JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
REPORTERS DENIED ACCESS TO LEBANON AIRPORT AREA WERE WEAPONS SUSPECTED TO BE STORED.
And
here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either
through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and
only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this
land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the
Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11,
Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL
DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES
INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25
And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in
the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC)
and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION)
the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing
them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST
JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST
GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING (BUT WILL NOT KILL EVERY BODY WITH
WATER)(BUT 50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE (4 BILLION PEOPLE) FROM NUCLEAR
WAR)(THE BIBLE SAYS BY FIRE OR ATOMIC BOMBS THIS TIME)
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the
great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED)
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE)
those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID
HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
through
which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for
fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly
people.
Port-Cartier, Que., evacuees can return home after
wildfire warning-City declared state of emergency due to wildfires-CBC
News · Posted: Jun 24, 2024 2:52 PM EDT |
About 1,000 residents
who were evacuated Thursday from their homes in Port-Cartier, on
Quebec's North Shore, due to forest fires can now return home.However,
the city has not lifted its state of emergency and Mayor Alain Thibault
said the city may have to be evacuated again if the nearby fires don't
get under control. Inmates at the local prison were also moved to other
federal correctional facilities, though it's unclear when they will
return to the Port-Cartier Institution.Mélanie Morin, a spokesperson for
Quebec's forest fire agency SOPFEU, said the two nearby fires on the
North Shore are still out of control, and hundreds of firefighters and a
dozen water bombers are active. She said the rain and humidity
forecasted Wednesday will help tame the fires. There is a ban on open
fires and fireworks on Quebec's North Shore. Workers are also cutting
down some trees near Port-Cartier to protect city infrastructure, said
the city manager Nicolas Mayrand. Port-Cartier will see a heavy police
presence from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) to ensure everything goes
smoothly as people return home."It's in these critical moments that we
really see the importance of community, mutual support and resilience of
Port-Cartier's population," said Thibault at a news conference Monday.
"Our priority is your safety and peace of mind." With files from
Radio-Canada
Lightning sparks new fires in Labrador, raising
total to 7, with all but 1 out of control-N.L.'s 4 water bombers are
stationed in Labrador to monitor current fires and watch for new
starts-Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2024 10:04 AM EDT |
With
seven wildfires burning in Labrador, six of them out of control, a
provincial official says they're keeping an eye on the situation, both
on the ground and from the air.The provincial fire hazard risk advisory
lists the areas around Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Northwest River and up to
Rigolet as under extreme fire warnings. Churchill Falls is under a very
high warning."I'm anticipating it's going to be a busy couple of days,
especially with the lightning in the area. So I encourage the public to
remain vigilant," provincial forest fire duty officer Bryan Oke told CBC
News on Friday.There are more than 14,000 hectares affected by the
fires, he said."With the amount of activity here in the last couple of
days, most fires — all fires — will be listed [as] out of control until
we get an opportunity to suppress those fires and containing the
boundaries and then go through the various levels of suppression."Oke
said their priority is the Churchill Falls area because of the community
and the airport. Crews prioritize their response to fires based on risk
to public safety."We do anticipate for there to be smoke throughout the
area today and around the airport area, which may impact air traffic,"
he said.One fire burning near Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's Menihek
Dam is affecting railway service but there's been no damage, he said.The
Trans-Labrador Highway to Labrador West is open but Oke said that could
change throughout the day depending on the fire."We'll currently be
evaluating that again this morning to determine the traffic abilities
here today."He added police may help co-ordinate traffic, road closures
or evacuations if they are needed.A fire near Milner Lake West, about
100 kilometres north of Labrador City, is also listed as out of control.
It's a larger fire, he said, but it's in a remote area.Lightning causes
more fires-Oke said lightning in the area caused four new fires
Thursday evening. Crews are on site evaluating them.He said conditions
in the area are dry. Rain is anticipated Friday afternoon but so is more
lightning, which is common in the area this time of year, he
added."We'll be paying close attention to today as the day progresses,"
said Oke.At the moment, he said, provincial crews have the resources
they need to contain the fires. With no fires currently burning in
Newfoundland, the province's four water bombers are in Labrador, he
said. Three are being used today near the active fires in the Churchill
Falls area and Wabush, said Oke, but that could change as priorities
shift. Water bombers will be in the area for the next few days and even
weeks, depending on fire activity, he said.A typical fire season will
see about 100 starts by this time of year, said Oke, but things are
slower in 2024 with 20 wildfire starts so far. But that could change
quickly, depending on the weather, he said.
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)(50% OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE)
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.
DR SAMUEL DOCTORIANS VISION - SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then
I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used
in harvesting.The second angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel
and the countries all the way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few
split seconds."All of Turkey and those [inaudible] countries that have
refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill
one another."I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the
Middle East countries. I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of
Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full
of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear
weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere.
Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard these
words:"Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come." The angel said,
"The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of
God shall prepare the children of God."I saw fires rising to heaven.The
angel said: "This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified,
protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water
shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men
will fight for water in those countries. "The angel showed me that the
United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the
Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the
sickle shall reap the harvest.
Iran’s ‘Hamster’ crypto craze
highlights economic malaise ahead of presidential vote-Analysts say
app’s popularity a sign of desperation in face of rocketing cost of
living; Ukrainian authorities also concerned about game, saying data is
stored in Russia-By Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi Today, 10:24 am-JUN
24,24
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cab drivers and bikers
tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in
the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in
Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich.The
object of their rapt attention? The “Hamster Kombat” app.A wider crypto
craze aside, the app’s rise in Iran highlights a harsher truth facing
the Islamic Republic ahead of Friday’s presidential election to replace
late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May: an
economy hobbled by Western sanctions, stubbornly high inflation and a
lack of jobs.Even as presidential candidates make promises about
restoring the country’s economy, Iranians, who have been hearing for
years about bitcoin, are now piling into this app out of sheer hope it
might one day pay off — without knowing much about who is behind
it.“It’s a sign of being desperate, honestly,” said Amir Rashidi, the
director of digital rights and security at the Miaan Group who is an
expert on Iran. It’s about “trying to hang on to anything you have a
tiny hope that might some day turn to something valuable.”Those able to
divest from holdings in Iran’s beleaguered currency, the rial, have
purchased property, art, vehicles, precious metals and other hard assets
since the collapse of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.At
the time of the deal, the exchange rate was 32,000 rials to $1. Today,
it’s nearing 580,000 rials to the dollar — and many have found the value
of their bank accounts, retirement funds and other holdings gouged by
years of rapid depreciation. Meanwhile, prices of fruits and vegetables
have jumped 50% since last year while the price of meat has risen 70%.
The cost of a ride in a shared taxi, common in the Iranian capital, has
almost doubled. Even rides in Tehran’s Metro, still the cheapest option
for the city’s commuters, are up some 30%.“Since morning, I had three
visitors to my shop, none of them bought anything,” said Mohammad Reza
Tabrizi, who runs a clothing shop in downtown Tehran. “Most customers
prefer buying from peddlers or pre-owned items in other places.”In
underground walkways and other areas of the city, peddlers sell nearly
anything they can get their hands on. It’s this desperate environment
that has seen the public’s interest in cryptocurrency and mobile games
offering coins rise.The proliferation of smartphones across Iran, as
well as the relatively low cost of mobile service compared to other
nations, makes accessing apps like “Hamster Kombat” attractive.The app
is accessed through the messaging app Telegram, which remains popular in
Iran despite efforts by the authorities trying to block access to it.
It functions like an incremental or a “clicker” game — users repeatedly
click on an object or complete repetitive tasks to earn points.In
“Hamster Kombat,” users believe they may be able to access a purported
cryptocurrency associated with the game that’s still not traded
publicly.In an email, individuals describing themselves as the game’s
developers declined to answer questions about their identities or
business plans, but insisted they were “not offering any cryptocurrency
in the game.”“We are educating our audience about crypto through gaming
mechanics,” the email claimed.Still, the game resembles another app that
did offer Iranians cryptocurrency in the past — and it seems that just
the promise of what could be free money can drive some Iranians to
distraction.Jokes online show one man tapping on a gravestone as if it
were a mobile phone. Another uses a massage gun to rapidly punch a
Hamster on the screen.But the public’s fascination with the game has
also drawn the attention of authorities.Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari,
the deputy chief of Iran’s military, described the app as part of the
West’s “soft war” against Iran’s theocracy ahead of the election.“One of
the features of the soft war by the enemy is the ‘Hamster’ game,”
Sayyari said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. He theorized
that the “enemy” is popularizing the game so that people would be
distracted and not “pay attention to plans of presidential
candidates.”“Then (the people) fail to choose the best candidates,”
Sayyari said. Hardline pundits in Iran have voiced similar opinions.The
daily JameJam, published by Iran’s state television, also warned the
ever-increasing interest in the game was a sign of “the dream of
becoming rich overnight and gaining wealth without effort.” It said
those playing range from “builders, mechanics and refrigerator repairmen
to colleagues and classmates in university.”“A society that instead of
working and trying to succeed and earn money turns to such games and
looks for shortcuts and windfalls gradually loses the culture of effort
and entrepreneurship and moves towards convenience,” the newspaper said,
without acknowledging that the country’s economic woes were potentially
driving the interest in the app.The app has even drawn the attention of
a 97-year-old Shiite religious scholar, Ayatollah Nasser Makarem
Shirazi, who is known for his fatwas declaring things “haram,” or
“forbidden,” from his office in the holy city of Qom, Iran’s center of
Shiite learning, packed with religious schools and revered
shrines.Calling cryptocurrency “the source of many abuses,” Shirazi said
people shouldn’t use the “Hamster Kombat” app or others like it
involving bitcoin.Iran isn’t alone in having concerns about the
game.Authorities in Ukraine, locked in a devastating war with
Iranian-armed Russia since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, warned that users’
data remains stored in Russia and could potentially put them at
risk.Then there’s the wider risk of malware exposure as consumers in
Iran often cannot purchase new software legally or even access
legitimate app stores. They also face the risk of state-sponsored
hackers targeting them for their political views.Meanwhile, as Iran’s
election campaign goes on, presidential candidates are using Instagram, X
and Telegram — all services previously banned by the theocracy after
rounds of nationwide protests.“As long as you are able to pay the price,
everything is available,” said Rashidi, the Iran expert.
Iran
liable to join fight if Israel takes on Hezbollah, US warns-Forecasting
far-reaching fallout in case of full-blown conflict, top general says
America likely can’t provide same air defense help as it did against
Iranian barrage in April-By Agencies Today, 10:12 am-JUN 24,24
ESPARGOS,
Cape Verde — The top US military officer warned on Sunday that any
Israeli military offensive into Lebanon would risk an Iranian response
in defense of the powerful Hezbollah terror group there, and that US
forces would be challenged to bolster Israel’s air defense umbrella.Air
Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs
of Staff, said Iran “would be more inclined to support Hezbollah” than
it does the Hamas terror group in Gaza, “particularly if they felt that
Hezbollah was being significantly threatened.”Brown spoke to reporters
as he traveled to Botswana for a meeting of African defense
ministers.Israeli officials have threatened a military offensive in
Lebanon if there is no negotiated move to push Hezbollah away from the
border, after more than eight months of increasingly intense attack on
towns and military posts in northern Israel.Just days ago, Israel’s
military said it had “approved and validated” plans for an offensive in
Lebanon, even as the US works to prevent the fighting from spiraling
into a full-blown war.The issue is expected to come up this week as
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits Washington for meetings with US
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and
other senior US officials.US President Joe Biden’s senior adviser Amos
Hochstein met with officials in Lebanon and Israel last week in an
effort to de-escalate tensions.Hochstein told reporters in Beirut on
Tuesday that it was a “very serious situation” and that a diplomatic
solution to prevent a larger war was urgently needed.Brown said the US
wouldn’t likely be able to help Israel defend itself against a broader
Hezbollah war in as effective a manner as it helped Israel fight off an
Iranian barrage of missiles and drones in April.It is harder to fend off
the shorter-range rockets that Hezbollah fires routinely across the
border into Israel, he said.Asked if the US has changed its force
posture in the region to better assure troops are protected, he said the
safety of the force has been a priority all along and noted that no US
bases have been attacked since February.The US continues to talk with
Israeli leaders and warn against widening the conflict, according to
Brown.A key message being passed to them is “to think about the second
order of effect of any type of operation into Lebanon, and how that
might play out and how it impacts not just the region, but how it
impacts our forces in regions as well,” he said.Pentagon officials have
said that Austin also raised concerns about a broader conflict when he
spoke to Gallant in a recent phone call.“Given the amount of rocket fire
we’ve seen going from both sides of the border, we’ve certainly been
concerned about that situation, and both publicly and privately have
been urging all parties to restore calm along that border, and again, to
seek a diplomatic solution,” said Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon
press secretary, last week.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have
attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a
near-daily basis, and in recent weeks have staged attacks deeper inside
northern Israel while threatening sensitive infrastructure in the major
city of Haifa. The attacks have drawn a limited Israeli air campaign
against the terror group and some of its top commanders in southern
Lebanon.The skirmishes on the border have resulted in 10 civilian deaths
on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 15 IDF soldiers and
reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any
injuries.Hezbollah has named 349 members who have been killed by Israel
during the ongoing fighting, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria.
In Lebanon, another 64 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese
soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.A war between the two
heavily armed foes could be devastating to both countries and incur mass
civilian casualties. Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal is believed to be far
more extensive than Hamas’s.Hezbollah, Iran’s most important proxy in
the region, says its attacks are aimed at supporting Hamas. Israel
launched an offensive against the Palestinian terror group in Gaza after
it attacked Israel in a shock onslaught on October 7, killing some
1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.An escalation in the conflict could
also trigger wider involvement by other Iran-backed terror groups in the
region.Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Wednesday
that leaders of terror groups and militias from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen
and other countries have previously offered to send tens of thousands
of fighters to help Hezbollah, but he said the group already has more
than 100,000 fighters.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Israel
carries out rocket engine test over Mediterranean-Trial launch of
unspecified system appears to originate from Palmachim air base;
authorities say exercise scheduled in advance, amid rising tensions on
northern border-By Emanuel Fabian-Today, 3:57 pm-JUN 24,24
A test
of a rocket engine was carried out early Monday from a military base in
central Israel, the Defense Ministry said.The ministry said in a
statement the rocket propulsion system test went off “as planned,” but
did not provide other details about the exercise or the type of missile
fired.Footage posted to social media showed a projectile streaking
through the sky above central Israel with white smoke trailing behind
it.Based on eyewitness accounts, the rocket test took place at the
Palmachim air base, outside the city of Rishon Lezion south of Tel
Aviv.The missile test came as fears have ramped up over Israel’s war
against the Hamas terror group in Gaza escalating into a full-scale
conflict with Iran-backed terror organization Hezbollah in Lebanon.The
Defense Ministry said the test had been planned ahead of time,
indicating it was not tied to rising tensions on Israel’s border with
Lebanon.Reports of a missile launch over southern Israel.
pic.twitter.com/W5cfg8PsqR— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June
24, 2024-The Palmachim base is often used for missile tests.An
unconfirmed report online indicated that an Israeli telemetry plane was
tracking the rocket test from Malta, suggesting the projectile may have
been one intended for long-range use.Israel has been developing a host
of missile systems, many of them defensive, and some — according to
foreign reports — offensive.War broke out with Hamas on October 7, when
some 3,000 terrorists invaded southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and
taking 251 hostages.Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked
Israeli communities and military posts along the Israel-Lebanon border
on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support
Gaza amid the war there.Israel has responded with airstrikes on
Hezbollah’s operatives and infrastructure, and has vowed to ensure that
the terror group withdraw its forces north of the Litani river, as
demanded by a 2006 United Nations Security Council resolution.Times of
Israel staff contributed to this report.
Russia blames US for missile attack on Crimea-Russia blames US for missile attack on Crimea-by AFP Staff Writers
Moscow
(AFP) June 23, 2024-Russia on Sunday said the United States had
responsibility for a Ukrainian missile attack on Russian-annexed Crimea,
which it said killed four people, including two children, and wounded
over 100.A missile exploded above a beach area of the city of
Sevastopol, firing shrapnel at people relaxing there, Russian-appointed
officials said.Russia's defence ministry said Washington and Kyiv bore
"responsibility for a deliberate missile strike on peaceful residents",
which it said used US-supplied ATACMS missiles.Sevastopol governor
Mikhail Razvozhayev initially said in a Telegram video the attack had
killed three children and two adults, and wounded nearly 120 people.He
later revised the toll to four dead and 151 people requiring medical
care, of whom 82 had been hospitalised.Russian President Vladimir Putin
had called to "offer his condolences", Razvozhayev added.The Black Sea
port city and naval base on the Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia
in 2014 but is still internationally recognised as part of
Ukraine.Sevastopol regularly comes under fire from Ukraine but Sunday's
attack was unusually deadly. Razvozhayev said the attack hit Uchkuyevka,
an area with sandy beaches and hotels.Videos posted on social media
showed people running from the beach as explosions went off and people
in swimming outfits carrying a stretcher. AFP could not verify their
authenticity.A local news channel on Telegram, ChP Sevastopol, cited
witnesses as saying that an elderly woman was killed as she swam in the
sea.Washington said in April that it had provided longer-range ATACMS
missile systems to Kyiv, which had long urged allies for weapons
allowing it to strike Russia farther beyond the front lines.Neither the
United States nor Ukraine had commented on the Sevastopol strike.-
'Terrorist act' -The investigative committee, which probes major crimes,
said it was opening an investigation into "a terrorist act".The
governor said Ukraine had launched five missiles that Russian
air-defences intercepted over the sea but fragments fell onto the shore,
wounding people.Razvozhayev said shrapnel hit beach areas in the north
of the city and set fire to a house and woodland.A Russian defence
ministry statement said Ukraine had committed a "terrorist attack on the
civilian infrastructure of Sevastopol with US-supplied ATACMS tactical
missiles loaded with cluster warheads".The ministry said four missiles
were downed but a fifth changed trajectory after being intercepted "with
its warhead exploding in the air over the city".It added that "all
flight missions for US ATACMS are entered by US specialists based on the
US's own satellite reconnaissance data."Such actions will not be left
without a response," the ministry said.Ukraine's military has not
commented on the attack, which came a day after a Russian guided bomb
strike on the city of Kharkiv hit an apartment building, killing two
people and wounding more than 50.- Deaths in Belgorod, Russia -On
Sunday, Russian strikes hit a house and a children's educational
facility in Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring 10 including two
teenagers, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said.In the Belgorod region
on Sunday, three Ukrainian attack drones struck Graivoron, near the
border with Ukraine, said governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, with one hitting a
car park near a multi-storey block of flats."A peaceful civilian was
killed. The man died from his wounds at the spot" and three people were
wounded, Gladkov wrote on Telegram.Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky in a social media post urged supporter countries to help
Ukraine step up attacks on Russian soil."We have enough determination to
destroy terrorists on their territory -- it is only fair -- and we need
the same determination from our partners. We can stop Russia," Zelensky
wrote.In his evening address he added: "The recent approval of strikes
on Russian territory -- near the border -- made it possible to destroy
part of Russia's terrorist potential."But, he said, "we need more
long-range weapons, we need appropriate weapons for
Ukrainians".Ukraine's energy operator Ukrenergo announced that rolling
electricity blackouts would be imposed nationwide throughout Monday
because of increased Russian attacks on power stations.
Fatah
postpones Palestinian unity meeting with Hamas in China, no new date
set-With the factions deeply divided, analysts had held out little hope
of talks achieving a breakthrough toward a reconciliation deal-By
Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 5:08 pm-JUN 24,24
Reconciliation
talks between Hamas and Fatah due to be held in China this month have
been delayed and no new date has been set, officials of the Palestinian
factions told Reuters on Monday.After hosting a meeting of Palestinian
factions in April, China said Fatah — which is led by Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — and Hamas had expressed the will to
seek reconciliation through unity talks in Beijing. Fatah and Hamas
officials had previously said the meeting would take place in
mid-June.With the factions deeply divided, analysts had held out little
hope of the talks achieving a breakthrough toward a reconciliation deal
that could create a unified Palestinian administration for the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip.Senior Hamas official Basem Naim, who had attended
the previous meeting, told Reuters the meeting was postponed and no new
date had been set for another meeting, blaming Fatah, which, he said,
had requested the delay.Three Fatah officials confirmed the
postponement, speaking on condition of anonymity and saying the movement
was going to issue a statement on the issue.Hamas seized control of the
Gaza Strip from Fatah, which administers the West Bank, in a 2007 coup.
International efforts since then have failed to reconcile the two faIn
March, Russia hosted the two groups, along with other Palestinian
factions, to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and
governance plans for an eventual postwar period.That same month, Fatah
accused Hamas of returning the “Israeli occupation” to Gaza through its
“October 7 adventure,” calling this a worse catastrophe than that caused
by the establishment of Israel in 1948.War erupted in Gaza after
Hamas’s October 7 massacre, which saw terrorists burst across the border
into Israel, murdering some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages.The
Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 37,500 people in the Strip
have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though
the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians
and terrorists. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in
battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7
attack.
Death toll rises to 20 in shooting attack in Russia’s
Dagestan-Head of region visits targeted church and synagogue, declares
‘sleeper cells’ directed from abroad were behind attack that also
injured 46, but gives no further details-By Agencies Today, 5:30 pm-JUN
24,24
MOSCOW – The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on
churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly Muslim region of Dagestan
rose to 20 on Monday after gunmen went on the rampage in coordinated
attacks in two of the republic’s most important cities.“As a result of
the terrorist attack that took place yesterday in Makhachkala and
Derbent, 46 people were injured, among them civilians and law
enforcement officials,” Dagestan’s health minister Tatyana Belyayeva
said. “Unfortunately, 20 people had been killed,” she added, updating a
previous toll of 19.Gunmen with automatic weapons burst into an Orthodox
church and a synagogue in the ancient city of Derbent on Sunday
evening, setting fire to an icon at the church and killing a 66-year-old
Orthodox priest, Nikolai Kotelnikov.In the city of Makhachkala, about
125 kilometers (75 miles) north on the Caspian Sea shore, attackers shot
at a traffic police post and attacked a church and another
synagogue.Gun battles erupted around the Assumption Cathedral in
Makhachkala and heavy automatic gunfire rang out late into the night.
Footage showed residents running for cover as plumes of smoke rose above
the city.There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Russia’s
investigative committee initially said 15 policemen and four civilians
were killed. It was not immediately clear if the 20th fatality was a
security officer or a civilian. According to Dagestan’s healthcare
ministry, 46 more people were wounded.At least five attackers were
killed, some were shown by local media shot dead on the pavement.“This
is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the whole country,” said Sergei
Melikov, the head of the Dagestan region, who on Monday visited the
synagogue and church that were attacked in Derbent.Melikov blamed
members of Islamic “sleeper cells” directed from abroad but didn’t give
any other details. He said in a video statement that the assailants
aimed at “sowing panic and fear,” and attempted to link the attack to
Moscow’s military action in Ukraine — but also provided no
evidence.“This is an attempt to cleave apart our unity,” he said.The
affiliate of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan that claimed
responsibility for a March theater massacre in Moscow quickly praised
the attack in Dagestan, saying it was conducted by “brothers in the
Caucasus who showed that they are still strong.”The Washington-based
Institute for the Study of War argued that the Islamic State group’s
North Caucasus branch, Vilayat Kavkaz, likely was behind the attack,
describing it as “complex and coordinated.”Dagestan announced three days
of mourning. Photos of the dead policemen were lined up on the street
by red carnations.President Vladimir Putin, who has long accused the
West of trying to stoke separatism in the Caucasus, has yet to
comment.Dagestan is a mainly Muslim republic of Russia’s North Caucasus,
a patchwork of ethnic groups, languages, and regions that live in the
shadow of the Caucasus mountains between the Caspian Sea and the Black
Sea.Dagestan-The attack on Christian and Jewish places of worship stoked
fears Russia may be facing a renewed militant Islamist threat just
three months after a deadly attack in Moscow.In the Moscow attack, 145
people were killed at the Crocus concert hall, an attack claimed by
Islamic State.In October, after the war in Gaza broke out, rioters
waving Palestinian flags broke down glass doors and rampaged through
Makhachkala airport to look for Jewish passengers on a flight arriving
from Tel Aviv.Israel’s foreign ministry said the synagogue in Derbent
had been burned to the ground and shots had been fired at a second
synagogue in Makhachkala. The statement said it was believed there were
no worshippers in the synagogue at the time.Derbent, one of the oldest
continuously inhabited cities on earth, is home to an ancient Jewish
community and a UNESCO World Heritage site.Russian investigators said it
was a “terrorist” attack but did not give details of the
attackers.Russia’s state media cited law enforcement as saying two sons
of Magomed Omarov, the head of central Dagestan’s Sergokala district,
were among the attackers in Dagestan. They were killed and their father
was detained, state media said.June 24 to 26 have been declared days of
mourning in Dagestan, Melikov said, with flags lowered to half-mast and
all entertainment events canceled.The Russian Empire expanded into the
Caucasus in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but an insurgency
after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union led to two wars.In August 1999,
Chechen fighter Shamil Basayev led fighters into Dagestan in a bid to
aid Dagestani Wahhabist fundamentalists, triggering a major bombing
campaign by the Russian military ahead of the Second Chechen War.
Ex-chief
rabbi of Moscow blames Russian government neglect for Dagestan
attack-Pinchas Goldschmidt, who fled Russia in 2022, says Putin’s
government is focused on repressing dissent, not national security,
after 19 killed in terror attack-By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 4:50
pm-JUN 24,24
The exiled former chief rabbi of Moscow has accused
Russian authorities of leaving Jews and other citizens vulnerable to
attacks like Sunday’s gun rampages by turning the state’s security
apparatus on Kremlin critics instead of terrorist threats.Rabbi Pinchas
Goldschmidt was speaking after gunmen killed 19 people in the mainly
Muslim region of Dagestan in southern Russia in attacks on churches,
synagogues and the police.“The Russian authorities during the last years
have used the law enforcement authorities to repress any kind of
opposition to the Kremlin, opposition to the war and any movements like
the LGBT movement which was declared as extremist. People are sent to
prison for criticizing the war,” Goldschmidt said in a video interview
from Berlin.“So instead of using law enforcement and the interior
ministry and FSB (security service) to provide security for Russian
citizens, it’s being used to eradicate any opposition to the regime. And
here we see the results, that such terrorists like ISIS are able to
again and again mount successful attacks against houses of worship,
against cultural events.”Investigators have yet to establish who was
behind Sunday’s attack but Islamic State has an established presence in
Russia’s North Caucasus region, which includes Dagestan.Simultaneous,
coordinated strikes by gunmen who are prepared to die while conducting
marauding attacks are a hallmark of the terror group, which claimed
responsibility for a massacre of 145 people attending a concert near
Moscow in March.“The most probable perpetrator is Islamic State,”
Riccardo Valle, an expert on the group, said of the latest attacks.
“Islamic State has the means and capabilities, and it also has a
foothold in the area,” he told Reuters.Putin offers condolences-The
Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin expressed his deep condolences
over Sunday’s attacks, but it has not commented on who was to blame or
why authorities failed to stop them.Goldschmidt condemned the attack and
said he was praying for the victims — who included an Orthodox priest —
and their families. He said it appeared two synagogues were attacked,
in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala. Both were empty of worshipers
at the time.In Derbent, a security guard outside the synagogue was
killed and the attackers tried to burn it down, he said. In Makhachkala,
“we heard (the synagogue) was attacked by gunmen and there were
shots.”The rabbi said the attacks marked a “continuation of the very
active antisemitism” that the region had witnessed last October, when
rioters waving Palestinian flags rampaged through Makhachkala airport to
hunt for Jewish passengers on a flight arriving from Tel Aviv.The
October riot came after war broke out between Israel and the terror
group Hamas, when thousands of terrorists invaded southern Israel,
killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel vowed in
response to destroy Hamas, free those taken hostage, and prevent Gaza
from posing a threat to Israel in the future.Dagestan has a Jewish
population of just a few thousand, descendants of the so-called mountain
Jews who have lived there for over 2,000 years, Goldschmidt said. Most
had left since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, with a new wave
following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February
2022.Goldschmidt said the climate for Jews in Russia had worsened as a
result of the Ukraine and Gaza wars. Among other factors, he cited
Russia’s repeated slurs against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s
Jewishness.Goldschmidt, who is president of the Conference of European
Rabbis, said there were a million Jews in Moscow alone when he first
arrived in Russia in 1989, but now there are no more than 100,000 in the
whole of the country.He himself left Russia soon after the start of the
war against Ukraine and has encouraged more Jews to follow his example
rather than stay on in what he called a “semi-totalitarian”
country.“Tens of thousands of Jews left, and I’m happy they left,” he
said. “We are worried for all of those who are still there.”
Anti-Muslim
attacks in Germany double, but not being dealt with, NGO says-Similarly
to antisemitic incidents, anti-Muslim sentiment in the country has
spiked in the wake of October 7-By Sarah Marsh Today, 7:33 pm-JUN 24,24
BERLIN,
Germany (Reuters) — Attempted arson on a mosque in Bochum that had been
marked with a swastika, the door of a Muslim family in Saxony shot at
by a right-wing extremist neighbor, a woman pushed onto train tracks in
Berlin after being asked if she belonged to Hamas.These are some of the
record 1,926 anti-Muslim incidents registered in Germany last year by
the CLAIM network of NGOs monitoring Islamophobia and anti-Muslim
hatred. The number marked a 114 percent increase in 2023, with incidents
shooting up in particular after the October 7 Hamas-led attack on
Israel from Gaza.Yet authorities are paying insufficient attention to
this phenomenon, and even denying its existence, as mainstream parties
take over policies of far-right, anti-Islam parties that have surged in
popularity, Rima Hanano told a Berlin news conference on Monday to
present the report.The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which states in
its program that Islam does not belong to Germany, has jumped to second
place in polls over the past year, prompting mainstream parties to talk
tougher on migration.“The streets, buses or mosques are no longer safe
places for people who are Muslim or perceived as such,” said Hanano.
“Anti-Muslim racism was never as socially acceptable as today and it
comes from the middle of society.”The incidents recorded, likely only a
fraction of the total, given a fear of coming forward and a lack of
monitoring institutions, included 90 attacks on Islamic religious sites,
cemeteries, and other institutions, CLAIM wrote.Most attacks on
individuals consisted of verbal abuse and were aimed at women. There
were also four attempted murders.The Muslim population in Germany has
been growing rapidly, especially since an influx of migrants in 2015-16,
tallying 5.5 million in total or 6.6% of the overall
population.Islamaphobic incidents soar-The CLAIM report tallies with a
140% increase in Islamophobic crimes last year recorded by the interior
ministry, and a survey showing one in two Germans hold Islamophobic
views.According to the German government and NGOs, antisemitism also
rose following Israel’s devastating military incursion into the Gaza
Strip after the October 7 cross-border attack by Hamas-led Palestinian
Islamist terrorists in which they murdered some 1,200 people, mostly
civilians, and took 251 hostages.In a country that is particularly
sensitive about antisemitism due to its responsibility for the
Holocaust, German authorities have been more vocal in denouncing that
problem than they have been regarding anti-Muslim incidents.Economy
Minister Robert Habeck, in an emotive video, accused some Muslim
community groups in Germany of being “too hesitant” in distancing
themselves from Hamas or anti-Jewish hatred.The government last year
published its first-ever independent report on Islamophobia by experts
it commissioned, with a series of recommendations for tackling
discrimination.Family Minister Lisa Paus has said the recent rise in
both anti-Muslim and antisemitic incidents was “dramatic” and the
government was trying to do prevention work from an early age by funding
civil society projects working on the issue.CLAIM’s Hanano said,
however, that insufficient action had been taken so far.“Despite the
fact… that we have been warning about this situation for years, it is
still barely acknowledged,” she said. “What we really need is the
political will to truly fight anti-Muslim racism.”
Lebanese minister denies Hezbollah weapons at Beirut airport-by AFP Staff Writers
Beirut
(AFP) June 23, 2024-Lebanon's transport minister denied on Sunday that
Hezbollah was storing weapons at Beirut airport, as fears grow of
all-out war between the militant group and Israel.Ali Hamieh called a
press conference to deny the allegations of "absurd articles" in the
media, and attacked the British daily The Telegraph.The newspaper said
the Shiite militant group is storing missiles and rockets at the
airport, where "whistleblowers" had reported the arrival of "unusually
big boxes".Backed by Iran, Hezbollah has been exchanging near-daily fire
with Israeli forces in support of its ally, Hamas. The Palestinian
movement has been at war with Israel since October 7 when Hamas
militants from Gaza attacked southern Israel."I am holding this press
conference to clarify that everything that has been written in The
Telegraph is false and to say that there are no weapons entering or
leaving Beirut airport," Hamieh told journalists.He spoke from Beirut
International Airport, located in an area south of the capital where
Hezbollah is influential.Hamieh invited ambassadors and journalists to
inspect the airport on Monday morning in a visit "open to all"The
Lebanese air transport union condemned in a statement "simply erroneous
statements and lies aimed at endangering Beirut airport and its
employees, all civilians, and those who frequent it."Israel has for
years accused Hezbollah of keeping precision rockets and missiles in
different installations throughout Lebanon, including on a site near
Beirut airport.Hezbollah denies this.More than eight months of exchanges
of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have left 480 people dead
in Lebanon, mostly fighters, but also 93 civilians, according to an AFP
tally.Israeli authorities say at least 15 soldiers and 11 civilians have
been killed in the country's north.Cross-border exchanges and tension
have escalated over the past two weeks after an Israeli air strike
killed a senior Hezbollah commander.
Reporters denied access to
Beirut airport area where weapons suspected to be stored-Tour of Rafic
Hariri airport aimed at disproving allegations Hezbollah uses it to
stock missiles is cut short as authorities keep journalists outside one
of the buildings-By Gianluca Pacchiani-Today, 4:13 pm-JUN 24,24
A
tour of Beirut airport arranged for journalists and ambassadors on
Monday to prove that Hezbollah is not using it to store weapons was
interrupted as reporters and cameramen were prevented from entering a
cargo-handling area.The Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reported that
Lebanese authorities banned media coverage from inside a building on the
premises of the capital’s Rafic Hariri International Airport.The tour
had been arranged by Beirut’s Hezbollah-affiliated Minister of Public
Works and Transport Ali Hamieh to disprove a Sunday report by the
British paper The Telegraph that said the Shiite terror group has
stockpiled weapons coming from Iran at the site.The weapons reportedly
include ballistic missiles, unguided artillery rockets, and laser-guided
anti-tank guided missiles, as well as a highly explosive and toxic
white powder known as RDX.In response to the allegations, Hamieh held a
press conference at the airport on Sunday, dismissing the “ridiculous”
allegations and inviting journalists and ambassadors to take a tour of
the airport’s facilities the following morning, to prove that “there is
nothing to hide,” Lebanese media quoted the minister as saying.During
Monday’s tour, dozens of journalists and ambassadors were initially
accompanied through a goods inspection area of the airport, but when
they arrived at the following stop, the air cargo center, only diplomats
were allowed inside the facility due to “organizational issues,” while
journalists were prevented from entering by airport security and left
outside, according to an Al-Hadath reporter.The tour ended with Hamieh
escorting the diplomats to the exit of the compound, the report said.
Among them were ambassadors from the EU, Iran, Mexico and various Arab
countries.The report in The Telegraph on the presence of a weapons cache
at Rafic Hariri International was based on revelations from airport
staff, who said that weapons arrive at the airport on flights from Iran
in “mysterious large boxes.”According to the whistleblowers, the
shipments from Iran have increased dramatically since the start of the
war in Gaza, leading to fears that the airport could become a military
target if war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah.“If they keep
bringing in these goods I’m not allowed to check, I really believe I’ll
die from the explosion or I’ll die from Israel bombing ‘the goods,’” one
of the whistleblowers said. “It’s not just us, it’s the ordinary
people, the people coming in and out, going on holiday. If the airport
is bombed, Lebanon is finished.”One of the whistleblowers also said he
had been seeing Wafiq Safa, a top Hezbollah commander and interlocutor
with Lebanese security forces, come to customs frequently since October
7, and that he has close ties with the customs managers.“I feel like if
we don’t do what they say, our families will be in danger,” the
whistleblower said.The Hezbollah lawmaker said at the airport Sunday
that his office was in the process of filing a lawsuit against The
Telegraph over the report, adding that details of the lawsuit would be
“announced later.”Israeli officials have threatened a military offensive
in Lebanon in the absence of a negotiated move to push Hezbollah away
from the border, after more than eight months of increasingly intense
attacks on towns and military posts in northern Israel.Days ago,
Israel’s military said it had “approved and validated” plans for an
offensive in Lebanon, even as the US works to prevent the fighting from
spiraling into a full-blown war.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said
Sunday he hoped a diplomatic solution could be reached but he would
solve the problem “in a different way” if needed.On Sunday, US Air Force
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of
Staff, warned that any Israeli military offensive into Lebanon would
risk an Iranian response in defense of the powerful Hezbollah group
there, and that US forces would be challenged to bolster Israel’s air
defense umbrella.Iran “would be more inclined to support Hezbollah” than
it does the Hamas terror group in Gaza, “particularly if they felt that
Hezbollah was being significantly threatened,” Brown said.A top Iranian
army commander threatened on Sunday that a harsh response awaits Israel
should it invade Lebanon.“Should the Zionist regime launch an attack on
Lebanon and initiate a broad conflict with Hezbollah, the Axis of
Resistance will not remain passive. A harsh and decisive response will
be delivered to counter the Zionists’ malice,” said Kioumars Heydari,
commander of Tehran’s army ground forces, according to reports in the
Iranian media.Heydari further stated that Tehran’s April 13
unprecedented aerial assault, in which it launched hundreds of missiles
and drones against Israel in retaliation for the killing of a top
Iranian commander in Damascus, “altered many old strategic formulas,
leading to a new reality in the region,” and that Iran is emerging as a
significant regional power.
Attack targets ship farther away from
Houthis’ Yemen base than most previous assaults-Iran-backed group does
not immediately claim responsibility for explosion near vessel southeast
of Nishtun, close to Yemen’s border with Oman-By Jon Gambrell Today,
1:10 pm-JUN 24,24
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A possible
attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship further away
from nearly all of the previous assaults they’ve launched in the Gulf of
Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the
group.The attack comes as the US has sent the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
back home after an eight-month deployment in which it led the American
response to the Houthi assaults. Those attacks have reduced shipping
drastically through a route crucial to Asian, Middle East and European
markets, in a campaign the Houthis say will continue as long as the
Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip rages on.The attack happened Monday
morning in the Gulf of Aden some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of
Nishtun, a town in the far reaches of Yemen that’s close to the border
with Oman, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime
Trade Operations center. That region for long has been held by forces
allied to Yemen’s exiled government, which has battled the Houthis since
the rebels took the capital, Sanaa, back in 2014.The attack was just
off to the northeast of Yemen’s Socotra Island, also held by allies of
the exiled government.“The master of a merchant vessel reports an
explosion in close proximity to the vessel,” the UKMTO said. “The crew
are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of
call.”It offered no other immediate information about the
attack.Suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis, who did not
immediately claim the assault. It can take the rebels hours or even days
to acknowledge their attacks. Somali pirates have been known to operate
in the region as well, though they typically seize vessels for ransom
rather than launch attacks against them.However, the attack happened
near the outer reaches of the Gulf of Aden where it becomes the Arabian
Sea and then ultimately the Indian Ocean. Of the more than 60 attacks
launched by the Houthis since November that specifically targeted
vessels, this would be one of the furthest.In May, a Portuguese-flagged
container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the
Arabian Sea in an attack claimed by the Houthis. However, the distance
at which it was struck led experts to question whether Iran, the
Houthis’ main benefactor, could have launched the attack. The Houthis
have claimed attacks later assessed to have been conducted by Iran,
including the 2019 attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil fields that temporarily
halved the kingdom’s energy production.The Houthis have made a series of
claims without evidence they’ve targeted vessels at even greater
distances, even though there’s been no independent confirmation of any
of those attacks actually taking place.The rebels have fired off other
missiles and drones in their campaign that has killed a total of four
sailors. They have seized one vessel and sunk two since November. A
US-led airstrike campaign has targeted the Houthis since January, with a
series of strikes on May 30 killing at least 16 people and wounding 42
others, the rebels say.The Houthis have maintained that their attacks
target ships linked to Israel, the United States or Britain. However,
many of the ships attacked have little or no connection to the
Israel-Hamas war — some of them bound for Iran.
After
‘unacceptable’ Hezbollah threats, European ministers fear Middle East
escalation-Greek foreign minister says Athens stands by Cyprus after
Nasrallah warned island nation could be targeted; EU policy chief says
it is ‘eve of the war expanding’-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 12:10
pm-JUN 24,24
European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said
Monday that the Middle East was close to seeing the conflict between
Israel and Hamas expanding into Lebanon, days after the Iran-backed
Hezbollah terror group threatened EU member Cyprus.“The risk of this war
affecting the south of Lebanon and spilling over is every day bigger,”
Borrell told reporters ahead of a foreign ministers meeting in
Luxembourg. It was unclear if he mentioned the potential impact on
Israel.“We are on the eve of the war expanding,” he said.Iran-backed
Hezbollah began attacking Israel the day after Hamas’s October 7 assault
sparked the war in Gaza. Hezbollah has said it would not stop until
there is a ceasefire in Gaza.Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah
last week said that nowhere in Israel would be safe if a full-fledged
war broke out. He also threatened EU member Cyprus for the first time,
and other parts of the Mediterranean.“It is absolutely unacceptable to
make threats against a sovereign state of the European Union,” Greek
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said. “We stand by Cyprus and we
will all be together in all kinds of global threats coming from
terrorist organizations.”German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who
is visiting Israel and the Lebanon this week, said the situation was
very worrying.“A further escalation would be a catastrophe for people in
the region,” she said.Israeli officials have threatened a military
offensive in Lebanon in the absence of a negotiated move to push
Hezbollah away from the border, after more than eight months of
increasingly intense attacks on towns and military posts in northern
Israel.The attacks have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their
homes, and huge amounts of destruction, as political pressure builds in
Israel for tougher action.Tens of thousands of Lebanese have also fled
their homes following Israeli strikes in south Lebanon.Last week
Nasrallah said Cyprus had been allowing Israel to use its airports and
bases for military exercises and that Hezbollah could consider it “a
part of the war” and strike it, if it allowed the IDF to use logistical
infrastructure in the country to attack Lebanon.“Opening Cypriot
airports and bases to the Israeli enemy to target Lebanon would mean
that the Cypriot government is part of the war, and the resistance will
deal with it as part of the war,” he said.Cyprus is not known to offer
any land or base facilities to the Israeli military, but has in the past
allowed Israel to use its airspace to occasionally conduct air drills,
though never during conflict.There are two British bases in Cyprus. They
have been used for operations in Syria and more recently, Yemen, and
the Cypriot government has no say in the matter. According to Hebrew
media reports, British Royal Air Force fighter jets and refueling
aircraft took off from bases in Cyprus to help thwart a massive drone
and missile attack launched by Iran against Israel in mid-April.Since
October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and
military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, and in recent
weeks have staged attacks deeper inside northern Israel while
threatening sensitive infrastructure in the major city of Haifa. The
attacks have drawn a limited Israeli air campaign against the terror
group in southern Lebanon.The skirmishes on the border have resulted in
10 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 15 IDF
soldiers and reservists. Dozens have been injured. There have also been
several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 349
members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing fighting,
mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 64
operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of
civilians have been killed.A war between the two heavily armed foes
could be devastating to both countries and incur mass civilian
casualties. Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal is believed to be far more
extensive than Hamas’s.
Two members of Metula security team
injured in Hezbollah missile attack Sunday-One officer listed in serious
condition; IDF strikes terror group’s sites in southern Lebanon
overnight-By Emanuel Fabian-Today, 11:53 am-JUN 24,24
A Hezbollah
anti-tank guided missile attack launched from Lebanon late Sunday
wounded two members of the security team of the northern community of
Metula, one of them seriously, the military said Monday.According to the
Israel Defense Forces, two anti-tank missiles were fired in the attack.
Hezbollah took responsibility, claiming to have targeted a military
vehicle in the town.One of the local security officers, in his 40s, was
seriously wounded, while the other, in his 30s, was listed in good
condition, Rambam Hospital in Haifa said.Amid the war, members of
civilian emergency response teams in northern border communities have
been drafted into the military as reservists. While tens of thousands of
people have evacuated northern communities to escape danger, some have
opted to stay put.The missile fire came at the tail end of a day of
Hezbollah drone attacks on northern Israel. In one of the attacks, an
IDF soldier was seriously wounded.Meanwhile, fighter jets struck several
Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight, the IDF said Monday
morning.The military said the sites included a building used by
Hezbollah in Aitaroun, along with other infrastructure in Kafr Kila and
Khiam.Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel have been ratcheting up,
especially after an Israeli airstrike targeted Taleb Abdullah, the
terror group’s commander for the central region of the southern border
strip and its most senior commander killed in the current war.Since
October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and
military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the terror
group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid Israel’s war against
Hamas.So far, the skirmishes on the northern border have resulted in 10
civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 15 IDF
soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from
Syria, without any injuries.Hezbollah has named 349 members who have
been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon
but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 64 operatives from other
terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been
killed.Israel has warned it can no longer tolerate Hezbollah’s presence
along its border, with tens of thousands of Israelis displaced from
their homes in the north due to the rocket and drone attacks, and has
warned that should a diplomatic solution not be reached it will turn to
military action to push Hezbollah northward.While the political echelon
has not yet made a decision on launching an offensive in Lebanon and
turning the Gaza Strip into the secondary front, the IDF has said it
continues to target Hezbollah commanders who were behind attacks on
Israel.
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