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)
ANAYALIST-LOSING PALESTINE
http://www.timesofisrael.com/losing-palestine/
Israel faces threats ranging from rockets to nuclear - defence minister-Reuters – OCT 27,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel faces a wide variety of threats ranging from Islamic militants wielding missiles and rockets to nuclear attack, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday during a visit to the United States.Yaalon was speaking with U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter at the National Defense University in Washington. Carter emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Israeli security relationship and the United States' commitment to maintaining close ties.Carter and Yaalon are due to visit the Naval Air Station in Maryland on Wednesday for a demonstration of the F-35 joint strike fighter. The United States has said it will deliver the F-35 to Israel next year, making it the only country in the Middle East to have the top-flight aircraft.Yaalon ticked off a number of threats that he said Israel has faced, including from Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Assad's Syria, and Iran."The threat has been changed dramatically from conventional type warfare to what might be called super-conventional...weapons of mass destruction, or sub-conventional like terror, rockets, and missiles," Yaalon said.Close U.S.-Israeli ties have come under strain in recent months over a nuclear agreement negotiated between Iran and the United States and other world powers, which Israeli officials have denounced as empowering Iran and endangering Israel.Yaalon said the deal, which was agreed in July and imposes curbs on Iran's nuclear programme in return for the removal of some economic sanctions, could delay an Iranian nuclear threat against Israel."Yes, for the time being, for about a decade or so, it (Iran's nuclear programme) might be postponed as a threat against us," Yaalon said, adding that the Iranian government had not given up its "vision of having a military nuclear capability."Iran denies ever pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, and said that it wanted nuclear capability only for civilian purposes.Yaalon also addressed ongoing strife between Israelis and Palestinians. Violence has flared in Israel, Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, in part triggered by Palestinians' anger over what they see as Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound. Yaalon said claims that Israel had violated agreements related to the holy site were false.Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced cautious hope that there may be a way to defuse the violence between Israelis and Palestinians.(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
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.
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
Palestinian leader warns EU that violence could escalate By Andrew Rettman-OCT 27,15-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:20-Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said violence could get worse unless Israel protects Muslim rights and resumes peace talks.Speaking to media in the EU capital on Monday (26 October), he described the situation as "extremely serious and grave", adding "it may even deteriorate, and this is my fear".The EU's top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, invited him to Brussels as part of European and US efforts to stop the cycle of stabbings, car rammings, and shootings which began last month in Jerusalem and the West Bank.Earlier on Monday, Israeli police killed three Palestinians in Israeli-occupied Hebron.The incidents bring the Palestinian death toll to 60 people this month, including 15 minors. Palestinian attackers killed nine Israelis in the same period.EU diplomats say the violence is hard to stop because attacks are being carried out spontaneously by individuals on both sides.They fear it could escalate into a Palestinian uprising, or "intifada", as in 2000, in events which lasted five years and claimed thousands of lives.Abbas blamed the recent flare-up on Israel.He said it stems from "a feeling of disappointment in the young [Palestinian] generation, which basically don't see any hope" of a future Palestinian state.He said it's also linked to Israel's "non-respect" of the "status quo" on Temple Mount and to Israeli settler violence."Settlers in the West Bank go out among houses and villages, protected by the Israeli army, and commit killings and attacks against Palestinian nationals. These are the direct causes of the deterioration in the situation".The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of Judaism and Islam's holiest sites.Jews are allowed to visit but not to pray there, under an accord which goes back more than 200 years. But Israeli hardliners, including in the government, are calling for the old pact to be scrapped.Abbas told press he's ready to resume peace talks and to live "side by side" with Israel if first stops settlement expansion.Mogherini said the Temple Mount status quo is "very important not only for the Palestinian people, but, I'd say for all people in the world".She said she shares Abbas' "frustration" on the stalled peace process."What we're looking for is concrete steps on the ground, including difficult ones, which can improve the everyday lives of Palestinian people … and, on the other side, which can guarantee more security for Israeli people", she said.The Abbas visit comes amid attempts by both sides to win European sympathy.For its part, the Israeli EU embassy the same day circulated an electronic flier which lists recent Palestinian attacks.It accused Abbas of incitement, citing him as having said, on Palestinian TV on 16 September: "We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem" .Israel's ambassador to the EU, David Walzer, in an op-ed published on the Politico website last week, added: "What is needed is for the EU to use its clout to help end the spate of attacks against Israeli citizens".He criticised EU plans to publish a code for European retailers on how to label Israeli settler products."Seeing European shops label Jewish products brings back some very painful memories for many Israelis", he said, referring to anti-Semitism in Europe on the eve of World War II.Palestinian officials note Israeli leaders are also enflaming the situation, however.Israel's deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, said on TV on Monday: "My dream is to see the Israeli flag flying over the Temple Mount … It's the holiest place for the Jewish people".Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, last week, said the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem instructed Hitler to burn Jews, in a claim denounced as false by historians.The feeling in some circles in Europe was reflected in an ad, published in The Guardian, a British daily, on Tuesday.The text, signed by 343 academics, pledged to stop cooperation with Israeli educational institutions on grounds of "Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land, the intolerable human rights violations that it inflicts on all sections of the Palestinian people, and its apparent determination to resist any feasible settlement".The same newspaper, last Thursday, published a letter by more than 150 artists, including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, opposing cultural boycotts.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
In break, top EU official suggests Israel-Palestine ‘confederation’-Despite official European stance supporting two-state solution, parliament head brings up possibility conflict can be solved with different arrangement-By Raphael Ahren October 26, 2015, 12:20 pm 57-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Israeli-Palestinian could be solved either through a two-state solution or a “confederation,” a top European Union official said last week, in what appears to be a suggestion in sharp contrast to official EU policy.“Peace in the Middle East is possible only if the mother of all conflicts, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, is resolved and both peoples live together in two states or a confederation,” Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said Thursday during a speech in Düsseldorf, according to a report in a German Jewish weekly.It is unclear what exactly Schulz meant when he invoked the term “confederation” (Staatenbund in German) as an alternative to a two-state solution. Staatenbund usually refers to a league of states in which each state retains full sovereignty.The EU’s declared foreign policy unambiguously calls for a two-state solution. “A negotiated two state solution is the only way to bring the lasting peace and security that both Israelis and Palestinians deserve,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said earlier this month.In July, the union’s 28 foreign ministers declared their commitment to the creation of an “independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign, and viable State of Palestine.” They reaffirmed “that there is no alternative to a negotiated two state solution.”Schulz’s spokesperson and the EU’s foreign service in Brussels had not replied to Times of Israel queries by the time of publication of this report.While the idea of a confederation has been suggested before, it has usually been dismissed as tantamount to a one-state solution, which could mean the end of Israel as a Jewish state.Schulz made the remarks after receiving a prize for his “courageous engagement for Middle East peace” by a group called German Initiative for the Middle East, or DINO, which was co-founded in 2006 by the former head of the German Jewish community Paul Spiegel.Speaking to 120 guests at the event, Schulz said that the violence in Israel has become “uncontrollable” since both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have “only very little influence on the population,” he said,The German-born Schulz further said that Israel had the right to protect its citizens in face of the current terror wave, but needs to safeguard the principle of proportionality, according to DINO’s website. Peace and security will only come to the region when a Palestinian state is created, he was quoted as saying.In February 2014, Schulz caused a minor diplomatic incident in Jerusalem when, during a generally pro-Israel speech in the Knesset, he appeared to accuse the government of limiting the amount of water Palestinians may consume.Speaking in his mother tongue German, Schulz recounted a meeting held two days earlier with young Palestinians in Ramallah. “One of the questions from these young men that moved me the most was: How can it be that Israelis are allowed to use 70 liters [of water] per day and Palestinians only 17?” Schulz related.At this point in his speech, several right-wing MKs yelled out in protest, calling the figures Palestinian lies, and a number of Jewish Home party lawmakers walked out. A short while later, Netanyahu accused Schulz of having “selective hearing.”Then-economy minister and Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett also took Schulz to task, demanding an apology. “I will not accept false moralizing against the people of Israel, in Israel’s Knesset. Certainly not in German,” Bennett stated at the time. (They made peace a week later, when Schulz assured him that he would always stand with Israel.)Schulz, who hails from Aachen, Germany, became the European Parliament’s president in 2012. He first made worldwide headlines in 2003, when former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi told him that he was the perfect candidate to play a kapo in a Nazi movie.
Mogherini urges Netanyahu, Abbas to meet Quartet ‘in days’-EU foreign policy chief says Israeli-Palestinian conflict can’t be contained, will only get worse with each round of violence-By AFP October 27, 2015, 10:42 pm 2-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday urged Israel Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to meet Quartet representatives “within days” in the hope of kick-starting stalled peace talks.“I have asked both Netanyahu and Abbas to receive the Quartet envoys in the coming days, not weeks,” Mogherini said, stressing the need for speed if an upsurge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians is not to spiral out of control.The Quartet comprises the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia and was set up in 2002 to promote what is known as the Middle East Peace Process.The peace talks, always difficult, stalled completely in 2014 despite the best efforts of US Secretary of State John Kerry but he has returned to the fray in recent weeks against a backdrop of a spate of terror attacks in Israel and Russia’s direct intervention in the bloody Syrian conflict.Mogherini warned the European parliament that there is a risk the Israeli-Palestinian dispute could get caught up in new conflicts in the region if the parties do not make an effort now to secure peace based on a two-state solution.“This is a risky time for Israelis and Palestinians alike… it is not business as usual in managing the old conflict,” she told the parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.“If anyone believes we can just contain this… they are wrong. Every cycle of violence is going to be worse (than the previous one),” she said.Mogherini said it was essential to build confidence, to show the two sides by concrete actions on the ground that “they have a future in their lands.”Mogherini met Abbas in Brussels on Monday and Netanyahu last week in Berlin as part of efforts to revive the peace process.
Ya’alon: Conflict rooted in denial of Jewish state, not settlements-Defense minister offers veiled rejection of US stance on cause of latest round of violence, reveals he initially supported Oslo accords-By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil October 27, 2015, 10:40 pm 1-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
WASHINGTON — While asserting the importance of the US-Israel strategic relationship, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon pushed against those who believe that settlements or Israel’s presence in the West Bank are at the root of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, stressing instead that conflict rests upon Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state.Speaking at the prestigious National Defense University in Washington, DC, before senior US and international defense officials, Ya’alon told the audience that “the challenge is that there are too many parties who are unwilling recognize Israel’s position in the region as a Jewish state.” He cited Iran’s “Islamic ideology” that he said “does not allow any non-Islamic entity to be on this land of Israel.”“It’s quite a unique challenge when it comes to security, [and] quite a unique challenge when it comes to politics,” he added.Ya’alon, considered a hawk within the Likud Party, also revealed that he had initially supported the Oslo peace accords, presented by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin before his assassination in 1995.“Israel is aspiring for peace. As one who has experienced wars, I am anxious to have peace. I can tell you personally that I supported Oslo,” revealed Ya’alon, who was at the time serving as a division commander in the West Bank. “I thought compromise might be a good idea to reach peace and tranquility.”“As one who has experienced wars, I am anxious to have peace. I can tell you personally that I supported Oslo. I thought compromise might be a good idea to reach peace and tranquility.”Ya’alon said that he came to realize that there was a critical limitation to the process. “Unfortunately neither Yasser Arafat at that time and Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas] today…even those two who are considered relatively moderate in the West are not ready to recognize our right to exist as the nation state of the Jewish people,” he said.Ya’alon dismissed as “lies” claims that Israel’s occupation in the West Bank, settlements or the status quo on the Temple Mount stood behind the latest round of violence.“Unfortunately,” he added, “they are able to manipulate not just their constituencies, but they are able manipulate even western like-minded people by that false propaganda.”The defense minister is in the US to discuss renewing a defense partnership with the US, in a visit seen as key to mending a relationship heavily stained in recent months by bad blood over the Iran nuclear deal, as well as other issues.Ya’alon repeated the concept of “Western like-minded people” again during his speech, but never indicate what or who he intended.In the past few weeks, the State Department – and Secretary of State John Kerry himself – have been criticized for seeming to imply that the growth of settlements or changes to the status quo at the contentious Jerusalem site have led to the recent escalation in violence.“ Those who claim that the problem is settlements – they murdered Jews before the construction of any settlement in the West Bank,” he asserted later in the speech. “It is quite frustrating that Western like-minded people are ready to be deceived, manipulated by this kind of propaganda forgetting the most important distinction between good and evil, going to relativism and other distinctions of victims and victimhood.”“Yes the Palestinians are victims – of their leadership,” Ya’alon quipped, noting a long list of partition and peace proposals that have been rejected on behalf of the Palestinians from the British Mandate onward.Ya’alon also cited what he described “the denial of accountability” which he said “has become a precious strategic asset.”Abbas, he said “is not accountable for the Gaza Strip, he is not accountable for what is going on with terrorists trying to stab Jews, he is not accountable for anything.”“He is too weak to be accountable,” Ya’alon complained.Ya’alon and Kerry have had a frosty relationship since 2014, when the Defense Minister was quoted in Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot as making derisive comments about Kerry’s involvement in regional politics.In his Tuesday speech, however, Ya’alon concluded by stressing the significance of US-Israel ties, a theme he has repeated during his visit to Washington DC.Calling for a strategy of “moral clarity,” Ya’alon argued that the “one country that can be the leader in the world in the 21st century is the United States.”“That’s why we so appreciate the relationship between our country and the United States,” said Ya’alon. “Based on common values as well as common interests. For us the relationship between Israel and the United States is a cornerstone of our national security concept. We are so lucky to have such an allied friend [even when] we have disputes among friends over certain issues.”Ya’alon said that he “hope[s] that the United States is enjoying what we do in our region” and said that he had “no doubt that the United States is a strong ally in this relationship.”“I am here this week in Washington to discuss the future of this relationship — how can we meet future challenges for both of us – the US and Israel, bearing in mind a future situation that is going to be characterized in the Middle East by chronic instability over a very long period of time,” he concluded.Ya’alon is in Washington to discuss long-term security planning and funding arrangements with his counterpart, Carter. His visit comes as part of the renewed process of negotiating a new 10-year security memorandum of understanding to replace the current one, which will expire in 2017.The memorandum, a centerpiece of US defense aid to Israel, is expected to continue the annual grants to Israel, which today sit at approximately $3 billion per year.Introducing Ya’alon before the speech, Carter played up the warmth of the ties between the two countries – and his respect for the often outspoken former IDF head. Carter described Ya’alon as “one of the finest defense officials in the world,” and as a “friend and a strategic thinker.”Carter said that regarding security partnerships, the US “appreciates what we get as well as what we give.”“The United States stands with Israel and we always will,” Carter proclaimed. “Israel is a cornerstone of our strategy in the Middle East and its security is a top priority for America, for our military and for President [Barack] Obama and for me personally.”
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
ISAIAH 41:11
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Soldiers foil stabbing, kill would-be attacker in Hebron-No troops injured; attack comes hours after soldier moderately injured in West Bank stabbing-By Times of Israel staff and Judah Ari Gross October 27, 2015, 11:20 pm 1
A Palestinian was shot and killed in Hebron as he attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday night.The would-be attacker drew a knife and tried to stab a soldier as his ID was checked at a “crossing” in the West Bank city, the army said in a statement.“The force responded to the immediate danger with fire towards the attacker, resulting in his death,” the statement read.The thwarted attack took place in the small Israeli enclave of Tel Rumeida in the divided city. The soldier was not injured in the attempted attack.Hebron, home to several hundred Jewish families among a larger Palestinian population, has become a flashpoint in an ongoing round of violence. Earlier in the day, a protest against Israel’s refusal to hand over attackers bodies to families for burial turned violent, with dozens of Palestinians reportedly injured.The city has also seen near-daily stabbing attacks over the last two weeks.The foiled Hebron attack was the third of its kind in the area in as many days, and the second attack in the southern West Bank Tuesday night.Several hours before the attack, a soldier was moderately wounded in a stabbing by two assailants at the Etzion junction, between Hebron and Jerusalem.The two attackers stabbed the soldier, 19, in his head before other soldiers stationed in the area shot them. Both assailants were killed, according to an Israel Police spokesman.The stabbing took place as soldiers approached two suspicious-looking Arab men at a bus stop, an IDF spokeswoman told The Times of Israel.The army was searching the area to ensure there were no other attackers, according to Channel 2. The attack took place at the Etzion Junction, which has been the scene of several attacks in the past two weeks.On Monday, an Israeli soldier was stabbed and seriously injured in an attack near Hebron.The attacker was shot and killed by other troops as he carried out the knife attack near the entrance to the Palestinian village of Beit Anun, north of Hebron, the IDF said.On Sunday, a woman attempted to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in Hebron, and was shot and killed by troops at the scene, the army said.There were no injuries in that attack. Earlier in the day, a man was stabbed by assailants after his car was stoned on a road east of the Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem.
Israeli residency proposal unnerves Jerusalem’s Palestinians-Stripping rights en masse not likely due to legal hurdles, but threat nonetheless has East Jerusalemites concerned-By Mohammed Daraghmeh October 28, 2015, 12:31 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli proposal that could potentially strip tens of thousands of Palestinians in Jerusalem of their residency rights has sent shudders through the targeted Arab neighborhoods — areas that were dumped outside Israel’s security barrier a decade ago, even though they are within the city’s boundaries.The government’s review of the status of these neighborhoods, home to tens of thousands of people, illustrates the fragile position of Palestinians in a city where they have long suffered discrimination and are caught between the pragmatic conveniences of living under Israeli control and the loyalties to the Palestinian cause.With few exceptions, Jerusalem’s Palestinians are not Israeli citizens, and instead hold residency status that can be revoked. Removing residency rights en masse appears highly unlikely due to legal hurdles and domestic and international opposition. But government critics said the fact that it is even being discussed sent an ominous message to Palestinians.“There is nothing permanent about permanent residency,” said Yudith Oppenheimer, executive director of Ir Amim, an advocacy group that promotes coexistence and equality in the city. “This is another reminder for them how conditional that status is.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the review at a recent meeting called to discuss a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has roiled the area in the past month. About a third of the city’s 300,000 Palestinians live in these neighborhoods.An official who attended the meeting said the review would look at “all the issues” affecting these neighborhoods, including residency rights, which are coveted by Palestinians because they allow them to work and move freely inside Israel and gain access to Israeli health care and social services. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss internal deliberations, said the latest violence had exposed a “vacuum” in these outlying neighborhoods, which have a minimal Israeli presence but are not considered West Bank territory.In the past five weeks, 11 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings, while 54 Palestinians, including 32 labeled by Israel as terrorists, have died from Israeli fire. Many of the Palestinian attackers have originated in East Jerusalem, the section of the city captured by Israel in 1967 and claimed by the Palestinians for their capital.Israel has responded with a crackdown in Palestinian neighborhoods, deploying thousands of security forces and placing roadblocks and military-style checkpoints at the entrances. The new review of those areas that lie outside the security barrier has increased Palestinian fears that they are not wanted.“We are part of the Palestinian people. We are Jerusalemites, and we will remain in Jerusalem until a political solution is found,” said Munir Izghayer, a community leader in the Kufr Aqab neighborhood.Israel captured then-mainly Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war. After the war, it redrew Jerusalem’s municipal boundary, expanding it into the West Bank to encompass what were then small Palestinian communities, and annexed the lands that were made part of the city as part of its capital.The annexation was never internationally recognized, and few Palestinians applied for Israeli citizenship, viewing it as acceptance of an illegitimate occupation.Today, Jerusalem is an open city, and thousands of Palestinians work in the more affluent western part. But interaction between Jews and Arabs is largely superficial, and Arab neighborhoods suffer from neglect and poverty, with overcrowded classrooms, pothole-ridden roads and limited municipal services.The situation is especially dire in neighborhoods outside the security barrier.Israel built the barrier in the 2000s in response to a wave of suicide bombings and other deadly attacks. In Jerusalem, the structure slices through some Arab neighborhoods and places others on the West Bank side altogether.With development tightly restricted by Israel, Arab neighborhoods inside the barrier have seen real estate values skyrocket in recent years due to a housing crunch.As a result, areas outside the barrier have experienced a wave of unregulated construction as people search for cheaper housing within municipal boundaries, since leaving the city for nearby West Bank communities could result in a loss of residency rights.“They are building everywhere here to find places for poor Jerusalemites to live in because if they move to the West Bank, their IDs will be taken” said Mohammed Samarah, a 59-year-old unemployed restaurant worker, pointing to a new 12-story high-rise in Kufr Aqab.Although these outlying neighborhoods are considered part of the city, residents must pass through checkpoints in order to reach jobs, hospitals and holy sites in the heart of east Jerusalem. Israeli work crews rarely venture beyond the barrier, fearing confrontations with the local population. Last year, some areas had limited or no running water for weeks.Samarah, who grew up in Jerusalem’s Old City, said he now fears that Israel is plotting to take away his residency rights, which include unemployment assistance of about $600 a month. Since 1967, Israel has stripped some 14,000 Palestinians of residency, mostly in cases of people who have moved away, even to the West Bank, for more than seven years.“I’m very concerned about my ID. The only way to protect it is to go and live inside Jerusalem, but I don’t have money. It’s very expensive to live out there. I will wait and see,” he said.But most important, he said he was concerned about losing his connection to the Old City — site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, an important Palestinian national symbol that has been at the center of the latest unrest.“I want the ID to go to the Old City, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to the place of my childhood,” he said.Netanyahu’s office declined to comment on his plans. Mayor Nir Barkat’s office also refused to discuss Netanyahu’s latest proposal, though in the past the mayor has said he has worked hard to narrow the gaps between the city’s western and eastern sections.The odds of Israel actually taking action appear slim. Israeli leaders often brag about keeping Jerusalem unified, and dividing the city, even its outlying parts, would likely run into opposition from nationalists who dominate Netanyahu’s coalition.Emanuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Haifa, said the plan would require passage of a new law in parliament and could also violate international law. “This is not a simple thing,” he said.Asked about the proposal on Monday, US State Department spokesman John Kirby urged Israel to avoid “provocative actions and rhetoric,” and said stripping people of their rights “would certainly be of concern to us.”Oppenheimer, the coexistence activist, said suggestions that these neighborhoods could simply be turned over to the West Bank failed to recognize the deep Palestinian connection to Jerusalem.“They moved to these areas because they insisted on being Jerusalemites, and this is the only way they can maintain their Jerusalem status,” she said. “We cannot deny all these ties to the city, cut them off from the city, and think they will become something else.”The Associated Press.
Rekindled US-Israel security ties on display in DC meetings-Defense chiefs Moshe Ya’alon and Ashton Carter hold talks on 10-year security memorandum, highlight coordination-By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil October 27, 2015, 7:44 pm 2-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
WASHINGTON — Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and his US counterpart Ashton Carter were slated to deliver a joint lecture in Washington Tuesday, in a sign of rebounding security ties between Israel and the US in the wake of tensions over the Iran nuclear deal.The speech at Washington’s National Defense University comes as part of an extended fence-mending visit that sought to highlight the closeness of US-Israel security ties.The US and Israel recently restarted the process of negotiating a new 10-year security memorandum of understanding to replace the current one, which will expire in 2017.The Obama administration inherited the previous Bush-era memorandum, and it is expected that the current administration will leave a new one as part of its legacy to whoever wins the November 2016 presidential elections.Last week, ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer confirmed during a speech in Washington that Israel and the United States have resumed talks on the memorandum, a centerpiece of US defense aid to Israel.The decade-long aid package is expected to extend the annual funding, which today sits at approximately $3 billion per year. While the funding is critical to Israel’s ability to maintain a qualitative military advantage over neighboring states, talks over the new memorandum were frozen at the peak of US-Israel acrimony over the Iran deal.While Israeli officials have stressed that they do not see the new agreement as a tit-for-tat for the Iran deal, security experts have said that they do expect the new agreement to take into consideration additional security concerns raised by the conditions created by the controversial agreement.The closeness of security ties between the US and Israel – and specifically between Carter and Ya’alon – has been on display since the defense chief’s arrival Monday.Speaking at a Monday evening memorial service for slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Ya’alon described Carter as his “good friend,” emphasizing that Carter has “time and again proven his commitment to the security of the State of Israel.”The two, Ya’alon said, “will discuss how to further increase the IDF’s capacity and capabilities to maintain our qualitative edge, given increased and growing regional threats on the security of our country.”Ya’alon, who has been one of the sharpest critics of Washington’s policies regarding Iran, took a conciliatory tone on Monday, declaring that “the United States is Israel’s greatest friend. Its contribution to our security is tremendous and is truly our strategic cornerstone.”“The relationship between the United States and Israel is based on shared values and interests, and is clearly expressed in the strong ties between our defense establishments, armed forces and intelligence agencies.”In addition to thanking the “American people” and Congress, Ya’alon expressed gratitude to “President Barack Obama…for your contribution and commitment to our security. There is no truer friend of Israel than the United States of America – and no difference of opinion can harm this relationship.”-Shows of mutual affinity and the F-35-On Wednesday, the two are scheduled to visit a naval air station outside of Washington DC where they will observe a demonstration of the F-35 Lightening II fighter airplane. Israel was an early buyer of the plane and is slated to receive its first shipment of the cutting-edge airplane in 2016. IAF pilots have already begun training for service with the F-35, which will be known in Hebrew as the “Adir” and is considered to be 15 technology-years more advanced than Israel’s current fighter aircraft.The development of the F-35 has been plagued by budgetary and technical challenges, including an ejection seat that apparently can kill pilots who weigh under 200 lbs, but also includes technologies that make it vie with the American-produced F-22 for the title of most advanced fighter airplane in the world.On display Wednesday will be the $400,000 custom-fit helmets which provide pilots with a 360-degree view of their aircraft’s surroundings. Ya’alon and Carter will have a chance to personally test out the technology on the ground.In keeping the visit focused on professional-level security ties, Ya’alon may avoid the minefield he walked in to during a visit exactly one year ago this week.During that October trip to Washington, Ya’alon met with then-defense secretary Chuck Hagel, but was denied meetings at the State Department and the White House, including with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice.Ya’alon’s problems in the US capital came after a report in Yedioth Ahronoth quoted him as saying that Kerry should “take his Nobel Prize and leave us alone.”Although Ya’alon made lukewarm conciliatory statements before his October 2014 visit, the snubs added to the then-growing feelings of open tensions between the two administrations.“The US assists Israel in a variety of areas, most prominently of course in the field of security, and we must remember that and acknowledge its leaders and thank them for this,” his statement issued at the time read. “The respective defense establishments in both countries have a relationship whose intimacy is unprecedented in scope and importance for Israel’s security.”This year, the visit is part of a chain of shows of mutual affinity that – at least on the surface – emphasize that the tensions that emerged following the collapse of the last round of peace talks in spring 2014 and the Iranian nuclear deal reached in July of this year are behind the two administrations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on November 9, and just last week, another fierce critic of the Iran deal – Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz – held consultations with his American counterpart, Ernst Moniz.While Steinitz traveled to Washington, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, visited Israel on his first official overseas visit since he took the reins of the US military October 1.
ANAYALIST-LOSING PALESTINE
http://www.timesofisrael.com/losing-palestine/
Israel faces threats ranging from rockets to nuclear - defence minister-Reuters – OCT 27,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel faces a wide variety of threats ranging from Islamic militants wielding missiles and rockets to nuclear attack, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday during a visit to the United States.Yaalon was speaking with U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter at the National Defense University in Washington. Carter emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Israeli security relationship and the United States' commitment to maintaining close ties.Carter and Yaalon are due to visit the Naval Air Station in Maryland on Wednesday for a demonstration of the F-35 joint strike fighter. The United States has said it will deliver the F-35 to Israel next year, making it the only country in the Middle East to have the top-flight aircraft.Yaalon ticked off a number of threats that he said Israel has faced, including from Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Assad's Syria, and Iran."The threat has been changed dramatically from conventional type warfare to what might be called super-conventional...weapons of mass destruction, or sub-conventional like terror, rockets, and missiles," Yaalon said.Close U.S.-Israeli ties have come under strain in recent months over a nuclear agreement negotiated between Iran and the United States and other world powers, which Israeli officials have denounced as empowering Iran and endangering Israel.Yaalon said the deal, which was agreed in July and imposes curbs on Iran's nuclear programme in return for the removal of some economic sanctions, could delay an Iranian nuclear threat against Israel."Yes, for the time being, for about a decade or so, it (Iran's nuclear programme) might be postponed as a threat against us," Yaalon said, adding that the Iranian government had not given up its "vision of having a military nuclear capability."Iran denies ever pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, and said that it wanted nuclear capability only for civilian purposes.Yaalon also addressed ongoing strife between Israelis and Palestinians. Violence has flared in Israel, Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, in part triggered by Palestinians' anger over what they see as Jewish encroachment on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound. Yaalon said claims that Israel had violated agreements related to the holy site were false.Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced cautious hope that there may be a way to defuse the violence between Israelis and Palestinians.(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
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.
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
Palestinian leader warns EU that violence could escalate By Andrew Rettman-OCT 27,15-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:20-Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said violence could get worse unless Israel protects Muslim rights and resumes peace talks.Speaking to media in the EU capital on Monday (26 October), he described the situation as "extremely serious and grave", adding "it may even deteriorate, and this is my fear".The EU's top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, invited him to Brussels as part of European and US efforts to stop the cycle of stabbings, car rammings, and shootings which began last month in Jerusalem and the West Bank.Earlier on Monday, Israeli police killed three Palestinians in Israeli-occupied Hebron.The incidents bring the Palestinian death toll to 60 people this month, including 15 minors. Palestinian attackers killed nine Israelis in the same period.EU diplomats say the violence is hard to stop because attacks are being carried out spontaneously by individuals on both sides.They fear it could escalate into a Palestinian uprising, or "intifada", as in 2000, in events which lasted five years and claimed thousands of lives.Abbas blamed the recent flare-up on Israel.He said it stems from "a feeling of disappointment in the young [Palestinian] generation, which basically don't see any hope" of a future Palestinian state.He said it's also linked to Israel's "non-respect" of the "status quo" on Temple Mount and to Israeli settler violence."Settlers in the West Bank go out among houses and villages, protected by the Israeli army, and commit killings and attacks against Palestinian nationals. These are the direct causes of the deterioration in the situation".The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of Judaism and Islam's holiest sites.Jews are allowed to visit but not to pray there, under an accord which goes back more than 200 years. But Israeli hardliners, including in the government, are calling for the old pact to be scrapped.Abbas told press he's ready to resume peace talks and to live "side by side" with Israel if first stops settlement expansion.Mogherini said the Temple Mount status quo is "very important not only for the Palestinian people, but, I'd say for all people in the world".She said she shares Abbas' "frustration" on the stalled peace process."What we're looking for is concrete steps on the ground, including difficult ones, which can improve the everyday lives of Palestinian people … and, on the other side, which can guarantee more security for Israeli people", she said.The Abbas visit comes amid attempts by both sides to win European sympathy.For its part, the Israeli EU embassy the same day circulated an electronic flier which lists recent Palestinian attacks.It accused Abbas of incitement, citing him as having said, on Palestinian TV on 16 September: "We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem" .Israel's ambassador to the EU, David Walzer, in an op-ed published on the Politico website last week, added: "What is needed is for the EU to use its clout to help end the spate of attacks against Israeli citizens".He criticised EU plans to publish a code for European retailers on how to label Israeli settler products."Seeing European shops label Jewish products brings back some very painful memories for many Israelis", he said, referring to anti-Semitism in Europe on the eve of World War II.Palestinian officials note Israeli leaders are also enflaming the situation, however.Israel's deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, said on TV on Monday: "My dream is to see the Israeli flag flying over the Temple Mount … It's the holiest place for the Jewish people".Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, last week, said the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem instructed Hitler to burn Jews, in a claim denounced as false by historians.The feeling in some circles in Europe was reflected in an ad, published in The Guardian, a British daily, on Tuesday.The text, signed by 343 academics, pledged to stop cooperation with Israeli educational institutions on grounds of "Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land, the intolerable human rights violations that it inflicts on all sections of the Palestinian people, and its apparent determination to resist any feasible settlement".The same newspaper, last Thursday, published a letter by more than 150 artists, including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, opposing cultural boycotts.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
In break, top EU official suggests Israel-Palestine ‘confederation’-Despite official European stance supporting two-state solution, parliament head brings up possibility conflict can be solved with different arrangement-By Raphael Ahren October 26, 2015, 12:20 pm 57-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Israeli-Palestinian could be solved either through a two-state solution or a “confederation,” a top European Union official said last week, in what appears to be a suggestion in sharp contrast to official EU policy.“Peace in the Middle East is possible only if the mother of all conflicts, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, is resolved and both peoples live together in two states or a confederation,” Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said Thursday during a speech in Düsseldorf, according to a report in a German Jewish weekly.It is unclear what exactly Schulz meant when he invoked the term “confederation” (Staatenbund in German) as an alternative to a two-state solution. Staatenbund usually refers to a league of states in which each state retains full sovereignty.The EU’s declared foreign policy unambiguously calls for a two-state solution. “A negotiated two state solution is the only way to bring the lasting peace and security that both Israelis and Palestinians deserve,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said earlier this month.In July, the union’s 28 foreign ministers declared their commitment to the creation of an “independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign, and viable State of Palestine.” They reaffirmed “that there is no alternative to a negotiated two state solution.”Schulz’s spokesperson and the EU’s foreign service in Brussels had not replied to Times of Israel queries by the time of publication of this report.While the idea of a confederation has been suggested before, it has usually been dismissed as tantamount to a one-state solution, which could mean the end of Israel as a Jewish state.Schulz made the remarks after receiving a prize for his “courageous engagement for Middle East peace” by a group called German Initiative for the Middle East, or DINO, which was co-founded in 2006 by the former head of the German Jewish community Paul Spiegel.Speaking to 120 guests at the event, Schulz said that the violence in Israel has become “uncontrollable” since both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have “only very little influence on the population,” he said,The German-born Schulz further said that Israel had the right to protect its citizens in face of the current terror wave, but needs to safeguard the principle of proportionality, according to DINO’s website. Peace and security will only come to the region when a Palestinian state is created, he was quoted as saying.In February 2014, Schulz caused a minor diplomatic incident in Jerusalem when, during a generally pro-Israel speech in the Knesset, he appeared to accuse the government of limiting the amount of water Palestinians may consume.Speaking in his mother tongue German, Schulz recounted a meeting held two days earlier with young Palestinians in Ramallah. “One of the questions from these young men that moved me the most was: How can it be that Israelis are allowed to use 70 liters [of water] per day and Palestinians only 17?” Schulz related.At this point in his speech, several right-wing MKs yelled out in protest, calling the figures Palestinian lies, and a number of Jewish Home party lawmakers walked out. A short while later, Netanyahu accused Schulz of having “selective hearing.”Then-economy minister and Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett also took Schulz to task, demanding an apology. “I will not accept false moralizing against the people of Israel, in Israel’s Knesset. Certainly not in German,” Bennett stated at the time. (They made peace a week later, when Schulz assured him that he would always stand with Israel.)Schulz, who hails from Aachen, Germany, became the European Parliament’s president in 2012. He first made worldwide headlines in 2003, when former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi told him that he was the perfect candidate to play a kapo in a Nazi movie.
Mogherini urges Netanyahu, Abbas to meet Quartet ‘in days’-EU foreign policy chief says Israeli-Palestinian conflict can’t be contained, will only get worse with each round of violence-By AFP October 27, 2015, 10:42 pm 2-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday urged Israel Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to meet Quartet representatives “within days” in the hope of kick-starting stalled peace talks.“I have asked both Netanyahu and Abbas to receive the Quartet envoys in the coming days, not weeks,” Mogherini said, stressing the need for speed if an upsurge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians is not to spiral out of control.The Quartet comprises the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia and was set up in 2002 to promote what is known as the Middle East Peace Process.The peace talks, always difficult, stalled completely in 2014 despite the best efforts of US Secretary of State John Kerry but he has returned to the fray in recent weeks against a backdrop of a spate of terror attacks in Israel and Russia’s direct intervention in the bloody Syrian conflict.Mogherini warned the European parliament that there is a risk the Israeli-Palestinian dispute could get caught up in new conflicts in the region if the parties do not make an effort now to secure peace based on a two-state solution.“This is a risky time for Israelis and Palestinians alike… it is not business as usual in managing the old conflict,” she told the parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.“If anyone believes we can just contain this… they are wrong. Every cycle of violence is going to be worse (than the previous one),” she said.Mogherini said it was essential to build confidence, to show the two sides by concrete actions on the ground that “they have a future in their lands.”Mogherini met Abbas in Brussels on Monday and Netanyahu last week in Berlin as part of efforts to revive the peace process.
Ya’alon: Conflict rooted in denial of Jewish state, not settlements-Defense minister offers veiled rejection of US stance on cause of latest round of violence, reveals he initially supported Oslo accords-By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil October 27, 2015, 10:40 pm 1-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
WASHINGTON — While asserting the importance of the US-Israel strategic relationship, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon pushed against those who believe that settlements or Israel’s presence in the West Bank are at the root of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, stressing instead that conflict rests upon Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state.Speaking at the prestigious National Defense University in Washington, DC, before senior US and international defense officials, Ya’alon told the audience that “the challenge is that there are too many parties who are unwilling recognize Israel’s position in the region as a Jewish state.” He cited Iran’s “Islamic ideology” that he said “does not allow any non-Islamic entity to be on this land of Israel.”“It’s quite a unique challenge when it comes to security, [and] quite a unique challenge when it comes to politics,” he added.Ya’alon, considered a hawk within the Likud Party, also revealed that he had initially supported the Oslo peace accords, presented by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin before his assassination in 1995.“Israel is aspiring for peace. As one who has experienced wars, I am anxious to have peace. I can tell you personally that I supported Oslo,” revealed Ya’alon, who was at the time serving as a division commander in the West Bank. “I thought compromise might be a good idea to reach peace and tranquility.”“As one who has experienced wars, I am anxious to have peace. I can tell you personally that I supported Oslo. I thought compromise might be a good idea to reach peace and tranquility.”Ya’alon said that he came to realize that there was a critical limitation to the process. “Unfortunately neither Yasser Arafat at that time and Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas] today…even those two who are considered relatively moderate in the West are not ready to recognize our right to exist as the nation state of the Jewish people,” he said.Ya’alon dismissed as “lies” claims that Israel’s occupation in the West Bank, settlements or the status quo on the Temple Mount stood behind the latest round of violence.“Unfortunately,” he added, “they are able to manipulate not just their constituencies, but they are able manipulate even western like-minded people by that false propaganda.”The defense minister is in the US to discuss renewing a defense partnership with the US, in a visit seen as key to mending a relationship heavily stained in recent months by bad blood over the Iran nuclear deal, as well as other issues.Ya’alon repeated the concept of “Western like-minded people” again during his speech, but never indicate what or who he intended.In the past few weeks, the State Department – and Secretary of State John Kerry himself – have been criticized for seeming to imply that the growth of settlements or changes to the status quo at the contentious Jerusalem site have led to the recent escalation in violence.“ Those who claim that the problem is settlements – they murdered Jews before the construction of any settlement in the West Bank,” he asserted later in the speech. “It is quite frustrating that Western like-minded people are ready to be deceived, manipulated by this kind of propaganda forgetting the most important distinction between good and evil, going to relativism and other distinctions of victims and victimhood.”“Yes the Palestinians are victims – of their leadership,” Ya’alon quipped, noting a long list of partition and peace proposals that have been rejected on behalf of the Palestinians from the British Mandate onward.Ya’alon also cited what he described “the denial of accountability” which he said “has become a precious strategic asset.”Abbas, he said “is not accountable for the Gaza Strip, he is not accountable for what is going on with terrorists trying to stab Jews, he is not accountable for anything.”“He is too weak to be accountable,” Ya’alon complained.Ya’alon and Kerry have had a frosty relationship since 2014, when the Defense Minister was quoted in Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot as making derisive comments about Kerry’s involvement in regional politics.In his Tuesday speech, however, Ya’alon concluded by stressing the significance of US-Israel ties, a theme he has repeated during his visit to Washington DC.Calling for a strategy of “moral clarity,” Ya’alon argued that the “one country that can be the leader in the world in the 21st century is the United States.”“That’s why we so appreciate the relationship between our country and the United States,” said Ya’alon. “Based on common values as well as common interests. For us the relationship between Israel and the United States is a cornerstone of our national security concept. We are so lucky to have such an allied friend [even when] we have disputes among friends over certain issues.”Ya’alon said that he “hope[s] that the United States is enjoying what we do in our region” and said that he had “no doubt that the United States is a strong ally in this relationship.”“I am here this week in Washington to discuss the future of this relationship — how can we meet future challenges for both of us – the US and Israel, bearing in mind a future situation that is going to be characterized in the Middle East by chronic instability over a very long period of time,” he concluded.Ya’alon is in Washington to discuss long-term security planning and funding arrangements with his counterpart, Carter. His visit comes as part of the renewed process of negotiating a new 10-year security memorandum of understanding to replace the current one, which will expire in 2017.The memorandum, a centerpiece of US defense aid to Israel, is expected to continue the annual grants to Israel, which today sit at approximately $3 billion per year.Introducing Ya’alon before the speech, Carter played up the warmth of the ties between the two countries – and his respect for the often outspoken former IDF head. Carter described Ya’alon as “one of the finest defense officials in the world,” and as a “friend and a strategic thinker.”Carter said that regarding security partnerships, the US “appreciates what we get as well as what we give.”“The United States stands with Israel and we always will,” Carter proclaimed. “Israel is a cornerstone of our strategy in the Middle East and its security is a top priority for America, for our military and for President [Barack] Obama and for me personally.”
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
ISAIAH 41:11
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Soldiers foil stabbing, kill would-be attacker in Hebron-No troops injured; attack comes hours after soldier moderately injured in West Bank stabbing-By Times of Israel staff and Judah Ari Gross October 27, 2015, 11:20 pm 1
A Palestinian was shot and killed in Hebron as he attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday night.The would-be attacker drew a knife and tried to stab a soldier as his ID was checked at a “crossing” in the West Bank city, the army said in a statement.“The force responded to the immediate danger with fire towards the attacker, resulting in his death,” the statement read.The thwarted attack took place in the small Israeli enclave of Tel Rumeida in the divided city. The soldier was not injured in the attempted attack.Hebron, home to several hundred Jewish families among a larger Palestinian population, has become a flashpoint in an ongoing round of violence. Earlier in the day, a protest against Israel’s refusal to hand over attackers bodies to families for burial turned violent, with dozens of Palestinians reportedly injured.The city has also seen near-daily stabbing attacks over the last two weeks.The foiled Hebron attack was the third of its kind in the area in as many days, and the second attack in the southern West Bank Tuesday night.Several hours before the attack, a soldier was moderately wounded in a stabbing by two assailants at the Etzion junction, between Hebron and Jerusalem.The two attackers stabbed the soldier, 19, in his head before other soldiers stationed in the area shot them. Both assailants were killed, according to an Israel Police spokesman.The stabbing took place as soldiers approached two suspicious-looking Arab men at a bus stop, an IDF spokeswoman told The Times of Israel.The army was searching the area to ensure there were no other attackers, according to Channel 2. The attack took place at the Etzion Junction, which has been the scene of several attacks in the past two weeks.On Monday, an Israeli soldier was stabbed and seriously injured in an attack near Hebron.The attacker was shot and killed by other troops as he carried out the knife attack near the entrance to the Palestinian village of Beit Anun, north of Hebron, the IDF said.On Sunday, a woman attempted to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in Hebron, and was shot and killed by troops at the scene, the army said.There were no injuries in that attack. Earlier in the day, a man was stabbed by assailants after his car was stoned on a road east of the Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem.
Israeli residency proposal unnerves Jerusalem’s Palestinians-Stripping rights en masse not likely due to legal hurdles, but threat nonetheless has East Jerusalemites concerned-By Mohammed Daraghmeh October 28, 2015, 12:31 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli proposal that could potentially strip tens of thousands of Palestinians in Jerusalem of their residency rights has sent shudders through the targeted Arab neighborhoods — areas that were dumped outside Israel’s security barrier a decade ago, even though they are within the city’s boundaries.The government’s review of the status of these neighborhoods, home to tens of thousands of people, illustrates the fragile position of Palestinians in a city where they have long suffered discrimination and are caught between the pragmatic conveniences of living under Israeli control and the loyalties to the Palestinian cause.With few exceptions, Jerusalem’s Palestinians are not Israeli citizens, and instead hold residency status that can be revoked. Removing residency rights en masse appears highly unlikely due to legal hurdles and domestic and international opposition. But government critics said the fact that it is even being discussed sent an ominous message to Palestinians.“There is nothing permanent about permanent residency,” said Yudith Oppenheimer, executive director of Ir Amim, an advocacy group that promotes coexistence and equality in the city. “This is another reminder for them how conditional that status is.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the review at a recent meeting called to discuss a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has roiled the area in the past month. About a third of the city’s 300,000 Palestinians live in these neighborhoods.An official who attended the meeting said the review would look at “all the issues” affecting these neighborhoods, including residency rights, which are coveted by Palestinians because they allow them to work and move freely inside Israel and gain access to Israeli health care and social services. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss internal deliberations, said the latest violence had exposed a “vacuum” in these outlying neighborhoods, which have a minimal Israeli presence but are not considered West Bank territory.In the past five weeks, 11 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings, while 54 Palestinians, including 32 labeled by Israel as terrorists, have died from Israeli fire. Many of the Palestinian attackers have originated in East Jerusalem, the section of the city captured by Israel in 1967 and claimed by the Palestinians for their capital.Israel has responded with a crackdown in Palestinian neighborhoods, deploying thousands of security forces and placing roadblocks and military-style checkpoints at the entrances. The new review of those areas that lie outside the security barrier has increased Palestinian fears that they are not wanted.“We are part of the Palestinian people. We are Jerusalemites, and we will remain in Jerusalem until a political solution is found,” said Munir Izghayer, a community leader in the Kufr Aqab neighborhood.Israel captured then-mainly Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war. After the war, it redrew Jerusalem’s municipal boundary, expanding it into the West Bank to encompass what were then small Palestinian communities, and annexed the lands that were made part of the city as part of its capital.The annexation was never internationally recognized, and few Palestinians applied for Israeli citizenship, viewing it as acceptance of an illegitimate occupation.Today, Jerusalem is an open city, and thousands of Palestinians work in the more affluent western part. But interaction between Jews and Arabs is largely superficial, and Arab neighborhoods suffer from neglect and poverty, with overcrowded classrooms, pothole-ridden roads and limited municipal services.The situation is especially dire in neighborhoods outside the security barrier.Israel built the barrier in the 2000s in response to a wave of suicide bombings and other deadly attacks. In Jerusalem, the structure slices through some Arab neighborhoods and places others on the West Bank side altogether.With development tightly restricted by Israel, Arab neighborhoods inside the barrier have seen real estate values skyrocket in recent years due to a housing crunch.As a result, areas outside the barrier have experienced a wave of unregulated construction as people search for cheaper housing within municipal boundaries, since leaving the city for nearby West Bank communities could result in a loss of residency rights.“They are building everywhere here to find places for poor Jerusalemites to live in because if they move to the West Bank, their IDs will be taken” said Mohammed Samarah, a 59-year-old unemployed restaurant worker, pointing to a new 12-story high-rise in Kufr Aqab.Although these outlying neighborhoods are considered part of the city, residents must pass through checkpoints in order to reach jobs, hospitals and holy sites in the heart of east Jerusalem. Israeli work crews rarely venture beyond the barrier, fearing confrontations with the local population. Last year, some areas had limited or no running water for weeks.Samarah, who grew up in Jerusalem’s Old City, said he now fears that Israel is plotting to take away his residency rights, which include unemployment assistance of about $600 a month. Since 1967, Israel has stripped some 14,000 Palestinians of residency, mostly in cases of people who have moved away, even to the West Bank, for more than seven years.“I’m very concerned about my ID. The only way to protect it is to go and live inside Jerusalem, but I don’t have money. It’s very expensive to live out there. I will wait and see,” he said.But most important, he said he was concerned about losing his connection to the Old City — site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, an important Palestinian national symbol that has been at the center of the latest unrest.“I want the ID to go to the Old City, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, to the place of my childhood,” he said.Netanyahu’s office declined to comment on his plans. Mayor Nir Barkat’s office also refused to discuss Netanyahu’s latest proposal, though in the past the mayor has said he has worked hard to narrow the gaps between the city’s western and eastern sections.The odds of Israel actually taking action appear slim. Israeli leaders often brag about keeping Jerusalem unified, and dividing the city, even its outlying parts, would likely run into opposition from nationalists who dominate Netanyahu’s coalition.Emanuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Haifa, said the plan would require passage of a new law in parliament and could also violate international law. “This is not a simple thing,” he said.Asked about the proposal on Monday, US State Department spokesman John Kirby urged Israel to avoid “provocative actions and rhetoric,” and said stripping people of their rights “would certainly be of concern to us.”Oppenheimer, the coexistence activist, said suggestions that these neighborhoods could simply be turned over to the West Bank failed to recognize the deep Palestinian connection to Jerusalem.“They moved to these areas because they insisted on being Jerusalemites, and this is the only way they can maintain their Jerusalem status,” she said. “We cannot deny all these ties to the city, cut them off from the city, and think they will become something else.”The Associated Press.
Rekindled US-Israel security ties on display in DC meetings-Defense chiefs Moshe Ya’alon and Ashton Carter hold talks on 10-year security memorandum, highlight coordination-By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil October 27, 2015, 7:44 pm 2-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
WASHINGTON — Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and his US counterpart Ashton Carter were slated to deliver a joint lecture in Washington Tuesday, in a sign of rebounding security ties between Israel and the US in the wake of tensions over the Iran nuclear deal.The speech at Washington’s National Defense University comes as part of an extended fence-mending visit that sought to highlight the closeness of US-Israel security ties.The US and Israel recently restarted the process of negotiating a new 10-year security memorandum of understanding to replace the current one, which will expire in 2017.The Obama administration inherited the previous Bush-era memorandum, and it is expected that the current administration will leave a new one as part of its legacy to whoever wins the November 2016 presidential elections.Last week, ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer confirmed during a speech in Washington that Israel and the United States have resumed talks on the memorandum, a centerpiece of US defense aid to Israel.The decade-long aid package is expected to extend the annual funding, which today sits at approximately $3 billion per year. While the funding is critical to Israel’s ability to maintain a qualitative military advantage over neighboring states, talks over the new memorandum were frozen at the peak of US-Israel acrimony over the Iran deal.While Israeli officials have stressed that they do not see the new agreement as a tit-for-tat for the Iran deal, security experts have said that they do expect the new agreement to take into consideration additional security concerns raised by the conditions created by the controversial agreement.The closeness of security ties between the US and Israel – and specifically between Carter and Ya’alon – has been on display since the defense chief’s arrival Monday.Speaking at a Monday evening memorial service for slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Ya’alon described Carter as his “good friend,” emphasizing that Carter has “time and again proven his commitment to the security of the State of Israel.”The two, Ya’alon said, “will discuss how to further increase the IDF’s capacity and capabilities to maintain our qualitative edge, given increased and growing regional threats on the security of our country.”Ya’alon, who has been one of the sharpest critics of Washington’s policies regarding Iran, took a conciliatory tone on Monday, declaring that “the United States is Israel’s greatest friend. Its contribution to our security is tremendous and is truly our strategic cornerstone.”“The relationship between the United States and Israel is based on shared values and interests, and is clearly expressed in the strong ties between our defense establishments, armed forces and intelligence agencies.”In addition to thanking the “American people” and Congress, Ya’alon expressed gratitude to “President Barack Obama…for your contribution and commitment to our security. There is no truer friend of Israel than the United States of America – and no difference of opinion can harm this relationship.”-Shows of mutual affinity and the F-35-On Wednesday, the two are scheduled to visit a naval air station outside of Washington DC where they will observe a demonstration of the F-35 Lightening II fighter airplane. Israel was an early buyer of the plane and is slated to receive its first shipment of the cutting-edge airplane in 2016. IAF pilots have already begun training for service with the F-35, which will be known in Hebrew as the “Adir” and is considered to be 15 technology-years more advanced than Israel’s current fighter aircraft.The development of the F-35 has been plagued by budgetary and technical challenges, including an ejection seat that apparently can kill pilots who weigh under 200 lbs, but also includes technologies that make it vie with the American-produced F-22 for the title of most advanced fighter airplane in the world.On display Wednesday will be the $400,000 custom-fit helmets which provide pilots with a 360-degree view of their aircraft’s surroundings. Ya’alon and Carter will have a chance to personally test out the technology on the ground.In keeping the visit focused on professional-level security ties, Ya’alon may avoid the minefield he walked in to during a visit exactly one year ago this week.During that October trip to Washington, Ya’alon met with then-defense secretary Chuck Hagel, but was denied meetings at the State Department and the White House, including with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice.Ya’alon’s problems in the US capital came after a report in Yedioth Ahronoth quoted him as saying that Kerry should “take his Nobel Prize and leave us alone.”Although Ya’alon made lukewarm conciliatory statements before his October 2014 visit, the snubs added to the then-growing feelings of open tensions between the two administrations.“The US assists Israel in a variety of areas, most prominently of course in the field of security, and we must remember that and acknowledge its leaders and thank them for this,” his statement issued at the time read. “The respective defense establishments in both countries have a relationship whose intimacy is unprecedented in scope and importance for Israel’s security.”This year, the visit is part of a chain of shows of mutual affinity that – at least on the surface – emphasize that the tensions that emerged following the collapse of the last round of peace talks in spring 2014 and the Iranian nuclear deal reached in July of this year are behind the two administrations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on November 9, and just last week, another fierce critic of the Iran deal – Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz – held consultations with his American counterpart, Ernst Moniz.While Steinitz traveled to Washington, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, visited Israel on his first official overseas visit since he took the reins of the US military October 1.
