JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE
MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET
SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO
OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN ( 500 million DEAD )
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion)
to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500
million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the
beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1
Hear the word of the LORD, ye chil dren of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.2 By swearing, and lying,
and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and
blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one
that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and
with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be
taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee
with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and
with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with
mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 22,20-THERE ARE 967,197 DEATHS OF THE 31,439,197 COVID-19 CASES WORLDWIDE.
The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada-[The Canadian Press]September 22, 2020
OTTAWA
— The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times
Eastern):4:45 p.m.Nova Scotia is reporting a new case of COVID-19 for
the first time in more than two weeks.Dr. Robert Strang, the province's
chief medical officer of health, says the new case involves an essential
worker who travelled outside Canada.Strang also announced that starting
Sept. 28, residents of long-term care facilities will be allowed to
leave their residences to visit family and friends.---4:30 p.m.A
long-term care home in Winnipeg says one of its residents has died after
testing positive for COVID-19. Parkview Place says the resident was one
of seven people living at the facility who has the novel coronavirus,
as does one staff member. The death has not yet been reported by the
Manitoba government, which lists 18 COVID-19 deaths in the province
since the pandemic began.---3:10 p.m.Public health officials in the
nation's capital are making self-isolation mandatory for those who might
have COVID-19, until a test rules it out.Ottawa public health officer
Dr. Vera Etches issued a sweeping order today saying those who flout it
could be subject to fines as a high as $5,000 per day.Among others, the
order applies to those who have symptoms of COVID-19 or are known
contacts of someone who has tested positive.Ottawa is seeing a rapid
rise in the number of new cases, reporting 93 new positive tests today,
the most in a single day since April. ---2:15 p.m.Manitoba is reporting
24 new COVID-19 cases, 20 of them in Winnipeg. Active case numbers
continue to rise in the city and health officials are warning of a case
connected to College Louis Riel high school in Winnipeg. The province
also says two previously announced cases have been connected to
Maplewood Manor, a long-term care home in Steinbach.Visitor restrictions
have been put in place.---1:45 p.m.Ontario Premier Doug Ford says
expanding access to the flu shot is the first pillar of his province's
COVID-19 fall preparedness plan.Ford says the government is spending $70
million to obtain at least 5.1 million doses of the flu vaccine.He says
the push to get people immunized against the seasonal flu is to
preserve capacity in the province's hospitals.Ontario's health minister
says the first batch of flu shots is expected to arrive next week and
will first be distributed to long-term care homes, hospitals and other
congregate living facilities---1:20 p.m.Chief public health officer Dr.
Theresa Tam says capacity for COVID-19 testing in Canada continues to be
built up.But she says it is a finite resource and testing must be
carried out "smartly."In many corners of Canada, people have complained
of waiting in line for nearly the entire day to obtain tests or being
turned away from testing centres at capacity.Tam says officials are
trying to broaden available test options.But she says no amount of
testing will be enough if people don't shrink their social bubbles to
slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. ---1 p.m.Federal Health
Minister Patty Hajdu says staving off future lockdowns will depend on
whether people can follow COVID-19 mitigation measures.She says keeping
gatherings small and respecting the rules is a sacrifice everyone needs
to make. But she says virus activity is not the same across the country,
or even across single provinces. So she says a "surgical approach" is
needed to determine whether restrictions need to be tightened and it
should be targeted to regions of concern.---12:57 p.m.Deputy chief
public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo says it is difficult to declare
whether Canada as a whole is in a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He says in Ottawa itself, there is a second wave, and his colleagues in
Quebec say a second wave is underway there.He says he agrees,
considering what is happening in those jurisdictions, but the situation
isn't the same throughout the country.Njoo says what might happen
elsewhere is up to how closely everyone follows public health
guidelines.---12:44 p.m.Tam has wrapped her update on the COVID-19
pandemic in Canada with a direct message to young people:The novel
coronavirus's spread in their cohort must be pared back for the good of
the rest of the country.Tam says young people played a crucial role in
crushing the spring wave of the pandemic and they can do it again. A
review of known cases in Canada shows the incidence has remained highest
among young adults since late June.---12:37 p.m.Canada's chief public
health officer says the country is now at a crossroads when it comes to
avoiding a major resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Theresa Tam
says if the status quo is maintained when it comes to how many people
are in contact with each other, there will be a surge in infections. If
people's contacts increase, the epidemic will bounce back faster and
stronger, as contagious people spread the virus.But she says if the rate
of contacts gets pared back, the epidemic will come under control in
most place. ---12:35 p.m.New federal figures are being released to show
the national picture of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data suggests that
based on recent infections, the number of new cases could raise as high
as 155,795 by Oct. 2. The potential number of deaths could be as high as
9,300.---12:30 p.m.Dr. Theresa Tam says COVID-19 outbreaks are now
occurring in a wider variety of settings across Canada. She says while
it's not unexpected to have cases in schools, they do need to be
monitored to see if they are settings for transmission. She says that
the severity of outbreaks in long term care homes has declined, but they
do remain a concern.The rate of hospitalizations currently lags behind
increases in reported cases but shows early signs of rising.Tam says the
potential for the novel coronavirus to spread into more high-risk
settings could also mean a rise in deaths.--12:10 p.m.Canada has now
committed more than $1 billion to buy doses of COVID-19 vaccines after
securing a fifth deal with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline.Procurement
Minister Anita Anand says Canada has a deal in place to buy up to 72
million doses of their experimental vaccine candidate, which is just
starting the second of three trial phases this month.In all, Canada has
committed $1 billion to buy at least 154 million doses of vaccines from
five different companies, and most of that money will not be refunded
even if the vaccines never get approved.---12:05 p.m.Rebecca O'Toole,
the spouse of federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, has tested
positive for COVID-19.The party says she began showing symptoms on
Sunday, was tested that night in Ottawa, and her results came back late
Monday night.Erin O'Toole tested positive on Friday for the novel
coronavirus and has been in isolation.Their two children are being
monitored for symptoms. ---1:50 a.m.Quebec is reporting 489 new cases of
COVID-19 — almost 100 fewer cases than were reported on Monday.Health
authorities also reported today one death attributed to the novel
coronavirus they said occurred between Sept. 15 and Sept. 20.The
province says the number of hospitalizations rose by 20 in the last 24
hours to 168. Of those, 28 patients are in intensive care, two fewer
than on Monday.There have been a total of 68,617 confirmed COVID-19
cases and 5,805 deaths attributed to the virus in Quebec since the
pandemic began.On Monday, the province's public health director, Dr.
Horacio Arruda, said he thought Quebec had entered a second wave of the
COVID-19 pandemic.---11:00 a.m.Ontario is reporting 478 new cases of
COVID-19 today, along with three new deaths related to the virus.Health
Minister Christine Elliott says 68 per cent of the new cases involve
people under the age of 40.The province is also reporting 52 new
COVID-19 cases related to schools, including at least 26 among
students.Ontario is expected to announce part of its COVID-19 fall
preparedness plan today, which comes as daily virus case counts continue
to climb to levels not seen for months.---10:00 a.m.The Canadian
government will sign on to a global vaccine-procurement program and by
week's end hopes to announce how much money it will pledge to the
cause.Procurement Minister Anita Anand is set to announce further deals
with vaccine developers today as the federal government seeks to make
sure Canadians have access to a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as one is
approved.But Canada is also joining what's known as the COVAX Facility, a
global program focused on ensuring equitable access to a vaccine for
all countries, regardless of their income levels. ---9:40 a.m.The
federal Public Health Agency of Canada says it will release updated
modelling today on the spread of COVID-19. The agency's predictions will
provide a look at what the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths might be
in the short-term, based on how the virus has been spreading in recent
days.Their new figures come amid rising case counts that have seen some
jurisdictions already say they are officially into a second wave of the
pandemic.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 22,
2020.The Canadian Press.
13 Thou shalt not kill.(Murder)(THAT INCLUDES ABORTION)
MATTHEW 18:6
6
But whoso shall offend (HURT) one of these little ones (CHILDREN) which
believe in me,(JESUS) it were better for him that a millstone were
hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the
sea.(THATS THE DEATH PENALTY FOLKS)
EXODUS 21:12
cv12 He that smiteth (MURDER)a man,(OR BABY) so that he die, shall be surely put to death.(THATS THE DEATH PENALTY PEOPLE)
REVELATION 9:20-21
20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship
devils,(OCCULT) and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and
of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither
repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUG ADDICTIONS)
nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE) nor of their
thefts.(STEALING)
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with
sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE
17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS
KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND
DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in
that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN
WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4
billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against
Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten
by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE
SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE
CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH
IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN
REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND
POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV
17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A
RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN
REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It
(AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the
smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it
shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD
shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land
of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The
mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have
remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women:
they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
031 One
post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to
shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32
And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D)
and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are
affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3
For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her,
which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they
shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a
snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou
wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast
striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE
ATTACK ON AMERICA)
US, Emirates said to seek an F-35 sale
agreement by December-Reuters report says one idea to uphold Israel’s
military edge is to give it tech to detect stealth planes; Gantz in
Washington for talks on controversial arms deal-By TOI staff and
Agencies -sep 22,20-Today, 3:40 pm
The United States is
reportedly looking to ink a deal to sell F-35 stealth jets to the United
Arab Emirates by December.According to Reuters, Washington is also
considering ways to assuage Israel’s concerns that its security could be
jeopardized by the sale of the advanced jets.The report comes as
Defense Minister Benny Gantz is in Washington for talks on the emerging
deal.Citing unnamed “sources close to the negotiations” between
Washington and Abu Dhabi, the report says the two governments hope to
produce a “letter of agreement” on the sale by December 2, the UAE’s
National Day. It will likely take several more years before the first
plane is delivered to the Emirates.The US has repeatedly committed to
Israel over the years to help ensure its qualitative military edge, or
QME, over its neighbors on the battlefield, and is reportedly now
seeking ways to ensure the sale doesn’t undermine that commitment.In
this August 5, 2019, photo released by the US Air Force, an F-35 fighter
jet pilot and crew prepare for a mission at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the
United Arab Emirates. (Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury/US Air Force via
AP)-One idea was to provide Israeli air defenses with technology that
will be able to detect the UAE F-35s, Reuters said.The service reported
that the US already reduces the performance of weapons platforms it
sells to foreign governments to ensure they can’t compete head to head
with American platforms. A similar reduction may be employed with the
Emirati F-35s, the report speculated.Since the Israel-UAE peace
agreement was announced last month, Abu Dhabi has been open about its
desire to acquire F-35 warplanes and other advanced US-made weaponry.
Israel is the only US ally in the Middle East to possess the stealth
fighter jet.Senior Emirati officials have said that normalization with
Israel should lift any remaining barriers to the sale.“The whole idea of
a state of belligerency or war with Israel is over, so I think it
should actually be easier [to purchase the fighter jet],” senior UAE
diplomat Anwar Gargash said in August. “We feel that with the signing of
this treaty in the coming weeks or months… that any hurdle toward this
[purchase] should no longer be there.”From left to right: Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister
Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif
al-Zayani stand on the Blue Room Balcony during the Abraham Accords
signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept.
15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)-Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu initially said he opposed the sale of the planes to any other
nation in the region, even an Arab country at peace with Israel. But
since then, he has softened his line, signaling he will trust the US to
honor its commitment to ensure Israel’s military edge in the
region.Gantz’s office said he would meet with US Defense Secretary Mark
Esper and other top Pentagon officials. It said the trip would include
“meetings to discuss maintaining Israel’s qualitative edge,
international policy vis-a-vis Iran and the strategy for stopping its
expansion and entrenchment in the Middle East, as well as discussion on
defense cooperation and procurement.”Gantz, a former chief of staff of
the military, has had tense relations with Netanyahu since the two
rivals formed their coalition government in May. Gantz was not informed
about the deal with the UAE until after it was reached.Under US law,
Congress is tasked with vetting sales of arms to Middle Eastern
countries and weighing them against America’s QME commitments, a
determination usually made following consultations between the Pentagon
and Israeli defense officials. While Israel cannot veto a sale, it can
raise concerns that could make it more difficult to seal a deal.US House
of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week she intended to
ensure Israel maintains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East
under any US arms sale to the UAE.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz
meets with an F-35 squadron on the Israeli Air Force’s Nevatim base in
southern Israel on July 28, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)-Gantz
initially expressed concern about the UAE acquiring the fighter jets.
Last week, however, like Netanyahu he appeared to soften his tone and
said Israel’s objection would not hold much weight anyway.“It is an
American prerogative — not an Israeli prerogative — to decide to whom to
sell,” Gantz said.US President Donald Trump said in early September
that he has “absolutely no problem” with selling advanced F-35 fighters
to the UAE.Gantz will also discuss joint security cooperation for
reducing Iranian expansion in the region. He will remain in the United
States for 24 hours, returning to Israel shortly before dawn on
Thursday, according to a Defense Ministry statement.
EU tells UK
to ‘stop playing games’ on Brexit-European, British officials meet in an
effort to address latest threat to orderly exit from Union — a dispute
over signed exit deal being altered by internal British legislation-By
Dave Clark-SEP 22,20-Today, 3:31 pm
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) —
Senior EU and British officials will meet urgently next week on the
Brexit withdrawal agreement, which has been threatened by London’s
attempt to override parts of the treaty, Brussels said Tuesday.“But
please, dear friends in London: Stop the games. Time is running out,”
Germany’s European affairs minister Michael Roth warned as he met
colleagues in Brussels ahead of a summit of EU leaders on Thursday.EU
Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said he would meet senior
British minister Michel Gove on Monday, just ahead of Brussels’
end-of-the-month deadline for London to drop a bill designed to rewrite
the deal.Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is pushing ahead with
legislation designed to override parts of the treaty, an act which it
admits breaks international law, and Brussels is furiously defending the
deal.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP
Photo/Matt Dunham)-“The so-called Internal Market Bill worries us
extremely because it violates the guiding principles of the withdrawal
agreement, and this is totally unacceptable for us,” Roth said.Sefcovic
said he would meet Gove as joint chair of the EU-UK Joint Coordination
Committee overseeing the separation agreement.However, “we will not be
renegotiating, but we are dedicated to its full and timely
implementation — nothing more and nothing less.”In parallel to the
wrangling over the existing agreement, which Johnson signed last year
and hailed as an “oven-ready” deal to get Britain out of Europe, EU and
UK teams are negotiating a possible trade deal.The EU leaders meeting
Thursday will receive a “point of information” on progress in these
talks, but for the moment have left the protracted debate in the hands
of their negotiator, Michel Barnier.The next round of trade talks begin
on October 2 in Brussels. Johnson has set a mid-October deadline for
success or failure, and EU officials say the deal must be done by the
end of the month if it is to pass into law by the end of the year.Remain
in the EU supporters demonstrate with European flags opposite the
Houses of Parliament in London, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt
Dunham)-Britain left the European Union on January 31, and will leave
the bloc’s single market and customs union at the end of the year.
Experts fear economic chaos if no new trade deal can be agreed upon by
then.But the two sides are still divided on rules for a “level-playing
field” of fair competition between companies, on state aid or subsidies
for EU and UK firms, and on access for EU boats to British fishing
waters.And the dispute about the withdrawal agreement has thrown a new
hiccup in the works. Johnson’s decision to use domestic law to overwrite
parts of the treaty with the EU has infuriated Brussels.
Analysis-West’s
unity on Iran hinges on US presidential vote-Washington’s old allies
have been reluctant to follow Trump in his crusade to reinstate
sanctions after exiting 2015 nuclear deal-By Valerie LEROUX and Philippe
RATER-sep 22,20-Today, 8:11 pm
PARIS, France (AFP) — The
reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran by the United States in the face of
protests by Washington’s European allies marks a highly unusual
trans-Atlantic rupture that may only be healed by the coming American
elections.The administration of US President Donald Trump says it has
decided to unilaterally reinstate virtually all UN sanctions on Iran
lifted under a 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran negotiated under former
president Barack Obama.Trump pulled out of the deal in 2018, to the
dismay of European powers. But his administration insists it is still a
“participant” and can therefore go ahead with the sanctions, a position
denounced by Europe as absurd.Britain, France and Germany said in a
statement on Sunday that the American move “is incapable of having legal
effect.”“We have worked tirelessly to preserve the nuclear agreement
and remain committed to do so,” they said.‘Opposing US head-on’The US
invasion of Iraq in 2003 had also created a major split in Europe, with
France and Germany furiously opposing the military action to oust Saddam
Hussein.But Britain, as well as several other European states, joined
the US-led coalition.This time, the Trump administration has succeeded
in making Britain rally around its European partners at the very time
London is seeking a new path after its exit from the European Union.A US
soldier looks through a pair of binoculars as a fire in the Rumeila oil
field burns in the background, in southern Iraq, March 30, 2003.
(Yonhap/ Jin Sung-chul/AP)-“This is the first time that the British have
also opposed the United States head-on on a subject deemed essential in
American foreign policy,” said Pascal Boniface, director of the
Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (Iris).Britain kept to
the European line “despite ever more pressing demands of the United
States” and the strategic implications of Brexit, he noted.Trump,
meanwhile, has shown little concern for nurturing Washington’s close
diplomatic relationships with European allies.He has questioned the
value of accords and institutions held dear by the Europeans: Pondering
the need for US membership of NATO, withdrawing from the Paris deal on
climate change and recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.The US
has also threatened to use its veto on UN Security Council resolutions
in ways that would have been unthinkable before Trump, notably in 2019,
when it forced the watering down of a resolution on sexual violence in
conflict.But there is a limit to how far Europe would want to see
relations with the United States damaged, especially as the EU has yet
to clearly articulate a joint security and military policy.Bertrand
Badie, professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences
Po), said the Europeans were above all “posturing” in the Iranian
issue.“Fundamentally, the priority for all the Europeans is to keep the
alliance with the United States because they need it, as they are
incapable of ensuring a European defense or foreign policy,” he
said.More prosaically, “they all say to themselves ‘we have to hold
out'” until the US presidential election on November 3, he added.‘Pick
up the pieces’Should Democratic challenger Joe Biden, Obama’s former
vice president, win the election he would have the task of patching up
the pieces of the eroded alliances.Biden wrote in a commentary for CNN
this month that if elected, the US would rejoin the nuclear agreement
“as a starting point for follow-on negotiations” if Tehran returned to
strict compliance with the accord.“There is a smart way to be tough on
Iran, and there is Trump’s way,” Biden said.Democratic presidential
candidate and former US vice president Joe Biden speaks at Wisconsin
Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, September 21, 2020. (Carolyn
Kaster/AP)-Analysts at the International Crisis Group (ICG) said it was
widely recognized that the result of the election would determine the
outcome of the sanctions dispute.“If President Trump wins a second term,
he will have ample time and opportunity to kill off the (nuclear
accord), and then hope that Iran will come back to negotiate a different
deal,” the ICG said.Americans and Europeans will seek to “pick up the
pieces” if Biden is elected by reintegrating the United States into some
international agreements, said Francois Heisbourg, special advisor to
the Foundation for Strategic Research.“But if Donald Trump is
re-elected, there is a real danger that he will take the opportunity to
break the Atlantic Alliance,” he said.“The Iranian issue is one of the
pretexts he could use to question the role of the United States in
NATO.”
Frustrated Hasidic pilgrims blame Israel government for
Ukraine border ordeal-Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews ignored warnings
from Ukraine they would be denied entry because of COVID concerns, and
attempted to cross by land from neighboring Belarus-By Michael Blum-sep
22,20-Today, 6:02 pm
AFP — Ultra-Orthodox Jews who were blocked
for days trying to reach Uman, Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage flew
home to Israel this week, many accusing their government of abandoning
them.The would-be pilgrims complained they had received no assistance
from the Israeli government while enduring “inhumane” conditions in
no-man’s land on the Belarus-Ukraine border, forcing them to rely on the
Belarusian authorities and the Red Cross.Tens of thousands of pilgrims
usually travel to the tomb of Rabbi Nahman, founder of the Bratslav
Hasidic movement, in Uman in central Ukraine to mark the Jewish new
year, which this year fell on September 18-20.Hundreds of Hasidic Jews
ignored warnings from the Ukrainian government that pilgrims would be
denied entry because of coronavirus concerns and attempted to cross by
land from neighboring Belarus.“Five days without eating or drinking,
without toilets… That’s inhumane,” one of the frustrated pilgrims,
Israel Maizlik, told AFP.Hasidic Jewish pilgrims gather in front of
Ukrainian border guards at the checkpoint Novaya Guta near Novaya Guta,
Belarus, September 18, 2020. (AP Photo)-Along with other pilgrims, he
touched down Monday on a flight from the Belarusian capital Minsk.While
stuck at the border, pilgrim Haim Weitshandler called on Israeli
officials to come to the rescue of “sick and hungry people” left out “in
the rain and in the cold”.After landing at Tel Aviv airport, the
40-year-old said he had “spent two weeks in conditions amounting to a
serious humanitarian crisis.”“We received nothing from Israel,” he said,
praising Belarus for “coming to help us.”‘Forgotten-Along with the Red
Cross, the Belarusian authorities provided tents, medicine and other
supplies to hundreds of men, women and children waiting at the
border.The Israeli government vowed in August to find an “arrangement”
with Kiev to allow some pilgrims to travel to Uman, before backtracking
and telling citizens not to travel.Weitshandler accused the Israeli
prime minister of “applying pressure so that Ukraine denied us
entry.”Hasidic Jewish pilgrims gather in front of Ukrainian border
guards at the checkpoint Novaya Guta near Novaya Guta, Belarus,
September 18, 2020. Nachman of Breslov. (AP Photo)-Maizlik showed an
extra hole in his belt which he said was due to the lack of food at the
border.“We went to pray for all the people (of Israel) but the state of
Israel did nothing for us,” he said.“Netanyahu has forgotten that we are
part of the (Israeli) people,” he added.Parties representing the
ultra-Orthodox community have been a key part of successive coalition
governments led by the right-wing premier.While many of the blocked
pilgrims expressed frustration, Dor David said he felt positive about
the experience.“If God and our rabbi (Nahman) did not want us to reach
Uman, why should I be angry?”Netanyahu is merely “a puppet in the hands
of God,” he added, pledging to make it to Uman once the border
opens.“The positive energies on the ground made us forget the hunger and
the cold, it was a spiritual experience.”
Opening General
Assembly, UN chief warns against ‘new Cold War’-Alluding to US and
China, Guterres says world ‘cannot afford a future where the two largest
economies split the globe’By AFP-sep 22,20-Today, 5:38 pm
UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the world to prevent
a Cold War between the United States and China and halt conflicts so it
can focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.“We must do everything to avoid a
new Cold War,” Guterres said in an address as he opened an almost
entirely virtual UN General Assembly.“We are moving in a very dangerous
direction. Our world cannot afford a future where the two largest
economies split the globe in a Great Fracture — each with its own trade
and financial rules and internet and artificial intelligence
capacities,” he said, without saying the United States and China by
name.Guterres has campaigned for an end to all violent conflicts as the
world instead focuses on stopping the disease.He pointed to some partial
successes including ceasefires declared in Cameroon and Colombia.He
pressed for a universal ceasefire by the end of the year.“I appeal for a
stepped-up international effort — led by the Security Council — to
achieve a global ceasefire by the end of this year,” Guterres said.“We
have 100 days. The clock is ticking.”Guterres also offered open
criticism of right-wing movements in the face of the
coronavirus.“Populism and nationalism have failed. Those approaches to
contain the virus have often made things manifestly worse. “
Explosion
rocks alleged Hezbollah arms cache in Lebanon, casualties
reported-Military declares site in Ain Qana a closed zone, amid reports
blast was in a weapons depot belonging to the terror group-By Aaron
Boxerman-SEP 22,20-Updated at 6:55 pm
A Hezbollah weapons cache
exploded in a small town in southern Lebanon on Monday, sending up
billowing clouds of black smoke, causing widespread damage and several
casualties, according to unconfirmed reports.While there was no
immediate confirmation by officials as to the cause of the explosion in
the small town of Ain Qana, an unnamed source told Reuters the site was
an arms depot.UAE-based Al-Hadath, citing security sources, also
reported that the explosion took place at a Hezbollah weapons
storehouse. Another channel, Lebanon’s MTV, reported several injured.A
Hezbollah official confirmed there was an explosion but declined to give
further details. Hezbollah security forces deployed in the area and
prevented journalists from investigating on the scene.A Gas Station has
reportedly exploded in Ain Qana, Southern #Lebanon.
pic.twitter.com/HXLCOFssjA — Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) September 22,
2020-Residents said ambulances had carried away several of the wounded,
while the National News Agency reported only limited material damage.
However, sources in Hezbollah told the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation
International TV news channel that no one was injured in the blast.Ain
Qana is in the hilly Iqleem al-Tuffah region. A prominent Hezbollah
tourist site that draws thousands of visitors a year lies on a
neighboring hilltop just a ten-minute drive away.The Lebanese Army said
in a statement that its forces were at the scene to conduct an
investigation into the cause of the explosion.Lebanese state media
implied that Israel may have been involved in the explosion, but
emphasized that the causes “are not known.”“The explosion that occurred
in a house in the town of Ain Qana…coincided with the intensive flight
of hostile Israeli military and espionage aircraft, which had not left
the airspace of Nabatiyeh and Iqlim al-Tuffah since the morning,” the
Lebanese National News Agency reported.Sources in Hezbollah told LCBI
that the explosion was not part of a targeted attack on senior officials
in the Lebanese terror group.Every blast in Lebanon since August’s
devastating Beirut port explosion has gone viral on social media, with
thousands waiting with bated breath to see whether or not a tire fire or
gas blaze would turn into the next Lebanese catastrophe. Most Lebanese
TV networks gave the explosion in Ein Qana wall-to-wall coverage, with
experts and analysis on call to speculate about its source.Viewers of
official Hezbollah TV or one of its affiliates, however, may not have
heard of the blast at all until hours later. Official Hezbollah al-Manar
TV continued to broadcast reruns about its community projects and
features about holy sites in south Lebanon; pro-Hezbollah al-Mayadeen
ran a story on Lebanon’s financial crisis instead.In its nightly news
broadcast, an al-Manar newscaster delivered the semi-official Hezbollah
line: that a house in Ain Qara had exploded due to unspecified
“damages.”“As usual, the media got up and began theorizing and
pontificating and analyzing. They were so exceptional that they even
beat the security services to finding out the root cause of the
incident,” she said sarcastically.The Beirut port explosion — which
killed over 180 and rendered 300,000 homeless overnight — was caused by
ammonium nitrate of unknown provenience. While many corrupt officials
allowed the explosive material to remain in the port until the day it
unleashed a firestorm in Beirut’s downtown, some evidence suggests that
Hezbollah could have been involved in bringing it to Lebanon.The
explosion raised new questions about the placement of Hezbollah weapons
caches in civilian areas. Hezbollah has long defended what it considers
its right to possess arms as part of its “resistance” to
Israel.“Everyone knows where the weapons are. The issue of these weapons
in villages and cities is now an issue of life and death. It is neither
justifiable nor acceptable for Hezbollah to consider to store its
weapons in such places,” Ali al-Amin, a journalist covering south
Lebanon, told UAE-based al-Hadath TV.Times of Israel staff and agencies
contributed to this report.
THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my
people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered
among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED
JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO
ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL
11:21-2321 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they
shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the
league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up,
and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter
peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do
that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall
scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall
forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26
And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF
69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and
the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof
shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are
determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND
PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL
WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant
(PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2
yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and
that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring
man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised
the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS
HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And
Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+)
when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated
the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was
intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the
children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her;
and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the
LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,
and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND
THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other
people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the
younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME
CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was
threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE
THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2
TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN
CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS
JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not
make haste.17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to
the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with
death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not
stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be
trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall
take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by
night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are
come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and
understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And
his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and
he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall
destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy
also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify
himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also
stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken
without hand.DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to
his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself
above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of
gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that
that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God
of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of
women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY
GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold,
and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus
shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA
MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and
increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY
LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of
the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR
PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall
come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and
with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall
overflow and pass over.
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, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,
and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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)
Netanyahu and Bahrain crown
prince have ‘very friendly’ first call since accord-PM hails
‘outstanding conversation’ with Salman bin Hamad, week after two
countries signed Declaration of Peace-By Raphael Ahren-sep 22,20-Today,
7:18 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday spoke to
Bahrain’s crown prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in their first
public conversation since Jerusalem and Manama signed a historic
“Declaration of Peace” in Washington last week.During the call, the
crown prince “underscored the importance of securing regional and
international stability and enhancing efforts to support peace in the
region,” according to the state-run Bahrain News Agency. Salman further
noted that “the agreement signed at the White House on September 15 will
strengthen regional security, stability and prosperity.”Netanyahu and
the future king of the tiny island nation also “reviewed potential areas
of bilateral cooperation and relevant regional and international
developments,” according to the agency.During telephone call between HRH
the CP #Salman_bin_Hamad and @IsraeliPM, HRH underscored importance of
securing regional and international stability and enhancing efforts to
support peace in the region. Potential areas of bilateral cooperation
also reviewed #Bahrain-(@BahrainCPnews) September 22, 2020-Netanyahu
later released a statement saying that he left important discussions
about Israel’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic to take the crown
prince’s call, which he called an “important national need.”The prime
minister said he and Salman had an “outstanding conversation, very
friendly.”The two leaders reiterated the content of the so-called
Abraham Accords that both nations signed last week, and discussed “how
we might quickly add content to the agreements between Bahrain and
Israel and turn this peace into economic peace, technological peace,
tourist peace, peace in all of these fields,” he said in a statement.
“You will hear about the practical steps very soon.”Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today with Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin
Hamad Al Khalifa.https://t.co/IKi0XeWEZV pic.twitter.com/zEn81f0KiC— PM
of Israel (@IsraeliPM) September 22, 2020-Salman, 50, has been Bahrain’s
crown prince since 1999. He also holds the positions of deputy supreme
commander, first deputy prime minister and chairman of Bahrain’s
Economic Development Board.On September 11, US President Donald Trump
surprisingly announced that Bahrain was following the United Arab
Emirates in normalizing ties with Israel.Four days later, Bahraini
Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and Netanyahu signed a
“Declaration of Peace” in which both countries committed to “open an era
of friendship and cooperation in pursuit of a Middle East region that
is stable, secure and prosperous for the benefit of all states and
peoples in the region.”US President Donald Trump watches as Bahrain
Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani speaks from the Truman Balcony at
the White House during the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords,
September 15, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
6 weeks after UAE’s
normalization bombshell, Palestinians still have no strategy-The Times
of Israel-sep 22,20-Analysis-With former regional backers abandoning
ship, Ramallah needs a new way forward. Instead Abbas has opened the
familiar ‘crisis playbook,’ and it isn’t working-By Aaron Boxerman-sep
22,20-Today, 3:16 pm
It has been nearly a month and a half since
the surprise announcement that the United Arab Emirates was
establishing open ties with Israel. But analysts say the Palestinian
Authority is still at a loss as to how to combat the wave of
normalization sweeping the region.“There is no strategy right now — at
least not in foreign policy,” Jihad Harb, a Palestinian political
analyst based in Nablus, told The Times of Israel.Palestinians have
scrambled to respond, switching rhetoric fast enough to give close
observers whiplash. Bitter denunciation of the UAE, including public
burnings of pictures of UAE Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed, was
suddenly put on hold after harsh criticism from powerful Gulf sponsors
forced Abbas’s office to announce that it respected “the sovereign
symbols” of its fellow countries.After the Arab League smacked down a
Palestinian-sponsored resolution to condemn the UAE for normalizing its
relations with Israel, the PA said it was reviewing its membership in
the pan-Arab body — before folding and saying it would remain inside
after all.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and
Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat (L) at
the opening session of the 30th Arab League summit in the Tunisian
capital Tunis on March 31, 2019. (Fethi Belaid/Pool/AFP)-The leadership
has dusted off a well-worn “crisis playbook” familiar to fans of the
genre: unity talks with old rivals Hamas and Islamic Jihad, protests
against the normalization deal, and an attempt to extract condemnations
from the Arab League.“The PA essentially fell back on its traditional
strategy and tools. It’s a strategy that worked in the past in certain
respects — especially in forging an Arab, Islamic and almost
international consensus against the Trump peace plan,” said Ghaith
al-Omari, a former adviser to Abbas who is currently a senior fellow at
the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.Gaith al-Omari, fellow at
the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former director of the
American Task Force on Palestine, speaking at Georgetown University in
Washington, DC in 2013. (screen shot: YouTube)-But this time around,
it’s not working. PA-backed protests against the deal failed to take
off. The Arab League rejected passing a resolution condemning Emirati
normalization. And, most damning of all, Bahrain went ahead and joined
the UAE in establishing open ties with Israel.In Ramallah’s defense, its
options are both unappealing and limited. US President Donald Trump’s
proposed peace plan would essentially take the status quo — Israeli
military rule over millions of Palestinians — and label it a state. With
both Jerusalem and Washington disinterested in Palestinian statehood,
it seems unlikely that the PA could get a better deal.“You say you want
us to adapt ourselves to these circumstances? That means surrender,”
senior Abbas adviser Nabil Shaath told The Times of Israel. “What about
demanding that Israel implements our previous agreements?”But who will
make that demand? Among Arab regimes, the old slogan that “what the
Palestinians accept, we accept, and what they reject, we reject” clearly
no longer holds.“The Palestinians were lulled by the reaction to the
[Trump] peace plan,” said Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the Arab
Gulf States Institute. “All Abbas had to do was say ‘no, no, no,’ and
the whole Arab and Islamic world got behind him. So in that sense, it
went really well. But all of a sudden, that has fallen apart.”Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain
Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah
bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House
after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords, where the
countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, in
Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)Since the Arab
Spring, a new coalition of repressive autocrats has come to the fore.
From Saudi Arabia to Egypt, these leaders believe their interests lie
with strong Israel rather than with the weak and divided Palestinians.At
the same time, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah has yet to
develop a strategy to confront normalization. It has been consistently
blindsided by the events of the past month, responding belatedly — with
little more at its disposal than condemnations.“[Ramallah] knows this is
a disaster. But they’re letting their refusal to take any risks dictate
their national strategy in a really damaging way,” said Ibish. “They’re
paralyzed. And they’re reveling in their paralysis. It’s tragic.”Some
analysts have suggested that the PA leadership is simply waiting for the
results of the US presidential elections in November, hoping for a win
by Democrat Joe Biden. But it is far from clear that as president, Biden
would meaningfully change US policy toward the Palestinians as far as
normalization is concerned.The Democratic presidential candidate hailed
the agreements between Israel and Arab states — and even sought to take a
little credit himself, telling the press that normalization “builds on
efforts of multiple administrations to foster broader Arab-Israeli
opening.”“Biden will not do anything to prevent Sudan and Oman and Saudi
Arabia from going forward and doing the same,” Ibish said, listing
states said to be in line for normalization with Israel.No unity-In
times of crisis, the Palestinian Authority often feints towards ending
the rift that has defined Palestinian politics since 2007: the division
between Fatah and the Hamas terror group. Though the move is popular
among Palestinians, deep distrust and sharp ideological differences have
torpedoed every previous reconciliation attempt.A widely publicized
meeting attended by senior figures in 14 major Palestinian factions was
given an enormous amount of media coverage in Palestinian state media.
For three hours, the leaders — including both Abbas and Hamas terror
chief Ismail Haniyeh — gave speeches against normalization.But the
public warming — which really began as far as back as June — has failed
to lead to any tangible changes on the ground.“The tone was different,
but so far there haven’t been any steps taken,” said Khaled Elgindy, a
senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. “There isn’t the traditional
animosity that we’ve seen, but there isn’t real movement on the ground
towards actual reconciliation, towards elections, towards reform in the
PA or the PLO.”The numerous Palestinian factions agree on only three
things: no to normalization, no to annexation, and no to Jerusalem as
the undivided capital of Israel. On every other issue — from their
visions for Palestinian statehood to who ought to control Palestinian
institutions in the West Bank and Gaza — enormous and perhaps
insurmountable gaps between the parties persist.“The status quo is
comfortable for both Hamas and Fatah. They’re both secure where they
are, and they both have a lot to compromise on, and neither of them is
in any rush to unify,” al-Omari said. “They might flirt with this, they
might send signals — but really they have no path forward here.”The
Palestinian public, which has seen countless rounds of unity talks come
and go, seems to agree. According to new polling released last Tuesday
by the Palestinian Center for Survey and Policy Research, only 11%
believe that “unity will return soon” in the Palestinian leadership.The
extent of apathy and distrust in the leadership, in fact, is staggering.
When the so-called Abraham Accords were signed last Tuesday, the
Palestinian Authority could only rally a few scattered gatherings around
the West Bank. A few dozen demonstrators gathered in Jenin, and perhaps
100 in Hebron, in addition to several other small protests.The contrast
with the mass demonstrations which erupted after Trump decided to move
the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem could not be more stark:
thousands of Palestinians clashed then with Israeli security forces in
violent protests across the West Bank and Gaza.The crisis of faith in
the leadership now runs so deep that few wish to turn out for an
official protest, al-Omari speculated.“The message I hear is ‘why should
we go out and endanger ourselves for a leadership who will not
translate our participation into political capital?” al-Omari
said.Palestinians protest in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank against
Israeli normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on
September 15, 2020, hours ahead of a signing ceremony at the White
House. – The decision by the UAE and Bahrain to normalise ties with
Israel breaks with decades of consensus within the Arab world that a
peace deal with the Palestinians is a prerequisite for establishing
relations with the Jewish state. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)-That
sentiment perhaps underlies the meager attendance after the Tuesday
signing of the accords in Washington, as a paltry 200 people gathered in
the central demonstration in Ramallah’s al-Manara Square to condemn the
deal. The demonstrators filled perhaps half of the intersection, with
traffic continuing more or less as usual as motorcycles and small taxis
wove around the demonstration.A quick walk down neighboring Palestine
Street confirmed that the shops and markets were full, even as the
demonstrators chanted slogans, took some photographs, and trickled away.
About an hour after the demonstration began, only a few protesters were
left in the square.No Friends-Such a weak domestic position may explain
the zigzagging the Palestinian Authority has done in its foreign
policy.The Palestinian leadership surely knew that the Arab League would
reject its resolution to condemn the far more powerful UAE. Egypt,
Oman, Bahrain, and others had publicly praised the deal. And the Arab
League had already refused the PA’s request for an emergency summit.An
early, conciliatory draft resolution leaked to the press showed a
Palestinian attempt to stake out a rhetorical win without treading too
sharply on the toes of the larger, more powerful states on which
Palestinians depend for financial and diplomatic support.But at the
session, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki gave a
searing speech condemning the Arab League as a hypocritical paper
tiger.“It puts us in an embarrassing position to hear other countries
explain to us that [Arab League] decisions were nothing more than ink on
paper to mollify the Palestinians,” al-Maliki concluded.Shaath admitted
that Palestinian Authority officials did not expect the resolution to
pass, but added “it was important for us to show the Arab world what was
really happening. It was important for us to make the Arab world look
at itself and see what remained of its promises.”Why the decision to
double down in the face of overwhelming evidence that the resolution
would be struck down? Abbas’s unpopularity — 62% of Palestinians in a
poll released on Tuesday believe he ought to resign — makes taking a
hard line against the UAE a logical political choice.“There’s enormous
anger among the Palestinian public. In that sense, the PA was compelled
to put forward the resolution it did, so that it could satisfy its
constituency, as much as it also wanted to prevent further
normalizations,” Harb said.Al-Maliki tried to put on a brave face after
the resolution’s failure, saying that the PA was emerging from the Arab
League stronger. Few seem to have been convinced.“They’re saying we have
our sumud [steadfastness] and our refugee camps and so on, and that’s
enough. Well, if that’s enough, then enjoy. But of course it’s not
enough. They know it’s not. It’s the most empty rhetoric you can
imagine,” Ibish said.Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. (Courtesy)-“They’re scared.
It’s like they’re in this tiny little box, and the walls are closing in.
But they still don’t want to move. The fear is enormous — combined with
a sense that there’s nowhere to go,” he concluded.The prominent
Palestinian newspaper al-Quds published a long editorial last Wednesday
which seemed to indicate that some, at least, wanted to see a concrete
way forward.“Protesting and condemnations are not a response to
normalization,” the editorial concluded. What would be? It left that for
its readers to guess.The PA has long been trapped in a political
paradox: on the one hand, any compromise is politically risky, and it
lacks the popular legitimacy to make it. On the other hand, its
unwillingness to take political risks helps perpetuate the miserable
reality of Israeli control over millions of Palestinians in the West
Bank and Gaza — in turn making its continued rule still more
unpopular.“The next intifada is as likely to be directed at
[Palestinian] leaders as at the Israeli occupation,” Elgindy said.Abbas
is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly later this
week. Al-Omari suggested that the speech could signal which way the
political winds are blowing in the Palestinian camp.If it makes a
serious compromise proposal, it will suffer criticism from nationalists
and Islamists, from Palestinian refugees and ordinary citizens in the
West Bank and Gaza. But if it leans back and relies on merely cursing
out the Gulf, its will continue to bleed support anyway.“It’s never too
late for them to put their own initiative on the table. It would have
been a lot more powerful and effective in March than now. But it’s not
too late,” Ibish said.
Palestinians relinquish Arab League
chairmanship in protest of normalization-Ramallah ultimately decides to
remain in organization, after publicly threatening to withdraw
altogether over its refusal to condemn UAE, Bahrain-By Aaron
Boxerman-sep 22,20-Today, 7:04 pm
Palestinian Authority Foreign
Minister Riad al-Maliki said Tuesday that the PA will relinquish its
role as temporary chairman of the current round of Arab League meetings
in protest of the League’s refusal to condemn normalization with
Israel.“I inform you today that the State of Palestine is relinquishing
its chairmanship in this accursed round of meetings,” al-Maliki said on
Tuesday. “Palestine refuses to record in its history that it presided
over the moral degeneracy that was revealed in the last meeting…and the
normalization steps that followed it, which were in essence a rejection
of the work we did between the walls of the Arab League.”Under Arab
League rules, the PA would have continued to chair meetings for another
six months.Ramallah previously indicated it could leave or suspend its
membership in the pan-Arab body after the League rejected a Palestinian
resolution to condemn the United Arab Emirates for establishing open
ties with Israel.The condemnation was deemed unlikely to pass from the
start, as several Arab countries had publicly praised the normalization
accords. But the predictability of its demise did little to lessen what
many saw as a serious blow to Palestinian diplomacy — a betrayal of the
Palestinians’ cause by an organization that had long championed their
right to a state. Only a few days after the resolution failed, Bahrain
announced that it would normalize ties with Israel as well.For years,
Palestinians have relied on the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, a Saudi-led
peace plan backed by the Arab League. The Initiative offers full
normalization between Israel and the Arab states — but only after the
establishment of a Palestinian state.Following the vote, Arab League
Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit denied that the resolution impacted
the Arab states’ commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative.Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Palestine Liberation
Organisztion (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat (C) look on as Arab
League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) reads a statement during
an Arab League emergency meeting discussing the US-brokered proposal for
a settlement of the Middle East conflict, at the league headquarters in
the Egyptian capital Cairo on February 1, 2020 (Khaled DESOUKI /
AFP)-“The Arab consensus on Palestine has not changed,” Aboul Gheit
said.But then he hedged: “Now, it’s true that there is an Arab dispute
over some of the concepts related to peace with Israel.”At the time,
senior PA official Hussein al-Sheikh called the Arab League’s failure to
condemn the normalization deal “the triumph of money over dignity.”“The
Arab League has not produced anything. It has given the entire region
condemnations of everyone ad nauseum — except for Israel. This is a
thunderous collapse, the use of ‘national sovereignty’ to justify
subservience,” al-Sheikh said.PA President Mahmoud Abbas ordered a
review of Palestinian membership in the organization in the aftermath of
the resolution’s failure.At a mid-September cabinet meeting, PA Prime
Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that Ramallah was reviewing ways to
“correct its relationship with the League.”“The Arab League has become a
symbol of Arab powerlessness,” Shtayyeh said, without elaborating on
what steps would be taken.A few days later, however, veteran diplomat
Saeb Erekat announced on Twitter that Palestine would not withdraw from
the Arab League after all.Al-Maliki explained on Tuesday that the
Palestinian response stemmed from a desire to avoid creating a “vacuum”
that would generate “different scenarios that we do not need right now
in this stage.”Still, al-Maliki admitted that it seemed unlikely the PA
could force the Arab League to condemn normalization in the near future —
even though it was remaining in the organization.“Until now, we don’t
see any way to change the circumstances so as to condemn the abandoning
of the Arab consensus” on normalization, al-Maliki said.
Trump at
UN: Other countries ‘coming fast’ to make peace with Israel-The Times
of Israel-US president spends most of General Assembly virtual address
railing at Beijing for unleashing ‘China virus’ on world, calling on
international body to hold it accountable-By Jacob Magid and
Agencies-sep 22,20-Today, 6:33 pm
US President Donald Trump
reiterated his administration’s intention to broker additional
normalization agreements between Israel and other countries in the
Middle East, during a virtual address Tuesday at the United Nations
General Assembly.Highlighting the Israel-UAE and Israel-Bahrain
agreements signed last week at the White House, Trump called them
“landmark breakthrough with two peace deals in the Middle East after
decades of no progress.”He then asserted that other nations will soon
sign peace deals with Israel.“They are coming fast, and they know it’s
great for them and great for the world,” he said in a recorded message
played to the annual meeting of the UN.“We intend to deliver more peace
agreements shortly, and I have never been more optimistic for the future
of the region. There is no blood in the sand. Those days are hopefully
over,” said Trump.“These groundbreaking peace deals are the dawn of a
new Middle East,” he continued. “By taking a different approach, we have
achieved different outcomes — far superior outcomes.”Echoing a slogan
used by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to tout the recent agreements,
Trump said the US-brokered deals represent “peace through
strength.”Trump then pivoted to Iran and the Islamic State.“We withdrew
from the terrible Iran nuclear deal and imposed crippling sanctions on
the world’s leading state sponsor of terror,” he says, underlining the
US killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.Trump used the bulk of
his address, though, to rail at China for what he said was its role in
spreading the “China virus.”Trump accused Beijing of allowing the
coronavirus to “leave China and infect the world.”“The United Nations
must hold China accountable for their actions,” he said.Broadcast over a
large screen in the UN General Assembly hall, the US president
effectively transferred his hawkish campaign stump speech to the global
stage.Trump accused China of only looking out for its own interests when
the potentially lethal virus first appeared in the city of Wuhan late
last year.And he said “the Chinese government, and the World Health
Organization — which is virtually controlled by China — falsely declared
that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission.”“Later, they
falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease,” he
added.China, in response, accused Trump of spreading a “political
virus.”“When the international community is really fighting hard against
the Covid-19, the United States is spreading a political virus here in
the General Assembly,” China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang
Jun, told reporters. “I have to emphasize that the US noise is
incompatible with the general atmosphere of the General Assembly,” he
said.The US president, in his speech, also criticized world powers for
lambasting the US’s environmental record.China’s President Xi Jinping
(R) greets US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the
sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, June 29, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski
/ AFP)-“They only want to punish America and I will not stand for it,”
he said. “If the United Nations wants to be an effective organization,
it must focus on the real problems of the world. This includes
terrorism, oppression of women… human and sex trafficking,” and other
issues.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, opening the General
Assembly earlier Tuesday, warned of the risks of rising tensions between
the US and China.“We must do everything to avoid a new Cold War,”
Guterres said.“We are moving in a very dangerous direction. Our world
cannot afford a future where the two largest economies split the globe
in a Great Fracture — each with its own trade and financial rules and
internet and artificial intelligence capacities.”The Trump
administration has launched a global campaign against the influence of
China, pushing back on its claims in the South China Sea and warning
nations of the risks of accepting its lavish infrastructure
spending.Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan applauded Trump
following the president’s speech.“The United States and Israel are
forging a new path for peace in the Middle East. Thank you to President
Trump for helping lead this new effort, proving that ‘peace through
strength’ is the right formula, and that partnership with a strong
Israel is good for the region,” Erdan tweeted.World leaders are speaking
virtually to the UN session in New York, due to Covid-19
restrictions.Trump, who has frequently downplayed the risks posed by the
coronavirus, had previously said he would give his General Assembly
speech in person, before apparently changing his mind.
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS
1:5,145 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said,
Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for
days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for
SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there
shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the
moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the
stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE
WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for
fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
REVELATION 16:21 80-120LB HAIL ON HUMANS
21And
there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the
weight of a talent:(80-120 LBS) and men blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED)
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE)
those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID
HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
Weather conditions will continue to deteriorate as Teddy approaches, says CBC meteorologist-[CBC]-September 22, 2020
Rain
is falling across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and southeast New
Brunswick as Teddy approaches.At noon AT on Tuesday, Teddy was still a
Category 2 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 165 km/h. It is
expected to rapidly weaken and come ashore as a post-tropical storm
somewhere between Halifax and Cape Breton early Wednesday
morning."Despite not making landfall until early Wednesday, Teddy is a
massive storm and conditions in our region will continue to deteriorate
today well ahead of it," said CBC meteorologist Jay Scotland."My main
areas of concern for P.E.I. are potential outages, local flooding from
heavy rain and coastal flooding/erosion due to elevated water levels and
high waves, particularly at high tide."Environment Canada has issued a
rainfall warning and a tropical storm watch for P.E.I.Call in your
cancellations to 1-877-236-9350.For Nova Scotia, there are wind,
rainfall, storm surge and tropical storm warnings.The key feature of
this storm, according to CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin, is how long it
is going to last."This is going to be a wild ride for us," said
Simpkin."This starts this afternoon and doesn't really finish up until
about tomorrow late in the day. So that's about a 24-hour period, which
leaves us vulnerable to heavy wind as well as heavy rain and some really
high tides."Northumberland Ferries has cancelled all sailings Tuesday. A
wind advisory on Confederation Bridge, linking P.E.I. and New
Brunswick, warns of possible traffic restrictions starting at 6 p.m.Ten
to 15 millimetres of rain are expected during the day Tuesday, with east
to northeast winds blowing at 50 km/h and gusts of up to 80 km/h. That
will continue with a further 20 to 30 millimetres of rain. The wind will
shift around out the east to southeast with gusts of up to 90 km/h
possible.On Wednesday, the wind will roll around from the northwest. A
further 20 to 30 millimetres of rain will fall. The storm will begin to
subside late in the day.
