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)
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN
REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD OVER ALL CASES 163,191,576 DEAD 3,383,964 AS OF SUN MAY 16,21
The Canadian PressThe Canadian Press-A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, May 15, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 15, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 494,638 new vaccinations administered for a total of 17,734,225 doses given. Nationwide, 1,370,327 people or 3.6 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. The provinces have administered doses at a rate of 46,793.043 per 100,000.There were no new vaccines delivered to the provinces and territories for a total of 20,355,204 doses delivered so far. The provinces and territories have used 87.12 per cent of their available vaccine supply.Please note that Newfoundland and Labrador, P.E.I., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the territories typically do not report on a daily basis.Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting 34,329 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 225,459 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 430.568 per 1,000. In the province, 1.88 per cent (9,870) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Newfoundland and Labrador for a total of 279,010 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 53 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 80.81 per cent of its available vaccine supply.P.E.I. is reporting 8,000 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 67,758 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 427.148 per 1,000. In the province, 7.20 per cent (11,429) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to P.E.I. for a total of 84,915 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 54 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 79.8 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Nova Scotia is reporting 58,592 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 415,570 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 425.833 per 1,000. In the province, 3.98 per cent (38,830) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Nova Scotia for a total of 498,490 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 51 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 83.37 per cent of its available vaccine supply.New Brunswick is reporting 44,577 new vaccinations administered over the past seven days for a total of 338,127 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 433.474 per 1,000. In the province, 4.12 per cent (32,130) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to New Brunswick for a total of 415,935 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 53 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 81.29 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Quebec is reporting 112,925 new vaccinations administered for a total of 4,127,768 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 482.405 per 1,000. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Quebec for a total of 4,578,079 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 54 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 90.16 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Ontario is reporting 141,765 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,771,128 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 460.964 per 1,000. In the province, 2.83 per cent (415,531) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Ontario for a total of 7,843,825 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 53 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 86.32 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Manitoba is reporting 19,849 new vaccinations administered for a total of 625,404 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 454.177 per 1,000. In the province, 5.80 per cent (79,898) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Manitoba for a total of 759,870 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 55 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 82.3 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Saskatchewan is reporting 7,930 new vaccinations administered for a total of 553,389 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 469.31 per 1,000. In the province, 4.05 per cent (47,758) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Saskatchewan for a total of 637,115 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 54 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 86.86 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Alberta is reporting 66,876 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,086,589 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 474.004 per 1,000. In the province, 7.39 per cent (325,409) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Alberta for a total of 2,355,255 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 54 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 88.59 per cent of its available vaccine supply.British Columbia is reporting 115,947 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,393,265 doses given. The province has administered doses at a rate of 466.38 per 1,000. In the province, 2.43 per cent (124,880) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to British Columbia for a total of 2,740,590 doses delivered so far. The province has received enough of the vaccine to give 53 per cent of its population a single dose. The province has used 87.33 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Yukon is reporting 382 new vaccinations administered for a total of 50,652 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 1,213.774 per 1,000. In the territory, 56.73 per cent (23,673) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Yukon for a total of 57,020 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 140 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 88.83 per cent of its available vaccine supply.The Northwest Territories are reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 49,811 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 1,103.992 per 1,000. In the territory, 49.87 per cent (22,501) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to the Northwest Territories for a total of 60,000 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 130 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 83.02 per cent of its available vaccine supply.Nunavut is reporting zero new vaccinations administered for a total of 29,305 doses given. The territory has administered doses at a rate of 756.727 per 1,000. In the territory, 33.26 per cent (12,879) of the population has been fully vaccinated. There were zero new vaccines delivered to Nunavut for a total of 45,100 doses delivered so far. The territory has received enough of the vaccine to give 120 per cent of its population a single dose. The territory has used 64.98 per cent of its available vaccine supply.*Notes on data: The figures are compiled by the COVID-19 Open Data Working Group based on the latest publicly available data and are subject to change. Note that some provinces report weekly, while others report same-day or figures from the previous day. Vaccine doses administered is not equivalent to the number of people inoculated as the approved vaccines require two doses per person. The vaccines are currently not being administered to children under 18 and those with certain health conditions. In some cases the number of doses administered may appear to exceed the number of doses distributed as some provinces have been drawing extra doses per vial.This report was automatically generated by The Canadian Press Digital Data Desk and was first published May 15, 2021-The Canadian Press.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
031 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AM
EZEKIEL 39:11-22
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)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) 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 THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
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.
IDF: Palestinian man attempts to ram soldiers with car, is shot dead-No servicemen injured in attempted attack in southern West Bank, amid uptick of violence-By TOI staff-may 16,21-Today, 4:35 am
The Israel Defense Forces said soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian man who was attempting to commit a car-ramming attack near Dahariyya Junction in the southern West Bank on Saturday night.According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, the man, who has yet to be publicly identified, died of his wounds.There were no reports of injuries among the Israeli soldiers.Violence in the West Bank has increased since terror groups in the Gaza Strip began firing rockets at Israel on Monday, setting off the worst flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian fighting in seven years.The IDF said Friday that forces shot and killed a Palestinian assailant who attempted to attack a soldier at the entrance to a military post near the West Bank settlement of Ofra, north of Ramallah. There were no reports of Israelis hurt in the incident. The suspect first attempted to ram the soldier stationed at the military post with his vehicle, and then got out and tried to stab him, the military said.Also Friday, at least nine West Bank Palestinians were killed by Israeli live fire during violent clashes with the IDF, the Palestinian Authority health ministry said. Palestinians threw rocks, Molotov cocktails and shot fireworks at several locations across the West Bank, according to the IDF. Israeli soldiers responded with riot dispersal means and, in some cases, live fire.According to the IDF, some 3,000 Palestinians participated in the riots. The IDF said live fire had been used at some of the sites, including to target “main rioters.”On Wednesday, a Palestinian man tried to stab Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and was shot by troops at the scene.The army on Tuesday said a would-be Palestinian gunman was killed and another was seriously injured after pulling a weapon on troops at Tapuah Junction. But according to Army Radio, the incident was a case of mistaken identity and it remains unclear whether the Palestinians were armed. Both were members of Palestinian intelligence services, a Palestinian security source told AFP, without giving further details.Last Friday, three Palestinians opened fire toward a Border Police base in Israeli territory near the northern West Bank, with two of the attackers killed and one wounded when officers on the scene returned fire. The assailants were believed to be headed toward Jerusalem to carry out a terror attack in the city but were halted by Israeli security forces.Earlier this month, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire toward Israeli civilians at the Tapuah Junction in the West Bank, resulting in the death of 19-year-old yeshiva student Yehuda Guetta and in the injury of two others.The attack on Friday came amid renewed fighting between Israel and Gaza terror groups, with over 2,300 rockets fired from the enclave since Monday night, killing 10 in Israel. The IDF has responded with airstrikes on Gaza, which have killed 119 according to the Hamas-run health ministry
IDF: 130 rockets were fired at Israel’s cities overnight-In call with Gantz, US defense chief condemns Hamas and calls for calm * IDF defends strike on Gaza media building, says Hamas, PIJ assets were there-By TOI staff-may 16,21-Today, 7:51 am-By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian terror groups fired over 130 rockets toward Israel from the Gaza Strip from Saturday night to Sunday morning, the military says, with dozens of the incoming projectiles being intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.According to the Israel Defense Forces, roughly 120 rockets were fired into Israeli territory during that time, while 11 failed to clear the border and landed within the Gaza Strip.Roughly half of the projectiles — 55 — were fired at Israel in a massive barrage aimed at central and southern Israel around midnight Saturday, which caused neither injury nor significant damage, according to Israeli authorities.In total, terrorists have launched nearly 2,500 rockets since the start of the fighting on Monday evening, according to the military’s tally.8:49 am-In call with Gantz, US defense chief condemns Hamas and calls for calm-By Judah Ari Gross-The Pentagon releases a readout of a Saturday phone call between US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Benny Gantz.While Austin “reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself” and “strongly condemned the continued onslaught of attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups targeting Israeli civilians,” he urged an end to the fighting and the restoration of calm.8:11 am-60 brushfires put out in West Bank on Saturday, half of them said caused by arson-Israeli Fire and Rescue Services officials say 60 brushfires were put out throughout the West Bank since Saturday morning that were sparked by firebombs and burning tires in protests.An estimated 30 of those brushfires were started intentionally, the officials say.7:58 am-Three-hour quiet punctured by 5 a.m. rocket fire at Gaza border towns-After a three-hour lull in Gaza rocket fire from roughly 2 a.m. to 5 a.m., fresh rocket sirens sound this morning throughout the Gaza border area, including in Berekhaya, Nitzanim, Nir Israel, Nahal Oz and Hodaya.There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.7:55 am-IDF releases footage of bombing of Hamas chief Sinwar’s home-The IDF releases footage of its bombing of the home of Hamas’s leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, overnight.7:55 am-IDF lauds Iron Dome performance in overnight rocket barrage from Gaza-By Judah Ari Gross-Some 55 rockets were fired at Tel Aviv and central Israel in Hamas’s Saturday midnight barrage, the Israel Defense Forces says.Without releasing exact numbers, IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman says the Iron Dome missile defense system performed well against the fusillade.“We intercepted a very, very good percentage of them,” he says.Iron Dome putting in some serious work tonight- (Video: Tai Tzaban) pic.twitter.com/Omi2JL9ibo — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) May 15, 2021-No direct injuries were reported in the strikes, though a number of people were injured while running to bomb shelters, according to medics.7:54 am-IDF defends strike on Gaza media building, noting Hamas, PIJ assets in building-By Judah Ari Gross-Fire and smoke rises from the Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after the IDF war.IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman pushes back against American lawmakers’ condemnation of the targeting of a building in Gaza that housed a number of international media outlets, where the military says Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization also maintained facilities.One of the main occupants of the building, the Associate Press news agency, which has maintained offices there for some 15 years, has denied knowledge of Hamas’s presence in the building and demanded the Israel Defense Forces release evidence of that fact, which Zilberman rejected.“Yesterday I released a statement with the assets that were in the building. I’ll repeat them: a Hamas research and development unit, Hamas military intelligence and offices of the PIJ. It was very clear what was in there,” he says.Asked if the strike wasn’t a mistake nevertheless given the denunciation by key Israeli allies, including US President Joe Biden and Democratic US Senator Bob Menendez, who have until now overwhelmingly supported Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip in response to ongoing rocket fire from Gaza at cities and towns throughout the country, Zilberman balked.“We’re in the midst of an operation. They are firing wherever they want, on a civilian population, on cities that have tens and hundreds of thousands of people. Think for a second about all the people you mentioned, imagine what they would say if one rocket — one! — were fired at Washington. I want to know what they would say,” Zilberman says.“A building that has Hamas and Islamic Jihad assets in it needs to be brought down.”The spokesperson adds that this operation was meant to deter terror groups from maintaining offices alongside media outlets in the future.“If Hamas and the Islamic Jihad think that the media are their shield, then in the next operation in Gaza, we’ll find that media outlets’ offices are going to be popping up as covers for terrorist assets,” he says.
Police say they were ‘underprepared’ for Jewish-Arab violence engulfing cities-Commissioner Kobi Shabtai says 1,000 have been arrested over riots, is evasive on whether he thinks far-right MK Ben Gvir is to blame for unrest-By TOI staff-MAY 16,21-Today, 4:31 am
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai on Saturday conceded that forces were underprepared for the violence that swept through Jewish-Arab cities this week, particularly amid the ongoing threat of rocket fire from Gaza.“There were a number of events we weren’t prepared to respond to simultaneously,” Shabtai told reporters. “Today we are prepared with greater intensity, with a concentration of forces, and there [will be a] response [to events].”Tensions between Israel’s Jewish and Arab communities have spiraled into mob violence, turning some ostensibly ethnically integrated cities into veritable war zones as police have appeared unequipped to handle the most serious internal unrest to grip the country in years.Shabtai had reportedly accused extreme-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir of being responsible for the ongoing riots and fanning the flames.When asked to respond to the Friday report, Shabtai told reporters that “there are those from all sides of the political spectrum that contributed their share to the current situation.”“Do the math yourself,” the commissioner said when asked if Ben Gvir specifically was the cause of the violence.Shabtai added that some 1,000 people have been arrested so far for involvement in the violence over the past week and at least 420 of them remain in custody.Several people, both Jewish and Arab, have been assaulted and seriously wounded in shooting incidents and beatings in the unrest.In Lod, a central city with Jewish and Arab populations that has become an epicenter of the ethnic violence wracking the country, a curfew began at 8 p.m. on Saturday for the fifth night in a row.Also Saturday, the Defense Ministry extended the state of emergency in the city by 48 hours, at the request of police, a spokesperson for the ministry said.Saturday night remained relatively quiet aside from sporadic reports from the central mixed Jewish and Arab city of Ramle, and the southern Bedouin city of Rahat.In Ramle’s market, at least two stores went up in flames on Saturday night. A spokesperson for the Fire and Rescue Services said firefighters managed to quickly extinguish both blazes, but did not confirm the cause.In Rahat, police said two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, were detained after they hurled stones at a police station in the city.There were no reports of injuries in any of the incidents.Late Friday night, Arab rioters in the mixed Arab-Jewish city Acre torched the Acre theater, which locals have described as a symbol of Arab-Jewish coexistence.“It’s incredibly painful to see this happen,” Moni Yosef, one of the theater’s managers, told Ynet.Clashes also broke out in the northern Arab Israeli towns and cities of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Fureidis, Umm al-Fahm, Jisr az-Zarqa and other areas in the north, including Haifa. Police said officers used riot dispersal means as violent protesters threw rocks and firebombs, and launched firecrackers. Police also said they made a number of arrests, with suspects taken in for questioning.In Nahf, an Arab town near Carmiel, rioters set a truck alight, attacking officers with firebombs and rocks when they arrived at the scene. One person was arrested, the Ynet news site reported.In Jaffa, a home in the Ajami neighborhood was firebombed, injuring two Arab children — a 12-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl — and prompting police to launch an investigation. Surveillance footage from the incident showed two hooded figures walking in an alleyway near the home before it was attacked.Public Security Minister Amir Ohana on Saturday said that the investigation into the firebombing is in progress.According to the Kan public broadcaster, police are examining the possibility that the assailants were Arab Israelis who believed the home belonged to Jews.
Netanyahu: Gaza operation is ‘just and moral,’ a few days of fighting lie ahead-Condemning ethnic violence in Israel, PM says country won’t tolerate ‘pogroms,’ and those who act like ‘terrorists’ will be dealt with as such-By TOI staff and Jacob Magid-MAY 16,21-Today, 12:54 am
In a televised statement on Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military operation in Gaza and also said Israel would not tolerate “pogroms” in its cities, referring to recent ethnic violence between Jewish and Arab Israelis.“There is no more just or moral operation,” Netanyahu said of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, noting the hostilities began when Hamas fired rockets at Jerusalem on Monday evening in “a totally unprovoked attack.”Palestinian terror groups have tied the escalation in Gaza to clashes between police and Muslim worshipers on the Temple Mount during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the pending eviction of a number of Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have fired over 2,300 rockets at Israel since the outbreak of fighting on Monday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Ten Israelis, including a young child, have been killed in the rocket fire, and hundreds have been injured. The most recent casualty was on Saturday afternoon when a man was killed by a projectile that struck the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan.“You know and I know no country would tolerate this. Israel will not tolerate this. Israel has responded forcefully to these attacks and will continue to respond forcefully,” Netanyahu said in English, following similar comments in Hebrew.Netanyahu said that a “few days” of fighting still lay ahead. He accused Hamas of “committing a double war crime” by firing rockets at Israeli citizens from within population centers in Gaza. He also touted the “special care” Israel takes to avoid civilian casualties, such as alerting occupants of buildings it is going to strike before it bombs them.Referring to Israel’s destruction of high-rise buildings, such as the one on Saturday that housed offices of foreign media outlets, Netanyahu said these buildings are being used by Hamas and other terror organizations.He warned terror leaders: “You can’t hide, not above land or below it. No one is immune.”He also thanked US President Joe Biden for his “clear and unequivocal support,” following a phone call with the American leader.Defense Minister Benny Gantz also issued an English-language statement Saturday night, appealing to the international community to back Israel amid the fighting against Hamas and the other Gaza terror groups. Gantz said he ordered the IDF to launch Operation Guardian of the Walls after Hamas began firing rockets toward Israel on Monday evening.“This was not a question of choice. It was a question of duty. Duty to our citizens. Duty to democracy. And duty to the values of life, freedom, and the rule of law. No country, institution, or international body can question our right to protect our citizens and our sovereignty,” he said. He urged Hamas to “stop terrorizing our people. And stop terrorizing yours.”“It is absurd that we do everything in our power to avoid hitting your civilians while you cowardly hide behind them,” he said.Gantz also called on every world leader “who values life and liberty to take a clear stand against this horrific violence” and support Israel’s right to defend itself.In his statement, Netanyahu also condemned recent riots in Israeli cities, with violence initiated by both Jews and Arabs.Over the past week Israel experienced its worst internal Jewish-Arab chaos for many years, as scenes of unrest, rioting, hate rallies and growing social chaos spread throughout numerous cities, some of which had been seen as symbols of coexistence.Several people, both Jewish and Arab, have been assaulted and seriously wounded in shooting incidents and beatings.“The Jewish state will not tolerate pogroms against our citizens. We will not allow our Jewish citizens to be lynched or live in fear of murderous Arab gangs. We will not tolerate the torching of synagogues and the torching of property,” he said.e also said Israel “will not allow Jews to take the law into their own hands and attack innocent Arabs, or attempt to lynch an innocent Arab; there was one such case,” he said, apparently referring to an unprovoked vicious mob beating of an Arab man in Bat Yam.“Whoever incites will pay a very heavy price,” he said. “Whoever acts as a terrorist will be punished as a terrorist.”“To tolerate this unacceptable vigilantism and violence is to pave the way to anarchy,” he said.Netanyahu concluded: “I’m confident Israel will be able to deal with these threats from without and these threats from within.”Earlier Saturday, Netanyahu spoke with Biden about the ongoing escalation in violence between Israel and terrorists in the Gaza Strip and said the IDF was doing everything possible to avoid harming civilians, according to an Israeli statement on the call.Biden, for his part, said he was worried about the safety of journalists in the conflict zone, after Israel demolished a Gaza tower where foreign journalists had offices. The IDF had warned occupants that it was going to demolish the tower, which it said was used as a Hamas intel HQ.The president also stressed his support for “steps to enable the Palestinian people to enjoy dignity, security, freedom,” as part of a two-state solution.The conversation, reportedly initiated by Biden, was the second between the two leaders this week.Netanyahu updated Biden on Israel’s operations in Gaza and the future steps it plans to take there, according to the Israeli statement on the call.Additionally, Netanyahu thanked Biden for the “unwavering support” of the United States for Israel’s right to defend itself, the statement said.Netanyahu “emphasized in the conversation that Israel is doing everything to avoid harming innocent civilians and the proof of this is that in towers where there are terror targets attacked by the IDF, they are given time to evacuate first,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.A few hours later the White House put out a statement on the call, saying Biden “reaffirmed his strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza. He condemned these indiscriminate attacks against towns and cities across Israel.”The president also “updated the prime minister on high-level US engagement with regional partners on this issue and discussed ongoing diplomatic efforts. The president noted that this current period of conflict has tragically claimed the lives of Israeli and Palestinian civilians, including children. He raised concerns about the safety and security of journalists and reinforced the need to ensure their protection,” the statement said.Biden also expressed “grave concern” about the ethnic violence between Jews and Arabs in Israel, according to the White House.“He welcomed the statements by the prime minister and other leaders opposing such hateful acts and encouraged continued steps to hold violent extremists accountable and to establish calm,” it said.The statement further said the two leaders discussed tensions in Jerusalem and “their shared desire” for the city “to be a place of peaceful coexistence for people of all faiths and backgrounds.”Additionally, Biden “voiced his concern” about recent violence in the West Bank. At least nine West Bank Palestinians were killed by Israeli live fire during violent clashes with the Israel Defense Forces on Friday, the Palestinian Authority health ministry said.“The president voiced his concern about violent confrontations in the West Bank. He expressed his support for steps to enable the Palestinian people to enjoy the dignity, security, freedom and economic opportunity that they deserve and affirmed his support for a two-state solution,” the statement said, before concluding that the two leaders agreed to continue communication in the coming days.The Prime Minister’s Office announced the call shortly after the White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that the US has “communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.”The comments from the Biden administration appeared to be the closest thing to criticism from the US of Israeli actions since the start of the latest round of violence and came shortly after Israel bombed the Gaza building that housed the offices of The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, saying it was also being used by Hamas.After warning occupants to leave, an Israeli airstrike flattened the tower in Gaza City.The Al Jala building hid “military assets” used by the intelligence wing of the Strip’s Hamas rulers, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement after the strike.The IDF accused Hamas of “hiding behind” the offices of the press outlets in the tower and “using them as human shieldS.Biden also spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday in the first phone call between the two since Biden was inaugurated in January.The US president “expressed his support for steps to enable the Palestinian people to enjoy the dignity, security, freedom, and economic opportunity that they deserve,” according to the White House readout, which said that Biden also noted the recent decisions to restart aid to the Palestinians that was cut off by former president Donald Trump.Separately, Gantz spoke by phone with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin on Saturday, with his office saying he thanked the defense secretary for the US administration’s backing of Israel’s right to defend itself.“Gantz stressed to Austin that Israel is doing everything possible to refrain from harming the uninvolved and its goal is to achieve long-term calm vis-Ã -vis the [Hamas] terror group which aims to harm population centers,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.The flurry of calls came after Biden on Thursday said he did not think Israel has overreacted in its response to rocket fire from Gaza as Washington worked to block the UN Security Council from holding an open meeting on the matter.“One of the things I’ve seen thus far is that there has not been a significant overreaction [by Israel],” Biden said when asked at a press conference whether Netanyahu was doing enough to prevent an escalation.Meanwhile, UN Security Council diplomats told The Times of Israel that the US mission had blocked an effort backed by all 14 other members to hold the week’s third emergency session on the escalation in Israel and Gaza. They had hoped for a session on Friday, which unlike the ones on Monday and Wednesday would have been an open meeting. Instead, the Security Council will now meet on Sunday at 10 a.m.In Gaza, the toll from the fighting climbed to 139 on Saturday, including dozens of children, with over 1,000 wounded, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip overnight Friday-Saturday hit a house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, killing at least 10 Palestinians, most of them children, Palestinians said.Israeli military sources, quoted by Israel’s Channel 12 news on Saturday, said “senior Hamas figures” were meeting in the building at the time, and it was “not clear” how many of them were among the dead.The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups have confirmed 20 deaths in their ranks, though Israel says that number is much higher and that dozens of those killed were terrorists. In addition, the IDF says some deaths were caused by errant rockets fired at Israel which fell short of their targets and landed in the Strip.
‘No ceasefire yet’: Israel said to want IDF to complete ‘missions’ against Hamas-Political leadership said not interested in ceasefire initiatives, thinks it still has diplomatic room for maneuver; Gaza terror groups said ready to stop fighting, claim victory-By Jacob Magid and TOI staff 15 May 2021, 10:26 pm
Israel has made it clear that it is not currently seeking a ceasefire with Gaza’s terror groups despite a number of proposals raised to halt the fighting, according to a Saturday report.Channel 12 news said that several initiatives have been proposed to end the violence, but Israel’s political leadership favors several more days of fighting to enable the IDF to complete the missions it wants to carry out against Hamas in Gaza. There were no further details given on those objectives.“This is not the time for a ceasefire. We are continuing,” an unnamed senior Israeli source is quoted as saying by the network.At the same time, the source said, it was clear that there would be ceasefire discussions in the coming week because although Israel believes it still has diplomatic room for maneuver, there is an awareness that this is not unlimited, the report said.Meanwhile, after initially being cautiously optimistic about a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas over the weekend, a diplomatic source familiar with the negotiations told The Times of Israel on Saturday that the intense violence over the past 24 hours will likely delay such an agreement “by a few days.”The comments came after the source, who spoke to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity, said Friday that mediators had expressed cautious optimism for a halt within days of fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza-based fighters led by the Hamas terror group.Gaza terror groups have made it clear that they are ready for an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire and will abide by it if the Israeli retaliatory strikes on Gaza stop, according to a report on the Saudi Al-Arabiya channel cited by the Ynet news site on Saturday. Other Hebrew media reports have suggested Hamas — which believes it has achieved victories throughout this conflict, including by asserting itself as the Palestinian protector of Jerusalem, rocketing Israel incessantly for days, forcing the closure of the airport, helping incite Arab-Jewish violence inside Israel, and marginalizing the Palestinian Authority — will probably seek ceasefire conditions, including demands regarding Jerusalem, that Israel is unlikely to accept.Hamas’s Khaled Mashaal told a Turkish news agency Friday that the terror group is ready for a ceasefire but has not received a response from Israel.He said the US and Russia were involved in the talks. Another Hamas official told the Arabic al-Meyadeen outlet that there had not been any progress in negotiations.An Egyptian intelligence official with knowledge of the talks told the Associated Press that Israel rejected an Egyptian proposal for a yearlong truce with Hamas and other Gaza militants, which would have started at midnight Thursday had Israel agreed. He said Hamas had accepted the proposal.Egypt has been playing a major role in the current efforts to end the violence, holding calls with Hamas officials as well as Qatar, the US and other countries, though not with Israel directly, another official told The Times of Israel.US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr arrived in Tel Aviv Friday, on a visit that was scheduled before the eruption of violence.US President Joe Biden spoke with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday.The Prime Minister’s Office said that Netanyahu reassured Biden that Israel was doing everything it could to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza. The White House said Biden “reaffirmed his strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza,” but also expressed worries about dangers posed to journalists in the conflict zone and stressed the Palestinians’ right to freedom and security under a two-state solution.Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have fired over 2,300 rockets toward Israel since the outbreak of fighting on Monday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.Ten Israelis, including a young child, have been killed in the rocket fire, and hundreds have been injured.In Gaza, the toll from the fighting climbed to 145 on Saturday, including dozens of children, with over 1,000 wounded, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups have confirmed 20 deaths in their ranks, though Israel says that number is much higher and that dozens of those killed were terrorists. In addition, the IDF says some deaths were caused by errant rockets fired at Israel which fell short of their targets and landed in the Strip.The conflict represents the fourth major military campaign since Israel unilaterally pulled civilians and troops out of the coastal enclave in 2005, and the first since 2014. There have also been smaller flareups in the intervening period, many of them halted after Egyptian mediation.
