LAST 3 DAYS ON EARTH RECORD HEAT.

 LAST 3 DAYS ON EARTH RECORD HEAT.


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) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Heat is called the silent killer for a reason' ‘Uncharted territory’: Three straight days this week were the world’s hottest on record-The ‘big driver’ of the current heat is thought to be greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas-By SIBI ARASU and Seth Borenstein 25 July 2024, 1:53 pm

BENGALURU, India (AP) — The record for the world’s hottest day in history was broken twice this week on Sunday and Monday as the record continues to constantly rise.A total of three straight days are now the hottest ever recorded globally, with Sunday and Monday successively breaking the record, and Tuesday then featuring a minuscule drop to become the world’s second-hottest day ever.The European climate service Copernicus calculated that Tuesday’s global average temperature was 0.01 Celsius (0.01 Fahrenheit) lower than Monday’s all-time high of 17.16 degrees Celsius (62.8 degrees Fahrenheit), which was .06 degrees Celsius hotter (0.1 degrees Fahrenheit) than Sunday.All three days were hotter than Earth’s previous hottest day in 2023.“The steady drumbeat of hottest-day-ever records and near-records is concerning for three main reasons. The first is that heat is a killer. The second is that the health impacts of heat waves become much more serious when events persist. The third is that the hottest-day records this year are a surprise,” said Stanford University climate scientist Chris Field.Field said high temperatures usually occur during El Nino years — a natural warming of the equatorial Pacific that triggers weather extremes across the globe — but the last El Nino ended in April.Field said these high temperatures “underscores the seriousness of the climate crisis.”“This has been, I mean, probably the shortest-lived record ever,” Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo said Wednesday after his agency calculated that Monday had beaten Sunday’s mark. And he predicted that mark would also quickly fall. “We are in uncharted territory.”Before July 3, 2023, the hottest day measured by Copernicus was 16.8 degrees Celsius (62.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on August 13, 2016. In the last 13 months, that mark has now been beaten 59 times, according to Copernicus.Humanity is now “operating in a world that is already much warmer than it was before,” Buontempo said.“Unfortunately, people are going to die and those deaths are preventable,” said Kristie Ebi, a public health and climate professor at the University of Washington. “Heat is called the silent killer for a reason. People often don’t know they’re in trouble with heat until it’s too late.”In past heat waves, including in 2021 in the Pacific Northwest, heat deaths didn’t start piling up until day two, Ebi said.“At some point, the accumulated heat internally becomes too much, then your cells and your organs start to warm up,” Ebi said.Last year, the United States had its most recorded heat deaths in more than 80 years, according to an Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The death certificates of more than 2,300 people mentioned excessive heat. Heat killed 874 people in Arizona, 450 in Texas, 226 in Nevada, 84 in Florida and 83 in Louisiana.Earlier this year, India witnessed prolonged heatwaves that resulted in the death of at least 100 people. However, health experts say heat deaths are likely undercounted in India and potentially other countries.The “big driver” of the current heat is greenhouse gas emissions, from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, Buontempo said. These gases help trap heat, changing the energy balance between the heat coming in from the sun and that escaping Earth, meaning the planet retains more heat energy than before, he said.Other factors include the warming of the Pacific by El Nino; the sun reaching its peak cycle of activity; an undersea volcano explosion; and air with fewer heat-reflecting particles because of marine fuel pollution regulations, experts said.The last 13 months have all set heat records. The world’s oceans broke heat records for 15 months in a row and that water heat, along with an unusually warm Antarctica, are helping push temperatures to record level, Buontempo said.“I wouldn’t be surprised to see Thursday, Friday and Saturday also set new warmest day records,” said climate scientist Andrew Weaver at the University of Victoria in Canada, which has been broiling in the warmth.

Typhoon Gaemi hits Chinese seaboard, widespread flooding feared-By Ryan Woo , Bernard Orr and Ben Blanchard-July 25, 20245:27 PM EDTUpdated 7 hours ago

BEIJING/TAIPEI, July 25 (Reuters) - Typhoon Gaemi roared into southeastern China on Thursday after churning across the Taiwan Strait, prompting warnings of swelling rivers, flash floods and waterlogging in cities and provinces that were hit by extreme rains just several weeks ago.Gaemi, the third and most powerful typhoon to hit China's eastern seaboard this year, made landfall in Fujian province at 7:50 p.m. (1150 GMT) after whipping Taiwan with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph), some of the strongest winds recorded in the Western Pacific Ocean.Ahead of its arrival, 240,800 people in Fujian were evacuated.Despite slightly weakening since its landfall in Fujian's Putian, a city of over 3 million, Gaemi and its giant cloud-bands are forecast to unleash intense rainfall in at least 10 Chinese provinces in the coming days.The arrival of Gaemi has drawn comparisons with Typhoon Doksuri last year, which triggered historic flooding as far north as Beijing and caused nationwide losses of nearly $30 billion.Authorities said water levels in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River as well as the vast freshwater lakes of Poyang and Dongting in central China could rise, returning to dangerous levels seen in early July after intense summer rains.Due to its high vapour content, Beijing cautioned that Gaemi could spawn strong rainfall in the Chinese capital, about 2,000 km (1,242 miles) north of Putian, even as the storm weakens into a tropical depression.Gaemi's rains could cause flash floods and waterlogging particularly in parts of northern China where the soil remains saturated after being lashed by a passing system of storms earlier this week, authorities warned.'STRONGEST IN YEARS' , In Taiwan, Gaemi killed three people, triggered flooding and sank a freighter after the strongest typhoon to hit the island in eight years made landfall on Wednesday night.Some parts of southern Taiwan are expected to have recorded rainfall of 2,200 mm (87 inches) since Tuesday. The storm cut power to around half a million households, though most are now back online, utility Taipower said.Apart from the three fatalities, 380 were injured by the typhoon in Taiwan, the government said.Taiwan's fire department said a Tanzania-flagged freighter with nine Myanmar nationals on board had sunk off the coast of the southern port city of Kaohsiung.Three of them have since been found alive on the shoreline, Taiwan's coast guard said.Taiwanese television stations showed pictures of flooded streets in cities and counties across the island.Li Li-chuan, 55, saw the roof of her restaurant blow off in the northeastern Taiwanese city of Suao."I was frightened," she told Reuters. "It was the strongest in years. I was worried that the roof would hit other people."Offices and schools as well as the financial markets closed for a second day on Thursday, while trains were stopped until 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) and all domestic flights and 195 international flights were cancelled.Reporting by Ben Blanchard in Taipei, Yimou Lee in Suao, Bernard Orr, Ryan Woo and Joe Cash in Beijing; Editing by Himani Sarkar, Miral Fahmy and Christina Fincher

Work begins sealing breach at China's second-largest freshwater lake-By Reuters-July 6, 20241:31 PM EDTUpdated 19 days ago

SHENZHEN, China, July 6 (Reuters) - Rescue personnel began sealing a breached dike at China's second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country on Saturday afternoon after water levels stabilised on both side of the burst, Chinese state media said.A day earlier the 226-metre (740-foot) stretch of dike breached at Dongting Lake in Hunan province, with 5,700 residents relocated, China Central Television reported.More than 2,300 rescue personnel were working to build a second line of defence, with footage showing excavators piling boulders into barriers and being resupplied by trucks.No one had been harmed as of early Saturday, reports said.Flooding after dam breach at Dongting lake-Earlier footage showed a wave of water surging through a breach in the dike past several overturned lorries, along with large stretches of half-submerged houses and fields in the surrounding area.On Saturday afternoon the Ministry of Water Resources said it would also inspect dikes on Poyang lake, China's largest freshwater lake, in southeastern China, as well as embankments along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.Heavy rainfall pounded parts Hunan province earlier this week, causing the Miluo River in Pingjiang county to swell to its highest in 70 years.Local authorities responded by activating the maximum emergency response level. State media showed large parts of towns waterlogged and stranded people being rescued on boats.Reporting by David Kirton; Editing by William Mallard and Toby Chopra.

Climate change (YOU LIARS-NO ITS SIN) causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say-By David Stanway-July 25, 202410:58 PM EDTUpdated an hour ago

SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) - Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms.Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the year's most powerful typhoon this week, with schools, businesses and financial markets shut as wind speeds surged up to 227 kph (141 mph). On China's eastern coast, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated ahead of landfall on Thursday.Stronger tropical storms are part of a wider phenomenon of weather extremes driven by higher temperatures, scientists say.
Researchers led by Zhang Wenxia at the China Academy of Sciences studied historical meteorological data and found about 75% of the world's land area had seen a rise in "precipitation variability" or wider swings between wet and dry weather."(Variability) has increased in most places, including Australia, which means rainier rain periods and drier dry periods," said Steven Sherwood, a scientist at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, who was not involved in the study."This is going to increase as global warming continues, enhancing the chances of droughts and/or floods."FEWER, BUT MORE INTENSE, STORMS-Scientists believe that climate change is also reshaping the behaviour of tropical storms, including typhoons, making them less frequent but more powerful."I believe higher water vapour in the atmosphere is the ultimate cause of all of these tendencies toward more extreme hydrologic phenomena," Sherwood told Reuters.Typhoon Gaemi, which first made landfall in Taiwan on Wednesday, was the strongest to hit the island in eight years.While it is difficult to attribute individual weather events to climate change, models predict that global warming makes typhoons stronger, said Sachie Kanada, a researcher at Japan's Nagoya University."In general, warmer sea surface temperature is a favourable condition for tropical cyclone development," she said.In its "blue paper" on climate change published this month, China said the number of typhoons in the Northwest Pacific and South China Sea had declined significantly since the 1990s, but they were getting stronger.Taiwan also said in its climate change report published in May that climate change was likely to reduce the overall number of typhoons in the region while making each one more intense.The decrease in the number of typhoons is due to the uneven pattern of ocean warming, with temperatures rising faster in the western Pacific than the east, said Feng Xiangbo, a tropical cyclone research scientist at the University of Reading.Water vapour capacity in the lower atmosphere is expected to rise by 7% for each 1 degree Celsius increase in temperatures, with tropical cyclone rainfall in the United States surging by as much as 40% for each single degree rise, he said.Stay up to date on the key companies, data, and decisions in the ESG world with the Reuters Sustainable Finance newsletter. Sign up here.Reporting by David Stanway; editing by Miral Fahmy

Devastating wildfire burns down part of western Canadian tourist town-By David Ljunggren and Nia Williams-July 25, 20247:19 PM EDTUpdated 5 hours ago

July 25 (Reuters) - A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50% of structures, and firefighters were trying Thursday to save as many buildings as possible, authorities said.Jasper is in the middle of mountainous Jasper National Park, in the province of Alberta. The town and the park, which draw more than 2 million tourists a year, were evacuated on Monday, when officials estimated there were up to 10,000 people in the town and a further 15,000 visitors in the park."There is no denying that this is the worst nightmare for any community," Alberta premier Danielle Smith told reporters, while choking back tears."We're seeing potentially 30% to 50% structural damage ... that's going to be a significant rebuild," she said, adding the fire was still out of control.Parks Canada said there had been a "significant loss" of buildings inside the town but added it could not give specific details of the damage, or which areas had been burned and it urged residents not to return.Video from the town showed vehicles and entire blocks burned to the ground, including a historic Anglican church.Jasper resident Eva Korduliakova heard the news that her home was burning from thousands of kilometers (miles) away on Thursday morning, while visiting family in the Czech Republic with her seven-year-old son."I am a single mum who became homeless and jobless overnight," she wrote in an email. "Our house is gone. I didn't get a chance to grab any of my belongings."Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland said the town was beginning to come to terms with "the devastating impact" of the fire."Last night's wildfires have simply ravaged our small tight-knit mountain community, the destruction and the loss that so many of our residents are facing simply defies description," he told a press conference, his voice breaking.One major concern for responders is if the fire damages the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, which can carry 890,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Edmonton to Vancouver."At this time there is no indication of damage to our infrastructure, and the pipelines continue to operate safely," pipeline operator Trans Mountain said in a statement.CN Rail (CNR.TO) said it suspended rail operations through the town on Wednesday afternoon as the wildfire conditions worsened.Wildfire burns in Jasper-The Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest, said it expected to see delays to the movement of goods through the port in the coming days due to the events in Jasper. The federal government and other cities in Alberta are sending emergency crews. In addition, a total of 400 firefighters from Mexico, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are due to arrive in the coming days.'WALL OF FLAMES' There are currently 176 wildfires burning in Alberta, more than 50 of which are out of control. Around 10 of those blazes are close to the border with British Columbia, where there are 423 wildfires burning and dozens of evacuation orders and alerts.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday afternoon he had convened a meeting of the Incident Response Group to discuss the Alberta wildfires."Every federal agency is coordinated, sending resources to Jasper, deploying evacuations support to the area, and reinforcing firefighting efforts on the ground," Trudeau said in a post on X.The federal government said in April that high temperatures and tinder-dry forests meant this could be a catastrophic year for wildfires in Canada.The Jasper fire was caused by a lightning strike on Monday afternoon and fuelled by strong winds, according to Parks Canada.Flames from the blaze rose 100 meters (328 feet) high, and strong wind gusts on Wednesday afternoon pushed the fire 5 km(3 miles ) in less than 30 minutes, said Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis."Any firefighter will tell you there's little to nothing you can do when you have a wall of flames coming at you like that," Ellis said.Environment Canada is forecasting 10 mm to 20 mm (0.4 to 0.8 inch) of rain for Thursday, which might help firefighters.The Jasper Park Lodge, one of the largest hotels in town, said the fire had reached its grounds. The 400-room residence is run by Fairmont, a group owned by France's Accor (ACCP.PA),The Jasper fire could be one of the most damaging in Alberta since a 2016 conflagration that hit the oil town of Fort McMurray, forcing the evacuation of all 90,000 residents and destroying 10% of all structures in the city.Reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottawa, Nia Williams in British Columbia and Anna Mehler Paperny in Toronto; Additional reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by Angus MacSwan, Aurora Ellis and Sandra Maler

AIRPLANES

ISAIAH 31:5
5 As birds flying,(PLANES) so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;(WITH PLANES) defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.(NUKE OR BOMB ISRAELS ENEMIES)

CrowdStrike says over 97% of Windows sensors back online-By Reuters-July 25, 20249:15 PM EDTUpdated 3 hours ago

July 25 (Reuters) - More than 97% of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike's (CRWD.O)-, opens new tab CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage.The company's Falcon platform sensor is a security agent installed on devices such as laptops and desktops that protects them from threats.The outage happened because the advanced platform contained a fault that forced computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system to crash and show the so-called blue screen of death.
Microsoft (MSFT.O)-said on Saturday about 8.5 million Windows devices had been affected in the outage that had left flights grounded, forced broadcasters off air and left customers without access to services such as healthcare or banking. "Our recovery efforts have been enhanced thanks to the development of automatic recovery techniques and by mobilizing all our resources to support our customers," Kurtz said in a post.Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and Alan Barona

Electricity bills expected to drop as major privatization reform enters into effect-Even without a smart meter, domestic consumers now free to choose between Israel Electric Corporation, seven other private suppliers; Energy Minister expects bills to drop 5 to 20%-By Sue Surkes-25 July 2024, 7:56 pm

A major electricity industry reform entered into effect in Israel on Thursday, allowing all consumers, including those without smart meters, to choose between suppliers.Energy Minister Eli Cohen claimed the competition would reduce household energy bills by five to 20 percent, with electricity costs going down by NIS 2 billion to NIS 3 billion ($550 to 820 million) yearly.A smart meter records electricity use constantly, allowing a reading and remote transmission of consumption data at least every quarter of an hour.For the past few months, only smart meter owners have had the option of transitioning to a private supplier.The Electricity Authority is aiming to have smart meters installed everywhere by 2028.As of Thursday, however, any owner or renter of a residential property with an electricity meter can choose to leave the Israel Electric Corporation for  any of seven private suppliers.These include three companies already involved in energy and electricity-related fields (Pazgaz, Amisragaz, and Electra) and four working in telecommunications — Bezeq, HOT, Cellcom, and Partner. All offer the benefit of large customer service networks.Two additional private companies serve the business sector — Mashav Energy, which built one of the country’s first private power plants, and Shikun & Binui, a huge infrastructure and real estate company.The electricity suppliers offer various programs with different discounts depending on consumption hours, days of the week, and subscriptions to other company services such as TV, internet, and phone, in the case of telecommunications firms.Transitioning to a new supplier is done online, without disconnection or a technician’s visit.A customer applies to the chosen company, providing his or her Israel Electric Company contract number (which appears on all bills), electricity meter number, and name, ID, email, and telephone number to digitally sign a power of attorney for the company to implement the transition process.A contract can be stopped at any time without charge, although it is recommended that you read the contract before doing so.The regulations allow suppliers to buy energy directly from solar fields or the grid.Solar energy is not only cheaper to produce than fossil fuels; solar companies can offer long-term contracts with better prices per kilowatt than the grid managers can. The latter provides spot prices throughout the day and night based on a mix of fuels.Because of this, the market is seeing suppliers and solar field companies teaming up. The Cellcom telecommunications company, for example, has joined the kibbutz-owned solar company Meshek Energy to form Cellcom Energy. The Electra company, known for its air conditioners and elevators, has partnered with the renewable energy company Enlight to create Electra Power.This does not mean customers can order a particular amount of solar energy. All energy generated in Israel passes through the same single grid. If you use energy at midday in the summer, the mix of fossil fuel and renewable energy sent through the grid will likely contain more of the latter. The opposite is currently true at night.That said, the expected increasing demand for solar energy is making the construction of solar fields far more economically viable and attractive to investors.

Project 'proved more challenging than anticipated' The rise and fall of the US aid pier for Gaza-The pier was dismantled last week after delivering less aid than hoped due to fire, weather and distribution struggles-By Reuters and ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 3:55 pm

WASHINGTON — The first time US President Joe Biden’s administration considered ordering the US military to build a floating pier off Gaza to deliver aid in late 2023, it was put on the back burner.The United States was under pressure to ease the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Palestinian enclave, with Israel closing land border crossings following Hamas’s October 7 massacre, and sea deliveries were seen as a possible solution.US Admiral Christopher Grady, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a career Navy surface warfare officer, told a meeting that he was very concerned that the sea could become too rough for a pier to deliver humanitarian aid and laid out weather-related risks, a former US official and a current US official said.It wasn’t until early 2024 that the idea came up again as the situation in Gaza grew more desperate and aid organizations warned that mass famine among Palestinian civilians was looming.“We sort of reached a point where it seemed appropriate to take more risk because the need was so great,” a former senior Biden administration official said.The resulting pier mission did not go well.It involved 1,000 US troops, delivered only a fraction of the promised aid at a cost of nearly $230 million, and was from the start beset by bad luck and miscalculations, including fire, bad weather and dangers on shore from the fighting between Israel and Hamas.Biden, after promising a “massive increase” in aid, acknowledged that the pier had fallen short of his aspirations. “I was hopeful that would be more successful,” he told reporters on July 11.The internal discussions about the Gaza pier, including discarded options to briefly deploy troops to the enclave, have not been previously reported.The pier mission, which was formally ended last week, was the most controversial of the US military’s attempts to help contain the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war that erupted on October 7 with a Hamas-led massacre in Israel, and has drawn criticism from Biden’s Republican critics and many current and former aid workers.The effort also underscores the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s struggle to achieve Israel’s war aims, both of which are in focus during his visit to Washington this week.The Pentagon referred questions about the pier to remarks made at a July 17 briefing with Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of US Central Command. In it, Cooper said the mission was a success, delivering the largest amount of aid ever into the Middle East.Mike Rogers, the Republican who leads the Pentagon’s oversight committee in the House of Representatives, called the pier “an embarrassment.”“The pier was an ill-conceived political calculation by the Biden administration,” Rogers told Reuters.No boots on the ground-With alarm rising over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in 2023, Curtis Reid, chief of staff at the White House National Security Council, was tasked with creating a working group with different government agencies to look at ways to increase aid into Gaza.“[It] was a request for agencies to put everything you got on the table,” the former senior official said. The Pentagon then started looking at options.Asked for comment, the NSC acknowledged inter-agency discussions on potential policy options.“Because of this work, we were able to advance the delivery of humanitarian assistance into Gaza, utilizing every tool possible,” said Adrienne Watson, an NSC spokesperson.When the head of the military’s Central Command, General Michael “Erik” Kurilla, initially briefed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the pier mission, his first proposal included a limited number of US troops on the ground, temporarily, to attach the pier to the shore, the former official said.Austin was aware that the White House was opposed to deploying US forces to Gaza and asked Kurilla to go back and rework it, a current US official and the former official said.Kurilla created a plan to train Israeli forces to do the installation of the pier on the shore, the former official added. Israeli forces later carried out the plan. The Prime Minister’s Office and Defense Ministry referred Reuters’ questions about the pier to the US military.Kurilla’s Central Command declined to comment on the record. A US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, denied the account and said “boots on the ground was never a consideration.”Current and former officials described Central Command as extremely confident the pier project would succeed.“CENTCOM and General Kurilla, from Day 1, they were consistent in saying: ‘We can do this,'” the former US official said.The first turn of bad luck came on April 11, when a fire broke out in the engine room of the USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo, a Navy ship transporting part of the pier system to the Mediterranean.The crew put out the fire but the ship had to turn back to the United States.Waves batter the pier-Weather was an even bigger problem.An early warning of the challenges from rough seas came last summer when US troops attempted to install the pier on an Australian shore during a military exercise.The sea was too rough, a military officer who directly worked on the pier exercise told Reuters.In the end, the soldiers couldn’t connect the pier to the beach itself and instead brought supplies ashore using boats to bridge the gap between the end of the floating pier and the beach.US officials acknowledge that the Mediterranean weather was a worry. But they were unprepared for how bad the sea conditions turned out to be.“The forecast that they had [was] basically that the sea state was going to be three or less up until around September,” said one senior US defense official, referring to sea state three, when waves do not exceed three feet (91 centimeters).Instead, waves broke the pier just nine days after it became operational on May 16. The damage was so bad that it had to be moved to the Israeli port of Ashdod for repairs.The incident would prove to be the norm, with bad weather keeping the pier inoperative for all but 20 days — half as long as it took to bring the system across the sea to Gaza.While there were no deaths or known direct attacks on the pier, three US troops suffered non-combat injuries in support of the pier in May, with one medically evacuated in critical condition.-Over-estimating distributionDelivering the food, shelter and medical care that was brought onshore through the pier also proved harder than expected.The US military aimed to ramp up to as many as 150 trucks a day of aid coming off the pier.But because the pier was only operational for a total of 20 days, the military says it moved a total of only 19.4 million pounds (8.8 million kilograms) of aid into Gaza. That would be about 480 trucks of aid delivered in total from the pier, based on estimates by the World Food Programme from earlier this year of weight carried by a truck.The United Nations says about 500 truckloads of aid are needed daily to address the needs of Palestinians in Gaza.Just days after the first shipments of aid rolled off the pier in Gaza, crowds overwhelmed trucks and took some of it.Israel’s mistaken killing of seven World Central Kitchen workers in April and its use of an area near the pier as it staged a hostage rescue recovery mission in June also dented the confidence of aid organizations, on whom the US was relying to carry the supplies from the shore and distribute to residents.A senior US defense official acknowledged that aid delivery “proved to be perhaps more challenging than the planners anticipated.”One former official said Kurilla had raised distribution as a concern early on.“General Kurilla was also very clear about that: ‘I can do my piece of this, and I can do distribution if you task me to do it,'” the former official said.“But that was explicitly scoped out of what the task was. And so we were reliant on these international organizations.”Current and former US officials told Reuters that the United Nations and aid organizations themselves were always cool to the pier.At a closed-door meeting of US officials and aid organizations in Cyprus in March, Sigrid Kaag, the UN humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, offered tacit support for Biden’s pier project.But Kaag stressed the UN preference was for “land, land, land,” according to two people familiar with the discussions.The United Nations declined to comment on the meeting. It referred to a briefing on Monday where a spokesperson for the organization said that the UN appreciated every way of getting aid into Gaza, including the pier, but more access through land routes is needed.The underlying concern for aid organizations was that Biden, under pressure from fellow Democrats over Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, was pushing a solution that would at best be a temporary fix and at worst would take pressure off Netanyahu’s government to open up land routes into Gaza.Dave Harden, a former USAID mission director to the West Bank and Gaza, described the pier project as “humanitarian theater.”“It did relieve the pressure, unfortunately, on having the [land border] crossings work more effectively.”

Archaeology-Uncovered floor of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue bears witness to Nazi, Soviet devastation-Researchers find one of synagogue’s columns collapsed on its side; 17th-century prayer house, at center of Jewish metropolis, was looted by Germans, razed by Russians-By ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 2:52 pm

Archaeologists have uncovered parts of the floor of the Great Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania, illustrating the extent of the 17th-century synagogue’s destruction by successive Nazi and Soviet oppressors last century, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Thursday.Findings dated to the 17th and 18th centuries included parts of the synagogue’s women’s section, huge water basins used to ensure the purity of the synagogue’s ritual bath, or mikveh, and a giant pillar, now collapsed on its side, that stood near the synagogue’s bimah, a podium for Torah reading, the IAA said in a statement.“The architectural wealth and vitality we encounter — alongside the destruction of impressive giant columns that collapsed during the destruction of the synagogue by the Nazis and the Soviets — tell the tragic story of a community that lived here, that is no more,” said the excavation’s directors, Jon Seligman and Justinas Rakas.The excavations, held on behalf of the IAA, the Association of Lithuanian Archaeology, the Good Will Foundation and the Lithuanian Jewish community, were the fifth since 2015 at Vilnius’ Great Synagogue, the beating heart of one of the most important Jewish communities of the early modern era. Previous excavations have uncovered the synagogue’s bimah and holy ark.The new section uncovered by the archaeologists showed that the synagogue’s floor had been decorated with patterns of red, white and black flowers.The synagogue was burned during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, between 1941 and 1944, and razed by Soviet authorities, who ruled Lithuania from the end of World War II until 1990.At its height, the Great Synagogue stood at the center of a complex of community institutions, known as Shulhoyf, which included other smaller synagogues, a community council building, mikvehs, study houses, a library and the home of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna — the Yiddish name for Vilnius — who is better known as the Vilna Gaon.The illustrious Gaon — literally “genius,” the title of heads of the classic Babylonian yeshivas — was the premier figure of 18th-century European Jewry. A man of unparalleled scientific, Talmudic and Kabbalistic erudition, the Gaon cemented Vilnius’s position as a center of Jewish learning, earning it the moniker “Jerusalem of Lithuania.”The Gaon’s intellectual rigor gave rise to the modern European yeshiva. He also spearheaded the translation into Hebrew of classic scientific texts, including Euclid’s Elements.The Gaon is also remembered for his backlash to the nascent Hasidic movement, whom he and his followers accused of flouting serious Torah study. A large cohort of the Gaon’s disciples came to the Land of Israel, in part to counter the growing Hasidic presence there.By the 19th century, Vilnius was incorporated into Imperial Russia. It was part of the Pale of Settlement, the sliver of the empire where Jews were permitted to settle.After World War I, the city was briefly the capital of Lithuania, before the Soviets conquered parts of the newly independent republic. While fighting the Soviets, Polish troops entered the city and carried out the first pogrom in its modern history.In World War II, Vilnius was conquered by the Germans during their push into Russia in 1941. The city’s Jews — some 55,000 out of a total population of 200,000 — were forced into a ghetto, whose final inhabitants were deported to labor and death camps in 1943. The Nazis also looted and burned the Great Synagogue.Vilnius was liberated by the Red Army in 1944. The communist regime’s antagonism toward religion weighed greatly on Soviet Jews. The Soviet attitude toward Judaism, rooted in centuries of Russian blood libels and tinted with antagonism toward “reactionary” Zionism, made it near-impossible to practice the religion.Under the Soviets, the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, like almost all the country’s roughly 5,000 synagogues, was closed. It was demolished in the mid-1950s. A school was built on its ruins.“In the face of rising antisemitism and attempts to deceive and deny, there is one undeniable truth, both simple and tragic, which tells us about an entire magnificent community that was destroyed due to hatred of Jews: Never Again,” said Eli Escusido, director of the IAA.

Palm vein biometrics deployed for payments at Paris grocery store-Payment terminal provided by Ingenico and biometrics partners-Jul 24, 2024, 11:54 am EDT    | Chris Burt

A Carrefour Market in Paris is implementing palm vein biometrics for payment in partnership with Ingenico, just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, The Connexion reports.The Carrefour Market in Paris’ 6th arrondissement will launch on July 29. Customers can link their palm biometrics to a payment card at a dedicated terminal from Ingenico. After that, they simply hold the registered palm over the payment terminal to perform authentication.The supermarket chain says the biometric payment system enhances the security of customers’ banking data while making the checkout experience smoother. It chose the launch to coincide with the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, when huge volumes of tourists are expected to visit the city.The system appears to be the same as the one recently launched by Tienda Inglesa’s Red Expres stores in Uruguay by Mastercard’s Biometric Checkout Program partners including Ingenico, under Mastercard’s Biometric Checkout Program. Fulcrum Biometrics, Fujitsu Frontech and Scanntech are also partners in the deployment in Uruguay.Adoption of palm biometrics for payments are a growing trend in the retail industry, with J.P. Morgan currently carrying out a trial with PopID in the U.S. and planning more deployments next year, and Visa showcasing similar technology at its Singapore Innovation Center. Amazon has rolled out its palm biometrics scanners at all Whole Foods locations, and WeChat has a system called Palm Pay deployed to convenience stores and other retailers in China.This post was updated at 4:43pm Eastern on July 25, 2024 to clarify that Mastercard’s Biometric Checkout Program is not involved in the Carrefour deployment.

New ‘highly secure’ biometric system proposed for food ration distribution in India-Jul 25, 2024, 9:40 am EDT    | Ayang Macdonald

A study published in the International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management has proposed a new fingerprint biometric system to authenticate and identify beneficiaries of food ration in India.The research has introduced what it calls the Smart Ration Distribution System (SRDS), a user-friendly and highly secure system which aims to improve and streamline the way food ration distribution is done in the country. It is a new approach that integrates RFID and biometric technologies which can bring many benefits to both shop owners and ration recipients.Food rations have been distributed to millions of people in India since 2013 when a parliamentary Act on the subject came into force. Since then, efforts by the government, private sector and development partners have multiplied on how to make the food distribution process painless and transparent.According to the abstract of the study, the new ration distribution system “offers several benefits including reducing customer wait times, ensuring reliable authentication and identification of eligible individuals, real-time tracking and monitoring of the distribution process, enabling timely interventions and resource allocation based on demand patterns, and reducing administrative burdens.”The researchers believe the new system will be more efficient and capable of responding to the multiplicity of challenges such as misallocation or inequity, distribution delays, and fraud which have plagued other traditional food ration distribution systems across the country. The study presents the designed prototype of the system as well as other technical functionalities, and notes that a trial worked “seamlessly without any issues.”The study, the researchers say, aims to “reveal how technological advancements can notably improve the integrity and performance of ration distribution systems in India,” and the “potential to transform the public distribution landscape, ensuring a more equitable and transparent allocation of resources.”In the state of Odisha, meanwhile, the government, last month, announced plans to set up rice ATMs across the state to facilitate ration distribution. The Minister of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare, Krushna Candra Patra, said at the time that one ATM will be set up in the state capital, Bhubaneswar, before being extended to other districts, according to The New Indian Express.India has been setting up biometric grain ATMs across the country as an alternative for traditional ration shops.In March, the World Food Program (WFP) introduced a GrainATM, Annapurti, which can dispense different commodities once a beneficiary completes a biometric authentication.

Worldline, PayEye collaborate to develop a biometric payment system-Jul 24, 2024, 11:01 am EDT    | Abhishek Jadhav

Worldline has announced a strategic partnership with PayEye to develop cashless payment systems using biometric identification. The collaborative payment solution aims to enhance security measures and minimize the risk of fraud and unauthorized transactions by using biometric technology.PayEye has developed a biometric eyePOS payment terminal, which enables users to complete transactions with a “single glance.” By utilizing a combination of iris and facial biometrics, this payment system offers a secure and user-friendly payment experience, the company says.“Putting together our potentials will help us go down in history as innovators setting new trends in the global payment markets, from which – thanks to even greater convenience and security in the payment process – our customers stand to benefit the most,” says Artur Żymańczyk, country manager at Worldline.The operation of the payment terminal involves real time generation of a unique code based on the user’s biometric data, which is then cross-referenced with the user’s original biometric template stored in the database. Customers can register for the PayEye Global application and link their payment card.The eyePOS 3 terminal, which received its Payment Card Industry (PCI) certification last year, supports a wide range of payment methods, including NFC technology, QR codes, and traditional payment cards. The payment terminal features a 5.5-inch screen and runs on the Android 11 operating system, the company says.In a recent development, Mastercard launched a pilot program for its biometric retail payment system in collaboration with PayEye, using iris and face biometrics. The retail stores will be outfitted with eyePOS terminals.“For us, it’s yet another strategic partnership that brings us ever closer to launching a global expansion of our biometric solution, which, exactly like the biometrics most of us use to unlock our phones, will revolutionize the authentication of payments, offering even greater security and convenience for customers,” says Radoslaw Ruda, vice president of PayEye.

Israel to collect biometrics of visiting foreign nationals-Jul 24, 2024, 6:09 am EDT    | Abhishek Jadhav

Identification of foreign nationals is becoming important to prevent identity fraud, where. The Knesset Plenum in Israel has passed a bill mandating the collection of biometric data from foreign nationals to prevent individuals from entering the country under assumed identities.The bill received approval in both the second and third readings with the support of 17 Members of Knesset, and there was no recorded opposition or abstentions. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for the creation and management of a biometric database for identification and verification processes.An increasing number of visitors to Israel means the country must adapt its handling of visas, residence permits and border control procedures, the announcement of the legislation says.“The State of Israel does not have a great deal of information about foreign nationals who enter and stay in it, unlike the information that is available routinely with regard to the citizens and residents of the state,” according to the explanatory notes accompanying the bill.The government says it lacks information on an estimated 30,000 foreign nationals who have entered Israel without utilizing authorized border entry points and do not possess appropriate identification credentials. Foreign nationals entering the country to work and reside illegally, commit crimes and support terrorism violate Israel’s sovereignty and undermine the democratic rule of law.The Knesset gave the government and security forces greater access to the country’s National Biometric Database towards the end of 2023, triggering data protection concerns from the EU over a data-sharing arrangement.

Controversial US privacy bill rewritten again, but path still unclear-Jul 23, 2024, 1:18 pm EDT    | Anthony Kimery

The already controversial American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA), which was originally introduced in April by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chair, Sen. Maria Cantwell, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair, Rep. Cathy Rodgers, was reintroduced by Rodgers in the House on June 25 as H.R. 8818, and both expands and compromises on the comprehensive federal consumer privacy framework that was outlined in the first draft of the legislation.Significant are the special requirements for biometric and genetic data, which are further refined. Collecting such data would now require express consent, without exception.Noticeably absent is the “civil rights and algorithms” section that would have prohibited the use of personal data in a manner that discriminates based on protected characteristics, and the “opt-out rights for consequential decisions.”A subsequent draft of the bill had been circulated on June 20 proceeding a scheduled June 27 markup by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. But that meeting which was unceremoniously cancelled at the last-minute following stakeholder pushback and Republican disagreement over the June 20 draft.Rodgers told Axios following the cancellation that the committee isn’t done with the bill, and that they needed to “regroup.”“There’s been a lot of confusion and misrepresentation of what the bill does, unfortunately,” Rodgers said. “We’re gonna need some more time to provide that clarity.” She added: “Everyone knows someone who has suffered because of the current state of the online ecosystem. We cannot continue down this path. The American people are asking Congress to step up and pass a privacy bill. It is foundational to our future and the next generation.”Rodgers comments followed her pre-markup statements, in which she declared that, “At its core, the massive commercial surveillance of data is fueling the problem. Nearly every data point imaginable is being collected on us with no accountability. They are using our data against us, sowing division, manipulating truth, and diminishing our personal identities.”The path forward for the bill, though, is murky, as the current draft – the one Rodgers introduced on June 25 – proves to be just as contentious. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce faces a time crunch with Congress’ August recess looming and the undoubtedly consequential elections in November that could change the balance of power, and with it, legislative priorities and thinking.“Unfortunately, the fact that the American Privacy Rights Act is both bipartisan and bicameral does not ensure smooth sailing through the legislative process. We don’t like to be privacy pessimists, but the congressional summer recess is looming, and the fact that it’s an election year makes it that much more difficult to get any legislation, much less a groundbreaking privacy bill, passed,” commented the New York-based law firm, Loeb & Loeb LLP.Still, with co-sponsorship of HR 8818 by Ranking Committee member Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), all four major players on the relevant committees are onboard to at least “give the bill a fighting chance,” said Cobun Zweifel-Keegan with the International Association of Privacy Professionals.The July 22 summary of the bill says it “sets clear, national data privacy rights and protections for Americans,” and “eliminates the existing patchwork of state comprehensive data privacy laws and establishes robust enforcement mechanisms to hold violators accountable, including a private right of action for individuals.”But, as a Congressional Research Service (CRS) Legal Sidebar prepared for members and committees of Congress pointed out in late May, should APRA become law, “there may be litigation over its constitutionality and scope,” noting that “the U.S. Supreme Court has said that ‘the creation and dissemination of information are speech within the meaning of the First Amendment.’”The CRS Legal Sidebar said, “litigants have challenged laws that restrict the sale or use of data collected from customers and laws that restrict certain targeted advertisements under the First Amendment,” and thus it’s possible, if not likely, “that similar challenges may be raised against some of the APRA’s provisions that restrict the dissemination of customer data or the targeting of advertisements.”“There may also be litigation over the scope of the APRA’s preemption provisions,” the CRS Legal Sidebar said. “For instance, questions may arise as to whether the APRA preempts state privacy laws that regulate entities not covered by the APRA.” And “the expansive reach of the APRA’s savings clauses, too, may give rise to litigation, as potential challengers of the law might seek to clarify whether various state laws qualify as one of the categories of statutes exempt from preemption.”Opposition to various provisions of the bill has been far and wide, and includes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurial Council’s Main Street Privacy Coalition, California Privacy Protection Agency, American Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, Independent Community Bankers of America, Mortgage Bankers Association, and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.Praise for the bill, though, has been equally as widespread, and has garnered bipartisan support from various interest groups, commentators, and technology companies such as the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Washington Post’s editorial board, and Microsoft.The current version of the bill would require covered entities to be transparent about how they use consumer data, and would give consumers the right to access, correct, delete, and export their data, as well as to opt out of targeted advertising and data transfers.The measure also would establish standards for data minimization that would allow companies to collect and use data only for necessary and limited purposes and would prohibit the transfer of sensitive covered data to third parties without the consumer’s affirmative express consent.Under the bill, when covered entities seek “affirmative express consent” for the collection, processing, retention, or transfer of biometric information or genetic information, the request must include the length of time the covered entity or service provider intends to retain  biometric and genetic information, or, if it is not possible to identify the length of time, then the criteria used to determine the length of time the covered entity or service provider intends to retain the biometric information or genetic information must be clear.The bill also provides protections for the use of biometric and genetic information. A covered entity may not collect biometric or genetic information or direct a service provider to collect biometric information or genetic information without the affirmative express consent of the individual to whom such information pertains.A covered entity may not process biometric or genetic information or direct a service provider to process biometric information or genetic information without the affirmative express consent of the individual to whom such information pertains, except as provided for in other portions of the bill.A covered entity also cannot retain biometric information or direct a service provider to retain biometric information beyond the point at which the purpose for which an individual provided affirmative express consent has been satisfied or beyond the date that is three years after the date of the last interaction of the individual with the covered entity or service provider, whichever occurs first, unless for a purpose permitted under other segments of the legislation.Further, a covered entity may not transfer biometric information or genetic information to a third party or direct a service provider to transfer biometric or genetic information to a third party without the affirmative express consent of the individual to whom such information pertains, unless for a purpose permitted elsewhere in the bill, and, a covered cannot transfer biometric or genetic information to a third party, or direct a service provider to transfer biometric or genetic information to a third party for payment or other valuable consideration regardless of the purpose of the transfer, and as stipulated elsewhere in the legislation.The bill is very clear that “affirmative express consent” to an act or practice by covered entities “may not be inferred from the inaction of an individual or the continued use by an individual of a service or product provided by” a covered entity.A “covered entity” is conditioned as “any entity that determines the purpose and means of collecting, processing, retaining, or transferring covered data and which is subject to the FTC Act, including common carriers and certain nonprofits. Small businesses, governments, entities working on behalf of governments, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and, except for data security obligations, fraud-fighting non-profits are excluded.”Covered entities are defined as:High-impact social media company that provides any internet-accessible platform that generates $3,000,000,000 or more in global annual revenue, including the revenue generated by any affiliate of such covered entity; has 300,000,000 or more global monthly active users for not fewer than three of the preceding 12 months; and constitutes an online product or service that is primarily used by users to access or share user-generated content.Large data holder that, in the most recent calendar year, had an annual gross revenue of not less than $250,000,000 and collected, processed, retained, or transferred the covered data of more than 5,000,000 individuals; more than 15,000,000 portable connected devices that identify or are linked or reasonably linkable to one or more individuals; or more than 35,000,000 connected devices that identify or are linked or reasonable linkable to one or more individuals; or the sensitive covered data of more than 200,000 individuals; more than 300,000 portable connected devices that identify or are linked or reasonable linkable to one or more individuals; or more than 700,000 connected devices that identify or are linked or reasonably linkable to one or more individuals.Small business that has an average annual gross revenues for the period of the three preceding calendar years (or for the period during which the entity has been in existence, if such period is less than three calendar years) not exceeding $40,000,000, indexed to the Producer Price Index reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and on average did not annually collect, process, retain, or transfer the covered data of more than 200,000 individuals for any purpose other than initiating, rendering, billing for, finalizing, completing, or otherwise collecting payment for a requested service or product; and did not transfer covered data to a third party in exchange for revenue or anything of value, except for purposes of initiating, rendering, billing for, finalizing, completing, or otherwise collecting payment for a requested service or product or facilitating web analytics that are not used to create an online activity profile.

Gibraltar issues notice on upcoming Schengen EES and ETIAS changes-Jul 25, 2024, 10:04 am EDT    | Abigail Opiah

As the European Union readies the implementation of the new Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information System (ETIAS), the government of Gibraltar has issued a technical notice to inform residents and visitors about the impending changes aimed at enhancing border security and streamlining the travel process.Until an agreement is reached and implemented, Spanish authorities at the Gibraltar-Spain land border, as well as Schengen authorities at other entry points into the Schengen area, are required to treat all non-EU nationals, including Gibraltarians and other British citizens residing in Gibraltar, as third-country nationals under Schengen border control rules.Both the EES and ETIAS are slated to be operational by November 2024, likely preceding any EU treaty agreement. Spanish border authorities have already begun installing the necessary infrastructure to comply with Schengen obligations.According to a recent press release, the government of Gibraltar is preparing for all outcomes, including the possibility of a non-negotiated outcome. Should an agreement with the EU not be reached, Gibraltar plans to enhance its border control infrastructure by implementing e-gates and automated systems that process biometric data, similar to systems being adopted globally.Additionally, the government reminds the public of the Schengen Borders Code requirements for non-EU citizens, including Gibraltarians and British citizens, crossing into the Schengen Area. These requirements were detailed in a technical notice issued in 2020.The EES is an automated system that will register travelers from outside the Schengen Area at each crossing of its external borders, recording their names, biometric data (fingerprints and facial images), and entry and exit dates.First-time travelers after the EES launch will need to register their biometric data at an automated kiosk. This initial registration is expected to cause some delays, although subsequent crossings should be faster due to facial recognition technology.ETIAS will require non-EU citizens not needing a visa to obtain travel pre-authorization to enter the Schengen area. Once issued, ETIAS authorization will be valid for three years or until the passport expires.Should a treaty with the EU be established, Gibraltarians, British citizens, and other non-EU citizens residing in Gibraltar may be exempt from both the EES and ETIAS once the agreement is in effect.

Strengthening biometrics to fight against sophisticated payments fraud-Jul 25, 2024, 11:26 am EDT-By Tim Brown, Global Identity Officer at Prove

Biometrics have become a part of consumers’ everyday lives. Long celebrated for its many advantages, this technology adds convenience, speed, and ease to a wide variety of uses. In light of the ongoing evolution of newer, savvier cyber threats, it’s becoming increasingly clear that relying solely on biometrics for payments may not offer sufficient protection and calls for additional sophisticated solutions.Cyber criminals are using technology designed to manipulate or generate fake images, videos, and audio with increasing sophistication, bypassing systems’ security with ease. In fact, the problem is so pervasive that Gartner research predicts 30% of enterprise companies will no longer rely on face biometrics and similar technology as reliable, standalone identity verification and authentication methods by 2026. Deepfakes and digital injection attacks are particularly problematic.Navigating new dangers: deepfakes and digital injection attacks-As bad actors deploy increasingly sophisticated threat tactics, including deepfakes and digital injection attacks, the financial industry’s go-to cybersecurity solutions will also need to evolve. It’s time to alter the industry’s current reliance on biometrics when it comes to online payments.Deepfakes are images, live videos, or sound files that have been altered, manipulated, or produced by artificial intelligence (AI). Fraudsters are deploying this generated or manipulated content to attack remote identity verification systems, and they’re escalating in quality, scale, and complexity. There are a number of ways fraudsters submit this data — from video replay to digital injection attacks. While the former generally involves high-quality video/audio replay from a secondary source, the latter is much more nuanced.Video/audio injection uses access to applications and website APIs, exposing vulnerabilities in their code to inject AI-generated content into the application or website. This fools the system, masquerading as content originating from a known source. Systems that rely on media capture for remote onboarding are uniquely vulnerable to deepfakes because they require the capture of such data from devices outside of the onboarding entity’s control. What’s more, remote onboarding systems that rely on image capture, such as document authentication and selfie capture, are inherently full of user friction.When biometrics are used for remote payments, cyber criminals can trick these systems with deepfakes and wreak havoc with large-scale, remote attacks. According to the aforementioned Gartner research, in 2023, digital injection attacks increased by 200%.Reducing fraud with safer, user-friendly authentication-Fortunately, there are newer low-friction, low-fraud options available that can bolster biometric security measures.Device trust is key in preventing image and audio-based attacks. Customers’ identities may be verified with their phones without the need for document scans or such biometrics as selfies. Instead, device intelligence combines smart personal information verification and real-time risk scoring for more trustworthy results. For example, phone signals can be analyzed during transactions to detect such concerns as phone takeovers, SIM swaps, and synthetic identity fraud. By simply ensuring that the onboarding user is actually in possession of the device, that the device is trusted, and that the onboarding user owns that device, financial institutions can ensure a secure capture for more dependable identity verification and authentication.There is also great potential in AI, cybersecurity’s double-edged sword. For example, the previously mentioned vulnerabilities could one day be addressed by using techniques being pioneered by D-CAPTCHA to augment liveness detection, using machine learning techniques to change up the liveness prompts in real time. This challenges the deepfake model to generate content on the fly, which exceeds its capabilities. Such technology is still nascent and not yet available for commercial use, however, they shed light on new avenues the industry could one day explore.While biometric technology alone might be appropriate for certain uses, when it comes to online payments, today’s high-tech attacks call for the additional support of alternative, sophisticated solutions. Unfortunately, incidents involving AI-generated media are only expected to increase. This is the time to act — before a cyber criminal or cyber-criminal organization has the opportunity to victimize more customers or financial institutions. The financial industry has the power to offer customers fast, convenient, frictionless ways to pay, all while protecting against fraudsters’ latest tactics.About the author-Tim Brown is the Global Identity Officer at Prove and a well-respected expert in biometrics, authentication, and identity. He has led product architecture and development and is a frequent SME participating in numerous standards organizations, round tables, conferences, webinars, and podcasts on subjects ranging from biometric and forensic data interchange to identity verification and the impact of mobile driver’s licenses on the vertical markets. Brown holds multiple patents in authentication, biometric liveness, and identity acquisition.

Indonesia offers lessons in govt benefit digitalization: Report-Jul 25, 2024, 7:30 pm EDT    | Masha Borak

Indonesia has successfully digitized its government assistance programs, aiding poverty reduction inside the Asian-Pacific country. One of the next crucial steps will be incorporating digital ID and data analytics to improve the performance of public welfare, according to a new analysis from the Lowy Insititute.The international policy think tank details how social assistance programs such as subsidies for energy and food have developed hand in hand with the national ID program. The report, titled Digitising the social safety net: Lessons from Indonesia, notes that digitizing welfare offers huge spill-over gain and that Indonesia’s experience offers important lessons for other countries in increasing inclusion and reducing poverty.“The key observation from Indonesia’s experience is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach. However, with the requisite policy focus and careful design, leapfrogging past the analog delivery of social benefits is possible,” says the report’s author and Lowy Institute Research Fellow Hilman Palaon.Palaon notes that the government required identification documents to enroll in social assistance programs which spurred individuals to obtain national IDs. The expansion of national IDs and digital financial services have, in turn, paved the way towards better digitized social safety nets.Digital ID databases, electronic and biometric identification and data analytics ensure that assistance reaches the beneficiaries of social programs. At the same time, it reduces the risks of fraud.Indonesia’s inspiration for digitizing its social welfare system came from India’s Aardhaar system while it found its development partners in the likes of Australia and the World Bank.During 2018 and 2019, the country started piloting a biometric authentication using fingerprint and face recognition and a digital ID program to distribute a cooking gas subsidy. The goal of the pilot is for the government to stop subsidizing goods and start providing funds directly to beneficiaries. In 2023, it started verifying beneficiary data to distribute cooking gas subsidies while the following year, it introduced a digital beneficiary logbook.At the beginning of 2019, Indonesia also kicked off the modernization of its social registry database to include eligible beneficiaries, linking it with the national ID database to speed up verification.To allow beneficiaries to choose how to receive assistance, the government is encouraging the inclusion of financial institutions such as banks and fintechs through an “advanced digital disbursement system roadmap” – Indonesia Government-to-Person (G2P) Payment 4.0.Palaon, however, warns that frequent data breaches continue to be a risk for beneficiaries and for digitized welfare programs.“Strengthening cybersecurity and data protection will also be critical,” the report notes.Indonesia has also recently launched a new platform called INA Digital which offers access to public services such as driver’s licenses, healthcare, education, social aid and more. The government is planning to launch a digital ID system for accessing public services as part of its digital transformation agenda. In June, the Ministry of Communications announced it was working on regulating data collection for digital IDs.Last week, the country issued a call related to a digital identification project to companies company providing consulting services in digital ID, electronic know your customer (e-KYC), biometrics and data exchange.

African Union adopts AI strategy to streamline continental digital transformation efforts-Jul 25, 2024, 6:36 pm EDT    | Ayang Macdonald

A document which defines the trajectory Africa intends to take regarding the development, use and regulation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been adopted.The African Union’s Executive Council endorsed the strategy during its 45th ordinary session which took place in the Ghanaian capital Accra last week.According to reports, the AI strategy was adopted alongside the Digital Compact for Africa to guide African countries in the way they embrace AI technologies in their push for socio-economic development. Both blueprints align with the AU’s 2030 Digital Transformation Strategy and its Agenda 2063.The AU Executive Council adopted the AI strategy and Digital Compact just days after African ICT and Communication Ministers gave their nod on the document. This was during the 2nd extraordinary session of the Specialised Technical Committee on ICT and Communication attended virtually by over 130 government representatives and experts, according to an AU news release.The Commissioner for Energy, Infrastructure and Digitization of the African Union, Dr Abou Zeid Amani, who spoke during the specialized technical meeting, said the strategy will help African nations pursue their development undertakings while preserving their identity and culture. He explained that the document, which had also been sent to the UN for appraisal, will equally help countries better deal with the risks associated with the technology.“AI systems should be able to reflect our diversity, languages, culture, history, and geographical contexts,” said Amani. “As we aim to create an inclusive AI ecosystem and a competitive African AI market that is adapted to our realities and meets our ambitions, we believe examining and approving this strategy will provide a common vision and path to accelerate responsible AI innovation and adoption in Africa.”The AU believes the AI strategy is useful for African countries hoping to integrate AI solutions in different sectors including “education and skills, health, agriculture, infrastructure, peace and security and good governance,” as well as research and innovation. It also highlights the need to for the global AI discourse to factor in Africa’s realities, problems and needs.Amani also commented on the Digital Compact, saying it reflects the AU’s commitment to guide countries on the path to “inclusive progress and sustainable development.”The AI strategy and Digital Compact were drafted after wide-ranging consultations with stakeholders across the board.Early in the year, policy experts proposed a collaboration between the African Union and the European Union to boost interoperability and support the latter’s continental trade integration plans. The proposal came as the AU was set to adopt a Digital Trade Protocol.

Yoti, iProov and Blair Institute tell governments to increase digital ID support-Jul 25, 2024, 3:28 pm EDT    | Chris Burt

UK Member of Parliament Peter Kyle, the new Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, is getting a lot of mail. An open letter from Yoti CEO Robin Tombs calls on the new UK government to support digital ID and online safety measures like age assurance with legislation.A letter on similar themes was addressed to Kyle by OIX yesterday, like Tombs suggesting there is an economic benefit that can be gained from a more mature digital ID ecosystem.Tombs writes that the government should update licensing requirements for retailers so they can take advantage of age estimation and verification technologies. He cites Home Office sandbox trials from 2022, which showed 7 in 10 shoppers prefer digital age verification at self-checkouts. It should codify the proposed Digital Verification Services in law as part of the new Digital Information and Smart Data Bill to support digital ID use.“This framework would enable UK residents to use digital IDs with the same confidence as paper documents in more situations, which would improve the accessibility of services provided by organisations in the public and private sectors,” Tombs writes. He says demand for digital ID is growing among UK consumers, with more than 4.5 million people downloading one of Yoti’s apps.Ofcom should set thresholds for the ages biometric age estimation should be used for, in line with those issued by the German regulator. Tombs notes that the AVPA has also called on Ofcom to take this step.Tombs also notes that the science backing biometric facial age estimation has increased dramatically, with for example an evaluation by NIST.AI and digital ID are stronger together: iProov and Blair Institute-Similar points about digital ID are made in a commentary co-authored by Yiannis Theodorou, The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change’s senior advisor and global lead for digital ID, Campbell Cowie and Ryley Charlwood of iProov.Like Tombs, they touch on the economic benefits of digital ID, but their focus is more international.Their main point, however, is that AI and digital ID can be mutually beneficial.“Where verifying a user’s identity (or identity-linked credentials) is important in the context of an AI-powered service, digital ID can enhance the quality of data fed into AI systems, ensuring more reliable and accurate AI outputs across all contexts. By mitigating the risk of “garbage in, garbage out”, digital ID acts as an enabler of more trusted and reliable data.”AI chatbots can make using digital ID easier, iProov and the Blair Institute argue. AI and digital ID can be used together to improve personalized and targeted services. Trusted data can inform trustworthy automated decisions, they claim. And automated identity verification and fraud detection can help mitigate cyber-attacks.The paper recommends governments invest in AI research and development, implement comprehensive frameworks for digital ID, and promote public awareness and education. They should put strong security protocols in place, including AI threat detection and digital identity verification, and prioritize accessibility and inclusion. They should set up sandboxes and take other steps to encourage innovation, and also foster international collaboration.“By addressing the challenges of deepfakes, remote transaction manipulation and data protection head on,” the commentary states, “nations can harness digital-ID innovation and AI capabilities responsibly and unlock extensive benefits: personalised education, improved health care, seamless access to services and data-driven policymaking.”

Carahsoft serves as Nuggets’ Master Government Aggregator for decentralized identity platform-Jul 25, 2024, 10:28 am EDT    | Abhishek Jadhav

Nuggets has selected Carahsoft Technology Corp. as the “Master Government Aggregator” to provide its decentralized identity platform and payment wallet solutions to the public sector. Carahsoft serves as the central coordinator for its vendors, facilitating the promotion of IT solutions to government entities and ensuring accessibility through established government contract vehicles.Carahsoft operates through various procurement channels and key contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2), and others. The partnership offers government agencies access to a wide array of IT solutions, now including Nuggets’ decentralized identity platform.“Partnering with Carahsoft will amplify our reach within the government, providing them with our cutting-edge private decentralized identity solutions. We are excited to leverage Carahsoft’s extensive network and expertise to enhance operational efficiency and security for our customers,” says Alastair Johnson, founder and chief executive officer of Nuggets.The collaboration aims to improve the interoperability and security of existing customer identity and access management (CIAM) systems within government agencies by leveraging decentralized identity and verifiable credentials. Nuggets focuses on trusted transactions, verifiable credentials, compliance, and private and secure identity management, according to the company.Addressing challenges such as credential reusability and security threats, the partnership seeks to assist government agencies in managing and reusing credentials across different systems while combating fraud, AI-driven scams, deepfakes, and data privacy breaches.Nuggets’ decentralized identity platform provides verified digital identities, safeguarding against data breaches. According to the company, the integration of Nuggets is expected to enable government agencies to adapt to evolving security needs and business requirements.“Together with our reseller partners, we are dedicated to providing these innovative tools to enhance security and decrease fraud with a premier user experience. We anticipate significant positive outcomes from this partnership for the public sector,” says  Brian O’Donnell, vice president of Cybersecurity Solutions at Carahsoft.Intercede, a digital identity and assurance software company, selected Carahsoft as the “Master Government Aggregator,”

India's strategic railway bridge closes the gap to Kashmir-By Parvaiz BUKHARI.

Reasi (AFP) July 24, 2024-Soaring high across a gorge in the rugged Himalayas, a newly finished bridge will soon help India entrench control of disputed Kashmir and meet a rising strategic threat from China.The Chenab Rail Bridge, the highest of its kind in the world, has been hailed as a feat of engineering linking the restive Kashmir valley to the vast Indian plains by train for the first time.But its completion has sparked concern among some in a territory with a long history of opposing Indian rule, already home to a permanent garrison of more than 500,000 soldiers.India's military brass say the strategic benefits of the bridge to New Delhi cannot be understated."The train to Kashmir will be pivotal in peace and in wartime," General Deependra Singh Hooda, a retired former chief of India's northern military command, told AFP.Muslim-majority Kashmir is at the centre of a bitter rivalry between India and Pakistan, divided between them since independence from British rule in 1947, and the nuclear-armed neighbours have fought wars over it.Rebel groups have also waged a 35-year-long insurgency demanding independence for the territory or its merger with Pakistan.The new bridge "will facilitate the movement of army personnel coming and going in larger numbers than was previously possible", said Noor Ahmad Baba, a politics professor at the Central University of Kashmir.But, as well as soldiers, the bridge will "facilitate movement" of ordinary people and goods, he told AFP.That has prompted unease among some in Kashmir who believe easier access will bring a surge of outsiders coming to buy land and settle.Previously tight rules on land ownership were lifted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist government cancelled Kashmir's partial autonomy in 2019."If the intent is to browbeat the Kashmiri consciousness of its linguistic, cultural and intellectual identity, or to put muscular nationalism on display, the impact will be negative," historian Sidiq Wahid told AFP.- 'Biggest military logistics exercise' -India Railways calls the $24 million bridge "arguably the biggest civil engineering challenge faced by any railway project in India in recent history".It is hoped to boost economic development and trade, cutting the cost of moving goods.But Hooda, the retired general, said the bridge's most important consequence would be revolutionising logistics in Ladakh, the icy region bordering China.India and China, the world's two most populous nations, are intense rivals competing for strategic influence across South Asia, and their 3,500-kilometre (2,200-mile) shared frontier has been a perennial source of tension.Their troops clashed in 2020, killing at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers, and forces from both sides today face off across contested high-altitude borderlands."Everything from a needle to the biggest military equipment... has to be sent by road and stocked up in Ladakh for six months every year before the roads close for winter," Hooda told AFP.Now all that can be transported by train, easing what Indian military experts call the "world's biggest military logistics exercise" -- supplying Ladakh through snowbound passes.The project will buttress several other road tunnel projects under way that will connect Kashmir and Ladakh, not far from India's frontiers with China and Pakistan.- 'Holy book' -The 1,315-metre-long steel and concrete bridge connects two mountains with an arch 359 metres above the cool waters of the Chenab River.Trains are ready to run and only await an expected ribbon cutting from Modi.The 272-kilometre railway begins in the garrison city of Udhampur, headquarters of the army's northern command, and runs through the region's capital Srinagar.It terminates a kilometre higher in altitude in Baramulla, a gateway trade town near the Line of Control with Pakistan.When the road is open, it is twice the distance and takes a day of driving.The railway cost an estimated $3.9 billion and has been an immense undertaking, with construction beginning nearly three decades ago.While several road and pipeline bridges are higher, Guinness World Records confirmed that Chenab trumps the previous highest railway bridge, the Najiehe bridge in China.Describing India's new bridge as a "marvel", its deputy chief designer R.R. Mallick, said the experience of designing and building it "has become a holy book for our engineers".

DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN (500 million Dead )

REVELATION 6:7-8
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) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21 (RAGE OF THE LAST DAYS AGE SATAN WORSHIP AND DRUG SELLING AND JUNKIES)(THEY REFUSE TO REPENT OF THESE SINS)
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

Boy diagnosed with rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’ is in critical condition-Patient presented with symptoms after swimming at a Tiberias water park, where a man who died of the infection a few weeks ago was exposed to the rare organism-By Diana Bletter-25 July 2024, 5:19 pm

A 10-year-old child hospitalized at Ziv Medical Center in Safed suffering from encephalitis caused by a rare “brain-eating” amoeba is in critical condition, said a hospital spokesperson on Thursday.The boy was exposed to the very rare amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, at Gai Beach water park in Tiberias.This is the same location visited by a 25-year-old man contracted the disease and died in early July.The Health Ministry ordered the park closed on Wednesday.Environmental health inspectors had examined the beach after the first case was reported, but no initial evidence of amoeba contamination was found.The amoeba, known as Naegleria fowleri, lives in soil and warm freshwater, such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is commonly called the “brain-eating amoeba” due to the brain infection it can cause if water containing the amoeba goes up the nose, according to the US Centers for Disease Control.Dr. Hillel Frankental, a senior specialist in the pediatric intensive care unit at Ziv said that the pediatric team “quickly suspected” the boy had contracted the Naegleria fowleri infection and began a comprehensive antibiotic treatment even before receiving definitive lab identification.The ministry urges anyone who has been at the Gai Beach water park in recent weeks and is suffering from fever, headache, blurred vision, or vomiting to go to the emergency room.Anyone without these symptoms does not need to seek medical attention, even if they were at the park, the ministry said. It asks people to contact their health maintenance organization to get a referral before going to the emergency room.After the ministry’s announcement, 19 children with mild symptoms arrived overnight at the emergency department at Ziv. Out of these, five were hospitalized for further tests and observation. Five adults also arrived and, after undergoing tests, were discharged.Other hospitals in the north of the country saw several dozen people who were concerned about possible infection after spending time around the Sea of Galilee recently. All were examined and discharged.In August 2022, a 36-year-old Israeli man died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection caused by the same amoeba.These are the only three recorded cases in Israel.Only some 400 cases have ever been diagnosed worldwide, “with only a few survivors,” said Dr. Farah Hanna, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the hospital. “We all hope that the rapid identification of the disease will save the boy’s life.”

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:

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.

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.

Trump: ‘If Iran assassinates me, US must wipe it off the face of the Earth’Former US president shares video of Netanyahu referencing reported Iranian plots against him during speech in Congress in online post threatening arch-rival Tehran-By AFP Today, 1:46 am-JUL 26,24

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday invoked the annihilation of US adversary Iran in a social media post reminiscent of his most incendiary outbursts while in the White House.“If they do ‘assassinate President Trump,’ which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth — If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered ‘gutless’ cowards!” he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.Trump made the remarks alongside a brief video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bringing up alleged Iranian plots against Trump in his address to the US Congress on Wednesday.US media reported last week that the US Secret Service had increased security for Trump weeks ago after authorities learned of an Iranian plot to kill him, although it was not linked to the recent attempt on his life in which a 20-year-old American fired shots during a campaign rally.CNN reported that US authorities received intelligence from a “human source” on a plan by Tehran targeting the former president, causing protection to be boosted for Trump. Other US outlets also reported the plot.The plot was not connected to the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 in which gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire, lightly wounding Trump and killing a rally attendee, they said.Relations between Washington and Iran have long been strained and reached a breaking point as Tehran sought revenge for the 2020 killing of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump when he was president.The US National Security Council said it had been “tracking Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for years.”Trump’s post recalled a controversial episode in 2019 when, as president, he threatened the “obliteration” of Iran if the country carried out an attack on “anything American.”That confrontation came after Iranian officials said the path to diplomacy between the two nations was permanently closed after Trump’s slapped new sanctions on the regime.As president, he also threatened North Korea with “fire and fury like the world has never seen,” although he later became friends with the isolated country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, and often referred to their “love.”

Protesters hold anti-Israel ‘die-in’ near White House as Netanyahu meets with Biden-Activists pour red liquid which they say symbolizes the blood of those killed in Gaza, march with effigy of Netanyahu with blood on its hands, wearing an orange jumpsuit-By ToI Staff and Agencies 25 July 2024, 11:51 pm

Anti-Israel protesters held a “die-in” across from Lafayette Park and the White House on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The protesters poured red liquid onto the street, saying it symbolized the blood of those killed in Gaza. They chanted, “Arrest Netanyahu,” and brought in an effigy of Netanyahu with blood on its hands and wearing an orange jumpsuit. The jumpsuit reads, “Wanted for crimes against humanity.”Inside the White House, Netanyahu told Biden, “From a proud Jewish Zionist to a proud Irish-American Zionist, I want to thank you for 50 years of public service and 50 years of support for the state of Israel.”The president thanked Netanyahu and noted that his first meeting with an Israeli prime minister, Golda Meir, was in 1973 soon after he was elected to the Senate. Biden joked that he was only 12 years old at the time.The White House was surrounded by metal barriers and a heavy police presence after strident anti-Israel and antisemitic protests broke out near the Capitol following Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday.In his speech, Netanyahu defended Israel’s conduct during the ongoing war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, as thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators massed near the Capitol, marching through city streets carrying Palestinian flags and calling for the prime minister’s arrest.The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced in May that he was seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders, though no orders have been issued.Outside Washington’s Union Station on Wednesday, protesters removed American flags and hoisted Palestinian ones in their place to massive cheers in the crowd. They also sprayed pro-Hamas graffiti on a monument to Christopher Columbus.At least six people were arrested in the protest of thousands, which featured antisemitic slogans and signs, the vandalism of property, the torching of an effigy of Netanyahu and the burning of an American flag.Happening now: A child is leading the protestors’ chant “From the River to the Sea”Hundreds of “Protestors” are currently gathered around the White House right now-MASS DEPORT ALL OF THEM pic.twitter.com/d1CjJktNaJ — Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody) (@MTGrepp) July 25, 2024-In a statement Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, condemned the protesters’ actions.“Pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent, and we must not tolerate it in our nation,” she said. “I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way.”The number of protesters Thursday was significantly smaller than the day before.At one point, a young man with an Israeli flag draped over his shoulders walked into the middle of the protest circle and posed for the journalists’ cameras as the crowd jeered.Police worked to keep the two sides apart.As police led the man away — he wasn’t detained — one of the pro-Palestinian activists shouted, “See, they even want to occupy our protests. Even our land isn’t enough!”As police cleared the way, the protesters later marched through city streets toward the National Mall.Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with Harris later on Thursday, and with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday.In other acts of protest surrounding Netanyahu’s trip to Washington, anti-Israel activists released maggots, worms and crickets onto a table and carpeting at the Watergate Hotel being used by the visiting delegation. They also set off fire alarms at the hotel throughout the night, according to posts on social media, in an attempt to disrupt Netanyahu on the night before his address to Congress.Netanyahu’s first White House visit since before Trump left office in 2020 comes at a time of growing pressure to find an endgame to the nine-month war and secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7.The war in Gaza erupted after Hamas’s October 7 massacre, which saw some 3,000 terrorists burst across the border into Israel, murdering some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages, mostly civilians, many amid acts of brutality and sexual assault.The enclave’s Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 39,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of Israel’s military offensive. The toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 attack.Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 329.

Rockets fired from humanitarian zone kill civilians in Gaza-Bodies of 5 hostages were found in tunnel in Gaza’s Israeli-designated humanitarian zone-IDF had adjusted zone in Khan Younis, ordering civilians to evacuate area where tunnel found; soldier dies, 2 others badly hurt in Gaza, apparently after inhaling toxic fumes-By Emanuel Fabian-25 July 2024, 8:15 pm

The bodies of five Israelis killed and taken hostage by terrorists on October 7, and brought back to Israel in a special operation on Wednesday, were recovered from a tunnel located in the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said Thursday.The Israel Defense Forces adjusted the zone ahead of the operation in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and ordered Palestinian civilians in part of it, where the tunnel was located, to temporarily evacuate.In the operation on Wednesday, the bodies of Ravid Katz, 51, Oren Goldin, 33, Maya Goren, 56, Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19, and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20, were recovered by IDF special forces and members of the Shin Bet security agency.All five were previously declared dead by the IDF. They were all killed on October 7 and their bodies were dragged into Gaza by Hamas-led terrorists.The IDF said that in recent weeks it obtained intelligence, including from Shin Bet interrogations of detained terrorists in Gaza, on the location of the tunnel where Hamas was holding the bodies of the hostages.The tunnel was 200 meters long and about 20 meters deep and featured several rooms, according to the military. It took combat engineers several hours to dig down to reach the tunnel.IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference said the “complex” operation to recover the bodies took place in “the heart of Khan Younis,” where the military had operated and withdrawn from earlier this year.“The troops raided the area and reached an underground site based on accurate intelligence, from several sources… where they found the five hostages hidden behind a wall in the tunnel,” Hagari said.To enable the operation, the IDF’s 98th Division launched a new offensive in Khan Younis earlier this week. Hagari said the troops have killed numerous terror operatives amid the offensive so far.The bodies of the hostages were brought back to Israel on Wednesday afternoon and taken to be identified. Once they were identified, the families of the hostages were notified.There are now thought to be 111 hostages in Gaza, including the remains of 39 confirmed dead by the IDF, out of the 251 people abducted during the Hamas onslaught nearly 300 days ago.Brodski and Ahimas were killed while serving in the forward command team of Col. Asaf Hamami, the commander of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade, who was also killed on October 7 as they tried to fight off dozens of Hamas terrorists invading Kibbutz Nirim. The bodies of all three were abducted to Gaza, where Hamami’s remains are believed to still be.Goldin, who ran Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak’s mechanic shop, was among the first members of the community’s civilian defense team to respond to the attack. He was killed in the fighting and his body was taken to Gaza.Goren, from Nir Oz, was setting up the kibbutz’s kindergarten on the morning of October 7 when the Hamas attack erupted and she was snatched by the terrorists. Her husband, Avner, also 56, was murdered inside the couple’s home during the attack.Katz was a member of the Kibbutz Nir Oz security team, who battled the terrorists on October 7, before being killed and his body abducted.Troops operating in Gaza have managed so far to rescue seven hostages alive, along with the remains of 24 other captives, including the five recovered Wednesday and three abductees mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that.One more person has been listed as missing since October 7, and their fate is still unknown.Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.Hamas rockets kill two Palestinian civilians-Rockets launched by Hamas on Wednesday from the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip struck a United Nations-run school in Khan Younis, killing and wounding Palestinians, the IDF said.According to the IDF, it received reports from international aid organizations that two civilians were killed and several more were wounded after the rockets struck UNRWA’s Al-Qarara school.The IDF said the rockets were fired by Hamas from the humanitarian zone, but failed to cross the border into Israel, falling short on the school in Khan Younis.In a move coordinated by COGAT and the World Health Organization, the wounded Palestinians were taken to a field hospital run by the International Medical Corps in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah, the IDF added.More than 60 targets were struck by Israeli Air Force fighter jets, attack helicopters and drones in the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said earlier Wednesday, as ground troops continued operations in Khan Younis, Rafah, and the Netzarim Corridor area.In Khan Younis, the IDF said troops with the 98th Division killed numerous gunmen and destroyed some 50 sites belonging to terror groups over the past day.Soldier dies apparently after inhaling toxic fumes in Gaza-A soldier died and two more were seriously hurt overnight in a non-combat incident in the southern Gaza Strip that is under Military Police investigation, the IDF announced Thursday.The soldier was named as Staff Sgt. Noam Douek, 19, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 9th Battalion, from Kiryat Motzkin. Two more soldiers of the 9th Battalion were listed in serious condition.The military suspected that Douek was killed and the other soldiers were hurt by toxic fumes from a generator in the room they were sleeping in overnight.Further details were under investigation by the Military Police.Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 329. The toll includes a police officer killed in a hostage rescue mission and a Defense Ministry civilian contractor.

Houthi chief vows ‘inevitable’ response to Israeli strikes on Hodeida-Rebel leader says any Israeli attack provides ‘incentive’ for revenge, as Houthis reportedly aiming to target sensitive sites around Israel-By Reuters and ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 6:34 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Houthi response to Israeli airstrikes near Yemen’s Hodeida is coming, the Iran-backed rebel group’s leader declared in a televised speech on Thursday.Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi oil and fuel facilities at Yemen’s port of Hodeida on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 87, a day after a Houthi drone hit Tel Aviv, killing a man.“The response is inevitable,” Abdul Malik al-Houthi said.The group’s attacks on Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue and not be deterred by the Israeli airstrikes, he added.“Everything that happens from the side of the Israeli enemy will be more incentive for revenge,” al-Houthi said.The Houthis are reportedly preparing to strike sensitive targets in Israel and in the region after Saturday’s airstrikes.Sources close to the Yemeni militia quoted by the Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily said that Houthi military leaders have added new items to their “target bank.”The Yemeni rebel group — in cooperation with other members of the so-called Axis of Resistance of Iran-backed paramilitary groups in Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria — was said to be planning to hit the Israeli Mediterranean ports of Ashdod, Ashkelon and Haifa, in addition to the Red Sea port of Eilat.In a Security Council briefing on the situation in Yemen Tuesday, United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg warned of a real danger of a devastating regional escalation following the recent events.“I remain deeply concerned about the continued targeting of international navigation in the Red Sea and its surrounding waterways,” Grundberg said. “Recent developments suggest that the threat against international shipping is increasing in scope and precision.”The Houthi attacks on Israel and July 20 Israeli retaliatory strikes on Yemen’s port of Hodeida and its oil and power facilities represent “a new and dangerous level” of violence, he said.Commercial ships have been sunk and damaged, disrupting trade, civilians have died, the Houthis still detain the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a cargo ship they hijacked in November, and the United States and Britain continue airstrikes on military targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, he said.“It is alarming that there are no signs of de-escalation, let alone a solution,” Grundberg continued.The Iranian proxy says it has been targeting ships in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza where Israel has been waging a war against Hamas since the terrorist organization’s unprecedented October 7 massacre, in which some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 251 were taken hostage.The US and Britain have carried out retaliatory strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, but Saturday’s attack on Hodeida was the first time Israel has taken direct action against the organization since it began its attacks in October.

Trump tells Fox News: 'Israel is not very good at PR' Day before meeting Netanyahu, Trump urges: ‘Finish up’ war, get your hostages back-Republican presidential candidate insists ‘zero chance’ Oct. 7 would have happened on his watch; says people who desecrate US flag should be jailed-By ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 6:21 pm

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump, a day before meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called for a quick end to the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a return of the hostages, adding that “Israel is not very good at public relations.”Asked about his plan to end the war in Gaza should he be elected president, the former US president told Fox News on Thursday that he wants Netanyahu to “finish up and get it done quickly… because they are getting decimated with this publicity.”He also said Israel has “gotta get your hostages back” and that he believes “many of them, maybe, are dead.”He also reiterated his claim multiple times during the phone interview that Hamas’s October 7 massacre and the ensuing war in Gaza would not have happened if he had been president at the time.“You know, October 7 would never have happened if I was president. There was no chance. Iran was broke. They had no money for Hamas or Hezbollah. It just wouldn’t have happened. Zero chance,” he said, adding that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the ongoing war there also wouldn’t have happened under his watch.The war in Gaza erupted after Hamas’s October 7 massacre, which saw some 3,000 terrorists burst across the border into Israel, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages amid acts of brutality and sexual assault.Vowing to destroy the terror group and free the hostages, Israel launched a wide-scale military offensive in Gaza, which has raised global ire amid a mounting death toll and concerns about food insecurity in the Palestinian enclave.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 39,000 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 gunmen. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 attack. It says it takes steps to avoid harming noncombatants, and accuses Hamas of putting civilians in harm’s way by fighting from inside residential areas.Trump also criticized anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists who converged on Washington on Wednesday to protest Netanyahu’s address to the US Congress, calling for a one-year jail sentence for desecrating the national flag.“Rarely have we seen anything like this and I think you should get a one-year jail sentence if you do anything to desecrate the American flag. Now, people will say, ‘Oh it’s unconstitutional’ — those are stupid people,” Trump said.Protesters marching toward the capital on Wednesday chanting “Free, free Palestine” climbed flagpoles to replace American flags with Palestinian flags, burned an effigy of Netanyahu and clashed with police during the demonstration.“That was a disgrace yesterday,” Trump told Fox News.Trump also appeared to say that Jerusalem needs to rein in anti-Israel Jewish groups such as the ultra-Orthodox Neturei Karta and extreme-left Jewish Voice for Peace as they are negatively affecting Israel’s international standing.“Israel, for whatever reason, you have Jewish people out there wearing yarmulkes, and they’re pro-Palestine, you’ve never seen anything like it… Israel has to handle their public relations. Their public relations are not good. And they’ve gotta get this done fast. Because the world is not taking lightly to it,” he said in the phone interview.Protesters demonstrate on Capitol Hill on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC against Prime Minister Asked about US military assistance to Israel and whether he would make changes to the current US policy, Trump dodged the question and reiterated his stance that the war in Gaza must be finished quickly.“I’d make sure that it gets over with fast. You have to end this fast. It can’t continue to go on like this. It’s too long. It’s too much,” he said before turning to the 111 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 believed to remain in Gaza.“You’ve gotta get your hostages back. I think they’re gonna have a lot of bad news with the hostages. I think some of those hostages, many of them, maybe, are dead. I believe they are dead. I watched them as they took the hostages in disbelief — again, it would have never happened if I was president,” he said.The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the deaths of 39 of the hostages still held by terror groups in Gaza.Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Seven hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 24 hostages have been recovered, including three abductees mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.One more person has been listed as missing since October 7, and their fate is still unknown.Noting the “level of violence and viciousness” of Hamas terrorists documented in footage from October 7, Trump said, “I don’t believe they’re really capable of taking care of all these hostages.”With negotiations on a ceasefire and hostages-for-prisoners deal between Israel and Hamas apparently in their closing stage, he added that the number of hostages the terror group is holding alive is “one of the reasons that Hamas is not really negotiating very nicely.”Earlier Thursday, a senior US official said that US President Joe Biden was set to discuss remaining gaps with Netanyahu in their meeting later in the day.The official said the remaining obstacles were bridgeable and that an agreement was close. The deal calls for an initial six-week ceasefire that would take place alongside the release of women, elderly men and wounded hostages from Gaza in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners.Reuters and Jacob Magid contributed to this report.

FM says ‘Iranian terrorist proxies’ might attack Israeli athletes, tourists in Paris-Katz thanks France for ‘unprecedented’ measures to protect delegation to Olympics; hackers say they posted personal info of athletes, claiming they are covert IDF agents-By ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 5:18 pm

Foreign Minister Israel Katz sent a letter to his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné on Thursday, warning him of an Iranian-backed plot to attack Israeli tourists and athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics.“There are those who seek to undermine the celebratory nature of this joyous event,” wrote Katz. “We currently have assessments regarding the potential threat posed by Iranian terrorist proxies and other terrorist organizations.”The foreign minister thanked France for its “unprecedented” effort to protect Israeli athletes and for rebuffing calls to ban the delegation from participating in the Olympics. He also thanked Séjourné personally for offering to host a memorial for the 11 Israeli athletes massacred at the 1972 Munich Olympics.In his letter, Katz also singled out Séjourné and French President Emmanuel Macron for praise for their “unequivocal condemnation of the incitement” against the Israeli delegation.Meanwhile, Channel 12 reported Thursday that a group of anti-Israel hackers calling themselves “Zeus” claimed to have published personal information about Israeli athletes and pictures from their military service.According to the report, Israel’s National Cyber Directorate said that Iran was behind the social media campaign, which aims to scare members of the Israeli delegation to the Paris Olympics.The hackers reportedly opened social media profiles impersonating a French organization called GUD, a far-right students’ union, and used the encrypted chat application Telegram to post Israeli athletes’ bank account information, home addresses and ID numbers.The group also published what it said were pictures of the athletes during their service in the IDF, claiming that the army had sent undercover representatives to the Games, and sent threatening messages.Channel 12 quoted Israel’s cyber defense chief Gaby Portnoy as saying that Iran was “taking advantage of an apolitical international sports competition to promote digital terrorist activity against Israel and its right to participate in these competitions.”The report, along with Katz’s letter to Séjourné, came a day after the National Security Council issued safety guidelines to Israelis traveling to the Olympics, cautioning that Iran-backed terror organizations “are seeking to carry out attacks on Israeli/Jewish targets around the Olympics.” The NSC also noted the recent arrests of French teens associated with Islamic State, an adversary of Iran.The Olympics officially begin Friday and will last until September 8, the end of the Paralympic Games.French Jewish organizations were outraged on Sunday after Thomas Portes, a lawmaker of the hard-left La France Insoumise party, said that “Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Olympic Games in Paris” amid the war in Gaza. Several LFI members seconded Portes’ message.Séjourné on Monday insisted that “the Israeli delegation is welcome in France,” and criticized Portes for his “irresponsible and dangerous” comment. Katz praised Séjourné stance on X, formerly Twitter, noting Israel and France’s “shared values of democracy, fraternity and peace.”I would like to thank my French counterpart, @steph_sejourne, for his welcome message to the Israeli delegation at the @Paris2024 Olympic Games, and for his assurance regarding the safety of our athletes.In the context of threats and calls for boycott, this symbolic gesture is… https://t.co/AegA7MDRGm— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) July 22, 2024-“We are determined to see our athletes proudly represent the State of Israel and believe we can count on France to ensure their security,” wrote Katz.The 88 Israeli Olympians have round-the-clock protection from French security services and are also being guarded by Shin Bet officials, amid a spate of threats to the delegation and the proceedings.Paris Police chief Laurent Nunez said in June that “Islamist terrorism” was law enforcement’s “main concern” in securing the Games.“The terrorist threat remains just as important as the protest threat posed by radical environmental groups, the ultra-left, and the pro-Palestinian movement,” Nunez said. He cited the May arrest of an 18-year-old Chechen man in Saint-Etienne for allegedly planning an attack on the city’s soccer stadium during the Olympics, in the name of Islamic State.Some 1,000 French police officers were deployed as Israel and Mali kicked off the Olympic soccer games on Wednesday night. Despite jeers from the audience, the players exchanged friendly greetings and there were no major security issues.Also on Wednesday, President Isaac Herzog was ordered to stay on board his plane for 40 minutes after landing in Paris due to a security threat. A suspicious person had reportedly been spotted on a nearby rooftop.Amy Spiro contributed to this report.

WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

The King of Jerusalem[1] was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Crusader state founded by Christian princes in 1099 when the First Crusade took the city.Godfrey of Bouillon, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, himself refused the title of king, and instead chose the title "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre". Thus, the title of king was only introduced for his successor, King Baldwin I in 1100. The city of Jerusalem was lost in 1187, but the Kingdom of Jerusalem survived (also known as the "Second Kingdom of Jerusalem"), moving its capital to Acre in 1191. The city of Jerusalem was re-captured in the Sixth Crusade, during 1229–39 and 1241–44. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was finally dissolved with the fall of Acre and the end of the Crusades in the Holy Land in 1291.After the Crusader States ceased to exist, the title of King of Jerusalem was claimed by a number of European noble houses descended from the kings of Cyprus or the kings of Naples. The (purely ceremonial) title of King of Jerusalem is currently used by Felipe VI of Spain. It was claimed by Otto von Habsburg as Habsburg pretender, and by the kings of Italy until 1946.

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

 1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
 
ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20  And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21  And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22  And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went
to enquire of the LORD.
23  And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25  And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26  And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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)

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.

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.

DANIEL CHAPTER 9:24-27 EXPLAINED.
24 Seventy weeks (70X7=490 YEARS) are determined upon thy people (ISRAEL) and upon thy holy city,(JERUSALEM) to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.(JESUS ANNOINTED WITH HOLY OIL AS KING OF JERUSALEM FOREVER).
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, (7X7=49 YEARS) and threescore and two weeks:(62X7=434 YEARS) the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.(490-49-434=7 YR PERIOD WERE GOD DEALS WITH ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM (NOT THE CHURCH-THE TRUE CHURCH IS IS IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS FOR THAT LAST 7 YEAR PERIOD.)(DANIEL 9:26-27 IS IN THE FUTURE WHEN GOD DEALS ON EARTH WITH ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM FOR THAT FINAL 7 TEAR PERIOD. WHEN ALL OF ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED BY MESSIAH JESUS.)(AT THE END OF IT)
26 And after threescore and two weeks (69X7=483 YEARS)(ONE 7 YEAR PERIOD UNTIL PROPHECY IS FULFILLED) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince (ROMANS) that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(2ND TEMPLE AND JERUSALEM) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(NOW THE FINAL ISRAEL-JERUSALEM COUNTDOWN FOR MESSIAH JESUS RETURN THE LAST 7 YEARS)
27 And he (HE WHO? HE HERE IS THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE LEADER THAT MAKES THE FINAL 7 YR CONTRACT WITH ISRAEL AND MANY MUSLIM COUNTRIES FOR A 7 YR PERIOD, AND THE EU WILL GUARENTEE ISRAELS SECURITY FOR THIS LAST PERIOD) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: (7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week (3 1/2 YEARS IN) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, (THIS FALSE MESSIAH OR ROMAN LEADER STOPS THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN THE 3RD TEMPLE AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 7 YR DEAL. A JEW MURDERS HIM WITH A SWORD WOUND AND HE HAS A FALSE RESSURECTION-SATAN INCARNATES IN HIS BODY. AND BRINGS HIM BACK TO LIFE.AND HE THEN SITS IN THE 3RD TEMPLE CALLING HIMSELF GOD AS THE WORLD SAYS HES JESUS REINCARNATED. AND BY THIS FALSE RESURRECTION GOD SENDS THIS STRONG DELUTION ON THE EARTH THAT ALL THE LOST WILL WORSHIP THIS ROMAN LEADER AS GOD AND ACCEPT HIS NAME, NUMBER OR NUMBER OF HIS NAME IN THEIR MICROCHIP IMPLANT. THAT THEY MIGHT BE DOOMED, DAMNED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER. WHO WORSHIPS THIS ROMAN LEADER AS GOD.) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.(WARS NON STOP DURING THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR PERIOD. HAMAS DEATH CULT HOSTAGE RELEASE.

US military chief: Israel has not shared detailed plans for ‘day after’ war in Gaza-Joint chiefs chair Brown says Washington has brought up issue with Jerusalem multiple times, after PM gives Congress vague outline of post-war governance in Strip-By Reuters and ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 9:52 pm

WASHINGTON — The top United States general said on Thursday Israel still has not shared much of its “day after” planning for Gaza once the war with Hamas ends.The remarks by Air Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, followed a speech to Congress on Wednesday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that sketched only a vague outline for a “deradicalized” post-war Gaza.“There’s not a lot of detail that I’ve been able to see from a plan from them,” Brown told a Pentagon press conference. “This is something that we’ll continue to work with them on.”For months, Washington has repeatedly urged Israel to craft a realistic post-war plan for Gaza and warned that the absence of it could trigger lawlessness and chaos as well as a comeback by Hamas in the Palestinian territory.“As far as the day after, we have talked to the Israelis about this, how to make a transition. We’ve talked to them a number of times,” Brown said.Palestinians have previously said only an end to Israeli military rule and the creation of a Palestinian state will bring peace.But in his speech to Congress, Netanyahu made no mention of creating a pathway to Palestinian statehood following the war in Gaza. That is something he and his far-right coalition partners have staunchly opposed even as the Biden administration has pushed Israel to give ground on the issue.Netanyahu stopped short of ruling out a role for the West Bank-led Palestinian Authority, although he has done so in previous remarks. The PA’s place in a future two-state solution is favored by the Biden administration but opposed by Netanyahu’s coalition partners, who cast a Palestinian state as a prize for terror after Hamas’s October 7 massacre.Hamas came to power in Gaza in 2007 after violently ousting the rival Fatah party.The war in Gaza erupted when Hamas-led terrorists rampaged through southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages to Gaza while committing brutal atrocities.Vowing to destroy the terror group and free the hostages, Israel launched a wide-scale military operation in Gaza, initially making tactical advances against Hamas after powerful aerial strikes paved the way for ground troops.But those early gains have given way to a grinding struggle against an adaptable insurgency — and a growing feeling among some Israelis that their military faces only bad options, drawing comparisons with US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 39,000 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 gunmen. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 attack.Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 327.

EU foreign policy chief calls Israeli move to outlaw UNRWA ‘nonsense’Josep Borrell says trio of bills advanced by Knesset target ‘regional stability and human dignity of all those benefiting from the UN agency work’ By Reuters and ToI Staff 25 July 2024, 10:34 pm

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday urged Israel to revoke its decision to outlaw the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), calling it nonsense.“Outlawing UNRWA – and labeling it as terrorist, which it is not – amounts to targeting regional stability and human dignity of all those benefiting from the UN agency work,” he said on social media platform X.“We join many partners in urging the Israeli government to halt this nonsense.”On Monday, the Knesset preliminarily approved a bill declaring UNRWA, the main UN relief organization for Palestinians, a terrorist organization and proposing to sever relations — part of a trio of bills aimed at shutting down the agency.“It’s another attempt in a wider campaign to dismantle the agency,” UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma had previously said of the bill. “Such steps are unheard of in the history of the United Nations.”The first bill, which would ban the organization from operating on Israeli territory, passed 58-9, while the second, aimed at stripping UNRWA personnel of the legal immunities and privileges afforded to United Nations staff in Israel, was approved 63-9.Outlawing @UNRWA – and labelling it as terrorist, which it is not – amounts to targeting regional stability and human dignity of all those benefiting from the UN agency work.We join many partners in urging the Israeli Governement to halt this nonsense.— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) July 25, 2024-The third, which would brand UNRWA a terrorist organization and require Israel to cut ties with it, passed 50-10 in the Knesset plenum.While UNRWA provides education, health, and aid to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, Israel has accused multiple agency staffers of taking part in Hamas’s attack on October 7, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.During its operations in Gaza, the IDF has found a Hamas data center located directly beneath UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, in addition to numerous findings indicating the use of the agency’s assets for terror purposes.Of the initial 12 employees accused by Israel, UNRWA fired 10 people and said the remaining two are dead. The UN later suspended investigations into several of the accused, claiming that Israel had provided insufficient evidence.According to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, of the 13,000 UNRWA employees in Gaza, at least 12 percent are affiliated with the Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror groups, including 1,468 employees active in Hamas and PIJ. Of those, 185 UNRWA workers were active in the military branches of Hamas, and 51 in the PIJ military branch.Sam Sokol contributed to this report.