Wednesday, June 08, 2016

3 DEAD 7 INJURED AND MANY OF THEM IN SERIOUS CONDITION AS 2 ARAB TERRORIST SHOOT UP 2 PLACES INCLUDING A SARONA RESTAURANT MARKET IN TEL AVIV. 1 TERRORIST KILLED AND 1 ARRESTED..

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)

UPDATE-JUNE 08,2016-03:33PM
3 ISRAELIS AT LEAST WERE KILLED AND ANOTHER 7 INJURED-4 IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN AN ARAB TERRORIST ATTACK BY 2 TERRORISTS. IN 2 DIFFERENT AREAS IN TEL AVIV. 1 TERRORIST WAS KILLED OR SHOT AND IN HOSPITAL AND THE SECOND ARRESTED. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AT A SARONA RESTAURANT MARKET WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE. AROUND 9:30PM ISRAEL TIME-2:30PM CANADA TIME.THIS HAPPENED JUST OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO. AND ISRAELI POLICE ARE CORDONING OFF A MILE AREA AROUND THE SITE. AS THE ISRAELI ARMY IS SCOURING THE AREA FOR BOMBS IN CASE THE 2 TERRORISTS HID BOMBS IN DIFFERENT AREAS IN TEL AVIV MARKET AREA. USUALLY THE ARAB MURDERERS HAVE BEEN STABBING ISRAELIS IN TERRORISTS ATTACKS ON THE STREETS. BUT THIS TIME THEY USED POWERFUL GUNS. THE ARABS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KILL EVERY JEW IN ISRAEL. SO THEY CAN STEAL JERUSALEM FROM THE JEWS. AND GET RID OF ISRAEL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH FOR GOOD. THIS SHOOTING OCCURED NEAR THE GOVERNMENT MINISTRY OFFICE ALSO TODAY.

3 killed, 4 badly injured, in central Tel Aviv shooting attack-At least 2 gunmen open fire at crowds at popular Sarona Market; terrorists are shot; police searching for other suspects-By Times of Israel staff June 8, 2016, 9:49 pm

Three people were killed in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv’s popular Sarona Market Wednesday evening.Four others were seriously hurt, with another person said to be in critical condition.Police said two gunmen were involved in the apparent terror attack. One shooting was said to have occurred inside the Sarona compound while another was reported on the adjacent Ha’arba’ah Street.Officials said both gunmen were shot and disarmed by security forces. One of the gunmen had reportedly fled the scene and was then shot and neutralized.Some unconfirmed reports spoke of a third gunman who escaped. Police and soldiers were deployed in the surrounding streets in force to search for any other possible suspects.Less than an hour after the gunfire was first reported, the Ichilov Hospital confirmed that three victims had succumbed to their injuries. They were not immediately identified.Of the wounded, one person was reported to be in critical condition, and four others in serious condition.An eyewitness told Israel Radio that the gunmen were dressed up as ultra-Orthodox men. This information was not confirmed by officials.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, returning from Moscow, was being briefed on the attack and was set to go directly to the Tel Aviv army headquarters, which is close to the Sarona Market.The Ynet news website reported that frightened civilians were seen fleeing the area.Yechiel Miller, a volunteer medic with United Hatzalah, related from the scene of the attack: “When I arrived at the scene I saw a woman who was unconscious and not breathing and in critical condition. We began resuscitation efforts. We also treated numerous other individuals who suffered gun shot wounds and wounds from shrapnel.”Davidi Dahan, another medic with United Hatzalah said: “When I arrived at the scene I saw two young people who were suffering from gunshot wounds outside of a restaurant at the Sarona center. We treated them as well as numerous other individuals who were suffering from shock.“While we were treating them other volunteers form the ambucycle unit of United Hatzalah reported that they were treating an unconscious woman behind the Sarona center and that she was in critical condition. We are currently searching for and treating other people who are suffering from shock and who have fed to nearby streets due to the incident.”Police were warning civilians to stay away from the scene of the attack.In April, Israeli police moved to close down Sarona Market over fears that the commercial center was not sufficiently secure, but the site’s management said it would stay open. The popular compound is home to Israel’s largest indoor culinary market. Its 8,700 square meters (93,000 square feet) of market space hosts 91 shops of all varieties.At the time, police asked the Tel Aviv Municipality to revoke Sarona’s business license, arguing that lax security put the visiting public at risk.Since October, 29 Israelis and four others have been killed and hundreds more injured in the spate of attacks, though the violence had dramatically waned of late. Some 200 Palestinians have also been killed, some two-thirds of them while carrying out attacks and the rest in clashes with troops, Israeli officials say.

THE DOW WAS UP 17 POINTS TUESDAY-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.

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UPDATE-JUNE 08,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET WEDNESDAY-JUNE 08,2016
09:30AM-20.07
10:00AM-72.25
10:30AM-40.52
11:00AM-36.70
11:30AM-36.61
12:00PM-54.00
12:30PM-57.16
01:00PM-43.34
01:30PM-48.70
02:00PM-38.21
02:30PM-49.75
03:00PM-72.01
03:30PM-53.52
04:00PM-66.77+ 18,005.05 - S&P +6.99 2119.12 - NASDAQ +12.89 4974.64
HIGH +84  LOW +20
TSX -52.51 14,313.10 - GOLD $+16.40 $1,260.59 - OIL $+0.76 $51.12

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-JUNE 08, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
28 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-06-08 23:59:59 UTCShowing event times using UTC28 earthquakes in map area

    3.4 8km NNW of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2016-06-08 23:56:40 UTC 83.0 km
    3.1 109km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska 2016-06-08 23:28:37 UTC 38.9 km
    4.9 65km NNW of Barranca, Peru 2016-06-08 20:18:27 UTC 104.0 km
    2.9 8km N of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii 2016-06-08 20:02:21 UTC 26.3 km
    2.8 7km N of Levittown, Puerto Rico 2016-06-08 19:49:06 UTC 78.0 km
    2.7 3km SE of Ainaloa, Hawaii 2016-06-08 19:27:48 UTC 36.2 km
    2.7 30km E of Rio Dell, California 2016-06-08 17:49:13 UTC 25.2 km
    3.7 14km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma 2016-06-08 16:50:41 UTC 5.0 km
    2.6 27km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-06-08 15:05:29 UTC 4.8 km
    5.2 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2016-06-08 12:24:41 UTC 10.0 km
    4.3 50km SSE of Korsakov, Russia 2016-06-08 11:15:14 UTC 348.1 km
    5.0 Mid-Indian Ridge 2016-06-08 10:51:16 UTC 10.0 km
    2.6 21km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii 2016-06-08 10:44:46 UTC 23.0 km
    5.1 38km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala 2016-06-08 10:38:29 UTC 52.0 km
    4.5 78km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador 2016-06-08 09:56:54 UTC 32.3 km
    5.0 Central East Pacific Rise 2016-06-08 08:31:39 UTC 10.0 km
    2.9 78km NW of Yakutat, Alaska 2016-06-08 07:43:36 UTC 0.0 km
    2.6 29km W of Ferndale, California 2016-06-08 06:17:52 UTC 25.6 km
    2.6 7km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California 2016-06-08 04:43:19 UTC 14.2 km
    2.6 36km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico 2016-06-08 02:31:13 UTC 28.0 km
    4.9 175km SSE of Naze, Japan 2016-06-08 02:02:22 UTC 10.0 km
    4.9 147km SSE of Naze, Japan 2016-06-08 01:54:27 UTC 10.5 km
    4.2 44km SSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan 2016-06-08 01:33:51 UTC 119.0 km
    4.9 87km S of Nishinoomote, Japan 2016-06-08 00:56:39 UTC 19.0 km
    2.9 102km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico 2016-06-08 00:01:54 UTC 26.0 km
    2.7 17km SE of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-06-07 23:51:01 UTC 4.6 km
    6.3 126km WNW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia 2016-06-07 19:15:16 UTC 38.3 km
   
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IN REMOTE MADAGASCAR, A NEW COMMUNITY CHOOSES TO BE JEWISH.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police hold Women of the Wall leader for ‘smuggling Torah’-Amid impasse over deal for mixed-gender section at Western Wall, group says executive director detained for bringing scroll into prayer plaza-By Raoul Wootliff June 7, 2016, 11:01 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

A leader of a group campaigning for equal prayer rights for women at the Western Wall was detained by police Tuesday morning for smuggling a Torah scroll into the prayer plaza, in contravention of Orthodox regulations imposed at the site.Women of the Wall Executive Director Leslie Sachs was “detained by police while exiting the Western Wall,” the group said Tuesday.Sachs was held along with a Torah scroll that had been loaned to the group from a congregation in the US, following a monthly Rosh Hodesh service marking the beginning of the Jewish month.The incident came as a deal to create a new egalitarian space at the Western Wall seemed to stall in the face of ultra-Orthodox pressure within the government.“Sachs was detained for ‘disturbing the public order’ despite a relatively quiet and uneventful prayer service with 80 Women of the Wall,” a statement released by Women of the Wall read. “The reason given for the police action was: smuggling a Torah scroll into the women’s section.”The scroll, donated by Sacramento’s Congregation B’nai Israel, was in police custody with Lesley Sachs, the group said.A police spokesperson said Sachs was detained for questioning and not arrested.Police have largely stopped arresting Women of the Wall members for their monthly services at the Western Wall, as a High Court petition on the use of Torah scrolls by women waits to be decided.-BREAKING: Lesley Sachs, Executive Director of Women of the Wall has been detained by police while exiting the Western Wall, reasons unknown.— Women of the Wall (@Womenofthewall) June 7, 2016-In Orthodox Judaism, only men traditionally carry Torah scrolls. Women of the Wall runs gender egalitarian services at the Western Wall in defiance of the state-imposed regulations.“Though we believe that the Torah was handed down to women and men equally at Mt. Sinai, and though women and men both sacrificed their lives and loved ones for the reunification of Jerusalem, in 2016 Women of the Wall struggle for access to Torah scrolls at the Kotel,” the group said in a statement Monday.Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the chief rabbi of the Western Wall and an outspoken opponent of the Women of the Wall said the incident desecrated the holy site.“Being responsible for the holiness of the Western Wall, I plan to fast to atone for the disgrace caused to the Torah,” he said.A January deal to designate a section of the site for non-Orthodox prayer services has been stalled by ultra-Orthodox leaders who oppose the proposal. A high-level meeting last week between Diaspora leaders and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials failed to produce a breakthrough, with some warning that failure to resolve the issue could put a strain on Diaspora ties with the Jewish state.The Western Wall compromise, passed in a January 31 cabinet decision that reflected the work of years of negotiations, called for a permanent prayer platform to be built along the southern end of the Western Wall in an area of the Davidson Archaeological park, otherwise known as Robinson’s Arch. There is currently a temporary prayer platform set up there in two distinct areas of the park.The plan was heralded as a symbol of Jewish unity throughout much of the Jewish Diaspora. But within days of its jubilant announcement — a headline which splashed across international media — the cabinet decision drew the ire of the ultra-Orthodox parties in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenuous coalition who view the Western Wall pavilion as an open-air Orthodox synagogue. Its implementation has been stymied for the past four months.Last week, at the end of the latest 60-day extension for the beginning of the implementation of the plan, American Jewish religious leaders met with Netanyahu to try and find a way to resolve the impasse.Netanyahu’s office issued a statement after the meeting saying that he continues to work on the issue and is committed to resolving the matter. Netanyahu attended about a third of the 90-minute meeting.However, some warned a crisis could be in the offing.“There’s is no parallel to the level of crisis with the Jewish Diaspora if a quick and respectable solution to this crisis is not found,” said Yizhar Hess, head of the Conservative Movement in Israel.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Shas threatens coalition crisis if new Channel 10 head not fired-Netanyahu associate Rami Sadan denies making racist comments, calling Deri a thief; politicians see move as attempt to give PM newsroom influence-By Sue Surkes June 7, 2016, 2:15 pm-the times of israel

The Shas party on Tuesday threatened to impose coalition sanctions unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately fires the newly appointed head of Channel 10 News over racist comments he is alleged to have made against Shas and its head, Aryeh Deri.Rami Sadan, a close associate of the Netanyahu family, was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper Tuesday morning calling Deri a thief a day earlier and making a stereotyped reference to the party’s base of Mizrahi Jews of African and Middle Eastern descent.“For as long as this is not carried out [the firing], the movement’s lawmakers will vote in the Knesset plenum as they see fit” instead of obeying coalition discipline, a Shas statement said. “The Mizrahi population has stopped being silent.”Haaretz reported that Sadan, a former public relations executive and lobbyist who was appointed to his new post on Monday, told the Channel 10 News board of directors: “Let’s admit the truth: I, like you, part of the elite, hate the Shas movement and that thief Aryeh Deri. But we, as the elite, have to broaden the channel’s circles and appeal to the audience of Shas, to Massouda from Sderot.”“Massouda from Sderot” is a stereotype referring to a person of Mizrahi descent living on Israel’s periphery. It was originally coined by Alex Giladi, the first director of the Keshet TV franchise, who once said Keshet would supply programming to everyone in Israel, “to Massouda Cohen from Sderot and also to Moshe Rabinowitch from Yavne’el.”The reference to Deri as a thief relates to the Shas leader’s conviction for bribery, for which he served a 22-month prison sentence.Sadan’s comments were relayed to Haaretz by one of those present at the board meeting, who described the statements as “shameful and infuriating.” The source said “the smell of authoritarianism, arrogance and racism wafted” through the room.An associate of Sadan denied he made the statement and attributed the report to an attempt to sow discord among ultra-Orthodox factions. “The quotes attributed to me are lies,” he told the ultra-Orthodox news site Kikar Hashabat.The report on the comments set off a firestorm of criticism in the political world, with the Communications Ministry, headed by Netanyahu, ordering the Second Authority for Television and Radio, which oversees broadcasting licenses, to look into the remarks.Responding to Sadan’s comments, Deri said the party’s voters were not “excess baggage,” rather “hundreds of thousands of Mizrahis who decided to come together and lift up their heads in order to defeat cases like Rami Sadan in the world. We are here to stay and will not ignore remarks like that.”Slamming Sadan as a “pathetic racist,” MK Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) described the Channel 10 chairman on her Twitter page as “the silencing arm of Balfour” – a reference to the official residence of the prime minster on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street. She added: “Woe to the fingers that approved this appointment.”Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid issued a statement condemning Sadan’s “racist, inciting and hateful” statements.Sadan was appointed by the Channel 10 board in a vote Monday night, receiving the support of controlling shareholders and the CEO of the Nana10 website, according to Haaretz. His appointment was seen as an attempt to give Netanyahu influence over the channel’s news decisions.Referring to Sadan as “a kind of long arm in the newsroom,” Matan Hodorov, who represents the journalists on Channel 10 News, said there were many people at the board meeting who heard his comments.Hodorov told Army Radio on Tuesday: “We will not tolerate any smell of racism.” He said it was not appropriate for the channel’s chairman to be a “publicist, an associate of politicians and an expressed racist,” and apologized to Mizrahi listeners, whom he said made up an important part of the channel’s audience. “We are not an elite, Shas voters make up an important part of our audience and are among those working on the news team,” he said.Hodorov said Sadan was not the leading candidate for the position but was nevertheless appointed in a lightning decision by the board.

In remote Madagascar, a new community chooses to be Jewish-After years of self-study and correspondence with rabbis in Israel, 121 Malagasies converted to Judaism, pray in Sephardic-accented Hebrew and strictly observe Sabbath and holidays-By Deborah Josefson June 6, 2016, 2:25 am-the times of israel

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (JTA) — A nascent Jewish community was officially born in Madagascar last month when 121 men, women and children underwent Orthodox conversions on the remote Indian Ocean island nation better known for lemurs, chameleons, dense rain forests and vanilla.The conversions, which took place over a 10-day period, were the climax of a process that arose organically five to six years ago when followers of various messianic Christian sects became disillusioned with their churches and began to study Torah.Through self-study and with guidance from Jewish internet sources and correspondence with rabbis in Israel, they now pray in Sephardic-accented Hebrew and strictly observe the Sabbath and holidays.The conversions were facilitated by Kulanu, a New York-based nonprofit that specializes in supporting isolated and emerging Jewish communities, but were initiated by the residents.“Now that we’ve re-established the State of Israel, it is time to re-establish the Jewish people, especially in the Diaspora,” said Bonita Nathan Sussman, vice president of Kulanu.Her husband, Rabbi Gerald Sussman of Temple Emanuel on Staten Island in New York, added: “We are in the process of reconstituting the Jewish people, which would have been more numerous had it not been decimated by the Holocaust and had we not lost millions of Jews in Arab lands.”Beginning on May 9, members of the community came before a beit din, or rabbinical court, convened for the occasion at the Le Pave Hotel here, the Madagascar capital. The court comprised three rabbis with Orthodox ordinations: Rabbi Oizer Neumann of Brooklyn, Rabbi Achiya Delouya of Montreal and Rabbi Pinchas Klein of Philadelphia. All three belong to a group of rabbis who serve far-flung Jewish communities and support converting emergent Jewish groups.Delouya, whose background is Moroccan, spoke with the converts in their second official language, French, and also provided Sephardic influences for which the Madagascar community feel an affinity.The conversion process included periods of intensive Torah study, interviews by the beit din and full body immersions in a river located a 90-minute drive from Antananarivo. A privacy tent was hastily erected beside the river for the occasion, and a festive atmosphere ensued as men, women and children, ranging in age from 3 to 85, lined up to take the ritual plunge.Additionally, the Madagascar men, who are already circumcised, underwent “hatafat dam brit,” or ritual penile bloodletting, to affirm their new faith.The 10-day period concluded with 12 Jewish weddings and a symposium on Madagascar’s Israelite connections featuring a keynote address by Tudor Parfitt, a British scholar and expert on the Lost Tribes of Israel.Indeed, many Malagasies, as the islanders are known, believe they are of Jewish or Israelite descent, and that their founders were seafaring members of the ten Lost Tribes. Belief in the “Malagasy secret” persists despite evidence that most Malagasies are of Indonesian and African origin.According to local lore, Madagascar is the biblical land of Ophir and played a pivotal role in providing construction materials to King Solomon’s temple. Many also believe that the Ark of the Covenant and other ritualistic temple items are buried on the island.Even Prince Ndriana Rabarioelina, a descendant of the Merina monarchy of Madagascar, proudly asserts Jewish ancestry. He told JTA that up to 80 percent of Malagasies can claim Jewish roots. He asserts that portions of the tablets, Moses’s rod and a copy of the Book of Daniel are safeguarded by descendants of Levites in the Vatamasina-Vohipeno region of Madagascar.Additionally, several Merina tombs, including those of his family, bear Hebrew symbols or letters, he said.Nevertheless, evidence of a historic Judaic presence in Madagascar is scarce, and what signs can be found could date from the seventh century, when traders from Arab lands sailed to the island, or the 1500s, when conversos may have been among the Portuguese sailors who established trading posts.Madagascar, a country of 20 million people, is awash with missionaries. Some 50 percent of the population practices some form of Christianity, while most of the other half practices an indigenous animist faith in which ancestor worship features prominently. Approximately 7 percent of the population is Muslim.While many Malagasies were brought to Judaism through study of the Old Testament and a sincere effort to get closer to God, some see the practice of Judaism as a return to their roots and an overthrowing of the last vestiges of colonialism.“I was a victim of the colonizers, as you know we had the French here, and then the communists and then the socialists … so I didn’t have any roots anymore,” said Mija Rasolo, an actor who hosts his own late night talk show on Madagascar TV and took the Hebrew name David Mazal. “So I told myself for now I am going to be Jewish, because that works for me. I found Judaism. I found my roots, baruch Hashem … Am Yisrael Chai” – the people of Israel live.As residents of Antananarivo began to explore Judaism, three leaders emerged to guide the nascent community: Andrianarisao Asarery, known as Ashrey Dayves; Andre Jacque Rabisisoa, known as Peteola, and Ferdinand Jean Andriatovomanana, known as Touvya.Ashrey is a dynamic former pastor and singer who works as a pastry chef by day and is famous throughout Madagascar for his television cooking show. His father is also a famous Malagasy singer. He favors a more liberal and welcoming version of Judaism, leads a congregation of about 25, and conducts radio broadcasts on Jewish topics and religious practices.Peteola, a computer programmer, conducts Hebrew language lessons and religious radio broadcasts. He has a following of about 30 and favors a mystical and kabbalistic approach to Judaism. He teaches Torah concepts with Gematria, through which meaning is derived from the numeric values of Hebrew letters.Touvya, a self-taught cantor, davens devoutly and sports peyot, the traditional sidelocks mentioned in Leviticus. He leads his congregation of 40 in strict observance of the Torah.All three have set up makeshift synagogues in their living rooms, while some prayer services are also held in a space provided by the English Language Institute. Services are generally held at Touvya’s house, which is large enough to accommodate most community members. Getting there can sometimes be problematic because not everyone lives within commuting distance of the home. Most Malagasies do not have cars and rely on their feet or bush taxi (taxi brousse) for transportation.Inevitable congregational differences have also arisen.The move toward conversion was spearheaded by Ashrey, who functions as president of the Jewish Community of Madagascar, which is also known as Sefarad Madagascar. Ashrey thought conversions would bring legitimacy to the group as well as greater ties to world Jewry.Touvya and Petoula were reluctant at first to accept conversion. Touvya in particular felt that conversion was unnecessary because he believed that he was already Jewish, and did not want or need the validation of an outsider to confirm it.Community members dress modestly and strive to keep kosher in a land lacking the proper infrastructure to do so. Without a kosher butcher, most will eat only fish, dairy and vegetable products.Many observe the practice of niddah, avoiding marital relations or even touching while a woman is menstruating.Only 30 people were originally scheduled to convert when Kulanu arrived on the scene last month, but the number ultimately swelled to 121 as family members and Touvya’s congregation joined in. Kulanu estimates that at least 100 more potential converts live among the community.The conversions are an ironic twist of fate, occurring around the 76th anniversary of the Madagascar Plan. Launched by Nazi Germany on June 3, 1941, it was conceived as an alternative method to achieve the Final Solution by deporting European Jewry to Vichy-controlled Madagascar. Most were expected to die en route, succumb to disease or be massacred without international oversight. The plan was never implemented.Instead, decades after the Holocaust took the lives of 6 million European Jews, one pocket of the African nation has become a place of Jewish rebirth.

Israel-China affair blooms even as culture gap weighs on rapport-The Chinese seek a long-term relationship but Israelis ‘don’t want to spend time on you,’ says Chinese entrepreneur in Israel, ruefully-By Shoshanna Solomon June 7, 2016, 10:32 am Updated: June 7, 2016, 2:52 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

In the past four years the romance between Israel and China has blossomed. More than 500 Chinese delegations visited Israel in 2015 and Chinese investment in Israeli companies and venture capital funds has surged to record highs.As the world’s second-largest economy shifts its focus from being a manufacturing and labor intensive economy to becoming a high-end innovative force, Asian giants including Alibaba Group, Hutchison Water Ltd., and Huawei have set up R&D centers, invested in funds and snapped up Israeli start-ups and companies.And more interest may be on its way, as earlier this month China’s president Xi Jinping called for his country to establish itself as one of the most innovative countries in the world by 2020. And as long as China lacks home-grown technology, the nation is out on a shopping spree.Even so, says Edwards You Lyu — the CEO of Israel Vadi Ventures Ltd., which claims to be the first wholly Chinese-owned company established in Israel — the romance is just at the beginning, and Chinese investment in Israel is still tiny compared to what it could be once diffidence and language barriers are overcome.“There are cultural differences, the way of thinking and working is different,” said You Lyu in an interview in Vadi’s offices in Tel Aviv. “Israelis are not patient, they want quick answers, they don’t want to spend time on you. The Chinese have a slow decision making process, they first want to know you and then do business with you. They are looking for a long-term relationship.”Total capital invested in deals with some Chinese participation is expected to rise to $500 million this year compared to $118 million in 2012 and $467 million in 2014, according to data compiled by IVC Research Center, which tracks investment in Israel’s high-tech industry. IVC expects “the vast majority” of Israeli venture capital funds to have at least one Chinese investor in their financing rounds in 2016.“We see Chinese investors operating in a number of parallel fields – via direct investments, through the setting up of research and development centers, via acquisitions or via investment in funds,” Koby Simana, the CEO of IVC, said in an interview.Israeli companies see the Chinese companies as an opportunity to access a massive market but also as a source of funding, he said. “There is a huge interest for both sides. It is just a matter of finding the right formula” so that more investments will happen.Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry will add a commercial attache to its Chinese team this summer, bringing the number to six from five, more than those allocated to the US, said Ziva Eger, chief executive of foreign investments and industrial cooperation at the ministry. “China is a target,” Eger said. “It is a country that has opened up to us in the past two years, and once you open the door to China you get an immense market.”The ministry’s message to Chinese firms is that they must set up R&D centers in Israel, Eger said. “If they want to ‘live’ research and development then they must set up research and development centers here in Israel,” she said. “Technology gets old very quickly. They must be on the ground.”Chinese overseas investments globally reached a historic high of $118 billion in 2015, according You Lyu, based on data compiled by the China Statistical Database. Investments have shifted from the mining, manufacturing and construction industries to healthcare, entertainment and the high tech sectors.Israel is getting just a fraction of this investment, You Lyu said, because of the language barriers, lack of information regarding Israeli innovation trends, lack of channels to manage investments afterwards and lack of resources for due diligence. “There is a lot of enthusiasm, but when you get down to the nitty gritty there are a lot of differences,” he said.You Lyu, a former worker in the Nanjing Municipal Government in China, in charge of China-Israel cooperation, first visited Israel as part of a delegation sent to get training in Tel Aviv University. He later enlisted for a MBA in Tel Aviv and at the end of last year set up Vadi Ventures, with the aim of helping promote joint ventures between the two countries. Vadi has a sister company operating in California’s Silicon Valley.Vadi is holding the China-Israel High-tech Investment Forum in Tel Aviv this week in which Israeli entrepreneurs will pitch their companies to more than 100 visiting Chinese investors and firms, with a focus on mobile internet, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, medical devices, digital health and clean tech.“We are here to help them overcome these differences,” You Lyu said. “We still have to find out how to bridge these differences. They are just getting to know each other. You just need to find the right mechanism.”

EU MUST OVERHAUL PROCESS FOR CHOOSING COMMISION CHIEF.

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)

THE EU 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:

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.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
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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)

Opinion-EU must overhaul process for choosing commission chief By Ondrej Houska-JUNE 7,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:07-The European Parliament will not be legitimate “for 100 years”.Who made such a statement? Some advocate of Brexit speaking on the campaign trail? Or someone from a growing bunch of nationalistic far-right parties? No. It was Francois Mitterrand in 1991, a good European, no doubt.One is not necessarily an enemy of European integration when one criticises the European Parliament or other institutions, although the MEPs or members of the European Commission often try to suggest otherwise.Both the European Parliament and the European Commission deserve much criticism these days.It is now two years since the last European elections and it is high time to say it clearly: the so-called Spitzenkandidaten (top candidate) process, the main innovation of those elections, has failed and needs to be abandoned.Under Spitzenkandidaten, the top parties name their candidates for commission chief before European Parliament elections. The candidate from the winning party then takes up the EU's most powerful post.First of all, the selection of the commission’s president through the Spitzenkandidaten process has created nothing more than an illusion of democracy.In the European Union there is no single public space that could serve as an arena for the competition of political parties. Elections are national.Can someone in his or her right mind really think that people in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy or Estonia were passionately arguing whether to vote for Juncker or Schulz? The Spitzenkandidaten process is political theatre for the Brussels bubble.No wonder that, according to media reports, even senior German politicians including Angela Merkel want the Spitzenkandidaten process abolished.-Ignoring member states-It is equally unsurprising that the commission and the parliament will fight tooth and nail to keep it. It gives considerable power to a small number of leaders of both institutions.Since the last elections we can observe a very pronounced trend of mutual cooperation between the commission and the parliament. They act in tandem (one is almost tempted to use the word “cartel” instead). Their leaders are sometimes not even trying to hide their contempt for the member states. This is dangerous.Juncker, Schulz and their aides are thus transforming the so-called community method, where the commission proposes legislation that, in order to come into force, has to be adopted by both the parliament and the member states (the Council of the EU), into a clash where the commission and the parliament are too often allied against member states.Deals are prepared in advance and then both institutions pressure the member states to agree. We have seen it in the course of the current refugee crisis where the commission has repeatedly ignored the will of the member states.This leads to serious irritation among those member states that do not share the view that the notion of an ever closer union is gospel that the EU needs to follow on every possible occasion.-A counterproductive move-“The commission and the parliament are deliberately setting the countries against one another,” complains a senior official from a Central European country.Thus, the member states – and not just those from Central and Eastern Europe, far from it – are losing faith in the impartiality of the commission and they suspect that the whole Spitzenkandidaten process serves as a vehicle for the commission and the parliament to enhance their own powers.The idea of selecting a very powerful commission president in a democratic-in-name-only process no matter what the European Council might be thinking, who allies himself closely with MEPs who are unknown to most people in Europe, and who pushes for far-reaching measures towards further integration, is counterproductive for the European ideal.Rightly or wrongly, people around Europe are more and more distrustful of the EU and of “Brussels”.The Spitzenkandidaten process, by decreasing powers of national politicians who hold a truly democratic mandate, risks inflaming this distrust even more.Ondrej Houska (@OndrejHouska on Twitter) is Brussels correspondent for the Czech public radio.

Nato in show of strength ahead of Warsaw summit By Andrew Rettman-JUNE 7,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:26-Nato has begun three military exercises - Anaconda-16, Baltops and Iron Wolf 2016 - designed to show it is ready to defend its eastern allies from Russia.The Anaconda-16 war game in Poland is the largest of its kind since the end of the Cold War.The 10-day drill involves 14,000 US soldiers, 12,000 Polish ones and up to 1,000 British troops out of a total of 31,000 personnel from 24 nations.In one event on Tuesday, 1,130 paratroopers will practice landing in Torun, northern Poland. Other drills will see an emergency bridge built over the Wistula river and a simulated night-time assault by 35 attack helicopters.It will also see, for the first time since WWII, German tanks cross the border into Poland.The Baltops (Baltic Operations) exercise, which takes place every year and which also began on Monday, involves 4,500 troops in Nordic and Baltic countries.It will include hundreds of soldiers from Finland and Sweden, which are not in Nato but which are cultivating closer ties because of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.Iron Wolf 2016 involves 5,000 troops and will take place largely in Lithuania and Latvia.The drills come ahead of a Nato summit in Warsaw in mid-July that will see the alliance firm up plans for a Russia-deterrent force in the region and that will see Montenegro join the mutual defence club.The Russia deterrent force envisages new command centres and arms depots in the region.At the same time, the US is finalising plans to switch on components of an anti-ballistic missile shield in Poland and in Romania. Poland itself is creating a 35,000-strong force of reservists.Russia has spoken out against what it calls Nato’s build-up in the region.Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a recent trip to Greece said people who host US anti-missile bases should get used to being in Russia’s "crosshairs." He is going to Finland later this summer.Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday: “We do not hide that we have a negative attitude toward the Nato line of moving its military infrastructure to our borders, drawing other countries into military unit activities.“This will activate the Russian sovereign right to protect itself with methods that are adequate for today's risks.”Franz Klintsevich, the deputy head of the defence committee in the upper house of Russia’s parliament, went further. He told the Russia's Interfax agency that Nato was preparing a “global strike” against Russia.Nato has countered by saying that Russia held more than 800 war games in the region last year, most of them unannounced in violation of international accords.Some experts such as Ian Brzezinski, a former Pentagon official who now works for the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, have predicted that Russia will stage a provocation ahead of the Nato summit in Poland.But Petr Pavel, a Czech general and senior Nato official, recently told EUobserver that such a move was unlikely.“I don’t believe that, in the current circumstances, Russia will try to destabilise the [Nato] summit," he said at the Globsec security conference in Bratislava in April."They’re trying to be more open and to enter into a dialogue, so any bigger provocation wouldn’t suit that purpose.”

Nato chief warns Brexit could increase 'instability' By Eszter Zalan-JUNE 7,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:23-The UK leaving the European Union could cause instability, Nato's secretary general has warned.Jens Stoltenberg said both Nato and the EU were stronger with Britain inside."What really matters for Nato is, I strongly believe, a strong UK in a strong EU. It is good for both the UK and the EU but also for Nato," Stoltenberg, the head of the 28-member military alliance, said at an event on Monday (6 June) organised by news organisation Politico."It is a great advantage to have the UK being strong in the EU, pushing for security cooperation with Nato. It's good to have the UK in Nato pushing for strategic cooperation with the EU."We live at a time of many threats and instability, we don't need more instability, we need more cooperation in Europe." He declined to specify what type of instability he was referring to.The British will vote on 23 June on the UK's membership of the European Union. Tuesday is the last chance to register to vote.-Leave camp grows stronger-According to polls published on Monday, supporters of Brexit edged ahead, putting pressure on prime minister David Cameron who campaigns for the UK remaining in the bloc.The WhatUKThinks average of the six last polls put "Leave" at 51 percent against "Remain" at 49 percent.Campaigners for the Remain camp argue leaving the EU would put the UK's economy in danger.Cameron on Monday evening argued in a debate that leaving the EU would "put a bomb under our economy".Another central theme in the campaign is the question of EU workers from eastern EU states living in the UK.Boris Johnson, former mayor of London, a Conservative supporter of the Leave camp claimed on Monday: "We have absolutely no control over the people coming from the whole 27 other EU countries, some of them with criminal records."In the meantime, 10 trade unions have urged their members to vote to remain in the European club, claiming that parental leave and holiday rights would be under threat from a Conservative government without EU protection.

Fort McMurray apartment complex goes up in flames-[CBC]-June 6, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Cassia Manor at Franklin Landing, an apartment complex in Fort McMurray, erupted in flames on Monday night just days after the first residents returned home to the beleaguered city.The complex is located downtown, near Prairie Loop Boulevard and Franklin Avenue, which was clogged with emergency vehicles around 9 p.m. MT The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Officials said it didn't appear to be related to the wildfire, although the cause was under investigation. No injuries were reported.Bob Couture, of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, said the fire was contained and under control while emergency crews continue to fight the blaze. Mitchell Hurst, of Thunder Bay, Ont., has been in Fort McMurray for three weeks doing restoration work on smoke damaged buildings, and helping to clean up the wildfire wreckage in some of the worst-hit neighbourhoods.He was taking a break for dinner, when a plume of thick black smoke from the downtown apartment building came into view.He pulled over and decided to help by alerting residents about the approaching flames."I decided to pull the fire alarm in the building right next to it, so I jumped the fence and went inside, but there was no fire alarm to pull in the front entryway, and all the doors were locked, so I yelled 'fire' a few times and got out of there."By the time I got outside, there were flames shooting out from the roof."Within minutes, emergency vehicles arrived onto the scene, but Hurst said the building was fully engulfed."I was 20 feet away and I could feel the heat of the flames inside my car," he said.-'Icing on the cake'-Although Hurst was shaken by what he saw, his thoughts were with the affected tenants and the city."We work in fires all the time, I mean, that's why we're here, but I've never seen one that close."I just, I felt bad for the people living in those buildings. The city has already had enough traumatic events recently. This is just icing on the cake."Katmbo Kasinyabo had only been back in the city for two days after being evacuated to Edmonton during the wildfire. He watched the flames from the street."I just come again in my mind that we are going to be evacuated, because that's what happened last time," he said. "We just rush to see what's going on, to be prepared to go. That was my first impression."He said it was too soon to see flames after the wildfire that ripped through the area.

GOD CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE IN MARRIAGE

GENESIS 1:27-28
27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,(HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN) and replenish the earth,(HOMOSEXUALS CAN NOT REPLENISH THE EARTH WITH CHILDREN)(BY HAVING SEX WITH EACH OTHER) and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

GENESIS 2:21-24
21  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

MATTHEW 19:4-6
4  And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5  And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6  Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

OPEN LETTER: Bill C-16 is a good first step for transgender people but societal change is needed-[Zach Harper]-June 7, 2016-YAHOONEWS

“Fix society.”These words from transgender teen Leelah Alcorn’s suicide note, which she wrote before jumping in front of an oncoming truck in 2014, still haunt me. I think they always will. As a trans person, I consider them daily and think about all the work that needs to be done, and how far behind we are. I often say it’s at least 20 years behind in comparison to LGBQ people, and when an activist said the same thing this month, it was vindicating.For the seventh time, a bill is before Parliament that aims to protect trans people against hate crimes and discrimination. Six times we’ve been let down, and the last time it was because an amendment was introduced that stipulated we could not use bathrooms, shelters or be kept in prisons that correspond to our gender identities. Of course, this defeated the purpose because it put us at further risk of hate crimes.This is absolutely ludicrous, and the results of an exclusive poll Yahoo Canada commissioned from Ipsos Reid suggest this. Canadians overwhelmingly reject the hateful rhetoric by politicians in the United States that says we are predators. The stats show the opposite. The majority of Canadians say trans people should use the washroom of their choice (30 per cent) or simply don’t care where we go (34 per cent). And really, why should anyone care? Nobody wants to be in a public washroom anyway.If Bill C-16 is kiboshed by the Senate based on unfounded fears, this will be the seventh time Canadian governmental institutions have let us down. It will also be doing a disservice to Canadians as a whole. I guarantee you have used a bathroom with a trans person and both not known and been fine.This “issue” is obscuring myriad systemic discrimination issues — actual, real problems — trans people face on a daily basis.All of these things stem from the overwhelming societal viewpoint that transgender people are “not normal.” The Trans PULSE survey, an examination of how discrimination and violence affect trans people’s health, found 96 per cent of transgender Ontarians it surveyed had heard they were not normal.We comprise such a tiny portion of the world’s population, yet face such high levels of violence. For example, life expectancy for transgender women of colour is 35, according to the Huffington Post. In the U.S., the National Coalition of Anti-Violence found in 2013 that 67 per cent of LGBTQ homicides were against transgender women of colour.In Ontario, the Trans PULSE Project found 20 per cent of trans people had been physically or sexually assaulted for being trans, while another 34 per cent had been verbally threatened or harassed because they were trans. Further, trans people often do not report their experiences with violence to the police because they are either not taken seriously, or face further violence when reporting. The Trans PULSE survey found 24 per cent of trans people had reported being harassed by the police.But violence doesn’t have to be physical. It can come in the form of social exclusion and erasure. It comes in your pronouns and name not being respected. It comes in your family throwing you out on the streets. It comes in being denied a job because your gender presentation will make people “uncomfortable” — if you even get an interview. It comes in being told you must use a certain washroom while at work. It comes in the form of being told “sorry, the room is no longer available” when you go looking for housing, of having the landlord turn off your heating in the dead of winter, of returning home to find the locks changed and an eviction notice on your door. It comes in having your bank account locked on you because your voice suddenly changes. It comes in your doctor refusing to refer you to a trans-affirming medical practitioner or telling you you’re “mentally ill.” The Trans PULSE survey found 40 per cent of us have experienced discriminatory behaviour from family doctors at least once.I have faced discrimination in the form of harassment, being targeted in public with and without my partner, and in having people cut me out of their lives because I am trans. But my life is vastly different from many transgender people. I not only have a job, but I have one that I like and where my transition has been supported. I have understanding landlords, while many trans people are homeless. As a trans man who is taking testosterone and whose voice and physical features have started to change, I’m acquiring “passing privilege,” meaning most strangers don’t know I’m trans. I have a caring doctor, and financed my top surgery myself through a private clinic so I could get around the two-year wait to get it done through OHIP. My name and gender have also been legally changed.But I am still often afraid. I think it would be nice for trans people not to live in fear. That’s really just the bare minimum. While it’s true that laws don’t stop people from committing crimes, they at least serve as deterrents. But laws are worthless if they’re not enforced, or if those who commit hate crimes against protected groups are held to a different standard.In April, James Dixon pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Islan Nettles, a transgender woman of colour who he attacked in New York in 2013 after finding out she was trans. Nettles died five days later of head injuries.In his trial, Dixon admitted attacking Nettles because she was trans. Yet somehow, he was not charged with a hate crime, despite the clearly targeted nature of the case. He is now serving 12 years in prison, which Nettles’ family feels is not nearly an adequate sentence.Hate crimes like this must not happen in Canada. Human rights protections, which are great to have, are worthless if they don’t actually result in changes that make our lives better. That sends the message that our lives are not worth the same as cisgender people, that we are not grievable, or worse, that we simply are not human at all.But if you look at our low employment rates, reporting human-rights violations gets even more complicated. Many of us do not have jobs, are homeless, struggle financially or experience all of those things in tandem. The Trans PULSE survey found half of the trans Ontarians who responded to the survey make less than $15,000 a year, while 44 per cent of us have post-secondary or graduate degrees. This means affording court cases is out of the question for many trans people. If trans people were hired, taken seriously in the workplace and seen as valuable to employers (as I am), this would perhaps look different.It’s all very well to say it’s illegal to discriminate against a transgender person in terms of employment and housing or to commit violence against them. But when a trans person can’t afford to take someone to court for doing that and is not taken seriously when they report that discrimination, what difference do those laws really make? Hire us. The stats say we’re qualified. Rent to us. Listen to us. We are people. It’s time to start telling a different story about trans people — one that no longer sees us as freaks or tragedies, but as people whose lives have value and who matter.We desperately need human rights protections, but they are just the beginning. We need society to do some real, soul-searching work. But if Canadians can see through the bathroom issue, I know they can work with us on this.

Air Canada passengers rescreened on Toronto tarmac after security lapse in Paris-CBC-June 6, 2016-YAHOONEWS

All passengers on an Air Canada flight from Paris to Toronto were forced to be rescreened on the tarmac after arriving in Canada last Friday after more than a dozen flyers did not receive proper security screening in France before getting on board.The airline said crew aboard Air Canada Flight 881 on June 3 learned mid-flight that 17 of its passengers did not go through the required preboard security screening at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport. There were 325 passengers and 12 crew on board the flight.Air Canada said the passengers were "misdirected" by staff at Charles de Gaulle after getting off a connecting flight from Sri Lanka and were supposed to go through more security. But that additional screening never happened.-'Flight was secure'-Peter Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for Air Canada, said those passengers had been screened prior to their flight from Sri Lanka and did not leave the "secure zone" at Charles de Gaulle. He said their bags were properly screened in Paris."We assessed the situation in consultation with Canadian government authorities and determined the flight was secure," he told CBC News in an email on Sunday.He said the rescreening was required by Transport Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).Travis O'Brien, a spokesman for the CBSA, said the rescreening took place after learning there were "passengers on board that had not completed preboard security screening in Paris.""The CBSA was made aware of this incident and immediately put measures in place for the arrival of the flight at Toronto Pearson International Airport," O'Brien said.When asked how frequently situations like this occur, the CBSA told CBC News that this was an "exceptional circumstance."-'Pretty shocking'-Anthony Germain, who hosts the St. John's Morning Show on CBC Radio in Newfoundland, was on the plane coming back from vacation and missed a connecting flight because of the rescreening delays.He said all of the carry-on items were scanned again on the Pearson tarmac and that passengers were also scanned with a metal detector wand, and some were patted down.Germain was seated near the back of the plane, so he said it took him about two hours to get through the process. He noticed that crew members were being screened as well.Germain said passengers weren't told about the issue until they landed in Toronto. That's when someone came on board the plane and explained the situation. He said they were told the rescreening was being done for their "safety."He said he was surprised that something like this could happen."Given what's happened in France and Belgium, to me it's pretty shocking," he said.After being rescreened, passengers were taken by bus to the terminal, where they then had to clear customs.Charles de Gaulle airport has not responded to multiple requests for comment.

EZEKIEL 39:1-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2  And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee,(300 MILIION RUSSIA-ARAB-MUSLIMS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3  And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4  Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou,(RUSSIA) and all thy bands,(RUSSIA SUPPORTED WITH WEAPONS-ARAB/MUSLIM COUNTRIES) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5  Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6  And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7  So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8  Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9  And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10  So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11  And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12  And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13  Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14  And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15  And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16  And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17  And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18  Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19  And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20  Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21  And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

Syrian refugees: 4 things MPs heard about the Liberals' resettlement plan-[CBC]-June 7, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Landlords taking advantage of Syrian refugees. Gaps in dental care under the interim federal health care program. The burden placed on refugees who have to pay for their travel costs.Those are a few of the issues MPs on the citizenship and immigration committee have heard about as they spent the past month questioning federal officials, private sponsors, resettlement agencies and refugees themselves about the government's efforts to resettle 25,000 people displaced by the Syrian conflict.An extraordinary amount of government resources were deployed in a period of four months, from November to the end of February, in an effort to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. In the three months since the Liberal government reached its goal, about 2,580 more Syrians have arrived in Canada as part of the ongoing efforts.The Liberal-dominated Commons committee had originally agreed to Continue its study until June 7, at a cost of $39,200, but last week MPs decided to extend that by another two weeks — until June 21, days before the House is expected to adjourn for the summer.Private sponsorship groups who have raised thousands of dollars to support refugee families have been vocal about the slow pace of arrivals after the initial 25,000 target was met, a complaint that the government says it has moved to address in recent weeks.Here is a closer look at four other things MPs heard about the Liberal government's Syrian refugee plan: 1. Lack of affordable housing-Experts told MPs that finding permanent housing was one of the "most challenging" parts of the government's plan to resettle 25,000 refugees."It took an average of five and a half weeks to move the newcomers from temporary housing into their own homes," said Mario Calla, the executive director for COSTI Immigrant Services, an agency with 17 locations in the greater Toronto area that helped resettle some 1,800 Syrians.Calla said while Canadians have long complained of the lack of affordable housing, the resettlement of Syrian refugees was further proof that this is a "serious" problem."The rental costs are in excess of 50 per cent of their income," Calla said. "It is generally accepted that for housing to be affordable, it should consume less than 30 per cent of a person's income."Emily Woods, the sponsorship program officer for Action Réfugiés Montréal, a small non-profit organization funded by churches and individuals, said while the overall housing experience has been "positive," several housing challenges remain."Some families have faced challenges when meeting with landlords, or were left with no housing at the last minute after landlords signed multiple leases with families for the same housing unit.""In one particular case, a family was asked to pay for a full year of rent up front," Woods said. 2. Paying for travel costs-Both Woods and Calle, who appeared before the committee on different dates, urged the government to waive all travel costs for Syrian refugees who arrived in Canada before Nov. 4. and do away with the federal loans offered to other refugees to help pay their costs.As CBC News reported in March, Immigration Minister John McCallum said the Liberal government was considering paying travel costs for all refugees resettling to Canada in the future — an option that would come at considerable cost to the federal government."Transportation loans are a huge burden on families. It is putting them... in an additionally vulnerable position upon their arrival," Woods said."Historically these loans have had a crushing impact on the ability of refugees to make ends meet from month to month," said Calle from COSTI."We urge the government to extend the waiver of the loan program to all refugees," he said.David Manicom, a senior immigration official, confirmed before the Commons committee that the Immigration Loan Program continues to be "under active review." 3. Gaps in dental care-The Canadian Dental Association urged the government to review the dental policies of the interim federal health program so that refugees can have "immediate access" to basic dental care.The Liberals restored expanded health benefits for refugees and asylum seekers on April 1, but according to Randall Croutze, president of the CDA, several concerns remain."The strict limitations of the program are not in line with the accepted best-practices of care," he told the committee.Croutze said the association wants the government to do away with the requirement to submit a pre-authorization form for fillings, and to expand its coverage to include stainless steel crowns and certain x-rays not currently covered."Refugees, especially children, who have been lacking consistent dental treatment, preventive care or fluoridated water have a host of problems that may require further treatment beyond what the IFHP affords," Croutze said.According to Croutze, many dentists have come forward to help Syrian refugees by providing them with free screenings and pro-bono care."However, relying exclusively on pro-bono work is not sufficient to address the oral health needs of this cohort of new arrivals," Croutze said. 4. 'Intense' coordination-Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will present sometime in the fall a report on what the government learned in resettling 25,000 people in a period of four months.David Manicom, a senior immigration official, said one of the reasons the operation was successful was because it was the "most intense interdepartmental coordination effort" he'd ever seen.Officials in the immigration department worked jointly with the Canada Border Services Agency, Global Affairs Canada, National Defence, Public Safety and the Public Health Agency of Canada."I think that was a lesson which, if we're doing an operation like this again, we would replicate to some extent," Manicom said.The Commons committee on citizenship and immigration continues to hear from witnesses later today.

Assad vows to fight on, says Aleppo to be Erdogan's graveyard-[Reuters]-June 7, 2016-YAHOONEWS

BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April.Assad said he would win back "every inch" of Syria and said Aleppo would be a graveyard for the hopes and dreams of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a major sponsor of the insurgents battling to topple him."Our war against terrorism is continuing," Assad said in a speech to parliament broadcast by state TV. "As we liberated Tadmur (Palmyra) and before it many areas, we will liberate every inch of Syria from their hands. Our only option is victory, otherwise Syria will not continue."The Syrian army and allied militia, aided by Russian air strikes, recovered control of Palmyra from Islamic State insurgents in March. In addition to the war with Islamic State, Assad is fighting rebels who include groups that have received support from his foreign enemies, Turkey included.The war has greatly diminished Assad's control of Syria, with Islamic State, an array of rebel groups, and a powerful Kurdish militia establishing authority over wide parts of the country.Aleppo, Syria's largest city and pre-war commercial hub, and the surrounding area at the border with Turkey have comprised a major theatre in the war, divided between areas of government and rebel control. Escalating fighting there helped ruin the cessation of hostilities agreement agreed in February.Assad accused Erdogan of recently sending thousands of militants to Aleppo. Russia, which has been bombing in support of Assad since September, said on Saturday more that 2,000 militants had mobilised in the Aleppo area.Russia said on Monday its air forces would provide "the most active" support to Syrian government troops so as not to let Aleppo and the surrounding area fall into the hands of fighters it called terrorists.The United States and Russia brokered the cessation of hostilities as part of an effort to get U.N.-backed peace talks moving earlier this year. The talks broke down in April when the main opposition alliance withdrew over what it described as a worsening situation on the ground.Assad said there had been no real talks in Geneva.He thanked Russia, Iran, China and the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah for the support they had provided.Alluding to suggestions of divisions in the alliance, particularly between Iran and Russia, Assad said people should not listen to reports about "differences, struggles and divisions". He said the alliance was stronger than ever.He was speaking at the parliament that convened this week for the first time since it was elected in April. The election was held in government-controlled parts of Syria.Government supporters said the vote was a sign of support for Assad, while his opponents said it was illegitimate.(Reporting by Tom Perry/Laila Bassam; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Advances on IS strongholds underlines US, Russia convergence-[The Canadian Press]-Zeina Karam And Philip Issa, The Associated Press-June 6, 2016-YAHOONEWS

BEIRUT - A two-pronged advance to capture key urban strongholds of the Islamic State group and its self-styled capital of Raqqa has underlined a quiet convergence of strategy between the U.S. and Russia to defeat the extremists, with Syria's Kurds emerging as the common link.The dual advance toward Raqqa by the Syrian army from the southwest and the predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces from the north and west puts further pressure on the militants as they fend off simultaneous attacks on bastions such as Fallujah, and potentially Mosul, in neighbouring Iraq.The Kurdish involvement is proving vital to the interests of Washington and Moscow.For the U.S., the predominantly Kurdish SDF has proven the most capable actor in northern Syria in defeating the extremist group, a point it made when its predecessor, the Kurdish YPG, held off the militants in Kobani, in 2015. That battle was seen by many as a turning point in the war on the IS group.For Russia, the SDF advance has drawn IS fighters away from the front with the Syrian government and allowed the Kremlin's allies in Damascus to advance, showing that Moscow is participating in the battle against the IS group.While the media has focused on the battles between Iraqi government forces and IS militants in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the Syrian army on Saturday reached Raqqa province for the first time in almost two years. The Syrian government has had no presence in Raqqa since August 2014, when IS overran the Tabqa air base and killed scores of government soldiers in a massacre they documented on video. The provincial capital, Raqqa, became the militants' first captive city.Backed by intense Russian airstrikes, Syrian troops began their advance toward the province Wednesday, the same day that U.S.-backed SDF forces launched an attack on the IS stronghold of Manbij, which is 72 miles to the northwest of Raqqa and lies on a key supply route linking Raqqa with the Turkish border."In terms of direct co-ordination of activities on the ground, that is not happening," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said. "I know there have been discussions about changing that, but at this point, our position is the same."Asked about it Monday, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "We exchange information with the United States on a daily basis, twice a day, that's all I can say."U.S. officials have consistently said that there are frequent conversations about flight safety issues and daily phone line checks to make sure the two nations can communicate quickly when necessary.Lina Khatib, head of the Middle East and North Africa program at the Chatham House think-tank , said it was hard to imagine such dual attacks on IS happening without prior agreement between the U.S. and Russia. Cooperation between the two global powers, which back opposing sides of the war, has marked the Syrian conflict in recent years."The Syria Democratic Forces is playing a complementary role to the (Syrian) army, and that is the product of a military agreement between Russia and the U.S. that is translating into a division of labour between the two forces on the ground," Khatib said.To Christopher Kozak, Syria analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, the twin offensives show the government is being astute and taking advantage of the SDF offensive to improve its position on Raqqa."It's not a coincidence that these things are happening at the same time, but I would also not go so far as to say there's co-operation," Kozak said.Syria's Kurds, who make up 10 per cent of Syria's prewar population of 23 million, have played an outsized role in the civil war, now in its sixth year. The U.S. has struggled from the beginning to find moderate, effective partners in the chaos of the conflict, and the largely secular and cohesive YPG — the armed wing of the Kurdish PYD political party — has emerged as Washington's most trusted associate.The Syria Democratic Forces — a mixed-religion anti-IS coalition made up of Kurdish and Arab groups — is dominated by the YPG. The U.S. provides critical air support to the SDF, and hundreds of U.S. special operation forces help train the group. Russia has also offered support to the Kurds, partly to gain leverage over Turkey, which considers the PYD to be a terrorist group.In a way, the situation is a bit similar to the offensive on Fallujah in Iraq, where the Iraqi army works alongside Shiite militias against IS.Both the Syrian and Iraqi armies do not have the capacity to be the sole actors in the battle against IS, and their external backers have incorporated the presence of non-state actors to provide military support.The SDF denies co-ordinating with the Syrian government. But such dynamics are partly why the group is viewed with suspicion by other Syrian actors and the local population in Arab-majority areas.Bassma Kodmani, a member of a Syrian opposition group known as the High Negotiations Committee, said the HNC is perplexed by the SDF's political position, saying the group sometimes attacks the Syrian army and sometimes fights on the same side."We have a player here that it's not at all clear what they stand for, what they want, what their ultimate agenda is — none of this is clear to us," Kodmani said. She added that such opacity creates outright hostility.The perceived co-ordination between the SDF and the Syrian army is a potential problem for the U.S., because the Syrian government forces get more emboldened by each military victory against IS."The Obama administration is keen to demonstrate some form of achievement against the Islamic State before the end of the president's term, and in a way it seems that the focus on military achievement is overshadowing what happens the day after," Khatib said.Raqqa is frequently targeted by the U.S.-led coalition, as well as the Syrian and Russian air force.The battle for Raqqa is expected to be long and hard, with Syrian troops still about 45 miles (75 kilometres) away. Very few expect any real push toward the city anytime soon.Kozak said the government is making a "low-cost investment" to position itself near Raqqa and "message its involvement in the ISIS campaign, to bolster its international credibility." The SDF has not been able to recruit enough Arab fighters, and the Kurds would rather focus on liberating areas in the Raqqa governorate that border Kurdish regions.A Raqqa resident who fled it recently said the militants have dug trenches and planted mines around the city in anticipation of an attack. The resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of his safety, said the militants were well-prepared for what they perceive to be a "decisive battle," whether with the SDF or army troops.___Associated Press writers Bassem Mroue in Beirut, Josh Lederman and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington and Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow contributed to this report.

Southeast gets more rain as Tropical Storm Colin heads east-[Tamara Lush And Jason Dearen, The Associated Press]-June 7, 2016-YAHOONEWS

TAMPA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Colin was expected to continue dropping heavy rains over the Southeast on Tuesday after moving across northern Florida, knocking out power and flooding roads.Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as the storm churned its way across the state into southeast Georgia, and The National Hurricane Center said Colin marked the earliest that a third named storm has ever formed in the Atlantic basin.By 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday, the storm was moving into the Atlantic off the North Carolina coast, with maximum sustained winds up to 50 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.On Georgia's Tybee Island on the Atlantic coast, Susie Morris said she awoke Tuesday to no wind and no rain at the Lighthouse Inn Bed & Breakfast."I certainly don't have any flooding whatsoever, thank goodness," said Morris, the proprietor of the inn, a restored 1910 home that was once part of the former Fort Screven military outpost created around the time of the Spanish American War in the 1890s.In Florida, where Colin has poured nearly 10 inches of rain on some cities, Scott cautioned that the state has seen severe flooding in unlikely places after previous storms."We'll just see how well it runs off," Scott said. "I always remember back to (Tropical Storm) Isaac in 2012, it went west but we had unbelievable flooding in Palm Beach County."There were no reports of major damage in Florida, but the state will be tracking flooding from the sudden deluge of rain, much of which fell during high tides Monday, Scott said in an interview.Parts of Pinellas County, along Florida's Gulf Coast, have seen 9 inches of rain. Other areas, from Levy to Sarasota counties, were also soaked with 1 to 6 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.Flood warnings were issued in many parts of the Tampa Bay area and Tuesday's commute was shaping up to be a difficult one with roads underwater and in some areas, closed entirely.The National Hurricane Center said Colin was expected to lose its tropical cyclone status by Tuesday night.The storm disrupted schools and summer programs. Many were dismissed early Monday, and two high school graduations in the Tampa Bay area were postponed due to the storms, with both ceremonies being moved to Wednesday night and Thursday. Winds from Colin also closed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa.At Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge roads were flooded and businesses sent people home early.The high winds and rain also knocked out power to about 10,000 Floridians heading into Monday evening from the Tampa Bay area to Jacksonville.Colin produced rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches, and forecasters said up to 8 inches were possible across north Florida, southeastern Georgia and coastal areas of the Carolinas through Tuesday. Tornadoes were also a possibility across parts of the coastal Carolinas on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said.Not everyone in Florida was hunkering down. About 50 people were in the water with surfboards off Treasure Island on Monday to take advantage of the rare 2 to 3-foot swells breaking in the Gulf's warm waters."It's like man against nature," said Derek Wiltison of Atlantic Beach. "Surfers tend to drop what they're doing — work, relationships, whatever — to go out and catch a wave."On Tybee Island, Morris said she'd continue to pay close attention to weather reports for the remainder of this year's hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30. Does the early start to the hurricane season worry Morris? "Worried, no," she said. "I do watch the weather report... but no, I'm not worried."

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