Saturday, May 08, 2021

CHINESE ROCKET FALING TO EARTH FROM SPACE THIS WEEKEND ANY TIME

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)

DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN

REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).

THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD OVER ALL CASES 158,240,1812 DEAD 3,294,706 AS OF SAT MAY 08,21

European Union says vaccine patents waiver is no "magic bullet"Jacob Knutson-Sat, May 8, 2021, 12:54 PM

European leaders ramped up their criticism of the United States' support for a proposal to waive certain patent protections for coronavirus vaccines, with European Council President Charles Michel saying Saturday that a waiver is not "the magic bullet,” AP reports.Why it matters: The leaders instead pressed President Biden to lift U.S. export restrictions on vaccines, arguing it would have a greater impact on vaccine production and distribution.Context: Proponents of the patent waiver proposal, which was introduced before the World Trade Organization by South Africa and India, say it will help increase vaccine production and deliver doses to the developing world.The proposal is working its way through the WTO, though all 164 member countries will have to consent to the decision and negotiations over it are expected to last for months, according to Reuters.What they're saying: “We don’t think, in the short term, that it’s the magic bullet,” Michel said of the waiver proposal during the second day of a European Union summit in Portugal, according to AP.“I see more risks than opportunities,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “I don’t believe that releasing patents is the solution to provide vaccines for more people.”“I’m very clearly urging the U.S. to put an end to the ban on exports of vaccines and on components of vaccines that are preventing them being produced,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.The big picture: While the U.S. has strictly limited the export of American-made vaccines, the EU has distributed about 200 million doses to countries outside of the 27-nation bloc, according to AP.Critics of the waiver proposal have warned that it could discourage drug companies from embarking on research for emergency vaccines and medicine in the future and could set a dangerous precedent.The waiver also might not fix the gaping global divide in access to vaccines as quickly as proponents expect, since a lack of funding, logistical support and manufacturing capacity could limit its impact, Axios' Caitlin Owens reports.Go deeper: U.S. could fill "vaccine diplomacy" void as other powers struggle-Like this article? Get more from Axios and subscribe to Axios Markets for free.

Congo leader visits Sudan, Egypt for talks on Nile dispute-SAMY MAGDY-Sat, May 8, 2021, 9:09 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Congo’s president, the current head of the African Union, met Saturday with Egyptian and Sudanese officials amid international and regional efforts to relaunch negotiations over Ethiopia’s disputed dam on the Nile River’s main tributary.President Felix Tshisekedi was received by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Susan’s ruling sovereign council, at the Khartoum's airport. The two leaders then headed for talks at the presidential palace. Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok also attended the talks, according to a statement by the sovereign council.Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said Congo’s president has offered an initiative to break deadlock over the dam's dispute. She said the Sudanese authorities would study the initiative, without elaborating.Tshisekedi then flew to Cairo where he met with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Egyptian leader's office said.U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, also met with Gen. Burhan earlier in the day over the decade-long dam dispute. The impasse has exacerbated concerns of an escalation into a military conflict that could threaten the entire volatile region.Burhan reiterated Sudan’s call for a negotiated agreement on the filling and operation of the dam’s massive reservoir, the sovereign council said in a separate statement.Feltman visited Egypt and Eritrea last week and is scheduled to stop in Ethiopia as part of his regional tour.The latest round of African Union-brokered negotiations in Congo’s capital of Kinshasa in April failed to make progress on the issue.The dispute now centers on how quickly Ethiopia should fill and replenish the reservoir and how much water it releases downstream in case of a multi-year drought.Egypt and Sudan argue that Ethiopia’s plan to add 13.5 billion cubic meters of water in 2021 to the dam’s reservoir is a threat to them. Cairo and Khartoum have called for the U.S., the U.N, and European Union to help reach a legally binding deal. The agreement would spell out how the dam is operated and filled, based on international law and norms governing cross-border rivers.Egypt, which relies on the Nile for more than 90% of its water supplies, fears a devastating impact if the dam is operated without taking its needs into account. Ethiopia says the $5 billion dam is essential, arguing that the vast majority of its population lacks electricity.Sudan wants Ethiopia to coordinate and share data on the dam’s operation to avoid flooding and protect its own power-generating dams on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile.The Blue Nile meets the White Nile in Khartoum, before winding northward through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea.

As India surges, Bangladesh lacks jabs, faces virus variants-JULHAS ALAM-Sat, May 8, 2021, 7:59 AM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India's surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.On Saturday, health authorities said that for the first time, a coronavirus variant originally identified in India was detected in Bangladesh, without providing further details. For weeks, South African variants have dominated the samples sequenced in Bangladesh. There are concerns that these versions spread more easily and that first-generation vaccines could be less effective against them.xperts say that declining infections in Bangladesh over the last two weeks compared to March and early April — for reasons that aren't fully understood — provided the perfect opportunity for the nation to scale up vaccinations.“This is the time to vaccinate, keep infections low and make sure that new variants don’t emerge here,” said Senjuti Saha, a scientist at the Child Health Research Foundation in Bangladesh, who is also sequencing the virus.However, India has banned the export of vaccines as it grapples with the crisis at home. The country’s Serum Institute was supposed to supply 30 million vaccine doses — 5 million doses a month — to Bangladesh by June. But the institute has only supplied 7 million doses and has suspended further shipments since February.“It's caused a real problem,” said Dr. A.S.M. Alamgir, a scientist with the government’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research.Fearing shortages, the government late last month stopped allowing people to register for a first vaccine dose, and the administration of second doses is also being hampered.The densely-populated country of 160 million is desperately seeking new avenues for vaccines other than India, and is attempting to produce Russian and Chinese vaccines at home by bringing technology from both countries. Bangladesh is expecting 500,000 doses of Chinese vaccines next week as a gift from Beijing, and has also sought help from the United States.Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, a scientist of the Dhaka-based International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, said threats from new variants remained a big concern, especially when vaccines are not available.Although the border with India is closed to people, goods continue to cross. Virus sequencing in Bangladesh, like other countries including the U.S., has been scant. This means there could easily be blind spots.“We can’t rule out that the Indian variant would not make a new wave in Bangladesh. We have a porous border with India," Alamgir said.Since March of last year, when the first COVID-19 case was detected in Bangladesh, the country has reported 770,842 confirmed virus cases and 11,833 deaths.A nationwide lockdown has been extended until at least May 16, but many businesses, markets and local transportation remain crowded. Although inter-city travel is banned, tens of thousands are expected to leave the capital of Dhaka for their home villages to celebrate next week's Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.“If we fail to maintain safety procedures across the country, the virus will make its natural progression, that’s for sure," he said.___Associated Press writer Aniruddha Ghosal in New Delhi contributed to this report.

Exclusive: Animals to have their feelings protected by law in Queen's Speech-Charles Hymas-Sat, May 8, 2021, 12:58 PM

Animals with a backbone will have a legal right to feel happiness and suffering in a Government drive to raise welfare standards in Tuesday's Queen’s Speech.An Animal Sentience Bill will enshrine in law that animals are aware of their feelings and emotions, and can experience joy and pleasure, as well as pain and suffering."Sentience” will apply to “vertebrate animals - anything with a spinal cord", Environment secretary George Eustice told The Telegraph in an exclusive interview below.An existing committee of experts and civil servants in Defra will be tasked with ensuring Government’s policies take into account animal sentience.Ministers were criticised in 2018 when the duty was not carried across into UK law from the European Union after Brexit.The Government wants to make the UK a world leader in animal welfare and laws that protect animals form the centrepiece of this week’s Queen’s Speech.As well as an Animal Sentience Bill, an Animals Abroad Bill will ban the import of trophies from animal hunting. A third measure - a Kept Animals Bill - will stop live animal exports and ban families from keeping primates as pets.The Government will also publish an animal welfare strategy which will raise the prospect of banning fur imports, microchipping all domestic cats and calling time on the cruel killing of pigs by gassing them with carbon dioxide.-Animal welfare is not at odds with caring about our rural communities-The Conservative government has certainly come a long way since the party first won power in 2010 on a pledge to offer a free vote on legalising fox hunting, writes Christopher Hope.his week’s Queen’s Speech will see the Tory government publish draft laws that enshrine in law the right of animals to feel pain, as well as bans on live animal exports, importing hunting trophies and keeping primates as pets.A separate animal welfare strategy document will set the direction of travel, raising the prospect of banning fur imports, microchipping all cats and calling time on the cruel killing of pigs by gassing them with carbon dioxide.It is some journey from “hoodie hugging” when David Cameron was leader in the 2000s to “bunny hugging” under Boris Johnson in the 2020s. And it has been witnessed at first hand by George Eustice, a party press officer in the 2000s and now the Environment secretary.When we met in his office at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs late on Friday, I asked him if he thinks this lurch towards saving animals rather than hunting them with packs of dogs will sit well with the party’s traditional voters.He says: “I don't really see that there's an inconsistency between caring about animal welfare, wanting to promote that and believing in rural communities, and the values of the countryside.“I grew up on a family farm from a sixth generation farming family. I'm somebody who really understands the social capital that exists in our farming communities and rural communities.“And by having higher standards of animal welfare, there's nothing at all that is at odds with caring also about rural communities in the countryside.”For Mr Eustice, who grew up on his family farm with Guinea pigs, rabbits and a rescued Border Collie called Mono, the difference between then and now is that Boris Johnson wants to prioritise animal welfare.“There were always other priorities. Boris Johnson is the first Prime Minister, probably ever, to mention animal welfare on the steps of Downing Street. We've now got an occupant in Number 10 who really just wants to get some of these things done.”Critics claim that Mr Johnson’s love for animals comes from his fiancee Carrie Symonds, a passionate environmentalist. Mr Eustice says he has not talked to Miss Symonds “directly” about the new animal welfare laws.He says: “She [Miss Symonds] has long held views on this so there's no doubt about that - she's campaigned on animal welfare issues.“And it's not as though she's unique and alone in this. She is a Conservative she's passionate about animal welfare, as am I, as is the Prime Minister.”The most eye-catching of this week’s slew of animal welfare laws is an Animal Sentience Bill which will enshrine in law that animals are aware of their feelings and emotions, and have the same capacity to feel joy and pleasure, as well as pain and suffering.An existing committee of experts and civil servants in Defra will be tasked with ensuring Government’s policies will take into account animal sentience. Ministers had been criticised in 2018 when the duty was not carried across into UK law after Brexit.Mr Eustice says: “It would not make fishing illegal - people needn’t worry about that. It is much more than when we design policies, we have to have regard for animal sentience.”Mr Eustice admits some of the measures - such as the ban on bringing back hunting trophies to the UK and possible restrictions on fur imports - will not affect large numbers.The ban on keeping primates as pets, for example, is mainly targeted at the small number of people who have marmosets in homes (numbers grew after the Labour government removed restrictions in 2008 on the grounds that they are not dangerous).But it is all about “sending a signal”. He says: “It sends an important signal around the world and this is something that we want to try and stop.” Many of these changes - such the ban on live animal exports - are made possible by the UK’s exit from the European Union.“As a self governing country you gain some agility and also the self confidence to make these judgments for yourself.“And it does show that outside the EU, we can address areas of policy that some might consider, small niche areas of policy, but where you can make laws better or stronger.Mr Eustice admits that tackling the fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic is the Government’s number one priority.But he says: “That doesn't mean you have to stop work on every other front. How you treat animals, and the legislation you have to govern that, is a mark of a civilised society, and we should be constantly looking to improve and refine our legislation in this area.”It has been a busy week for Mr Eustice who last week had to defuse the row between French fishermen and Jersey’s government over access to their waters which led to the Navy sending in gunboats to ensure no one came to any harm.Mr Eustice is unrepentant.“It was an entirely legitimate response to a situation that you couldn't have predicted what might have come, and it's better always to have your assets on standby ready to react should they be needed.”And he is scathing of “disproportionate” threats to cut off Jersey’s power not least because France “would have to intervene in a commercial arrangement between EDF and Jersey”.He blames the French government for not telling its fishermen that they had to agree to new licensing agreements based on their historic catches with Jersey’s government.“It appears that some of the French industry hadn't quite appreciated what the European Commission had agreed in the Trade and Cooperation agreement,” he says.Jersey has now given the French fishermen until July 1 to ensure their paperwork is in order. Mr Eustice does not rule out sending in the Navy again.He says: “If the intelligence model - and an algorithm they follow - suggested that there was illegal fishing activity in Jersey waters, then some of those assets would be redeployed into that area to address that.”Mr Eustice is optimistic about the future of the Union - despite concern about buoyancy of support for the SNP - pointing out that “within Defra, we work very constructively with Scottish Government and with Welsh Government.His hope is that over time, as Brexit beds in, the calls from independence parties in the devolved administrations will die away.“They will accrue powers in everything from agriculture and environment to animal welfare policy powers that they never had before the devolved administrations will now again.“What will happen is over time once the tensions over Brexit heal ..., things will bed down the devolved administrations, all of them will realise that they can do things that they could never do as an EU member and the attraction of rejoining the EU will fade.”

Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome-Sat, May 8, 2021, 1:09 PM

ROME (AP) — Italian archaeologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals in a cave near Rome, shedding new light on how the Italian peninsula was populated and under what environmental conditions.The Italian Culture Ministry announced the discovery Saturday, saying it confirmed that the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was “one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals.” A Neanderthal skull was discovered in the cave in 1939.The fossilized bones include skulls, skull fragments, two teeth and other bone fragments. The oldest remains date from between 100,000 and 90,000 years ago, while the other eight Neanderthals are believed to date from 50,000-68,000 years ago, the Culture Ministry said in a statement.The excavations, begun in 2019, involved a part of the cave that hadn’t yet been explored, including a lake first noted by the anthropologist Alberto Carlo Blanc, who is credited with the 1939 Neanderthal skull discovery.Culture Minister Dario Franceschini called the finding “an extraordinary discovery that will be the talk of the world.”Anthropologist Mauro Rubini said the large number of remains suggest a significant population of Neanderthals, “the first human society of which we can speak.”Archaeologists said the cave had perfectly preserved the environment of 50,000 years ago. They noted that fossilized animal remains found in the cave - elephant, rhinoceros and giant deer, among others - shed light on the flora and fauna of the area and its climactic history.

Big Chinese rocket segment set to fall to Earth-Jonathan Amos - BBC Science Correspondent-Sat, May 8, 2021, 5:59 AM

China Launches Space Station Core Module Tianhe-The rocket was launched to carry a Chinese space station section into orbit-Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend.The main segment from the Long March-5b vehicle was used to launch the first module of China's new space station last month.At 18 tonnes it is one of the largest items in decades to have an undirected dive into the atmosphere.The US on Thursday said it was watching the path of the object but currently had no plans to shoot it down."We're hopeful that it will land in a place where it won't harm anyone," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "Hopefully in the ocean, or someplace like that."Various space debris modelling experts are pointing to late Saturday or early Sunday (GMT) as the likely moment of re-entry. However, such projections are always highly uncertaIN.Originally injected into an elliptical orbit approximately 160km by 375km above Earth's surface on 29 April, the Long March-5b core stage has been losing height ever since.Just how quickly the core's orbit will continue to decay will depend on the density of air it encounters at altitude and the amount of drag this produces. These details are poorly known.Our latest prediction for #LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry is ?? 09 May 2021 04:19 UTC ± 8 hours along the ground track shown here. Follow this page for updates: https://t.co/p2AU9zVEpA pic.twitter.com/rsE6yzcnHb— The Aerospace Corporation (@AerospaceCorp) May 7, 2021-Most of the vehicle should burn up when it makes its final plunge through the atmosphere, although there is always the possibility that metals with high melting points, and other resistant materials, could survive to the surface.

Business Insider-The Chinese rocket speeding back to Earth is so unpredictable it could land almost anywhere. One guess is around Turkmenistan late on May 8.Marianne Guenot-Fri, May 7, 2021, 6:54 AM

The US military and others are tracking a Chinese rocket piece due to re-enter the atmosphere soon.Experts have highlighted a huge swathe of the planet where the rocket could come down.Some say it will re-enter over Turkmenistan Sunday, but estimates differ by thousands of miles.Experts are tracking a large section of a Chinese rocket which is due to re-enter the atmosphere in the next two days or so.As the impact gets closer, calculations about the time and location of the debris re-entry are likely to improve. Until then, estimates will "continue to vary wildly," according to the US military.It is very difficult to predict where the rocket will land because it is thought to be making its descent in an uncontrolled way.Space-Track, a website run by the 18th Space Control Squadron, a branch of the US military that tracks space debris, said in a tweet on Friday that the rocket will reenter around 11:13 PM UTC, or 7:13 PM ET, on Saturday.According to the coordinates given in the tweet, the rocket would fall over Turkmenistan.-Space-Track (@SpaceTrackOrg) May 7, 2021-These estimates will "continue to vary wildly," Space-Track said, until it becomes clear when exactly the rocket will reach the atmosphere.On Thursday, it predicted the rocket would land in the middle of the Indian Ocean.That is because the rocket currently hurtling around the Earth on an orbit at about 18,000 mph, as it lowers towards the Earth at around 0.3 mph, Harvard Astronomer Jonathan McDowell said in a tweet.That means if the estimates of when the rocket would reach the atmosphere are off by even a half an hour, the rocket could be almost on the other side of the Earth.As of early Friday, the margin of error for Space-Track's estimate was at least 18 hours either way.Another body tracking the rocket, the Aerospace Corporation, a not-for profit-company that receives US funding, predicted on Thursday that the rocket would reenter the atmosphere on May 9 at 3:43 AM UTC, which is Sunday, at 11:43 PM, ET time.-The Aerospace Corporation (@AerospaceCorp) May 6, 2021-The rocket could hit the atmosphere anywhere along the yellow lines in the map above at that time, they say.So far, the only certainty is that the rocket would re-enter the atmosphere within a latitude of 41.5 degrees north and south of the equator, which covers an area as far north as New York City, and as far south as New Zealand.The "exact entry point of the rocket into the Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry," US Space Command, a branch of the US military that is tracking the object, said in a statement on Tuesday.The Space-Track Twitter page said it would publish estimates daily.The object that is being tracked is the core module of a Long March 5B rocket that was launched by China on April 29.Common practice is for these types of objects to fall back to Earth without reaching orbit, which makes it easier to predict where they will fall, Aerospace Corporation said in a blog post.But the core module of the Chinese rocket reached orbit, and is now circling the Earth on an elliptical pattern, slowly being pulled closer and closer to the atmosphere, Aerospace Corporation said.The object, which is thought to be around 22 tons, should mostly disintegrate upon reentry, but experts are concerned that some debris could survive and reach the surface of the Earth.A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that because of the design of the rocket, the vast majority of the devices will be burnt up and there is "a very low probability" of its re-entry causing harm.Chinese authorities plan to release information about the timing of the rocket's re-entry in "a timely manner," he said, according to the Associated Press .Read the original article on Business Insider

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)

IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)

ISAIAH 34:10
10  It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29  And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30  The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
031  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32  And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)

COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AM

53 Palestinians hurt in fresh Jerusalem clashes; Gazans riot along border fence-Violent protests held at Damascus Gate; hundreds of Palestinians set tires alight, hurl explosives at IDF at four locations along Strip’s security fence with Israel-By TOI staff-9 May 2021, 12:38 am

Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem on Saturday night and rioted along the Gaza border with Israel, amid a serious flare-up of violence over tensions surrounding the Temple Mount.According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 53 Palestinians were hurt in riots at Damascus Gate outside the Old City, after protesters hurled bottles and rocks at Israeli security forces and the police responded with stun grenades and water cannons.The renewed clashes came a day after Jerusalem saw some of the city’s worst violence in years, with 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers wounded as hundreds rioted in the Temple Mount and cops broke into the compound to quell the unrest.On Saturday night, 90,000 Palestinians attended Laylat al-Qadr prayers at the Temple Mount, marking the Ramadan holiday’s holiest night. Worshipers at the compound chanted in support of the Hamas terror group’s military wing, which reiterated its threat to attack Israel over recent tensions in Jerusalem.“Strike Tel Aviv,” the Palestinian worshipers chanted. “In spirit and in blood, we will redeem al-Aqsa.” Similar calls were heard at the Damascus Gate.Palestinian demonstrators also set fire to a police barricade near Damascus Gate during the ensuing riot, which involved hundreds.Not far from Jerusalem’s Old City, renewed clashes broke out in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the site of tensions over the pending eviction of several Palestinian families from homes claimed by nationalist Jews.Police said a small protest there turned into rioting that included “waving Palestinian flags and throwing rocks toward the forces.” The officers responded with riot dispersal means.Two Palestinian suspects were arrested after pepper-spraying Israeli officers, police said. The suspects were found to be carrying “means of attack,” it said, without specifying.Meanwhile, on the Gaza border, some 450 Palestinians at four locations along the fence separating the Strip from Israel set fire to tires and hurled improvised explosive devices at Israeli soldiers. The military launched flares over the area, as well as responding with tear gas and rubber-tipped bullets, Palestinian media reports said.The explosions from the IEDs could be heard in nearby Israeli towns along the Gaza border. “There is no danger and there is no change in the guidelines,” a spokesperson for the Sdot Negev Regional Council told residents.Saturday also saw at least 10 fires in southern Israel caused by balloons from Gaza carrying incendiary devices. There were no reports of any injuries or danger to nearby towns.Israel has boosted its security presence in all potential arenas of conflict, and is also deploying Iron Dome batteries near potential targets of Gaza rockets, while also making efforts behind the scenes to calm Palestinian spirits.The international community, including Israel’s Arab allies, condemned the Jewish state Saturday for security forces “storming” of Al-Aqsa during the clashes.The Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem has long been one of the main flashpoints of Israeli-Palestinian friction. The holiest place in Judaism — as the site of the two biblical temples — is also home to the Muslim holy sites of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.Israel fears the potential for a major escalation of the conflict in the coming days, and was braced for more violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.On Saturday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with top security officials to assess the situation. “We are acting responsibly to ensure law and order in Jerusalem while maintaining freedom of worship at the holy sites,” Netanyahu said in a statement.Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai announced on Saturday that troop levels would be bolstered in the West Bank and in Jerusalem respectively.Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh said Friday that Israel would “pay a price” for the clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Islamic Jihad, a terror group that often fires rockets from Gaza into Israeli territory, also threatened Israel over the Al-Aqsa clashes.The central committee of Fatah, the movement led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, warned Saturday night that “the continuation of the settler attacks on the holy places and the homes of Palestinian residents, their expulsion and expansion of settlements — will lead to an all-out conflict in all the Palestinian territories.”Tensions have been rising across Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza for the past several weeks.On Friday, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Border Police troops in the northern West Bank. Two of them were killed in the firefight and a third was critically injured. Israeli military officials said the three were en route to carry out a “major” terrorist attack on civilians inside Israel, with reports saying they were heading for Jerusalem.Israeli yeshiva student Yehuda Guetta was shot in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank on Sunday before he died of his wounds on Wednesday night. Israeli security forces arrested a suspect in his killing.On Wednesday 16-year-old Palestinian teenager Said Odeh was shot and killed by Israeli forces who said he was throwing Molotov cocktails at troops.n recent days, Palestinians have held demonstrations in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Over 70 Palestinian residents are threatened with eviction and could be replaced by right-wing Jewish nationalists, in a legal battle being waged in the courts.An Israeli court has ordered the families to leave, as the property was owned by a Jewish religious association before 1948. A 1970 Israeli law allows Jews to reclaim property in East Jerusalem from before it fell into Jordanian hands; no similar law exists for Palestinians.Aaron Boxerman and Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.

TV: Palestinians stocked rocks for Temple Mount riots, police caught unawares-Authorities said to have had no knowledge of caches of slabs, stones, and fireworks at Al-Aqsa compound, used by rioters during Friday’s mass unrest-By TOI staff-MAY 8,21-Today, 10:50 pm

In the days leading up to Friday’s mass rioting in the Temple Mount compound Palestinians had stockpiled stone slabs, rocks and fireworks around the site, according to a Saturday television report.The Channel 12 report indicated police would look into why it had not managed to get wind of the preparations for the violent clashes at the holy site.The clashes and riots at the compound that hosts the Al-Qasa Mosque followed prayers held there on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. At least 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers were wounded during the events.Some of the stockpiled means were used during the Friday clashes, and there were fears they may be used again in the coming days, the report said.The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that at least 205 Palestinians were wounded in clashes throughout Jerusalem on Friday, mostly around the Temple Mount and by the Damascus Gate. Eighty-eight Palestinians were hospitalized, mostly for injuries with rubber-coated steel bullets, it said.Anger grew on Saturday with the circulation of a video in which a stun grenade is seen detonating inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after it was launched into the building by Israeli security forces. According to Channel 12 this was in response to attacks on the forces from within the mosque.Other images online appeared to show the riot police entering the main mosque building amid the violent clash.The international community, including Israel’s Arab allies, condemned the Jewish state Saturday for security forces “storming” of Al-Aqsa during the clashes.The Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem has long been one of the main flashpoints of Israeli-Palestinian friction. The holiest place in Judaism — as the site of the two biblical temples — is also home to the Muslim holy sites of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.Israel fears the potential for a major escalation of the conflict in the coming days, and was braced for more violence on Saturday, the holiest night of Ramadan, in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.On Saturday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with top security officials to assess the situation. “We are acting responsibly to ensure law and order in Jerusalem while maintaining freedom of worship at the holy sites,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

Israel fears further escalation within days; Fatah warns of ‘all-out conflict’Military, police have acute alerts of potential terror attacks, Channel 12 says; many Palestinians reportedly view clashes as a ‘war for Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa’-By TOI staff-MAY 8,21-Today, 10:22 pm

Israel’s security establishment is preparing for several critical days in Jerusalem that could determine whether the country sees a return to calm or a major conflagration, according to media reports Saturday.Police and the military were bracing for renewed violence a day after Jerusalem saw some of the city’s worst violence for years, with 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers wounded as hundreds rioted in the Temple Mount and cops broke into the compound to quell the unrest.Channel 12 reported there are acute alerts of potential terror attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem in the coming days, after a week that has seen a deadly shooting attack, a failed shooting attack on soldiers and repeated clashes in the capital that have left dozens of policemen and hundreds of Palestinians wounded.The network cited unnamed security officials as saying that with Saturday marking the holiest night of Ramadan and Sunday-Monday seeing Jewish celebrations of Jerusalem Day, the capital could potentially see an escalation in violence that would lead to a larger conflict.Israeli riot police clash with Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem Old City on May 7, 2021.(Jamal Awad/Flash90)-The central committee of Fatah, the movement led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, warned Saturday night that “the continuation of the settler attacks on the holy places and the homes of Palestinian residents, their expulsion and expansion of settlements — will lead to an all-out conflict in all the Palestinian territories.”According to Channel 12, current discourse in the Palestinian street is of a “war for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” The network said that in the Gaza Strip, Hamas is currently avoiding firing rockets, but that could quickly change. In the meantime, the terror group is encouraging its West Bank operatives to carry out attacks there and inflame tensions.Israel has boosted its security presence in all potential arenas of conflict, and is also deploying Iron Dome batteries near potential targets of Gaza rockets, while also making efforts behind the scenes to calm Palestinian spirits.Meanwhile the Walla news site reported that the Israeli Air Force has been instructed to “refresh” its target bank in the Gaza Strip and be ready for a deterioration in the security situation there.Security officials are hoping to avoid bloodshed and deaths in the coming days that could spark wider unrest, Channel 12 said.At the same time far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir on Saturday called to enable policemen “to defend themselves and use weapons including live fire” against “the terrorists in the Temple Mount and throughout the country.”He said policemen whose lives are endangered “should be firing and not dealing with riot dispersal measures.”Channel 12 reported that while Fatah and Hamas are both encouraging mass protests in response to events in the capital, Fatah is interested in keeping the events contained, and does not want serious escalation. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s organization is thus attempting to focus the outrage on the Palestinian street on Jerusalem alone, to keep the demonstrations limited in scope, as Hamas attempts to widen the front to the rest of the West Bank and Gaza.Tensions have been rising across Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza for the past several weeks.On Friday, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Border Police troops in the northern West Bank. Two of them were killed in the firefight and a third was critically injured. Israeli military officials said the three were en route to carry out a “major” terrorist attack on civilians inside Israel, with reports saying they were heading for Jerusalem.Israeli yeshiva student Yehuda Guetta was shot in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank on Sunday before he died of his wounds on Wednesday night. Israeli security forces arrested a suspect in his killing.On Wednesday 16-year-old Palestinian teenager Said Odeh was shot and killed by Israeli forces who said he was throwing Molotov cocktails at troops.In recent days, Palestinians have held demonstrations in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Over 70 Palestinian residents are threatened with eviction and could be replaced by right-wing Jewish nationalists, in a legal battle being waged in the courts.An Israeli court has ordered the families to leave, as the property was owned by a Jewish religious association before 1948. A 1970 Israeli law allows Jews to reclaim property in East Jerusalem from before it fell into Jordanian hands; no similar law exists for Palestinians.Additionally, at the beginning of Ramadan, Palestinians repeatedly clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem in protest of restrictions at the Damascus Gate area. Some videos also circulated on Palestinian social media showing young Arab men attacking Ultra-Orthodox passersby.In response, hundreds of Jewish extremists marched through Jerusalem’s downtown, chanting “Death to Arabs.” Others randomly attacked Palestinians across the city. This then led to severe clashes between police, Jews and Arabs in the city.On Friday Defense Minister Benny Gantz held an assessment of the security situation with senior officials from the military, police and Shin Bet.At the end of the meeting, the IDF said there would be a reinforcement of troop numbers as part of preparations for a potential escalation.“Extremists on both sides cannot be allowed to cause an escalation of the situation,” Gantz said in a statement. “Israel will continue to act to preserve freedom of worship at the Temple Mount and at the same time not allow terror to raise its head or harm public order.”Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai also held a “special” security assessment in light of the recent tensions in Jerusalem.A police statement said Shabtai ordered commanders, in particular in the Jerusalem area, to “significantly” boost their forces ahead of the most sacred night of Ramadan on Saturday evening and “another series of expected events over the coming days.” This apparently was referring to Jerusalem Day, a national holiday that begins Sunday night, in which Israel celebrates the unification of Jerusalem and religious nationalists hold parades and other celebrations in the city.“I stress here that the right to protest will be preserved but rioting will be answered firmly and with zero tolerance. I call on everyone to act with responsibility and restraint,” Shabtai was quoted saying in the statement.The Hamas terror group’s official media outlet said Gaza-based groups were calling for demonstrations near the border fence with Israel on Saturday in protest of Israeli actions in Jerusalem.According to the Ynet news site, it was thought that protestors will confront IDF troops at the border demonstrations, with comparisons made to the violent March of the Return protests.Saturday saw at least 10 blazes caused by incendiary balloons launched from the Strip.Hamas has rejected a message sent by Israel via Egyptian mediators calling to prevent a further escalation of violence and a potential deterioration into a wide-ranging conflict, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Saturday.According to the report, Hamas responded that “events on the ground” showed that Israel does not wish for a de-escalation and that therefore a truce between the sides was unlikely in the near future.According to Al-Arabiya, Egypt has urged Israel to halt the evictions of Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah and has called upon Palestinian leaders to de-escalate tensions.Qatari mediators are also working to prevent rockets from Gaza from being fired at Israel in retaliation for the Jerusalem tensions, the Kan public broadcaster reported on Saturday night.Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh said Friday that Israel would “pay a price” for the clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites. The hilltop on which it sits is the holiest place in the world for Jews as the site of the two biblical temples — making it a flashpoint for nationalist sentiment and violence between Israelis and Palestinians.Islamic Jihad, a terror group that often fires rockets from Gaza into Israeli territory, also threatened Israel over the Al-Aqsa clashes.Additionally, the Arab High Follow-Up Committee, a body that represents Arab Israelis, called for protests in Arab towns and cities across the country in response to the violence.The United States said Saturday it was “extremely concerned” by the events in Jerusalem, calling on officials from all sides to deescalate the tensions.“It is absolutely critical that all sides exercise restraint, refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric, and preserve the historic status quo on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount – in word and in practice,” the State Department said in a statement. “Leaders across the spectrum must denounce all violent acts.”Israel’s Arab allies, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, have all condemned its actions in Jerusalem.

Arabs across Israel protest Jerusalem clashes; cops block buses to Temple Mount-Massive traffic jams on main highway to capital after police stop worshipers for hours; officials assert some passengers planned to riot at the holy site-By TOI staff-MAY 8,21-Today, 8:53 pm

Arab Israelis protested throughout the country Saturday over the government’s actions in Jerusalem, including how it handled major violent clashes on the Temple Mount Friday and the potential eviction of dozens of Palestinians from an East Jerusalem neighborhood.Largely peaceful protests were held in numerous communities. Protesters briefly blocked traffic on a section of Route 65 in northern Israel. Five people were detained in Umm al-Fahm in the north over suspicions they threw rocks near the city’s police station. In East Jerusalem, two people were arrested on suspicion of throwing rocks at police officers.Several buses carrying Arab Israelis to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount were held up at a police checkpoint on the major Route 1 highway outside the city, which was bracing for further violence after seeing some of its worst clashes in years on Friday. Saturday night is Laylat al-Qadr, the most sacred night in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Worshipers were set to gather for nighttime prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.The move caused massive traffic jams in both directions on the main highway to the capital.Video showed passengers getting off the buses and marching along the highway, with some blocking traffic in both directions.Police said they stopped the buses because they had intelligence indicating some of the passengers were planning to riot on the Temple Mount. They said only “suspicious” passengers would be forced off, while others would be allowed to drive on. The blockages were eventually opened up after some three hours.The move to stop the buses faced harsh condemnation from Arab MKs. Meretz MK Issawi Frej blasted police for “preventing thousands of Israeli civilians from marking the holiest night in Islam, Laylat al-Qadr… trying to stop them from participating in one of the most important events in Islam.” He accused authorities of “on the one hand allowing [Itamar] Ben Gvir to create provocations in Sheikh Jarrah and on the other preventing Muslim citizens from reaching Al-Aqsa. They’re not trying to calm things down, but to inflame them.”On Thursday evening, Religious Zionism’s Ben Gvir, a far-right activist, set up what he declared to be a parliamentary office in the East Jerusalem neighborhood — a table under an awning with a sign — in response to what he said was a lack of protection for Jewish families in the area. This was followed by intense clashes between Jewish and Arab residents in the area.Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana tweeted that police were “terribly impeding the freedom of religion and freedom of movement of so many citizens.”Meanwhile, Saturday evening also saw Jewish demonstrators march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City while chanting, in an apparent show of force to locals.Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Turgeman predicted Saturday that there would be attempts to provoke violence in the city after major clashes erupted Friday night on the Temple Mount between police and Muslim worshipers, amid rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions and as Ramadan comes to an end.“We won’t allow rioting,” he was quoted saying by Kan news.Friday saw some of the worst violence in Jerusalem for years, with 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers wounded.Police and the military were preparing for fresh violence on Saturday, and were on heightened alert in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza border, where mass protests were expected in the evening.According to the Haaretz newspaper, police believe the clashes on the Temple Mount were being led by Hamas operatives, and linked the recent violence at the Jerusalem holy site to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to indefinitely delay legislative elections that were scheduled for later this month.Former prime minister Ehud Olmert told Kan news Saturday that “a kind of intifada is brewing, which is possible to prevent.” He warned of “extreme elements in the Jewish population who are fanning the fire and adding to the problem [in Sheikh Jarrah], which needs to be decided judicially.”On Saturday Defense Minister Benny Gantz held an assessment of the security situation with senior officials from the military, police and Shin Bet. At the end of the meeting, the IDF said there would be a reinforcement of troop numbers as part of preparations for a potential escalation.“Extremists on both sides cannot be allowed to cause an escalation of the situation,” Gantz said in a statement. “Israel will continue to act to preserve freedom of worship at the Temple Mount and at the same time not allow terror to raise its head or harm public order.”Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai also held a special security assessment in light of the recent tensions in Jerusalem.A police statement said Shabtai ordered commanders, in particular in the Jerusalem area, to “significantly” boost their forces ahead of the most sacred night of Ramadan on Saturday evening and “another series of expected events over the coming days.” This apparently was referring to Jerusalem Day, a national holiday that begins Sunday night, in which Israel celebrates the unification of Jerusalem and religious nationalists hold parades and other celebrations in the city.“I stress here that the right to protest will be preserved but rioting will be answered firmly and with zero tolerance. I call on everyone to act with responsibility and restraint,” Shabtai was quoted saying in the statement.Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Arab Israelis were expected to hold mass protests on Saturday in the wake of the violence in Jerusalem on Friday night.Saturday saw at least 10 fires in southern Israel caused by balloons carrying incendiary devices. There were no reports of any injuries or danger to nearby towns.The Hamas terror group’s official media outlet said Gaza-based groups were calling for demonstrations near the border fence with Israel on Saturday in protest of Israeli actions in Jerusalem.In recent days, Palestinians have held demonstrations in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Over 70 Palestinian residents are threatened with eviction and could be replaced by right-wing Jewish nationalists, in a legal battle being waged in Israel’s judicial system.An Israeli court has ordered the families to leave, as the property was owned by a Jewish religious association before 1948. A 1970 Israeli law allows Jews to reclaim property in East Jerusalem from before it fell into Jordanian hands; no similar law exists for Palestinians.Palestinians and their supporters have protested the pending evictions every night for the past week. Police have sought to disperse the protests with sound grenades and water cannons, leading to injuries and arrests.The families have asked the Israeli Supreme Court to consider an appeal, which it is scheduled to do on Monday.Additionally, at the beginning of Ramadan, Palestinians repeatedly clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem in protest of restrictions at the Damascus Gate area. Some videos also circulated on Palestinian social media showing young Arab men attacking ultra-Orthodox passersby.In response, hundreds of Jewish extremists marched through Jerusalem’s downtown, chanting “Death to Arabs.” Others randomly attacked Palestinians across the city. This then led to severe clashes between police, Jews and Arabs in the city.

UAE, Bahrain pan Israel’s ‘storming’ of Al-Aqsa, amid international condemnation-Gulf states say Israel has responsibility to de-escalate, blast its ‘provocations’; nations also warn against pending evictions of Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians from their homes-By TOI staff and Agencies-MAY 8,21-Today, 6:13 pm

Israeli security forces advance amid clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021 (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)-The international community, including Israel’s Arab allies, condemned the Jewish state Saturday for the violence in Jerusalem a day earlier that saw 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers wounded, as well as for pending evictions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.The United Arab Emirates, which normalized relations with Israel last year and has so far had warm ties with the country, expressed “deep concern over the violence” in Jerusalem. It condemned “Israeli authorities’ storming of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque” as well as plans to evict East Jerusalem residents.Abu Dhabi added that Israel must protect Palestinian rights to practice their religion. It said Israel had a “responsibility for de-escalation” and urged it to “end all attacks and practices that lead to continued tension.”Bahrain, which also established ties with Israel last year as part of the Abraham Accords, expressed “strong condemnation” over Israel’s actions on the Temple Mount, saying it must “stop these rejected provocations against the people of Jerusalem, and work to prevent its forces from attacking worshipers in this holy month.”The widespread clashes and riots in the Al-Aqsa compound followed prayers held there on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.The Gulf nation also condemned the “Israeli plan to evict the citizens of Jerusalem from their homes,” referring to the situation in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where over 70 Palestinian residents are threatened with eviction and could be replaced by right-wing Jewish nationalists, in a legal battle being waged in Israel’s Supreme Court.The Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem has long been one of the main flashpoints of Israeli-Palestinian friction. The holiest place in Judaism — as the site of the two biblical temples — is also home to the Muslim holy sites of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.Saudi Arabia, which does not have formal relations with Israel but is widely reported to share close clandestine ties with Jerusalem, also rejected plans to evict Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Israel “must stop all measures that violate the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” It added that potential evictions were a violation of international law, and reduce the chances of a two-state solution.Turkey said it “strongly condemns the attacks by Israeli security forces against the Palestinians worshiping in Al-Aqsa Mosque.”On his official Twitter account, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted in Hebrew: “We strongly condemn the despicable Israeli attacks on… the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which unfortunately take place every Ramadan.”He said Turkey will “continue to stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters under all circumstances.”Israel is facing growing international scrutiny over the pending evictions, which the United Nations on Friday said could be a “war crime.”Russia on Saturday said developments were “perceived with deep concern in Moscow. We strongly condemn attacks against civilians. It called on “all parties to refrain from any steps fraught with the escalation of violence.”The European Union called on local leaders “to act urgently to de-escalate the current tensions,” saying “violence and incitement are unacceptable and the perpetrators on all sides must be held accountable.”On Friday, the US urged all sides to act with restraint in Jerusalem, saying it was “critical” to restore calm amid several days of clashes in East Jerusalem.“The United States is extremely concerned about ongoing confrontations in Jerusalem… which have reportedly resulted in scores of injured people,” a statement from State Department spokesman Ned Price said. “There is no excuse for violence, but such bloodshed is especially disturbing now, coming as it does on the last days of Ramadan.”He said Washington was calling on Israeli and Palestinian officials to “act decisively to deescalate tensions and bring a halt to the violence.”The recent tensions have raised fears of sparking a wider conflict, with the Hamas terror group in Gaza warning of renewed violence over the issue.Israeli security forces were on high alert Saturday in preparation for fresh violence in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and along the Gaza border.Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement Friday pushing back on criticism of the pending evictions and accused the Palestinian Authority and terror organizations of fanning the tensions.On Saturday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with top security officials to assess the situation. “We are acting responsibly to ensure law and order in Jerusalem while maintaining freedom of worship at the holy sites,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

Netanyahu, Lapid back security forces: ‘We won’t allow violence, terror threats’PM says Israel acting responsibly to ‘ensure law and order, maintain freedom of worship’; Joint List head blames far-right MK for ‘fanning’ tensions in Jerusalem-By TOI staff-MAY 8,21-Today, 5:07 pm

Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid, who currently holds the mandate to form a new government, expressed support for Israeli security forces on Saturday, a day after some of the worst violence Jerusalem has seen in years, and as tensions also rose with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.In a tweet, Lapid also wished the 17 officers who were injured in the clashes a speedy recovery.“The State of Israel won’t allow violence to rage within it and definitely won’t let terror organizations threaten it. Whoever wants to harm us needs to know he will pay a very heavy price,” Lapid said.He added: “This is the time for responsibility from all sides, particularly from public officials.”Lapid did not specify any officials by name.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Saturday with top security officials to assess the situation; the IDF and police decided to boost their deployments ahead of further feared violence.“We are acting responsibly to ensure law and order in Jerusalem while maintaining freedom of worship at the holy sites,” Netanyahu said in a statement.Far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir on Thursday night set up a “parliamentary office” in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, as clashes raged there between right-wing Jewish nationalists, police and Palestinians. Ben Gvir reportedly agreed to leave after being warned by Netanyahu’s office that his continued presence there could prompt Palestinian terrorists in Gaza to fire rockets at Jerusalem.Lawmakers from the predominantly Arab Joint List Party and left-wing Meretz have protested in the neighborhood — including on Friday — against the pending evictions of several Palestinian families, whose homes are claimed by right-wing Jews as part of a long-running legal battle.Joint List chief Ayman Odeh on Friday accused Ben Gvir and Deputy Jerusalem Mayor Aryeh King of “fanning the violence and encouraging repression,” and shared a video of the two in Sheikh Jarrah of Thursday, in which the deputy mayor told a Palestinian man “it was too bad” he had not been shot in the forehead.Odeh said he would file a complaint against King and ask Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to launch an investigation.Watch: Deputy Mayor of #Jerusalem, Arieh King, tell a Palestinian activist "it's a pity" he wan't shot in the head, last night in #SheikhJarrah pic.twitter.com/AgLEXc1nLW — Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv1985) May 7, 2021The Joint List leader also shared a video on Twitter from clashes Friday in the Old City, in which a police officer threw a stun grenade toward a crowd that included some women and children“This is what the last Friday of Raman looks like under occupation,” he wrote on Twitter.Also denouncing the Israeli response to Friday’s rioting on the Temple Mount and elsewhere in Jerusalem was Ra’am leader Mansour Abbbas, whose Islamist party has been courted by both Netanyahu and the premier’s political rivals in their respective bids to form a government.In a statement, Abbas called any harm to the Temple Mount’s Al-Aqsa Mosque or worshippers there a “red line.” He said Ra’am would use its position in the Knesset to prevent the site’s “sanctity” from being violated and to ensure Muslims’ “exclusive right” to the Temple Mount, which is the holiest site in Judaism and third holiest in Islam.He voiced support for Jordanian custodianship over the Temple Mount and called on Israel to respect it, while also expressing backing for Sheikh Jarrah residents.Meanwhile, Defense Minister Benny Gantz of Blue and White, who met Friday with Lapid and Yamina chief Naftali Bennett for talks on forming a unity government, met with top security officials at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, as the Israel Defense Forces and police moved to bolster troops levels.“Extremists on both sides cannot be allowed to cause an escalation of the situation,” Gantz said in a statement. “Israel will continue to act to preserve freedom of worship at the Temple Mount and at the same time not allow terror to raise its head or harm public order.”

Gaza incendiary balloons spark 10 fires in south for a third day-At least 3 blazes burn in the Be’eri nature reserve; balloon-borne attacks come amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem, West Bank-By Emanuel Fabian-MAY 8,21-Today, 4:27 pm

Firefighting teams worked to extinguish multiple fires in southern Israel on Saturday, caused by balloons carrying incendiary devices that were launched from the Gaza Strip.According to fire services, teams responded to 10 blazes in the region.At least three of the fires burned in the Be’eri forest, a nature reserve located near the border between Israel and Gaza, a spokesperson for the Jewish National Fund said.There were no reports of any injuries or danger to nearby towns.The fires came amid reports in the Gaza Strip from the so-called “balloon units” that they had begun to launch balloon-borne incendiary devices toward southern Israel. Saturday marked the third straight day of such attacks.A report in the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper said that Palestinian factions in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were planning to reactivate the so-called “nightly confusion units” which have in the past rioted along the security fence.The attacks come amid rising tensions in Jerusalem, the West Bank and along the Gaza border. Police bolstered their presence in Jerusalem on Saturday following violent clashes that saw some 200 Palestinians and 17 Israeli police officers wounded.The clashes have come as a result of tensions related to the holy month of Ramadan in the Temple Mount, as well as the potential eviction of dozens of Palestinians from East Jerusalem’s Sheik Jarrah neighborhood in favor of Jewish tenants, in a case that is being reviewed by the courts.The military was preparing for potential mass protests near the Gaza border on Saturday.Recent days have seen over a dozen fires sparked in the Gaza border area as a result of incendiary balloons.In Gaza, the so-called “independent balloon unit” had warned on Thursday that “this is just the beginning.” Another smaller unit affiliated with the Gaza-based Mujahideen Brigades terror group announced on Saturday morning they had begun to mobilize their members to start the balloon-launching activities.On Monday, two balloons carrying suspected explosive devices that were apparently launched from Gaza landed in southern Israel, local authorities said, in the first such attacks in months. The suspected bombs were found in agricultural fields in the Israeli community of Kfar Aza, east of Gaza City.The practice of launching balloon-borne incendiary and explosive devices from the Gaza Strip toward Israel has waxed and waned over the past two years, though there have been relatively few launches of late, as the Israeli government and Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group have been engaged in indirect talks about a long-term ceasefire.Earlier this month, terrorists in Gaza launched dozens of rockets at southern Israel. Most of the rockets landed in open fields, where they caused no injury or damage, but a few struck inside Israeli communities, with shrapnel hitting buildings and vehicles. That attack also came amid tensions and warring protests of Palestinians and far-right Jews in Jerusalem.On Friday, three Palestinians opened fire toward a Border Police base in Israeli territory near the northern West Bank, with two of the attackers killed and one wounded, when officers on the scene returned fire.Israeli yeshiva student Yehuda Guetta was shot in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank earlier this week; he died of his wounds on Wednesday night.Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
 

Monday, May 03, 2021

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REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).

THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD OVER ALL CASES 154,174,142 DEAD 3,226,724 AS OF TUE MAY 04,21

I GUESS RICK SANTORUM WAS ON PROPAGANDIST CHRIS CUOMOS SHOW WHICH I NEVER SEEN. BUT AT 10PM PROPAGANDIST DON LEMON RACE BAITER-CAME ON YAPPIN WITH CUOMO. AND HE WAS HOPPIN MAD WHAT SANTORUM SAID TO CUOMO. THEN AFTER CUOMO LOVES LEMON. HE SAYS. LEMON WINES TO HIS REGULAR SHOW. THEN HE YAPS ABOUT CERTAIN REPUBLICANS SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT STILL STICKING UP FOR TRUMP.  I HAVE A FEELING THE LEMON-AIDS OF CNN IS JELOUS BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS ARE STICKING TOGETHER. AND THE DEMOLIBNUTS ARE IN FIGHTING OVER WHO CAN RACE BAIT THE BEST. AS THEY DISINTEGRATE AMERICA INTO THE NEXT 3RD WORLD COUNTRY.  

EU drug agency starts evaluating Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year olds-European Medicines Agency says it will carry out ‘accelerated assessment of data’ on shot when submitted by its producers-By AFP and TOI staff-3 May 2021, 7:50 pm

Europe’s medicines watchdog said Monday that it had begun evaluating the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, after a similar request in the United States.Its possible authorization for children is seen as a crucial step toward achieving herd immunity.The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee “will carry out an accelerated assessment of data submitted by the company that markets Comirnaty,” said an EMA statement — referring to vaccine’s brand name.This included results from a large ongoing clinical study involving adolescents from 12 years of age, the Amsterdam-based agency said.The agency would announce its findings in June “unless supplementary information is needed,” the statement added.Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday asked the European regulator to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine, after filing a similar request with the US authorities earlier in April.Their vaccine is currently only approved for use on people aged 16 and over.The move comes after phase 3 trial data showed the vaccine provided “robust antibody responses” and was 100-percent effective in warding off the disease among those aged 12 to 15, the companies said.If approved, the green light would apply to all 27 European Union member states.Pfizer and BioNTech added that they also planned to seek clearance from “other regulatory authorities worldwide.”No coronavirus vaccines are currently authorized for use by children.While children and teenagers are less likely to develop severe COVID, they make up a large part of the population, and inoculating them — to prevent them from infecting others — is considered key to ending the pandemic.Getting older children vaccinated before the next school year begins would also ease the strain on parents juggling the demands of homeschooling and work.“It’s very important to enable children (to make) a return to their normal school lives and allow them to meet with family and friends,” Ugur Sahin, co-founder and CEO Germany’s BioNTech told German weekly Der Spiegel last week.BioNTech and Pfizer are also racing to get their shot approved for younger kids, from six months upwards.The BioNTech/Pfizer shot, based on mRNA technology, was the first COVID-19 jab to be approved in the West late last year.Israel is already making preparations to launch a vaccination drive of 12- to 15-year-olds following its adult inoculation campaign, which has given the Pfizer-BioNTech shots to over half the population. Health officials have said the program will start as soon as US authorities approve the vaccines for use with children.Last month, Israel signed deals to purchase millions of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccine doses to ready the country for another campaign that would also include young adolescences.The Israeli Pediatric Associated has called for parents and family doctors to vaccinate their children when the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved for those children. Currently, the vaccine has emergency authorization for use in people 16 and older.

104 North American Jews fulfill Jeremiah’s prophecy returning to Israel-by Video Manager | Apr 28, 2021 | News Videos

And there is hope for your future —declares Hashem: Your children shall return to their country. Jeremiah 31:16 (The Israel BibleTM)-104 Jewish Americans and Canadians have made Aliyah on Monday. The newest naturalized citizens of Israel arrived in the Holy Land via Nefesh b’Nefesh charter flight.The Nefesh b’Nefesh organization enables Jewish people in North America to become Israeli citizens through the Aliyah process.“Honestly, it just feels really good to be home,” said one arrival.“I dreamt about this since I was a child,” said another elderly Olah.Another couple said that they made “100 trips to Israel” adding that they “now feel like they’re part of the land.”The idea of the Jewish people ingathering from the exile has been prophesied in the book of Jeremiah:And there is hope for your future —declares Hashem: Your children shall return to their country. (Jeremiah 31:16)-Welcome home.

Israel to fly planeloads of medical aid to virus-wracked India-Shipments will include oxygen generators, ventilators; non-government organizations join effort; deliveries to arrive this week-By TOI staff-MAY 4,21-Today, 12:24 am

The Foreign Ministry said Monday that it is sending planeloads of medical equipment, including respirators, oxygen generators, and medicines to India, where the health system is collapsing under a wave of resurgent coronavirus infectionsThe shipments will include hundreds of oxygen generators, ventilators, and medical equipment that are urgently needed by India, the ministry said in a statement.The first batches will be sent Tuesday and the rest throughout the week.“India is one of Israel’s closest and most important friends. Especially in this difficult period that India is going through, we stand by it and are sending life-saving equipment to our Indian brethren,” said Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.Several ministries and other government bodies, including the Israeli and Indian embassies in each country, were involved in setting up the operation, the ministry said.In addition, the ministry’s Economics Division worked with key organizations such as the Israel-India Chamber of Commerce, the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers Association of Israel, the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, and the government-funded Israel Export Institute.The Startup Nation Central non-profit called on Israeli companies that work with Indian counterparts to join in the effort to build the Israeli aid package.Additional help came from Amdocs, a software and communications company, which donated 150 oxygen generators, the statement said. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which describes itself as the largest Jewish humanitarian organization in the world, will also donate equipment to India, including some for the Jewish community in Mumbai.Last week the Kan public broadcaster reported that an unofficial request for medical equipment, including oxygen supplies and various drugs, was made to the Israeli embassy in India.Israel and India have cooperated in the past on the coronavirus and last April, the New Delhi government reportedly sent Israel five tons of the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which are used to treat malaria. At the time, the drugs were being reviewed in various countries as a possible treatment for the coronavirus.On Sunday, India recorded a slight drop in new infections with 392,488, down from a high of 401,993 in the previous 24 hours. It also reported 3,689 additional deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 215,542. Experts believe both figures are an undercount.Other countries, including the US and Britain, have also said they will send assistance.

Minister said to muzzle police chief request for Meron probe commission-Reports say police document prepared before event specifically warned of danger at the site of the deadly crush that killed 45 and wounded dozens-By TOI staff-MAY 4,21-Today, 2:18 am

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana reportedly told Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai to drop a request for a state commission of inquiry into the deadly Meron festival disaster, Channel 13 News reported Monday.There have been increasing demands for a state probe of the tragedy at Lag B’Omber celebrations last week when 45 people were killed in a crush and over 150 injured.During a meeting of senior police commanders, Shabtai declared that he would make a formal request to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to set up a state commission of inquiry, the report said.At some point during the Monday morning meeting,  Ohana arrived and, after learning of Shabtai’s intention, asked to speak with the chief in private. When they returned to the room, Northern District Commander Shimon Lavi also voiced his request for a state inquiry, at which point Ohana asked to speak with him too, in private, according to the report.What was said between the minister and the two police officers was not reported but no request has been made by Shabtai to Mandelblit, the report said.Police said in response that during the meeting Shabtai had demanded that an investigative committee be established to examine the circumstances of the disaster and the role of all relevant organizations. Other options were also raised, including by Shabtai himself, the statement said.Ohana spoke with the police chief and others both before and after the meeting, but before any final decision was taken on the matter the State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman announced a special probe of the disaster, which is nonetheless not a state inquiry commission.“Therefore, it was decided, at this stage, to wait for the outcome,” the police said.A statement on behalf of Ohana said that “as usual, in the past few days attempts are made to attribute to the minister and police claims and actions that have no relation to the truth. So also in this case.”Later in the day Attorney General, Mandelblit ruled there is no legal obstacle that would prevent the current caretaker government from forming a state commission of inquiry.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Hebrew media reports, fears the political repercussions of such an inquiry.The tragedy occurred early Friday, as thousands streamed through a narrow walkway that was covered with metal flooring and may have been wet, causing some people to fall underfoot during the rush for the exit. Some apparently fell on the walkway and down a flight of stairs at its end, toppling onto those below and precipitating a fatal crushing domino effect.As attention moved from the tragedy of the lost lives, many of who were children or teenagers, the focus was being directed on the organization of annual Lag B’Omer events at Mount Meron where various ultra-Orthodox sects hold bonfire ceremonies in adjacent compounds on the side of the mountain around the gravesite of the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.The site, the second-most visited religious site in Israel after the Western Wall, appears to have become a kind of extraterritorial zone, with separate ultra-Orthodox sects organizing their own events and their own access arrangements, no overall supervision, and police routinely pressured by government ministers and ultra-Orthodox politicians not to object.Channel 13 reported that a police assessment ahead of this year’s Lag B’Omer events warned of the dangers of overcrowding at access points as well as the possibility of structures collapsing.In particular, the document alerted of overcrowding in the Toldot Aharon compound, the scene of the crush, and urged that the area be expanded.“Despite the addition of extra bleachers, it is evident that the area is too small to contain the numbers of celebrants,” the document said. “There, preparations should be made to expand it…and to widen the exit.”The order was not followed through.The police document noted that the fire lighting ceremony that occurs in the Toldot Aharon compound is not suitable for the location “since the number of participants is more than the compound can hold.According to Channel 13, a bonfire lighting ceremony in the compound was permitted to have a maximum of 3,000 participants, whereas in fact there were 12,000.In general, the document warned that taking into account the space needed between each bonfire and the number of different compounds set up, “we have reached the limit of capacity.”It also noted that there is particularly dangerous overcrowding at Meron between the hours 12.30 a.m. and 4.30 a.m.“Consideration should be given to limiting the number of fires which will bring down the size of the crowd at the mount,” the police document advised.The disaster happened at around 1.00 a.m. Friday morning.Channel 13 reported police had provided the National Center for the Development of Holy Places a list of shortcomings at the site that needed to be corrected.However, according to information obtained by the station, during a meeting to approve this year’s celebrations the center’s chief engineer said that all the faults were corrected. The minutes from the meeting have been passed on to the Lahav 433 nation serious crime unit, the report said.A police source told the station that the force was shown authorizations showing that the shortcomings had been corrected.However, Channel 12 quoted the engineering firm that did the work as saying they had provided police with a list of issues that needed fixing.The center, which sits under the Religious Affairs Ministry refused to comment on the report, the station said.The station further said that police fear that some of the sects that operate compounds at Mount Meron may be trying to remove evidence from the scene to disrupt the investigation. Police have noticed unknown people who were seen taking documents from Mount Meron after the disaster, the report said.Multiple reports in Hebrew media outlets indicated that there had been immense pressure by religious lawmakers ahead of the festivities to ensure that there would be no limits placed on the number of attendees due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 100,000 ultra-Orthodox pilgrims ultimately attended the event; a framework drawn up by the Health Ministry, in consultation with other government officials, police, and others, would have limited the event to 9,000 participants but was not implemented.

Rivlin said set to ask Lapid to form coalition, won’t give mandate to Bennett-Reports say president believes tasking Yamina leader with building a government would be tantamount to giving Netanyahu a second chance-By TOI staff-MAY 4,21-Today, 1:07 am

President Reuven Rivlin will likely tap Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid with forming the next government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to do so by the Tuesday night deadline, but will likely not consider offering it to Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, according to Hebrew media reports.Netanyahu was given the first opportunity to cobble together a coalition, on April 6, after receiving 52 recommendations to Lapid’s 45.Rivlin, who as Israel’s president is tasked with mandating a lawmaker to form a government, can give Netanyahu an extension after his 28 days end Tuesday night, hand the mandate to another lawmaker, or send it to the Knesset for a 21-day period, after which fifth elections would automatically be called if no one can form a government.The president prefers the second option, according to Hebrew media reports Monday, and is slated to transfer the government-forming mandate to Lapid as he received the second most recommendations when Rivlin consulted with party representatives after the March 23.Rivlin could also offer Bennett the chance to form a government, but the reports, citing senior political sources, said the president was unlikely to take this route. Even if Netanyahu and a majority of right-wing lawmakers choose to alter their recommendations to Rivlin in order to back Bennett, the president is not expected to transfer the mandate to the Yamina chair, the reports said.This is because the move would largely be seen as an attempt to provide an extension for Netanyahu to form the government after he failed to do so for the past month, senior political figures who have spoken with Rivlin told Channel 12 and Ha’aretz.Moreover, it would nullify the initial recommendations made by parties following the election, which are not meant to be subject to change.“There is no reason why the mandate should not go to Lapid unless Bennett were to publicly announce that he has no interest in a ‘change’ government,” one senior political source told Haaretz, referring to the coalition of anti-Netanyahu parties seeking to oust the Likud leader.While Bennett insists that he prefers joining a right-wing government, he noted again Monday that Netanyahu lacks the votes to form such a coalition and has said that Yamina is negotiating with Lapid to form a unity government as an alternative.“Rivlin will not lend a hand to a political ploy in which Netanyahu will recommend Bennett, only to preserve the chances of an incumbent prime minister to send Israel back to the polls. If the scenario in which Netanyahu forms a right-wing government were possible, one would have been formed already,” the source added.The official told Haaretz that it was also unlikely that Rivlin would send the matter to the Knesset to decide as this would likely be sentencing Israel to a fifth election in barely two years.If the mandate goes to the Knesset, an absolute majority, of at least 61 of the 120 MKs, would be needed to vote in favor of a particular lawmaker to form the next government, and “there is no chance that the (the majority-Arab) Joint List and Ra’am parties will sign off on Bennett’s appointments,” the source said.With less than two days remaining for him to form a coalition, Netanyahu said Monday that he was ready to step aside as premier and let Bennett serve as prime minister first in a rotation agreement — a proposal immediately dismissed by Bennett, who said in response that Netanyahu simply doesn’t have the votes.Meanwhile, opposition leader Lapid said he expected Rivlin to task him with forming a government “if nothing surprising happens” before Tuesday night, but that he would willing to let Bennett serve first as prime minister in any rotation agreement between them.Meanwhile, Channel 13 reported Monday night that Lapid has offered Bennett to become prime minister first in their power-sharing agreement for a period of 2 years and three months, after which Bennett would be appointed foreign minister and Lapid would assume the premiership.Lapid is also promising a senior portfolio for Yamina’s Ayelet Shaked (either interior or public security), and two or three additional portfolios for members of the seven-MK right-wing party, if a government is formed.Lapid is also willing to give Bennett’s right-wing bloc within a prospective unity coalition wide veto powers, the network said.Netanyahu, by contrast, has offered that Bennett becomes prime minister first in a rotation deal, but only for a year; a senior portfolio for Shaked; and for Yamina to be eventually merged with Likud in a future election race.Though Yamina won just seven seats in the March election, Bennett has become a potential kingmaker and even king.The last elections, the fourth since April 2019, ended in gridlock, with Netanyahu’s right-wing religious bloc again coming short of a ruling majority, in part because three right-wing parties ran with the declared goal of replacing him.

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)

IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)

ISAIAH 34:10
10  It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29  And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30  The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
031  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32  And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)

COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AM

Suspected balloon-borne bombs from Gaza land in south for first time in months-Sappers called to remove devices that touched down in a field just east of the Strip, amid rising tensions between Israel and Palestinians-By Judah Ari Gross-MAY 4,21-Today, 12:16 am

Two balloons carrying suspected explosive devices that were apparently launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Monday, local authorities said in the first such attacks in months.According to the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council, the suspected bombs were found in agricultural fields in the community of Kfar Aza, east of Gaza Residents of the area reported seeing additional balloons overhead throughout the afternoon. It was not immediately clear where they landed.Police sappers were called to remove the suspected explosives from Kfar Aza.Once a regular phenomenon, balloons carrying explosives and incendiary devices have largely stopped being launched into Israel by Palestinian terrorist groups, following a ceasefire brokered between Jerusalem and Hamas last year.These were the first such balloons to land in Israel in several months.The apparent airborne attack comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and Palestinian groups over the Palestinian Authority’s decision to indefinitely postpone elections planned for later this month. Hamas, the de facto ruler of Gaza, has condemned the PA’s move, calling it a “coup.”Earlier this month, terrorists in Gaza launched dozens of rockets at southern Israel. Most of these landed in open fields where they caused no injury or damage, but a few struck inside Israeli communities with shrapnel hitting buildings and vehicles. No Israelis have been injured directly by the rockets or shells, but a number of people were hurt while running to bomb shelters or required medical assistance after suffering acute panic attacks from the sirens.

Islamist party chief Abbas condemns terror attack, calls victims ‘innocents’Unusual statement comes amid mounting pressure on far-right leader Smotrich to accept coalition with the conservative Arab Ra’am, which he has called ‘terror supporting’-By Aaron Boxerman-3 May 2021, 11:19 pm

Ra’am party chief Mansour Abbas implicitly condemned on Monday a recent Palestinian terror attack at Tapuach Junction in the West Bank that left three Israeli yeshiva students injured.Abbas said that the Israelis who were shot on Sunday were “innocents” and said he hoped to one day live together with them in peace. The three wounded Israelis were studying at a yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Itamar.“As one who has formulated Ra’am’s vision, a vision of peace and mutual security, partnership and tolerance between peoples, I unequivocally oppose any harm to innocents and call for the preservation of human life and to give hope that we can live together in peace,” Abbas said.However, his comments sparked a backlash in his own party.“We stand completely behind our people the Palestinians and condemn all the actions of the occupation and the settlers against our people,” wrote fellow Ra’am MK Walid Taha.“The position of Ra’am supports the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa mosque,” he said, referring to the Muslim holy site on the Temple Mount.Sunday’s shooting was followed by several apparent retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers, including the storming of a Palestinian village in the predawn hours of Monday morning, where the settlers threw rocks and stun grenades, and started fires.The conservative Islamist Ra’am is key to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes to remain in power and avoid a fifth round of elections in little more than two years. In a rare move for an Arab Israeli politician, Abbas has expressed willingness to back a right-wing government in order to advance legislative priorities for his community.While Abbas’s former colleagues in the predominantly Arab Joint List party regularly denounce terror attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, they most often append criticism of Israel’s military rule over the Palestinians.Abbas did no such thing on Monday, merely adding: “My path is tolerance and peace between peoples and nations, and I have always worked to reconcile people in every legal way without quarrels and without wars, including within Arab society.”Abbas’s statements come as the clock winds down on Netanyahu’s mandate to form a new government. The premier has until midnight on Tuesday to form one, or else risk seeing one of his rivals take his seat.It remains unclear whether Netanyahu can yet form a coalition, however. Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich — whose seven seats are key to any right-wing, Netanyahu-led government — is vehemently opposed to any government that depends on Ra’am’s support.“We will not be a partner in any government that leans actively or by the abstention of Ra’am or other terror supporters,” Smotrich said last month.Channel 12 said Smotrich was unswayed by Abbas’ remarks.Ra’am party officials had previously ruled out supporting Smotrich’s anti-Arab party in government. But Abbas has backtracked in recent days, hinting that he would be willing to back Smotrich from outside the government.With the risk that Netanyahu will be forced to return his mandate to President Reuven Rivlin approaching with each passing day, some far-right rabbis have come out in favor of a government backed by the Islamists.The ultra-nationalist Rabbi Tzvi Tau released a letter in which he expressed grudging support for Ra’am playing a role in a Netanyahu-led government. It would be a “desecration of the Lord’s name” for Ra’am to enter the government, he conceded, but that would be trumped by the “sanctification of God’s name” that would ensue should Netanyahu remain in power.“The sanctification will be greater than the desecration,” wrote Tau, who directs the Har Hamor Yeshiva and whose Noam faction within Zionist Union campaigned almost exclusively on opposing gay rights.Others, however, have backed Smotrich’s position. Fifty-five rabbis signed a public petition condemning any partnership with Ra’am in late April, including the prominent Rabbi Shlomo Aviner — and the very same Tau who would later publicly support it.Rabbi Haim Druckman, who directs the Or Etzion yeshiva, said in a video statement on Monday that no Israeli government could rely on the support of those whom he euphemistically deemed “others.”“Of course, our right-wing government [must] depend on Jews who vote for it, and not others. No ‘others’ will crown our government…. The government must be based on Jews,” Druckman said, sitting side-by-side with Smotric.According to reports, Abbas and Druckman met for more than an hour Monday, following pressure from Netanyahu’s associates in an attempt to sway the rabbi.

Iran a key topic as US envoy Blinken meets UK counterpart in first trip abroad-Secretary’s visit to London comes amid mounting speculation of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, which was feature of JCPOA talks as well-By Pan Pylas-3 May 2021, 10:17 pm

LONDON (AP) — Iran is expected to be a key topic in talks Monday between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his host in London, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.The two envoys donned face masks and fist-bumped before heading into the talks, a day ahead of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations’ first face-to-face discussions in two years, involving foreign and development ministers. The UK holds this year’s G-7 presidency.Blinken’s visit to London, his first since being appointed by US President Joe Biden, comes amid mounting speculation of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran. Prisoner exchanges are not uncommon and were a feature of the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and the world’s leading powers. Biden has indicated that he is looking to restart nuclear talks with Tehran after his predecessor, Donald Trump, pulled the US out of the agreement.In Britain, there is particular interest in the well-being of a British-Iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who last week was sentenced in Iran to an additional year in prison, on charges of spreading “propaganda against the system.”Touched down in London and glad to be welcomed by @USAinUK. It was eight years ago that the UK, our indispensable Ally, last hosted the @G7 presidency. It’s good to be back among partners and allies for these discussions. pic.twitter.com/q1afyAxXNI — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 2, 2021-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government is doing what it can, amid reports in Iran that Britain would pay a 400 million-pound ($550 million) debt to secure Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release.“We, of course, make sure that we do everything we can to look after the interests of Nazanin and all the very difficult dual national cases we have in Tehran,” he said.Earlier Monday, Blinken held bilateral talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on an array of subjects including the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, as well as raising concerns over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.On Tuesday, the full G-7 — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US — will meet along with representatives from other countries, including Australia, India and South Africa.Today, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and I discussed our joint efforts to combat the climate crisis and COVID-19. We also stressed trilateral cooperation with Japan to address shared security challenges, including the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. pic.twitter.com/eubpea8K9z — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 3, 2021-Ahead of the gathering, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned that “authoritarian states” around the world are “trying to play us against each other,” and that breaches of international law have become commonplace.“It is important that we hold our values of democracy, state of law, human rights, and a global order based on rules against them, united and credibly,” he said.Before the meeting, Britain’s Foreign Office said the G-7 ministers will invest $15 billion in development finance over the next two years to help women in developing countries access jobs, build resilient businesses, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic.They are also expected to establish new targets to get 40 million more girls into school and 20 million more girls in poorer nations reading by the age of 10, by 2026.

Palestinians torch vehicle used in shooting attack as IDF arrives to seize it-Clashes break out between Palestinians and soldiers who converge on West Bank village of Aqraba to seize grey van-By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff-3 May 2021, 9:18 pm

The vehicle that is believed to have been used in a drive-by shooting attack at a northern West Bank junction leaving three Israelis wounded was found outside a nearby Palestinian village on Monday.Photos of the car began circulating on Palestinian social media showing that it was hit by at least two bullets, one of which shattered the back windshield and the other hit the trunk door. That matched the claims by soldiers at the scene, who said they returned fire at the vehicle after the driver shot and gravely wounded two Israeli teenagers, and a third lightly.Shortly after the spotting of the vehicle outside the town of Aqraba, Israel Defense Forces troops arrived at the scene in order to confiscate the evidence. Clashes subsequently broke out between the soldiers and Palestinian locals, who managed to set the van alight before it was seized by the troops.Channel 12 reported that the security establishment believes the grey Hyundai belongs to a Hamas member who lives in Aqraba and that forces will be able to track down the suspect in the coming day.The military and Shin Bet security service, meanwhile, were continuing their search efforts on Monday for the terrorists who committed the shooting attack on Sunday evening at Tapuah Junction.The IDF had initially said that it was believed there was only one assailant behind the attack, but on Monday said they were looking for more than one suspect.According to Beilinson Hospital, where the three were taken, one of the victims, Yehuda Guetta, 19, from Jerusalem, remained in critical condition as of Monday morning, with a head wound, and doctors fearing for his life.Benaya Peretz, 19, from Beit She’an, who was shot in the back, remained in very serious condition. The third victim, Amichai Hala from Safed, also 19, was released from the hospital to recover from his wounds at home.The attack came amid heightened tensions in the West Bank after the Palestinian Authority announced it was indefinitely delaying elections planned for later this month, blaming the decision on ostensible Israeli refusal to allow PA voting in East Jerusalem.The IDF also bolstered its forces in the West Bank for the month of Ramadan, a period that regularly sees an uptick in violence.Sunday’s shooting was followed by several apparent retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers, including the storming of a Palestinian village in the predawn hours of Monday morning, where they threw rocks and stun grenades, and started fires.Clashes broke out between the residents of Jaloud village and the Israelis from the nearby Shiloh settlement, whereupon the Israel Defense Forces and Border Police attempted to break up the fighting by firing rubber-coated bullets and other riot dispersal weapons — though only at the Palestinians, injuring four of them in the process.Eleven Palestinian residents of the village were arrested by the IDF. No settlers were arrested, even though several police vehicles’ tires were punctured by the Israelis.

Saturday, May 01, 2021

INDIA HAS 380,000 CASES OF COVID IN ONE DAY-A NEW RECORD

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)

 

 DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN

REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).

THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD OVER ALL CASES 152,100,328 DEAD 3,196,191 AS OF SAT MAY 01,21

DR ZELENKO ON COVID-19 RECOVERY-TAMAR YONAH
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DR VLADMIR ZE'EV ZELENKOS MIXTURE FOR RECOVERY OF COVID-19
https://www.vladimirzelenkomd.com/
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IT LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD JUDGEMENT AFTER THE PINK MOON ON APRIL 26TH IS THIS SURGE IN INDIA WITH COVID 19. IN FACT TODAY 380,000 ARE INFECTED IN INDIA WITH COVIDS. THE MOST EVER BY FAR FOR A ONE DAY TOTAL. THE PEOPLE IN INDI A CAN;T GET VACCINES OR OXYGEN. AND EVEN THOUGH THE VACCINES WERE MADE IN INDIA. THEY GAVE 9/10TH OF THEIR SUPPLY TO THE WEST. AND NOW INDIA IS DYING OFF FROM COVID 19 AS A RESULT.
 
Associated Press-India launches effort to inoculate-ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and MARIA CHENG-Sat, May 1, 2021, 12:13 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country's vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people.The world's largest maker of vaccines was still short of critical supplies — the result of lagging manufacturing and raw material shortages that delayed the rollout in several states. And even in places where the shots were in stock, the country’s wide economic disparities made access to the vaccine inconsistent.Only a fraction of India’s population will be able to afford the prices charged by private hospitals for the shot, experts said, meaning that states will be saddled with immunizing the 600 million Indian adults younger than 45, while the federal government gives shots to 300 million health care and front-line workers and people older than 45.So far, government vaccines have been free, and private hospitals have been permitted to sell shots at a price capped at 250 rupees, or around $3. That practice will now change: Prices for state governments and private hospitals will be determined by vaccine companies. Some states might not be able to provide vaccines for free since they are paying twice as much as the federal government for the same shot, and prices at private hospitals could rise.Since state governments and private players compete for shots in the same marketplace, and states pay less for the doses, vaccine makers can reap more profit by selling to the private sector, said Chandrakant Lahariya, a health policy expert. That cost can then be passed on to people receiving the shots, increasing inequity.“There is no logic that two different governments should be paying two prices,” he said.Concerns that pricing issues could deepen inequities are only the most recent hitch in India’s sluggish immunization efforts. Less than 2% of the population has been fully immunized against COVID-19 and around 10% has received a single dose. Immunization rates have also fallen. The average number of shots per day dipped from over 3.6 million in early April to less than 2.5 million right now.In the worst-hit state of Maharashtra, the health minister promised free vaccines for those ages 18 to 44, but he also acknowledged that the shortage of doses meant immunization would not start as planned on Saturday. States say the paucity of shots is one reason why immunizations have declined.India thought the worst was over when cases ebbed in September. But mass gatherings such as political rallies and religious events were allowed to continue, and relaxed attitudes on the risks fueled a major humanitarian crisis, according to health experts. New variants of the coronavirus have partly led the surge. Deaths officially surpassed 200,000 this week, and the true death toll is believed to be far higher.The country's shortage of shots has global implications because, in addition to its own inoculation efforts, India has promised to ship vaccines abroad as part of a United Nations vaccine-sharing program that is dependent on its supply.Indian vaccine makers produce an estimated 70 million doses each month of the two approved shots — the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India and another one made by Bharat Biotech.The federal government is buying half of those vaccines to give to states. The remaining half can then be bought by states and private hospitals to be given to anyone over 18, but at prices set by the companies.The federal government is buying shots at 150 rupees each, or $2. The Serum Institute will sell the shots to states at 300 rupees each, or $4, and to private players at 600 rupees each, or $8. Bharat Biotech said it will charge states 400 rupees, or less than $5.50 for a shot, and private players 1,200 rupees, or more than $16.By comparison, the European Union paid $2.15 per dose for the AstraZeneca vaccine. The company says that price is discounted because the EU contributed to the vaccine's development.The strain is mounting on the Serum Institute, which in addition to being India’s main supplier is also a critical supplier of the U.N.-backed initiative known as COVAX, which more than 90 countries are depending on. The institute paused exports in March.“The urgent demand for vaccines in India is bad for the rest of the world,” said Ravi Gupta, a professor of clinical microbiology at Cambridge University.Some experts warned that conducting a massive inoculation effort now could worsen the surge in a country that is second only to the United States in its number of infections — more than 19.1 million.“There’s ample evidence that having people wait in a long, crowded, disorderly queue could itself be a source of infection,” said Dr. Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer specializing in infectious diseases at Britain’s University of Exeter. He urged India to first stop the circulation of the virus by imposing “a long, sustained, strictly enforced lockdown.”Pankhania cautioned that immunization efforts alone would not help immediately stem the current spike of COVID-19, since shots “only start to bear fruit in about three months’ time.” Vaccination would help prevent future waves of infection, he said.India is also importing shots from the Russian makers of Sputnik V. The first batch was due to arrive Saturday. Another 125 million doses of Sputnik V will be distributed by an Indian pharmaceutical company later this year.Given the urgent need for vaccines, some experts said rationing available doses is critical.“Vaccines need to be delivered to the areas with the most intense transmission,” Gupta said, explaining that vaccines should be used as “emergency control measures” in specific regions of India rather than offering doses to all adults across the subcontinent.Pankhania said the widely seen images of Indian virus patients gasping for air and smoke billowing from makeshift funeral pyres should spur rich countries to share their vaccines more freely. He criticized the approach taken by many Western countries that are attempting to vaccinate all citizens, including younger people at low risk, before sharing any doses.“It is better globally to immunize all the (vulnerable) people that need to be protected rather than to immunize entire populations in only some countries,” Pankhania said.___Cheng reported from London. Associated Press writers Daria Litvinova in Moscow and Krutika Pathi in New Delhi contributed to this report.

India sets another COVID case record, and Brazil’s health minister makes plea for vaccines-Last Updated: April 30, 2021 at 2:34 p.m. ET-By Ciara Linnane

The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 150 million on Friday, and India set yet another one-day case record, as the Indian army opened its hospitals in the latest effort to address a dire humanitarian crisis.India counted 386,452 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to its health ministry, the most for any country in a single day since the start of the pandemic in late 2019. Those numbers are understood to be understated as the nation of almost 1.4 billion people’s healthcare system is completely overwhelmed.Crematoria and graveyards are full, forcing people to use public parks and car parks for funeral pyres. Patients are dying while waiting in ambulances to be admitted to overcrowded hospitals. And the vaccine program is stumbling, even though India is the world’s biggest vaccine maker.Don’t miss: Letter from India: ‘We live in mortal fear of COVID-19’India has among the worst air quality in the world, behind only Egypt, according to Thomas Lee, founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors. “The respiratory risks from poor air quality, might also make India more vulnerable to airborne diseases like COVID-19,” Lee wrote in commentary.The country is also struggling with a “double-mutant” COVID variant, that seems far more infectious than the original virus. Called the B.1.617 strain, the new variant has two spike proteins instead of one. The World Health Organization said earlier this week that the variant has now been found in at least 17 countries.The White House said it would restrict travel from India starting May 4 on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the India,” the government said in a statement.Elsewhere, Brazil’s death toll rose above 400,000 on Friday, the second highest in the world after the U.S. Latin America is another hot spot in the pandemic, accounting for 35% of all deaths in the latest week, according to the New York Times, despite being home to just 8% of the world’s population.Like Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely criticized for his blasé approach to the crisis, and is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Bolsonaro has long played down the severity of the crisis, has ridiculed people for wearing face masks and resisted lockdown measures.On Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus held a joint news conference with Marcelo Queiroga, Brazil’s health minister, and Dr. Carissa Etienne, a WHO regional director. Queiroga called on other countries to share vaccine supply, “so we can broaden our vaccination campaign and contain the pandemic at this critical time and avoid the proliferation of new variants.”The U.S. vaccine program, meanwhile, continues to show good progress. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine tracker is showing that as of 6.00 a.m. ET Thursday, 305.5 million doses had been delivered to states, 237.4 million doses had been administered, and 143.8 million people had received at least one shot, equal to 43.3% of the population.More than 100 million people are now fully vaccinated, it was reported Friday at the White House’s daily pandemic briefing, though some are in the two-week period after vaccination during which protective antibodies are believed to develop. That’s equal to 30% of the population. These Americans have received two shots of the two-dose vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc. PFE, +0.13% with German partner BioNTech SE BNTX, +4.80% or by Moderna Inc. MRNA, +1.79% or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.90% single-dose vaccine. The AstraZeneca vaccine, in use in other parts of the world, has not been authorized for use in the U.S.Among Americans 65 and older, 37.4 million people are fully vaccinated, equal to 68.4% of that group. Almost 45 million people in that age bracket have received a first jab, covering 82% of that population.

US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday-Nation will bar entry to most foreigners who’ve been to India in past 14 days, amid massive surge of infections-By Zeke Miller, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Matthew Lee-MAY 1,21-Today, 6:46 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will restrict travel from India starting Tuesday, the White House said Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden’s administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Biden signed a proclamation barring entry to most foreigners who have been in India in the past 14 days, with exceptions for legal permanent residents, spouses and close family members of US citizens, and some others. He cited the spread of the virus and its variants.“The CDC advises, based on work by public health and scientific experts, that these variants have characteristics of concern, which may make them more easily transmitted and have the potential for reduced protection afforded by some vaccines,” Biden said in the proclamation.He said the CDC has concluded that “proactive measures” are needed to protect public health from travelers from India.In this photo provided by the US Air Force, a C-5M Super Galaxy, carrying critical medical supplies, takes off Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from Travis Air Force Base, California, for a non-stop flight to India (Cameron Otte/US Air Force via AP-With 386,452 new cases, India now has reported more than 18.7 million since the pandemic began, second only to the United States. The country’s Health Ministry on Friday also reported 3,498 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 208,330. Experts believe both figures are an undercount.Biden spoke Monday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the growing health crisis and pledged to immediately send assistance. This week, the US began delivering therapeutics, rapid virus tests and oxygen to India, along with some materials needed for India to boost its domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, a CDC team of public health experts was expected to be on the ground soon to help Indian health officials move to slow the spread of the virus.Vice President Kamila Harris, who is of Indian descent, called the situation in India a “great tragedy” and said she hadn’t spoken to any of her relatives still living there since the news of the travel ban was made public. She emphasized America’s “longstanding, decades-long relationship” with the country in speaking about the US aid to help alleviate some of the crisis there.US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media on India, prior to boarding Air Force Two, April 30, 2021, at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, in Hebron, Kentucky, on return to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)“We have a responsibility as the United States, and particularly with people we have partnered with over the years, to step up when people are in a time of need,” she said.The White House waited on the CDC recommendation before moving to restrict travel, noting that the US already requires negative tests and quarantines for all international travelers. Other restrictions are in place on travel from China, Iran, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa, which are or have been hotspots for the coronavirus.There was no immediate comment on the new limits from the State Department, which on Thursday reissued a warning to Americans against traveling to India and said those already in the country should consider leaving by commercial means. That warning was accompanied by a notice that the department was telling the families of all US government employees at its embassy in New Delhi and four consulates in India that they could leave the country at government expense.US diplomatic facilities in India have not been immune from the pandemic and a handful of local staff have died from the virus. Several dozen other local and US staffers have been sickened by COVID-19, according to officials who were not authorized to discuss personal matters publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The State Department has declined to comment on the number of staff affected, citing security and privacy concerns.But even as the US boosts pandemic assistance to India and allows some of its diplomatic families to come home, other aspects of the relationship continue unhampered.Just minutes after the White House released the new travel restrictions, the State Department said it had approved more than $2.4 billion in arms sales to India, which the US believes will be a critical counterbalance to China in the Indo-Pacific region.The sale includes six Boeing P-8I patrol aircraft and related technology to be used for surveillance. The department said the deal “will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to strengthen the US-Indian strategic relationship and to improve the security of a major defensive partner, which continues to be an important force for political stability, peace, and economic progress in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia region.”

Berlin bans annual Quds Day march that protests Israel-Jewish and pro-Israel groups have tried for years to have the march banned as a purely antisemitic demonstration-By JTA-MAY 1,21-Today, 5:31 am

Berlin banned the annual anti-Israel Quds Day march this year, the first time the city has taken a stand against the event since it became a local tradition in 1996.Quds Day, which protests the establishment of the state of Israel, was established in 1979 by Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Since then, his followers have marked the day in cities around the world with large Muslim populations, during or shortly after Ramadan.Jewish and pro-Israel groups have tried for years to have the march banned as a purely antisemitic demonstration. It is illegal in Germany to call for the destruction of Israel.“Participants unscrupulously exploit freedom of expression and assembly to spread their hatred,” Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Judische Allgemeine newspaper.Germany designated the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group as a terrorist organization last year, and Schuster added that the move “should make it easier to ban the Quds march, because the connection to the banned Hezbollah is obvious.” In 2016, Berlin barred Quds Day marchers from carrying Hezbollah flags, saying the image of an upraised assault weapon is a call for genocide.Since 1996, Berlin’s annual demonstration has attracted between 300 and 1,000 Islamists. Men and women march separately.According to the Judische Allegemeine Zeitung, several Palestinian groups were among the 2,000 people who had registered to attend the event scheduled for May 8. Last year’s march was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Jewish day schools struggle with celebrating Lag B’Omer amid Meron tragedy-Balancing hardship and happiness is difficult, one teacher says, ‘but we’re kind of used to it, Jewish people’-By Ben Sales-MAY 1,21-Today, 4:37 am

JTA — After months of distanced learning, Sharon Levin was excited for her school to celebrate Lag B’Omer together on Friday with a day of outdoor activities.The spring holiday, which is popular among students at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy near Philadelphia, was to include a picnic, a bonfire and a mini-color war, or tournament where students in blue and students in white faced off against each other in a variety of games. Levin, the head of school, had enjoyed having all her kids back on the school’s campus for Israeli Independence Day a couple weeks ago, and was looking forward to another holiday.Then, Thursday night, she heard the horrific news: At least 45 people had died in a stampede at a massive Lag B’Omer celebration in Israel’s Mount Meron. Like Jewish day school leaders across the country, Levin was faced with a vexing dilemma. Was it possible to address the tragedy while still having a celebration, especially in a difficult year like this one?“In our Jewish community, we can barely ever come up for breath,” Levin said Friday.“Here we are right now going through school in the midst of a pandemic,” she added. “What do you do as the head of school with a joyous Lag B’Omer celebration? How do you acknowledge and commemorate what just happened in Israel?Across the US, Jewish day school heads answered that question in largely the same way. Five administrators who spoke with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Friday all said they let the festivities go on, but all made sure to include an acknowledgment of the tragedy. A few of them said that, unfortunately, they’ve had experience mixing joy and sadness, particularly when it comes to discussing Israel.“Tragedy and happiness can live side by side, although that’s a difficult balance,” said Tamar Cytryn, director of Jewish studies and campus life at Chicago Jewish Day School. “But we’re kind of used to it, Jewish people.”Like Levin, Cytryn felt that students would gain more from celebrating than from transforming a happy day into an entirely somber one.“It’s challenging — you have to think about creating an environment where students connect and understand that something big and something tragic happened,” she said. “But also ask yourself if canceling connects them more or serves a stronger purpose.”In the end, her school did not cancel. Her students, like many others, recited Psalms on behalf of the victims, a traditional Jewish response to tragedy. Cytryn’s school also had Israeli emissaries talk at a schoolwide assembly about how they were feeling.At Barrack in Philadelphia, students wrote get-well-soon cards for the more than 100 people wounded in the stampede, and gave charity. At a few schools, they chanted a traditional prayer for healing or said the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer.Then the students took part in the rest of the day’s programming: arts and crafts, color wars, (supervised) bonfires, song and dance.“We helped students work through their emotions of why bad things happen to good people and used these tragedies as a moment to reflect and teach,” said Vanessa Donaher, head of school at Scheck Hillel Community School in North Miami Beach, Florida. “From a religious perspective, it’s difficult for students and adults alike to understand why these things happen in the world.”In Israel, on Sunday, schools across the country are going to begin their day by discussing the tragedy, according to a directive sent on Friday by the Education Ministry.At Jewish schools in the US, the response varied by grade. Administrators of elementary schools said that their teachers did not discuss the tragedy unless a student asked about it.In middle and high schools, where students are expected to be aware of the news, schools alternated between discussing the facts of the tragedy and talking about how to help victims and process grief.“The seventh and eighth grade, especially, came in having seen it,” said Jody Passanisi, director of the middle school at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto, California. “Many of them had questions and were wondering what happened, in terms of the tragic part but also, how did people get there? What was the tradition?”High school students had the harrowing experience of wondering whether older friends of theirs spending a gap year in Israel were at the stampede. Donaher said that about half of her graduating seniors spend a year in Israel, and that she first checked whether any of them were at Meron before she then asked whether any alumni of other schools had been ther.All of Donaher’s students were safe, but that wasn’t the case for everyone. One of the victims was Donny Morris, a 19-year-old from New Jersey studying in an Israeli yeshiva this year. Rabbi Bini Krauss, principal of Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy in New York City, said that his son, who is also studying at an Israeli yeshiva this year, knew Morris through friends.“It’s very painful to know you have kids who spent their year in Israel who aren’t coming back,” he said. “He’s devastated.”

16 still hospitalized after Meron tragedy; condition of 11-year-old boy improve-Rambam Medical Center in Haifa says child has been taken off ventilator and is no longer sedated; identification of fatalities set to resume Saturday evening-By TOI staff-MAY 1,21-Today, 12:01 pm

Sixteen people remained hospitalized on Saturday morning after the deadly stampede at Meron, with a number of them in critical or serious condition.However, there has been an improvement in the condition of an 11-year-old boy who was seriously injured, the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa announced.A spokesperson for the hospital said the child was sedated and put on a ventilator when he arrived at the medical center on Friday, but has now regained consciousness. His condition has been upgraded to moderate, they said.The boy, who wasn’t named, is from the central city of Bnei Brak.The hospital said three other people injured in the crush remained in their intensive care unit and were still sedated and on ventilators. Those injured in the stampede were taken to a number of hospitals around the country.With 45 dead and dozens injured, the disaster in the early hours of Friday appeared to be one of the worst peacetime tragedies in Israel’s history, surpassing the death toll of 44 from the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire.There have now been 32 victims identified at the Abu Kabir Forensic Center in Tel Aviv.The institute halted the identification process on Friday evening, following a ruling from the chief rabbi that it could not continue on the Sabbath. It was set to resume on Saturday evening.More than 100,000 people were attending the annual gathering in the northern Galilee, which includes visits to the gravesite of the second-century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and massive bonfires on the mountainside.A bonfire lighting ceremony for the Toldot Aharon Hasidic sect was being held at the pilgrimage area, close to Bar Yochai’s tomb.As the dense crowds began to exit, some apparently slipped on the walkway, falling on those below and precipitating a stampede and fatal crushing, exacerbated by a reported police barrier at the bottom of the incline.Pictures from the scene showed bodies covered in blankets and bags as well as the personal effects and shoes of those trapped in the crush.As the initial shock and horror over the deadly crush began to subside, focus started to turn on Friday toward the matter of who was to blame for the packed conditions at the site that led to the deaths of 45 people and the injuring of dozens of others in the fatal stampede.Stark questions will likely be directed at political, civil and law enforcement officials involved in planning, approving and securing the event, amid talk of a potential state commission of inquiry to thoroughly investigate the disaster.

Death trap’: Packed walkway, slippery metal floor – how Meron tragedy unfolded-Fatal crushing occurred as large numbers of ultra-Orthodox participants moved through narrow passageway, on an incline, on the exit route from the pilgrimage site-By Raoul Wootliff-30 April 2021, 11:47 am

The roads to Mount Meron in northern Israel began to fill with traffic early Thursday afternoon as tens of thousands of people made their way to the pilgrimage site said to be the burial place of the famed 2nd Century sage and mystic, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who is reputed to have died on Lag B’Omer.Last year, the government ordered police to seal off the site for the duration of the Lag B’Omer festival to prevent gatherings amid fears of a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus.This year’s celebration of Lag B’Omer — which among other traditions commemorates the end of another plague some 2,000 years ago, that which saw the deaths of 24,000 followers of Rabbi Akiva — was the first major public gathering allowed since the start of the pandemic, with most major restrictions now removed due to the success of Israel’s vaccination drive.By nightfall Thursday, when Lag B’Omer bonfires are traditionally lit, an estimated 25,000 people, mainly ultra-Orthodox pilgrims, had gathered at the tomb, Israel’s second most visited pilgrimage site after Jerusalem’s Western Wall.That number, according to media reports, steadily rose in the subsequent hours until swelling by midnight to over 100,000, according to some estimates.-Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate during a Lag B’Omer gathering on Mount Meron in northern Israel on April 29, 2021 (David Cohen/Flash90)-It was among those mass crowds, as the main bonfire lighting event ended, that a deadly crushing stampede occurred, causing one of the worst peacetime disasters in Israel’s history.At least 44 people were crushed to death and more than 150 people hurt, including many in critical condition.The incident took place shortly after a bonfire lighting ceremony for the Toldot Aharon Hassidic sect held at the pilgrimage area, close to Bar Yochai’s tomb.Video from the celebration showed tens of thousands of people in the makeshift arena, dancing and jumping up and down on the stands to music.But at the end of the ceremony, as the dense crowds began to exit, some 20,000 people streamed down a narrow, steep walkway toward the exit of the site.Video of the walkway, moments before the deadly crush, shows thousands of people packed together, with some visibly carried off their feet as the crowd moved through the passage.According to reports, the ground of the walkway was covered with slick metal flooring that may have been wet, causing some people to fall underfoot during the rush for the exit.Some apparently fell on the walkway and down a flight of stairs at its end, toppling onto those below and precipitating a stampede and fatal crushing domino effect.Eyewitnesses accused police of blocking a key exit route at the bottom of the narrow walkway, which had for years been seen as a dangerous potential bottleneck.“There’s an aluminum-floored walkway, then a stairway, and then there was a barrier,” said Eli Pollack, the head of the United Hatzalah emergency rescue service. “It was a death trap.”It wasn’t immediately clear why police may have prevented some people from leaving the scene as the disaster began to unfold — a move which would have reduced pressure on the packed crowd — but officers were apparently unaware of the severity of the situation and were trying to keep some areas clear of congregants.Footage from the scene shows police at one point ripping off metal barriers in order to enable people to escape and to widen the passageway.Witnesses and survivors described the panic and the fear amid the stampede, with many struggling for breath, trapped next to the dead, and waiting long minutes for rescue.“We were walking out, everything was flowing, suddenly it stopped,” a survivor identified as Zohar told Channel 12. “Everyone was pressed up against each other and we did not understand why. I lifted up my head and I saw police blocking the entrance, I shouted to them ‘people are dying here.’”Another survivor said from a hospital bed that he slipped on the walkway before being trampled. He was trapped under the crowd for some 10 minutes before first responders cleared the crowd and began treating him, he said.“I felt someone push me, he just wanted to move, he punched me. I felt that I couldn’t breathe,” the man told the Kan public broadcaster. “No one knew what to do.”“It started with very heavy crowding. There were a lot of people on top of me. I was lying on someone else who wasn’t breathing. There were screams, chaos. I saw children underneath me. The only thing going through my mind was that I didn’t want my child to be an orphan.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

History, mystery, and occult converge in King David’s fabled tomb-In Jerusalem’s City of David, visitors find ancient Roman burial caves, an historic 19th-century Jewish home and the site of shadowy excavations said to produce biblical treasures-By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am-MAY 1,21Today, 8:10 am

Were it not for an eccentric Finn and a former officer in the British army, King David’s family tombs might never have been found. No, we don’t mean the tomb on Mount Zion, whose doubtful sighting is based on Christian traditions from the Middle Ages. Rather, we are referring to a group of tunnels and caves in the City of David that more closely fit the biblical description. These were uncovered during excavations adjacent to Beit Meyuhas, a 19th-century house built by one of the first Jews to move outside the walls of the Old City.It all started when Valter Henrik Juvelius met Captain Montague Parker. Juvelius was a Finnish surveyor, poet and philosopher who wrote his doctoral thesis on Jewish chronology. Obsessed with the possibility of locating the lost Holy Ark and Temple treasures, he planned to bring an expedition to the Land of Israel in their pursuit. Parker loved the idea.Parker was a rich, noble, and possibly bored British ex-army captain. According to some accounts, before his departure, Parker attended a séance at which, in perfect English, King Solomon told him where to look.Some say that Juvelius claimed to have read a secret book in an even more secret library which revealed the location of the treasures. Others, like lecturer Tal Chenya, say that Juvelius claimed his unique way of reading between the lines of the Bible would divulge the site.Parker and Juvelius collected over $100,000 from supporters of their quest. They then bribed Turkish government officials into obtaining permission from the Jerusalem Pasha to dig in what we today call the City of David.Living there already was Rahamim Nathan Meyuhas, a butcher whose family had found its way to Jerusalem from Spain in 1510. The slaughterhouse he used for his animals operated before dawn and was located outside the Old City, where Meyuhas lived with his family. Since the doors of the Old City only opened when the sun rose, he decided to move outside the walls.In 1873 he picked a location known as the City of David, where there were few houses. Across the Kidron river bed in Silwan there was Arab settlement, but the Meyuhas family would be alone in the first Jewish home to be built in the area. For water they had the Shiloah, or Siloam Spring, and they grew all of the vegetables they ate.We got a look at the historic Meyuhas house on a tour with Chenya, who guides regularly at the City of David. He told us that warm and friendly relationships sprang up between the Arabs and their Jewish neighbors across the way. Happy occasions like weddings and holidays were always celebrated together, with the Jews bringing matzah to the Arabs on Passover, and the Arabs big trays of honey to the Jews. For their weddings, the Arabs even made sure the Meyuhas family would have kosher food.Juvelius and Parker arrived in 1909, hired several hundred Arab workers, and fenced off an area in the City of David not far from the Meyuhas house. Then they began to dig.At one point Jerusalem’s Jews began to wonder what kind of shady happenings were taking place beyond the fence. Baron Edmund de Rothschild — a banker philanthropist who founded many an early settlement in the Land of Israel — got wind of their activities. Worried that Solomon’s crown and other treasures could end up in the hands of non-Jews, he decided to buy the property on which the excavations were taking place.Parker was convinced that the treasures were actually somewhere on the Temple Mount. In 1911, when it became obvious that the adventure was coming to an end, he bribed the guard at the Temple Mount to look the other way. And one dark night when no one was supposed to be about, Parker and his crew dressed up as Muslims and began digging beneath the Dome of the Rock — the stone believed by some to hold up the world.Unfortunately for Parker, they were not alone for long. That night an Arab Jerusalemite held a party and had so many guests that he had to find himself another place to sleep. He picked the Temple Mount, and after climbing up was shocked and startled to find people digging away under the stone.As he screamed for help Parker and his associates fled from the spot, making it all the way to Jaffa. Unfortunately for them, the telegraph had already been invented and Jaffa gendarmes had instructions to search their luggage.Parker wasn’t fazed for a minute. He invited the police to his yacht, where, he said, they could go through his bags in comfort. Then, Parker loaded the boat with a number of sacks and dashed off before the gendarmes arrived. Contemporary newspaper accounts related that he did make off with some fabulous treasures, from Solomon’s crown to Moses’ staff.In 1913, Baron Rothschild asked archeologist Raymond Weill to excavate the property that he now owned in the City of David. Weill, the first Jewish archeologist to conduct excavations in Palestine, made two major discoveries. The first was an inscription discovered deep in a cistern. Written in Greek, it belonged to a synagogue over 2,000 years old.The inscription is attributed to Theodotos, a Jewish priest who was the head of the synagogue. It speaks of a synagogue founded by his forefathers where Jewish law was read and the Bible’s commandments taught. Also mentioned are a guest room, an inn, and water facilities. A copy of the inscription can be seen next to the caves today.The second discovery was made on the slopes above the Siloam Pool: a Roman quarry next to a group of caves assumed to have been used for burial. According to the Bible, King David was buried “in the City of David” (1 Kings 2:10). Of course, we can’t know today what royal tombs looked like in David’s time. However, the Book of Nehemiah, written in the 5th century BCE, places them just about where Weill discovered the caves.Once Jews began returning to Jerusalem from their exile in Babylon, they began repairing the walls of the city: “Shallun… repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam… as far as the steps going down from the City of David… Nehemiah son of Azbuk… made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David.” (Nehemiah 3:15)Following Weill’s discovery, and as excavations continued at the end of World War I, the Meyuhas family was asked to leave so that workers could dig under their home. They left, but the house remained standing. Later on, Arabs moved into the City of David.After Rothschild passed away in 1934, the property he had purchased was transferred to the Jewish National Fund (JNF).Entrance to the City of David is NIS 28; half price for seniors, children and soldiers. While you can just appear at the ticket window, it is better to reserve in advance by calling (in Israel) 02-626-8700 or *6033, or visiting the City of David website.Aviva Bar-Am is the author of seven English-language guides to Israel.Shmuel Bar-Am is a licensed tour guide who provides private, customized tours in Israel for individuals, families and small groups.

Paris to name a street for Sarah Halimi in Jewish Quarter-‘It will be a way of achieving justice for her,’ says mayor following rally by some 20,000 people against ruling by France’s highest court not to prosecute Jewish woman’s killer-By Cnaan Liphshiz-MAY 1,21-Today, 8:09 am

JTA — Paris will soon inaugurate in its historic Jewish quarter a street named for Sarah Halimi, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said amid protests over authorities’ handling of the killing.Hidalgo made the announcement on Sunday following a rally by about 20,000 people, mostly Jews, who demonstrated against the April 14 ruling by France’s highest court on the 2017 slaying.“We need to honor Sarah Halimi’s memory. And that’s what we’ll do,” Hidalgo said in a statement, France3 reported Tuesday. “There will be a Sarah Halimi Street. It will be a way of achieving justice for her.”The street will be in the 4th District, also known as the Marais, which before the Holocaust was the heart of Jewish life in Paris.Halimi’s killer, a 31-year-old Muslim man with a history of antisemitic behavior, will not stand trial because the high court ruled that the marijuana he had smoked before the murderous attack made him temporarily psychotic. Previous rulings had found that the killer, Kobili Traore, was motivated partly by his hatred of Jews.In 2011, Paris inaugurated a memorial garden for Ilan Halimi, a French Jew (not related to Sarah) who in 2006 was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by a gang of criminals because he was Jewish. Jihadist literature and Hamas propaganda were retrieved at the homes of some of the conspirators. The gang’s leader was given a life sentence and more than a dozen others were sent to prison.

Yemen officials: Heavy flooding from seasonal rains kills 13-AHMED AL-HAJ-Sat, May 1, 2021, 5:54 AM

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Floods swept through parts of Yemen amid heavy seasonal rains, leaving at least 13 people dead, including two children, security officials said Saturday.Fatalities were reported in the provinces of Sanaa, Ibb, Shabwa and Hodeida, where it began raining late last month, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.Heavy rains also pelted the provinces of Aden, Taiz and Hadramawt, where flooding damaged houses and vehicles, they said. Rescuers managed to save some residents trapped in their cars.Yemen’s National Meteorological Center issued statements in recent days warning Yemenis to stay away from flood ducts in affected areas and to take necessary precautions. Yemen’s rainy season runs from April through August.Last year, flooding in Yemen left dozens dead and forced tens of thousands to leave their homes.The Arab world’s poorest country is divided between Houthi rebels in the north and an internationally recognized government in the south. 

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