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)
ISRAELI LEADERS VOICE OPPOSITION TO ARAB NON EXISTANT PALESTINIANS STATE BEFORE USELESS UNITED NATIONS VOTE.
And
here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either
through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and
only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this
land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the
Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11,
Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL
DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES
INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU
DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE
FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF
- HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
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 and for my
heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted
my land.
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.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7
Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and
Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the
inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of
the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN
TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow
the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell
therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land
shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his
strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the
rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their
children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN
FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that
remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the
country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY)
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou
cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against
Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he
appointed it.
RUSSIA,GERMANY, ARAB MUSLIMS COME AGAINST ISRAEL.
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2
Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA)
the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy
against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against
thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and
Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into
thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee
forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with
all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields,
all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6
Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of
the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with
thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and
prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto
thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be
visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is
brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against
the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is
brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of
them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a
cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with
thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall
also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy
mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt
say,(RUSSIA-ARAB-MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled
villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely,
all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12
To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine
hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the
people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle
and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and
Dedan,(SAUDI-ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(SPAIN) with all the
young lions thereof,(ENGLAND,AND ALL ITS ASSOCIATES-CANADA,AUSTRALIA-NEW
ZEALAND, USA, AND WESTERN ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS) shall say unto
thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to
take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and
goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY
RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man,
prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my
people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And
thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many
people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a
mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel,
as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I
will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I
shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my
servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many
years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to
pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in
my jealousy and in the fire (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken,
Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth,
and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my
presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places
shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will
call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord
GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will
plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with
blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many
people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones,
fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS
FLESH)
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I
will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man,
prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
(MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee
back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of
thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will
cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee
upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,(
ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the
ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be
devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6
And I will send a shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto
Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley
of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east
of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there
shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE)
and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300
MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13
Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it
shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified,
saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual
employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to
bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth,
to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15
And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s
bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the
buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of
Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN
THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every
feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY
SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and
come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do
sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel,
that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM
ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood
of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of
bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS
IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be
drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for
you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21
And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS)
and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have
executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid
upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity
for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I
my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so
fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity
of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be
jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame,
and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when
they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I
have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their
enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28
Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to
be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto
their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my
spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7
Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and
Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the
inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of
the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the
Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN
TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow
the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell
therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land
shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his
strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the
rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their
children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN
FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that
remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the
country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY)
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou
cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against
Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he
appointed it.
Now the scriptures that a week in Israel history is 7YEARS.
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: 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.
Isn"t
this interesting it comes from the same Person whos name was changed to
Israel,(JACOB) and Israel and Jerusalem is the places dealt with in
Daniel 9:24-27.
GENESIS 32:27-28
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as
a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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.
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.
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)
Israeli leaders voice opposition to Palestinian state before UN Gaza vote.
Jerusalem,
Nov 16 (AFP) Nov 16, 2025-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
members of his government underscored their opposition to a Palestinian
state ahead of a UN Security Council vote Monday on a resolution
endorsing a US-backed Gaza peace plan.The draft resolution would follow
up on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by US
President Donald Trump, giving the council's blessing for a transitional
administration and a temporary international security force in the
devastated territory.Unlike previous drafts, the latest version of the
resolution mentions a possible future Palestinian state, which the
Israeli government is vehemently against."Our opposition to a
Palestinian state on any territory has not changed," Netanyahu said at a
cabinet meeting on Sunday.Netanyahu had come in for criticism from
coalition members, including far-right Finance Minister Bezalel
Smotrich, who had accused him of failing to respond to a recent wave of
recognition of Palestinian statehood by Western countries."Formulate
immediately an appropriate and decisive response that will make it clear
to the entire world -- no Palestinian state will ever arise on the
lands of our homeland," Smotrich urged Netanyahu on X.The premier
replied Sunday that he did "not need affirmations, tweets, or lectures
from anyone".Other ministers likewise expressed their opposition to
Palestinian statehood, though none explicitly referred to the
resolution."Israel's policy is clear: no Palestinian state will be
established," Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote on X Sunday.Foreign
Minister Gideon Saar also said on X that the country would "not agree to
the establishment of a Palestinian terror state in the heart of the
Land of Israel".Far-right firebrand and National Security Minister
Itamar Ben Gvir went even further, calling the Palestinian identity an
"invention".The Security Council resolution would effectively usher in
the second phase of the US-backed deal reached last month, which brought
about a ceasefire after two years of war sparked by Hamas's October 7,
2023 attack on Israel.The first phase has seen the release of the last
20 living Israeli hostages and nearly all of the 28 dead captives held
by Palestinian militants.In exchange, Israel has freed nearly 2,000
Palestinian prisoners and returned 330 bodies.
UN Security Council to vote Monday on Trump Gaza plan.
United
Nations, United States, Nov 15 (AFP) Nov 15, 2025-The UN Security
Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald
Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said.Last week the Americans
officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security Council
on a text that would follow up on a ceasefire in the two-year war
between Israel and Hamas and endorse Trump's plan.A draft of the
resolution seen Thursday by AFP "welcomes the establishment of the Board
of Peace," a transitional governing body for Gaza -- that Trump would
theoretically chair -- with a mandate running until the end of 2027.It
would authorize member states to form a "temporary International
Stabilization Force (ISF)" that would work with Israel and Egypt and
newly trained Palestinian police to help secure border areas and
demilitarize the Gaza Strip.Unlike previous drafts, the latest mentions a
possible future Palestinian state.The United States and several Arab
and Muslim-majority nations including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
called Friday for the UN Security Council to quickly adopt the
resolution."The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates,
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and Türkiye
express our joint support for the Security Council Resolution currently
under consideration," the countries said in a joint statement, adding
they were seeking the measure's "swift adoption."Friday's joint
statement comes as Russia circulated a competing draft resolution to
Council members that does not authorize the creation of a board of peace
or the immediate deployment of an international force in Gaza,
according to the text seen Friday by AFP.The Russian version welcomes
"the initiative that led to the ceasefire" but does not name Trump.It
also only calls on the UN secretary-general to submit a report that
addresses the possibilities of deploying an international stabilization
force in war-ravaged Gaza.The United States has called the ceasefire
"fragile," and warned Friday of the risks of not adopting its draft."Any
refusal to back this resolution is a vote either for the continued
reign of Hamas terrorists or for the return to war with Israel,
condemning the region and its people to perpetual conflict," the US
ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, wrote in The Washington
Post."Every departure from this path, be it by those who wish to play
political games or to relitigate the past, will come with a real human
cost."While it seemed until now that Council members supported
principles of the peace plan, diplomatic sources noted there were
questions about the US text, particularly regarding the absence of a
monitoring mechanism by the Council, the role of the Palestinian
Authority, and details of the ISF's mandate.The Russian UN mission said
in a statement that its alternative proposal differed by recognizing the
principle of a "two-State solution for the Israeli-Palestinian
settlement.""Unfortunately, these provisions were not given due regard
in the US draft," it said.
Rise of the robots: the promise of physical AI.
Tokyo,
Nov 14 (AFP) Nov 14, 2025-A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic
arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the
motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a
magician.With enough practice, arms like these can complete everyday
tasks alone, says Tokyo company Enactic, which is developing humanoid
robots to wash dishes and do laundry in short-staffed Japanese care
homes.Welcome to the future of AI as it starts to infiltrate the
material world in the form of smart robots, self-driving cars and other
autonomous machines."The next wave of AI is physical AI," Jensen Huang,
head of US chip giant Nvidia, said last year.That's "AI that understands
the laws of physics, AI that can work among us" and understands "how to
perceive the world", Huang added.Tech firms are pouring massive sums
into physical AI, and Morgan Stanley predicts the world could have more
than a billion humanoid robots by 2050.The buzz is only heightened by
videos showing advanced androids, often Chinese-made, dancing to Taylor
Swift or pulling heavy objects with ease.Beyond the promise of sci-fi
robot butlers, the race has sparked concern over job losses, privacy and
how long these innovations will take to actually be useful.Hiro
Yamamoto is the 24-year-old CEO of Enactic, whose OpenArm physical AI
training devices are used by Nvidia and at top universities such as
Stanford.He plans to begin deploying new robots, currently under
development, from next summer to "live alongside people in environments
that are very chaotic, and where conditions are always changing" like
care homes."So it has to be safe," with a soft exterior that won't
injure anyone, Yamamoto said.- 'Any human role' -In the Chinese city of
Guangzhou, a female figure with a glowing oval-shaped visor for a face,
clad in white woven fabric like a fencing athlete, walked slowly across a
stage last week to cheers and whispers.It was the latest humanoid robot
to be unveiled by Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, which is also
pushing into physical AI.Nimble machines made by US companies, such as
Boston Dynamics' dog-like robots, have grabbed headlines over the
years.But government support and strong domestic supply chains are
helping Chinese rivals, also including Unitree Robotics and EngineAI,
race ahead."I haven't given much thought to how many robots we will sell
annually in 10 years' time, but I think it would be more than cars,"
XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng told reporters.XPeng's robots walk and even dance
autonomously -- but how well they handle objects, a more complicated
feat, has not been widely demonstrated.Their dexterous fingers and
flexible skin are unlikely to replace workers on China's factory floors
soon, He said.The cost of one robot hand, which needs to be replaced
regularly for heavy-duty work, could pay a Chinese worker's salary for
years.But with enough data and training, AI humanoid robots could one
day perform "almost any human role", from nanny to home chef or
gardener, XPeng co-president Brian Gu told AFP.- On-the-job training
-Text-based AI tools like ChatGPT are trained on huge volumes of words,
but physical AI models must also grapple with vision and the spatial
relationship between objects.For now, remotely operating AI robots to
teach them how to do something like picking up a cup "is by far the most
reliable way to collect data", Yamamoto said.Just 30 to 50
demonstrations of each task are needed to fine-tune
"vision-language-action" AI models, he added.Enactic has approached
several dozen care facilities in Japan to propose that its teleoperated
robots take over menial tasks, so qualified care workers have more time
to look after elderly residents.This on-the-job experience will train
physical AI models so the robots can act autonomously in future,
Yamamoto said.US-Norwegian startup 1X is taking a similar approach for
its humanoid home helper NEO, which it will deliver to American homes
from next year.NEO costs $20,000 to buy, but so far its performance is
shaky, with one video in US media showing the robot struggling to close a
dishwasher door, even when teleoperated.- Physical limits -In another
embarrassing moment, a Russian humanoid robot, said to be the country's
first, staggered then fell flat on its face as it made its debut on
stage earlier this week.There is currently a "big gap" between robots'
AI systems and their physical abilities, which lag behind, said Sara
Adela Abad Guaman, assistant professor in robotics at University College
London."Nature has shown us that in order to adapt to the environment,
you need to have the right body," Abad told AFP, giving the example of a
mountain goat that stumbles on ice.Nevertheless, big deals are being
struck, even as booming investment in artificial intelligence feeds
fears of a stock market bubble.Japan's SoftBank recently called physical
AI its "next frontier" as it said it was buying industrial robot maker
ABB Robotics for $5.4 billion.Automation raises questions about the
future of human labour, but Abad is not too worried.At the end of the
day, "our sense of touch is incomparable," she said.
Anthropic says Chinese state hackers deployed AI for autonomous attack.
Washington,
Nov 14 (AFP) Nov 14, 2025-Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has
detected and disrupted what it described as the first documented cyber
espionage campaign conducted largely autonomously by AI, marking a
significant escalation in machine learning-enabled attacks.The
operation, attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored group designated as
GTG-1002, manipulated Anthropic's Claude AI system to spy on and steal
data from approximately 30 targets with minimal human intervention,
according to a company report released Thursday.The campaign, detected
in mid-September, targeted major tech companies, financial institutions,
and government agencies across multiple countries.Anthropic said the
attackers used Claude Code, its computer programming product, to
autonomously conduct 80 to 90 percent of the campaign's activity at
speeds impossible for human operators."This represents a fundamental
shift in how advanced threat actors use AI," the company said."Rather
than merely advising on techniques, the threat actor manipulated Claude
to perform actual cyber intrusion operations with minimal human
oversight."California-based Anthropic was launched in 2021 by former
OpenAI staff and positions itself as prioritizing safety in AI
development. Its flagship product is the Claude chatbot.The disclosure
comes amid growing concern about AI's role in cyber warfare.Claude and
rival chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, have
been used to automate cyber attacks, but Anthropic's report detailed the
first known case of a generative AI model being left to carry out
operations independently."The barriers to performing sophisticated
cyberattacks have dropped substantially," the company warned.The
attackers bypassed Claude's safety mechanisms by convincing the AI they
were legitimate cybersecurity professionals conducting authorized
testing, according to the company.Humans maintained strategic oversight,
but the AI independently executed complex cyberattacks over multiple
days without detailed guidance, the report said.The sustained campaign
eventually triggered the company's built-in detection systems.In a
notable admission, Anthropic said Claude's AI spies frequently
overstated findings and occasionally fabricated data -- claiming to have
obtained credentials that did not work or identifying publicly
available information as critical discoveries.Such AI hallucinations
remain a persistent concern across the technology.Upon detection,
Anthropic banned the associated accounts, notified affected entities and
authorities, and implemented enhanced detection capabilities.The
company defended its decision to continue developing powerful AI systems
despite misuse, arguing the same capabilities enable defense against
bad actors."When sophisticated cyberattacks inevitably occur, our goal
is for Claude to assist cybersecurity professionals to detect, disrupt,
and prepare for future versions of the attack," it said.Anthropic said
it plans to release regular reports on detected attacks and called for
increased industry data sharing, improved detection, and stronger safety
controls across AI platforms."We're sharing this case publicly to
contribute to the work of the broader AI safety and security community,"
the company said.
North American Federations confab to focus on
Israel’s postwar rebuilding efforts-The first JFNA General Assembly
after two years of conflict sees the umbrella group transition from
emergency mode after it raised $3 billion in 2024, $1 billion more than
in a typical year-By Zev Stub-Today, 6:16 pm-NOV 16,25
After
breaking its own records for fundraising last year, the Jewish
Federations of North America will commence its General Assembly this
week to plan for the Jewish future under the shadow of Israel’s
ceasefire with Gaza, rising global antisemitism and political
developments in the United States under President Donald Trump —
including the recently ended longest government shutdown ever and
another potential shutdown looming when the funding agreement expires at
the end of January.More than 2,000 Jewish communal leaders are expected
to take part in the General Assembly between November 16 and 18 in
Washington, DC, according to the event’s website. JFNA represents 141
Jewish federations in communities across North America.The federations
raised some $3 billion in 2024 — about $1 billion more than in a typical
year, the organization said in a November 11 press release. That
included $683 million in Israeli Emergency Campaign funds raised during
the year, out of a total $908 million raised since the Hamas-led
onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023. It also raised $1.1 billion
through its annual campaign, a 7.3% year-over-year increase, the JFNA
said.“In this unique moment in Jewish history, we have seen both an
incredible surge within our community on ways to engage Jewishly,
alongside an amazing desire to strengthen the community through giving,”
said JFNA Chair Gary Torgow in the release.The total number of donors
grew by 80,000 to more than 364,000, JFNA said.The confab comes a month
after the US brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that saw the
return of all of the surviving hostages and most of the remains of
deceased hostages taken during the October 7 massacre. That allows
Israel “to turn the page and [see] its needs transition from emergency
to rebuilding,” JFNA president and CEO Eric Fingerhut said.“During the
General Assembly last year, Israel was still very much in the middle of
the Gaza war and was fighting a ground campaign in Lebanon against
Hezbollah. Though Trump had already been elected, the GA was also held
under the Biden administration,” noted Judah Ari Gross, managing editor
of eJewishPhilanthropy and former correspondent for The Times of Israel.
“We’re in a very different place now.”With the end of the war, JFNA’s
emergency efforts have pivoted toward a new phase, entitled “Rebuild
Israel,” focusing on the long-term rebuilding and recovery of Israeli
society. Most of the $908 million raised has already been distributed
through over 4,200 grants to 877 NGO partners, including 208 communities
across Israel, the JFNA said in a previous press release.In addition to
rehabilitating Israeli communities and institutions, sessions over the
three-day gathering will explore topics like increasing civic
engagement, fighting antisemitism in schools, increasing security,
supporting communities and building upon “the surge,” JFNA’s term for
the sharp increase in Jewish identity and engagement observed in the
aftermath of October 7.Among marquee personalities slated to appear at
the General Assembly is Rahm Emanuel, former US ambassador to Japan and
mayor of Chicago. He’ll speak at the opening plenary with Jessica
Tarlov, co-host of The Five on Fox News, and CNN pundit Scott Jennings,
about how America’s Jewish community can navigate today’s political
environment.Authors Micah Goodman and Sarah Hurwitz are also scheduled
to speak at Sunday’s opening event, followed by a musical performance by
The Tamari Project, a musical initiative born in memory of Tamar
Kedem Siman Tov and her family, murdered on October 7.“There are a lot
of plenaries and workshops planned, but the more significant parts of
the gathering are the private conversations happening in lobbies and
side rooms where business really gets done,” Gross noted. “That’s why so
many Jewish organizations want to be here.”
US: Failure to back
UN resolution based on Trump’s Gaza plan is a vote for Hamas,
war-Attempt to ‘re-litigate the past will come with a real human cost,’
says US envoy to UN; vote on Security Council resolution to empower
International Stabilization Force set for Monday By ToI Staff, Jacob
Magid and AFP 15 November 2025, 3:12 pm
The UN Security Council
will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s
comprehensive Gaza ceasefire plan, diplomats said Saturday, as
Washington warned of a “real human cost” if the body doesn’t back the
proposal.US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said failure to endorse the
plan, which would deliver Gaza to an International Stabilization Force
(ISF) and an apolitical Palestinian administration overseen by a
Trump-chaired Board of Peace, amounted to support for Hamas and for
war.“Any refusal to back this resolution is a vote either for the
continued reign of Hamas terrorists or for the return to war with
Israel, condemning the region and its people to perpetual conflict,”
wrote Waltz in the Washington Post on Friday.“Every departure from this
path, be it by those who wish to play political games or to re-litigate
the past, will come with a real human cost,” Waltz wrote.Last week, the
US officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security
Council on a draft resolution that would follow up on Israel and Hamas’s
October 9 ceasefire-hostage agreement.That agreement has seen Israel
stage an initial withdrawal in Gaza and Hamas release the last 20 living
hostages abducted in its onslaught in southern Israel on October 7,
2023, which sparked the war in Gaza, as well as the remains of 25 out of
28 deceased hostages still in Gaza when the deal was reached.A draft of
the proposed Security Council resolution, which was obtained and
verified by The Times of Israel last week, included the entirety of
Trump’s 20-point plan, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also
endorsed in a joint press conference with the president in September.The
draft authorized member states working with the Board of Peace to
“establish a temporary International Stabilization Force,” and indicated
the board’s mandate would run through the end of 2027. Countries that
expressed willingness to contribute troops to the ISF have said they
would need a UN resolution enshrining the force.The ceasefire plan
included in the draft also says that, as Gaza is demilitarized and
rebuilt and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority “faithfully”
reforms itself, “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible
pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”Diplomatic
sources have noted there are some questions about the US text,
particularly regarding the absence of a monitoring mechanism by the
Council, the role of the PA and specifics of the ISF’s mandate.In a
joint statement arranged by the US on Friday, multiple countries working
toward an end to the Gaza conflict voiced backing for Washington’s UN
Security Council resolution.The statement, supported by Qatar, Egypt,
the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan and
Turkey, noted that the process “offers a pathway to Palestinian
self-determination and statehood.”Friday’s joint statement appeared to
go further than the text of the plan by not leaving the question of a
political horizon up for debate, possibly meeting a demand by
signatories to the statement.Despite the language of the 20-point plan,
Trump has gone on the record in recent weeks saying that he hasn’t even
decided whether he’ll back a two-state solution. The Israeli government
is vehemently opposed to the two-state framework.Friday’s statement also
came as the US was said to be pressing Saudi Arabia to normalize ties
with Israel. As a condition for moving forward on establishing official
relations, Riyadh has insisted that Israel commit to Palestinian
statehood.Meanwhile, Russia — a veto-wielding member of the UN Security
Council — circulated a competing draft resolution to council members
that does not authorize the creation of a board of peace or the
immediate deployment of an international force in Gaza, according to the
text seen Friday by AFP.The Russian version welcomes “the initiative
that led to the ceasefire,” but does not name Trump. It also only calls
on the UN secretary-general to submit a report that addresses the
possibilities of deploying an international stabilization force in
war-ravaged Gaza.The Russian UN mission said in a statement that its
alternative proposal differed by recognizing the principle of a
“two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian
settlement.”“Unfortunately, these provisions were not given due regard
in the US draft,” it said.UN: Heavy rains make Gaza ‘even more
desperate’Meanwhile, Gaza was hit by heavy rain over the weekend as the
first major storm hit the area.UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian
refugees, said in a statement on X that the rain in Gaza was “making
conditions even more desperate.”“Families [are] taking shelter anywhere
they can, including in makeshift tents. Shelter supplies are urgently
needed,” said the statement. “UNRWA has those supplies to help people
get through winter. Let us bring them in.”The UN and Israel have long
accused each other of impeding the delivery of aid in Gaza.The UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Friday that it
distributed some 1,000 new tents in Gaza on Thursday, as well as winter
clothes, about 7,000 blankets and 15,000 tarpaulins over the past week
in preparation for winter.
'Hamas has been strengthening since
the end of the war'US said considering forgoing Hamas disarmament to
begin reconstruction, as talks stall-Israeli TV says Trump team pushing
‘interim solutions, unacceptable to Israel’; ahead of imminent UN vote,
Israel said readying for deployment of foreign troops; PM speaks to
Putin-By ToI Staff 15 November 2025, 11:02 pm
The Trump
administration is looking to forgo the stage in its peace plan calling
for the deployment of a stabilization force to Gaza to disarm Hamas, so
that it can move ahead with starting to rebuild the enclave, according
to an Israeli television report Saturday.The current ceasefire, which
has been in place since early October, is still only in its first phase,
as talks on further steps have stalled over the details of Hamas’s
demilitarization and the future governance of the Gaza Strip.However,
the potential change in the White House’s direction is causing talks
with Israel on Gaza’s future to “deadlock,” a source told Channel 13
news.An Israeli security source said that since the White House is
having trouble getting commitments from third-party countries to
participate in disarming Hamas, it has since begun pursuing “interim
solutions, which are currently unacceptable to Israel.”“This interim
situation is the worst there is,” a senior Israeli source told the
outlet. “Hamas has been strengthening in recent weeks since the end of
the war.”“There can be no rehabilitation before demilitarization. It is
contrary to Trump’s plan. Gaza must be demilitarized,” a security
official said.The US, which has acted as the guarantor of the agreement,
is pushing a resolution to a vote at the UN Security Council on Monday,
a draft of which was obtained and verified by The Times of Israel last
week. The draft included the entirety of US President Donald Trump’s
20-point plan, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also endorsed in a
joint press conference with the president in September.The draft
authorized member states to “establish a temporary International
Stabilization Force,” and indicated the mandate would run through 2027.
Countries that expressed willingness to contribute troops have said they
would need a UN resolution enshrining the force.According to a report
published Saturday by the Kan public broadcaster, Israel in recent days
has begun initial preparations for the influx of thousands of foreign
soldiers into Gaza, anticipating that the UN Security Council will pass
the resolution.Israel is looking for the foreign forces to be given
broad powers to disarm Hamas, the report said, though most countries
that have expressed interest in participating in the ISF have said they
would not be willing to enforce the disarmament of terror groups in the
Strip, and would only act as a peacekeeping force.In a joint statement
arranged by the US on Friday, multiple countries working toward an end
to the Gaza conflict voiced backing for Washington’s UN Security Council
resolution.The statement, supported by Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab
Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan and Turkey, noted
that the process “offers a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and
statehood.”Meanwhile, Russia — a veto-wielding member of the Security
Council — circulated a competing draft resolution to council members
that does not authorize the creation of a board of peace or the
immediate deployment of an international force in Gaza, according to the
text seen Friday by AFP.The Russian version welcomes “the initiative
that led to the ceasefire,” but does not name Trump. It also only calls
on the UN secretary-general to submit a report that addresses the
possibilities of deploying an international stabilization force in
war-ravaged Gaza.Ahead of the vote, Russian President Vladimir Putin and
Netanyahu held a phone call Saturday evening, the Kremlin said, adding
that the two discussed the situation in the Middle East, including
developments in Gaza, Iran’s nuclear program, and Syria.Putin initiated
the phone conversation with Netanyahu, according to the Israeli
readout.The call was the latest in a series of recent conversations,
according to Netanyahu’s office. The calls “dealt with regional issues,”
the PMO added, without elaborating.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
confirm seizing oil tanker sailing off UAE coast-Marshall
Islands-flagged ship unexpectedly diverted into Iranian waters while
heading to Singapore, with Tehran claiming it’s carrying ‘unauthorized
cargo’; US monitoring situation-By Reuters and AP 15 November 2025, 5:01
pm
Iran confirmed on Saturday that its Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps had seized a tanker in Gulf waters carrying a cargo of
petrochemicals bound for Singapore over alleged violations, Iranian
state media reported.A US official and maritime security sources had
said on Friday that Iranian forces intercepted the oil products tanker
and diverted it into Iranian territorial waters. It was the first report
of Tehran seizing a tanker since Israeli-US strikes on Iran in
June.Iranian state-run television read a statement from the IRGC stating
that “the tanker was in violation for carrying unauthorized cargo.”It
did not provide further details of the alleged violations.The Marshall
Islands-flagged tanker, the Talara, had been sailing off the United Arab
Emirates’ coast, maritime sources said, and was carrying a cargo of
high-sulphur gasoil through the Indian Ocean en route to Singapore from
Sharjah in the UAE.Reports from Friday indicated that the tanker was
transiting through the narrow Strait of Hormuz when it suddenly changed
course into Iranian territorial waters, with the British military
warning that a possible “state activity” had affected it.The vessel’s
manager, Columbia Shipmanagement, said it lost contact with the Talara
Friday morning around 20 nautical miles off the coast of Khor Fakkan,
UAE. It added that it was working closely with relevant parties,
including maritime security agencies and the vessel’s owner, to restore
contact.The ship is owned by Cyprus-based Pasha Finance.In a statement,
the US military said it was aware of the incident and was actively
monitoring the situation.Iran’s IRGC has periodically seized commercial
vessels in Gulf waters in recent years, often citing maritime violations
such as alleged smuggling, technical infractions or legal
disputes.However, the US official, speaking on condition of anonymity,
said the incident was surprising since Iran had not carried out any such
operations in recent months.Iran has curbed its military activities in
the region since the 12-day Israeli bombing campaign in June, which was
joined by the US. Its last reported seizure of a vessel was in April
2024.The US Navy has blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on
vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone
attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew
members in 2021.Those attacks began after US President Donald Trump, in
his first term in office, unilaterally withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear
deal with world powers.In May 2022, Iran took two Greek tankers and
held them until November of that year. Iran seized the
Portuguese-flagged and Israel-affiliated cargo ship MSC Aries in April
2024.Those attacks found themselves subsumed by the Iranian-backed
Houthis’ assaults targeting ships during the Israel-Hamas war in the
Gaza Strip, which drastically reduced shipping in the crucial Red Sea
corridor.Iran long has threatened to close off the Strait of Hormuz, the
narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20 percent of all oil
traded passes. The US Navy has long patrolled the Middle East through
its Bahrain-based 5th Fleet to keep the waterways open.
Syria
arrests military members for deadly attacks on Druze in Sweida in
July-Committee investigating violence says it will only release death
toll in final report later this year, doesn’t say how many security
forces were detained amid investigation-By AP and ToI Staff Today, 9:58
pm-NOV 16,25
Members of Syria’s security and military services
have been detained as part of an investigation into sectarian violence
in the southern province of Sweida in July that left hundreds of people
dead, investigators said Sunday.The head of a Syrian committee
investigating the violence in Sweida held a news conference in the
capital, Damascus, to talk about progress made, but did not release a
death toll, saying this will come in the final report that is expected
by the end of the year.In mid-July, armed groups affiliated with Druze
spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri clashed with local Bedouin
clans, spurring intervention by government forces who effectively sided
with the Bedouins. Hundreds of civilians, mostly Druze, were killed,
many by government fighters.Judge Hatem Naasan, head of the
investigative committee, said they have listened to people affected by
the violence, including “witnesses and victims.”“We have achieved
positive results,” Naasan told reporters in Damascus, adding that
members of security services and the military “who were proven to have
committed violations based on investigations of the committee and videos
posted on social media platforms” have been detained. He did not say
how many were held, adding that after they were questioned, they were
referred to judicial authorities.“Videos posted on social media clearly
showed faces and they were detained by the authorities concerned,”
Naasan said. He said security members were detained by the Interior
Ministry while members of the military are being held by the Defense
Ministry.Videos surfaced online showing armed men killing Druze
civilians kneeling in public squares and shaving the mustaches off
elderly men in an act of humiliation.The Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, a UK-based war monitor, claimed that the violence over the
summer killed more than 2,000 people, including 789 Druze civilians
“summarily executed by defense and interior ministry personnel.”Naasan
downplayed suggestions that foreign fighters took part in the violence
in Sweida. He said that some foreign fighters were detained and
questioned, adding they acted on their own by entering the city and none
of them were members of the Syrian armed or security forces.“What
became clear to us is that some foreign fighters randomly and
individually entered the city of Sweida,” Naasan said.After the acts of
violence in July, many in Sweida now want some form of autonomy in a
federal system. A smaller group is calling for total partition.Most of
the roughly 1 million Druze worldwide live in Syria, with the rest in
Lebanon and Israel.Israel bombed government forces during the violence,
spurred on by anger from its own Druze population, saying it was acting
to defend the minority group as well as enforce its demands for the
demilitarization of southern Syria.Ongoing talks between Israel and
Syria to reach some sort of security agreement reportedly hit a snag
earlier this year over Jerusalem’s demand that it be allowed to open a
“humanitarian corridor” to Sweida.
AnalysisTrump said unlikely to
okay sale of F-35s to Riyadh just yet-Trump faces uphill battle to
persuade Saudi crown prince to normalize Israel ties-US president’s push
to bring ally into Abraham Accords expected to be high on agenda for
White House meeting with crown prince, though analysts suggest it’s
currently a long shot-By AAMER MADHANI and Matthew Lee Today, 6:08
pm-NOV 16,25
WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump has not
been subtle about how badly he wants to see Saudi Arabia and Israel
normalize relations.He has talked up his push to extend his first-term
Abraham Accords — the project that formalized commercial and diplomatic
ties between Israel and a trio of Arab nations — as key to his plan for
bringing long-term stability to the Middle East as the fragile ceasefire
between Israel and Hamas in Gaza continues to hold.The normalization
push is expected to be high on the agenda when Trump hosts Saudi Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday for talks during a pomp-filled
White House visit.“I hope that Saudi Arabia will be going into the
Abraham Accords very shortly,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One
on Friday as he made his way to Florida for the weekend.Yet Trump’s
optimism that a US-brokered deal could come soon is tempered by more
sober internal assessments. Saudi Arabia is unlikely to sign on to the
accords anytime soon, but there is cautious optimism that an agreement
can be sealed by the end of Trump’s second term, according to three
administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to
discuss internal deliberations.The first Trump administration and its
successor, the Biden administration, tried to persuade Saudi Arabia to
join the Abraham Accords. But those hopes were dashed first by
opposition from the crown prince’s father, King Salman, during Trump’s
first term and then by Prince Mohammed himself following the Hamas
attacks on October 7, 2023, against Israel that sparked the two-year
Gaza war.Although the crown prince, widely referred to as MBS, has
indicated he may be more flexible than his father on the matter, a
guaranteed path to a Palestinian state remains a condition and something
that the Israeli government vehemently opposes.Trump could try to
convince Prince Mohammed that the American leader’s 20-point Gaza peace
plan represents such a path. That, however, risks the ire of the
Israelis and their cooperation in the effort, especially if the
Republican president were to promise a detailed timeline of benchmarks
to be met.One of the officials said the best outcome for this week’s
talks, from the US standpoint, might be for the Saudis to acknowledge
Trump’s plan as the starting point for eventual Palestinian statehood
and publicly agree to consider joining the accords.Trump in recent weeks
has predicted that once Saudi Arabia signs on to the accords,
“everybody” in the Arab world “goes in.” He has asserted that the Saudis
will join, given that the Gaza ceasefire is holding.“We have a lot of
people joining now the Abraham Accords, and hopefully we’re going to get
Saudi Arabia very soon,” Trump said in a speech to business leaders
this month where Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s
ambassador to Washington, was a special guest. Trump jokingly assured
the diplomat, “I’m not lobbying.”Trump says his optimism is informed by
what he sees as a seismic shift in Middle East dynamics that he believes
has created an opening for regional leaders to pursue lasting
peace.Iran, the common nemesis for the Saudis and Israelis, has seen its
myriad proxies in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen diminished after two years of
conflict in the Middle East, and Tehran’s nuclear program was set back
by US strikes in June. Those factors have helped seed the ground for
Saudi Arabia and Israel to come to an agreement, Trump
argues.Nevertheless, Trump’s public confidence remains difficult to
square with the Saudi position that any normalization deal requires
first establishing a clear path for Palestinian statehood.Yet the visit
could present an opportunity for Trump to ease the crown prince toward
his ultimate goal, particularly if Trump can show he is receptive to the
need to establish a Palestinian state.“Trump showing openness and even
support for a Palestinian state could go a long way in his hopes of
inching MBS toward normalization,” said John Hannah, who served as
national security adviser for US vice president Dick Cheney.But Trump
certainly contends with some headwinds in persuading Prince Mohammed to
get onboard, at least in the near term. The searing images of the
Israel-Hamas war remain fresh and rebuilding the ravaged territory will
be a yearslong effort.Israel and Hamas are making slow progress on the
return of remains of the last hostages in Gaza. But several critical
decision points on the horizon — disarming Hamas, establishing
international security forces in the territory and establishing an
alternative governance structure for a post-Hamas Gaza — could undermine
the delicate truce if things go sideways.Ongoing Israeli settler
violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has added to regional
distrust toward Israel.“As long as the scenes on Saudi television
continue to be scenes of devastation and misery in Gaza, I think it’s
going to be very hard for MBS to move in this direction,” said Jonathan
Schanzer, executive director at the Foundation for Defense of
Democracies, a hawkish Washington think tank. “That said, I also believe
that there are things that the Saudis can do, as they’ve done in the
past, to advance the process of normalization across the region.”The
crown prince is expected to come to the White House with a wish list
that includes receiving formal assurances from Trump defining the scope
of the US military protection for the kingdom and an agreement to buy
US-made F-35 fighter jets, one of the world’s most advanced aircraft.But
as the White House was wrapping up preparations for the visit, it
appeared unlikely that Trump was ready to sign off on a deal for the
fighter jets, the administration officials said. But they noted that
Trump has a track record for unpredictability and could decide to
approve the sales if the crown prince somehow persuades him.The
officials said the administration remains wary about upsetting Israel’s
“qualitative military advantage” over its neighbors, especially at a
time when Trump is depending on Israeli support for the success of his
Gaza peace plan.Another long-standing concern, which also derailed a
potential similar sale to the United Arab Emirates, is that the F-35
technology could be stolen by or somehow transferred to China, which has
close ties to both the UAE and Saudi Arabia.The crown prince’s price
for normalization has only risen in the aftermath of Gaza, said Hannah,
the former Cheney aide, who is now a senior fellow at the Jewish
Institute for National Security of America. But Hannah said it would be
unwise for Trump to give up his leverage.“I think it would be folly not
to insist that the ultimate integration of these planes into the Saudi
order of battle be tied to normalization and a more fundamental and
permanent transformation in Saudi-Israel relations and the regional
security landscape,” Hannah said.
UNIFIL troops in Lebanon come
under fire from IDF, which says it ‘misidentified’ them-Peacekeeping
force says troops hid from machine gun fire from IDF tank, no injuries
reported; IDF says it mistook UN forces for threat due to poor
visibility, fired ‘warning shots’By Emanuel Fabian-Today, 4:38 pm-NOV
16,25
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon reported that
the Israeli military fired on its observers from an IDF post inside
southern Lebanon Sunday morning, with the military later saying the
incident was a result of “misidentification” and that soldiers did not
deliberately fire on UN troops.According to UNIFIL, machine gun rounds
fired from an IDF tank “hit approximately five meters from the
peacekeepers, who were on foot and had to take shelter in the
terrain.”“Peacekeepers asked for the IDF to stop firing through UNIFIL’s
liaison channels. They were able to leave safely thirty minutes later,
when the Merkava tank withdrew inside the IDF position,” the observer
force said, adding that nobody was injured in the incident.Responding to
the report, the IDF said it misidentified UNIFIL troops due to weather
conditions, and it had no intention of firing on the observers.The IDF
said that it spotted two suspects in southern Lebanon, just north of
Metula, and fired “warning shots” to disperse them.“After a review, it
was determined that the suspects were UN soldiers who were conducting a
patrol in the area and were classified as suspects due to poor weather
conditions,” the military said, adding that the incident is under
further examination.“The IDF emphasizes that no deliberate fire was
directed toward UNIFIL soldiers, and the matter is being handled through
official military liaison channels,” the military added.In recent
weeks, UNIFIL has made an increasing number of complaints against the
IDF.Last month, UNIFIL accused the IDF of dropping grenades from drones
near its observers in three separate instances, including one incident
in which an observer was lightly hurt.UNIFIL forces also shot down an
IDF drone, arguing that it had flown over its patrol “in an aggressive
manner.” According to an IDF statement, the drone had posed no threat to
the UNIFIL observers.The UN force, along with the Lebanese government,
also recently accused Israel of building its new border wall inside
Lebanese territory, and Beirut said it would file a complaint to the UN
Security Council on the issue.When asked about the accusation, the
Israeli military said, “The wall does not cross the Blue Line,” the de
facto border between Israel and Lebanon.Israel has long argued that the
observer force has failed in its mission, doing little to block
Hezbollah from building up its forces near the Israeli border over
decades.A 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah ended with the passage
of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which formed the basis of
Israel’s November 2024 ceasefire with the Iran-backed terror group.That
ceasefire halted a conflict sparked when Hezbollah began launching
near-daily attacks on northern Israel on October 8, 2023, a day after
fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas invaded southern Israel, sparking
the Gaza war.Hezbollah’s attacks displaced some 60,000 residents of
northern Israel. In a bid to ensure their return, Israel escalated its
operations in Lebanon in September 2024, decimating Hezbollah’s
leadership and invading the country.Under the US-brokered ceasefire,
Hezbollah and Israel were both required to withdraw from south Lebanon,
while UNIFIL deployed there alongside the Lebanese military, in part to
help dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure.Israel has maintained its troops
in five locations it deems strategic, and kept up regular strikes on
what it says are Hezbollah targets violating the truce.UNIFIL has been
deployed since 1978 to separate Israel and Lebanon, and numbers some
10,000 personnel from almost 50 countries. In August, the UN Security
Council voted to end UNIFIL’s mission in 2027.Times of Israel staff
contributed to this report.
Netanyahu vows to disarm Hamas as US
said to wobble on Gaza demilitarization-PM rejects ‘lectures’ on
opposing Palestinian state, after his allies rail at US-backed statement
that Trump’s plan, up for UN vote Monday, offers pathway to
establishing one-By Lazar Berman-and ToI Staff Today, 4:03 pm-NOV 16,25
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed Hamas will be disarmed,
following reports that the United States is considering moving ahead
with rebuilding parts of Gaza even as the terror group retains its
weapons.Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in
Jerusalem, Netanyahu also reiterated Israel’s “opposition to a
Palestinian state anywhere west of the Jordan River.”The comments came
ahead of an expected UN Security Council vote on Monday on a draft
resolution to enshrine US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive Gaza
plan, which says “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible
pathway” to Palestinian statehood once there is peace in Gaza and the
Palestinian Authority “faithfully” reforms itself.Israel is lobbying the
US and other countries to water down the language on Palestinian
statehood, Hebrew media reported Sunday.Trump’s 20-point plan, which
Netanyahu endorsed in a September 29 press conference with the US
president, also calls for the disarmament of Hamas, demilitarization of
Gaza, reconstruction of the Strip and handing the enclave over to an
International Stabilization Force (ISF) and an apolitical Palestinian
administration overseen by a Trump-chaired Board of Peace.However, an
Israeli source cited by Channel 13 on Saturday said the White House was
thinking of ditching the disarmament demand and moving ahead with
reconstruction, due to the difficulty in getting other countries to send
troops to demilitarize Gaza.Addressing the “so-called
non-demilitarization” of the Hamas-controlled parts of Gaza, Netanyahu
said Sunday that “there will be no such thing.”“In the 20-point plan,
and in any other case, this area will be demilitarized and Hamas will be
disarmed — either the easy way or the hard way,” he said. “That is what
I have said, and that is what President Trump has also said.”“Our
opposition to a Palestinian state anywhere west of the Jordan River
exists, is firm, and has not changed whatsoever,” Netanyahu said. “I
have been pushing back against these attempts for decades, and I do so
against external pressure and internal pressure as well.”“I don’t need
reinforcement, tweets, or lectures from anyone,” added the prime
minister, whose far-right coalition partners demanded Saturday night
that he unequivocally reject Palestinian statehood following the release
of a US-organized statement by several nations asserting that Trump’s
plan “offers a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and
statehood.”Earlier Sunday, senior members of Netanyahu’s own Likud party
made their own statements rejecting Palestinian statehood and vowing to
keep up military operations in Gaza and elsewhere.Writing on X, Foreign
Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Israel was fighting with three “terror
states” bent on destroying it: “Hamas from Gaza, Hezbollah from Lebanon
and the Houthis from Yemen,” all of which have been at conflict with
Israel following the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, which sparked
the war in Gaza.“Israel will not agree to the establishment of a
Palestinian terror state in the heart of the Land of Israel, at a
negligible distance away from all its population centers and with
topographical control over them,” said Sa’ar.Defense Minister Israel
Katz also said in a statement that “Israel’s policy is clear: There will
be no Palestinian state.”He vowed to disarm Hamas on both sides of the
Yellow Line in Gaza, where Israel withdrew on October 10 as part of the
ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas.“Gaza will be
demilitarized down to the last tunnel, and Hamas will be disarmed,” said
Katz, adding that the terror group would be disarmed by the IDF on the
ceasefire line’s Israeli-controlled side, and by either the
International Stabilization Force or the IDF in “old Gaza.”Katz also
said the IDF would “stay at the peak of the Hermon and in the security
zone,” apparently referring to parts of the Syrian side of the Golan
Heights that Israel, citing fears of attacks from those areas, seized
following the ouster of Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad last
December.The Kan public broadcaster reported Sunday that Israel was
engaged in a last-minute diplomatic blitz to alter the UN Security
Council draft resolution that floated a possible “credible pathway” to
Palestinian statehood.According to the outlet, Foreign Ministry
officials and Netanyahu confidants were discussing the matter with Arab
leaders and Trump’s close circle.Israel is reportedly convinced that the
unpopular, West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, which it accuses of
incitement to terrorism in schools and through payments to terror
convicts, will be unable to reform itself to the extent laid out by
Trump’s plan, which does not specify the “reform program” the PA is
expected to undergo.Despite the perceived slim chance that the PA will
fulfill the conditions for Palestinian statehood, Israeli officials
cited by Kan said the text the UN will vote on Monday would make for a
dangerous resolution with unclear consequences.
IDF: Palestinian
man throws explosive at forces in northern West Bank, is shot
dead-Palestinian Authority health ministry identifies man as 19-year-old
Hassan Ahmed Jamil Moussa, says he was killed at Askar refugee camp in
Nablus By Emanuel Fabian-and AFP Today, 1:20 pm-NOV 16,25
A
Palestinian who allegedly hurled an explosive device at Israeli soldiers
during a raid in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank was shot
dead early Sunday morning, the military said.The IDF said the reservists
of the Samaria Regional Brigade were not hurt by the bomb.The
Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority health ministry said the man shot
by the IDF was 19-year-old Hassan Ahmed Jamil Moussa and that he was
killed at the Askar refugee camp at the eastern end of Nablus, in the
northern West Bank.Majed Abu Kishk, the head of the Askar services
committee, said the man was shot at around midnight during a raid on the
camp.Abu Kishk said that when he was handed over to the Palestinian
ambulance services, “he was already dead.”At least 1,006 Palestinians
have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers since
the war started, according to the PA health ministry. The IDF says the
vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters
who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.During the
same period, 62 others, including Israeli security personnel, have been
killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight
members of the security forces were killed in clashes during raids in
Palestinian cities in the West Bank.The same period has also seen a
major surge in attacks by settler extremists on Palestinians across the
West Bank.
Iran says it has begun cloud-seeding operations to
induce rain amid severe drought-Aircraft used to spray particles such as
silver iodide and salt into clouds to trigger precipitation; president
warned Tehran could be evacuated due to unprecedented water shortage-By
AFP Today, 10:18 am-NOV 16,25
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities
have launched cloud-seeding operations to induce rainfall as the country
faces its worst drought in decades, state media reported.“Today, a
cloud-seeding flight was conducted in the Urmia Lake basin for the first
time in the current water year,” which began in September, the official
IRNA news agency said late Saturday.Urmia, in the northwest, is Iran’s
largest lake, but has largely dried out and turned into a vast salt bed
due to drought.IRNA added that further operations would be carried out
in the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan.Cloud seeding involves
spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from
aircraft to trigger rain.Last year, Iran announced it had developed its
own technology for the practice.On Saturday, IRNA reported that rain had
fallen in Ilam, Kermanshah, Kurdistan and Lorestan in the west, as well
as in the northwestern West Azerbaijan province.It quoted the country’s
meteorological organization as saying rainfall had decreased by about
89 percent this year compared with the long-term average.“We are
currently experiencing the driest autumn the country has experienced in
50 years,” it added.State media has shown footage of snow falling on the
Tochal mountain and ski resort, located in the Tehran area on the
Alborz range, for the first time this year.Iran, a largely arid country,
has for years suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves expected to
worsen with climate change.Rainfall in the capital Tehran has been at
its lowest level in a century, according to local officials, and half of
Iran’s provinces have not seen a drop of rain in months.Water levels at
reservoirs supplying many provinces have fallen to record lows.Earlier
this month, President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that without rain before
winter, Tehran could face evacuation, though he did not elaborate.Other
countries in the region, including the United Arab Emirates, have also
used cloud seeding to artificially produce rain.
After illicit payments to prisoners, PA says stipends must go through new system-NOV 16,25 By Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s office issues a statement
reiterating that a recently revamped welfare foundation is the only body
certified to issue welfare stipends to Palestinians, after The Times of
Israel revealed that recent payments had been made through an old
mechanism that critics dub “pay-to-slay,” since it rewards prisoners,
including convicted terrorists, and families of dead assailants.“The
Palestinian National Economic Empowerment Institution (PNEEI) is the
sole entity responsible” for paying financial allocations to welfare
recipients in line with the reform signed by Abbas in February, the
statement from his office says.The statement adds that no welfare
stipend will be transferred to any group under the new system unless
they have submitted an application through PNEEI.The announcement does
not explicitly mention Palestinian security prisoners or the families of
those killed in confrontations with Israel (“martyrs”), though they are
a significant group that, until earlier this year, received fixed
monthly payments from the Palestinian Authority.The presidency calls on
“all eligible beneficiaries to fully cooperate” with PNEEI to ensure
stipends reach those entitled to them.”The statement comes several days
after Abbas announced that he had replaced PA finance minister Omar
Bitar without providing a reason.The Times of Israel revealed that Bitar
had signed off on payments to prisoners, including new ones, through an
old mechanism that rewarded recipients based on the length of their
service.Abbas signed a decree in February purportedly ending that old
system in place of a new one run by PNEEI that allocates stipends
strictly based on a recipient’s financial status.The PA came under
massive pressure from Western and Arab backers to carry out the reform,
and its continued financial support from many of those countries is
conditioned on its ability to actually implement it.In revealing the
reason behind Bitar’s firing, a PA official told The Times of Israel
that it demonstrated Abbas’s commitment to the reform.But the incident
also revealed the immense domestic pressure the PA is facing from
prisoners’ families to continue with the old system.
'These
people were eating everything... even snakes'15,000 years ago,
hunter-gatherers in Israel’s Carmel plain dined on duck all
winter-Researchers from the University of Haifa analyze hundreds of
waterfowl bones from site and determine the land was marshy and dotted
with lakes-By Rossella Tercatin-Today, 7:53 am-NOV 16,25
Some
15,000 years ago, the Carmel plain in northern Israel was covered in
lakes and marshes, attracting a high variety of waterfowl, much of which
ended up on the tables of the region’s inhabitants, a new study
published last week in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology has
found.Coming from the United Kingdom, the paper’s lead author Dr. Linda
Amos said she has always enjoyed a roasted turkey for the winter
holidays. This festive tradition helped her connect with the habits of
those ancient hunter-gatherers whose practices allowed the researchers
to learn more about the natural environment of the region.“Every winter,
they ate ducks,” Amos from the University of Haifa and
Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, Germany, told The Times of
Israel over a phone interview. “It resonates with me that in that
season, they would know this delicious bird came back. I can imagine
them on a foggy morning, getting up, going out, and hunting ducks, as
they had heard they had arrived.”Prof. Mina Weinstein-Evron and Prof.
Reuven Yeshurun from the University of Haifa also authored the study,
which marks the first time scholars have focused on bird bones uncovered
in the Natufian layers at the el-Wad Cave terrace, analyzing hundreds
of them.The Natufians were a hunter-gatherer population that lived in
the region at the very end of the Paleolithic period (approximately
15,000 to 11,700 years ago) and are considered a critical link between
the last nomadic hunter-gatherers and the first sedentary farmers in the
Neolithic, as the Natufians resided in permanent villages. The site was
dated through radiocarbon analysis.“They transitioned from being much
more mobile and following the resources to being more sedentary and
staying in one place for life, which then led to them becoming more
resourceful in how they exploited what was available around them,” Amos
said. “We really do see that at el-Wad. These people were eating
everything.”In the past, researchers focused on how the Natufians ate
gazelles, one of the main staples of their diet.“They were eating
partridges and other birds, even snakes,” Amos said. “What we have found
in our study is that besides taking advantage of all the Mount Carmel
environment had to offer, they also moved to the coastal plain to
harvest ducks and waterbirds that came seasonally.”The Natufians from
el-Wad would walk at least five kilometers (3.1 miles) to reach the
plain.Amos explained that the significant presence of bird bones, which
are known to have precise habitat requirements, offers evidence that,
contrary to modern times, the Carmel plain featured important bodies of
freshwater in those millennia.“We didn’t even know this habitat existed
until the birds told us through their bones,” she said. “I find it
really exciting.”According to Amos, none of the material discovered by
researchers in the past had suggested the presence of wetlands.“The
[remains of] micro and large mammals, or vegetation, did not really tell
us that there were these wetlands,” she said. “However, the variety of
birds that we have in the early Natufian suggests that there was a
plentiful wetland area with large lakes, marshes, and a type of
environment that we hadn’t seen in any other lines of evidence.”The
species includes ducks, geese, waders, gulls, cranes and rails.No
evidence survived on how the Natufian hunted the ducks, but Amos and her
colleagues found butchery marks on the bones. Some of them also
exhibited signs of burning, indicating that the meat had been cooked
before consumption.The bones were also used for other purposes.“People
at el-Wad also made pendants or ornaments,” Amos said.In the past,
archaeologists working at the site had already uncovered decorative
artifacts made from bird bones, including impressive headdresses made
from partridge bones, but these were primarily associated with
burials.“Here we found that in their homes, they were making beads from
all the different species of birds,” Amos said. “This means that,
compared to what happened in later periods, there was no separation
between the birds they thought were important in some sort of symbolic
way, and those they ate.”The researchers also found a bone with a small
fragment of flint still embedded in it.“This gave us a glimpse into the
process, besides the final product,” Amos noted.Based on the type of
bones found in the different layers of the site, the diversity of birds
decreased over the millennia.“In the late Natufian, we see that there’s
less diversity in the ducks, there are fewer species, mostly just the
common mallard,” Amos said.“This indicates that there’s a change in the
wetlands, there’s a narrower range of habitats to exploit,” she added.
“We believe this has something to do with a rise in sea level due to
global climate change, which made the coastal plain narrower and changed
the availability of the freshwater lakes.”Today, the Carmel coastal
plain is a fertile farming area.“We don’t have this type of wetland
there anymore, though some species do pass by,” Amos said. “But we are
talking about the species that aren’t very specific in what they need.
However, I must admit that I spent two years in Israel, and one thing I
really missed was seeing the ducks.”
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
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.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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:
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC
GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall
be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE
SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
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)
2 dead and 5-year-old
missing as Southern California is walloped by rain-The girl's father
attempted to save her as she was pulled by large waves near Garrapata
State Park on Friday, according to authorities. He was rescued and later
died.Nov. 15, 2025, 12:12 PM EST / By Mirna Alsharif, Dennis Romero,
Steve Strouss and Erick Mendoza.
The worst of the storm that
drenched Southern California appeared to have passed by Saturday
evening, as authorities continue the search for a 5-year-old girl who
was swept into the Pacific Ocean by large waves.The National Weather
Service office for Los Angeles reported that all flood advisories have
expired, though it was keeping an eye on the possibility of
thunderstorms capable of producing floods and mudflows associated with
burn-scar areas.Federal forecasters said much of Southern California
could still experience 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain through early Sunday,
with nearly 30 million people across the state under flood notices
Saturday that range from milder advisories to more serious watches that
urge people to be ready to flee.Two dead, child missing-Two people died
in central and Northern California as the storm made its way down the
coast, and the desperate search for the young girl is ongoing.She was
pulled into the ocean at Garrapata State Park in Monterey County by 15-
to 20-foot waves, according to California State Parks.Her father,
identified Saturday night as 39-year-old Yuji Hu, of Calgary, Canada,
tried to rescue her but both were pulled farther into the ocean,
authorities said. An off-duty California State Parks lifeguard pulled
the man from the water, but he was later pronounced dead at a local
hospital, the parks agency said.The girl’s mother was also swept into
the water, the parks agency said, but was able to return to land with
the lifeguard’s help. She was hospitalized with mild hypothermia, it
said.In Northern California, a 71-year-old man was killed in Sutter
County after his car was swept away by the overflowing Pleasant Grove
Creek, according to the California Highway Patrol.“Signage indicating
the road was flooded was displayed in both directions on Fifield Road,”
the highway patrol said. “The California Highway Patrol urges motorists
to never cross flooded roadways for any reason.”Heavy rainfall-The
classic winter-pattern storm from the Gulf of Alaska fed off subtropical
Pacific water that formed an atmospheric river aloft, which helped it
deliver a relatively warm deluge to Southern California overnight.The
heaviest showers were recorded in Santa Barbara County mountains, where
the San Marcos Pass measured nearly 8.5 inches of rain by 11 a.m.
Saturday. The county recorded multiple readings of more than 8 inches of
rain. To the east, Ventura County’s Nordhoff Ridge in the Topatopa
Mountains posted 7.24 inches.In the region’s most populous communities,
preliminary storm totals were significantly lower: 1.6 inches for Los
Angeles International Airport; nearly 2 inches in Beverly Hills and
Pasadena; and just under 1 inch at San Diego International
Airport.Still, those numbers represent a significant portion of the
areas’ annual rainfall, with San Diego recording more than 10% of its
median annual rain five weeks before the start of meteorological
winter.Winter weather advisories remain in place for the southern Sierra
Nevada mountains, where up to 16 inches of snow will be possible
overnight in areas above 7,000 feet. Lake Tahoe is covered by an
advisory from 10 p.m. Saturday through 4 p.m. Monday, according to the
weather service.“Travel could be very difficult to impossible,” it said
in an urgent winter weather message on Saturday.The active pattern over
the Pacific will continue, and Northern and central California will see
another round of rain and mountain snow late Sunday into Monday. Some
rain will also expand into Southern California on Monday afternoon and
evening.Burn scar areas still at risk-Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
encouraged residents to stay prepared amid flood watches and heavy
rainfall, adding that the city’s emergency operation center has been
activated.“Due to the potential for debris flows, an Evacuation Warning
remains in effect within and around all recent burn scar areas, and
select vulnerable properties remain under Evacuation Orders through 8AM
tomorrow,” Bass said on X Saturday. “LAPD has notified these impacted
property owners.”The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management
said that burn-scar areas created by January’s disastrous wildfires in
Pacific Palisades and Altadena are covered by evacuation warnings
Saturday. They were under selective evacuation orders Friday night
through Saturday morning.In Malibu, all lanes of Malibu Canyon road were
reported flooded Saturday morning, while there were reports of roadway
flooding in Ventura on the Seaward Avenue off-ramp of Highway 101.Even
as the worst seems to have passed, the Los Angeles Fire Department
advised residents of the state’s largest city to stay put. “LAFD
continues to advise staying indoors, or avoiding flooded roadways if
driving is absolutely necessary,” it said on Saturday.
You may
have missed your chance to see the light show over U.S. skies from
geomagnetic storm-Forecasters said that Wednesday evening was most
likely the last opportunity for much of the U.S. to spot the rare
atmospheric show.Dazzling show in the sky last night with northern
lights visible in several states-Nov. 12, 2025, 5:12 AM EST / Mithil
Aggarwal, Doha Madani and Jay Ganglani.
Anyone who suffers from
the fear of missing out will be left disappointed as another chance to
catch the remarkable show from energized solar particles hurling toward
the Earth and lighting up the skies appears unlikely.The dazzling
displays reached as far as Florida on Tuesday, but forecasters said that
Wednesday evening was most likely the last opportunity for much of the
U.S. to spot the rare atmospheric show.The aurora could be visible as
far as Alabama to northern California, the Space Weather Prediction
Center said in an advisory on Wednesday afternoon. Forecasters added
that the “final and most energetic CME,” meaning coronal mass ejection,
had arrived Wednesday.A CME is an eruption of massive clouds of protons,
electrons and magnetic fields from the sun’s outer atmosphere at very
high speeds.“This latest CME [has] arrived. It’s faster than the
previous CMEs and our wind speeds have shot up over 800 kilometers (497
miles) per second,” Shawn Dahl, a forecaster at NOAA’s Space Weather
Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, said in a video posted on X.When
it reaches the Earth’s magnetic field, also called the magnetosphere,
it collides with the particles around the planet, producing colorful
light known as aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and aurora
australis in the Southern Hemisphere.The third CME has reached a G3
rating and has the capability to obtain a G4 rating — the second-highest
rating on a five-step scale that the two previous CMEs
reached.Tuesday’s activity was “eight to 10 times stronger than normal
background levels for a magnetic field,” Dahl said. “This one is about
five times stronger so not as intense.”Forecasters warned the magnetic
storm could cause power fluctuations, GPS degradation and intermittent
disruptions to radios.“Watches at this level are very rare,” the Space
Weather Prediction Center said.“Conditions [are] generally weakening,”
it added. “Strong solar wind speed and periods of favorable magnetic
field orientation are driving up geomagnetic storms to G1-G3; with G4
still possible.”
Current eruptions and disturbances
Suwanosejima
volcano-The Suwanosejima volcano, which has erupted previously, remains
active. Its summit lies at an altitude of 796 meters. Escaping lava,
ash and gases have a massive impact on the surrounding areas and air
traffic. At about 2:50 pm local time on Saturday, a warning was still in
effect up to an altitude of 5,500 meters. The Volcanic Ash Advisory
Center (VAAC) in Tokyo warns of ongoing volcanic activity.
Sakurajima
(aira Caldera) volcano in Kyūshū-The Sakurajima (aira Caldera) volcano
in the Kyūshū region, which has been spewing lava again since November
8th, 2025, was still active as of November 16th, 2025. Its summit lies
at an altitude of 1,117 meters. Escaping lava, ash and gases have a
massive impact on the surrounding areas and air traffic. At about 2:50
pm local time on Sunday, a warning was still in effect up to an altitude
of 5,500 meters. Within a radius of only 20 km there are 5 cities with a
total of about 730,000 inhabitants. Only about 10 km from the volcano
is the city of Kagoshima with 590,000 inhabitants. The Volcanic Ash
Advisory Center (VAAC) in Tokyo warns of ongoing volcanic
activity.Significant volcanic eruptions in Japan in the last 1300
years-The following list shows all volcanic eruptions of the last 1,300
years with significant damage. The column "VEI" stands for the volcano
explosivity index, which represents the strength of the eruption from a
geological point of view. This takes into account the height and volume
of the rocks ejected. The scale ranges from 0-8, with the severity of
the eruption increasing tenfold with each value. For example, a VEI of 1
means that the volcano throws lava and rock masses of 100,000 to 1
million cubic meters up to 1 kilometer high. From VEI 8, a volcano is
considered a super volcano. Here, more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of
tephra are thrown to altitudes of more than 25 kilometers.The highest
explosivity index in Japan reached in the review period was VEI 5 in
1663. The volcano Usu hurled tephra masses of at least 1 cubic kilometer
over 25 kilometers high. A volcano normally only reaches this intensity
every 50 years.
Eruption Volcano VEI Deaths Total damage
01/23/2018 Kusatsu-Shiranesan 1 1
09/27/2014 On-Take 3 55
06/27/2000 Miyake-Jima 2 0
11/23/1997 Aso 0 2
09/15/1997 Adatara 0 4
07/12/1997 Hakkoda Group 0 3
02/11/1995 Yake-Dake 1 4
05/29/1994 Aso 1 1
06/23/1993 Unzen 1 1
06/03/1991 Unzen 1 43
10/19/1990 Aso 2 1
04/18/1990 Aso 2 1
03/26/1990 Aso 2 1
08/26/1989 Kirishima 0 2
02/12/1989 Aso 0 1
01/01/1988 Akita-Yake-Yama 0 3
11/15/1986 Oshima 3 1
05/08/1986 Akita-Yake-Yama 0 1
09/14/1984 On-Take 0 29
10/03/1983 Miyake-Jima 3 0
09/06/1979 Aso 2 3
01/13/1978 Usu 3 3
08/07/1977 Usu 3 3
08/03/1976 Kusatsu-Shirane 0 3
08/09/1974 Sakura-Jima 3 5
07/28/1974 Niigata-Yake-Yama 2 3
06/17/1974 Sakura-Jima 3 3
10/02/1972 Hakone 0 2
12/27/1971 Kusatsu-Shirane 0 6
08/26/1969 Narugo 0 1
06/29/1962 Tokachi 3 5
08/18/1961 Asama 2 1
06/18/1961 Daisetsu 0 2
04/23/1961 Tate-Yama 0 1
07/21/1958 Daisetsu 0 2
10/01/1957 Aso 2 12
08/01/1957 Oshima 2 1
07/01/1957 Unzen 0 13
10/13/1955 Sakura-Jima 3 0
07/21/1954 Tate-Yama 0 1
10/05/1953 Oshima 1 1
07/26/1953 Hakone 0 10
04/27/1953 Aso 2 6
03/25/1953 Myojun Knoll 2 0
03/11/1953 Myojun Knoll 2 0
09/26/1952 Myojun Knoll 2 0
09/24/1952 Myojun Knoll 2 31
09/23/1952 Myojun Knoll 2 0
09/16/1952 Myojun Knoll 2 0
03/27/1952 Hakone 0 1
11/05/1951 Hakone 0 2
09/23/1950 Asama 2 1
09/16/1947 Akagi 0 699
07/06/1947 Asama 2 11
01/01/1946 Sakura-Jima 2 1
08/26/1944 Usu 2 1
06/23/1944 Usu 2 1
07/13/1941 Asama 2 1
07/12/1940 Miyake-Jima 2 11
08/17/1939 Tori-Shima 2 2
07/16/1938 Asama 1 0
05/09/1938 Bandai 0 2
02/01/1936 Asama 3 2
12/24/1933 Kuchinoerabu-Jima 4 8
05/10/1933 Hakone 0 1
10/01/1932 Kusatsu-Shirane 3 2
08/20/1931 Asama 3 3
08/20/1930 Asama 3 6
06/17/1929 Komaga-Take 4 2
05/24/1926 Tokachi 3 144
07/01/1923 Kirishima 2 1
11/26/1921 Nasu 0 1
07/06/1919 Nasu 0 2
01/12/1914 Sakura-Jima 4 28
05/29/1913 Asama 1 1
08/15/1911 Asama 2 0
05/08/1911 Asama 2 1
07/25/1910 Usu 2 1
08/07/1902 Tori-Shima 3 125
07/17/1900 Adatara 2 72
02/16/1900 Kirishima 2 2
01/22/1900 Asama 2 25
03/15/1896 Kirishima 2 1
10/16/1895 Kirishima 2 4
05/19/1893 Azuma 2 2
07/15/1888 Bandai 4 461
07/03/1874 Miyake-Jima 3 1
12/01/1872 Aso 3 4
10/21/1867 Zao 2 3
07/03/1858 Tate-Yama 0 0
04/23/1858 Tate-Yama 0 0
09/25/1856 Komaga-Take 4 20
02/01/1854 Aso 2 3
11/18/1846 E-San 1 0
04/01/1841 Kuchinoerabu-Jima 2 0
10/01/1826 Aso 2 0
03/09/1822 Usu 4 50
07/05/1816 Aso 2 1
01/01/1804 Shikotsu 3 0
11/07/1803 Asama 2 0
07/04/1803 Asama 2 0
07/01/1801 Chokai 2 8
05/21/1792 Unzen 2 0
01/01/1789 Oshima 2 0
04/18/1785 Aoga-Shima 3 135
08/05/1783 Asama 4 1491
04/11/1781 Sakura-Jima 4 23
09/09/1780 Sakura-Jima 4 0
07/27/1780 Aoga-Shima 3 7
02/09/1780 Sakura-Jima 4 0
11/08/1779 Sakura-Jima 4 153
08/23/1741 Oshima-Oshima 4 0
06/22/1721 Asama 1 15
02/07/1717 Kirishima 3 1
11/09/1716 Kirishima 3 1
12/16/1707 Fuji 4 0
04/15/1664 Unzen 2 30
01/01/1664 Iwo-Tori-Shima 0 1
08/16/1663 Usu 5 5
07/31/1640 Komaga-Take 5 0
01/23/1606 Hachijo-Jima 2 0
05/13/1598 Asama 2 800
05/01/1596 Asama 2 0
10/31/1566 Kirishima 3 0
01/01/1485 Aso 2 1
11/03/1471 Sakura-Jima 5 0
03/05/1410 Nasu 3 180
12/01/1331 Aso 2 0
07/20/0766 Sakura-Jima 3 0
01/01/0764 Sakura-Jima 4 80
Volcanoes in Japan
The
following list shows all active or dormant volcanoes in Japan.
Volcanoes that are already extinct are no longer listed. Even extinct
volcanoes can theoretically erupt again, but the probability is
considered too low after often several million years.
Volcano Status Last eruption Elevation
Adatara Active 09/15/1997 1719 m
Akagi Active 09/16/1947 1828 m
Akita-Komaga Take Active 1637 m
Akita-Yake Yama Active 1366 m
Aoga Sima Active 423 m
Asama Active 08/18/1961 2542 m
Aso Active 11/23/1997 1592 m
Asosan Active 1592 m
Atosanupuri Solfatara stage 574 m
Azuma Active 05/19/1893 2024 m
Bandai Active 05/09/1938 1819 m
Bayonnaise Active 9 m
Daisetu Solfatara stage 2290 m
E-San Active 11/18/1846 618 m
Fuji-san Active 3776 m
Hakkoda Solfatara stage 1585 m
Hakone Active 10/02/1972 1348 m
Haku San Active 2702 m
Hatimantai Solfatara stage 1614 m
Hatizyo Zima Active 854 m
Io Zims Active 165 m
Iwaki Active 1625 m
Iwaonupuri Solfatara stage 1154 m
Iwate Active 2041 m
Kaimon Dake Active 924 m
Kirisima Active 1700 m
Kita-Io Zima Active 14 m
Komaga Take Active 1140 m
Kozi Sima Active 574 m
Kurikoma Active 1628 m
Kusatsu-Shiranesan Active 01/23/2018 2165 m
Kusatu-Sirane Active 2176 m
Kutinoerabu Zima Active 649 m
Kuttara Solfatara stage 581 m
Kuzyu Active 1788 m
Me-Akan Active 1503 m
Midagahara Solfatara stage 2621 m
Miyake Zima Active 815 m
Myoko Solfatara stage 2446 m
Nakano Sima Active 980 m
Narugo Solfatara stage 08/26/1969 461 m
Nasu Active 11/26/1921 1917 m
Nii Zima Active 429 m
Niigata-Yake Yama Active 2400 m
Nikko-Sirane Active 2578 m
Nisini Sima Active
Norikura Solfatara stage 3026 m
O Sima Active 758 m
Okinawa-Tori Sima Active 156 m
Omuro Yama Potentially active 581 m
On Take Solfatara stage 3063 m
Osima-O Sima Active 714 m
Osore Yama Solfatara stage 879 m
Sakura Zima Active 1118 m
Sin-Io Zima Active 7 m
Siretoko-Io Zan Active 1563 m
Sumisujima Active 136 m
Suwanose Zima Active 799 m
Tarumai Active 1024 m
Tokara-Io Zima Active 717 m
Tokati Active 2077 m
Tori Sima Active 403 m
Turumi Active 1375 m
Tyokai Active 2230 m
Unzen Active 06/23/1993 1360 m
Usu Active 01/13/1978 725 m
Yake Dake Active 2455 m
Zao Active 10/21/1867 1841 m
These
statistics are based on datas from the Smithsonian Institution's Global
Volcanism Program (GVP), and the Significant Volcanic Eruptions
Database of the National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA) / World Data
Service (NGDC/WDS) doi:10.7289/V5JW8BSH. Several data have been
summarized and translated.
Ezekiel 47:8-12 New Century Version (NCV)(FISH WILL BE CAUGHT OUT OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE FUTURE.(PURIFIED)
8-The
man said to me, “This water will flow toward the eastern areas and go
down into the Jordan Valley. When it enters the Dead Sea, it will become
fresh. Everywhere the river goes, there will be many fish. Wherever
this water goes the Dead Sea will become fresh, and so where the river
goes there will be many living things. Fishermen will stand by the Dead
Sea. From En Gedi all the way to En Eglaim there will be places to
spread fishing nets. There will be many kinds of fish in the Dead Sea,
as many as in the Mediterranean Sea. But its swamps and marshes will not
become fresh; they will be left for salt. All kinds of fruit trees will
grow on both banks of the river, and their leaves will not dry and die.
The trees will have fruit every month, because the water for them comes
from the Temple. The fruit from the trees will be used for food, and
their leaves for medicine.”
Sinking low-Dead Sea ranked as
world’s second-worst tourist destination-Unsafe roads, isolation from
airports, and conflict-ridden neighborhood ‘significantly impact visitor
satisfaction,’ says tourism site-By ToI Staff Today, 9:31 pm-NOV 16,25
The
Dead Sea was ranked as the world’s second-worst tourist destination in a
list published last week, which highlighted the salt lake’s distance
and regional instability as reasons for its near-bottom ranking.The list
was issued by Stasher, a global luggage storage network that said it
analyzed 101 of the world’s most popular attractions and organized them
based on a number of metrics.The site said it rated the attractions
based on five factors: Google Reviews ratings, TikTok engagement,
airport accessibility, country safety and local accommodation
quality.The Dead Sea, which is also the lowest place on earth, is a
massive salt lake nestled between Israel, Jordan and the West Bank.Its
coasts are dotted with upscale beach resorts and spas, and its salty
muds are renowned worldwide for their rejuvenating skincare
properties.However, its isolation from any major cities or airports, its
unsafe roads and issues with accessibility, and its position between
Middle East conflict hotspots, “significantly impact visitor
satisfaction,” Stasher said, giving the Dead Sea a score of 3.51 out of
10.Edging out the Dead Sea for the unflattering distinction, the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, was rated as the
worst tourist destination on the planet, chiefly due to its relatively
unsafe location and its distance from LAX airport.The walk, which honors
celebrities with stars on the sidewalk, had the worst Google reviews of
all 101 attractions analyzed by Stasher, and was given a measly 2.67
out of 10 in the rankings.Rounding out the bottom 10 in the rankings
were Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, the Great Wall of China, Victoria Harbour
in Hong Kong, the MONA art museum in Tasmania, the UK’s Stonehenge,
Disneyland Paris, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Peru’s Machu
Picchu.Ranking number one on Stasher’s list of highest-ranked tourist
sites was Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia, followed by the Colosseum in Rome
and the Eiffel Tower in Paris to round out the top three. Egypt’s
Pyramids of Giza were ranked sixth overall, and was the only site in the
Middle East to land in the top ten.
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.
South Korea says to 'move forward' on nuclear subs with US-By Hieun SHIN.
Seoul
(AFP) Nov 14, 2025-South Korea will "move forward" with the United
States in building nuclear-powered submarines, President Lee Jae Myung
said Friday, after a long-awaited security and trade agreement was
finalised.Analysts say developing the atomic-powered vessels would mark a
significant leap in Seoul's naval and defence industrial base, allowing
it to join a select group of countries with such vessels."One of the
greatest variables for our economy and security -- the bilateral
negotiations on trade, tariffs and security -- has been finalised," Lee
told a news conference, adding the two countries had agreed to "move
forward with building nuclear-powered submarines".Seoul had secured
"support for expanding our authority over uranium enrichment and
spent-fuel reprocessing", he said.A joint fact sheet outlining the deal
said both sides would "collaborate further through a shipbuilding
working group" to "increase the number of US commercial ships and
combat-ready US military vessels".Beijing, on Thursday, voiced caution
over a Washington-Seoul deal on nuclear submarine technology.The
partnership "goes beyond a purely commercial partnership, directly
touching on the global non-proliferation regime and the stability of the
Korean Peninsula and the wider region," Dai Bing, China's ambassador to
Seoul told reporters.Details remain murky on where the nuclear
submarines will be built.US President Donald Trump said on social media
last month that "South Korea will be building its Nuclear Powered
Submarine in the Philadelphia Shipyards, right here in the good ol'
U.S.A".- Billions in investments -US nuclear technology is among its
most sensitive and tightly guarded military secrets.However, Seoul's
national security advisor Wi Sung-lac said on Friday that "from start to
finish, the leaders' discussion proceeded on the premise that
construction would take place in South Korea"."So the question of where
construction will take place can now be considered settled," he added.As
part of the deal, South Korea has pledged to buy $25 billion-worth of
US military equipment and plans to "provide comprehensive support for US
Forces Korea amounting to $33 billion".Details of a tariffs agreement
were also announced.Trump unexpectedly declared at last month's APEC
summit that the two sides had reached a deal on an investment package
and auto tariffs, before clarifying it was "pretty much" finalised.Seoul
later said the $350-billion agreement included $200 billion in cash
investment and $150 billion in shipbuilding cooperation, adding that
both sides agreed to keep reciprocal tariffs and lower auto tariffs at
15 percent.Semiconductor tariffs, however, were not included in the deal
at the time.The fact sheet stated that South Korea's semiconductor
tariffs will be "no less favorable than terms that may be offered in a
future agreement covering a volume of semiconductor trade at least as
large as Korea's", but did not give further details.South Korea is home
to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix and produces a significant chunk of
high-end chips that have become the lifeblood of the global economy,
powering everything from smartphones to missiles.The country's
semiconductor exports reached a record high of $142 billion in 2024,
accounting for more than a fifth of the country's total exports.
'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron.by AFP Staff Writers.
Toulouse,
France (AFP) Nov 12, 2025-Modern conflicts are already being fought in
space and the next wars will begin there, French President Emmanuel
Macron said Wednesday, singling out the threat posed by Russia and
announcing a multi-billion euro increase in spending on military
activities in space."The war of today is already being fought in space,
and the war of tomorrow will begin in space," Macron said in Toulouse,
France's space and aviation hub, which is home to its new space military
command centre."Space is no longer a sanctuary, it has become a
battlefield," Macron said.He said that Russia in the wake of its 2022
full scale invasion of Ukraine was carrying out "espionage" activities
in space.Russian space vehicles were monitoring French satellites, there
was mass jamming of GPS signals and cyberattacks against space
infrastructure, he added.Macron also pointed to the "particularly
shocking Russian threat of nuclear weapons in space, the effects of
which would be disastrous for the whole world".Without giving specific
details, Macron announced an additional 4.2 billion euros ($4.9 billion)
in funding for military space activities up to 2030.In a "fragile"
European space sector, he also stressed the need to "encourage our
European champions to be competitive on the global market".The
priorities outlined for France's space strategy included "developing
future launchers" that are reusable, have low-cost propulsion and
high-thrust engines.In a nod to the ambitious programmes of American
billionaires Elon Musk who leads Space X and Jeff Bezos with Blue
Origin, Macron said: "Depending on a major third-party power or any
space magnate is out of the question."Let us be ready: this will be a
condition for the success of military operations on land, in the air and
at sea."He also said France was accelerating the development of
advanced warning capabilities in cooperation with Germany, strengthening
space surveillance with the Aurore radar system to reduce dependence on
other states."We are investing in means of action from the ground and
space while respecting international law, but without any naivety," he
said.
FM says 'no undeclared nuclear enrichment facility' in Iran.
Tehran,
Nov 16 (AFP) Nov 16, 2025-Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said
Sunday that the country had no undeclared uranium enrichment sites and
that all of its facilities were monitored by the UN's nuclear
watchdog.The assertion came after US media outlets, including the
Washington Post and the New York Times, reported that Iran had
accelerated construction at a secret underground nuclear site called
"Pickaxe Mountain", or Kuh-e Kolang, near its Natanz facility."There's
no undeclared nuclear enrichment facility in Iran; all of our facilities
are under the safeguard and monitoring of the agency," Araghchi said
during a forum in Tehran.He added there was "no enrichment" taking place
at present because the sites were damaged in the recent war with
Israel.There has been no mention of the Pickaxe Mountain site by
officials or any Iranian media.In mid-June, Israel launched an
unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war
during which the US briefly joined with strikes on Iranian nuclear
sites.The war, which prompted Iranian missile and drone attacks on
Israel, derailed nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington that had
begun in April.During those talks the two sides were at odds over Iran's
right to enrich uranium, which Araghchi insisted on Sunday was
"undeniable" and "inalienable".Iran has said its nuclear facilities were
severely damaged in the strikes and that enriched material remained
under the rubble.Araghchi's remarks came ahead of a Board of Governors
meeting by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting slated
for later this week.- 'Fundamental review' -During Sunday's forum in
Tehran, Iranian officials warned the UN body against adopting an
anti-Iran resolution."In case of a resolution, Iran will consider a
review of its relations with the IAEA and will conduct a fundamental
review," said Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi.In the
aftermath of the war, Tehran suspended its cooperation with the IAEA and
restricted the watchdog's inspectors from accessing the bombed sites,
accusing it of bias and failing to condemn the attacks.In September,
Iran and the IAEA agreed on a new cooperation framework, but weeks later
Tehran deemed it invalid after Britain, France and Germany triggered
the return of UN sanctions that had been lifted under a 2015 nuclear
deal.That deal officially expired in October, but was effectively
torpedoed years earlier after Washington withdrew from it during
President Donald Trump's first term.A ceasefire between Iran and Israel
has been in place since June 24, but both Israel and the United States
have threatened new strikes if Tehran revives its nuclear
programme.Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami called
on the IAEA Sunday "to clarify its role and responsibility in the
context of a military attack and damage to facilities, so that then we
can sit for negotiations on this basis."He added that Iran's situation
after the war has "changed" and the threat was "still active".
Firefly Aerospace expands defense technology portfolio with SciTec acquisition by Clarence Oxford.
Los
Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025-Firefly Aerospace has completed the
acquisition of SciTec, strengthening its capabilities in national
security and defense technology. The purchase price included a mix of
cash and Firefly common stock, with over 475 SciTec employees joining
the Firefly team.Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, stated, "SciTec
brings more than four decades of experience supporting high-stakes
national security missions with industry-leading software applications
and big data processing capabilities that are highly complementary of
Firefly's launch, lunar, and in-space vehicles. Together, Firefly and
SciTec bring the talent and tech to support the most critical national
security programs and deliver the future of edge processing for dynamic
space operations." The deal advances Firefly's portfolio with AI-enabled
defense software in missile warning, space domain awareness,
intelligence, surveillance, and autonomous command and control.With the
acquisition, Firefly gains classified infrastructure at six strategic
locations and integrates additional data centers and mission operation
centers. The company will deliver a suite of hardware and software for
defense programs, including space-based interceptor missions, hypersonic
tests, and Moon to Mars missions. Robust contracts and new service
categories support intelligence and national security agencies alongside
commercial clients.Jim Lisowski, CEO of SciTec, explained, "We're proud
to officially join the Firefly team and look forward to combining our
software and hardware capabilities to bolster our existing services and
create new industry-leading categories for space and defense customers.
Both companies have become known for executing incredibly difficult
missions from delivering a modernized missile warning system to
successfully landing on the Moon. Together we'll be unstoppable."SciTec
continues to operate as a Firefly subsidiary, maintaining independent
management under Jim Lisowski while reporting to Firefly's CEO.
Maduro decries US-Trinidad and Tobago military exercises as 'irresponsible'.
Caracas,
Nov 16 (AFP) Nov 16, 2025-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on
Saturday slammed new joint military exercises by the United States and
its ally Trinidad and Tobago as "irresponsible," with Washington
increasing its armed presence in the Caribbean.Caracas claims recent US
military activity in the region -- which Washington says is directed
against drug gangs -- is really a ploy to overthrow leftist leader
Maduro.This is the second joint training exercise carried out by the
United States and Trinidad and Tobago in less than a month.In October, a
US guided missile destroyer docked at Trinidad for four days for
another round of practice drills -- within firing range of Venezuela,
whose government called it a "provocation.""The government of Trinidad
and Tobago has once again announced irresponsible exercises, lending its
waters off the coast of Sucre state for military exercises that are
intended to be threatening to a republic like Venezuela, which does not
allow itself to be threatened by anyone," Maduro said during an event in
Caracas on Saturday.Maduro called on his supporters in the eastern
states of the country to hold "a vigil and a permanent march in the
streets" during the military maneuvers, scheduled for November 16-21.The
United States has deployed warships, fighter jets and thousands of
soldiers to Latin America in recent weeks and launched strikes on 21
alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing at least 80 people.Washington has
provided no evidence those targeted were traffickers, and rights
observer groups say the strikes are illegal regardless.On Tuesday, a US
aircraft carrier strike group also arrived in the region, prompting
Caracas to announce a "massive" retaliatory deployment.US Defense
Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced a military operation aimed
at "narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere," but it was unclear how it
might differ from the existing US military deployment.
Joint Dominican-US operation halts alleged cocaine-smuggling boat.
Santo
Domingo, Nov 15 (AFP) Nov 15, 2025-Authorities in the Dominican
Republic said Saturday they seized about 500 kilograms of cocaine from a
boat intercepted during a joint operation with the United States, amid a
major regional US military buildup.The seizure of the boat off the
Dominican coast was carried out "in support of the United States
Southern Command's Operation Southern Spear," the National Drug Control
Directorate (DNCD) said in a statement.The agency said it had worked
closely with the US Drug Enforcement Administration to stop the
boat."The acting units carried out an extensive operation by air, sea,
and land to capture several individuals" who were approaching Dominican
coastal waters "in a vessel carrying a significant shipment of alleged
narcotics," the DNCD said.Two Dominican nationals were arrested and 484
packets amounting to nearly 500 kilos (1,000 pounds) of cocaine were
confiscated from the 27-foot-long boat equipped with two outboard
motors, the agency said.Operation Southern Spear, announced by US
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday, is part of a deployment
of warships and warplanes to Latin America to combat what Washington
says are drug-running boats run by "narco-terrorist" cartels.But
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro accuses US President Donald Trump of
preparing to mount operations to overthrow the government in
Caracas.Since September, the US has bombed 21 suspected drug-trafficking
boats in the region, resulting in at least 80 deaths. The US accuses
Maduro of leading a drug cartel and is offering a $50 million reward for
his capture.On Friday, Trump said he had "sort of" decided his next
steps regarding Venezuela, but declined to share further details.
Iraq tribal clashes kill eight: security official.
Kut,
Iraq, Nov 15 (AFP) Nov 15, 2025-Tribal clashes over agricultural land
in central Iraq have killed eight people and injured another nine, a
security official in Wasit province told AFP on Saturday.The dispute
broke out early in the morning in the village of Kheshan between members
of a Bedouin tribe, the official said, requesting anonymity because he
was not authorised to brief the media."Eight people were killed and
another nine injured," the official said, adding they were all involved
in the fighting.Security forces have surrounded the area, though
skirmishes have not yet ceased.Tribal feuds are common in Iraq, a
war-scarred country awash with weapons where petty rows can turn into
deadly clashes.Tribes wield significant influence and often operate
under their own moral and judicial codes, and they possess huge caches
of arms.Iraq has only recently begun to regain a sense of stability
after decades of violence that followed the 2003 US-led invasion that
ousted long-time ruler Saddam Hussein.
Russia strike on Kyiv apartment block kills six, Ukraine says.By Barbara WOJAZER.
Kyiv,
Ukraine (AFP) Nov 14, 2025-A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on
Friday, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a "heinous" bid to
spread terror.A Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine
hours later killed two more people, authorities said. Ukraine also fired
missiles into Russian territory and Russian officials reported a fire
at a Black Sea oil refinery.With a bitter winter looming amid widespread
raids on Ukraine's power stations, this was one of the largest attacks
on Kyiv since Russia launched its full invasion of Ukraine in 2022,
hitting buildings in most of the capital's districts.Several districts
were plunged into darkness Friday night because of power cuts.A
hospital, shops and offices were all hit, according to authorities.
Officials said 36 people had been wounded. The attack damaged
Azerbaijan's embassy and the Baku government summoned Moscow's envoy to
protest.In eastern Kyiv, AFP reporters saw charred multi-storey
buildings with dozens of windows and balconies blown out."My hair caught
fire and I started putting it out," said resident Maria Kalchenko,
outside one of the buildings where rescued workers cleared debris.She
tried to look for her dog before a nearby wall collapsed."The doors were
blown out, flames everywhere, the fire spreading, the neighbours
screaming," she told AFP.Zelensky, who will go to Paris and Madrid next
week in a new round of diplomatic visits, said the attack specifically
aimed to cause "terror"."This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed
at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure," he
added.- 'Contempt for humanity' -Moscow has fired record missile and
drone barrages at Ukraine in recent months, hitting energy and rail
infrastructure.It has also targeted residential areas, knocking out
power for tens of thousands across the country as temperatures
plunge.Friday's attack showed Moscow's "contempt for humanity", said
Germany."It is very evident and clear that (Russian President Vladimir)
Putin aims to make winter as unbearable as possible for Ukraine, to
destroy morale and break the resistance of the Ukrainian people," said
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.AFP journalists saw Ukraine
using tracer bullets and missile-defence systems during the night.
Incandescent debris fell over large areas of the city. Flashes of bright
orange from the explosions lit up the night sky.Ukraine's air force
said it downed 405 out of 430 drones launched by Russia and 14 out of 19
missiles.- 'More ballistic missiles' -A senior Ukrainian official told
AFP the city's air defences worked particularly well to stop the attack
from wreaking even more damage.There were previously "certain issues
with air defence" but this time "the air-defence systems worked well"
the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.The official
also said the attack showed how "the Russians have started using
significantly more ballistic missiles".Ballistic missiles are
particularly difficult to intercept given their speed and
trajectory."They combine ballistic and aeroballistic missiles with waves
of drones. It is not easy to shoot down," the official
explained.Russia's defence ministry said its forces carried out a
"massive strike" of drones and hypersonic missiles against Ukrainian
military and energy sites.Moscow's troops are grinding forward on the
eastern front and continue to reject calls to halt the invasion.
Hundreds of Russian troops have entered the eastern city of Pokrovsk,
Ukraine has conceded.- Western pressure -Despite international calls for
a ceasefire, Putin has demanded that Ukraine give up more territory in
the east if it wants an end to the war.Ukraine has in turn stepped up
its own retaliatory attacks on Russian oil and gas facilities deep
behind the front.Zelensky said Ukraine had used long-range Neptune
missiles overnight against targets on Russian territory.Russia said
Ukrainian drone debris hit its Novovoronezh nuclear power plant near the
city of Voronezh on Thursday, briefly disconnecting it from power. A
civilian was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on a car in the border
region of Begorod, its governor said.Russian forces downed more than 200
Ukrainian drones overnight into Friday, Moscow's defence ministry said,
including 66 over the region of Krasnodar and 45 over Saratov, both in
the south.Russian officials reported a fire at a large refinery at
Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and a hit on a civilian vessel that
wounded three people.
Japan says Taiwan stance 'unchanged'; China summons Japan ambassador.by AFP Staff Writers.
Tokyo
(AFP) Nov 14, 2025-Japan said Friday that its position on Taiwan has
not changed, amid a spat with Beijing following comments from hawkish
new premier Sanae Takaichi about a possible attack by China on the
self-ruled island."Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are
important not only for Japan's security but also for the stability of
the international community," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told
reporters."It is the consistent position of the Japanese government
that we hope for a peaceful resolution of issues surrounding Taiwan
through dialogue," he said."The Japanese government's position on Taiwan
remains unchanged and is consistent with the 1972 Japan-China Joint
Communique."The 1972 communique normalised bilateral relations with
Japan, acknowledging Beijing's "One China" policy.China claims the
democratic island as part of its territory and has said it will not
renounce using force to bring it under its control.Takaichi had implied
last week that armed attacks on Taiwan could warrant Japan to support
the island militarily.China said on Friday that it had summoned the
Japanese ambassador and made "serious demarches" over Takaichi's
comments, Beijing said."If anyone dares to interfere with China's
unification cause in any form, China will surely strike back hard," a
statement added.Kihara said that Japan's envoy "once again explained to
the Chinese side the intent of Prime Minister Takaichi's response and
our government's position, and refuted the remarks".He added that Japan
"strongly urged China to take appropriate action" after a Chinese
diplomat in Japan threatened to decapitate Takaichi.
China summons Japan ambassador over PM Taiwan comments.
Beijing
(AFP) Nov 14, 2025 - China summoned the Japanese ambassador over
remarks by the new premier about Taiwan, Beijing said Friday, as Tokyo
insisted its position on the self-ruled island was unchanged.Last week,
Japan's hawkish new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament that
armed attacks on Taiwan could warrant sending troops to support the
island under "collective self-defence".If an emergency in Taiwan entails
"battleships and the use of force, then that could constitute a
situation threatening the survival (of Japan), any way you slice it",
she said.Beijing insists Taiwan is part of its territory and has not
ruled out the use of force to seize control of the self-governing
island.Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned the Japanese
ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi on Thursday, according to a statement
published Friday on Beijing's foreign ministry website.It said Sun made
"serious demarches over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's
erroneous remarks regarding China"."If anyone dares to interfere with
China's unification cause in any form, China will surely strike back
hard," the statement added.Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara
said on Friday that his government's position on Taiwan remains
unchanged and "is consistent with the 1972 Japan-China Joint
Communique".The 1972 communique normalised bilateral relations, with
Japan acknowledging the "One China" policy recognised by many other
countries including the United States."Peace and stability in the Taiwan
Strait are important not only for Japan's security but also for the
stability of the international community," Kihara told reporters."We
will continue to strongly urge China to take appropriate action," he
added.- Diplomatic spat -Beijing's foreign ministry on Thursday said it
would "by no means tolerate" Takaichi's Taiwan comments."The Japanese
side must correct its wrongdoing at once and retract the unjustified
remarks," spokesman Lin Jian told reporters at a press briefing.In
response, Takaichi told parliament Monday she had no intention of
retracting her statement and insisted it was consistent with Tokyo's
previous stance.But she said she would refrain from referring to
specific scenarios in the future.Long seen as a China hawk, Takaichi has
been a regular visitor to the Yasukuni shrine that honours Japan's war
dead and is an outspoken backer of Taiwan, advocating security ties with
the self-ruled island.Security legislation passed in 2015 allows Japan
to exercise the right to collective self-defence under certain
conditions including if there was a clear danger to the country's
survival.In response to Takaichi's comments, the Chinese consul general
in Osaka Xue Jian threatened in a now-removed social media post to "cut
off that dirty neck without a second of hesitation".He did not name
Takaichi but quoted a news article about her remarks.Japanese Foreign
Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Thursday that Xue's post was "highly
inappropriate"."We strongly urge the Chinese side to continue taking
appropriate measures to ensure that this does not affect the broad
direction of Japan-China relations," added Motegi, who was in Canada for
a G7 meeting.
Taiwan star Chen Bolin charged in conscription evasion probe.
Taipei
(AFP) Nov 14, 2025 - Taiwanese star Chen Bolin and 11 others were
charged Friday as part of an investigation into military draft
dodgers.Taiwan faces the threat of invasion by China, which claims the
democratic island is part of its territory, and Taipei has struggled to
recruit and retain troops.Military service has been mandatory for men
aged 18 and over for decades, but the obligatory period has changed
under different governments. It is currently one year.Deferment can be
granted for higher education, although all men are required to serve by
the time they turn 36.Two of the defendants allegedly helped the others
fake their blood pressure results by holding their breath or arranging
for others to take the test for them, the New Taipei District
Prosecutors Office said in a statement.Chen, 42, and four other
celebrities could spend up to 32 months in jail for evading military
service, prosecutors said.Five other people face jail terms of up to 26
months.The celebrity defendants "enjoy the social benefits of high media
attention and fame, and wield considerable influence and exemplary
influence over the younger generation," prosecutors said."Yet, they
deliberately evaded military service, severely deviating from societal
expectations of public figures and their civic responsibilities."Chen
gained regional fame after he starred in the 2011 hit TV drama "In Time
With You" that was popular in China, Japan, South Korea and
Thailand.This is the second wave of indictment of celebrities in a
widening conscription evasion probe, after 28 people were charged in
June, including actor Wang Talu.
Demarches and decapitation: Japan and China's Taiwan spat by AFP Staff Writers.
Tokyo
(AFP) Nov 14, 2025-Japan and China's long-testy relations have worsened
in recent days following comments by new premier Sanae Takaichi about a
possible attack by Beijing on Taiwan.With both sides lodging
complaints, yet Japan insisting its long-held stance has not changed,
AFP examines Takaichi's remarks, their significance and the resulting
furore.What did Takaichi say?Before taking power last month, Takaichi,
an acolyte of ex-premier Shinzo Abe, was a vocal critic of China and its
military build-up in the Asia-Pacific.She has been a regular at a
shrine that honours Japan's war dead -- including those of guilty of
crimes in World War II -- that is seen by Asian nations as a symbol of
Japan's militaristic past.Japan's first woman prime minister has visited
Taiwan in the past and met Taipei's representative at a recent APEC
summit. She also held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the
same event.Her comments on November 7 were widely interpreted as
implying that an attack on Taiwan, which is just 100 kilometres (62
miles) from the nearest Japanese island, could warrant Tokyo's military
support.If a Taiwan emergency entails "battleships and the use of force,
then that could constitute a situation threatening the survival (of
Japan), any way you slice it," Takaichi told parliament."The so-called
Taiwan contingency has become so serious that we have to anticipate the
worst-case scenario," said Takaichi.Japan's self-imposed rules say that
it can only act militarily under certain conditions, including an
existential threat.Wang Hung-jen, a political analyst at National Cheng
Kung University in Taiwan, said the comments "sent a very strong message
to China: Japan is no longer just standing by and watching"."The
probability of Japan intervening to deter China and prevent any military
action by China around the Taiwan Strait has increased significantly,"
he told AFP.How did China react? Beijing insists Taiwan -- which was
occupied for decades by Japan until 1945 -- is part of its territory and
has not ruled out the use of force to seize control.In a now-removed
post on X, the Chinese consul general in Osaka Xue Jian threatened to
"cut off that dirty neck", apparently referring to Takaichi.Tokyo lodged
a protest and Takaichi's ruling party passed a resolution calling for
the envoy to be declared persona non grata.On Wednesday Yuyuan Tantian, a
Chinese outlet linked to state broadcaster CCTV, said Takaichi "will
likely have to pay the price" for her comments.Beijing's foreign
ministry on Thursday called on Japan to "retract the unjustified
remarks", warning otherwise that the "consequences... must be borne by
the Japanese side".A day later, China said it had summoned the Japanese
ambassador to make "serious demarches" about the "erroneous remarks"."If
anyone dares to interfere with China's unification cause in any form,
China will surely strike back hard," the foreign ministry said.In
response, Japan said that its position on Taiwan was "unchanged" and
that it continues to urge "peace and stability" in the Taiwan Strait.Why
does it matter? Tokyo normalised diplomatic ties with Beijing in 1972
but relations have long been dogged by historical issues. Japan also has
a warm relationship with Taipei.Previous sitting Japanese prime
ministers have avoided commenting directly on Taiwan's defence, choosing
instead to maintain "strategic ambiguity".Similarly, the United States
has long been deliberately ambiguous on whether it would deploy its
military to defend Taiwan, although former president Joe Biden
repeatedly suggested he would order the US military to intervene if
China moved on the island.Yee Kuang Heng, a professor at the University
of Tokyo, told AFP that Takaichi's comments may have been her "own
personal inclination" to signal a stronger stance.But although "clearer
communication can enhance deterrence" he said, he also warned that "a
delicate balance has to be struck with the flip side of the coin, which
is keeping the other side guessing."bur-aph/stu/rsc
Democratic
socialist who accused Israel of genocide defeats incumbent Seattle
mayor-Katie Wilson, whose insurgent campaign drew comparisons to Zohran
Mamdani’s, beats early favorite Bruce Harrell as progressives galvanized
by Trump’s return to White House-By AP and ToI Staff 15 November 2025,
4:23 pm
SEATTLE — First-term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded
his reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson on Thursday,
handing another victory to leftist Democrats around the country
frustrated with unaffordability, homelessness, public safety and the
actions of US President Donald Trump’s administration.Harrell, a
centrist Democrat who previously served three terms on the City Council,
led in early results. But Washington conducts all-mail elections, with
ballots postmarked by Election Day. Later-arriving votes, which
historically trend more liberal, broke heavily in Wilson’s favor, adding
to a progressive shift to the left nationally.In a concession speech at
City Hall on Thursday afternoon, Harrell said he had congratulated
Wilson in a “delightful” call.“I feel very good about the future of this
country and this city still,” he said.Wilson, 43, is a democratic
socialist who has never held elected office. She told a news conference
later Thursday that it was hard for her to believe she had been elected
mayor, considering that at the beginning of this year she had no
intention of running, and she acknowledged concerns about her lack of
experience: “No one saw this coming.”But she also spoke to the resonance
of her volunteer-driven campaign among voters concerned about
affordability and public safety in a city where the cost of living has
soared as Amazon and other tech companies proliferated. Universal child
care, better mass transit, better public safety and stable, affordable
housing are among her priorities, and she said she would take office
with a strong mandate to pursue them, though she acknowledged the city
also faces a significant budget shortfall.Wilson called herself a
coalition builder and community organizer, and said she would also work
with those who questioned her qualifications to lead a city with more
than 13,000 employees and a budget of nearly $9 billion: “This is your
city too.”“When I say this is your city, that means you have a right to
be here and to live a dignified life — whatever your background,
whatever your income,” Wilson said. “But it also means that we all have a
collective responsibility for this city and for each other. … We cannot
tackle the major challenges facing our city unless we do it
together.”She will be working with a relatively new City Council: Only
two of the seven council members have served more than one term.Harrell
was elected mayor in 2021 following the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic
and racial justice protests over George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis
police.With crime falling, more police being hired, less visible drug
use and many homeless encampments removed from city parks, the
business-backed Harrell once seemed likely to cruise to reelection.But
Trump’s return to office — and his efforts to send in federal agents or
cut funding for blue cities — helped reawaken Seattle’s progressive
voters.The lesser-known Wilson, a democratic socialist, ran a campaign
that echoed some of the themes of progressive mayoral candidate Zohran
Mamdani in New York.Like Mamdani, who came from behind to defeat former
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic primary,
Wilson trounced Harrell by nearly 10 percentage points in the Seattle
Democratic primary in August and quickly became the favorite to win the
mayor’s office.Wilson has also echoed Mamdani’s criticism of Israel,
replying in August to a user on X who asked her what she thought of the
“genocide in Gaza” that she is “strongly opposed” to.“As Mayor of
Seattle, my ability to end the violence is limited, but I will do
everything I can to end the suffering of Palestinians and guarantee the
safety of Muslims, Jews, and people of all faiths and backgrounds in
Seattle,” she added.Regina Sassoon Friedland, director of the pro-Israel
American Jewish Committee’s Seattle office, was quoted by the Jewish
News Syndicate as saying that “Wilson’s genocide claims lack factual or
legal foundation.”She said the AJC would “oppose any attempts to adopt
BDS into city policy,” referring to boycott, divestment and sanctions
against Israel. BDS aims “to isolate and dismantle the world’s only
Jewish state and has harmful effects on Jews in the United States,” said
Sassoon Friedland.“Now that she has been elected, we urge mayor-elect
Wilson to commit to ensuring the safety of Seattle’s Jewish community
and its institutions by supporting the Seattle Police Department and
working with Jewish communal leaders,” she added.Accused incumbent of
failing on housing, pushing around homeless-Wilson studied at an Oxford
University college in England but did not graduate. She founded the
small nonprofit Transit Riders Union in 2011 and has led campaigns for
better public transportation, higher minimum wages, stronger renter
protections and more affordable housing.She herself is a renter, living
in a one-bedroom apartment in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, and
says that has shaped her understanding of Seattle’s affordability
crisis.Wilson criticized Harrell as doing too little to provide more
shelter and said his encampment sweeps have been cosmetic, merely
pushing unhoused people around the city. Wilson also painted him as a
City Hall fixture who bore responsibility for the status quo.Harrell,
67, played on the Rose Bowl champion University of Washington football
team in 1978 before going to law school. His father, who was Black, came
to Seattle from the segregated Jim Crow South, and his mother, a
Japanese American, was incarcerated at an internment camp in Minidoka,
Idaho, during World War II after officials seized her family’s Seattle
flower shop — experiences that fostered his understanding of the
importance of civil rights and inclusivity.Both candidates touted plans
for affordable housing, combating crime and attempting to Trump-proof
the city, which receives about $150 million a year in federal funding.
Both want to protect Seattle’s sanctuary city status.Wilson has proposed
a city-level capital gains tax to help offset federal funding the city
might lose and to pay for housing. Harrell says that the idea is
ineffective because a city capital gains tax could easily be avoided by
those who would be required to pay it.
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE
HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men,
and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS
TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN
FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING
BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @
39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the
earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY)
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS)
and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U
WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS)
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were
filled with their flesh.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2
before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like
chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before
there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the
Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek
righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of
the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon
shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the
seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against
you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no
inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7
The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of
Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they
shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of
them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab
(JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my
people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I
live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become
like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles
and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall
plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11
The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods
of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the
lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy
Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like
the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of
beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e] shall lodge in her
capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the
threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the
exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and
there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild
beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No
free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into
Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a
-Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his
judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of
every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl
and hedgehog is uncertain
DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made
thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after
thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And
the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom
shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of
these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never
be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of
the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known
to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue
with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of
the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn
that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was
more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole
earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the
ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and
another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first,
and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17
First From Daniel Chapter 2
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES
Now From Daniel Chapter 7
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV
17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS.
THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23,
REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16
REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are
seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT,
ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS
DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must
continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF
NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10
WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour
with the beast.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10
WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the
beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
We
shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only
question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or
consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February
1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in
1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a
man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection
to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten
to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept
him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
DICK
MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t
look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.
REVELATION 16:1-2
1
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels,
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
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
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA
THE
CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS,
POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8,
DAN 7:23-24
WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME
NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE
HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men,
and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS
TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN
FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING
BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @
39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the
earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY)
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS)
and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U
WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS)
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were
filled with their flesh.
COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf
Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats'by AFP Staff Writers.
Berlin
(AFP) Nov 14, 2025-Defence ministers from five major European NATO
countries promised greater cooperation to counter drone incursions and
other "hybrid threats" such as cyberattacks after a meeting in Berlin on
Friday.Germany, France, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom also
underscored their "unwavering support" for Ukraine in its war with
Russia, and their commitment to rebuilding their own militaries."We will
intensify our cooperation in countering hybrid threats against allies,
including addressing the challenges posed by drones, cyberattacks, and
disinformation," the allies said in a joint statement.This will include
exploring defence measures "such as drone defence systems" as well as
"enhancing information sharing among European allies", they
said.European countries have repeatedly accused Russia of conducting
"hybrid" warfare -- a largely unconventional warfare that can involve
sabotage, disinformation campaigns and other disruptive attacks.Several
drone sightings have been reported at airports and sensitive military
sites across Europe in recent months, with leaders pointing the finger
at Moscow.Airports in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Poland have
been among those affected.Speaking after the meeting, German Defence
Minister Boris Pistorius said such actions were designed to "divert
attention from (Russia's) own problems... while at the same time
attempting to unsettle and frighten our societies".The five defence
ministers, who were also joined by European Union foreign policy chief
Kaja Kallas, also vowed to keep up their support for Ukraine as it fends
off Russia's invasion."Our unwavering support for Ukraine will continue
to be a central pillar of our work," they said, pledging "to maximise
support to Ukraine through military aid".They also pledged to ramp up
industrial cooperation with Ukraine as well as "integrating the
Ukrainian defence industry into European initiatives and value
chains".The ministers also promised to focus on meeting their NATO
military capability targets and ramping up their defence
industries."Russian aggression is growing. The war in Ukraine continues
to rage. The US has rightly challenged European nations to do more and
to spend more on defence," said Britain's Defence Minister John
Healey."Make no mistake -- we are in a new era of threat and this
demands a new era for defence," he said.
