SPANISH PM THREATENS TO NUKE ISRAEL.

SPANISH PM THREATENS TO NUKE ISRAEL.

WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

DANIEL 11:40-45 (WW3 BREAKDOWN)
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT-ARAB,DEATH CULT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) 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.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom,(JORDAN) and Moab,(JORDAN) and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF WW3
EGYPT-ARAB DEATH CULTS WARS AGAINST ISRAEL.(MAYBE BEFORE THE RAPTURE GOD GIVES ISRAEL THEIR PROMISED LANDS BEFORE THE TRIB PERIOD.BEFORE THE RUSSIA,,ARABS,MUSLIMS GET SLAUGHTERED. 
** THEN RUSSIA AT SOME POINT LEAD THE EGYPTIAN ARAB DEATH CULT AND NORTH AFRICAN DEATH CULT MUSLIMS, GERMANY, IRAN, LIBBY, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN, AGAINST ISRAEL (GOD AND ISRAEL KILL OFF 5/6TH OR 300 MILLION RUSSIAN, EGYPT, ARAB DEATH CULTIST OR 1/4 OF ISLAM IS BIRD FEED OR POPCORN FOR THE ANIMALS AND MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL FOR 7 MONTHS.THEIR BURIED IN THE JORDAN VALLEY.
JOEL 2:20,27-32
20  But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA-MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea,(SIBERIAN DESERT) and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
27  And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30  And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

THE NEXT WAVE AGAINST ISRAEL IS THE KINGS OF THE EAST CHINA, NKOREA, INDIA ETC.WITH RUSSIA AND WHATS LEFT OF THE ARAB,MUSLIM DEATH CULTISTS. ISRAEL NUKES THEM AND 1/3 OF EARTH POPULATION DIE IN THIS WAR.
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.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

HERES HOW THE KINGS OF THE EAST GO ON DRY LAND TO ISRAEL.TURKEY CAN SHUT 22 DAMS OFF.AND DRY UP THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRAS RIVERS INSTANTLY. SO A 200 MILLION MAN ARMY CAN COME DOWN TO ISRAEL.
Turkey Dries Up the Euphrates-The crisis revolves around the Euphrates River, which quickly became the Euphrates Creek when Turkey completely cut off the water flow upstream of Syria, reported Al Akhbar on May 30. The Euphrates originates in Turkey and passes through the Atatürk Dam before flowing into Syria and Iraq. By cutting off the flow and directing it into the reservoir, Turkey has lowered water levels downstream.Water levels in Lake Assad, Syria’s largest body of water, have dropped by 20 feet since Turkey shut off the water supply. The Euphrates hydrates large parts of Syria.
When did Turkey dam the Euphrates river?
The construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1990. (7 YEARS) (THE FUTURE TRIBULATION IS ALSO 7 YEARS)-The dam and the hydroelectric power plant, which went into service after the upfilling of the reservoir was completed in 1992, are operated by the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). 

THE FINAL BATTLE IS ALL NATIONS COME AGAINST JERUSALEM TO STEAL IT FROM ISRAEL.BUT JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY, LITERAL TO DESTROY ALL THE WORLD ARMIES.AND RULE FOREVER FROM DAVIDS THRONE IN JERUSALEM.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

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)

REVELATION 19:15-21
15 And out of his mouth (JESUS) goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war (NOT COMETS KILLING AND COMING) against him (JESUS) that sat on the horse, and against his army.(THE 7 YRS EARLIAR RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (EU WORLD DICTATOR) was taken, and with him the false (VATICAN POPE) prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.(ISRAELS MIGRATION SEASON)

ISAIAH 2:1-4
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2  And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4  And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

** THIS WAR IS EITHER BEFORE THE TRIB STARTS.OR AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIB I BELIEVE.BECAUSE ISRAELIS GET CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY AS A RESULT.AND AT THE MIDPOINT ISRAELIS ARE PROTECTED BY GOD IN PETRA JORDAN FOR 3 1/2 YEARS.

EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy: Unwavering Support for Israel-September 14, 2025

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University while launching his American Comeback Tour. Within hours, claims began circulating online that he had recently broken with Israel and was killed as a result.Anti-Israel influencers such as Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson pointed to short video clips in which Kirk expressed frustration over backlash from some pro-Israel activists. These clips have been circulated online as supposed evidence of a break with Israel. According to a report published by the New York Post, more than 10,000 posts on X have falsely linked his assassination to Israel.Law enforcement has rejected these claims. Utah police have arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson for aggravated murder. Authorities have found no evidence connecting Robinson — or Kirk’s death — to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourned him as a “lion-hearted friend of Israel… he fought the lies and stood tall.”In fact, just the night before his death, Kirk held a Zoom call with Rabbi Pesach Wolicki and commentator Josh Hammer to prepare responses to anti-Israel questions he expected to face on college campuses. Wolicki described Kirk as “excited to get back out on the campus tour” and “in a combative mood… preparing for debates and attacks.”Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, had built a national reputation as a strong supporter of Israel. He condemned the October 7 Hamas massacre, backed Israel’s war against Hamas, and agreed to headline the Zionist Organization of America’s upcoming national gala. While he occasionally criticized specific Israeli government decisions and acknowledged that not all conservatives in the America First movement shared his views, his overall record of support for Israel never wavered. “No non-Jewish person my age has a longer or clearer record of support for Israel… than I do,” he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency earlier this year. Days before his death, he reiterated to TheJ.ca: “I’m very pro-Israel… my whole life I have defended Israel.”Charlie Kirk remained a committed supporter of Israel until his final hours, preparing to defend it on the very tour where his life was cut short.

Spanish Prime Minister Threatens to Nuke Israel-Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-Israel at War-September 12, 2025

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ignited a political firestorm after suggesting that he would like to stop Israel’s military campaign in Gaza but cannot, as it lacks nuclear weapons. The controversial remarks—largely ignored in international media but widely reported in Spain—were delivered during a press event on Monday in which Sánchez announced sweeping sanctions against Israel, including an arms embargo and partial import ban.“Spain, as you know, doesn’t have nuclear bombs, nor aircraft carriers, nor large oil reserves,” Sánchez told reporters. “We alone can’t stop the Israeli offensive. But that doesn’t mean we won’t stop trying, because there are causes that are worth fighting for, even if winning them isn’t in our sole power.”These remarks were immediately interpreted by many as a veiled threat toward the State of Israel, suggesting that the Spanish leader might consider the use of nuclear weapons—if Spain had them—as a means to intervene in the conflict. The rhetorical leap stunned Israeli officials and drew fierce backlash from across the political spectrum, both in Spain and abroad.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded forcefully on Thursday, calling Sánchez’s comments “a blatant genocidal threat to the world’s only Jewish State.”Spanish PM Sánchez said yesterday that Spain can’t stop Israel’s battle against Hamas terrorists because ‘Spain does not have nuclear weapons,’” Netanyahu wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Apparently, the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews of Spain and the systematic mass murder of Jews in the Holocaust is not enough for Sánchez.”The rhetoric drew further rebuke from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who imposed sanctions on two Spanish ministers, accusing Spain of “advancing antisemitic policies.” Sa’ar blasted Sánchez’s administration for what he called a “hostile, anti-Israel line, marked by wild, hate-filled rhetoric,” and said the prime minister was using inflammatory language to “divert attention from grave corruption scandals.”The fallout inside Spain was just as intense. Santiago Abascal, the leader of the far-right Vox party, slammed Sánchez, saying: “Sánchez would like to have nuclear weapons… but not to defend Spain. To defend Hamas. And surely Maduro too. Cornered tyrants always end up going mad.”Carlos Díaz-Pache, a spokesman for the center-right Popular Party, expressed disbelief: “A nuclear bomb on Tel Aviv? Is that what he intends to do?” He accused Sánchez of “aligning himself with Hamas terrorism with a repugnant antisemitic statement.”Critics have accused Sánchez of exploiting the Israel-Gaza war to distract from domestic scandals, including a corruption probe involving his wife, Begoña Gómez, who is scheduled to testify in court this week.The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has called for Sánchez’s remarks to be investigated in international legal courts, suggesting that they may constitute incitement to genocide.“These disgusting and inflammatory comments have violently ripped off the mask of Prime Minister Sánchez, who claims to be acting on behalf of humanitarian intentions, when his secret desire appears to be militarily attacking Israel, even with the use of weapons of mass destruction,” CAM CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa said in a statement.CAM compared Sánchez’s remarks to those made by Palestinian Authority senior official Jibril Rajoub, who once said: “If we had nuclear weapons, we’d be using them,” and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who described Israel as “a one-bomb country.”CAM has demanded an “unreserved apology” from Sánchez and warned that if none is forthcoming, international legal action should be pursued.Sánchez’s comments mark a dramatic escalation in tensions between Spain and Israel—a relationship that has long been marked by political ambivalence and historical baggage.It wasn’t until 1986 that Spain formally established diplomatic ties with Israel, making it one of the last Western European nations to do so. For decades, Spain’s foreign policy had leaned toward courting the Arab world, particularly during the Franco era and its aftermath. Madrid often positioned itself as a neutral party in the Arab-Israeli conflict, reflecting its energy dependencies and historical ties in the Mediterranean and North Africa.Since taking office, Sánchez and his left-wing government have pushed this legacy even further, taking positions increasingly hostile to Israel. Last year, Spain broke with key European allies by unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state—an act that infuriated Israel and led to sharp diplomatic exchanges. In response to the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre of over 1,200 Israelis, Spain’s government has aggressively positioned itself as a moral voice against what Sánchez has called “genocide” in Gaza.While other European countries such as France and the UK are preparing to recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months, none have used rhetoric as inflammatory or threatening as Sánchez’s. His administration’s announcement this week of a legally binding arms embargo against Israel further deepened the divide.In response to the deteriorating situation, Spain has recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv for consultations.The diplomatic war of words shows no sign of slowing, and what was once a fragile relationship between Spain and Israel now appears on the verge of total collapse.

Hamas authorities report 2 new malnutrition-related deaths-Israel levels three towers in Gaza City as residents continue to evacuate area-Gaza hospital reports family, including three children, dead in airstrike; IDF asserts that 300,000 of the million people who were in the strip’s main northern city have headed south By Emanuel Fabian,Nurit Yohanan-and Agencies Today, 4:35 pm-SEP 14,25

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday morning that dozens of terror operatives had been killed across Gaza over the previous 24 hours, as fighting in Gaza City continued to intensify and Palestinians continued to flee amid looming Israeli plans to capture the city.The IDF struck three tall buildings in Gaza City on Sunday after issuing separate evacuation warnings for all three, including a university building, which Israel said was being used by Hamas.Meanwhile, a fresh IDF estimate said that more than 300,000 Palestinians had so far evacuated Gaza City, out of approximately a million who were in the city, for other areas of the Strip.Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes had killed at least 13 people on Sunday; Hamas-controlled authorities, which do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, also reported Saturday that at least 47 people had been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza over the previous 24 hours.The IDF confirmed carrying out airstrikes on three high-rise towers in Gaza City on Sunday following evacuation warnings for Palestinian civilians in the vicinity.On Sunday morning, residents said the Kawthar tower, in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, was flattened to the ground about an hour after an IDF warning. There were no immediate reports of casualties. According to the military, Hamas had placed surveillance equipment in that building to track IDF troop movements in the area, in order to advance attacks.In the afternoon, footage posted by Palestinian media showed a strike against the Mahna Tower high-rise, also in Tel al-Hawa, also following an IDF evacuation warning. Shortly afterward, Israel destroyed the al-Munawwarah City building on the Islamic University of Gaza campus, Palestinian media reported.According to the military, Hamas had placed surveillance equipment and set up observation posts in the Mahna Tower and a building on the Islamic University campus, in order to track troop movements and advance attacks.The military said Hamas operatives “prepared to carry out attacks against IDF troops in the area of one of the buildings that was struck.”Five days after Israel issued an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City ahead of a planned offensive there, the IDF asserted that more than 300,000 Palestinians had so far evacuated Gaza City to other areas of the Strip, according to fresh estimates.Tens of thousands of people had left the area in the past day, the military said on Sunday.Around one million Palestinians were estimated to be residing in Gaza City before the IDF began to prepare for a major offensive against Hamas there. Last week, the IDF ordered all of Gaza City to evacuate immediately ahead of the planned offensive.Civilians have been instructed to head for an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Strip’s south. Israel has said it will take over Gaza City, calling it one of Hamas’s last strongholds, and mobilized tens of thousands of reservists for the operation.The UN and aid groups have warned that displacing hundreds of thousands of people will exacerbate a dire humanitarian crisis in the enclave. Sites in southern Gaza where Israel is telling people to go are often overcrowded, according to the UN, and it can cost money to move, which many people don’t have.Displaced Gazans say they were stopped from setting up tents-Amid the mass evacuation effort, however, displaced Gazans have — in at least two instances — said they were prevented from setting up tents in an area of the southern Strip.A video circulating on social media Sunday showed a man in an area north of Khan Younis claiming he was prevented from setting up a tent at the site, saying he was shot at when he tried to do so.From the footage, it was not clear who the man believes attacked him.Abdallah, a Gaza City resident who asked not to be further identified, told The Times of Israel that his neighbor left Gaza City after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order amid a widening offensive, and set up a tent in the same area of the south shown in the video.He said that it was Hamas members who blocked displaced residents from setting up the tents, arguing the land was “government property.”It should be noted that some accounts on social media claimed that it was private individuals who were preventing evacuated Gazans from setting up the tents.Strikes across the Strip continue-On Sunday, at least 13 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded in multiple Israeli strikes across Gaza, according to local hospitals.Two parents, their three children and the children’s aunt were killed in one strike, according to the Al-Aqsa hospital. The family was from the northern town of Beit Hanoun, and arrived in Deir al-Balah last week after fleeing their shelter in Gaza City.The IDF did not have immediate comment on the particular strikes, but it said Sunday that dozens of terror operatives had been killed in airstrikes in Gaza over the past 24 hours.In Jabalia and on the outskirts of Gaza City, the IDF said troops of the Givati Infantry Brigade killed more than 10 operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure, and that the 215th Artillery Regiment killed additional operatives and destroyed weapon depots.On the outskirts of Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, the IDF said troops of the 401st Armored Brigade led a strike that killed a group of at least 10 Hamas operatives who were identified in the area.Also over the weekend, in northern Gaza, the military said the 990th Reserve Artillery Regiment killed additional operatives and destroyed a Hamas anti-tank missile launch post used in a previous attack, and that the Yiftah Reserve Infantry Brigade and Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade destroyed several buildings being used by Hamas for surveillance.In southern Gaza, reservists of the Etzioni Reserve Infantry Brigade destroyed Hamas surveillance equipment and killed several operatives, the IDF added.IDF names some Hamas commanders killed in last month-The military also said Sunday that more than 20 Hamas terrorists, including several who participated in the October 7, 2023, onslaught, have been killed in strikes carried out by the 282nd Artillery Regiment in the past month.Among the slain terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, was Yousef Jumaa, the commander of a terror cell that raided Kibbutz Alumim, the IDF said, adding he also carried out attacks against Israel and IDF troops in Gaza during the war.Other operatives killed in the regiment’s strikes were named by the IDF as Samir Laqta, the commander of a Nukhba force cell; Issa Abbas, a company commander in Hamas’s Zeitoun Battalion; and Ismail Adwan, Ahmed Adwan and Mohammed Adwan, all members of Hamas’s Beit Hanoun Battalion.Water pipeline to south Gaza resumes after repairs-Water supply to the southern Gaza Strip via a pipeline from Israel has resumed following repairs carried out by international organizations, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said on Sunday.The Bani Suheila pipeline, near Khan Younis, is one of three water lines from Israel to Gaza.COGAT did not specify how the pipeline had been damaged. The water lines to Gaza have been repaired several times during the war.COGAT stated that with the line operational again, approximately 14,000 cubic meters of water are being delivered daily to Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis, and the Mawasi area on the coast.Hamas authorities report two malnutrition-related deaths-The Hamas-controlled health ministry claimed on Sunday that two Palestinian adults had died of causes related to malnutrition and starvation in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours.That brought the ministry’s death toll from malnutrition-related causes to 422, including 145 children, since the war began.Israel denies that there is starvation in Gaza, and has said that a series of steps it took in July to facilitate the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid have brought food prices in Gaza’s markets back down. The prices shot up amid a two-month Israeli blockade on all aid from March to May, which Israel said it imposed to pressure Hamas to release hostages.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Israel army says 250,000 left Gaza City since stepping up operations-Jerusalem, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025

The Israeli military said Saturday that more than 250,000 people had fled Gaza City since it began intensifying operations there, as Palestinian officials reported many had been unable to evacuate south due to overcrowding.The United Nations estimated in late August that about one million Palestinians lived in and around Gaza's largest urban centre, where it said a famine was unfolding after months of worsening conditions.The world body and members of the international community have urged the military to abandon its plans to capture the city, warning the assault and ensuing displacement could worsen the already dire humanitarian situation.On Saturday, Arabic-language army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X that "more than a quarter of a million residents of Gaza City have moved out of the city for their own safety".Gaza's civil defence agency, however, reported a much lower figure, saying fewer than 70,000 had managed to leave.Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify details provided by the military or the civil defence.The Israeli military dropped leaflets Saturday urging residents in western districts to evacuate, as the civil defence reported continuous air strikes."The Israeli army is operating with very intense force in your area and is determined to dismantle and defeat Hamas," the leaflets read, urging people to evacuate south. "You have been warned."Mohammad Abu Salmiya, head of the Al-Shifa medical complex, told AFP that displacement was continuing inside Gaza City, with residents moving from east to west, but "only a small number of people have been able to reach the south"."Even those who manage to flee south often find no place to stay, as the Al-Mawasi area is completely full and Deir al-Balah is also overcrowded," the senior official added, saying many had returned to Gaza City after failing to secure shelter or basic services.- 'South isn't safe either' -"The actual number of displaced people from Gaza to the south is approximately 68,000 only," civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP."Many residents are still holding their ground, and many others cannot find space in the south."Bakri Diab, who fled western Gaza City for the south, said Israeli strikes continued there as well."Bombing happens here too -- the south isn't safe either," said the 35-year-old father of four."All the occupation has done is force people to crowd into places with no basic services and no safety."Israel has come under mounting international pressure to halt its Gaza City offensive, but says it is determined to dismantle what it describes as one of Hamas's last strongholds.In recent weeks the military has targeted high-rise buildings there, saying they were being used by Hamas militants.On Saturday the military announced it had struck yet another tall building in the area."The hurricane continues to strike Gaza. The terror tower Burj al-Nur has been destroyed, and Gaza residents are required to move south," Defence Minister Israel Katz said on X.According to the civil defence agency, Israeli strikes killed at least 25 people since dawn Saturday.str-lma-jd/smw.

GERMANY, ME AS A GERMAN ISRAEL SUPPORTER ARE WARNING USE FOR THIS ANTISEMITISM AGAINST ISRAEL.SOME TIME GERMANY WILL BE BOOTED FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR GOING WITH RUSSIA, ARAB, MUSLIMS AS GOMER IN EZEK 38 & 39 AGAINST ISRAEL. ONLY TO BE POP CORN OR BIRD SEED ON THE GROUND FOR THE MIGRATING BIRDS TO EAT ON FOR 7 MONTHS AFTER ISRAEL NUKES USE INTO HELL FIRE FOREVER.NEVER ENDING.

Thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators in Berlin protest against ‘Gaza genocide’-Far-left BSW party says 20,000 took part in rally calling for ‘complete halt’ of arms deliveries to Israel and Ukraine, in biggest pro-Palestine protest Germany has seen in months By AFP and ToI Staff 13 September 2025, 10:53 pm

Thousands of people gathered in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate on Saturday, demanding an end to “the genocide in Gaza” as well as a halt to arms deliveries to Ukraine.Around 12,000 people joined the rally in the center of the German capital condemning Israel’s offensive in Gaza, according to police figures.But the far-left BSW party, which had called the demonstration, estimated turnout at 20,000 people, making it one of the largest pro-Palestinian rallies in Germany in recent months.Marie Atwan, a 20-year-old student, told AFP that she had come from Hamburg to join the rally to demand “a complete halt to German arms deliveries” to Israel.Not banning those weapons sales amounted to supporting “the genocide in Gaza,” she said.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced in August that Berlin — Israel’s second largest arms supplier — had suspended sales of arms to Israel that could be used in the war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.Merz announced the German arms embargo amid broad European condemnation of the Israeli security cabinet’s recent approval of a plan to conquer Gaza City in October.Elit Hadilovic, 22, who was at the demonstration, told AFP that he was shocked by the situation in Gaza, where “innocent children [are] dying and suffering from hunger.”During the rally, BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht also touched on the war in Ukraine, demanding that Berlin commit “to peace negotiations — both in the Middle East and in Ukraine.”In light of its historical responsibility for the Holocaust, Germany has made support for the State of Israel a cornerstone of its foreign policy.But Berlin has grown increasingly critical of the Israeli campaign against Hamas in Gaza and its impact on Palestinian civilians in recent months as the humanitarian situation has worsened, with the UN declaring famine in parts of the coastal territory.The charge has been denied by Israel, with the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories, the Defense Ministry body that oversees aid, accusing the United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system of basing its assessment on “biased and self-interested sources originating from Hamas.”Citing data from the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the PMO said that Israel has facilitated the entry of millions of tons of aid into Gaza since the war there was triggered by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023,  which saw the murder of more than 1,200, and abduction of 251, mostly civilians.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 64,000 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 fighters. Israel says it has killed over 22,000 combatants in battle as of August and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.

At least 11 Hamas operatives killed in tunnels under northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, IDF says-By Emanuel Fabian-SEP 14,25

In a recent operation in Beit Hanoun in the far north of the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet say at least 11 Hamas operatives were killed inside the terror group’s tunnels.According to a joint statement, in recent weeks, the military and Shin Bet have continued to operate in Beit Hanoun to demolish remaining Hamas infrastructure, including tunnels, and to eliminate “remnants of the [Beit Hanoun] battalion’s terrorists.”In August, the IDF declared that Hamas’s Beit Hanoun Battalion had been defeated after the final remaining gunmen there were either killed or surrendered to troops. From today’s announcement, it appears that several operatives either returned to the area or were previously undiscovered.The IDF says troops of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, alongside Shin Bet forces, set out for an operation last week to locate the Hamas operatives who were still in Beit Hanoun. The operation focused on the kasbah, or fortified quarter of Beit Hanoun, following indications that the operatives were holed up there, the army says.As part of the operation, the IDF says the ground troops directed an Israeli Air Force drone to strike several sites in Beit Hanoun, including tunnel shafts and a “significant” underground route.The IDF says that so far, the bodies of 11 Hamas operatives have been discovered inside the tunnels, including field commanders.

Analysis-After Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Qatar, Turkey worries it could be next-Though a direct attack on a NATO member is highly unlikely, Ankara fears Israeli agents could potentially target terror group’s members on the ground, tensions could overflow in Syria-By AP and ToI Staff Today, 1:20 pm-SEP 14,25

ISTANBUL, Turkey — An Israeli strike on a meeting of Hamas chiefs in Qatar has cast a cloud of growing concern across Turkey that it could be the site of Israel’s next strike on the leaders of the Gaza-based terror group.Turkish Defense Ministry spokesman Rear Adm. Zeki Akturk warned in Ankara on Thursday that Israel would “further expand its reckless attacks, as it did in Qatar, and drag the entire region, including its own country, into disaster.”Israel on Tuesday conducted an airstrike against senior Hamas leaders who do not reside in the Gaza Strip and were holding a meeting in the Qatari capital, Doha.Israel and Turkey were once strong regional partners, but ties between the countries ran into difficulties from the late 2000s and have reached an all-time low since the Hamas terror group invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, taking 251 hostages and sparking the ongoing war in Gaza.Tensions also have risen as Israel and Turkey have competed for influence in neighboring Syria. Islamist-led rebels, backed by Turkey, toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad last year, and Jerusalem has repeatedly expressed concerns about their intentions.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a long-standing supporter of the Palestinian cause and of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, which is sworn to the destruction of Israel.Hamas officials regularly visit Turkey and some have taken up residence there. Israel has previously accused Turkey of allowing Hamas to plan attacks from its territory, as well as to recruit and fundraise there.The Turkish president has criticized Israel, and particularly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with strident rhetoric since the start of the war, accusing Israel of genocide and likening Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.Israel vehemently rejects any accusations of war crimes, and says that it complies with international law.Hamas officials regularly visit Turkey and some have taken up residence there.Erdogan is close to Qatar’s leaders and Turkey maintains strong military and commercial ties to the emirate. He is due to travel to Qatar this weekend for an Arab and Muslim leaders’ summit.The summit was called in response to Israel’s bombing in Doha last week. Israel has said that the Hamas leaders attacked in Doha were responsible for the October 7 assault and were an impediment to ending the war. It has vowed to continue targeting them.“Israel’s ability to conduct strikes with seeming impunity, often bypassing regional air defenses and international norms, sets a precedent that deeply worries Ankara,” said Serhat Suha Cubukcuoglu, director of Trends Research and Advisory’s Turkey program.Turkey sees these attacks as a “broader Israeli strategy to establish a fragmented buffer zone of weak or pacified states around it,” he added.After Hamas launched its 2023 attack from Gaza, other Iran-backed Islamist terror groups — including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen —  also attacked Israel with months of missiles and drones.Israel eventually largely destroyed Hezbollah, before a November 2024 ceasefire ended open conflict; conducted a series of strikes on Houthi infrastructure; and preemptively attacked Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile sites, which Jerusalem described as posing an imminent, existential threat to Israel.Turkey has superior military might-In crossing a previously unthinkable line by attacking inside Qatar — a close American ally that has been serving as a mediator in talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostages still held by terror groups there — Israel also has raised the question of how far it will go in pursuing Hamas targets.Through its NATO membership, Turkey would seem to have a greater degree of protection against Israeli attack than that afforded to Qatar by its close ties to the United States.Turkey also boasts significantly greater military might than the Gulf state, with its armed forces second in size only to the US among NATO countries and an advanced defense industry.As tensions rise, Turkey has boosted its defenses. During the Israel-Iran war in June, Erdogan announced an increase in missile production. Last month he formally inaugurated Turkey’s “Steel Dome” integrated air defense system, while projects such as the KAAN fifth-generation fighter have been fast-tracked.Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, director of the German Marshall Fund in Ankara, said an Israeli airstrike on the territory of a NATO member would be “extremely unlikely,” but small-scale bomb or gun attacks on potential Hamas targets in Turkey by Israeli agents could be a distinct possibility.Cubukcuoglu, meanwhile, said the Qatar attack could harden Ankara’s support for Hamas.“This resonates with Turkish anxieties that Israel may eventually extend such operations to Turkish territory,” he said. “The Turkish government calculates that abandoning Hamas now would weaken its regional influence, while standing firm bolsters its role as a defender of Palestinian causes against Israeli aggression.”Tensions could play out in Syria-While attention is focused on tensions surrounding the war in Gaza and Turkey’s relations with Hamas, Unluhisarcikli warned the greater danger may be in Syria, where he described Israel and Turkey as being “on a collision course.”“To think that targeting Turkish troops or Turkish allies or proxies in Syria would be to go too far is wishful thinking,” he said.Since Syrian rebels unseated Assad in December, rising tensions between Turkey and Israel have played out there. Ankara has supported the new interim government and sought to expand its influence, including in the military sphere.Israel views the new government with suspicion. It has seized a UN-patrolled buffer zone in southern Syria — saying this is a temporary measure, for self-defense — and launched hundreds of airstrikes on Syrian military facilities.Jerusalem has also positioned itself as the protector of the Druze religious minority against the primarily Sunni Muslim authorities in Damascus.Earlier this year, when Syrian security forces were sent into the Sweida province after sectarian clashes broke out, Druze Israelis called on Israel to intervene, to protect their brethren on the other side of the border from atrocities and abuses. The calls led to Israeli airstrikes in Syria and a demand that central authorities leave the region alone.The conflict came after earlier massacres committed by security forces against Alawites, another religious minority, to which former ruler Bashar al-Assad belonged.Tensions also could spill into the wider eastern Mediterranean, with Israel potentially strengthening already close ties to Greece and Greek Cypriots to challenge Turkey’s military occupation in northern Cyprus.Turkey mixes deterrence and diplomacy-Turkey appears to be pursuing a mixture of military deterrence and diplomacy in Syria aimed at defusing tensions to avoid a direct conflict with Israel.Turkish and Israeli officials held talks in April to establish a “de-escalation mechanism” in Syria. The move followed Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase that Turkey had been purportedly planning to use. Netanyahu said at the time that Turkish bases in Syria would be a “danger to Israel.”Ankara and Damascus last month signed an agreement on Turkey providing military training and advice to Syria’s armed forces.Erdogan also may hope Washington would take a hard line against any Israeli military incursions.While Netanyahu has sought support from US President Donald Trump in the faceoff with Turkey, Trump instead lavished praise on Erdogan for “taking over Syria” and urged Netanyahu to be “reasonable” in his dealings with Turkey.But as the strike in Qatar showed, having strong relations with Washington is not necessarily a safeguard against Israel.The Qatar attack showed there was “no limit to what the Israeli government can do,” Unluhisarcikli said.

Ahead of holidays, Israel warns of Iran-backed terror threats to Israelis and Jews abroad-National Security Council assessment says Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and other groups remain motivated to target Jews, Israelis; singles out October 7 anniversary By Nava Freiberg-Today, 2:07 pm-SEP 14,25

The National Security Council on Sunday warned of terror threats against Israelis and Jews abroad ahead of the Jewish holiday season and singled out the upcoming anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre, for special concern, warning them to exercise caution and refrain from displaying Israeli or Jewish symbols.The notice outlined “key trends in global terrorist activity” but did not issue specific new travel warnings for any locations.According to the NSC, which is part of the Prime Minister’s Office, Iran and its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah, and global jihadi groups Islamic State, al-Qaeda and al-Shabab, remain highly motivated to target Israelis and Jews worldwide.“Hamas is also expanding its own activities beyond the war in Gaza to establish terrorist infrastructure and carry out terrorist attacks against Jews and Israelis abroad,” the report said.The assessment also warned of the wider threat posed by Tehran, noting that “Iran is increasingly motivated by retaliation” after the recent war with Israel.The council warned that October 7 — the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel — could “again this year serve as a significant date for terror organizations, particularly Hamas and global jihadi elements to carry out attacks against Israeli/Jewish targets abroad — whether through planned operations or local initiatives/lone attackers.”The NSC noted a rise in violent antisemitic incidents alongside incitement on social media, fueled by what it describes as anti-Israel campaigns since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.It urged Israelis to continue to exercise extreme caution abroad by avoiding displaying Israeli or Jewish symbols, speaking Hebrew in public, joining large unsecured gatherings, or sharing any content about military service or locations on social media.The council advised against travel to high-risk countries including Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen — which is in any case forbidden by law — as well as Egypt (including Sinai), Turkey, Jordan, and others.In case of suspected threats abroad, Israelis should first contact local security services and then the NSC’s hotline at +972-2-6667444.The NSC has issued similar assessments during the last few major Jewish holiday seasons, pointing to a heightened risk for Jews and Israelis abroad since the war in Gaza started nearly two years ago, after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks.Many Israelis take trips abroad during the High Holy Days period that begins next week with the start of Rosh Hashanah and ends three weeks later with the conclusion of Sukkot.

Palestinian factions hand over weapons in largest Lebanon refugee camp.

Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025-Palestinian factions handed over weapons from Lebanon's largest refugee camp on Saturday, a Palestinian official said, as part of a push by the government to disarm non-state groups.Abdel Hadi al-Asadi, of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said the umbrella group conducted "the operation of delivering new batches of weapons".The Lebanese army confirmed that it received "five truckloads of weapons from the Ain al-Hilweh camp in Sidon", the largest in Lebanon, and "three trucks from the Beddawi camp in Tripoli"."The delivery included various types of weapons, shells, and ammunition," the army said in a statement.An AFP journalist near Ain al-Hilweh reported Lebanese army vehicles posted around the camp, preventing anyone from approaching.The densely-populated Beddawi camp, near the northern city of Tripoli, was hit last year by Israeli strikes that killed a Hamas commander, his wife and two daughters, according to the Palestinian militant group.In Beddawi, an AFP journalist saw three covered trucks leaving the camp, with Lebanese army vehicles waiting for them outside.Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad, both not part of the PLO which has begun handing over weapons, have not announced plans to disarm in Lebanon.Lebanon hosts about 222,000 Palestinian refugees, according to the United Nations agency UNRWA, with many living in overcrowded camps outside of the state's control.During a visit to Beirut in May, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas agreed with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that weapons in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps would be handed over to the Lebanese authorities.The process began last month, when the army received weapons from camps around Beirut and southern Lebanon.During a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that largely ended with a November ceasefire, Palestinian groups including Hamas claimed rocket fire towards Israel.The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, a body affiliated with the Lebanese prime minister's office that is overseeing the arms transfer process, announced in a statement that it is continuing its "meetings with various Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad".It said the discussions were part of its "commitment to extending its sovereignty over all its territory".By longstanding convention, the Lebanese army stays out of the Palestinian camps and leaves Palestinian factions to handle security.Lebanon's disarmament push has been rejected by Hezbollah, which was the country's most powerful political force before being severely weakened by the war with Israel.Beirut's plan entails the complete disarmament of the border area with Israel within three months, in the first of five phases to monopolise weapons with the army, Lebanon's Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi told AFP last week.

Sudan govt pushes back on peace plan, defends role in transition.

Khartoum, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025-Sudan's army-aligned government pushed back on Saturday against a new peace proposal put forward by four influential foreign powers, rejecting any suggestion that it be excluded from the country's post-war political transition.On Friday, the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt jointly called for a humanitarian truce in Sudan's more than two-year war, followed by a permanent ceasefire and a transition toward civilian rule -- but suggested that no warring party should be part of that transition.Responding in a statement from the foreign ministry, Khartoum said it welcomed efforts to end the war, but would not accept "interventions that do not respect the sovereignty of the Sudanese state and its legitimate institutions, which are supported by the Sudanese people, and its right to defend its people and its land".Sudan's institutions are currently under the control of the army, which has been at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023.In May, the army formed a new civilian-led government "to complete the tasks of transition" and "cleanse all of Sudan" of the RSF.In its statement, the foreign ministry said "the Sudanese people alone have the right to determine how they are governed through national consensus", as led by the transitional government.The plan put forward by the four foreign powers, often referred to as the Quad, had proposed a three-month humanitarian truce, followed by a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition toward a civilian-led government."Sudan's future governance is for the Sudanese people to decide through an inclusive and transparent transition process, not controlled by any warring party," Friday's statement read.In its response, Sudan rejected "any attempt to equate it with a racist terrorist militia that recruits foreign mercenaries from across the world to destroy and erase the Sudanese identity" -- a clear reference to the RSF, which has been accused of receiving support from foreign fighters funded by the UAE. Abu Dhabi denies such allegations.On Friday, the Quad also rejected any role in Sudan's transition for "violent extremist groups" linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, which ruled until 2019 and has reemerged during the conflict in support of the army.That same day, the US imposed sanctions on Sudan's finance minister Gebreil Ibrahim, who leads an armed group fighting alongside the army in Darfur. Sanctions were also placed on the Baraa Ibn Malik Brigade, an Islamist militia likewise engaged in combat in support of the army.In response, Ibrahim's Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) dismissed the sanctions on Saturday as "of no real value and represent an unjust action lacking legal foundation or objective justification".The conflict in Sudan has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and created what the United Nations has called one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.Despite repeated international efforts to broker a ceasefire, both sides have shown little willingness to compromise.The army currently controls Sudan's east, north and centre, while the RSF holds parts of the south and nearly all of the western Darfur region -- where it recently declared a parallel government, fuelling fears of the country's fragmentation.

China condemns US, British warships sailing through Taiwan Strait.

Beijing, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025-China has condemned the passage of US and British warships through the Taiwan Strait, shortly after announcing its new aircraft carrier had transited through the sensitive waterway."On September 12, the US destroyer Higgins and the UK frigate Richmond transited the Taiwan Strait and engaged in disturbance and provocation," Senior Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command, said in a statement Friday.The Chinese military "organised naval and air forces to track and monitor their transit throughout the process", he said, adding that "the actions... undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."Beijing views Taiwan as part of its territory and claims jurisdiction over the body of water that separates the self-ruled island from the Chinese mainland.The United States, Britain and other countries view the Taiwan Strait as international waters open to all vessels.China announced on Friday that its latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, had passed through the strait to conduct tests in preparation for future service.Last week Australian and Canadian warships also sailed through the waterway, drawing criticism from Beijing.China has increased its military, economic and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan in recent years, and has not ruled out the use of force to seize control of it.Taiwan's military has been reporting near-daily sightings of Chinese warships around its waters, as well as sorties by drones and fighter jets around the island.On Saturday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said it had detected 31 Chinese military aircraft and 13 Chinese naval vessels around the island since early Friday -- the highest number in a 24-hour period since May.The ministry said "25 out of 31 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central and southwestern ADIZ", referring to the island's air defence identification zone."We have monitored the situation and responded," it added.

Ukraine says needs $120 bn for defence in 2026.

Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025-Ukraine said Saturday that it needed at least $120 billion next year to fight Russia's invasion, and would need a similar amount to maintain its military, even if the war ended.Ukraine spends around a third of its entire economic output on defence and relies on tens of billions of dollars of financial assistance from its Western allies to keep its economy afloat.Speaking at a conference in Kyiv, Ukraine's Defence Minister Denys Shmygal said his country risked losing more land to Russia if it continued to be outspent on the battlefield."I should say that if the war will continue, we will need a minimum of $120 billion for the next year," Shmygal said.Even if the war ended, Ukraine would need a similar amount just to keep its army in good form, "in case of secondary aggression from the Russian side", he added.He suggested confiscating Russian assets frozen in the West to pay for the defence spending, saying Ukrainians were already shouldering a significant tax burden after three-and-a-half years of war.Russia says any attempt to seize its assets amounts to theft and will incur consequences.EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed using frozen Russian assets to fund a "reparations loan" for Ukraine, but said the 27-member bloc would not seize the assets themselves.

North Korea’s leader to unveil new policy expanding nuclear arsenal and military-Expert says move reflects Kim Jong Un’s view of limits of nuclear deterrent, and that Pyongyang seeks to improve ‘war-fighting capability’ by boosting conventional arsenal By AFP 13 September 2025, 9:16 am

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang will unveil a policy to advance both its nuclear arsenal and conventional military power at an upcoming key ruling party meeting, state media said Saturday.Since a failed summit with the United States in 2019, North Korea has repeatedly said it will never give up its nuclear weapons and declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear state.While visiting weapons research facilities this week, Kim said Pyongyang “would put forward the policy of simultaneously pushing forward the building of nuclear forces and conventional armed forces,” according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.Kim also emphasized the need to “modernize” the country’s conventional armed forces, without specifying the date of the party meeting.The North Korean leader has been emboldened by the war in Ukraine, securing critical support from Russia after sending thousands of North Korean troops to fight alongside Moscow.Moscow and Pyongyang signed a mutual defense pact last year when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the reclusive state.Seoul has repeatedly warned that Russia is stepping up support for Pyongyang, including the potential transfer of sensitive Russian military technology, in return for North Korea’s assistance in fighting Ukraine.“In essence, it reflects (Kim’s) view that nuclear forces alone have limits as a deterrent, and that Pyongyang is seeking to boost its war-fighting capability by modernizing its conventional arsenal,” Hong Min, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP.“North Korea’s military technology cooperation with Russia seems to be also expanding into the conventional arms sector, and modernization plans tailored to ‘modern warfare’ are likely to be laid out as a mid- to long-term agenda” at the upcoming meeting, he added.At the last party congress in January 2021, Kim unveiled an ambitious military agenda, pledging to develop advanced weapons such as military spy satellites and solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles.Analysts say they expect the upcoming meeting to be held early next year.Kim and Putin flanked China’s President Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing this month, drawing an acidic response from US President Donald Trump, who accused the three leaders of plotting against the United States.

North Korea to boost nuclear arsenal, conventional military: state media.

Seoul, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025-North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang will unveil a policy to advance both its nuclear arsenal and conventional military power at an upcoming key ruling party meeting, state media said Saturday.Since a failed summit with the United States in 2019, North Korea has repeatedly said it will never give up its nuclear weapons and declared itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.While visiting weapons research facilities this week, Kim said Pyongyang "would put forward the policy of simultaneously pushing forward the building of nuclear forces and conventional armed forces", according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.Kim also emphasised the need to "modernise" the country's conventional armed forces, without specifying the date of the party meeting.The North Korean leader has been emboldened by the war in Ukraine, securing critical support from Russia after sending thousands of North Korean troops to fight alongside Moscow.Moscow and Pyongyang signed a mutual defence pact last year when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the reclusive state.Seoul has repeatedly warned that Russia is stepping up support for Pyongyang, including the potential transfer of sensitive Russian military technology, in return for North Korea's assistance in fighting Ukraine."In essence, it reflects (Kim's) view that nuclear forces alone have limits as a deterrent, and that Pyongyang is seeking to boost its war-fighting capability by modernizing its conventional arsenal," Hong Min, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told AFP."North Korea's military technology cooperation with Russia seems to be also expanding into the conventional arms sector, and modernisation plans tailored to 'modern warfare' are likely to be laid out as a mid- to long-term agenda" at the upcoming meeting, he added.At the last party congress in January 2021, Kim unveiled an ambitious military agenda, pledging to develop advanced weapons such as military spy satellites and solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles.Analysts say they expect the upcoming meeting to be held early next year.Kim and Putin flanked China's President Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing this month, drawing an acidic response from US President Donald Trump, who accused the three leaders of plotting against the United States.

Australia to deploy fleet of underwater strike drones By David WILLIAMS.

Sydney (AFP) Sept 10, 2025-Australia said Wednesday it will deploy a US$1.1 billion fleet of "Ghost Shark" underwater attack drones to bolster its firepower in a "threatening" regional landscape.The Royal Australian Navy will arm itself with dozens of the home-developed, cutting-edge autonomous drones, with the first entering service in January, it said.Australia is in the midst of a major military restructure, equipping its navy with long-range strike capabilities in an effort to balance China's expanding military might in the Pacific.The government said it had signed a Aus$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion) five-year contract with Anduril Australia to build, maintain and develop the extra-large, uncrewed undersea vehicles, creating 150 jobs."This is the highest tech capability in the world," Defence Minister Richard Marles told a news conference, saying it would have a "very long range" as well as stealth capabilities."Australia is leading the world in terms of autonomous underwater military capabilities and Ghost Shark is capable of engaging in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike," he said.- 'Threatening' landscape -The drones, which can be launched from shore or warships, will complement Australia's strategic enhancements to its submarine and surface fleets, the minister said, declining to provide the exact number to be built."Australia faces the most complex, in some ways the most threatening strategic landscape that we have had since the end of the Second World War," Marles said."All that we are doing in terms of building a much more capable Defence Force is to deter conflict and to provide for the peace and stability of the region in which we live."Australia aims to acquire stealthy, nuclear-powered submarines in a multi-decade 2021 AUKUS agreement with Britain and the United States.In the United States, however, critics have questioned why Washington would sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia without stocking its own military first.US President Donald Trump's administration has put AUKUS under review to ensure it aligns with his "America First agenda".Marles said he was confident that the "Ghost Shark" drones and future nuclear-powered submarines would provide a "fundamentally critical" military capability.Last month, Australia said it would also upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, first entering service by 2030.Billed as one of Japan's biggest defence export deals since World War II, Australia has agreed to pay US$6 billion over the next 10 years to acquire the fleet of stealth frigates.Mogami-class warships -- advanced stealth frigates equipped with a potent array of weapons -- are to replace Australia's ageing fleet of Anzac-class vessels.djw/oho/hmn

Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland, call for Israel’s elimination-Protesters chant ‘We don’t want no two states, we want all the ’48’; organizers say march is New Zealand’s largest since war began; police say no arrests By Reuters and ToI Staff 13 September 2025, 8:37 am

Tens of thousands took part in a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel march in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, on Saturday, in what organizers said was the largest rally of its kind since the war in Gaza began between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas.Some 50,000 attended the March for Humanity rally in central Auckland on Saturday morning, the Aotearoa for Palestine group said. New Zealand police estimated the attendance at 20,000.Aotearoa for Palestine spokesperson Arama Rata said it was New Zealand’s largest march in support of Palestinians since the conflict broke out in Gaza with the Hamas-led cross-border massacre in which terrorists killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped 251 hostages on October 7, 2023.The Hamas-run Health Ministry has said that more than 64,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Gaza — though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters — while humanitarian organizations say a shortage of food is leading to widespread starvation. Israel has denied accusations that it caused a humanitarian crisis in the Strip. Israel says it has killed over 22,000 combatants in battle as of August and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught. Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 465.Many in Saturday’s protest crowd carried Palestinian flags and banners with slogans including “Don’t normalize genocide” and “Grow a spine; stand with Palestine,” public broadcaster Radio New Zealand reported.Protesters chanted, “We don’t want no two states, we want all the ’48,” a call for the elimination of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian state.Organizers, motivated by a march that shut down Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge in August, wanted to close a major city bridge with Saturday’s rally, Rata said, but were forced to abandon those plans on Friday due to strong winds.Police said there were no arrests at the march and that roads along the route were being reopened.Aotearoa for Palestine said it wanted New Zealand’s center-right coalition government to impose sanctions on Israel.New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, in August, described recent Israeli actions in Gaza, including a lack of humanitarian assistance, as “utterly appalling,” and New Zealand has been weighing up whether to recognize a Palestinian state.The New Zealand Jewish Council, a body representing around 10,000 Jews who live in the country, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the march.

London police charge man suspected of smearing feces on synagogues, Jewish sites-Ionut-Cristian Bold, 37, charged with religiously motivated criminal damage after he allegedly vandalized seven Jewish sites in acts that police called ‘revolting and appalling’By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 3:16 pm-SEP 14,25

British police on Sunday charged a 37-year old man with religiously motivated criminal damage after a number of attacks on synagogues and Jewish premises in northwest London.The man was arrested last week in the Hendon area of north London, the Metropolitan Police said.Seven Jewish premises have been targeted in separate incidents over the last 10 days, police said, including four synagogues being smeared with a substance, while a liquid was thrown towards a school and over a car.Police called the acts “revolting and appalling.”According to local reports, the synagogues and a private residence in Golders Green had feces smeared on them, while urine was thrown toward a school and over a car in two other instances.Police said they charged Ionut-Cristian Bold of no fixed address with six counts of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage and three counts of damaging property plus other offenses, and he is due to appear at Willesden Magistrates Court on Monday where he will enter his plea.“We will always treat allegations of this nature extremely seriously and these charges follow an investigation by a team of local officers,” Superintendent Zubin Writer said in a statement.The UK has seen an increased number of antisemitic incidents in recent years, with a spike since the October 7, 2023, massacre by the Hamas terror group in Israel, and the resulting war in Gaza.The Community Security Trust (CST), a Jewish charity, recorded 1,521 antisemitic incidents in the first six months of the year, down from a record high of 2,019 incidents in the first half of 2024.But this year’s number was the second-highest on record, according to the charity, which has monitored antisemitism in Britain since 1984.

Over 100,000 take part in major right-wing, anti-immigration march in London-Several Israeli flags and MAGA hats seen at demonstration organized by far-right firebrand Tommy Robinson, as some protesters mourn slain US activist Charlie Kirk By Agencies and ToI Staff 13 September 2025, 6:04 pm

LONDON — Over 100,000 protesters marched through central London on Saturday, carrying flags of England and Britain, for a demonstration organized by the firebrand anti-immigrant and anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson.Police have said they will have a huge presence in the British capital. A “Stand Up to Racism” counter protest is also due to meet nearby, following a highly charged summer in Britain that has seen protests over immigration and free speech.By midday, tens of thousands of protesters were packed into the streets south of the River Thames, before heading toward Westminster, seat of the UK parliament.Demonstrators carried the Union flag of Britain and the red and white St George’s Cross of England, while others brought American and Israeli flags and wore the MAGA hats of US President Donald Trump.They chanted slogans critical of Prime Minister Keir Starmer and carried placards, including some saying “send them home.” Some attendees brought children.“We believe the number of people in attendance at the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ demonstration is around 110,000,” London’s Metropolitan Police said, noting it used a combination of CCTV and police helicopter footage for its estimate.‘We believe in Tommy’Robinson has billed the Unite the Kingdom march as a celebration of free speech. Protesters also chanted slogans mourning Charlie Kirk, the American conservative activist shot dead on Wednesday.“Hundreds of thousands already pack the streets of central London as we Unite as one for our freedoms,” Robinson said on X.“Bring your smiles, flags, and patriotic pride. No masks, open alcohol, or violence,” he added in another message.Robinson, a far-right firebrand, boasts a string of criminal convictions and a big online following after years of spearheading a fervent anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant movement.The 42-year-old — whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon — has long been a familiar sight at far-right rallies in England, but his influence was thought to be waning after various legal and other woes.He describes himself as a journalist exposing state wrongdoing and counts US billionaire Elon Musk among his supporters. Britain’s biggest anti-immigrant political party, Reform UK, which has topped opinion polls in recent months, has kept its distance from Robinson, seemingly due to his criminal convictions.“We want our country back, we want our free speech back on track,” said Sandra Mitchell, a supporter attending the rally.“They need to stop illegal migration into this country,” she said. “We believe in Tommy.”Speakers included French politician Eric Zemmour and Petr Bystron of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins and controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson also featured.The event came just over a year after anti-immigration riots swept several cities, which Robinson was accused of helping to fuel with incendiary online posts.There have been months of rising tension around asylum seekers coming to Britain on small boats across the Channel, as well as growing accusationsthat  Britain is becoming hostile to free speech.London’s Metropolitan Police has said it will have more than 1,600 officers deployed across London on Saturday, including 500 brought in from other forces. In addition to policing the two demonstrations, the force is stretched by high-profile soccer matches and concerts.“We will approach them as we do any other protests, policing without fear or favor, ensuring people can exercise their lawful rights, but being robust in dealing with incidents or offences should they occur,” said Commander Clair Haynes, who is leading the policing operation.Haynes said police were aware of a record of “anti-Muslim rhetoric and incidents of offensive chanting by a minority” at previous protests, but said London’s communities should not feel like they have to stay at home.Last Saturday, nearly 900 people were arrested at a London demonstration against a ban on the protest group Palestine Action.Immigration has become the dominant political issue in Britain, eclipsing concerns over a faltering economy, as the country faces a record number of asylum claims. More than 28,000 migrants have arrived in small boats across the Channel so far this year.Red and white English flags have proliferated along streets and been painted on roads. Supporters call it a spontaneous campaign of national pride, but anti-racism campaigners see a message of hostility to foreigners.

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Arab, Muslim leaders to meet Monday in Qatar to denounce Israel’s Doha strike-Qatari foreign ministry says summit reflects solidarity with Qatar following ‘cowardly aggression’; Egypt reportedly looking to revive plans for NATO-style alliance of Arab states By AFP and ToI Staff 13 September 2025, 4:52 pm

Qatar said Saturday it will host a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders to denounce Israel’s attack on Hamas officials in Doha and to show solidarity with the Gulf state.Monday’s meeting would consider “a draft resolution on the Israeli attack on the State of Qatar” to be drafted Sunday at a ministerial meeting, said Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari.The summit reflected “broad Arab and Islamic solidarity with the State of Qatar in the face of Israel’s cowardly aggression… and the categorical rejection of Israel’s state terrorism,” he said, quoted by the official QNA news agency.Among the leaders attending will be Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also be in Doha, but his presence at the meeting is yet to be confirmed.Israel targeted Hamas leaders Tuesday in strikes on the Qatari capital, killing five members of the terror group and a Qatari security officer. Israel’s security establishment is set to increasingly believe that the attack failed to take out Hamas’s top brass.The attack drew widespread international condemnation, including from Gulf monarchies allied with the United States, Israel’s main backer.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the strike, comparing Israel’s operations in the wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre to US actions in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terror attack.The premier took a defiant tone in an English-language video defending Israel’s actions, and warned Qatar that either it must “expel” the Hamas politburo members or “bring them to justice, because if you don’t, we will.”Qatar, which hosts the largest US base in the region, plays a mediation role in the Gaza war alongside the United States and Egypt.Analysts say the summit is meant to send Israel a clear signal.The Israeli strikes were “seen across the Gulf as an unprecedented violation of sovereignty and an attack on diplomacy itself,” Andreas Krieg of King’s College London said, adding the summit signaled that “such aggression can’t be normalized.”“The goal is to draw clear red lines and end the sense in Israel that it can act with impunity,” he said. “Expect a sharper stance on Palestine and a harder edge on Israeli actions.”Egypt said looking into NATO-like force for Arab nations-As Qatar looks to gather Arab allies for a united response to Israel’s recent strikes, Egypt is looking to gain support for a NATO-style Arab force that would protect Arab countries facing attack, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported Saturday, citing an unnamed official in Cairo.The report noted the proposal was first made some nine years ago, but did not advance.While the report did not say so outright, it suggested that Israel’s recent strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar has given new impetus to the initiative.It said Egypt is proposing to include some 20,000 of its own military personnel in the force and is working on developing the mechanism by which such a force would be activated, “allowing it to be used when necessary and forming it in a manner consistent with the populations of Arab countries and their armed forces, while taking into account regional and political balances in the formation, whether in terms of the inclusion of military personnel from countries such as Morocco and Algeria, or sharing command positions,” according to the official.“Cairo wants to retain the first command position while granting the second to Saudi Arabia or one of the Gulf states,” he added.The report did not detail which countries Egypt is looking to recruit for such a force, and the Egyptian official quoted in the report said “there are still several practical obstacles to the proposal,” such as the details of mutual defense agreements and mechanisms of intervention.The source added that consultations between Egypt and its Arab allies are “ongoing, especially with Saudi Arabia,” and that the diplomats involved in the discussions “believe it is important to avoid turning it into a declaration of war against Israel,” adding that some countries involved could look to use the military alliance as “a pretext for direct military involvement with Israel.”While the idea of a joint Arab military alliance was first brought up years ago, with US input, as a potential bulwark against Iranian influence in the region, progress petered out in 2022 and no agreements were reached.Original ideas included Israeli partnership, or even membership, in the alliance, though Saturday’s report suggested the new initiative would aim to deter Israel — not only Iran — from attacks against its members, especially after the Israeli strikes in Qatar.

IDF downs Yemen missile aimed at Tel Aviv; Houthis claim it had cluster bomb warhead-Attack triggers sirens across central Israel overnight; no reports of damage or injuries from interception debris-By ToI Staff 13 September 2025, 1:09 pm

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels was shot down after triggering sirens in Tel Aviv and other communities across central Israel in the early hours of Saturday.The Israel Defense Forces said air defenses successfully downed the missile, and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from debris from the interception.The Houthis took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have targeted “several sensitive targets” in Tel Aviv using a projectile with a cluster bomb warhead.There was no comment from the IDF on the claim that the projectile was fitted with a cluster bomb warhead.The Iran-backed Houthis have fired several missiles with cluster bomb warheads at Israel in recent weeks.The attack triggered sirens at around 3:45 a.m. in Tel Aviv and a large number of towns and communities in central Israel.The Houthis — whose slogan calls for “Death to America, Death to Israel, [and] a Curse on the Jews” — began attacking Israel and maritime traffic in November 2023, a month after the October 7 Hamas massacre.The Houthis held their fire when a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas in January 2025. By that point, they had fired over 40 ballistic missiles and dozens of attack drones and cruise missiles at Israel, including one that killed a civilian and wounded several others in Tel Aviv in July 2024, prompting Israel’s first strike in Yemen.Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis in Yemen have launched 83 ballistic missiles and at least 36 drones at Israel. Several of the rockets have fallen short.In response, Israel has attacked the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, located some 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) away, 17 times.On Wednesday, strikes hit Houthi military camps where operatives were gathered, the headquarters of the terror group’s propaganda division, and a fuel depot, the IDF said, reportedly killing and injuring scores.

Inside story'It's only really Zionism if you came from a better place'Even as Western aliyah picks up, new arrivals replace fewer than half of Israeli emigrants-With Russian-speakers no longer moving in high numbers, immigration is trending downward, but Americans, French and others are upping arrivals, spurred by October 7-By Zev Stub-Today, 7:37 am-SEP 14,25

Aboard a recent Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah charter flight in mid-August, Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer told The Times of Israel that immigration from Western countries had risen dramatically since the Hamas invasion of October 7, 2023, driven in large part by a resurgence in excitement for the Zionist cause. Emigration from some countries had tripled since 2023, Sofer said.Those successes are indeed borne out by official data. However, overall immigration is down dramatically when looking beyond the West to also take in Russian-speaking countries, by far the largest contributor of new immigrants.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, just 11,314 people moved to Israel during the first seven months of 2025, a decline of about 42 percent from the same period in 2024 and about 60% less than in the first eight months of 2023, a year which saw a major spike in arrivals due to the war in Ukraine.At the same time, Sergio Della Pergola, one of Israel’s most respected experts on Jewish demographics, says immigration rates are relatively average on a historical basis, but emerging migration trends show worrying signs for the country’s future.So who is right, and why are there so many different takes? To fathom what is really happening, let’s take a closer look at the data. Numbers quoted come from the CBS unless otherwise specified. Some numbers are rounded for simplicity.Russian red herring-According to official CBS numbers, 2024 saw a drop of some 30% in immigration when compared to the year before, to about 32,800. However, as has been the situation for decades, the data from one country skews all the statistics.“Since the 1990s, Russia has always been the dominant story in the immigration numbers,” Della Pergola explained.To gain a better understanding of the current state of immigration to Israel, Della Pergola suggests considering Russian-speaking immigration and Western immigration as two distinct components of the overall aliyah picture. Though making up the lion’s share of new immigrants, the factors motivating Russian speakers to move to Israel, or stay home, are often quite distinct from those energizing Western aliyah, with each in the thrall of different trends.“So if you want to understand what is happening with aliyah, you have to first understand why Russian aliyah has declined by half for each of the past two years,” he said.In the decades before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, the vast majority of new immigrants, or olim, typically came from Russia and the former Soviet Union, often accounting for as much as two-thirds of the total, Della Pergola said.After the initial euphoria that followed the fall of Communism starting in 1989, an environment of growing political repression and economic uncertainty led to mass defections, in what Russian sociologists have termed the “fourth wave” of Russian emigration.With middle-class Russian professionals desperate to move to whatever liberal countries would take them in, some used the path to Israeli citizenship created by the Law of Return, which grants eligibility to anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent, regardless of whether they themselves are considered Jewish. Nearly one million Russian-speakers are believed to have moved to Israel in the years immediately following the dissolution of the USSR, including many who made use of the so-called grandchild clause.The pace of immigration from that part of the world fell off dramatically over the first two decades of the 2000s, especially as Russia’s economy stabilized, but immigration to Israel from the former USSR skyrocketed again once Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, as people from both countries sought a safe haven from the war zone.In 2022, immigration soared from 28,000 a year earlier to over 74,000, as aliyah from Russia jumped from 7,700 to 45,000 and Ukrainian immigration rose from 3,100 to 15,000.Immigration from Russia and the former Soviet Union, which includes Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states and other nearby republics, has slowed somewhat since then, but still looms large. Some 38,500 new immigrants arrived in 2023, about 22,000 in 2024, each representing about two-thirds of total immigration figures. In the first seven months of 2025, Israel absorbed 6,540 people from the former Soviet Union, a bit more than half of the global total.But because factors motivating emigrants from Russian-speaking countries often differ radically from those of other immigrants — such as escaping war or economic opportunities rather than Zionism or antisemitism fears — understanding aliyah trends for the rest of the world requires putting the Russian-speaking figures to the side, Della Pergola said.The West on board-After removing the former Soviet Union numbers, 2024 actually shows a 47% increase over the year before, with nearly 11,000 coming in 2024 compared to 7,500 in 2023. Israel is currently on pace to top 10,000 new immigrants from non-Russian-speaking countries in 2025, according to Della Pergola.In the United States, immigration rose from about 3,000 in 2023 to 3,200 in 2024, according to the CBS, and aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh has said it expects 2025 to end with as many as 4,000 moving from the US. The organization said it facilitated the arrival of more than 1,000 new immigrants in August alone, marking the busiest month in its 23-year history.Nefesh B’Nefesh, which also deals with immigrants from Canada, says it experienced an 80% increase in inquiries about moving to Israel immediately following the October 7 attack. The group says the process of opening a file to actually making aliyah takes about 18 months on average, meaning that the spike in inquiries was seemingly only starting to be realized now.About 47% of people who start working with an aliyah advisor eventually make aliyah, a Nefesh B’Nefesh spokesperson noted.Making his way to Israel on the Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight last month, new immigrant Josh Gottesman told The Times of Israel that after October 7, “that desire we’d always had to make aliyah got much stronger… We felt like, ‘How could we not be with our people at this time,'” he said.In France, home to the largest Diaspora community outside of the US, aliyah numbers have risen steadily in recent years, from about 1,000 in 2023 to over 2,000 in 2024. Della Pergola believes the figure may break 3,000 in 2025.In the United Kingdom, immigration rose from 372 in 2023 to 676 in 2024, with 2025 on pace to match or beat those figures. Canadian immigration has been stable, with between 270 and 300 immigrants each year.While October 7 may have been a spark, immigrants are motivated to leave for Israel by a variety of factors, Nefesh B’Nefesh and other organizations say. While some immigrants, particularly those from France, have said they moved to Israel to escape rising antisemitism, those from the US are generally driven by ideological beliefs, nudged by the events in Israel to take action and live the Zionist dream.To Sofer, that is the real story of immigration at this point. “In most countries, people leave during a war, but in Israel, people come to help,” he has said numerous times.It’s the economy, stupid-However, this story too is missing several important pieces of context, Della Pergola noted.Firstly, he said, overall immigration levels aren’t particularly impressive on a historical basis, even if there are year-on-year improvements since the war started in 2023. In some cases, figures are only now starting to catch up to their pre-COVID levels, before the pandemic upended global trends.If non-Russian immigration reaches 10,000 in 2025, it would make for “a very average year” in the broader scheme of things, Della Pergola said.In the 15 years before the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, immigration from countries outside the former Soviet Union tended to hover between 10,000 and 12,000 people per year, according to CBS data.Even if 3,000 French Jews move to Israel this year, it will still be significantly lower than the nearly 4,000 a year who moved to Israel between 2014 and 2020, including 6,000 people who immigrated in 2016.Immigration figures from the US are up from the 2010s, when they averaged around 2,500 a year. But rates from the world’s largest Diaspora community remain far and away the lowest in the world on a per-capita basis, Della Pergola noted.With an estimated 7.5 million Jews in the US, “aliyah should be about 10 times as high as in France,” which has about 500,000 Jews, instead of being roughly equal, Della Pergola said.In contrast, South Africa’s Jewish community has one of the highest rates of immigration to Israel, with about 300 out of its 50,000 Jews moving to Israel every year.Though antisemitism and Zionist fervor may play a role, immigration from Western countries universally correlates with economic factors more than any other issue, Della Pergola said.Even the big spike in French aliyah in 2015 and 2016, often attributed to rising antisemitic incidents such as the infamous Hyper Cacher attack, has to be understood in light of rising unemployment and economic uncertainty in France at the time, he said. It is possible that France’s mounting debt and political uncertainty may lead to more Jews leaving in the future, he added.In other words, most immigration is driven more by a desire to improve one’s situation than purely ideological considerations. Or, as Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder recently joked, “It’s only really Zionism if you came from a better place than Israel.”Down and out-Immigration to Israel may be down, but emigration from the country remains strong, with new arrivals not even replacing half of those who left last year.Throughout the State of Israel’s history, there have almost always been more Jews moving to Israel than leaving it, with the exception of certain periods in the 1950s and 1980s, Della Pergola said. However, in 2024, a whopping 82,700 Israelis left the country, about 50,000 more than immigrated to Israel.This net migration deficit is a trend that is expected to continue through 2025, even though official data won’t be available until the end of the year.Many believe that Israel’s tense political and security climate in recent years is to blame for the mass exodus. A recent study by Lilach Lev Ari, a professor of sociology at Oranim College, found that nearly all of the Israelis she interviewed who moved to the United States since early 2023 mentioned either the government’s judicial overhaul plans, which led to unprecedented protests and salient fears for the future of the country’s democratic nature, or the current war as a factor leading them to emigrate from Israel.“Traditionally, over the past several decades, most of the people who emigrated from Israel have been seeking things like upward mobility, success and education,” Lev Ari told The Times of Israel. “In contrast, the vast majority leaving in the last three years were primarily concerned with the political situation.”According to Della Pergola, more than half of those leaving Israel are of Russian origin.Of the roughly 200,000 new immigrants who arrived in Israel between 2019 and 2023, about 15% left the country in 2024, with most being immigrants from Russia, Georgia and Belarus, according to a study​ prepared by the Knesset Research and Information Center this year.“This is something very interesting that has to be understood sociologically,” Della Pergola said. Most likely, many of the Russian immigrants never intended to stay for the long term, he suggested.The statistician blamed the Immigration and Absorption Ministry and the Jewish Agency, which also facilitates aliyah from many places, for what he said were “disappointingly low” immigration numbers, especially in light of the prediction of a mass influx following October 7.“At the root of this gap is a deep misunderstanding in Israel of Jewish life patterns and identities around the world,” Della Pergola charged.The Jewish Agency responded that it works closely with Jewish communities in 65 countries around the globe to strengthen identity and connection to Israel.“Aliyah is an essential growth engine for the State of Israel and the ongoing arrival of new olim boosts the resilience and rebuilding of our nation,” the Jewish Agency said.Meanwhile, the Immigration and Absorption Ministry says it is stepping up efforts to pull more people in.In February, it announced a NIS 170 million ($46.4 million) program to improve integration, along with a reform designed to speed up the licensing process for new immigrants to work in their professional fields. More recently, it launched a new government program offering incentives to attract successful Jews with in-demand skills to immigrate to Israel. Other initiatives, including expanding tax exemptions for immigrants who own businesses and offering personal assistance to potential olim throughout Europe, are also underway.But Sofer admitted that such efforts were only complementary to various factors pushing immigrants away from their homes and to the Jewish homeland.“The major waves of immigration aren’t dependent on our activities,” Sofer said. “It depends on economics, the war, antisemitism, and culture. We can’t compare aliyah from the former Soviet Union to aliyah from Western countries, where people are more comfortable. All we can do is try to minimize the bureaucracy, improve the aliyah process, and get out of the way.”

FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2 before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab (JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e]  shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a -Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain

DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17

First From Daniel Chapter 2

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES

Now From Daniel Chapter 7

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16

REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man. 

DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.

THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.

REVELATION 16:1-2
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.) 

THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo

THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.

LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)

01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA

THE CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8, DAN 7:23-24

WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME

NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html 

FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf

Right-wing ministers call to annex West Bank after UN votes for two-state solution-Smotrich brands UN vote a ‘diplomatic attack,’ says Israel ‘must apply sovereignty’; Rubio says Israeli settlement push is response to foreign efforts to recognize Palestinian state By ToI Staff Today, 1:37 am-SEP 14,25

Top Israeli ministers on Saturday amplified calls for the government to annex the West Bank, a day after the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed a declaration calling for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.The non-binding resolution, which outlined “tangible, time-bound and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution, without the involvement of Hamas, was endorsed by 142 countries, with 10 votes against and 12 abstentions.On Saturday evening, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich posted on X, calling the UN declaration “a diplomatic attack on Israel,” and said that the fact that it has been met largely with silence from Israel is “unacceptable and cannot continue.”Smotrich said that, as a response to the UN vote, “Israel must apply sovereignty [to the West Bank] as a preventive measure against the reckless attempt to establish a terror state in the heart of our land.”Also chiming in was Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who declared that “the UN decision to recognize a ‘Palestinian state’ that will never be established is a reward for terrorism.”“The land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel,” he said. “Even the UN decision will not change that.”“It is time to apply sovereignty to Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley,” he said, using the biblical names for the Palestinian territory. “This is the appropriate Zionist response!”A number of right-wing ministers have called in recent weeks for the annexation of parts or all of the West Bank as a response to several Western governments, including the UK and France, announcing that they intend to recognize the State of Palestine at the United Nations later this month.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been seriously considering the idea, and even scheduled a cabinet meeting to discuss it, though the meeting was later axed after the United Arab Emirates issued a public warning that such a move would put its ties with Israel at risk.On Thursday evening, the premier declared that Israel would “fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state,” as he signed an agreement to push ahead with the controversial E1 settlement expansion plan that will cut across West Bank land Palestinians seek for a state.The settlement expansion plan will see 3,412 housing units built in a new neighborhood of Maale Adumim on the western side of the city, just east of East Jerusalem. Advocates of a two-state solution have argued for decades that the E1 project will ,in effect, divide the West Bank in two for its Palestinian population, sever Palestinian East Jerusalem from the West Bank, and severely harm the future viability of a Palestinian state.A report by Army Radio last week said, without sourcing, that Israel believes it has “silent approval” from the Trump Administration for annexation limited to the Jordan Valley area.In 2020, Netanyahu believed he had US President Donald Trump’s backing to annex the Jordan Valley and West Bank settlement areas, but was told by Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner that this was not the case.According to a recent poll, the majority of the US public, including the Republican “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement, opposes Israeli annexation of the West Bank.On Saturday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is in Israel for an official visit, told reporters that the push in Israel to recognize new settlements was a response to “efforts around the world to recognize a Palestinian state,” and that the US had “warned a lot of these countries that that’s what would happen, or what we thought might hapen, if they went ahead with this.”He declined to comment further on the matter, but said he was certain the matter would “come up in the conversation” with Israeli officials during his visit.Offering more insight into how the Trump administration may feel about the matter of West Bank annexation, two Israeli officials told Axios on Saturday that “Rubio has signaled in private meetings that he doesn’t oppose West Bank annexations and the Trump administration won’t stand in the way.”At the same time, the report cited a US official as saying White House and State Department officials who have held internal meetings on the issue fear Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank would lead to the collapse of the Abraham Accords and tarnish Trump’s legacy.The report said Netanyahu wants “to figure out from Rubio” how much leeway he has on annexation.

Israel’s presence in the West Bank, which it has controlled since the Six-Day War of June 1967, is considered illegitimate by most countries, with the notable exception of the United States during Trump’s two terms

French FM says resolution internationally isolates Hamas-UN overwhelmingly endorses non-binding call to establish Palestinian state without Hamas-Resolution passed 142 to 10 condemns Oct. 7 massacre, calls on Hamas to free hostages; Israel, US vote against; Israel slams declaration, says it is a reward for Hamas-By Jacob Magid and Agencies 12 September 2025, 9:45 pm

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly endorsed a declaration outlining “tangible, time-bound and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, without the involvement of Hamas. Israel rejected the declaration, calling it a prize for the terror group.One hundred and forty-two countries voted in favor of the non-binding resolution enshrining the New York Declaration, which also calls on Hamas to release all hostages and condemns the terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught.Joining Israel and the United States in opposing the resolution were Argentina, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Tonga. Twelve countries abstained.It also calls for “collective action to end the war in Gaza, to achieve a just, peaceful and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the effective implementation of the two-state solution.”The declaration, which was endorsed by the Arab League and co-signed in July by 17 UN member states, including several Arab countries, also goes further than condemning Hamas, seeking to fully excise the terror group from leadership in Gaza.“In the context of ending the war in Gaza, Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, with international engagement and support, in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State,” the declaration stated.The New York Declaration includes discussion of a “deployment of a temporary international stabilization mission” to the battered region under the mandate of the UN Security Council, aiming to support the Palestinian civilian population and facilitate security responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority.The vote preceded an upcoming UN summit co-chaired by Riyadh and Paris on September 22 in New York, in which Britain, France, Canada, Australia, and Belgium are expected to formally recognize a Palestinian state. Israel has called the planned recognition of a Palestinian state a “prize for terror,” and rejected the motion on Friday.“The only beneficiary is Hamas …When terrorists are the ones cheering, you are not advancing peace; you are advancing terror,” Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon said.The Foreign Ministry called it a disgrace.Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said in a post on X that Israel “utterly rejects” the declaration, calling it evidence that the General Assembly had become “a political circus detached from reality.”“There is no reference to the simple fact that Hamas is solely responsible for the continuation of the war, through its refusal to return the hostages and disarm,” Marmorstein said.“The resolution does not advance a solution of peace — on the contrary, it encourages Hamas to continue the war,” he added.“Israel thanks all the countries that did not lend their hand to this disgraceful decision in the General Assembly.”Palestinian Authority Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh welcomed the vote, writing on X, “This resolution expresses international willingness to support our people’s rights and constitutes an important step towards ending the occupation and achieving our independent state on 1967 borders with (Israeli-annexed) east Jerusalem as its capital.”The United States described the vote as “yet another misguided and ill-timed publicity stunt” that undermined serious diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.“Make no mistake, this resolution is a gift to Hamas,” US diplomat Morgan Ortagus told the General Assembly. “Far from promoting peace, the conference has already prolonged the war, emboldened Hamas, and harmed the prospects of peace in both the short and long term.”French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the resolution secured the international isolation of Hamas.“For the first time today, the United Nations adopted a text condemning it for its crimes and calling for its surrender and disarmament,” he said in a tweet.“The fact that the General Assembly is finally backing a text that condemns Hamas directly is significant,” even if “Israelis will say it is far too little, far too late,” Richard Gowan, UN Director at the International Crisis Group, told AFP.“Now at least states supporting the Palestinians can rebuff Israeli accusations that they implicitly condone Hamas,” he said, adding that it “offers a shield against Israeli criticism.”The war in Gaza began with the October 7, 2023, attack, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists invaded Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 64,000 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 fighters. Israel says it has killed over 22,000 combatants in battle as of August and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 465.Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 48 hostages, including the bodies of at least 26 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive, and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said.Around three-quarters of the 193 UN member states recognize the Palestinian state proclaimed in 1988 by the exiled Palestinian leadership.However, after two years of war have ravaged the Gaza Strip, in addition to expanded Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the stated desire by Israeli officials to annex the territory, fears have been growing that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state will soon become impossible.“We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, meanwhile, may be prevented from visiting New York for the UN summit after US authorities said they would deny him a visa.

UN Resolution Overwhelmingly Votes for Palestinian State: A Dangerous Reward for Terror-Picture of Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-Gaza War-September 14, 2025

The United Nations General Assembly convened on Friday, voting overwhelmingly to support the “New York Declaration,” a resolution outlining “tangible, time-bound and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, without the involvement of Hamas. While the resolution represents a significant shift in the international approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which for the first time, the UN explicitly condemns Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terrorist attack while simultaneously demanding the terror organization’s complete removal from Gaza’s leadership, Israel rejected the declaration, calling it a prize for the terrorist organization.The United Nations General Assembly’s overwhelming endorsement of a resolution calling for Palestinian statehood represents a deeply misguided approach that rewards terrorism and undermines genuine prospects for peace. With 142 countries voting in favor of this non-binding declaration, the international community has once again demonstrated its willingness to ignore the fundamental realities on the ground and hand Hamas a strategic victory.The declaration states that the war must end and Hamas must disarm and submit to the Palestinian Authority, which will run the Palestinian state.The Two-State Solution would create an unprecedented militarized Arab state inside Israel’s borders, ethnically cleansed of Jews, with its capital in an exclusively Muslim Jerusalem. This would require a return to the ceasefire lines drawn up after the defensive 1967 Six-Day War that are considered to be indefensible against an Arab threat. The UN resolution violates the Oslo Accords which require any resolution concerning Judea and Samaria to be the result of bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon slammed the resolution.“This one-sided declaration will not be remembered as a step toward peace, only as another hollow gesture that weakens this assembly’s credibility,” stated Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations.“This is not diplomacy,” he said. “It is theater.”Danon accused the General Assembly of “trying to force through the back door what cannot stand at the negotiating table.”His assessment was stark but accurate: “When terrorists are the ones cheering, you are not advancing peace; you are advancing terror.”This resolution, despite its condemnation of Hamas and calls for the release of hostages, fundamentally misunderstands the nature of the conflict and provides Hamas with exactly what it has sought since October 7, 2023 – international legitimization of its strategy of using civilian suffering as a political weapon.The timing could not be more insulting to the memory of the 1,200 Israelis murdered on October 7 and the families of 48 hostages still held captive in Gaza’s tunnels. Rather than maintaining pressure on Hamas to surrender and release the hostages unconditionally, the international community has chosen to offer the terror group a pathway to political relevance through this resolution.The current crisis must be understood in its proper historical context. In 2005, Israel made an unprecedented gesture for peace by completely withdrawing from Gaza, forcibly evacuating over 8,000 Israeli settlers and dismantling all settlements in the territory. This painful decision was made with the genuine expectation that it would lead to peaceful coexistence and demonstrate Israel’s commitment to a two-state solution.The withdrawal was complete – not a single Israeli soldier or civilian remained in Gaza. Israel handed over a territory with functioning infrastructure, including greenhouses and agricultural facilities that could have formed the foundation of a Palestinian economy. The international community hailed this as a historic step toward peace.Instead of peace, Gaza became a launching pad for terror. In 2006, Hamas won Palestinian legislative elections, and by 2007, it had violently seized complete control of Gaza in a bloody coup against the Palestinian Authority. Hamas systematically eliminated its political rivals, throwing Fatah members from rooftops and establishing a brutal theocratic dictatorship.Rather than building schools, hospitals, and economic opportunities with the billions in international aid that flowed into Gaza, Hamas invested in an underground terror infrastructure. Miles of tunnels, tens of thousands of rockets, and a military apparatus dedicated not to defending Palestinians but to attacking Israeli civilians became Hamas’s primary focus.Political experts believe that what happened in  Gaza after Israel’s withdrawal is precisely what will happen in Judea and Samaria if a Palestinian state is created.Polling data reveals an uncomfortable truth that the UN resolution conveniently ignores: Hamas has not only maintained but actually increased its popularity among Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) since October 7. Multiple surveys have shown majority support for the October 7 attacks among Palestinians, with Hamas enjoying higher approval ratings than the Palestinian Authority.This reality makes the resolution’s premise – that Hamas can simply be removed and replaced with the Palestinian Authority – dangerously naive. The PA, which was decisively rejected by Gaza’s population and driven out by Hamas, lacks the legitimacy, capability, or will to govern Gaza effectively. President Mahmoud Abbas, now in the 19th year of his four-year term, represents no one but himself and his cronies in Ramallah.The resolution’s emphasis on UNRWA’s “essential role” and pledged continued funding exposes the international community’s willful blindness to the agency’s complicity in perpetuating the conflict. Evidence has mounted showing UNRWA’s direct involvement in supporting Hamas’s terror infrastructure, with agency facilities used to store weapons, agency employees participating in the October 7 massacre, and the organization’s educational system indoctrinating Palestinian children with anti-Semitic hatred.The UN system itself has become an enabler of Hamas’s strategy. By consistently failing to hold Hamas accountable for its war crimes while disproportionately condemning Israel’s defensive actions, the UN has created a moral hazard that encourages terrorist tactics. The organization that should be promoting peace has instead become a participant in prolonging conflict.This resolution fundamentally misdiagnoses the obstacles to peace. The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state – it is the Palestinian leadership’s continued rejection of Israel’s right to exist and their strategy of using violence and international pressure rather than genuine negotiation.Israel has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to make painful concessions for peace, from Camp David to the Gaza withdrawal to multiple offers of Palestinian statehood. Each time, Palestinian leaders have chosen conflict over compromise, terror over negotiation.

After 800 Years of Silence, the Oldest Organ in Christendom Sings Again in Jerusalem-Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-Archeology-September 14, 2025

In a moment that united centuries of history, faith, and music, the ancient echoes of a Crusader-era pipe organ once again reverberated through Jerusalem’s Old City this week. After lying silent for nearly 800 years, what researchers believe is the oldest surviving organ in Christendom was unveiled on Tuesday at the Terra Sancta Museum, inside the Saint Saviour’s Monastery.The event marked a milestone not only in musicology but also in the preservation and revival of Christian heritage in the Holy Land. Musician and musicologist Dr. David Catalunya played the medieval chant “Benedicamus Domino Flos Filius”, composed in the 11th century—the very period when the organ was crafted. As the notes filled the air, mingling with distant tolling bells, it was as if the centuries collapsed into a single, sacred moment.“This organ was buried with the hope that one day it would play again,” Catalunya told the press ahead of the unveiling. “And the day has arrived, nearly eight centuries later.”The story of the organ is as dramatic as its music. Originally believed to have been installed in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity—the site traditionally recognized as the birthplace of Jesus—the instrument was likely brought to the Holy Land by Crusaders during the 11th century, following their conquest of Jerusalem in 1099. The pipe organ served in Christian liturgies for nearly a century, until turbulent political upheaval forced its custodians to make a difficult choice: hide it.Fearing its destruction during waves of Muslim reconquest in the 13th century, the Crusaders buried the organ’s components—including 222 bronze pipes, a carillon of 13 bells, and other sacred items—in what was then a cemetery. For nearly 700 years, the relic lay forgotten beneath the soil.It wasn’t until 1906 that the organ resurfaced. During construction of a Franciscan hospice for pilgrims in Bethlehem, workers uncovered the buried treasure in an ancient cemetery. The artifacts were moved to the nearby Franciscan Archaeological Museum, the predecessor of today’s Terra Sancta Museum, but were largely neglected by scholars for over a century.The modern revival began thanks to the curiosity and vision of Dr. David Catalunya, now affiliated with the Instituto Complutense De Ciencias Musicales (ICCMU) in Madrid. While researching medieval music at Oxford, Catalunya came across references to the forgotten organ. In 2019, alongside a team of researchers and instrument maker Winold van der Putten, he began a bold project: to reconstruct the ancient instrument, with the dream of bringing its voice back to life.Through a painstaking analysis of materials, structure, and acoustics, the team discovered something astonishing—eight of the original bronze pipes were still perfectly functional, despite spending centuries underground. Some bore guiding lines and inscriptions made by Ottoman craftsmen, revealing insights into medieval manufacturing processes. Others even had scrawled notations indicating their original musical pitches.“These pipes are a thousand years old, yet their preservation is extraordinary; many look as though they were made yesterday,” said Catalunya in a statement. “Eight pipes have fully retained their sound. That can only be described as a true miracle.”Rather than create a purely speculative replica, the team integrated original Crusader-era pipes with newly fabricated ones, crafted using ancient techniques. This hybrid organ was then mounted onto a keyboard structure that could authentically replicate the musical experience of the 11th century.“The hope of the Crusaders who buried them—that the moment would come when they would sound again—was not in vain,” said organ expert Koos van de Linde, who also worked on the restoration.The unveiling performance, held in the serene Monastery of Saint Saviour, was more than just a concert—it was a historical event. The chant “Benedicamus Domino Flos Filius” was not randomly chosen; it dates from the same period as the organ and was likely played in churches like the one in Bethlehem where the organ once stood.“The Organ of Bethlehem is not only a treasure of the past that we can now contemplate and hear,” said Álvaro Torrente, director of ICCMU, “it is also a unique source of knowledge about European music, engineering, and organology, capable of radically transforming our vision of medieval culture.”The revived organ will now serve as a centerpiece in the upcoming Musical Cloister of the Terra Sancta Museum, which is undergoing restoration and expected to reopen in 2026. The museum will feature 20 exhibition rooms dedicated to art, music, and Christian history in the Holy Land.“We believe that this is going to be one of the most important works exhibited,” said Fr. Stéphane Milovitch, chairman of the Terra Sancta Museum’s Board of Directors. “We are glad that now we can also listen to it, as the organ becomes not only an archaeological artifact but also something alive.”Plans are also underway to create faithful replicas of the instrument for use in churches and cathedrals across Europe and the world, allowing more people to experience the once-lost voice of medieval Christianity.Organs have existed since at least the 3rd century BCE in ancient Greece, but their use in Christian liturgy became widespread in the Byzantine era. However, few early Christian organs have survived. According to experts, the next oldest surviving examples in Europe date only to the 15th century, making this Bethlehem organ an unparalleled link to the musical, spiritual, and technological life of the High Middle Ages.In the end, this ancient instrument tells more than a story of notes and melodies—it speaks to the enduring faith and craftsmanship of those who built it, hid it, and, centuries later, gave it voice once more.“It is like finding a living dinosaur: something that once seemed impossible, and that suddenly becomes real before our eyes and ears, ” Álvaro Torrente said.The organ is on permanent display at the Terra Sancta Museum, Saint Saviour’s Monastery, Jerusalem Old City. Public performances are scheduled to begin in early 2026.

AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE by Robert Schreiber.

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025-SATIM and ICEYE have jointly introduced Detect and Classify, a product designed to automate analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imagery. The system identifies vessels, aircraft, and vehicles with accuracy exceeding 90 percent, reducing dependence on manual review and enabling defense and security organizations to act more quickly.The product integrates ICEYE's high resolution SAR data with SATIM's proprietary artificial intelligence models, delivering both imagery and automated detections in one package. It provides rapid situational awareness across land, sea, and air domains and supports missions requiring timely intelligence. The launch follows a joint development effort initiated in February 2025.Traditional SAR image exploitation has relied on human analysts to extract intelligence, a process often constrained by time and expertise. Detect and Classify shortens this cycle by producing object recognition derivatives on the same timelines as ICEYE's imagery delivery, often within hours or minutes.Analysts can now process larger imagery volumes to identify behavioral patterns, tactical teams can rapidly locate targets, and maritime authorities can more easily track illicit dark vessels. SATIM's object catalog, combined with ICEYE's constellation of 54 SAR satellites, ensures high fidelity data and automated outputs that scale with demand."Combining SATIM's extensive object catalog with ICEYE's high fidelity SAR imagery creates a powerful product that eliminates manual analysis bottlenecks and provides customers with direct access to actionable intelligence," said SATIM CEO and co founder Jacek Strzelczyk."Our goal with Detect and Classify is to empower our customers to make faster, more informed decisions with less effort. This is more than just an analytics tool - we're eliminating a bottleneck between satellite imagery pixels and decision making, giving our users near instant situational awareness," added John Cartwright, Senior VP of Data Product at ICEYE.SATIM specializes in AI powered SAR analytics, offering its OREC technology for automatic object detection and classification, validated during international military exercises. ICEYE operates the world's largest SAR satellite constellation with 25 cm resolution and wide area imaging modes covering up to 60,000 km in a single scan.

Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks.By Natsuko FUKUE.

Tokyo (AFP) Sept 10, 2025-Earth's building blocks were "far wetter" than previously imagined, new analysis of tiny samples from a distant asteroid has suggested, overturning long-held assumptions about the early solar system.Research on a tiny portion of the 5.4 grams of rock and dust collected from the Ryugu asteroid, some 300 million kilometres (185 million miles) from Earth, offers new insights into how the solar system looked in the early life of our planet.Scientists believe the reason Earth has oceans, lakes and rivers is because it was hit with water-carrying asteroids four to 4.5 billion years ago, making it a habitable planet.However, while previous work showed water existed on asteroids in the solar system's early years, it was not clear how long that water lasted, said Tsuyoshi Iizuka, associate professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo."Here we learned for the first time that water existed (in the form of ice) for one billion years," Iizuka, an author of the study published in the journal Thursday, told AFP.The finding "forces us to rethink the starting conditions for our planet's water system."The findings are only the latest in a trove of research done on the tiny sample retrieved from Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe and returned to Earth in 2020.The new study suggests asteroids may have retained water in the form of ice and hydrated minerals.This means that asteroids striking a young Earth could have carried water in quantities two to three times larger than previously thought, significantly affecting the planet's early oceans and atmosphere, the study said.Ryugu is thought to be formed from fragments scattered after the destruction of its parent body, but researchers have yet to definitively date its age.However, using a radioactive decay system, they found evidence that water flowed on Ryugu more than one billion years after the formation of its parent.That flow may have been triggered by an impact that generated heat, melted ice and opened rock fractures, they said."I was surprised by the findings," Iizuka said, adding he plans to investigate whether similar water activity happened on other asteroids.His team also hopes to trace how water was stored, mobilised and finally delivered to Earth.NASA and other institutes are also studying samples brought back from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu in 2023.A better understanding of asteroid history "will help us to unravel the evolution of the solar system", Iizuka said.

New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices by Clarence Oxford.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025-Researchers led by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have developed a fabrication technique that allows a wider range of superconducting materials to be used in quantum hardware. The advance could accelerate efforts to build more reliable and scalable quantum systems.The study, published in Applied Physics Letters and selected as a "Featured" article, addresses a major obstacle: many superconductors, including transition metal nitrides, carbides, and silicides, are hard to pattern into working devices using standard chemistry-based approaches. The researchers showed that physical patterning, specifically low-energy ion beam etching (IBE), offers a viable solution.To validate the method, the team fabricated quantum devices from niobium, a well-known superconductor, and benchmarked their performance against state-of-the-art devices produced through conventional techniques. The results showed comparable quality, confirming that IBE can produce high-performing superconducting hardware."Realizing this promise requires components that can preserve fragile quantum states long enough to perform complex calculations," said project lead Davood Shahrjerdi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at NYU Tandon. "That means building ever more perfect hardware to reduce errors and improve the fault tolerance of quantum systems."The demonstration expands the range of superconducting materials available for quantum devices. "Fabricating devices with materials-agnostic techniques expands the design space for quantum hardware to under-explored materials, which could catalyze advancements in the scaling of quantum information systems to greater size and functionality," said Dr. Matthew LaHaye, research physicist at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).Ph.D. students Miguel Manzo-Perez and Moeid Jamalzadeh, co-lead authors, fabricated superconducting resonators at NYU Nanofab, Brooklyn's first academic cleanroom. After fabrication, Booz Allen Hamilton contractors Christopher Nadeau and Man Nguyen tested the devices at AFRL at temperatures near absolute zero. The resonators demonstrated low-loss performance, a critical benchmark for high-quality superconducting hardware.NYU Nanofab, directed by Shahrjerdi, is equipped for advanced device prototyping and also serves as the fabrication arm of the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH), supporting transitions from research to real-world applications in superconducting quantum technologies.

Iraq signs $1bn investment deals with World Bank's IFC.

Baghdad, Sept 13 (AFP) Sep 13, 2025-Iraq signed on Saturday investment deals worth $1 billion in its energy, agriculture and finance sectors with the World Bank's private sector arm, as the country seeks to build on its economic recovery following years of unrest.At a ceremony marking two decades of the International Finance Corporation's presence in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced the new contracts with his country's private and public sectors.In as statement, the IFC announced "$1 billion in new investments and engagements in energy, infrastructure, agribusiness, and finance"."Attracting foreign capital has contributed to supporting Iraq's economic stability," Sudani said.Sudani's media office said the deals include a $500 million contract to invest in associated gas -- the excess of natural gas released during oil drilling -- and development of gas facilities in the southern province of Basra.Oil-rich Iraq has been trying to move past decades of war and unrest, but it still suffers from poor infrastructure, failing public services, mismanagement and endemic corruption.It has only recently regained a semblance of stability and authorities hope to attract investments across sectors.According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's "non-oil economic growth has been slow, constrained by low productivity, limited investment and an inefficient use of human capital".During the ceremony, Sudani praised Iraq's private sector for implementing projects "despite bureaucratic issues, corruption and security challenges".The Washington-based IFC says it has invested and mobilised more than $2.5 billion for projects in the country since 2005, during the height of the war that began with the US-led invasion.

Robot dogs, flying cars: five takeaways from the Munich auto show.

Munich, Germany, Sept 11 (AFP) Sep 11, 2025-From "flying cars" to robots and self-driving buses, here are some of the innovations spotted at this week's Munich auto fair, IAA Mobility, one of the world's biggest:'Give cars wings' Chinese brands showcased their efforts to create "flying cars", small electric aircraft powered by multiple rotors designed for short journeys."We want to give the car wings," said Wang Tan, co-founder of carmaker Xpeng's aeronautical unit.Xpeng's Land Aircraft Carrier, an electric car that contains a fold-out, two-seat electric aircraft, should go into mass production in 2026 and be on sale in China for less than 2 million yuan ($281,000).Uses include rescue from locations where access is difficult, such as in heavy traffic or from tall buildings, Wang said.GAC's flying car unit Govy meanwhile showed off its AirCab, a two-seater self-driving electric aircraft with a top-speed of 120 km/h and a range of up to 30 kilometres."It is quieter than a helicopter and better meets people's needs," Govy spokeswoman Li Shuhan said. "It's also cheaper."About 1,500 AirCabs are on order at 1.68 million yuan each.Robot dogs (and their batteries) Covered in yellow fur, and with big googly eyes and a red felt tongue, the Go2 robotic dog looks cute and cuddly -- but it is more than just a gimmick."For dangerous work you need robots", said Todd Zhang from Eve Energy, the Chinese company that makes batteries for the Go2, which is built by another Chinese outfit, Unitree Robotics."In the future we'll send robotic dogs into dangerous environments rather than human beings."Eve Energy also supplies German carmakers like BMW and Porsche, highlighting China's grip on the supply chain for electric cars.Wolf on wheels-Eager to show that Europeans can innovate too, Austrian Wolfgang Podleiszek is working on a funky two-wheeled electric car that steers like a segway and needs the driver to lean into corners."We've tried to send a signal for Europe, that we can once again dream and do something new and innovative," he said.Podleiszek founded Wolf eMobility last year, and was on the hunt for investors at the motor show to build a prototype."Once people can try it out and see just how fun it is, I think the rest will follow," he said.But his small firm is in the sights of German giant Volkswagen, who have taken the company to court on the grounds that "Wolf" in German sounds too similar to Volkswagen's Golf car.But Podleiszek says "our chances are not bad" in the dispute.New buses for older people-Companies including Germany's Holon and Estonia's Auve Tech displayed small self-driving buses, designed for routes where larger buses with drivers could be too expensive.Auve Tech has 25 vehicles on the road, 20 of which are in Japan, co-founder Johannes Mossov told AFP, helped by a "strong push" from the government there."It's logical because of the ageing population," he said. "People need public transport to be more accessible for people who might not want to drive their personal car or walk long distances.""Europe will be similar in 10 to 15 years," he added.Robot people-Chinese electric-vehicle maker Xpeng was showcasing its humanoid robot, called Iron, at the fair.Over 30 Irons are currently in training, mostly on the carmaker's production line, although some also help out with showroom sales."We hope we can let robots work on the production line by the end of this year," Shi Xiaoxin, Xpeng's head of robotics, told AFP.And by the end of next year, they will likely be meeting and greeting customers, he said.Iron is trained using motion sensors worn by employees, which gather data on human movement.vbw/sr/jj

'With the scrolls, even reading one more letter is good'Computers taught to read Dead Sea Scrolls in hunt for clues hidden from human eyes-By combining multispectral imaging with computer vision methods, Tel Aviv University researchers give scholars new tools to read, match, and study the 2,000-year-old artifacts-By Rossella Tercatin-13 September 2025, 1:00 pm

Two researchers from Tel Aviv University’s School of Computer Science have unveiled a new computational method that could transform the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.The tool is designed to enable more precise analysis of ancient texts and handwriting, which, among other benefits, could help scholars see if fragments once belonged to the same scroll or were written by the same scribes. The technology is still in its infancy, but researchers hope extracting such information can unlock new insights into the people and communities behind the Dead Sea Scrolls, their level of literacy, and ultimately Jewish life in the Second Temple period.“Scholars have been studying the Dead Sea Scrolls for 70 years,” Prof. Nachum Dershowitz, who developed the method along with Berat Kurar-Barakat, told The Times of Israel. “One of the great unsolved challenges has been comparing and matching handwriting across different fragments or scrolls. This remains one of the field’s giant questions.”The research, now under review for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, was presented last month at the 19th World Congress of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Dershowitz spoke to The Times of Israel on the sidelines of a presentation by Kurar-Barakat, a postdoctoral researcher in his lab.Their project seeks to bridge the gap between the physical scrolls and the writings they preserve, offering scholars a technological tool to access and analyze the texts with far greater ease.The Dead Sea Scrolls comprise thousands of fragments from approximately 950 manuscripts. To protect them from further deterioration, the Israel Antiquities Authority stores the ancient texts under strictly controlled conditions.As a result, scholars have only limited access to the originals and must rely on high-resolution photographs. But even these present their own challenges for research.For technology to help analyze the scrolls’ handwriting, computers must first learn to do what the human eye does instantly: recognize where the letters are, where the parchment begins and ends, and separate both from the black background and other visual noise.“In the 1950s, a skilled photographer at the Rockefeller Museum, where the scrolls were then kept, documented them extensively,” Dershowitz said. “In recent years, the Israel Antiquities Authority has also been photographing the scrolls.”The IAA now uses multispectral imaging, which captures details at different wavelengths of light, revealing features invisible to the naked eye.“Conservators place each fragment on a black stone platter and photograph it,” Dershowitz explained. “The image shows not only the fragment, but also the background, a measuring ruler, a label, and—if the scroll is in poor condition—strips of Japanese rice paper holding it together.”The project’s goal was to teach the computer to distinguish between ink, parchment, and other elements in each image of the scrolls. Computers define images using a horizontal X-axis and a vertical Y-axis, assigning coordinates to every pixel, and the challenge is to classify each pixel correctly.“We need to know what is ink and what is parchment,” Dershowitz said. These processes are known as ink segmentation and parchment segmentation.While computers can identify colors, that alone isn’t enough—different elements can look identical. For example, letters and the background are often the same shade of black.In the past, scholars had to carry out segmentation manually, using editing tools like Photoshop to annotate each individual pixel—a painstakingly slow task.Recently, a team of European scholars introduced a deep-learning method for ink segmentation. However, they did not publish their trained algorithm, so other researchers cannot access it independently.Kurar-Barakat and Dershowitz went a different route, developing an open-source approach that highlights both the writing and the parchment in each fragment. By offering open access to the tool, the two are giving a wide range of scholars new ways to explore the scrolls, with the hope that the method will allow the research community to tackle some of the longstanding puzzles contained in the ancient texts.The method leverages the multispectral images recently captured by the IAA, which appear to offer advantages over standard photographs.“Multispectral images reveal more than just color,” Dershowitz explained. “Light reflects differently depending on the material—ink, parchment, background—and the computer can use those reflections, rather than color alone, to identify each element.”The researchers tested their method on a dataset of twenty fragments, including pieces from several notable scrolls. These included 4Q393, containing a liturgical text known as the “communal confessions” from the Herodian period (1st century BCE–1st century CE); 4Q26, featuring sections of Leviticus from the Hellenistic–Roman period (4th century BCE–2nd century CE); and 4Q270, also called the Damascus Document, a key text of the Qumran sect from the Herodian period.Kurar-Barakat and Dershowitz found that while the computer could tease out all sorts of data, it had trouble distinguishing between written letters and holes in the parchment, due to similarities between the black ink and the black stone background as seen through the tears.They overcame this challenge by leveraging another observation: the contours of the ink in the multispectral images were distinct from both the surrounding ink regions and the holes.After carefully separating the parchment from the ink and roughly tracing the edges of the letters, the researchers used a standard computer technique called “energy minimization” to produce a “reverse image” of each fragment. This process removed the blank parchment and background, leaving only the letters clearly visible.They also manually annotated each pixel in the selected fragments to compare with their model’s results, achieving 98% accuracy for identifying parchment and 75% for the ink.Dershowitz said the project has shown promising results with the 20 fragments tested, but the method will need to be applied to many more scrolls to fully assess its impact.“It will take time,” Dershowitz said. “With the Dead Sea Scrolls, even reading just one more letter is good.”