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I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

DAY 21 OF THE FORT MCMURRAY ALBERTA WILD FIRE.

OTHER FORT MCMURRAY FIRE NEWS

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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.

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.

FORT MCMURRAY FIRE UPDATES
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UPDATE-MAY 21,2016-12:00PM
1,000 MORE FIRE FIGHTERS WILL BE COMING TO FORT MCMURRAY NEXT WEEK. BY MONDAY THE DRY-HOT WEATHER WILL BE RETURNING TO FORT MCMURRAY. AND SOME EVACUATED FROM THE OIL SAND PROJECTS CAN NOW RETURN TO THEM AGAIN.

UPDATE-MAY 21,2016-11:16AM
770 HECTARES HAS BEEN BURNED IN SASKATCHEWAN FROM THE FORT MCMURRAY WILD FIRE. THE TOTAL HECTARES BURNED SO FAR BY THIS WILD FIRE IS 507,000. AND ITS FINALLY SLOWING A BIT. AND MOST OF CANADA IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE WARMER THEN USUAL AVERAGES TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR. SO WE CAN EXPECT MORE BIG OUT OF CONTROL WILD FIRES AROUND CANADA THIS YEAR. THIS MEANS THE SUN IS GETTING HOTTER.NOT NO CLIMATE CHANGE SCAM NONSENSE. THE SUN IS GETTING HOTTER JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS WOULD HAPPEN IN THE END OF THE AGE OF GRACE. JUDGEMENT PERIOD ON THE WHOLE EARTH.

Alberta bringing in extra firefighters to gain upper hand on Fort McMurray fire-[The Canadian Press]-May 21, 2016-yahoonews

EDMONTON - A massive wildfire that destroyed parts of Fort McMurray hasn't grown in size in the forest around the city and officials are planning a surge of firefighters in the coming days to try to gain the upper hand.Alberta senior wildfire manager Chad Morrison said Friday cooler temperatures, higher humidity and a forecast for rain have allowed the government to safely put more boots on the ground."From a firefighting perspective we hope to hold this fire in place over the weekend," Morrison said. "Even if we don't get rain, the firefighters and our resources out there are making great progress. These are great firefighting days for us."As every day goes by, we continue to run this thing down and continue to secure it."The province plans to bring in an extra 1,000 firefighters over the next two weeks, adding to 1,100 already on the ground, Morrison said.Many will come from a pool of Alberta crews who had been spelled off earlier in the month. The rest will come from other jurisdictions.The blaze is already about 5,000 square kilometres in size, with nearly eight square kilometres stretching over into Saskatchewan. This single fire has burned the same amount of forest as all fires consumed in Alberta last year.More than 2,400 buildings were destroyed in Fort McMurray earlier this month and the northeastern Alberta city remains under a mandatory evacuation order.Major oilsands operation to the north of the city, including Suncor and Syncrude, were also placed on mandatory evacuation earlier this week when the fire pushed in that direction and destroyed a work camp.Late Friday, the Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo announced those evacuation orders had been lifted. Workers at Suncor, Syncrude, Millennium, Borealis, Hudson, Noralta and Ruth Lake camps would be allowed back immediately.There was also some good news from Imperial Oil on Friday. The company announced it has restarted limited operations at its Kearl oilsands site.The province is hoping to have the more than 80,000 evacuees from the city return to the region starting June 1, providing certain safety benchmarks can be met.The government has been giving out preloaded debt cards to evacuees to help with immediate expenses and the Red Cross has also been distributing electronic money transfer. Schreiber acknowledged that there have been reports of some people trying to take advantage of that system. Police are following up on those cases."In general, it is an extremely small number," said Shane Schreiber, assistant deputy minister with the Alberta Emergency Management Agency. "We've had a handful of reports of this activity going on."

Multiple scams arise after Fort McMurray wildfires-[CBC]-May 20, 2016-yahoonews

Fraudsters are attempting to scam kind-hearted Albertans out of donations, evacuees out of funds to rebuild their home and the government out of disaster funds, officials warn.Throughout the battle with the wildfire known as "the beast" that did billions of dollars of damage to the town of Fort McMurray, Albertans have displayed their kindness with donations and offers of support. But some people are trying to take advantage of that generosity, warns Ron Mycholuk of the central and northern Alberta Better Business Bureau.The most prevalent scams are fake charities collecting online or door-to-door, he said.Donors should be wary if someone at the door becomes pushy about donations, Mycholuk said."If people are really pressuring you to give money right there on the spot and not give you a chance to think or do some research, take a step back," he said.People should watch for fraudulent Go Fund Me pages or fake websites made to mimic disaster relief programs, he added."It's really easy to take advantage of web hosting software and put up a website that looks really legitimate," said Mycholuk."It only has to scam people for a really short period of time to get a lot of money, especially right now when people are so eager to give."Mycholuk said it's best to avoid any website that doesn't have a direct link to donate. It's better to donate directly to the Red Cross and avoid any intermediary website, he said. -Beware of fake contractors-When evacuees finally get to return home, Mycholuk said they should be on the lookout for people he calls "storm chasers" — fake contractors who will show up when the rebuilding process starts.These people will offer repairs at a cheaper and quicker pace than what is actually possible and ask for the money up front.Once paid, they will either disappear immediately or do quick and shoddy work. "Then when you want them to redo it properly, you'll never find them again," said Mycholuk. "They've scammed 10, 15, 20 families and then disappeared."The best way to avoid these scammers is to only work with well-known businesses or people with good, public track records, he said.Mycholuk notes that rebuilding is a long and arduous process and if something sounds too good to be true, it often is. "These people have been through so much and then to have them scammed when they are just trying to start rebuilding their lives is shameful and it is disgusting," said Mycholuk.-Scamming the government-It's not just the evacuees who need to look out for people looking to profit from the wildfire's path of destruction.On Monday, a woman was charged after she tried to use photocopied documents to access money set aside for evacuees. On Thursday, a 29-year-old man was charged in Calgary for a similar offence.Minister of Municipal Affairs Danielle Larivee said there have been attempts by people to access the province's debit cards but they are few and far between."Police have laid charges related to 10 incidents and the human services investigation unit is looking into eight suspected cases," Larivee said. Larivee added that this represents .05 per cent of the more than 38,000 cards that have already been issued.In order to get the cards, evacuees need to prove that they were forced out of their home in the fire zone and haven't been able to return for seven days."It's difficult with some people having left key documents behind, so ideally we ask them to present identification documents, proof of residence, those kinds of things," said Larivee. If an evacuee cannot provide any proof, they are asked to sign a statutory declaration.Alberta sheriffs are posted at the distribution centres to handle any attempts at fraud.

Cooler weather welcomed in Canada's fire-stricken energy heartland-[Reuters]-By Eric M. Johnson and Nia Williams-May 20, 2016-yahoonews

CALGARY (Reuters) - Firefighters battling a massive blaze in Canada's energy heartland were aided on Friday by a second day of light rain and winds that held flames back from oil sands facilities, as producers signaled a gradual increase in operations.The wildfire in northern Alberta has blackened more than 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of land, six times the size of New York City, since it erupted earlier this month.It also triggered a prolonged shutdown that has cut Canadian oil output by a million barrels a day.The footprint had already exceeded the total area burned during Alberta's entire 2015 fire season, and it jumped Thursday into the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.The fire's growth slowed on Friday as firefighters were helped by colder, damper weather that began a day earlier and vastly improved air quality, provincial authorities said."We expect to hold this fire in place over the weekend," Alberta Wildfire Manager Chad Morrison told a news conference.Morrison said that fire crews hope to use the improved conditions to advance further against the blaze. Authorities plan to roughly double the number of firefighters over the next two weeks to about 2,100 personnel backed by bulldozers and aircraft dumping flame retardant.-CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC-The weather, which included winds pushing flames away from key oil sands assets, offered hope for crude operations with Statoil saying on Friday its Leismer project was producing 13,000 bpd, up from 9,000 bpd two days prior.Imperial Oil has said it had restarted limited operations at its Kearl site, with a capacity of 194,000 bpd.ConocoPhillips Canada said it was "cautiously optimistic" but gave no time frame on restarting operations.Many operations remained shut due to the blaze, which comes on the back of a two-year slump in global crude prices. Syncrude told customers to expect no further crude shipments for May, trading sources said on Thursday.On Friday, officials said the Suncor and Syncrude oil sands sites remained under mandatory evacuation orders along with 19 work camps north of Fort McMurray.-COULD BE COSTLIEST DISASTER IN CANADIAN HISTORY-Insurers say the fire could be the most expensive natural disaster in Canadian history, costing up to C$9 billion. The federal government in Ottawa is responsible for covering 90 percent of all eligible costs.Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, though, played down the damage the blaze would have on overall growth prospects."We expect the economic impact to be largely contained to this quarter (and) to be relatively modest," he told reporters on a conference call from Japan."Importantly, the kinds of investments we'll be making in the next couple of quarters will help us to rebound from that economically," he said.Some of the 90,000 evacuees who fled as the massive blaze breached Fort McMurray earlier this month may be allowed to return as soon as June 1, if air quality improves and other safety conditions are met.Officials warned residents with asthma or heart conditions that medical care will be limited in the early days.(Additional reporting by Ethan Lou in Toronto and David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Cynthia Osterman)

PESACH SHENI - 2ND PASSOVER - 1 MONTH AFTER PASSOVER

Friday, May 20, 2016

DAY 02 MISSING EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804.

-MISSING FLIGHT MS-804-A320-232 FROM PARIS TO EGYPT-TERROR SUSPECTED DOWNING.

UPDATE-MAY 20,2016-05:34PM
WE ARE FINALLY GRADUALLY DISCOVERING WHAT HAPPENED TO FLIGHT MS804. THE DATA RELAYED BY SATELITES REVEAL-THAT AKKARS SAYS THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE WASHROOM BY THE PILOTS CABIN. IT SHOWED THE SMOKE ALERT WAS FAST. AND ANOTHER SMOKE ALERT CAME FROM THE PILOTS CABIN. THEN ONLY A MINUTE LATER THE PLANE WENT DOWN. THIS TELLS ME THERE WAS SMOKE THEN A QUICK EXPLOSION. THAT BROUGHT THE PLANE DOWN QUICK. WE WILL SEE IF IT WAS ISLAMIC TERRORISM-OR A FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT.

UPDATE-MAY 20,2016-09:16AM
WRECKAGE DEBRIS-JET-AND SEAT PARTS.PASSENGER BODY PARTS AND BELONGINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND 290 KILOMETERS OFF THE COAST OF ALEXANDRIA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN TODAY. THE ARMY IS SCOURING THE AREA FOR THE BLACK BOXES FROM THE REPORTED TERRORIST BROUGHT DOWN PLANE BY A BOMB. THEY ARE ALSO SAYING AN ISIS GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ISLAMIC-TERRORIST DOWNING OF THE PLANE. YES THAT PEACE LOVING RELIGION-POLITICAL CULT-HAS BROUGHT DOWN ANOTHER PLANE. IN THE NAME OF THEIR QURAN AND CULT MOON GOD ALLAH. AND ALSO ALL THE WORKERS AND CONTRACTERS CONNECTED TO THE DEGUALL AIRPORT ARE BEING CHECKED OUT. AS OFFICIALS BELIEVE A BOMB WAS SMUGGLED ON BOARD UNDER AN INSIDE JOB. AND ALSO SALAH ABDESLAM WHILE INTERIGATED BY POLICE IN FRANCE. WOULD NOT SAY A WORD ABOUT HIS PART IN THE EARLIAR THIS YEAR TERRORIST ATTACK IN PARIS FRANCE.

EgyptAir plane wreckage found in Mediterranean-[AFP]-Samer al-Atrush-May 20, 2016-yahoonews

Cairo (AFP) - Egypt found wreckage including seats and luggage Friday from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, as investigators tried to unravel the mystery of why it swerved and plummeted into the sea.Search teams spotted personal belongings of passengers and parts of the Airbus A320 about 290 kilometres (180 miles) north of Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, the military said.The country's aviation minister has said a "terrorist attack" was a more likely cause than technical failure for the plane's disappearance on a flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board.But French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said there was "absolutely no indication" of why the plane came down."We're looking at all possibilities, but none is being favoured over the others," he said.The tragedy raised fears of a repeat of the bombing of a Russian passenger jet by the Islamic State jihadist group over Egypt last October that killed all 224 people on board.In Cairo, French and Airbus investigators were to meet their Egyptian counterparts to lay the groundwork for their probe.- Satellite spots oil slick -Relatives of some of the passengers and crew met EgyptAir officials and later gathered at a hotel near Cairo airport to exchange information."They haven't died yet. No one knows. We're asking for God's mercy," said a woman in her 50s whose daughter had been on board.The plane disappeared between the Greek island of Karpathos and the Egyptian coast in the early hours of Thursday, without its crew sending a distress signal.It had turned sharply twice in Egyptian airspace before plunging 22,000 feet (6,700 metres) and vanishing from radar screens, said Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos.A multi-national operation involving aircraft and ships has been launched to find the plane.On Friday Kammenos said Egypt had told Greece that search teams had found "a body part, two seats and one or more items of luggage" in waters north of Alexandria.Other search aircraft had "allegedly reported more findings in another area, but currently we have no official confirmation that they belong to the plane in question."Later the European Space Agency said one of its satellites had on Thursday spotted an oil slick about 40 kilometres southeast of the plane's last known location.Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had demanded an "intensified search" after the airline retracted a statement that wreckage had been found.French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that it was clear the plane had crashed, and authorities in both Paris and Cairo opened investigations.Fifteen French citizens, a Briton and at least one Canadian were among 26 foreigners on the plane.Both France and Egypt have come under attack by IS jihadists in the past year, and Hollande promised a comprehensive investigation.IS has been waging a deadly insurgency against Egyptian security forces.In October, an Airbus A321 operated by Russia's Metrojet broke up over the Sinai desert after taking off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, killing all on board in an attack that IS claimed.In the United States, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said it was "too early to definitively say what may have caused this disaster".The disaster also entered the US presidential election campaign, where national security is a prominent issue.Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said it appeared to be "yet another terrorist attack," adding "When will we get tough, smart and vigilant?"His likely Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton said it "does appear that it was an act of terrorism" and "once again shines a very bright light on the threats that we face from organised terror groups".- Pilot's last communication -Greek civil aviation chief Constantinos Litzerakos said the pilot had mentioned no problem in his last communication before the plane disappeared, and the flight had not deviated from its course."The flight controllers contacted the pilot at a height of 37,000 feet (near Athens)... he did not mention a problem," he said.Neither the Greek coastguard nor the navy could confirm reports a passing ship had seen "a ball of fire in the sky".Litzerakos said that if there had been an explosion, any debris would have been scattered across a wide area.The passengers also included two Iraqis and one citizen from each of Algeria, Belgium, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, as well as 30 Egyptians, the airline said. They included a boy and two babies.Seven crew members and three security personnel were also on board.EgyptAir said the plane had been manufactured in 2003. Airbus said it had clocked up 48,000 flight hours.EgyptAir hit the headlines in March when a flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to divert to Cyprus, where the hijacker, who was described as "unstable", demanded to see his ex-wife.In October, foreign governments issued travel warnings for Egypt and demanded a review of security at its airports after IS said it downed the Russian airliner with a bomb concealed in a soda can that had been smuggled into the hold.

2 Canadians aboard EgyptAir plane that crashed in Mediterranean Sea: Dion-[The Canadian Press]-May 19, 2016-yahoonews

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says two Canadian citizens were among the passengers on EgyptAir flight MS804 that crashed while travelling from Paris to Cairo.Dion says Global Affairs Canada is providing consular assistance to the families and officials are working closely with authorities to confirm whether there were any additional Canadian citizens on board.He says consular officials were immediately deployed to the airport and reached out to government agencies to ascertain the facts and provide the most effective support to families.Authorities have said the EgyptAir jetliner with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday.Egyptian and Russian officials have said it may have been brought down by terrorists.There have been no immediate signs of survivors."On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the victims on board EgyptAir flight MS804," Dion said in a statement.He added that Global Affairs is also working with its French and Egyptian counterparts as well as other impacted countries to assess the situation and consider any requests for support.-- With files from The Associated Press.

Air-sea search intensifies for missing EgyptAir plane-[AFP]-Samer al-Atrush with John Hadoulis in Athens-May 19, 2016-yahoonews

Cairo (AFP) - A massive search was under way Thursday for the wreckage of an EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, in what the Egyptian authorities said may have been an act of terrorism.Egypt's aviation minister said that while it was too soon to say why the Airbus A320 flying from Paris to Cairo had vanished from radar screens, a "terrorist" attack would be a more likely scenario than a technical failure.The tragedy raised fears of a repeat of the bombing of a Russian passenger jet by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group over Egypt last October that killed all 224 people on board.The plane disappeared between the Greek islands and the Egyptian coast overnight, without its crew sending a distress signal.Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said the aircraft had swerved sharply twice in Egyptian airspace before plunging 22,000 feet (6,700 metres) and disappearing from radar screens.Both Egypt and Greece dispatched aircraft and naval vessels on a major search mission. They were expected to be joined by French teams, while the US send a surveillance plane to help with the operation.Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi demanded an "intensified search" for the aircraft after reports that wreckage from the plane had been found were retracted.EgyptAir initially said on its Twitter account that the Egyptian authorities had recovered wreckage from the missing aircraft No. MS 804 near Greece's Karpathos Island.But the head of the Greek air safety authority, Athanasios Binis, told AFP that debris found close to the area where the jet went down did "not come from a plane", a finding he said was confirmed by his Egyptian counterpart.EgyptAir Holding Company vice president Ahmed Adel then corrected his company's statement, telling CNN that the debris that was spotted was "not part of our plane".French President Francois Hollande said the plane had "crashed", as authorities in both Paris and Cairo opened investigations.In the United States, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said "it's too early to definitively say what may have caused this disaster".Egypt's Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said he was unable to "deny the hypothesis of a terrorist attack or something technical".The airline said 15 French citizens were among the 26 foreign passengers on the plane, who also included a Briton and at least one Canadian.Both France and Egypt have come under attack by IS jihadists in the past year, and Hollande promised a comprehensive probe into the cause of the crash as suspicions swiftly focused on a bomb."Whether it was an accident or another hypothesis that everyone has on their mind -- a terrorist hypothesis... at this stage we must focus on our solidarity with the families and the search for the causes of the catastrophe," he said.- No distress call -IS has been waging a deadly insurgency against Egyptian security forces and last October claimed the bombing of the Russian airliner flying home holidaymakers from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.A Greek aviation source said the flight had disappeared from Greek radar at around 0029 GMT."It crashed around 130 nautical miles off the island of Karpathos," the source told AFP, referring to an island northeast of Crete.Greek civil aviation chief Constantinos Litzerakos said the pilot had mentioned no problem in the last communication before the plane disappeared, and it had not deviated from its course."The flight controllers contacted the pilot (with the plane) at a height of 37,000 feet (near Athens)... he did not mention a problem," Litzerakos told Greece's Antenna TV.Neither the Greek coastguard nor the navy could confirm reports that a passing ship had seen "a ball of fire in the sky".The civil aviation chief said if there had been an explosion, any debris would have scattered across a wide area.EgyptAir's Adel also said there had been "no distress call" before the plane vanished.- Two babies -The passengers also included two Iraqis and one citizen from each of Algeria, Belgium, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, as well as 30 Egyptians, the airline said. They included a boy and two babies.Seven crew members and three security men were also on board.EgyptAir said the plane had been manufactured in 2003. Airbus said it had clocked up 48,000 flight hours.EgyptAir hit the headlines in March when a flight from the coastal city of Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to divert to Cyprus, where the hijacker, who was described as "unstable", demanded to see his ex-wife.He had claimed he was wearing an explosive vest, which turned out to be fake.Last October, foreign governments issued travel warnings for Egypt and demanded a review of security at its airports after IS downed the Russian airliner with what it said was a bomb concealed in a soda can that had been smuggled into the hold.

Donald Trump speculates EgyptAir plane disappearance is terrorism as authorities investigate-Colin Campbell-Deputy Politics Editor-May 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Hours after an EgyptAir flight disappeared from radar, Donald Trump speculated on Thursday that terrorism was behind the plane going missing over the Mediterranean.“Looks like yet another terrorist attack,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee wrote on Twitter.The EgyptAir passenger jet with 66 people on board suddenly went missing over the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt’s aviation minister, Sharif Fathy, said in a Thursday morning press conference that a terror attack or a technical problem could not be ruled out.He also said he was “choosing his words carefully” as he relayed information to the media.“We have no other information other than there is a missing plane,” Fathy said. “There are many possible reasons for this situation,” he said. “What’s certain is that something has happened. I will not use the term ‘crash’ until I find wreckage.”Trump’s tweet is reminiscent of his previous comments regarding the supposed “hate” in Islam when discussing terrorism.Looks like yet another terrorist attack. Airplane departed from Paris. When will we get tough, smart and vigilant? Great hate and sickness!-— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2016

Terror attack most likely cause for Egyptair crash, experts say-Missing Airbus A320 was relatively new, considered a reliable, modern, safe aircraft; technical fault unlikely to have caused sudden plummet-By Juliette MICHEL and Tangi QUEMENER May 19, 2016, 4:10 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

PARIS, France (AFP) — Several scenarios could explain the mysterious disappearance of the Egyptair flight between Paris to Cairo early Thursday, but experts say a terrorist attack is the most likely.Both France and Egypt have been leading targets for Islamist extremists in recent months.In October, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing an A321 plane belonging to Russian charter company Metrojet that crashed into the Sinai desert on its way from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg, killing 224 passengers and crew.Experts say the chances of a mechanical malfunction in the case of Thursday’s Egyptair disappearance are slim.“A major technical fault — the explosion of a motor, for instance — seems improbable,” said aeronautics expert Gerard Feldzer, underlining that the A320 in question was “relatively new,” having entered service in 2003.In addition, the A320 has an excellent safety record as the best-selling, medium-range airliner in the world. An A320 takes off or lands every 30 seconds around the world, Feldzer said.“It’s a modern plane, the incident happened in mid-flight in extremely stable conditions. The quality of the maintenance and the quality of the plane are not in question in this incident,” Jean-Paul Troadec, former director of France’s aviation Bureau of Investigation and Analysis, told Europe 1 radio.Egyptair “is a company with authorization to operate in Europe, so it is not on any blacklist,” he added.Experts also say it is unlikely that the plane was shot down from the ground, as was the case with the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that went down over Ukraine in July 2014, or from the sea as occurred in July 1988 when the US Navy blew up an Iran Air passenger flight by mistake.The Egyptair plane was flying at 37,000 feet (11,000 meters) and disappeared about 130 nautical miles off the Greek island of Karpathos.That would put it out of reach of portable rocket launchers used by several militant groups in the Middle East.“We cannot exclude the possibility that it was shot down by another aircraft by mistake, but it is likely we would already know,” said Feldzer.The region around northern Egypt, including the Israeli and Gazan coastlines, is “one of the most monitored regions in the world, including by satellite. It would be very difficult to hide this kind of information,” he added.-No distress signal-That leaves a terrorist attack as the most likely possibility, not least because it appears that no distress signal was sent from the aircraft.“A technical problem, a fire or a motor malfunction, doesn’t cause an instantaneous accident and the crew has time to react,” said Troadec.“Here, the crew didn’t say anything.”If a bombing is established, the question for investigators will be how a device was smuggled aboard a flight taking off from France’s busiest airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle, where security has been on high alert since last year’s jihadist attacks in the French capital.“A bomb placed on board at Roissy or in Cairo is always possible because it’s difficult to make your airport 100 percent watertight, even in an airport with such tight surveillance as Roissy (Charles de Gaulle),” said Feldzer.“The first thing to do is to recover debris that will give us some indications on the accident… to see if there are any traces of explosives.”

DAY 20 OF THE FORT MCMURRAY ALBERTA WILD FIRE.

UPDATE-MAY 20,2016-09:16AM
HAZE AND SMOKE COVER THE EDMONTON AREA AS A RESULT OF THE FORT MCMURRAY WILD FIRE. WHICH LAST COUNT COVERED 510,000 HECTARES.

Gasp, hack, where did that smoke come from? [CBC]-May 19, 2016-yahoonews

It all changed so quickly.A shift in the wind was all it took Thursday afternoon to blanket the Edmonton region with smoke.Eye-watering, throat-tickling smoke.In the early afternoon, Environment Canada listed the air quality index for the capital region at 3, which is considered moderate on the scale of one to 10.By 4 p.m., the index hit seven, which is high risk.At 4:43 p.m., Environment Canada issued a "special air quality statement" that warned smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray was causing poor air quality and reduced visibility.The statement said people may experience symptoms such as increased coughing, throat irritation, headaches or shortness of breath. Children, seniors, and those with cardiovascular or lung diseases, such as asthma, are especially at risk.The air quality index hit 10 just before 6 p.m. The forecast calls to the index to hover around nine throughout the evening.CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaff said the smoke will likely stick around into tomorrow.

Alberta man accused of using fake ID to get money meant for fire evacuees-[The Canadian Press]-May 19, 2016-yahoonews

CALGARY - A 29-year-old man is facing charges of using fake identification to get emergency money meant for Fort McMurray fire evacuees.Calgary police Const. Melissa van Waes says the man went to a centre set up by the Alberta government to give debit cards to people who had to flee their homes in northeastern Alberta due to a massive forest fire earlier this month.The officer says a Service Alberta worker noticed something when the man produced identification and it turned out it was fake.It was also discovered that the man had two other debit cards from another centre.Debit cards for evacuees are loaded with $1,250 for an adult and $500 per child.Van Waes says police are working with Service Alberta to determine whether the funds have been accessed.Charges of fraud under $5,000 and uttering a forged document are pending against the man.The officer says the man has no fixed address.The Alberta government said as of Wednesday, 34,006 debit cards totalling $73.1 million had been distributed to assist 70,252 individuals.More than 80,000 residents fled Fort McMurray on May 3 when the fire started burning homes on the edges of the city. Officials have said more than 2,400 buildings were lost but that firefighters managed to save almost 90 per cent of the oilsands capital.(CFFR, The Canadian Press)

Smoke from Fort McMurray blankets Edmonton area; air quality advisory reinstated-[The Canadian Press]-May 19, 2016-yahoonews

EDMONTON - Smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in the Edmonton area.Environment Canada and Alberta Health Services issued an air quality advisory Thursday afternoon for the capital city and surrounding area, including south to Leduc and Beaumont, north to Morinville, west to Wabamun and east to Sherwood Park.The statement says people may experience symptoms such as increased coughing, throat irritation, headaches or shortness of breath.Children, seniors, and those with cardiovascular or lung disease, such as asthma, are especially at risk.People with lung diseases, such as asthma and COPD, can be particularly sensitive to air pollution and will experience more serious health effects at lower levels.Alberta Health had lifted the air quality advisory just as the smoke came in."Due to wildfires burning in northern Alberta, air quality is expected to be variable across much of the Edmonton zone of Alberta Health Services over the coming days, and potentially, weeks," AHS said in a news release.

Crews hold back Fort McMurray fire from oilsands as flames move into Saskatchewan-[The Canadian Press]-May 19, 2016-yahoonews

EDMONTON - Crews were holding a destructive wildfire away from oilsands facilities and communities in northern Alberta on Thursday as flames spread into neighbouring Saskatchewan.The blaze, dubbed "the beast" by firefighters after it entered Fort McMurray two weeks ago, has grown to about 5,000 square kilometres in size, with nearly eight square kilometres stretching over the Saskatchewan boundary.Alberta senior wildlife manager Chad Morrison said the fire has burned the same amount of forest as all fires consumed in Alberta last year.But with recent success by firefighters on the ground and in the air — and forecasts for cooler, wetter weather — there was cautious optimism."The threat definitely has diminished around the communities and the oilsands facilities, for sure," Morrison said."We continue to make great progress."More than 80,000 residents fled Fort McMurray on May 3 when the fire started burning homes on the edges of the city. Officials have said more than 2,400 buildings were lost but that firefighters managed to save almost 90 per cent of the oilsands capital.Earlier this week, about 8,000 workers were evacuated from work camps in the area and Suncor and Syncrude shut down their operations, although other companies continue to operate and some camps remain open.The Alberta government announced earlier this week that some people may start returning to Fort McMurray on June 1 if several safety conditions are met, including that the fire is no longer an imminent threat and the air is safe to breathe.Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said re-entry work was to continue.Workers who had been cleaning and repairing the city's hospital, and were evacuated a few days ago, were to be back on Friday.Others working to reopen pharmacies and grocery stores were also to return in the coming days, she said, and everyone would be given protective masks.Morrison said fire officials would be working with counterparts in Saskatchewan to manage the fire as it continues to burn.Saskatchewan's emergency management commissioner, Duane McKay, said no communities were under immediate threat.The fire was about 30 kilometres away from La Loche, a Dene village of 3,000 people, which made headlines following a mass shooting in January. Four people, including two teachers in the community's high school, were killed.McKay said La Loche is safe from the flames so far. Wildfires burned in the area last summer."La Loche is situated against a lake. There's old burns to the north as well, so we don't see a direct fire threat."Smoke may be the biggest concern to the village, he said, adding expected winds from the east might help clear some of it out of the community.— With files from Jennifer Graham in Regina.

People could be allowed back to fire-ravaged Fort McMurray as early as June 1-[The Canadian Press]-Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press-May 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says people from the fire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray could start going home starting June 1 if conditions are safe, but warned there will only be basic services and a partially open hospital."Remember, many hazards remain in Fort McMurray," Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday."We need to address all of them before it is safe for residents to begin to return."Notley said the re-entry will be done in stages over two weeks. The city will not be suitable for everyone, including people with breathing problems, late-term pregnant women and those undergoing cancer treatment."We anticipate that many people will not return as early as June 1," she said.Five safety conditions must be met, including that wildfire is no longer an imminent threat and the air is safe to breathe. Basic emergency, medical and other services such as electricity and natural gas must also be available.Notley warned that a boil-water advisory is likely to remain in place until the end of June and that people returning should bring with them what they need, including medications and groceries.The hospital is scheduled to be fully operational by June 15.In the meantime, the province announced a new, interactive online map application that provides detailed new images of fire-damaged areas. It includes high-resolution images from multiple angles to give residents a clearer idea of which homes have been lost and damaged.However, Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larviee warned evacuees to approach viewing the images with caution."I've seen the devastating effects a fire has on a community and I know how difficult it can be to view those images," she said. "I urge affected residents to seek out the emotional and mental-health supports they need."She said the imagery may provide enough detail to assist property owners with insurance claims, eligibility funding and other recovery actions.More than 80,000 people fled the city on May 3 due to the wildfire that continues to burn in northeastern Alberta. The fire destroyed more than 2,400 buildings, but firefighters managed to save almost 90 per cent of the city.The wildfire continued to burn out of control Wednesday and had grown in size to more than 4,200 square kilometres.The flames spread toward Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray — the major road in the area — but did not cross it. Notley said she was not aware of any further damage to oilsands industry work camps.One facility was destroyed Tuesday after 8,000 workers were evacuated from several camps in the area.Erin Peach works at a Shell facility that has continued operations throughout the fire, and has been flying in and out of the region to work her shifts, staying with her fiance at a hotel south of Edmonton when she's off.She was relieved to hear she might soon be able to settle back into more of a routine, saying they've already found a place to rent in Fort McMurray."I just want to get back to normal," said Peach. "If I've got to boil my water and sleep in my car, I don't care. I just want to get back to Fort McMurray."Manny Eshete, who works for a company that tests soil and concrete, was unsure about rushing back. He said his downtown apartment was untouched by the fire but he wants to be more comfortable in the community — not boiling water — when he returns.Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, who represents Fort McMurray in the legislature and lost his home in the fire, said residents have been anxiously waiting for information on when they can go home so that they can feel like their lives are moving forward.Pausing to choke back tears, Jean said his once beautiful city will flower again."We will rebuild our city and it will be better than ever," Jean said. "I will have my tool belt on and my shovel in my hand and we will clean it up and rebuild it."Melissa Blake, the mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo which encompasses the city of Fort McMurray, praised the Alberta government for the plan.She warned residents that it won't be the same community they left and suggested people wait a little longer before going home if they require more services.Blake also asked residents to keep in mind that the city will bounce back over time."I beg you not to put yourself in any kind of risk or peril, to think about again what you're returning to is not being what you've seen before," she said."Envisage and imagine with me what we will be one year from now, five years from now, ten years from now, because that's the journey that council will be on now."Wildfire officials were hopeful about a weather forecast that said some rain could fall in the parched area Thursday and Friday."We are all crossing our fingers that that happens," Notley said.

THE DOW WAS DOWN 91 POINTS THURSDAY-YESTERDAY.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

1 KINGS 10:13-14
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

GENESIS 49:16-17
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

The Shemitah is coming true.Do people not get it? There is a economic crash every 7 years.
1980: Recession
1987: Stock market crash
1994: Bond market crash
2001: 9/11, dot com, recession
2008: Housing crash
2015: See if something will happen-The central banks will be the death of us. Get ready and embrace yourself for the economic collapse.

BANK RELATED INFORMATION
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UPDATE-MAY 20,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET FRIDAY-MAY 20,2016
09:30AM-30.70
10:00AM-118.70
10:30AM-112.43
11:00AM-98.25
11:30AM-125.45
12:00PM-131.03
12:30PM-108.31
01:00PM-103.11
01:30PM-82.60
02:00PM-65.43
02:30PM-70.34
03:00PM-78.06
03:30PM-38.29
04:00PM-65.54+ 17,500.94 - S&P +12.28 2052.32 - NASDAQ +57.03 4769.56
HIGH +133 LOW +20
TSX +102.26 13,919.58 - GOLD $-01.72 $1,252.98 - OIL $-0.59 $47.57

EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

UPDATE-MAY 20, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
25 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-05-20 23:59:58 UTCShowing event times using UTC25 earthquakes in map area

    3.1 15km WNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2016-05-20 22:37:50 UTC 7.1 km
    3.2 57km WNW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2016-05-20 20:31:07 UTC 91.7 km
    4.0 13km SSW of Kato Mazarakion, Greece 2016-05-20 20:16:51 UTC 12.6 km
    4.3 30km E of Oxilithos, Greece 2016-05-20 20:00:20 UTC 14.5 km
    4.4 14km NNW of Himare, Albania 2016-05-20 19:49:44 UTC 11.3 km
    4.6 156km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam 2016-05-20 19:33:17 UTC 88.2 km
    5.9 Northern Territory, Australia 2016-05-20 18:14:04 UTC 10.0 km
    4.5 138km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2016-05-20 17:51:08 UTC 485.1 km
    2.5 48km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2016-05-20 17:50:56 UTC 57.0 km
    4.8 180km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 2016-05-20 17:49:26 UTC 35.3 km
    2.9 86km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-05-20 15:42:31 UTC 39.0 km
    5.0 97km NE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea 2016-05-20 14:18:16 UTC 107.6 km
    5.2 119km S of Kuril'sk, Russia 2016-05-20 14:04:44 UTC 82.6 km
    2.6 36km WNW of North Nenana, Alaska 2016-05-20 13:06:14 UTC 40.3 km
    4.6 Northern East Pacific Rise 2016-05-20 12:12:52 UTC 10.0 km
    4.5 92km SSE of Bam, Iran 2016-05-20 11:59:14 UTC 113.5 km
    4.2 28km WNW of San Vicente Coatlan, Mexico 2016-05-20 10:24:51 UTC 32.1 km
    2.9 1km SSE of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico 2016-05-20 08:23:53 UTC 116.0 km
    4.9 298km WNW of Bandon, Oregon 2016-05-20 07:01:09 UTC 10.0 km
    3.0 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-05-20 05:41:05 UTC 4.8 km
    2.9 1km NE of The Geysers, California 2016-05-20 05:31:48 UTC 2.9 km
    4.6 63km WNW of Turpan, China 2016-05-20 05:22:27 UTC 27.0 km
    5.0 Mid-Indian Ridge 2016-05-20 04:09:01 UTC 10.0 km
    3.6 101km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2016-05-20 02:31:29 UTC 33.0 km
    3.0 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-05-20 02:16:04 UTC 8.4 km
    4.8 29km SE of Falam, Burma 2016-05-19 23:10:25 UTC 50.4 km
    3.4 10km SSE of Langston, Oklahoma 2016-05-19 21:17:09 UTC 6.0 km

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PARIS FRANCE ISRAEL-ARAB MURDERERS PEACE SUMMIT RESCHEDUALED FOR JUNE 3,2016.

LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE

Kerry set to attend Paris peace summit, rescheduled for June 3-Yisrael Beytenu MK Orly Levy-Abekasis quits party over coalition talks; Israeli official says coalition with Liberman will still back two-state solution-By Marissa Newman May 19, 2016, 1:52 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

19:24-Kerry to attend Paris summit on Israeli-Palestinian peace-Kerry says he will attend an upcoming French-hosted meeting of foreign ministers aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.Speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Kerry says he had told French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault that he would participate in the event. Kerry has been coy about attending the meeting, which Israel is opposed to, and his comments were the first confirmation that he would go. Kerry said restarting the peace process or at least keeping a path open to doing so remained a priority.The French had initially proposed the meeting for May 30, the Memorial Day holiday in the United States, but agreed to delay it to allow Kerry to attend. The meeting will now be held on June 3.— AP--19:19-France says peace summit to be held June 3-French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says Thursday he has called for a planned Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris on June 3.“So that everyone can attend … I have suggested that the conference initially planned for May 30 be held on June 3,” Ayrault says after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels.Kerry said separately he would attend the peace conference, with Washington playing a key role in peace efforts over the years due to its special relationship with Israel.— AFP-19:17--Police arrest East Jerusalem teen with knife-Border Police arrest a 16-year-old Palestinian carrying a knife who was en route to Damascus Gate, outside Jerusalem’s Old City.The teenager, a resident of Shuafat in East Jerusalem, is held for questioning. Police believe he was planning a stabbing attack.— Judah Ari Gross contributed.

Coalition with Liberman will still back two-state solution, Israeli official says-Amid furious Palestinian reaction to news that hard-liner is set to be defense minister, official says only right-wing governments have achieved peace-By Times of Israel staff May 19, 2016, 6:48 pm

The Israeli government on Thursday sought to calm tensions with the Palestinian Authority surrounding the expected appointment of Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman as defense minister and his party’s entry into the governing coalition, with an Israeli official saying that the Netanyahu-led government would continue to support the two-state solution.“If a coalition is formed, it’s important to note that both PM [Benjamin] Netanyahu and Liberman support a solution based on two states for two peoples,” the official told The Times of Israel on Thursday. “In fact, it has historically been right-wing governments, like that of Menachem Begin, which achieved peace with our Arab neighbors like Egypt,” the official added.Liberman has reportedly been offered and accepted the position — which would put him in control of Israel’s army as well as the military administration of the West Bank — as part of a deal to bring his Yisrael Beytenu party into the coalition.The Palestinians reacted furiously to the news, charging that talk of including the hawkish Liberman in Netanyahu’s government “confirms the lack of a peace partner in Israel.”The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry said the development was no surprise.“Whoever follows daily the procedures and violations carried out by the extremist Netanyahu government against the Palestinian people, [sees] the racist, radical and violent nature of the politics of the Netanyahu government since day one. The inclusion of Liberman, known for his extreme right-wing stance toward the Palestinians, is new evidence that Netanyahu, as usual, has preferred to promote extremism in his government, which has become, as described by the Hebrew media, the most extreme government in Israel’s history,” the PA Foreign Ministry said in a statement.It stressed that this decision by Netanyahu is a response to the French, international and regional efforts to revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, and sends a strong message to the world that Israel “prefers extremism and to perpetuate the occupation and settlement over peace.”A Palestinian official said Liberman as defense minister would be a “disaster” for the Palestinians.“He will be in charge of the occupation and it will be a disaster. He is a populist — either he talks too much or he puts his words into action,” the official said, adding that the dislike of Liberman was a “unifying factor for Palestinians.”The nationalist, firebrand lawmaker has made some harsh comments against Palestinians and Arab Israelis over the years, and has proposed legislation that was deemed racist, including a suggestion that Arab citizens take loyalty oaths lest their nationality be revoked.In 2009, Liberman ran for Knesset under the campaign slogan “Only Liberman Understands Arabic,” and “No Citizenship without Loyalty,” underlining his tough stance with some 20 percent of the Israeli population.That same year, the Yisrael Beytenu party platform suggested that under a potential peace deal with the Palestinians, the Triangle area in northern Israel, inhabited predominantly by Arabs, would be transferred to the Palestinian Authority.In 2014, Yisrael Beytenu proposed using monetary incentives to encourage Arab Israelis who do not identify with the Jewish state to move to any future Palestinian state under a potential peace agreement.Last year, Liberman sparked controversy when he suggested murder as a response to Arab Israelis who support terror.“Those with us, should receive everything” in terms of rights, he said at the time. “Those against us, it cannot be helped, we must raise an ax and behead them — otherwise we will not survive here.”The death penalty for terrorists is said to be one of Liberman’s key demands for joining Netanyahu’s coalition. The two are said to have agreed on a draft bill to allow the measure.Netanyahu in 2015 ordered Likud party members to oppose a similar initiative, and then-attorney general Yehuda Weinstein indicated he would intervene if the bill advanced in the Knesset.Raoul Wootliff contributed to this report.

PA: Liberman appointment shows Israel no partner for peace-Palestinian Foreign Ministry says move is PM’s response to international peace push; MK Zoabi calls for global boycott of government-By Dov Lieber May 19, 2016, 6:29 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Palestinian Authority on Thursday denounced the likely appointment of hard-line former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman as Israel’s defense minister, saying the move showed the Jewish state was not a partner for peace.In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the reported appointment “reconfirms the lack of a partner for peace in Israel,” and said it was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to recent international efforts to kick-start the peace process.Liberman has reportedly accepted the position, which would put him in control of Israel’s army as well as the civilian administration of the West Bank, as part of a deal to bring his six-seat Yisrael Beytenu party into Netanyahu’s coalition.“This development in the scene of the coalition of the government in Israel does not surprise the foreign ministry, nor whoever daily follows the procedures and violations carried out by the extremist Netanyahu government against the Palestinian people, which reflect the racist, radical and violent nature of the politics of the Netanyahu governments since day one,” the statement said.“The inclusion of Liberman, known for his extreme right-wing stance toward the Palestinians, is new evidence that Netanyahu as usual, has ever preferred to promote extremism in his government, which has become, as described by the Hebrew media, the most extreme government in Israel’s history,” the ministry continued.The statement also called Netanyahu’s decision to nominate Liberman a response “to the French, international and regional efforts to revive the peace process between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, and sends a strong message to the world that Israel prefers extremism and to perpetuate the occupation and settlement over peace.”-Boycott calls-Liberman’s new appointment sparked brash statements from members of the Joint (Arab) List party, including his political nemesis MK Hanin Zoabi.The Yisrael Beytenu leader’s hawkish politics and bombastic rhetoric have made him, in the eyes of Arab Israelis and Palestinians, one of the most detested Israeli lawmakers.Zoabi on Thursday called for an international boycott of the government, and lamented that such a step had not been instituted when Liberman was first appointed foreign minister in 2009. Such a move, she said, could have prevented the current situation in which “dangerous fascists that should be in jail are now standing at the top of the pyramid of ruling power.”She cited Liberman’s support for the soldier in Hebron who killed a wounded Palestinian assailant, and his comment last year that “those who are against us, there’s nothing to be done – we need to pick up an ax and cut off his head.”Fellow Joint List MK Masud Ganaim said the appointment would be the source of “real alarm for the citizens of Israel.”“Maybe,” Ganaim said in a statement, “the alarm will start as a rocket siren in the south or the north, and perhaps it will begin with the bombing of Cairo, the Aswan Dam, or the Istanbul of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan,” a reference to Liberman’s previous verbal attacks on the Egyptian and Turkish leadership.Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report.

Flashpoint Hebron neighborhood partially reopens after 8-month IDF closure-Nonresidents aged 15-30 still barred from Tel Rumeida, but other restrictions have been eased, army says-By Judah Ari Gross May 19, 2016, 6:07 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Israel Defense Forces has eased the limitations on a divided Jewish-Muslim neighborhood of Hebron, which has been a closed military zone since October, the military said Thursday.“Following a situation assessment in the Tel Rumeida area in Hebron, the restrictions which were implemented for security purposed have been relieved,” the IDF said in a statement.However, new orders were being drafted that would prevent nonresidents between the ages of 15 and 30 years from entering the neighborhood in central Hebron.“In accordance with military orders,” the IDF said, “pedestrian movement is allowed from the Hashoter checkpoint toward Tel Rumeida through Jilbar checkpoint, with the exception of nonresidents between the ages of 15-30, which remains in accordance with the recent security assessment.”Residents of the area and local rights groups reported they had been informed on Wednesday that the closure order for the neighborhood, located in the center of the flashpoint West Bank city, had been lifted.Initially the military denied the claims, saying the area was “still a military zone, and nothing has changed.” But just a short time later, the IDF updated their previous statement with news of the policy change.Hebron — and Tel Rumeida in particular — has been a hotspot of violence and conflict since October, with residents of the city and surrounding villages carrying out numerous stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks against IDF troops during the more than half-year of violence that rocked Israel.In March, an IDF soldier was caught on film shooting a Palestinian assailant in the head nearly 15 minutes after a stabbing attack in Tel Rumeida.“Tel Rumeida is a sensitive area of Hebron under H2 (Israeli jurisdiction), in which both Palestinians and Israelis reside,” the IDF said in a statement. “Due to the multiple terror attacks that have occurred in this area, significant security measures were established, including restricted movement, imposed by orders of the military commander.”As a closed military zone, only registered residents who received an official identification number could enter the area, though some refused out of principle.“I am not a number,” Issa Amro, a local Palestinian activist from the Youth Against Settlements organization, told journalists visiting Hebron in November. He made do, instead, with scaling walls and clambering over rooftops to gain access.

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUCKS UP TO MUSLIMS-SIHKS-HINDUS.

JUSTIN TRUDEAU SUCK HOLES UP TO MUSLIMS-HINDUS-SIHKS FOR NOT ALLOWING THEM TO COME IN TO CANADA IN 1914 ON KOMAGATA MURU.THE TYPICAL LIBERAL-DEMOCRATS OPOLOGIZING TO MINORITIES TO SUCK UP TO THEM.FOR VOTING PURPOSES.

Parliament apologizes for 1914 Komagata Maru incident-[Global News]-May 18, 2016-YAHOONEWS

OTTAWA - There’s a Punjabi phrase shouted to give thanks for victories: the truth will always prevail.So as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concluded his formal apology Wednesday for the Komagata Maru incident of 1914, Amarjeet Singh Sohi, who had travelled from outside Toronto to watch the event, could not restrain himself.With a turban proudly on his head and a chest full of medals for his Canadian community service, he rose to his feet in the public gallery of the House of Commons and shouted the phrase for all to hear.And the hundreds of Indo-Canadians in attendance Wednesday for the historic moment roared back their thanks in union.“This is a country for people who bring prosperity to be part of the mainstream, work together, play together, pray together,” Sohi said afterwards.It wasn’t always that way.In 1914, the Canadian government turned away most of the passengers of the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, nearly all Sikhs, who’d hoped to start a new life in Canada.The 376 passengers arrived off the coast of B.C. hoping to challenge the immigration laws at the time which refused entry to any Indians who had not arrived in Canada via a continuous journey from the home country — nearly impossible at the time.Except for 20 passengers who had previously lived in Canada, officials refused to allow the Indians in, even though they were British subjects just like every other Canadian of the time.The vessel sailed to India, where 19 of the passengers were killed in a skirmish with British authorities and dozens of others were imprisoned or forced into hiding.“Canada cannot solely be blamed for every tragic mistake that occurred with the Komagata Maru and its passengers,” Trudeau told the House, which was packed with MPs and onlookers, many of whom had travelled from across the country.“But Canada’s government was, without question, responsible for the laws that prevented these passengers from immigrating peacefully and securely. For that, and for every regrettable consequence that followed, we are sorry.”Trudeau’s formal apology is the second from a Canadian prime minister. Former prime minister Stephen Harper delivered an apology in 2008 in British Columbia, not the House of Commons.His words were part of a broader effort by the previous government to acknowledge the harsh treatment of Indians in the early years of the 20th century, said Opposition leader Rona Ambrose.“We can’t change the past,” she said. “But we can demonstrate that Canada has changed.”That was true for Gurjinder Kaur Gill, who travelled from Montreal for the event and stood with dozens of people afterwards at a small reception, hoping for a chance to meet Trudeau.Only 24, she said it was important for her to be part of acknowledging a moment in time that while she never experienced, so many in her community had been touched by the legacy of the ship and the laws of the day.“It’s like closure,” she said.“It shows that Canada is inclusive to everyone.”For B.C. Sikhs, the Komagata Maru incident was a pivotal moment. Many members of the community — whose numbers had been dwindling in part due to the discriminatory immigration laws of the day — raised thousands of dollars to support legal challenges for the people stuck on the boat.Today, there are over 200,000 Sikhs in the province and for all them, Wednesday was an exceptionally proud moment, said Harwinder Pal Singh, the high president of Vancouver’s Khalsa Diwan Society, the oldest Sikh society in the country.He said there is a lesson in the experience of the Komagata Maru he hopes not just the government, but all Canadians, take to heart.“We should welcome everybody who is in need and who is dreaming of a better future.”Follow @StephanieLevitz on Twitter

Commons erupts as opposition accuses Trudeau of elbowing female NDP MP-[The Canadian Press]-Joanna Smith and Kristy Kirkup, The Canadian Press-May 18, 2016-YAHOONEWS

OTTAWA - The House of Commons erupted in chaos Wednesday as a New Democrat MP and her opposition colleagues accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of elbowing her in the chest during a confrontation prior to a key vote.Quebec MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau said she was so shocked by the encounter, she had to leave the chamber as mayhem descended on the Commons floor, with Trudeau at one point in a face-to-face encounter with NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.The incident — coming amid the superheated atmosphere of the doctor-assisted death debate — had MPs in an uproar as they shouted and pounded their desks in a display of antipathy rarely seen in the parliamentary chamber.Footage from the Commons television feed showed Trudeau wading into a clutch of MPs, mostly New Democrats, and pulling Opposition whip Gordon Brown through the crowd in order to get the vote started.As Trudeau turns around to pull Brown through, Brosseau can be seen reacting with discomfort."I was standing in the centre talking to some colleagues," Brosseau told the House after calm was restored. "I was elbowed in the chest by the prime minister and then I had to leave.""It was very overwhelming and so I left the chamber to go and sit in the lobby. I missed the vote because of this."New Democrat Peter Julian could barely contain his outrage, saying he'd never seen such behaviour in his 12 years in the House.Trudeau issued an abject apology, even amid the catcalls and protests of the opposition benches, saying he was just trying to help the opposition whip get to his seat.He never intended to hurt anyone, Trudeau insisted."I took it upon myself to go and assist him forward, which was I now see unadvisable as a course of action," said Trudeau, who characterized his actions as "unacceptable.""I apologize for that unreservedly and I look for opportunities to make amends."What followed was a lengthy parade of indignant MPs getting up to express their outrage to the Speaker, describing how they'd never seen anything like it in all their years as politicians.At one point, Trudeau left to attend a photo-op with B.C. Premier Christy Clark and a reception for guests who were on hand for a different apology: Parliament saying sorry for the Komagata Maru incident off the B.C. coast in 1914.During the former event, Trudeau looked serious and shaken as he rushed through a statement of welcome directed at Clark. For her part, Clark said he never mentioned the incident.Tempers have been running high in the Commons all week as the government pushes through a motion to limit debate on its controversial assisted-dying legislation, Bill C-14. It was that motion the members were gathered to vote on before the confrontation took place.Speaker Geoff Regan could barely make himself heard as he tried to read the text of the motion. It was defeated by a margin of 172-137, although Brosseau wasn't able to register her vote.Conservative Peter Van Loan said the prime minister charged across the floor "with anger fierce in his eyes and face.""I've read about this stuff in history books from the 19th century," an incredulous Van Loan said. "I've never had it happen in my lifetime."Green party Leader Elizabeth May, whose seat in the House gave her a ringside seat for the encounter and subsequent arguments, called for calm at one point — and suggested that the NDP MPs may have been milling about on the floor in order to delay the vote."It was most unwise of the prime minister to attempt to move along the vote," May said."But the second contact with my friend (Brosseau), which is certainly the one that was the most emotional for the member involved, was clearly, from my perspective ... unintentional."She added: "He had not seen her behind him. That is the truth. Now you can like it or not like it."The Speaker concluded there was a prima facie case that Brosseau's privileges as an MP had been breached, which means the encounter will be examined by an all-party committee.

Pentagon: Chinese fighter jets in near collision with US aircraft-jason_thomson-Christian Science Monitor-May 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

In the latest episode of the ongoing saga in the South China Sea, Pentagon officials said Wednesday that two Chinese fighter jets had carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a US reconnaissance plane. While China disputes the allegations, the disagreement is part of ongoing tensions in the region, as interested parties seek to find a balance between avoiding conflict and defending what they each regard as their legitimate rights. Recommended: Asia's troubled waters: What's going on in the South China Sea?

Erdogan ally set to take over as Turkey's new prime minister-by_humeyra_pamuk_and_nick_tattersall-Reuters-May 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Transport Minister Binali Yildirim emerged on Thursday as the likely new leader of the ruling AK Party and therefore the next prime minister, cementing President Tayyip Erdogan's hold on government as he seeks to extend his powers. Yildirim, 60, and a close ally of Erdogan for two decades, will be the sole candidate for the AKP leadership at a special party congress on Sunday, AKP spokesman Omer Celik told a news conference after a meeting of the party's executive board. A co-founder with Erdogan of the AKP, Yildirim has been the driving force behind major infrastructure projects in Turkey which were one of the pillars of the party's electoral successes during its first decade in power.