Friday, September 29, 2017

EU LEADERS TO DEBATE MACRONS GRAND PLAN.

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)

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

Fish fall from sky with rain in northern Mexico-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

MEXICO CITY — Civil defence officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky.Tamaulipas civil defence says in a brief statement that rain Tuesday in the coastal city of Tampico included fish. Photos posted on the agency's Facebook page show four small fish in a bag and another on a sidewalk.According the U.S. Library of Congress, it's a phenomenon that has been reported since ancient times. Scientists believe that tornadoes over water — known as waterspouts — could be responsible for sucking fish into the air where they are blown around until being released to the ground.The Associated Press.

Quake and storm leave ruinous human, economic toll for Mexico-Agence France-Presse-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

Mexico City (AFP) - A pair of devastating earthquakes and Tropical Storm Lidia in Mexico killed more than 400 people and toppled 150,000 houses and other buildings and structures, authorities said Wednesday.The damage included almost 12,000 ruined schools to the tune of 717 million dollars. And that was in addition to 1,500 national monument structures worth about $440 million dollars. All three disasters hit in September."The raw, preliminary numbers cross over from homes, to monuments, to thousands of schools that have to be completely rebuilt," President Enrique Pena Nieto told reporters after a meeting of his cabinet and local officials.In early September, Tropical Storm Lidia killed at least seven people in Baja California Sur, in northwestern Mexico.And on September 7, an 8.2 earthquake shook the nation and killed about 100 people mostly in the southern state of Oaxaca.Then on September 19 -- the 32nd anniversary of a huge 1985 quake that killed 10,000 people -- another 7.1 quake rocked the country. So far, 337 people have been killed, mostly in Mexico City.

U.S. Navy to deploy hospital ship Comfort to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico-[Reuters]-By Idrees Ali-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy, under mounting public pressure instigated by Hillary Clinton, plans to send the hospital ship USNS Comfort on Friday to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, the vessel's first civilian disaster mission in seven years.The Comfort, equipped to carry as many as 1,000 hospital beds, 12 operating rooms and one of America's largest trauma units, is due to arrive in Puerto Rico by the middle of next week, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.The vessel's departure date was announced a week after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico and three days after Clinton, the former Democratic presidential nominee, urged Republican U.S. President Donald Trump in a Twitter message to deploy the ship.Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis "should send the Navy, including the USNS Comfort, to Puerto Rico now. These are American citizens," Clinton, who served as secretary of state under Trump's predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, tweeted on Sunday.Some political pundits, as well as frustrated residents of the storm-ravaged U.S. territory, have accused the Trump administration of being slower to mobilize aid to Puerto Rico than it would be if it were addressing a disaster on the U.S. mainland.Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello has strongly praised Trump for his performance in the storm's aftermath.Still, critics of Trump's Puerto Rico response seized on the Clinton tweet, launching a petition drive via the website Change.org that drew some 260,000 supporters for deployment of the hospital ship and igniting a #SendtheComfort social media campaign.The Pentagon did not explain why Navy hospital ship was not dispatched sooner or say whether Clinton's admonition was a factor.But a Defense Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Comfort was not deployed before because the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), which is overseeing disaster relief on the island, had not requested it.The hospital ship will depart on Friday from its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, the Pentagon said. It takes up to four days to load and prepare the vessel.Asked why the Comfort was not prepositioned in case of a deployment request, the official said weather conditions in the Caribbean just before and after the storm would have made it difficult.Maria, the most powerful hurricane to strike Puerto Rico in nearly a century, cut a swath of destruction across the island last Wednesday with roof-ripping winds, torrential rains and pounding surf.The storm claimed at least 16 lives on the island, knocked out the territory's entire power grid, unleashed severe flooding and caused widespread heavy damage to homes and infrastructure. Rossello called it an unprecedented disaster for the island.Medical facilities were especially hard hit, many left wind-damaged, flooded and short-staffed. A majority of the island's 69 hospitals were without electricity or fuel to run backup generators, according to a Defense Department assessment.The 890-foot (270-meter) Comfort, originally designed to treat wounded U.S. combat personnel, has taken on a secondary mission as a major asset for the Navy to deploy in response to natural disasters.Its last civilian relief assignment was in Haiti following a devastating earthquake there in January 2010. The Comfort also was dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and was sent on extended goodwill humanitarian missions through Latin America and the Caribbean in 2007 and 2011.The ship typically anchors offshore and takes aboard patients ferried to the vessel by helicopter or small boats.The Comfort will not be the only Navy ship sent to Puerto Rico. Two amphibious ships were previously deployed there - the USS Kearsarge and the USS Oak Hill.(Reporting by Idrees Ali in Washington; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Lisa Shumaker & Simon Cameron-Moore)

Cost of climate disasters to reach half of US growth in a decade: report-Agence France-Presse-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

Washington (AFP) - Economic losses from severe storms, hurricanes, floods, drought and wildfires are projected to reach at least $360 billion a year in the next decade in America, about half of annual US growth, according to a report out Wednesday.Since some kinds of severe weather can be made worse or more frequent by climate change, action is needed to move the United States away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy, says the report by the Universal Ecological Fund, a non-governmental group based in Washington."Burning fossil fuels comes at a giant price tag which the US economy cannot afford and cannot sustain," said co-author Robert Watson, former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading scientific body on climate change.The report looked at two kinds of costs -- economic losses caused by extreme weather events influenced by human-induced climate change, and health costs due to air pollution exposure caused by fossil fuel energy production.Currently, these costs total about $240 billion for 2017 -- not including disasters in August and September, including Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, it found."These annual average economic losses and health costs equal about forty percent of the current growth of the US economy," said the report, entitled "The Economic Case for Climate Action in the United States.""In the next decade, these economic losses and health costs are projected to reach at least $360 billion annually, equal to an estimated 55 percent of the US growth," it added."These escalating costs are due to the continued use of fossil fuels triggering the climate to continue to change."The study authors describe the report as a "partial assessment of the economic losses and costs of human-induced climate change and fossil fuel use on the United States economy," using government data.Its figures do not include climate-related economic losses in the agricultural sector, or costs associated with heat stress on humans, it said."We can expect extreme weather events and economic losses and costs associated with them to continue increasing unless we make dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions," said co-author James McCarthy, professor of oceanography at Harvard University.The report found that 80 percent of the energy produced and used in the United States comes from fossil fuels.McCarthy said President Donald Trump's administration's aim to "maximize the use of America's fossil fuels ?- coal, oil and natural gas ?- as well as to cut energy industry regulations... is taking us in the opposite direction."

EU leaders to debate Macron's grand plan-[AFP]-Alex PIGMAN-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

Tallinn (AFP) - EU leaders will meet over dinner in Estonia on Thursday for a frank debate on the future of Europe, featuring first impressions of French President Emmanuel Macron's new vision for the bloc.Most of the European Union 28's leaders are coming to Tallinn, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, although Brexit negotiations are not expected to be on the menu.The discussion on the EU's future will take place over an informal supper Thursday with a second day on Friday devoted to digital issues, a priority for tiny Estonia, which holds the bloc's six-month rotating presidency.In a major speech in Paris on Tuesday, the 39-year old Macron called on his EU partners to recommit themselves to a stalled European project shackled by Brexit, the rise of populism and the migrant crisis.His speech came days after German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the EU's most powerful leader, won a fourth term in a vote which nevertheless saw historic inroads by the country's hard-right.Merkel and Macron will meet face to face on Thursday ahead of the summit, the French presidency said.With media in Tallinn kept at bay, the European leaders will be given an open forum for a "frank and informal" discussion, without any agenda, EU President Donald Tusk said in a letter inviting them to the meeting.The young French president will be the first to take the floor, which will then spark the discussion by the leaders, EU officials said.- 'Meaningful discussion' -"Clearly the ingredients for a meaningful discussion are there," said Margaritis Schinas, spokesman for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.Juncker himself set out his own vision for a more deeply integrated European project in his annual State of the Union speech earlier this month, which shared many of the same themes as Macron's EU vision.The discussions will be held over a three-hour dinner at the Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, a former summer palace for the Russian Tsars that is now a national museum.Spain's Mariano Rajoy is expected to be the only major no-show due to the crisis over the independence referendum planned in Catalonia at the weekend.Macron's proposals for a post-Brexit shake-up of the EU include a finance minister, budget and parliament for the 19-member eurozone, as well as an EU-wide "rapid reaction force" to work with national armies.Merkel, who is now seeking new allies to rebuild a ruling coalition in Germany, on Wednesday welcomed the "European passion" in Macron's idea but said it was too soon to judge his concrete proposals.Germany has widely been seen as trying to get Macron to ease back on his most radical ideas.Macron also included a new type of tax on technology giants like Facebook and Apple -- based on how much value they create in a country rather than their profits -- a proposal that the leaders will discuss on Friday.- Too soon -Estonia bills itself as the avant-garde of the digital revolution and originally called the talks to help bring the rest of the bloc up to speed.However, the uncertain German vote, Macron's speech and the stalled divorce talks with Britain are foremost in European minds.May meets her EU counterparts as British and EU officials close a fourth round of negotiations in Brussels.Tusk, who coordinates EU summits, on Tuesday said divorce negotiations were still falling short and it would be too early at Tallinn to launch talks on future ties between Britain and the EU, a big demand by London.The talks in Tallinn follow other EU summits on the bloc's future in Bratislava, Malta and Rome which were all held without Britain.At the Rome summit in March, the EU's 27 remaining leaders renewed their vows, celebrating the troubled bloc's 60th anniversary with a commitment to a common future.

Opinion-West needs to get real on Ukraine By Roman Sohn and Ariana Gic-EUOBSERVER

KIEV and TORONTO, 27. Sep, 09:29-Ever since the EuroMaidan revolution in 2014, Ukraine's governments have been under close scrutiny to meet the expectations of the supporters of a pro-European, liberal, and democratic model.The expectations that Ukraine becomes a utopia set a very high bar to meet. The bar is so high, in fact, that it could not possibly be met even by wealthy western nations that have enjoyed peace and stability.Expecting the impossible meant that criticism of Ukraine's 'failure' to swiftly undertake sweeping social change was inevitable. In recent months, a mounting wave of criticism of the Ukrainian government has flooded the media in Ukraine and abroad.Unfortunately, these criticisms are often unreasonable, ignoring the reality of what can be achieved under even ideal circumstances, the vast difficulties of conducting reforms, the time required for meaningful institutional change to occur, and the challenge of reform during war time.Remarkably, Ukraine is expected to pursue its utopian programme at the same time as it is trying to defend itself against Russia's unprovoked, multi-vectored war.It is a war which includes a massive information assault to discredit the Ukrainian state, unrestrained hate propaganda to dehumanise Ukrainians, unprecedented economic pressure, political subversion, intimidation of Ukrainian citizens by kidnappings, unlawful prosecution, terrorist attacks, and military invasion on its territory.It is a war waged by a nuclear state whose population, economy, resources, and military force are several times larger than Ukraine's, and a war waged by a country which is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council with the power to manipulate the global agenda.Defending against an enemy like Russia is a gargantuan and all-consuming task on its own.-First, win the war-It is hard to imagine that any country in Ukraine's position would focus on anything other than the crucial goal of winning the war. Given the gross political, economic, and social instability Russia's war creates, it would be prudent to focus on fighting the enemy before pursuing the significant task of comprehensive reforms.This sentiment is shared by many in Ukraine. Ukraine's former president Viktor Yushchenko famously said that there are just three reforms that the post-EuroMaidan government has to prioritise: first - win the war, second - win the war, and third - win the war.It is arguably rational and imperative to mobilise all resources - political, economic, social - to win the war before turning attention to reforms. Reforms - even essential and beneficial ones - divert and scatter a country's resources, and have an unintended ripple effect of causing their own chaos and unrest.The turmoil resulting from the combination of war and fundamental reform imposes tremendous pressure on the country. It is not surprising that the two matters which top Ukrainian social polls as the main causes of everyday stress are Russia's ongoing war, and socio-economic instability.No matter how laudable the goals, a multitude of big reforms introduced in rapid succession within tight time restraints does not contribute to stability.In addition to concerns of maintaining societal stability during the period of reform, it is also essential to build long-lasting institutional change. For this to successfully occur, reforms must be carefully considered, crafted, and implemented.None of this can be achieved at the wave of a magic wand, and there is no ideal blueprint for Ukraine to emulate in order to become an overnight success story. It would be tragic to force fast change at a high cost to society only to see it unravel quickly, and discredit the country's pro-Western political course.Massive rapid changes also risk government instability. Exposing the government to political attacks regarding its social policies seems like a very risky proposition at a time of war - there are simply no reforms that make everyone happy, and populists and opportunists know that better than anyone.The ensuing social and political chaos undermines national unity - a vital factor in bringing about military victory.Unfortunately, Ukraine is under such immense pressure from well-meaning Western nations to put reform ahead of its right to defend against invasion, that reform efforts have come to dominate the government's agenda.This has also been harshly demanded by Ukraine's active civil society, which is hungry for changes after a heavy push-back on reforms by the pro-Russian government of former run-away president Viktor Yanukovych.-Win the war by reform-Reforms in exchange for a supportive Western alliance against Russia's invasion appears to have become the informal understanding forged between the West and Ukraine's political class.The "win the war by reform" approach is a comfortable position for the West. It takes pressure off Western governments to deal directly with the aggressive dictatorial regime in the Kremlin, and instead shifts the focus to demanding reforms from Ukraine - something which does not carry political or security risks to the West.It is often repeated that pursuing the course of "winning the war by reforming the country" will strengthen Ukrainian state institutions, including the army.It is argued that a well-functioning liberal democracy with limited corruption will be more resilient to Russian aggression, and that a more successful Ukraine will win the hearts and minds of the people in Ukraine's occupied territories, leading to protests that would undermine Russia's control and force Moscow to give up the occupied land.Yet the "win the war by reform" mantra collapses under the weight of the uncomfortable truth of reality: solid "non-corrupt" institutions of liberal Western democracies do not appear to be more capable of fending off Russian attacks any better than their "unreformed" Ukrainian counterparts.Western countries are also struggling with Russia's aggressive foreign policy. Russia is suspected of committing several serious cyber attacks, and meddling in the elections of a number of countries (most notably the United States).In pursuing its foreign agenda, Russia interferes in the domestic political processes of Western nations, corrupts Western political elites, institutions, businesses, media, and international organisations - including the UN.Though obvious, the hardships Ukraine's government encounters in pursuing reforms because of the war are largely ignored.Some critics go as far as trivialising the monumental challenge Ukraine's government is facing, saying that the ongoing war with Russia is nothing but an excuse to slow down or avoid reforms.Some even shamefully claim that the war is in the interest of Ukraine's elites. It seems not to matter to those commentators that their indefensible position perfectly aligns with the narrative of Kremlin propaganda, which seeks to weaken international support for Ukraine.-The challenges of reform-The hardships of war aside, what is also ignored by many is that Ukraine is not building its institutions from scratch, and that there are very few low-hanging fruit reforms left to pluck.Ukraine faces the complexity of overhauling systems which have been in place for a long time, as well as the challenge of balancing the interests of various social groups and stakeholders in creating a clear democratic mandate for change.One cannot expect a quick fix, or overnight reforms that provide immediate results. Big reforms need time to take root. Even in established and stable Western democracies, grand-scale reforms can take many years to design and implement.Many Ukrainians and westerners also appear to be (inexplicably) oblivious to the fact that just because an NGO has lobbied for a reform does not mean it should be put on the priority list of a national agenda.Lobbyists of laws and reforms should focus their efforts on social advocacy to popularise their ideas with Ukrainian citizens, not just on winning over Western institutions to strong-arm the national government into pursuing their causes by default.It should be an uncontroversial fact that a demand from an unaccountable group should not be forced upon any government. Ukraine's government should have a healthy attitude to this pressure, and be very cautious about pursuing especially large sectoral reforms without clear validation from the people.For their part, Western institutions need to remember that the models they insist Ukraine adopt - in exchange for aid and loans - are not necessarily ideal, nor the final word on how Ukraine can pursue change.New Zealand's former finance minister, Ruth Richardson, known for her reformist free-market policies, illustrated this point handsomely on her visit to Kiev in 2016, cautioning that Ukraine should not model policies after the EU, as they do not all seem to bring positive economic results.Ukraine's elites and civil society would be wise to understand this.Otherwise, by relying too heavily on foreign direction and assistance to run the country, Ukraine could risk finding itself in the unintended position of becoming a client state. Persisting in this is a self-defeating strategy. To get ahead, Ukraine should not repeat or emulate, but innovate and lead.All that glitters is not gold-Indeed, not everything that looks good on paper will eventually produce the expected results.A hotly contested matter of creating a separate system of anti-corruption courts in Ukraine could serve as an example. Despite the good intentions and commendable goal behind creating such a system, research into the subject proves evidence is too scarce to make an assessment about anti-corruption courts' effectiveness.Opposing such a system or offering a different approach is not an act of supporting corruption either, as is alleged by some anti-corruption groups lobbying for the law. It is a matter of vision on how to deal with corruption.What has been entirely lost sight of is that there is no one set of clear best practices. Every solution, every reform, has its advantages and disadvantages, and it should be up to the Ukrainian people to adopt the balance they find acceptable.No democratically unaccountable group - be it an oligarchic clan or reformist NGO - should have a monopoly over "true" reforms in Ukraine, nor should it set the country's reform agenda.-A clear lens-There needs to be a sober look at the current situation in the country. On the one hand, the post-EuroMaidan governments have implemented reforms unprecedented in scope and number.On the other hand, as many social polls indicate, the majority of Ukrainians do not feel their country is moving in the right direction.While Ukraine's active civil society insists on more radical reforms, the majority of the population has difficulty dealing with the pace of reforms as it is - ordinary citizens are more concerned with social instability and uncertainty resulting from reforms.This creates a conundrum: the government pursues reforms that civil society and Western donors push for, but those very reforms erode support for a reformist government.It is hard to expect people to approve much-needed reforms that shift the financial burden from the government to the people. But these are the kind of changes often preferred by international financial institutions, providing loans and grants to Ukraine's government.A good example is the implementation of market prices for energy, which Ukraine's economy was in a dire need of. However, since Ukrainians felt this reform in their wallets quite acutely, energy reform has become one of the biggest points of criticism by ordinary Ukrainians of the post-EuroMaidan governments.Reforms that shake the foundations of established systems or hit people's wallets hard do not make one friends.People's perception of reforms translates into political risk. Political opponents, in particular raging Ukrainian populists like former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, exploit the resulting dissatisfaction to attack the government.This is why Western institutions should be cautious about promoting favourites in Ukrainian political games, where even 'independent' civil society groups are often highly politically engaged and partial.Such games are bound to backfire. As most social polls indicate, it will not be the pro-Western liberals or driven civil society activists, but corrupt populists, who will reap the electoral benefits from attacks on the government.-Objectivity of criticism-To be clear, the Ukrainian government is not above reproach. It does not deserve a free pass. It is undeniable that Ukraine's government at all levels makes missteps, and predictably, the whole system resists changes that undermine corrupt schemes serving to unjustly enrich politicians at the expense of Ukraine's citizens.Ukrainians deserve a well functioning state that respects the rule of law. But this will not happen overnight, and for every step forward, there will be steps back. Unfortunately, the path to reform is not a direct line, but an unpredictable zigzag.Observers should be realistic and reasonable about the challenges of reforming core mechanisms of Ukraine's social and political machinery.Reforms are not just a matter of political will, but also a matter of democratic mandate from society and the availability of financial and human resources. Considering the economic recession caused by Russia's war, even financing reforms present a substantial challenge for Ukraine's government.Emotional and knee-jerk anti-government criticism does no good, and serves to undermine the legitimacy of the Ukrainian state. The process of nation re-building, and fundamental reform is challenging. Criticism should be responsible, not reckless.The impact of reforms on society cannot go ignored. Not only should expectations about the progress of adoption of reforms correspond with reality, but Ukraine should be allowed to pursue reforms at a reasonable manner and pace.Society needs time to understand, process, accept, and grow accustomed to major reforms. That is why it is important for criticism to be accurate, fact-based, and grounded in reality.The hypocrisy of critics who are now riding the wave of hysteria they created is without ethical boundaries.It is wise to remember that not all who march under the banners of "de-oligarchisation" or "anti-corruption" actually intend to achieve such goals. The recent history of Ukraine teaches this lesson unambiguously.Carrying the flag is not equal to bearing its values. Sometimes, it is just a cover, as it is for those paid or funded by oligarchs who pretend to fight oligarchy and corruption.Criticism coming from politically biased groups should not be accepted without reservations.The West should not allow itself to be dragged into agendas advancing the interests of politically self-interested parties at the expense of stability in the country.The massively destabilising impact Russia's war has on the country cannot be ignored. The West can help Ukraine by fully acknowledging the truth about Russia's war and putting democratic values above shortsighted business interests in dealing with Putin's Russia.Generations of Ukrainians suffered too much to win their independence, and forsaking their fight for freedom and sovereignty is unforgivable.The fact is, reforms in Ukraine are underway. Despite many doomsday predictions about Ukraine's downward trajectory, external indicators of success are apparent.On 18 September, for the first time in five years, the Ukrainian government sold its bonds on the international market, where it raised $3 billion. The bond issue was oversubscribed by more than a factor of three.The 15-year dollar placement indicates international investors have confidence in Ukraine. Commentators and western allies should take note.Critics should also be reminded that reforms do not just happen, nor are they implemented by outspoken civil society lobbyists. Reforms are conducted by the government that takes action and carries the burden of political responsibility.However, according to some vocal critics, Ukraine's government only blocks and subverts reforms. Ukrainians and Western friends of Ukraine should be wary of such criticism, as it ignores the reality of government implementation of reforms. Criticism should be honest.-Get real about Ukraine-It is time for the West to get real about Ukraine.The progress of reforms needs to be acknowledged, and praised where deserved, especially as Ukraine pursues some impressive innovations regarding government transparency in public procurement, asset declarations, and access to public information, to name but a few.If positive changes are not acknowledged, the loud criticism by populists will drown out and devalue all reformist efforts.Ukraine is expected to pursue reforms ahead of defending its sovereignty. Under these circumstances, the least the West can do is manage its expectations of those reforms, helping Ukraine ensure it can walk its path towards a thriving democracy free from Russia's oppression.Roman Sohn is a civil society activist and a columnist for Ukrainska Pravda, an investigative website. Ariana Gic is a political analyst in Canada who is focused on Ukraine and who contributes to VOX Ukraine, a think tank in Kiev.

OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Liberals take the heat as temperatures in Windsor classrooms hit 30 C-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

Ontario's government is taking some heat for not having a policy in place for a maximum indoor temperature for schools.The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario says there's a minimum temperature mandated in the winter but no maximum temperature limit."I am getting reports back from teachers about not only the heat in classrooms, but that the humidity factor is also very high," said Adelina Cecchin, president of the Greater Essex County ETFO Teacher Local.Cecchin said she had reports of classrooms reaching temperatures of 30-32 C and teachers were concerned about the quality of learning for their students who were "tired, lethargic," and couldn't concentrate.She added schools across the border in Detroit dismissed classes early on Monday and Tuesday, because of the record-breaking heat temperatures that have swept through the region.The union's call was echoed by Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown at Queen's Park."Students are saying it's so hot in classrooms, they're having trouble breathing," Brown said. "This is unacceptable in Ontario. Will the premier commit here today that we will have a mandate for maximum temperatures for Ontario schools in the event of extreme heat?"Premier Kathleen Wynne responded to Brown's comments and said "I had to move meetings yesterday from my office to another room because actually I don't have air conditioning. Nor Mr. Speaker, as it happens, do I have air conditioning in my house. I recognize that it is very hot in schools that were built in a time when there weren't the kind of heat events that we have, but again I have a lot of faith in the educators in our schools to make sure that children and teachers are kept safe."-Air conditioner expense-Steve Fields, the communications coordinator at the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board said the board has many priorities when it comes to spending provincial funding, and air-conditioning is not necessarily at the top of that list."We only had one situation," said Fields, adding that the board had provided the school with extra fans and water to accommodate students."It's up to the teachers and the administrative staff there to monitor those situations closely," he said.The public relations officer for Greater Essex County District School Board, Scott Scantlebury, said he didn't know of any extreme-heat reports in classrooms, and that there are "common sense" steps staff would take in that situation."If there are blinds to pull them down to decrease the amount of direct sunlight coming into classrooms the use of fans," said Scantlebury. "Staff are encouraged to provide water breaks for students on a regular basis probably much more so than on a typical day."Both Fields and Scantlebury said that air conditioning units are expensive to install and maintain in schools."What we need to understand is this is going to be an ongoing issue moving forward," said Cecchin. "We can say we want to close the blinds, shut the lights maybe eliminate some recesses, but that's really not going to take care of what's happening in our classrooms around the learning and the teaching."The premier said the government has given school boards more than one billion dollars to make infrastructure improvements, and it's up to them on how that money is spent.

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

OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).

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)

Japan parliament dissolved, snap Oct. 22 election expected-[Reuters]-By Linda Sieg and Elaine Lies-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lower house was dissolved on Thursday ahead of an expected snap Oct. 22 election being called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he seeks to confirm his mandate in the face a rising challenge from a popular new conservative party.Abe, a conservative who returned to power in 2012, is hoping a boost in his voter support in recent months will help his Liberal Democratic Party-led (LDP) coalition maintain a simple majority. It currently holds a two-thirds "super" majority.A number of opposition lawmakers boycotted the session at which the lower house was dissolved in protest at Abe calling the election and creating a potential political vacuum at a time when tensions are high with North Korea."This will be a tough battle, but it's all about how we will protect Japan, and the lives and peaceful existence of the Japanese people," Abe told a group of lawmakers.Popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's new Party of Hope -- only formally launched on Wednesday -- has upended the election outlook after she announced she would lead the group herself.Koike, a media-savvy former LDP lawmaker and defense minister often floated as a candidate to become Japan's first female prime minister, said on Wednesday she would not run for a seat herself, but speculation that she will persists.A survey by the Mainichi newspaper showed 18 percent of voters plan to vote for Koike's Party of Hope compared to 29 percent for Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).An Asahi newspaper poll showed 13 percent planned to vote for Koike's party versus 32 percent for the LDP. Both surveys asked voters their preference for proportional representation districts where ballots are cast for parties rather than specific candidates.Abe's personal ratings have risen to around 50 percent from around 30 percent in July, partly on the back of his leadership during the current North Korea crisis.The emergence of Koike's party - which she describes as pro-reform and conservative - has thrown the main opposition Democratic Party into turmoil. The Democrats are struggling with defections and single-digit ratings and now appear in danger of being absorbed by the Party of Hope.Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara will propose that the party run no candidates in the election and let its members run under the Party of Hope flag, domestic media reports said.The proposal could end up splitting the party, an often fractious mix of conservatives and liberals whose rocky 2009-2012 reign tainted its image with many voters.Koike, 65, defied the LDP to run successfully for Tokyo governor last year and her novice local party then crushed the LDP in a metropolitan assembly election in July.Her Party of Hope shares policy space with the business-friendly LDP, but Koike has staked out different stances on two issues likely to appeal to voters.She wants to freeze a planned rise in the national sales tax to 10 percent from 8 percent in 2019. Abe says he will raise the tax but spend more revenue on child care and education instead of paying back public debt.Koike is also calling for Japan to abandon nuclear power, while Abe's government plans to keep atomic power as a key part of the energy mix despite public worries about safety after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.Koike has also criticized Abe for risking a political vacuum by calling the snap poll at a time of rising regional tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.Recent reforms will reduce the number of lower house seats to 465 from 475 in the coming election.(Additional reporting by Elaine Lies,; Editing by Michael Perry)

South Korea expects more North Korea provocations mid-October-[Reuters]-By Christine Kim-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea expects North Korea to engage in more provocative action next month to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of its communist party and China's all-important Communist Party Congress.In a meeting with President Moon Jae-in on Thursday, national security adviser Chung Eui-yong said he expected Pyongyang to act around Oct. 10 and 18, but gave no details."(Chung's report) also said there are worries over military conflict being sparked by accidental incidents," said Park Wan-ju, lawmaker and head spokesman of the ruling Democratic Party."The president said the United States speaks of military and diplomatic options, but South Korea can't go through war again."Tensions on the Korean peninsula have escalated in recent weeks as North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump exchange bellicose threats and insults over the North's nuclear and missile development program.The North has accused Trump of declaring war after he warned Kim's regime would not last if he persisted in threatening the United States and its allies, having earlier warned North Korea would be totally destroyed in such an event.Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test on Sept. 3 and has launched dozens of missiles this year as it accelerates a program aimed at enabling it to target the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile.The United States and South Korea are technically still at war with North Korea because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce and not a peace treaty.China, North Korea's main ally, would likely be extremely unhappy if Pyongyang tested a missile or carried out some other act during its Communist Party Congress, held once every five years.Park said President Moon told the meeting that Washington and Seoul agreed that pressure needed to be applied to North Korea, with the door to talks still open.In a separate speech on Thursday, Moon said cooperation with the international community to curb the North's nuclear ambitions was at its highest level ever and called for the strengthening of South Korea-U.S. defenses to rein in the North.Chung said the United States and South Korea had agreed on the rotational deployment of U.S. strategic assets to South Korea, possibly as soon as year-end, said lawmakers at the meeting.What kind of assets would be rotated was not specified.Moon added it was inappropriate to discuss the deployment of nuclear weapons in South Korea, the lawmakers said.The president said he had personally been against the deployment of U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea, but the decision was made as North Korea's missile capabilities were quickly improving.Regarding China's vehement opposition to the deployment of THAAD, Moon said "visible achievements" were to be expected soon as "the issue was reaching the end", quoted by the lawmakers.Beijing opposes THAAD because it believes its powerful radar could be used to look inside its territory. South Korea and the United States have said it is only to curb North Korea's missile threats.(Reporting by Christine Kim; Editing by Michael Perry)

Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017

AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian jets killed at least 150 civilians and injured dozens in over a week of heavy bombing that shattered a six-month halt in intensive aerial raids in opposition-held northwestern parts of Syria, opposition rescue workers said on Wednesday.The renewed bombing campaign came after an array of jihadist rebels led by the former Qaeda offshoot in Syria last week waged a wide-scale offensive against government-controlled areas in northern Hama."We have pulled 152 bodies and we have rescued 279 civilians since the Russian and regime bombing campaign," said Salem Abu al Azem, a senior rescue worker from the opposition-run Civil Defence in Idlib, adding bodies were still being pulled out of the wreckage of buildings flattened by air raids.Russia's defense ministry says it is attacking hard-line Islamist militants. It denies accusations it has targeted infrastructure and medical centers to force rebels into local truces that effectively restore President Bashar al Assad's grip on the country.Civil defense officials and other humanitarian aid workers have documented the destruction of six hospitals, five defense centers, and power stations in the first few days of the bombing campaign alongside hitting camps where displaced civilians have been sheltering.Rebels and witnesses differentiate easily Russian jets from Syrian planes with the former flying in sorties at high altitudes making drops with devastating impact.The strikes began with intensive bombing of towns and cities in southern Idlib where the jihadists have a large presence but in recent days have spread to most towns across the province that borders Turkey.Thousands of families have fled from towns such as Jisr al Shqour and Jabal al Zawya to rural areas less exposed to daily bombing and shelling, aid workers said.The bombing campaign however comes shortly after a tripartite deal struck by Moscow, Ankara and Tehran to deploy an observer force in Idlib, a province where the former al Qaeda Syrian offshoot has cemented its control after it crushed opponents.The Kremlin said earlier this week Russia’s president Vladimir Putin was expected to meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on a visit to Ankara on Thursday.Syrian rebel officials says Turkey wants to get the approval of Moscow, the power with the dominant role in Syria, to press ahead with its widely anticipated plan to deploy troops in Idlib.(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria-[AFP]-Stuart WILLIAMS-YAHOONEWS-September 27, 2017
Istanbul (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship that has troubled the West.Despite a regional rivalry that goes back to the Ottoman Empire and the Romanov dynasty, Russia and Turkey have been working closely since a 2016 reconciliation ended a crisis caused by the shooting down of a Russian war plane over Syria."Russia and Turkey are cooperating very tightly," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ahead of the one-day working visit by Putin to Ankara.Both Moscow and Ankara are pushing for the creation of four "de-escalation zones" in Syria to end the civil war that has raged since 2011.Meanwhile, Turkey, a NATO member, has signed a deal reportedly worth $2 billion to buy S-400 air defence systems from Russia, a move that has shocked its allies in the alliance.But while Putin and Erdogan are at pains to project an increasingly productive relationship, a shadow could be cast by Monday's independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, which enraged Ankara but which Moscow stopped short of condemning.Turkey and Russia have been on opposing sides during the more than six years of war in Syria, with Russia the key backer of President Bashar al-Assad and Turkey supporting rebels seeking his ouster.But while Turkey's policy is officially unchanged, Ankara has notably cooled its attacks on the Damascus regime since its cooperation with Russia began to heat up.Economic cooperation is also beginning to flourish, with Russian tourists returning to Turkey and the two countries working on a Black Sea gas pipeline.- 'Loaded with contradictions' -Yet analysts say that while both countries share an interest in seeking to discomfort the West by showing off close cooperation, their relationship falls well short of a sincere strategic alliance."Relations between Turkey and Russia may appear to be friendly, but they are loaded with contradictions and set to remain unstable in the near term," Pavel Baev and Kemal Kirisci of the Brookings Institution wrote in a study this month.Russia's stance on the non-binding Kurdish independence vote is also troubling for Turkey, for whom opposing Kurdish statehood is a cornerstone of foreign policy due to its own Kurdish minority.The Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday that while Moscow supports the territorial integrity of Iraq, it "views the Kurds' national aspirations with respect".Erdogan will want to press Putin over the much-heralded S-400 deal, which while officially signed could still be years away from implementation.Timur Akhmetov, a Turkey expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, said deliveries of the S-400s could probably begin only after 2020-21 due to orders from China, while Ankara's insistence on a technology transfer as part of the deal may also create problems.But both Moscow and Ankara are, for now, happy to send a message to the West that they are serious about defence cooperation."They are trying to utilise the issue of the S-400 for their respective political interests," Akhmetov told AFP.

SAUDI WOMEN STILL CAN'T FLY, MARRY, OR LEAVE JAIL WITHOUT MALE CONSENT.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marking 50 years of settlements, PM vows they will never be uprooted-PM speaks at state ceremony overshadowed by dispute over Supreme Court refusing to send a representative-By Jacob Magid and TOI staff-September 27, 2017, 10:03 pm

Speaking Wednesday at a state ceremony to mark 50 years of Israeli settlements in the West Bank,  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the Jewish communities in the territory will never be uprooted.“Settlement is important to you in the same way that it is important to me, so I say very clearly: There will be no further uprooting of settlements in the land of Israel,” Netanyahu told the crowd at the event, which was held in the Gush Etzion bloc, a key settlement region that lies south of Jerusalem.The prime minister was joined at the gathering by a roll call of ministers and dignitaries including Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein — but no representative from the Supreme Court after its chief justice, Miriam Naor, balked at sending a representative, saying that the court should not be involved in controversial political events.“The way to make peace is not through uprooting — not of Jews and not of Arabs,” Netanyahu said.“We did not get peace when we uprooted settlements, we got terror and missiles and we will not do that again,” he continued, referring to Israel’s 2005 pullout from the Gaza Strip. “The Gush will always be part of the State of Israel.”“Any territory that falls into the hands of radical Islam becomes the basis for violence, murder and death, and so we will not abandon our national home to danger,” Netanyahu said. “Instead we will strengthen our home with this momentum.”Much of the international community views West Bank settlements as illegal and has frequently tried to pressure Israel to halt construction beyond the Green Line. The Palestinians say the settlement enterprise is one of the major obstacles to reaching a peace deal. Israel says most settlements are legal under Israeli law — though Israel has never extended its sovereignty over the West Bank.Education Minister Naftali Bennett called at the ceremony for Israel to extend its sovereignty to the West Bank.“I don’t take such a step lightly, in order to implement sovereignty, it takes timing and courage,” Bennett said. “There is no better time than now, as it is clear that we are here by right and not by grace.”“There is no better time that this, even if world resists, we shall overcome it,” he added. It [the world] also understands what the Israeli public understands, the Land of Israel will never again be divided!”Edelstein echoed Netanyahu in declaring that removing the settlements would not resolve the conflict with the Palestinians.“It is not the uprooting of settlements that will bring peace. A [settlement construction] freeze is not the way to an agreement. For years we will continue to build and develop our ancestors’ heritage in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, in the Jordan Valley, on the Golan Heights,” he said, using the biblical names for the West Bank.Culture Minister Miri Regev was also at the ceremony. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman was absent as he was on a work trip abroad.Naor explained her decision to cancel Justice Neal Hendel’s attendance at ceremony saying it would be inappropriate for the court to attend a political event “devoted to one side.” Her decision drew criticism from right-wing lawmakers led by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, Liberman and Regev and support from opposition lawmakers including Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid.

US, others won’t honor Palestinian Interpol notices, top lawmaker says-Amid opposition, Palestinian official says warrants will be used to nab Palestinian criminals, including Abbas rival Dahlan, though Ramallah 'can now sue anyone'-By AP and TOI staff-September 28, 2017, 3:17 am

A top US lawmaker said that Washington won’t honor Palestinian warrants issued through Interpol, though a Palestinian official claimed Ramallah had no plans to use the international policing body to seek the arrest of Israelis, but rather would pursue Palestinian criminals, including a top rival of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.Interpol voted Wednesday to include Palestine as a member state, in a new boost to Palestinian efforts for international recognition and influence amid long-stalled negotiations with Israel for full statehood.The decision drew an angry Israeli reaction and threat of retaliation. It also raised concerns that the Palestinians might use their elevated status to seek the arrests of Israelis.US Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was concerned that the Palestinians would now issue Interpol “red notices,” which the US Justice Department describes as the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today.Cardin said any “red notices” issued by the Palestinians “will not be recognized in many countries, including the United States.”Cardin also told reporters that the Palestinian membership could harm peace efforts.“The international community has a great deal at stake in pursuing the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis,” Cardin said. “There’s only one way forward: two states living side by side in peace; a Palestinian state and a Jewish state. To try to use international organizations to advance the cause only sets back that opportunity.”In a statement, Interpol said red notices are not international arrest warrants, but rather act as an alert to member countries, and are issued based on a valid national arrest warrant. Each member country decides how to respond to such a notice and Interpol can’t compel its members to arrest a wanted person who is the subject of a red notice.Omar Awadallah, the head of the UN organizations department in the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, said the Palestinians “now have the right to sue anyone” and could theoretically use their Interpol status to pursue legal steps against Israelis suspected of crimes in Palestinian territory.“But this is a political issue and needs a political decision,” he said.The Palestinians already have been providing evidence in a preliminary war crimes investigation against Israel at the International Criminal Court, another international body they have joined.A senior Palestinian official said there were no plans to sue any Israelis through Interpol. He said the purpose is “to pursue criminals who commit crimes here and escape.”He said one target would be Mohammed Dahlan, a rival of Abbas.Dahlan, convicted in absentia on corruption charges, now lives in exile after a falling out with the Palestinian leader. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was discussing internal Palestinian deliberations.The rivalry between Dahlan and Abbas surfaced in late 2010, when reports of dubious accuracy spread that Dahlan was preparing a putsch against the PA president. The reports, together with critical statements made by Dahlan against Abbas’s sons, led the PA president to make a rapid move that ended with Dahlan’s expulsion from the Palestinian territories in January 2011.Dahlan has been living in the United Arab Emirates since then and trying to set up bastions of support in the Palestinian territories, particularly among the inhabitants of the refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza.He recently played a key role in brokering an agreement between Gaza-ruling terror group Hamas and Egypt to provide electricity to the impoverished Strip.Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki hailed Wednesday’s vote as a “victory for law enforcement” and a “voice of confidence in the capacity of law enforcement in Palestine.” He promised to uphold Palestinian commitments to combating crime and strengthening the rule of law.Interpol announced the inclusion of the “State of Palestine” as well as the Solomon Islands on Twitter and its website Wednesday after a vote by its general assembly in Beijing.With the new votes, Interpol will have 192 member countries. Interpol didn’t immediately announce how many members supported Palestinian membership.The Palestine Liberation Organization’s negotiations affairs department said on Twitter that it had received more than 75 percent of the vote.The move was roundly criticized by Israeli leaders and US Jewish organizations.Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah applied for Interpol membership in 2015, and submitted a formal letter this July promising not to use the organization “for any political, military, racial or religious interventions or activities,” and to cooperate with Interpol, according to minutes of the Interpol meeting.The approval vote requires the Palestinians to pay membership dues worth 0.03 percent of the Interpol budget.Interpol, based in Lyon, France, is an international clearing house for arrest warrants and police cooperation against cross-border terrorism, trafficking and other crime.

Saudi women still can’t fly, marry, or leave jail without male consent-From next summer, females in the kingdom will be allowed to drive, but still face the Muslim's world's strictest 'guardianship' restrictions-By Agencies    September 27, 2017, 6:39 pm-TOI

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to drive as of next summer, following a landmark royal decree, but they still face other hurdles in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.Here’s a look at some of those obstacles:-GUARDIANSHIP LAWS-Under Saudi Arabia’s interpretation of Islamic law, a male guardianship system bars women from traveling abroad, obtaining a passport, marrying or even leaving prison without the consent of a male relative. This consent is also often demanded whenever a woman tries to do any number of things, including rent an apartment, buy a car, open a bank account or take a job.The guardianship system requires a woman to get permission from a male family member for some of the most important and even mundane decisions of her life.That could mean a woman being compelled to ask her younger brother for permission to have a medical procedure.Women are generally not allowed to socialize with males outside their immediate families and can be thrown in prison for such an offence. At the end of their sentence, their male guardian may choose not to sign them out, leaving them in the care of the state. A hole was poked in that restriction last week, with women allowed to enter a sports stadium in Riyadh for Saudi National Day — in a family section, away from single men.As a result of the guardianship laws, women are practically consigned to the status of minors for their entire lives. No other Muslim country enforces such strict guardianship measures.-ABILITY TO SERVE IN TOP GOVERNMENT POSITIONS-There are no women in charge of government ministries in Saudi Arabia and there has been no woman ruler since the kingdom’s founding in 1932. Saudi women can, however, run and vote in local elections though ultimate power resides with the throne. The same day as the driving decree, Saudi Arabia also announced its first spokeswoman for its embassy in Washington, a high-profile role.-SEGREGATION OF THE SEXES-Saudi Arabia’s enforcement of gender segregation means women cannot attend sporting matches or sit in restaurants that do not have separate “family” sections. These rules also impact the ability of some employers to hire women where segregated office spaces are not available. Privately, the segregation rules often relegate women to the home unless a male relative, such as a father or brother, is available to escort them outside. Many conservative families also bar male cousins from seeing their female cousins past childhood age.-RULES ON WHAT THEY CAN WEAR-Women in Saudi Arabia must wear long, loose robes known as abayas in public. Most also cover their hair and face with a black veil, though exceptions are made for visiting dignitaries.In Riyadh, some Saudi women have started showing their faces, a change in the conservative capital where most show only their eyes — if that. Expatriate women, once obliged to veil, now get away with only an abaya.-DIVORCE, MARRIAGE AND OTHER ISSUES-If a woman divorces her husband, she cannot travel abroad with their children without the permission of the father, who remains the children’s legal guardian. Women cannot provide consent for their daughters to marry, or pass their nationality to their children. Women also are not afforded equal inheritance rights nor are they guaranteed custody of children after the age of seven or eight years old.Women are also restricted in marriage. In addition to the Islamic restriction found in most Arab countries preventing Muslim women from marrying non-Muslims, Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas (religious decrees) — a governmental body — has ruled a Sunni woman should not marry a “Shiite man or a communist (atheist).”

Netanyahu to US envoy: PA actions harming chances for peace-PM tells Greenblatt that Abbas's failure to condemn Har Adar terror attack, Palestine joining Interpol, and the PA's bid to try Israel at the ICC all undermine negotiations-By TOI staff-September 27, 2017, 8:08 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday with US special peace envoy Jason Greenblatt, and told him that the actions of the Palestinian leadership in the past few days seriously harmed any chance for reaching a peace deal.Netanyahu told Greenblatt, and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman who also attended the meeting in Jerusalem, that the refusal of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to condemn Tuesday’s terror attack in Har Adar, in which three Israelis were killed and a fourth injured, gravely undermined the prospects of achieving an accord.In addition, two other international political steps by the Palestinians in the past week showed that the Palestinian leadership was trying to avoid direct negotiations with Israel, he said. Netanyahu highlighted the PA’s successful bid to join Interpol and its efforts to bring Israel before the International Criminal Court.Earlier on Wednesday at Interpol’s annual General Assembly in Beijing, the Palestinians’ membership bid was accepted.According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu told the US envoy that the PA’s membership at Interpol violated past agreements the Palestinians have signed with Israel.A year ago, following a failed Palestinian bid to join Interpol, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a joint statement with the Israel Police that it was an attempt to avoid negotiations with Israel.“This attempt forms part of the ongoing Palestinian campaign to evade direct negotiations with Israel and to continue the conflict with Israel inside professional international bodies in a way that disrupts these bodies’ work,” the statement said.Last week Palestinian human rights lawyers and activists handed a 700-page dossier to the International Criminal Court alleging that Israeli authorities are responsible for crimes including apartheid and persecution in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.While rejecting the claims against it, Israel also views the appeal to the ICC as an attempt by the Palestinians to be recognized as a de facto state, which prejudices any future negotiations.“The actions of the Palestinian leadership in recent days severely impairs the chances of achieving peace,” the statement from Netanyahu’s office said, adding that “the Palestinian diplomatic warfare would not go unanswered.”Netanyahu also asked Israel’s ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, who attended the meeting, to look into whether the PA’s most recent effort to have Israel prosecuted for committing alleged war crimes against Palestinians at The Hague violates US law, which would lead to the closure of PA offices in Washington DC.

IDF team heads home as Mexico quake rescue mission ends-Rescuers spent a week looking for trapped survivors buried under rubble, surveying 158 buildings damaged in deadly Mexico City temblor-By Stuart Winer and AP-TOI-September 28, 2017, 5:37 am

The IDF said Wednesday that the delegation sent to Mexico to help find victims of buried under rubble from a devastating earthquake would return to Israel.The team was scheduled to arrive back in the country on Thursday, the army said in a statement.They ended their time in the central American country with a ceremony at which they were thanked for their search and rescue operation and recovery efforts following a 7.1-magnitude quake on September 19 that killed over 300 people and collapsed buildings all over Mexico City.During their time in Mexico the team engaged in efforts to find trapped survivors, locate missing people. The team also surveyed 158 buildings including hospitals, schools, kindergartens, and government offices to find whether they remained structurally sound after the quake, the statement said.The Israeli delegation was one of the first foreign groups to arrive in Mexico City, touching down on September 21.The Mexican government, which had requested Israeli assistance, specified two areas in which it needed help: search and rescue operations alongside local authorities, and mapping of the city’s buildings to determine which were structurally sound and which would need to be demolished.The delegation was made up of 71 soldiers, mostly reservists, from the army’s Home Front Command. Approximately half were engineers, while the rest came from search and rescue, logistics and medical units. It was led by Col. Dudi Mizrachi.Speaking to The Times of Israel on the phone from Mexico, Col. (res.) Gili Shenhar said the delegation reached Mexico in “record time,” arriving in the country less than 48 hours after the initial earthquake.The IDF delegation focused only on Mexico City, a sprawling “mega city” home to some 9 million people, with a total of 21 million living in the metropolitan area, Shenhar said.The Mexican capital was one of the areas hit hardest by the earthquake, but the IDF colonel said most of the city was largely “up and running” as of Sunday. Electricity, water, public transportation services have returned to most of the city, and the international airport also reopened.While the search-and-rescue operation was perhaps the more eye-catching aspect of the delegation’s mission, its primary mission was to help local officials assess the structural integrity of Mexico City’s buildings.Most of the city’s structures were unharmed, but others will need reconstructive work to make them safe again and a smaller number will need to be torn down entirely and rebuilt, Shenhar said.Authorities on Wednesday raised the death toll in the qauke to 338.National Civil Defense chief Luis Felipe Puente reported on Twitter that the dead included 199 in Mexico City.He said there were also 74 in Morelos state, 45 in Puebla state, 13 in the State of Mexico, six in Guerrero state and one in Oaxaca state.The quake collapsed at least 38 buildings in the capital, and search efforts were continuing at some sites.It followed the even stronger earthquake less than two weeks earlier off the country’s southern Pacific coast that especially hit Chiapas and Oaxaca. That one killed nearly 100 people.President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two earthquakes could cost upward of $2 billion.Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City. But preliminary estimates put repairing and rebuilding schools in several states and the capital at nearly $750 million.Repairing and rebuilding homes will be $550 million. Damage to cultural sites could reach $440 million.The government is making direct electronic transfers to victims of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake and aftershocks in Chiapas and Oaxaca to the tune of $356 million so they can begin repairing their homes.“I hope that in the new year we will be able to have also a new Mexico, rebuilt and in normal conditions,” Pena Nieto said.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

MY MOHAWK HARNESS RACE PREDICTIONS RD 37 2017

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)

MY MOHAWK-WOODBINE HANOVER 2017 HARNESS RACE PREDICTIONS RESULTS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/08/my-2017-mohawk-woodbine-harness-race.html 

MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2017 - RESULTS AS OF THU SEPT-28,2017 - DAY-37

MOHAWK PICKS
01-6-1-3-4 EX-14.80
02-1-7-5-3 P-2.90, TRI-135.90
03-4-1-8-3 W-4.30, P-7.90, EX-22.10
04-8-2-3-6 P-3.50
05-1-7-9-5
06-5-3-2-6 W-7.40, S-3.70, SUP-176.45
07-3-8-1-5 W-4.70, P-5.70, EX-21.30, SUP-105.20
08-7-5-3-1 EX-8.20
09-6-5-2-3
10-4-7-1-8-2
MONEY WON-$524.05 - OATOT $16,453.40

STANS PICKS
01-1-6-3-4 W-6.30, P-2.50, EX-14.80
02-3-5-7-1
03-4-8-3-9 W-4.30
04-8-2-7-6 P-3.50
05-1-9-2-5 S-7.20 (7-1)
06-3-2-5-6 SUP-176.45
07-3-4-8-1 W-4.70, 4TH (9.2)
08-5-7-4-6 W-4.40, P-2.50, EX-8.20
09-5-6-2-8 P-3.10, SUP-1,335.30
10-4-8-7-1-2
MONEY WON-$1,573.25 - OATOT $21,782.50

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-1-6-2-5
02-5-7-1-4
03-4-1-7-8
04-4-2-6-8
05-7-5-2-1
06-5-6-2-3
07-3-8-5-1
08-5-7-1-4
09-2-6-8-5
10-7-1-6-4-8

(MOHAWKS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD

01-130-BIG-$17.60 (SEP 08-10TH) (7-1)
02-81-BIG-$9.20 (AUG 17-5TH) (8-1)
03-61-BIG-$8.40 (AUG 31-1ST) (26-1)
04-38-BIG-44-1 (SEP 16-3RD)
1DD-02-BIG-$34.80 (SEP 18-2ND)
S EX-35-BIG-$29.80 (AUG 11-5TH)
S TRI-09-BIG-$173.70 (SEP 14-6TH)
S SUP-04-BIG-$335.75 (SEP 14-6TH)
M EX-21-BIG-$50.90 (AUG 14-1ST)
M TRI-31-BIG-$342.20 (SEP 18-8TH)
M SUP-27-BIG-$4,415.95 (AUG 25-9TH)
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$29.40 (SEP 18-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-06-BIG-$19.10 (AUG 11-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-02-BIG-$35.80 (AUG 11-5TH)
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (5-7)-01-BIG-$19.75 (SEP 22-7TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (6-8)-01-BIG-$38.40 (SEP 14-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-02-BIG-$25.90 (SEP 19-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-03-BIG-$14.10 (AUG 18-10TH)
2DD-02-BIG-$13.70 (AUG 18-10TH)
P4 (7-10)-01-BIG-$41.85 (SEP 19-10TH)
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$223.65 (AUG 15-10TH)
5-1+ LONG-06-153-27.2%
LONGEST-33-1 (AUG 18-4TH)
OALTCI-15-563
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-03,04-03,05-03,06-04,07-04,08-03,09-03,10-03=31-40-OATOT-966-1536-62.9%

(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOWHAWK

01-102-BIG-$20.10 (AUG 22-7TH) (9-1)
02-71-BIG-$22.10 (SEP 08-9TH) (39-1)
03-62-BIG-$17.10 (AUG 14-2ND) (63-1) (AUG 22-10TH) (41-1)
04-47-BIG-65-1 (SEP 21-8TH)
1DD-04-BIG-$31.20 (AUG 25-2ND)
S EX-27-BIG-$100.70 (SEP 22-1ST)
S TRI-07-BIG-$870.60 (AUG 22-7TH)
S SUP-00-BIG-$0.00
M EX-10-BIG-$39.90 (AUG 31-1ST)
M TRI-17-BIG-$648.30 (SEP 11-7TH)
M SUP-25-BIG-$1,432.75 (AUG 28-8TH)
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$5.45 (AUG 10-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (3-5)-01-BIG-$33.10 (SEP 19-5TH)
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (5-7)-02-BIG-$59.25 (AUG 22-7TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (7-9)-00-BIG-$0.00
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$0.00
2DD-01-BIG-$7.30 (SEP 19-10TH)
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$0.00
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-03-BIG-$5,508.30 (SEP 07-10TH)
5-1+ LONG-04-147-26.1%
LONGEST-76-1 (AUG 14-2ND) 67-1 (SEP 14-1ST)
OALTCI-15-563
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-02,04-03,05-03,06-04,07-03,08-03,09-04,10-03=30-40-OATOT-903-1536-58.8%

OALTCI-OVERALL LONGSHOT TOTAL THAT CAME IN THIS RACE SEASON 5-1+.
T4 P-ER-TOTAL 4 PLACINGS EACH RACE.
OATOT-OVERALL TOTAL TOP 4 PLACINGS. THIS RACE SEASON.

THE DOW WAS UP 56 POINTS WEDNESDAY-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.

BANK RELATED INFORMATION
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/bank-related-links.html 
CURRENCIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies
COMMODITIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities 


UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 28,2017-12:00AM

DOW MARKET THURSDAY-SEPTEMBER 28,2017
09:30AM-5.07-
10:00AM-26.50-
10:30AM-1.53-
11:00AM-10.77
11:30AM-23.58
12:00PM-31.44
12:30PM-47.99
01:00PM-43.41
01:30PM-45.02
02:00PM-50.16
02:30PM-38.00
03:00PM-33.70
03:30PM-30.01
04:00PM-40.49+ 22381.20 - S&P +3.02 2510.06 - NASDAQ +0.19 6453.45
HIGH +48 LOW -51
TSX +09.59 15,618.25 - GOLD $+01.80 $1,289.50 - OIL $-0.59 $51.56

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 28,2017-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ U.S.35 of 35 earthquakes in map area.

    4.9-99km WNW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands-2017-09-28 23:56:58 (UTC)-35.0 km
    4.4-58km ESE of Adak, Alaska-2017-09-28 23:16:46 (UTC)-53.9 km
    5.3-South of the Fiji Islands-2017-09-28 23:11:15 (UTC)-440.5 km
    4.7-Palau region-2017-09-28 23:01:28 (UTC)-15.0 km
    2.8-77km WNW of Arctic Village, Alaska-2017-09-28 23:00:36 (UTC)-0.0 km
    5.1-291km S of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand-2017-09-28 22:47:11 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.3-181km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia-2017-09-28 22:42:17 (UTC)-108.1 km
    3.3-6km NW of Sarande, Albania-2017-09-28 21:33:48 (UTC)-11.3 km
    2.6-49km WNW of Willow, Alaska-2017-09-28 21:18:36 (UTC)-49.8 km
    2.8-37km WNW of Willow, Alaska-2017-09-28 21:18:36 (UTC)-59.8 km
    4.7-240km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia-2017-09-28 20:42:06 (UTC)-142.9 km
    4.9-Off the coast of Central America-2017-09-28 19:11:04 (UTC)-33.2 km
    4.6-67km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia-2017-09-28 17:08:05 (UTC)-97.5 km
    5.0-67km WSW of Pandan Niog, Philippines-2017-09-28 16:53:01 (UTC)-15.3 km
    2.7-17km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho-2017-09-28 16:17:57 (UTC)-10.7 km
    2.5-14km NW of Harper, Kansas-2017-09-28 15:22:16 (UTC)-7.9 km
    3.2-251km W of Ferndale, California-2017-09-28 14:53:34 (UTC)-15.6 km
    3.0-8km WNW of Cobb, California-2017-09-28 11:37:57 (UTC)-1.5 km
    5.3-248km NW of Chichi-shima, Japan-2017-09-28 11:29:45 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.4-63km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina-2017-09-28 09:06:03 (UTC)-196.7 km
    2.8-81km ENE of Fort Yukon, Alaska-2017-09-28 08:49:02 (UTC)-2.1 km
    4.7-210km S of Besisora, Indonesia-2017-09-28 08:12:59 (UTC)-10.0 km
    5.3-47km SE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands-2017-09-28 08:11:56 (UTC)-10.0 km
    4.8-35km E of Namie, Japan-2017-09-28 07:11:29 (UTC)-44.1 km
    2.5-10km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska-2017-09-28 05:35:56 (UTC)-49.5 km
    4.2-22km ENE of San Jeronimo Ixtepec, Mexico-2017-09-28 05:08:41 (UTC)-58.3 km
    2.8-16km NW of Harper, Kansas-2017-09-28 04:02:38 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.2-14km NW of Harper, Kansas-2017-09-28 03:56:54 (UTC)-5.0 km
    3.5-2km ENE of Tresboeuf, France-2017-09-28 01:43:23 (UTC)-7.5 km
    3.4-8km N of Cot, Costa Rica-2017-09-28 01:41:56 (UTC)-12.8 km

STOCK MARKET AND EARTHQUAKE NEWS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-points-tuesday-yesterday.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-down-53-points-monday.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-down-9-points-friday-new.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/weekend-quake-results-for-september-23.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-points-thursday-yesterday.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-up-41-points-wednesday.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-up-39-points-tuesday.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-points-monday-yesterday_19.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/the-dow-was-up-64-points-friday-new-week.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2017/09/weekend-quake-results-for-september-16.html 

IN BLOW TO ISRAEL-INTERPOL ADMITS ARAB MURDERERS AS FULL MEMBERS.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PM to settler leaders: US told Israel not to be a pig on settlement building’-In meeting with Yesha Council, Netanyahu says DC will tolerate limited construction, won't distinguish between blocs and isolated settlements; Trump to present peace plan soon-By Jacob Magid and Alexander Fulbright-September 27, 2017, 4:47 pm-TOI

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told settler leaders on Wednesday that US officials told his chief of staff to not be a “pig” on new settlement construction and that the Trump administration is prepared to tolerate limited settlement building, a senior settler present at the meeting said.“It’s okay to be a pig but not to be a hazer,” Netanyahu said, relaying a message he said his chief of staff was given and using the Yiddish word for pig, the official from the Yesha Council settlement umbrella group told The Times of Israel.During the closed-door meeting, Netanyahu said he successfully convinced the Trump administration to drop its distinction between settlement blocs and so-called isolated settlements.Settlement blocs are defined as large built-up areas, mostly located near the pre-1967 Green Line, while isolated settlements are located in more far-flung areas of the West Bank surrounded by large Palestinian populations.Netanyahu also said that the US has refrained from criticizing Israel over settlement construction due to Israel’s adherence to self-imposed limitations on new building.The Yesha official said Netanyahu reiterated his promise to build 300 new homes in Beit El, which he had promised following the demolition of a number of homes in the settlement in 2012.While Netanyahu did not directly address a series of demands for new settlement building and infrastructure, he said 3,330 new units would be approved for construction during the next meeting of the Civil Administration Higher Planning Committee on October 16, according to the Yesha official.Netanyahu also told settler leaders that he believes US President Donald Trump will soon present a plan for the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.During the meeting, settler leaders called for lifting an Obama-era “freeze” on new construction in the West Bank and to complete “the building gaps that were delayed during the eight-year freeze of the Obama administration.”Specifically, the group called for advancing the construction of 10,000 housing units in the settlements of Negohot and Migron, as well in the mostly Arab West Bank city of Hebron, according to a statement from the Yesha Council.Despite the claim of a building “freeze” during the presidency of Barack Obama, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics shows there was an average of 1,725.5 housing starts a year during his tenure, 100 less than the average of 1,828.75 housing starts a year when Republican George W. Bush was president.The settler leaders also called on Netanyahu to end the “discrimination” and “neglect” of infrastructure in the West Bank.“In Judea and Samaria there is a years-long neglect of everything connected to the development of public transportation, water, electricity gas,” the Yesha Council said.The group also called for the construction of additional bypass roads in the West Bank and said the infrastructure development would benefit the area’s Jewish and Palestinian residents.The Prime Minister’s Office said during the meeting, which it described as a toast for the Jewish new year, settler leaders “thanked Prime Minister Netanyahu and praised him for his action on behalf of settlement in Judea and Samaria.”The sit-down came ahead of an event later Wednesday in the Etzion settlement bloc celebrating 50 years of settlement in the West Bank and Golan Heights.Netanyahu is set to speak at the ceremony in what will be the fourth event in the West Bank that the prime minister has addressed in the last three months.

Repeal of women driving ban tests Saudi reform drive-Crown Prince Mohammed's 'Vision 2030' plan seeks to introduce economic and social change despite conservative opposition-By Anuj Chopra-September 27, 2017, 4:57 pm-TOI

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s historic lifting of a ban on women driving will be a litmus test for its king-in-waiting, who has sought to sideline the kingdom’s arch-conservatives as he accelerates reforms, analysts say.The kingdom will issue driving licenses to women from next June, in the most striking reform yet credited to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite the risk of a backlash from hardliners.But after his recent crackdown on dissenters, including prominent clerics with huge followings, experts say the prince may face only a muted opposition.“The lifting of a ban… will likely serve as a litmus test for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ability to introduce economic and social reforms despite conservative opposition,” said James Dorsey, a fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.“If last week’s national day celebrations in which women were allowed to enter stadiums in anything to go by, the opposition is likely to be limited to protests on social media.”On Saturday, women were allowed for the first time into a sports stadium to mark national day, a move that chimes with the Prince Mohammed’s “Vision 2030” reform plan.Men and women also danced in the streets to drums and thumping electronic music, in scenes that were a stunning anomaly in a country known for its tight gender segregation and austere vision of Islam.This gambit to loosen social restrictions in the ultra-conservative society was made possible partly by the latest crackdown, which was seen as a show of force by Prince Mohammed, experts say.Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and former government advisor who went into exile in the United States, described a new Saudi era of “fear, intimidation, arrests and public shaming” in an article published in The Washington Post.-‘Assertion of power’-Those arrests were not directly related to the driving ban, but apparently to an ongoing crisis with Gulf rival Qatar, said Jane Kinninmont from London-based Chatham House.“But the arrests represented an assertion of power over the independent, politically influential clerics and sent a message that Prince Mohammed does not see himself as beholden to them as partners in government,” Kinninmont told AFP.“The fact that they have been arrested without significant unrest being triggered is likely to have made the Saudi leadership more confident that it can make (social) change without much in the way of opposition.”Prince Mohammed is set to be the first millennial to occupy the throne, in a country where half the population is under 25, when he takes over from his 81-year-old father King Salman.“I think Prince Mohammed is ideologically committed to taking the Saudi state in a new direction: less austere, more nationalist,” said Kristin Diwan, from the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.Unlike previous rulers, he has shown a willingness to tackle entrenched Saudi taboos, and is seen as catering to the aspirations of youth with an array of entertainment options and promoting more women in the workforce.“Women should obviously have had the right to drive a long time ago -– the fact that this decision was so long in coming shows just how much has changed in Saudi Arabia with Prince Mohammed now wielding executive authority,” said Perry Cammack, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.-‘Discriminatory practices’-But hardliners could still emerge as a potent threat.Many Saudis on social media, irked by the mixing of genders on national day, derisively compared the country to “Las Vegas.”“Patriotism does not mean sin” became a widely used hashtag, while some called for the religious police, whose powers have been curtailed in recent years, to restore moral order.The government has sought to downplay their influence, saying that most senior clerics in the kingdom “agree that Islam does not ban women from driving.”But aside from religious hardliners, women also face opposition from a conservative society that is unaccustomed — or fundamentally opposed — to women drivers.Under the country’s guardianship system, a male family member — normally the father, husband or brother — must grant permission for a woman’s study, travel and other activities.It was unclear whether women would require their guardian’s permission to apply for a driving license.“If by June next year women in Saudi Arabia are driving the streets without fear of arrest, then this will be a cause for celebration,” said Philip Luther, from Amnesty International.“But it is just one step. We also need to see a whole range of discriminatory laws and practices swept away.”

In blow to Israel, Interpol admits Palestine as full member-75 of 133 voting member states back Ramallah's membership bid in secret ballot, despite vociferous Israeli and US objections-By Raphael Ahren-September 27, 2017, 11:52 am-TOI

In a stinging diplomatic defeat for Israel, the world’s largest international police organization on Wednesday accepted the “State of Palestine” as a full member.At Interpol’s annual General Assembly in Beijing, the Palestinians’ membership bid was accepted with 75 counties voting yes, 24 voting no, and 34 abstaining.Israel fiercely objected to the Palestinians joining Interpol, arguing that Ramallah’s alleged support for terrorism could hinder rather than aid Interpol’s efforts. The US administration, too, objected to Ramallah’s membership bid and helped Israel lobby against it.Israel had expressed concerns that the PA’s membership in Interpol would result in sensitive information being leaked to Palestinian terror groups. It also reportedly fears Palestinian efforts via Interpol to mount legal challenges, including travel bans and extradition requests, against Israeli army officers and others for alleged war crimes.Shortly after the vote at Interpol’s Executive Committee, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki welcomed the decision, hailing it as a “victory” for his people.“The State of Palestine considers this membership and the responsibilities that it entails as an integral part of its responsibility towards the Palestinian people and a moral commitment to the citizens of the world,” he said, according to the PA’s official news site Wafa.“Palestine is ready and able to shoulder these obligations and responsibilities as an active partner in the international community, and to contribute effectively and significantly to advancing our common core values as nations,” he added.Maliki stressed that “the State of Palestine will continue to struggle to raise the status and role of Palestine at the international level and defend the rights of our people in security and freedom by all diplomatic and legal means available and including joining the relevant international institutions.”On Monday, PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced he would again put forward a resolution for Palestine to become a full member of the United Nations, after a failed bid in 2011.The Palestine Liberation Organization also celebrated the vote, writing on its Twitter account: “Over 75% of #INTERPOL members just voted in support of #Palestine’s full membership. Congratulations! Alf Mabrouk #Palestine! #Thankyou.”The Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem did not immediately comment on the matter. The Israel Police declined to comment on how the move may affect Israeli cooperation with the international body.In the first official Israeli response, Environmental Affairs Minister Zeev Elkin urged the government to immediately suspend all commitments and goodwill gestures to the PA the cabinet had agreed to implement over the last two years. “One cannot wage war against us and incite against us here and in the world and at the same time enjoy gestures from the State of Israel,” he said in a statement.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent weeks repeatedly declared that Israel’s standing in the international community has never been better and that the Arabs’ automatic majority is quickly eroding.“We have many friends,” he declared Sunday.But Wednesday’s Interpol vote can be seen as a bitter defeat for Israel’s diplomatic efforts. Since Palestine was admitted to Interpol in a secret ballot, Israeli officials cannot argue in this case that the world’s nations secretly support the Jewish state even if they are still unwilling to openly side with it.New member countries State of Palestine and Solomon Islands bring INTERPOL's membership to 192. #INTERPOLGA pic.twitter.com/9LaggaQ6op-— INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) September 27, 2017-Last year, Israel successfully prevented the Palestinians from joining Interpol, with 62 members of the Executive Committee voting to postpone the request. The PA’s first request in 2015 was rejected by Interpol on the grounds that it was submitted too late for discussion by that year’s assembly.But this year, Palestinians upped their diplomatic efforts to secure membership in the world body. PA police chief head Hazem Atallah met Interpol’s Secretary General Jurgen Stock in Lyon, France, last month to campaign for membership.The Solomon Islands on Wednesday also became full members of Interpol, bringing the number of member states up to 192.Interpol, the world’s biggest international organization after the United Nations, enables member states to exchange intelligence and to work together to find ways to cope with international crime, from terrorism to human trafficking.Dov Lieber, Raoul Wootliff and Tamar Pileggi contributed to this report.

Iranians rail against Israel at funeral for soldier beheaded by IS-Blaming creation of jihadist group on Jewish state, cleric urges, 'Prepare your missiles for annihilation of Israel,' as crowd chants, 'Death to Israel'-By AP and TOI staff-September 27, 2017, 12:19 pm

Thousands of Iranians called for Israel’s destruction at a funeral Wednesday for a young member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps beheaded by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, a killing that has struck a nerve within the Islamic Republic as its forces continue to suffer casualties in Iraq and Syria.The slaying of 25-year-old Mohsen Hojaji captured the imagination of many in Iran, a Shiite-ruled nation whose national religion holds sacred acts of mourning and the acknowledgement of sacrifices. Since his death, artists and others have memorialized Hojaji in videos and paintings, while discussion of his slaying has muted domestic criticism of Iran’s foreign military operations, especially in Syria.A cleric at the funeral alleged that Israel and the US were behind IS, drawing cries of “Death to Israel” and “Down with the US” from the audience.“We swear on blood of Hojaji we will not rest until destroying Israel,” cleric Ali Reza Pahanhian said from the podium. “Israel, we swear on the head of Hojaji that we will behead your leaders. Guards! Prepare your missiles for annihilation of Israel.”Hojaji’s funeral in Tehran brought Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who prayed near his Iranian-flag-wrapped casket. Many current and former government officials, including parliament speaker Ali Larijani and former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, were also in attendance.Mourners lay flowers atop his coffin, while on the street soldiers with the paramilitary IRGC mixed with men wearing black and women in long black chadors. Many carried drawn portraits of Hojaji, while others unfurled the black flags common during Muharram, a Shiite mourning period.Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps hold on to the casket of Mohsen Hojaji, a young member of the IRGC who was beheaded in Syria by the Islamic State, at a funerary procession for him at Imam Hossein Square in the capital Tehran on September 27, 2017. Hojaji is one of many IRGC members and volunteers to be killed in Iraq while advising Shiite militias battling IS or in Syria, where Iranian forces backed embattled President Bashar Assad.But while IS group tried to use Hojaji’s capture and subsequent beheading as propaganda, many in Iran saw it differently. An image of Hojaji from an IS video, showing him stoically standing after his capture with smoke rising behind him in the Syrian desert, inspired a sense of patriotism in an Iran in which some have grown tired of its military operations abroad.“Look at the photo, there is no sign of weakness despite him being shot and captured,” his 23-year-old widow Zahra Abbasi earlier told Iranian media. “There is no fear in the eyes. It is all bravery, courage. He is like a mountain.”Graphic artist Hassan Rouholamini took the frame and reimagined it with Hojaji being welcomed by the third Shiite saint, Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Hussein himself was beheaded at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century, an event Iranians will mark with this week’s coming Ashoura commemoration.Khamenei himself even referred to Hojaji as a “dear martyr” in a speech.“God emboldened Hojaji as an evidence of numerous young people” willing to fight and be killed defending Islam, the supreme leader said.A few hours before Martyr #Hojaji's funeral, Ayatollah Khamenei attended the Martyr's body to recite Fatiha & ask God to elevate his status. pic.twitter.com/l3llPV4MUo— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 27, 2017-Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a so-called moderate cleric who himself criticized the IRGC in his re-election campaign, also praised Hojaji for showing how Iranian people are ready to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.Hojaji’s death has caused a rare unity across hardliners, moderates and reformists within Iran. Many activists, artists, athletes, celebrities and politicians, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, have offered condolences and expressed sympathy.His death also has silence some criticism of Iran’s foreign military operations, especially in Syria. In May, Tehran’s former reformist mayor, Gholamhossein Karbashchi, said in a public speech that diplomacy rather than military presence can solve the problems in Syria.Hojaji’s body was first taken to Iran’s holy city of Mashhad for a blessing in the shrine of Imam Reza, the eight Shiite Imam. He will be interred Thursday his hometown of Najafabad, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of Tehran.

Security forces map Har Adar terrorist’s home for demolition-Troops dismantle mourning tent in Palestinian assailant's village as part of operations in wake of attack in which 3 Israelis killed-By Alexander Fulbright-September 27, 2017, 10:36 am-TOI

Israeli security forces early Wednesday mapped the home of a terrorist who on Tuesday shot dead three Israeli guards at Har Adar ahead of its demolition.In addition to mapping Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal’s home in the Palestinian village of Bayt Surik, security forces dismantled a mourning tent for him, and also arrested a number of his family members, the Israel Defense Forces said.It was not immediately clear which family members were arrested. On Tuesday the IDF and Border Police arrested two of Jamal’s brothers after sealing off Bayt Surik. Reports in Palestinian media said Jamal’s father was also arrested.The IDF said that during the overnight operation in Bayt Surik and Biddu, both of which are near Har Adar, security forces confiscated “terror money” and carried out searches for illegal weapons.The army also said that in the wake of the attack, “forces will continue to operate in the area in order to prevent terror, and maintain safety and order alongside security and quality of life.”During the attack, 37-year-old Jamal took a pistol out of his shirt and shot at a group of security officers who were opening the back gates of Har Adar to Palestinian laborers.One border police officer, Solomon Gavriyah, 20, and two private security guards — Youssef Ottman, 25, of the nearby Arab Israeli community of Abu Ghosh, and Or Arish, 25, of Har Adar — were killed in the attack.All three were buried later in the day.In response to the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would demolish Jamal’s home and rescind the work permits held by his relatives, while Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party said it would revive a bill that would apply the death penalty to convicted terrorists.In the overnight raid’s, security forces also confiscated thousands of shekels of “terror money” near Qalqilya and the Jenin refugee camp, the IDF said.The army said 15 suspects were arrested throughout the West Bank, including three for “popular terrorism,” a catchall term used by security forces to denote violent rioting such as rock throwing and tire burning.The IDF also said the entirety of Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs was opened to Jewish visitors and that some 10,000 Jews, among them Israel’s chief rabbis, visited the holy site for pre-Yom Kippur overnight services.The Tomb of the Patriarchs, which is considered holy in both Judaism and Islam, has been divided between Jewish and Muslim worshipers since 1994, when an American-born Jewish extremist shot and killed 29 Palestinian worshipers.In addition, the army said it escorted Jewish worshipers to the Shalom Al Yisrael synagogue in the Palestinian city of Jericho, during which Palestinians threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at security forces.The IDF said one Palestinian was lightly injured when security forces responded with fire.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

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