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

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

BLACK LIVES MATTER THUG POLICE HATE RACISTS LOOT TRUCKS-BLOCK HIWAY IN NORTH CAROLINA OVER A BLACK KILLED.

Crowds gathered near the complex Tuesday night, carrying signs that said "Black Lives Matter" and chanting "no justice, no peace."-Some threw water bottles and rocks at officers working to control the crowd.Other protesters blocked Interstate 85 and started a fire at the center of the highway, leaving vehicles and tractor-trailers stalled as far as the eye could see. Police cars with flashing lights hovered nearby.

Charlotte police shooting: Protests erupt after officer kills man-Updated: Sep 21, 2016 2:39 AM EST-By Steve Almasy and Faith Karimi CNN

(CNN) -- Protests erupted in North Carolina after an officer fatally shot one man while serving a warrant for a different man at an apartment complex in Charlotte.Crowds gathered near the complex Tuesday night, carrying signs that said "Black Lives Matter" and chanting "no justice, no peace."Some threw water bottles and rocks at officers working to control the crowd.The man shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer that afternoon has been identified as Keith Lamont Scott, Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said.Brentley Vinson, the officer involved in the shooting, has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to the mayor.It's the latest case involving an officer-involved shooting, and has attracted the attention of Black Lives Matter protesters who are demanding justice and an end to police brutality.In Oklahoma, protesters gathered for several days following the Friday killing of Terence Crutcher by an officer in Tulsa.'When will our lives truly matter?' "Something has to be done ... there was a terrorist in New Jersey, New York. He was taken alive," protester Nichelle Dunlap told CNN affiliate WCCB in Charlotte, referring to the suspect arrested Monday after a shootout."They said they want to question him. So because you wanted to question him, does his life mean more than our black men across the nation? It doesn't make any sense."Corine Mack, who attended the protests in Charlotte, said the community is frustrated."When will our lives truly matter? A black father is dead. There are children tonight who will never see their father again," said Mack, who is president of the Charlotte chapter of the NAACP."It clearly appears as if our lives don't matter. We need to change policies. We need to change procedure. We need to hold police accountable. It's a modern day lynching. Charlotte is not a good place right now, we're in the throes of his problem."The mayor called for a full investigation into the shooting, saying she'll work with authorities on the case."We are reaching out to community to ask for calm," the mayor tweeted."The community deserves answers and full investigation will ensue. Will be reaching out to community leaders to work together."What happened-The incident started when Charlotte police looking to serve a warrant Tuesday shot and killed a man in the parking lot of an apartment complex.Though the man was armed, he's not the one police were looking for, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement.The Tuesday afternoon shooting set off an angry crowd response that grew as the hours passed.It was not clear why authorities were serving the warrant. While they were looking for that individual, officers saw a man get out of a car with a gun, then get back into the vehicle, the statement said.Officers moved in."The subject got back out of the vehicle armed with a firearm and posed an imminent deadly threat to the officers who subsequently fired their weapon striking the subject," police said.Police Chief Kerr Putney said at least one officer shot the man. Two investigative branches of the department were looking into the shooting, he said-Scott died at Carolinas Medical Center. A gun he was holding was found at the scene, police said.Officers injured-CNN affiliate WSOC reported that protesters blocked off a road as a line of police in riot gear stretched across the street.At least 12 officers suffered injuries during the protests, the police department tweeted. It did not provide details on the nature and severity of the injuries, but said one of its officers was hit in the face with a rock.The officer involved in the shooting has worked for the department for two years.

At least 12 Charlotte cops injured in protests following officer-involved death of black man-Published September 21, 2016 Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A black police officer shot an armed black man at a Charlotte, North Carolina, apartment complex Tuesday, authorities said, prompting angry street protests late into the night.The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department tweeted that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had been injured, including one who was hit in the face with a rock. Television coverage showed police firing tear gas to break up the crowd. The protests came just hours after another demonstration in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the shooting there of an unarmed black man by police.Charlotte police went to the complex about 4 p.m. looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they saw the man — not the suspect they were looking for — inside a car, department spokesman Keith Trietley said in a statement.Officers saw the man get out of the car with a gun and then get back in, Trietley said. When officers approached, the man exited the car with the gun again. At that point, officers deemed the man a threat and at least one fired a weapon, he said.The man, identified as 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and pronounced dead.Officer Brentley Vinson, who shot Scott, has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure in such cases. Vinson has been with the department for two years.Detectives recovered a firearm at the scene and were interviewing witnesses, Trietley said.Police blocked access to the area, which is about a mile from the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as protesters gathered after the shooting.Video from WCCB-TV in Charlotte showed police in riot gear stretched across a two-lane road confronting protesters at the apartment complex later in the night. Some of the officers flanked the main line on one side of the road.Some protesters were heard yelling "Black lives matter," and "Hands up, don't shoot!" One person held up a sign saying "Stop Killing Us."Other footage showed protesters lingering around a police vehicle after shattering its windows.Earlier, a tow truck was brought in to take another police cruiser away. Local media outlets reported that car suffered damage to its rear end.One television news crew retreated from the scene after demonstrators began rocking their remote van, which was parked near the apartment complex where the shooting occurred.Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts appealed for calm and tweeted that "the community deserves answers."In Tulsa, hundreds of people rallied outside police headquarters calling for the firing of police officer Betty Shelby, who shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday during a confrontation in the middle of a road that was captured on police dashcam and helicopter video.Shelby's attorney has said Crutcher was not following the officers' commands and that Shelby was concerned because he kept reaching for his pocket as if he was carrying a weapon. An attorney representing Crutcher's family says Crutcher committed no crime and gave officers no reason to shoot him.Local and federal investigations into that shooting are ongoing.

Hate drove gunman to shoot Philadelphia police: officials-[Reuters]-September 17, 2016-YAHOONEWS

(Reuters) - A gunman who wounded two Philadelphia police officers and three civilians and killed a fourth civilian appears to have been driven by hatred for the police but had no known ties to any militant groups, officials said on Saturday.Police Commissioner Richard Ross at a news conference identified the gunman as Nicholas Glenn, 25, who had a long arrest record. Glenn began a shooting spree late on Friday and later was killed by responding officers, police said.Sergeant Sylvia Young, a 19-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, was shot "quite a few times" by the gunman as she sat in her vehicle late at night, Ross said."He clearly was trying to assassinate her," Ross said at the news conference, which was broadcast by local media.The two police officers and three wounded civilians were all in stable condition, police said.The gunman left a rambling letter titled "doomed" in which he ranted against law enforcement and threatened to harm officers, police said.The commissioner, though, said police have not determined a specific motive for the rampage, other than the general "ravings" against law enforcement expressed in his letter.Ross said Glenn’s letter was a lot about himself, describing it as "rantings." It referenced issues with a probation officer and “not being particularly fond of the police department.”“The envelope was actually entitled ‘doomed’ and he was referring I guess to anybody who was going to be in his path last night,” Ross said, adding that it was found on his body.Late on Friday, nearby officers heard the initial gunshots and began pursuing the suspect on foot. During the chase, the suspect fired shots into a tavern, striking a security guard in the leg, police said.He then used a woman from the bar as a shield before shooting her. He later fired into a car, seriously wounding a man and woman, police said.One of the women was shot seven times and later died, police said. They did not say which woman.The chase ended when the gunman exchanged gunfire with police in an alley, wounding a University of Pennsylvania police officer. The shooter was killed during the gun fight, police said.It was the second time this year that a Philadelphia police officer was deliberately targeted by a gunman. In January, a suspect confessed to approaching an officer driving in a squad car and firing 11 times, seriously wounding him. The gunman, who was hit when the officer returned fire, later claimed he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group.Police officers in the cities of Dallas and Baton Rouge were the targets of deadly ambushes earlier this year after police killed two black men in separate incidents in a Minnesota suburb and Baton Rouge.(Reporting by David Ingram in New York, Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and David Bailey in Minneapolis; Editing by Mary Milliken and Nick Zieminski)

RAHAMI RADICALIZED AFTER FOREIGN TRIPS TO AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN.AND WIFE HEADS FOR UNITED ARAB EMEMERATES QUICK.

WELL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK ON AMERICA.WELL JUST A DAY OR SO BEFORE RAHAMI WANTED TO SET OFF 10 BOMBS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. WE NOW FIND OUT THAT RAHAMIS WIFE JUST HAPPENED TO SKIP OVER TO THE UNITED ARAB EMERATES. ON A SO CALLED PRE-SCHEDUALED TRIP. AND THE POLICE CAN NOT FIND HER TO QUESTION HER OVER HER HUSBANDS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SATURDAY ALL DAY AND SUNDAY OF LAST WEEK. AND IN ANOTHER REVELATION. RAHAMI AFTER COMING BACK FROM HIS AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN TRIP IN 2014. WERE HE WAS FOR A YEAR. HIS FAITHER PUT A COMPLAINT INTO POLICE THAT RAHAMI CUT HIS OTHER BROTHER WITH A KNIFE. AND SLAPPED THE MOTHER AROUND ALSO. THE FATHER ALSO TOLD POLICE. HE THINKS RAHAMI IS NOW A RADICAL-HE IS ACTING MORE RELIGIOUS AND GAY HATE AND HARDER ON GIRLS AND WOMEN NOW. THE POLICE DONE AN INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY NEVER HAD PROOF THAT HE WAS NOW A RADICAL ISLAM. SO THE INVESTIGATION WAS ENDED. AND ALSO THE CHARGE AGAINST RAHAMI WAS DROPPED AFTER THE FATHER AND BROTHER DROPPED CHARGES OF THE KNIFE EVENT. I WONDER DID RAHAMI TELL THEM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM IF HIS HONOR IS SPOILED. I CAN ONLY GUESS HOW HE OR OTHER MALE FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD HAVE DISAPPEARED THE EVIDENCE-HINT-HINT. AND ALSO RAHAMIS BROTHER IS A RADICAL IN AFGHANISTAN. HE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THE NEW JERSEY POLICE. AND HAD TO ESCAPE TO AFGHANISTAN QUICK. DOES IT SOUND A BIT LIKE WHAT RAHAMIS WIFE DONE JUST A WEEK OR LESS AGO. GOTTA GET TO THE ARAB EMERATES QUICK. I CAN GUARENTEE RAHAMIS WIFE WILL END UP IN AFGHANISTAN WITH RAHAMIS RADICAL BROTHER.THE WIFE I FIND OUT IS NOW TALKING TO POLICE. AND SHE WILL BE BACK IN THE UNITED STATES IN A FEW WEEKS. RAHAMI GOT BOMB COMPONENTS ON E-BAY. AND GOT THEM SENT TO HIS WORK. SO HE WOULD NOT HAVE THEM TIED TO HIS HOME ADDRESS. THERE WAS BEE BEES AND BALL BEARINGS AND OTHER MATERIALS IN THE PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS. AS LATE AS 2 DAYS BEFORE THE BOMBINGS. RAHAMI WAS TESTING THE LOUD COMPONENTS OUT BACK OF THE FAMILY RESTAURANT. HMDT POWERFUL BOMB MATERIAL AND TESTING THE PHONES TO SEE IF THE BOMBS WOULD DETONATE. A NOTE BOOK OF RAHAMIS ON HIM AT HIS CAPTURE IN HIS GREEN BACK PACK. WAS INFORMATION ABOUT AN AL-QUIDA LEADER. AND DEATH TO YOUR (AMERICAN) OPRESSION.AND BOMBS WILL BE HEARD IN THE STREETS. THIS WAS DEFINATELY A HARDENED ISLAMIST. WEST HATER ATTEMPTED KILLER. WE NOW FIND OUT THE FATHER MIGHT BE LYING THE WAY HE SAID ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2014. I HEARD HE STABBED THE SISTER.NOT THE BROTHER. AND THE SISTER DROPPED THE CHARGES AFTER A TALKING TO I BELIEVE. OR THEIR MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ISLAMIC HONOR KILLING-I BELIEVE.

Rahami called 'friendly,' but changed after foreign travels-[The Canadian Press]-September 20, 2016-YAHOONEWS

To neighbours and customers of his family's storefront chicken takeout, Ahmad Khan Rahami was a friendly, quiet presence behind the counter who liked talking about cars and was generous with free food.So when the 28-year-old Afghan immigrant was apprehended Monday as the lead person of interest in bombings in New York and New Jersey, those who knew him expressed shock, questioning whether his turn to religiosity in recent years might have hinted at views otherwise kept hidden.Rahami's father and brothers had long nursed tensions with neighbours and officials in Elizabeth, New Jersey, over the restaurant's late hours, a conflict the family claimed in a lawsuit was the result of discrimination against them as Muslims.But Ahmad Rahami's demeanour — increasingly devout but more likely to talk about worldly pursuits than his faith — never hinted at anything but goodwill, customers said."He'd always talk about his cars. He loved his Civics, he loved going fast," said Ryan McCann, a frequent customer at First American Fried Chicken, the restaurant that Rahami's father, Mohammed Rahami, has run since 2002. "He was so friendly he'd give us free chicken here and there, just because we shopped there so much."Ahmad Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was taken into custody after a shootout with police in Linden, a nearby town.A law enforcement official says fingerprints and surveillance video helped investigators identify him as the man suspected of setting off bombs in the New York area over the weekend. The official says he's seen in surveillance footage "clear as day" at the scene of the Saturday night bombing in Manhattan.The official says investigators recovered his fingerprints from the scene.Rahami wasn't on any terror or no-fly watch lists, a law enforcement official said, but he'd been interviewed by officials for immigration purposes.Another law enforcement official says investigators pulled over a car carrying three men and two women "associated" with Rahami when it appeared headed toward an airport Sunday.The officials spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the case.As FBI agents removed bags of evidence from the restaurant Monday, officials and residents recalled Rahami and his family, who shared an apartment over the business.Flee Jones, 27, who said he'd known Rahami since they were teenagers, told reporters he'd noticed a change in Rahami's personality after a trip to Afghanistan several years ago. When Rahami returned, he "got more religious" and dressed differently than before, Jones said."He was more quiet and more mature," Jones said. "I said, 'Oh, where have you been?' And he said, 'Oh, vacation.' But I knew he went to Afghanistan because his little brother said it."A photo of Rahami, published in the Edison High School yearbook when he graduated in 2007, shows him with a carefully groomed goatee, wearing a crimson vest and tie. Rahami went on to attend Middlesex County College from 2010 to 2012, majoring in criminal justice, but didn't graduate.Andre Almeida, a customer at the restaurant for the past eight years, said he noticed when Rahami stopped wearing Western clothes after returning from Afghanistan and started wearing "a little more ethnic clothing."Rahami was accused of stabbing a relative in 2014, but a grand jury declined to proceed with criminal charges, court records show. He also was accused of violating a domestic-violence restraining order in 2012.A Democratic New Jersey congressman, Albio Sires, said Rahami contacted his office from Pakistan in 2014 seeking help because his wife had an expired Pakistani passport.Sires said his office wrote a letter to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan to check on the status of the case and the woman received a visa. He said he didn't know if she ever came to the country, and the FBI didn't answer when asked about it Monday.Neighbours had complained to Elizabeth officials that the Rahamis' restaurant was a late-night nuisance, Democratic Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage said.Rahami's father and two brothers sued the city in 2011 after Elizabeth police said the restaurant stayed open past 10 p.m. in violation of a local ordinance. The Rahamis charged in the lawsuit they were targeted by police because they're Muslims.The harassment, the lawsuit alleged, was based largely on the complaints to officials by one neighbour who regularly walked into the restaurant to tell them that "Muslims don't belong here" and "Muslims are trouble."Adjudication of the lawsuit was put on hold in 2011 when the elder Rahami travelled to Pakistan and was unable to return to the U.S. in time, court filings show. The lawsuit was terminated in 2012 because one of the brothers, Mohammad K. Rahami, had pleaded guilty to blocking police from enforcing restrictions on the restaurant.But neighbours aware of tensions over the restaurant said Ahmad Rahami was easy to get along with, if somewhat reserved."He was just very quiet," said Jorge Vasquez, who owns a business a block over and frequently visited the restaurant.As police searched for Ahmad Rahami on Monday, the owner of a bar in Linden found a man sleeping in his hallway. The man was initially presumed to be a vagrant, but police officers who responded quickly realized it was Rahami, Democratic Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said.Armstead said the man pulled out a handgun and fired at the officers, hitting one in a bulletproof vest. He said the man then began firing as he ran down the street and police shot him in the leg.Rahami was charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, prosecutors said. Bail was set at $5.2 million.___Associated Press writers Michael Catalini, Deepti Hajela and Dake Kang in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Josh Cornfield in Trenton, New Jersey, Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., Jake Pearson and Michael Balsamo in New York and Lisa Marie Pane in Atlanta contributed to this story.___This story has been corrected to show that Jones said Rahami's trip to Afghanistan occurred several years ago, not in 2014.Adam Geller, The Associated Press

New York bomb suspect's family clashed with New Jersey city over restaurant-[Reuters]-By David Ingram and Joseph Ax-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) - Long before Ahmad Rahami became notorious as the suspect in this weekend’s bombings in and around New York, his family was known in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for frequent skirmishes with neighbors over its fried chicken restaurant.Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan, had a few other brushes with the law on his own, records show.Described as a “class clown” by a high school classmate, he studied criminal justice before dropping out of a community college. More recently, he became active in the Muslim community of his racially diverse hometown. A friend said he visited his homeland a few years back.Salaam Ismial, a social worker at the Masjid Al-Hadi mosque in Elizabeth, said he saw Rahami at a half dozen events during the past year.“It’s not Islam and it’s not Muslim,” Ismial said, referring to the bombings. “A rightful Muslim would denounce this violence.”Rahami was taken into custody on Monday after being wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police officers in Linden, just outside Elizabeth, a working-class city about 20 miles southwest of New York City with a large immigrant population.Authorities suspect him of setting off a bomb that wounded 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday, as well as leaving a bag with five other devices in New Jersey on Sunday, one of which exploded without causing injury.He is also a suspect in a bombing on Saturday at a New Jersey charity run that hurt no one. It was not clear whether Rahami had a lawyer yet.Rahami was not listed on U.S. counterterrorism databases, three U.S. officials told Reuters. But his family was well known to Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage for the frequent complaints, dating back to at least 2008, about noise at their restaurant on a commercial strip of Elizabeth.“The suspect was not on the radar of local law enforcement, but the fried chicken place that … the family owned, we had some code enforcement problems and noise complaints,” Bollwage told reporters.Rahami had other run-ins with the law, according to media reports. He was arrested in 2014 on weapons and assault charges for allegedly stabbing someone in a domestic incident, the New York Times reported. The newspaper said he spent more than three months in jail but was never indicted.In 2008 and 2012, he spent time in jail for failing to pay traffic tickets and for allegations of violating a restraining order, respectively.He majored in criminal justice at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey, according to the school. He attended from 2010 to 2012 but did not graduate, NBC reported.At one point he started an application to become an Uber driver but never completed it, the ride-hailing service confirmed.Mohammad Rahami, the father of the suspect, told MSNBC in a short interview that he was not aware of his son planning any bombings and he did not know what to believe.“I’m not sure what’s happening, exactly,” he said. “It’s very hard right now to talk.”The suspect is reported to have traveled overseas but it was not immediately clear how many times, what places he visited and the purpose of his travel. Rahami made several trips to Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent years, CNN and other media reported.Flee Jones, a childhood friend, told Reuters that Rahami traveled to Afghanistan several years ago and afterward grew a beard and began wearing religious clothing.The reason for the trip and its full impact on Rahami was not immediately known, but Jones said Rahami became more serious and quiet. Jones said he learned about the travel from one of Rahami’s brothers and last saw the suspect about two years ago.“He was way more religious,” Jones said, adding, “I never knew him as the kind of person who would do anything like this.”Jones said that as teenagers he and Rahami used to play basketball at a neighborhood park and spend time at the fried chicken restaurant the Rahami family owned. “He used to let us chill inside and let us have rap battles,” he said.A high school classmate, Hakeen Ezzouhairy, on Facebook described Rahami as a “class clown, very funny, nice guy.” The post was later deleted.-DIVERSE COMMUNITY-Elizabeth is home to a large immigrant population, with 47 percent of people born outside the United States compared with 13 percent of the nation as a whole, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is New Jersey’s fourth-largest city, with 129,000 people and about 60 percent are Hispanic.Median household income in $2014 was 43,966, well below the $72,062 for New Jersey overall, according to census data.Mohammad Rahami opened the restaurant in 2002, according to court records. Business registration records from 2006 give the name as Khan Fried Chicken, but four years later he changed the name to First American Fried Chicken, citing “popularity,” registration records say.The Rahami family lived above their store, which is wedged between a beauty salon and a shop advertising money transfers and computer help. On Monday authorities cordoned off an area around the building and were removing boxes. Officers were on the restaurant’s roof, going in and out of the residence, and one officer leaned out of a window, taking pictures.The restaurant’s employees were serious and businesslike, rarely interacting with customers more than they had to, said Josh Sanchez, 24, and Jessica Casanova, 23, who called themselves frequent customers.By 2008, Elizabeth police were battling with First American Fried Chicken over the restaurant’s 24-hour schedule.Two neighbors complained during a community meeting that restaurant customers were urinating outside on a driveway and parking in another driveway, one of the neighbors, Dean McDermott, said on Monday.A city ordinance also barred take-out stores from staying open past 10 p.m. The father was cited in 2009 with violating that ordinance, and a New Jersey appeals court ruled against him in 2014, according to records.A lawyer who represented the Rahami family in the dispute could not be reached for comment on Monday.The family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in 2011, claiming discrimination against them by the city, police and neighbors. Ahmad Rahami’s father and two brothers were plaintiffs, but he was not.The lawsuit was put on hold in 2012 and never reopened. Bollwage told reporters on Monday that the city’s actions involving the restaurant were in no way related to the family’s religion or ethnic origin.“They were a very nice family,” said Devin Sanchez, 20, who said he was a good friend of the suspect’s younger brother. Sanchez said he knew Ahmad Rahami less well but that they would talk about cars, a mutual interest.“I don’t know where this came from. He was a nice guy,” Sanchez said. “This is from left field.”(Additional reporting by Michelle Conlin in ElizabethChris Prentice, Angela Moon and Amy Tennery in New York and Julia Harte, Mark Hosenball and Julia Edwards in Washington; Writing by David Ingram and Frank McGurty; Editing by Alan Crosby and Mary Milliken)

Man charged in machete attack that injured policeman at Marlborough Mall-[CBC]-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

A 24-year-old man faces four charges after a Calgary police officer shot a man during a machete attack at Marlborough Mall on the weekend.The man has been charged with aggravated assault, assault of a peace officer, possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace and breach of a probation order.The man also had two warrants for his arrest, police said.He was shot after police were called to the Marlborough LRT about 2 p.m. Saturday for reports of a man fighting people and swinging a machete.When police arrived, a man fled into a nearby Sears store, with an officer chasing on foot. Inside, the officer used a Taser, but it had no effect.As the officer drew his gun, the man attacked, slashing him with a 48.3 centimetre machete.The officer shot the man. Both were rushed to hospital, the officer suffering severe injuries and the man requiring emergency surgery.Both are now in stable condition.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating.The 24-year-old is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 20.

THE DOW WAS UP 09 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-SEPTEMBER 21,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET WEDNESDAY-SEPTEMBER 21,2016
09:30AM-40.07
10:00AM-85.12
10:30AM-70.06
11:00AM-57.69
11:30AM-51.70
12:00PM-52.61
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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-SEPTEMBER 21, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide-27 of 28 earthquakes in map area.

    3.8-129km ENE of Chernabura Island, Alaska-2016-09-21 22:11:56 (UTC)-0.1 km
    4.7-30km E of Salamanca, Chile-2016-09-21 22:04:50 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.3-51km WSW of Och'amch'ire, Georgia-2016-09-21 19:27:36 (UTC)-12.7 km
    4.0-75km W of Peyia, Cyprus-2016-09-21 18:08:07 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.6-77km S of Ngulung Wetan, Indonesia-2016-09-21 18:07:11 (UTC)-59.0 km
    5.0-103km NNW of Vis Isl, S Geo S Sand Isl-2016-09-21 14:46:08 (UTC)-37.8 km
    3.0-3km SSW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska-2016-09-21 11:08:00 (UTC)-4.4 km
    4.5-165km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji-2016-09-21 09:42:28 (UTC)-582.9 km
    2.8-54km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico-2016-09-21 08:39:52 (UTC)-10.0 km
    3.3-65km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic-2016-09-21 08:37:13 (UTC)-58.0 km
    3.1-4km SSW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska-2016-09-21 08:33:23 (UTC)-5.8 km
    5.1-292km NW of Vis Isl, S Geo S Sand Is-2016-09-21 07:19:48 (UTC)-17.9 km
    3.4-8km S of Langston, Oklahoma-2016-09-21 06:18:48 (UTC)-5.0 km
    2.8-27km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii-2016-09-21 06:04:38 (UTC)-2.6 km
    2.5-10km NNW of Aguanga, CA-2016-09-21 05:45:00 (UTC)-12.6 km
    5.2-157km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga-2016-09-21 05:44:06 (UTC)-250.5 km
    3.2-63km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico-2016-09-21 05:05:26 (UTC)-22.0 km
    2.8-57km W of Ferndale, California-2016-09-21 05:02:50 (UTC)-8.3 km
    2.8-4km SW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska-2016-09-21 04:44:28 (UTC)-0.9 km
    2.8-53km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico-2016-09-21 04:04:28 (UTC)-39.0 km
    3.0-56km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico-2016-09-21 03:43:48 (UTC)-43.0 km
    3.5-12km S of Kyonju, South Korea-2016-09-21 02:53:53 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.9-133km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines-2016-09-21 02:20:09 (UTC)-72.2 km
    5.1-50km WSW of Nioumachoua, Comoros-2016-09-21 01:08:44 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.9-111km SW of Deltana, Alaska-2016-09-21 01:01:35 (UTC)-41.1 km
    3.4-3km SW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska-2016-09-21 01:01:28 (UTC)-5.1 km
    4.9-297km ESE of Grytviken, S Geo S Sand Isl-2016-09-21 00:38:44 (UTC)-10.0 km
    5.2-300km NW of Visi Isl, S Geo S Sand Isl-2016-09-21 00:05:54 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.6-52km W of Anchor Point, Alaska-2016-09-20 22:54:55 (UTC)-88.6 km
    2.6-10km S of Langston, Oklahoma-2016-09-20 22:01:40 (UTC)-6.6 km

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NETANYAHU-ISRAEL BOOSTING SECURITY FOR JEWISH HOLIDAYS.

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

Netanyahu: Israel boosting security for Jewish holidays-After five attacks in three days, PM vows troops ‘will be ready to defend our people during this sensitive period’-By AFP and Times of Israel staff September 18, 2016, 7:45 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel was boosting security ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holidays, after a surge in violence in the past few days.Netanyahu’s comments came after what Israeli authorities said was the fifth attack on security forces or civilians since Friday following a three-week lull.The violence over the past few days came as Palestinians wrapped up the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting Sunday that the army and police “are boosting their forces” ahead of the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur in October.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting today to assess the security situation ahead of the Tishrei holidays.— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) September 18, 2016-“The security forces are on heightened alert and I will meet with them today in order to ensure that we will be ready to defend our people during this sensitive period,” he said.Earlier Sunday, a Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli officer in a West Bank settlement before being shot by forces at the scene, the army said. It said a “terrorist carried out a stabbing attack in Efrat and wounded an officer.”Both were evacuated to the Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, which said the soldier was in moderate condition after he was stabbed in the armpit. The attacker was also in moderate condition after suffering a gunshot to his head during the attack.Efrat is a short distance from the flashpoint city of Hebron in the West Bank, where a Palestinian stabbed a soldier on Saturday before being shot dead, Israeli authorities say.On Friday, two Palestinians rammed a car into a bus stop used by Israelis near the adjacent Kiryat Arba settlement, causing injuries before troops killed one of the assailants, Israeli authorities said.The same day, a Jordanian tried to stab a police officer in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem before being shot dead, according to Israeli authorities.Jordan called the shooting a “barbaric act” and alleged that the man killed was part of a group of tourists.The Israeli army announced on Saturday it was deploying an additional battalion to reinforce the Hebron area following the uptick in violence around the city.Palestinian terrorism and violence since last October has killed 34 Israelis, two Americans, one Eritrean and a Sudanese; 227 Palestinians and a Jordanian were also killed during that time. Israeli forces say most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks. Others were killed during protests and clashes or in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Israel shoots down Palestinian drone off the Gaza coast-Army says UAV launched by Hamas terror group, was under surveillance ‘from the moment it took off’-By Judah Ari Gross September 20, 2016, 2:16 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Israel Air Force fighter jets shot down a drone off the Gaza Strip coast that had been launched reportedly by the Hamas terrorist group on Tuesday, the army said.In a statement, the military said the drone had been “under IAF surveillance from the moment it took off from the Gaza Strip.”Details regarding the size and design of the drone were not released by the military.The drone was only in the air for “a few minutes,” before it was shot down. At no point did it enter Israeli territory, a military official told The Times of Israel, on condition of anonymity.Hamas did not immediately confirm that they had launched the unmanned aerial vehicle, however, the terror group has said in the past that it possesses the capabilities.“Hamas has been developing its drone capabilities especially in the last two years,” IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.“Today’s event proves once more that Hamas continues to invest in tools of terror and not the needs of the people of Gaza,” he said.The destroyed drone crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. It was not immediately clear if the Israel Navy would attempt to locate the fragments of the aircraft. When asked, an army spokesperson said they were “not aware” of such action.Unmanned aerial vehicles have infrequently been launched from the Gaza Strip, with the last similar incident occurring over a year ago, in June 2015. A handful were also launched during the 2014 Gaza war.Though Israeli jets were also scrambled in the June incident, no shots were fired as the drone crashed by itself close to the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip.The Defense Ministry has prevented a number of attempts to smuggle small, commercial drones into the Gaza Strip.In May, a shipment of packages sent through the Israeli postal service was intercepted en route to the Gaza Strip, containing disassembled drones, rifle scopes, radio receivers, cellphone signal boosters and video transmitters, a statement from the Defense Ministry said.In February, the ministry’s Border Crossing Authority foiled an attempt to smuggle several drones, of different sizes and types, into the coastal enclave.The drones, all of which were equipped with quality cameras, were apparently set to be used for spying on Israeli targets, the Defense Ministry said.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report

Netanyahu says he’ll urge ‘uniform’ global fight against terror at UN-PM heads to New York, will meet with Obama on Wednesday and ‘thank him for the great and important security assistance’-By Raphael Ahren September 20, 2016, 4:08 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will urge world leaders to create “a uniform standard in the war on terrorism,” he said Tuesday before boarding his plane to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly later this week.Netanyahu also said he will thank US President Barack Obama for a 10-year, $38-billion US military aid deal, signed last week, when the two leaders meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly on Wednesday.“We are in the midst of a very important diplomatic week for the State of Israel. I am leaving now for the United States,” Netanyahu told reporters at Ben Gurion Airport. “There I will first meet with President Obama and I will thank him for the great and important security assistance to the State of Israel over the coming decade.”During his five-day stay in the city, Netanyahu will also meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, World Economic Forum chief Klaus Schwab and a group of African heads of state. He will also address the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank that is giving him an award, and visit an exhibit of drawings by an Israeli soldier whose body is currently held by Hamas, along with the remains of another soldier.Before taking off for the UN headquarters, Netanyahu said he intends to urge world powers to unite in the campaign against terror.“I expect from the international community a uniform standard in the war on terrorism,” he said. “Today the entire international community says that there is a need to wage a determined and uncompromising fight against terrorism. And indeed, they must also support the determined and uncompromising fight against terrorism, and this moral clarity is necessary to both fight against — and defeat — terrorism.”The prime minister added that he will “present Israel’s case, Israel’s truth, Israel’s justice and also Israel’s heroism — the heroism of our soldiers, our police officers and our citizens, who are waging an uncompromising struggle against brutal terrorism,” during his address to world leaders.Netanyahu’s scheduled meeting with Obama comes a week after the two countries inked a new military package that will grant Israel $3.8 billion annually — up from the $3 billion pledged under the previous 10-year Memorandum of Understanding — starting in 2018 through 2028.Critics of the deal have said that Israel could have obtained even more if it were not for Netanyahu’s testy relationship with Obama. Netanyahu has rejected the suggestions that there was more on offer.The prime minister said earlier this week that the “saddest thing” in his eyes was that the deal’s critics were “showing ingratitude… to our greatest and best friend, the United States.”During his powwow with the president – which will amount to their 17th meeting in their current positions and is widely expected to be their last before a new president is inaugurated in late January – Netanyahu also “intends to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the Middle East as well as the way to advance peace and security,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.In a statement Sunday, the White House indicated Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would play a central role in the conversation. “The meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the need for genuine advancement of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the face of deeply troubling trends on the ground,” White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said.On Thursday morning, Netanyahu will address the General Assembly, just moments after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas take the podium.Abbas, who arrived in New York on Sunday and met with Kerry on Monday, was joined by PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat. The Palestinian leader is expected to conduct meetings with the presidents of Egypt, Brazil, Argentina, Cyprus and the prime minister of Belgium.In New York, Netanyahu is also scheduled to meet with up to 10 African presidents and foreign ministers, who will join him at a “special event” highlighting Israeli technology being used throughout the African continent. Furthermore, the prime minister will address a think tank and conduct “a series of meetings with heads of states from across the globe,” his office said, without providing further details.In addition, Netanyahu will visit a special exhibition featuring the drawings of Israel Defense Forces Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, who was killed in Gaza on August 1, 2014. The exhibit, entitled “The Final Peace,” is currently on display at UN headquarters. “Hadar was killed and kidnapped by despicable terrorists during a UN sponsored ceasefire,” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said last week at the exhibit’s opening, which was attended by Hadar’s parents and twin brother Tzur.Netanyahu’s delegation includes Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) and Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the US. As opposed to initial reports, Netanyahu’s media adviser Ran Baratz did not join the prime minister’s delegation.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Pope Francis denounces religious extremism at interfaith event-sept 20,16

The Pope's comments have come as fighting resumes in Syria. Pope Francis is meeting religious leaders in Assisi - the birthplace of his papal namesake, Saint Francis.Pope Francis held peace talks with religious leaders and victims of war in the Italian town of Assisi on Tuesday, broaching issues such as religious extremism and escalating violence around the world."There is no God of war," the Argentine said, denouncing extremist factions waging war in the name of God. "As we pray today, it would be good if we all felt shame, shame that humans, our brothers and sisters, are capable of doing this."The 79-year-old Pope's comments come as fighting resumed in Syria after the ceasefire agreement, brokered by the United States and Russia, collapsed.Before flying to Assisi, the Pope reminded the developed world that the string of deadly jihadist attacks it has endured did not compare to the devastation in other parts of the world."We are frightened… by some terrorist acts" but "this is nothing compared to what is happening in those countries, in those lands where day and night bombs fall," he said at a morning mass in the Vatican.Pope Francis arrived in the medieval Italian hillside town on Tuesday for the annual World Day of Prayer event. There, he held talks with a number of faith leaders from across different religions, as well as 12 refugees who have fled conflicts in Nigeria, Eritrea, Mali and Syria.All representatives also gathered to pray for peace and remember victims of war.Faith leaders in attending the event include Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I. There were also a number of Muslim, Jewish and Hindu representatives, as well as the Supreme head of the Tendai Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism.Overall, around 500 representatives from different religions have been taken part in a series of roundtable discussions with lay people since Sunday. Topics have reportedly ranged from religious violence to the migration crisis and climate change.The Pope also ate with Syrian refugees Mohanad and Nour Zanbou and their daughter. The family fled Syria at the end of 2014 after enduring more than "three years of war terror."A religious tradition-World Prayer Day was established by Pope John Paul II and is held annually in the central Italian town.This is the Pope Francis' second visit to Assisi in as many months. His papal namesake, Saint Francis, was born and found God in the town. Saint Francis renounced his wealth for a life of poverty and to preach tolerance, peace and gentleness.The Pope, whose birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, adopted the papal name Francis to honor the Christian friar and emulate the saint's devotion to peace and forgiveness.Since beginning his papacy in 2013, Francis has decried war and conflicts. These conflicts are, in essence, a "Third World War in segments," he said.dm/jil (AFP, AP)

There is ‘no God of war,’ pope tells faith leaders, war victims-World Day of Prayer for Peace unites 500 religious representatives in talks and prayers to combat religious violence and persecution-By Catherine MARCIANO September 20, 2016, 3:34 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

ASSISI, Italy (AFP) — Pope Francis denounced those who wage war in the name of God Tuesday, as he met faith leaders and victims of war to discuss growing religious fanaticism and escalating violence around the world.“The world is at war, the world is suffering,” the Argentine said ahead of the meeting, which came as fighting resumed in Syria and the US investigated an attack possibly linked to the Islamic State group.“There is no God of war,” he said, calling on “all men and women of good will, of any religion, to pray for peace.”The annual World Day of Prayer event, established by John Paul II 30 years ago and held in the medieval town in central Italy, aims to combat the persecution of peoples for their faiths and extremism dressed up as religion.The pope was quick to remind the West that while it had suffered a string of deadly jihadist attacks, there were parts of the world where cities were being flattened by fighting, prisoners were tortured and families were starved to death.“We are frightened… by some terrorist acts” but “this is nothing compared to what is happening in those countries, in those lands where day and night bombs fall,” he said at a morning mass at the Vatican.“As we pray today, it would be good if we all felt shame, shame that humans, our brothers and sisters, are capable of doing this.”The 79-year old pope arrived by helicopter in Assisi and was set to lunch with ten war victims before sitting down for talks with faith leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I.The Vatican said he would also meet one-on-one with unnamed Muslim and Jewish representatives, as well as Koei Morikawa, the Supreme Head of the Tendai Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism.Syrian Mohanad Zanboua, who was to eat with Francis along with his wife Nour and their daughter Maria, said they had fled the country at the end of 2014 “after three years of war and terror.”At 4 p.m., the leaders were due to retire to pray, in their own fashion and in separate locations, before meeting again for a joint ceremony where messages of peace will be read out by each leader and one of the war victims.Some 500 representatives from different religious traditions have been taking part with lay people in a series of round tables in the town since Sunday, on topics from religious violence to climate change and the migration crisis.It is the pope’s second visit in as many months to the picturesque hillside town, where his name-sake Saint Francis of Assisi was born and found God, renouncing his wealth for a life of poverty and becoming an emissary of peace.The head of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, who took the papal name Francis in homage to the famous Christian friar and his devotion to peace and forgiveness, has insisted violence committed in the name of religion has nothing to do with God.During a trip to Poland in August he said “the world is at war,” but driven by greed for “interests, money, resources, not religion.“All religions want peace, it’s the others who want war,” he said, warning against equating Islam with terrorism, insisting there were fundamentalist Catholics too.

Abbas blames Palestinian attacks on despair, but Hamas credits ‘resistance’-Amid renewed wave of stabbings and car-rammings, PA president says ‘martyrs and youths’ behind assaults ‘have lost hope’-By Dov Lieber September 18, 2016, 5:53 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday that a lack of hope was behind a wave of stabbing attacks against Israelis, a claim that was swiftly contradicted by an official in the Hamas terror group, who attributed the attacks to Palestinians being “a people of resistance.”Speaking to a group of Palestinian students and graduates on Venezuela’s Margarita Island, where he was attending a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, Abbas said Sunday that every day there are “martyrs and youth” picking up knives to attack “on their own accord,” the Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported.“Don’t trust those who say there are efforts to push them or incite them. Rather, they have lost hope,” said Abbas.But Hamas spokesperson Usamah Hamdan took to Twitter to express his disagreement with Abbas, directing his criticism directly at the PA leader.“To Mahmoud Abbas: Our young people carry knives of their own accord because they belong to a people of resistance, which is not vanquished by the assault of the occupier or security coordination with it,” Hamdan wrote. “It’s not because of despair.”The statement by Abbas and counter-claim by Hamas comes amid a fresh spate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis.Since Friday, six attacks have taken place — four stabbings, a car ramming and a rock throwing — catching many Israelis by surprise, as the violence that marked 2015 and early 2016 appeared to have waned in recent months, and raising fears that regular attacks could return.Addressing the Palestinian students in Venezuela, Abbas reportedly called for “popular and peaceful resistance.”“Our hands are outstretched in peace, but peace won’t come without a state with East Jerusalem as its capital and without [insisting on] the right of return,” the president added, referring to the Palestinian demand for some 5 million refugees to settle in what is today Israel proper.Abbas has long called for “peaceful” resistance, and openly denounced violent attacks on Israelis. But the PA leader, along with many senior officials in his government, has been accused by Jerusalem of inciting violence.

Khamenei: Iran must stand strong against US in region’s conflicts-Tehran’s ‘supreme leader’ rejects cooperation with Washington as Revolutionary Guards chief vows to root out US influence-By AFP and Times of Israel staff September 19, 2016, 12:47 am

Iran’s supreme leader and the commander of its Revolutionary Guards pledged Sunday not to work with the US in resolving regional conflicts.In an address Sunday to commanders of the elite Republican Guards force, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic must stand strong against Washington.“The Americans insist we negotiate with them on regional issues, especially on Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen,” Khamenei said in the speech, which was published on his official website.“What is their main goal for requesting these talks? They have no aim but to prevent the presence in the region of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the main factor in America’s failures,” said Khamenei.Major generals Mohammad Ali Jafari, the Revolutionary Guards chief, and Qassem Suleimani, head of its foreign operations wing, the Quds Force, were among hundreds of commanders who attended the speech.“Rest assured that the root of the evil tree which wants US policies to penetrate the country will be cut and the Islamic Revolution will go through the third stage of its development through the supports and guidelines of the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Armed Forces (Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei),” said Jafari, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.Khamenei, whose country has not had diplomatic relations with Washington since 1980, stressed that military power and intimidation were the most effective means to keep foreign threats at bay.“In past years, some officials have said the removal of military threat and war were due to certain measures, but it’s not true,” he said.“The sole factor of removing military threats has been and will remain military and defense power and the creation of fear in the enemy.”

Now the knives are out-After four days of attacks, violence finally has papers’ attention, and while some credit blood-won experience for the wave’s relative lack of success, others wonder if bombast can fight terror too-By Joshua Davidovich September 20, 2016, 4:12 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Five days ago, a wave of stabbing and other attacks that had seemed to wane suddenly reared its head again. On Sunday, as readers of this column will recall, papers reacted to the uptick with little more than a ho-hum, the spate of attacks playing second fiddle to other stories. Despite the wave persisting, Monday’s papers were even less interested in the spurt of knifings.Come Tuesday, though, a day after two police were attacked in Jerusalem, one of them seriously hurt, and suddenly the torrent is at the top of every paper’s agenda. Go figure.It could be the fact that Tuesday’s stabbing was the first attack in which a victim was put in life-threatening condition, it could be the papers depressingly admitting that the so-called terror is not going way, or it could be just that there isn’t any more important news.Whatever the reason, while all three papers are on the same page regarding the fact that the rising violence is top news, their coverage diverges based on their own particular bents.Thus Yedioth Ahronoth’s populistic hyperbolic headline “Terror around the clock,” which is really much more scaremongery than necessary; Israel Hayom backing The Man with the headline “Cops on the front line;” and Haaretz focusing just as much on the attacks as the backlash they sparked in East Jerusalem, with the city shutting down a bunch of Arab stores in East Jerusalem in a seemingly punitive move.“[Jerusalem] Mayor [Nir Barkat] is again making use of the carrot and the stick, as if East Jerusalem residents are children who need to be taught and not grown adults living in their view – and in the view of every government or international body aside from Israel – under occupation. Today, in the hours after the attack, you could identify an increase in collective punishment,” Haaretz’s Nir Hasson writes in a column that bears a depressingly stark resemblance to one he penned two years ago.“It’s impossible to discount the possibility that the steps Barkat is so proud of have brought about a decrease in small-time violence in some neighborhoods in the eastern half of the city. But that’s doesn’t make them legal or ethical.”A more immediate way to decrease violence, or increase it depending on who you ask, is to shoot the guy who is stabbing you, as one policeman did Monday, earning the moniker in Yedioth of “a double hero.”“I was caught off guard,” the border policeman is quoted telling the tabloid from his hospital bed, where the paper notes he is constantly surrounded by relatives, fellow cops, soldiers and others. “We didn’t see him and didn’t hear him. Suddenly, I felt a stab in my neck. I fell, got up and immediately saw him attack the female cop and stab her and I did what needed to be done.”As for that poor policewoman, a mother of two, the paper notes that she is in very serious but stable condition.Crowning the cops “the human wall of Jerusalem,” Israel Hayom columnist Haim Shine thanks them and blames the uptick on violence on those “lying” politicians and columnists who claim that only a return to the 1967 lines will stop the terror attacks.“Arab-Palestinian terror on Israeli soil will never stop,” he writes. “It has its ups and downs. For 120 years already the Zionist vision and its implementers have been battling decisively against evil terrorists. Whoever thinks they can remove the Jews from their homeland via terror doesn’t understand a thing at all about the significant history of the Jewish people’s rise in their land after 2,000 years of worldwide Diaspora.”The paper also reports that the cop that shot the terrorist has been to this rodeo before, having been stabbed while guarding a police station in 2005. Taking that rodeo to a macro-level Haaretz analyst Amos Harel notes that this new wave of attacks has seen relatively little success thanks to the fact that Israeli forces and policymakers seem to know what they are doing, with last year’s terror spurt on their resumes.“The army is responding faster than it did last year; it has already begun bolstering its forces in the West Bank, and police are expected to follow suit in Jerusalem,” he writes.“Individual soldiers and policemen are also responding more effectively and ending the attacks rapidly, thanks to improved training by both the army and police following last year’s attacks. And Israeli civilians are better protected, thanks to the installation of cameras almost everywhere and of concrete barriers at West Bank hitchhiking posts. All this won’t stop the wave of lone-wolf terror attacks, but it should reduce Israeli casualties.”But who needs experience when you have big talk. Papers’ coverage of the arrest of a suspect in a series of bombs in New York and New Jersey includes columnists seeing good news for Donald Trump, for better or worse. In Trump-backing Israel Hayom, Boaz Bismuth uses the capture of Ahmed Khan Rahami to stump for his favorite golden-haired mogul and his anti-immigrant stance.“This is exactly what Trump is talking about – about the danger that among migrants from Muslim countries are terrorists, and on the fact that America is not winning against terror. So what should an American think? On one hand, the media tells him that Trump is loudmouthed and says things that are very wrong, definitely not politically correct, and on the other hand, these events prove that maybe sometimes he is right,” he writes. “There’s no doubt that the fact that Obama continues, even after eight years and hundreds of attacks around the globe, to refuse to say the words “Islamic terror” plays into the hands of Trump, who suddenly is giving examples of places, like Israel, where profiling works and reduces damages.”On the flip-side of that is Yedioth’s Orly Azulay, who notes with abject horror how Rahami’s reign of attempted terror will give Trump an edge, predicting that in the next 50 days he’ll “dance on blood” until he becomes a winner.“If Ahmed Khan Rahami didn’t exist, Donald Trump would have had to invent him. The youth of Afghan descent has strengthened the campaign of fear Trump has run since the beginning. Fear of foreigners, of Muslims, or immigrants,” she writes. “Hillary Clinton has much more experience than Trump fighting terror and managing policies, but he has the right vocabulary for a jittery public. Only he can say: We’ll fight them, we’ll exterminate them, we’ll deport them, we’ll take their visas. Never mind that behind the words he has no plan or smidgen of an idea how to actually do that.”

Trump win could lead Obama to back 2-state move at UN, ex-diplomat predicts-Outgoing president would want to create standards his successor cannot undo, Dennis Ross says at Palo Alto confab on future of Zionism sponsored by The Times of Israel-By Raphael Ahren September 19, 2016, 11:24 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

PALO ALTO, California — A looming Donald Trump presidency would make it more likely for lame-duck US President Barack Obama to support a United Nations Security Council resolution laying down the basic parameters for the creation of Palestinian state, a former top US official said Sunday.“I suspect that if Trump wins, the president would be more inclined to go for a Security Council resolution to try to do something that binds, creates standards for the future that the next president couldn’t undo,” Dennis Ross said at a conference on the future of Zionism and the US-Israel relationship. “If Clinton wins, I suspect he [Obama] would be more sensitive to her concerns as to whether this helps or hurt her.”Ross, who worked on Israeli-Palestinian issues for decades, including a two-year stint as special assistant to Obama and a year as special adviser to Hillary Clinton, said that the current president “would like to do something, leave some kind of legacy.”Ross was speaking at a panel organized by the second annual Zionism 3.0 Conference, sponsored by The Times of Israel, at Palo Alto’s Oshman Family Jewish Community Center. The panel was moderated by this reporter.Jerusalem has for decades relied on a tacit US policy of shielding Israel from resolutions at the UN Security Council, which are often described as one-sided. While Obama’s possible move would not reverse that stance, it would mark a significant departure, Ross noted. What Obama decides to do, though, he said, will likely be heavily influenced by the outcome of the presidential race.Once the dust has settled following elections on November 8, Obama may use the opportunity as a lame duck to deliver a speech laying out parameters for a peace arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians, or even suggest a Security Council resolution defining those parameters, either to be proposed by the US or another country, Ross speculated.The president’s speech, were he to make one, would very likely be balanced, Ross added, by equally addressing Palestinian concerns — borders and Jerusalem — and Israeli demands regarding security and the question of Palestinian refugees.But any Security Council resolution introduced by another country would very likely emphasize the Palestinian demands over Israeli concerns, he said.“Then the question becomes: if someone else introduces this as a resolution and it waters down the essence of what the president has offered, which would have been balanced between the two, does the US then veto it? That is going to be heavily influenced by the outcome of the election,” Ross said.“I’m guessing he would be much more inclined to try to be proactive in terms of presenting something that could create standards for the future that the next president couldn’t undo,” he continued.On Wednesday, Obama is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.In a statement Sunday, the White House indicated Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would play a central role in the conversation.“The meeting also will be an opportunity to discuss the need for genuine advancement of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the face of deeply troubling trends on the ground,” said White House spokesperson Josh Earnest.Netanyahu’s office, confirming the meeting, did not mention the conflict, but said the PM would thank Obama for a recent $38-billion 10-year defense aid package and would also discuss strategic ties.Despite working for both Bill and Hillary Clinton during his decades as a diplomat dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ross was hesitant to say explicitly which presidential candidate would be better for Israel.“The way you want to judge both candidates is not necessarily based on what they say about Israel, but you want to judge them [based on] what’s their view of the world,” he said. “Are they approaching the Middle East in a way that ensures there won’t be vacuums? If you’re Israel what you want is an America that has a strong position in the Middle East because that makes you stronger.”Israel and the Arab world do not want the US to withdraw from the region and leave power vacuums, Ross explained.“If I were to look at the two candidates I’d ask: who is more likely to stay engaged in the region, understanding the dynamics of that region? Who is going to have a relationship with allies that can be dependable, and who’s not?”-‘Criticism of Israel is not a substitute for a healthy relationship’-Other sessions at the day-long conference centered on the nature of ties between American Jews and the Jewish state, particularly the place of criticism of Israel within that bond.Yehuda Kurtzer, the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, noted that the relationship between the two communities had become strained.“Two generations ago, the State of Israel was probably the strongest organizing force for the American Jewish community,” he said. “Today, there is no stronger disorganizing force in Jewish life, no single greater source of tension in the American Jewish communal politics than the State of Israel.”In his presentation, Kurtzer also argued against the often-used metaphor of Israeli and American Jews as part of a “family.” A secular Jew from California usually feels closer to his neighbor than to an ultra-Orthodox man in Bnei Brak with whom he has fundamental disagreements, even if he really wants to believe that the Bnei Brak man is family, he opined. “I am not sure that the metaphor of the Jewish people as a family has ever been true,” he went on.Rather, Kurtzer suggested referring to Israeli Jews and American Jews as “mutual descendants of a shared ancestor.”His father, Dan Kurtzer, a former US ambassador to Israel, argued that while security and economic issues affecting Israelis are clearly the sole responsibility of the government in Jerusalem, issues relating to the state’s Jewish identity are more complicated.“Some in Israel have sought to determine unilaterally, as a matter of Israeli policies issues that affect Judaism and things Jewish outside of Israel, such as basic identity questions of who is a Jew, questions of personal status, marriage divorce, conversions,” he stated.“American Jews have said almost uniformly that these are not issues that cannot remain simply within the purview of the Chief Rabbinate of the State of Israel. For sure the Chief Rabbinate has something to say, as do other streams within Israel. But equally, we have something to say, whether we are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, unaffiliated, whatever our inclinations are. Questions regarding Jewish life have to be shared responsibilities.”Arguing that criticism and arguments shouldn’t be swept under the rug, Andy David, Jerusalem’s consul general to the Pacific Northwest, said Israel could still be a uniting factor for Jews on both sides of the ocean.“No matter your color, your affiliation, your sexual orientation or the length of your beard… Israel, we can agree, is a place that can unite us. Sometimes, when you think about how you practice your Judaism, there are different sides of that equation that can hardly agree on anything,” he claimed. “But we can agree that we care for Israel. So Israel is not a force that splits us… that Israel can be the force that unites us.”Writer Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Jerusalem-based Shalom Hartman Institute, also said that American Jews have the right — and even the obligation — to criticize Israeli government policies, yet added a caveat:“Criticism is not a substitute for a healthy relationship,” he said, arguing that in certain circles he sees that bashing Israel — for some American Jews — has become the only way of relating to the state.“What I need from American Jewish critics is a sense of understanding the agonizing complexities of Israel’s dilemmas, not to trivialize our dilemmas,” added Klein Halevi.

In first, Corbyn says Israel ‘has right to exist’ under ‘1948 agreement’-At Jewish community hustings, UK Labour leader tries to moderate perceived anti-Israel stance, but shrugs off questions on rising anti-Semitism in the party-By Raoul Wootliff September 19, 2016, 3:59 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Challenging accusations of a weak response to growing anti-Semitism within his ranks, spurred in part by what many perceive as his own anti-Israel sentiments, embattled UK Labour leader Jerermy Corbyn faced members of London’s Jewish community on Sunday in the last debate of a closely fought internal election for the leadership of the party.In his first such comments, Corbyn said that he supports Israel’s right to exist, based on Israel’s “original border,” a reference that presumably meant without Israeli control over the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and Gaza.“Yes,” he said in response to an audience question, “Israel has the right to exist. I support the right of the State of Israel to exist, under the agreement of the original borders of 1948.”In the past, Corbyn has responded to inquiries as to whether he thinks the State of Israel has the right to exist by saying that he and his party back a two-state solution.It was not entirely clear which “agreement of the original borders of 1948” Corbyn was referring to in his remarks Sunday. The UN partition plan of 1947 recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine into two states, Arab and Jewish, but the borders in the plan were very different from those that Israel controlled by the time war ended in March 1949. Israel accepted the Partition Plan while the Arab states votes against the proposal.It is more likely that Corbyn was referring to what are commonly known as the “pre-1967 borders,” which is the ceasefire line from March 1949. Unlike the UN plan, the ceasefire line set in place two years later, and now accepted by much of the world as Israel’s international border, places parts of Jerusalem and more of the southern Negev and northern Galilee within Israel.Standing opposite challenger Owen Smith at the JW3 Jewish community center in North West London, Corbyn faced a prickly crowd keen to hear — and at times shout over — his responses to claims that as party leader he has embraced an ideological bent towards radical left-wing politics that demonize Israel and encourage anti-Semitism. The debate — organized by the Jewish Labour Movement, Labour Friends of Israel and JW3, along with The Times of Israel’s local partner, the UK-based Jewish News — came at the end of what some have described as one of the most bitter leadership races in living memory.Corbyn, a 67-year-old socialist known for his anti-war, anti-austerity campaigning and opposition to the party’s former centrist leader Tony Blair, won a crushing leadership victory exactly 12 months ago. But while his left-wing policies are popular with many grassroots supporters, they do not impress most of the party’s more moderate lawmakers, who say such views cannot win general elections. Corbyn’s position as Labour leader appears solid thanks to the backing of powerful trade unions and his vociferous grassroots supporters, with a recent YouGov poll predicting he will smash Smith with 62 percent of the vote to Smith’s 38.Many Jewish voters, however, view him with skepticism due to his past comments on Israel and associations with vehemently anti-Israel figures. The Labour leader has come under fire for referring to Iranian-backed Islamist groups Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends,” which Corbyn dismissed as a diplomatic term intended to engage with the groups. During a speech in 2009, as patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Corbyn invited members of the two terror groups to speak at the British Parliament.Asked by a Jewish News reporter at the Wednesday debate what he most admired about Israel and its achievements, Corbyn expressed rare praise, saying, “I admire the verve and spirit of the towns and cities in Israel. I admire the separation of legal and political powers in the system of democratic government that’s there.”But those comments were not enough to prevent a barrage of questions from the crowd over claims of anti-Semitism in the party and Corbyn’s poor handling of a series of recent crises.An internal inquiry in June found Labour was not overrun by anti-Semitism but reported an “occasionally toxic atmosphere.” But in remarks made during an event marking the release of the report, Corbyn seemed to draw a comparison between Israel and the Islamic State terror group, saying that, “our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those various self-styled Islamic states or organizations.”The report was commissioned after a controversy exploded when Labour MP Naz Shah was suspended by the party pending an investigation into allegations that she shared anti-Semitic posts on social media before being elected. A number of other low level party officials were also suspended for similar posts and statements.Defending Shah in a series of interviews, Labour party veteran Ken Livingstone said that criticism of Israel’s policies was being confused with anti-Semitism, and claimed that Zionism was initially supported by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.“When Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews,” he said. Livingstone has since repeatedly stood by the assertion that Hitler supported Zionism for a time.Drawing applause, Corbyn and Smith both said on Sunday that they would support a rule change to be voted on at the party conference next week specifically naming anti-Semitism as a disciplinary offence and making it punishable on the same level as expressing support for another party.But Corbyn’s nonchalant responses to past incidents were not appreciated by some in the crowd. Audience members could be heard shouting “shame” when, asked if Livingstone should be permanently expelled from the party, Corbyn responded hastily: “He was suspended, he is under investigation, due process will follow. I have nothing to do with it.”Similarly, Corbyn was heckled when he defended a political ally’s objection to Israeli vegetables in a local supermarket by brushing off the incident as “relating to settlement goods.”Smith pounced on Corbyn as “mealy-mouthed and weak” in his response to the anti-Semitic incidents.Not all opposed the Labour leader at the event. Corbyn was welcomed by some in the audience who raucously applauded his statements.“I want there to be a place in the party for everyone, whether they be supporters of Israel, critics of Israel or friendly supporters of Israel who also criticize it,” Corbyn appealed to the audience. “I want everyone to feel absolutely safe within the party.”Voting for the Labour leadership ends on Wednesday this week and the result will be announced at the party’s annual conference on September 24.AFP contributed to this report.

THE BATTLE OVER THE SCAM CARBON TAX HEATS UP IN CANADA.

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

Convicted drug dealer will be allowed to keep cash found in his home-[CBC]-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

A Charlottetown man will be allowed to keep $30,000 in cash found in his apartment during a drug raid in December.Essam Haddad, 57, has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and a weapons charge. Judge John Douglas sentenced Haddad to 10 months in jail, 18 months probation, and fined him $500 for possessing illegal cigarettes.But Haddad claimed in a Charlottetown courtroom Monday morning the cash found in the wall was his inheritance from his late father, as was the loaded .38-calibre revolver. He was challenging an application by the Crown to seize the money as proceeds of crime.The judge ruled that he believed the money was an inheritance, and that Haddad could keep it."I have three children. That money's for them," Haddad testified in the forfeiture hearing.Selling drugs to pay for his habit-Haddad told court he became addicted to Percocet tablets three years ago, and had begun selling them to pay for his own drugs.He had about 90 Percocet tablets in his possession at the time of his arrest, in addition to 700 contraband cigarettes in his refrigerator and a small number of speed and ecstasy tablets.The court heard he earned about $1 per pill and sold mostly to friends.He once ran a store called Video Stars, which closed in 2005, leaving him in debt. The court heard he now lives alone, on welfare, and struggles with depression.Brother supports story-One of Haddad's brothers testified in his defence at the forfeiture hearing.The brother told the court Haddad's share of their late father's estate came to $30,000 once outstanding debts were paid.The brother testified that money was paid to Haddad in cash at a local bank, and produced bank documents to verify the transaction.

EARTH WORSHIP

DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

DEUTORONOMY 4:15-19
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

2 KINGS 23:5
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

MPs reprise 2008 election with battle over carbon pricing as Commons returns-[The Canadian Press]-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

OTTAWA — "Because it's 2015" became a Liberal catchphrase after the election of the new government late last year, but Monday's return of Parliament following a three-month summer recess had a distinctly 2008 feel.Consider the similarities: A federal government earnestly promising to address climate change while insisting it will protect the economy; repeated warnings about a "job-killing carbon tax"; a third party lamenting interchangeable Liberal and Conservative policy dithering.Only the players have changed.The fall sitting of the House of Commons promises some high theatre for energy and environmental policy wonks as the Liberals have engineered a schedule that calls for a number of crucial decisions by Christmas. But on Monday the place had the spontaneity and verve of a tired re-run.The heckling began even before the curtain rose.Last week, government sources told The Canadian Press that Canada would ratify the landmark Paris climate accord this fall before it finishes negotiating a plan with the provinces and territories to achieve the country's international commitments. Then Environment Minister Catherine McKenna used the televised Sunday politics shows to promise the unilateral federal imposition of a carbon price on any province that doesn't come up with its own carbon tax or cap-and-trade system.That was enough to prompt broadsides from left and right, with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall openly musing about why Canada should make any sacrifice on climate change given that the country produces only about 1.6 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.The Liberals staged a photo op Monday on the Hill, with McKenna, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Transport Minister Marc Garneau arriving by fuel-cell powered vehicle, but their greenly optimistic visuals were shrouded by a fog of opposition rhetoric.Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose called the federal carbon price "just a cash grab." "I don't think Canadians want to be taxed more heavily, particularly when they don't see any plan to help the environment," Ambrose told a news conference.McKenna maintained she's keeping provinces and territories in the loop after a summer of consultations, and that the mechanics of carbon pricing are being negotiated.Her response was not well received.In all, five different Conservatives pounded away at the carbon tax theme during Monday's question period. Alberta provincial leadership candidate and soon-to-be-former MP Jason Kenney reprised the 2008 Conservative election "tax on everything" charge almost verbatim, while MP David Anderson accused the Liberals of "declaring all out war on the provinces" and of "viciously targeting rural people and agriculture."McKenna eventually acknowledged that there is concern about carbon pricing in Canada's northern territories, where fuel costs are already sky high.Government sources have said the only acceptable carbon pricing mechanisms are either a direct carbon tax, such as the one in B.C., or cap-and-trade systems like Quebec and Ontario.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated Monday that other forms of regulation might also qualify as carbon pricing."We all got together, all the different premiers of the provinces and the federal government, and we all agreed that pricing carbon pollution has to be the way forward. It's just smart economics to put a price on the things that you don't want," Trudeau said in livestreamed interview with U.S.-based BuzzFeed News. "Now what form that takes — whether it's a carbon tax, whether it's a cap-and-trade, whether it's through regulations — there's all sorts of interesting and important discussion to be had; we have very different jurisdictions across the country."New Democrats were content to shoot the wounded.They focused on the inadequacy of Canada's emission targets, noting the Liberals have adopted the Conservative goal of cutting greenhouse gases 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 — a measure that won't put Canada on track for the deep emissions cuts that McKenna lobbied for so heavily last December in Paris.NDP interim leader Tom Mulcair accused the Liberals of serving up the same Conservative plan, "except with a smile."— Follow @BCheadle on Twitter-Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press

Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta's climate plan warmly received in New York-[The Canadian Press]-September 20, 2016-YAHOONEWS

NEW YORK — Premier Rachel Notley is in New York City touting Alberta's climate change plan and trying to drum up investment in the province's battered oilpatch.Notley said she told a delegation of CEOs and policy leaders at the Climate Week conference that it is possible for Alberta to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions while remaining one of the most important oil producers in the world."Our message was, I believe, fairly well received," Notley said Monday in a conference call with reporters."I think there was some initial skepticism given the history of inaction of past Alberta governments on the climate file, but the audience reacted very warmly when I shared the details of our climate leadership plan."The premier appeared not to be concerned that the federal Liberals are not setting more stringent climate change targets.The federal government has also promised to impose a carbon price on any province that doesn't come up with its own carbon tax or cap-and-trade system.Notley said Alberta will stick with its own plan to reduce emissions, including imposing a broad-based carbon tax starting in January.She said setting strict CO2 reduction targets hasn't worked in the past and wouldn't work now."The aspirational target mechanism of greenhouse gas emission control has not born fruit over the last two decades and so our focus is really more on getting the support we need to take the action that will actually change emissions profiles," she said."Our plan is absolutely robust and Alberta will be deemed to have taken appropriate steps."Notley said she will attend an investment roundtable with business leaders on Tuesday.The Canadian Press

US predicts climate law within decade-[Agence France-Presse]-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

New York (AFP) - US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Monday predicted that the world's largest economy would have legislation by the end of the decade to combat climate change.His optimism comes despite intense political debate in the United States with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowing to scrap the Paris climate accord if elected on November 8.But Moniz, opening the annual Climate Week of events in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, said that US public opinion and state and local policymakers were moving toward reducing carbon responsible for the planet's fast-rising temperatures."I will state quite frankly, I have a bet riding on the fact that we will have economy-wide legislation in the Congress by the end of this decade. I really believe that this is coming," he said, joking that as a physicist he believed in "rationality."Legislation to create the first nationwide carbon caps in the United States, the world's second-largest emitter after China, died in the Senate in 2010, with little prospect seen for action after the Republicans took control.President Barack Obama instead has relied on executive authority to take measures such as regulating power plants and fuel standards.Moniz said that the United States was confident it would meet its goal submitted under the Paris accord of reducing emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases by 26 to 28 percent by 2025, from 2005 levels."But I think there's no issue that rather than a sectoral approach, which is inherent in using administrative authorities, a simplified economy-wide approach would be preferable and, frankly, would be a lot clearer in terms of the signals for business," Moniz said.The United Nations is hoping that this week's meetings will put in force the Paris accord, which requires formal agreement by 55 countries accounting for 55 percent of global emissions.The accord got a major boost earlier this month when Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly committed themselves to the global climate pact.

Council considers compensation for homes bulldozed to save others in Fort McMurray wildfire-[CBC]-September 20, 2016-yahoonews

Compensation could be on the way for Fort McMurray residents whose homes were bulldozed to save whole neighbourhoods during the wildfire.The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council will vote Tuesday night on a motion to reimburse those owners whose houses were bulldozed or damaged by the municipality, its contractors, or the province in order to hold back a wildfire that ripped through the city in May."This was a measure taken during a provincial state of emergency. What was done was to safeguard other homes," said councilor Keith McGrath, who is proposing the motion."I just want to make sure those homeowners are protected and looked after."McGrath said these homeowners shouldn't have to use their own insurance at a time when so many in Fort McMurray are struggling with insurance claims.If council approves the plan, city staff will report back with details by October 9.McGrath couldn't say how many homeowners would benefit, or the possible costs of such a program.Council will also vote on a bylaw to allow residents in the Abasand, Beacon Hill and Waterways neighbourhoods to begin rebuilding.Residents are currently not permitted to do anything other than clean up and demolish properties.The municipality's administration has said that environmental assessments, and an approval from Alberta's chief medical officer of health, have ensured it is safe enough for Fort McMurray's hardest hit communities to begin rebuilding.However, even if the motion passes people won't be allowed to live in Waterways and the off-limits areas of Abasand and Beacon Hill for some time. That won't happen until the ash and debris are removed and the chief medical officer of health approves re-entry, the municipality said in an email.Rebuilding in some parts of Waterways will also be subject to the province approving the municipality's flood prevention proposal.May's wildfire destroyed or damaged 2,793 homes or apartments, and a total of 3,200 units cannot be re-occupied, according to the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)

EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

Islamic State claiming attacks reflects influence obsession-[The Canadian Press]-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

CHICAGO — Islamic State militants rarely miss a chance, however tenuous the link, to claim at least partial credit for apparent terrorist attacks on U.S soil, from June's deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, to the stabbing of 10 people in a Minnesota shopping mall Saturday.They're eager to precisely because they apparently haven't carried out carefully planned attacks here and because, in terrorism circles, your influence is often ranked by numbers of attacks, terrorism experts say."If they can't claim attacks, they can't get recruits and can't raise money," according to Dan Byman, a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.Some militant groups, including al-Qaida, are more reluctant about associating themselves with attackers unless it is clear they adhere to their core beliefs, Byman said. But Islamic State appears to be less discriminating, requiring little information about attackers, said Karen Greenberg, the director of the Fordham Law School's Center on National Security in New York."If they find out the person is Muslim — that alone might be enough for them to claim credit," she said.Other groups may also pause to gauge whether an attack crossed certain lines of brutality, something that Byman said isn't an issue for IS, whose calling card has been extreme violence.An Islamic State-run news agency claimed on Sunday that the attack at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, was a "soldier of the Islamic State: who had heeded calls for attacks in nations in the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition. But authorities say there's no sign yet that the attacker, identified by his father as Somali immigrant Dahir Adan, was radicalized or communicated with any terrorist group.The speed with which IS weighed in may also say something about a competition for recruits between the Middle East-based IS and the east Africa-based militant group al-Shabab, which has recruited Somali-Americans from Minnesota with some success in recent years, but has seen allegiances switching increasingly from al-Shabab to Islamic State, Greenberg said.No militant group has claimed credit for the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. A naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan who lived with his Muslim family was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police.Islamic State has claimed at least partial credit for at least four attacks in the United States over the past two years, including the Minnesota one, according to the Center on National Security. Aside from Minnesota, the others are:— June 12 attack on the Orlando gay nightclub Pulse by an American-born Muslim Omar Mateen. IS claimed partial credit via one of its news services the day after he fatally shot 49 people, according to the centre . During the attack, Mateen offered allegiance to Islamic State during a 911 call.— Dec. 2, 2015, attack in San Bernardino, California, that left 14 people dead. The centre said IS claimed credit days after news reports said alleged attackers Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik had pledged allegiance to Islamic States.— May 3, 2015, attack by two gunmen in Garland, Texas, during an exhibit of images of the Prophet Muhammad. IS claimed responsibility on Twitter and through its news services.__Follow Michael Tarm on Twitter at http://twitter.com/mtarm-Michael Tarm, The Associated Press

World leaders at UN approve plan for refugee crisis-[The Canadian Press]-September 19, 2016-YAHOONEWS

World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more co-ordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe.The issue of what to do about the world's 65.3 million displaced people took centre stage at the U.N. General Assembly with leaders from the 193 member states taking part in the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.Advocacy groups worried that the New York Declaration on Migrants and Refugees — an outcome document which contains no concrete commitments and is not legally binding — falls short of what is needed, while U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, himself a refugee during the Korean War, hailed it as historic."Today's summit represents a breakthrough in our collective efforts to address the challenges of human mobility," Ban said.Around the world, there are currently about 21.3 million refugees, 3.2 million asylum seekers, and 40.8 million migrants, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency. The agency defines refugees as people forced to flee due to armed conflict or persecution, while migrants choose to move in search of a better life.Philippe Bolopion, deputy director of global advocacy for Human Rights Watch, said the international community still had a long way to go in dealing with the crisis."I would say if you measure this document by what is at stake here, it certainly falls short of the mark. We're facing an historic crisis and the response is not historic," Bolopion said on the sidelines of the meeting. He added that in many areas refugee protections were backsliding with a growing number of countries trying to turn back refugees in violation of international law."Is the outcome document up to the challenge? No, unquestionably it's not. Does that mean the summit is pointless? No, because it's precisely at moments like this that you need to regroup," Bolopion added.The declaration seeks to standardize responses to refugee situations and provide better education prospects for the children who make up over half of the world's refugees.It also looks to improve working opportunities for refugees who are now spending nearly 20 years in exile on average.There are also plans for a campaign to combat xenophobia.All of this may prove an uphill struggle at a time when refugees and migrants have become a divisive issue in Europe and the United States."The overall climate is not very favourable to receiving refugees in many parts of the world but on the one hand, states committed to this so we can remind them of their obligations. On the other hand, states, just like us, need a more predictable way of responding to the refugee crisis that's what this New York declaration proposes," Fillipo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, told The Associated Press.Grandi said he disagreed with criticism that the declaration lacked concrete commitments. He said it expands the concept of refugee response beyond humanitarian aid — like food, medicine and tents — to include things like education and jobs.Still, advocates for refugees expressed disappointment that the U.N.'s need for consensus meant that the stronger provisions in the declaration had been watered down.Several countries shot down an earlier draft of the declaration that called on nations to resettle 10 per cent of the refugee population each year, something that has led several human rights groups to criticize the document as a missed opportunity. The U.S. and a number of other countries also objected to language in the original draft that said children should never be detained, so the agreement now says children should seldom, if ever, be detained.More concrete progress is expected at a follow-up summit on Tuesday called by President Barack Obama, where at least 45 countries are expected to make pledges that are in line with U.S. goals of increasing humanitarian aid by $3 billion, doubling resettlement and increasing access to education for 1 million youngsters and access to employment for another million of the displaced."Both summits are crucial to raising awareness of refugee and migration concerns, and both events are designed to harness the political will of member states to address the global refugee and migration crises we are all facing," said U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby, speaking in Washington.___Associated Press Writer Josh Lederman in Washington contributed to this report.-Michael Astor, The Associated Press

At least 13 countries seek to emulate Canada refugee-sponsor system: McCallum-[The Canadian Press]-September 20, 2016--YAHOONEWS

UNITED NATIONS, United States — At least 13 countries have made inquiries about Canada's private refugee-sponsoring system in the hope of potentially emulating it, the federal immigration minister said Monday during a conference on the historic migration crisis.John McCallum said the United Kingdom is one of several countries looking at establishing a similar program where private citizens provide funding to bring in refugees and help them get set up in their new home.McCallum will announce an initiative on private refugee sponsorships Tuesday with the United Nations and billionaire George Soros.Canada's program was developed under the Pierre Trudeau and Joe Clark governments of the 1970s in response to a migration wave from Vietnam. It has gained new attention amid the wide-ranging effects of Syria’s five-year civil war, with other countries now developing similar systems."At least 13 countries have expressed an interest in this. That could be one part of the solution for the world at large," McCallum told reporters at the United Nations conference, where Canada announced a 10-per-cent funding increase for international aid."So we have had good conversations with a number of countries who may want to follow that practice... I think this is a very useful model that we could export to the rest of the world."He said the details might vary from one country to the next. Australia began testing a similar model in 2013, and Germany has also followed suit. McCallum said that if countries can enlist their citizens to sponsor refugees and help them get started in a new home, "you're miles ahead."Under the government plan to resettle 25,000 Syrians by early this year, nearly 9,000 were privately sponsored and another 2,000 were sponsored by a program that blends private and government support.The program set a cap of private sponsorships allowed per year. It allows people to sponsor a refugee for $12,600, which includes help with income and initial costs like groceries and rent.McCallum said Canadians would be proud of what he's hearing at this week's United Nations conference: "This is a place where Canada can stand tall. The international community has recognized and strongly supported what we have done."He noted, however, the numerous challenges ahead. He said refugees to Canada have all been housed — now he says the big hurdles to clear are English- or French-language training, and integration into the job market.He said the troubles refugees experience should come as no surprise."We asked for vulnerable people — we got vulnerable people," he said."The other side of that is it takes longer to settle them in."He suggested Canada might increase its refugee intake next year, after the government sets its annual targets: "Of course I would like to see more. It is a long tradition of Canada to welcome refugees... How many we will welcome — we have to determine that and we'll announce it in November."Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press

Grim news casts shadow over refugee conference attended by PM Trudeau-[The Canadian Press]-September 20, 2016-YAHOONEWS

NEW YORK — The grim shadow of world events descended over a conference on refugees as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other world leaders gathered Monday to make new commitments to victims of a historic migration crisis.News crept in from nearby and abroad to underscore the oft-stated point at the summit that work on refugees remains a task in progress. As the prime minister spoke, new bombing ended Syria's ceasefire.While the war made new victims, the debate closer to the New York conference revolved around whether to show them any hospitality. Attempted bombings in the city added new fuel to a combustible U.S. election debate on Muslim migration.Trudeau got applause from delegates to the United Nations conference when he mentioned Canada's acceptance of almost 31,000 refugees. A CNN anchor moderating another event quoted Trudeau welcoming refugees at the airport. He didn't let the applause linger long."While that is a great story, I don't want to lose sight of the fact that Canada's engagement must not stop at resettlement," Trudeau said."Now is the time for each of us to consider what more we can contribute. So, in Canada, we're looking at our options."He announced Canada would spend an additional $64.5 million over the next several years to support people affected by humanitarian crises around the world, and increase its foreign-aid budget by 10 per cent to help displaced children get back to school. The scope of the challenge was illustrated by the woman seated beside him. In Jordan, the unofficial population count is now almost 10 per cent Syrian refugees: "Will we leave refugees to languish in camps ... and slums?" said Queen Rania, who co-chaired one of the discussion sessions with Trudeau.She said the goodwill presently exhibited by countries is no match for the task.Some conference-goers also made inquiries about Canada's private program for sponsoring refugees; Immigration Minister John McCallum said at least 13 countries are considering emulating it.Continents away, the sound of explosions echoed the point that Syria's five-year civil war will produce more casualties. An NBC News crew reported hearing more than 100 thuds, bangs and blasts around Aleppo, which has become the focal point of a conflict that has killed an estimated 470,000 people and sent almost five million fleeing abroad.Other reports described an aid convoy being obliterated by missiles.The world's wealthiest country has taken in fewer refugees than most western nations — 10,000 so far. U.S. President Barack Obama wants to triple that number. His would-be successor Hillary Clinton has called for almost six times more than the present number.However, her opponent savaged the idea Monday.Donald Trump responded to the latest news from a New York bomb plot by turning to the refugee issue. An Afghan-born immigrant was arrested Monday after a firefight with police, suspected of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey over the weekend.Trump wants to halt migration from Muslim countries. That includes refugees from Syria. He said the country had shown weakness by letting in thousands of people — and vowed to stop it.He likened it to a tumour."This is cancer from within," Trump told Fox News."We can't let any more people come into this country... This is gonna be like the Trojan horse. ... And you know they stay together. They keep plotting."Trump appeared to call for racial profiling in that interview, saluting Israel for doing it. He also promised to get tougher to end the fight against the Islamic State group — although he offered no specifics when repeatedly pressed.Some refugees described their experiences in a Washington think-tank event last week. One described Lebanon as a failing state, buckling under the pressure of dealing with a refugee influx that has almost doubled its population.Rouba Mhaissen said refugees are suffering in different ways. She said children aren't going to school, teens in camps are grappling with suicidal thoughts, women are being abused by men who haven't worked in years and don't have legal permission to do so."We're not able to love or live normally," she told the Wilson Center event.Another woman at the event had to stop speaking as she described a city whose population is now zero. Her voice quivering, Maria Al Abdeh said the last residents to evacuate made one final stop on the way out: at the cemetery, to say goodbye to their dead.The Canadian Press

Merkel admits mistakes, sticks to refugee policy By Eszter Zalan-sept 20,16-euobserver

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:23-After a second stinging defeat in two weeks at the ballot boxes, German chancellor Angela Merkel admitted some mistakes in her refugee policy, but did not reverse her decision to open doors to asylum seekers.In her first speech since Sunday's local election in Berlin, Merkel on Monday (20 September) said she would turn back time if she could to better prepare for last year’s migrant wave."If I could, I would turn back the time by many, many years," Merkel said.The chancellor's Christian Democrats (CDU) slid to their lowest level since 1990 in the Berlin election in a result blamed on her handling of the migration crisis.The right-wing, anti-migrant party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), won 14 percent and will enter the Berlin state parliament for the first time.In her speech, Merkel did not single out her decision in August last year to open Germany’s doors to asylum seekers after thousands were stranded in Budapest’s Keleti railway station, but she pledged not to let last year’s “uncontrolled immigration” be repeated.“No one wants a repeat of last year’s situation, including me,” she said.She acknowledged that voters wanted to see a change in her policy, but added that they had not given a clear picture of what they wanted in its place."If I knew what change in policy people wanted, I would be ready to consider it and to talk about it," Reuters quoted her as saying.Merkel told reporters that she needs to better explain her policy."If one of the reasons for the CDU's poor showing is that the direction, goal and conviction behind our refugee policy haven't been explained well enough, I'll endeavor to rectify that,” she said.She distanced herself from her motto, “Wir schaffen das” (“We can do it”) that dominated coverage of the issues last year, calling it an “empty formula”, and said it failed to explain the reasons behind her decision.“It wasn't meant to imply that it would be easy to deal with the influx,” she said.Merkel also added that Germany lacked sufficient practice integrating immigrants."We weren't exactly world champions in integration, and we waited too long before we addressed the refugee issue. We have to get better, I do as well,” she said.Merkel admitted she relied too much on Europe’s asylum laws, hoping that they would ease the burden on Germany. “And that was not good,” she said.-Merkel’s future-The voter’s backlash questions whether Merkel, Europe's most powerful political leader, will seek a fourth term next year.She has not made up her mind yet, while the CDU’s sister party, the Bavarian CSU, has been pushing her to put a cap on migration numbers.In her speech, Merkel again rebutted a cap of 200,000 people per year, arguing that it would not solve the problem, while being unlawful and unethical at the same time.Questions have been raised whether the CSU would field its own candidate to run for chancellor, marking a historic break between the two parties.The Bavarian premier and CSU leader, Horst Seehofer, has been Merkel’s most powerful domestic critic.If Merkel wants to run again, some kind of agreement with the CSU would need to be hammered out in time for the party's conference in Munich on 4 November.Seehofer, speaking after Merkel, said people did not want to hear backward-looking apologies."Justifications of the past do not help. We need answers for the future now and for the coming years, that's what people are waiting for," he said.

EU eyes 'specific' Swiss deal on migrants By Andrew Rettman-sept 20,16-euobserver

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:28-The European Commission is “OK” to make a “Swiss-specific” pact on immigration, even if it has an impact on upcoming talks with the UK.The commission head, Jean-Claude Juncker, issued the comment after a meeting with Swiss president Johann Schneider-Ammann in Zurich on Monday (19 September).“We’ve moved closer on some points. That the [Swiss] government wants to privilege Swiss employees on the job market is OK for me if it takes in the framework of mutual recognition”, he said, referring to the "mutual" pact that governed EU-Swiss relations. “This will be possible without a doubt”.The talks come after Switzerland, in a referendum in 2014, rejected EU free movement putting in jeopardy the country’s access to the single market.A parliament panel later rejected the idea of imposing unilateral quotas on EU workers, with the lower house, on Wednesday to look at the job “privilege” proposal for Swiss residents instead.Juncker did not give further details on what the deal would look like.But he said he was “more optimistic” than in recent weeks and that the talks were moving in “the right direction” on what he called a “Swiss-specific arrangement”.He noted that, during the Swiss negotiations, “we have Britain in mind, because these questions are interlinked”. He also said that Brexit was “another element adding to the difficult issues we have to discuss with our Swiss friends”.The UK, which is expected to start talks on the terms of its EU exit next year, has said it wanted a “unique” deal that would allow it to impose immigration controls while keeping access to the EU market.But most EU politicians, including Juncker himself, have so far insisted on full access for EU workers in return for the market perks for fear of creating a precedent for other eurosceptic member states.Meanwhile, Switzerland's Schneider-Ammann also sounded a positive note on EU relations on Monday, saying: “We need a solution that both sides can say ‘Yes’ to. I’m confident that we can do it”.He added that he was concerned that Swiss firms and institutes would lose access to the EU’s Horizon 2020 scientific research grants if there was no accord.