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Israeli jets pound Hamas infrastructure after balloon attacks (includes video)
Rocket from Gaza lands in Israel, IDF hits Hamas post
After explosive balloons were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory early Sunday, IDF fighter jets targeted a number of Hamas terror targets in the southern Gaza Strip. Among the targets struck were a weapons manufacturing site and a military compound in which posts used for collection purposes were located. Explosive balloons are becoming more sophisticated, Israel Hayom reports on Sunday.They are also being found further afield, causing concern among Israel’s population that Gaza terrorists have found a way to extend the range of the explosive devices. Arab reports say that the balloons launched by terrorists from Gaza are fixed with a stronger incendiary mixture than the incendiary balloons previously launched toward Israel.Similarly, the explosive devices are “upgraded” and equipped with elements to increase casualties among the civilian population, the sources say.
January 26, 2020
Trump signs bill to help boost synagogues, other nonprofits against potential attacks
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill on Friday that allocates $375 million over five years to synagogues and other houses of worship, as well as additional other nonprofits, to help protect themselves against terror attacks. The Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act will allocate $75 million annually under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). Trump called it an “incredible piece of legislation.” “It took a long time to get it here, but this is something that is very, very special and great for you as mayors,” he told those in the Oval Office for the signing of the bill. Attendees included Jewish Federations of North America president and CEO Eric Fingerhut and American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) executive vice president Rabbi Levi Shemtov.
January 27, 2020
Trump to Netanyahu, Gantz: You have six weeks to implement peace plan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party chairman MK Benny Gantz are set to meet separately with US President Donald Trump Monday at the White House, ahead of the expected roll-out of the American administration’s long-awaited peace plan. The president will first meet with Netanyahu alone for 20 minutes at 6 PM Israel time (11 AM in Washington) and then participate in an expanded meeting along with the prime minister’s staff for a little less than an hour. The meeting with Gantz is to follow immediately afterward. Reuters reported Monday that a U.S. official said that Trump’s message to the two will be: “You have six weeks to get this [plan] going, if you want it.” Before getting on their respective flights to Washington, both rivals for the prime minister’s seat in the Israeli parliamentary election on March 2 called the plan, which has been dubbed the Deal of the Century, a “historic” plan. They publicly gave it favorable reviews even without knowing all its details
January 27, 2020
Palestinian factions call for ‘day of rage’ on day of Trump peace plan
Abbas instructs troops not to block Palestinians from clashing with IDF
Palestinian factions on Sunday called for a “day of rage” for the day US President Donald Trump releases his long-awaited plan for Mideast peace. The latest call for a “day of rage” came as the Palestinian Authority continued to threaten that Trump’s upcoming plan, also known as the “Deal of the Century,” would ignite mass protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PA officials have also hinted that the Palestinian leadership may renounce all signed agreements with Israel and halt security coordination between the Palestinians and Israel in the West Bank. The group called on Palestinians to express their anger toward the US administration by removing all street signs concerning US funding for various Palestinian projects. It also called for boycotting US goods, the same way Palestinians have been boycotting settlement products.
January 27, 2020
PLO official warns of declaration of Palestinian statehood in response to Trump plan
Palestinians say Abbas rejected Trump’s bid to discuss peace plan
Abbas said to refuse to take phone call from Trump
Wassel Abu Yusuf, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, said Sunday in an interview with Arab media that the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership is considering unilaterally declaring the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and ending the transition period of the Oslo Accords as a response to an announcement on the details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan. Speaking about the upcoming U.S. announcement, Abu Yusuf said that the Palestinians will appeal to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court to seek international protection for their claims while commencing with “popular protest activities,” a reference to violence and riots. Abu Yusuf added that a Palestinian declaration of a status as a “state under occupation” is also possible. Eastern Jerusalem would be declared the capital of the Palestinian state.
January 27, 2020
IS vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan
ISIS: We need to conquer Israeli settlements, start targeting Jews
The Islamic State group vowed in an audio message released Monday that the extremists will start a new phase of attacks that will focus on Israel and blasted the U.S. administration’s plan to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite carrying out deadly attacks throughout the world over the past years, IS has rarely targeted Israel. The audio appears to try to win the extremist group popularity in the region at a time when President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is expected to be announced in the U.S. soon. IS spokesman Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi urged in the 37-minute audio members of the extremist group to carry out attacks against Israel. The message was released by the group’s al-Furqan media.
January 27, 2020
Sanhedrin Assembly on Third Temple Brings Representatives from Sons of Ishmael
On Sunday night, the Sanhedrin hosted a conference to discuss the role of the Arabs and Muslims in the Third Temple. The conference featured a lecture by Dr. Mordechai Kedar, a senior lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Kedar has frequently referred to the claim that Jerusalem is holy to the Muslims as “fake news.” “Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Quran and there is not a basis to believe that Jerusalem had any significance for Muhammad,” Dr. Kedar explained to Breaking Israel News. “In early Islam, we see that assigning holiness to the Temple Mount was criticized as an attempt to introduce Jewish concepts into Islam.” “The Muslims decided to announce that the al Aqsa mentioned in the Koran refers not only to the mosque on the southern end of the compound, but is the name for the entire Temple Mount area, abandoning the original name, al-Haram al-Sharif.” Rather than use this dubious claim as a battle cry to expel the Muslims, Dr. Kedar suggested that the commonality of Jerusalem could serve as a bond to bring together all three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He emphasized that the three religions shared common interests. “Every year, rabbis and imams join in a petition to prevent a certain parade from taking place in Jerusalem,” he said, noting that al faiths were in agreement when it comes to the sanctity of the city. Dr. Kedar had hopes that such a coming-together based in Jerusalem could have a global impact but he warned that it had to be of a specific nature.
January 27, 2020
King Abdullah prepared to reject Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ if it penalises Jordan
Jordan’s King Abdullah has publicly slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed “Deal of the Century”, media reported this week, a US Middle East peace initiative that is expected to heavily favour Israel over the Palestinians. King Abdullah was touring southern Jordan on Sunday when he was asked about the deal, due to be unveiled to Israeli leaders during a visit to Washington this week. The Jordan monarch stated he would reject the deal if it impinges on the kingdom’s interests. “Our position is perfectly well-known. We will not agree to proposals that come at our expense,” he said, according to Israeli media. “Our position on the Palestinian cause is clear, and the word ‘no’ is very clear to everyone.” Jordan’s monarchy has custodianship of the holy sites in Jerusalem, while Amman has accused Israel of a series of provocations at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
January 27, 2020
Saudi Foreign Minister Says Israeli Passport Holders Cannot Visit Kingdom
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel decreed that Israeli citizens could visit Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances, CNN reported on Monday. “Our policy is fixed. We do not have relations with the State of Israel and Israeli passport holders cannot visit the kingdom at the current time,” the US broadcaster quoted Prince Faisal bin Farhan as saying. “When a peace agreement is reached between the Palestinians and the Israelis, I believe the issue of Israel‘s involvement in the region will be on the table,” Prince Faisal said.
January 27, 2020
Three Rockets Make “Direct Hit” on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
On Sunday, at least five projectiles were launched at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital city, with three making a direct hit on buildings inside the compound. One of the rockets struck a cafeteria. At least one person was reported injured in the attack. Last Sunday, three rockets were launched at the embassy but landed nearby. The State Department added that there have been more than 14 attacks by Iran and Iranian-supported militias on US personnel in Iraq since September. “We call on the Government of Iraq to fulfill its obligations to protect our diplomatic facilities,” the spokesperson said. “The security situation remains tense and Iranian-backed armed groups remain a threat. So, we remain vigilant.” On Monday, live ammo can be heard being fired upon protesters
January 27, 2020
Violence escalates in Iraq as government pushes to end protests
Gunmen shot dead two protesters in Iraq’s southern city of Nassiriya overnight and a Baghdad district became a battlefield on the third day of a drive by security forces to end months of demonstrations against the largely Iran-backed ruling elite. Clashes over the weekend had already killed at least five protesters. Rockets also hit the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone housing government buildings.
January 27, 2020
Iran Foreign Minister Calls Trump Peace Plan for Middle East ‘Delusional’: Tweet
Iranian general warns of retaliation if US threats continue
Iran’s foreign minister called U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East “delusional” in a tweet on Monday. “Instead of a delusional ‘Deal of the Century’ — which will be D.O.A.— self-described ‘champions of democracy’ would do better to accept Iran’s democratic solution proposed by Ayatollah @khamenei_ir: A referendum whereby ALL Palestinians —Muslim, Jew or Christian — decide their future,” Zarif wrote. Meanwhile, The chief of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Monday that it will retaliate against American and Israeli commanders if the U.S. continues to threaten top Iranian generals. “I warn them to withdraw from this field,” Gen. Hossein Salami told state television, adding if they do not, they “will definitely regret it.”
January 27, 2020
Taliban says has brought down U.S. military plane in Afghanistan
The Taliban said it had shot down a U.S. military plane in the central Afghan province of Ghazni on Monday, killing all personnel on board. “The plane, which was on an intelligence mission, was brought down in Sado Khel area of Deh Yak district of Ghazni province,” Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said in a statement, adding that everyone on board, including high ranking officers, had been killed. A senior defense official investigating the crash said no senior U.S. official was killed and added that they were still investigating the cause of the crash. No one from the U.S. military was immediately available for comment.
January 27, 2020
Fighting Rages as Libya Force Pushes Toward Key Western City
Officials from Libya’s two rival governments said fighting erupted Sunday as the country’s east-based forces advanced toward the strategic western city of Misrata, further eroding a crumbling cease-fire agreement brokered earlier this month. The clashes came just hours after the United Nations decried “continued blatant violations” of an arms embargo on Libya by several unspecified countries. The violations fly in the face of recent pledges to respect the embargo made by world powers at an international conference in Berlin last week. The weak but U.N.-recognized government is based in the capital, Tripoli, and led by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj. It is backed by Turkey, and to a lesser degree Qatar and Italy. Rival forces based in the east and loyal to military commander Khalifa Hifter receive support from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, as well as France and Russia. Hifter’s forces were advancing some 120 kilometers (around 75 miles) east of Misrata, near the town of Abugrein, according to the media office of militias allied with the Tripoli government. It said clashes were still taking place in the outskirts of Abugrein.
January 26, 2020
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize key route in deadly clashes
Yemen’s Houthi rebels made gains Monday against government troops north and east of Sanaa, seizing a strategic road in deadly fighting, loyalist military officials told AFP. The pro-government sources said the rebels had captured the route that connects Sanaa to the provinces of Marib, to the east, and Jawf to the north. Dozens have been killed or wounded in the fighting around Sanaa in the past 48 hours, according to these military sources, but they were not able to give precise figures. “The Houthis are now seeking to take Hazm, the capital of Jawf province,” one official told AFP on condition of anonymity. The rebels were now just five kilometres (three miles) from the city, this source added.
January 27, 2020
About Twenty Soldiers Killed in Mali Attack, Government Says
About 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Jan. 26, the government said. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. In a statement, the government said “terrorists” entered the camp near the village of Sokolo, killed the soldiers and caused “significant material damage”. “Reinforcements have been dispatched to the scene and an aerial reconnaissance is underway in the area to track down the attackers,” it said. Islamist groups with links to al Qaeda and the ISIS terrorist group operate in arid central and northern Mali and have used the area as a base to attack soldiers and civilians in neighboring Burkina Faso, Niger, and beyond.
January 27, 2020
People can now be identified at a distance by their heartbeat
BEFORE PULLING the trigger, a sniper planning to assassinate an enemy operative must be sure the right person is in the cross-hairs. Western forces commonly use software that compares a suspect’s facial features or gait with those recorded in libraries of biometric data compiled by police and intelligence agencies. Such technology can, however, be foiled by a disguise, head-covering or even an affected limp. For this reason America’s Special Operations Command (SOC), which oversees the units responsible for such operations in the various arms of America’s forces, has long wanted extra ways to confirm a potential target’s identity. Responding to a request from SOC, the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO), an agency of the defence department, has now developed a new tool for the job. This system, dubbed Jetson, is able to measure, from up to 200 metres away, the minute vibrations induced in clothing by someone’s heartbeat. Since hearts differ in both shape and contraction pattern, the details of heartbeats differ, too. The effect of this on the fabric of garments produces what Ideal Innovations, a firm involved in the Jetson project, calls a “heartprint”—a pattern reckoned sufficiently distinctive to confirm someone’s identity.
January 23, 2020
Virginia Passes Transgender Educational Mandates for Children, Other Pro-LGBT Measures
Virginia Democrats are not just at war with the Bill of Rights; they are at war with traditional Christian values as well. They moved legislation through the state senate earlier this week that advances the LGBT agenda. One bill will allow transgender people to be issued new birth certificates that are not based on the sex of their birth. Even if they have not surgically altered their sex, they will still be able to get the new birth certificate. Another bill involves mandating public schools in Virginia to have policies regarding transgender education.
January 25, 2020
61 Million Babies Have Died in Abortions, a Death Toll That’s the Population of Italy
The following are the remarks Congressman Chris Smith gave today at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.: Today we march for life to defend the weakest and most vulnerable. Tragically, since the infamous 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decisions that eviscerated legal protection for unborn children, more than 61 million babies have been dismembered or chemically aborted—a death toll that equates with the entire population of Italy. Under President Obama, abortion was aggressively promoted at home and overseas. Even longstanding bipartisan conscience protection laws were shamelessly not enforced. Now President Trump is robustly enforcing America’s conscience laws, including the Weldon Amendment, to ensure that no health care professional and no organization or entity is coerced into paying for or participating in the killing of an unborn child. In just three years, several executive orders and actions have been promulgated by the Trump Administration to protect life—including Title X reform and the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA)—and the courts appear to be seriously trending in the right direction.
January 24, 2020
Coronavirus Latest: Over 2,800 Global Cases Resulting in 80 Fatalities
US Evacuating Citizens as Experts Predict Wuhan Virus Could Infect 270K
Cambodia Confirms First Coronavirus Case
Tibet closes scenic areas amid coronavirus outbreak
In China there are now 2,744 confirmed cases as of 1200am on Jan 27, an increase of 39% resulting in 80 deaths, up 43%. This is triple the 916 mainland China cases reported late on Friday. Across the globe, there are now 2,807 confirmed cases and 80 Chinese fatalities, as so far nobody outside of China has died from the disease (that we know of). Some very unpleasant math: in China’s Hubei province where Wuhan is located, epicenter of the coronavirus breakout, there have been 1,423 cases and 76 deaths, resulting in a mortality rate of over 5%. 5th US Coronavirus infection confirmed by CDC in 4 states (AZ, CA, IL, WA) CDC calls the virus an “emerging public health threat,” adding that the threat is “serious.” Incubation is asymptomatic, contagious, and can be as long as 14 days. 5M may have left Wuhan for Lunar New Year. 1st case was Dec 1 NOT Dec 31 so infect pop may be much bigger. US, Russia, Thailand begin plans for evacuation. Premier Li Keqiang charged with leading government’s task force. 3 Beijing hospitals using AIDS drugs to treat virus
January 27, 2020
Locust outbreak in Kenya is worst in 70 years: “Even cows are wondering what is happening“
The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. Those two countries have not had an infestation like this in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region with devastating hunger. “Even cows are wondering what is happening,” said Ndunda Makanga, who spent hours Friday trying to chase the locusts from his farm. “Corn, sorghum, cowpeas, they have eaten everything.” Even a small swarm of the insects can consume enough food for 35,000 people in a single day, said Jens Laerke of the U.N. humanitarian office in Geneva. About 70,000 hectares – 172,973 acres – of land in Kenya are already infested. A single swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer of farmland – an area the size of almost 250 football fields, authorities say.
January 25, 2020
January 22, 2020 – Thousands of dead fish wash up on a beach in Gandia, Spain
5.4 Quake Hits Southern Iran, Says State TV
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Fars province in southern Iran on Monday, Iranian state TV reported. State TV did not report any information on possible damage or casualties from the quake, which hit near the town of Khane Zenian. Assessment teams have been dispatched to the quake site, which is not a very populous area, the head of rescue for Iran’s Red Crescent, Morteza Salimi, told state TV. Posts on social media said that the earthquake had been felt by residents of the provincial capital Shiraz, approximately 50 km (30 miles) away from the epicenter of the quake.
January 27, 2020
Brazil floods: Dozens dead in severe Minas Gerais rainstorms
At least 30 people have died during severe rainstorms in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, the country’s emergency services have said. Many of the victims were buried in landslides or washed away in floods after intense rain on Friday and Saturday. More than 2,500 people were evacuated from their homes, and local TV showed images of ruined houses under red mud. Rescue work continued overnight into Sunday, with 17 people missing. The Brazilian weather service said on Saturday that the state capital of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, had had 17cm (seven inches) of rain in one 24-hour period – the heaviest rainfall since records were first kept 110 years ago.
January 26, 2020
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