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)
FULL TEXT OF USELESS GAZA CEASEFIRE FOR THE AHAB THE ARABS TO BREAK.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a
witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have
heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that
great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment
come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one
hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all
the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood
afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping
and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich
all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one
hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast
their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be
removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to
deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the
stumblingblock of their iniquity.
MARK OF THE BEAST (engraved microchip in your hand or forehead)
REVELATION 13:16-18
16
And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 16:1-2
1
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels,
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 PART PLAN TO MAKE YOU A PUPPET OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER (ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT CREW)
1-GET PEOPLE ADDICTED TO COMPUTERS.(MICRO-CHIPS INSIDE)
2-PUT COMPUTERS ON YOUR BODY (3D ETC) (MICRO-CHIPS INSIDE)
3-PUT A MICROCHIP INSIDE YOUR BODY. (COMPLETE) (TOTAL MICRO-CHIP CONTROL OF YOU)
I
KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP
WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2,
19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS
DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE
CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN
WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO
GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK
WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA,
KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS
A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM
5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A
POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E
(BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A
SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO
"GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING,
-TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα,
στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German
stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in
or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves
and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded
or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general
they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped
themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling,
Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.)
Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says
he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils,
hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of
Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary,
servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage
cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
FAMINE
EZEKIEL 5:16
16
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will
increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
REVELATION 6:5-6
5
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three
measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the
wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines
and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
DEUTORONOMY 28:24
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.
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.
Isaiah 57:21
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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.
Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air,(LIBERAL GODLESS AIR WAVES) the spirit that now worketh
in the children of disobedience:
EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3-7
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed,(EU WORLD DICTATOR)the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so
that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is
God.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which
thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but
receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
REVELATION 6:1-2
1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it
were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2
And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a
bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU)
and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE
FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a
lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
GENESIS 49:16-17-POSSIBLY A JEW FROM DAN KILLS THE DICTATOR AT MIDPOINT OF TRIB
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
REVELATION 13:1-10
1
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS
DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and
great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw
one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly
wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after
the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4
And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the
beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is
like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE
RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him
a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto
him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to
blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and
to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the
earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of
life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH
AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON
EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD
(JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm
the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS)
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,
even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.
THE WORLD DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it
were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2
And I saw, and behold a white horse:(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and he that sat
on him had a bow;(PEACE) and a crown was given unto him:(WORLD LEADER)
and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH
WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT
ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES
ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR,
COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3
COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT
STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR
PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A
LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like
unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth
as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat,
and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM
SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it
were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the
world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION.
JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED
AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS
IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE
EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and
to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16
And he (FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads:
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do
according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and
magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things
against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be
accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither
shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN
JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify
himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of
forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall
he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things.
39 Thus shall he (THE EU DICTATOR) do in the most strong
holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god,
whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause
them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for
gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the
south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and
the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall
enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5_pMvLZd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DANIEL 7:23-25
23
Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth
kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all
kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and
break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this
kingdom are ten kings(10 DIVSION REGION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be
diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3
NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the
most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a
time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are
come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and
understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT-NEW AGE MOVEMENT) shall
stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own
power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall
prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his
hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall
destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of
princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36
And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall
exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak
marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the
indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS
JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall
magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate
shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew
not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and
pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a
strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and
increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY
LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19
And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their
armies,(UNITED NATIONS TROOPS) gathered together to make war against him
that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED
CHRISTIANS)
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when
the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of
thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw,
and behold a white horse:(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and he that sat on him had a
bow;(PEACE) and a crown was given unto him:(WORLD LEADER) and he went
forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I
stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and
upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE
IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10
HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE
BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF
THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES
RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE
EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE
7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a
lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES
FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after
the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A
LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK
OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO
BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it
was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are
not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he
(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich
and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads:
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do
according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and
magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things
against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be
accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither
shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN
JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify
himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of
forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall
he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things.
39 Thus shall he (THE EU DICTATOR) do in the most strong
holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god,
whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause
them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for
gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the
south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and
the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall
enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
We
shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only
question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or
consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February
1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in
1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a
man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection
to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten
to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept
him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
No
one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a
pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will
take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary
Initiative United Nations.
Agentic AI needs to be bound to human
identity; Anonybit offers a solution-As AI agents are given a larger
role in human affairs, biometrics matter-May 29, 2025, 6:12 pm EDT |
Joel R. McConvey
“The only way to prove human identity in the
digital world is with biometrics:” so says C. Maxine Most in a post on
her LinkedIn account, addressing the threat presented by AI agents as
outlined in new research from Palo Alto Networks. Cybersecurity experts,
Most argues, have been “obsessively focused on machine identity to the
exclusion of human identity. And now agentic AI is breaking
cybersecurity because there is no strong human identity verification
capability built in at the foundational level.”AI agents, or agentic AI,
are among the newest tools to emerge from the would-be AI boom. With
novelty comes vulnerability: when Palo Alto Networks ran real-world
attack simulations on two identical AI agents running on different
frameworks (CrewAI and Microsoft AutoGen), both failed the test.Anonybit
ensuring agents are accountable-Biometrics and decentralized digital ID
firms are responding with innovations in identity-bound agents.“Without
identity binding, organizations face significant risks: fraudulent
orders, unauthorized approvals, compliance violations, and data misuse,”
says a release from Anonybit. The firm is claiming first-to-market for
an “agentic AI framework that goes beyond authentication – enabling
secure, authorized, and accountable agentic flows across commerce,
payments, and supply chain management.”Working in partnership with
SmartUp, a no-code platform for deploying enterprise AI agents, Anonybit
says its decentralized platform is “the world’s first decentralized
infrastructure that binds identity to agents – authenticating users,
authorizing actions and issuing cryptographically secure identity tokens
across the lifecycle of any agentic flow.”Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder
and CEO of Anonybit, says “agentic commerce holds incredible promise for
efficiency and scale, but without identity, it also introduces serious
risks around trust, fraud, and control. With SmartUp, we’re proving that
identity-bound agents can operate in production, not just in theory.
Our decentralized biometric cloud, data vault, and token management
system form the missing identity layer the enterprise needs to build
trust, ensure accountability, and future-proof agent-driven
automation.”Anonybit’s decentralized biometric cloud supports all major
biometric modalities (face, voice, finger, iris, palm) for
authentication and step-up verification without storing any biometric
data in one place. It says the SmartUp use case shows how identity-bound
agents can authenticate enterprise users or customers initiating
actions, bind agents to those identities using biometrics and
privacy-preserving credentials, authorize specific tasks via scoped
identity tokens and integrations with orchestration platforms, and
provide real-time auditability and enforce zero trust across
workflows.“SmartUp is pioneering agentic automation in core business
functions like order management and supply chain management, and our
customers are already seeing the benefits of secure, identity-bound
agents,” said Moishe Shemtov, country manager for SmartUp. “With
Anonybit’s identity infrastructure, we ensure our agents are not only
autonomous, but accountable.”Amani launches AI agent to automate
compliance in real time-Amani is an AI-driven compliance platform based
at the Dubai International Financial Center’s AI Campus. A release says
it has launched an “intelligent compliance assistant designed to
automate KYC, KYB, and AML processes across regulated industries.”Based
on Amani’s own large language model and trained on five years of
proprietary AI outputs, the Amani Agent “stays in sync with local laws
and regulatory updates across jurisdictions,” automating identity checks
and source verification, applying jurisdiction-specific regulations and
assigning real-time risk scores.“Compliance hasn’t evolved fast enough
for the businesses it’s meant to support,” says Hamid Khan, CEO of
Amani. “It’s still slow, inconsistent, and built around fragmented
tools. The Amani Agent brings all of that together in one place, fast,
auditable, and regulator-friendly by design. We built this to take real
pressure off compliance teams, without cutting corners.The product is
currently in beta rollout with selected banks and crypto exchanges in
the UAE. Amani plans to expand to “the UK and other
jurisdictions.”Au10tix “an ideal match for AI agents”Au10tix gets a nod
in a recent Microsoft presentation on building autonomous agents in
Copilot Studio. A hypothetical insurance claims processing scenario is
used to demonstrate how Au10tix is “an ideal match for AI agents” built
with Copilot. Microsoft highlights Au10tix’s ability to automatically
verify identities and documents across industries, and suggests the two
parties are working on “a transformative ID and document verification
solution.”
Infant.ID system can effectively address child swaps,
trafficking: Integrated Biometrics-May 30, 2025, 9:38 am EDT | Ayang
Macdonald
Integrated Biometrics (IB) is a regular exhibitor at
ID4Africa AGMs, but this year, the U.S. biometrics firm showcased its
first commercially available fingerprint capture device capable of
recording a newborn’s fingerprint from the moment they are born.IB
Executive Vice President (EVP), David Gerulski, told Biometric Update in
an interview during this year’s event in Ethiopia that the innovative
Infant.ID system can be effective in addressing several critical
identity, healthcare, and security challenges around the world.The
Infant.ID platform features fingerprint scanners developed by Integrated
Biometrics. IB holds the license for Infant.ID outside of
Brazil.Gerulski said the system is the go-to solution for addressing
problems like child swaps in hospitals or child trafficking across
borders.“This system allows countries and hospitals to link a child to
their mother using their fingerprints. We can now guarantee that when a
baby leaves the hospital the next day, they are going home with the
correct parent,” Gerulski said.“We’re also the first company able to
perform a one-to-many fingerprint match from birth up to 12 months of
age. This means we can confirm that a one-year-old child is the same
individual born on a specific day and time. That’s the current
capability of our technology,” he added.Gerulski disclosed that as they
continue to develop the technology, their idea is to extend this
matching capability beyond the infancy stage. “It’s a challenge because a
baby’s fingerprint changes as they grow, but we’ve achieved very high
match rates from birth to one year. We’re conducting global studies in
partnership with multiple universities to explore how far we can extend
this technology.”Apart from Brazil where the system has been integrated
with the country’s national digital ID program, and there are plans for a
nationwide deployment, Gerulski said efforts are also afoot to get the
technology deployed in many other parts of the world.Immutable Evidence
of Origin-According to Gerulski, the Infant.ID system aligns with an
advocacy which the Executive Chairman of ID4Africa, Dr Joseph Atick, has
championed for several years, dubbed the Immutable Evidence of Origin
(IEO). This is a verified record of who a person is, where, and when
they were born.“Most national ID programs don’t begin collecting
fingerprints until a person is around 16 or 18. By then, you don’t truly
know where that person was born. They could claim any country as their
birthplace and provide whatever name they choose,” he said.“But when you
capture a newborn’s fingerprints, you record exactly when, where, and
in what country that person was born. This fulfils a long-standing need
that Dr. Atick has spoken about for years.”Integrated Biometrics Vice
President for Strategic Accounts, Eleanor R. Benson, added: “Babies can
be accidentally swapped, not intentionally, but due to human error. With
our system, a baby is registered to their mother, and that match can be
verified when they leave the hospital, ensuring the correct baby goes
home with the correct parent.”“This also applies to healthcare and
vaccination records, especially in refugee camps. It allows for accurate
tracking and the creation of a medical history for the child. So, the
applications are both civil and healthcare-related.”Gerulski mentioned a
case in Peru a few months back. It was the scenario of a baby that was
swapped at birth, and six years later, the mistake was discovered and
the children had to be exchanged after growing up with different
mothers.“That incident could have been prevented with our technology.
People are really embracing this innovation. I believe this is one of
the most significant advancements in identity management in years. We’re
solving a problem that’s long been unsolved.”On Monday this week, the
Government of Paraná in Brazil announced that Infant.ID technology is
anchoring the newly announced Bebê ID project, where the government will
guarantee neonatal biometrics for all babies born in local maternity
hospitals.
Tanzania budgets $4.5M for digital ID pilot targeting
minors-Smart cities plan unveiled-May 29, 2025, 5:30 pm EDT | Ayang
Macdonald
Tanzania’s Home Affairs Minister, Innocent Bashungwa,
has announced that the government has allocated the sum of 11.34 billion
Tanzanian Shillings (approximately US$4.5 million) for a digital ID
pilot targeting nearly 300,000 minors in three of the country’s
regions.The minister made the announcement recently in parliament while
defending his ministry’s budget for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, which
stands at 2.06 trillion TZS (about US$824 million).Although the exact
period for the pilot is not mentioned, Bashungwa said it will be
conducted ahead of an envisaged nationwide digital ID rollout during the
2026/2027 financial year, IPP Media reports.He disclosed that the pilot
is part of a plan to put in place a unified digital ID system or the
Unique Number ID which will be issued to all citizens below the age of
18 as well as to foreign minors in the country. The pilot will target
235,826 minors in Zanzibar and the Iringa and Mbeya regions.He also
talked about a plan to streamline birth registration in the country by
integrating it with the national ID system, which will enable the birth
registration for all newborn before they leave hospital. Civil
registration and ID systems integration was emphasized at this year’s
ID4Africa AGM.The Unique Number ID, he explained, will among other
things, facilitate access to public and private sector services,
eliminate the need for multiple sectorial ID cards, an then provide
lifelong unique identification throughout a citizen’s lifetime.Already,
Bashungwa announced that the National Identification Authority (NIDA)
has built an integrated portal which connects the immigration
department, the Zanzibar civil status registration agency and the
registration insolvency and trusteeship agency to ensure data exchange
and ID issuance in places like airports, hospitals and border posts.$145
million for smart cities initiative-Another aspect of Tanzania’s
digital transformation which Bashungwa talked about in parliament is a
smart cities initiative that will entail deploying surveillance cameras
across the country’s three largest cities. These are Dar es Salaam,
Dodoma and Arusha.Per the minister, the estimated amount for the
surveillance project is $145.2 million, $80 million of which are
concessional loans provided by the Abu Dhabi Exports Office. He said the
purpose of the project is to ramp up urban security through advanced
monitoring and crime deterrence.A total of 4,100 surveillance cameras
are expected to be deployed in the three cities.Bashungwa also spoke
briefly about cybersecurity measures, saying cybercrime saw a 13.5
percent drop in the past year, thanks in part, to enhanced policing,
increased citizen awareness and strategic cooperation with the Tanzania
Communications Regulatory Authority.
Privately facial age
estimation does 300,000 age checks a month-Device-based age assurance
product included in Australian age assurance tech trial-May 29, 2025,
4:09 pm EDT | Joel R. McConvey
Privately SA is now processing
nearly 300,000 age checks monthly through its AgeAI and FaceAssure age
assurance products (for offline and online use cases, respectively),
according to a release from the firm.Deployed in more than 90 countries,
Privately’s tools offer fully anonymous facial age estimation for
compliant age checks that require no ID uploads, nor any storage of
biometric data. AgeAI is installed at nearly 80 retail locations across
the UK, France and the U.S., while FaceAssure is being rolled out by
“leading gaming and social media platforms,” and participating in
Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial.Privately’s tools embed
directly into apps, websites and retail systems, offering “seamless
compliance” with GDPR and the UK Children’s Code. Privately Age
Estimation and AgeAI for Retail has also been assessed and found to meet
the requirements of ACCS 1:2020 Technical Requirements for Age
Estimation Technologies.“We’ve shown that our age assurance technology
is accurate, privacy-preserving and scalable,” says Deepak Tewari, CEO
of Privately SA. “It’s now being deployed globally to protect children,
enable safe access, and build trust across digital ecosystems. Ensuring
that age checks are done locally on the user’s device goes a long way in
assuring customers and service providers about data privacy.”“This
isn’t just regulatory box-ticking. Age assurance is becoming part of the
internet’s future, the essential infrastructure and the minimum
guarantee that platforms will have to provide its users.”
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED)
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE)
those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID
HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
EARTHQUAKES
EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his
bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND
SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said
unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold,
they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for
our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to
come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place
you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it,
and performed it, saith the LORD.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles:
these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great
earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME)
and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall
there be from heaven.
FAMINE
EZEKIEL 5:16
16 When I
shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their
destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase
the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
REVELATION 6:5-6
5
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say,
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three
measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the
wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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.
JAMES 1:11
11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the
grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of
it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
The
Hebrew noun accurately translated “oven” refers to a “baking oven” as
distinct from a kiln or smelting furnace—both of which burn much hotter.
(The Hebrew nouns for “kiln” or for “smelting furnace” are more likely
to appear in contexts of God's wrath or judgment.)
21 They have
roused me to jealousy with a non-god, they have exasperated me with
their idols. In my turn I shall rouse them to jealousy with a
non-people, I shall exasperate them with a stupid nation.
22 Yes, a
fire has blazed from my anger, it will burn right down to the depths of
Sheol; it will devour the earth and all its produce, it will set fire to
the footings of the mountains.
23 I shall hurl disasters on them, on them I shall use up all my arrows.
Ephesians 2:2
2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air,(LIBERAL GODLESS AIR
WAVES) the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience:(GODLESS)
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
We
shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only
question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or
consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February
1950-Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We
need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who
is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to
himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to
sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept
him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
JUDGEMENT-WE ALL(EVERYONE) STAND IN FRONT OF GOD TO GIVE ACCOUNT
JOHN 14:3
3
And if I (JESUS OUR JEWISH MESSIAH) go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye
may be also.
MATTHEW 24:33
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall
see all these things,(IN THERE BEGGINING STAGES-NOT FINAL STAGES) know
that it is near, even at the doors.
LUKE 21:32
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:10
10
For we must all (MEANS EVERYONE EVER BORN ON EARTH FROM ADAM-EVE ON)
appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad.(THIS IS THE CHRISTIANS IN FRONT OF JESUS)
LUKEWARM CHURCHES
REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I(GOD) will spue (VOMIT) thee out of my mouth.
17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need
of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and
poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried
in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou
mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Alpine
village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses-Swiss
glaciologists have repeatedly expressed concerns about a thaw in recent
years, attributed in large part to global warming, that has accelerated
the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland.Glacier collapse partially buries
Swiss town-May 29, 2025, 7:09 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press.
GENEVA
— A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss
mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating
with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated
earlier this month as a precaution.Video on social media and Swiss TV
showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley,
with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish
sludge. Regional police said a 64-year-old man was reported missing, and
search and rescue operations involving a drone with thermal camera were
under way."What I can tell you at the moment is that about 90% of the
village is covered or destroyed, so it's a major catastrophe that has
happened here in Blatten," Stephane Ganzer, the head of security in the
southern Valais region, told local TV channel Canal9.The regional
government said in a statement that a large chunk of the Birch Glacier
above the village had broken off, causing the landslide which also
buried the nearby Lonza River bed, raising the possibility of dammed
water flows."There's a risk that the situation could get worse," Ganzer
said, alluding to the blocked river.He said the army had been mobilized
after earlier indications that the movement of the glacier was
accelerating.At a news conference, Swiss Environment Minister Albert
Rösti lamented "an extraordinary event" and said the government would
take steps to help villagers who lost their homes.In recent days the
authorities had ordered the evacuation of about 300 people, as well as
all livestock, from the village amid fears that the 1.5 million cubic
meter glacier was at risk of collapse.Local authorities were deploying
by helicopter and across the area to assess the damage, Jonas Jeitziner,
a spokesman for the Lötschental crisis center, told The Associated
Press by phone.Swiss glaciologists have repeatedly expressed concerns
about a thaw in recent years, attributed in large part to global
warming, that has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland.The
landlocked Alpine country has the most glaciers of any country in
Europe, and saw 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023. That
was the second-biggest decline in a single year after a 6% drop in
2022.Switzerland Mudslide-In 2023, residents of the village of Brienz,
in eastern Switzerland, were evacuated before a huge mass of rock slid
down a mountainside, stopping just short of the community. Brienz was
evacuated again last year because of the threat of a further rockslide.
Manitoba-Pukatawagan
loses power, shuts down airport as northern Manitoba wildfires
grow-Tataskweyak Cree declares state of emergency after it also loses
power, with fire just 1 kilometre away-Arturo Chang · CBC News · Posted:
May 29, 2025 10:30 PM EDT |
A Manitoba First Nation has
declared a state of emergency and another has closed its airport
mid-evacuation as wildfires continue to ravage communities in the
province's north.Thousands of residents were stranded in Pukatawagan,
also known as Mathias Colomb, after the nearby fire shut down its
airport at around 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday, the First Nation's chief
said.The airport closed as winds pushed smoke westward toward the
airfield, Chief Gordie Bear said in a phone call with CBC News
Thursday.Bear said about 2,000 people remain in Pukatawagan, which is
about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. It's among the northern
Manitoba communities under an evacuation order since Wednesday, when the
Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency because
of wildfires across the region."I hear … there's choppers now, that
smoke has engulfed the airport," Bear said. He was on his way to The Pas
from Winnipeg to meet evacuees who recently arrived there."We're
getting desperate now. It's getting rougher. We're going to be heading
for the lake … shortly if nothing turns out, if nothing puts the flame
out."The fire near the community was about 9,800 hectares in size and
was out of control as of Manitoba's latest update Thursday afternoon.
The province's wildfire map showed the blaze just over a kilometre away
from the airport as of Wednesday.Venessa Hart was still in Pukatawagan
Thursday evening. She said the airport and surrounding areas were
evacuated in case the fire spreads that way."The planes are not going to
be able to land in this thick smoke," she said, adding that the fire is
also not too far from the community itself."How they're going to get us
out now?" Hart said."I'm scared. I'm really scared. My anxiety is
through the roof. There's still over 2,000 community members here, like
especially women and children and babies, elders."Bear said about 200
residents were evacuated from the community before the closure Thursday
as of the latest headcount.Rashelle Colomb landed in Brandon Thursday
evening. She said her partner is a medical van driver and will likely be
one of the last Pukatawagan residents to leave."As we were flying over,
you could just see the flames and how close it's getting to the
airport," Colomb said."My daughter, when [she saw] the flames, she
started crying, asking for her dad.… Hopefully everybody makes it out of
there on time."State of emergency declared in Tataskweyak-Meanwhile,
Tataskweyak Cree Nation, more than 300 kilometres east of Pukatawagan,
said in a Facebook post at 6:20 p.m. CT it was declaring a state of
emergency, with a fire only one kilometre away from the community, after
it lost power just before 5:30 p.m.The First Nation said in a Facebook
post that power restoration may take a couple of days. Evacuation orders
have been issued for children under the age of one, elders and health
patients, the post said.Chief Doreen Spence said the fire was about 200
hectares as of early Thursday evening. She said about 200 people out of
about 2,400 residents had been evacuated from the community.A stretch of
Provincial Road 280 going from nearby Thompson to Gillam has been
closed because of the fire in the area. Spence said the closure means
some residents who were in Thompson for medical appointments or other
reasons have also been barred from returning home."I don't know what's
going to happen the next while," she said. "We obviously need additional
candles, flashlights. We need generators because a lot of people are
worried about their food spoiling."Jenpeg evacuation won't affect
customers: Hydro-Manitoba Hydro said Thursday afternoon it's also
monitoring conditions at the Jenpeg generating station, which is about
two kilometres south of the wildfire that has forced the evacuation of
Pimicikamak Cree Nation, also known as Cross Lake.That fire was about
3,920 hectares as of the latest fire bulletin.The utility said Jenpeg
was under maintenance and not generating electricity, so the wildfires
and the evacuation of Hydro employees won't impact customers. Hydro said
there are were other outages. likely fire-related, in Lynn Lake and
Sherridon, with fire and smoke conditions preventing crews from
assessing the damage. Both communities are also under evacuation
orders.Manitoba imposing travel restrictions-Meanwhile, the Manitoba
government is imposing travel restrictions across the province, saying
in its latest fire bulletin human activity continues to "significantly
contribute" to the wildfires.Hiking trails and water routes in all of
the province's 22 burn permit areas will be closed as of 8 a.m.
Friday.Watercraft will be restricted to landing and launching at
developed shorelines only, and camping will also be restricted to
developed campgrounds. All burn permits are cancelled, though burning
exceptions for industry and agricultural purposes may be made with
inspection from an officer. Conservation officers are also able to issue
travel permits for non-designated or unrecognized road travel if it's
required for industrial operations, based on fire hazard conditions.Are
you an evacuee who needs assistance? Contact Manitoba 211 by calling 211
from anywhere in Manitoba or email 211mb@findhelp.ca.With files from
Rosanna Hempel, Cameron Maclean and Chelsea Kemp
Hot, dry
forecast spells trouble for Sask. wildfires-Meteorologist says northern
Saskatchewan will only get small pockets of rainfall over next 10
days-Jeffery Tram · CBC News · Posted: May 30, 2025 6:00 AM EDT |
A
meteorologist is warning the upcoming weather forecast isn't good news
for the wildfire outlook in northern Saskatchewan, with hot, dry and
windy conditions in the foreseeable future."We're not getting any
relief, unfortunately," said Justin Shelly, a meteorologist with
Environment and Climate Change Canada. "We're expecting very warm
conditions to continue."A cold front will develop from Alberta that will
move to Saskatchewan on Friday, but it will only create some isolated
chances of showers and thunderstorms, said Shelly."There's not going to
be a lot of accumulations in terms of rainfall amounts associated with
this," he said.Shelly said another system from Alberta will be coming
Saturday night into Sunday morning, but most of the rainfall will hit
isolated spots of northern Saskatchewan, with only about five to 15
millimetres in those areas.Ideal weather conditions to help with the
wildfires would include multiple days of persistent rain and cooler
temperatures without any significant gusty winds, he
said."Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we're going to see anything
like that come up here in the next week or 10 days."'We're very
fortunate': cabin owner-With wildfires continuing to rampage, Regina
resident Trevor Phenix went north this week to save his cabin.Phenix,
who owns a family cabin near Besnard Lake, about 560 kilometres north of
Regina, already lost the cabin once in 2015 to wildfires and had to
rebuild it. He said he had been watching the fire's progress for days
and made the call to head up to the area Sunday morning."I got a call
from my cousin asking if I'd seen the fire map," he said. "I looked at
it and it was pretty apparent that the fire was either already at the
cabin or was going to be there pretty quickly."Phenix and his two
cousins went up to the cabin with a plan to test and set up more
sprinklers and fire pumps.Sask. declares wildfire emergency as First
Nations vent about Manitoba's response-On Tuesday morning, they saw a
fire within about 75 metres of the cabin. Phenix said he hustled around
to make sure the sprinklers were working, and by the time he got to the
top of the cabin, the fire had reached the base of the cabin."I
basically walked up to it already burning and it had started to burn
kind of under the cabin," Phenix said. "I grabbed one of the the hoses
attached to the sprinkler, move the sprinkler head and went in there and
basically doused that as quickly as I could."Phenix was able to save
the cabin after dousing the area with water. "We're very fortunate, very
lucky."Wildfire damaging infrastructure-SaskTel said in a news release
Wednesday a wildfire near McLennan Lake, northeast of La Ronge, had
damaged fibre infrastructure, causing major network congestion in
northern Saskatchewan.Internet, wireless and landline phone services
have been disrupted in several communities, including Southend,
Wollaston Lake, Stony Rapids and Fond du Lac, the Crown telecomms
corporation said.Crews are currently unable to access the area and begin
repairs due to the fire threat, SaskTel said"Customers in the impacted
areas may experience slower than usual data services, dropped phone
calls, and discontinued data sessions," it said.With files from the
CBC's Morning Edition.
Dangerous fire conditions expected as
fight to save Swan Hills continues-Mandatory evacuation order in place
for Chipewyan Lake-Wallis Snowdon · CBC News · Posted: May 28, 2025
12:36 PM EDT |
Extreme heat, low humidity, and strong winds are
expected to fuel a wildfire that has put a northern Alberta town under
threat and forced hundreds of people from their homes.A red flag watch
is in effect for regions across the province, signalling a volatile and
potentially dangerous day for crews battling the flames of an
out-of-control wildfire burning eight kilometres away from the town of
Swan Hills. Red flag watches are issued by Alberta Wildfire
meteorologists when intense and dangerous conditions are expected to
develop.The watches are issued as a warning to fire crews that critical
weather conditions are developing, including significant changes in wind
speed or direction, that could lead to extreme fire behaviour.Hot, dry,
and unstable weather patterns are expected today leading to strong
crossover conditions. 'Not an average summer day'The Edith Lake wildfire
ignited on Sunday and spread rapidly due to unpredictable winds and
tinder-dry fuel.By Monday evening, 1,300 Swan Hills residents were
ordered to flee south as flames drew closer.The flames breached the
highway north of the town on Tuesday afternoon.The fire continues to
spread. In an update Wednesday, emergency officials said the fire has
now burned 3,629 hectares, up from around 2,300 hectares the day
before.On Wednesday, crews are expected to focus on containing the
southeast side of the wildfire in the area where it crossed Highway 33,
which remains closed. Evacuation orders are in effect across parts of
Western Canada as warm, dry conditions fuel several out-of-control
wildfires from Manitoba to British Columbia, forcing thousands to
flee.The current red flag watch was issued for Wednesday and Thursday's
burning periods. Most of the province remains under an extreme heat
warning and temperatures are expected to fuel fire activity around Swan
Hills.Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees above seasonal, with highs
between 25 C and 32 C in regions across the province.The forecast also
warns of strong south-southeast winds across the province, with gusts up
to 45 km/h in the western boreal forest and northern east slopes by
Wednesday afternoon.Red flag conditions are expected to continue
Thursday as another cold front moves in from B.C. Wildfire expert Mike
Flannigan said the campaign to contain a fire often hinges on the
weather, but more specifically the wind. Extreme winds blowing across
the province this week, triggered by a cold front moving across the
west, continues to cause problems for crews on the frontline."These
extreme events really drive the fire world," said Flannigan, the
scientific director of Thompson Rivers University's Institute for
Wildfire Science, Adaptation and Resiliency in Kamloops, B.C. "It's not
an average summer day. It's those hot, dry, windy days. And if you have
ignition, away we go." The heat is expected to be unrelenting in the
coming days with sweltering afternoon highs that will keep overnight
temperatures elevated.Alysa Pederson, an Environment Canada
meteorologist, said the cold front moving in Thursday afternoon will see
winds suddenly shift and trigger thunderstorms that will elevate the
risk of new fires starting because of lightning strikes.Wind gusts of up
to 70 km/h are expected across much of Alberta Thursday."When we start
seeing those shifts in the wind pattern with thunderstorm activity, when
it's been hot and dry, that's typically when we start to see a concern
in the wildfire world."She said there is little relief in the forecast
until the weekend when the heat is expected to subside, as a blanket of
rain moves across central parts of the province. More than 40 fires are
burning across Alberta as of Wednesday, including a fire near Chipewyan
Lake, a community about 380 kilometres north of Edmonton. That fire has
now forced an evacuation order for the community.It's burning close to
the Chip/Alpac road and is currently 2,900 hectares in size. Westlock
County residents should prepare for a possible evacuation, according to
an Alberta Emergency Alert. Residents in Peerless Lake have been put on
notice to be ready to leave their community within two hours.Alberta
Wildfire has said the blaze near Swan Hills is a priority. Firefighters,
supported by helicopters, air tankers, and heavy equipment, continue to
fight the fire. A provincial incident command team has arrived and will
be co-ordinating response efforts.Jeff Goebel, a councillor for the
town of Swan Hills, said local and provincial crews are doing all they
can to contain the flames.Goebel, who has lived in Swan Hills since
1985, said the community is familiar with the threat of fire and faced a
previous evacuation in 2023 when residents fled as smoke and ash filled
the sky. This evacuation was calmer and less unsettled, he said. But
that familiarity has not brought comfort to displaced residents, he
added.Many are worried about the homes they left behind and can't help
but think of other Alberta communities that have been devastated by
wildfire in recent years, Goebel said."We went through this before," he
said."But there's always worry. "You see the news reports from other
places and unfortunately, that's fresh in people's minds: Slave Lake,
Fort McMurray, Jasper. Those images are imprinted in people's minds."
'Our new reality'Flannigan is expecting to see more fire on the
landscape this summer in Alberta and across the Prairies. He said the
season began with campaigns to contain fires that had sparked the
previous year and burned through the winter. Meteorologists caution that
this summer will be warmer and drier than average, bringing
drought-like conditions that will escalate the fire risk.It has already
proved a difficult season across the west, particularly along the
Ontario-Manitoba boundary, where wildfires have already offered a
preview of the risks at play this summer.Several communities have
evacuated in recent days as fast-moving fires tear across the region. In
Saskatchewan, at least 4,000 people have evacuated their homes and
communities due to aggressive wildfires in the northern reaches of the
province. Premier Wab Kinew is urging Manitobans to observe fire bans,
keep drones grounded in impacted areas and, with hotels already full,
prepare to receive people should there be further evacuation
orders.Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said people should be prepared to lend
a hand to about 17,000 evacuees as wildfires threaten his province,
with several communities under evacuation order."This is the largest
evacuation Manitoba will have seen in most people's living memory," he
said during a Wednesday news conference.Kinew said evacuation orders
were issued for the city of Flin Flon, Pimicikamak Cree Nation and the
northern community of Cross Lake, along with Pukatawagan — also known as
Mathias Colomb First Nation.Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillham
cautioned that the summer's hot and sunny forecast highlights "that you
can get too much of a good thing."The big picture forecast has some
similarities to the summer of 2021, Gillham said.That year Western
Canada saw drought, wildfires, water shortages and a deadly heat wave
over British Columbia.Drought could be a serious concern across the
southern part of the Prairies along with warmer-than-normal temperatures
for northern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Gillham
said.Flannigan said challenging days on the fire line are becoming more
common as wildfire seasons grow longer, and more extreme. "This is our
new reality. We're going to see more fire and smoke," he said."Because
of the warmer temperatures, we're seeing drier fuels, so it's easier for
fires to start and spread. And more of that fuel is available to burn,
which leads to higher-intensity fires, which are difficult to impossible
to extinguish."With files from Julia Wong and The Canadian Press
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
(NUKES) shall melt with fervent heat,(BLAST) the earth also and the
works that are therein shall be burned up.(BUT ITS NO END OF THE WORLD
HOGWASH)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,(BY
NUKES INCLUDING 3 BILLION PEOPLE) what manner of persons ought ye to be
in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
JESUS
SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3
PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD
IS NOT MOCKED.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about
thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in
fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I
shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their
destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase
the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I
send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED
THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and
they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through
thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have
spoken it.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out
from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to
him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and
gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully
ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and
gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of
the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the
city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the
horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200
MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold,
the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a
whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of
fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens
behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination,
and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I
know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather
all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants
of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS
COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed
one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of
the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For
the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall
not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for
their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the
terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of
her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his
fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of
the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are
open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that
are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they
shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and
shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be
visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed,
when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and
before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
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.
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.
REVELATION 9:18
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.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water
thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be
prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of
the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD
DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth
unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to
the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM
NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a
great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is
done.
JOEL 3:2 (YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF (HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION KILLED AS A RESULT)
02-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 and for my
heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted
my land.
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.
NAHUM 3:13
13
Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are
wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
DR DOCTORION-ANGEL OF THE MIDEAST
"The
angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces
because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United
Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
FIRST ANGEL: ASIA
But
the angel said: "Millions will die in China and in India. Nation will
be against nation, brother against brother. Asians will fight each
other. Nuclear weapons shall be used, killing millions."Twice I heard
the words, "Catastrophic! Catastrophic!"Then the angel said, "Financial
crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world."I was trembling while
the angel was speaking.
SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then I saw that
the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in
harvesting.The second angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel and
the countries all the way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few split
seconds."All of Turkey and those [inaudible] countries that have refused
me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one
another."I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the
Middle East countries. I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of
Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full
of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear
weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere.
Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard these
words:"Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come."
IDF confirms striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including weapons dump near Sidon-By Emanuel Fabian-MAY 29,25
The
IDF confirms carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon this evening, saying it
targeted military facilities and other infrastructure belonging to
Hezbollah.The targets included a site used to store weapons near Sidon,
where recent Hezbollah activity was identified, the military says. The
facility has been struck by the IDF previously, and the activity was
related to Hezbollah’s efforts to restore the site, according to the
IDF.Additionally, the IDF says it hit several sites used to store rocket
launchers in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah activity was also
identified.
Full text of Witkoff’s proposal for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal-By Jacob Magid-MAY 29,25
The
following is the text of US special envoy to the Mideast Steve
Witkoff’s proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between
Israel and Hamas, which was passed along to Hamas for its approval on
May 29, 2025. The authenticity of the text was confirmed to The Times of
Israel by two sources familiar with the negotiations.
Framework for Negotiating an Agreement to a Permanent Ceasefire
1. Duration: 60-day ceasefire. President Trump guarantees Israel’s adherence to the ceasefire during the agreed-upon period.
2.
Release of Hostages: 10 Israeli live hostages and 18 deceased hostages,
from the “list of 58” to be released on days 1 and 7-half of the living
and deceased hostages (5 living and 9 deceased) will be released on day
1 of the agreement. The remaining half of the hostages (5 living and 9
deceased) will be released on day 7.
3. Humanitarian Assistance: Aid
will be sent into Gaza immediately once Hamas agrees to the ceasefire
agreement. Whatever agreement is reached on aid to the civilian
population will be respected throughout the course of the agreement. Aid
will be distributed through agreed upon channels that will include the
United Nations and Red Crescent.
4.Israeli Military Activities: All
Israeli offensive military activities in Gaza will cease upon this
agreement entering into force. During the ceasefire period, there will
be a cessation of aerial movement (military and surveillance) in the
Gaza Strip for 10 hours daily, or 12 hours daily during days when
exchange of hostages and prisoners take place.
5. IDF redeployment:
a.
On day 1, after the release of the Israeli hostages (5 living and 9
deceased), redeployment in the northern part of the Gaza Strip and
in-Netzarim corridor, in accordance with article 3 regarding
the-humanitarian aid and base on maps to be agreed upon.
b. On day 7,
after the release of the Israeli hostages (5 living and 9 deceased),
redeployment in southern part of the Gaza-Strip in accordance with
article 3 regarding the humanitarian aid and based on maps to be agreed
upon.
c. The technical teams will work out final redeployment boundaries-during proximity negotiations.
6.
Negotiations: On day 1, negotiations under the auspices of the
mediators-guarantors on the necessary arrangements for a permanent
ceasefire will commence, including:
a. Keys and terms for the
exchange of all the remaining Israeli hostages-for a number to be agreed
upon of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli-prisons.
b. Issues relating to redeployments and withdrawals of Israel forces and long-term security arrangements within the Gaza Strip.
c. Arrangements relating to the “day after” in the Gaza Strip which would be raised by either side.
d. The announcement of a permanent ceasefire.
7.
Presidential Support: The President is serious about the parties’
adherence to the ceasefire agreement and insists that the negotiations
during the temporary ceasefire period, if successfully concluded with an
agreement between the parties, would lead to a permanent resolution of
the conflict.
8. Release of Palestinian Prisoners: In exchange for
the release of the 10 Israeli live hostages, consistent with the terms
and conditions of phase 1 of the January 19, 2025 agreement regarding
the hostages and prisoners, Israel will release 125 “life sentence”
prisoners and 1,111 Gazan detainees who were detained after 7 October
2023. In exchange for the release of the remains of 18 Israel hostages,
Israel will release 180 deceased Gazans. The release will be performed
simultaneously in accordance with an agreed mechanism and without public
displays or ceremonies. Half of these releases will occur on day 1 and
the other half will occur on day 7.
9. Status of Hostages and
Prisoners: On day 10, Hamas will provide complete information (proof of
life and medical status report/proof of death) on each of the remaining
hostages. In exchange, Israel will provide complete information on the
Palestinian prisoners that were detained from the Gaza strip since 7
October and the numbers of deceased Gazans held in Israel. Hamas commits
to ensure the health, welfare and security of the hostages during the
ceasefire.
10. Remaining Hostages Released upon Agreement: The
negotiation on the necessary arrangements for a permanent ceasefire
should be completed within 60 days. Upon agreement, the remaining
hostages (living and deceased) from the “list of 58” provided by Israel
will be released. In case negotiations on arrangement for a permanent
ceasefire are not concluded within the aforementioned time period, the
temporary ceasefire may be extended under conditions and for a duration
to be agreed upon by the parties so long as the parties are negotiating
in good faith.
11. Guarantors: The mediators-guarantors (US, Egypt,
Qatar) will guarantee that the ceasefire will continue for the 60-day
period and for any agreed upon extension, will guarantee that serious
discussions will be held on the necessary agreements for a permanent
ceasefire and will make every effort to ensure the completion of the
above-mentioned negotiations.
12. Envoy Presides: Special Envoy,
Ambassador Steve Witkoff would come to the region to finalize the
agreement. Steve Witkoff will preside over the negotiations.
13.
President Trump: President Trump will personally announce the ceasefire
agreement. The United States and President Trump are committed to
working to ensure that good faith negotiations continue until a final
agreement is reached.
White House: Israel 'signed off' before
proposal sent to Hamas-PM said to principally back Witkoff outline;
Hamas may okay it — with reservations-Hamas official says proposal
‘doesn’t respond to any of our people’s demands,’ but doesn’t reject it;
terror group wants edits so Israel will be more clearly prevented from
resuming war By Jacob Magid,Lazar Berman,Nurit Yohanan,Nava Freiberg and
Stav Levaton-Today, 1:41 am-MAY 30,25
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu told hostages’ families that he principally approves of US
special envoy Steve Witkoff’s latest proposal for a temporary ceasefire
and hostage deal in Gaza, media outlets reported Thursday, while two
sources told The Times of Israel that Hamas is leaning toward accepting
the deal, with some reservations.Accordingly, the deal is not yet final,
and negotiations are likely to drag out for at least several more days,
the sources said.According to a copy of Witkoff’s latest proposal, the
authenticity of which was confirmed to The Times of Israel by two
sources familiar with the negotiations, Hamas would release 10 living
Israeli hostages held in Gaza and return the bodies of 18 deceased
hostages during a 60-day ceasefire.In return, Israel would release 125
Palestinian terror convicts serving life sentences, 1,111 Gazans
detained since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, and 180 bodies
of Palestinians currently held by Israel.The IDF would also pull back
from some areas where troops are currently deployed; the parameters of
the pullback would be finalized “during proximity
negotiations.”Netanyahu told hostages’ families during a meeting on
Thursday that he was prepared to move forward with the proposal, the
Axios news site reported, while Channel 12 reported that he told the
families he “principally accepts” the document. However, the TV report
also quoted him saying he was “not ready to end the war without
eliminating Hamas.”Meanwhile, right-wing ministers and some hawkish
hostage families came out in opposition to the proposed deal, arguing
that Hamas was weakened and that now was the time to pile pressure on
the terrorist organization to surrender. A decision to accept the
proposal would have to be approved by the Israeli cabinet.White House
spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Israel had “signed off”
on the proposal before it was sent to Hamas, appearing to refer to the
meeting Witkoff held on Tuesday with visiting Strategic Affairs Minister
Ron Dermer, in which the two went over the latest US offer.“I can also
confirm that those discussions are continuing, and we hope that a
ceasefire in Gaza will take place so we can return all of the hostages
home,” Leavitt said at a briefing.Asked if Hamas had accepted the
proposal, she responded, “Not to my knowledge.”Hamas official Bassem
Naim said in a statement that Witkoff’s proposal “does not respond to
any of our people’s demands.” However, he said Hamas leaders were still
studying the document.The proposal effectively means “perpetuating the
occupation and continuing the killing and famine — even during the
temporary truce period,” Naim said.An Arab diplomat and a second source
familiar with the negotiations said Hamas would likely accept the offer
in principle but would submit a series of reservations. Hamas is
disappointed with the proposal and feels that Witkoff made crucial
changes after conferring with Dermer in Washington, the second source
told The Times of Israel. Still, it doesn’t want to outright reject the
US proposal, fearing it would then be blamed for a lack of
agreement.Hamas wants a clause added to the proposal requiring Israeli
forces to withdraw to the lines they held at the end of the previous
ceasefire in March, along with a clause stipulating that aid will be
distributed according to international humanitarian standards, the two
sources said.This appears to be an attempt to undercut Israel’s reliance
on the new operations of the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian
Foundation, which international organizations have argued fails to
adequately address the humanitarian crisis.Most critically, Hamas wants
the clause in Witkoff’s proposal regarding talks on a permanent
ceasefire — which the deal envisions taking place during an initial
60-day truce — edited to more clearly prevent Israel from restarting the
war, the Arab diplomat and second source said.Hamas is seeking a
proposal that ensures this, given that in the previous deal signed in
January, Israel refused to hold substantive negotiations on the terms of
a permanent ceasefire, and resumed fighting in Gaza after the temporary
truce expired.Clause 10 of the Witkoff proposal accord, as confirmed to
The Times of Israel, states: “The negotiation on the necessary
arrangements for a permanent ceasefire should be completed within 60
days. Upon agreement, the remaining hostages (living and deceased) from
the “list of 58” provided by Israel will be released.”The same clause
goes on to say, however: “In case negotiations on arrangement for a
permanent ceasefire are not concluded within the aforementioned time
period, the temporary ceasefire may be extended under conditions and for
a duration to be agreed upon by the parties so long as the parties are
negotiating in good faith.”Clause 11 elaborates on the point, as regards
ongoing guarantees: “The mediators-guarantors (US, Egypt, Qatar) will
guarantee that the ceasefire will continue for the 60-day period and for
any agreed upon extension, will guarantee that serious discussions will
be held on the necessary agreements for a permanent ceasefire and will
make every effort to ensure the completion of the above-mentioned
negotiations.”The final clause of the document further specifies that
“the United States and President Trump are committed to working to
ensure that good faith negotiations continue until a final agreement is
reached.”The language regarding the potential transition between the
temporary truce and the permanent ceasefire appears much more in
Netanyahu’s favor in the latest Witkoff proposal than it was in the deal
crafted during former US president Joe Biden’s administration.The
Biden-era deal stated that the temporary truce would remain in place as
long as the negotiations on a permanent ceasefire were ongoing, and the
mediators committed to keeping the sides at the negotiation table until a
deal is reached. The Witkoff proposal turns the 60th day of the
temporary truce into somewhat of a deadline for the permanent ceasefire
talks, only allowing for an extension if the parties both agree to one
and are still negotiating in good faith.Despite the stricter language in
the January deal, Israel still chose not to hold substantive
negotiations on a permanent ceasefire and was able to resume fighting in
March without pushback from the main mediator — the United
States.Witkoff’s proposal says humanitarian aid will be allowed into
Gaza during the ceasefire through the UN, but doesn’t explicitly rule
out the continued operation of the GHF. It also says that the sides will
hold negotiations to produce an agreed-upon map for the IDF’s
withdrawal during the temporary truce. Those talks need to be held
before the agreement can be finalized, adding another reason for why a
deal is unlikely to be imminent.Hostages held by terror groups in Gaza
include 57 of the 251 abducted on October 7, 2023, and the body of a
soldier held by Hamas since 2014.They include the bodies of at least 35
confirmed dead by the IDF, and 20 are believed to be alive. There are
grave concerns for the well-being of three others, Israeli officials
have said.Agencies and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
The
Bible is the soundtrack of Jewish history'Codex Sassoon, oldest
near-complete Hebrew Bible, displayed in Israel after Oct. 7 delay-In
time for Shavuot, the country also welcomes another centuries-old unique
manuscript, the Shem Tov Bible, which too was once part of David
Solomon Sassoon’s collection-By Rossella Tercatin-Today, 4:32 am-MAY
29,25
On October 5, 2023, an El Al flight from New York touched
down in Israel, carrying an extraordinary piece of history. In the
cockpit, a special suitcase held the world’s oldest nearly complete
Hebrew Bible, en route to its new home at the ANU – Museum of the Jewish
People.The unparalleled manuscript, more than 1,000 years old, was
scheduled to go on permanent display just days later, on October 11. But
the Hamas onslaught of October 7, when thousands of terrorists stormed
into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 to
Gaza, put the display on hold.Twenty months later, the museum
inaugurated the Codex Sassoon permanent exhibition at the heart of its
collection on Thursday. The event, which took place ahead of the Jewish
holiday of Shavuot, represented an opportunity to celebrate the role of
the Hebrew Bible in modern Jewish and Israeli identity.“Today we are
counting 601 days after October 7, the day that changed everything,”
said ANU CEO Oded Revivi. “This Bible, written some 1,100 years ago, is
now returning home to the heart of the Jewish state. In moments like
these, we understand how intertwined our identity is with memory and
text.”“The Bible is not just an ancient book, it is the soundtrack of
Jewish history,” he added. “It has accompanied us, held us in the face
of enemies, and offered words for hope and prayer.”Comprised of 792
parchment pages bound into a single volume, the Codex Sassoon contains
all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible. Analysis of its materials and script
confirms that it was written in the early 10th century, making it one of
the oldest biblical manuscripts known to date.Several handwritten notes
scattered throughout the Codex Sassoon offer valuable glimpses into its
storied past.One inscription in Judeo-Arabic records the sale of the
manuscript by Khalaf ben Avraham to Yitzhak ben Yehezkel al-Attar,
witnessed by two individuals (though undated, scholars estimate the
transaction took place around the year 1000).Another note identifies the
Codex as the property of the synagogue in Makisin, believed to
correspond to present-day Markada in Syria.A final inscription, added in
the 14th century on the last page, recounts the synagogue’s destruction
and entrusts the Codex to a man named Salama ibn Abi al-Fakhr for
safekeeping until the house of worship could be rebuilt.No information
exists on the manuscript’s fate for the following 600 years. Still, it
resurfaced in 1929, when it was offered to David Solomon Sassoon, a
passionate book collector and member of the prominent Iraqi Jewish
family who had moved to London from India. Sassoon purchased the Bible
for 350 pounds.In the 1970s, several of Sassoon’s descendants sold the
Codex, which was purchased by the British Rail Pension Fund. It was
later acquired by a private collector, Swiss banker Jacob (Jacqui)
Safra. In 2023, the manuscript returned to the spotlight when it was
auctioned at Sotheby’s for $38 million. The buyer, Alfred H. Moses — a
former US ambassador to Romania and president of the American Jewish
Committee — donated the historic artifact to ANU“My late grandmother and
grandfather Rabbi Isaac Halevy Herzog and Rebbetzin Sarah Herzog were
close friends with the Sassoons,” President Isaac Herzog recalled in a
video message screened during the event.“Flora Sassoon, who was the
matriarch of that family and was one of the only women in the 19th
century to run an economic empire, was a dear friend of my grandparents
and my great-grandparents,” he added. “I believe that the Sassoons
always wanted this unique Bible to be here in the very place where the
Jewish people founded their nation-state.”Herzog recalled how, during
Shavuot, the Jewish people celebrate the gift of receiving the Torah
from God.“This is the gift of the original inspiration that sparked the
rich and ongoing conversation within our people for millennia,” Herzog
noted. “What better time to recall the gift of this inspiration? What
better time to welcome Codex Sassoon?”Former hostage Agam Berger, one of
the surveillance soldiers who were taken captive by Hamas and released
during a ceasefire in January, also attended the event with her mother
Meirav Berger.In August 2024, ANU organized an event to mark Agam’s 20th
birthday while she was still in captivity. As the family would learn
after she was freed, Agam happened to see a broadcast about the event on
television while she was still in Gaza, the first time she saw her
mother’s face in captivity.“Being here today represents the closing of a
circle,” Meirav said, expressing her hope that the families of the 58
hostages still in Gaza will also be able to hug their loved ones
soon.“The Codex Sassoon is not just a manuscript; it is a living
testimony to the eternity of the Jewish spirit that survived wars,
fires, and crusades,” she added. “It is testimony that despite
everything, we are here and that from destruction springs new
growth.”After the event, participants had the opportunity to admire the
Codex on display, opened to the page featuring the Ten Commandments
(Deuteronomy 5:6-21).Another Sassoon manuscript in Israel: The Shem Tov
Bible-The Codex Sassoon is not the only ancient Bible that belonged to
Sassoon that has recently found a new home in Israel.On Wednesday, the
National Library announced that the 14th-century Shem Tov Bible will be
on permanent display in its Jerusalem headquarters on long-term loan
from philanthropists Terri and Andrew Herenstein, who purchased the
artifact from Sotheby’s in 2024.The illuminated manuscript was completed
by Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon at the beginning of the 14th
century in Spain. The scholar brought the Bible with him on his journey
to Israel in 1312. For 300 years, the manuscript remained in the region
before it was brought to North Africa in the 17th century.Similar to
what happened to the Codex Sassoon, it was acquired by Sassoon in the
first half of the 20th century and then by Safra in the 1990s before
being auctioned again last year.“The Shem Tov Bible – also known as the
Sefer HaYashar– represents the pinnacle of biblical and kabbalistic
scholarship in the medieval period,” NLI Judaica Collection Curator Dr.
Chaim Neria said in a statement. “Its addition to the NLI collection
provides an unparalleled resource for studying the development of the
Masorah [tradition of biblical transmission], and Jewish textual and
artistic traditions, in particular those of Spain.”In keeping with the
Jewish tradition of beautifying ritual objects, the manuscript features
artistic embellishments influenced by contemporary Christian and Islamic
motifs, including arcades, Gothic arches, gilded frames, and depictions
of birds and beasts.“Receiving this manuscript, especially at the time
of Shavuot, which celebrates the giving of the Torah, is profoundly
significant,” NLI Chairman Sallai Meridor said in a statement.“Having
traveled from Spain to Jerusalem, Baghdad, Tripoli, London, and Geneva,
the Shem Tov Bible has come full circle and is now back home, returning
to the very place where Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon lived and
intended for it to be, in the land of Israel, and now in Jerusalem,” he
added.
Military issues evacuation orders in central and north
Gaza-Defense Ministry civilian contractor killed during IDF operations
in northern Gaza-David Libi, 19, hit by bomb while operating heavy
machinery, army says, as Israeli attacks reportedly kill dozens; US- and
Israeli-backed Gaza aid agency opens 3rd distribution site By Emanuel
Fabian,Jacob Magid and Agencies Today, 2:53 am-MAY 30,25
A
19-year-old Defense Ministry civilian contractor was killed by an
explosive device Thursday during IDF operations in the northern Gaza
Strip, the military said, as Hamas’s civil defense agency reported 44
people killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave.The contractor was
named as David Libi, from the West Bank settlement outpost of Malachei
Shalom. He had been operating heavy engineering machinery in the area of
Jabalia when he was hit by a bomb apparently planted there by terror
operatives, according to a military probe.Libi is the third Defense
Ministry contractor to be killed in Gaza since the start of the war, and
his death brought Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas
and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 421. The
figure also includes two police officers.Three IDF soldiers were also
lightly wounded Thursday by RPG fire at a southern Gaza building from
they had been operating, the military said. According to the IDF, the
gunmen behind the attack were eliminated a short while later, and the
wounded troops were taken to a hospital.Also Thursday, the IDF said it
had struck dozens of targets in Gaza, and that troops had recently
destroyed a large Hamas tunnel in the Strip’s south. In the Strip’s
center, the IDF issued evacuation orders for residents of the Nuseirat,
where troops reportedly cleared out a hospital by force, and a wide
evacuation order was also later ordered for parts of northern
Gaza.Meanwhile, a US- and Israel-backed humanitarian aid agency meant to
circumvent Hamas opened its third distribution site in Gaza on
Thursday. The agency also pushed back on what it said were Hamas claims
of death and injury in the first two sites, which opened in Rafah this
week.The fighting in Gaza continued as Hamas said it was still studying a
ceasefire-hostage deal proposal that the US forwarded the terror group
after Israel approved the offer. Terror groups still hold 58 Israeli
hostages in Gaza, including at least 35 confirmed dead by the IDF.Three
IDF soldiers were also lightly wounded Thursday by RPG fire at a
southern Gaza building from they had been operating, the military said.
According to the IDF, the gunmen behind the attack were eliminated a
short while later, and the wounded troops were taken to a hospital.Also
Thursday, the IDF said it had struck dozens of targets in Gaza, and that
troops had recently destroyed a large Hamas tunnel in the Strip’s
south. In the Strip’s center, the IDF issued evacuation orders for
residents of the Nuseirat, where troops reportedly cleared out a
hospital by force, and a wide evacuation order was also later ordered
for parts of northern Gaza.Meanwhile, a US- and Israel-backed
humanitarian aid agency meant to circumvent Hamas opened its third
distribution site in Gaza on Thursday. The agency also pushed back on
what it said were Hamas claims of death and injury in the first two
sites, which opened in Rafah this week.The fighting in Gaza continued as
Hamas said it was still studying a ceasefire-hostage deal proposal that
the US forwarded the terror group after Israel approved the offer.
Terror groups still hold 58 Israeli hostages in Gaza, including at least
35 confirmed dead by the IDF.IDF strikes across Strip; Hamas says at
least 44 killed-The Israeli Air Force has struck dozens of targets in
Gaza over the past day, including terror operatives, buildings used by
terror groups, observation and sniper posts, tunnels and other
infrastructure, the military said Thursday.The strikes came as five IDF
divisions operate in the Strip amid Israel’s renewed offensive there,
which aims to occupy 75 percent of the enclave within two months.Over
the past day, ground forces have killed several operatives and destroyed
weapons and other terror infrastructure, including tunnels, the IDF
said Thursday.The military also said a Hamas attack tunnel in southern
Gaza had been demolished during recent operations of the Gaza Division
and the Yahalom commando unit of the Combat Engineering Corps.The tunnel
was hundreds of meters long and had several exits, some of them rigged
with explosives, the army said.During the efforts to uncover and
demolish the tunnel, troops killed operatives they had spotted emerging
from one of the shafts, according to the military.Gaza’s Hamas-run civil
defense agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 44 people on
Thursday, including 23 people in an attack on a home in central Gaza’s
Al-Bureij refugee camp.According to Hamas’s health ministry, more than
54,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Strip since the terror group
stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, to kill some 1,200 people
and take 251 hostages, sparking the war in Gaza.The Hamas death tolls
cannot be independently verified and do not distinguish between
civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants
in battle as of January and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel
during the Hamas onslaught.The IDF has said it seeks to minimize
civilian fatalities and and accuses Hamas of using Gaza’s civilians as
human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals,
schools and mosques.On Thursday, the IDF issued an unusual warning to
Palestinians in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza, telling them to stay
away from several locations where the military said Hamas operatives
were present. The announcement named six prominent operatives.“Stay away
from Hamas operatives hiding among you and expel them before it’s too
late!” wrote Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language
spokesman.Nuseirat’s Al-Awda Hospital, which is not in the evacuation
zone delineated by the IDF, nonetheless said Israeli troops had carried
out “a forced evacuation of patients and medical staff” from its
premises.There was no immediate comment from the IDF on the hospital’s
statement.Late Thursday night, the IDF issued a new wide evacuation
warning for Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, calling on
Palestinians residing in Atatra, Jabalia, and the Gaza City
neighborhoods of Shejaiya, Daraj, and Zeitoun to head west.“The IDF will
expand its offensive activity in the areas where you are located to
destroy the capabilities of the terror organizations,” the IDF’s
Arabic-language spokesperson, Adraee said on X, adding that the areas
marked on the map were “considered dangerous combat zones.”US,
Israel-backed aid agency opens third distribution site-The Gaza
Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US- and Israeli-backed firm that aims
to sideline Hamas in the distribution of aid, said Thursday that it had
opened up a third aid distribution site, located in the central Gaza’s
Bureij, adjacent to the IDF’s Netzarim corridor.An additional site in
Rafah is slated to open in the coming days, according to the agency,
which has faced criticism due to the lack of access for tens of
thousands of residents still located in north Gaza. The agency also said
it plans to open additional sites, including in the northern Strip, in
the coming weeks.The three active GHF sites distributed 17,280 boxes of
aid on Thursday, the agency said. Each box is meant to provide three
meals a deal, for roughly four days, for a family of roughly five
people.The total number of trucks unloaded at the three GHF sites today
was just 18, though. The UN has said 600 trucks of aid need to be
distributed each day in order to properly feed the Strip’s roughly two
million people.According to the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of
Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), 76 trucks carrying
humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Thursday. Since Israel resumed aid
deliveries to Gaza on May 19, after a pause since March 2, 952 trucks in
total of aid have entered the Strip.Some of the truckloads have been
taken to the new GHF-run aid distribution sites. The contents of many of
the trucks are still awaiting collection on the Gaza side of the Kerem
Shalom crossing after being inspected by Israeli authorities.After
denying that Palestinians at its sites have been shot at, a GHF
spokesperson confirmed Thursday that American security contractors
operating its Bureij distribution center fired smoke bombs and warning
shots at a crowd that would not disperse. There were no injuries.
Footage posted on social media of the incident showed dozens of
civilians fleeing the scene as shots and stun grenades were apparently
fired in their direction.Overnight, the GHF denied reports of deaths,
mass injuries and chaos at its aid distribution sites, saying that only
two people have been injured at its compounds since it began operating
in Gaza, “one relating to dehydration and another who was injured by
others seeking aid.”The GHF said Hamas and other parties are determined
to see the US- and Israel-backed agency fail, and were spreading false
reports in order to harm it. According to the GHF, one of those false
reports said the agency had halted operations due to gunfire at one of
its site on Wednesday.While the GHF urged journalists to verify sources
before publishing developments pertaining to it, the organization had on
Tuesday issued a statement claiming that only a “small number” of
Palestinians overran one of its aid sites when footage showed that
thousands looted their sites.Reviewing that incident in its latest
statement, GHF avoided downplaying the scope of the overrun, saying it
had been anticipated due to “acute hunger and Hamas-imposed
blockades.”Nurit Yohanan and Times of Israel Staff contributed to this
report.
ON THE INTERNET
PAUL BEGLEY SAYS ISRAEL OR USA OR BOTH WITHIN 72 HOURS WILL ATTACK IRANS
NUKE SITES. HE SAID HIS SECRET ANONYMOUS SOURCES WHICH HE NEVER
MENTIONS TOLD HIM ISRAEL IS READY TO GO.AND SO IS TRUMP.
Trump says warned Netanyahu against striking Iran-By Shaun Tandon and Danny Kemp with Ramin Khanizadeh in Tehran.
Washington
(AFP) May 28, 2025-US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had told
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off from striking
Iran as he voiced optimism about nuclear talks his administration is
holding with Tehran.Iran said that it may consider allowing Americans to
inspect its facilities as part of the United Nations nuclear watchdog
if a deal is reached.Trump, asked if he had told Netanyahu in a call
next week not to take any action that could disrupt the diplomacy, said:
"Well, I'd like to be honest, yes I did."Pressed on what he told the
Israeli premier, Trump replied: "I just said I don't think it's
appropriate, we're having very good discussions with them."He added: "I
told him this would be inappropriate to do right now because we're very
close to a solution."I think they want to make a deal, and if we can
make a deal, save a lot of lives."Tehran and Washington have in recent
weeks held five rounds of talks focused on the issue -- their
highest-level contact since Trump in 2018 withdrew from a previous deal
negotiated by former president Barack Obama.Trump on a visit to Qatar
earlier in May voiced optimism at reaching a new agreement with Iran
that avoids military conflict.Israel sees cleric-ruled Iran, which
supports Hamas militants in Gaza, as its top enemy. Israel has
repeatedly threatened strikes on its nuclear facilities, after
pummelling Iranian air defenses in rare direct combat.- 'Reconsider
accepting Americans' -Iran denies Western charges that it is seeking a
nuclear weapon, insisting its program is solely for peaceful, civilian
purposes.Trump, withdrawing from the Obama-era deal in 2018, imposed
sweeping sanctions that include pressuring all countries not to buy
Iranian oil."Countries that were hostile to us and behaved
unprincipledly over the years -- we have always tried not to accept
inspectors from those countries," Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami
told reporters, referring to staff from the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA).Tehran "will reconsider accepting American inspectors
through the agency" if "an agreement is reached, and Iran's demands are
taken into account," he said.President Masoud Pezeshkian, currently on
an official visit to Oman, thanked the Gulf state for its mediation
efforts between the longtime adversaries, which have had no formal
diplomatic ties since 1979.Iranian Foreign Minister and top negotiator
Abbas Araghchi, who is accompanying Pezeshkian in Oman, said that "the
date for the new round of negotiations will probably be clarified within
the next few days." While welcoming the negotiations, Iranian officials
have repeatedly declared uranium enrichment "non-negotiable." Trump
administration officials have publicly insisted that Iran not be allowed
to enrich any uranium -- even at low levels for civilian purposes, as
allowed under Obama's 2015 deal."The continuation of enrichment in Iran
is an inseparable part of the country's nuclear industry and a
fundamental principle for the Islamic Republic of Iran," Foreign
Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters."Any proposal or
initiative that contradicts this principle or undermines this right is
unacceptable."Iran currently enriches uranium up to 60 percent -- the
highest level of any non-nuclear weapons state. That rate is still below
the 90 percent threshold required for a nuclear weapon, but far above
the 3.67 percent limit set under the 2015 deal.
Merz says Germany, Ukraine to jointly produce long-range weapons-By Jastinder KHERA.
Berlin
(AFP) May 28, 2025-German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday
during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Berlin
will help Kyiv develop new long-range weapons that can hit targets well
inside Russian territory.Both countries' defence ministers later signed a
memorandum of understanding for the production of long-range weapons
systems, but without revealing technical details or naming the
manufacturers involved."There will be no range restrictions, allowing
Ukraine to fully defend itself, even against military targets outside
its own territory," Merz told a joint press conference.Zelensky's Berlin
visit comes days after Russia launched some of its heaviest missile and
drone attacks of the conflict on Ukraine, and as US President Donald
Trump has voiced growing frustration with Russia's President Vladimir
Putin.The Ukrainian president accused Russia of stalling peace talks and
said Moscow did not want to halt its three-year invasion, adding that
"they will constantly look for reasons not to end the war".Merz said
that "the massive air strikes, particularly on the city of Kyiv over the
weekend, do not speak the language of peace, but rather the language of
a war of aggression"."This is a slap in the face of all those who are
trying to bring about a ceasefire in Ukraine itself, but also in Europe
and the USA."He warned that "the Russian side's refusal to hold talks,
the refusal to observe a ceasefire, now really has consequences, and we
are drawing these consequences every day".Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov told state media when asked about Merz's weapons announcement:
"All these actions naturally hinder peace efforts."Merz also pointed to
reports that Russia and American investors are hoping to resume Russian
gas deliveries through the destroyed Nord Stream pipelines running
through the Baltic Sea and vowed that Germany will "do everything" to
ensure this will not happen.- 'Military-industrial cooperation' -Merz,
who took power early this month, has vowed to keep strongly backing
Ukraine, but without giving details of which weapons Germany is sending,
in line with a policy of strategic ambiguity.The joint production of
long-range weapons "can take place both in Ukraine and here in Germany,"
he said. "We will not provide any further details until further
notice."Merz hailed the project as "the beginning of a new form of
military-industrial cooperation between our countries that has great
potential".Merz had pointed out in a TV interview this week that already
"there are no longer any range restrictions on weapons delivered to
Ukraine -- neither by the British nor by the French nor by us nor by the
Americans"."This means that Ukraine can now defend itself, for example,
by attacking military positions in Russia... With very few exceptions,
it didn't do that until recently. It can now do that."Germany's defence
ministry said the new agreement for direct investment "will enable a
significant number of long-range weapons to be produced this year"."The
first of these systems can be deployed in the Ukrainian armed forces in
just a few weeks," it said, adding that "they are already in service in
the Ukrainian armed forces, so no additional training is required."The
ministry said Germany was also sending ammunition and small arms and
helping with satellite communications and medical gear, as part of a
five billion euro tranche of support previously approved by the German
parliament.
Iran calls Austria intel on nuclear programme 'fake'
Tehran,
May 30 (AFP)-Iran on Friday branded as "fake" an Austrian intelligence
report that said Tehran is seeking atomic weapons, even as it pursues
delicate negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme.In
its annual report on global threats, Austria's domestic intelligence
service (DSN) said Monday that Iran's "nuclear weapons development
programme is well advanced".The United States, Israel and other Western
countries have repeatedly accused Iran of seeking to acquire a nuclear
weapon.Iran has categorically denied the claims, instead arguing that it
is pursuing a nuclear programme for civilian purposes alone.According
to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), however, Iran is the
only country in the world that enriches uranium up to 60 percent.That
rate is still below the 90 percent threshold required for a nuclear
weapon, but far above the 3.67 percent limit set under a 2015 agreement
with world powers."All efforts to prevent Iran's armament through
sanctions and agreements have so far proved ineffective," the Austrian
report said.On Friday, Iran's foreign ministry condemned "the fake
information" disseminated in the report and demanded an explanation from
the Austrian government.The IAEA, whose headquarters is in the Austrian
capital, will in coming days publish its own review of Iran's nuclear
activities.Iran and the United States are engaged in an Omani-mediated
effort to reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, after Donald Trump
during his first presidency pulled out of the 2015 agreement.No date
has yet been set for the next Iran-US meeting since last week's
discussions in Rome.On Thursday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he
was "not sure" that a deal with the United States was imminent.His
statement came after Trump said on Wednesday that the two sides were
"very close to a solution".
As Russia intensifies attacks, Ukraine air defences under strain.
Kyiv,
Ukraine, May 30 (AFP)-A wave of massive Russian aerial attacks has
stretched Ukraine's air defences, raising fears about Kyiv's reliance on
Western systems to protect its skies in the fourth year of Russia's
invasion.As the two sides open peace talks and Kyiv pushes for an
immediate ceasefire, Moscow has launched its heaviest air assaults of
the war, pummelling Ukraine with more than 900 drones and 90 missiles in
a three-day barrage last weekend.Ukraine downed over 80 percent of the
incoming projectiles, but more than a dozen people were killed.Experts
worry how long the country can fend off the nightly attacks if Russia
maintains -- or escalates -- its strikes."Ukraine's air defences are
stretched thin and cannot guarantee protection for all cities against
persistent and sophisticated Russian attacks," military analyst
Franz-Stefan Gady told AFP.Russia's drone and missile attacks have
become more complex -- and harder to thwart -- throughout the war.Kyiv's
air force says around 40 percent of drones launched recently are decoys
-- cheaper dummy craft that mimic attack drones and are designed to
exhaust and confuse air defences.Russia increasingly sets drones to fly
at a higher altitude -- above 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) -- and then dive
down onto targets."At that altitude, they're more visible to our radars
but unreachable for small arms, heavy machine guns and mobile fire
teams," air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat told RBK Ukraine.In addressing
the threat, Ukraine is trying to strike a balance between pressing the
West to deliver new systems and not wanting to concern a war-weary
public at home."There's no need to panic," a Ukraine military source
told AFP."We're using all air defence systems that are available in
Ukraine now, plus helicopters and aircraft. We are fighting somehow,"
they said.- 'Scale up' -Moscow has the capacity to fire 300 to 500
drones a day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this
week."By scaling up the use of Shaheds, they are forcing us to resort to
expensive options," military analyst Sergiy Zgurets said, referring to
the Iranian-designed drones that are packed with explosives to detonate
as they crash into buildings."This is a war of attrition that must be
based on economic grounds -- we must shoot down Shaheds with less
sophisticated alternatives," he said.Ukraine uses several tools to
protect its skies -- from advanced Western fighter jets and air defence
batteries like the US-made Patriot anti-missile system, to small mobile
air defence teams armed with guns.New technology has also become vital,
such as the electronic jamming of drones to make them drop from the
sky.Increasingly, interceptors are being deployed -- smaller, cheaper
drones that take on enemy drones mid-air."We are already using them. The
question now is when we will be able to scale up," Zelensky said of the
interceptors.He too sees the issue as one of economics."The question is
no longer about production capacity... It is a financial issue," he
told journalists.- 'Real protection' -Beyond drones, Russia is also
deploying super-fast ballistic missiles, which are much more difficult
to intercept."The biggest vulnerability lies in defending against
ballistic missiles," said analyst Gady.A midday strike last month on the
northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 35 people, while a hit near a
children's playground in Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rig left 19
dead, including nine children.To fend off ballistic missile attacks,
Ukraine relies on a small number of Patriot systems.They are
concentrated around Kyiv, leaving other areas more exposed than the
relatively better-protected capital.Gady said the current supply of
missiles for them is "sufficient" given the level of Russian strikes at
the moment."But it is generally insufficient when compared to Russian
ballistic missile production."Ukraine also faces potential shortages
given delays in US output, according to Zgurets, creating "gaps" in
Ukraine's "fight against enemy hypersonic targets and
ballistics".Deliveries of other key Western systems are expected over
the next 18 months, but uncertainty is high given President Donald
Trump's criticism of aid for Ukraine.US packages approved under
predecessor Joe Biden are trickling in, but Trump has not announced any
fresh support."Delivering air defence systems to us means real
protection for people -- here and now," Zelensky said in a recent call
for Western backing.On a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, he said:
"Defending our cities requires constant support with air defence
systems."
France gives air base $1.7 billion nuclear facelift.
Luxeuil-les-Bains,
France, May 29 (AFP) May 29, 2025-In a sign of the growing security
nerves in Europe, France has embarked on a $1.7 billion renovation of an
air base in remote hills in the east of the country so it can handle
nuclear-armed bombers.The work will take a decade but from 2035 the
Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur base will be twice the size it is now and it will
house new generation hypersonic missiles carried by 50 of France's
Rafale fighter jets.President Emmanuel Macron announced at the base in
March -- on the day that US President Donald Trump and Russia's
President Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine war -- that it was to
become the first to welcome the latest Rafale jets and France's ASN4G
nuclear-capable air-to-ground missiles.Luxeuil will become the fourth,
but most modern, base in France capable of storing nuclear weapons.The
base currently has about 20 Mirage-2000 jets, which are no longer in
production.Its triangle shaped hangars date from 1952, according to base
commander, Colonel Emmanuel Roux. They have been "well used", according
to Roux who said he had seen pictures of President Charles de Gaulle
there in 1962. "It was the same," he joked.The hangars will go as the
Rafales will not fit in them. "We will have to redo everything for the
infrastructure," the colonel said.The Rafale is also heavier than the
Mirage so Luxeuil's runway will also have to be made longer and
tougher.- Nuclear deterrent -As nuclear bases are given extra
protection, "we will have to increase security measures and the entire
infrastructure to get up to speed," the colonel said, likening his work
to "building a cathedral"."We have 10 years to build the best base in
France with planes that do not exist (yet), a nuclear weapon that does
not exist and technicians who are not yet in school," said Roux.Luxeuil
will be closed between 2029 and 2032 for the key works and the arrival
of the first Rafales.There will be four times as many pilots as now as
the Rafale has two crew. The 300 technicians currently at the base will
expand to 1,000 by the time the new base is fully operational."Logistics
wins the war," said Roux who highlighted the importance of speed in
preparing jets for faster rotations between flights. A Rafale engine can
be changed in one hour and an ejector seat in 15 minutes, he
said.Pilots at the base, who cannot be named, also said they were ready
to carry nuclear weapons. "It's the weapon of last resort, but I think
we're all ready to use it to protect our loved ones and our nation,"
said one.Luxeuil is close to France's border with Germany, Switzerland,
Luxembourg and Belgium and the position could also prove
strategic.Macron has also said that with the Russian invasion of Ukraine
raging and heightening worries in the rest of Europe, France is ready
to start discussing with other European countries the possible
deployment of French nuclear-armed jets."I will define the framework in a
very specific way in the weeks and months to come," Macron said in a
television interview this month.Russia has already condemned his
comments. "The proliferation of nuclear weapons on the European
continent is something that will not add security, predictability or
stability to the European continent," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov.
What will Seoul's new leader mean for North Korea ties?
Seoul,
May 30 (AFP) May 30, 2025-On the campaign trail in South Korea ahead of
the June 3 vote, leading candidates in the presidential race have
barely mentioned the nuclear-armed North -- but a new leader in Seoul
could shake-up years of Pyongyang policy.Under the hawkish Yoon Suk Yeol
-- whose ouster over his disastrous declaration of martial law
triggered the snap presidential poll -- Seoul took a hard line towards
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.AFP takes a look at what could happen
next:- What's the situation? -Relations between the two Koreas are at
one of their lowest points in years, thanks in part to Yoon's
short-lived presidency, who said on the campaign trail he'd teach "rude"
Kim Jong Un a lesson.Yoon's former People Power Party has always
traditionally taken a harder line on the North than the country's
left-wing Democratic Party, and during his time in office, Yoon
threatened preemptive strikes and bolstered joint drills with ally the
US.The North has also toughened its stance: blowing up inter-Korean
roads and railways, declaring the South an "enemy state" and scrapping
military deals aimed at avoiding accidental escalations.If front-runner,
the DP's Lee Jae-myung, wins the election on Tuesday, things could
change: he has already vowed to restart efforts to engage Kim.Lee's
North Korea policy will represent a "complete turnaround" from Yoon's,
Lim Eul-chul, a professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at
Kyungnam University, told AFP.His approach follows that of his party,
which traditionally champions dialogue with Pyongyang, he said.There
could be "potential for improvement in ties with Pyongyang" if Lee wins,
he added.- Will ties improve? -The last polls before the pre-election
blackout period showed Lee in the lead. But it is still possible that
the PPP's candidate Kim Moon-soo could sneak into the lead -- especially
if another right-wing candidate, currently in third place, were to
endorse him.In the case, it is likely Kim would maintain Yoon's hardline
policy toward Pyongyang. He has called for more US nuclear assets to be
deployed to the peninsula.Kim's policy platform is notably light on
details on what he plans to do regarding Pyongyang -- but it's basically
just "an extension of Yoon's policy in substance," professor Lim
said."In a way, Kim's rhetoric suggests he may take an even more hawkish
stance on the North than Yoon, raising the risk of heightened military
tensions."- What about Trump? -Trump has talked up his "great
relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and hinted that he
might seek to rekindle his relationship with the third-generation ruler
in Pyongyang.During Trump's first term, the two met multiple times for
talks on possible denuclearisation, which ultimately collapsed without a
deal."Trump could shift his focus to North Korea once the situation in
Ukraine is resolved through a truce with Russia," said Hong Min, a
senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification."It is
possible that he will be eager to engage with the North in pursuit of
diplomatic achievements," he said.But after the collapse of talks, which
Kim found "humiliating, he may not be as receptive to a potential
summit proposal from Trump as he once was."- And Ukraine? -After Russia
invaded Ukraine, Pyongyang began supplying Moscow with weapons and
soldiers to help it fight Kyiv.Ex-president Yoon slammed the growing
ties between the North and Russia -- and even hinting that Seoul, a
major arms exporter, could consider providing weapons direct to Ukraine,
currently barred by longstanding domestic policy.At the time, Lee
criticised Yoon for this, warning that such a move would be "a death
sentence" for South Korean companies in Russia.He has also blamed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the war, saying he had
"provoked Russia with a promise to join NATO." He later apologised for
the remark.He now says he will pursue "pragmatic diplomacy" in terms of
Seoul's ties with Russia.His foreign policy advisor said this could
include "efforts to seek dialogue and improve ties with Russia," Choi
Gi-il told AFP.Kim Moon-soo has not commented on the conflict.- What
will North Korea do? -Pyongyang has not commented on the South's
election and is not expected to do so on its outcome, said Lim of
Kyungnam University."But if Lee wins, the North will closely monitor how
he implements his North Korea policy -- particularly any changes to
joint military drills with the US," he said.If Kim Moon-soo wins, having
pledged to maintain a hardline stance and increase the deployment of US
nuclear assets around the peninsula, Pyongyang could attempt to
undermine his administration, Lim added."North Korea could resort to a
highly aggressive military provocation, escalating tensions to a new
level."
Thai, Cambodian army chiefs meet over border clash.
Bangkok,
May 29 (AFP) May 29, 2025-Thai and Cambodian militaries said on
Thursday they had agreed to ease border tensions after a Cambodian
soldier was killed in a frontier clash.Military clashes between the
Southeast Asian neighbours erupted in 2008 and have led to several years
of sporadic violence, resulting in at least 28 deaths.Commmander
General Pana Klaewplodthuk met with his Cambodian counterpart and both
sides agreed to move troops away from the area, said Thai army spokesman
Winthai Suvaree in a statement.He added that a Joint Boundary Committee
would meet in two weeks' time to "solve the problem of the border
conflict".The Royal Cambodian Army said in a statement that the
commanders agreed to use "existing mechanisms... to resolve disputes",
but that Cambodia would not pull back its troops from the site of the
clash.The Cambodian side "will not withdraw or station without weapons
at the site of clash," it said, citing a demarcation agreement.A
Cambodian soldier was killed on Wednesday during an exchange of gunfire
with the Thai army at the border, a Cambodian army spokesman said.His
death -- a rare fatality along the long-sensitive frontier -- came after
Cambodian and Thai leaders attended a Southeast Asian summit where the
regional ASEAN grouping vowed greater cooperation.Both sides confirmed
the clash on Wednesday, with the Thai military saying their soldiers had
responded to gunshots and Cambodia's saying they were attacked
first."Our soldier died in the trenches. The Thais came to attack us,"
said Cambodian Royal Army spokesman Mao Phalla.Thai Defence Minister
Phumtham Wechayachai told journalists Thursday that there had been a
"misunderstanding by both sides".- 'Remain calm' -Cambodia and Thailand
have long been at odds over their more than 800-kilometre-long
(500-mile) border, which was largely drawn during the French occupation
of Indochina.The 2008 military clashes erupted over a patch of land next
to Preah Vihear, a 900-year-old temple near their shared border.This
led to several years of sporadic violence before the International Court
of Justice ruled the disputed area belonged to Cambodia.In February,
Bangkok formally protested to Phnom Penh after a video of women singing a
patriotic Khmer song in front of another disputed temple was posted on
social media.On Thursday, influential former Cambodian prime minister
Hun Sen urged calm and a peaceful resolution to the ongoing border
issues between the two countries.Hun Sen is the father of current
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and a close ally of ex-Thai premier
Thaksin Shinawatra, the father of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn
Shinawatra.Paetongtarn travelled to Cambodia in April for a two-day
visit, during which she met Hun Manet to discuss cross-border
cooperation on issues such as online scams and air pollution.On Thursday
she called for peaceful discussion, saying "both sides should remain
calm and discuss to see what we can agree".Hun Manet wrote on Facebook
that he hoped the meeting between the two army commanders would "yield
positive results".burs-sjc/tc
No top defence officials in China delegation at key summit.
Beijing,
May 29 (AFP) May 29, 2025-No top Chinese defence officials will attend a
key regional summit in Singapore this week, Beijing said Thursday,
despite ongoing tensions with the United States.The Shangri-La Dialogue,
Asia's top international defence forum, kicks off in the city-state on
Friday.The meeting has historically offered rare opportunities for
senior officials to hold face-to-face talks, and will be attended by US
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this year.But his Chinese counterpart,
Dong Jun, will not be in attendance, Beijing's defence ministry said at a
Thursday press conference.Instead, the People's Liberation Army
National Defense University has sent a delegation to take part, ministry
spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said.The delegation "will have in-depth
exchanges with different parties to build more consensus", he said.Zhang
did not say why Dong was not attending or whether the Chinese team
would meet with US counterparts.Asked who was leading Beijing's
delegation, he said he had "nothing more to add".Dong's absence comes
after reports last year said he had been placed under investigation for
corruption, something Chinese authorities have not confirmed.If true,
Dong would be the third consecutive Chinese defence minister to come
under a graft probe, following the removal of his predecessors Li
Shangfu and Wei Fenghe.
Seoul's power giant pushes back on EU probe into Czech nuclear bid.
Seoul,
May 27 (AFP) May 27, 2025-South Korea's largest electric power company
told AFP Tuesday that it was reviewing legal action, including a
possible injunction, after a deal with the Czech Republic to build
reactors hit EU legal woes.Brussels asked Prague on May 2 to suspend the
signing of the multi-billion-dollar deal with Korea Hydro and Nuclear
Power (KHNP), which was selected last July to build two nuclear units
after beating France's EDF in the tender.EDF has complained to the Czech
antitrust watchdog and filed a lawsuit, prompting a Czech court to
block the deal being signed.The European Union said it was assessing
whether KHNP had received "foreign financial contributions" that could
have distorted competition.This could trigger a formal investigation.The
Korean company told AFP that it had responded to Brussels "stressing
that the bidding process was transparent" and that it had "not received
any subsidies from the Korean government that could distort
competition"."If the European Commission proceeds with an in-depth
investigation on foreign subsidies and imposes a provisional ban on the
contract, KHNP plans to immediately file for an injunction with the EU
Court to suspend the investigation and lift the ban," it said in a
statement."KHNP is also reviewing all possible legal responses,
including requesting special trade measures from the Korean government,"
it added."We are reviewing the matter very seriously," a senior KHNP
official told AFP.The trade ministry in Seoul said Korean companies'
projects in the European Union fully complied with World Trade
Organization rules and EU regulations, adding that it would review the
issue if KHNP made a formal request.For now, the deal is on hold after a
Czech court in early May blocked the contract until a verdict is
reached in a lawsuit filed by the French giant.KHNP was due to build two
units at the southern Czech nuclear plant of Dukovany managed by the
state-run CEZ group, with the Korean firm offering to build them for
around 200 billion Czech koruna ($9 billion) each.Prague had expected to
finalise the deal with KHNP by March this year, but the EDF appeal
delayed the process.CEZ expects construction to begin in 2029 and the
first reactor launched in a trial operation in 2036
