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
European signatories to Iran nuclear deal
condemn new US sanctions-France, UK, Germany and EU ‘deeply regret’
American measures, call accord ‘essential for the security of Europe,
the region and the whole world’-By AFP-5 November 2018
PARIS
— France, Germany, Britain and the European Union issued a joint
condemnation Friday of the US move to place fresh sanctions on the
Iranian economy, vowing to protect European companies doing “legitimate”
business with Tehran.“We deeply regret the reimposition of sanctions by
the United States stemming from their withdrawal from the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action,” the statement said in reference to the
hard-fought 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.Struck between world powers and
Tehran after years of fraught negotiations, the deal was aimed at
limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for sanctions
relief.But US President Donald Trump announced in May that he was
walking away from the deal and would reimpose sanctions, leaving the EU
scrambling to protect companies that have forged trade links with
Iran.Friday’s statement from EU nations defended the deal as “essential
for the security of Europe, the region and the whole world.”“Our
objective is to protect European economic actors involved in legitimate
commercial trade with Iran,” it added.Europe will also seek to “maintain
financial channels operational with Iran and to ensure the continuation
of Iranian oil and gas exports,” it said.US officials said Friday that
Washington was adding 700 individuals and entities to its Iran blacklist
and pressuring the global SWIFT banking network to cut off Tehran when
expanded sanctions are put in place next week.US Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo said the sanctions were aimed at getting Tehran to halt its
nuclear activities and what the US says is broad support for terrorism
in the region.The EU says 12 consecutive reports from the International
Atomic Energy Agency show that Iran has stuck to the terms of the deal.
US
reimposes all sanctions on Iran lifted under nuclear deal-Pompeo says
new measures aimed at forcing Tehran to give up ‘its well-documented
outlaw activities,’ grants temporary waivers to 8 countries-By Matthew
Lee-TOI-5 November 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump
administration on Friday announced the reimposition of all US sanctions
on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, ramping up
economic pressure on the Islamic Republic as President Donald Trump
completed the unraveling of what had been one of his predecessor’s
signature foreign policy achievements.The sanctions, which will take
effect on Monday, cover Iran’s shipping, financial and energy sectors
and are the second batch the administration has reimposed since Trump
withdrew from the landmark accord in May. The rollback ends US
participation in the nuclear deal, which now hangs in the balance as
Iran no longer enjoys any relief from sanctions imposed by the world’s
largest economy.Shortly after the announcement, Trump tweeted a movie
poster-like image of himself walking out of what appears to be fog with
the phrase “Sanctions are Coming, November 5.”With limited exceptions,
the sanctions will hit countries that do not stop importing Iranian oil
and foreign firms that do business with blacklisted Iranian entities,
including its central bank, a number of private financial institutions,
and state-run port and shipping firms, as well as hundreds of individual
Iranian officials.pic.twitter.com/nk2vKvHuaL— Donald J. Trump
(@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2018-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
the sanctions are “aimed at fundamentally altering the behavior of the
Islamic Republic of Iran.” He has issued a list of 12 demands that Iran
must meet if it wants the sanctions lifted. Those include ending support
for terrorism and military engagement in Syria and a complete halt to
its nuclear and ballistic missile development.“Our ultimate aim is to
compel Iran to permanently abandon its well-documented outlaw activities
and behave as a normal country,” Pompeo told reporters in a conference
call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “Maximum pressure means
maximum pressure.”Pompeo said eight nations will receive temporary
waivers allowing them to continue to import Iranian petroleum products
for a limited period as they move to end such imports entirely. He said
those countries, which other officials said would include US allies such
as Turkey, Italy, India, Japan and South Korea, had made efforts to
eliminate their imports but could not complete the task by Monday.The
waivers, expected to be announced Monday, will be valid for six months,
during which time the importing country can buy Iranian oil but must
deposit Iran’s revenue in an escrow account. Iran can spend the money
but only on a narrow range of humanitarian items. Pompeo said two of the
eight countries would wind down imports to zero within weeks.Mnuchin
said 700 more Iranian companies and people would be added to the
sanctions rolls. Those, he said, would include more than 300 that had
not been included under previous sanctions.“We are sending a very clear
message with our maximum pressure campaign: that the US intends to
aggressively enforce our sanctions,” he said.Iran hawks in Congress and
elsewhere were likely to be disappointed in the sanctions as they had
been pushing for no oil import waivers as well as the complete
disconnection of Iran from the main international financial messaging
network known as SWIFT.One group that has been highly critical of the
deal welcomed the new sanctions but said there should be no
exceptions.“We encourage the Trump administration to fulfill the promise
of a maximum pressure campaign — no exceptions — until Iran permanently
and verifiably changes its behavior,” United Against a Nuclear Iran
said in a statement. “Oil and gas firms, including those from friendly
countries like India, South Korea and Japan, should not be granted
sanctions waivers. Similarly, financial entities — including SWIFT —
must sever ties with Iranian banks and financial institutions.”Mnuchin
defended the decision to allow some Iranian banks to remain connected to
SWIFT, saying that the Belgium-based firm had been warned that it will
face penalties if sanctioned institutions are permitted to use it. And,
he said that US regulators would be watching closely Iranian
transactions that use SWIFT to ensure any that run afoul of US sanctions
would be punished.Pompeo, meanwhile, defended the oil waivers, saying
US efforts to cut Iran’s petroleum revenue had already been successful.
He noted that since May, when the US began to press countries to stop
buying Iranian oil, Iran’s exports had dropped by more than 1 million
barrels per day.Pompeo and Mnuchin both said the sanctions will have
exceptions for humanitarian purchases.The 2015 nuclear deal, one of
former president Barack Obama’s signature foreign policy achievements,
gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs
on its nuclear program, which many believed it was using to develop
atomic weapons. Trump repeatedly denounced the agreement as the “worst
ever” negotiated by the United States and vowed to withdraw from it
during the 2016 presidential campaign.Trump and other critics of the
deal said it gave Iran too much in return for too little, allowed Iran
to gradually resume nuclear activity that could eventually be used for
weapons development and did not address any of the country’s other
problematic activities.Obama-era officials as well as the other parties
to the deal — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the European
Union — have vehemently defended it. The Europeans have mounted a drive
to save the agreement from the US withdrawal, fearing that the new
sanctions will drive Iran to pull out and resume all of its nuclear
work.
New defence for Infowars in copyright case? "Pepe the Toad"-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 5, 2018
The
internet trolls who turned Pepe the Frog into a hate symbol may be
disappointed to hear a new claim about the cartoon character's origins,
courtesy of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars website .Infowars'
attorneys claim in a court filing Thursday that Pepe the Frog creator
Matt Furie based his character on a "pre-existing, strikingly similar"
Argentine cartoon character named "El Sapo Pepe," or "Pepe the
Toad."That's a new defence for Infowars against a copyright infringement
lawsuit that Furie filed in March over the site's sales of a poster
copying the character.Infowars' attorneys argue Furie could be precluded
from asserting any copyright interest in his creation if Pepe the Frog
is an "unauthorized derivative work" based on Pepe the Toad. Or it could
"at least severely the scope of copyright protection in the character,"
they wrote."You've got to ask yourself if Mr. Furie's work is truly
original," Infowars attorney Marc Randazza said during a telephone
interview Friday. "I think it's at least worth taking a closer
look."Louis Tompros, one of Furie's attorneys, said the California-based
cartoonist had never heard of "El Sapo Pepe" before receiving a letter
from Infowars's attorneys about it."So, it definitely did not inspire
his creation of Pepe,' Tompros wrote in an email Friday.A federal judge
set a July 2019 trial date for the lawsuit Furie filed against Infowars
in Los Angeles.It was the second such case that Furie has brought as
part of a legal campaign to reclaim his creation.Infowars' website is
the online platform for right-wing radio host Jones. Furie's lawsuit
says he didn't authorize the site to sell a poster that depicts the
anthropomorphic frog alongside images of Jones, President Donald Trump,
far-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos and other right-wing figures.Jones
has described the lawsuit as a "publicity stunt" and said he views it as
an expression of political speech protected by the First Amendment."My
listeners understand this is all frivolous," Jones told The Associated
Press in March.Infowars was selling the Pepe-adorned "MAGA" poster for
$29.95 and says it was created by "renowned artist and patriot" Jon
Allen. Jones said Infowars has sold about 1,000 of the posters but added
that it's hardly one of the site's most popular items.Furie's "chill
frog-dude" debuted in a 2006 comic book called "Boy's Club" and became a
popular canvas for benevolent internet memes. But the user-generated
mutations grew increasingly hateful and ubiquitous more than a year
before the 2016 presidential election, when Furie's creation become an
online mascot for white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing
extremists.The Anti-Defamation League branded Pepe as a hate symbol in
September 2016 and promoted Furie's efforts to reclaim the
character.Twitter banned Jones and Infowars from the social media
platform earlier this year for abusive behaviour . Jones has been sued
by targets of his conspiracy theories, including parents of the Sandy
Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. Jones
questioned whether the shooting rampage was a hoax.Michael Kunzelman,
The Associated Press.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
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.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear
the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein
shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and
with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword,
and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until
thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25
And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in
the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC)
and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION)
the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing
them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the
great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees
was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Entering a modal-UN chief warns of famine in Yemen, urges halt to violence-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 5, 2018
UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that Yemen could face
"the worst famine we have seen in decades" and urged the country's
warring parties to immediately halt the violence.The UN chief told
reporters "the urgency of the humanitarian crisis leaves no room for
complacency" and the "building wave of momentum" for peace must be
seized.UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock warned last week that "there
is a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine
engulfing Yemen" that could affect 14 million people — half of the
country's population.The conflict began in 2014 when Houthi Shia rebels
toppled the internationally recognized government. A Saudi-led coalition
allied with the government has been fighting the Houthis since
2015.Guterres said more and more countries are engaged in helping create
conditions for the warring parties to understand the need to cease
hostilities and engage in serious negotiations.He urged the coalition
and the Houthis "to overcome obstacles and resolve differences through
dialogue" at UN facilitated talks later this month.Guterres stressed
that "violence must stop everywhere — with an immediate halt around
critical infrastructure and densely populated areas.""My objective is to
appeal to the parties to the conflict to understand that there is an
opportunity that must be seized, and to say that the humanitarian
situation is so dire that if that doesn't happen" the world will have to
deal with a famine in Yemen next year, he said."I must say, I hope the
voice of reason will prevail," Guterres said.
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)
Khashoggi
crisis may tip Middle East power balance towards Turkey-October 2
killing inside Saudi consulate in Istanbul, by a team sent from Riyadh,
has already severely tarnished Arab state’s reputation-By Ezzedine
SAID-TOI-NOV 5,18
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — The murder of
journalist Jamal Khashoggi could alter the power dynamic in the Middle
East by strengthening Turkey’s influence at Saudi Arabia’s expense as
they compete for leadership of the Islamic world, analysts say.This
certainly appears to be the goal of Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, the main regional supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, which
Saudi Arabia and its allies Egypt and the United Arab Emirates consider a
terrorist group.The killing inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul
by a team sent from Riyadh on October 2 has already severely tarnished
Saudi Arabia’s global reputation.But it is the potential involvement of
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the oil-rich Gulf nation’s de facto
leader known by his initials MBS, that could permanently damage Riyadh’s
influence in the region.After initially insisting Khashoggi left the
consulate unharmed, then saying he died in a brawl, the Saudi regime
finally stated he was killed by a “rogue operation” and arrested 18
suspects, some with links to the crown prince.Analysts say Erdogan could
use the ensuing crisis to weaken the 33-year-old prince, even
potentially leading to the royal family removing him from power — though
that seems unlikely.“The killing of Khashoggi has proven to be a golden
opportunity for President Erdogan to pressure Saudi Arabia and work
towards presenting Turkey as the new leader of the Muslim world,” said
Lina Khatib, director of Middle East and North Africa Programme at
Chatham House.“The Khashoggi crisis is a big geo-political gamble for
Turkey and so far it looks like it is playing the game masterfully. But
Turkey alone will not be able to push for the removal of MBS. The ball
lies in the American court,” she added.For Erdogan, promoting the Muslim
Brotherhood — which Saudi Arabia has sought to marginalize in the Arab
world and which was ousted from power and brutally repressed in Egypt in
2013 by current President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi — is at the heart of
this power struggle.The Turkish leader could also try to extract
concessions from Riyadh for its ally Qatar, facing a Saudi blockade
backed by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt since 2017.“I
think that Erdogan sees this as an opportunity to push back against a
triple entente in the Middle East that opposes his policies. That triple
entente is composed of MBS, MBZ’s (Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Al-Nahyan) UAE and Sissi’s Egypt,” said Soner Cagaptay, director
of the Turkey Research Program at the Washington Institute.“These three
countries, all Arabs, oppose Erdogan’s policies of supporting the Muslim
Brotherhood. Now Erdogan sees a golden opportunity because MBS is
vulnerable.”But Sinan Ulgen, president of the Centre for Economics and
Foreign Policy, said “it remains to be seen whether Ankara can continue
to leverage this conjuncture and turn it into a permanent advantage
raising Turkey’s regional influence to the detriment of Saudi
Arabia”.Nicholas Heras, an analyst at the Center for a New American
Security, said the Khashoggi case was the “latest chapter in Turkey and
Saudi Arabia’s ongoing contest over which country is better” to lead the
Muslim world.“Erdogan clearly seems to believe that he can use the
Khashoggi crisis as a way to cut Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and by
extension, Saudi Arabia, down to size,” Heras added.By not directly
pointing the blame at the crown prince over Khashoggi, Erdogan is
seeking to keep him under pressure, according to Karim Bitar of the
Paris-based French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs
think-tank.“Erdogan knows that he still has ammunition that could weaken
MBS in the international arena so basically he is rolling the dice
these days trying to figure out how to maximise his profit after this
huge Saudi blunder,” he told AFP.While the Muslim Brotherhood is
important to Turkey, the West — especially the United States — is wary
of the group and wants to focus any pressure on the crown prince towards
ending the Yemen war and lifting the blockade on Qatar, the experts
said.“I expect the blockade on Doha will likely come to an end in the
near future and the Saudis find a way to support the UN’s efforts in
Yemen,” said Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations.Bitar noted
that the US administration relies on Prince Mohammed’s support for any
possible peace plan for the Israel-Palestinian conflict as well as
containing Iran, long a Saudi foe.Washington could also push the crown
prince towards “a rapprochement with Israel and to maintain a hawkish
line towards Iran”, Bitar added.
Emerging Gaza ceasefire to
significantly ease blockade — report-Lebanese daily says Egypt prepared
to slash 70% of its own border restrictions under 3-year truce deal;
Israel will be required to grant work permits and expand fishing zone-By
TOI staff-NOV 5,18
An emerging cease-fire agreement
aimed at calming months of violence on the Israel-Gaza border will last
for three years and see a significant easing of the blockade on the
Hamas-controlled territory, Lebanon’s Al-Akbar newspaper reported
Saturday.According to the report, the deal being brokered by Egypt
stipulates a gradual stop to the ongoing, Hamas-orchestrated violent
border protests and maritime flotillas over the next two months. In
addition, Hamas will be obligated to punish Gazans caught engaging in
violent demonstrating along the border with Israel.In return, Egypt will
permanently open its Rafah border crossing and lift 70 percent of its
blockade on the Hamas-controlled territory, the report said, citing
officials familiar with the emerging agreement.Al-Akbar said the deal
would require Israel to grant 5,000 work permits for Gazans, and expand
the Strip’s fishing zone from nine to 14 nautical miles.Israel had no
immediate comment on the report.In addition, the paper reported the
Palestinian Authority would pay 80% of the salaries of Hamas officials
in Gaza, and would not object to Qatar bankrolling those wages for at
least six months, like it has in the past.Within the framework of the
agreement, the report said various economic projects in Gaza would be
advanced to create jobs for some 30,000 jobs and alleviate the
humanitarian situation in the Strip.The truce is slated to last three
years and will be under the supervision of the United Nations and
Russia. At later stage after the deal is implemented, Al-Akbar said
Egypt would work to advance a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and
Hamas.The report was released after Friday’s weekly protests along the
Gaza border saw a significant decrease in violence.According to the
Hamas-run health ministry in the strip, 12 Palestinians were injured
from live Israeli fire, and dozens injured from tear gas inhalation. The
Associated Press said the figures were the lowest reported since the
start of the demonstrations seven months ago.Official Fatah account
posts a picture of what it says is a member of the Hamas-run security
forces forcibly preventing protesters from approaching the border fence
between Gaza and Israel https://t.co/XAgD08xXWL— Adam Rasgon
(@adamrasgon1) November 2, 2018-A senior Hamas member said the clashes
were scaled down to give diplomatic efforts a chance amid talk of a
breakthrough in months of Egyptian-led negotiations.The official Twitter
account of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction even posted a
picture of what it claimed to be a member of the Hamas-run security
forces forcibly preventing protesters from approaching the Gaza border
fence during Friday’s protests.Khalil al-Hayya said the terror group was
“testing” Egyptian-led efforts to broker a ceasefire to ease an
11-year-old blockade on Gaza, but warned the clashes would resume if the
blockade was not lifted.The IDF put turnout Friday at some 7,000
demonstrators with about half of those present approached the border
fence, while the rest remained at a distance and did not clash with
soldiers. The protest ended earlier than usual.For months, Egypt and UN
officials have been engaged in indirect talks between Hamas, the
Islamist terror group that runs the Gaza Strip, and Israel.Israel has
accused Hamas, which is sworn to the destruction of the Jewish state, of
leading the protests and using them as cover to carry out attacks
against troops stationed the border.Last week, seven Palestinians were
reported killed in the weekly border protests. The bloodshed was
followed by rockets launched at Israel by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
terrorist group, which were met with and retaliatory Israeli airstrikes,
dashing hopes of what was expected to be a calmer week in Gaza.Since
the often violent protests began on March 30, over 150 Palestinians have
been killed by Israeli fire during demonstrations and clashes along the
border, including a number of people who broke through the fence into
Israel. Dozens of the fatalities were Hamas members. During that time,
one Israeli soldier has been killed by a Palestinian sniper.
Palestinian-American
woman detained at airport, to be deported-Immigration authorities say
decision to deny Susan Abulhawa entry due to past incident at border
crossing and not connected to BDS-By AFP-5 November 2018
A
Palestinian-American writer has been detained on arrival at Israel’s
main airport and will be deported, Palestinian and Israeli officials
said Friday.Susan Abulhawa was refused entry at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion
Airport on Thursday evening, said a spokesman for the Palestinian
Literature Festival, which Abulhawa had been set to attend.She appealed
the decision in an Israeli court Friday morning but her appeal was
rejected, meaning she was likely to be deported in the coming hours, the
spokesman added.Abulhawa, author of the novel “Mornings in Jenin,” had
been due to appear at panel events in both Jerusalem and the West Bank
city of Ramallah during the festival, which is co-sponsored by the
British Council.Immigration authority spokeswoman Sabine Haddad told AFP
the writer was refused entry because of an incident in 2015 when she
refused to answer questions by security personnel when attempting to
enter though a land crossing from neighboring Jordan.“She was refused
entry then and told that the next time she arrived she had to coordinate
in advance,” Haddad said in Hebrew.This time “she landed without
arranging entry in advance.”Haddad added that Abulhawa’s detention was
not related to support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
movement.In March 2017, Israel’s parliament passed a law barring entry
to supporters of BDS, which seeks to isolate the Jewish state
internationally.Last month an American student spent two weeks in
Israeli detention appealing an entry ban over her past involvement in a
campus group that supports boycotting Israel.Lara Alqasem was eventually
allowed to enter Israel after its Supreme Court overturned a lower
court ruling upholding the state’s decision to deny her entry.Alqasem’s
detention came after a number of other high-profile cases in which
travelers to Israel were questioned over their political views and
alleged support for BDS, drawing scrutiny to the law barring boycott
supporters.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Egyptian
delegation tours Gaza clashes as promised calm largely holds-Hamas
member says violence reined in to give Egyptian truce efforts a chance,
but warns of escalation if blockade not lifted-By TOI staff and
Agencies-5 November 2018
An Egyptian security delegation
toured the Gaza border protests Friday, and even though thousands of
Palestinians turned up, they were the quietest in several months,
witnesses said.The visit came amid efforts by Egypt to broker a
ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers.The
delegation briefly attended the demonstrations in northern Gaza, a
statement from the head of the organizing committee said. Eyewitnesses
said a car carrying the delegation briefly drove to a protest site a few
hundred meters from the border, before departing.A senior Hamas member
said the clashes were scaled down to give diplomatic efforts a chance
amid talk of a breakthrough in months of Egyptian-led
negotiations.Khalil al-Hayya said the terror group is “testing”
Egyptian-led efforts to broker a ceasefire to ease an 11-year-old
blockade on Gaza.Fiercer clashes will resume if the blockade remains in
place, al-Hayya warned.Israel and Egypt largely sealed their borders
with Gaza after Hamas seized control in 2007 from the Palestinian
Authority, citing a need to prevent weapons smuggling.Thousands again
gathered at multiple sites near the frontier Friday but largely stayed
away from the border fence, AFP correspondents said.Security forces
loyal to Hamas prevented protesters from approaching the border too
closely, the correspondents said.The Haaretz daily put turnout at some
7,000 demonstrators and quoted the Israel Defense Forces as saying about
half of those present approached the border fence, while the rest
remained at a distance and did not clash with soldiers.The protest ended
earlier than usual.The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said 32
Palestinians were injured during the protests, including seven by
Israeli fire, which The Associated Press said was the lowest casualty
figures reported since the start of the demonstrations.Armed factions in
Gaza on Thursday had agreed to rein in violence along the security
fence in light of the latest Egyptian-efforts to reach a ceasefire with
Israel.A senior Hamas member told the Ynet news site groups in Gaza
agreed to stop protesters from burning tires, throwing firebombs and
approaching the border during rallies until Sunday.He said the
protesters would also refrain from launching incendiary devices toward
Israel over the weekend.Egypt and UN officials have been engaged in
indirect talks between Hamas, the Islamist terror group that runs the
Gaza Strip, and Israel.Israel has accused Hamas, which is sworn to the
destruction of the Jewish state, of leading the protests and using them
as cover to carry out attacks against troops stationed the border-Since
often violent protests began on March 30, over 150 Palestinians have
been killed by Israeli fire during protests and clashes along the
border, including a number of people who broke through the fence into
Israel. Dozens of the fatalities were Hamas members.One Israeli soldier
has been killed by a Palestinian sniper.In a statement after a meeting
of their leaders in Gaza on Thursday, Hamas and Islamic Jihad said the
marches would continue, albeit without violence.Both groups praised
Egyptian and UN efforts to broker a deal.A separate statement by Islamic
Jihad carried by Israeli media threatened that it would use a “new
tactic” along the border, without providing details.A leader of the
Iran-backed terror group told Haaretz the Egyptians had agreed to work
to curb any Israeli response to the protests over the next three weeks.
The unnamed official said the protests could be called off after that
period if Israel keeps to its commitment to ease a blockade on the
Strip.There was no comment from Egyptian officials.Last week’s clashes,
in which seven Palestinians were reported killed, was followed by
Islamic Jihad rocket launches at Israel and retaliatory Israeli Air
Force raids, dashing hopes of what was expected to be a calmer weekend
along the border.
