ask for military support.As of Monday morning, 310 homes in Ottawa have been directly affected by flooding and 75 families have been displaced.Watson said 275 of those homes are in West Carleton, 25 are in Cumberland and 10 are in Bay Ward.The mayor began the briefing by thanking first responders and volunteers who have been working on the ground to help residents during what he called a difficult time."I've watched neighbours help neighbours fill sandbags and neighbours help neighbours leave their homes," Watson said."In Cumberland I heard about a team who worked tirelessly over a two-day period to save six properties from the water," Watson said, adding that unfortunately, they were unsuccessful in the end.In Constance Bay, volunteers served 1,200 hot meals on Sunday."Everyone is stepping up under incredibly difficult circumstances," Watson said.He expects the city will continue to need volunteers for the next three weeks. Residents can sign up online on the city website.-3 information sessions scheduled for Tuesday-The city has scheduled three information sessions for Tuesday so residents affected by the flooding can get information about how to apply for disaster relief funding from the province.The maximum payment per application is $250,000, Watson said.Residents are advised not to get rid of any ruined furniture or appliances until they've taken pictures of the damage. People are also asked to keep any receipts for expenses they've incurred during the flooding.The meetings will run about one hour and take place at the following locations: - 1 p.m. at the Nepean Sportsplex - 3:30 p.m. in Cumberland at the R.J. Kennedy Arena - 6:30 p.m. at the West Carleton Community Complex on Carp Road Cumberland, Bay Ward & West Carleton affected -Ottawa is working with the province to help residents, said city manager Steve Kanellakos. The city still has 150 sandbags in stock and has been able to help Clarence-Rockland and Gatineau with their supply.In Cumberland, the flooding is concentrated in what is commonly referred to as Boise Village. Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais said the beach at Petrie Island is completely submerged.In Bay ward, the flooding is affecting Britannia, Bell Town and the Crystal Bay neighbourhoods, said Bay Coun. Mark Taylor.In Constance Bay, the water appears to have stabilized, said West Carleton Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. Some homes are without power but running on generators and firefighters continue to go door-to-door to check on residents.All three councillors thanked volunteers for lending support to people whose homes have been affected. But those who aren't volunteering were asked to stay away from flooded areas."It's not a zoo folks, you don't need to drive around and take pictures," El-Chantiry said.Watson said he'll be in the hardest hit communities again this afternoon with his colleagues.Those areas include Constance Bay, Cumberland and Britannia.The communities of Dunrobin, Fitzroy Harbour and MacLaren's Landing are also affected.

Battle against floods continues in Central, Eastern Canada and British Columbia-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

Thousands of Canadians across the country spent the weekend in a desperate struggle with rising floodwaters caused by unusually persistent rainfall.Quebec has been hardest hit, with nearly 1,900 flooded homes in roughly 130 municipalities, from the Ontario border in the west, to the Gaspe peninsula.National Defence said in a release that approximately 800 additional troops were deployed in Quebec on Sunday, joining more than 400 Canadian Armed Forces members already assisting with the flood effort in the province.The troops, along with aircraft and 12 boats from the Naval Reserve, were being positioned to aid communities across Quebec, several of which are under a state of emergency, it said in a release.On Sunday, Montreal became the latest Quebec city to declare a state of emergency after three dikes gave way in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough, in the north end of the city by the Rivieres des Prairies.Canadian Forces Capt. Frederick Lavoie was overseeing 35 army reservists bagging sand and helping to save houses along the river in Pierrefonds.His men, all from the Montreal area, took over from a regular forces unit Sunday morning and "couldn't wait to get their hands dirty and feet wet," Lavoie said.There should be up to 100 reservists helping in the borough by Tuesday, he added."We are here to serve the civilian power," Lavoie said. "The main thing we can do is save houses from being flooded. And it's always good to have people on the ground to reassure the population."Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said about 220 people in the city had been evacuated from their homes.He said officials were prepared to remove people if they refused to comply with evacuation orders."I understand that morally or psychologically, physically, mentally, people are very, very tired. We're talking 24 hours in a row of people helping each other," Coderre told reporters. "But sometimes we need to protect people from themselves."Coderre said officials are warning water levels could rise another 20 centimetres in the next 24 hours.Donald McElligott was standing outside his home near the Rivieres des Prairies in Pierrefonds, where a steady stream of water was leaking out of his garage.A few feet away, several large, white bags of sand were acting as a dam, blocking off what used to be the entrance to the shore of the river."Right now I'm worried," he said. "My wife was born in this house."West of Montreal, the small town of Rigaud issued a mandatory evacuation order Sunday and a state of emergency has been in place for several days.Mayor Hans Gruenwald Jr. told reporters at a town hall that firefighters will be going door to door to make sure people in the affected areas leave their homes."We will follow the fire department and actually remove the people if need be," Gruenwald said. "Because it is either that or services will be stuck to remove those people under a state of emergency at two o'clock in the morning on a stretcher — I'm sorry but we are not going to go there."Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a flood-affected area in Terrasse-Vaudreuil, just west of Montreal."Friends & neighbours, civilians & soldiers coming together to help those affected by floods. Inspiring to see it," Trudeau tweeted Sunday night along with pictures showing him talking to residents and helping fill a bag with sand."The Prime Minister also took the opportunity during this spontaneous stop to meet with affected families and people, and thank the first responders, volunteers, and neighbours who continue to work hard and help in their communities," said spokesman Cameron Ahmad in an email to The Canadian Press.Lt.-Col. Pascal Larose said about 400 members of the Canadian Forces were deployed between Gatineau and Rigaud, and another 550 in the Montreal area including its northern suburb of Laval.About 75 members were deployed around Trois-Rivieres, located about halfway up the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, and roughly 200 members were aiding relief efforts south of Montreal.In Gatineau, Que., near the border with Ontario, 380 residences were evacuated and officials want to evacuate another 900 homes Sunday.Some federal employees were being advised not to go to work on Monday because of the flooding.Officials said federal buildings in Gatineau would be closed, and employees who normally get to their offices via the interprovincial bridges in the National Capital Region were being asked not to go to their offices.Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said no other province had so far requested military help, but forces personnel, including reserves, are on stand-by across the country.The situation in Ontario seems to be "generally stabilizing," although there are many unstable local circumstances, he said.In the eastern Ontario village of Cumberland, Christina Hajjar said she and her family likely won't be returning to live in their two homes that were destroyed by the flood."They are quite old," she said Sunday. "I don't think they'll be salvageable after sitting in a foot of water for goodness knows how long."For the moment Hajjar is staying in an inn in the nearby town of Clarence-Rockland, where she said she's receiving a lot of community support."At this point, we just really are hoping that the faith we're putting in the government is put in the right place and they'll come through for us in the end."Goodale said the Ontario government had requested "additional flood mitigation resources" to help in its battle against the flooding and that support would be provided."This Ontario request does not involve the deployment of Canadian Armed Forces personnel," he said.Rob Kuhn, an Environment Canada meteorologist based in Toronto, said Sunday that eastern Ontario saw the most rainfall in the province. He added that upward of 80 millimetres of rain fell between Friday and Sunday morning in the Trenton area.In Atlantic Canada, some parts of New Brunswick recorded more than 150 millimetres of rain after a nearly 36 hour non-stop downpour.A weather station northeast of Saint John, N.B., measured 155 millimetres of precipitation from late Friday to early Sunday.While the deluge tapered off in the province early Sunday, New Brunswick's St. John River has spilled its banks, prompting several road closures."It's above flood stage in several areas from Fredericton down south," said Robert Duguay, a spokesman with the province's emergency measures organization. "Water levels are going to stay high probably for the rest of the week."In British Columbia, searchers looked for two men missing as flooding continued to plague province's Interior, and the possibility of further rain and snowmelt had residents bracing for more.RCMP spokesman Dan Moskaluk said Clayton Cassidy, a fire chief in Cache Creek, remained unaccounted for two days after he was believed to have been swept away by a swollen waterway west of Kamloops. Cassidy is presumed dead and the search had turned into a recovery effort, the Mounties said.And a statement from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District said an urban search and rescue team from Vancouver was searching for a 76-year-old man whose home north of Salmon Arm was "completely enveloped" in a mudslide Saturday.—With files by Nicole Thompson in Toronto, Brett Bundale in Halifax, and Geordon Omand in Vancouver.Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press.Note to readers: This is a corrected story: A previous version transposed the first and last names of the missing Cashe Creek fire chief

Massive flooding shuts down Galipeault Bridge, schools-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-May 7, 2017

As flooding continues to wreak havoc across Quebec, officials have been forced to shut down a vital stretch of road and close several schools in and around the island of Montreal.The Galipeault Bridge, a major artery connecting the island of Île-Perrot and Montreal along Highway 20, is completely closed to traffic due to mounting water accumulation.Authorities were forced to close the bridge in both directions shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday as high water levels have nearly reached the bottom of the structure."It's a safety measure to make sure the area is safe for drivers," said Transports Québec spokesperson Martin Girard, adding they are monitoring the structural integrity of the bridge.Girard could not say when the bridge may reopen and that it will depend on the level of water around the bridge.Transports Québec are asking motorists in the area to stay home if possible. Girard suggests that if residents must come onto the island of Montreal they take Highway 40 through Vaudreuil-Dorion or Highway 30.
Residents have also been told to steer clear of the area for their own safety by the Sûreté du Québec.This comes as both Montreal and Laval declared states of emergency on Sunday amid rising floodwaters caused by days of steady rainfall. So far, more than 120 municipalities are affected by flooding, according to Urgence Québec.-Floodwaters close several schools-Several schools will also be closed in and around the island of Montreal on Monday as high water levels continue to wreak havoc across Quebec.Lester B. Pearson School Board has declared all of its schools, centres and daycares closed on Monday due to the flooding.

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

Manitobans eye opportunity in marijuana legalization-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-May 7, 2017

With the legalization of marijuana on the way to Canada in 2018, Brad Wither looked at his family farm located just south of Winnipeg and saw a business opportunity.The 26-year-old labourer wants to become a licenced marijuana producer, hoping to get in on the medical marijuana side of the business to be ahead of the pack when it's legal. "What we have been seeing is that people who got in on the medical side right before recreation passed in states like Colorado, Washington and Oregon, if you get on the medical side before, the profits behind recreation that follows is exponential," he said.Wither isn't the only Manitoban seeing the business side of legalization. A packed Cannabis Canada conference in Winnipeg on Friday and Saturday saw a lot of people looking into how they can capitalize on the emerging industry."There is quite a bit of business opportunities if we are going to be legalizing cannabis," said Colette Rivet, executive director for the Cannabis Canada Association. "We want to make sure that people understand what they are getting into as well."A 2016 report from CIBC World Markets estimated a Canadian pot market could be worth about $10 billion annually. It said the country's federal and provincial governments could reap as much as $5 billion annually in tax revenues from the sale of legal marijuana.Rivet said before people jump into the business it's important to learn about regulations, necessary supplies and the constantly changing technology.That's why Wither went to the conference. He has the land but wants to learn about how to rezone, the best cost-saving measures for equipment and other details of the business.His goal is to be a licenced producer in three years, starting with medical marijuana."I'm hoping that we will be the biggest or one of the biggest in Manitoba for licenced producing," he said.Manitoba's two Health Canada-approved producers of medical cannabis are currently Delta9 and Bonify. As of March 31, Health Canada received 1,630 licence applications to grow medical marijuana. There are currently only 43 licensed producers in Canada.Wither may have already crossed one of the largest hurdles — convincing his family to drastically change what the farm is used for."At first they were a little bit thrown back. Whether you are a Liberal or a Conservative it's a touchy subject," he said."There's still a stigma with it but I would say it's more acceptable than it was four years ago. We wouldn't be having this conversation four years ago."

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-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18

WORLD TERRORISM

OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

Islamist suicide bomber kills at least eight in Somali capital-[Reuters]-By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a cafe in central Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least eight people in an attack claimed by the Islamist militant group al Shabaab.Bursts of gunfire followed the attack, which targeted the Italian Coffee cafeteria, located near the passport office. A Reuters photographer saw corpses sprawled on the ground at the scene of the blast.Major Aden Ibrahim, a police official, told Reuters the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of AMIN ambulances, said his organization had removed eight bodies from the scene and taken more than two dozen wounded to hospital."The death toll may rise," he said.Senior security officials were among the casualties, al Shabaab said."We are behind the blast," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the group's military operations spokesman, told Reuters. "The targets were police, intelligence, military officials and immigration workers."Musab said two generals were among the dead. Government officials were not immediately available and Reuters could not independently verify the claim.In recent years, the Al Qaeda-linked group has lost large swathes of its territory to African Union peacekeepers supporting the U.N.-backed government.But the insurgents frequently launch deadly gun, grenade and bomb attacks in Mogadishu and other regions controlled by the federal government. Many attacks are aimed at military bases but some also target civilians.Earlier on Monday, three Somali soldiers on a ordnance-clearing mission were killed after a roadside bomb planted by the insurgents exploded 90 km (60 miles) north of the capital.Somalia has been mired in conflict since 1991, when clan-based warlords overthrew dictator Siad Barre and then turned on each other.(Writing by Aaron Maasho; Editing by Richard Lough)

East Libyan forces launch assault in Benghazi, 12 killed-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017, 1:13 PM

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - East Libyan forces pushed on Monday into two districts of Benghazi where they still face resistance, losing at least 12 men in clashes and mine blasts, according to a medical official.From early morning, roads into the Sabri and Souq al-Hout districts were closed and the sound of heavy weapons and flights overhead by military aircraft could be heard in the area.The self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), led by eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar, has been fighting for three years to take control of Benghazi from Islamists and other opponents.Earlier this year it secured districts in the south-west of the city after a long siege, but some of the LNA's opponents escaped to join fighters in Sabri and Souq al-Hout, to the north."Sabri and Souq al-Hout were stormed today from several directions and control was taken over several points, and numerous booby traps and mines were dismantled during the advance," said LNA commander Fadel al-Hassi.A car bomb aimed at LNA forces had been destroyed before it could reach its target, Hassi said.A medical source said hospitals had received 12 LNA dead and 20 wounded, casualties of clashes or mine explosions. The number of casualties among the LNA's opponents was not clear.(Reporting by Ayman al-Warfalli; Writing by Aidan Lewis)

War forces two million South Sudanese children to flee homes-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

NAIROBI (Reuters) - War and famine have forced more than 2 million children in South Sudan to flee their homes, the United Nations said on Monday, as 21 people died in the latest attack on civilians by unknown gunmen.The civil war in the oil-producing country began when President Salva Kiir fired his deputy in 2013, two years after the country won independence from neighboring Sudan.The fighting that followed split the country along ethnic lines, spurred hyperinflation and plunged parts of the nation into famine, creating Africa's biggest refugee crisis since the Rwandan genocide in 1994."No refugee crisis today worries me more than South Sudan,” Valentin Tapsoba, the Africa chief for the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, said in a statement.In a country of 12 million people, nearly three in every four children do not go to school, UNHCR and the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said. More than 1 million children have fled outside South Sudan while another 1 million are internally displaced.The agencies said more than a thousand children have been killed in the fighting. The true figure may be much higher since there are no accurate death tolls available for South Sudan, one of the world's least developed nations.Separately, an official told Reuters that two commercial vehicles carrying passengers were attacked at two checkpoints along the Juba-Bor road on Friday."One commercial vehicle coming from Juba was attacked at a checkpoint in Jamaza and the other at Sudan Safari," said Jacob Akech Deng, the Jonglei province's state minister of information."We have received, and saw 21 people killed and 25 injured at Bor Hospital," he told Reuters, referring to areas along the highway.Reports in South Sudan said the death toll could reach to 51. Deng said authorities were still collecting evidence.Many South Sudanese refugees have fled into neighboring Uganda, Kenya, Sudan or Ethiopia, nations which are already struggling to provide enough food and resources for their own populations.(Writing by Clement Uwiringiyimana and Aaron Maasho; Editing by Toby Chopra)

UK PM May reaffirms aim to bring down net immigration to 'tens of thousands' per year-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday her Conservative Party would keep its pledge to bring down net immigration to the United Kingdom down to "tens of thousands" per year if it wins an election next month."It is important that we continue, and we will continue, to say that we do want to bring net immigration down to sustainable levels. We believe that is the tens of thousands," May told supporters in London.Despite being a Conservative commitment since the party came to power in 2010, the target has so far been missed. Official data shows a net 273,000 people came to Britain in the year to last September, down 49,000 from the previous year and the lowest recorded figure since the year ending June 2014."Of course, once we leave the European Union we will have the opportunity to ensure that we have control of our borders here in the UK because we will be able to establish our rules for people coming from the European Union into the UK," May said."Leaving the EU means that we won't have free movement as it has been in the past," she added .(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Michael Holden)

Giant rabbit owners seek details, payment from United,[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-May 8, 2017

DES MOINES, Iowa — The owners of a giant rabbit that died after flying from the United Kingdom to Chicago want to know more about the animal's death and why he was so quickly cremated.Attorney Guy Cook said Monday that the owners of the rabbit, named Simon, are troubled that he was cremated without a necropsy, or postmortem examination, soon after his death April 20. Cook says he sent a letter to United Airlines last week but hasn't heard back.Simon had been expected to grow to become the world's largest rabbit. Cook says the buyers had planned to enter Simon at the Iowa State Fair and display him later to raise money for the fair.The owners are seeking the costs of buying and transporting the rabbit and future earnings.The Associated Press.

Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass-[Reuters]-By Sarah Marsh and Anett Rios-YAHOONEWS-May 7, 2017

MATANZAS, Cuba (Reuters) - For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking.Rainbow flags decorated the chapel, while the pastors, who had flown in from Brazil, Canada and the United States, wore stoles in the trans hues of light blue, pink and white and the congregation swayed to Caribbean beats.Friday was the first time a trans pastor held a Holy Communion in Cuba, highlighting how much the island nation has changed since both religious believers and homosexuals went to "correctional" labor camps in the early years after the 1959 revolution."Tonight has been a night of celebration of equality between all people, marking a new era for Cuba," said Alexya Salvador, a Brazilian trans pastor, born Alexander, wearing a black dress with a white clerical collar and lacy sleeves she made herself."God's love is radically inclusive."The Mass on Friday was the highlight of a three-day conference on transsexuality and theology organized by the Matanzas-based Cuban branch of the international Metropolitan Community Church."This is not only a first of its kind event for Cuba, but certainly one of the very first ever to be held anywhere in the world," said Allyson Robinson, a trans Baptist reverend from Washington.The conference took place ahead of the 10th anniversary, next weekend, of Cuba celebrating the global day against homophobia, and included a raucous "transformist" party as well as a variety of panels on theology and personal experiences.In one, Salvador argued God was transgender, given the Holy Trinity was made up of the Holy Spirit, which she views as feminine, the Father and the Son.Elaine Saralegui, a lesbian pastor who founded the Cuban branch of the MCC nearly two years ago, said she hoped the conference would foster greater inclusion of trans people and prove that being trans and Christian were not incompatible."I leave with having learnt a lot of things I can share with other trans," said one participant, a 26-year-old Cuban trans woman called Malu Duardo, "in particular that there is a God for everyone."Saralegui's congregation numbers around 35 but she said she also gets asked to hold Mass at lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) activist events around the rest of the island nation of 11 million inhabitants."Nearly always they ask me to hold a liturgy there, so we have to improvise wine, bread and hold a (Lord's) supper anywhere," she said.The trans pastors said they were impressed by Cuba's progressiveness in some respects, for example providing state-financed sex reassignment.The country was clearly lagging the rest of the Americas in other ways though, they said. Same-sex couples may not marry or adopt children and a promised update to Cuba's family code has been slow to materialize."Everyone should have the right to have a family," said Salvador, who has adopted two children, including a trans girl. "I believe this touch of God will also happen in the Cuban community."(Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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