The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth July 20th Edition written by Frank DiMora
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Headline: Rabbis call on Jews to visit Temple Mount ‘to strengthen our claim to this holy place’
Several dozen prominent national-religious rabbis issued a statement on Thursday encouraging Jews to visit the Temple Mount, a call which comes against the background of severe tensions that have surrounded the site since two Israeli policemen were murdered there by three Arab-Israeli men two weeks ago. The rabbis declared that it is of religious merit to visit the Temple Mount and that such visits bolster the Jewish people’s claim to it. The rabbis insisted however that anyone who goes up to the Temple Mount comply with religious strictures at the site, including immersing in a ritual bath before ascending, not wearing leather shoes, and refraining from entering areas forbidden by Jewish law, specifically close proximity to the Dome of the Rock Islamic shrine, where it is believed the Temple’s Holy of Holies was located.
July 27, 2017
Headline: Muslim authorities approve Temple Mount prayers after cameras removed
The Muslim Wakf along with the Mufti of Jerusalem announced Thursday morning that Muslims would once again be encouraged to worship at the al-Aksa compound after Israel removed newly installed security measures at the holy site. The announcement raised hopes of an end to two weeks of heightened tensions in the city that is holy to the three monotheistic religions. Security cameras and barricades at Temple Mount were dismantled Thursday morning as a result of the Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision to remove the heightened security measures implemented at the site after the July 14 attack where two Israeli policemen were killed. Amateur video shot overnight showed Israeli contractors dismantling gantries put up to hold security cameras and using forklift trucks to take away metal barriers from the marbled Lion’s Gate entrance to the mosque compound. “The technical report showed that all obstacles the ‘occupation’ (Israel) put outside Al-Aksa mosque were removed,” the head of the Wakf, Abdel-Azeem Salhab, said.
July 27, 2017
Headline: Temple Mount Prayers Conclude; Palestinians, Israeli Forces Clash in West Bank, Gaza
Headline: Palestinian youth killed in clashes, as riots rage on
Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed on the Temple Mount on Friday amid clashes between Israeli forces and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, where one Palestinian died. The Israeli police decided to bar men under the age of 50 from entering the site. During the mid-day prayers, thousands of men who didn’t meet the age requirement gathered near checkpoints outside the Mount. No clashes or other violent incidents were reported there. Morning prayers at the site proceeded without incident and by late Friday afternoon, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was open without restrictions ahead of the evening prayer, the Muslim custodian of the site said.Meanwhile on Friday a Palestinian terrorist was shot and killed after he tried to stab soldiers at the Gush Etzion intersection in the West Bank on Friday.A total of 600 Palestinians were reported to be involved in clashes across the West Bank, with 11 Palestinians being wounded from rubber bullets and 30 from tear gas inhalation. Two were also injured by ruger-rifle fire. One soldier was lightly wounded after being struck with a rock.
July 28, 2017
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.803958?=&ts=_1501262317724
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4995636,00.html
Jordan
Headline: Jordan says to bar Israel envoy until shooting probed
Headline: King Abdullah furious with Netanyahu
Jordan will not allow the return of Israel’s ambassador until the shooting of two Jordanians by an embassy security guard has been properly investigated, a government official said Friday.
“Jordan will not allow ambassador Einat Shlein or the rest of the embassy staff to return until a thorough investigation has been opened” into Sunday’s shooting, the official said. On Thursday, King Abdullah II called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try the guard, who flew home on Monday night with other embassy officials after being briefly questioned by Jordanian investigators.
July 28, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1135961/middle-east
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/233089
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanese army ‘strengthening positions’ against Daesh
The Lebanese army says it is currently strengthening its positions against Daesh following skirmishes with militants close to the Syrian border. A military source stated that the army had exchanged fire on Thursday with fighters attached to Daesh, which controls a barren mountainous area in northeastern Lebanon. The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that “Daesh militants fired at the Lebanese army which in turn responded.” “No negotiations with Daesh are currently taking place. We are strengthening our positions in preparation for any possible incident. According to the given data and conditions on the ground, we will determine if we will wage a battle against Daesh.” Meanwhile, areas close to those controlled by Daesh were calm at 6 a.m. on Thursday, following the announcement of a cease-fire by Hezbollah, after its battle against Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (JFS), formerly known as the Al-Nusra Front, in the Jaroud Arsal area.
July 28, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1135841/middle-east
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudis intercept a “ballistic missile” fired against Mecca
Headline: Saudi forces kill 40 Houthi militants off Jazan
The Saudi Press Agency reported Friday that the Arab Coalition command late Thursday intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi insurgents against the holy city of Mecca. It was shot down over the Al-Waslya area of Taif province some 69km away from Mecca, causing no damage or casualties. The statement described the attack as “a desperate attempt to disrupt the Haj season.”
July 28, 2017
Syria
Headline: Putin signs Syria base deal, cementing Russia’s presence there for half a century
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show. The original deal, signed in Damascus in January, sets out the terms under which Russia can use its Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province which it has used to carry out air strikes against forces opposing President Bashar Assad. Putin approved the agreement on Wednesday, after the two chambers of the Russian parliament backed it earlier this month, according to the government’s official information portal. The document says Russian forces will be deployed at the Hmeymim base for 49 years with the option of extending that arrangement for 25-year periods.
July 27, 2017
Iran
Headline: US imposes new ballistic missile sanctions on Iran after latest launch
The United States on Friday imposed new ballistic missile sanctions on Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic launched a rocket towards space. Though the flight ultimately wasn’t successful, officials told Fox News, Iran’s rocket is thought to be a step toward developing an intercontinental ballistic missile that could one day carry a nuclear weapon. The sanctions announced on Friday target six Iranian subsidiaries of the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group. The Treasury Department said that group is “central” to Iran’s ballistic missiles program. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the sanctions illustrate deep U.S. concerns about Iran’s missile testing and other actions. He said the U.S. would continue countering Iran’s ballistic missile program — including Thursday’s “provocative space launch.” The U.S. has said the launch flouted a United Nations Security Council resolution because the technology is inherently designed to be able to carry a nuclear payload.
July 28, 2017
Headline: Islamic State Threatens Iran in New Video
The Islamic State group has issued a short new video in which it threatens the Islamic Republic of Iran and vows to destabilize the country with terrorist attacks. The video, released Tuesday, depicts a teenage boy in military uniform who directly looks at the camera and speaks Persian with a bold voice, threatening the regime. The teenager is introduced as the “Persian Qattadah” in the video, which is the name of a close disciple of Prophet Muhammad. “We will destroy your land and your home, we will disrupt your security and we will shed your blood into rivers,” the teenager is heard saying in the video. Iran has not yet reacted to the video. “Islamic State’s propaganda is falling on fertile ground as Sunnis in Iran are deeply underprivileged and deprived of many of their rights,” Ali Alfoneh, a nonresident senior fellow at Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at The Atlantic Council, told VOA.
July 27, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/islamic-state-threatens-iran-video/3961995.html
Headline: Venezuela imposes ban on demonstrations as election nears
Headline: Venezuela opposition leader urges public, army, on strike
Headline: Venezuelans Stockpile Food and Water Ahead of Maduro Power Grab
The Venezuelan government on Friday ordered a ban on demonstrations, amid a two-day strike against proposed constitutional reforms. The government announced the ban on all protests that “might disturb the electoral process” of Sunday’s election. Nestor Reverol, the interior and justice minister, warned that violators face prison sentences of five to 10 years if they violate the ban. This weekend, voters will elect a 545-member special assembly that will be charged with rewriting the Venezuelan constitution — and will have the power to eliminate state agencies. Opponents see the Constituent Assembly as a step toward dictatorship by the party of President Nicolas Maduro. A mass protest in Caracas remained scheduled for Friday, in the midst of the 48-hour general strike that started Thursday. Anti-government protests, which began in April, increased this week. Incidents linked to protests on Wednesday and Thursday led to the deaths of seven demonstrators, the nation’s attorney general’s office said. Hundreds of Maduro’s supporters marched in the streets Thursday on the final day of the election campaign.
July 28, 2017
Headline: ‘More than 40’ killed in battle with Boko Haram in Nigeria
More than 40 people have died in north-east Nigeria during an attempt to free people who had been ambushed in a convoy by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, sources have told the BBC. At least five members of an oil exploration team were killed and soldiers also died. Army chiefs have now been ordered to relocate to the affected area. Details of what happened on Tuesday remain unclear, with initial reports from the army suggesting the abducted geologists and surveyors, who worked at the University of Maiduguri, had been rescued. On Tuesday, the army said the bodies of nine Nigerian soldiers and a civilian had been recovered. But now the university has said at least five members of staff, including two academics and a driver, were killed when the heavily armed convoy made its way back to Maiduguri, in north-east Nigeria. Several others remain missing.
July 28, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40740323
Headline: Hamburg attack: Man ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’ kills one person and injures four in frenzied supermarket knife attack
A knife-wielding man has killed one person and injured four others in a frenzied attack in a Hamburg supermarket. Police said a man entered the supermarket and stabbed a number of people at about 3pm local time on Friday. “He struck out at customers without warning,” Heike Uhde, a police spokeswoman said. According to German newspaper Bild, the man cried “Allahu Akbar” while he carried out the attack. He fled the scene but was chased by witnesses who were able to restrain him nearby. He was arrested by police shortly afterwards. The incident happened in a branch of Edeka, Germany’s largest supermarket chain, in the Barmbek region in the north of the city.
July 28, 2017
Headline: Russia Sanctions Pass Senate With Limits on Trump’s Power
Headline: Russia Orders ‘Hundreds’ of U.S. Staff Out in Sanctions Reprisal
Headline: Russia seizes two US properties, payback for sanctions
Moscow Friday impounded two American diplomatic properties and ordered the US embassy to reduce its staff by September, the day after the US Senate approved expanding economic sanctions against Russia, as well as Iran and North Korea. The bill, initially by the House, goes to President Donald Trump for signing into law. It is not clear if he will sign it. The statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the United States Embassy was asked to reduce its diplomatic and technical staff members in Russia to 455 by Sept. 1, matching the number of Russian diplomats in the United States.
July 28, 2017
http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/21148/Russia-seizes-two-US-properties-payback-for-sanctions
Headline: Al-Qaida Announces Establishment of Group in Indian Kashmir
Indian police say they are investigating a claim by al-Qaida that it has established a new group in Indian Kashmir. It is the first time a global terror outfit has claimed a presence in Kashmir, where local Islamic militant groups have led a violent, separatist insurgency. Al-Qaida announced the establishment of the Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind, to be led by a local commander, Zakir Musa, on its online information network, the Global Islamic Media Front. Musa represents a new generation of young militants who Indian experts say are radicalizing young Kashmiris to revitalize an insurgency that had become dormant, but has flared in the past year.
July 28, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/al-qaida-group-indian-kashmir/3962660.html
Headline: North Korea Launches Another Ballistic Missile
North Korea launched another ballistic missile Friday, the second such launch in just a few weeks, the Pentagon said. “I can confirm that we detected a launch of a ballistic missile from North Korea,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said in a statement. “We are assessing and will have more information soon.” Davis said the missile launch occurred about 10:45 a.m. ET.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the missile may have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, and he convened an emergency meeting of Japanese officials to respond to the launch.
July 28, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea-fires-another-nuclear-missile-/3962988.html
July 12, 2017–Thousands of red crabs wash up on Catalina Island, California
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/11/thousands-of-tiny-red-crabs-wash-ashore-on-catalina-island-are-southern-california-beaches-next/
July 15, 2017–Thousands of fish die in the Fucino lake in Italy
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terremarsicane.it%2Ffucino-morte-migliaia-di-anodonti-i-purificatori-delle-acque-pescatori-disperati-agricoltori-infuriati-il-consorzio-ci-chiede-aumenti-dove-sta-la-manutenzione%2F&edit-text=&act=url
July 15, 2017–Dead fish found in a lake in Islamabad, Pakistan
https://www.voanews.com/a/dead-fish-pakistan-reservoir/3945408.html
July 17, 2017–Dead whales found on the coast of Baja California
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcsnoticias.mx%2Fencuentran-7-ballenas-muertas-en-la-costa-de-canalones-en-bahia-tortugas%2F&edit-text=&act=url
July 18, 2017–Hundreds of tons of fish have died in fish farms in Lampung, Indonesia
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Flampungpro.com%2Fpost%2F5367%2Fratusan-ton-ikan-di-keramba-apung-mati-petambak-rugi-miliaran-rupiah&edit-text=&act=url
July 21, 2017–Dead fish wash up in Sao Jose de Ribamar, Brazil
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fg1.globo.com%2Fma%2Fmaranhao%2Fnoticia%2Fautoridades-investigam-mortes-de-centenas-de-peixes-em-sao-jose-de-ribamar.ghtml&edit-text=&act=url
July 25, 2017–Hundreds of dead fish found in a lake in Colorado
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dead-fish-found-boulder-colorado-lake/
July 25, 2017–Dead birds line a road in Idaho
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article163609628.html
July 26, 2017–Thousands of dead fish found in a river in Mato Grosso, Brazil
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonoticias.com.br%2Fnoticia%2Fgeral%2Findigenas-denunciam-morte-de-milhares-de-peixes-em-rio-entre-mato-grosso-e-o-para&edit-text=&act=url
July 26, 2017–Thousands of dead fish found on a lake in Birmingham, England
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-thousands-dead-fish-discovered-13390008
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