MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 192 SAT NOV 08, 2025

    MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF SAT NOV-08, 2025 - DAY-192

MOHAWK PICKS
01-8-1-5-4 4TH WBP (5.2)
02-6-4-3-7 W-3.00, P-2.90, SEX-9.00 - 14.90
03-1-6-5-4 W-2.70, P-2.10, S-NSB, SEX-3.30, STRI-5.15, DD-4.70 - 32.85
04-5-7-10-1 S-3.00, 4TH (17-1) - 35.85 
05-1-3-6-8 4TH WBP (5.2)
06-8-6-3-7 4TH WBP (3-1)
07-6-2-3-4 W-2.40 - 38.25 
08-5-4-1-2
09-5-1-2-7 S-3.30 - 41.55
10-5-6-3-1 4TH WBP (4-1)
11-4-3-6-9-1 W-6.50 - 48.05 
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $48.05 OVERALL TOTAL $59,145.20

STANS PICKS
01-1-6-5-7-8 4TH WBP (12-1)
02-3-2-5-6-4 S-2.80, 4TH WBP (1.2) - 2.80
03-1-4-2-5-7 W-2.70, 4TH WBP (21-1) - 5.50
04-3-4-10-7-8 S-3.00 - 8.50
05-3-6-1-2-7 4TH WBP (15-1)
06-7-8-4-6-3 W-8.40, 4TH WBP (2.5) - 16.90
07-6-2-8-3-4 W-2.40, S-3.20, 4TH (22-1), DD-12.30 - 34.80
08-7-2-1-4-5 4TH WBP (21-1)
09-1-5-6-2-4 P-2.20, 4TH WBP (6-1) - 37.00 
10-4-6-2-5-7
11-1-4-10-9-6 MEX-34.00 - 71.00
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $4,775.07
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $71.00 OVERALL TOTAL $46,064.75

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-4 (5.2)-5 (11-1)-7 (12-1)-8 (9.2)
02-6 (1.2)-4 (3-1)-5 (5-1)-1 (22-1)
03-1 (1.5)-6 (2-1)-5 (21-1)-3 (31-1) (NO SHOW BETTING)
04-2 (12-1)-6 (2-1)-10 (3-1)-1 (17-1)
05-8 (5.2)-2 (15-1)-5 (11-1)-6 (1-1)
06-7 (3-1)-5 (32-1)-6 (2.5)-4 (49-1)
07-6 (1.5)-5 (36-1)-8 (6-1)-3 (22-1)
08-1 (7.2)-6 (10-1)-4 (21-1)-5 (1.5)
09-3 (32-1)-5 (1.5)-2 (6-1)-4 (35-1)
10-6 (1-1)-7 (5.2)-1 (4-1)-3 (9-1)
11-4 (2-1)-1 (9-1)-3 (5.2)-10 (17-1)-2 (24-1)

MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-751-BIG-$22.00 (FEB 21-6TH) (10-1), $17.50 (JUL 08-9TH) (7-1), $14.40 (JUL 22-7TH) (6-1)
02-412-BIG-$20.90 (APR 11-1ST) (14-1), $18.60 (OCT 27-6TH) (22-1), $14.10 (AUG 29-3RD) (5-1) 
03-293-BIG-$12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1), $10.80 (SEP 30-6TH) (11-1), $8.80 (SEP 16-5TH) (19-1)
04-270-BIG-99-1 (OCT 10-9TH), 55-1 (FEB 22-10TH), 51-1 (NOV 01-7TH) 49-1 (SEP 25-6TH) 
04-697-W B P-BIG-59-1 (SEP 13-8TH), 57-1 (MAY 26-5TH), 53-1 (SEP 13-10TH), 52-1 (SEP 20-10TH) 
S EX-221-BIG-$82.80 (AUG 29-10TH) 
M EX-112-BIG-$126.70 (SEP 26-8TH) 
S TRI-061-BIG-$87.35 (MAY 10-10TH) 
M TRI-165-BIG-$166.95 (JUN 05-1ST) 
S SUP-017-BIG-$246.65 (MAY 10-10TH) 
M SUP-173-BIG-$2,393.10 (APR 10-8TH)
DD-1,2-24-BIG-$45.50 (FEB 14-2ND)
DD-2,3-42-BIG-$42.50 (OCT 23-3RD)
DD-3,4-27-BIG-$61.10 (JAN 20-4TH)
DD-4,5-20-BIG-$18.80 (SEP 11-5TH)
DD-5,6-23-BIG-$29.40 (FEB 07-6TH)
DD-6,7-21-BIG-$75.10 (FEB 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-35-BIG-$62.80 (JUL 22-8TH)
DD-8,9-29-BIG-$28.40 (JUL 08-9TH)
DD-9,10-23-BIG-$60.10 (MAR 10-10TH)
DD-10,11-08-BIG-$25.60 (MAY 10-11TH)
DD-11,12-03-BIG-$08.10 (JUN 14-12TH)
DD-12,13-02-BIG-$16.40 (AUG 23-13TH)
P3 (1-3)-14-BIG-$23.50 (FEB 01-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-15-BIG-$32.00 (FEB 01-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-09-BIG-$11.25 (AUG 05-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-07-BIG-$12.15 (JUL 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-11-BIG-$41.90 (FEB 07-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-07-BIG-$68.50 (FEB 07-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-16-BIG-$33.30 (JUL 22-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-06-BIG-$23.25 (SEP 05-10TH)
P3 (9-11)-06-BIG-$30.10 (MAY 10-11TH)
P3 (10-12)-01-BIG-$03.45 (JUN 14-12TH)
P3 (11-13)-02-BIG-$12.15 (AUG 23-13TH)
P4 (3-6)-04-BIG-$28.75 (AUG 05-6TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-02-BIG-$43.75 (SEP 05-10TH)
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P4 (9-12)-00-BIG-$
P4 (10-13)-01-BIG-$05.65 (JUN 14-13TH)
P5 (1-5)-02-BIG-$50.95
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P5 (9-13)-01-BIG-$11.50 (JUN 14-13TH)
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-08-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-04-BIG-$1,213.95 (OCT 27-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(04)-743 
5-1+ LONG TOT-(15)-2,722-27.3% 
PICK 4 PLACINGS-26-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-5,015-7,992-62.8%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-1,998
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-03,02-02,03-03,04-02,05-02,06-02,07-02,08-03,09-02,10-03,11-02,12-00,13-00=26-44-OATOT 5,015-7,992-62.8%

(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-524-BIG-$46.60 (AUG 04-9TH) (22-1), $45.30 (APR 17-9TH) (21-1), $41.90 (AUG 16-10TH) (19-1) 
02-344-BIG-$31.40 (JUN 14-6TH) (42-1), $28.70 (JUN 14-2ND) (49-1), $27.90 (MAR 06-8TH) (44-1) 
03-266-BIG-$28.60 (OCT 18-5TH) (22-1), $15.90 (AUG 28-10TH) (21-1), $14.90 (MAR 17-7TH) (22-1) 
04-251-BIG-118-1 (MAY 17-8TH), 105-1 (MAY 08-4TH), 96-1 (AUG 08-4TH), 89-1 (OCT 27-5TH) 
04-798-W B P-BIG-93-1 (JAN 25-3RD), 84-1 (MAY 17-6TH), 73-1 (APR 05-6TH), 54-1 (OCT 02-5TH) 
S EX-113-BIG-$307.50 (JUL 14-11TH)
M EX-103-BIG-$94.90 (APR 19-6TH)  
S TRI-026-BIG-$427.40 (FEB 14-2ND) 
M TRI-110-BIG-$498.30 (MAR 22-8TH) 
S SUP-006-BIG-$207.55 (MAY 03-5TH) 
M SUP-114-BIG-$1,797.25 (JUN 30-4TH) 
DD-1,2-12-BIG-$29.70 (MAR 21-2ND)
DD-2,3-16-BIG-$42.50 (OCT 23-3RD)
DD-3,4-12-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-13-BIG-$187.90 (JUN 12-5TH)
DD-5,6-10-BIG-$162.80 (AUG 29-6TH)
DD-6,7-11-BIG-$67.50 (MAR 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-14-BIG-$62.80 (JUL 22-8TH)
DD-8,9-11-BIG-$78.10 (APR 17-9TH)
DD-9,10-13-BIG-$93.40 (AUG 04-10TH)
DD-10,11-10-BIG-$226.30 (AUG 16-11TH)
DD-11,12-01-BIG-$20.00 (OCT 20-12TH)
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-02-BIG-$13.30 (APR 17-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-03-BIG-$12.75 (FEB 10-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-03-BIG-$20.00 (SEP 22-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-04-BIG-$344.90 (JUN 12-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-01-BIG-$30.75 (JUL 22-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-04-BIG-$28.95 (JUL 11-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-02-BIG-$13.20 (SEP 20-10TH)
P3 (9-11)-04-BIG-$152.40 (AUG 16-11TH)
P3 (10-12)-01-BIG-$32.65 (OCT 20-12TH)
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-01-BIG-$63.20 (SEP 22-6TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
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-04-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$323.15 (APR 14-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$100.05 (APR 21-12TH)
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(04)-930 
5-1+ LONG TOT-(15)-2,722-34.2% 
PICK 4 PLACINGS-22-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-4,685-7,992-58.6%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-1,998
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-02,02-02,03-02,04-01,05-02,06-03,07-03,08-01,09-02,10-01,11-03,12-00,13-00=22-44-OATOT 4,685-7,992-58.6%

MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 191 FRI NOV 07, 2025

    MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF FRI NOV-07, 2025 - DAY-191

MOHAWK PICKS
01-5-4-6-0 MTRI-16.80 - 16.80
02-2-4-5-1 W-3.40 - 20.20
03-4-5-7-1 4TH WBP (2-1)
04-2-6-1-7 W-2.30 - 22.50
05-3-9-2-1 4TH WBP (17-1)
06-4-5-2-10 W-5.50 - 28.00 
07-6-2-9-4 W-2.40, P-3.30, SEX-7.90, DD-7.70 - 49.30
08-5-2-3-1 S-NSB, 4TH (15-1)
09-6-5-4-1 S-4.40, MEX-25.00, MTRI-46.20 - 124.90
10-7-1-3-6
11-9-1-4-2-6
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $124.90 OVERALL TOTAL $59,097.15

STANS PICKS
01-4-5-8-6-3 P-3.30, 4TH WBP (1-1), MSUP-112.90 - 116.20
02-2-4-5-6-1 W-3.40, 4TH WBP (32-1) - 119.60
03-4-5-7-2-1 4TH WBP (10-1)
04-2-9-5-6-7 W-2.30, 4TH WBP (16-1) - 121.90
05-6-9-5-3-2 W-9.20, 4TH WBP (9.5), DD-30.10 - 161.20
06-5-9-6-4-2 4TH WBP (8.5)
07-6-4-2-5-9 W-2.40, 4TH (22-1) - 163.60 
08-2-4-1-5-3 4TH WBP (2.5)
09-1-5-8-6-7 4TH WBP (8.5)
10-1-2-7-3-6 W-4.20 - 167.80
11-9-1-2-4-3 4TH (19-1)
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $WENT MON-FRESH START
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $167.80 OVERALL TOTAL $45,993.75

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-6 (1-1)-5 (3-1)-4 (5-1)-8 (60-1) (2,3-SCR)
02-2 (3.5)-5 (9.2)-6 (32-1)-3 (62-1)
03-5 (3.5)-1 (2-1)-2 (10-1)-4 (9-1)
04-2 (1.9)-5 (9.2)-6 (16-1)-3 (59-1)
05-6 (7.2)-3 (9.5)-1 (17-1)-4 (5-1)
06-4 (8.5)-2 (5.2)-3 (61-1)-9 (43-1)
07-6 (1.5)-2 (8-1)-10 (86-1)-5 (22-1) (8-SCR)
08-4 (18-1)-5 (2.5)-3 (7-1)-1 (15-1) (NO SHOW BETTING)
09-5 (9.2)-6 (8.5)-4 (6-1)-3 (9.5)
10-1 (1-1)-5 (5.2)-2 (23-1)-7 (9.2) (8-SCR)
11-5 (3.2)-9 (5-1)-1 (3.2)-4 (19-1)-8 (21-1)

MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-747-BIG-$22.00 (FEB 21-6TH) (10-1), $17.50 (JUL 08-9TH) (7-1), $14.40 (JUL 22-7TH) (6-1)
02-410-BIG-$20.90 (APR 11-1ST) (14-1), $18.60 (OCT 27-6TH) (22-1), $14.10 (AUG 29-3RD) (5-1) 
03-290-BIG-$12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1), $10.80 (SEP 30-6TH) (11-1), $8.80 (SEP 16-5TH) (19-1)
04-269-BIG-99-1 (OCT 10-9TH), 55-1 (FEB 22-10TH), 51-1 (NOV 01-7TH) 49-1 (SEP 25-6TH) 
04-693-W B P-BIG-59-1 (SEP 13-8TH), 57-1 (MAY 26-5TH), 53-1 (SEP 13-10TH), 52-1 (SEP 20-10TH) 
S EX-219-BIG-$82.80 (AUG 29-10TH) 
M EX-112-BIG-$126.70 (SEP 26-8TH) 
S TRI-060-BIG-$87.35 (MAY 10-10TH) 
M TRI-165-BIG-$166.95 (JUN 05-1ST) 
S SUP-017-BIG-$246.65 (MAY 10-10TH) 
M SUP-173-BIG-$2,393.10 (APR 10-8TH)
DD-1,2-24-BIG-$45.50 (FEB 14-2ND)
DD-2,3-41-BIG-$42.50 (OCT 23-3RD)
DD-3,4-27-BIG-$61.10 (JAN 20-4TH)
DD-4,5-20-BIG-$18.80 (SEP 11-5TH)
DD-5,6-23-BIG-$29.40 (FEB 07-6TH)
DD-6,7-21-BIG-$75.10 (FEB 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-35-BIG-$62.80 (JUL 22-8TH)
DD-8,9-29-BIG-$28.40 (JUL 08-9TH)
DD-9,10-23-BIG-$60.10 (MAR 10-10TH)
DD-10,11-08-BIG-$25.60 (MAY 10-11TH)
DD-11,12-03-BIG-$08.10 (JUN 14-12TH)
DD-12,13-02-BIG-$16.40 (AUG 23-13TH)
P3 (1-3)-14-BIG-$23.50 (FEB 01-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-15-BIG-$32.00 (FEB 01-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-09-BIG-$11.25 (AUG 05-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-07-BIG-$12.15 (JUL 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-11-BIG-$41.90 (FEB 07-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-07-BIG-$68.50 (FEB 07-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-16-BIG-$33.30 (JUL 22-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-06-BIG-$23.25 (SEP 05-10TH)
P3 (9-11)-06-BIG-$30.10 (MAY 10-11TH)
P3 (10-12)-01-BIG-$03.45 (JUN 14-12TH)
P3 (11-13)-02-BIG-$12.15 (AUG 23-13TH)
P4 (3-6)-04-BIG-$28.75 (AUG 05-6TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-02-BIG-$43.75 (SEP 05-10TH)
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P4 (9-12)-00-BIG-$
P4 (10-13)-01-BIG-$05.65 (JUN 14-13TH)
P5 (1-5)-02-BIG-$50.95
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P5 (9-13)-01-BIG-$11.50 (JUN 14-13TH)
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-08-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-04-BIG-$1,213.95 (OCT 27-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(06)-739 
5-1+ LONG TOT-(13)-2,707-27.3% 
PICK 4 PLACINGS-26-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-4,989-7,948-62.8%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-1,987
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-03,02-02,03-03,04-02,05-02,06-02,07-02,08-02,09-03,10-02,11-03,12-00,13-00=26-44-OATOT 4,989-7,948-62.8%

(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-521-BIG-$46.60 (AUG 04-9TH) (22-1), $45.30 (APR 17-9TH) (21-1), $41.90 (AUG 16-10TH) (19-1) 
02-343-BIG-$31.40 (JUN 14-6TH) (42-1), $28.70 (JUN 14-2ND) (49-1), $27.90 (MAR 06-8TH) (44-1) 
03-263-BIG-$28.60 (OCT 18-5TH) (22-1), $15.90 (AUG 28-10TH) (21-1), $14.90 (MAR 17-7TH) (22-1) 
04-250-BIG-118-1 (MAY 17-8TH), 105-1 (MAY 08-4TH), 96-1 (AUG 08-4TH), 89-1 (OCT 27-5TH) 
04-791-W B P-BIG-93-1 (JAN 25-3RD), 84-1 (MAY 17-6TH), 73-1 (APR 05-6TH), 54-1 (OCT 02-5TH) 
S EX-113-BIG-$307.50 (JUL 14-11TH)
M EX-102-BIG-$94.90 (APR 19-6TH)  
S TRI-026-BIG-$427.40 (FEB 14-2ND) 
M TRI-110-BIG-$498.30 (MAR 22-8TH) 
S SUP-006-BIG-$207.55 (MAY 03-5TH) 
M SUP-114-BIG-$1,797.25 (JUN 30-4TH) 
DD-1,2-12-BIG-$29.70 (MAR 21-2ND)
DD-2,3-16-BIG-$42.50 (OCT 23-3RD)
DD-3,4-12-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-13-BIG-$187.90 (JUN 12-5TH)
DD-5,6-10-BIG-$162.80 (AUG 29-6TH)
DD-6,7-10-BIG-$67.50 (MAR 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-14-BIG-$62.80 (JUL 22-8TH)
DD-8,9-11-BIG-$78.10 (APR 17-9TH)
DD-9,10-13-BIG-$93.40 (AUG 04-10TH)
DD-10,11-10-BIG-$226.30 (AUG 16-11TH)
DD-11,12-01-BIG-$20.00 (OCT 20-12TH)
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-02-BIG-$13.30 (APR 17-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-03-BIG-$12.75 (FEB 10-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-03-BIG-$20.00 (SEP 22-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-04-BIG-$344.90 (JUN 12-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-01-BIG-$30.75 (JUL 22-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-04-BIG-$28.95 (JUL 11-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-02-BIG-$13.20 (SEP 20-10TH)
P3 (9-11)-04-BIG-$152.40 (AUG 16-11TH)
P3 (10-12)-01-BIG-$32.65 (OCT 20-12TH)
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-01-BIG-$63.20 (SEP 22-6TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
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-04-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$323.15 (APR 14-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$100.05 (APR 21-12TH)
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(05)-926 
5-1+ LONG TOT-(13)-2,707-34.2% 
PICK 4 PLACINGS-29-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-4,663-7,948-58.7%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-1,987
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-04,02-03,03-03,04-03,05-02,06-02,07-03,08-01,09-02,10-03,11-03,12-00,13-00=29-44-OATOT 4,663-7,948-58.7%

BLACK ROCK TO DIGITALIZE ALL ASSETS ON EARTH.

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)

BLACK ROCK TO DIGITALIZE ALL ASSETS ON EARTH.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

MARK OF THE BEAST (engraved microchip in your hand or forehead)

NEW YORK CITY.

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

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

REVELATION 18:9-11,15-21
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,(NUKE ATTACK I BELIEVE FROM RUSSIA)
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city,  (NEW YORK) that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (NEW YORK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.(1 HOUR NEW YORK IS GONE)
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon (NEW YORK) be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

MICROCHIP DATA 2024
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/MCU08/ProductDocuments/DataSheets/AVR32DA28-32-48-Data-Sheet-DS40002228.pdf

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.) 

THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Declares “Tokenization of All Assets” Era Has Begun-Zoran Spirkovski-October 14, 2025

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated the financial industry is at “the beginning of the tokenization of all assets” during an Oct. 14 interview on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street. The comment came as the firm’s iBIT Bitcoin ETF surpassed $100 billion in assets and total digital holdings reached $107.4 billion.Fink outlined a strategy to access $4.1 trillion held in digital wallets globally by digitizing traditional financial products. He described the approach as “repotting” assets like ETFs into digital formats, pointing to the firm’s tokenized money market fund and expanding digital asset platform as examples.Volatile ETF Flows Contrast Strategic Vision-The long-term vision contrasts with recent institutional fund movements. On Oct. 13, Ethereum ETFs recorded $428.5 million in net outflows, with BlackRock’s ETHA fund contributing $19.1 million to the selloff, according to Farside Investors data.Two days earlier, Ethereum ETFs posted $174.9 million in aggregate outflows, led by BlackRock’s $80 million withdrawal fromETHA. The Oct. 10 move coincided with approximately $114 million in increased on-chain Ethereum staking deposits, suggesting potential reallocation from non-yield ETF positions to staking.The recent outflows follow record inflows for Ethereum ETFs in mid-September. BlackRock’s ETHA recorded its largest single-day intake of $363 million on Sept. 15, the highest in 30 days at the time.BlackRock manages $17.25 billion across its digital asset ETFs and primarily uses Coinbase Prime for custody operations, with over $17.2 billion in withdrawals and $2.5 billion in deposits logged with the counterparty since March 2024, based on Arkham Intelligence tracking.The asset manager’s tokenization push aligns with broader institutional adoption, including recent moves by trading platforms to enable 24/7 access to tokenized securities.Bitcoin Consolidates Above $112K-Bitcoin traded at $113,242 as of press time, maintaining its position above key support at $110,217 despite bearish pressure across short-term timeframes. The cryptocurrency faces immediate resistance at $114,716, while technical indicators reveal diverging signals across different time horizons.However, the broader weekly trend remains constructive, with BTC price trading 74% above the 200-week moving average, suggesting underlying strength in the long-term structure.Read original story BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Declares “Tokenization of All Assets” Era Has Begun by Zoran Spirkovski at Coinspeaker.com

DLNews-BlackRock dominates all ETFs with $3.5bn haul: ‘that’s how hungry the fish are’October 8, 2025

BlackRock investors are relentless.Larry Fink’s firm led exchange-traded fund flows across every sector last week, topping the list with $3.5 billion in flows into its Bitcoin ETF, IBIT.That’s 10% of all net inflows into ETFs.In second and third place came Vanguard and State Street. Their flagship S&P 500 trackers, SPLG and VOO, hauled in $2.4 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively.What’s impressive, however, is that both are getting lapped by a two-year-old. BlackRock’s IBIT has been around since January 2024, while Vanguard’s SPLG is 20 years old, and State Street’s VOO has been around for 15 years.‘Enjoy while it lasts’Still, BlackRock wasn’t alone in its feeding frenzy.Every single Bitcoin ETF took in cash last week, with a total of 43,100 Bitcoin worth about $4.8 billion, according to Coinglass.“That’s how hungry the fish are,” said Eric Balchunas, a Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst. “Two steps forward mode. Enjoy while it lasts.”Moreover, flows into Bitcoin ETFs are nearly on par with 2024, with just under three months still to go. Year-to-date, inflows are now at $48.3 billion versus last year’s $48.5 billion, according to James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares.Since its inception, BlackRock Bitcoin investors have been insatiable.The fund is now nearing $100 billion in assets under management, making it the most profitable of all BlackRock ETFs.Loads of that capital comes from investors who had to wait a decade before the SEC greenlit a Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded product. Now that it’s here, almost two years in, investors can’t get enough of it.Favourable factors-And lately, conditions have been favouring even more exposure to crypto’s top asset.The “sustained high appetite” is driven by several factors, Butterfill told DL News.For one, the Fed is starting to cut interest rates — which tends to favour risky assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum — while the US government shutdown is forcing investors to find protection.“The ongoing U.S. government shutdown impasse shows no clear path to resolution,” said Butterfill. “This increasingly projects an image of ineffectiveness and raises questions about US creditworthiness.”Off the back of BlackRock’s voracious appetite and the confluence of macro factors came a new all-time high for Bitcoin.The crypto topped $126,000 on Monday for the first time.More than all VCs-BlackRock’s $3.5 billion intake is nothing short of impressive.Notably, that figure represents more capital than the entire crypto venture capital funding for the first quarter of 2024 by a wide margin.Back then, VCs ploughed just over $2.2 billion into crypto startups, according to DefiLlama.With some of the recent developments in corporate Bitcoin adoption, there are plenty more bullish signs flashing.Take crypto treasuries. They’re the firms that buy and hold tokens to bolster their balance sheets, hoping to ride the coattails of Bitcoin and Ethereum’s historic price appreciation.Currently, the top 100 Bitcoin treasuries hold approximately 1 million Bitcoin, valued at around $127 billion, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net.And that’s just Bitcoin. Ethereum treasuries have been even more aggressive than their Bitcoin counterparts, accumulating more than $25 billion in barely six months.Pedro Solimano is DL News’ Buenos Aires-based markets correspondent. Got a tip? Email him at psolimano@dlnews.com.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: Bitcoin and Crypto 'Serve Same Purpose as Gold'-Callan Quinn-October 13, 2025

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has once again reiterated cautious approval of crypto investments and walked back previous comments he made in October 2017 about Bitcoin being an “index of money laundering.”Speaking with CBS on Sunday, Fink said that “I did say Bitcoin, because we were talking about Bitcoin then, was the domain of money launderers and thieves.”“But you know, the markets teach you, you have to always relook at your assumptions. There is a role for crypto in the same way there is a role for gold, that is, it’s an alternative,” he said.In his latest comments, however, Fink also urged caution. “For those looking to diversify, it is not a bad asset, but I don’t believe that it should be a large component of your portfolio,” he added.BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, oversees roughly $12.5 trillion in assets. It launched one of the first U.S. crypto spot Bitcoin ETFs in 2024 following regulatory approval from the SEC. Its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF is the largest crypto ETF with more than $93.9 billion assets under management.Fink’s shift in tone over the years is in line with a broader softening of Wall Street’s stance on cryptocurrencies. He was part of a cohort of CEOs who once dismissed Bitcoin outright. In 2017, he called it an “index of money laundering,” while JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon described it as “a fraud” and said people who owned it were “stupid,” likening the asset to the Dutch tulip mania in the 1630s.Since then, the mood has changed, with Fink taking a more conciliatory tone from 2023 onwards. Major financial firms, from asset managers to investment banks, are gradually moving into the crypto sector, drawn by investor demand even as they warn of volatility and regulatory risk.In a letter to investors earlier this year, Fink himself noted that half of the demand for BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF has been "from retail investors, and three-quarters of those investors had never owned an iShares product before."BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Is Already Its Most Profitable, Surpassing Older ETFsChief Investment Officer at Sygnum Fabian Dori told Decrypt that particularly since the re-election of U.S. President Donald Trump, the embrace of crypto assets has moved from institutional involvement to institutional adoption.“If there was any need for further confirmation of the increasing institutional adoption, it has probably been provided by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink flagging Bitcoin as a potential replacement of the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency in case the U.S. debt situation would spiral out of control," he said. "These developments have driven Bitcoin dominance, the share of Bitcoin’s market cap relative to the total crypto asset market cap, to a level not seen for years."Leading global traditional asset managers such as BlackRock or Fidelity have already added Bitcoin to the strategic asset allocation of some of their investment products, while corporations such as Tesla, Strategy, and Metaplanet have integrated Bitcoin into their corporate strategy as a hedge against inflation.Dori added institutions are interested in three key use cases: Specific crypto assets as an alternative store of value, specific crypto assets as an alternative means of payment and specific crypto assets as a next-generation infrastructure  that enables decentralized application economies.“Increased macro uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and the growing risk of currency debasement are factors that promote Bitcoin’s safe haven or store of value attributes,” he said.Still, not everyone is convinced.Last week, British investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown warned users to steer clear of Bitcoin, calling it an asset with “no intrinsic value.” In a notice to clients, the firm said crypto “shouldn’t be relied upon to help clients meet their financial goals.”Don't Buy Bitcoin, Warns UK Investment Giant Hargreaves Lansdown—Here's Why-But firms are still feeling pressure to meet customer demand for these sorts of products. Hargreaves Lansdown itself, which manages $226.8 billion (£170 billion) in assets, nevertheless said it would still allow qualified investors to access new British crypto exchange-traded notes despite their warning.Bitcoin was trading above $115,000 on Monday, up 3.6% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. The price recovery follows a sharp dip on Friday, when it slid from $121,000 to $109,000 within hours, triggering nearly $20 billion in liquidations, including roughly $16.7 billion in long positions.

Cryptonews-Bitcoin ETFs Smash $1.19B Inflows Since July as BlackRock Leads — But Is a Correction Coming? BlackRock’s IBIT vacuumed roughly $970 million of the $1.19 billion single‑day haul, steering U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs toward $100 billion AUM.Hassan Shittu-October 7, 2025 4 min read

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded their strongest inflows in nearly three months, showing a renewed wave of institutional interest as Bitcoin traded near record highs.According to data from Farside Investors, Bitcoin ETFs attracted $1.19 billion in net inflows on Monday, the highest single-day total since July 10, when inflows reached $1.18 billion.BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominated the surge, accounting for more than 81% of total inflows with $970 million added in a single day. Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed with $112.3 million, while Bitwise’s BITB recorded $60.1 million.BlackRock’s IBIT Leads Record $6B Crypto ETF Inflows-The renewed appetite for Bitcoin exposure coincides with a major milestone for BlackRock’s IBIT, which has now overtaken some of the firm’s legacy funds to become its highest-revenue-generating ETF.Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted that IBIT is now “a hair away from $100 billion” in assets under management (AUM), just 21 months after launch.The fund currently manages $98.47 billion across 1.38 billion shares with a 0.25% fee, generating roughly $244 million in annual revenue for the world’s largest asset manager.Monday’s inflows also capped off a record week for Bitcoin-linked investment products. Data from CoinShares showed that digital asset funds globally attracted $5.95 billion last week, the largest weekly inflow on record.Source: CoinShares-Bitcoin accounted for $3.55 billion of that figure, while Ethereum saw $1.48 billion, followed by Solana and XRP with $706.5 million and $219.4 million, respectively.Bitcoin itself has been trading just below all-time highs, hovering around $124,500 on Tuesday after briefly crossing $126,000 earlier in the week. The latest surge came as institutional traders piled in over the weekend, sending Bitcoin past $125,000 for the first time since August.October has historically been one of Bitcoin’s stronger months, and the token is already up more than 10% since the start of the month.Data from SoSoValue shows that as of October 6, total cumulative net inflows into U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs reached $61.26 billion, with total assets under management now at $169.54 billion, representing about 6.8% of Bitcoin’s total market capit

Cryptocurrency decoded: Investing in digital assets-The Bid podcast

TRANSCRIPT: IC>> Oscar Pulido: Welcome to The Bid, where we break down what's happening in the markets and explore the forces changing the economy and finance. I'm your host, Oscar Pulido.Digital assets have become a fascinating and sometimes perplexing phenomenon in the financial landscape. Cryptocurrencies offer decentralized and borderless transactions challenging the long-established norms of the financial system. And the underlying blockchain technology not only ensures security, but also opens doors to innovative applications beyond currency- impacting industries from finance to supply chain. Robbie Mitchnick: The ability for the first time to have an asset that is truly global, that anyone with a mobile phone and internet connection can tap into. This asset, and the new access to financial opportunities that it creates in a permissionless way is really a significant breakthrough. Oscar Pulido: But cryptocurrencies receive their share of skepticism due to their volatile nature. So, what does the future hold for this asset class? Samara Cohen: This era of access and integration is what's here for Bitcoin now. So it's going to be critical to see how the integration of Bitcoin in capital markets catalyzes new strategies for investors and differentiated outcomes. Oscar Pulido: Today I'm joined by Robbie Mitchnick, head of Digital Assets at BlackRock and Samara Cohen, Chief Investment Officer of the ETF and Index Investments business at BlackRock. Robbie and Samara will lend their knowledge and experience to help us navigate the story of digital assets, from their inception to their current state and beyond. We'll explore the unique features that set digital assets apart and the potential they hold for investors seeking new opportunities in the ever-evolving financial market. Oscar Pulido: Robbie and Samara, welcome to The Bid. Robbie Mitchnick: Thanks for having me. Good to be back. Samara Cohen: Thanks for having us, Oscar. Oscar Pulido: I'm very excited to have you both because, I don't know if it's just me, but when we talk about this space, there's a lot of terminology that we use. We talk about digital assets, there's blockchain, there's crypto, there's Bitcoin, and I've needed to listen to a few of these conversations to make sense of how this all comes together. Robbie, maybe I could start with you, help us make sense of some of these concepts. Robbie Mitchnick: Sure. Digital assets as the starting point is the umbrella term for this space. And everything in digital assets is enabled by blockchain as the underlying technology. So, when we think about digital assets, I think that best way to think of its significance is with an analogy to the internet. That is that digital assets through blockchain makes possible for the movement of value, what the internet did for the movement of data multiple decades ago, a global, decentralized, accessible, real-time network.Then within digital assets, you've got really three buckets that we think of. One is crypto, the most famous -generates a lot of the headlines, you have 10,000 plus different crypto assets today of which Bitcoin is the original and remains today by far the largest with a striking share of market cap north of 50%. Second bucket, stable coins where you take the properties of digital assets of crypto in terms of ability to send them anywhere in the world in near real time, at near zero cost in a digitally native, transparent way, and strip out some of the intrinsic volatility that exists today for crypto assets to make them more useful as a payment asset.The third bucket, tokenized assets, the idea is you're taking real world assets or financial assets, and you're issuing the ownership record of those on a blockchain in digitally native format.Oscar Pulido: I love the analogy about digital assets, providing the ability of the movement of value, I think is what you said. The way the internet facilitated the movement of information. And thank you for that description. I think that helps categorize these various concepts. But if I'm an investor, what does this all actually mean? what part of what you mentioned actually matters to me as somebody looking at the markets. Robbie Mitchnick: Yeah. I think sometimes it's tempting to look at this and say, the applications of blockchain technology, maybe Bitcoin or crypto was first, but there's going to be so many vast applications of blockchain that those'll be irrelevant in the long arc of history. And I don't think that's quite correct, Bitcoin's been around for 15 years, the blockchain hype and institutional interest has been here for, let's say six, seven years. When we look at, what are the things that we couldn't solve before as a human society and economy or that we did, but we did them in a really inefficient way. Now through blockchain, we either solved that or we predominantly use blockchain to do it in a much more efficient way. The record so far is pretty thin, and the exceptions are really Bitcoin, Ethereum to some extent in a more early-stage way, and stable coins.  So, Bitcoin, why is it significant? I think it's a really complex question that's not well understood. The way to think about it is in three components, three problems that it solves, which are centuries old problems.And the first is payments and particularly cross-border payments or moving money across political jurisdictions. That has always been difficult. Domestic payments today actually pretty easy, pretty efficient. A lot of countries have real time digital payment networks. But cross border is another story altogether. And if we go back a millennia to what was a very pioneering system in the Middle East, the Hawala system. And that was how, money moved across longer distances in that time. And how it worked was you went to a broker, and you deposited something of value, they created a receipt that was then transmitted to another broker, let's say in the next village, who was connected to your broker. And they would pay out to some recipient something of value, and then the two brokers would periodically settle.It's an innovative system for the ninth century AD. But in fact, our cross-border payment system today looks a lot like that. If you're sending a wire or a money transmission, you're going to your bank or your money transmitter and you're depositing with them, and then they've got a relationship with their bank, and their bank has a relationship with the end recipient's bank, and at the end of it, someone at the other end gets their money, but in the process you incur significant fees and time delays and frictions, and so that has not modernized really in centuries. When we think about the introduction of Bitcoin and digital assets, this idea of being able to move a digitally native asset globally across borders in near real time at near zero cost, that's an amazing breakthrough. The second piece is when we think about the predominant form that money lives in today, Now, for most of our history, money was either a commodity itself or coinage that had a linkage to commodity, whether directly or through convertibility. Today the predominant form of money is as government issued fiat currency. And that has all kinds of benefits in terms of efficiency to settle transactions at scale and digital format. But what it doesn't have is security against arbitrary supply increases. And so, what we've seen throughout much of modern history is when fiscal challenges arise in a given country, there's this temptation to increase the supply to base currency and ultimately create inflation. Bitcoin with its rigidly fixed supply cap of 21 million units, 19.5 million of which are already in existence, has a totally different paradigm.And then finally, the ability for the first time to have an asset that is truly global, that anyone with a mobile phone and internet connection can tap into. There's people who have mobile phones but don't have bank accounts. So, this asset, and the new access to financial opportunities that it creates in a permissionless way is really a significant breakthrough. Oscar Pulido: So, you're saying that crypto, and you use Bitcoin as the prominent example, is modernizing the financial system. It's making it easier for cross-border payments and is making people think about the currency that they have in their pocket, that fiat currency, those bills, are not fixed in supply, they can't increase in supply. And in fact, we saw central bank responses over the course of many years do that in response to crises. Whereas cryptocurrencies are more fixed in supply, and therefore have a purchasing power that perhaps is more valuable. Let's talk more about cryptocurrency, which perhaps had a lot of critics, that this was a fad, and, to some extent that appeared to be the case at the end of 2022. But here we are again today with crypto and Bitcoin, really prominently in the headline. So, what's changed? Robbie Mitchnick: Actually, you allude to the major correction that happened in 2022, that was just one cycle in crypto's history. But there've been four. And if you put a price chart of them side by side, they look almost indistinguishable.So, Bitcoin's created in 2009, and then you have 2010, 2011, this spectacular parabolic rally when it goes from nothing to something. Then crash.2013 another parabolic rally. This time it enters the mainstream consciousness of a wider number of people. Ultimately that, cycle collapsed when Mount Gox, which was the leading crypto exchange at the time, imploded. Then you have this bear market for a while. 2017 arrives and crypto goes parabolic again, hits all-time highs, order magnitude above where it had ever been before. And now it started to enter not just mainstream investors, but big institutions are thinking about this, Again, that, rally collapses.Finally, the fourth cycle, which we saw starting in Covid, it was some flight to scarcity value of Bitcoin initially, but then it extended to other crypto assets, that too collapsed in 2022 with some excesses and other bad behavior.So, it's been this, rollercoaster journey, but when you look back at the long-term trajectory, each of these cycles, tend to be a multiple or even an order of magnitude or higher than the prior cycle. Oscar Pulido: So, these ups and downs are nothing new. And in fact, your timeline went back to the early 2010s, but we should expect volatility in this asset class. that gets me to think about investments and Samara, when we think about these digital assets and particularly cryptocurrencies, how should investors think about this relative to more traditional investments, things like stocks and bonds. Are there certain advantages they possess or are there certain challenges, or maybe it's a combination of both? Samara Cohen: Oscar, what I love about the framing that Robbie just gave us is that he not only just did a 14-year history of cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin specifically, but he actually went back a thousand years in talking about the history of money, which I love as a self-professed markets history nerd. And Robbie has laid out really well the vision for digital assets, they can be traded across borders in a transparent manner without intermediaries and that's the crux of what is the specific change in this new paradigm. And of course, these are markets that don't close, these are 24/7 markets. so that's the vision. Now let's speak to the actual practice of investing in Bitcoin.When you look to invest in and own Bitcoin directly, as an investor, you're engaging with an entirely new ecosystem. You have to take a more direct role in vendor selection, in onboarding, you need to understand custody and also the differences in tax management. This is a big education curve, and it introduces, complexity as well as potentially trading and operational costs.So that's the state of play for investors who are, alongside their, asset classes and markets they have traditionally been invested, in looking to overlay bitcoin strategies. Now the attributes of digital assets that we've talked about are actually particularly appealing to millennial and Gen Z investors who, over the past several years, are becoming much more predominant in the investing world. And that's an important part of what's happening in market structure around the world and what's happening in crypto. Both of these generations are digital natives, they grew up with the internet, they're comfortable transacting their lives in an increasingly borderless space. And they are more likely to own crypto than mutual funds, equities, or ETFs. And as Robbie spoke about, this trend of engaging in Bitcoin has been spreading to institutional investors as well with a number of them, adding Bitcoin as an asset class alongside others in their portfolios. So, the moment right now, and I love Robbie's layout of the four eras of Bitcoin because I think this era is really around integration and access with the availability of access technologies like ETFs. Oscar Pulido: It sounds like it won't just be the millennials and Gen Z investors that are thinking about crypto, but that it could broaden out to a broader swath of investors. So are there certain developments in the regulatory landscape that have created more legitimacy or acceptance for digital assets that you've seen or that you foresee happening? Samara Cohen: Yeah, this is important to talk about because evolution in the regulatory atmosphere has not only enabled the rise of digital assets, but where it goes from here is going to be critical to the path forward. I do want to make the point though, Oscar, to what you said about institutional investors alongside the Gen Z millennial investors. Putting crypto to the side, a huge topic in markets around the world is how market structure is adapting to self-directed retail investors. And that is true, across asset classes with platforms and a huge part of market structure regulation generally. Looking at equity markets, through the lens of how they are accessed directly by investors, is really guiding policymakers around the world in traditional finance as well.Now policymakers are starting to make moves to develop frameworks around Bitcoin, and the reason they're doing it is because they see the increase in interest in investors and also the evolution in infrastructure across the industry. We see countries broadly focused on how to bring crypto markets into compliance by creating frameworks, which is what they do, and what they're supposed to do for all parts of the financial system and all parts of emerging technologies.The European Union will actually be the first major jurisdiction with a comprehensive crypto framework. The Markets and Crypto Assets licensing regime, and that takes effect at year end 2024. In the US there have been efforts in Congress on a bipartisan basis to create measures aimed at regulating and providing greater market structure to the digital asset industry, those measures have progress that needs to be made. I will say in my own engagement in the industry and with US policy makers, I think the drive to ensure the US is competitive in this space, is going to accelerate and make sure we progress. Oscar Pulido: Samara, it sounds like what you're saying is that regulators are working to put frameworks in place that give investors some comfort that there are guardrails in place, so that if they want to incorporate Bitcoin and digital assets into their portfolio, they can do so in a more confident manner. And Robbie, I think Samara alluded to this, you mentioned blockchain technology, it has wider application, that it's the foundation for, digital currencies, but it has other ways in which it can be applied. So maybe talk about, where are we there? Robbie Mitchnick: It's fun that we get to do this together because you were one of the original believers in this Samara. I remember, sitting in your office on a Friday afternoon in October of 2018. And you were so dialed in to what this was, and you were newer to the technology at the time, but thinking about what this could mean for ETF markets, and I remember walking out of that thinking, this is going to be a thing here,Samara Cohen: And I'm just sad you didn't bring up your thousand-year history of money, Robbie, because I think we would've gotten here faster!Robbie Mitchnick: Or, you might've said, that guy's crazy and I would've been, looking for another job. But, when we think about going beyond crypto and I mentioned in the sort of three-part framework at the top for digital assets of crypto, stable coins and tokenized assets. And tokenized assets is how I would answer that question where, there's a lot of interest and, hype around, the potential to take this technology and apply it to existing assets, whether they be financial or physical assets- we could be talking about stocks, bonds, commodities like gold, real estate, art, you name it. And take the properties of blockchain and what it enables in terms of transparency and efficient settlement and, borderlessness and being digitally native and programmable, all these things and modernize how our financial system works and modernize access to, maybe asset classes that weren't easy or efficient for many investors to get access to. And so, I think this is a transformation that is going to take time. This is not a three-year transformation. This is 10, maybe 15, maybe 20 years, but if it happens, it'll be the biggest transformation in our securities market since we moved from paper-based share trading in the 1970s to electronic records. Oscar Pulido: And the reason it takes that long, the 10, 15, 20 years, is just that financial markets are complex and there's a way in which things are done that takes a long time to unwind. Robbie, I think I've also heard you talk about the issue of property rights and how tokenized assets strengthen this issue of property rights over digital assets. So maybe talk a little bit about that. Robbie Mitchnick: Yeah, one of the breakthroughs of Bitcoin that then, applies, in other digital assets is, historically it's been very difficult to create a form of property, a form of value that cannot be seized by force.  Again, go back centuries or millennia, property, whether that was at risk of seizure by an invading army, or by a hostile or authoritarian government. Now for the first time, you have this idea that your wealth can fit on effectively a USB key as stored in your pocket, or even be memorized in your head. We're talking about private key that gives you access to your Bitcoin. that's an amazing breakthrough,Oscar Pulido: So, Samara, what advancements do you see taking place in the digital asset space that investors should be mindful of? What do you think that's going to mean in terms of the investment decisions that investors need to make going forward? Samara Cohen: I have to say, the private key, comment is a great example of when we talk about the practical applications and what's new for investors here, like having to memorize seed phrase is very stressful for investors. And so, figuring out how you want to engage and whether that's how you want to own your crypto, that's a perfect example of what it means to actually have to adopt to a new ecosystem.  For all of the reasons that we've talked about, self-directed investors, we know we see it, this is a huge topic for policy makers, they are interested in gaining access to digital assets broadly, to Bitcoin specifically in a way that's convenient and efficient and secure. Importantly, crypto is also becoming a topic for the whole wealth industry and for financial advisors. And then we're starting to think about crypto in a whole portfolio context, this brings me back to this idea of the era of access and integration. What are the ways to integrate crypto into a broader portfolio? And then the significance of the application of existing and familiar technologies like ETF technology to spot Bitcoin? The use of ETF technology, which is now becoming predominant, in multiple jurisdictions allow investors more access to Bitcoin in a whole portfolio way. So, they can see the integration of risk, they can manage their portfolios holistically. And that's a very significant aspect of what this kind of next phase will be.And I will also add with respect to whether it takes, years, decades, millennia for market structure to change. We know a few things, like really what moves market structure forward are two things, it's what technology enables and this inexorable march towards more access and more transparency, which investors always want. Competing with that are, entrenched interests often, which can, slow things down. And then as you talked about before, the ability of policy and regulatory frameworks to adapt in a way that supports the new ecosystem.This era of access and integration is what's here for Bitcoin now. So, it's going to be critical to see how the integration of Bitcoin in capital markets catalyzes new strategies for investors and differentiated outcomes. Oscar Pulido: It sounds like both of you have a front row seat to the modernization of, financial markets. So, thank you for sharing that with me today, I feel like I've got a little more information on this topic, but I know there's probably more to learn, so we'll look forward to welcoming you both back at some point on The Bid. Robbie and Samara, thank you for joining us on the podcast. Robbie Mitchnick: Thanks for having us. Samara Cohen: Thanks for having us. Oscar.Oscar Pulido: Thanks for listening. to this episode of The Bid. Next week, be sure to tune in and check out my conversation with Jeff Spiegel, where he'll provide a holistic overview of major investment themes to help investors navigate the year ahead. 

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HAMAS OFFICIAL SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED WITH PA ON FORMATIO COMMITTEE TO MANAGE GAZA.

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)

  HAMAS OFFICIAL SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED WITH PA ON FORMATIO COMMITTEE TO MANAGE GAZA.


INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.

2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements (NUKES) shall melt with fervent heat,(BLAST) the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.(BUT ITS NO END OF THE WORLD HOGWASH)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,(BY NUKES INCLUDING 3 BILLION PEOPLE) what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3 PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD IS NOT MOCKED.

ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2  I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3  I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.

PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15  So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16  When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17  So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:3,30

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

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

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

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

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)

REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zohran Mamdani declared winner of NYC mayoral race-By AP and ToI Staff Today, 4:41 am

WASHINGTON — Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City.Mamdani defeats former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. He will replace Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped his reelection bid in September but remained on the ballot.Mamdani is a far-left anti-Israel activist and 34-year-old state assemblymember who will be the city’s youngest mayor in over a century.He entered the general election as the favorite following a 12-point victory in the ranked choice Democratic primary earlier this year.

Senior Hamas official says agreement reached with PA on formation of committee to manage Gaza-Moussa Abu Marzouk dodges question on whether Hamas will disarm as required by Trump’s peace plan; Israeli officials said to fear restrictions on IDF in administration’s UN proposal for Gaza force-By Nurit Yohanan and Nava Freiberg-Today, 6:18 am-NOV 5,25

A top Hamas leader said Tuesday that the terror group and the Palestinian Authority have come to an agreement regarding the establishment of a temporary committee that will manage the Gaza Strip on behalf of the PA.The committee’s responsibilities will include overseeing the border crossings and the security forces in the Strip, Moussa Abu Marzouk told Al Jazeera, adding that it will be headed by a PA minister.Abu Marzouk didn’t clarify during the interview whether this decision was approved by the US as well as the PA, meaning it was unclear whether there is any weight to the agreement.In recent weeks, Hamas has refrained from publicly addressing the composition of the committee that will oversee Gaza’s civilian affairs, in line with the White House’s plan to end the war in Gaza.According to Arabic media reports, one of the proposed candidates to head the committee is Palestinian Authority Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan. However, there were reports that Israel has rejected his candidacy.Abu Marzouk said that Israel was still refusing to allow UN forces to operate in areas currently under its control in the Strip, something he stated contradicts the draft proposal the United States submitted to the UN Security Council, which centers on the deployment of an international stabilization force in Gaza.He clarified that disagreements remain over the operational details of the international force — such as where it would operate and what its mandate would be — and said that “a long discussion is still required on this matter.”Avoiding a definitive answer on whether Hamas will disarm as required by US President Donald Trump’s broad Gaza peace plan, Abu Marzouk said that “Hamas is the force that controls the ground [in Gaza]. If it is disarmed, there will be other weapons and other groups. Just as in Iraq, when the Iraqi army was disbanded, chaos followed — al-Qaeda and ISIS emerged.”He added that such a move “would not contribute to stability or to the implementation of agreements (such as the ceasefire).”“There is no vacuum — any replacement force must be Palestinian and agreed upon by Palestinians, so there will be no rejection or internal conflict.”‘Israelis gagged’Also Tuesday, Channel 12 news reported that Israeli officials strongly dislike certain clauses of the Trump administration’s draft UN Security Council resolution on establishing the international force in Gaza.A senior US official told the network that “the Israelis gagged” over certain parts of the resolution – mainly because the deployment of the force will require another stage of IDF withdrawal from Gaza and limit Israel’s freedom of action in the territory going forward.Beyond the military implications, some Israeli officials view the proposal as a dangerous “internationalization” of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, fearing it could lead to undesired international oversight not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, the network continued.Channel 12 added that Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer worked behind the scenes with American officials on the proposal, which would give the US and other participating countries a broad two-year mandate to govern Gaza and be in charge of security there.According to a copy of the draft published by the Axios news site on Monday, the so-called International Stabilization Force will be in charge of securing the Gaza Strip’s borders with Israel and Egypt, ensuring the safety of civilians and humanitarian zones, and training and partnering new Palestinian police officers.The force’s mandate will apparently include disarming Hamas, with the draft saying that the ISF will “stabilize the security environment in Gaza by ensuring the process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of rebuilding of military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, as well as the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups.”This clause could well be subject to debate, as countries that have offered to contribute troops to the ISF are not interested in sparring with Hamas in Gaza, two Arab diplomats reiterated to The Times of Israel last week.The draft resolution also states that the ISF will perform “additional tasks as may be necessary in support of the Gaza agreement,” and that it will be established and operate “in close consultation and cooperation with Egypt and Israel.”Additionally, the resolution calls for granting US President Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” the powers of “a transitional governance administration with international legal personality that will set the framework and coordinate funding for the redevelopment of Gaza pursuant to the Comprehensive Plan, until such time as the Palestinian Authority has satisfactorily completed its reform program.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly proclaimed that the Palestinian Authority cannot play any role in governing postwar Gaza, although the idea has remained popular among Israel’s Western allies.A US official told Axios that the goal is to deploy the first ISF troops to Gaza by January. Washington is reportedly aiming to negotiate the terms of the resolution within days and hold a vote on it within weeks.Currently, the next stages of Trump’s 20-point peace plan have been on hold, with Hamas failing to hand all of the hostages’ bodies it continues to hold. The terror group returned the remains of another hostage Tuesday night, leaving seven still in Gaza — five Israelis, one Thai and one Tanzanian.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

PM rules out granting safe passage to 200 Hamas gunmen stuck in IDF-held Rafah-After a report that Israel would allow trapped Hamas operatives to retreat to the Yellow Line sparked criticism from all sides, official says PM ‘not allowing’ terrorists to flee-By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian-3 November 2025, 3:31 pmUpdated at 12:51 am

Following reports on Monday that Israel was considering granting terrorists hiding in tunnels safe passage from Israeli-controlled areas of the Gaza Strip to the Hamas-run zone, a statement attributed to an “Israeli official” — often a euphemism for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office — said the premier “is not allowing safe passage for 200 Hamas terrorists.”According to Israeli estimates, some 200 Hamas gunmen are currently located in the tunnels underneath the IDF-controlled parts of southern Gaza, especially in Rafah, and are unable to retreat to the Hamas-controlled areas without emerging from their tunnels and being spotted by Israeli troops.Channel 12 news reported earlier on Monday that Israel would approve the fighters’ safe passage if they agreed to give up their weapons.According to the outlet, IDF sources confirmed that Israel was likely to grant passage, but said they would only be allowed to pass into Hamas-controlled territory if the terror group gave up more bodies of slain hostages.After the Channel 12 initial report was met with heavy criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, the “Israeli official” vehemently denied that Netanyahu would grant such passage to Hamas operatives stuck in Rafah.“The prime minister persists in his firm stance on the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of the Strip while eliminating terrorist threats to our forces,” said the official.According to US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the Gaza war, which Netanyahu embraced in September, “Once all hostages are returned, Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty.”“Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries,” the Trump plan adds.But the actual ceasefire agreement signed by Israel and Hamas in Egypt on October 9 only focused on the initial ceasefire, IDF pullback, the hostage-prisoner swap, and humanitarian aid provisions.Channel 12 reported later Monday that the United States is pressuring Israel to permit safe passage for the Hamas operatives, part of efforts to advance to the next stage of the emerging ceasefire framework based on Trump’s plan.‘Utter madness’: Politicians from both sides of aisle decry report-“Mr. Prime Minister,” wrote Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on X about his opposition to the reported plan to grant safe passage to Hamas operatives before the official’s denial. “This is utter madness. Stop this.”Fellow party member Orit Strock, the settlement and national missions minister, also took to X, calling the reported plan a disgrace and saying it would be “turning our back on the fallen, the soldiers and the war’s objectives.”National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also railed against the report, saying he was “demanding that all 200 terrorists who are beyond the Yellow Line be killed or imprisoned.”The far-right minister called their presence in the IDF-controlled area “an opportunity to destroy or arrest” them, demanding that they not be released “under ridiculous conditions.”Criticism also came from the opposition, with Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz saying such a plan would mean “we’ve gone back to October 6,” the day before Hamas’s massive onslaught on Israel in 2023 — meaning, to the faulty strategic stance minimizing the threat posed by Hamas.“The terrorists outside of Gaza City violated the ceasefire, and some of them have taken part in attacks against our soldiers,” Gantz wrote on X. “We mustn’t let them out of the tunnels and reorganize — especially not when we still have hostages in Gaza.”Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman said the plan was “total insanity from a weak and pressured government” and that it couldn’t be allowed to happen.“They’re letting the terrorists who murdered us free passage and a governmental license to keep committing terrorism,” he wrote on X.Former prime minister Naftali Bennett also weighed in, saying the report “is unprecedented even on a global level.”“IDF soldiers managed to trap dozens of terrorists in tunnels in the Rafah sector. Their choice is to surrender or die,” Bennett wrote on X.“These are terrorists with blood on their hands. Some of them probably raided Israel on October 7, while others only recently murdered three of our precious sons,” he said, referring to recent deadly incidents in Rafah where Hamas operatives killed three IDF soldiers on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line.‘Yellow Line’ troublesMeanwhile, the IDF on Monday said it killed several terror operatives who crossed the Yellow Line and approached troops in the southern Gaza Strip earlier in the day.The operatives had “posed an immediate threat” to the forces stationed in the area, the military said, adding that shortly after they were identified, the Israeli Air Force struck and killed them “to remove the threat.” The IDF said it remains deployed in Gaza “in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.”The Yellow Line marks the roughly 53 percent of the Strip controlled by the IDF after its initial October 10 withdrawal as part of the ceasefire. While the IDF-held areas are largely empty, Israel believes that some “pockets” of Hamas operatives remain underground, especially in Rafah, and that they have been there since before the ceasefire.A source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that the demarcation had not been fully enforced to date and that it was not always clear to troops on the ground where the line ran in various parts of Gaza, given that it was only drawn up several weeks ago for the ceasefire deal.On Wednesday, Egyptian and Qatari mediators had notified Hamas that the group had 24 hours to evacuate its fighters or risk being exposed to IDF fire, a US official told The Times of Israel. That deadline expired on Thursday evening, at which point Israel had the approval of the US, Egypt and Qatar to engage Hamas targets on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line, the US official said.Israel had already publicly warned Hamas operatives holed up on the eastern side of the Yellow Line to withdraw last week. The military has assessed that there are Hamas operatives still in the terror group’s tunnels in areas under IDF control, and that they have been there since before the ceasefire.Two deadly attacks on Israeli troops in Rafah during the ceasefire were carried out by terror operatives. Hamas denied responsibility, saying “communication has been cut off” with its operatives in zones under Israeli control. Israel accused Hamas in both cases of violating the ceasefire.After the latest attack on Tuesday, the IDF launched a series of strikes that killed over 100 people, according to Hamas, before saying on Wednesday that it was resuming the ceasefire.

Saudi Arabia’s request to buy F-35 jets clears first key Pentagon hurdle — sources-Sale of as many as 48 jets to Riyadh must receive Congressional okay and Trump sign-off; approval would test US vow to maintain Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’By Mike Stone 4 November 2025, 11:45 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets, a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that has cleared a key Pentagon hurdle ahead of a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, two sources familiar with the matter said.A sale would mark a significant policy shift, potentially altering the military balance in the Middle East and testing Washington’s definition of maintaining Israel’s “qualitative military edge.”Saudi Arabia made a direct appeal earlier this year to US President Donald Trump and has long been interested in Lockheed Martin’s fighter, one of the people and a US official said. The Pentagon is now weighing a potential sale of 48 of the advanced aircraft, the US official and the person familiar with the talks told Reuters. The size of the request and its status have not been previously reported.The US official and a second US official, who acknowledged the weapons deal was moving through the system, said no final decision has been made and several more steps are needed before the ultimate nod, including further approvals at the Cabinet level, sign-off from Trump, and notification of Congress.The Pentagon’s policy department worked on the potential transaction for months, and the case has now progressed to the secretary level within the Defense Department, according to one of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.The Pentagon, White House, and State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A Lockheed Martin spokesperson said military sales are government-to-government transactions and the matter is best addressed by Washington.Washington weighs weapons sales to the Middle East in a way that ensures Israel maintains a “qualitative military edge.” This guarantees that Israel gets more advanced US weapons than the regional Arab states.The F-35, built with stealth technology that allows it to evade enemy detection, is considered the world’s most advanced fighter jet. Israel has operated the aircraft for nearly a decade, building multiple squadrons, and remains the only Middle Eastern country to possess the weapons system.Through close cooperation with Lockheed Martin, Israeli defense firms have integrated proprietary technologies into the aircraft — including advanced electronic warfare systems, enhanced command and control capabilities, and locally developed weapons systems.Saudi Arabia, the largest customer for US arms, has sought the fighter for years as it looks to modernize its air force and counter regional threats, particularly from Iran. The kingdom’s renewed push for what would constitute two squadrons comes as the Trump administration has signaled openness to deepening defense cooperation with Riyadh. The Saudi Air Force flies a mix of fighter aircraft, including Boeing F-15s, European Tornados and Typhoons.The F-35 issue has also been intertwined with broader diplomatic efforts. The Biden administration previously explored providing F-35s to Saudi Arabia as part of a comprehensive deal that would have included Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel, though those efforts ultimately stalled.Trump has made arms sales to Saudi Arabia a priority since returning to office. In May, the United States agreed to sell the kingdom an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, which the White House called “the largest defense cooperation agreement” Washington has ever done.Congressional scrutiny could also pose challenges to any F-35 sale. Lawmakers previously questioned arms deals with Riyadh following the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and some members of Congress remain wary of deepening military cooperation with the kingdom.The potential sale also comes as Saudi Arabia pursues ambitious economic and military modernization plans under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 agenda. The kingdom has sought to diversify its defense partnerships in recent years while maintaining its decades-long security relationship with Washington.Stav Levaton contributed to this report.

Trump to meet Syrian president in Washington on November 10-US president will host Sharaa in 1st-ever visit by a Syrian head of state to White House, which says former jihadist has made ‘good progress’ towards peace in his country-By AFP and ToI Staff 4 November 2025, 11:25 pm

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump will host Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for talks on November 10, the White House announced Tuesday, saying the former jihadist had made “good progress” toward establishing peace in his war-torn country.“I can confirm that that meeting will be taking place here at the White House on Monday and this is part of the president’s efforts in diplomacy to meet with anyone around the world in the pursuit of peace,” spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told a briefing.It will be the first-ever White House visit by a Syrian head of state.Leavitt noted that Trump had announced the lifting of US sanctions on Syria during a trip to the region in May, a move which aimed “to give them a real chance at peace.”“And I think the administration, we’ve seen good progress on that front, under their new leadership,” she added.Though it will be Sharaa’s first visit to Washington, it will be his second to the United States after a landmark UN trip in September, where the ex-jihadist became the first Syrian president in decades to address the UN General Assembly in New York.In May, the interim leader, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, met Trump for the first time in Riyadh during the US president’s regional tour.Syria’s top diplomat, Asaad al-Shaibani, said last week that Sharaa would visit Washington sometime early this month to discuss lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction, and counter-terrorism.On Saturday, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said Sharaa was heading to Washington “hopefully” to sign an agreement to join the international US-led alliance against the Islamic State (IS).Barrack had earlier told the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, an annual global security and geopolitical conference, that Syria and Israel continued to hold de-escalation talks, which the US has been mediating. He told reporters that Syria and Israel had met several times and were close to reaching an agreement, but declined to say when exactly a deal could be reached.Syria and Israel are in talks to reach an agreement that Damascus hopes will secure a halt to Israeli airstrikes and the withdrawal of Israeli troops who have been stationed in southern Syria. Israel says the deployment is a temporary and defensive measure following Assad’s ouster.Formerly affiliated with Al-Qaeda, Sharaa’s group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), was delisted as a terrorist group by Washington as recently as July.Since taking power, Syria’s new leaders have sought to break from their own violent extremist past and present a moderate image more tolerable to ordinary Syrians and foreign powers.Since seizing power from Assad last December, Sharaa has made a series of foreign trips as his transitional government seeks to reestablish Syria’s ties with world powers that had shunned Damascus during Assad’s rule. He has also received praise from Trump and other American officials.

Bomb threat halts flights at Washington’s Ronald Reagan airport, FAA says-Scare involved a United Airlines plane that was moved to an isolated area, passengers taken off; delays reported at DC airport-By SAFIYAH RIDDLE 4 November 2025, 9:28 pm

AP — All flights into and out of one of the United States’ busiest runways were halted Tuesday due to a security threat, the Federal Aviation Authority said.Authorities were investigating a reported bomb threat involving an aircraft at Ronald Reagan National Airport in the Washington, DC, area, a law enforcement official said. The aircraft was moved to an isolated area of the airfield in line with security protocols.The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they could not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation.All other air traffic was put on hold while passengers from the affected United Airlines flight were taken off a plane and were bused to the terminal, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.A spokesperson for United Airlines referred all questions to the FBI on Tuesday.The average delay time for departing flights outside of the airport was 51 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The maximum delay time was over two hours.Flight delays across the country have been on the rise as the federal government enters the second month of a shutdown, leaving air traffic controllers to work without pay. 

Environment minister unveils key points of plan to fight West Bank waste fires-Plan includes boosting enforcement, expanding West Bank infrastructure; environmental NGOs praise transparency, but ask to see budgets, timetables-By Sue Surkes-4 November 2025, 8:57 pm

Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman on Tuesday announced key elements of a strategic plan to reduce waste burning in the West Bank that is causing rising pollution in Israel.As The Times of Israel reported on Sunday, the NGO Citizens for Clean Air logged 1,800 complaints from Israelis about pollution and foul smells last month, nearly triple those submitted in August.Complaints are now coming not only from communities along the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank, but from cities further inside Israel, such as Yehud, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva and even Tel Aviv.For years, West Bank Palestinians, with a dearth of landfills and unreliable public services, have resorted to burning their refuse by the side of the road.There is just one landfill site for the whole of the northern West Bank, near the city of Jenin, while another serves the southern West Bank, near Bethlehem.On paper, local Palestinian authorities in the West Bank are supposed to collect trash from households and contract with truck companies that will transport non-recyclable garbage to landfill sites. But, in reality, to save time and money, many truck drivers dump the trash along the road, without fear of consequences from law enforcement.The piles are burned outside of the Palestinian villages, though it is unclear whether the truck drivers or locals light the fires.In June 2023, the government ordered the Environmental Protection and Defense ministries to establish an inter-ministerial team to formulate a comprehensive plan to deal with the problem within six months.According to Silman’s office, the Defense Ministry only responded — and even then just partially — in July.Silman’s announcement followed a meeting she chaired in the central city of Modi’in with the Mayor of Modi’in-Maccabim-Reut and Chairman of the Local Government Center, Haim Bibas, senior ministry officials, heads of Jewish local authorities in the West Bank, and representatives from communities inside Israel.The plan, which still requires input from the Defense Ministry and government approval, includes long-term steps, for which budgets will need to be found, as well as immediate actions, for which the funding exists, according to a ministry spokesman.The immediate actions include increased steps to prevent the smuggling of waste from Israel into the West Bank and Gaza Strip; rehabilitating the waste site in Al-Minya, located near the West Bank settlements of Ma’ale Amos and Tekoa; making available engineering tools to extinguish fires that ignite within piles of waste; funding a waste transit station in Abu Dis, near Jerusalem; upgrading sites where equipment can be confiscated; and funding positions for investigators, prosecutors and monitoring teams in the field.Longer-term steps include passing nine pieces of legislation, five within the framework of regional orders and four in local council regulations, to strengthen supervisory and enforcement powers and increase fines for environmental offenders; boosting enforcement in Areas C and B of the West Bank, where Israel has full security control; and integrating the police, the IDF and the security establishment in environmental protection missions.Additional proposals are to create a 24/7 center that will coordinate inquiries and reports on environmental hazards in cooperation with the fire and rescue services, the Civil Administration, Israel’s civil arm in the West Bank, and the Israel Police; expanding waste treatment infrastructure, which will include sorting, treatment and landfill facilities, energy recovery facilities, transit stations and organic waste treatment sites; establishing air monitoring stations in the West Bank; and encouraging the international community and donor countries to finance environmental projects among residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.Responding to the proposals, the chairman of Citizens for Clean Air, Yaniv Bleicher, said, “The presentation of the plan by the Ministry of Environmental Protection is a step in the right direction, but without setting timetables, allocating budgetary resources, and establishing a clear implementation mechanism, it will remain on paper only. It is unfortunate that the other government ministries responsible for dealing with the phenomenon, led by the Ministry of Defense, did not participate in the discussion.”He added: “We are in an environmental and health emergency that requires immediate action. Solutions for the transportation and disposal of waste burned at sites must be urgently promoted, and a dedicated unit with enforcement powers must be established to comprehensively deal with the phenomenon.”A spokesperson for the environmental advocacy organization, Adam Teva V’Din, which, together with Citizens for Clean Air, has been pushing for publication of the plan, said, “We welcome its release, but demand to see the full program, including details on staffing and budgeting, to ensure that it is a serious and sufficient plan that provides real solutions.”In contrast to the Environmental Protection Ministry, the Defense Ministry’s settlement directorate is the body with the authority to deal with problems in the West Bank.

Englman points finger at PM, Smotrich, ex-finance minister-State comptroller pans government failure to prepare economy for war-Report says Israelis to foot NIS 250 million bill by end of 2025, will continue to pay for war in future; government struggled to respond to key economic issues during war-By Sam Sokol-4 November 2025, 8:25 pm

The state comptroller has found that the government made insufficient preparations for future emergencies following the coronavirus pandemic, which would have made it easier to protect the Israeli economy during the war in Gaza, according to a scathing report released on Tuesday.According to the comptroller’s office, the past two years of war will end up costing NIS 250 billion ($76 billion) by the end of 2025, with all Israelis “paying this enormous price, and future generations will pay it as well.”In the two years prior to October 7, 2023, the government did not deal at all with the issue of economic emergency preparedness, the comptroller’s office found. Moreover, the Finance Ministry did not prepare any plans for an extended war lasting longer than a month, and “there was no emergency surplus in the state budget that would allow for immediate financing of military and civilian needs.”The comptroller also found that the disbursement of war budgets in 2023 and 2024 was also “significantly delayed.”In addition, the ministry did not create a “contingency plan that would allow for the rapid distribution of grants to affected populations” nor “finish mapping the needs of government ministries in times of emergency,” the comptroller found, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appoint a figure to develop a strategy for dealing with economic risks arising from emergencies such as wars, epidemics, and natural disasters.The comptroller’s office stated that the government has struggled to address home front needs, including reconstruction in the north, and has failed to provide a comprehensive response to fundamental issues such as the labor shortage.The office slammed Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for not convening the socioeconomic cabinet — the government’s forum for civilian and economic matters — during the peak of the war, from December 2023 until December 2024, which could have made decisions on important economic issues.“Also, when the cabinet does make a decision, more and more the decisions are made without discussion. When there is no discussion, there is no in-depth discussion, no criticism and no opportunity to hear enough professional opinions. For two years, ministers have avoided coming to socioeconomic cabinet discussions, and on certain issues, no decisions have been made at all,” the office added.In a video statement, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman called out Netanyahu, Smotrich, as well as former finance minister Avigdor Liberman, for failing to address emergency preparedness.Moreover, the government failed to adequately curtail coalition spending, with an audit revealing that despite a Finance Ministry decision in late 2023 to divert NIS 1.6 billion ($489.5 million) in coalition funds to war needs, only NIS 860 million ($262.9 million) ended up diverted.The report on Tuesday was the sixth released as part of Englman’s broad probe — the only state-sanctioned comprehensive investigation into the October 7 attack, during which some 1,200 people were massacred and 251 taken hostage by Hamas and allied groups in southern Israel.Netanyahu has long resisted forming a state commission of inquiry, claiming at first that one could only be formed after the war ends, and later that such a panel — appointed by the Supreme Court chief according to law — would be biased.

Norway pauses ethical divestment after US panned targeting of Israel-linked firm-Finance minister says fund won’t be able to invest in the world’s biggest companies if current guidelines continue, opposition socialists say move comes due to fear of Trump-By Reuters and ToI Staff 4 November 2025, 6:50 pm

OSLO, Norway — Norway’s parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of pausing ethical divestment by its $2.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, while it updates the fund’s ethical guidelines.The move, proposed by the minority Labour government early on Tuesday, came at a time of intense international scrutiny on the fund’s ethical divestment.In September, the US State Department said it was “very troubled” by the fund’s decision to divest from construction equipment group Caterpillar CAT.N over the use of the company’s products by Israeli authorities in Gaza and the West Bank.“The world has changed since the ethical guidelines were first adopted,” Norway’s Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg told parliament earlier on Tuesday. “The rules need to be reviewed.”Divestment guidelines to be reviewed-The fund’s ethical guidelines, set by parliament, were first introduced in 2004. They stipulate, among other things, that the fund cannot invest in companies involved in serious violations of individuals’ rights in war or conflict situations.An independent ethics body investigates alleged breaches and recommends companies for divestment. The decision to pull out is ultimately taken by the central bank’s board.These recommendations to divest will now be put on hold for a period of roughly a year while guidelines are reviewed, Stoltenberg told parliament.The Conservatives, who supported the proposal, still questioned why the decision was being rushed when usually this would take months, if not years, to get through parliament.Decision needed to ‘protect fund’Stoltenberg said it was needed to do this to protect the fund, which now finances 25 percent of public spending, at a time when a significant part of its value is dependent on a handful of companies.“The seven most valuable companies in the world provide 16% of the fund’s stock holdings,” said Stoltenberg, referring to Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Broadcom.“Under today’s ethical guidelines for exclusions, we must be prepared that we may no longer be able to invest in the world’s biggest companies. Then we would not remain as a broad, global index fund,” he said.Three parties Labour relies on to pass its budgets condemned the proposal.During the Nordic country’s most recent election campaign, in August and September, the fund’s investments in Israel took center stage, with some parties campaigning on the issue.One said it would only support a future Labour government if it divested from all companies involved in what it called “Israel’s illegal warfare in Gaza.”On Tuesday, that party — the Socialist Left — said the government was acting out of fear of the United States.“(This) is, without a doubt, really about the fear of Trump’s reactions,” Socialist Left lawmaker Ingrid Fiskaa told parliament.Separately, the fund’s management said it would vote against ratifying Tesla TSLA.O CEO Elon Musk’s proposed compensation package, containing shares worth up to $1 trillion, which critics have called excessive.The Norwegian divestment from Caterpillar came almost two years into Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza, which began when the terror group invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.Satellite images have shown that vast swaths of urban areas in the Gaza Strip have been flattened by Israeli forces.Israel also uses bulldozers in the West Bank, where, as a matter of policy, it destroys the houses of Palestinians who have carried out terror attacks, as well as structures built without permits.Recent counter-terror operations in the West Bank have seen Israeli forces destroy hundreds of structures in dense urban areas that have seen frequent clashes with the army over the years. According to the military, those demolitions were carried out following extensive discussions and careful review, and limited to the smallest number possible.

Interview-Defending Israel in EU, Hungarian minister says bloc risks being boxed out of Mideast-Critics of Israel intentionally using language that borders on antisemitism, charges János Bóka, who also serves as antisemitism czar for one of Jerusalem’s closest allies in Europe-By Lazar Berman -4 November 2025, 5:49 pm

Pursuing policies that are hostile to Israel will render Europe irrelevant in the Middle East, Hungary’s European Union Affairs Minister János Bóka told The Times of Israel.Bóka’s position for Budapest’s government makes him a central player in overseeing what Jerusalem regards as a key shield from international pressure, with Hungary one of a handful of countries in the 27-nation bloc known for stymying efforts to put sanctions or other penalties on Israel.In Israel on a five-day visit, Bóka, who is also Hungary’s antisemitism czar, argued that growing European criticism of Israel was largely fueled by domestic politics, and parried claims that his populist government had trafficked in antisemitism.“If the European Union wants to remain a player in the region, it needs to have a strategic and constructive relationship with the state of Israel,” Bóka said during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum last week. Bóka’s visit also included meetings with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev.His visit came weeks after anti-Israel sentiment on the Continent appeared to grow to a crescendo, with formal allies imposing arms embargoes and efforts to isolate the country and turn it into a pariah state gaining steam, threatening trade between Israel and its largest economic partner.In September, the European Commission formally presented its proposal for sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers and a partial suspension of the European Union’s association agreement with Israel.The sanctions have not been approved, and with a ceasefire in place in Gaza, the effort is frozen.Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests have been shaking major European cities since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.Calls have also grown to ban Israel from some sporting and cultural events, with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez saying after protesters disrupted the Spanish Vuelta cycling race in September that Israel should be excluded until the “barbarity” in Gaza ends. Some countries have also threatened to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest — hugely popular in Israel and Europe — if Israel is allowed to compete.Bóka argued that European critics of Israel are intentionally using language that flirts with antisemitism.“Even political actors are now using a language that is anti-Israeli and anti-Zionist on the surface, but very deliberately, they are balancing on the edge of being antisemitic,” he said. “I think they are very consciously using a terminology that could be interpreted both ways.”“For example, when they say from the river to the sea, obviously this means an area where there is no place for Jewish communities or a Jewish state,” Bóka continued. “I believe that they are very consciously using this terminology in order to play on this sentiment.”Hungary is one of Israel’s closest allies in the European Union, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban directing police to ban pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rallies following Hamas’s massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.But it isn’t the only EU country pushing back against the increasingly hostile stance toward Israel adopted by many western and northern European countries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for the past decade cultivated a cadre of central and eastern European countries that could be relied upon to thwart anti-Israel efforts in Brussels. Membership in the grouping has changed over time, with Poland, for example, stepping away, but Hungary has remained a constant.“The usual suspects are Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, from time to time, Romania, and we’re also coordinating very closely with Germany,” said Bóka. “I would also include Italy in this group of like-minded countries.”Even within that group, Hungary has stood out for its willingness to thumb its nose at European majority positions, including on Israel.In July, a panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Netanyahu when he visited Budapest in April, stating that the move undercut the court’s ability to bring suspects to justice.The Israeli leader received a red carpet welcome from Orban during the state visit.‘Civilizational conflict’Bóka argued that many EU states adopt adversarial stances toward Israel because of domestic politics.Senior Israeli officials made similar accusations during the wave of Western countries recognizing a Palestinian state in September.According to the minister, French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to lead a global campaign to recognize a Palestinian state “was part of an attempt on behalf of the French President to boost popularity by playing to a political audience that he wants to address.”A two-state solution should be “the end of a process and not the beginning of the process,” Bóka said.Recognizing a Palestinian state now “could be easily interpreted by some as an appeasement or a gift to those who are not afraid of using violence as a means to achieve political objectives,” he added.Communist Hungary recognized a Palestinian state in the 1980s, and there is a Palestinian embassy in Budapest.However, Bóka insisted that Hungary does not fully recognize a Palestinian state: “We recognize the Palestinian Authority as the representative of the Palestinian people in their exercise of the right to self-determination. I think the declaration that we made could be interpreted as recognizing the Palestinian Authority, not necessarily the state of Palestine.”According to Bóka, a major factor in growing support for the Palestinian cause in many European countries is Muslim immigration, a trend that he said threatens the “pillars” of the continent’s civilization, echoing the stance of Hungary’s anti-migrant government.“If there is mass and uncontrolled illegal migration from Northern Africa and the Middle East, this will necessarily change the fabric of the society,” he argued.“Radical Islamism has found a partner in the progressive far left,” said Bóka, contending that they have a common goal of destroying European society and its democratic institutions. “The progressive left and the woke activists are the useful idiots of Islamist radicals.”He described shifting demographic trends as a “civilizational conflict” with potentially dire implications for Jews.“Those who are in favor of the European civilization and European culture, as we know that is based on Judeo-Christian roots or is rooted in a Judeo-Christian tradition,” said Bóka, “then we must reinforce our efforts so this process will not result in a Europe that is not a welcoming environment for Jewish communities anymore.”The minister has one Jewish grandparent and grew up active in the Bnei Akiva religious Zionist youth movement, visiting Israel twice with the group in the 1990s. His trip to Israel this month was his fourth to the country.Antisemitism and Soros-A 2023 poll by the Anti-Defamation League found that 37 percent of Hungarians harbored antisemitic attitudes, the highest figure of 10 countries polled.Orban himself has been accused of using antisemitic tropes in political campaigns and was criticized for praising World War II-era leader Miklos Horthy, who allied with the Nazis.“Of course, antisemitism exists in Hungary,” Bóka acknowledged. “There are antisemitic approaches, there are antisemitic feelings, there are antisemitic individuals.”The important thing, he said, was how the government reacts to antisemitism.“There is no political antisemitism in Hungary,” said Bóka. “We have increased the political price of antisemitism in Hungary, and we have hugely decreased the benefit of applying political antisemitism as a tool in public discourse. We have a zero tolerance policy towards antisemitism.”Orban’s zero-tolerance policy on antisemitism recently saw Hungary bar the provocative Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country and performing at a music festival, accusing the band of “antisemitic hate speech.”In April, Netanyahu also praised Orban for his “very bold stance against antisemitism.” He added that Orban provides the local Jewish community not only with security but also with the ability to conduct Jewish life.Much of the criticism of Orban has revolved around his opposition to Jewish billionaire George Soros, regularly accusing the US-based philanthropist of orchestrating flows of migrants to Europe by financially backing pro-immigration and pro-refugee civil groups.The government also says groups supported by Soros interfere in Hungary’s domestic affairs and ultimately aim to topple the hardline Orban.In 2017, Israel’s ambassador to Hungary slammed a government-led anti-Soros campaign for “sowing hatred” and suggested it evokes memories of the Holocaust.However, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem later walked back the statement, saying Soros “continuously undermines Israel’s democratically elected governments by funding organizations that defame the Jewish state and seek to deny it the right to defend itself.”Bóka pointed at Hungarian polling that showed that most of the country’s Jews did not see the anti-Soros campaign as antisemitic.“If George Soros decides to engage in political life, he becomes part of the political discussion, then he can be a legitimate target of political criticism,” he argued.

Iranian man found shot dead hours after burning picture of Khamenei — reports-Omid Sarlak posted social media video of himself setting alight photo of supreme leader; at funeral, mourners accuse authorities of his murder, reject police claim he took own life-By AFP 4 November 2025, 5:48 pm

PARIS, France — An Iranian man has been found dead with a gunshot wound after posting an image of himself burning a picture of the supreme leader, with mourners blaming the authorities, according to opposition media based outside of Iran.Omid Sarlak, from Lorestan province in western Iran, had published on Instagram an image of himself setting alight the image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a forested area on Friday, hours before being found dead at the weekend.Iran’s official IRNA news agency carried a report citing Ali Asadollahi, the police chief in his town of Aligudarz, saying a man had been found dead in his car after taking his life with a pistol that was found by his side.But at Sarlak’s funeral on Monday, dozens of mourners shouted slogans including “they killed him!” and “death to Khamenei,” according to social media footage broadcast by opposition media based outside Iran, including Iran International and Radio Farda.In his video Sarlak, who was in his 20s, included a recording of the voice of deposed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, indicating his sympathy for the Iranian monarchy that was ousted by the 1979 Islamic revolution.The ousted shah’s US-based son, Reza Pahlavi, wrote on X that Sarlak had “stood against the oppression of the Islamic republic and sacrificed his life for Iran’s freedom.”The Iranian Tasnim news agency on Monday rejected what it described as claims in “anti-revolution media” that he “was prosecuted for critical statements and was murdered in a suspicious manner,” saying there had been no case against Sarlak and he had killed himself with a gunshot to the head.Sarlak’s father was shown in a video posted on social media by Iranian opposition outlets weeping and saying “they killed my boy.”But he later gave an interview to local state-run television urging people not to believe what they saw on social media.Activists say the authorities are pressing an intensified crackdown three years after nationwide protests shook the authorities and months after the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June.“External aggression has fuelled deeper internal repression,” the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Mai Sato, said last week, noting an “alarming” surge in executions and “mass arrests” of activists.