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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)
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
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 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
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.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
In West Bank, Palestinians march against US-led peace conference in Bahrain-PLO official asserts that summit in Manama seeks to write off the Palestinian issue as an economic matter; protesters in Bethlehem burn a hanging effigy of Trump-By Adam Rasgon-TOI-JUN 25,19
Al-BIREH, West Bank — Several thousand Palestinians took to the streets of Nablus on Tuesday to protest the US-led economic workshop in Bahrain, which commenced in the evening.The protesters gathered in the center of the West Bank city, where they listened to Palestinian officials deliver speeches criticizing the conference. Many of the demonstrators also hoisted Palestinian flags, while some held up signs.“Down with the Bahrain conference,” one of the signs read.The US administration and Bahrain announced in mid-May that they would host an economic workshop in Manama on June 25-26 that “will facilitate discussions on an ambitious, achievable vision and framework for a prosperous future for the Palestinian people and the region.”American officials have said that the summit will deal with the economic portion of the US plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which includes proposals for more than $50 billion of investment over the next 10 years in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and neighboring Arab countries.The Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership has firmly rejected participating in the conference; PA President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the Palestinians will not accept its results.‘The Palestinian people will not be sold’Some 60 kilometers south of Nablus, a small group of approximately 30 Palestinians, most of whom belong to Palestinian political factions, marched on the outskirts of Ramallah in al-Bireh to protest the summit.“The Palestinian people will not be sold,” the protesters yelled out, as dozens of journalists observed them. “It desires its state and identity.”They were marching adjacent to Defense Ministry offices near the Beit El settlement.Some of the younger protesters, their faces fully covered, lit tires on fire and a handful threw rocks toward Israeli security forces in the distance.The security forces fired several rounds of tear gas at the rock-throwers and protesters, pushing them back toward Ramallah. Meanwhile, passing cars maneuvered around the protesters and the tear gas.Wasel Abu Yousef, a Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee member, lashed out at the conference in Bahrain, contending that it seeks to turn the Palestinian issue into an economic matter.“We first need the end of the occupation and then we can discuss economic matters,” he said, standing on the sidelines of the march. “This gathering in Bahrain is an attempt to liquidate the Palestinian issue and turn it into an economic one.”Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Abbas’s spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the conference was “born dead,” according to the official PA news site.In Bethlehem, dozens of protesters marched toward the security barrier near Rachel’s Tomb, including some who burned a hanging effigy of US President Donald Trump.Hundreds of Palestinians also protested on Monday in other cities in the West Bank against the conference.Many prominent Palestinian businesspeople, including real estate developer Bashar Masri, have also rejected the conference and said they turned down invitations to participate in it.US officials have criticized the Palestinians for refusing to partake in the gathering.Within an hour after the march in al-Bireh started, the vast majority of the protesters had left.A young demonstrator, who asked to remain nameless, criticized Arab states for participating in the conference.“They have not stood in solidarity with us enough,” said the 19-year-old man from Ramallah, who added he did not have any political affiliation. “They all should have boycotted it.”A number of Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt, have confirmed they would attend the summit.Jordanian and Egyptian officials, however, said that they would only dispatch deputy finance ministers to the confab.In the Gaza Strip, many shops and stores closed down as part of a strike to protest the summit in Manama, Hamas-linked media based in the coastal enclave reported.The Hamas terror group and other bodies in Gaza called for a strike late last week.Hamas has controlled Gaza since it ousted the Fatah-dominated PA in 2007 from the territory.
Opening Bahrain workshop, Kushner says economic progress a precondition to peace-Senior Trump adviser tells dignitaries gathered in Manama his plan for the Middle East is ‘the opportunity of the century’ for Palestinians, laments their lack of cooperation-By AFP and Raphael Ahren-JUN 25,19-TOI
Kicking off the Trump administration’s international peace conference in Bahrain Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said his plan for the Middle East was “the opportunity of the century” for the Palestinians but their acceptance was a precondition to peace.“Agreeing on an economic pathway forward is a necessary precondition to resolving the previously unsolvable political issues,” Kushner said as he opened the workshop in the Bahraini capital of Manama, which is being boycotted by the Palestinian Authority.While the two-day meeting will not address political solutions in the Middle East, Kushner acknowledged the need to take them up later.“To be clear, economic growth and prosperity for the Palestinian people are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict — one that guarantees Israel’s security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian people,” he said.Kushner said the political talks would come, but asked his audience to focus at the summit on the region’s economic potential.“Imagine a bustling commercial and tourist center in Gaza and the West Bank, where international businesses come together and thrive,” he said.Kushner acknowledged widespread skepticism about the intentions of President Donald Trump, his father-in-law, who has taken an unapologetic pro-Israel line, including recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.But he said that the Palestinians have been ill-served by previous peace-making efforts.“My direct message to the Palestinian people is that despite what those who have let you down in the past say, President Trump and America have not given up on you,” Kushner said.He dismissed the mocking description of his peace plan as the “deal of the century” but said: “This effort is better referred to as the Opportunity of the Century, if the leadership has the courage to pursue it.”Kushner expressed hope that those present could “come together and hopefully use this [conference] to change the course of history in the region.”The economic plan, revealed by the White House on Saturday, calls for $50 billion in investment over 10 years in the West Bank, Gaza, and Arab neighboring countries.“For too long the Palestinian people have been trapped in an inefficient framework of the past,” said Kushner, criticizing the “conventional wisdom” about peacemaking.“In meeting after meeting and conference after conference I hear the same broken record of negativity about why progress is not possible,” he said.Meanwhile, he said, the Palestinian people were being left behind.He said his goal was to encourage those assembled to “begin thinking about these challenges in a new way.”The conference in the tiny Gulf kingdom was being held amid heavy skepticism and deep doubts about prospects for its success.Attending were some Arab finance ministers, the heads of international financial organizations, and private sector business executives and investors from dozens of states. At least five rabbis were at the summit: Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, from the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Rabbi Marc Schneier, an adviser for interfaith affairs to the king of Bahrain; Montreal-based Rabbi Mayer Gniwisch, the owner of a venture capital fund that invests in Israel; and one rabbi who asked to remain unnamed.But the participants notably do not include official Israeli or Palestinian delegations, and many countries’ delegations are not headed by cabinet ministers.The Palestinians have rejected the proposal because it does not include a horizon for granting them independence. US officials say the political portion of the plan addressing such thorny issues may not be released until the fall.Only one Palestinian businessman, Ashraf Jabari, was known to attend the event. He was joined by a handful of fellow Palestinians, who asked not to be interviewed, but said they support Jabari and his decision not to boycott the event.Without proposals on borders, the status of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees, the Palestinians say the economic plan is meaningless and are staging protests against the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop.Palestinians in Gaza called a general strike, with stores and public institutions shuttering to protest the meeting, and demonstrators in the West Bank carried a giant coffin labeled “Bahrain workshop” and signs reading “The Deal of the Century is doomed.”Besides opposition from the intended beneficiaries of the proposal, the plan has been harshly criticized by former diplomats, aid workers and others involved in past peacemaking efforts for being unrealistic and lacking any clear description of who will pay for it.Trump, Kushner and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argue that a new approach is needed precisely because previous efforts have fallen short. They note that the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will attend and speak at the event, as will the head of FIFA, the international soccer federation, and the managers of numerous large investment funds.Yet, enthusiasm has been tempered by the Trump administration’s refusal to endorse the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, the “two-state solution” that has been long viewed internationally as the only viable path to lasting peace.The Palestinians cut ties with the White House after Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017. Trump’s Mideast team has recently signaled it will accept Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank, the heartland of any Palestinian state, deepening Palestinian suspicions.Even the Arab delegations attending the meeting in Bahrain have couched their participation with reaffirmations of support for an eventual Palestinian state.Saudi Arabia said it remained committed to that end with a state based on the border that existed before the 1967 Six Day War.“The Kingdom reiterates its firm position on the Palestinian cause and solving it in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative, which called for establishing an independent Palestinian state along the borders of 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the Saudi government said in a statement.Qatar’s Ali Sharif Al Emadi was the only finance minister, besides Mnuchin, who was present at the workshop. His arrival in Bahrain is remarkable, as relations between Bahrain and Qatar have been very tense for some time now.Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab nations to have signed peace deals with Israel, sent only mid-level representatives to Bahrain and said they would not abandon demands for a Palestinian state.Morocco is also taking part in the Bahrain workshop, but the foreign ministry qualified its participation by noting its delegation is headed by a member of the finance ministry, saying in a statement that “the constant and unchanged position of the Kingdom of Morocco, [is] in favor of a two-state solution, living side by side in peace and stability.”Bahrain, which has close ties to the Saudis, has been criticized for hosting the conference and sharply limited the number of journalists allowed to cover it. It has defended its decision by saying its only objective is to support the “brotherly Palestinian people.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
As US holds economic confab, UN chief seeks funds for Palestinian refugees-Antonio Guterres says opening of academic year at UNRWA schools could be delayed if agency doesn’t collect enough money from donors-By Agencies and TOI staff-JUN 25,19-TOI
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on United Nations member states Tuesday to fund the agency that works to help Palestinian refugees as he opened a donors conference for the body, which is boycotted by the US.The conference was being held the same day the Trump administration presented in Bahrain the economic portion of a long awaited Middle East peace plan, an event boycotted by the Palestinian Authority.The US plan dangles the prospect of $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and neighboring Arab countries over 10 years.More than a year ago the Trump administration stopped sending money to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, and called for it to be dissolved, saying it was no longer justified 70 years after the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the creation of Israel.“Today, I humbly ask all donors to maintain their support for UNRWA at last year’s level,” said Guterres.“We know what is at risk: education for a half million children; 8 million health care visits a year; emergency relief for 1.5 million. In Gaza alone, one million Palestine refugees depend on UNRWA for food,” he said.Last year, the UN agency relied on extra money from member states and internal savings to cover a $446 million budgetary hole.This year it unveiled a budget of $1.2 billion, unchanged from 2018.Unless enough money is pledged on Tuesday, the agency could fall back into the red by the end of the month, Guterres warned. And that could mean delaying school openings in late August or September, the agency says.UNRWA was established after the war surrounding Israel’s establishment in 1948 to aid the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes and their descendants. It now runs schools and provides health care for some five million Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip-Critics in the US and Israel accuse the agency of perpetuating the conflict, defining refugees differently from the main UN refugee agency, and promoting a culture of welfare dependency by maintaining an ever-growing population of people regarded as refugees. Instead of working to resettle them, as happens with other refugee populations around the world, critics say UNRWA allows refugee status to be passed down indefinitely for generations, even in cases where they have gained citizenship elsewhere, such as Jordan — to serve the Palestinian political goal of return.UNRWA argues it is simply providing services until a political solution is found. It rejects the criticism, claiming that refugees in other conflicts — who are all taken care of by the UNHCR — also maintain their status. It says it is carrying out a UN-mandated mission that reflects the will of the international community. The best way to solve the refugee problem, it says, is to find a political solution to the conflict that addresses the fate of the refugees and their descendants.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
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 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
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.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
In West Bank, Palestinians march against US-led peace conference in Bahrain-PLO official asserts that summit in Manama seeks to write off the Palestinian issue as an economic matter; protesters in Bethlehem burn a hanging effigy of Trump-By Adam Rasgon-TOI-JUN 25,19
Al-BIREH, West Bank — Several thousand Palestinians took to the streets of Nablus on Tuesday to protest the US-led economic workshop in Bahrain, which commenced in the evening.The protesters gathered in the center of the West Bank city, where they listened to Palestinian officials deliver speeches criticizing the conference. Many of the demonstrators also hoisted Palestinian flags, while some held up signs.“Down with the Bahrain conference,” one of the signs read.The US administration and Bahrain announced in mid-May that they would host an economic workshop in Manama on June 25-26 that “will facilitate discussions on an ambitious, achievable vision and framework for a prosperous future for the Palestinian people and the region.”American officials have said that the summit will deal with the economic portion of the US plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which includes proposals for more than $50 billion of investment over the next 10 years in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and neighboring Arab countries.The Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership has firmly rejected participating in the conference; PA President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the Palestinians will not accept its results.‘The Palestinian people will not be sold’Some 60 kilometers south of Nablus, a small group of approximately 30 Palestinians, most of whom belong to Palestinian political factions, marched on the outskirts of Ramallah in al-Bireh to protest the summit.“The Palestinian people will not be sold,” the protesters yelled out, as dozens of journalists observed them. “It desires its state and identity.”They were marching adjacent to Defense Ministry offices near the Beit El settlement.Some of the younger protesters, their faces fully covered, lit tires on fire and a handful threw rocks toward Israeli security forces in the distance.The security forces fired several rounds of tear gas at the rock-throwers and protesters, pushing them back toward Ramallah. Meanwhile, passing cars maneuvered around the protesters and the tear gas.Wasel Abu Yousef, a Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee member, lashed out at the conference in Bahrain, contending that it seeks to turn the Palestinian issue into an economic matter.“We first need the end of the occupation and then we can discuss economic matters,” he said, standing on the sidelines of the march. “This gathering in Bahrain is an attempt to liquidate the Palestinian issue and turn it into an economic one.”Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Abbas’s spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the conference was “born dead,” according to the official PA news site.In Bethlehem, dozens of protesters marched toward the security barrier near Rachel’s Tomb, including some who burned a hanging effigy of US President Donald Trump.Hundreds of Palestinians also protested on Monday in other cities in the West Bank against the conference.Many prominent Palestinian businesspeople, including real estate developer Bashar Masri, have also rejected the conference and said they turned down invitations to participate in it.US officials have criticized the Palestinians for refusing to partake in the gathering.Within an hour after the march in al-Bireh started, the vast majority of the protesters had left.A young demonstrator, who asked to remain nameless, criticized Arab states for participating in the conference.“They have not stood in solidarity with us enough,” said the 19-year-old man from Ramallah, who added he did not have any political affiliation. “They all should have boycotted it.”A number of Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt, have confirmed they would attend the summit.Jordanian and Egyptian officials, however, said that they would only dispatch deputy finance ministers to the confab.In the Gaza Strip, many shops and stores closed down as part of a strike to protest the summit in Manama, Hamas-linked media based in the coastal enclave reported.The Hamas terror group and other bodies in Gaza called for a strike late last week.Hamas has controlled Gaza since it ousted the Fatah-dominated PA in 2007 from the territory.
Opening Bahrain workshop, Kushner says economic progress a precondition to peace-Senior Trump adviser tells dignitaries gathered in Manama his plan for the Middle East is ‘the opportunity of the century’ for Palestinians, laments their lack of cooperation-By AFP and Raphael Ahren-JUN 25,19-TOI
Kicking off the Trump administration’s international peace conference in Bahrain Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said his plan for the Middle East was “the opportunity of the century” for the Palestinians but their acceptance was a precondition to peace.“Agreeing on an economic pathway forward is a necessary precondition to resolving the previously unsolvable political issues,” Kushner said as he opened the workshop in the Bahraini capital of Manama, which is being boycotted by the Palestinian Authority.While the two-day meeting will not address political solutions in the Middle East, Kushner acknowledged the need to take them up later.“To be clear, economic growth and prosperity for the Palestinian people are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict — one that guarantees Israel’s security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian people,” he said.Kushner said the political talks would come, but asked his audience to focus at the summit on the region’s economic potential.“Imagine a bustling commercial and tourist center in Gaza and the West Bank, where international businesses come together and thrive,” he said.Kushner acknowledged widespread skepticism about the intentions of President Donald Trump, his father-in-law, who has taken an unapologetic pro-Israel line, including recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.But he said that the Palestinians have been ill-served by previous peace-making efforts.“My direct message to the Palestinian people is that despite what those who have let you down in the past say, President Trump and America have not given up on you,” Kushner said.He dismissed the mocking description of his peace plan as the “deal of the century” but said: “This effort is better referred to as the Opportunity of the Century, if the leadership has the courage to pursue it.”Kushner expressed hope that those present could “come together and hopefully use this [conference] to change the course of history in the region.”The economic plan, revealed by the White House on Saturday, calls for $50 billion in investment over 10 years in the West Bank, Gaza, and Arab neighboring countries.“For too long the Palestinian people have been trapped in an inefficient framework of the past,” said Kushner, criticizing the “conventional wisdom” about peacemaking.“In meeting after meeting and conference after conference I hear the same broken record of negativity about why progress is not possible,” he said.Meanwhile, he said, the Palestinian people were being left behind.He said his goal was to encourage those assembled to “begin thinking about these challenges in a new way.”The conference in the tiny Gulf kingdom was being held amid heavy skepticism and deep doubts about prospects for its success.Attending were some Arab finance ministers, the heads of international financial organizations, and private sector business executives and investors from dozens of states. At least five rabbis were at the summit: Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, from the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Rabbi Marc Schneier, an adviser for interfaith affairs to the king of Bahrain; Montreal-based Rabbi Mayer Gniwisch, the owner of a venture capital fund that invests in Israel; and one rabbi who asked to remain unnamed.But the participants notably do not include official Israeli or Palestinian delegations, and many countries’ delegations are not headed by cabinet ministers.The Palestinians have rejected the proposal because it does not include a horizon for granting them independence. US officials say the political portion of the plan addressing such thorny issues may not be released until the fall.Only one Palestinian businessman, Ashraf Jabari, was known to attend the event. He was joined by a handful of fellow Palestinians, who asked not to be interviewed, but said they support Jabari and his decision not to boycott the event.Without proposals on borders, the status of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees, the Palestinians say the economic plan is meaningless and are staging protests against the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop.Palestinians in Gaza called a general strike, with stores and public institutions shuttering to protest the meeting, and demonstrators in the West Bank carried a giant coffin labeled “Bahrain workshop” and signs reading “The Deal of the Century is doomed.”Besides opposition from the intended beneficiaries of the proposal, the plan has been harshly criticized by former diplomats, aid workers and others involved in past peacemaking efforts for being unrealistic and lacking any clear description of who will pay for it.Trump, Kushner and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin argue that a new approach is needed precisely because previous efforts have fallen short. They note that the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will attend and speak at the event, as will the head of FIFA, the international soccer federation, and the managers of numerous large investment funds.Yet, enthusiasm has been tempered by the Trump administration’s refusal to endorse the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, the “two-state solution” that has been long viewed internationally as the only viable path to lasting peace.The Palestinians cut ties with the White House after Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017. Trump’s Mideast team has recently signaled it will accept Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank, the heartland of any Palestinian state, deepening Palestinian suspicions.Even the Arab delegations attending the meeting in Bahrain have couched their participation with reaffirmations of support for an eventual Palestinian state.Saudi Arabia said it remained committed to that end with a state based on the border that existed before the 1967 Six Day War.“The Kingdom reiterates its firm position on the Palestinian cause and solving it in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative, which called for establishing an independent Palestinian state along the borders of 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the Saudi government said in a statement.Qatar’s Ali Sharif Al Emadi was the only finance minister, besides Mnuchin, who was present at the workshop. His arrival in Bahrain is remarkable, as relations between Bahrain and Qatar have been very tense for some time now.Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab nations to have signed peace deals with Israel, sent only mid-level representatives to Bahrain and said they would not abandon demands for a Palestinian state.Morocco is also taking part in the Bahrain workshop, but the foreign ministry qualified its participation by noting its delegation is headed by a member of the finance ministry, saying in a statement that “the constant and unchanged position of the Kingdom of Morocco, [is] in favor of a two-state solution, living side by side in peace and stability.”Bahrain, which has close ties to the Saudis, has been criticized for hosting the conference and sharply limited the number of journalists allowed to cover it. It has defended its decision by saying its only objective is to support the “brotherly Palestinian people.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
As US holds economic confab, UN chief seeks funds for Palestinian refugees-Antonio Guterres says opening of academic year at UNRWA schools could be delayed if agency doesn’t collect enough money from donors-By Agencies and TOI staff-JUN 25,19-TOI
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on United Nations member states Tuesday to fund the agency that works to help Palestinian refugees as he opened a donors conference for the body, which is boycotted by the US.The conference was being held the same day the Trump administration presented in Bahrain the economic portion of a long awaited Middle East peace plan, an event boycotted by the Palestinian Authority.The US plan dangles the prospect of $50 billion of investment in the Palestinian territories and neighboring Arab countries over 10 years.More than a year ago the Trump administration stopped sending money to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, and called for it to be dissolved, saying it was no longer justified 70 years after the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the creation of Israel.“Today, I humbly ask all donors to maintain their support for UNRWA at last year’s level,” said Guterres.“We know what is at risk: education for a half million children; 8 million health care visits a year; emergency relief for 1.5 million. In Gaza alone, one million Palestine refugees depend on UNRWA for food,” he said.Last year, the UN agency relied on extra money from member states and internal savings to cover a $446 million budgetary hole.This year it unveiled a budget of $1.2 billion, unchanged from 2018.Unless enough money is pledged on Tuesday, the agency could fall back into the red by the end of the month, Guterres warned. And that could mean delaying school openings in late August or September, the agency says.UNRWA was established after the war surrounding Israel’s establishment in 1948 to aid the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes and their descendants. It now runs schools and provides health care for some five million Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip-Critics in the US and Israel accuse the agency of perpetuating the conflict, defining refugees differently from the main UN refugee agency, and promoting a culture of welfare dependency by maintaining an ever-growing population of people regarded as refugees. Instead of working to resettle them, as happens with other refugee populations around the world, critics say UNRWA allows refugee status to be passed down indefinitely for generations, even in cases where they have gained citizenship elsewhere, such as Jordan — to serve the Palestinian political goal of return.UNRWA argues it is simply providing services until a political solution is found. It rejects the criticism, claiming that refugees in other conflicts — who are all taken care of by the UNHCR — also maintain their status. It says it is carrying out a UN-mandated mission that reflects the will of the international community. The best way to solve the refugee problem, it says, is to find a political solution to the conflict that addresses the fate of the refugees and their descendants.
