7 YEAR PEACE TREATY SIGNING

Friday, April 01, 2016

OBAMA AND ERDOGAN OPEN BIGGEST MOSQUE TODAY IN MARYLAND.

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

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

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

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

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

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

WELL TODAY OBAMA AND TURKEYS NUTJOB ERDOGAN WILL OPEN THE BIGGEST MOSQUE IN MARYLAND.SUNNI ARAB MUSLIM OBAMA SHOULD HAVE INVITED HIS BEST FRIENDS FROM CANADA TO JOIN HIM AND NUTJOB ERDOGAN.LIBERAL PM JUSTINE TRUDEAU AND LESBIEN ONTARIO LIBERAL LEADER KATHLEEN WYN BOTH SUCK HOLE UP TO MUSLIMS.BETWEEN SUNNI-ARAB OBAMA-ERDOGAN-TRUDEAU AND WYNN. THEY COULD REALLY HAVE FUN TOGETHER IN THE NEW MOSQUE WORSHIPPING THEIR MOON GOD ALLAH AND PEDOPHILE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. I WOULD LIKE IF ISRAEL JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN MARYLAND ON A ARMY DRILL. ISRAEL COULD POUR PIGS BLOOD ALL OVER THE MOSQUE TO DESECRATE IT. THEN ISRAEL COULD BOMB IT.AND TO TOP IT OFF ISRAEL COULD DO A SONIC BOOM FLYBY TO DEAFEN ALL THE MUSLIMS IN MARYLAND. GO ISRAEL-I HEARD YOU GOT A ARMY DRILL IN MARYLAND. TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.SINCE USE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AND WHAT A LIGHT USE WOULD DO TO BLAST THAT NEW MOSQUE INTO OBLIVION.

THE MOSQUE OBAMA-ERDOGAN WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENING TODAY IN MARYLAND.pic-creepingsharia

JUSTIN TRUDEAU WORSHIPPING IN MOSQUE-pic-globiesfeed.com

JUSTIN TRUDEAU CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER AND KATHLEEN WYNN ONTARIO LIBERAL PREMIER WORSHIPPING SODOMITES AT A GAY EVENT.WHILE GLADLY WEARING THE SODOMITE ABOMINATION RAINBOW FLAG-pic-cashboxcanada.ca

NEW MOSQUE IN MARYLAND-ENGLAND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QP4cl2Nv8M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO3V6MUSVfc

Maryland: Obama expected to open largest mega-mosque complex in U.S.Posted on March 27, 2016 by creeping

As Creeping Sharia noted a year ago, Obama accepts offer to open Turkish mega-mosque in Maryland. According to a Turkish newspaper that time is here: h/t Shoebat- America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, was built with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). The $100 million mega mosque in Lanham, Maryland, will soon be open for Muslim worshipers in the Washington, DC area, as Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Barack Obama are expected to open the mosque.The same Turkish rag words it slightly differently here: Erdoğan to open first US double-minaret mosque-The $100 million mega-mosque in Maryland, US will soon be open in the Washington, DC area, as Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to open the mosque during his official visit to the US between March 29 and April 2.America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, was built with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). Almost all $100 million for the mosque was funded by the Religious Affairs and the Religious Foundation of Turkey.The mosque is part of the Turkish-Islamic Center also known as the “American Religious Center,” built on a large area in Lanham, Maryland that will have the capacity to host 3,000 Muslim worshippers indoors and outdoors.In addition to the mosque, the complex will also include a community building, a guest house, traditional Turkish houses, library, conference and exhibition halls, meeting rooms and reception area.The complex, which also includes a museum of Islamic art, was built according to 16th century architecture.The ISIS-supporting Erdogan was jailed for inciting Muslims when he stated:“The minarets are our bayonets; the domes are our helmets. Mosques are our barracks, the believers are soldiers. This holy army guards my religion. Almighty, Our journey is our destiny, the end is martyrdom.”It appears to sit in the middle of a residential neighborhood.Meanwhile, in Turkey, where ISIS and other Muslim terror groups train and shelter:The Obama administration ordered the families of U.S. military and diplomatic personnel to leave parts of southern Turkey on Tuesday and warned U.S. citizens against travel to the region amid mounting security concerns.

Obama & Turkish President to Attend Opening of Largest Mosque in America Next Week-26 Mar, 2016 by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

Still think Obama is not a Muslim? He will be opening America’s largest mosque complex in Maryland next week. It will sport not one, but two minarets. With him will be Erdogan of Turkey, who is proclaiming that the Ottoman Empire is rising again along with the Caliphate. Erdogan is Obama’s best bud. The mosque cost a cool $100 million. America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, was built with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). Almost all $100 million for the mosque was funded by the Religious Affairs and the Religious Foundation of Turkey. The mosque is part of the Turkish-Islamic Center also known as the “American Religious Center,” built on a large area in Lanham, Maryland that will have the capacity to host 3,000 Muslim worshippers indoors and outdoors. How’s that for changing the demographics of our nation? ISIS anyone? Obama is keeping his promise and turning us into a Muslim nation. I wonder if the feds will conduct surveillance on the mosque. Probably not.Turkey-From Freedom Outpost: America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, wasbuilt with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). The $100 million mega mosque in Lanham, Maryland, will soon be open for Muslim worshipers in the Washington, DC area, as their link shows: “Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Barack Obama are expected to open the mosque.” I guess you can learn about your president’s next step towards building Islam in the U.S., not from your media, but from Erdogan’s official media Yeni Safak instead:Turkey8-Do you see “US Double Minaret Mosque” above in the article Erdogan published? Why “Two Minarets”? An Ottoman sultan is addressed as such in prayer: “O God, assist the Sultan, son of the Sultan, Sovereign of the Two Continents, of the Two Seas, Destroyer of Two Armies, Sultan of the Two Iraqs, Servant of the Two Sanctuaries [Mecca and Medina]” (Ibn Iyas, 195-1960). Muhammad II was “Sovereign of the Two Seas, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.”Turkey is an empire that will arise TWICE, once after it is wounded and another for its glory. Even Daniel the prophet recognizes this feature, Antichrist loves to have his established castles between the “two seas”: “And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the [two] seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.” (Daniel 11:45)-Will the West ever awake its slumber and learn just how packed each verse is in the scriptures? Turkey’s mega mosque in Maryland will include a community building, a guest house, traditional Turkish houses, library, conference and exhibition halls, meeting rooms, reception, museum of Islamic art, coffee house, gift shops, cultural center, amphitheater, computer lab, library and even Turkish baths in the old Ottoman style … the works. It “aims at bringing all Muslims together, to enlighten people about the facts of Islam and guide believers to a correct way.” This is part of an effort by Erdogan to revive and grow Islam across the planet. Obama is intent on helping him do so and to redistribute American wealth to Muslim nations. Terror be damned. Just look at Iran. A state-sponsored program to build mosques in countries from Kazakhstan to Cuba has emerged as a foreign policy instrument for Turkey, boosting the country’s claim to a place on the international stage as a leader of the Islamic world that looks after Muslims everywhere. There are rumors out there that Erdogan is about to be ousted in Turkey. I highly doubt that, but we’ll see. He’s on a global conquest for Islam and the Caliphate and he intends to rule over all.

Wynne makes appeal for acceptance at Ottawa mosque-Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, centre, visits an Ottawa Mosque with Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, right, Friday Nov. 20.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne today made a broad appeal for acceptance at a visit to an Ottawa mosque for Friday prayers.Wynne stopped by the Ottawa Muslim Association’s mosque with Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, and addressed the violent Paris attacks last week, saying it is “now more important than ever” to show compassion towards others.“It’s our responsibility as Canadians to make sure we guard against the fear and we resist blame that can lead to racism and to hatred. At these moments it’s extremely important we reinforce our Canadian values that are includes and based in compassion.”

As Trudeau fields U.S. queries about economic storm clouds, sunny numbers emerge-[The Canadian Press]-Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau was being peppered with questions about the storm clouds gathering above the Canadian economy — crashing oil prices, a resource slump and federal budget deficits with no end in sight.Not to worry, the prime minister told an American business audience: other Canadian sectors are doing well, the deficits are manageable and now is the time to be investing in the country's infrastructure."I think confident, optimistic countries, like confident, optimistic companies, should always be willing to invest in their future — to bet on their future," Trudeau told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce during Thursday's question-and-answer session."To know that we have brighter days and we should be building for them."It just so happened that a bright spot was opening right at that moment: Canada's new GDP numbers were showing the biggest month-over-month jump in economic growth in three years.It was Trudeau's third trip to the U.S. in a month — this time for a meeting of world leaders on nuclear safety, during which he also spoke to the business group and met with his Japanese and Argentinian counterparts.He was asked whether he hoped a future U.S. administration would approve a new version of the Keystone XL pipeline, which had become such a sore spot in Canada-U.S. relations in recent years."Listen, it's not a government of Canada proposal," he began, before adding: "I've said many times (that) one of the most important jobs of any Canadian prime minister is to make sure we're getting our resources to market."But doing that in the 21st century means doing it responsibly, sustainably, ethically, thinking about the long term. We didn't do a very good job over the past decade of highlighting our understanding of environmental and global responsibilities around that."He was speaking to a group closely aligned with the big-business wing of the Republican party, and which tends to support the party with ads and donations. In the audience were representatives from governments and corporations like Google, Amazon, Ford, Coca-Cola and General Electric.In his speech, Trudeau touted his middle-class tax cuts and plans to boost infrastructure spending. He did not mention the deficits — nor the absence of a time frame to erase them — until prompted later by the moderator.The chamber's vice-president, Myron Brilliant, urged the Liberal government to take up another of the group's priorities — adopting the Trans-Pacific Partnership."You laid out a vision we think we can contribute to and support," Brilliant said."We do believe that TPP is not a perfect agreement. But we should not let a perfect agreement be the enemy of the good agreement that we have before us. It's so important strategically for the United States, Canada and the other countries that we move forward... We would like to see it go forward."Trudeau extolled the merits of trade deals generally, but did not commit to passing TPP which he said is undergoing a review in Canada.He was also asked whether he'd renegotiate NAFTA, a proposal of some presidential candidates including Donald Trump. Once a trade deal is opened up for one thing, other irritants pop up immediately, he replied.And, of course, he was asked about the Republican front-runner, although not by name. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has urged Trudeau to denounce Trump, which the prime minister has by and large refused to do.Trudeau responded the way he always has during his U.S. visits: with a two-step dance.On the one hand, he made his personal preference clear — for a positive politics that sees globalization and interactions with foreigners as an opportunity, not just a threat.But he also suggested that the current anti-establishment anger could eventually produce positive results. He said political elites might draw some lessons from the election, about listening to regular people and spreading economic opportunity.The audience laughed and clapped when Trudeau repeated his stock phrase: "I have great faith in the American people and look forward to working with whoever gets elected in November."

Leaders of U.S, Japan, South Korea issue new warning to North Korea-[Reuters]-By Jeff Mason-Reuters-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama joined with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to present a united front over what he called "provocations" committed by North Korea in its recent nuclear and missile tests.Meeting on the sidelines of a global nuclear security summit in Washington, the three leaders recommitted their countries to each other’s defense and warned they could take further steps to counter threats from Pyongyang.Obama held separate talks with President Xi Jinping of China, the closest North Korea has to an ally, and said they both wanted to see "full implementation" of the latest United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang. But Xi offered no sign that Beijing was prepared to go beyond its consent to the Security Council measures imposed in early March.“We are united in our efforts to deter and defend against North Korean provocations,” Obama told reporters after the U.S.-Japan-South Korea meeting. "We have to work together to meet this challenge."Relations between Park and Abe have been frosty in the past, but the two have been brought together in recent months by shared concerns about North Korea, which conducted a fourth nuclear bomb test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket into space last month.The United States has sought to encourage improved ties between Seoul and Japan, its two biggest allies in Asia, given worries not only about North Korea but also an increasingly assertive China.The expanded U.N. sanctions aimed at starving North Korea of funds for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs were approved in a unanimous Security Council vote on a resolution drafted by the United States and China.But even though Beijing has signed on, doubts persist in the West on how far it will go in tightening the screws on impoverished North Korea, given Chinese concerns about fueling instability on its borders.Appearing later with Obama, Xi said that while Washington and Beijing have disagreements in some areas, they have effective coordination on the North Korean issue.However, China, considered the most capable of influencing North Korea’s reclusive leadership, has said repeatedly that sanctions are not the solution and only a resumption of international talks can resolve the dispute with Pyongyang. Six-party talks between the two Koreas, China, the United States, Japan and Russia aimed at curbing the North's nuclear ambitions collapsed after the last round in 2008.Thursday's meetings took place as leaders from more than 50 countries gathered in Washington for a two-day summit hosted by Obama and focused on securing vulnerable atomic materials to prevent nuclear terrorism. North Korea’s nuclear defiance was also high on the agenda.-'MISGUIDED CALCULUS'-Obama said he, Park and Abe had directed their teams to come up with additional steps they can take collectively against North Korea.Park said the leaders had discussed ways to force North Korea to "alter its misguided calculus" on its weapons programs, and Abe expressed a commitment to strengthening trilateral security cooperation.Obama has less than 10 months left in office to follow through on one of his signature foreign policy initiatives, and this week's meeting is his fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit.While progress has been made, some arms-control advocates say the diplomatic process seems to have lost momentum and could slow even further once Obama leaves office in January.A boycott by Russian President Vladimir Putin, apparently unwilling to join in a U.S.-dominated gathering at a time of increased tensions between Washington and Moscow, adds to doubts that the latest meeting will yield major results.The deadly militant bomb attacks in Brussels this month have fueled concern that Islamic State could eventually target nuclear plants, steal material and develop radioactive “dirty bombs,” a topic that may well be uppermost in leaders’ minds as they meet.(Additional reporting by Susan Heavey, Roberta Rampton, David Brunnstrom, Doina Chiacu; Writing by Matt Spetalnick; Editing by James Dalgleish and Frances Kerry)

China still committed to nuclear reprocessing despite Asia stockpile fears-[Reuters]-By David Brunnstrom-Reuters-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China remains committed to its plans for nuclear reprocessing, its top nuclear industry official said on Thursday, despite concerns this could lead to a competitive buildup of plutonium stockpiles in Asia."China is dedicated to the establishment of a complete nuclear fuel-cycle system," Xu Daxhe, chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority, told reporters on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington."When we are constructing a number of nuclear power plants in China we are also taking into consideration the development of a reprocessing capability," he added.Xu noted that China was in discussions with French firm Areva over the construction of a commercial reprocessing plant, although he added that there was still "a long way to go to complete the negotiation, both technically and commercially."Industry watchers say the two sides are still far apart in terms of a price for the multibillion-dollar project. Asked about this, Xu said, "yes, so the negotiations still have a long way to go.”Speaking at a news conference earlier, Xu reiterated concerns about the size of the plutonium stockpile possessed by Japan, which plans to open its own reprocessing plant in 2018."There is a mismatch between the current stockpile of the plutonium in Japan and its real need for development," Xu said.Japan has an estimated 50 tonnes of plutonium, enough to produce 2,000 nuclear weapons, and is building a large plant at Rokkasho in northern Japan to reprocess spent fuel from power plants, although its start has been repeatedly delayed.It has until now relied on the British and French to extract plutonium from spent uranium fuel rods, but with nearly all of its reactors shut down after the Fukushima nuclear disaster five years ago and no schedule for further restarts there is little use for the material.Japan remains an avowedly anti-nuclear-weapons state as the only country ever to have suffered a nuclear attack. However, anti-proliferation advocates worry that if it goes ahead with plans to open Rokkasho, this will raise fears about its future intentions, spurring China's plans and also encouraging South Korea to pursue reprocessing capability.U.S. concerns had been rising about the prospect of growing stockpiles of nuclear raw materials in East Asia and in mid-March, Thomas Countryman, an assistant U.S. secretary of state in charge of non-proliferation, called into question the renewal of an agreement between Washington and Tokyo that allows Japan to reprocess and produce weapons-grade plutonium.The agreement is due to be extended in 2018, but with a new U.S. administration starting in January its status is unclear.(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by James Dalgleish)

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL - THE ACTUAL START OF WW3

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)

China to US: 'Be careful' in South China Sea-AFP-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS

Beijing (AFP) - Beijing's defence ministry on Thursday warned the US navy to "be careful" in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines.Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access to five military bases, including some close to the disputed South China Sea, where tensions have risen over Beijing's assertion of its territorial claims.China claims virtually all the South China Sea despite conflicting claims by Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, and has built up artificial islands in the area in recent months, including some with airstrips.Washington has since October carried out two high-profile "freedom of navigation" operations in which it sailed warships within 12 nautical miles of islets claimed by China.Asked about a recent report on US patrols in the sea, defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a briefing on Thursday: "As for the US ships which came, I can only suggest they be careful".The agreement between Washington and Manila applies to the Antonio Bautista Air Base on the western island of Palawan, directly on the South China Sea.Asked about the deal, Yang said: "To strengthen military alliances is a reflection of a Cold War mentality"."It is in the opposite direction of the trends of the era for peace, development and cooperation," he said, adding bilateral military cooperation "should not "undermine a third party's interests".Washington regularly accuses Beijing -- which says it has built runways on and deployed unspecified weapons to islands in the South China Sea -- of militarising the area.Beijing denies the accusations and says US patrols have ramped up tensions."Now, the United States has come back, and is reinforcing its military presence in this region and promoting militarisation in the South China Sea," Yang said.Beijing acknowledges that the facilities on its new islands will have military as well as civilian purposes.China's comments came as Malaysia accused "a large number" of Chinese fishing trawlers and a coast guard vessel of entering its waters, understood to be last week.Kuala Lumpur said China's envoy to Malaysia was summoned on Thursday "to seek clarification as well as to register Malaysia’s concerns over the matter".

U.S. says it will not recognize South China Sea exclusion zone-Reuters By Andrea Shalal-March 30, 2016 12:30 PM-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday.U.S. officials have expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in the coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims could prompt Beijing to declare an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, in the region, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013.Work told an event hosted by the Washington Post that the United States would not recognize such an exclusion zone in the South China Sea, just as it did not recognize the one China established in the East China Sea.China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year."We don't believe they have a basis in international law, and we've said over and over (that) we will fly, sail and go wherever international law allows," Work said."We have spoken quite plainly to our Chinese counterparts and said that we think an ADIZ would be destabilizing. We would prefer that all of the claims in the South China Sea be handled through mediation and not force or coercion," he said.Work spoke as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepared to visit Washington for a nuclear security summit this week.The United States has accused China of raising tensions in the South China Sea by its apparent deployment of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, a move China has neither confirmed nor denied.China, for its part, has repeatedly accused the United States of militarizing the South China Sea through its freedom of navigation patrols in the region and the expansion of military alliances with countries such as the Philippines.In February, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country's South China Sea military deployments were no different from U.S. deployments on Hawaii.Tensions between China and its neighbors Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan over sovereignty in the South China Sea have risen after Beijing embarked on significant reclamations on disputed islands and reefs in the area.(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Alan Crosby)

China sets up unit to coordinate overseas military moves-Reuters-MAR 31,16YAHOONEWS

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday it has set up a dedicated unit to coordinate its "non-war" activities overseas like evacuations from conflict zones, as it seeks to play a greater role in the world.China, the world's second-largest economy, has sent its navy to take part in anti-piracy patrols in the waters off Somalia and helped evacuate its citizens and other foreigners from Yemen.The new Overseas Action Department has been established as part of broader military reforms, ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a regular monthly news briefing."In recent years, as our national and military strength have increase, the Chinese military has many times participated in overseas military actions, proactively fulfilling our international responsibilities and obligations," Yang said.The department's main mission is to plan, coordinate and enact "non-war" overseas action, such as peacekeeping missions, evacuations and joint drills, he added.But any of these missions will always respect the United Nations charter and international norms, to help preserve peace and stability, Yang said.China last year passed a counter-terrorism law that allows the military to venture overseas on anti-terror missions, though experts have said it would face big practical and diplomatic problems if it ever wanted to do this.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Robert Birsel)

Kremlin denies report of Russia-U.S. deal on Assad's future-Reuters-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that a report by the al-Hayat newspaper on an agreement between Russia and the United States on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not true.The newspaper reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had told several Arab countries that Russia and the U.S. reached an understanding on the future of Syria's peace process, including Assad's departure to another country at some unspecified stage."Al-Hayat published information which does not correspond to reality," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with journalists."Russia is advantageously different from other nations because it does not discuss the issue of the self-determination of third countries either through diplomatic or other channels."(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Christian Lowe)

IRAN CERTAIN IT WILL NOT BE PUNISHED FOR MISSLES TESTS BY THE USELESS UNITED NATIONS.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

ISAIAH 41:11
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

Knesset scolds MK for disparaging feminist prayer group-Ethics Committee says it was ‘inappropriate’ for Meir Porush to call for Women of the Wall to be ‘thrown to the dogs’-By Tamar Pileggi March 29, 2016, 11:32 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Knesset Ethics Committee on Tuesday slapped Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush on the wrist for making disparaging remarks about Reform Judaism and a feminist prayer group earlier this year.While saying the United Torah Judaism MK’s outburst was “inappropriate,” and “drastically deviated from the conduct that is acceptable in the Knesset or toward Knesset members,” the committee chose to reprimand Porush rather than hand down a harsher punishment, saying it was his first offense since the elections last March.During a February plenum speech addressing a government decision to set aside an area near Jerusalem’s Western Wall for non-Orthodox prayer, Porush, a member of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, said the feminist prayer group Women of the Wall should be “thrown to the dogs.”Porush went on to attack Reform Judaism, claiming the movement and its members are “responsible for the terrible intermarriage that we’ve been witnessing in the United States.”The Ethics Committee said that “scornful” remarks such as Porush’s, had they been uttered about Jews in a parliament outside Israel, would be “deplored harshly.”His attacks on liberal Judaism and its associated movements were part of a wider protest by some religious lawmakers who staunchly opposed the creation of a non-Orthodox prayer section at the holy site.Moshe Gafni, who chairs the Knesset’s powerful Finance Committee and is himself a member of Porush’s UTJ party, said in February that he would not recognize the decision, calling Reform Jews “a bunch of clowns who stab the holy Torah.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed the plan to designate a prayer area for non-Orthodox prayer, calling it “a historic compromise that ensures that the Western Wall will continue to be a source of unity and inspiration for the entire Jewish people.”He firmly rejected “disparaging and divisive remarks” made by lawmakers in the wake of the agreement.

Iran ‘certain’ UN won’t punish it for missile tests-Though Britain, France, Germany and the United States are seeking action, Russia will likely veto any steps-By AFP March 31, 2016, 5:24 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Iran’s defense minister said he is “certain” the UN Security Council will not take any action over its ballistic missile tests despite calls from Western powers.Britain, France, Germany and the United States wrote a joint letter on Monday calling for action over tests they said violated last year’s landmark nuclear deal between Iran and major powers, and the Security Council resolution that enshrines it.They said the two kinds of missiles fired by Iran on March 8 and 9, the Shahab-3 and Qiam-1, also called the Qadr, were a breach of the resolution because they were “inherently capable of delivering nuclear warheads,” something Iran denies.“I am certain that the Security Council and the United Nations will not respond as our actions are neither a breach of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the July nuclear deal) nor are they against Resolution 2231,” General Hossein Dehghan said.He reiterated Iran’s longstanding denial that it ever had any ambition to develop a nuclear weapon and said its missiles were designed to carry only conventional warheads.Diplomats at the United Nations said the Security Council is expected to meet on Friday to consider the alleged breach of Resolution 2231.But they said action is unlikely as veto-wielding permanent member Russia is opposed to any new sanctions against Iran.Last Thursday, Washington imposed unilateral sanctions over this month’s tests adding several units involved in Iran’s missile programme to its blacklist.The Treasury placed sanctions on Shahid Nuri Industries and Shahid Movahed Industries, both units of the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group Washington says is responsible for production of Iran’s liquid-fueled ballistic missiles.It also sanctioned the Al-Ghadir Missile Command of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, which it said appears to have operational control of the missiles.

In first, Navy drills for Islamic State hijacking at sea-IDF forces practice contending with Egypt-based jihadists seizing a boat carrying civilians off the coast of Eilat-By Stuart Winer March 31, 2016, 8:25 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

In the darkness before dawn on Thursday, elite IDF commandos stole onto a boat off the coast of Eilat, and in a flurry of action overpowered several Islamic State ‘terrorists’ holding hostages. The action brought to an end a major naval exercise training to counter increasing threats from jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula.The exercise was the first of its kind for the IDF, simulating a face off against Islamic State fighters at sea. Members of the Israeli Navy’s elite Flotilla 13 commando unit, missile boats, regional security forces, and paramedics were all mobilized.According to the IDF, units practiced dealing with several scenarios including the firing of anti-tank missiles and rockets from the Egyptian side of the border and terrorists hijacking a boat with Israeli civilians on board.The IDF notified Egyptian and Jordanian authorities ahead of the exercise, which was held in the narrow Red Sea waterway bordered by Israel, Egypt, and Jordan.The drill highlighted Israeli jitters over the possibility of an attack by Islamic State fighters, who have waged an insurgency in Sinai, with near daily attacks against Egyptian forces.The border area saw a series of attacks in 2012 and 2013, after the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Egypt, but the frontier has been mostly quiet since Egypt began a crackdown on jihdaists in the peninsula.However, a Navy officer said there were signs that may soon change, citing the downing of a Russian jet over the Sinai last year. Islamic State claimed responsibility for downing Metrojet flight 9268, killing all 224 people aboard.“There is an increase in these kinds of threats in the last year,” the officer said, according to the Hebrew-language Ynet website. “Our response needs to be fast, as well as in the interface between forces and the police and MDA in Eilat. There are Islamic State elements based in this arena.”The IDF holds holds similar exercises once or twice year switching locations between the southern port of Eilat, the coast off the Gaza Strip, or Lebanon in the north.To help counter the concerns over terror attacks from the Sinai, the IDF plans to install a sea fence in the area of the Taba border crossing with Egypt to prevent divers from infiltrating Israel via the sea.

Egyptair hijacker was abusive, boasted of killing Israelis — ex-wife-Marina Paraschou describes ‘marriage of hell’ with Seif Eldin Mustafa, calls him ‘fanatical’ PLO supporter, drug-user and child-abuser-By Times of Israel staff and AP March 31, 2016, 7:26 pm

The man who hijacked an Egyptair flight on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus was an abusive drug addict who boasted of killing three Israeli soldiers for a Palestinian terror group, his ex-wife said in an interview published Thursday.Seif Eldin Mustafa, 59, seized a domestic EgyptAir flight with a fake bomb belt and forced it to land in Cyprus Tuesday, where he made a series of bizarre demands, including asking to meet his Cypriot ex-wife and releasing Egyptians prisoners.He later surrendered and was taken into custody after releasing all passengers and crew unharmed following a strange hours-long standoff.While many watching the hijacking unfold across the world saw his actions in a romantic light, ex-wife Marina Paraschou painted Mustafa as an uncaring killer, in an interview Thursday with the Cypriot news site Phileleftheros.“Most of the media painted a picture of romance in which a man was trying to reach out to his estranged wife. But that couldn’t be further from the truth,” she said, adding, “They would have a different opinion if they knew what he was really like.”Paraschou said Mustafa was a “fanatical” supporter of Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to a translation by The Guardian. She said he had bragged about participating in the killing of three Israeli soldiers and spent four years in a Syrian jail.She did not elaborate about the supposed killing of the Israeli soldiers but said Mustafa’s tattoos and some “items” she didn’t identify betrayed Mustafa’s “connections with dark things.”Paraschou told Phileleftheros she married Mustafa in 1985 when she was 20. The couple divorced five years later and since then had only once made contact when she called him several years later to say that their teenage daughter — one of four children the couple had together — had been killed in a car accident.“What do I care? It doesn’t matter she was killed,” Paraschou said Mustafa had told her.She said while married, the couple lived in her parents’ home and that Mustafa never held down a job, beating his children when he couldn’t support his drug habit.Paraschou called the marraige “the darkest period in my life.”“It was a marriage of hell with threats, beatings, torture and fear. He was a man who knew how to inflict fear and to create misery around him. He was unbalanced and a scary person,” she said.The two divorced in 1990 and Mustafa went to live in Egypt. Four years later, he was jailed for forgery and fraud. During the Egyptian revolution in 2011 against former dictator Hosni Mubarak, Mustafa took advantage of the chaos to break out of prison.Cypriot officials, who described Mustafa as “psychologically unstable,” said he had asked police negotiators during Tuesday’s hijacking to deliver a letter to Paraschou in which he demanded the release of 63 dissident women imprisoned in Egypt. The six-hour ordeal ended peacefully when police arrested Mustafa after all passengers and crew were released.Paraschou said it’s a “lie” that Mustafa asked to speak to her and that police who brought her to Cyprus’ main Larnaca airport where the plane was diverted only asked her to identify his voice.During a court hearing Wednesday, a police prosecutor said Mustafa told authorities after his arrest, “What’s someone supposed to do when he hasn’t seen his wife and children in 24 years and the Egyptian government won’t let him?”But Paraschou suggested in the interview that it was all a ruse.“This man never cared for his children for one minute, either when he lived here or when he went away,” Paraschou is quoted as saying. “He only offered pain, misery and terror. And even now when he’s in police custody, my children and I are afraid.”Cypriot police said Mustafa had not asked to be represented by a lawyer.In a separate interview with daily Politis also published Thursday, Paraschou said Mustafa used her as an “excuse” to seek asylum in Cyprus.Egypt’s interior ministry said Mustafa had a long criminal record but had finished serving a one-year prison term in March 2015.Cyprus police told the AP that Mustafa’s criminal record on the island stretched back to 1988, when he was convicted on six counts of forging passports and handed a suspended sentence. He was later deported to Egypt following domestic violence charges by Paraschou.He re-entered Cyprus on an assumed Qatari identity, but was tracked down and again deported to Egypt in 1990.For at least some part of the hijacking, the Egyptian seems to have been cordial to his hostages. Benjamin Innes, a 26-year-old from Leeds, had a stewardess take a photo in which he can be seen standing and grinning next to the hijacker.On Thursday, video emerged of that picture being taken, with several on the plane calmly talking and laughing.According to the Daily Mail, Innes sent the photo to his friends over his phone’s WhatsApp app, writing, “You know your boy doesn’t f*** about. Turn on the news lad!!!”Cypriot authorities are seeking the help of Interpol to determine how the suspect managed to pass the fake explosives belt through airport security in Egypt.Agencies contributed to this report

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam ‘wants to cooperate’-Captured jihadist involved in deadly November assault will talk once he’s handed over to French authorities, lawyer tells court in Brussels-By Philippe Huguen and Michelle Fitzpatrick March 31, 2016, 7:02 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

AFP — Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam wants to cooperate with French authorities once he is extradited from Belgium, his lawyer said Thursday, as Belgian police carried out a raid linked to a foiled French terror plot.Soldiers and police combed through a wooded area by a busy motorway near Courtrai in northwestern Belgium, the latest in a series of raids since the Paris and Brussels terror attacks exposed a tangled web of cross-border jihadist cells.The sole surviving suspect of the November 13 Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed, Salah Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels on March 18 after four months on the run.The arrest was considered a rare success in Belgium’s anti-terror fight, although he was found just meters from his family home and has refused to talk since the Brussels attacks despite having links to the attackers.“I can confirm that Salah Abdeslam wants to be handed over to the French authorities,” lawyer Cedric Moisse told reporters at a court hearing in Brussels. “I can also confirm that he wants to cooperate with the French authorities.”A prosecutor was set to travel to the prison in the Belgian city of Bruges where Abdeslam is being held to discuss his extradition under a European arrest warrant.Belgian federal prosecutors “do not object” to handing the suspect over to France, said spokesman Eric Van der Sypt.A judge is set to rule on the extradition by Friday at the latest.Belgium has increasingly found itself at the center of Europe’s battle against terrorism and authorities have faced strong criticism for not doing enough to keep tabs on suspected extremists.-Metal detectors-The latest raid was linked to a thwarted plot in France, in which the main suspect, Reda Kriket, was charged in France on Wednesday with membership of a terrorist organisation after police found an arsenal of weapons and explosives at his home.“A raid is under way in connection with the (Reda) Kriket case,” Van der Sypt told AFP.He said it was taking place in Marke near the town of Courtrai, also known as Kortrijk, close to the French border.An AFP photographer at the scene said masked police and armed soldiers – some carrying metal detectors, others accompanied by sniffer dogs – appeared to be focusing on a sealed-off wooded area near a house and a petrol station along the E17 motorway.In what could signal improved security cooperation, several European countries have made arrests in recent days over the thwarted plot linked to 34-year-old Kriket.Kriket was detained near Paris last week and a raid on his apartment netted a cache of assault rifles, handguns and TATP, the highly volatile homemade explosive favored by IS jihadists.Another French suspect, 32-year-old Anis Bahri, was arrested in Rotterdam in the Netherlands at the weekend.And two other suspects – Abderrahmane A., 38, and Rabah M., 34 – have been charged in Belgium accused of involvement in the same plot.Abdeslam 26, has asserted his right to remain silent since the day after his arrest, having been questioned for three hours only about the Paris attacks and not about possible further activity.The Belgian-born French citizen, who was caught unarmed after being shot in the leg in a dramatic police raid in Brussels, told interrogators he had intended to blow himself up at the Stade de France stadium in Paris but backed out at the last minute.He refused to speak to investigators after Brussels was hit on March 22 by suicide attacks at the airport and a metro station that were claimed by the Islamic State group in which 32 people died.Abdeslam has been linked to at least two of the Brussels bombers. Khalid El Bakraoui, who blew himself up at the metro, rented a flat in Brussels where Abdeslam’s fingerprints were found.One of the two airport bombers, Najim Laachraoui, once drove to Hungary with Abdeslam.Belgium is still searching desperately for a suspected third attacker, the so-called “man in the hat” seen in surveillance images next to the two airport bombers.With no suspects in custody over the attacks, police on Thursday appealed for CCTV footage from members of the public.In a statement, they asked all residents and business owners in the Brussels region who have surveillance cameras pointed at public roads not to delete any footage from March 15 onward in case it could help the inquiry.

Israel halves its electricity supply to Jericho over debt-Official says ‘open-ended’ move made in response to NIS 1.7 billion in unpaid power bills-By Daniel Douek and AFP March 31, 2016, 7:04 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Israel Electric Corporation on Thursday cut electricity supply to the Palestinian city of Jericho in half, after the Palestinian Authority and the Jerusalem District Electric Company’s debt swelled to over NIS 1.7 billion ($451 million).The PA has confirmed the existence of the debt and said that negotiations are being held in order to rectify the situation, according to Haaretz.Several attempts have been made by the IEC to negotiate a debt settlement with the PA and the Jerusalem District Electric Company, but when they proved unsuccessful, the power was finally cut.The decision to cut half of Israel’s supply to Jericho, which is located in the Jordan Valley, takes into account the fact that the city receives half of its electrical supply from Jordan, which means the power can be made up from other sources without blacking out customers.The bulk of the debt, NIS 1.4 billion ($371 million) is owed by the Jerusalem District Electric Company, with the remaining NIS 300,000 ($79,350) by the PA, according to IEC.“We’ve informed all the relevant parties, and after endless attempts to reach arrangements, we’ve decided to act to reduce the debt,” an Israeli official said, adding that the Jericho move was “open-ended.”In January 2015, the IEC cut the power to Palestinian cities for a number of hours every day over a similar debt.It ceased doing so the following month despite the standing debt.The Israeli Finance Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office, which would normally be involved in any decision to reduce the electricity to the Palestinians, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Palestinian Authority officials did not immediately comment, either.Hisham al-Omri, director of the Jerusalem District Electric Company, told Haaretz that the corporation was never officially notified of the impending cut in electricity, despite ongoing negotiations between the two parties up until several hours before the cut. He also said that the cut exceeds 50 percent of Israel’s supply.Also, according to al-Omri, the electric line from Jordan is currently under renovations, meaning that the supply of electricity from Jordan will not be steady.“We do not agree with the IEC on a matter regarding rate calculation and interest rates,” al-Omri told Haaretz. “And so we have a pending lawsuit against the IEC in the Jerusalem Municipal Court.

Herzog claims political muckraking behind graft probe-Those responsible ‘will feel a political impact from it for many years,’ opposition leader warns; state prosecutor recuses self over conflict of interest-By Tamar Pileggi March 31, 2016, 8:53 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

A day after it was revealed that opposition leader Isaac Herzog was under investigation for graft, the Zionist Union list chairman struck back at claims of financial wrongdoing, charging the timing of the preliminary probe and its publication in the media were politically motivated.“We aren’t suckers, we know why this happens, and whoever is responsible will feel a political impact from it for many years. I am not worried about any investigation, and I will cooperate with every procedure asked of me,” Herzog said.He did not indicate who he believed to be responsible for alleging he violated campaign financing laws in his successful 2013 bid to take over the Labor Party.“Each time before general or internal elections, there are political sources that attempt to use the police as part of their campaigns. We are very familiar with this path; we have dealt with it in the past, and we will respond strongly to any attempt to make the police part of an election campaign,” he said.Earlier on Thursday, state prosecutor Shai Nitzan recused himself from the case over a conflict of interest, Haaretz reported. Citing Justice Ministry officials, the report said Nitzan disassociated himself from the investigation over “familiarity with one of those involved with police.”After Herzog was named as the second lawmaker under investigation for graft along with Interior minister Aryeh Deri on Wednesday, the Zionist Union chairman was quick to dismiss the probe as a product of “delusional political muckraking” promoted by the Likud party and “frustrated activists” before last year’s Knesset elections.Although Herzog has a relatively positive reputation, this isn’t the first time he has faced suspicions relating to campaign funding.He once memorably exercised his right to remain silent when he was investigated in 1999 as cabinet secretary, in connection with alleged campaign funding irregularities on the part of then-prime minister Ehud Barak.Deri, who earlier this week revealed he was again the center of a major corruption investigation, has also vowed to fully cooperate with the police investigation.Suspicions against Deri reportedly relate to his alleged ownership of several properties around the country, including a large vacation home in northern Israel town of Safsufa.“Yesterday I found out that my wife and I have become real estate moguls,” Deri said sarcastically Thursday, according to Channel 2. “We have had an apartment for about 25 years, in which we raised nine children and for which we are still paying the mortgage. In addition, we have a vacation home in Safsufa for the extended family, including the grandchildren.”Deri served 22 months in prison from 2000 to 2002 for taking bribes while serving as interior minister, and returned to politics in 2011, before resuming leadership of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party shortly before the 2015 Knesset elections.He returned to head the Interior Ministry earlier this year, after a court ruled his prior conviction did not disqualify him from the post.The case could have dramatic repercussions for Deri, as well as for his party’s place in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow ruling coalition.Both Herzog and Deri were accused of committing the alleged crimes by members of their respective parties Channel 2 reported Wednesday.Investigations into both lawmakers are in a preliminary stage, and neither has been questioned by police, though sources close to investigation said it would be “unavoidable” that Deri be questioned under caution.Adiv Sterman contributed to this report.

Associated Press willingly cooperated with the Nazis, new report shows-News agency and Third Reich said to have made mutually beneficial deal, with AP providing countless photos for Nazi propaganda; AP denies collaboration-By Raphael Ahren March 30, 2016, 3:33 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Associated Press news agency willingly cooperated with Nazi Germany, submitting to the regime’s restrictive rulings on the freedom of the press and providing it with images from its photo archives to be used in its anti-Semitic and anti-Western propaganda machine, a new report reveals.When Adolf Hitler’s National Socialists rose to power in 1933, all international news agencies but the US-based AP were forced to leave Germany. The AP continued to operate in the Third Reich until 1941, when the United States joined World War II.According to German historian Harriet Scharnberg, the world’s biggest news agency was only allowed to remain in Germany because it signed a deal with the regime.The news agency lost control over its copy by submitting itself to the Schriftleitergesetz (editor’s law), agreeing not to print any material “calculated to weaken the strength of the Reich abroad or at home,” she wrote in an article published in the academic journal Studies in Contemporary History.Scharnberg’s research was first reported by the UK-based Guardian newspaper.According to the paper, the Nazis’ so-called editor’s law forced AP employees to contribute material for the Nazi party’s propaganda division. One of the four photographers working for the company in the 1930s was Franz Roth, a member of the SS paramilitary unit’s propaganda division. His pictures were handpicked by Hitler, the Guardian writes.The AP’s images appeared in many of the regime’s propaganda publications. Most of the images in a pamphlet called “Jews in the US” were provided by the AP. In a different publication entitled “The Subhuman,” the AP provided the second-largest number of photographs, according to Scharnberg.It is possible to argue that the AP’s agreement with the Nazis allowed the West a “peek into a repressive society that may otherwise have been entirely hidden from view,” the Guardian writes. On the other hand, the deal allowed to Nazis to cover up their war crimes. The cooperation with the prestigious American news agency allowed Hitler to portray his “war of extermination as a conventional war,” Scharnberg told the Guardian.“Instead of printing pictures of the days-long Lviv pogroms with its thousands of Jewish victims, the American press was only supplied with photographs showing the victims of the Soviet police and ‘brute’ Red Army war criminals,” Scharnberg, a historian at Halle’s Martin Luther University, told the paper, citing one example of the agency’s work helping the Nazis.“To that extent it is fair to say that these pictures played their part in disguising the true character of the war led by the Germans,” she added. “Which events were made visible and which remained invisible in AP’s supply of pictures followed German interests and the German narrative of the war.”Responding to the Guardian’s report, the AP said it would research the matter but rejected the notion that it deliberately collaborated with the Nazis.“An accurate characterization is that the AP and other foreign news organizations were subjected to intense pressure from the Nazi regime from the year of Hitler’s coming to power in 1932 until the AP’s expulsion from Germany in 1941. AP management resisted the pressure while working to gather accurate, vital and objective news in a dark and dangerous time,” the agency stated.AP later issued a lengthier statement, in which it said it “rejects the suggestion that it collaborated with the Nazi regime at any time.”

Thursday, March 31, 2016

IN FIRST,FEMALE PRISONERS IN RUSSIA GET JEWISH PRAYER SPACE.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

ISRAEL TELLS ITS CITIZENS TO GET OUT OF TURKEY NOW.

LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

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

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

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

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

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

Israel tells its citizens to get out of Turkey now-Severe new travel warning issued following Istanbul terror attack and Turkish intel on Islamic State plots to target Jews-By Times of Israel staff March 28, 2016, 12:31 pm

The Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday issued a travel warning calling on the public to avoid visiting Turkey and urging Israelis currently there to leave as soon as they can.The warning, which raised the terror risk in Turkey from level 3 (basic concrete threat) to level 2 (high concrete threat), came in the wake of a terror attack in central Istanbul on March 19, in which three Israelis were killed and several others wounded.That attack, the PMO said in a statement, underscored the threat emanating from Islamic State cells that seek to attack tourism sites and proved that IS has “high capabilities of carrying out further attacks.”“Terrorist infrastructures in Turkey continue to advance additional attacks against tourist targets – including Israeli tourists – throughout the country,” the statement added.Israelis in Turkey should “leave as soon as possible,” it said.On Saturday, Turkish police warned of possible Islamic State attacks against Christians and Jews.IS has been blamed for four of six bombings that have rocked Turkey in the past eight months, including a double suicide attack at a peace rally in the capital, Ankara, in October that left 103 people dead.A radical offshoot of the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed the other two attacks.The police have warned that IS group members may have scouted out places of worship as well as consulates and embassies, saying that churches and synagogues especially in Ankara, as well as foundations belonging to non-Muslims, should be on their guard.Israel has not stated definitively whether last Saturday’s blast had deliberately targeted Israelis. It has praised Turkey for its handling of the aftermath of the bombing.The Israeli victims of the attack were Yonathan Suher, 40, Simha Dimri, 59, and Avraham Goldman, 69. Suher and Goldman were also United States citizens.AFP contributed to this report.

Israel, Turkey mum on reported threat to Jewish schools-Hours after Israel told its citizens to get out of Turkey, Jerusalem and Ankara go silent on possible Islamic State plan to target synagogues, educational institutions-By AFP and Times of Israel staff March 29, 2016, 2:53 pm

Israeli and Turkish officials refused to comment Tuesday on a report by Britain’s Sky News that the Islamic State group planned to attack Jewish schoolchildren in Turkey.The report came hours after Jerusalem issued an alert urging all Israeli citizens to leave Turkey as soon as possible, citing an Islamic State threat, and nine days after three Israelis were killed in a bombing in Istanbul.According to Sky News, citing an “intelligence source,” terrorists are plotting to attack a synagogue which also doubles as a school and community center in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul.The source said the threat was imminent and could happen at any moment-“The most likely target of an attack is Istanbul’s synagogue in Beyoglu, which also has a community center and a school attached to it,” Sky reported.Asked by AFP to comment, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and Israel and Turkey’s foreign ministries refused.Three Israelis were among four people killed in a March 19 suicide bombing in Istanbul. The fourth was Iranian.Israeli officials followed up that warning Monday by raising the terror risk in Turkey from level 3 (basic concrete threat) to level 2 (high concrete threat).The Prime Minister’s Office cited the March 19 attack, which, it said in a statement, underscored the threat emanating from Islamic State cells that seek to attack tourism sites and proved that IS has “high capabilities of carrying out further attacks.”The Turkish government said the bomber had links to IS.The group has been blamed for four bombings that have rocked Turkey in the past eight months, including a massacre at a peace rally in the capital Ankara in October that claimed 103 lives.Sky reported on its website that unidentified “intelligence officials” said that a fresh attack was imminent, based on information from six IS operatives arrested in southern Turkey.

13 injured as Palestinian police clash with gunmen in Nablus-Firefight erupts between PA security forces and armed Fatah militants as cops attempt to arrest a murder suspect-By Daniel Douek March 29, 2016, 5:55 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Armed clashes broke out Tuesday between Palestinian security forces and local youths in the West Bank city of Nablus, leaving seven youths and six security officials injured, the Ma’an news agency reported.The firefight, which took place in Nablus’s old city, ensued after PA security forces attempted to arrest a local man accused of murder, Nablus’s governor, Akram Rujoub, told Ma’an.A local man named Hani Halaweh, a leader in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, was identified as the murder suspect by Rujoub. Halaweh is believed to have been involved in the killing of a man named Ashraf al-Beia two months ago, the report said.Halaweh spoke out against the PA immediately after the clashes.“What happened today was a raid on houses of martyrs, prisoners, and resistance fighters in the old city, which we will not allow,” he said.“We look to the Palestinian Authority as a Palestinian national project that must be protected and defended, but there are people in the PA who still chase resistance fighters when they should be chasing spies and drug dealers,” he added.Since October 2015, when the recent round of violence erupted between Palestinians and Israelis, Palestinians have often expressed dissatisfaction with their leadership.A recent example of unrest was last month, when the PA used its security resources to violently quell a large-scale teachers’ strike throughout the West Bank.

Israeli chief rabbi retracts comments scorning non-Jews-Yitzhak Yosef says remarks about gentiles being unfit to live in Israel were only ‘theoretical’-By JTA March 29, 2016, 6:48 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef walked back his statement that non-Jews should not live in Israel, calling the comment “theoretical.”In a letter, he also retracted a statement made earlier this month that it is obligatory to kill terrorists.Yosef made the statement about non-Jews on March 26 during his weekly Saturday night lecture.He said non-Jews could live in Israel only if they observe the seven Noahide Laws, which include prohibitions against idolatry, blaspheming God, murder, forbidden sexual relations, stealing and eating limbs off a live animal, and which prescribe the establishment of a legal system. Non-Jews, Yosef said, are in Israel only to serve Jews.“According to Jewish law, gentiles should not live in the Land of Israel,” Yosef said. “If a gentile does not agree to take on the seven Noahide Laws, we should send him to Saudi Arabia. When the true and complete redemption arrives, that is what we will do.”Following a public backlash, Yosef on Tuesday clarified his comments in a statement, writing that his lecture referred to a future messianic era, not the present day. He wrote that he has “always adopted a peaceful and embracing path.”“These laws are theoretical, refer to fulfilling the seven Noahide Laws in the days of the messiah, and have no connection to the present day,” the statement read. “It’s clear that there’s no law in our time, God forbid, to expel non-Jews from Israel.”Earlier this month Yosef, the son of the late chief rabbi of Israel Ovadia Yosef, asserted during his weekly lecture that it was a mitzvah to kill a terrorist. He also asserted in the same March 12 lecture that the threat of being killed by an attacker’s would-be victim would deter such attacks.Yosef’s statement on Tuesday claimed that “contrary to reports, he was one of the few who declared that neutralized terrorists shouldn’t be killed, and should be turned over to the authorities.”

Designated NY consul-general calls J Street ‘un-Jewish’-Shortly before his posting was announced, Dani Dayan attacked dovish pro-Israel lobby; now says comment was ‘somewhat undiplomatic’-By Raphael Ahren March 29, 2016, 5:46 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Dani Dayan, Israel’s just-designated consul-general to New York, last week called the dovish pro-Israel lobby J Street “un-Jewish” over its ostensible support for US politicians critical of Israeli policies.“I prefer the attitude of AIPAC to that of J Street that endorses all the anti-Israel candidates — the more anti-Israel you are the more you are endorsed by J Street. That’s un-Jewish,” he said during a television interview conducted Thursday and aired Saturday.Dayan, a former settler leader, had made comments critical of J Street in the past. The animosity was mutual: J Street has repeatedly voiced concerns over Israel’s intention to appoint him to diplomatic positions abroad due to his vocal opposition to a two-state solution.Responding to a Times of Israel query about his remarks, Dayan stressed that he is “one of the very few Israeli right-wing figures that never boycotted J Street.” On the contrary, he said, “I always made a point of maintaining an open dialogue with its leaders and missions. I am often criticized by my colleagues for that but I am proud of doing it.”The group’s head, Jeremy Ben Ami, would agree with that assessment, Dayan said. “We had our share of strong arguments but that did not prevent us from keep our dialogue alive.”Dayan, however, did express “harsh personal criticism of most of their policies, including their endorsements of Senate and House candidates,” he told The Times of Israel. “I believe that endorsing candidates that advocate leniency toward Hamas or routinely accuse Israel and only Israel of alleged intransigence is neither pro-Israel nor pro-peace. That endorsement policy indeed puzzles me.”His comment about J Street being “un-Jewish” was made as a private person, he added, though he admitted it was “somewhat undiplomatic.”At the time the interview was conducted by Tal Shalev for Israel’s i24news television channel, Dayan was Israel’s designated ambassador to Brazil, though it was apparent that the government in Brasilia was unwilling to confirm his nomination due to his past as leader of Israel’s settlement movement.On Monday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Dayan had been appointed to succeed Ido Aharoni as consul-general in New York.In a series of tweets shortly after the announcement, Dayan pledged to work with all segments of American society and the local Jewish community. He promised to engage in an “inclusive dialogue” with everyone and promised to make “no exclusions.” I intend to reach out to Orthodox & Reforms, Liberals & Conservatives, Republicans & Democrats.— Dani Dayan (@dandayan) March 28, 2016- As CG of @IsraelinNewYork I will maintain an open & inclusive dialogue w/all parts of the general society & Jewish community. No exclusions-— Dani Dayan (@dandayan) March 28, 2016-J Street, in a press release published Monday, expressed “deep concern” over Dayan’s appointment as Israel’s consul general in the city home to the world’s largest Jewish community outside Israel.“Though the prime minister of Israel continues to express his concern that Israel not become a binational state, he is sending as his envoy to New York a man who served for years as chairman of the settlers’ council and who revels in predicting the demise of the two-state solution,” the group stated.Dayan’s posting “will serve to inflame opponents of Israel’s policies rather than signal a desire to heal the growing divisions between the world’s two largest Jewish communities,” the statement added.“To Dayan’s credit,” it goes on, “we note that he has shown himself willing to engage in dialogue and debate with those he disagrees with, including J Street. This trait is vital for a diplomat, and we welcome the opportunity to meet and engage with Dayan, even as we strongly disagree with many of his positions and beliefs.”

Hamas military wing’s Twitter account shut down-Palestinian terror group blames pressure from ‘Zionist groups’-By Dov Lieber March 29, 2016, 5:27 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Twitter account of Hamas’s military wing was shut down without warning Monday night, according to a statement from the Gaza-based terror group.The manager of the account said in a statement posted to the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades’ website that “Twitter closed the page following pressure by Zionist groups.”At the time of its closing, according to the account’s manager, the account had over 140,000 followers and reached 5 million tweet impressions in recent months.Twitter also shut down the English-language Twitter account of the Qassam Brigades earlier in March, according to the group’s statement.It wasn’t the first time that Twitter accounts associated with Hamas’s military wing have been shut down by the social media site.During the 45-day war between Hamas and Israel in the summer of 2014, Twitter shut down all of the group’s official accounts. However, almost immediately, the Qassam Brigades began operating new accounts.Rather than open a new account this time, Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida urged the 194,308 followers of his own account on Tuesday to follow a separate Twitter handle operated by the terror group that has been less active in recent months.The terror group’s Twitter handle was used to publish internal news about the organization, such as when its members died in training accidents, and also to call for and praise attacks against Israeli civilians.Twitter has been making efforts over the last two years to prevent terrorist organizations from spreading their messages through the service. The social media giant, however, has come under fire for its inability to prevent the terror groups, among them the Islamic State, from simply opening new accounts.

Kuwait to deport 60 Lebanese for alleged Hezbollah links-EU reportedly looking into blacklisting Shiite group as Gulf states press sanctions-By AFP March 29, 2016, 1:49 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Kuwait is to deport 60 Lebanese for alleged links to Hezbollah in the latest Gulf Arab move against the Shiite militant group, a newspaper reported on Monday.Those to be deported all had permanent residency, which has been revoked, the Al-Qabas daily said.Those classified as “dangerous cases” were given just two days to leave the country, it added.It is the second wave of deportations from Kuwait reported since Gulf Arab states blacklisted Hezbollah as a “terrorist” group earlier this month.Last week, Al-Qabas reported that 11 Lebanese and three Iraqis had been deported for alleged links to the group.Around 50,000 Lebanese live and work in the oil-rich emirate, providing remittances that are vital to the domestic economy.The terror blacklisting was the latest step taken by Gulf states, led by Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia, against Hezbollah, the leading force in Lebanon’s governing bloc which is backed by Riyadh’s Shiite rival Tehran.Last month, Saudi Arabia halted a $3 billion program of military aid to Lebanon to protest what it said was “the stranglehold of Hezbollah on the state.”It also urged its citizens to leave Lebanon and avoid travelling there.Qatar and Kuwait followed with similar travel advisories, while the United Arab Emirates banned its nationals from travel to Lebanon.Hezbollah is fighting in support of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad against Gulf-backed rebel fighters and extremist militants.Earlier this month, the Arab League voted to blacklist Hezbollah as a terror group as well.However, former Egyptian minister Sameh Shoukry said the move was likely symbolic and wasn’t expected to lead to any changes on the ground.Condemnation of Hezbollah has been mostly limited to Sunni Gulf states, but a report in another Kuwaiti daily Tuesday indicated that the EU is also seeking to blacklist Hezbollah, after putting its military wing on the terror blacklist in 2013.The move, reported by Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah, will allow the EU to further implement sanctions against the Lebanese movement, such as freezing assets connected to it in Europe.Israel has been pushing for the EU to blacklist Hezbollah since a 2012 bombing in Bulgaria against Israeli citizens blamed on the group.There was no official confirmation of the report.The latest moves against Hezbollah by the Arab league and the Gulf nations reflect an emerging solidarity of opinion between the US, Israel and the Sunni Arab world.The Saudi decision to cut aid to Lebanon is expected to pile further difficulties on the already hard-pressed Lebanese economy.Other Gulf states have also taken measures against alleged Hezbollah supporters since the terror blacklisting.Bahrain said it had deported several Lebanese residents for alleged links to the group.Saudi security forces arrested a Shiite preacher accused of glorifying the group, the kingdom’s Al-Watan newspaper reported last week.And the United Arab Emirates has reportedly put seven people on trial for allegedly forming a cell linked to Hezbollah.Daniel Douek contributed to this report.

IS said to aim cyber ‘second strike’ against terror targets-Terrorists who strike European countries often follow attacks with mass hacking, according to Israeli cyber-security firm-By David Shamah March 27, 2016, 6:35 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Terror attacks are often followed, in an extra strike of cruelty, by major cyber-attacks on the targeted country, according to data gathered by Israeli cyber-security firm Cytegic.Such second strike attacks then provoke a response by anti-terror cyber-activists, with the result that a country could find its networks paralyzed for days because of the huge strain, just when communication is especially vital.Cytegic researchers have been observing this pattern for months, and the best example to date is the activity in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris last November – activity that has repeated itself in the days since the Brussels attack last week.According to this pattern, cyber-attacks peak about four days after the actual terror attack, and the attacks encompass major sectors of the economy, especially government, media, and the financial sector.The attacks have a clear political character, based on the messages left behind on defaced websites and the email messages sent out as part of the phishing attacks by hackers. Those messages include links to articles and stories connected to the terror attack, and when users click on them, they download malware that corrupts their computers and the networks they connect to.Based on the intelligence they have gathered, Cytegic experts have connected these cyber-operations to the Islamic State terror group and other Islamist groups that have take responsibility for terror attacks.“The most used attack methods are denial-of-service, defacements, email social engineering and malware injections,” said the Cytegic report. “The most targeted industries in the attacked country are government, media, banking and finance, critical infrastructure, military and defense.”Meanwhile, cyber-defenders in a targeted country – such as self-declared members of hacker group Anonymous – fight back, striking back at servers and websites affiliated with IS and other Islamist terror groups.“After the Paris attacks, the cyber-war included two sides – French government forces, Anonymous and its affiliated on one side, and pro-ISIS hacktivists and sensationalists on the other,” said Cytegic, using an alternate acronym for Islamic State.Less than a week after the Brussels attacks, “we have already been able to see political activists starting to ‘rally the troops’ and organize for an anti-ISIS campaign. This usually includes attacks on ISIS supporting websites and social-media accounts – mostly denial-of-service attacks, defacements, website redirections and taking down Twitter accounts,” the same tactics used by IS, the report said.But the medicine could be just as damaging as the disease; as pro- and anti-terror groups fight it out, they use up network resources. That causes the targeted country’s Internet traffic to falter, giving the terrorists a second victory with their ability to slow down business, government, and daily life revolving around the Internet.Cytegic figured all this out using its big data analysis system, which can quickly analyze Internet trends: who is threatening whom, which kinds of attacks are in vogue, what’s in the news that would prompt a cyber-attack, and much more, according to CEO Shay Zandani.“For example, we determine how much a term, like ‘nuclear Iran,’ is being used on the Internet and the ‘undernet,’ where hackers hang out, and if our client has something to do with nuclear power, criticism of Iran, or some other related matter, we would send them an alert that they need to be on guard against an attack. Our Dynamic Trend Analysis (DyTA) system collects data from over 1,000 sources and checks 20,000 terms and concepts, analyzing them and determining what the threat level is for relevant clients.”IS did not invent the idea of trying to bring down a country’s Internet after a terror attack or other act of aggression, said the Cytegic report. That honor apparently belongs to Russia.“It is important to mention the recent cyber-attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure and transportation targets, including Kiev’s international airport, a local railway company and an energy company, supposedly done by Russian government-backed hackers,” the report said.Those attacks occurred in January, and were traced back to a server in Russia, according to Ukrainian investigators who believe that they were part of Russia’s ongoing attacks against Ukraine in light of the latter’s opposition to Russia’s entry into Crimea in 2014 and the subsequent economic sanctions by the West against Russia.Expect more attempts by terror groups to disable the economy of a targeted country.“Cyber terrorists are constantly looking to place ‘doomsday buttons,’ in critical infrastructure targets, and are more likely to continue doing so as the war against ISIS continues and grows.”In any event, said Cytegic, “high-profile organizations in Belgium and Western Europe, mainly in the government, media, banking and defense sectors, should be on high alert for cyber-attacks in the coming weeks and take preemptive measures to prevent mostly DDOS, social-engineering and malware attacks on their websites, networks and employees.”

Israeli entrepreneurs tire of Chinese ‘tourist investors,’ says expert-Vadi Ventures think it can help bridge the gap between nervous Sino businesspeople and sabra tech companies-By David Shamah March 29, 2016, 6:55 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

In any given week, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of Chinese entrepreneurs, investors, and government officials in Israel, touring companies, attending tech and medical events, and examining potential business deals with start-ups.But for most, that’s where it ends, according to Liu Yiu Edwards, CEO of Vadi Ventures, who believes that there is a significant “trust gap” between Israelis and Chinese showing up most prominently in the business activity between the two countries.Israeli start-ups, he said, are “getting a little tired of all these supposed Chinese investors traipsing through their offices. The visitors come, look, ask questions, and take pictures – and then they leave, without investing anything.”In fact, said Edwards, many of the Chinese “investor trips” to Israel these days are organized not by venture capital funds or other investment-oriented organizations, but by travel agents.“Organizing ‘start-up nation’ tours is a big business in China these days,” said Edwards. “But there are no criteria for who goes on these trips other than how much they can pay for it. They are certainly not investor-only events.”The reluctance of Chinese investors to take their commitment to the next level is due to several factors, such as a lack of understanding of how Israel works, and fear that they are not getting an accurate picture of the industry or the prospects of a technology’s success, said Edwards.“We aim to change that with Vadi, a new firm that we developed dedicated to gathering data about Israeli companies for Chinese investors, and giving them the information they want and need in order to invest – such as the funding, the background of the team, the state of the industry they are working in, etc.,” said Edwards.Edwards’ account of the growing lack of enthusiasm for Chinese visitors was confirmed by several entrepreneurs who expressed their opinion on the matter.“We are always polite when they come by, and we usually book the visit when we are asked to,” said the chief marketing officer of a Tel Aviv start-up who asked to remain anonymous in order not to alienate potential Chinese partners. “You never know if there are going to be authentic investors in a group, and even if there aren’t, it doesn’t hurt to have your name known among the Chinese, because someone who visited us might tell a friend who knows a real investor. But we have come to the point where we aren’t expecting too much when these groups come by.”As a result, Israeli entrepreneurs are less enthusiastic about receiving Chinese visitors than they were two or three years ago; investment money they were led to believe would materialize just hasn’t – and it’s doubtful that the signing of the free trade agreement between the two countries will change things substantially, at least when it comes to start-up investments. “There are issues on both sides, but mostly on the Chinese side – which doesn’t feel comfortable with investing outside the country,” said Edwards.Israeli entrepreneurs tend to suspect China of being a difficult environment to work in – especially when it comes to their intellectual property. Despite the best efforts of the Chinese government, the country is seen by Israelis and many other Westerners as a death trap for IP, a place where ideas and technology are likely to be ripped off inside a broader system they suspect tacitly approves of IP theft in order to build up China’s tech capability.But the Chinese have their concerns, too, said Edwards.“Chinese investors of course don’t know Hebrew, and they don’t know how to find start-ups, so they rely on ‘handlers,’ both Israeli and Chinese, to point them in the right direction,” said Edwards. “But there have been several instances in which investors got burned when a company that was portrayed as having good prospects turned out to be a bad investment. The bottom line is that investors don’t know whom to trust, so they end up trusting no one.”With the database Vadi is developing, Edwards hopes to pull the veil off the mysterious world of Israeli start-ups.“You have to be above board and very clear and objective about companies and industries if you want Chinese investors to trust you,” he said. “Chinese in general are ‘holistic’ thinkers and want to see the whole picture – where a company came from and where it is going, and how it fits into an industry – before making their move. We believe that by supplying that kind of information, we will be able to attract many more investors, especially medium sized ones – the backbone of China’s market economy – to invest in Israel.”Many of those potential investors are “economic immigrants” – middle-aged and older people who as children were inculcated with the “purist” Communist principles of Mao, and then some 20 years ago set about building China into the world economic power it is today.“They know one thing – that they worked night and day to make their fortune, and they are not going to part with a nickel of it unless they understand where it is going and what their prospects for success is. The more we can allay the fears, the more we will be able to encourage Chinese investors to take the next step.”

Egypt plane drama ends with hijacker arrested, passengers freed-‘It’s over,’ tweets Cypriot Foreign Ministry after seven-hour standoff at Larnaca airport; officials say no explosives found-By AP and Times of Israel staff March 29, 2016, 4:54 pm

An Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane during a routine domestic flight to Cairo and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday surrendered and was taken into custody after he released all the passengers and crew.His surrender ended an hours-long drama and standoff at the Larnaca airport in southern Cyprus. The hijacker had earlier freed most of the passengers but kept seven people — four crew members and three passengers — with him.Just minutes before the arrest, local TV footage from the airport showed several people disembarking from the aircraft and a man who appeared to be a crew member climbing out of the cockpit window and sliding down the side of the plane.Alexandros Zenon, the permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry in Cyprus, confirmed the hijacker’s surrender and subsequent arrest, saying the situation was “over.”Its over. The #hijacker arrested. #LarnacaAirport # Egyptair-— Cyprus MFA (@CyprusMFA) March 29, 2016-The arrest was also reported by Egypt’s prime minister, Sharif Ismail, and Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi.“All passengers and crew are safe,” Fathi said on state television.The man’s motivation was unclear, but Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the hijacking was “not something that has to do with terrorism” and a Cyprus government official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the man “seems (to be) in love.”Anastasiades, appearing alongside European Parliament President Martin Schulz in Nicosia, was asked by reporters whether he could confirm that the incident was about a woman. “Always, there is a woman” involved, he replied, drawing laughter.A Cyprus police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose details of the situation, said the hijacker walked off the plane and was taken into custody by special anti-terrorist police. The official said the man wore a belt but there were no explosives in it.A civil aviation official, also speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t allowed to talk to the media, said the man gave negotiators the name of a woman who lives in Cyprus and asked to give her an envelope. It was not clear if she was his former wife.The hijacker had also complained about the current Egyptian government and had demanded the release of female prisoners from Egyptian jails, he said.The flight MS181 took off from the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria on Tuesday morning en route to Cairo with at least 55 passengers, including 26 foreigners, and a seven-member crew.An official with flight-tracking website FlightRadar24 said the plane showed no immediate signs of distress. The flight between Alexandria and Cairo normally takes about 30 minutes.There was also confusion about the hijacker’s identity. At a news conference in Cairo, Egypt’s Civil Aviation minister, Sharif Fathi, refused to identify him.Earlier, Egyptian government spokesman Hossam al-Queish said the hijacker was Ibrahim Samaha, but an Egyptian woman who identified herself as Samaha’s wife said her husband was not the hijacker and was on his way to Cairo so he could fly to the US to attend a conference.The woman, who identified herself only as Nahla, told the Egyptian private TV network ONTV in a phone interview that her husband had never been to Cyprus and that a photo on Egyptian and regional TV channels that supposedly showed the hijacker was not him. Later, the official Middle East News Agency gave a different name for the hijacker.Egypt’s state news agency, MENA, later identified the hijacker as Seifedeen Mustafa. The name was confirmed by a senior Cypriot official.Al-Queish, the government spokesman, also told the private CBC TV network that authorities could not confirm that the hijacker had explosives on him. An earlier statement from the Egyptian Aviation Ministry said the man claimed he had a belt with explosives.The plane landed at the airport in the southern Cypriot city of Larnaca, also on the Mediterranean. A statement from the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry statement said the foreigners on board included eight Americans, four Britons, four Dutch, two Belgians, a French national, an Italian, two Greeks and one Syrian. Three other foreigners could not be identified.The initial batch of passengers released by the hijacker was seen calmly walking off the plane down a set of stairs, carrying hand luggage, and boarding a bus parked by the plane’s side. Security was tight at the airport, with police repeatedly pushing back reporters and TV news crews working just outside the facility’s fence, near where the aircraft stopped.Police also evacuated the nearby Makenzy beach, a stretch of coast close to the airport and popular with tourists. It was not immediately clear why.An Egyptian aircraft was expected to later fly to Larnaca so it could bring back the released passengers, according to officials.The incident raises more questions about security at Egyptian airports, five months after a Russian aircraft crashed over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula minutes after it took off from Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.All 224 people on board were killed in the crash. Russia later said an explosive device brought down the aircraft and the extremist Islamic State group took responsibility.US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Tuesday, said that a “very good question” is whether the man who hijacked the plane Tuesday was able to pass through airport security with a bomb-laden belt.The hijacking was reminiscent of a deadly 1978 incident that involved Egyptians, planes and Larnaca airport.The incident arose when two Palestinians assassinated an Egyptian government minister at his hotel in Nicosia. The assailants took hostages and drove to the airport, where they boarded a plane with them. They later returned to Cyprus, where they had an hours-long standoff until an Egyptian C-130 carrying commandos landed at Larnaca airport.The commandos attempted to storm the Cyprus Airways jet, but were fired upon by Cypriot troops. Many were killed. The Palestinians eventually surrendered. They were arrested, sentenced and released years later.The incident poisoned Egypt’s relations with Cyprus for years. Relations eventually improved, but it was Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in office since June 2014, who has forged close ties with Cyprus.Sissi and Anastasiades frequently confer in person or on the phone. They spoke by phone Tuesday about the hijacking.

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