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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)
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)
Saudis pledge to honor Israel peace terms for islands given by Egypt-Jerusalem reportedly kept informed of new agreement transferring authority over Gulf of Aqaba’s Sanafir and Tiran from Cairo to Riyadh-By Stuart Winer April 11, 2016, 5:11 pm-the times of israel
A new agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over control of two islands in the Gulf of Aqaba has implications for the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, thus requiring Cairo to keep officials in Jerusalem informed of the developments.The islands are mentioned in the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, and the Saudis are pledging to honor its terms — albeit while stressing that they will have no direct contact with Israel over the matter. Saudi Arabia is formally at war with Israel, but senior figures from the two countries have met in public on several recent occasions, and the countries have a shared concern in grappling with the regional danger posed by Iran.The Hebrew-language Ynet website, citing the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, reported Monday that peace partners Egypt and Israel have been in contact recently over the plan to redraw the maritime border between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Specifically, Egyptian authorities notified Israel about a plan to transfer control of two Gulf of Aqaba islands, Sanafir and Tiran, from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.The islands strategically lie at the opening of the Gulf of Aqaba into the Red Sea and their status was detailed in the terms of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Israel’s seaport Eilat is located at the top of the gulf and is a major point of entry for goods into the country.Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said in an interview that his country would honor the treaty’s terms as regards the islands. Saudi Arabia won’t negotiate with Israel about the islands, he said, since “the commitments that Egypt approved [in the peace treaty] we are also committed to, including the stationing of an international force on the islands. We looked into the matter and we know our legal position. We are committed to what Egypt committed to before the international community.”Israeli sources told Ynet that the Foreign Ministry has been examining the legality of the matter and the Defense Ministry is likewise reviewing the plan. The report confirmed the Egyptians have reassured Israel that the Saudis intend to honor the commitments that Cairo has under the peace treaty.Al-Ahram reported that if Israel agrees with the islands’ transfer as planned by the Egyptians and the Saudis, it would entail changing details of the peace treaty and that will require a Knesset vote. But the Israeli sources noted that since the Saudis are also committed to its terms, there may be no need to change the treaty, Ynet said.Israel so far has not offered any objection to the plan.Under the terms of the peace treaty, a multinational force is stationed on the islands to ensure they are demilitarized and to protect free movement of shipping in the gulf.On Saturday Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Saudi King Salman, who is visiting Egypt, announced they had agreed to set up a $16 billion investment fund and settle a longstanding maritime dispute over the islands.A day later, they announced a plan to build a bridge over the Red Sea to Egypt, and the heads of state met at the historic Abdeen Palace in Cairo to oversee the inking of a string of agreements Egypt hopes will help boost its battered economy.In one of the most high-profile announcements, Cairo said it had agreed to demarcate its maritime borders with Saudi Arabia, officially placing the two islands in the Straits of Tiran in Saudi territory.The Egyptian parliament must still vote on the plan to approve it.The agreement announced by the cabinet on Saturday to settle the dispute over Tiran and Sanafir provoked an immediate backlash in Egypt, where thousands tweeted a hashtag accusing Sissi of selling the islands.Tiran had historically been a Saudi island “leased” to Egypt in 1950.AFP contributed to this report.
In Egypt, Saudi king calls for joint war on Mideast terrorism-On rare Cairo visit, elderly monarch signs slew of investment deals, while Sissi agrees to hand over two Straits of Tiran islands-By AFP April 10, 2016, 11:50 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
CAIRO — Saudi King Salman called Sunday for a joint fight against “terrorism” in the Middle East at a time when Riyadh is engaged in several conflicts the region.The 80-year-old monarch is on a rare five-day visit to Egypt, a trip seen as a clear show of support for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, the former military chief who toppled his Islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi in 2013.The two leaders have already signed a slew of multi-billion-dollar investment deals, and on Saturday Egypt agreed to demarcate its maritime borders with Saudi Arabia by officially placing two islands in the Straits of Tiran in Saudi territory.“The other mission that we should work on together is the fight against extremism and the fight against terrorism,” King Salman said in an address to the Egyptian parliament broadcast live on state television.In December, Saudi Arabia announced the creation of an “anti-terrorism” coalition whose members it said would share intelligence, counter violent ideology and deploy troops if necessary to combat extremists.The kingdom is part of the US-led coalition bombing the jihadist Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.Riyadh is also leading an Arab coalition, of which Egypt is a member, that has been bombing Iran-backed Huthi Shiite rebels in Yemen.Saudi Arabia has been a key backer of Sissi since the overthrow of Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement was viewed by Riyadh with suspicion.It has since pumped billions of dollars in aid and investment into Egypt.On Saturday, King Salman and Sissi agreed to set up a $16 billion investment fund, and also settled the long-standing maritime dispute.Salman announced on Friday a plan to build a bridge over the Red Sea to Egypt, and inked several other agreements Egypt hopes will boost its battered economy.His visit follows months of reports in Saudi and Egyptian newspapers of strained ties over Cairo’s unwillingness to participate fully in operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen.Egypt had announced it would back Saudi Arabia with ground troops if needed, but appears to have balked at the prospect of becoming mired in the conflict.For Saudi Arabia, which is in competition with regional rival Iran, keeping Egypt under its aegis is crucial, and it has played a key role in propping up Egypt’s economy.
Israel has hit ‘dozens’ of Hezbollah arms transfers, Netanyahu says-Prime minister tells soldiers army is acting ‘near and far’ to prevent terror organization from acquiring game-changing weapons-By Times of Israel staff April 11, 2016, 6:56 pm
Israel has carried out dozens of strikes against Hezbollah to prevent the Lebanese group from obtaining advanced weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, a rare Israeli admission of involvement in a series of air attacks in Syria.Netanyahu made the comments while on a tour of the Golan Heights, where Israeli officials have warned Hezbollah and Iranian fighters may try to set up a base across the border in Syria to launch attacks against Israelis.Saying that he was proud of Israel’s ability to maintain “relative quiet and security” in an otherwise stormy Middle East, he told soldiers stationed there: “We act when we have to act, including here and across the border, with dozens of strikes, to prevent Hezbollah acquiring tie-breaking weaponry.”He added that Israel was active against the Shiite organization on other fronts too, “both near and far.”“If we need to go to war, and this possibility stands before us and because of that you are here, it’s because we weren’t able to prevent dangers to the State of Israel in any other way,” he said.Netanyahu’s comments could be seen as the latest saber-rattling in a war of words between Israel and Hezbollah — which fought an actual war in 2006. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has threatened to hit Israeli chemical and nuclear sites in separate speeches over the past months.Analysts say the group has been increasingly squeezed by recent moves in Gulf states and the Sunni-dominated Arab League to blacklist the group, considered a proxy of Iran, over its support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.On Saturday, Julian Roepke of the German Bild newspaper reported that Hezbollah had acquired a game-changing SA-17 missile battery originally given to the Assad regime by Russia.The Buk, as it’s also known, is a medium-range surface-to-air missile system with an attack radius of approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers). It can strike targets flying at altitudes of 30,000-80,000 feet (10,000-24,000 kilometers) and would constitute a real threat to aircraft such as helicopters.Israel has long feared that the Shiite terror group would acquire the SA-17 system and has allegedly targeted a number of Hezbollah weapon convoys and caches over the years in Syria and Lebanon to prevent the transfers, though Jerusalem has generally refused to confirm involvement in specific strikes.In 2013, US officials claimed Israeli aircraft targeted a shipment of SA-17 missiles en route to Lebanon.On Wednesday, global intelligence firm Stratfor revealed satellite images of an area on the northern Lebanese-Syrian border which indicate that Hezbollah has been consolidating positions it conquered from Syrian rebels in June 2013.The terror organization has reportedly been constructing a fortified base inside Syria that it may be using to store Iranian ballistic missiles with the range to hit Israel.Other sources cited in the report said there are long-range missiles at the base including Iranian-manufactured Shabab-1, Shabab-2, and Fateh-110 ballistic missiles, although there was no satellite confirmation to back up the claim.The missiles are estimated to have ranges from 200 to at least 1,000 kilometers (125-625 miles), putting all of Israel within striking distance.Judah Ari Gross and Stuart Winer contributed to this report.
PA arrests 3 missing youths, foils ‘large-scale attack’ against Israelis-Trio found north of Ramallah with grenades, sub-machine gun; Palestinian security sources assess they are members of terror group Hamas-By Avi Issacharoff April 9, 2016, 10:37 pm-the times of israel
Palestinian security forces on Saturday arrested three Palestinian youths who had been missing since March 30, foiling a planned large-scale terror attack against Israeli targets, according to Palestinian Authority sources.PA forces had conducted intensive searches for the three since they were reported missing.The trio were found in an open area north of the West Bank city of Ramallah by a joint force of Palestinian police and the Palestinian Internal Security service, according to Palestinian sources who spoke to The Times of Israel.They had a large quantity of weapons with them, including several hand grenades and a “Carl Gustav” sub-machine gun, and it is believed they were planning an attack, the sources said.The three were taken for interrogation. According to the Palestinian sources, they are believed to be members of terror group Hamas.Concerns regarding the three grew on Thursday after the cellphones and ID cards of two of the youths were found near Ramallah, according to Bethlehem Radio.Palestinian police notified the families of Basel Mahmoud Ala’raj of al-Walaja, near Jerusalem, Mohammed Abdullah Harb of Jenin, and Haytham Sayaj, of Hebron, of the find.The families said that they had no word about the whereabouts of the three.
Swede held over attacks ID’d as Palestinian ‘brainwashed’ by jihadis-Osama Krayem was known to police in Malmo for criminal activities before being arrested over Belgium bombings, activists and family say-By Agencies and Times of Israel staff April 10, 2016, 8:34 am
MALMO, Sweden — Osama Krayem lived a delinquent lifestyle in Rosengard, an immigrant neighborhood in the Swedish city of Malmo, before he was “brainwashed” and joined Islamic militants in Syria, community activists and his aunt said Saturday.The 23-year-old is now under arrest in Belgium where prosecutors accuse him of involvement in the Brussels attacks.Krayem grew up in Rosengard, a district notorious in Sweden for high crime and unemployment rates where more than 80 percent of the residents are first- or second-generation immigrants. Muhammad Khorshid, who runs a program in Rosengard to help immigrants integrate into Swedish society, told The Associated Press that Krayem comes from a Palestinian family.“He was well-known to the local police for multiple criminal activities like thefts, for instance,” said the 46-year-old Khorshid, who is from Iraq. He said Krayem “was the perfect target for radicalization — no job, no future, no money.”Malmo police didn’t return calls seeking comment. Sweden’s security service, SAPO, declined to comment, referring to Belgian authorities.Krayem is suspected of involvement in twin bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a terminal of the Brussles airport and shortly afterwards another bomber attacked a the Maalbeek metro station in the city. In total 32 people were killed in the attacks and hundreds more injured.Krayem’s aunt, Akhlass Daabas, told Sweden’s TV4 that the family was stunned by his turn toward extremism.“Suddenly he had disappeared. Nobody in the family knew about it. Then he calls from abroad and says ‘I am with them and I’m not coming back,'” Daabas said.She said “many other guys” from the area had become foreign fighters.Krayem posted photos on social media from Syria, including one where he posed with an assault rifle in front of the black flag of the Islamic State group.Magnus Ranstorp, a counterterrorism expert at the Swedish National Defence College, said Krayem “had also tried to recruit people from Malmo.”In 2009, Ranstorp co-authored a report warning of the spread of Islamic extremism in Rosengard.Belgian prosecutors say Krayem was the second person present at the bomb attack in the subway station. They also say he was at a shopping mall where the luggage used in the airport attack was purchased.“He was brainwashed but we do not know by whom, when or where,” said Nabil Chibib, a 46-year-old Palestinian from Lebanon who has lived in Sweden since 1990 and said he knows Krayem’s father.Chibib said Krayem’s father used to be a medical doctor and an imam in one of the area’s many mosques — “not a radical one.”No one answered the door Saturday at the family’s second-floor apartment. On the staircase a young man politely told the AP to leave the premises.Chibib lamented that Rosengard, with its drab apartment blocks, often gets negative headlines in Swedish and international media. The area has long had problems with crime by Swedish standards, though it’s better off than neglected and crime-ridden areas of major US cities. Its most famous son is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden’s most successful soccer player.“There are two ways to get out of here — football or radicalism,” Chibib said.. “Zlatan was a tough and rough kid, but he turned to football, he chose one path. He will always be one of us. Krayem not.”
Arab democracies? Not so fast, say some-The democratic hopes kindled in the Arab Spring have been dashed, leaving many in the region to urge a more moderate approach to Arab liberty=By Dan Perry April 10, 2016, 1:05 am-the times of israel
CAIRO (AP) — A new-old idea is rattling around the Middle East five years after the Arab Spring stirred democratic ambition: that restoring stability, especially if accompanied by some economic and political improvements, should be reform enough for the moment.This discourse appears to be taking front and center these days, most obviously in Egypt — the region’s most populous country and the one that raised the highest hopes for democracy advocates when the military in 2011 removed longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak as millions rallied against him and his Western support collapsed.The current government is aggrieved to find itself facing possibly harsher international criticism than Mubarak ever did, mostly over questions of human rights. It argues that democracy does not require tolerance of chaos in the streets, and that unfettered freedoms can destabilize a brittle society facing illiteracy, poverty, weak democratic traditions and a jihadi insurgency.In meetings with US Congressional delegations this week, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi argued that “democracy is an ongoing process and cannot be realized overnight,” elaborating that Egypt is committed to “striking the balance between enhancing security and stability and upholding rights and freedoms,” according to a statement from his office.The idea has a philosophical foundation: just as democracy is about more than elections and cannot allow an unbridled dictatorship of the majority, so must freedom not be allowed to become anarchy.Critics dismiss such talk as self-serving, a conflating of criticism and sedition typical of elites trying to hang on to privilege. But the go-slow approach does find quiet defenders not only among the wealthy and connected who benefit, but also among educated people who simply don’t fully trust the masses at the moment.How much is hard to accurately gauge in a region where pundits are muzzled in ways both subtle and overt and where polling is rarely conducted. So claims about it tend toward anecdote, experience and logic.“People value stability more than anything else,” said Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at United Arab Emirates University. He said the instability and rise of political Islam following the Arab Spring slowed the push for greater freedom and democracy, and that most UAE citizens aren’t clamoring for sweeping change while they watch turmoil elsewhere in the region.“Let’s just be modest about it,” he said. “It is just very difficult to build a modern, stable democracy.”Others find it elitist to suggest that the Arab world is not ready for democracy. Are we really not deserving, they ask, of what the Indians and Brazilians take for granted? Some will mention cases of controversial election outcomes even in the West and ask: In such a complex world, can any society truly be ready? Is it not better to simply treat genuine freedom as a basic human right? “The idea that some people are not prepared for justice is racist,” respected Egyptian author Alaa Aswany told The Associated Press. “It reflects a lack of respect for people. I absolutely disagree with it.”Still, to Egyptians who see their region’s turbulence and observe police and soldiers being killed by Islamic State-affiliated jihadis in the Sinai Peninsula, the security argument especially can resonate. And in Jordan, where there’s little doubt that the monarchy is in charge and critics know what lines not to cross, King Abdullah gets major points among the middle classes for keeping a place that borders Syria, Iraq and Palestinian territories calm, even showing some modest economic growth.There is a noticeable decline in the inclination to demonstrate in many countries — although this can mislead: the right to do so is much curtailed and people may have just tired of the trouble and strife.Certainly many seem terrified by what happened in places that have spun out of control. In Libya, militias hold sway. Yemen is mired in civil war, compounded by a year of Saudi-led airstrikes. Iraq’s Sunni regions are overrun by the Islamic State group. In Syria, half the pre-war population of over 20 million has been displaced, and parts of cities have been leveled.Tunisia has had some success in enacting democratic rule, but it is the exception. Lebanon is paralyzed by confessional politics and hasn’t been able to elect a president in almost two years, and parliament rarely meets. Mahmoud Abbas’s term as president of the Palestinian Authority ran out years ago.Democracy rarely gets mentioned in the United Arab Emirates, although there have been elections for a federal citizens’ advisory council. In Saudi Arabia, the monarchy holds absolute control over an opaque, oil-financed government, and municipal councils are the only elected government body. Other Gulf nations have relatively powerless parliaments.Egypt, compared to most other Arab states, has made impressive strides. El-Sissi overwhelmingly won presidential elections in 2014 with far more votes than had been won two years earlier by Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president the military overthrew for alleged misrule in 2013. While the election was widely criticized because the previously ruling Muslim Brotherhood was banned, few claim the vote count was falsified — no small matter considering the region’s recent history. And the president is constitutionally limited to two terms in office — a stark contrast to most of the region. Egypt also has a new elected parliament more diverse and empowered than has been the norm in the region.There has been growing clamor by outsiders and activists against what many term a crackdown on dissent: a law against street demonstrations and another essentially criminalizing anyone contradicting official statements on security; lengthy periods of detention without charges; banning some activists from travelling abroad; and dozens of secret detentions.But the government’s defenders cast the criticism on human rights as unfair since other countries in the region are worse.
US brings B-52s back to the Mideast to target IS-Deployment to Qatar marks first time since 1991 Gulf War the strategic bomber has been used in the region-By AP April 10, 2016, 1:37 am-the times of israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States has deployed B-52 bombers to the Mideast nation of Qatar to take part in the US-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group, the Air Force said Saturday.It is the first time the Cold War-era heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1991 Gulf War, when they operated from neighboring Saudi Arabia.The Air Force said the B-52s arrived at Qatar’s al-Udeid Air Base from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on Saturday.The long-range bombers will join a multinational coalition carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq.
Aussie prisoner ‘carves IS slogan’ into head of cellmate-Bourhan Hraichie used a razor blade to write ‘e4e,’ in reference to Islamic State’s ‘eye for an eye’ mantra-By AFP April 11, 2016, 7:22 pm-the times of israel
SYDNEY, Australia — A radicalized prisoner allegedly carved an Islamic State slogan into the forehead of a fellow inmate in Australia.The 18-year-old, named as Bourhan Hraichie, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and intentional choking following the incident after lockdown at the medium-security Kempsey prison north of Sydney last week.He reportedly assaulted his cellmate then used a razor blade to carve “e4e” into his head, an apparent reference to the Islamic State group’s “eye for an eye” mantra, before placing a towel on his face and pouring boiling water over him.The cellmate, who was rushed to hospital with injuries to his head and burns to the face, was initially reported to be a former soldier, although officials later distanced themselves from the claim.New South Wales Corrections Minister David Elliott said he was outraged by the alleged attack.The prison’s chief was suspended.Officials denied extremism was a problem in the jail system.
Four Jewish Israelis arrested for attacks against Palestinians-Suspects, including two minors, accused of setting vehicle on fire and other unspecified ‘security transgressions’-By Raoul Wootliff April 11, 2016, 9:21 pm-the times of israel
Four Jewish Israelis, including two minors, are being held on suspicion of carrying out or planning attacks against Palestinians, police said Monday, after a judge partially lifted a gag order.The two minors, ages 16 and 17, are suspected of “security transgressions against Palestinians,” according to a police statement.One was arrested on April 5. The second was arrested Monday. Their identities were not made public, apparently due to them being minors.The two adult suspects, identified by police as Dana Shneur and Pinhas Shandorfi, were also arrested on April 5.Police said Shneur is suspected of setting a Palestinian’s vehicle on fire, conspiring to commit a crime and being a member of an illegal organization.Shandorfi is suspected of “security offenses,” according to the statement, but no further details were offered.The Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court extended Monday the remand of all four by one week, until April 18.Police had requested an extension to the court-imposed gag order preventing publication of any details of the suspects, but Judge Ilana Danieli rejected the application.Further details remain under gag order.On April 5, the police and Shin Bet announced they had arrested three Jewish Israelis on suspicion of involvement in race-related hate crimes.The arrests come amid an ongoing crackdown on Jewish terror following last summer’s fatal torching of a Palestinian home by suspected Jewish radicals.Israel has charged a man and a minor over the attack, which triggered a crackdown on Jewish extremists, but the identity of the adult suspect — Amiram Ben-Uliel — wasn’t published for months thereafter.Several extreme right-wing Israeli settlers, including alleged ringleader Meir Ettinger, have been detained without charge since the deadly attack on the Dawabsha family home in the village of Duma in July 2015.Under administrative detention — an anti-terror measure more commonly used for Palestinian security prisoners — a detainee can be held for six months without being charged or tried. The order can be renewed indefinitely in six-month increments.Ettinger has been denied release, even though he has not been directly linked to the firebombing, which left a Palestinian baby and both his parents dead.Jewish extremists are also suspected of attacking Palestinians, torching homes and cars, and vandalizing mosques and churches in the West Bank and Israel.Last month, five Jewish teens were arrested for attacking an Arab in Jerusalem and stealing his cellphone in what police said was “a distinctly racial incident.” The victim of the attack required medical treatment for light injuries.Netanel Golenberg, 19, and the four other suspects were brought before the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court to be remanded into custody. Four of the suspects were not named, apparently because they are minors.In a separate incident, prosecutors pressed charges last month against four 17-year-old Jews suspected of a “racially motivated” assault on two Arab men in the coastal city of Netanya.The four were being charged with “racially motivated aggravated assault,” the justice minister said in a statement at the time.Tensions between Jews and Arabs have risen during a six-month wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Twenty-nine Israelis and four foreign nationals have been killed in a wave of Palestinian terrorism and violence since October of last year.Some 190 Palestinians have also been killed, about two-thirds of them while attacking Israelis, and the rest during clashes with troops, according to the Israeli army.
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)
Saudis pledge to honor Israel peace terms for islands given by Egypt-Jerusalem reportedly kept informed of new agreement transferring authority over Gulf of Aqaba’s Sanafir and Tiran from Cairo to Riyadh-By Stuart Winer April 11, 2016, 5:11 pm-the times of israel
A new agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over control of two islands in the Gulf of Aqaba has implications for the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, thus requiring Cairo to keep officials in Jerusalem informed of the developments.The islands are mentioned in the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, and the Saudis are pledging to honor its terms — albeit while stressing that they will have no direct contact with Israel over the matter. Saudi Arabia is formally at war with Israel, but senior figures from the two countries have met in public on several recent occasions, and the countries have a shared concern in grappling with the regional danger posed by Iran.The Hebrew-language Ynet website, citing the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, reported Monday that peace partners Egypt and Israel have been in contact recently over the plan to redraw the maritime border between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Specifically, Egyptian authorities notified Israel about a plan to transfer control of two Gulf of Aqaba islands, Sanafir and Tiran, from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.The islands strategically lie at the opening of the Gulf of Aqaba into the Red Sea and their status was detailed in the terms of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Israel’s seaport Eilat is located at the top of the gulf and is a major point of entry for goods into the country.Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said in an interview that his country would honor the treaty’s terms as regards the islands. Saudi Arabia won’t negotiate with Israel about the islands, he said, since “the commitments that Egypt approved [in the peace treaty] we are also committed to, including the stationing of an international force on the islands. We looked into the matter and we know our legal position. We are committed to what Egypt committed to before the international community.”Israeli sources told Ynet that the Foreign Ministry has been examining the legality of the matter and the Defense Ministry is likewise reviewing the plan. The report confirmed the Egyptians have reassured Israel that the Saudis intend to honor the commitments that Cairo has under the peace treaty.Al-Ahram reported that if Israel agrees with the islands’ transfer as planned by the Egyptians and the Saudis, it would entail changing details of the peace treaty and that will require a Knesset vote. But the Israeli sources noted that since the Saudis are also committed to its terms, there may be no need to change the treaty, Ynet said.Israel so far has not offered any objection to the plan.Under the terms of the peace treaty, a multinational force is stationed on the islands to ensure they are demilitarized and to protect free movement of shipping in the gulf.On Saturday Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Saudi King Salman, who is visiting Egypt, announced they had agreed to set up a $16 billion investment fund and settle a longstanding maritime dispute over the islands.A day later, they announced a plan to build a bridge over the Red Sea to Egypt, and the heads of state met at the historic Abdeen Palace in Cairo to oversee the inking of a string of agreements Egypt hopes will help boost its battered economy.In one of the most high-profile announcements, Cairo said it had agreed to demarcate its maritime borders with Saudi Arabia, officially placing the two islands in the Straits of Tiran in Saudi territory.The Egyptian parliament must still vote on the plan to approve it.The agreement announced by the cabinet on Saturday to settle the dispute over Tiran and Sanafir provoked an immediate backlash in Egypt, where thousands tweeted a hashtag accusing Sissi of selling the islands.Tiran had historically been a Saudi island “leased” to Egypt in 1950.AFP contributed to this report.
In Egypt, Saudi king calls for joint war on Mideast terrorism-On rare Cairo visit, elderly monarch signs slew of investment deals, while Sissi agrees to hand over two Straits of Tiran islands-By AFP April 10, 2016, 11:50 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
CAIRO — Saudi King Salman called Sunday for a joint fight against “terrorism” in the Middle East at a time when Riyadh is engaged in several conflicts the region.The 80-year-old monarch is on a rare five-day visit to Egypt, a trip seen as a clear show of support for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, the former military chief who toppled his Islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi in 2013.The two leaders have already signed a slew of multi-billion-dollar investment deals, and on Saturday Egypt agreed to demarcate its maritime borders with Saudi Arabia by officially placing two islands in the Straits of Tiran in Saudi territory.“The other mission that we should work on together is the fight against extremism and the fight against terrorism,” King Salman said in an address to the Egyptian parliament broadcast live on state television.In December, Saudi Arabia announced the creation of an “anti-terrorism” coalition whose members it said would share intelligence, counter violent ideology and deploy troops if necessary to combat extremists.The kingdom is part of the US-led coalition bombing the jihadist Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.Riyadh is also leading an Arab coalition, of which Egypt is a member, that has been bombing Iran-backed Huthi Shiite rebels in Yemen.Saudi Arabia has been a key backer of Sissi since the overthrow of Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement was viewed by Riyadh with suspicion.It has since pumped billions of dollars in aid and investment into Egypt.On Saturday, King Salman and Sissi agreed to set up a $16 billion investment fund, and also settled the long-standing maritime dispute.Salman announced on Friday a plan to build a bridge over the Red Sea to Egypt, and inked several other agreements Egypt hopes will boost its battered economy.His visit follows months of reports in Saudi and Egyptian newspapers of strained ties over Cairo’s unwillingness to participate fully in operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen.Egypt had announced it would back Saudi Arabia with ground troops if needed, but appears to have balked at the prospect of becoming mired in the conflict.For Saudi Arabia, which is in competition with regional rival Iran, keeping Egypt under its aegis is crucial, and it has played a key role in propping up Egypt’s economy.
Israel has hit ‘dozens’ of Hezbollah arms transfers, Netanyahu says-Prime minister tells soldiers army is acting ‘near and far’ to prevent terror organization from acquiring game-changing weapons-By Times of Israel staff April 11, 2016, 6:56 pm
Israel has carried out dozens of strikes against Hezbollah to prevent the Lebanese group from obtaining advanced weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, a rare Israeli admission of involvement in a series of air attacks in Syria.Netanyahu made the comments while on a tour of the Golan Heights, where Israeli officials have warned Hezbollah and Iranian fighters may try to set up a base across the border in Syria to launch attacks against Israelis.Saying that he was proud of Israel’s ability to maintain “relative quiet and security” in an otherwise stormy Middle East, he told soldiers stationed there: “We act when we have to act, including here and across the border, with dozens of strikes, to prevent Hezbollah acquiring tie-breaking weaponry.”He added that Israel was active against the Shiite organization on other fronts too, “both near and far.”“If we need to go to war, and this possibility stands before us and because of that you are here, it’s because we weren’t able to prevent dangers to the State of Israel in any other way,” he said.Netanyahu’s comments could be seen as the latest saber-rattling in a war of words between Israel and Hezbollah — which fought an actual war in 2006. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has threatened to hit Israeli chemical and nuclear sites in separate speeches over the past months.Analysts say the group has been increasingly squeezed by recent moves in Gulf states and the Sunni-dominated Arab League to blacklist the group, considered a proxy of Iran, over its support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.On Saturday, Julian Roepke of the German Bild newspaper reported that Hezbollah had acquired a game-changing SA-17 missile battery originally given to the Assad regime by Russia.The Buk, as it’s also known, is a medium-range surface-to-air missile system with an attack radius of approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers). It can strike targets flying at altitudes of 30,000-80,000 feet (10,000-24,000 kilometers) and would constitute a real threat to aircraft such as helicopters.Israel has long feared that the Shiite terror group would acquire the SA-17 system and has allegedly targeted a number of Hezbollah weapon convoys and caches over the years in Syria and Lebanon to prevent the transfers, though Jerusalem has generally refused to confirm involvement in specific strikes.In 2013, US officials claimed Israeli aircraft targeted a shipment of SA-17 missiles en route to Lebanon.On Wednesday, global intelligence firm Stratfor revealed satellite images of an area on the northern Lebanese-Syrian border which indicate that Hezbollah has been consolidating positions it conquered from Syrian rebels in June 2013.The terror organization has reportedly been constructing a fortified base inside Syria that it may be using to store Iranian ballistic missiles with the range to hit Israel.Other sources cited in the report said there are long-range missiles at the base including Iranian-manufactured Shabab-1, Shabab-2, and Fateh-110 ballistic missiles, although there was no satellite confirmation to back up the claim.The missiles are estimated to have ranges from 200 to at least 1,000 kilometers (125-625 miles), putting all of Israel within striking distance.Judah Ari Gross and Stuart Winer contributed to this report.
PA arrests 3 missing youths, foils ‘large-scale attack’ against Israelis-Trio found north of Ramallah with grenades, sub-machine gun; Palestinian security sources assess they are members of terror group Hamas-By Avi Issacharoff April 9, 2016, 10:37 pm-the times of israel
Palestinian security forces on Saturday arrested three Palestinian youths who had been missing since March 30, foiling a planned large-scale terror attack against Israeli targets, according to Palestinian Authority sources.PA forces had conducted intensive searches for the three since they were reported missing.The trio were found in an open area north of the West Bank city of Ramallah by a joint force of Palestinian police and the Palestinian Internal Security service, according to Palestinian sources who spoke to The Times of Israel.They had a large quantity of weapons with them, including several hand grenades and a “Carl Gustav” sub-machine gun, and it is believed they were planning an attack, the sources said.The three were taken for interrogation. According to the Palestinian sources, they are believed to be members of terror group Hamas.Concerns regarding the three grew on Thursday after the cellphones and ID cards of two of the youths were found near Ramallah, according to Bethlehem Radio.Palestinian police notified the families of Basel Mahmoud Ala’raj of al-Walaja, near Jerusalem, Mohammed Abdullah Harb of Jenin, and Haytham Sayaj, of Hebron, of the find.The families said that they had no word about the whereabouts of the three.
Swede held over attacks ID’d as Palestinian ‘brainwashed’ by jihadis-Osama Krayem was known to police in Malmo for criminal activities before being arrested over Belgium bombings, activists and family say-By Agencies and Times of Israel staff April 10, 2016, 8:34 am
MALMO, Sweden — Osama Krayem lived a delinquent lifestyle in Rosengard, an immigrant neighborhood in the Swedish city of Malmo, before he was “brainwashed” and joined Islamic militants in Syria, community activists and his aunt said Saturday.The 23-year-old is now under arrest in Belgium where prosecutors accuse him of involvement in the Brussels attacks.Krayem grew up in Rosengard, a district notorious in Sweden for high crime and unemployment rates where more than 80 percent of the residents are first- or second-generation immigrants. Muhammad Khorshid, who runs a program in Rosengard to help immigrants integrate into Swedish society, told The Associated Press that Krayem comes from a Palestinian family.“He was well-known to the local police for multiple criminal activities like thefts, for instance,” said the 46-year-old Khorshid, who is from Iraq. He said Krayem “was the perfect target for radicalization — no job, no future, no money.”Malmo police didn’t return calls seeking comment. Sweden’s security service, SAPO, declined to comment, referring to Belgian authorities.Krayem is suspected of involvement in twin bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a terminal of the Brussles airport and shortly afterwards another bomber attacked a the Maalbeek metro station in the city. In total 32 people were killed in the attacks and hundreds more injured.Krayem’s aunt, Akhlass Daabas, told Sweden’s TV4 that the family was stunned by his turn toward extremism.“Suddenly he had disappeared. Nobody in the family knew about it. Then he calls from abroad and says ‘I am with them and I’m not coming back,'” Daabas said.She said “many other guys” from the area had become foreign fighters.Krayem posted photos on social media from Syria, including one where he posed with an assault rifle in front of the black flag of the Islamic State group.Magnus Ranstorp, a counterterrorism expert at the Swedish National Defence College, said Krayem “had also tried to recruit people from Malmo.”In 2009, Ranstorp co-authored a report warning of the spread of Islamic extremism in Rosengard.Belgian prosecutors say Krayem was the second person present at the bomb attack in the subway station. They also say he was at a shopping mall where the luggage used in the airport attack was purchased.“He was brainwashed but we do not know by whom, when or where,” said Nabil Chibib, a 46-year-old Palestinian from Lebanon who has lived in Sweden since 1990 and said he knows Krayem’s father.Chibib said Krayem’s father used to be a medical doctor and an imam in one of the area’s many mosques — “not a radical one.”No one answered the door Saturday at the family’s second-floor apartment. On the staircase a young man politely told the AP to leave the premises.Chibib lamented that Rosengard, with its drab apartment blocks, often gets negative headlines in Swedish and international media. The area has long had problems with crime by Swedish standards, though it’s better off than neglected and crime-ridden areas of major US cities. Its most famous son is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden’s most successful soccer player.“There are two ways to get out of here — football or radicalism,” Chibib said.. “Zlatan was a tough and rough kid, but he turned to football, he chose one path. He will always be one of us. Krayem not.”
Arab democracies? Not so fast, say some-The democratic hopes kindled in the Arab Spring have been dashed, leaving many in the region to urge a more moderate approach to Arab liberty=By Dan Perry April 10, 2016, 1:05 am-the times of israel
CAIRO (AP) — A new-old idea is rattling around the Middle East five years after the Arab Spring stirred democratic ambition: that restoring stability, especially if accompanied by some economic and political improvements, should be reform enough for the moment.This discourse appears to be taking front and center these days, most obviously in Egypt — the region’s most populous country and the one that raised the highest hopes for democracy advocates when the military in 2011 removed longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak as millions rallied against him and his Western support collapsed.The current government is aggrieved to find itself facing possibly harsher international criticism than Mubarak ever did, mostly over questions of human rights. It argues that democracy does not require tolerance of chaos in the streets, and that unfettered freedoms can destabilize a brittle society facing illiteracy, poverty, weak democratic traditions and a jihadi insurgency.In meetings with US Congressional delegations this week, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi argued that “democracy is an ongoing process and cannot be realized overnight,” elaborating that Egypt is committed to “striking the balance between enhancing security and stability and upholding rights and freedoms,” according to a statement from his office.The idea has a philosophical foundation: just as democracy is about more than elections and cannot allow an unbridled dictatorship of the majority, so must freedom not be allowed to become anarchy.Critics dismiss such talk as self-serving, a conflating of criticism and sedition typical of elites trying to hang on to privilege. But the go-slow approach does find quiet defenders not only among the wealthy and connected who benefit, but also among educated people who simply don’t fully trust the masses at the moment.How much is hard to accurately gauge in a region where pundits are muzzled in ways both subtle and overt and where polling is rarely conducted. So claims about it tend toward anecdote, experience and logic.“People value stability more than anything else,” said Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at United Arab Emirates University. He said the instability and rise of political Islam following the Arab Spring slowed the push for greater freedom and democracy, and that most UAE citizens aren’t clamoring for sweeping change while they watch turmoil elsewhere in the region.“Let’s just be modest about it,” he said. “It is just very difficult to build a modern, stable democracy.”Others find it elitist to suggest that the Arab world is not ready for democracy. Are we really not deserving, they ask, of what the Indians and Brazilians take for granted? Some will mention cases of controversial election outcomes even in the West and ask: In such a complex world, can any society truly be ready? Is it not better to simply treat genuine freedom as a basic human right? “The idea that some people are not prepared for justice is racist,” respected Egyptian author Alaa Aswany told The Associated Press. “It reflects a lack of respect for people. I absolutely disagree with it.”Still, to Egyptians who see their region’s turbulence and observe police and soldiers being killed by Islamic State-affiliated jihadis in the Sinai Peninsula, the security argument especially can resonate. And in Jordan, where there’s little doubt that the monarchy is in charge and critics know what lines not to cross, King Abdullah gets major points among the middle classes for keeping a place that borders Syria, Iraq and Palestinian territories calm, even showing some modest economic growth.There is a noticeable decline in the inclination to demonstrate in many countries — although this can mislead: the right to do so is much curtailed and people may have just tired of the trouble and strife.Certainly many seem terrified by what happened in places that have spun out of control. In Libya, militias hold sway. Yemen is mired in civil war, compounded by a year of Saudi-led airstrikes. Iraq’s Sunni regions are overrun by the Islamic State group. In Syria, half the pre-war population of over 20 million has been displaced, and parts of cities have been leveled.Tunisia has had some success in enacting democratic rule, but it is the exception. Lebanon is paralyzed by confessional politics and hasn’t been able to elect a president in almost two years, and parliament rarely meets. Mahmoud Abbas’s term as president of the Palestinian Authority ran out years ago.Democracy rarely gets mentioned in the United Arab Emirates, although there have been elections for a federal citizens’ advisory council. In Saudi Arabia, the monarchy holds absolute control over an opaque, oil-financed government, and municipal councils are the only elected government body. Other Gulf nations have relatively powerless parliaments.Egypt, compared to most other Arab states, has made impressive strides. El-Sissi overwhelmingly won presidential elections in 2014 with far more votes than had been won two years earlier by Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president the military overthrew for alleged misrule in 2013. While the election was widely criticized because the previously ruling Muslim Brotherhood was banned, few claim the vote count was falsified — no small matter considering the region’s recent history. And the president is constitutionally limited to two terms in office — a stark contrast to most of the region. Egypt also has a new elected parliament more diverse and empowered than has been the norm in the region.There has been growing clamor by outsiders and activists against what many term a crackdown on dissent: a law against street demonstrations and another essentially criminalizing anyone contradicting official statements on security; lengthy periods of detention without charges; banning some activists from travelling abroad; and dozens of secret detentions.But the government’s defenders cast the criticism on human rights as unfair since other countries in the region are worse.
US brings B-52s back to the Mideast to target IS-Deployment to Qatar marks first time since 1991 Gulf War the strategic bomber has been used in the region-By AP April 10, 2016, 1:37 am-the times of israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States has deployed B-52 bombers to the Mideast nation of Qatar to take part in the US-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group, the Air Force said Saturday.It is the first time the Cold War-era heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1991 Gulf War, when they operated from neighboring Saudi Arabia.The Air Force said the B-52s arrived at Qatar’s al-Udeid Air Base from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on Saturday.The long-range bombers will join a multinational coalition carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq.
Aussie prisoner ‘carves IS slogan’ into head of cellmate-Bourhan Hraichie used a razor blade to write ‘e4e,’ in reference to Islamic State’s ‘eye for an eye’ mantra-By AFP April 11, 2016, 7:22 pm-the times of israel
SYDNEY, Australia — A radicalized prisoner allegedly carved an Islamic State slogan into the forehead of a fellow inmate in Australia.The 18-year-old, named as Bourhan Hraichie, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and intentional choking following the incident after lockdown at the medium-security Kempsey prison north of Sydney last week.He reportedly assaulted his cellmate then used a razor blade to carve “e4e” into his head, an apparent reference to the Islamic State group’s “eye for an eye” mantra, before placing a towel on his face and pouring boiling water over him.The cellmate, who was rushed to hospital with injuries to his head and burns to the face, was initially reported to be a former soldier, although officials later distanced themselves from the claim.New South Wales Corrections Minister David Elliott said he was outraged by the alleged attack.The prison’s chief was suspended.Officials denied extremism was a problem in the jail system.
Four Jewish Israelis arrested for attacks against Palestinians-Suspects, including two minors, accused of setting vehicle on fire and other unspecified ‘security transgressions’-By Raoul Wootliff April 11, 2016, 9:21 pm-the times of israel
Four Jewish Israelis, including two minors, are being held on suspicion of carrying out or planning attacks against Palestinians, police said Monday, after a judge partially lifted a gag order.The two minors, ages 16 and 17, are suspected of “security transgressions against Palestinians,” according to a police statement.One was arrested on April 5. The second was arrested Monday. Their identities were not made public, apparently due to them being minors.The two adult suspects, identified by police as Dana Shneur and Pinhas Shandorfi, were also arrested on April 5.Police said Shneur is suspected of setting a Palestinian’s vehicle on fire, conspiring to commit a crime and being a member of an illegal organization.Shandorfi is suspected of “security offenses,” according to the statement, but no further details were offered.The Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court extended Monday the remand of all four by one week, until April 18.Police had requested an extension to the court-imposed gag order preventing publication of any details of the suspects, but Judge Ilana Danieli rejected the application.Further details remain under gag order.On April 5, the police and Shin Bet announced they had arrested three Jewish Israelis on suspicion of involvement in race-related hate crimes.The arrests come amid an ongoing crackdown on Jewish terror following last summer’s fatal torching of a Palestinian home by suspected Jewish radicals.Israel has charged a man and a minor over the attack, which triggered a crackdown on Jewish extremists, but the identity of the adult suspect — Amiram Ben-Uliel — wasn’t published for months thereafter.Several extreme right-wing Israeli settlers, including alleged ringleader Meir Ettinger, have been detained without charge since the deadly attack on the Dawabsha family home in the village of Duma in July 2015.Under administrative detention — an anti-terror measure more commonly used for Palestinian security prisoners — a detainee can be held for six months without being charged or tried. The order can be renewed indefinitely in six-month increments.Ettinger has been denied release, even though he has not been directly linked to the firebombing, which left a Palestinian baby and both his parents dead.Jewish extremists are also suspected of attacking Palestinians, torching homes and cars, and vandalizing mosques and churches in the West Bank and Israel.Last month, five Jewish teens were arrested for attacking an Arab in Jerusalem and stealing his cellphone in what police said was “a distinctly racial incident.” The victim of the attack required medical treatment for light injuries.Netanel Golenberg, 19, and the four other suspects were brought before the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court to be remanded into custody. Four of the suspects were not named, apparently because they are minors.In a separate incident, prosecutors pressed charges last month against four 17-year-old Jews suspected of a “racially motivated” assault on two Arab men in the coastal city of Netanya.The four were being charged with “racially motivated aggravated assault,” the justice minister said in a statement at the time.Tensions between Jews and Arabs have risen during a six-month wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Twenty-nine Israelis and four foreign nationals have been killed in a wave of Palestinian terrorism and violence since October of last year.Some 190 Palestinians have also been killed, about two-thirds of them while attacking Israelis, and the rest during clashes with troops, according to the Israeli army.
