IRANS DEATH CULT LEADER IN A HELECOPTER CRASH.RAISA,FM AND 4 OTHERS IN THE COPTER AT THE TIME.

 IRANS DEATH CULT LEADER IN A HELECOPTER CRASH.RAISA,FM AND 4 OTHERS IN THE COPTER AT THE TIME.

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JOEL 2:3,30

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 32:18-29 (NOTICE ALL THE COUNTRIES LAND PROMISED ISRAEL BY GOD ARE IN THE JORDAN VALLEY BURIED)
18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised! (IN HELL FIRES)
20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21 Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
22 Assyria (SYRIA) is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23 Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

24 Elam (IRAN) is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
25 Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

26 Meshech and Tubal (RUSSIA) are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
27 They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
28 But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
29 Edom (JORDAN) is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.THIS IS RIGHT FROM 93:

PSALMS 83:1-8 (GODS LAND PROMISED TO ISRAEL)
1 O God, do not remain silent;do not turn a deaf ear,do not stand aloof, O God.
2 See how your enemies growl,  how your foes rear their heads.
3 With cunning they (ARAB,MUSLIMS) conspire against your people;they plot against those you cherish.(ISRAELIS)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together;(TREATIES) they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom (JORDAN)  and the Ishmaelites, (EGYPTIAN ARABS SO CALLED PALESTIANS) of Moab (JORDAN) and the Hagrites,(EGYPT)
7 Byblos,(HEZBOLLOH) Ammon (JORDAN) and Amalek,(SYRIAN ARABS IN THE SINAI) Philistia,(ARABS) with the people of Tyre (LEBANON).
8 Even Assyria (SYRIA) has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.

YOU BUNCH OF ORIGINAL SLAVE MOTHER HAGAR TO ISRAEL AND BASTARD CHILD ISHMAEL OCCUPIER ISLAMIC COCKROACHES IN EGYPY EAST OF THE NILE RIVER, SAUDIA-ARABIA LEBANON, SYRIA, JORDAN, THE SOUTHERN PART OF TURKEY, AND THE WESTERN HALF OF IRAQ WEST OF THE EUPHRATES RIVER.YOUR ALL OCCUPYING ISRAEL LAND.GET THE DUNG OFF ISRAELS PROPERTY. YOUR ALL OCCUPYING AND STEALING ISRAELS LAND FROM THEM. WHICH THEY POSSESS FOREVER. NOT YOU USELESS TERRORIST DEATH CULT ISLAMISTS. SO GET TO THE JORDAN VALLEY. AND LIVE THERE. WERE 1/4 OF ISLAM WILL BE BURIED. THEN GOD WILL GIVE ISRAEL THERE OCCUPIED BY MUSLIM LAND FOREVER. GET THE NUKES READY ISRAEL-YOUR PROMISED LAND IS WAITING FOR YOU.

ISRAEL HERES MY ADVICE-GOD MIGHT HAVE GIVIN USE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DESTROY IRANS NUCLEAR SITES. GO ISRAEL GETEM I AM WITH YOU.JESUS WILL PROTECT USE.GO GET IRAN QUICK ISRAEL.

Iranian officials say President Raisi’s helicopter involved in ‘very concerning’ crash-Reports say incident occurred near city of Jolfa along border with Azerbaijan, with rescue crews working to reach aircraft also carrying foreign minister in poor weather conditions
By Agencies Today, 6:20 pmUpdated at 7:41 pm-MAY 19,24

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, with officials later saying the situation was concerning.Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor weather conditions in the area. There had been heavy rain reported with some wind.An Iranian official later told Reuters that “we are still hopeful, but information coming from the crash site is very concerning.” The official said that the lives of Raisi and other officials on board are considered “at risk.”The semi-official Fars news agency urged Iranians to pray for Raisi and state TV carried prayers for his safety.Traveling with Raisi were Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. One local government official used the word “crash” to describe the incident, but he acknowledged to an Iranian newspaper that he had yet to reach the site himself.The bad weather was complicating rescue efforts, the state news agency IRNA reported. The chief of staff of Iran’s army ordered all the resources of the army and the elite Revolutionary Guard to be put to use in the search and rescue operations.Neither IRNA nor state TV offered any information on Raisi’s condition. State TV indicated that the crash was caused by the adverse weather conditions.“The esteemed president and company were on their way back aboard some helicopters and one of the helicopters was forced to make a hard landing due to the bad weather and fog,” Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in comments aired on state TV. “Various rescue teams are on their way to the region but because of the poor weather and fogginess it might take time for them to reach the helicopter.”He added: “The region is a bit [rugged] and it’s difficult to make contact. We are waiting for rescue teams to reach the landing site and give us more information.”A spokesperson for the US State Department said it was closely watching reports of the crash, and the White House said that US President Joe Biden had been briefed on the incident.Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River.Iran flies a variety of helicopters in the country, but international sanctions make it difficult to obtain parts for them. Its military air fleet also largely dates back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Raisi, 63, is a hard-liner who formerly led the country’s judiciary. He is viewed as a protégé of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some analysts have suggested he could replace the 85-year-old leader after his death or resignation from the role.Raisi won Iran’s 2021 presidential election, a vote that saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history. Raisi is sanctioned by the US in part over his involvement in the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 at the end of the bloody Iran-Iraq war.Under Raisi, Iran now enriches uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels and hampers international inspections. Iran has armed Russia in its war on Ukraine, as well as launched a massive drone and missile attack on Israel last month, and continued arming proxy groups in the Mideast, like Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

At Knesset, GOP lawmaker warns Oct. 7 ‘could happen in US’ if Israel not victorious-Addressing MKs, Elise Stefanik slams Biden’s decision to pause arms shipment over Rafah op, praises Donald Trump’s ‘historic support’ for Israel-By Sam Sokol-Today, 5:31 pm-MAY 19,24

Slamming US President Joe Biden’s decision to pause a shipment of thousands of bombs, Representative Elise Stefanik on Sunday warned that unless Israel is supplied with the weapons necessary to “achieve total victory,” America could face its own October 7.Addressing lawmakers in Jerusalem during a session of the Knesset Caucus for Jewish and pro-Israel Students on Campuses around the World, the senior House Republican from New York declared that “there is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel — aid that was duly passed by the Congress — or to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, or to dither and hide while our friends fight for their lives.”Seeking to discourage Israel from launching its planned offensive against Hamas in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Biden administration this month put on hold a weapons shipment of 3,500 bombs — some as large as 2,000 pounds — over concerns about their use in populated areas. Biden later threatened to withhold further arms if Israel moves into “population centers” in Rafah.The move was denounced by many American supporters of Israel, with outraged Republicans — who accused Biden of abandoning the closest US ally in the Middle East — pushing a bill through the Republican-controlled House to force the weapons transfer that also received some Democratic votes.The White House has said Biden would veto the bill if it passes Congress, and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he doesn’t plan to allow a vote on it. Despite the pause, billions of dollars worth of US weaponry remain in the pipeline for Israel.Commenting on the recently passed multi-billion dollar aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, Stefanik said that she was “proud to have sponsored or backed every measure to aid Israel that has come before the United States Congress.”Defending American values means “crushing antisemitism at home and supplying the State of Israel with what it needs, when it needs it, without conditions to achieve total victory in the face of evil,” she maintained.“When they chose rape, the torture of civilians, and the mutilation of infants as weapons of terrorism, they left no alternative to this just war,” Stefanik argued.“When the genocidal zealots running Iran lobbed missiles at this very city, they removed any doubt as to their hideous intentions. Chants of ‘Death to America’ are not hollow slogans. They are a promise that what happened here on October seventh could happen in the United States unless Hamas and its jihadist accomplices are eliminated.”In contrast with her criticism of Biden, Stefanik, one of the highest-ranking Republicans in the House, praised former US president Donald Trump, whom she lauded for his “historic support for Israeli independence and security.”Stefanik expressed admiration for Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his involvement in the Abraham Accords and the creation of “crucial coordination with British and Arab partners that helped defend against the Iranian [missile] attack” against Israel last month. She also hailed his decision to cease funding the UN’s Palestinian aid agency UNRWA, which has been embroiled in controversy in the wake of the October 7 onslaught over some of its staffers’ alleged participation that day and other terror links.I have been clear at home and I will be clear here: There is no excuse for an American President to block aid to Israel – aid that was duly passed by the Congress, or to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, or to… — Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 19, 2024“When the enemy is inside the gates of the United Nations, America must be the one to call it by its name and destroy it. President Trump understood this, and B’ezrat Hashem, we will return to that strategy soon,” she said, using a Hebrew phrase meaning “God willing.”The congresswoman also contrasted the young Israelis who flew home from around the world to report for reserve duty following the October 7 massacre with “the pro-Hamas apologists on so-called elite campuses across America,” whom she accused of “calling for intifada and genocide.”Stefanik, who has been named as a potential running mate for current candidate Trump, rose to prominence in December during a congressional hearing in which she asked the presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania if “calling for the genocide of Jews” is against the universities’ codes of conduct. All three said the answer depended on the context.That hearing “set off an earthquake,” Stefanik said on Wednesday, adding that “we have put colleges and universities on notice and expanded this investigation to ensure every Jewish and Israeli student, faculty member, and staff member is protected on campus,” including from what she said was the “antisemitism inherent in woke DEI.”Diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, is shorthand for a framework that says employers and institutions should be welcoming to diverse applicants, especially people of color, women and the LGBTQ community, though critics have said it can lead to discrimination against Jews and others.“We must not let the extremism in so-called elite corners conceal the deep abiding love for Israel among the American people,” Stefanik said.Despite Stefanik’s criticism of campus antisemitism, she herself has been accused of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories in the past. In 2022, after a mass shooting in Buffalo inspired by the “great replacement” theory, the Anti-Defamation League criticized Stefanik as one of its propagators, saying her campaign’s posts “strategically play on extremist rhetoric to stoke growing fears that white Americans are under attack and minorities seek to eject them.”She has also been criticized by some for not denouncing Trump after he dined with Kanye West, the rapper who embraced antisemitism, and Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier.Welcoming Stefanik, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana described her as a brave leader who “spoke truth to power and brought justice to the academic ivory tower.”“That historic hearing proved to be a turning point for the soul of the world’s universities,” Ohana stated, declaring that “few contributed as much” as Stefanik to the battle against campus antisemitism and praising her for “exposed America’s foremost university presidents for their complicity in the toxicity engulfing their schools.”Asked if he had any reservations regarding inviting Stefanik, caucus co-chair Moshe Tur-Paz (Yesh Atid) said that “our agenda is being bipartisan and working with both parties. I think the congresswoman has proved herself a great friend of Israel and we should give a warm hug and greeting to everyone who sticks with Israel.”Tur-Paz’s fellow co-chair, Likud MK Dan Illouz, likewise dismissed criticism of Stefanik, telling The Times of Israel that “you just have to hear the things that she said today in a very clear and forceful way, about how she appreciates the Jewish community, [how] she’s definitely supportive of Israel… in order to understand where her heart is.”Agencies and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Smotrich: If Hezbollah doesn’t withdraw from border, IDF must take southern Lebanon-After Gantz’s ultimatum to Netanyahu, far-right leader issues his own demands to PM, including for military to establish a ‘permanent presence in the entire Gaza Strip’By ToI Staff Today, 4:37 pm-MAY 19,24
 
Israel should not shy away from launching a military takeover of southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw from the border, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared Sunday, becoming the latest minister to publicly challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the handling of the conflict on Israel’s northern and southern borders.Speaking at a faction meeting of his far-right Religious Zionism party held, unusually, in northern Israel, Smotrich demanded that Netanyahu make a clear announcement of a plan to deal with the Iran-backed terror group, saying that if necessary, Hezbollah must be dealt with through military action.“A public ultimatum must be issued to Hezbollah that they completely stop firing and withdraw all forces to beyond the Litani River,” said Smotrich, who also serves as a minister in the Defense Ministry.Promoting a plan reminiscent of Israel’s security zone in southern Lebanon in the years following the First Lebanon war in 1982, Smotrich warned, “If the ultimatum is not fully met, the IDF will launch an assault deep in Lebanese territory to defend the northern communities, including ground entry and Israeli military takeover of the southern Lebanese area.”“The way to bring the [evacuated] residents home to the north is through a military decision with a devastating assault on Hezbollah, its infrastructure and the destruction of its power,” he said.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war against Hamas there.In response, Israel has threatened to go to war to force Hezbollah away from the border if it does not retreat and continues to threaten northern communities, from where some 70,000 people were evacuated to avoid the fighting.International efforts including by France and the US to resolve the matter through a diplomatic solution has thus far failed, as Hezbollah has maintained it will not enter into any concrete discussions with Israel until there is a ceasefire in Gaza, where is Israel is battling Hamas in the wake of the October 7 massacre carried out by the terror group in southern Israel.Smotrich also issued two demands concerning the Gaza Strip, which he said were a direct response to an ultimatum laid out by war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Saturday night, signifying deepening rifts in the wartime coalition and dissatisfaction with Netanyahu’s operational decisions from all sides.In a televised address, Gantz told Netanyahu that if no clear plan of action has been set in motion by June 8, he will pull his centrist National Unity part from the governing coalition and return to the opposition.Charging that the war was drifting off course due to the cowardice of some leaders, Gantz laid out six strategic goals for Israel to work towards, including the return of the hostages, replacing Hamas with Israeli security control and an international civilian governance mechanism, and restoring safety to Israel’s north by September 1.His plan was met by outrage from right-wing members of government, including Smotrich, who said shortly after Gantz’s address that the country would achieve victory with or without him.Doubling down on his criticism of Gantz on Sunday, Smotrich claimed the former IDF chief of staff’s ultimatum aimed for Israel “to stop the war, for Israel to be defeated in the north and for a Palestinian state to be established in line with the US’s demands.”A day after urging Netanyahu”to make a strategic decision on full Israeli control of Gaza,” Smotrich again called for Israel to establish additional points of control “in the center, south and north of the Strip.”Secondly, he argued, Israel should take complete control of Rafah and establish permanent control over the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along Gaza’s border with Egypt in order to prevent weapons from being smuggled into the enclave.The war cabinet must decide on the IDF’s “permanent presence in the entire Gaza Strip,” the far-right minister added.Smotrich’s demands were derided by an unnamed senior official who was quoted by Hebrew media outlets accusing the far-right lawmaker of toeing a “dangerous and irresponsible strategic line” while making demands “with a noticeable lack of understanding.”“What’s the next step?” the official was said to have asked, “conquering Iraq and Yemen?”

Salman Rushdie: If there was a Palestinian state it’d ‘Taliban-like,’ ruled by Hamas-British-American author says it’s ‘strange’ that leftist students back a ‘fascist terrorist group,’ says reactions to Gazan deaths understandable but can ‘slide into antisemitism’
By ToI Staff Today, 7:15 pm-MAY 19,24

Salman Rushdie, the British-American author who narrowly survived an attempt on his life in 2022 by a suspected Islamist radical, said Sunday that if a Palestinian state were established today, it would be “a Taliban-like state” governed by Hamas.The Indian-born novelist criticized anti-Israel student protests, saying in an interview with German tabloid Bild that it was “strange” that progressive youth would support a “fascist terrorist group” like Hamas.Noting the protesters’ demand “to liberate Palestine,” Rushdie says he’s long supported a Palestinian state but warned it would become an authoritarian Islamist regime like Afghanistan.“But if there were a Palestinian state now, it would be run by Hamas and we would have a Taliban-like state. A satellite state of Iran. Is this what the progressive movements of the Western Left want to create?” he said.Rushdie said he understood the protests as an emotional reaction to Palestinian deaths, and that “any normal person can only be shocked by what is happening in Gaza right now.”“That’s okay. But when it slides into antisemitism and sometimes even support for Hamas, then it becomes problematic,” he said, adding that he thought protesters should at least hold the terror group responsible for the war too.“It all started with them,” he said, in an apparent reference to Hamas’s October 7 massacre that started the war, when terrorists rampaged through southern communities, slaughtering some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 252 hostages to Gaza.Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian student protesters around the world claim their movement is nonviolent and not antisemitic, citing Jewish students who take part in the protests. However, many Jewish students say they have been harassed by protesters, and chants calling for the elimination of Israel are often heard at the demonstrations.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 35,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though only some 24,000 fatalities have been identified at hospitals. The tolls, which cannot be verified, include some 15,000 terror operatives Israel says it has killed in battle. Israel also says it killed some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.Two hundred and eighty-three Israeli soldiers have been killed during the ground offensive against Hamas and amid operations along the Gaza border. A civilian Defense Ministry contractor has also been killed in the Strip.Rushdie, an award-winning novelist, lost sight in one eye after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in August 2022 while speaking at an arts center in New York.Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old Shi’ite Muslim American from New Jersey, was arrested at the scene and is standing trial for attempted murder. Matar has pleaded not guilty.Rushdie has been the victim of repeated death threats and attempts on his life since the publication of his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses,” which was declared blasphemous by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic revolution in Iran ten years earlier. Khomeini had issued a fatwa – a religious edict – calling for Rushdie’s death over that book, which contained passages seen as critical of Islam.Agencies contributed to this report.

Ultra-Orthodox travel addict reveals visits to Iran, Iraq, other enemy states-Israeli Avi Gold claims to have been to 129 countries, including some with no diplomatic ties to Israel; says most people he meets are intrigued by his Jewishness-By ToI Staff Today, 2:57 pm-MAY 19,24

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox traveler who has visited over 100 countries around the world, while advocating for Israel along the way, says he has now crossed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan off his bucket list of destinations.Avi Gold, 31, a self-confessed travel addict, has gained attention with his exploits, including posting a video from Baghdad’s landmark Tahrir Square and chatting with locals in Sudan.In an interview with Channel 12 aired Saturday, he said he has been to Iraq multiple times and made a trip to Saudi Arabia.The Tahrir Square visit, uploaded to his TikTok video-sharing account, featured Gold speaking in Hebrew as he offered followers footage of the scene. He also took photographs with a Shiite imam. The clip drew attention from the media and then from pro-Iranian Shiite militias who demanded his immediate arrest, though Gold was not apprehended.“I travel to every country in the world without exception,” he said.His Instagram and TikTok accounts are both closed to the public and only accessible to approved followers.Gold denied that he makes his journeys as a provocation or for fame, saying that it is purely a thirst for travel that compels him. In all, he has been to 129 countries.The lure of countries that don’t have ties with Israel, he said, comes because “enemy countries are forbidden, and that turns me on even more.”Outrage in the Islamic Resistance Axis camp:Resistance channels are outraged that a Jewish TikToker (Avi Gold) has been roaming around openly in Iraq. He's been taking photos with Shia imams and Iraqi security forces. Channels affiliated with Iran-backed Shi'ite militias in… pic.twitter.com/Ewv2OqmURN— FJ (@Natsecjeff) April 24, 2024-Gold said he is not the only Israeli who has managed to enter such locations and he has several friends who have made similar trips. The method, he explained, is to sneak into the countries through poorly guarded border posts, sometimes at night “when the soldiers are not alert.”The same method is used to get back out again.“I only got to Afghanistan and Iran for a few hours in each place,” he said.He first visited Iraq six years ago and since then has been back several times.When abroad he sometimes wears a cap, but also — including in Muslim countries — has walked around wearing a kippa and with his traditional long sidelocks on show.He said his ultra-Orthodox appearance has worked to his benefit.“People are curious about what these curls are, and that opens everything up for me,” he said.Gold speaks fluent English, the network reported, but no Arabic, relying instead on making a personal connection with those he meets.“There is one language in the world that everyone speaks without exception — the language of the heart,” he said.Other countries under his belt are Indonesia — where he discussed Israel with locals during an anti-Israeli protest — and Sudan.In 2019 he visited Saudi Arabia after the country first opened up its borders to tourists, and met with pro-Israel blogger Muhammad Saud.Though Gold did not give details of the trip to Channel 12, in 2022 he told the Ynet outlet that he had entered the kingdom with a foreign passport, without providing further details.He also described a close encounter at a cafe in Cairo where he got to talking with five locals and, despite the open hostility they showed to Israel, eventually admitted he was an Israeli Jew.The men threatened to kill him but he said he managed to talk his way out of the situation, proposing to them that they talk instead of resorting to violence.Over the years, Gold said, he gained friends in Muslim countries across the world, though their tone changed after October 7 when Palestinian terror group Hamas led a massive attack on Israel, sparking a war that has continued since.At first, Muslim acquaintances showed sympathy but that quickly changed to animosity when Israel started its offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas assault that killed 1,200 people.Gold grew up in an ultra-Orthodox home in Beit Shemesh and has eight brothers. He has resisted family urgings to marry and spend his time studying Torah.The passion for travel started at the age of 18 when he joined four friends on a trip to Europe. He told his family it was a pilgrimage to visit the graves of venerated rabbis “but it wasn’t just that.”The trip passed off without any setbacks. Next came a trip to Greece and more travel followed to other locations “until it became an addiction.”He paid for his wanderings by working in customer service for a cellular company. At age 21 he left work and focused on traveling full time.He now funds his lifestyle by organizing trips that others join him on, making enough to cover his costs.His dream is to visit every country in the world by the time he is 40, he said though he admitted “it is not realistic.”Aware that he is getting older, he said he would now rather set up a home and family than reach his goal. “But I kind of resigned myself to the fact that God told me: ‘You will be a drifter, this is your fate.'”