MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 011 SAT JAN 18, 2025

    MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF SAT JAN-18, 2024 - DAY-011

RACES CANCELLED AFTER RACE 3 DUE TO WEATHER.

MOHAWK PICKS
01-1-6-4-2 4TH (9.2), MTRI-88.10, MSUP-266.00 - 354.10
02-3-4-6-1 P-4.30, 4TH WBP (8-1) - 358.40
03-3-2-6-8
04-7-4-2-0
05-8-2-1-9
06-4-8-1-5
07-8-9-6-5
08-4-6-1-9
09-9-8-5-2
10-1-6-4-2
11-8-9-6-1
12-3-7-5-1-4
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $358.40 OVERALL TOTAL $3,159.15

STANS PICKS
01-2-6-10-9-3
02-3-7-1-6-2 S-5.60, 4TH WBP (9.5) - 5.60
03-2-3-8-7-5 W-4.90 - 10.50
04-7-8-3-1-4
05-4-9-10-2-5
06-1-4-5-10-8
07-8-6-10-4-5
08-4-6-9-8-3
09-3-5-6-8-1
10-2-6-1-3-4
11-1-6-8-9-5
12-3-1-5-7-9
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $36,579.59
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $10.50 OVERALL TOTAL $3,785.95

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-4 (8-1)-1 (6.5)-6 (2-1)-2 (9.2)
02-6 (9.5)-4 (7.2)-1 (8-1)-5 (31-1)
03-2 (7.5)-1 (11-1)-3 (8.5)-4 (15-1)
04-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( ) (10-SCR)
05-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )
06-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( ) (7-SCR)
07-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )
08-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )
09-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )
10-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )
11-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )
12-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )-0 ( )

MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-041-BIG-$09.00 (JAN 09-3RD) (7.2), $08.70 (JAN 03-7TH) (3-1), $07.80 (JAN 03-11TH) (5.2)    
02-025-BIG-$07.90 (JAN 03-10TH) (8-1), $07.80 (JAN 16-8TH) (8-1), $06.40 (JAN 09-9TH) (5-1)
03-015-BIG-$05.20 (JAN 16-3RD) (5-1), $05.10  (JAN 11-11TH) (14-1), $04.90 (JAN 09-10TH) (5-1)
04-020-BIG-25-1 (JAN 17-8TH), 24-1 (JAN 16-6TH), 17-1 (JAN 10-7TH), 13-1 (JAN 04-2ND)
04-030-W B P-BIG-37-1 (JAN 04-11TH), 29-1 (JAN 11-5TH), 26-1 (JAN 09-7TH), 18-1 (JAN 03-1ST)
S EX-015-BIG-$21.80 (JAN 06-3RD)
M EX-005-BIG-$29.80 (JAN 04-4TH)
S TRI-005-BIG-$20.35 (JAN 09-4TH)
M TRI-006-BIG-$88.10 (JAN 18-1ST)
S SUP-001-BIG-$25.00 (JAN 04-1ST)
M SUP-002-BIG-$266.00 (JAN 18-1ST)
DD-1,2-02-BIG-$11.70 (JAN 02-2ND)
DD-2,3-03-BIG-$15.90 (JAN 06-3RD)
DD-3,4-01-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-02-BIG-$07.30 (JAN 10-6TH)
DD-6,7-04-BIG-$10.80 (JAN 03-7TH)
DD-7,8-02-BIG-$08.30 (JAN 09-8TH)
DD-8,9-00-BIG-$
DD-9,10-00-BIG-$
DD-10,11-01-BIG-$16.20 (JAN 04-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$12.55 (JAN 04-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-00-BIG-$
P3 (3-5)-00-BIG-$
P3 (4-6)-01-BIG-$06.90 (JAN 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-02-BIG-$11.30 (JAN 10-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-02-BIG-$08.45 (JAN 09-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-00-BIG-$
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(01)-41
5-1+ LONG TOT-(03)-156-26.3%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-09-12
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-254-432-58.8%
TOTAL RACES-(12)-117
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-04,02-03,03-02-04-03,05-02,06-03,07-03,08-03,09-03,10-02,11-03,12-00,13-00=09-12-OATOT 254-432-58.8%


(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-025-BIG-$09.00 (JAN 09-3RD) (7.2), $08.70 (JAN 16-3RD) (3-1), $07.20 (JAN 10-9TH) (5.2)   
02-014-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 04-7TH) (22-1), $06.40 (JAN 09-9TH) (5-1), $06.10 (JAN 03-11TH) (5-1)
03-014-BIG-$07.20 (JAN 09-9TH) (9-1), $05.60 (JAN 6TH) (9-1), $05.60 (JAN 18-2ND) (8-1)
04-017-BIG-42-1 (JAN 11-10TH), 40-1 (JAN 02-10TH), 25-1 (JAN 06-2ND), 25-1 (JAN 06-11TH)
04-046-W B P-BIG-29-1 (JAN 11-5TH), 27-1 (JAN 16-4TH), 27-1 (JAN 09-9TH), 24-1 (JAN 11-4TH)   
S EX-005-BIG-$45.80 (JAN 09-3RD)
M EX-003-BIG-$12.60 (JAN 17-5TH)
S TRI-001-BIG-$90.00 (JAN 09-3RD)
M TRI-004-BIG-$62.35 (JAN 10-2ND)
S SUP-000-BIG-$
M SUP-006-BIG-$984.50 (JAN 09-5TH)
DD-1,2-02-BIG-$11.70 (JAN 02-2ND)
DD-2,3-01-BIG-$09.30 (JAN 03-3RD)
DD-3,4-02-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-00-BIG-$
DD-6,7-02-BIG-$10.70 (JAN 10-7TH)
DD-7,8-00-BIG-$
DD-8,9-00-BIG-$
DD-9,10-00-BIG-$
DD-10,11-00-BIG-$
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-00-BIG-$
P3 (2-4)-01-BIG-$11.30 (JAN 03-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-01-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 03-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$
P3 (7-9)-00-BIG-$
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(01)-44
5-1+ LONG TOT-(03)-156-28.2%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-07-12
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-245-432-56.7%
TOTAL RACES-(12)-117
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-02-04-02,05-03,06-04,07-04,08-02,09-03,10-02,11-03,12-00,13-00=07-12-OATOT 245-432-56.7%

MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 010 FRI JAN 17, 2025

    MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF FRI JAN-17, 2025 - DAY-010

MOHAWK PICKS
01-4-6-8-1
02-3-6-5-4 W-6.90, P-2.50, 4TH (3-1), SEX-15.70 - 25.10
03-2-1-7-4 4TH WBP (2-1)
04-8-3-7-5 W-5.30, MTRI-27.15 - 57.55
05-8-3-1-5 MEX-12.60 - 70.15
06-6-3-4-0 W-2.60, MTRI-7.45 - 80.20
07-5-7-4-1 W-3.70, S-2.30, DD-4.70 - 90.90
08-4-10-7-5 W-3.90, P-2.90, 4TH (25-1), SEX-11.20, DD-5.60, P3-5.85 - 120.35
09-3-7-4-2 4TH (7-1), MEX-23.10 - 143.45
10-3-7-1-2 P-4.90 - 148.35
11-9-10-8-3-2 W-2.20, P-2.40, 4TH WBP (6-1), SEX-4.40 - 157.35
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $157.35 OVERALL TOTAL $2,800.75

STANS PICKS
01-5-9-10-1-3
02-3-2-6-5-4 W-6.90, MTRI-25.50 - 32.40
03-1-7-3-4-9 4TH WBP (2-1)
04-5-6-7-1-3
05-8-3-5-7-1 4TH (15-1), MEX-12.60 - 45.00
06-6-7-3-4-2 W-2.60, S-2.20, 4TH WBP (7.2), MSUP-12.60 - 62.40
07-4-7-3-5-2 4TH WBP (4.5), MSUP-110.25 - 172.65
08-4-7-10-2-6 W-3.90 - 176.55
09-4-7-1-3-6 S-3.30 - 179.85
10-3-2-1-7-6 4TH WBP (9-1)
11-10-9-8-3-5 W-2.70, P-3.00, 4TH WBP (6-1), SEX-5.50 - 191.05
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $27,168.08
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $191.05 OVERALL TOTAL $3,775.45

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-6 (3.2)-3 (17-1)-7 (7.2)-4 (2-1)
02-3 (2-1)-6 (6.5)-2 (9-1)-4 (3-1) (1-SCR)
03-4 (2-1)-10 (11-1)-2 (4-1)-6 (22-1)
04-8 (8.5)-7 (4-1)-3 (5.2)-6 (33-1)
05-3 (4.5)-8 (5.2)-2 (16-1)-7 (15-1) (10-SCR)
06-6 (1.5)-4 (7.2)-3 (7-1)-7 (13-1) (1,5-SCR)
07-5 (4.5)-3 (7-1)-4 (3-1)-7 (10-1)
08-4 (4.5)-10 (2-1)-6 (8-1)-5 (25-1)
09-7 (6-1)-3 (2.5)-1 (20-1)-2 (7-1)
10-5 (3.5)-7 (9-1)-4 (10-1)-1 (36-1)
11-10 (2-1)DH-9 (4.5)DH-3 (6-1)-6 (19-1)-8 (8-1)

MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-041-BIG-$09.00 (JAN 09-3RD) (7.2), $08.70 (JAN 03-7TH) (3-1), $07.80 (JAN 03-11TH) (5.2)    
02-024-BIG-$07.90 (JAN 03-10TH) (8-1), $07.80 (JAN 16-8TH) (8-1), $06.40 (JAN 09-9TH) (5-1)
03-015-BIG-$05.20 (JAN 16-3RD) (5-1), $05.10  (JAN 11-11TH) (14-1), $04.90 (JAN 09-10TH) (5-1)
04-019-BIG-25-1 (JAN 17-8TH), 24-1 (JAN 16-6TH), 17-1 (JAN 10-7TH), 13-1 (JAN 04-2ND)
04-029-W B P-BIG-37-1 (JAN 04-11TH), 29-1 (JAN 11-5TH), 26-1 (JAN 09-7TH), 18-1 (JAN 03-1ST)
S EX-015-BIG-$21.80 (JAN 06-3RD)
M EX-005-BIG-$29.80 (JAN 04-4TH)
S TRI-005-BIG-$20.35 (JAN 09-4TH)
M TRI-005-BIG-$70.25 (JAN 06-1ST)
S SUP-001-BIG-$25.00 (JAN 04-1ST)
M SUP-001-BIG-$87.90 (JAN 06-8TH)
DD-1,2-02-BIG-$11.70 (JAN 02-2ND)
DD-2,3-03-BIG-$15.90 (JAN 06-3RD)
DD-3,4-01-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-02-BIG-$07.30 (JAN 10-6TH)
DD-6,7-04-BIG-$10.80 (JAN 03-7TH)
DD-7,8-02-BIG-$08.30 (JAN 09-8TH)
DD-8,9-00-BIG-$
DD-9,10-00-BIG-$
DD-10,11-01-BIG-$16.20 (JAN 04-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-01-BIG-$12.55 (JAN 04-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-00-BIG-$
P3 (3-5)-00-BIG-$
P3 (4-6)-01-BIG-$06.90 (JAN 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-02-BIG-$11.30 (JAN 10-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-02-BIG-$08.45 (JAN 09-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-00-BIG-$
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(03)-40
5-1+ LONG TOT-(12)-153-26.1%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-29-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-245-420-58.3%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-105
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-03,03-02-04-03,05-02,06-03,07-03,08-03,09-03,10-02,11-03,12-00,13-00=29-44-OATOT 245-420-58.3%


(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-024-BIG-$09.00 (JAN 09-3RD) (7.2), $08.70 (JAN 16-3RD) (3-1), $07.20 (JAN 10-9TH) (5.2)   
02-014-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 04-7TH) (22-1), $06.40 (JAN 09-9TH) (5-1), $06.10 (JAN 03-11TH) (5-1)
03-013-BIG-$07.20 (JAN 09-9TH) (9-1), $05.60 (JAN 6TH) (9-1), $04.70 (JAN 13-6TH) (7-1)
04-017-BIG-42-1 (JAN 11-10TH), 40-1 (JAN 02-10TH), 25-1 (JAN 06-2ND), 25-1 (JAN 06-11TH)
04-045-W B P-BIG-29-1 (JAN 11-5TH), 27-1 (JAN 16-4TH), 27-1 (JAN 09-9TH), 24-1 (JAN 11-4TH)   
S EX-005-BIG-$45.80 (JAN 09-3RD)
M EX-003-BIG-$12.60 (JAN 17-5TH)
S TRI-001-BIG-$90.00 (JAN 09-3RD)
M TRI-004-BIG-$62.35 (JAN 10-2ND)
S SUP-000-BIG-$
M SUP-006-BIG-$984.50 (JAN 09-5TH)
DD-1,2-02-BIG-$11.70 (JAN 02-2ND)
DD-2,3-01-BIG-$09.30 (JAN 03-3RD)
DD-3,4-02-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-00-BIG-$
DD-6,7-02-BIG-$10.70 (JAN 10-7TH)
DD-7,8-00-BIG-$
DD-8,9-00-BIG-$
DD-9,10-00-BIG-$
DD-10,11-00-BIG-$
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-00-BIG-$
P3 (2-4)-01-BIG-$11.30 (JAN 03-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-01-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 03-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-00-BIG-$
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-00-BIG-$
P3 (7-9)-00-BIG-$
P3 (8-10)-00-BIG-$
P3 (9-11)-00-BIG-$
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(05)-43
5-1+ LONG TOT-(12)-153-28.1%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-27-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-238-420-56.7%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-105
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-00,02-03,03-01-04-02,05-03,06-04,07-04,08-02,09-03,10-02,11-03,12-00,13-00=27-44-OATOT 238-420-56.7%

DEAL FINALIZED.

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)

DEAL FINALIZED.

Jeremiah 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Isaiah 57:21
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Israel and Hamas sign hostage-ceasefire deal in Doha after mediators iron out final kinks-By Jacob Magid-Today, 3:00 am-JAN 16,25

Israeli and Hamas negotiating teams have signed a hostage release and ceasefire deal in Doha, an Arab official from one of the mediating countries confirms to The Times of Israel.The deal was announced Wednesday, but the negotiating teams continued meeting afterward in order to finalize implementation details, the official says.A particular point of dispute was over the identities of the Palestinian security prisoners slated for release, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issuing a statement early on Thursday accusing Hamas of reneging on its commitments.The issue was ultimately resolved by the mediators, allowing the Israeli and Hamas teams to move forward with signing the agreement.While Israel’s decision-making security cabinet and full cabinet had been originally been slated to vote on the deal on Thursday, Netanyahu insisted on waiting until the agreement was signed before holding a vote.The security cabinet meeting has now been rescheduled for Friday. A subsequent vote before the full cabinet is also required, but an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that it will only take place on Saturday, in what will likely delay the start of the deal until Monday, instead of the originally planned Sunday.After the full cabinet vote, a list of Palestinian security prisoners to be freed will be published, and opponents will have 48 hours to petition against these releases to the Supreme Court.The Israeli official did not provide an explanation for why the full cabinet vote couldn’t take place on Friday as well. However, Channel 12 explained that it was decided by the Prime Minister’s Office that if the original timetable were to be maintained, and a vote to be taken tomorrow, this would mean opponents of the prisoner releases would have almost no time to lodge appeals because of Shabbat. The court is not expected to intervene in the releases.Channel 12 said judicial sources have made clear that the formal 48-hour period for petitions can be shortened, as happened ahead of the November 2023 truce, and that the intended Sunday start of the deal need not be affected, but that the Prime Minister’s Office was not persuaded.The deal is currently scheduled to take effect on Sunday at 12:15 p.m., with the first three hostages to be released soon after. If the Prime Minister’s Office sticks to its reported new, delayed timetable, the first hostage releases would go ahead on Monday — the day of US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.While far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir are expected to vote against the deal, it is still expected to have enough support to pass both the security cabinet and full cabinet votes.Netanyahu is still working to convince Smotrich to back the deal. The prime minister’s Likud party issued a statement Thursday claiming the US has given Israel guarantees that will allow it to resume fighting after the first stage of the deal, as Smotrich has demanded, in what would be an apparent violation of the deal’s terms.

US president: There’s a genuine opportunity for a new future-Biden: US-backed pressure on Iranian axis helped secure hostage deal, end of Gaza war-Outgoing US officials acknowledge that cooperation from Trump’s team provided boost, argue that Israel’s ‘defanging’ of Hezbollah isolated Hamas enough for it to accept ceasefire By Jacob Magid-Today, 6:43 am-JAN 16,25

US President Joe Biden hailed the hostage release and ceasefire agreement that his administration helped ink on Wednesday, asserting that the deal will bring about a “permanent end of the war” in Gaza after the second of the proposal’s three phases.“It’s a very good afternoon,” Biden began in his White House address announcing the agreement, which he had been working to deliver for the past seven months since unveiling the terms of the proposal on May 31.That earlier speech was seen as a savvy political move by Biden, who called on Hamas to accept the three-phase framework, which the president revealed had actually been approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu four days earlier. By exposing the details publicly along with Netanyahu’s private agreement to them, Washington hoped that half of the work was behind it.But the months that followed saw significant Hamas intransigence, along with Netanyahu walking back from the terms of his May 27 proposal.Hamas, through the summer, felt emboldened enough by the support it was receiving from Iran and the Islamic Republic’s chief proxy Hezbollah to continue fighting, with its leader at the time Yahya Sinwar uninterested in a ceasefire, said a senior Biden administration official briefing reporters after the Wednesday announcement.Netanyahu meanwhile added conditions to his May 27 proposal regarding the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, which led to the torpedoing of negotiations in July, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller acknowledged in a separate Wednesday briefing.While Qatari and Egyptian mediators along with members of Israel’s hostage negotiation team privately blamed both sides for the lack of a deal to date, the Biden administration has publicly maintained that Hamas was the main obstacle, particularly since August.The senior US official told reporters that it was then that the US shifted its approach to the Gaza war, prioritizing the support of Israel “defanging” Hezbollah, based on the belief that doing so would further isolate Hamas and lead the terror group to show more flexibility in the ceasefire talks.The Biden aide also acknowledged that the outgoing administration’s collaboration with US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team — particularly incoming Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff — played a crucial role in bringing the deal across the finish line.Senior Arab diplomats familiar with the negotiations went further, saying it was the pressure that Witkoff put on Netanyahu during a Saturday meeting in Jerusalem that helped secure a breakthrough in the negotiations.Trump has repeatedly threatened “all hell to pay” if the hostages are not released by January 20, and while the message was directed at Hamas, Trump’s desire to end the war required Israel to fall in line as well.Biden in his White House speech argued that US-backed pressure on Hamas and weakening of the Iran-backed Axis of Resistance against Israel led the terror group to eventually agree to the deal that had been on the table since May.“We’ve reached this point because of the pressure that Israel built on Hamas, backed by the United States,” he said. Biden highlighted Israel’s October killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar along with many of the terror group’s senior commanders and thousands of its fighters, in addition to the destruction of its military formations.He recalled how the US twice over the past year helped Israel thwart missile attacks from “Hamas’ strongest supporter, Iran.” He did not mention the billions of dollars in security assistance along with critical diplomatic cover that the US provided Israel as the international community — and many Democratic voters — turned on Jerusalem due to the Gaza humanitarian crisis sparked by the war.But Biden did boast of having “shaped Israel’s strong and calibrated response, [which] destroyed Iran’s air defenses but avoided… an all-out war.” The president at the time publicly cautioned Israel against hitting Iranian nuclear or oil sites.He also highlighted the coalition that the US recruited to defend the Red Sea against Houthi attacks — a mission that has not succeed in stopping the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group’s continued missile attacks against Israel and on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The Houthis pledged to continue attacks until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.“The United States helped to shape and change the equation, and the terror network that once protected and sustained Hamas is far weaker. Iran is weaker than has been in decades,” Biden said.467 days of failure, 1 day of success-In answer to a question, the president noted: “This is the exact framework of the deal I proposed back in May. Exact. And, we got the world to endorse it.”The first phase will commence on Sunday and see the release of 33 of the 98 hostages in exchange for roughly 1,000 Palestinian security prisoners and a partial Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The second phase will see the release of the remaining living hostages and will conclude with a permanent end to the war and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The third phase will see Hamas release the remaining bodies of hostages in its possession.During the first phase, Israel and Hamas will resume negotiations aimed at agreeing to terms for phase two, “which is a permanent end of the war — let me say it again, a permanent end of the war,” Biden asserted in his speech.If those talks extend longer than the first phase’s 42 days, the ceasefire will remain in place, as long as the parties remain at the negotiating table.Biden said he’s spoken to the leaders of Qatar and Egypt and all three have pledged that the negotiations will keep moving forward “for as long as it takes.”Netanyahu had long insisted that he would not agree to permanently end the war until Hamas’s governing and military capabilities have been dismantled, and sought — apparently unsuccessfully — during negotiations to ensure that Israel could resume fighting after the first stage.While Netanyahu is facing immense pressure from his far-right coalition partners to resume fighting after the first phase, Biden said he was “confident” that Israel and Hamas will reach phase two of the agreement.The hostage negotiation that climaxed Wednesday was one of the most difficult of his career, Biden said.“I’m deeply satisfied this day has come for the sake of the people of Israel and the [hostages’] families of waiting in agony, for the sake of the innocent people in Gaza who suffered unimaginable devastation because of the war,” Biden said. “The Palestinian people have gone through hell. Too many innocent people have died. Too many communities have been destroyed.”“This has been a time of real turmoil in the Middle East, but as I prepare to leave office, our friends are strong, our enemies are weak, and there’s a genuine opportunity for a new future,” Biden said.He also suggested that the hostage deal could lead to the creation of a “credible pathway” to a Palestinian state. This would require Israeli acquiescence, which Jerusalem has repeatedly made clear it will not grant.He then cited former US senator and Northern Ireland peace negotiator George Mitchell’s quote that “diplomacy is 700 days of failure and one day of success,” which he paraphrased.“We’ve had many difficult days since the Hamas began this terrible war. We’ve encountered roadblocks and setbacks. But we haven’t given up. And now, after more than 400 days of struggle, a day of success has arrived,” Biden concluded.The Trump factor-Before departing, Biden was asked whether he or Trump should get credit for the deal.“Is that a joke?” he responded, apparently insulted by the question.But to many onlookers, the shouted query seemed legitimate.“This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies,” Trump wrote in a celebratory post on Truth Social.Biden acknowledged in his speech that while the deal was negotiated by his administration, it will be implemented by the incoming Trump administration.“In these past few days, we’ve been speaking as one team,” he said, stressing that he had instructed his aides after the election to coordinate with Trump’s team.Miller was a bit more effusive, subsequently telling reporters that the involvement of Trump’s team had “been absolutely critical in getting this deal over the line.Miller said that the cooperation between outgoing White House Mideast czar Brett McGurk and incoming Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, who sat together at the negotiation table over the past week may well have been unprecedented and demonstrated the power of bipartisanship.The senior US official said they periodically split up, with McGurk staying back in Doha on Saturday to lead the negotiations, while Witkoff flew to Israel to meet with Netanyahu.Netanyahu held separate calls with Biden and Trump on Wednesday night to express his gratitude for their efforts.According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu thanked Trump for his “help in advancing the release of the hostages and helping Israel to bring an end to the suffering of dozens of hostages and their families.”Netanyahu also thanked the incoming US president for his comments earlier today that Gaza will “NEVER again become a terrorist safe haven.” The pair agreed to meet soon in Washington, Netanyahu’s office said. The Israeli readout on Netanyahu’s call with Biden was shorter and less detailed.The senior US official briefing reporters said the Netanyahu-Biden call was warm and that the two leaders reflected on the horrors of October 7 and the plight of the hostages and the joy of being able to reunite them with their families. Netanyahu also noted that he and Biden had experienced a significant number of historical moments throughout their 44 years knowing each other, the senior US official said.

NOT SO FAST ON THE SO CALLED HOSTAGE CEASEFIRE DEAL - HAMAS RENEGES ALREADY. AFTER NOT A DAY IS GONE.

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NOT SO FAST ON THE SO CALLED HOSTAGE CEASEFIRE DEAL - HAMAS RENEGES ALREADY. AFTER NOT A DAY IS GONE.

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Isaiah 57:21
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NOT SO FAST ON THAT SO CALLED HOSTAGE, CEASEFIRE DEAL. AFTER NOT A DAY HAMAS IS RENEGING ALREADY. WANTING TO MAKE A LIST OF THE TERRORISTS THEY WANT RELEASED BY ISRAEL.BENJAMIN NETANYAHU I SAY DON'T DO A DEAL WITH BIDEN AND HIS BUNCH OF HAMAS SUCK UP LEADERS. DO THE HOSTAGE DEAL WITH TRUMP AND HIS NEGOTIATORS. THEY WON'T SUCK HOLE UP TO HAMAS AND ALL THE TERRORISTS. THEY WILL DO A FAR DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES. IT BETTER BE ONE FOR ONE. INSTEAD OF 100 FOR 1 HOSTAGE. IF HAMAS REJECTS. USE A SMALL NUKE IN GAZA AND THE WESTBANK. AND GO AFTER IRANS NUKE SITES AND OIL REFINERIES. TEACH THESE ARAB, MUSLIMS A LESSON. YOU GO BY TRUMPS DEAL OR YOUR HISTORY.

Netanyahu's office: Terror group creating 'crisis' in deal-Israel holds off on approving hostage deal, accusing Hamas of reneging on details-Cabinet vote on deal delayed amid dispute on identities of prisoners to be freed; Hamas denies backtracking; official not in PMO says Netanyahu stalling over ‘coalition politics’By Amy Spiro-and Jacob Magid-Today, 3:22 pm-JAN 16,25

Israel was still holding off on Thursday afternoon from officially declaring that a ceasefire-hostage release deal announced a day earlier by mediators had been reached with Hamas, insisting that details remained to be finalized and that Hamas was throwing last-minute wrenches into the negotiations.Mossad chief David Barnea, the head of Israel’s negotiating team who was dispatched to Doha on Saturday night, was still in the Qatari capital as of Thursday afternoon, according to an official familiar with the talks.Both the US and Qatar — who brokered the agreement — proclaimed on Wednesday evening that a deal had been reached to end the 15-month war in Gaza triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held off on publicly commenting, saying he would only do so when the terms were finalized.Nevertheless, most Israeli officials indicated the agreement was all but a done deal, with the focus moving to the internal political battle playing out ahead of the expected cabinet and security cabinet votes, which were delayed by at least several hours.The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement Thursday morning accusing Hamas of backing out of some agreements and creating a “crisis” in finalizing the deal.“Hamas is reneging on the understandings and creating a last-minute crisis that is preventing an agreement,” the PMO said in a statement issued in both English and Hebrew. “The Israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement.”Other reports in Israeli media suggested instead that the delay in convening the cabinet was due to attempts to gain the support of far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has threatened to quit the government along with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir if the war is ended.Overnight, the PMO specified that the dispute related to the release of Palestinian security prisoners, describing “a last-minute attempt by Hamas to withdraw from a clause in the agreement that grants Israel veto power over the release of mass murderers who are symbols of terrorism.” It said Hamas was “demanding to dictate the identity of these murderers,” contradicting agreed-upon terms.A leaked copy of the deal, whose authenticity was later confirmed to The Times of Israel, said prisoners would be released “based on lists agreed upon by both sides.”Following the Israeli government statement, senior Hamas official Izzat el-Risheq said that the terror group is committed to the ceasefire agreement announced by mediators on Wednesday.An Israeli official not from Netanyahu’s office suggested that the premier is making announcements about breakdowns in negotiations and holding off on announcing the agreement his negotiating team signed off on yesterday while he works to keep his coalition intact.The Israeli official acknowledged to The Times of Israel that details are still being finalized in negotiations but insisted that the disagreements are relatively minor and will be solved in the coming hours.Asked to explain Netanyahu’s conduct since the deal was announced, the Israeli official chalks it up to “coalition politics.”Separately, a senior diplomatic official denied to reporters on Thursday that Israel had agreed to gradually pull out of the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Gaza and Egypt from the start of the ceasefire.The official said Israeli troops will remain in the area “throughout the entire first stage, all 42 days.” The number of troops deployed there will remain the same, the official said, “but will be distributed in a different manner, including outposts, patrols, observation points and control along the entire route.”Only on day 16 of the first stage, the official added, will negotiations begin over the end of the war, and “if Hamas does not agree to Israeli demands to end the war, Israel will remain in the Philadelphi Corridor also on the 42nd day and also the 50th day.”In practical terms, the official contended, “Israel is staying in Philadelphi until further notice.”The leaked copy of the agreement states that the Israeli side “will gradually reduce the forces in the corridor area during stage 1 based on the accompanying maps and the agreement between both sides.” On day 42, the deal says, “Israeli forces will begin their withdrawal and complete it no later than day 50.”Under the terms of the deal, the initial six-week first phase of the ceasefire will see the gradual release of 33 Israeli hostages — including two who have been held in Gaza for many years.During that phase, Israel is slated to gradually withdraw from the densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip, including the Netzarim Corridor in its center, and deploy to a 700-meter-long perimeter on the Gaza border. The Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt will open for civilians and wounded to leave Gaza for abroad after the release of all the female hostages in the first phase, and civilians will be able to start returning to northern Gaza a week into the deal.On the 16th day of the first stage, negotiations are slated to begin on the terms of the second phase of the deal, which is expected to see the release of the remaining 65 hostages.Hamas-led terrorists kidnapped 251 hostages during their October 7, 2023, onslaught, and 105 were released during a November 2023 temporary truce, while four were freed earlier and eight have been rescued alive by troops from Gaza.The bodies of 40 hostages have been recovered from the Strip, and of the 94 captives believed to still be held, 34 have been confirmed dead by Israeli officials. The fate of many of the others is unknown.Agencies and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Analysis-With hostage deal, Netanyahu is going all in on Trump-The prime minister is risking a schism with his closest political allies to advance a deal with Hamas. He has good reason to think it’s worth the gamble-Haviv Rettig Gur-By Haviv Rettig Gur-Today, 4:38 pm-JAN 16,25

At the time of writing, the deal between Israel and Hamas for a hostage release and temporary ceasefire in Gaza has not, despite much fanfare around the world, actually been signed and sealed. Claims of last-minute demands from Hamas have prevented a formal announcement.On Hamas’s side, the last hiccup seems to be the identities of some of the terrorist prisoners Israel will be required to release under the terms of the deal.But there may be an Israeli hiccup too — a complication that emerges from Netanyahu’s political fears of losing the far-right factions of his coalition.Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir has already declared he will leave the government if the deal is signed. While he appears resolved to that outcome, Netanyahu has worked hard to keep the Religious Zionism chief, Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, from doing the same. On paper, Netanyahu’s coalition could survive without them for some time, but it would be a far less stable coalition, and a far less loyal one.Netanyahu has spent much of the week trying to convince Smotrich that the deal will not mean an end to the war, even if outgoing US President Joe Biden has insisted otherwise.The argument he’s been making behind closed doors emerged into public view on Thursday in a media statement credited to an unnamed “senior official” — more often than not, journalistic code for a Netanyahu spokesman or even Netanyahu himself.“Contrary to distorted reports,” the statement read, “Israel won’t be leaving the Philadelphi Corridor” that runs along the Egypt-Gaza border. “Israel will remain on the Corridor throughout phase 1, for all 42 days.” Though IDF forces would redeploy in some parts, “the scale of forces will remain the same, including outposts, patrols, observation sites and control of the entirety of the Corridor.”And then the statement made a dramatic promise: “If Hamas doesn’t agree [in talks over phase 2] to Israel’s demands for an end to the war (the fulfillment of the war’s goals), then Israel will remain in the Philadelphi Corridor on the 42nd day as well, and certainly on the 50th. In other words, in practical terms, Israel remains in Philadelphi until further notice.”It’s a strange statement, with the parenthetical about “the fulfillment of the war’s goals” seeming to suggest that phase 2 would depend on Hamas agreeing to surrender or exile after phase 1 — a clear message to Smotrich and the far right — but made by someone trying to phrase it vaguely enough so as not to trigger new obstacles in the negotiations. Embarrassment-There’s a reason Netanyahu seems to be struggling to speak clearly — and in fact, has not yet spoken openly to the public about what’s going on in the talks.A large majority of Israelis, including majorities of both Jews and Arabs, support the hostage deal. Some 58% support the deal in full, including at the cost of leaving Hamas in power in Gaza, according to an Israel Democracy Institute poll released Tuesday. Another 12% support the first phase of the deal — 33 hostages released without a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza — and then want a return to fighting. Some 70%, in other words, want the prime minister to sign on the dotted line.But Netanyahu’s problem lies with the 23% who do not — who support continuing the military campaign, believe it will lead to a better deal down the road, and are nearly all voters for his coalition.A great many Israelis, especially on the right, are horrified at the costs Israel will pay in the first phase: a thousand Palestinian prisoners released, some of them arch-terrorists and murderers. The hunt for Hamas in Gaza — that long, painful degradation war that has exacted a high cost from Israeli soldiers and families and a much higher one for Gazans and, they believe, must not end with Hamas still in power — will grind to a halt and may not be easy to restart.If the deal is signed, these Israelis believe, Hamas will survive the war, its forces will be bolstered, its reputation restored, its future control of Gaza all but assured.If you don’t think your leaders can deliver a victory, you become far more likely to support a negotiated end, even if it leaves a hated enemy in power-What of Netanyahu’s oft-repeated (and oft-mocked) promise of “total victory?”This is not a small question for him. One of the main drivers of support for the deal is the widespread distrust among many Israelis, measured in many polls, that Netanyahu is either unwilling or incapable of achieving a successful outcome for the war. If you don’t think your leaders can deliver a victory, you become far more likely to support a negotiated end, even if it leaves a hated enemy in power. Distrust of Netanyahu in the political center and left is a major driver of opposition to continued fighting.Netanyahu cannot afford to create the same impression of incapacity and dishonesty on the far right.The second deal-All of which begs the question: Why would he be committing to a deal that has so many political risks for him? The deal now on the table is not, despite Biden’s claims, the same deal offered in May. Key Israeli demands that Hamas refused in the spring have now been met, including the rate of hostage release and the significant Israeli presence in Philadelphi in phase 1.But why would Hamas suddenly be willing to make those concessions? And why would Netanyahu, who has clung tightly to his coalition’s rightist flank for 16 months, suddenly be willing to risk a political showdown? Enter Trump.There are two deals on the table this week: Netanyahu’s deal with Hamas and Netanyahu’s deal with the incoming Trump administration. We know a great deal about the first and very little about the second.Netanyahu’s change of heart seemed to come in conversations with Trump officials, from the president-elect himself down to Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff — so much so that some Arab officials have suggested that one meeting on Saturday between Netanyahu and Witkoff did more to bring Netanyahu around than a year of Biden administration cajoling.(It must be said for those who take this to mean that Netanyahu was the chief obstacle to a deal: Hamas had never actually agreed to any previous version of this deal.) But what could the Trump team have offered Netanyahu to make a showdown with Smotrich and Ben Gvir suddenly palatable? Publicly, the answer seems to be a promise to resume the war. In his Senate confirmation hearing for his appointment as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth told the senators bluntly, “I support Israel destroying and killing every last member of Hamas.”And in an interview with the Call Me Back podcast, incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz said Trump sought to fundamentally change the dynamic that encouraged terrorist groups to take hostages.“Terrorist groups and rogue states have been taking Americans hostage, and they’ve only seen upside [for doing so for] the last four years,” Waltz charged. “So why not take more? Why not take as many as you can and see what you get? With President Trump, he made it very clear very early — not just with Hamas, with groups around the world — there’ll be nothing but downside.”Hamas, Waltz told interviewer Dan Senor, “has to be destroyed to the point that it cannot reconstitute.”Could Netanyahu be channeling a solemn commitment from Trump when he promises Smotrich a resumption of the war after phase 1? Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday evening, moreover, Waltz specified that the US will back Israel if it needs to reenter Gaza. “We’ve made it very clear to the Israelis, and I want the people of Israel to hear me on this: If they need to go back in, we’re with them,” he said. “If Hamas doesn’t live up to the terms of this agreement, we are with them.”Playing nice-Hamas desperately needs a deal. It acquiesced to Israeli demands it has long rejected out of hand, such as leaving Israeli forces in Philadelphi during phase 1, where they will be able to prevent its rearming through the border tunnels to Egypt for the duration of at least that stage of the ceasefire.Over the past 16 months, it lost its chief backers, Hezbollah and Iran. Its Houthi allies in Yemen have gone from devoted ally to cautionary tale for the rest of the region. Israeli airstrikes in Hodeida and Ras Issa in the war-wracked country have all but eliminated the Houthi capacity to export oil and gas.And Trump, of course, reshuffles the deck. Israelis are convinced they will have a freer hand against their enemies in the region after January 20.And so this deal marks a softening of Hamas’s demands — including the rather significant previous demand for an Israeli commitment in advance not to resume fighting after phase 1. The rebuilding of Gaza will also only begin in the later phases.Why would Hamas accept this truce, that is so much less than the strategic removal of the Israeli presence it had held out for since November 2023? Why would it leave Israel able and apparently eager to roar back into the war the moment 33 hostages are in Israel’s hands? Perhaps for the same reason Netanyahu seems so keen on a deal: Trump.Trump’s arrival has fundamentally changed the dynamic. Given the comments of Hegseth and Waltz, Netanyahu can reasonably expect to have American backing for any future escalation.But Trump has repeatedly criticized the Israeli war effort for being slow, indecisive and “losing the PR war.”And so a new dynamic is in play.Israel can do what it takes to win, but Trump, it appears, wants it to show it is willing to try a ceasefire, publicly and clearly. When Hamas inevitably tries to rearm or launch a rocket, Israel will have its excuse to return to fighting, perhaps better prepared and with better intelligence penetration of the Hamas ranks than on October 8, 2023.And in the meantime, it will have handed Trump his political win in the form of a ceasefire, and won his backing for a more intensive fight against Hamas.If that’s the basic dynamic, it explains much of Netanyahu’s and Hamas’s actions over the past two weeks.It explains why Netanyahu is standing up to far-right resistance. Smotrich and Ben Gvir’s public anger serves to highlight the conciliatory stance Netanyahu wants to project to the incoming Trump administration.Hamas understands this moment as well as Netanyahu. It needed to obtain just enough from an agreement to be able to claim a victory, and then to adhere to whatever is obtained in order to deny Netanyahu the political cover with Trump for a return to war.Ironically, that’s a position of weakness for Hamas, and Netanyahu appears to have taken advantage of it — and so there are more hostages coming out, a slower Israeli redeployment and no guarantees of an end to fighting.Yet Hamas retains one great advantage over Netanyahu: Its bar for “victory” is extremely low. It doesn’t need to win; it doesn’t need to rebuild its capabilities. It only needs to be able to claim it survived, even if what survived is a bare fragment of the original organization, now reduced to sending teenagers to fight, overseeing a ruined economy and unable to rebuild Gaza. The simple fact that it still exists is “victory.”Netanyahu will almost certainly sign the deal. Hamas will too. Netanyahu will eat a lot of political crow, especially from his rightist base. Hamas will declare victory and parade through the streets of Gaza.Trump has already taken credit, and Netanyahu will continue to credit him.And Hamas will play by the rules as well as it possibly can.And in the meantime, Israel will work ferociously to build out the kind of intelligence infiltration in Gaza that it possessed in Lebanon. It will spend the ceasefire preparing the offensive Netanyahu seems to believe will be permitted him at the end of phase 1.If this is indeed Netanyahu’s calculation, then the deal he will soon sign is a reasonable gambit and a serious strategy.

MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 009 THU JAN 16, 2025

    MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF THU JAN-16, 2025 - DAY-009

MOHAWK PICKS
01-3-2-4-0
02-7-3-4-6 4TH WBP (5.2)
03-2-6-3-1 S-5.20, 4TH WBP (3-1) - 5.20
04-7-1-3-5 4TH WBP (8-1)
05-2-7-8-5
06-2-3-9-7 W-2.50, P-2.80, 4TH (24-1), SEX-4.50 - 15.00
07-4-3-10-2 4TH (9-1)
08-1-3-7-6 P-7.80 - 22.80
09-6-2-7-3
10-7-1-10-8-3
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $22.80 OVERALL TOTAL $2,643.40

STANS PICKS
01-6-4-5-1-7 W-4.70 - 4.70
02-2-3-7-6-5 4TH WBP (5.2)
03-1-2-4-6-7 W-8.70 - 13.40
04-2-7-5-10-3 4TH WBP (27-1)
05-2-7-8-5-3
06-3-2-4-5-7 MEX-4.50 - 17.90
07-4-2-3-7-8
08-3-1-5-7-8 4TH WBP (13-1)
09-6-3-7-8-2
10-6-1-5-10-8
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $19,290.80
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $17.90 OVERALL TOTAL $3,584.40

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-6 (6.5)-5 (24-1)-2 (5.2)-9 (17-1) (8-SCR)
02-6 (5.2)-4 (2-1)-3 (7.2)-8 (19-1)
03-1 (3-1)-5 (15-1)-3 (5-1)-2 (8.5) (6-4P8 FOR OVER 25 STEPS ON BRAKE)
04-3 (2-1)-5 (8-1)-10 (27-1)-7 (7.5)
05-7 (2-1)-6 (6-1)-9 (40-1)-10 (41-1)
06-2 (1.5)-3 (9.2)-6 (18-1)-7 (24-1)
07-3 (5-1)-6 (44-1)-4 (3.5)-2 (9-1)
08-7 (13-1)-3 (8-1)-8 (15-1)-1 (1.2)
09-7 (7-1)-6 (1.2)-5 (5-1)-4 (28-1)
10-5 (6-1)-7 (2-1)-1 (9.5)-9 (59-1)-6 (18-1)

MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-035-BIG-$09.00 (JAN 09-3RD) (7.2), $08.70 (JAN 03-7TH) (3-1), $07.80 (JAN 03-11TH) (5.2)    
02-020-BIG-$07.90 (JAN 03-10TH) (8-1), $07.80 (JAN 16-8TH) (8-1), $06.40 (JAN 09-9TH) (5-1)
03-014-BIG-$05.20 (JAN 16-3RD) (5-1), $05.10  (JAN 11-11TH) (14-1), $04.90 (JAN 09-10TH) (5-1)
04-016-BIG-24-1 (JAN 16-6TH), 17-1 (JAN 10-7TH), 13-1 (JAN 04-2ND), 10-1 (JAN 06-10TH)
04-027-W B P-BIG-37-1 (JAN 04-11TH), 29-1 (JAN 11-5TH), 26-1 (JAN 09-7TH), 18-1 (JAN 03-1ST)
S EX-012-BIG-$21.80 (JAN 06-3RD)
M EX-003-BIG-$29.80 (JAN 04-4TH)
S TRI-005-BIG-$20.35 (JAN 09-4TH)
M TRI-003-BIG-$70.25 (JAN 06-1ST)
S SUP-001-BIG-$25.00 (JAN 04-1ST)
M SUP-001-BIG-$87.90 (JAN 06-8TH)
DD-1,2-02-BIG-$11.70 (JAN 02-2ND)
DD-2,3-03-BIG-$15.90 (JAN 06-3RD)
DD-3,4-01-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-01-BIG-$07.80 (JAN 03-5TH)
DD-5,6-02-BIG-$07.30 (JAN 10-6TH)
DD-6,7-03-BIG-$10.80 (JAN 03-7TH)
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SO CALLED HOSTAGE CEASEFIRE DEAL REACHED.

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)

 SO CALLED HOSTAGE CEASEFIRE DEAL REACHED.

Jeremiah 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Isaiah 57:21
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

IN TEL AVIV ISRAEL THE ISRAELIS ARE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE HOSTAGES RELEASE OVER MONTHS OF TIME. IN GAZA THE ARABS ARE CHEERING BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF TERRORISTS WILL BE RELEASED IN GAZA AND THE WESTBANK TO KILL INNOCENT ISRAELIS AGAIN.IN THIS SO CALLED HOSTAGE-CEASEFIRE DEAL.

THIS BY FAR IS NOT A DONE DEAL YET.BUT TRUMP SAYS IT IS A CEASEFIRE, HOSTAGE DEAL.

Israeli official says ceasefire-hostage deal reached, Trump is first leader to confirm-Deal to be signed in coming hours, officials say * Cabinet set to meet tomorrow to approve it * First hostages could go free on Sunday By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff Today, 1:48 am

IDF preparing to receive hostages released in upcoming deal-By Emanuel Fabian

The IDF is preparing to receive the hostages that will be released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip as part of the upcoming ceasefire deal.The name of the military’s preparation operation is dubbed “Wings of Freedom,” the IDF says.

PMO: ‘Number of clauses’ in hostage deal yet to be finalized-By Amy Spiro

The Prime Minister’s Office says that there are still “a number of clauses” in the hostage-ceasefire deal that have yet to be finally agreed upon.Israel hopes that “the details will be finalized tonight,” the PMO says.

With ‘EPIC’ deal reached, Trump says he’ll work with Israel to ensure Gaza’s ‘NEVER’ again terror safe haven By Jacob Magid

US President-elect Donald Trump says that with a ceasefire and hostage release deal inked, his incoming administration will work closely with Israel to make sure Gaza “NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven” and to expand the Abraham Accords.“With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven,” Trump writes on Truth Social.“We will continue promoting PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH throughout the region, as we build upon the momentum of this ceasefire to further expand the Historic Abraham Accords. This is only the beginning of great things to come for America, and indeed, the World!” he adds.“This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies,” Trump continues. “I am thrilled American and Israeli hostages will be returning home to be reunited with their families and loved ones.”

EU commissioner welcomes deal, pledges to support recovery, peace efforts-By AFP-JAN 15,25

EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica hails a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, saying the bloc “remains committed to supporting all efforts towards a long-lasting peace and recovery.”“I welcome the ceasefire agreement and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which will bring much-needed relief to those affected by the devastating conflict,” Suica posts on X.I welcome the ceasefire agreement and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which will bring much-needed relief to those affected by the devastating conflict.The EU remains committed to supporting all efforts towards a long-lasting peace and recovery.— Dubravka Suica (@dubravkasuica) January 15, 2025

Hamas said to agree to Gaza deal; PM’s office says no official word received yet-Long-sought hostage release-ceasefire agreement could be formally announced within hours, sources say, with captives possibly starting to go free SundayBy Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 5:12 pm-JAN 15,25

Israeli and Palestinian officials said Wednesday afternoon that Hamas had given its approval to a deal to release hostages and halt fighting in Gaza, though the terror group apparently had not submitted a formal written response yet.According to reports in multiple Hebrew media outlets, Israeli officials indicated that the two sides had come to an agreement and a deal could be announced as soon as Wednesday evening.Both Reuters and AFP reported that Hamas had given verbal approval for the deal, citing Palestinian sources. According to Reuters, the terror group had not yet given a written response to the ceasefire proposal.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office also stressed in a statement that it had not received an official Hamas response yet.The Walla news site cited an Israeli official as saying, “There is a breakthrough in the hostage deal negotiations in Doha. Hamas military leader in Gaza Mohammed Sinwar gave his okay.” Channel 12 quoted an Israeli official saying that “there has been a breakthrough,” and assessed that a deal could be signed later in the day.Kan news said ministers were clearing their schedules for a possible vote Wednesday night, though no cabinet meeting had been called yet, and several Hebrew media reports assessed that the cabinet would vote on Thursday.A Palestinian source quoted by Kan confirmed that negotiations had advanced and said the deal would likely be signed by Thursday.According to the source, Hamas leaders held a meeting into early Wednesday morning where almost all issues were sorted out, including maps Hamas had demanded Israel provide detailing its planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.Officials from mediators Qatar, Egypt and the US as well as Israel and Hamas had said on Tuesday that an agreement for a truce in the besieged Palestinian enclave and the release of hostages was closer than ever, buoying hopes among relatives of hostages and Gazans for an end to over 15 months of fighting.If confirmed, the breakthrough could see hostages go free as early as Sunday, according to various Hebrew media reports. The deal must still be approved by the security cabinet and then the full cabinet, and there will also be a two-day window to allow for appeals against the deal to the Supreme Court.The apparent progress came after both sides had blamed each other for delays in finalizing the deal.Reports in Israel have indicated that Jerusalem has found the deal broadly acceptable, and on Tuesday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the “ball is now in Hamas’s court.”“If Hamas accepts, the deal is ready to be concluded and implemented,” said Blinken.An Israeli source familiar with negotiations earlier told AFP that talks were continuing in Doha on Wednesday.Joining Hamas in the indirect talks Wednesday were representatives from the Islamic Jihad terror group, an official from the group told AFP. Islamic Jihad, which is heavily backed by Iran, is believed to be holding some of the hostages kidnapped from Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack.Reports in Arab media early Wednesday had cited Palestinian officials accusing Israel of delaying the talks by introducing new demands, drawing immediate pushback from Jerusalem. “Hamas is making false claims that Israel added new conditions to the negotiations — in order to avoid executing the agreement,”  an Israeli diplomatic official said in a statement to reporters.Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Tuesday that there was a “true willingness from our side to reach an agreement.”Hamas said Tuesday the ongoing negotiations had reached their “final stage” and that it had held consultations with other Palestinian factions and informed them of the “progress made.During months of on-off talks to achieve a truce in the devastating 15-month-old war, both sides have said at several points that they were close to a ceasefire, only to hit last-minute obstacles. The broad outlines of the current deal have been in place since mid-2024.Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza to remove Hamas from power after thousands of terrorists led by the group stormed into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and taking 251 hostages.The war has killed over 46,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Hamas-controlled health officials in the enclave. The numbers cannot be verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.Hamas and other Gazan terrorist factions are believed to be holding 98 hostages, including the bodies of at least 36 confirmed dead by Israel. Most of the hostages were kidnapped on October 7, but two civilians and the bodies of two soldiers have been held for around a decade.The latest draft is complicated and sensitive. Under its terms the first steps would feature a six-week initial ceasefire.Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said the first phase of a deal would see 33 Israeli hostages freed, while two Palestinian sources close to Hamas told AFP that Israel would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange.A source close to Hamas said that the initial hostage release would be “in batches, starting with children and women.”Even if the warring sides agree to the deal on the table, that agreement still needs further negotiations before there is a final ceasefire and the release of all the hostages. Negotiations for a second phase would commence on the truce’s 16th day, an Israeli official said, with media reports saying a second phase, if agreed, would see the release of the remaining captives.Under the proposed deal, Israel would maintain a buffer zone along the Philadelphi Corridor in southern Gaza, as well as an 800-meter-wide strip on Gaza’s northern and eastern border, according to the BBC.In the second phase, Hamas would release the remaining living captives — non-wounded adult males under the age of 50, all of whom Hamas considers “soldiers” — in exchange for more security prisoners and the “complete withdrawal” of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to a draft agreement seen by the AP,Hamas has said it will not free the remaining hostages without an end to the war and a complete Israeli withdrawal, while Netanyahu has in the past vowed to fight until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are eliminated.The details of a full ceasefire remain difficult to resolve — and the deal does not include written guarantees that the ceasefire will continue until a deal is reached. That leaves the potential for Israel to resume its military campaign after the first phase ends.If all goes smoothly, Palestinians, Arab states and Israel still need to agree on a vision for postwar Gaza, a massive task involving security guarantees for Israel and billions of dollars in investment for rebuilding.Visiting Norway, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said the Palestinian Authority was the sole body that should be tasked with running postwar Gaza.“While we are waiting for the ceasefire, it is important to stress that it won’t be acceptable for any other entity to govern the Gaza Strip but the legitimate Palestinian leadership and the government of the State of Palestine,” he told a conference, according to the text of his speech.Israel has rejected any involvement by Hamas, but it has been equally opposed to rule by the PA — which was violently ousted by Hamas from Gaza in 2007 — accusing it of supporting attacks against Israel.Most in the West have backed the PA coming in to administer the Strip after the war.The issue is one of several possible compromises Netanyahu has had to deal with as he navigates intense opposition to the deal from right-wing hardliners in his coalition. The prime minister was making headway on clinching enough political support to bypass the right wing, figures close to the talks told The Wall Street Journal.In Tel Aviv Tuesday night, relatives of hostages and supporters rallied to push politicians toward a deal, while a separate march was held in Jerusalem to protest against the nascent agreement.“Time is of the essence,” said Gil Dickmann, cousin of former hostage Carmel Gat, whose body was recovered in September.“Hostages who are alive will end up dead. Hostages who are dead might be lost,” Dickmann told AFP. “We have to act now.”“We can’t miss this moment,” said Hadas Calderon, whose husband Ofer and children Sahar and Erez were abducted. “This is the last moment; we can save them.” Her children were freed in November 2023, while her husband remains in captivity.Despite the efforts to reach a ceasefire, the Israeli military said Wednesday it had attacked about 50 targets throughout Gaza over the last 24 hours.In Gaza, Umm Ibrahim Abu Sultan, displaced from Gaza City to Khan Younis in the south, said that she had “lost everything” in the war.“I am anxiously awaiting the truce,” said the mother of five.The United Nations said it was preparing to expand humanitarian assistance to Gaza under a potential ceasefire, but there was still uncertainty around border access and security.“We are waiting for the ceasefire and the truce. May God complete it for us in goodness, bless us with peace, and allow us to return to our homes,” said Amal Saleh, 54, a Gazan displaced by the war.“Even if the schools are bombed, destroyed, and ruined, we just want to know that we are finally living in peace.”A senior Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel on Tuesday that the three-phased hostage deal currently being finalized was largely the same as the one that was proposed by Israel last May.“A deal could have been reached much earlier, but both sides led to talks falling apart at various times,” the diplomat familiar with the negotiations said.Washington has placed the blame for previous failures to reach a deal squarely on Hamas.

Op-ed: Day 467 of the war-Get them all home-Phase One — intended to secure the release of 33 hostages — must be followed by phases two and three, intended to secure the release of all of the rest, living and dead-By David Horovitz-Today, 3:02 pm-JAN 15,25

Farhan al-Qadi, the most recent Israeli hostage rescued alive by the IDF, emerged from a Hamas tunnel into the daylight in late August in what appeared to be astoundingly good shape.A wiry 52-year-old Bedouin man, al-Qadi, who had been moved around several times during his more than 10 months in captivity, was extricated by the IDF from a tunnel where he had been held alone and from where his captors had fled. Despite the horrors he had endured, he was able to immediately and coherently answer Israeli security officials’ questions — to the point where he reportedly even supplied information that, had it been heeded, might just have saved the lives of other hostages held nearby.A single day later, he was welcomed back to his home near Rahat and declared that he was feeling “100 percent.”Another five months later, it would be near-miraculous if many, or any, of the hostages for whose freedom the nation is yearning were to come home in anything like al-Qadi’s remarkably robust condition. The weeklong truce at the end of November 2023 saw a series of daily releases, in a fraught process that constantly seemed close to collapse, where the conclusion of each day’s nail-biting border-transfer process allowed for unconstrained celebration as almost all of those who were released were in outwardly reasonable condition.Their ordeal had been unthinkable, but, we now see, relatively brief. The 105 hostages who got out then had been held for some 50 days. Those whose fate is at stake now have been imprisoned, in conditions and circumstances we cannot begin to comprehend, for 467. Many of them are no longer alive.After they are freed, there will be countless questions as to why it took so long for the State of Israel — which so utterly failed on October 7 in its prime obligation to keep its citizens safe from our enemies — to save them from their monstrous, mass-murdering captors.Was the war against Hamas strategically mishandled? Was the kind of deal being finalized now possible many months ago? Were opportunities missed because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feared he would lose his governing majority, amid far-right opposition, as Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir has indicated? Was his claim that retaining the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border was essential to Israel’s very existence merely an untenable political delaying tactic, as his sacked defense minister Yoav Gallant has contended? Or was Hamas, while it was still seeing Hezbollah intact and Iran confident, hitherto an implacable obstacle to a deal?Could more hostages’ lives have been saved? Could fewer soldiers have lost their lives?Will Hamas reconstitute itself, especially given Netanyahu’s refusal to work strategically on a framework for a non-Hamas day after in Gaza, and outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s stunning assertion that Hamas, as the war has proceeded, has recruited as many new gunmen as Israel has killed? Will Israel be able to swiftly resume fighting, as US President-elect Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz would appear to suggest will be necessary, and as Netanyahu insists will be the case? Or will Trump seek to ensure no fresh major outbreak of war, as he intimated in his victory speech, and as Hamas has been demanding these past many months? The deal, if it is indeed broadly similar to the Israeli proposal conveyed to the mediators in late May, is incredibly problematic — a deal with the devil, which the devil, invigorated by the release of some 200 of its most dangerous terrorists, fully intends will enable it to revive and murderously thrive, in the West Bank as well as Gaza.Endless questions await the essential powerhouse state commission of inquiry that Netanyahu is so fiercely resisting, and that will need to probe the events before, during and since the cataclysm of October 7, 2023. And endless challenges, external and internal, will still face Israel if and when the deal is done.But first, all the hostages, the men, the women, the children, must come home, in what will be a process far more protracted and unquestionably more harrowing than what has gone before. Phase One — intended to secure the release of 33 hostages, not all of them alive — must be followed by phases two and three, intended to secure the release of all of the rest, living and dead.

Israel rebuffs ‘imperialist’ Turkey after Erdogan says it must withdraw from Syria-Turkish leader warns of an ‘unfavorable outcome for everyone’ if IDF troops don’t leave buffer area they entered after fall of Assad regime-By Amy Spiro,ToI Staff and Reuters Today, 4:08 pm-JAN 15,25

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel must withdraw its forces from Syria or it will cause “unfavorable outcomes for everyone.”“The aggressive actions of the forces attacking Syrian territory, Israel, in particular, must come to an end as soon as possible,” he said during a meeting of his party in Ankara.“Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian brothers, will crush the heads of Islamic State, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time.”Israel in response warned Ankara against “unnecessary threats.”“Israel completely rejects the Turkish president’s statement,” the Foreign Ministry said. “The aggressive imperialist actor in Syria (as well as in northern Cyprus, Libya, and other areas in the Middle East) is Turkey itself, and it is advisable for the Turkish president to avoid unnecessary threats. The State of Israel will continue to act to protect its borders from any threat.”The IDF has said that its deployment to a buffer zone on the Syrian side of the border and strategic positions beyond the zone is a defensive and temporary measure amid the unstable situation in Syria since last month’s fall of Bashar al-Assad.Meanwhile, in the past month, Turkey has said repeatedly that it was time for the Kurdish YPG militia to disband. Ankara considers the group, which spearheads the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as a terrorist organization.Ankara has said the new Syrian administration must be given an opportunity to address the YPG presence but also threatened to mount a new cross-border operation against the militia based in northeast Syria if its demands are not met.Erdogan said the YPG was the biggest problem in Syria now, and added that the group would not be able to escape its inevitable end unless it lays down its arms.“Regarding fabricated excuses like Islamic State, these have no convincing side anymore,” Erdogan said, referring to the US position that the YPG was a key partner against Islamic State in Syria and that it plays a vital role in guarding prison camps where the Islamist terrorists are kept.“If there is really a fear of the Islamic State threat in Syria and the region, the biggest power that has the will and power to resolve this issue is Turkey,” he said.Turkey has repeatedly asked its NATO ally the United States to halt support for the SDF and has said the new administration in Syria had offered to take over the management of the prisons.As Israel and Hamas seemingly inch closer to signing a deal that would see hostages released in exchange for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons, Erdogan also commented on the potential ceasefire.“With the establishment of a ceasefire in Gaza, where genocide and massacres have been ongoing for 15 months, an important opportunity will arise for lasting peace and stability across the entire region,” he said.“We are closely following the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and we hope to receive positive news as soon as possible.”Erdogan has been a harsh critic of Israel, particularly over the last 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas, which broke out after the terrorist organization launched an unprecedented cross-border attack on southern Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023, murdering some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages.The Turkish president has repeatedly accused Israel of genocide in the war, compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, and even threatened Israel in July that Turkey could intervene militarily in support of the Palestinians if the war did not end.

1ST STAGE OF SO CALLED PEACE DEAL-ISRAEL-DEATH CULT ARABS.33 MOSTLY ALIVE HOSTAGES.

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)

1ST STAGE OF SO CALLED PEACE DEAL-ISRAEL-DEATH CULT ARABS.33 MOSTLY ALIVE HOSTAGES.

Jeremiah 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Isaiah 57:21
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

THIS SO CALLED PEACE DEAL FOR HOSTAGES-IS NOTHING BUT ISRAEL GETS CONNED INTO PEACE.WHILE IRAN, HAMAS AND THE OTHER COCKROACH ARABS SCHEME HOW TO HAVE PIECES OF ISRAELIS ALL OVER ISRAEL.

Hamas has accepted draft agreement for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, officials tell AP-Israel to release 50 Palestinian prisoners including 30 serving life sentences for each of the 5 female soldier hostages * Ben Gvir says he foiled deal multiple times.

Qatar says Gaza talks in ‘final stages’ with major issues resolved, deal possible ‘very soon’By AFP-JAN 14,25

Negotiations in Doha for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their “final stages,” mediator Qatar’s foreign ministry says.“We do believe that we are at the final stages… certainly we are hopeful that this would lead very soon to an agreement,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari tells a news conference, adding that “until there is an announcement… we shouldn’t be over-excited about what’s happening right now.”He says that most obstacles had been overcome.“During the past months, there were underlying issues, major issues between the two parties unresolved. These issues were resolved during the talks in the past couple of weeks, and therefore we have reached a point where the major issues that were preventing a deal from happening were addressed,” he says.

Israel to release 50 Palestinian prisoners including 30 serving life sentences for each female soldier hostage-By AP-JAN 14,25

According to a draft of the deal being negotiated between Israel and Hamas, Israel will pay a steep price to secure the release of female soldiers being held hostage, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press.The three-phase agreement would begin with the gradual release of 33 hostages over a six-week period, including women, children, older adults and wounded civilians, in exchange for potentially hundreds of Palestinian women and children imprisoned by Israel.Among the 33 would be five female Israeli soldiers, each of whom would be released in exchange for 50 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 convicted security prisoners who are serving life sentences.During this first, 42-day phase, Israeli forces would withdraw from population centers, Palestinians would be allowed to start returning to their homes in northern Gaza and there would be a surge of humanitarian aid, with some 600 trucks entering each day.The deal would allow Israel throughout the first phase to remain in control of the Philadelphi Corridor, the band of territory along Gaza’s border with Egypt, which Hamas had initially demanded Israel withdraw from. But Israel would pull out from the Netzarim Corridor, a belt across central Gaza where it had sought a mechanism for searching Palestinians for arms when they return to the territory’s north.In the second phase, Hamas would release the remaining living captives, mainly male soldiers, in exchange for more prisoners and the “complete withdrawal” of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to the draft agreement. But Hamas has said it will not free the remaining hostages without an end to the war and a complete Israeli withdrawal, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the past vowed to resume fighting unless Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are eliminated.In a third phase, the bodies of remaining hostages would be returned in exchange for a three- to five-year reconstruction plan to be carried out in Gaza under international supervision.

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, officials tell Associated PressBy AP-JAN 14,25

CAIRO — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks say. An Israeli official says progress has been made, but the details are being finalized.The Associated Press obtained a copy of the proposed agreement, and an Egyptian official and a Hamas official confirm its authenticity. The plan would need to be submitted to Israel’s cabinet for final approval.All three officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks.

Final talks resume in Doha; Palestinian source says deal could be clinched today ‘if all goes well’By Reuters-JAN 14,25

Negotiators are meeting in Qatar hoping to finalize details of a plan to end the war in Gaza, after US President Joe Biden indicated a ceasefire and hostage release deal was imminent.Mediators had given Israel and Hamas a final draft of an agreement yesterday, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a “breakthrough” in talks in Doha attended by envoys of both Biden and US President-elect Donald Trump.A Palestinian source close to the talks tells Reuters he expects the deal to be finalized on Tuesday if “all goes well.”Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Biden’s envoy Brett McGurk have both attended the talks hosted by Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Israel is represented by David Barnea, director of spy service Mossad, and Ronen Bar, director of the Shin Bet internal security agency.

Trump: There's been a handshake; deal possible by end of week-Israeli officials: Deal will see 33 hostages freed in 1st stage, most of them alive-Negotiations to free remaining captives to begin on 16th day of potential ceasefire deal; talks advanced after ‘tense’ meeting between Netanyahu, Trump envoy, officials tell ToI-By Amy Spiro,Emanuel Fabian,Jacob Magid and ToI Staff 13 January 2025, 11:03 pm

Israeli diplomatic officials said on Monday evening that Israel was in the “advanced stages of the negotiations” with Hamas for a ceasefire deal that would see the terror group release some of the hostages it has been holding in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and ending more than 15 months of war.Briefing military and diplomatic reporters, the officials said there had been progress in the talks in Doha, which are being coordinated by mediator countries Qatar and Egypt and the outgoing and incoming US administrations, but stressed that “the deal is not finalized.”According to the Israeli officials, the progress in the negotiations came as a result of the fall of the Iranian-led Axis in the Middle East, with the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and the defeat of Hezbollah in Lebanon, which led to more pressure on Hamas.The officials also said that pressure and threats from incoming US President-elect Donald Trump had helped bring Hamas to the table, and they stressed that Israel was working with both teams, including Biden envoy Brett McGurk and Trump official Steve Witkoff, and that the administrations were also coordinating with each other.The officials said that the first stage of the potential deal would see Hamas release 33 “humanitarian” hostages — children, women, female soldiers, the elderly and the sick. Israel believes most of the 33 are alive but that some are dead, the officials said. They noted that Jerusalem has not yet received any confirmation of their status.If the first stage is carried out, then on the 16th day of the deal coming into effect, Israel will begin negotiations on a second stage to free the remaining captives — male soldiers and men of military age — and the bodies of slain hostages, the officials said.They denied a report from earlier on Monday that claimed that the first Israeli hostages would only be released a week into the ceasefire taking effect.It is believed that 94 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the IDF.Israel holding significant ‘assets’ as leverage for the second stage-The officials said that Israel was holding onto significant “assets,” including high-profile terrorists and territory in the Gaza Strip, to use as leverage in the second stage of negotiations to “ensure that every hostage is returned home.”Under the complete ceasefire agreement, Israel will withdraw from most areas of the Gaza Strip and release large numbers of Palestinian security prisoners, including terrorists who carried out deadly attacks. High-profile “murderer” terrorists will not be released to the West Bank under the deal, the officials said, and nobody who took part in the October 7 Hamas onslaught will be freed, the officials said.Unconfirmed reports have indicated that some 150-200 “murderer” terrorists would be freed, and that they would not be allowed to return to the West Bank, but, rather, would go to Gaza, and possibly to Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar.The Saudi TV station al-Hadath reported that Israel had sent Hamas a list of names of hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners potentially to be released, and that Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Intifada leader, who is serving multiple life terms for murder, was not among them. The report was not confirmed, and the Justice Ministry said it had not been asked to compile lists of security prisoners to be freed.An Israeli official said late Monday that Jerusalem would not return the body of Yahya Sinwar, the architect of Hamas’s October 7 invasion, who was killed by Israeli troops in Rafah in October, after the Saudi outlet Al-Hadath published an unconfirmed report that Hamas was demanding the body of its former leader in the first stage of the deal. “It will not happen. Period,” the official said in a statement.The officials said that IDF troops would remain in a new buffer zone inside Gaza to better defend Israeli border communities.Israel will not completely withdraw from Gaza until the war’s goals are achieved, among them the return of all the hostages, they said.During the period between the two stages, Israel will continue to hold the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border, and there will be “security arrangements” for Palestinian civilians in southern Gaza seeking to return to the Strip’s north, according to the officials.A different official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday that another round of talks would be held in Doha on Tuesday morning to finalize the remaining details related to the deal.A deal to end the Gaza war is “closer than it’s ever been,” the official said, adding that US envoys Witkoff and McGurk, along with Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, were expected to attend.Qatari emir, US president work the phones as deal looks close-On Monday, Qatar’s ruler Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held meetings with both US Middle East envoys, according to a statement from his office, during which they “reviewed developments in the Gaza Strip… as well as the latest developments in the ceasefire negotiations.”US President Joe Biden also held a phone call on the hostage negotiations on Monday with the Qatari emir, in another indication that a deal was on the verge of being reached.“Both leaders emphasized the urgent need for a deal,” the White House said in its readout, adding that Biden thanked the emir for Qatar’s efforts in mediating between Israel and Hamas.US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden was also scheduled to speak with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi later on Monday. He discussed the developments with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by telephone on Sunday.Later on Monday, in his capstone foreign policy address at the State Department, Biden said “we’re on the brink” of the hostage deal proposal he laid out in May “finally coming to fruition.”“I have learned from my many years of public service to never, never, never, ever give up,” he said, adding that the deal would “free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to Israel, and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians who suffered terribly in this war that Hamas started.”“The Palestinian people deserve peace and the right to determine their own futures. Israel deserves peace and real security, and the hostages and their families deserve to be reunited. So we’re working urgently to close this deal,” Biden said.The diplomatic push came as Netanyahu convened a consultation with the heads of the security establishment, according to Hebrew media reports.The Ynet news site reported that among the topics discussed was when to bring the hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas up for approval by all the members of the government.The deal would apparently require approval by the security cabinet and by the government, but not a Knesset vote. The deal would likely attain majority support within the government even if both Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s far-right parties were to vote against it, which both have threatened to do.Hebrew media reported that Netanyahu was planning to meet with Ben Gvir on Monday evening to gauge his reaction to the possible deal. The far-right minister was also reportedly convening his Otzma Yehudit faction later on Monday in a bid to formulate a response.Were Smotrich’s and Ben Gvir’s parties to bolt the coalition, Netanyahu would lose his governing majority. Opposition leader Yair Lapid confirmed on Monday he would provide Netanyahu with a parliamentary “safety net” to advance the deal if necessary.Talks advanced after ‘tense’ meeting between Netanyahu, Trump envoy-Two officials familiar with the latest ceasefire push told The Times of Israel on Monday that Trump’s Mideast envoy held a “tense” meeting with Netanyahu on Saturday, during which the former leaned hard on the Israeli premier to accept compromises necessary to secure a hostage deal by the January 20 US presidential inauguration.Witkoff’s pressure on Netanyahu appeared to have had an effect, with the two officials familiar with the negotiations saying that key gaps were filled in the talks over the weekend.Spokespeople for Witkoff and Netanyahu did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the matter.US national security adviser: ‘Gaps fundamentally narrowed on key issues’Meanwhile, Sullivan told reporters on Monday that “formulas” regarding the release of Palestinian security prisoners and the withdrawal of IDF troops from Gaza had been the main sticking points in hostage talks over the past several months and that the narrowing of disagreements on those issues had brought the sides to the brink of a deal.“We are close to a deal, and it can get done this week,” he said, adding, “I cannot predict that it will… and if in five days it hasn’t happened, I will be the person who is probably least shocked by that.”Asked whether all seven Americans still being held hostage in Gaza will be released in the first phase of the deal, Sullivan declined to answer but said that the release of all US citizens was a top priority of the outgoing and incoming administrations. Also Monday, a Turkish security source said that Ankara’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin spoke by phone with officials from Hamas’s political bureau on the ceasefire talks.The discussion focused on “the progress made in the negotiations and the current status,” the source said in a statement, adding that the sides agreed to “resume efforts toward achieving a ceasefire.”Among the reports swirling in Arab media on Monday, Saudi TV station al-Hadath reported that Israel had sent Hamas a list of names of hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners to be released in the potential deal.The station reported that while some of the prisoners on the list are serving life sentences, jailed Intifada leader Marwan Barghouti was not among them.A Hamas official, who refused to be named, told the Qatari al-Araby al-Jadeed newspaper that the terror group was set to meet on Monday evening to discuss the latest proposal and that its response would be “positive” if there were no compromises on what the terror group calls “fundamental points.”Earlier on Monday, Israeli officials denied a report by Saudi outlet Al Arabiya that the terror group had already responded, without reservations.During an interview with the Newsmax network later in the day, Trump was asked to update the public on the negotiations.ISRAEL, HAMAS NEAR HOSTAGE DEAL?: "We are very close to getting it done," President-elect Donald Trump tells "Rob Schmitt Tonight.""There's been a handshake." pic.twitter.com/lRO9Ul1zHh— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 14, 2025“We are very close to getting it done. They have to get it done. If they don’t get it done, there’s going to be a lot of trouble out there — a lot of trouble like they have never seen before. They will get it done,” Trump said, replacing his previous threat of “hell” in the Middle East with “trouble.”“I understand there’s been a handshake and they’re getting it finished and maybe by the end of the week, but it has to take place,” he said.Ministries reportedly told to prepare to absorb released hostages in coming days-Also amid the buildup, Channel 12 news reported that two government ministries had been told to prepare to absorb released hostages in the coming days.The Hostages, Missing Persons and Returnees Directorate of the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement it was “routinely prepared” for any hostage deal.“In recent weeks, the Directorate has carried out a number of preparedness exercises for various scenarios, in partnership with the relevant government offices and other professional bodies, and has ensured that they are ready to take care of the returnees and their families,” the statement said.“Media outlets and the public are requested to respect the privacy of the families in this complicated time,” the statement added, noting that the office is in “continuous contact” with the hostages’ relatives.Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Eight hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 40 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.Agencies and Lazar Berman contributed to this report contributed to this report.

6.8 QUAKE HITS JAPAN NEAR FUKOSHIMA.

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)

 6.8 QUAKE HITS JAPAN NEAR FUKOSHIMA.

EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

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

REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

REVELATION 16:18-20
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

Japan issues tsunami advisory after 6.8 magnitude quake-By Agence France Presse-January 13, 2025, 9:54 pm

Tokyo, Japan—A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the advisory for tsunami waves of up to one meter (three feet) after the quake off Miyazaki prefecture in the Kyushu region around 9:19 pm (8:19 pm in Manila).The USGS revised its estimate down from 6.9, adding that “there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.” The JMA nevertheless urged the public to stay away from coastal waters.“Tsunami can strike repeatedly. Please do not enter the sea or go near coastal areas,” the agency said on X.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said there was “no tsunami threat” in the Philippines related to the quake.

Tsunami advisory issued after strong earthquake hits Japanese coast-ANTHONY TROTTER and KEVIN SHALVEY-Mon, January 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM EST

A tsunami advisory was in place late Monday after a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said.The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency says it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7.The agency has issued a tsunami advisory for Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures, with expected heights of about 1 meter.The quake occurred at around 9:19 p.m. local time. The epicenter was offshore, at a depth of about 19 miles, Japanese officials said.ABC News' Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.Tsunami advisory issued after strong earthquake hits Japanese coast originally appeared on abcnews.go.com