Thursday, July 06, 2017

PIPSQUEEK KIM JONG UN SAY OUR NUKES ARE NOT ON THE NEGOTIATION TABLE

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)

CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)

REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

Kim vows North Korea's nukes are not on negotiation table-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-July 5, 2017

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Wednesday his nation will "demonstrate its mettle to the U.S." and never put its weapons programs up for negotiations, a day after successfully testing its first intercontinental ballistic missile.The hard line suggests that North Korea will conduct more weapons tests until it perfects nuclear-armed missiles capable of striking anywhere in the United States. Analysts say Kim's government believes nuclear weapons are key to its survival and could be used to wrest concessions from the United States.Tuesday's ICBM launch, confirmed by U.S. and South Korean officials, was a milestone in North Korea's efforts to develop long-range nuclear-armed missiles. But the North isn't there yet, and many analysts say it needs more tests to perfect such an arsenal.South Korea President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that the world should look at tougher sanctions against the North and insisted the problem must be solved peacefully.Speaking through an interpreter in Berlin before the Group of 20 summit, Moon called the test "a big threat and provocation" and that there should be consideration of "more intensive possibilities of sanctions."Worry also spread in Washington and at the United Nations, where the United States, Japan and South Korea requested an emergency U.N. Security Council session Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. response would include "stronger measures to hold the DPRK accountable," using the acronym for the nation's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.In a show of force, U.S. and South Korean troops fired "deep strike" precision missiles off South Korea's east coast Wednesday. South Korea's military later released previously shot video showing the test-firing of sophisticated South Korean missiles and a computer-generated image depicting a North Korean flag in flames with the backdrop of a major building in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital.North Korean state media described leader Kim as "feasting his eyes" on the ICBM, which was said to be capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead, before its launch."With a broad smile on his face," Kim urged his scientists to "frequently send big and small 'gift packages' to the Yankees," it said, an apparent reference to continuing the stream of nuclear and missile tests Kim has ordered since taking power in late 2011.North Korea was also pleased that its test came as Americans celebrated Independence Day. State media said Kim told "scientists and technicians that the U.S. would be displeased to witness the DPRK's strategic option" on its Independence Day.Kim also said North Korea "would neither put its nukes and ballistic rockets on the table of negotiations in any case nor flinch even an inch from the road of bolstering the nuclear force chosen by itself unless the U.S. hostile policy and nuclear threat to the DPRK are definitely terminated," the Korean Central News Agency reported.The missile launch was a direct rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump's earlier declaration on Twitter that such a test "won't happen!" and to Moon, who was pushing to improve strained ties with the North.South Korea's Defence Ministry said it was unable to verify whether North Korea has mastered re-entry technology for an ICBM. It said North Korea may now conduct a nuclear test with "boosted explosive power" to show off a warhead to be mounted on a missile.The U.N. Security Council could impose additional sanctions on North Korea, but it's not clear they would stop it from pursuing its nuclear and missile programs since the country is already under multiple rounds of U.N. sanctions for its previous weapon tests."An attempt to curb Kim Jong Un's nuclear and missile ambitions has clearly failed. I think North Korea won't stop its nuclear drive until it feels that it has reached the level that it wants to reach," said Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea's Kyungnam University. "I don't know when North Korea can reach that level. But I would say it's imminent."There is a consensus among many analysts that Kim's government won't give up its nuclear program because it believes it guarantee its survival from outside threats. But once it possesses functioning ICBMs, it would also have a stronger bargaining position and might propose talks with the United States on reducing those threats, possibly in exchange for freezing but not dismantling some of its nuclear or missile activities, the analysts say.North Korea might seek a downsizing or suspension of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises that it views as rehearsals for an invasion, or the signing of a peace treaty officially ending the 1950-53 Korean War that could be used as pretext for demanding the withdrawal of the 28,500 American troops currently in South Korea. The war ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula technically still in a state of war."If the U.S. doesn't accept talks, North Korea might stage provocations or take other dangerous actions to draw the U.S. into negotiations," said analyst Park Hyeong-jung at South Korea's Korea Institute for National Unification.If the United States were to hold talks with a North Korea capable of attacking the entire U.S. mainland with nuclear weapons, those negotiations would be like "arms reduction talks," Lim said.North Korea already has a reliable arsenal of shorter-range missiles and is thought to have a small number of atomic bombs. Some outside civilian experts believe the North has the technology to mount warheads on shorter-range Rodong and Scud missiles that can strike South Korea and Japan, two key U.S. allies where about 80,000 American troops are stationed. But it's unclear if it has mastered the technology needed to build an atomic bomb that can fit on a long-range missile.Regional disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program have been stalled since 2009.___Associated Press writer Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.Foster Klug And Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press.

Pentagon says U.S. defenses can counter threat from any North Korean ICBM-[Reuters]-By Jack Kim and Phil Stewart-YAHOONEWS-July 5, 2017

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military assured Americans on Wednesday that it was capable of defending the United States against any threat from North Korea's newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which Pyongyang says can carry a large nuclear warhead.Taking a major step in its missile program, North Korea on Tuesday test-launched an ICBM, which some experts believe has the range to reach Alaska and the Pacific Northwest of the United States.The test, the first of its kind by North Korea, triggered an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday and a call by Washington for global action.Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis noted a successful test last month in which a U.S.-based missile interceptor knocked down a simulated incoming North Korean ICBM."So we do have confidence in our ability to defend against the limited threat, the nascent threat that is there," he told reporters. He acknowledged though that previous U.S. missile defense tests had shown "mixed results."North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the ICBM test completed his country's strategic weapons capability that also includes atomic and hydrogen bombs, the state KCNA news agency said.Pyongyang will not negotiate with the United States to give up those weapons until Washington abandons its hostile policy against the North, KCNA quoted Kim as saying."He, with a broad smile on his face, told officials, scientists and technicians that the U.S. would be displeased ... as it was given a 'package of gifts' on its 'Independence Day'," KCNA said.Kim ordered them to "frequently send big and small 'gift packages' to the Yankees," it added.The missile test is a direct challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump who has been urging China, North Korea's main trading partner and only major ally, to press Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program.The U.N. Security Council, currently chaired by China, will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT), requested by the United States, Japan and South Korea.Diplomats say Beijing has not been fully enforcing existing international sanctions on its neighbor, and has resisted tougher measures, such as an oil embargo, bans on the North Korean airline and guest workers, and measures against Chinese banks and other firms doing business with the North.Trump denounced China's trade with North Korea and cast doubt on whether Beijing is working with Washington to counter the North Korean nuclear threat."Trade between China and North Korea grew almost 40 pct in the first quarter. So much for China working with us - but we had to give it a try!" he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.Leaders from the Group of 20 nations meeting in Germany this week are due to discuss steps to rein in North Korea's weapons program, which it has pursued in defiance of Security Council sanctions.-DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE-Trump has indicated he is running out of patience with Beijing's efforts to rein in North Korea. His administration has said all options are on the table, military included, but suggested those would be a last resort and that sanctions and diplomatic pressure were its preferred course.A 2015 U.N. document estimated that more than 50,000 North Korean workers were earning currencies overseas for the government, mostly in China and Russia.North Korea appeared to have used a Chinese truck, originally sold for hauling timber but converted for military use, to transport and erect the missile on Tuesday.David Pressman, who was deputy U.S. envoy to the United Nations in the Obama administration, said the North Korean leadership seemed unaffected by Security Council condemnations."The Council can continue to adopt robust resolutions, impose strong coercive measures, and issue stern condemnations, but ... Kim Jong Un doesn’t seem to care and Beijing has not proven itself serious about implementing those measures that are already in place,” Pressman said.Russia and China on Tuesday jointly urged North Korea to suspend its ballistic missile program in return for a moratorium on large-scale military exercises by the United States and South Korea.In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the joint statement showed the international community wanted dialogue and not antagonistic voices, as he also urged North Korea not to violate U.N. Security Council resolutions."We hope relevant countries can maintain calm and restraint, and not take steps that might worsen tensions on the peninsula," Geng told a daily briefing.Russia and China, both permanent members of the Security Council, oppose any attempt to resolve the crisis by force or by strangling North Korea economically, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday."The task of the denuclearization of the entire Korean peninsula cannot and should not be used as a disguise for attempts to change North Korea's regime. This is our common position," he told a news conference.The North's state media said the missile, Hwasong-14, flew 933 km (580 miles), reaching an altitude of 2,802 km (1,741 miles) in its 39 minutes of flight.Some analysts said the flight details suggested the new missile had a range of more than 8,000 km (4,970 miles), which would put parts of the U.S. mainland in range, a major advance in the North's program.The launch was both earlier and "far more successful than expected", said U.S.-based missile expert John Schilling, a contributor to Washington-based North Korea monitoring project 38 North.It would now probably only be a year or two before a North Korean ICBM achieved "minimal operational capability," he added.Experts say a reliable nuclear-tipped ICBM would require a small warhead to fit a long-range missile, technology to protect against intense heat as it re-enters the atmosphere, separate the warhead and guide it to its target.South Korean President Moon Jae-in said "The situation was no longer sufficient to respond to the North's provocation by making statements," according to his office.The U.S. and South Korean militaries conducted a ballistic missile test early on Wednesday in a show of force on the east coast of the Korean peninsula.(Additional reporting by Lesley Wroughton and David Brunnstrom in Washington, Michelle Nichols in New York, Christian Shepherd in Beijing and Polina Nikolskaya in Moscow; Writing by Alistair Bell; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and James Dalgleish)

Parsing hype from reality in North Korea's ICBM claim-[The Canadian Press]-yahoonews-July 4, 2017

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — If North Korea's claim Tuesday of its first ICBM test-launch is true, it has barrelled over a red line that the world has long called a tripwire for potential nuclear disaster.As always with North Korea, however, it's hard to tell how wide the gulf is between reality and rhetoric.Analysts, for instance, believe the latest missile may be able to hit Alaska, a marked improvement on past efforts and potentially placing it in the intercontinental ballistic missile category, but far from backing North Korea's claim it can now "strike anywhere on Earth."Skeptics will also ask how North Korea can claim mastery of such a complicated technology after only one test.That said, the message from North Korea seems clear: If not stopped, it is now only a matter of time before one of the most dogged countries on Earth achieves its goal of being able to hit all of the United States.Here is what Tuesday's potentially game-changing development might mean:___WHY IT MIGHT BE AN ICBM-The claim has the air of the inevitable for some North Korea watchers.The country has, with single-minded determination, been devoting its best and brightest, and a huge amount of its tiny financial resources, to this goal.The pace has quickened dramatically under leader Kim Jong Un, who took over in 2011. Since late 2012, North Korea has placed two satellites into orbit with long-range rockets, which outsiders see as clandestine tests of missile technology.Last year, North Korea conducted its fourth and fifth atomic bomb tests and claimed a series of technical missile and atomic breakthroughs.After what North Korea said in March was a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine, Kim Jong Un was quoted as saying that the "whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries."Outside analysts say the missile's potential range, if fired at a normal trajectory, could be more than 6,000 kilometres (3,750 miles), which would make it technically an ICBM.___WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE-It is difficult, maybe impossible, for outsiders to understand exactly what happened in the launch."It's something that only North Koreans would know," said Kwon Sejin, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea.Maj. Gen. Cho Han Gyu, director of operations at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a televised briefing that the missile showed an improved range over an intermediate-range missile North Korea tested on May 14. But he said South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are trying to determine if the North had indeed fired an ICBM.Some doubt whether North Korea has mastered the technology needed to build a re-entry vehicle that is crucial for returning a warhead to the atmosphere from space so it could hit its intended target. Or whether North Korea can build a warhead small enough to fit on a long-range missile.Chae Yeon-seok, a professor at South Korea's University of Science and Technology, said radar and satellites can track a missile's flight but not the specifics of the missile's technology. "We cannot verify if a warhead lands in the ocean without any problem," he said.___WHY IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER-Persistence.North Korea, whose ethos of self-reliance is akin to a national religion, has for decades sought to build weapons that can combat what it perceives as U.S. and South Korean hostility.Nothing has stopped the country's tenacious progress — not sanctions, not threats, not diplomacy.A U.S. and South Korean attack would end North Korea's ruling class, but it would also kill many South Koreans who live close to the world's most heavily armed border.Without the right solution to the standoff, it may only be a matter of time before reality matches North Korea's propaganda, which on Tuesday called the test the "final step toward completing the nation's nuclear military strength."___Associated Press writer Hyung-jin Kim contributed to this report.Foster Klug, The Associated Press.

China rocket failure likely to set back next space missions-[The Canadian Press]-yahoonews-July 4, 2017

BEIJING — The failure of China's Long March 5 rocket deals a rare setback to China's highly successful space program that could delay plans to bring back moon samples and offer rival India a chance to move ahead in the space rankings.Experts say the still unexplained mishap shows that for all its triumphs, China's space program is not immune to the tremendous difficulties and risks involved in working with such cutting-edge technology."China's approach has been slow and prudent, trying to avoid this kind of 'failure,' even though they knew it was going to occur sooner or later," Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on China's space program at the US Naval War College, wrote in an email.Authorities say the Long March 5 Y2 that took off Sunday in the second launch of a Long March 5 rocket, suffered an abnormality during the flight after what appeared to be a successful liftoff from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern island province of Hainan. The incident is under investigation and the authorities have yet to comment on possible causes, or any knock-on effects on the program as a whole.In a testimony to the high respect China's program now commands, the failure drew widespread commentary in the space community, including from SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk, who tweeted Sunday: "Sorry to hear about China launch failure today. I know how painful that is to the people who designed & built it."Nicknamed "Chubby 5" for its massive, 5-meter (16-foot) girth, the Long March-5 is China's largest and most brawny launch vehicle, capable of carrying 25 tons of payload into low-earth orbit and 14 tons to the more distant geostationary transfer orbit in which a satellite orbits constantly above a fixed position on the earth's surface-That's more than double that of the Long March 7, the backbone of the Chinese launching fleet, making it the linchpin for launch duties requiring such massive heft such as interplanetary travel.First among those is the mission slated for November by the Chang'e 5 probe to land a rover on the moon before returning to Earth with samples — the first time that has been done since 1976. China's most technically demanding mission to date, it had been put off before because of funding and then technology, Johnson-Freese said.While the Long March 5 has suffered other setbacks, the lunar mission is "certainly the most visible one," she said.Other upcoming Chinese missions include the launch next year of the 20-ton core module for China's orbiting Tiangong 2 space station, along with specialized components for the 60-ton station that is due to come on-line in 2022 and other massive payloads in future. The Long March 5 was also due to be the launch vehicle for a Mars rover planned for the mid 2020s.Problems with the Long March 5 may stem from its use of liquefied gases that are less stable than the sort of propellants used in other rockets, said Morris Jones, an Australian space analyst and regular contributor to SpaceDaily.com. Unlike earlier rockets that used highly toxic fuels, the Long March 5 burns a more environmentally friendly and less expensive kerosene-liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen mix — which is more complex and harder to regulate.Jones called such setbacks typical of the development phase of a new rocket and said additional launches may be required to work out the kinks. Sunday's launch failure will delay the Chang'e 5 mission at least until next year, while there may also be a small delay in launching the space station components, Jones said.Finding a fix "takes a lot of time and effort but there is no other way to produce a reliable rocket," Jones said.Test launched for the first time last year in what had been a towering success, the 57-meter (187-foot) two-stage rocket is just slightly less powerful than the most powerful rocket in service, the U.S.' United Launch Alliance's Delta IV, although SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is designed to carry a payload into low-earth orbit of more than 50 tons.Since the first launch in 1970, China's Long March series of rockets have been a remarkably solid bet, achieving a success rate of around 95 per cent . That's helped facilitate a program that conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, making China only the third country after Russia and the U.S. to do so, put a pair of space stations into orbit, and landed its Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit" rover on the moon. Administrators suggest a manned landing on the moon may also be in the program's future.Not all has been smooth sailing, however.A Long March 3B rocket launched June 18 launch placed its communications satellite in a lower-than planned for orbit. Though the satellite is climbing into its proper altitude on its own, the effort will reduce its useful lifespan in space. A least two similar incidents reportedly occurred last year.With two mishaps coming so close together, Chinese space officials may decide to take a pause to re-evaluate manufacturing quality or other aspects of the program, said Stephen Clark of Spaceflight Now. That may include launching another Long March 5 test flight before attempting the Chang'e 5 mission, Clark said.Both Clark and Johnson-Freese said they hope the failure doesn't deter Chinese officials in their pursuit of greater transparency and international participation in the country's space program.Yet, rivals, primarily India, may see the setback as an opportunity to steal a march on China, whose geostrategic influence has benefited significantly from its role as a technology leader in space, said Johnson-Freese.India's Mars Orbiter Mission, called Mangalyaan, is already orbiting the red planet, years before China is ready to launch such a mission, and it won acclaim and a place in the record books earlier this year by placing 104 nano satellites in orbit from a single rocket."The failure of the Long March 5 may provide a window of opportunity for India," said Johnson-Freese.___This story has been corrected to show analyst Morris Jones said that the liquefied gas used in the new rocket is less stable than the "sort of" propellants used in other rockets, instead of "solid" propellants.Christopher Bodeen, The Associated Press.

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.

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

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.

Catalonia would declare independence 'within two days' By Eric Maurice-july 5,17-euobserver

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:28-Catalonia's parliament would declare independence "within two days" if separatists win a referendum on the issue on 1 October.The pledge was made in a draft bill presented on Tuesday (4 July) by the separatist parties that form the ruling coalition in Barcelona.The so-called referendum of self-determination law also says that independence will be declared if there are "more positive votes than negative votes".That means that independence would be declared even if the majority is obtained only with a minority of registered voters participating in the referendum.The question put to voters will be: "Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a Republic?"If the Yes side wins, the Catalan parliament would declare independence in an ordinary session within two days of the electoral commission officially declaring the results.The bill, which will be formally tabled and discussed in the Catalan parliament in August, is likely to put the Catalan government on a collision course with Spanish authorities.The Spanish Constitutional Court has stated that a referendum on independence would be illegal and the Spanish government has said it will use "all means" to stop it.In a clear reference to Spanish law, the bill presented on Tuesday says it will establish an "exceptional legal regime," which will "prevail on all norms that could be in conflict" with the "inalienable sovereign right of the Catalan people"."The state will need only 24 hours to appeal [against the referendum] and obtain its stoppage," government vice-president Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said on Tuesday."We will vote as usual," the president of the Catalan government, Carles Puigdemont, replied.In a speech in Barcelona's National Theatre of Catalonia, Puigdemont said that "no power in the Spanish state" could stop the vote or "act against the people".Uncertainties, however, remain over the ability of Catalan authorities to organise the vote, in particular for providing ballot boxes.In an interview with EUobserver and other media last week, Puigdemont said it was possible that Spanish authorities try to suspend him from office, as well as other officials and civil servants, when he officially calls the vote.He said that he was "confident that the violent option is not on the table," but the Spanish government could prevent polling stations from opening.On Monday, Puigdemont fired his business minister, Jordi Baiget, after he said that the Spanish state was "so strong that we probably won’t be able to hold the referendum."The pledge to declare independence immediately after a Yes vote doesn't mean, however, that Catalonia will immediately be an independent state."We know that there will be a transitional period," Puigdemont said in his interview last week.He explained that he would try to start negotiations with the Spanish government and the EU, in order to find an agreement on "how Catalonia can become a fully independent state".Despite the pledge to declare independence whatever the number of voters and of Yes votes, Catalan politicians have recognised that turnout and the size of the majority for independence would be crucial in the show of strength with Madrid and EU capitals.If the No to independence wins, the referendum bill stipulates that regional elections will be called "immediately".

Poland awaits Trump security promise By Andrew Rettman-july 5,17-euobserver

BRUSSELS, Today, 18:52-Poland is angling for US security pledges when Donald Trump visits Warsaw and before he meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin.“These aren’t some general talks about global security, we’ll speak about very concrete issues,” Polish president Andrzej Duda, who invited Trump, told Polish news agency PAP on Wednesday (5 July).Those included the future of US troops in Poland, an explicit pledge of Nato solidarity, installation of US anti-missile systems, and energy security, he said.“I’m very happy that US army soldiers are with us [in Poland]. I hope there will be more”, he added.“It’s possible that he [Trump] will also express himself expressis verbis on this issue [Nato solidarity],” Duda said.Trump and his first lady land in Warsaw at 10PM local time on Wednesday.He will talk to Duda for 25 minutes on Thursday morning. He will then join a mini-summit of 12 leaders from nearby states and give a speech at 1PM at a square in the Polish capital.He will go at 3PM to the G20 summit in Germany, where he is to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday for the first time.-US forces-The US has sent 900 soldiers and pre-positioned tanks in Poland as part of Nato efforts to deter Russian aggression.“We are hoping that their presence will be permanent … because this constitutes a security guarantee,” Duda’s spokesman, Krzysztof Lapinski, told Polish broadcaster TVN24 on Wednesday.Trump declined to explicitly pledge allegiance to Nato joint defence at a summit in May.His overt and alleged Russia-friendliness has also raised concern he might let Putin off the hook on invading Ukraine.But Lapinski said: “Trump himself, since he took office, has not given any indications that he was contemplating a deal with Russia over our heads.”General MacMaster, Trump’s security advisor, said last week Trump wanted “a more constructive relationship” with Putin.But he said Trump’s second objective was “to deter Russia, right? Because the worse thing - nobody wants a major power war, right?”.MacMaster said Trump would give a “major” speech on “the future of our transatlantic alliance” at the Krasinski Square in Warsaw.The square was the epicentre of the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation in 1944.Poles also associate the events with the Soviet Army’s betrayal of Polish resistance fighters.-Putin meeting-Looking to Friday, the Kremlin said Putin would try to make Trump see Ukraine his way.“This will be a good opportunity to reiterate Russia’s position that ... it is necessary to implement the Minsk deal and take steps to halt provocations that have been carried out by Ukraine’s armed forces,” Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Wednesday.The Minsk agreement is an EU-brokered deal which says “foreign forces”, meaning Russian forces, must leave Ukraine.But Russia denies having forces in Ukraine, except for Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.Trump’s visit to Poland prompted the ruling Law and Justice party to claim a special status.“We’re the leader of central Europe and that’s why president Trump is coming”, Duda said.The Law and Justice party chief, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said in a speech last week that Trump had made Poland the “envy” of Europe.The bombastic talk came amid EU criticism of Kaczynski’s crackdown on the independence of Polish courts and press.It also came amid EU concern on US and Polish nationalism and populism.The Law and Justice party planned to bus in hundreds of supporters for Trump’s speech on Thursday, Gazeta Wyborcza, a Polish newspaper, reported.But a majority of Poles would see eye-to-eye with his right-wing views on Islam.A poll by IBRiS for Polityka, a Polish weekly, out on Wednesday said 52.1 percent of Poles would rather leave the EU than be forced to take in refugees from Muslim states.

Germany expects Russian leaking to start in 'weeks' By Andrew Rettman-july 5,17-euobserver

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:26-Germany expects Russia to start publishing compromising material on German MPs in the summer in order to destabilise elections in September.Its interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, and spy chief, Hans-Georg Maassen, issued the warning in Berlin on Tuesday (4 July) after unveiling a yearly intelligence report.De Maiziere said the material “could be published in the coming weeks,” the Reuters news agency reported.Maassen said Russia’s intention was “to damage trust in and the functioning of our democracy so our government should have domestic political difficulties and not be as free to act in its foreign policy as it is today.”A hacker group, called APT28, said by US intelligence to be a front for Russian spies, stole 16 gigabytes of data from over 5,600 computers in the German parliament in 2015.It broke into the accounts of 16 MPs and some in chancellor Angela Merkel’s office.Recalling Russia’s actions in the US and French elections, De Maiziere said he expected "a classic disinformation campaign with lies and half truths intended to shape opinions" that would be spread by online "bots".Mainstream parties are polling miles ahead of pro-Kremlin ones, such as The Left party and the far-right Alternative for Germany party.The German voting system is also hard to hack. People vote on paper ballots and the Federal Statistics Office counts data on an encrypted, offline network.But Germany hosts three pro-Kremlin media - RT Deutsch, Sputnik Deutsch, and NewsFront Deutsch.The 2.5 million Russian people living in Germany also follow Russian state media, which has been broadcasting anti-Merkel propaganda for years.Maassen, the intelligence chief, said on Tuesday: “It [Russia’s campaign] may not be aimed at strengthening one party or another, or ensuring that one or another person is elected to run the government, but that the trust in the functioning of our democracy is damaged.”-Turkey, China-The yearly intelligence assessment by Germany’s domestic agency, the BfV, which handles counter-espionage, said Russia, Turkey, and China were its main adversaries.“It is assumed that Russian state agencies are trying to influence parties, politicians and public opinion, with a particular eye to the 2017 parliamentary election,” it said.It said “since 2014, propaganda and disinformation activities to promote Russian interests and defame the Federal Government’s policy have increased”.“Important propaganda and disinformation tools include social networks, the microblogging service Twitter, government-funded and private institutes and Russian state … TV, radio, and online channels”, it said.It said Turkey was spying on Turkish expats in Germany and China was trying to recruit agents on Facebook for economic espionage."The consequences for our country range from weakened negotiating positions to high material costs and economic damage all the way to impairment of national sovereignty," the BfV report said.-Terrorist threat-Russia’s propaganda campaign has portrayed Merkel’s open-door policy toward refugees as a security threat to German people.It is also suspected of cultivating links with neo-Nazi thugs who could cause trouble in the run-up to the vote.Maassen said the threat of further terrorist incidents, which could be exploited by Russia for political gain, remained high.“Further attacks by single persons or terror commando groups must be expected,” he said.The BfV report said there were some 24,000 “potential” Islamist extremists living in Germany compared to 8,350 in 2015.De Maiziere said 680 of them posed a terrorist threat.The BfV report added that there were 12,100 far-right radicals and 28,500 far-left extremists living in the country.

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)

Muslim prayers at Quebec zoo upset some people-[The Canadian Press]-yahoonews-Jul 5, 2017, 8:25 AM

HEMMINGFORD, Que. — A Quebec zoo is defending itself after receiving criticism for allowing a group of Muslims to pray on its premises.Parc Safari says it has been the subject of hateful and racist comments since a YouTube video was posted on Sunday showing the prayers.A woman can be heard shouting, "we are too conciliatory," while another says she is against prayers in public spaces.Zoo management says the Muslims respected all the guidelines and would have been expelled had they not.Parc Safari officials say the zoo is a multicultural location.It is in Hemmingford, about 70 kilometres south of Montreal."Safari Park is sorry that freedom of religion may offend people," the zoo said in a statement. "In any case, this was not the objective."Since last Sunday, Safari Park has been a victim of hate and racist comments. Safari Park is a place where everyone is welcome. A zoological institution is by definition a multicultural place where small and large can discover the wonderful diversity of nature and animals and thus develop affection and respect for this diversity, these differences, and their intrinsic beauty."We repeat: Safari Park is a place for everyone, regardless of nationality, religion, colour, culture or sexual orientation."The Canadian Press.

Iraqi commander says 300 IS fighters holed up in Mosul-[The Canadian Press]-yahoonews-July 5, 2017

MOSUL, Iraq — Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi commander said Wednesday.Lt. Gen. Sami al-Aridi of Iraq's special forces told The Associated Press that the militants' hold on Mosul has shrunk to a 500 square meter (600 sq. yard) area. A large number of civilians are believed to be trapped in the IS-run enclave, with around 1,500 fleeing with every 100-meter (yard) advance by Iraqi forces.Iraqi forces moved to besiege the Old City before launching their attack in order to prevent IS fighters from fleeing to neighbouring Syria, but al-Aridi said hundreds of militants still managed to escape from the Old City alone."They just shave their beards and walk out," al-Aridi said. "Just yesterday we captured two among a group of women and children."Late Tuesday, Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated the armed forces on a "big victory" in Mosul, despite ongoing clashes. The prime minister declared an end to the extremist group's self-styled Islamic caliphate in June.IS captured Mosul in a matter of days when it swept across northern and central Iraq in the summer of 2014. Iraqi forces backed by a U.S.-led coalition launched a major operation to retake the city in October.The Associated Press.

U.S. strikes al Shabaab militants in Somalia: Pentagon-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-July 5, 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military carried out a strike in Somalia against the al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group on July 4, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, the second attack on the group in the last few days.The strike occurred about 300 miles (480 km) southwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, the Pentagon said. It did not disclose additional information such as the number of fighters killed.On Monday, the U.S. military said it carried out an air strike against al Shabaab on July 2."We will continue to assess the results of the operation and will provide additional information as appropriate," the U.S. military's Africa Command said in a statement."Specific details about the units involved and assets used will not be released in order to ensure operational security."Since being pushed out of the capital Mogadishu in 2011, al Shabaab has lost control of most of Somalia's cities and towns. But it retains a strong presence in swathes of the south and center and carries out major gun and bomb attacks.The group aims to topple Somalia's government, drive out African Union peacekeeping troops and impose its own harsh interpretation of Islamic law.(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by James Dalgleish and Grant McCool)

Ukraine says it foiled 2nd cyberattack after police raid-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-July 5, 2017

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine has dodged a second cyberattack, officials said Wednesday, suggesting that the digital campaign which paralyzed computers across the country and around the world is still ongoing.Ukraine is still trying to find its feet after scores or even hundreds of businesses and government agencies were hit by an explosion of data-scrambling software on June 27. In a Facebook post , Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said there was a second stage to that attack, timed to hit its peak at 4 p.m. in Ukraine on July 4.Avakov said the second strike — like the first one — originated from servers at the Ukrainian tax software company M.E. Doc, which sheds a little more light on Tuesday's heavily armed raid on M.E. Doc's office and the seizure of its servers. Video released Wednesday showed men in camouflage carrying assault-style weapons storming the company's modest offices in Kyiv as office workers calmly watched them. Police spokeswoman Yulia Kvitko said there were no arrests."We prevented the initiation of the second wave of viruses," Yaroslav Trakalo, another police spokesman, said in the video released Wednesday. He said investigators have already found "evidence of Russian presence on these servers," although he did not elaborate.Ukraine has blamed the Kremlin for the attacked that sowed chaos. Kremlin officials routinely deny claims of electronic interference in Ukraine and elsewhere.The raid on M.E. Doc caps a week of increasingly implausible claims from the company that it was not at the heart of the outbreak. On Wednesday the firm reversed itself, acknowledging that it had been broken into and used by hackers to seed the malware epidemic.It's not clear what the thrust or scope of the second cyberattack in Ukraine was, but M.E. Doc is widely used across Ukraine, making it a tempting springboard for hackers. An executive at the company was quoted by Interfax-Ukraine as saying the software was installed on 1 million machines across the country.How many of those machines have been infected is an open question.The June 27 attack initially seemed to be a particularly aggressive form of ransomware, but many analysts who picked it apart later said it appeared to be a thinly disguised attempt to destroy data and sow chaos. Some said the malware epidemic was likely state-backed, and Ukrainian officials have squarely put the blame on the Kremlin.In the meantime, the online wallet carrying roughly $10,000 worth of digital currency extorted by the cyber attackers was emptied shortly around the time of the July 4 raid, according to Bitcoin's public ledger. Information security experts say some of the money appears to have been used to purchase space on a darknet text storage site, where a statement demanding 100,000 bitcoin, or roughly $2.6 million, in exchange for unscrambling all the affected files materialized shortly thereafter.It's impossible to determine whether the offer is serious or just a distraction and The Associated Press was unable to immediately reach the hackers for comment.Ukrainian officials have not offered a global estimate of the amount of damage inflicted by the June 27 attack. But in an interview Tuesday with the Associated Press, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said the damage at his department alone ran into millions of dollars.Raphael Satter, The Associated Press.

Guns, bomb-making material taken from 'AK-47' suspect's home-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-July 5, 2017

HELENA, Mont. — FBI agents seized bomb-making materials, seven guns and ammunition from the Montana home of a man they suspect of carrying out bank robberies in five states, according to an inventory list filed with a federal court.The property seized from Richard Gathercole's home in Roundup shows that agents also found sheriff's badges and patches, a sheriff's vest, an ammunition vest, a military style helmet, an organic chemistry book and material to make identification badges.Authorities believe Gathercole, 39, is the man they call "the AK-47 bandit" who held up at least six banks since 2012 in California, Washington, Idaho, Nebraska and Iowa. The suspect typically wore a mask with only his nose and eyes showing and carried an AK-47 rifle with a drum magazine.Gathercole is being held in Lexington, Nebraska, where he is accused of stealing a truck and guns and firing on a Kansas state trooper who was trying to pull him over for a traffic stop last month.The inventory list filed with U.S. District Court in Billings on June 27 listed 39 seized items, including computers, books and other documents. It does not include details of the improvised-explosive device material that was found other than "IED components."The Musselshell County Sheriff's Office in Montana previously described finding "numerous" homemade bombs in his home. The search warrant filed with the court described one explosive device used in a 2015 bank robbery in Iowa as containing powder, metal pieces and a fuse.Gathercole is scheduled to appear in court in Nebraska on Thursday on both a fugitive from justice charge related to the attempted shooting of the Kansas trooper and on the theft charges.His public defender, Corey Burns, said Wednesday that the preliminary hearing will only determine whether there is probable cause to file those charges, and that Gathercole will not enter a plea.He declined to discuss Gathercole any further without his client's permission, other than to say, "He is doing well."Federal charges related to the bank robberies have not been filed. Last week, San Bernardino County, California, prosecutors said they planned to charge Gathercole with attempted murder of a peace officer for the shooting of a Chino police officer during a 2012 bank robbery.FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller did not have an immediate comment.Matt Volz, The Associated Press.

Exclusive: Kurdish YPG militia expects conflict with Turkey in northern Syria-[Reuters]-By Rodi Said and Dominic Evans-YAHOONEWS-July 5, 2017

QAMISHLI, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) - The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger clashes within days.Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus retorted that his country was not declaring war but that its forces would respond to any hostile move by the YPG, which he described as a small-scale army formed by the United States.The mounting tensions between two U.S. allies in northwestern Syria risk opening yet another front in the multi-sided conflict, in which outside powers are playing ever greater roles.They could also distract the YPG from the U.S.-backed campaign to capture Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa, some 200 km (125 miles) away. The YPG is spearheading that campaign.Asked by Reuters whether he expected a conflict with Turkey in northern Syria, where the two sides have exchanged artillery fire in recent days, YPG Commander Sipan Hemo accused Turkey of preparing for a major military campaign in the Aleppo and Afrin area."These (Turkish) preparations have reached level of a declaration of war and could lead to the outbreak of actual clashes in the coming days," he said in emailed comments. "We will not stand idly by against this potential aggression."Turkey's policy in northern Syria has been focused on containing the growing sway of Kurdish groups that have established autonomous regions since Syria's war began in 2011.Ankara says the YPG represents a security threat, seeing it as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been fighting an insurgency against the Turkish state for decades.Turkish forces deployed in northern Syria last year in support of Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army rebel groups in an operation that forced Islamic State away from the border and at the same time drove a wedge between YPG-held areas.In recent weeks, Turkey has sent reinforcements into the area north of Aleppo, according to Turkey-backed rebel groups who have established control over a section of the Turkish-Syrian frontier with Ankara's support."This is not a declaration of war. We are making preparations against potential threats," Kurtulmus told Reuters in an interview. "Their (YPG) primary goal is a threat to Turkey, and if Turkey sees a YPG movement in northern Syria that is a threat to it, it will retaliate in kind."Hemo was last week cited as saying the YPG had a plan to capture that area between the towns of Azaz and Jarablus. Asked about that remark, he described the Turkish intervention as "occupation" of Syrian land, and said the YPG had never "threatened Turkey or its security".-LONG-TERM PLANS-Turkey, a NATO member, has been incensed by the U.S. decision to ally with the YPG. Washington took the decision to arm the group before the final assault on Raqqa began in June.The YPG is fighting under the banner of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes Arab fighters.In separate comments to the Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper published on Wednesday, Hemo said the United States had established seven military bases in areas of northern Syria controlled by the YPG or SDF, including a major airbase near Kobani, a town at the border with Turkey.Citing operational security, the coalition said it did not confirm or deny information about "specific capabilities, force numbers, locations or movement of forces in Iraq and Syria".Hemo indicated the YPG would keep fighting Islamic State even after its defeat in Raqqa, saying it was committed with "the international coalition to cleansing Syria of terrorism and establishing a political system capable of achieving real democratic transformation".Turkish defense ministry sources said last month the United States had pledged that weapons provided to the YPG would be taken back once Islamic State was defeated. Turkey says that is not credible."There has never been an incident where a group in the Middle East has been armed, and they returned the weapons," Kurtulmus said. The United States "have formed more than a terrorist organization there, they formed a small-scale army."He also warned the YPG not to try to drive out Arab or Turkmen residents from the town of Tel Rifaat, which is close to Afrin and controlled by YPG and Arab allies in the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has left open the possibility of longer-term assistance to the YPG, saying the U.S. may need to supply them with weapons and equipment even after the capture of Raqqa.Hemo said U.S. officials had denied any intention to take away the YPG's weapons and that the YPG would be needing more support due to its longer-term plans to tackle the remnants of Islamic State.(Additional reporting by Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses; writing by Tom Perry; editing by; Philippa Fletcher)

NYC officer shot to death in command post RV; gunman killed-[The Canadian Press]-yahoonews-July 5, 2017

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer was shot to death early Wednesday, ambushed inside a mobile command post by an ex-convict who had ranted online about his treatment in prison and about officers getting away with killing people, authorities said. The gunman was killed by police about a block away.Miosotis Familia, a 12-year member of the force, was writing in her notebook in the front seat of the RV-like vehicle when the killer strode up to it in a Bronx neighbourhood around 12:30 a.m. and fired one round through the passenger-side window, striking her in the head, authorities said."PO Miosotis Familia has been assassinated in an unprovoked attack on cops assigned to keep NYers safe," Police Commissioner James O'Neill tweeted.Her partner radioed frantically for help, and police caught up to 34-year-old Alexander Bonds, who was gunned down after pulling a revolver, police said.Witness Jay Marzelli told the Daily News that he was getting a sandwich at a bodega and thought the shots were Fourth of July fireworks at first."All of a sudden there was all this running and stuff going on, and I look out, probably 40, 50, 60 cops screaming, 'Call a paramedic, clear the block!'" he said. "It looked like there was a riot going on, and two seconds later I hear gunshots, 'Bam, bam.'"Familia, 48, had been stationed inside the mobile command post, which had been set up in the high-crime neighbourhood since March after a triple shooting and was manned around the clock.Bonds was sentenced to six years in Attica prison in an armed robbery case out of Syracuse and had been paroled in 2013. He had other prior arrests, including one in 2001, when as a teenager he was accused of attacking an officer with brass knuckles.In a video posted on Facebook in September, the Bronx man ranted about the treatment of people by officers and talked about how hard life was behind bars."Don't think every brother, cousin, uncle you got that get killed in jail is because of a Blood or Crip or Latin King killing them. Nah, police be killing them and saying that an inmate killed them," he said in the video.At another point, he said into the camera: "I'm not playing, Mr. Officer. I don't care about 100 police watching this." And: "It's time for people to wisen up."Aside from the police rant, Bonds' Facebook page mostly consisted of inspirational quotes and quizzes.Police said they were trying to identify the motive for the shooting.While tensions have been running high between police and black people around the country, there was little or no immediate indication the killing had a racial dimension. Bonds was black; Familia was black and Hispanic, her family hailing from the Dominican Republic. She apparently had no previous contact with Bonds.The shooting recalled the 2014 ambush killings of two New York City officers who were shot in their cruiser by a man who approached the passenger window. The gunman, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, then killed himself. Brinsley had announced online in the moments before the attack that he was going to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.In the latest shooting, Bonds was caught on video leaving a convenience store, then moving tightly along the wall, pulling his hoodie over his head and walking purposefully toward the police vehicle. The video didn't capture the shooting itself but showed him running away with a gun in his hand, police said.Familia, a mother of three, including a set of twins, worked the midnight shift in the Bronx."She was on duty serving this city, protecting people, doing what she believed in and doing the job she loved," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the hospital before Familia died. "And after this shocking and sudden attack, her fellow officers came to her aid immediately."Officers stood at attention and saluted as an ambulance carrying her body left the hospital.___This story has been corrected to show that Bonds said people should "wisen up," not "rise up."___Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz, Tom Hays and Karen Matthews in New York contributed to this report.Colleen Long, The Associated Press.

Top general apologizes for incident at Indigenous ceremony on Canada Day-[The Canadian Press]-yahoonews-July 5, 2017

HALIFAX — Canada's top general has condemned the actions of a group of Armed Forces members who disrupted a spiritual event on Canada Day marking the suffering of Indigenous Peoples at a statue of Halifax's controversial founder, Edward Cornwallis.Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, called the incident "deplorable" and said the men will be removed from training and duties while the incident is investigated.On Saturday, the group of men were clad in black polo shirts with yellow piping  — one of them carrying a Red Ensign Flag —  as they approached singing "God Save the Queen," one Mi’kmaq organizer said. The Canadian Red Ensign, which bears the Union Jack in the corner, was the national flag until it was replaced by the Maple Leaf design in 1965.The men said they were members of the Proud Boys, a self-declared group of "Western Chauvinists."Cornwallis, as governor of Nova Scotia, founded Halifax in 1749, and soon after issued a bounty on Mi’kmaq scalps in response to an attack on colonists. His legacy has become controversial, with debate recently over the use of his name on buildings, street signs and parks.In a statement Tuesday night, Vance was the latest official to offer an apology to the Indigenous community, adding that the actions of the men "certainly do not represent the broader group of proud women and men who serve our country."“I detest any action by a Canadian Armed Forces member that is intended to show disrespect towards the very people and cultures we value in Canada," Vance said. "We are the nation's protectors, and any member of the Canadian Armed Forces who is not prepared to be the defender we need them to be will face severe consequences, including release from the Forces."Earlier Tuesday, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said there will be consequences for military personnel who "express intolerance while in — or out — of uniform."Sajjan also apologized to Halifax’s Mi’kmaq community and Chief Grizzly Mamma, who took part in the ceremony, "for the pain this incident has caused.""I know my words cannot undo the disrespect that was shown to you and your community. I know our government has much more work to do with respect to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples," he said in a statement."But I want to give you my personal assurance that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated within the ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence."The commander of Canada's East Coast Navy confirmed that six members of the military, including members of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian army and a member of a cadet organization, were involved."I told the young people they had crossed a line where their personal beliefs, their personal ideology — which they are allowed to have — got into the public domain," Rear Admiral John Newton, commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic, told reporters at a news conference in Halifax."Their personal beliefs, whether religious, political or white supremacy, whatever the Proud Boys represent, it's not a shared value of the Canadian Armed Forces."Newton said he received complaints from Aboriginal friends, and there was a "considerable outcry" from serving members of the Forces."I apologize for the actions of my young sailors, and ... I hope that those young people will find a moment to make their own apologies in due course."A video of the incident at the Cornwallis statue shows five men interacting with spectators at the ceremony."This is a British colony," one of the men says in the video. "You're recognizing the heritage and so are we."In the video, one of the spectators appears to hold an upside-down Canadian flag, which someone implies has been marked with the word "decolonize."Asked if the group is associated with an organization, one of the men in the video says, "The Proud Boys, Maritime chapter."The Proud Boys Canadian Chapters Facebook page says they are "a fraternal organization of Western Chauvinists who will no longer apologize for creating the modern world" and do not discriminate on the basis of race or sexuality.A witness to the interaction says the men kept their voices down as the ceremony continued and left after about 10 minutes.A person close to one of the individuals involved in the incident, who agreed to speak to The Canadian Press on the condition that their identity not be revealed, said the men were on a pub crawl on Saturday.One was carrying the old Red Ensign to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary when they passed by the Cornwallis statue and noticed an upside-down Canadian flag with black markings, the person said.The men did not intend to provoke people at the gathering, the person said, but were trying to peacefully defend the flag they fight for.The person said the man they know doesn't hold hateful views and is no longer associated with The Proud Boys. The man was acting out of character due to a combination of youth and intoxication, they said, and he deeply regrets the incident, but believes the army is taking appropriate action.Rebecca Moore, who participated in Saturday's ceremony, said in an interview Monday that the military shouldn't tolerate the men's behaviour, adding that it was far from an isolated incident."It's military men coming and disturbing Indigenous women doing a ceremony," said Moore. "That is like a story since the beginning of them landing here."The military has to say, 'They don't represent us.'"— With files from Michael MacDonald-Adina Bresge, The Canadian Press.

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

THE TSX WAS POINTS TUESDAY-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-JULY 05,2017-12:00AM

DOW MARKET WEDNESDAY-JULY 05,2017
09:30AM-5.07
10:00AM-35.16-
10:30AM-62.35-
11:00AM-22.01-
11:30AM-19.43-
12:00PM-13.02-
12:30PM-0.68-
01:00PM-2.91-
01:30PM-4.95
02:00PM-1.95-
02:30PM-3.60-
03:00PM-4.51-
03:30PM-9.31-
04:00PM-1.10- 21478.17 - S&P +3.53 2432.54 - NASDAQ +40.80 6150.86
HIGH +31 LOW -70
TSX +22.51 15,153.12 - GOLD $-02.70 $1,220.52 - OIL $-01.71 $45.36

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-JULY 05,2017-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.18 of 19 earthquakes in map area.

    5.1-107km ENE of `Ohonua, Tonga-2017-07-05 23:29:40 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.8-36km W of Lovelock, Nevada-2017-07-05 22:35:03 (UTC)-12.0 km
    4.8-Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia-2017-07-05 17:15:53 (UTC)-68.1 km
    5.1-29km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala-2017-07-05 16:07:36 (UTC)-42.7 km
    4.0-40km NNE of Putre, Chile-2017-07-05 15:24:52 (UTC)-152.2 km
    2.6-105km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska-2017-07-05 14:23:36 (UTC)-52.1 km
    4.4-Banda Sea-2017-07-05 14:06:15 (UTC)-282.8 km
    4.5-125km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia-2017-07-05 12:49:16 (UTC)-53.4 km
    2.9-48km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska-2017-07-05 10:59:06 (UTC)-61.9 km
    4.9-107km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand-2017-07-05 04:45:34 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.3-34km NE of Bazarak, Afghanistan-2017-07-05 04:31:37 (UTC)-98.3 km
    4.2-175km ESE of Amahai, Indonesia-2017-07-05 03:58:55 (UTC)-62.9 km
    4.0-61km SSE of Debdou, Morocco-2017-07-05 03:27:09 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.4-139km ESE of Amahai, Indonesia-2017-07-05 02:57:55 (UTC)-42.3 km
    3.8-62km SSW of Adak, Alaska-2017-07-05 00:36:50 (UTC)-45.4 km

STOCK MARKET AND EARTHQUAKE NEWS
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http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/06/weekend-quake-results-for-july-01.html 
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http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/06/the-dow-was-up-143-points-wednesday.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/06/the-dow-was-down-98-points-tuesday.html 
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http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/06/weekend-quake-results-for-june-24.html 

FORCED TO SIGN WAIVER TO USE RITUAL BATH ALONE, SOME JERUSALEM WOMEN FEAR COERCION.

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

Yoga for Mideast peace? That would be great, says Modi-On eve of his arrival in Israel, India’s prime minister hails Israeli innovation, talks about the benefits of ‘the holistic approach’-By Times of Israel staff July 3, 2017, 9:36 pm

In an interview ahead of his landmark visit to Israel on Tuesday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Israel’s “amazing” innovation and development… and also indicated that a little more time spent on yoga might help solve some of the Middle East’s problems.Interviewed by Israel’s Channel 2 in front of large Indian and Israeli flags, Modi — who began the conversation by saying “Shalom” and ended it with Todah Rabah (Thank you) — said his visit marked a “turning point” in bilateral ties after 25 years of diplomatic relations.He hailed Israel’s growth and development “against the odds,” saying the sheer pace of its progress had “prompted everyone to look at it in amazement… When ‘Israel’ is mentioned, people think of innovation, technology, start-ups, space, agriculture, maximal use of resources. That’s Israel’s fingerprint,” said Modi.“All those things are appropriate to the Indian outlook. All those things cause us to work shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel — to widen our horizons together,” he said. “With your potential and our potential, the sky is the limit.”Modi acknowledged that he was presiding over a marked warming of ties with the Jewish state; India had hitherto been regarded as more supportive of the Palestinians.“This is a turning point,” he said, adding, “my visit to Israel at this time will not harm a single person in India.”Asked at the end of the interview whether he would invite his host, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to join him in a yoga session, Modi laughed heartily.He then noted that many Israelis participated in International Yoga Day on June 21. Indeed, hundreds of Israelis stretched out their downward facing dogs that day on the world’s largest yoga mat artwork in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. And he suggested that Channel 2 devote half-an-hour a day to yoga, to spread knowledge of yoga and “advance the holistic approach.”Maybe, his interviewer speculated, this might bring a solution to the problems of the Middle East? Said Modi, laughing: “That would delight me.”

UNESCO panel okays softened text blasting Israel over Jerusalem activity-Israel slams surprise vote by World Heritage Committee condemning ‘illegal’ Old City digs, urges delegates in Poland to stand in silence for Holocaust victims-By Raphael Ahren July 4, 2017, 8:39 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Council on Tuesday evening passed a resolution denouncing Israeli activity in the Old City of Jerusalem.Ten countries voted in favor of the text, which was significantly softer than previous resolutions. Only three member states — Jamaica, the Philippines and Burkina Faso — opposed the resolution, while eight abstained.The Jordanian-sponsored resolution on the “Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls” called Israel “the occupying power,” and reaffirmed previous UN resolutions denying the country’s claims to East Jerusalem. Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem has never been recognized by the international community.The body “regrets the failure of the Israeli occupying authorities to cease the persistent excavations, tunneling, works, projects and other illegal practices in East Jerusalem, particularly in and around the Old City of Jerusalem, which are illegal under international law,” the measure read.However, Decision 41 COM 7A.36 stressed “the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions,” language not found in last year’s text. It also did not refer to the Temple Mount compound solely by its Muslim names, “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif,” as the 2016 resolution did, defining it only as “a Muslim holy site of worship.”Despite the text lacking the bite of previous resolutions passed by the body, it was still met with angry denunciations by Israeli officials.“Nothing is more disgraceful than UNESCO declaring the world’s only Jewish state the ‘occupier’ of the Western Wall and Jerusalem’s Old City,” Israel’s Ambassador to the United nations, Danny Danon, said in a statement released minutes after the vote.“Yesterday, I toured the City of David and the Old City with UN ambassadors from around the world and explained the deep and ancient connection between the Jewish people and the holiest sites of our nation. No faux ‘heritage committee’ can sever the bonds between our people and Jerusalem.”The annual vote on a Jerusalem-themed resolution at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, which is currently meeting in Krakow, Poland, was originally scheduled to take place next week. But Palestinian diplomats advanced the debate, presumably to blindside Israeli officials who are currently busy fighting another Palestinian initiative at UNESCO regarding the West Bank city of Hebron.A vote to inscribe the Old City of Hebron on UNESCO’s World Heritage List is scheduled for Friday.Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, Cuba and Zimbabwe voted in favor of the resolution.Angola, Croatia, Finland, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Tanzania and South Korea abstained.-Dueling minutes of silence-In a speech responding to the vote, Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO, Carmel Shama-Hacohen, emphasized the fact that the resolution was passed in the country where much of the Holocaust transpired.“We are assembled here, next to the largest mass grave of the Jewish people — but it is also the deepest darkest grave into which humanity had ever descended,” he said. “The sights, the sounds, the smells, the blood and the horrors that occurred here in the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau were not confined to the camp’s electrified fences. Indeed, under the right weather conditions, the smells of the crematorium maybe has reached the very place where we are now seated.”Shama-Hacohen said he recently asked a colleague from an Arab state to be “sensitive to this sensitive location” and refrain from proposing anti-Jewish resolution regarding Jerusalem at this year’s meeting. “I told them that it would help to build positive relations. But sadly, we are here today with not just one, but with two such anti-Israel resolutions,” he exclaimed.Israel’s envoy went on to call for a minute of silence for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and urged Arab ambassadors to visit the Auschwitz death camp. “Maybe there you will understand that even in the darkest hours where they separated parents from children, dismembered live people, and where they separated human beings from their humanity, the Nazis could not succeed in separating the Jewish people from our eternal capital Jerusalem,” he said.“Let me conclude by saying that just as Hitler, the Nazis, and their partner — Haj Amin El Husseini [the Palestinian wartime mufti] — did not succeed, you will not succeed as well in denying the Holocaust or in your efforts to destroy Israel or the Jewish history,” he went on. “No politicized decision of UNESCO will ever move one brick from a wall in Jerusalem, nor will it succeed in separating between Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, nor will it succeed to rewrite our history in Jerusalem.”After his speech, some delegates rose to their feet and observed a minute of silence. Others remained in their seats. The Cuban ambassador protested that Israel, which is not a member of the committee, but merely has observer status, called for a minute of silence. She demanded a minute of silence in memory of Palestinian victims, which was observed by some delegations, though not by the Israeli diplomats in the room.As much as Israel deplores resolutions denying its claims to East Jerusalem, the government’s main focus remains on thwarting Friday’s expected vote to declare the Old City of Hebron — including the Tomb of the Patriarchs — a Palestinian “world heritage site in danger.”Israel, the US government, and several Jewish groups vociferously object to this move, and have called on UN leaders to prevent the vote.“The Tomb of the Patriarchs, which is sacred to three faiths, is in no immediate threat. Such a designation risks undermining the seriousness such an assessment by UNESCO should have,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley wrote to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.“Many precious sites — from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Libya to Iraq to Syria — are under real and imminent threat of destruction today. They urgently demand UNESCO’s full and immediate attention, which should not be wasted on this sort of symbolic action,” she added.On Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry hit back at Haley, accusing her of being “racist and anti-Palestinian” and an ambassador for Israel, rather than the US, at the UN.“This is not the first message in which the American ambassador has expressed her hidden malice and hatred toward the Palestinians,” the PA Foreign Ministry said in a press statement on Tuesday.The statement went on to condemn “the crude intervention of the US ambassador in the work of UNESCO and the attempt to influence the independence of the UN organization by pressing the member countries of the World Heritage Committee to vote against the Palestinian request to put Hebron on the World Heritage List.”It said that was indicative of “nothing less than a complete bias in favor of Israel, and confirms what has been reported in the corridors of the United Nations in New York. Recently, many foreign diplomats have expressed that Haley is an ambassador for Israel, more than an ambassador for her country, the United States of America.”Dov Lieber contributed to this report.

Forced to sign waiver to use ritual bath alone, some Jerusalem women fear coercion-The Supreme Court has ruled that making women immerse under supervision is an invasion of privacy, so why must they fill out ‘permission slips’ to dip?-By Yaakov Schwartz July 3, 2017, 10:28 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Lea was standing, clad only in a towel, when the attendant barred her way to the ritual bath, saying she must fill out a waiver before entering the water alone. Feeling vulnerable and unable to collect herself, Lea waited for the woman to go out and fetch the form, and, still clad only in a towel, wrote in her personal information and signed it.“In any other condition, the religious feminist in me would have taken over and I would have protested,” Lea, 32, says. “But when you’re in the moment you’ll agree to anything they say.”It’s a problem confronting an increasing number of women in the Jerusalem area since a Supreme Court ruling last year granted them the right to refuse the supervision of an attendant, known as a balanit, when immersing in the mikvah, or ritual bath. Until this ruling, the presence of the balanit during the immersion process was mandatory for women.The issue of female ritual immersion is an extremely personal one: It revolves around the menstruation cycle and directly impacts whether a husband and wife are allowed to have sexual relations under halacha, or Jewish law. As such it is a subject that is referred to very delicately among religious circles, if at all. (While some men also choose to ritually purify themselves, male immersion in the mikvah does not usually carry the halachic urgency of female immersion.) Ritual baths operating under the auspices of local religious councils throughout the country have, for the most part, been accommodating since the Supreme Court ruling. But the Jerusalem Religious Council, which tends toward stringency, requires women who enter the water alone to fill out a paper form with their name and personal identification number.According to the Jerusalem council, the form absolves it of responsibility should anything happen when the woman is alone in the water. Councils in other municipalities do not require such a form.While it is technically permissible within the confines of halacha for a woman to dip alone, stringencies recommend that she do it in the presence of the balanit, who can ensure that she is entirely under the water. This has led some to feel that the waiver carries with it undertones of religious coercion.“I told the balanit, ‘I understand that it’s now okay for me to do this without you, and I’d like to do it, so how does that work?’” says Lea. “And she was like, ‘No, what do you need to do that for, you know it’s better to dip with a balanit, it’s not halachic to do otherwise.’ And I replied, ‘Actually, I know the halacha and I’d like to do it this way.’ So she said okay, but that I needed to sign a form.”A pending lawsuit initiated by ITIM, a nonprofit organization that assists and advocates for people navigating their way through religious bureaucracy in Israel, claims that not only are the waivers noncompliant with the Supreme Court’s ruling, they aren’t legally binding in the first place.‘They do not understand that they must respect the dignity of women coming to immerse’-“The religious principles of modesty and kavod habriyot [respecting the needs of others] apply to all segments of Israeli society and this is not clear to the Jerusalem Religious Council,” says Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber, director of ITIM. “They do not understand that they must respect the dignity of women coming to immerse, their modesty, privacy and peace of mind. Mikvah immersion shouldn’t be fraught with tension but rather a positive and personal experience. This is how it is characterized in the halachic tradition.”“Unfortunately,” Farber continues, “in some mikvahs in Israel, people are made to feel unwelcome. This will have to change. We will continue to support women’s rights in mikvahs and if necessary, turn to the legal system to force the issue.”Asher Axelrod, an attorney who represents the Jerusalem Religious Council, says that the waivers are an issue of liability alone.“How do you expect that someone should insist on entering the water unsupervised and the council should still be responsible?” he says. “This is a simple matter of responsibility for potential damages and not a halachic question at all.”A spokesperson for the Religious Services Ministry sees where both parties are coming from.“The ministry understands why the Jerusalem Religious Council feels the need for these forms,” says Shlomi Naki. “But given the decision of the Supreme Court, it is legally problematic. The ministry would like to see a solution that can accommodate both sides.”Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet, founder of the Eden Center in Jerusalem which trains female mikvah attendants, is more vocal in her opposition to the waivers.“This is obviously something that is making women feel very uncomfortable. They are coming there out of their free will to use the mikvah, and now that she has the legal protection to use the mikvah without an attendant, there should be no reason whatsoever for a woman to sign a waiver,” she says.‘I’ve never seen a waiver for a man who goes to the mikvah where there is no male attendant’-“What’s more,” Marmon Grumet continues, “I’ve never seen a waiver for a man who goes to the mikvah where there is no male attendant, so there should be no difference between a woman using a mikvah and a man using a mikvah without an attendant.”It’s a discrimination claim Axelrod was prepared to defend preemptively.“[The Supreme Court ruling] creates a problem that doesn’t exist for men — because the balan [male attendant] is always there and he is responsible. If a woman goes in without supervision, she takes responsibility upon herself in case something happens. But men never request this. If a man were to request such a thing, he would be required to sign the form – there is no scenario in which a man could enter the mikvah and immerse alone,” he says.“I do not think that is the case,” says Marmon Grumet. “I don’t frequent men’s mikvahs. There is a balan – he’s not usually there when men come in. I don’t know if there are hours for the men’s mikvah, I believe you can just come in at any time. I’ve never seen or heard that there is a balan. I’m curious to go right now to the men’s mikvah and see if there’s a balan there.”Several male mikvah-goers contacted for the purpose of this story say that they almost never encounter a balan during their aquatic excursions – though there are almost always other men there and it is not clear whether the mikvahs they frequent are under the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Religious Council.‘The women have a choice. Either they can dip with an attendant or they can fill out the form’-There are numerous private mikvahs utilized by men and women that are not subject to the regulations imposed on public ones, though they are more costly.“The women have a choice,” says Axelrod. “Either they can dip with an attendant or they can fill out the form. It’s either one or the other. No one is forcing them to come to the mikvah in the first place.”Because marriage in Israel is performed exclusively through the Chief Rabbinate, ceremonies for Jews of all denominations conform to Orthodox halacha. One of the prerequisites is that brides-to-be must visit a mikvah and provide written documentation to the effect that they immersed and are now ritually permissible to their future husbands.The Eden Center estimates that 30,000 women visit the mikvah regularly in the Jerusalem area, and that 750,000 go nationwide. Most of those who immerse each month are religious, though some less-observant women cherish the ritual as well and it has long been a symbol connecting families to Jewish tradition. For some, it is a choice they make to indulge their more religious partners.Whatever their reasons for visiting the ritual bath, for many people, the exact halachic requirements are somewhat murky.A telephone receptionist for the Religious Services Ministry was surprised that anyone would make the choice to enter the water in private, though she was more than happy to help find a ministry spokesperson.“Why would someone want to do that? That sounds strange to me,” she volunteered, when informed of the purpose of the call. “The woman needs a balanit there to make sure her immersion was kosher.”

Three-state’ reality emerges as Hamas-Dahlan leadership takes shape in Gaza-Political reconciliation in Strip likely to defer war with Israel in short term, but lead to deadlier confrontation later-By Avi Issacharoff July 4, 2017, 6:43 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Samir Mashrawi is coming back to Gaza. And his return suggests a political earthquake is about to strike the Strip.Mashrawi is a loyalist of former Fatah leader and Mahmoud Abbas rival Mohammad Dahlan. Dahlan, the Fatah Preventive Security chief in the Strip, was once emphatically persona non grata for Hamas, and was ousted in the coup that put the Islamist terror group in power there 10 years ago-Mashrawi, regarded as Dahlan’s right-hand man and his key aide during periods of intense conflict with Hamas, was particularly loathed because of the central role he played in pursuing Hamas activists in 1996 and 1997. Notorious for shaving their beards off and arresting them for long periods, Mashrawi was one of the first to leave Gaza when tensions between Hamas and Fatah really heated up, during 2007.But it was Hamas who announced his imminent homecoming. Top Hamas official Ahmad Yusuf conveyed the news Monday in an interview with a Jordanian newspaper. His return is part of an agreement taking shape between Dahlan, Hamas and Egypt, ostensibly to monitor the operation of a committee set up to help families with members who have been killed or injured.In reality, Mashrawi’s return signifies reconciliation — not between Hamas and Fatah, but between Hamas and Dahlan’s Fatah faction.What does this mean for Israel? Three points.Firstly, as I have noted recently, the danger of war between Hamas’s Gaza and Israel is decreasing, for now.The reconciliation deal between Dahlan and Hamas, currently being negotiated between senior Hamas members, Dahlan’s people and Egyptian intelligence, is supposed to pave the way for the opening of the Rafah crossing between the enclave and Egypt, Yusuf said, and the establishment of a new “management committee” — in other words, a de facto new government for Gaza.This committee will include Hamas of course, representatives of the other Palestinian factions in the enclave, and Dahlan’s associates. The intended impact: an improvement in humanitarian conditions in the Strip, which will reduce the likelihood of war.Which brings us to the second area of significance for Israel. The new arrangement will more completely separate Gaza from the West Bank.A Palestinian state is being created right before our yes — albeit just in Gaza, without any connection to the West Bank. We will be seeing the emergence of a kind of “three-state” situation — Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.According to Yusuf, Hamas will remain responsible for security in Gaza, while in parallel, the new “committee,” incorporating Dahlan’s people, will oversee Gaza’s relations with the outside world. That means Dahlan’s people will have a presence at the Rafah crossing.Unhappily, the third point is that if Rafah is fully opened for the movement of people and goods, Hamas’s preparations for war will gain momentum. Dahlan’s men will not stop the flow of Hamas weaponry or terrorists into Gaza.That’s the trap: The new agreement decreases the likelihood of war with Israel in the short term but only delays the next day of reckoning. Hamas will be strengthened in the long term, and so will its confidence. When it comes, the next confrontation is likely to be deadlier and more dangerous for Israel.The new agreement will mark Dahlan’s return to center stage — freshly empowered, in contrast to the perceived weakness of Abbas and senior Fatah figures in the West Bank.Hamas in recent days rejected a proposed compromise agreement with Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, put forward by UN Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov, apparently because of the more attractive Egyptian-Dahlan possibilities.The emerging agreement, made up of 15 clauses, heralds historic change on the political front, potentially formalizing the division between Gaza and the West Bank.There is still no love is lost between Hamas and Dahlan — and that’s an understatement — or between Hamas and Mashrawi. Years of bitterness will not evaporate overnight. As soon as one side feels threatened by the other, the notion of reconciliation will disappear and they will be at war again. That’s what happened a decade ago.But for now, all eyes are on the returning Mashrawi.

Border police say Jerusalem terror attack foiled at West Bank checkpoint-Security forces seize a bag of knives, stun grenades and Molotov cocktails from six Palestinians in a vehicle heading to the capital-By Jacob Magid July 4, 2017, 4:48 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Border police said they foiled a terror attack Tuesday after finding a bag of knives, stun grenades and Molotov cocktail materials during the search of a Palestinian vehicle at a checkpoint near East Jerusalem.The car was heading into the Jerusalem side of the Mizmoriya checkpoint, outside Bethlehem, when it was stopped after security forces noticed that its front and back license plates did not match.The officers ordered the six riders, who also lacked entry permits, to exit the vehicle for it to be examined.Upon discovering the various weapons, the suspects were detained, the vehicle was seized and the checkpoint was temporarily closed.According to the police spokesperson, the suspects admitted during initial questioning to planning to carry out a terror attack in Jerusalem.Last week, a Palestinian woman was detained while trying to cross a different West Bank checkpoint outside Bethlehem with a knife, apparently while on her way to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem.Border police officers who searched the 36-year-old at the crossing near the city of Bethlehem found the weapon during a search, police said. The woman, from the town of Yatta, near Hebron, was taken for questioning, where she reportedly told investigators she wanted to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem.Nobody was injured during the incident, which came less than two weeks after three Palestinian men carried out an attack in the Old City of Jerusalem that killed a Border Police officer, 23-year-old Hadas Malka.Since September 2015, some 43 Israelis, two visiting Americans, an Eritrean national, a Palestinian man and a British student have been killed in stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks by Palestinian assailants. In that time, more than 270 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, a majority of them attackers, according to authorities.The spate of Palestinian attacks that began in October 2015 was dubbed the “lone wolf” intifada, as many of the attacks were carried out by individuals who were not connected to any terror group. Israeli security officials say that many of the attacks, particularly those that are carried out by women, were attempts at suicide by soldier.Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.

President lifts parole restrictions on newly freed Olmert-Decision removes Prison Service check-ins, limits on foreign travel but not ‘moral turpitude’ designation that will ban him from office for 7 years-By Raoul Wootliff July 4, 2017, 5:24 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

President Reuven Rivlin announced Tuesday that he was removing all parole restrictions for former prime minister Ehud Olmert following the latter’s release two days ago from prison after serving 16 months for corruption.The president’s office said in a statement that Rivlin would “restrict Olmert’s punishment to the time he served in prison,” accepting a request filed by the ex-premier’s lawyers just hours after his release.The 71-year-old Olmert, premier between 2006 and 2009, was convicted of graft and entered prison in February 2016. He had been sentenced to 27 months.The parole board last Thursday ruled in favor of early release for Olmert for good behavior. The State Attorney’s Office later on Thursday said it would not appeal the decision, paving the way for the former prime minister’s release.According to an Israel Prisons Service statute, prisoners who are granted early release are required to meet a series of conditions until the completion of their prescribed sentence. These include a prohibition on leaving the country, required reporting to a parole officer at a police station twice a week and meeting weekly with a Prisons Service social worker.Prisoners who fail to meet the conditions risk being sent back to prison to complete their original sentence.Tuesday’s decision means that Olmert is be free of all parole restrictions but the statement from the president’s office stressed that “the clemency is dependent on Olmert not committing another crime until the end of his original sentence,” in May 2018.A spokesperson for the president also noted that decision was not a full pardon, meaning that it does not remove the “moral turpitude” designation that accompanied the conviction and sentencing, a classification that prevents Olmert from returning to political office for seven years from his release.Olmert was one of eight former officials and businessmen convicted in March 2014 in the Holyland real estate corruption case, which has been characterized as among the largest graft cases in Israel’s history.In September 2016, he was sentenced to an additional eight months behind bars for the so-called Talansky affair, bringing the total to 27. In that case, a court upheld a 2015 conviction over his accepting envelopes full of cash from American businessman and fundraiser Morris Talansky, in exchange for political favors during his decade-long term as mayor from 1993 to 2003.

For 2nd day, mystery security ‘activities’ cause delays at Ben Gurion Airport-Defense Ministry limits movement in Israeli airspace for what it calls ‘routine scheduled activities’-By Times of Israel staff July 4, 2017, 5:42 pm

A Defense Ministry decision to restrict Israel’s airspace Tuesday forced planes to wait longer than normal between takeoffs, causing a cascade of delays at Ben-Gurion Airport.The measure was put in place Monday night and again on Tuesday afternoon, and was expected to last until evening, the ministry said.“Due to routine scheduled activities by the Defense Ministry, during the afternoon and evening there will possibly be occasional limitations on movement in Israeli airspace,” the ministry said in a statement. “The activities have been coordinated with all of the appropriate authorities.”The ministry did not elaborate on the nature of the “routine scheduled activities.”The announcement came as the airplane of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down in Israel for a three-day visit.According to Channel 2 news, the restriction forced a larger gap between takeoffs.Some 13 flights were delayed or canceled at the airport as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.On Monday the ministry reportedly ordered the Israel Airports Authority to impose intermittent closures of the airspace above the airport, following what some Hebrew media described as a “security incident.”As a result of the order, which was said to be in effect for three hours, a large number of flights were delayed and passengers were advised to check their departure times before arriving at the airport.No details of the reason behind the unusual measure were given. Channel 10 reported that an expected event that led to the closure order did not end up taking place.The IAA later denied that there was any closure of the airspace.“The skies are not closed. There is not and there was not a security incident at Ben Gurion International Airport. The skies are open and were not closed for even a minute,” it said.However, the departure board at the airport showed several delayed flights.The delays further contributed to already large crowds at the airport, which traditionally pick up during the summer travel season.The last known restriction on flights at Ben Gurion occurred in November 2015, when runways at the airport were briefly closed due to a heavy sandstorm.Earlier Monday, thousands of Israelis arriving at Ben Gurion Airport were greeted by excessively long lines, with those lacking Israeli biometric passports forced to wait in lines stretching past the inspection hall up toward the arrival gates.

Netanyahu burnishes right-wing bona fides at newspaper conference-PM tells Makor Rishon confab he does not need to be bolstered from the right; attacks media as ‘gloom-and-doom industry’-By Sue Surkes July 4, 2017, 7:07 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used a conference in Tel Aviv organized by a right-wing, pro-settler newspaper to polish his right-wing credentials and to call for more competition within the media, which he dubbed the “gloom-and-doom industry.”Saying he had heard the Makor Rishon paper, the conference’s sponsor, had a policy of “strengthening him from the right” — providing support and also exerting pressure from the right flank of the political spectrum — he reassured the audience, “You don’t need to. Firstly, I’m from the right, and secondly, I’m strong!”Netanyahu is under almost constant political pressure from the right wing of his governing coalition, particularly from the Jewish Home party led by Education Minister Naftali Bennett. Bennett is pressing for more settlement building even as US President Donald Trump has asked Netanyahu to “hold back.” Bennett also wants a more religiously Orthodox slant to public education.“What we’ve done over the past decade for Israel, in conditions that were not simple, are things that I believe nobody else would have done, certainly not better,” Netanyahu said.Describing the importance of “international skill,” the ability to influence leaders and public opinion, particularly in the US, familiarity with the American people and access to multiple American forums, he repeated, “There’s no reason to strengthen me from the right.”Responding to the speech, Bennett released a statement saying that Netanyahu needed his Jewish Home party to be a “moral backbone” for the more moderate Likud.“When Jewish Home is weak, Likud declares it supports a Palestinian state. When Jewish Home is strong, Likud backs away from a Palestinian state,” he said.Citing close relationships with the US, the start Tuesday of the first visit to Israel of an Indian prime minister, and improving relations with some of Israel’s regional neighbors, Netanyahu said the international community understood “that we are a real powerhouse,” but complained the media refused to give him credit.“I would like to see some of these messages in the media,” he went on. “In a democracy, it’s the norm to criticize the government. But when I open the newspapers, nearly everything is black.”“The gloom-and-doom industry works without cease,” he said, reprising a term he has used for the press in the past. “For years, they’ve been repeating how much we’re isolated, how we’re going to destroy our relationship with the US, how we won’t be able to get security guarantees from the US. But these things aren’t happening… And that’s what drives me to introduce more competition into the media for a huge audience which has no channel for expression.”Over recent years, Netanyahu has been accused of over-involving himself in the Israeli media.In 2015, he called new elections in part to stymie an opposition attempt to force the free Israel Hayom newspaper, widely seen as promoting his views, to charge customers. He also tried — ultimately without success — to scrap plans that he himself had previously approved to replace the Israel Broadcasting Authority with a corporation because of what were seen as fears that it would be too independent. After a long-running political saga, the corporation went on the air earlier this year.

In Jerusalem, few Labor voters think new leader will oust Netanyahu-Picking new party chief, disillusioned members see scant hope for government change, though some regard Avi Gabbay or Erel Margalit as contenders-By Marissa Newman July 4, 2017, 5:27 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

At the opening of the sole Labor party voting booth in Jerusalem on Tuesday, leadership candidate Avi Gabbay was speaking confidently to reporters about his chances for success when a gust of wind flattened his campaign tent in the foreground and sent a dozen blue-shirted activists scrambling. It made a rather apt metaphor for a party which governed Israel for the first 30 years of state, but has struggled increasingly in recent years to impose itself.The activists for ex-Kulanu minister Gabbay had the strongest presence at the polls in the largely conservative capital, where the number of journalists and volunteers present greatly outnumbered the voters for a center-left party flailing for a political comeback.Arriving with his elderly mother on his arm, ex-Kulanu environmental protection minister Gabbay — who crossed the political aisle after quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in 2016 — told the assembled reporters that the second round of voting on July 10 would be a match between him and current party leader Isaac Herzog.A short while later, faint chanting and cheering grew stronger as Labor MK Erel Margalit arrived with an entourage, setting off a yelling match between dueling activists struggling to drown each other out.Margalit and Gabbay embraced awkwardly.The second round of voting will be between Herzog or former Labor leader Amir Peretz and himself, Margalit told reporters.The Labor party’s 40-year political dry spell will soon end, said the Jerusalem-based entrepreneur and sitting MK. Remember, “the Jewish people had 40 years in the desert before they arrived at the promised land,” he said.But despite pledges by all seven candidates to would unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud in the next elections, many Labor voters on line were unconvinced.“I don’t know if he’s strong enough, but that’s all there is,” said Motke Stockhammer, a pensioner and lifetime Labor party member who was backing Herzog in the leadership race. “I don’t think the party at all will be able to oust Netanyahu”Even some of Gabbay’s volunteers appeared skeptical, as one ironically revised the ubiquitous Israeli election chant — “Ho ha, who’s that coming? The next prime minister” — to “… The next economy minister,” earning quiet snickers from the others.-To win, ‘you need to be a movie actor’-The leadership contest for the ailing Labor party — plagued by internal divisions since current leader Herzog engaged in coalition negotiations to join Netanyahu’s government in 2016 — will move to a second round of voting next week between the top two contenders, should none of the candidates receive more than 40 percent of the vote on Tuesday.The primary pits Herzog against ex-Labor leader Amir Peretz, Gabbay, Margalit, Labor MK Omer Bar-Lev, and two other candidates whose chances of success were not considered realistic. The results were set to be announced around 10 p.m. on Tuesday.The race comes after the Labor party has slipped in the opinion polls over the past year; surveys now predict it could lose as many as half of its 24 Knesset seats to the rival centrist Yesh Atid party.Shalom Brinn, also a pensioner, said he was supporting Margalit because today, to win “you need to be a movie actor. He’s the only one who has it.”Gabbay is also “very good,” but “too quiet,” he opined.The grievances with the party were on display as Brinn said he would abandon ship if its current or former leaders regained control.“If Peretz or Herzog get in, I’ll need to find myself a new party,” he said, adding that he doesn’t know which one. “This is the generation that destroyed the party.”Orit Cohen, a high school teacher in Ma’ale Adumim, said she was voting for Margalit because he’s a “refreshing change.” Cohen, who joined the Labor party a decade ago after shifting her political allegiances from the right, cautiously predicted that Margalit could oust Netanyahu.“I very much want to believe yes,” she said.But Niva, a university student who voted for Bar-Lev and declined to give her last name, said she was mostly seeking a new opposition leader.“I don’t think Netanyahu will go anywhere in the coming decades,” she said.She was standing with Gabbay-backing student, who asked to remain anonymous and was more optimistic about his chances, noting that general elections were not scheduled for another two years, giving the candidates ample time to mount a challenge.For two years, ‘being a member of the party was embarrassing’-He said that over the past two years, “being a member of the party was embarrassing” and its “conduct both internally and externally was plastic, unconvincing and inauthentic.”“Finally, a politician has come who is broadcasting something that in my view, in his discourse and style, is real,” he said of Gabbay.-‘Baptism by fire’-While support for Jerusalem residents Gabbay and Margalit appeared to dominate in the capital, Sonia Cohen, a long-time Herzog activist and adviser to the Labor party chief on neighborhood issues, insisted the opposition leader would do better the second time around.“In the Labor party, they cut off heads all the time… they don’t let the chairman work,” said Cohen, who referred to the party’s tested trend of choosing a new leader in each primary vote. “He went through this baptism by fire already, when they tried to cut off his head. In the next four years, when he leads again, maybe they’ll let him work and prove his capabilities — and he has capabilities.”Nor did Cohen, a Labor member for 30 years, think a victory for Herzog would send him racing back into negotiations with Netanyahu.“I don’t think he’ll enter the coalition; he wants to create a bloc of his own,” she said.

Starved of power, Gaza’s Palestinians buckle under an oppressive heatwave-Strip residents describe their new reality: sleepless nights, beaches closed due to toxic sewage, and rising food prices; even fresh water is in short supply-By Dov Lieber July 4, 2017, 3:02 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Sami, a medical intern, is struggling to sleep. The same heatwave scorching Israel is also roasting the Gaza Strip, where temperatures have been soaring to 37°C (98°F). The heat in his room is overpowering, and the mosquitoes don’t help either. But due to an ongoing electricity crisis, he can’t cool himself off, or even plug in the device that wards off the biting insects.“Sometimes I go around flipping on different sides of my bed for an hour before I can fall asleep. It’s humiliating,” said Sami, who opted to use an alias for fear of retaliation from authorities in Gaza.In a series of interviews with The Times of Israel, residents of the Strip described the debilitating effects of the power crisis. It dictates their routine. It turns basic goods, services and actions into luxuries. The normal strategies for cooling off in the summer heat — including showers, swimming, air conditioning and electric fans — have all but disappeared. Even drinking water is an increasingly rare commodity.Depending on what neighborhood one lives in, say the interviewees, the average Gazan enjoys either 4 to 6 or 2 to 3 hours of electricity a day. Residents have no idea when the power will come on, so when it does, they have to drop what they are doing and rush to complete tasks that require electricity.“When the power comes, for 2 to 3 hours, you run like a madman to manage to recharge everything, pump water, shower, sleep, work, get online, cool down and breathe, all in 2 hours,” said Ali, a 30-year-old journalist who did not want to use his real name for fear of backlash.The power can come on in the middle of a workday, or late at night when everyone is sleeping.During the current power crisis, Ali added, “cold water becomes a luxury, a wish, a dream, a desire. No power means no fridge, means no cold water.”Khaled, a father of three and a humanitarian worker, who asked that his real name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to the press, also complained about not being able to protect his family from the heat.“My youngest child is 8-months-old. Last night, he couldn’t sleep, so we just kept fanning him. We used a piece of paper to fan his face, and the minute we stopped, he would wake up,” he said. “My wife goes to do the household things at odd times. You find her up very early in the morning turning on the washing machine because the power just came on. Her sleep schedule is entirely off.”The residents of Gaza have suffered electricity woes ever since the terrorist group Hamas wrested control of the territory from the Palestinian Authority in a violent coup in 2007. Since then, and up until a few months ago, Gazans received power in eight-hour intervals — eight hours on and eight hours off. That was enough, they said, to sustain a semblance of normalcy and keep the Strip’s infrastructure running.Israel and Egypt maintain a blockade on the Strip, which Jerusalem says is needed to keep out weaponry and materials that could be used for terror activities or in fighting against Israel. The border authority allows in humanitarian goods and also gives some Gazans permits to enter Israel for medical care.The current crisis began when the Strip’s only power station shut down in April due to a lack of fuel. Hamas refused to buy more diesel from the PA, which is controlled by the rival Fatah faction, complaining taxes on the fuel were too high.The crisis deepened when the PA, which has been footing the bill for a portion of Gaza’s electricity that is provided by Israel, decided to cut the payments by 35 percent — part of a series of measures meant to force Hamas to cede control of the Strip.At the behest of the PA, Israel has been gradually reducing power to the Strip. As of Sunday, Israel has cut its supply to Gaza from 120 megawatts to 80. It says it will ramp the flow back up as soon as someone pays the bill.On June 21, Egypt stepped in and began exporting diesel fuel to Gaza. That allowed Gaza’s power plant to start working again, providing an output of 70 megawatts, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian Energy and Natural resources Authority.The Egyptian fuel, however, in addition only a temporary deal with Cairo, only serves to prevent all-out disaster. It doesn’t do much to lift power-starved Gazans out of their private suffering.Suhair Zakkout, who works for the Red Cross, said the crisis can “really make every single minute of life a struggle.”She described a case of a boy suffering from asthma who has to be rushed to the hospital up to five times a day.When he’s hooked up to the nebulizer that helps him breathe, his mother “can easily” handle his care at home, Zakkout said. But without power, every time he has an attack they have to head to the hospital.She also highlighted the fact that Gaza’s children, who are on summer vacation, have little to do with themselves. The beach is the usual summertime gathering spot, but now the authorities in Gaza have closed off large portions of it. Without electricity, the sewage treatment plants aren’t working properly, and raw waste is being pumped into the sea.For three days last week, Gaza celebrated the holiday of Eid al-Adha, generally a time when families gather and exchange gifts. But with elevators out of commission, the elderly and disabled were unable to visit with families who live in high-rise apartments, Zakkout said.She compared the lack of the electricity to being sick. “You only realize how important the antibiotic is when you don’t have it.”“But” she added, “the doctors here are the politicians.”-Gaza is a ‘sinking boat,’ and water is ‘neck-high’-On Monday, the United Nations gathered diplomats in its Jerusalem offices. The international agency made a plea for $25.2 million to “to stabilize the spiraling humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip” caused by the power crisis.In a document presented in the meeting, the UN pinpointed three sectors that are quickly crumbling without electricity: water/sanitation, health and food.The document said water reaches homes for a few hours just every 3-5 days. Desalination plants are functioning at only 15% of their capacity and more than 108 million liters of untreated sewage is flowing everyday into the Mediterranean. Without access to clean water, the UN said, 1.45 million people in Gaza are at risk of contracting waterborne diseases due to the consumption of unsafe water.1.45 million people in Gaza are at risk of contracting waterborne diseases-Guislain Defurne, head of the delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told The Times of Israel that “Gaza is like a sinking ship.”“Water is reaching the neck of the passengers,” he said. “They can breathe, but water is still entering the ship. The people of Gaza can only be resilient for so long.”The food industry is also being severely affected by the crisis.Due the scarcity of water, irrigation costs are increasing 60 to 75 percent, Defurne said. Much food is also lost because refrigerating it is too expensive.Supermarkets keep products fresh with the help of generators. But fueling the machines is expensive, and vendors are forced to raise their prices.The UN said 1.2 million people in Gaza who were already facing food insecurity are now facing increased economic obstacles to eating.As for who is responsible for the crisis, “most of the anger is directed at Hamas,” said Sami, the medical intern. He said the electricity crisis finds its way into nearly all conversations and that he hears “people repeatedly hating Hamas for this particular reason.”Khaled, the humanitarian worker, said he understands the feeling of people in Israel who want to protect their children. But he argued Israeli policies were actually undermining their security.Noting that around 50% of Gazans are under 18, he said, “What kind of generation in Gaza will Israel see in five or 10 years? Suffering from electricity cuts, from lack of water, from wars — the mindset of the youth will develop accordingly.“People should be given their basic rights. I don’t see any link between Israel’s security and Gaza’s children not getting clean water. You have to break the cycle at some point,” he said.The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment for this story. In the past Israeli authorities have argued that an internal Palestinian dispute between Hamas and the PA is behind the power crisis in Gaza, and that Israel is not a party to it. Both Israel and the PA charge that Hamas, which openly seeks the destruction of Israel, would have the money to supply Gaza’s power and water needs if it didn’t expend a large part of its resources on armament and preparation for future conflict with the Jewish state.

Small Israeli drone crashes in southern Gaza, says army-In year’s third such incident, IDF investigates what caused Skylark-model UAV to fall out of the sky; Hamas says it has device-By Times of Israel staff and Judah Ari Gross July 4, 2017, 2:24 am

A small Israeli drone crashed in the southern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, the army said, in the third such incident this year.There did not appear to be a risk that classified information could be retrieved from the device, the military indicated.The drone, a Skylark model, fell out of the sky in southern Gaza for as-yet unknown reasons. “The incident is being investigated,” a spokesperson said early Tuesday.The terror group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it retrieved the drone near the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, according to a Walla News report.In March, a drone of the same model was on a reconnaissance mission when it crashed in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave.In January, a Skylark drone crashed in southern Lebanon, prompting a mad dash by Israeli forces to recover the aircraft. The next day, the Hezbollah terrorist group reported that it had retrieved pieces of the destroyed drone.The “sky rider,” as it’s known in Hebrew, is a tactical surveillance drone created by Elbit Systems and operated by the IDF’s Artillery Corps. The miniature UAV can be launched by one or two people, depending on the model, and once airborne provides a live video feed to soldiers on the ground.In August 2015, Hamas claimed it captured an Israeli Skylark drone in the Gaza Strip and reassembled it.

Air force returns Apache fleet to service after safety fears-IAF to institute new protocols following recent grounding, which was ordered after crack found in a helicopter’s back rotor-By Times of Israel staff July 4, 2017, 8:03 pm

Israel Air Force on Tuesday returned its fleet of Apache helicopters to operation after they had been grounded for nearly a month over safety concerns.A safety inspection of one helicopter in early June uncovered a crack in its back rotor, leading Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel to ground the entire fleet for detailed inspections.According to Channel 10, the inspections uncovered a second crack in the original helicopter, but determined that the rest of the fleet was fit to fly. Inspectors concluded that the cracks were due to heavy use of the helicopter, which had clocked over 2,000 flight hours by the time the cracks had begun forming.The Air Force said it will institute new safety regulations, including shortening the rotor blades’ lifespan by 80 percent and implementing regular X-ray checks of all blades.Israel relies on its Apache attack helicopters to provide close air support for ground troops, while other types of helicopters are used for troop movement and supply transportation.Israel has two squadrons of Apaches, which fly out of the Ramon Air Base in the Negev desert.Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.

MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL EATS HUMANS FLESH FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL-JERUSALEM

EZEKIEL 39:11-12,18
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)

EZEKIEL 39:17-21
17  And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF RUSSIAN/ISLAMIC HORDES AGAINST ISRAEL)
18  Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19  And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20  Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21  And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22  So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

REVELATION 19:17-18
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;(AGAINST ALL NATIONS ARMIES THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL)
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

EZEKIEL 38:1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

Russia, China seek halt of North Korean weapons tests-Leaders of the 2 countries also call on US and South Korea to cease military drills to set stage for renewed dialogue-By Agencies July 4, 2017, 7:40 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Russia and China on Tuesday proposed that North Korea declare a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests, while the United States and South Korea refrain from large-scale military exercises.The call was issued in a joint statement by the Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministries on Tuesday, following talks between President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow.The statement came after North Korea tested a missile that flew higher and longer than previous ones, sparking concerns around the world.Moscow and Beijing suggested that if Pyongyang halts nuclear and missile tests while the US and Seoul freeze military maneuvers, the parties could sit down for talks that should lead to obligations not to use force and to refrain from aggression.Experts said the device could reach Alaska, and the launch, which came as Americans prepared to mark Independence Day, triggered a Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump, who urged China to act to “end this nonsense once and for all.”The North’s possession of a working ICBM — something that Trump has vowed “won’t happen” — would force a fundamental recalculation of the strategic threat posed by the isolated, impoverished state.The “landmark” test of a Hwasong-14 missile was overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un, an emotional female announcer said on state Korean Central Television.The broadcaster showed his handwritten order to carry out the launch, and pictures of him grinning in celebration, clenching his fist.The rocket was “a very powerful ICBM that can strike any place in the world,” the announcer said, and “a major breakthrough in the history of our republic.”In a statement, the North’s Academy of Defense Science, which developed the missile, said it reached an altitude of 2,802 kilometers (some 1,740 miles) and flew 933 kilometers (580 miles), calling it the “final gate to rounding off the state nuclear force.”There are still doubts whether the North can miniaturize a nuclear weapon sufficiently to fit it onto a missile nose cone, or if it has mastered the technology needed for it to survive the difficult re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.But the country has made great progress in its missile capabilities since Kim’s ascension to power, and his supervision of three nuclear tests and multiple rocket launches.In response to the launch, but before the announcement, Trump asked on Twitter: “Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?”North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea…..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017-….and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017-The United Nations has imposed multiple sets of sanctions on Pyongyang, which retorts that it needs nuclear arms to defend itself against the threat of invasion.-‘All of Alaska’-US Pacific Command confirmed the test and said it was a land-based, intermediate range missile that flew for 37 minutes before splashing down in the Sea of Japan, adding the launch did not pose a threat to North America.Moscow’s defense ministry called it medium-range in a statement to Russian news agencies.But Tokyo — in whose exclusive economic zone it came down — estimated its maximum altitude to have “greatly exceeded” 2,500 kilometers (1,553 miles), prompting arms control specialist Jeffrey Lewis to respond on Twitter: “That’s it. It’s an ICBM. An ICBM that can hit Anchorage not San Francisco, but still.”David Wright, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, wrote on the organisation’s allthingsnuclear blog that the available figures implied the missile had “a maximum range of roughly 6,700 km [4,163 miles] on a standard trajectory.”“That range would not be enough to reach the lower 48 states or the large islands of Hawaii, but would allow it to reach all of Alaska.”Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters: “This launch clearly shows that the threat has grown.”The US, Japan and South Korea will hold a summit on the issue on the sidelines of this week’s G20 meeting, he added. “Also I will encourage President Xi Jinping and President Putin to take more constructive measures.”South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In, who backs both engagement with the North to bring it to the negotiating table and sanctions, and met Trump for a summit in Washington at the weekend, warned the North against crossing a “red line.”“I hope North Korea will not cross the bridge of no return,” he said.-‘Not wise’-Washington, South Korea’s security guarantor, has more than 28,000 troops in the country to defend it from its communist neighbor. Fears of conflict reached a peak earlier this year, as the Trump administration suggested military action was an option under consideration.There has also been anger in the United States over the death of Otto Warmbier, an American student detained in North Korea for around 18 months before he was returned home in a coma in June.Trump has been pinning his hopes on China — North Korea’s main diplomatic ally — to bring pressure to bear on Pyongyang.Last week, he declared that Beijing’s efforts had failed, but returned to the idea on Twitter following the launch: “Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!”

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