I think for all the many views I have its time to laugh a little. After all the word of God tells us laughter is good for healing.
Feb 04
Feb. 3, 2017- Trump warns Israel: Stop announcing new settlements
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Headline: Trump warns Israel: Stop announcing new settlements
The White House warned Israel on Thursday to cease settlement announcements that are “unilateral” and “undermining” of President Donald Trump’s effort to forge Middle East peace, a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post. For the first time, the administration confirmed that Trump is committed to a comprehensive two-state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict negotiated between the parties. The official told the Post that the White House was not consulted on Israel’s unprecedented announcement of 5,500 new settlement housing units over the course of his first two weeks in office. “As President Trump has made clear, he is very interested in reaching a deal that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is currently exploring the best means of making progress toward that goal,” the official said. “With that in mind, we urge all parties to refrain from taking unilateral actions that could undermine our ability to make progress, including settlement announcements,” the official added. “The administration needs to have the chance to fully consult with all parties on the way forward.” Trump plans to bring up the peace process in his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House scheduled for February 15.
Feb. 2, 2017
Headline: Rare Red Heifer Eligible for Third Temple Offering Found, And You Won’t Believe Where
A rabbi in a remote region of Mexico he went to a dairy farm to purchase milk, and was shocked when he saw a vital element of the Third Temple right in front of his eyes: a red heifer calmly chewing its cud under the Baja sun. “I’ve grown up with the stories, so I know how rare and valuable the red heifer is,” Rabbi Benny “Bentsion” Hershcovich told Breaking Israel News. “I’ve never seen a red heifer and I never expected to see one. My heart literally jumped when I saw it.” The red heifer, one of the most perplexing Torah commandments, is a necessary element for purifying Jews in order to enable them to do the service in the Temple. Rabbi Hershcovich asked the farmer about the calf. The perplexed Mexican farmer explained that it had been born several months earlier, and that while the color was odd, he considered it to be “just another cow”. The farmer had never heard of the Biblical commandment and did not understand why the rabbi was so excited. Though familiar with the concept of the red heifer – or para adumah in Hebrew – Rabbi Hershcovich felt unqualified to determine whether this particular cow fulfilled the Torah requirements. The laws pertaining to the red heifer are complex and a tiny blemish or a hair of the wrong color can render the cow unfit. This is the statute of the law which Hashem hath commanded, saying: Speak unto B’nei Yisrael, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. Numbers 19:2 “Regardless of its status, just seeing something that was an integral part of the Temple and Jewish history, was really magnificent,” the rabbi said. “I was mesmerized by this simple cow.” A very few candidates for the red heifer have been found. Most have been disqualified due to blemishes or pregnancies. In an effort to reinstate the mitzvah (Torah commandment) of purifying with the red heifer’s ashes, the Temple Institute in Jerusalem last year imported embryos of red angus, a distinctly red breed of cow, and implanted them in Israeli cows at a farm in the Negev. Though several male heifers were born, no reports of pure red heifers have been forthcoming.
Feb. 1, 2017
Saudi Arabia
Headline: US sends Navy destroyer to patrol off Yemen amid Iran tensions -officials
The United States has placed a Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two U.S. officials said on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran. The USS Cole arrived in the vicinity of the Bab al-Mandab Strait off southwestern Yemen where it will carry out patrols including escorting vessels, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
***See also Iran below
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4917269,00.html
Headline: Al-Qaeda rapidly advance in southern Yemen capturing three towns
Al-Qaeda has captured three towns in southern Yemen days after US airstrikes killed 16 civilians, according to officials. Al-Qaeda captured the towns of Loder, Shaqra and Ahwar in Abyan province. Local sources said the captures were helped by a pullout by forces loyal to the Saudi-backed former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, angry over the late payment of their wages, PressTV reported. Another source said al-Qaeda militants later withdrew from Loder and Shaqra after protest demonstrations by residents who threatened to take arms against the terrorist group, the report continued.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: Iran’s New Way of War in Syria
Iran is transforming its military to be able to conduct quasi-conventional warfare hundreds of miles from its borders. This capability, which very few states in the world have, will fundamentally alter the strategic calculus and balance of power within the Middle East. It is not a transitory phenomenon. Iranian military leaders have rotated troops from across the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Artesh, and Basij into Syria in order to expose a significant portion of its force to this kind of operation and warfare. Iran intends to continue along the path of developing a conventional force-projection capability. Iranian military planners deployed thousands of soldiers from across its military branches over a 15-month operation to set conditions for the envelopment and eventual recapture of Aleppo City by pro-Assad forces in December 2016. They reoriented forces that had traditionally focused on defensive operations into an expeditionary force capable of conducting sustained operations abroad for the first time since the end of the Iran-Iraq War. These developments signal a larger strategic shift on the part of Iran’s military leadership toward a more aggressive posture in the region. Iran is finding that asymmetric capabilities designed to deter the U.S. or Israel are insufficient to conduct the more conventional military operations required in Syria and elsewhere. The Iranian military is overcoming significant institutional obstacles to meet these new requirements.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: Russia says Damascus embassy came under shell attack
The Russian embassy in Damascus came under shell fire on Thursday and Friday, the foreign ministry in Moscow said, blaming an attack by “terrorists.” One shell fell about 20 metres (yards) from the embassy’s main entrance and the other hit the ground inside the compound, between offices and a residential building, it said in a statement. The shells “did not cause casualties but inflicted material damage,” it said. The ministry said the attack came from a district held by “terrorists” who sought to wreck the truce in Syria and derail Russian-backed efforts for a “political process” leading to lasting peace. “This crime will not go unpunished,” it warned. The embassy came under similar attack several times in late December, but also without suffering casualties.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: US Air Force strikes Al-Qaeda rebels in Idlib
On Friday, the U.S. Air Force carried out a powerful strike against a group of jihadist rebels from Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham in the Idlib countryside, killing at least a dozen militants near the town of Sirmeen. No details were given regarding the aircraft or the specific target in Sirmeen; however, all that is known is it was a site with a significant presence of Al-Qaeda linked militants. The U.S. has carried out several attacks against the rebel forces in the Idlib Governorate this year, striking a number of targets along the Turkish-Syrian border.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-air-force-strikes-al-qaeda-rebels-idlib/
Headline: Syria Situation Report January 26- Feb. 2, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Feb%202EDITS%20COT.pdf
Headline: PMU liberates new areas from ISIS just to the west of Mosul
The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have liberated the villages of Bostan Radif and Um Gharba, as well as the Sherka region, in Iraq’s western Mosul, from ISIS on Friday. The primarily Shi’ite PMU announced on Friday that they would begin operations to cut routes to the ISIS stronghold of Hawija near Kirkuk. The operation involves cutting roads southwest of the Nineveh desert.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pmu-liberates-new-areas-from-isis-just-to-the-west-of-mosul/
Turkey
Headline: Cooperation With Russia, Damascus is ‘Turkey’s Only Chance to Avoid War’
In a recent article for the Turkish newspaper Aydınlık, Ismail Hakki Pekin, former chief of the Turkish General Staff Intelligence Department, warned that Turkey is moving step by step to war. In an interview with Sputnik Turkiey, Pekin commented on his assumption, saying that Ankara has found itself in a difficult situation, particularly due to foreign pressure. “The United States and Egypt are trying to force Turkey to make certain concessions, including establishing a Kurdish autonomous region in northern Syria and talks with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) inside Turkey,” Pekin said. According to him, if such a Kurdish entity is established Ankara would be “encircled from the south” and will have to fight a “war on two fronts,” against Daesh in Syria and against PKK inside the country. Pekin underscored that in order to achieve its goal, Washington is providing military and logistical support to the PKK, including supplying heavy weapons, anti-tanks missiles and armored combat vehicles. “For Ankara, the only chance to derail this plan is to establish dialogue with Damascus and boost cooperation with Russia, Iran and Iraq,” he said. Pekin underscored that Turkey should take as soon as possible certain measures to repel the threat.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201702031050322430-turkey-war-cooperation-russia/
Iran
Headline: Treasury slaps sanctions on Iran after ballistic missile launch
Headline: Iran to impose legal restrictions on some US entities, individuals
Headline: Trump: New Iran sanctions, USS Cole to Red Sea
President Donald Trump’s administration enacted new sanctions on Iran Friday, the first concrete action after the White House put Tehran “on notice” this week. The Treasury Department said it was applying sanctions on 25 individuals and companies connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program and those providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force. That included three separate networks linked to supporting the missile program, which the US opposes. The moves come as punishment for the country’s test launch of a ballistic missile last weekend. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said the move was “provocative” and in defiance of a United Nations Security Council resolution that bars Iran from taking steps on a ballistic missile program capable of launching nuclear weapons. “They’re not behaving,” Trump said of Iran in the Oval Office on Friday as he signed unrelated executive orders.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4917321,00.html
http://debka.com/article/25915/Trump-New-Iran-sanctions-USS-Cole-to-Red-Sea
Afghanistan
Headline: Attacks in Afghanistan kill 9 policemen, cleric and his wife
An Afghan policeman turned his rifle on his colleagues in a northern province, killing eight, while a gunman in the country’s east fatally shot a cleric and his wife, officials said on Friday. The policemen were killed while they were sleeping in an outpost in the district of Almar in northern Faryab province, according to the provincial police spokesman, Abdul Karim Yuresh. The attack happened on Thursday night and according to the spokesman, a policeman who was on duty opened fire and killed his colleagues, then collected all their firearms and fled the scene — presumably to join the Taliban. The Taliban made no official statement or claim about the attack but Afghanistan has seen several such incidents over the past years. There has been a growing number of cases in which Afghan troops or policemen — or Taliban militants dressed in Afghan uniforms — have turning their guns on their colleagues or U.S.-led coalition partners. Also on Thursday night, in the country’s eastern Paktika province, a gunman killed a cleric and his wife, said Mohammad Alias Wahdat, the provincial governor. Wahdat said the gunman entered the cleric’s home in the Yusof Khail district and shot the cleric and his wife. Two of their children who were in the house survived. Police said it was not clear who was behind the attack and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://gazette.com/attacks-in-afghanistan-kill-9-policemen-cleric-and-his-wife/article/feed/442727
Libya
Headline: U.S. conference on Libya postponed over Trump travel ban: organizers
A high-profile conference on Libya planned for mid-February in Washington has been postponed, the organizers said on Friday, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Libya, from entering the United States. The Feb. 16 conference titled “Libya-U.S. Relations 2017: New Vision, Hope and Opportunities,” and co-hosted by the National Council on U.S.-Libya Relations, had listed Libyan speakers, including two former prime ministers and the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). As a result of the executive order, “banning Libyan citizens from entrance to the USA, it will not be feasible for the full complement of speakers, sponsors and guests to be in Washington, D.C., as originally planned,” a statement from the conference organizers said. A new date for the conference would be announced soon. The executive order by Trump comes at a time of uncertainty over U.S. policy in Libya, which remains mired in the chaos that followed the NATO-backed 2011 uprising against long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Feb. 3, 2017
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-conference-libya-postponed-over-trump-travel-ban-231932609.html
Algeria
Headline: Will the Next Arab Revolt Be in Algeria?
A remarkable series of barely noticed counterterrorism operations, labor strikes, and social protests in Algeria in January showed that the North African country may be facing a year of upheaval. Six years after leaders in the fellow North African states of Tunisia and Egypt were ousted, simmering instability in Algeria could lead to the ouster of its longtime president as well. The consequences for the U.S. of a failed Algerian state must not be minimized. The U.S. State Department considers Algeria to be an important counterterrorism partner. First, the military junta imposed a state of emergency on Algeria’s border with Tunisia upon the return of 800 Tunisian jihadists who had been fighting for jihadi groups abroad, including the Islamic State. Second, cities in northwest Algeria and the coastal province of Bejaia experienced several days of labor unrest and riots. It began at the start of 2017, when the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is nearly 80 years old and has been largely incapacitated by a stroke, implemented a robust austerity plan, cutting spending by 14 percent and increasing taxes on consumer products. In response to the protests, Algeria’s security forces arrested about 100 people, half of whom were under 25. The political and labor disorder has led the regime to call on religious leaders to quell the dissent. The Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued directives to imams to promote in their Friday sermons the maintenance of national stability as a religious duty. Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal warned that the regime will block any attempt aimed at “destabilizing” the country and asserted that the protests “are not related to the Arab Spring.”
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444548/algeria-arab-unrest-growing-stronger
Headline: States Are Cracking Down on the Biggest Protests Since ’60s
Headline: Google cozies to Trump but calls for his impeachment
Republicans in statehouses across the U.S. are devising legal tools to regulate public dissent as demonstrators take to the streets to protest President Donald Trump in waves not seen since the Vietnam War. At least 10 bills to limit protests have been introduced in recent months. North Dakota is considering protection for motorists who unintentionally kill protesters blocking roads. Washington state Senator Doug Ericksen would punish those who “disrupt our economy.” Next week, North Carolina Senator Dan Bishop will call for imprisoning people who intimidate ex-officials, after former Governor Pat McCrory was pursued down a Washington, D.C., alley by a group chanting “Shame!” “That extends over the borderline of decency,” Bishop said in an interview. Though such demonstrators are “constitutionally entitled” to express their views, he said, they aren’t free to threaten violence. Many of the bills, which critics say impinge on constitutional freedoms, were filed before Trump’s election in response to Black Lives Matter and oil-pipeline protests. They’ve gained fresh relevance amid global women’s marches and nationwide airport demonstrations over Trump’s immigration ban. On Wednesday night, black-clad protesters set fires and smashed glass at the University of California at Berkeley, forcing the cancellation of a speech by a conservative writer.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/2/google-cozies-to-trump-but-calls-for-his-impeachme/
Headline: Worst Fighting In East Ukraine Since 2015, 33 Dead This Week
Headline: Trump’s UN ambassador criticizes Russia over Ukraine
International monitors on Friday strongly urged the warring sides in eastern Ukraine to silence their guns as heavy artillery and rocket barrages continued to pummel residential areas. At least 33 people including civilians have been killed and several dozen injured in fighting this week in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russia-backed separatist rebels — the worst violence in the region since 2015. The death toll in the fighting that began in April 2014 has now exceeded 9,800, according to U.N. figures and a tally of recent fighting. “Unacceptable! … Sides have to stop fighting!” the monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation In Europe said on its Facebook page. While the warring sides have regularly exchanged gunfire despite a February 2015 peace deal brokered by France and Germany, this week has seen a sharp spike in hostilities. Fighting has raged around the government-controlled industrial town of Avdiivka, just north of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk, catching residential areas in the crossfire. “We have seen on both sides an incredible amount of cease-fire violations,” said Alexander Hug, deputy head of the OSCE’s monitoring mission. Each side blamed the other for the upsurge of violence, but the Ukrainian military says its troops have gained some ground. Associated Press reporters saw heavy weapons on both sides of the front line, in clear violation of the 2015 peace deal that envisaged their pullback.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/worst-fighting-ukraine-since-2015
https://worldisraelnews.com/trumps-un-ambassador-criticizes-russia-over-ukraine/
Headline: Mattis warns North Korea of ‘overwhelming’ response to nuclear use
The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mr Mattis spoke in South Korea, where he had been reaffirming US support, before flying to Tokyo. He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South Korea later this year. North Korea’s repeated missile and nuclear tests and aggressive statements continue to alarm and anger the region. The US has a considerable military presence in South Korea and Japan, as part of a post-war defence deal. There are just under 28,500 US troops in the country, for which Seoul pays about $900m (£710m) annually. Mr Mattis used his visit to reassure South Korea that the Trump administration “remains steadfast” in its “iron-clad” defence commitments to the region, said the Pentagon. Speaking after talks at the defense ministry with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo, Mr Mattis told reporters that “any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming”. North Korea conducted its fifth test of a nuclear device last year, and claims it is capable of carrying out a nuclear attack on the US, though experts are still unconvinced its technology has progressed that far.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38850995
Headline: Russia warns South Korea of consequences if THAAD deployed
Russia’s ambassador to South Korea warned Moscow would take measures if Seoul chooses to go ahead and deploy the U.S. missile defense system THAAD, according to a South Korean newspaper. The joint U.S.-South Korea decision to deploy THAAD was reached in July 2016. Russia has not been as vocal as China in its opposition to the missile defense system, which Beijing claims is being used for monitoring purposes. But on Friday, Ambassador Alexander Timonin told South Korean reporters if the system is placed in position, Russia has no choice but to take steps to ensure its security, Maeil Business reported. “A THAAD deployment may have a dangerous impact on the situation on the peninsula…We regard it as part of the U.S. global missile defense program, which is stationed along the Russian borders and therefore poses a threat to our security,” Timonin said.
Feb. 3, 2017
Headline: CDC Seeks Controversial New Quarantine Powers To Stop Outbreaks
Federal health officials may be about to get greatly enhanced powers to quarantine people, as part of an ongoing effort to stop outbreaks of dangerous contagious diseases. The new powers are outlined in a set of regulations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published late last month to update the agency’s quarantine authority for the first time since the 1940s. The outlined changes are being welcomed by many health lawyers, bioethicists and public health specialists as providing important tools for protecting the public. But the CDC’s increased authority is also raising fears that the rules could be misused in ways that violate civil liberties. The update was finalized at the end of the Obama administration and was scheduled to go into effect Feb. 21. But the Trump administration is reviewing the changes as part of its review of new regulations. So the soonest the changes could go into effect has been pushed to the end of March. With the new rules, the CDC would be able to detain people anywhere in the country without getting approval from state and local officials. The agency could also apprehend people to assess their health if they are exhibiting medical problems such as a high fever, headache, cramps and other symptoms that could be indicative of a dangerous infectious disease. “Because of the breadth and scope of the definition of ill persons, CDC can target a much wider swath of persons to assess and screen,” says James Hodge Jr., a professor of public health law and ethics at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Hodge says the new rules are “really necessary,” given the potential threat that infectious diseases pose. Some others who have studied the issue agree.
Feb. 2, 2017
Headline: Malaria-carrying Mosquitoes Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets in Southern Africa
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the insecticide used in bed nets to prevent the disease. Researchers say it is important to stay ahead of the resistance to avoid what they are calling a public health catastrophe. Bed nets treated with inexpensive pyrethroid insecticides are the main defense against biting, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and they have significantly cut down on the number of cases. The World Health Organization reports malaria infected an estimated 212 million people in 2015, killing some 429,000 of them. That reflects a 21 percent drop in the incidence of between 2010 and 2015. But a new study, published in the journal PLoS Genetics, found that the primary mosquito that harbors the parasite in southern Africa, Anopheles funestus, is rapidly becoming resistant to the insecticide. In at least one country, Mozambique, researchers discovered that 100 percent of A. funestus remained alive after direct exposure to the chemical.
Feb. 2, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/malaria-mosquito-resistant-bed-nets-southern-africa/3703847.html
Headline: Yellow fever deaths climb to 60 in Brazil outbreak
The Brazilian government announced Friday that the number of confirmed deaths caused by a yellow fever outbreak has reached 60, while 87 more suspicious deaths are being investigated. In a statement, the Health Ministry said that 53 of the deaths had come in the state of Minas Gerais, where the outbreak started before spreading to other states. Four people have died in Espirito Santo and three more in the state of Sao Paulo. Since the start of the outbreak, 150 deaths were potentially attributed of yellow fever, 60 of which have been confirmed, 87 are still under investigation and three have been eliminated. In total, 921 people have been suspected of being infected, 804 of which happened in Minas Gerais. 702 are being investigated, 161 have been confirmed and 58 have been ruled out. The rise in the number of cases forced the government to dispatch over 8 million doses of vaccine to at-risk states to try and contain the crisis.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/04/c_136029778.htm
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http://www.chronicle.co.zw/sudan-to-demolish-at-least-25-christian-churches/
Headline: Central Italy shakes in new 4.4 magnitude earthquake
In the early hours of the morning, two tremors measuring over magnitude 4.0 were felt in the area between Marche and Umbria. According to Italy’s geology experts, Ingv, the first quake at 4:47am measured a magnitude of 4, and a second, bigger tremblor at 5:10am measured 4.4. The quake had its epicentre close to Monte Cavallo in the Macerata region, 12km away from Preci, Perugia. The epicentre was just 6km deep; quakes closer to the earth’s surface tend to be more destructive, however no further collapses or injuries have been reported. These were the largest of a series of 25 quakes which shook the ground throughout the night. The area has experienced near-constant seismic activity ever since the major quake of August 24th last year.
Feb. 3, 2017
http://www.thelocal.it/20170203/central-italy-shakes-in-new-44-magnitude-earthquake
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Feb 03
Feb. 3, 2017- What can Jesus see in your heart?
Open the eyes of those who do not believe, but before you take one step forward search your own heart first. Is your heart telling you, you are on that narrow path that leads to heaven? Is your life marked with the blood of Jesus Christ? Whatever you are doing at this very moment stop. If you are reading this it is not by coincidence you were meant to be here at this very moment in your life. With Jesus looking over you look deep into your heart and see what Christ Jesus is looking at. There is nothing Jesus cannot see in your heart and there will be no fooling Christ as to what you’re all about. These are the questions the Lord is asking you. You love me? Do you really love me? Are you really abiding in my word and in my life? Am I in the front seat of your life each day or the back seat? Do you seek me out of love for me or, are you entrenched in the traditions that have cause your life to be a reelection of the world. Are you one of my children who have forsaken my teachings and have chosen to alter my desire for you and have given up coming to my house to worship me? Has not my word asked of you to meet me with your Brothers and Sisters. These are the words of Christ. 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching Hebrews 10:25-25. Are you one of my children who have put Jesus behind you and, have forsaken the assemble and, instead of offering up your hearts to me in that assemble you have created a list in your heart why you have abandon me in the assemble. Was not Christ over worked when He went to the cross for you and, yet Jesus made no excuse but went to the cross. Was not the Lord tired in His preparing His kingdom and His disciples who would later teach you the way? Yet Christ meet with them and the people each day out of love for them. Some of my children have written on their hearts I do not like the music in Church and used this excuse to choose to stay home. I see for many of my children I have been replaced by sports. I see written on many of the hearts of my children that you find the service to look and some that you do not like the way the Pastor teaches. Do you not see that the day is approaching and yet millions upon millions of my children have join the world thinking the Christ will not return soon. Have I not be replaced by your IPods, your phones, your Television, your movies, and your games? As Christ looks into your heart how deep and how far would He have to look to see when was the last time you really spent in heart felt prayer with Him. Did not the Lord say fast? Answer these questions knowing Christ knows your answers. Will your answers cause a revival in your heart for Christ? Jesus would like to know. Let us who love Jesus really love Jesus live like it.
Feb 02
Feb. 2, 2017- Jewish Third Temple wasn’t was and wasn’t again!
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As of late I have had people ask me about Google maps and, why they can not find the Jewish Third Temple on Google maps as I showed them they can. For a long a I can remember I have never seen Google maps make an up-dated map and place the Jewish Third Temple on their new map. Wait, that changed in the month of December, 2016 when all of a sudden even before the Temple was built Google maps placed the Jewish Temple right there on the Temple Mount. Only a few days later when I went back to check out the Jewish Temple again on G. maps the Temple was gone and, this time when I clicked the dot that took me to the Temple before, this time when I clicked the same dot the Dome of the Rock appeared. As of Feb. 1, 2017 Google maps has kept the Temple off! Why did the Google take it down? I can tell you why I think they took it down but you may want to ask them. It seems odd that it was there and gone like the wind! If you missed seeing the Jewish Temple watch my video below and you will see what many of us saw even if it was for a few days. If you find out why it went up in the first place and then removed so quickly please email and let me know so I can pass this information on to the rest of my 15,000 + viewers.
Liubomyr Myketiuk 1 day ago shows that from his end the temple on Google maps is still there. I checked on Google maps from Google today and it still won’t show up. I also check Google Maps on Firefox and it did not show either. Liubomyr may not be in the U.S., but it is still there. Check the link he provided:
Feb 02
Feb. 1, 2017-Christian persecution increases; now seen in more locations across the globe
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Headline: Israel and Turkey to resume diplomatic dialogue after six years
Yuval Rotem, Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, will travel to Turkey on Tuesday where he will hold a diplomatic dialogue with local officials, for the first time in over six years. Rotem’s visit to Ankara will continue until Thursday and will include, in addition to meeting with his Turkish counterpart, meetings with government officials, the Israeli embassy staff in Ankara and the Consulate General in Istanbul. Rotem will also meet with leaders of the Turkish Jewish community and with the governor of Istanbul. Israel and Turkey announced a reconciliation agreement last June, six years after the Mavi Mamara incident, following which Turkey cut off ties with Israel. The purpose of Rotem’s visit to Turkey is to deepen the relations between the two countries in a way that will help to further develop them, primarily on the political and economic fronts.
Jan. 31, 2017
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224129
Headline: Israeli Home Front preparing for thousands of rockets
Headline: Hamas military capabilities said restored to pre-2014 war strength
The IDF Home Front Command is preparing for the thousands of rockets expected to strike Israel during the next war, investing hundreds of millions of shekels over the past two years on defensive measures and strengthening strategic capabilities. The IDF considers Hezbollah the most substantial threat, with at least 120,000 rockets aimed at Israel, many of them able to strike anywhere in the country. While most have a range of just 45 kilometers, the army has said that it expects a bombardment of over 1,000 rockets in the course of just one day. The Home Front Command currently divides the country into 264 polygon alert zones in which a siren is activated once the flight path and expected landing area of a missile or rocket is calculated. The Jerusalem Post has learned that Israel’s already state-of-the-art alert system is being upgraded, as the number of polygon alert zones is set to increase to a few thousand by April 2018.
Jan. 31, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=480096
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-military-capabilities-said-restored-to-pre-2014-war-strength/
Headline: Israel approves 3,000 new settler homes as Amona evacuation begins
Israel says it will build 3,000 new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. The aim was to fulfil demands for housing and “return to normal life”, the defence ministry said. A Palestinian official condemned the move and warned that chances for peace were being destroyed. It is the third such announcement by Israel since US President Donald Trump took office. Mr Trump has hinted he will be more supportive on the issue. Tuesday’s announcement follows on from the recent approval of 2,500 housing units in the West Bank and 550 in East Jerusalem. Mr Trump has indicated that he will be more sympathetic to settlement construction than his predecessor, Barack Obama, and has appointed a staunch settlement supporter as his ambassador to Israel. Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi warned that the “frenzied escalation of Israel’s illegal enterprise” signalled “the final demise” of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The silence of the new American government, including those who actively support the settlements in the White House and the administration as a whole, has emboldened Netanyahu to persist with his settlement activities,” she said.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38826231
Headline: Knesset Speaker travels to US, will discuss moving embassy
Headline: Trump says ‘chance’ he’ll move embassy, but admits there are ‘two sides’
Speaker of the Knesset (Israel’s parliamentary body) Yuli Edelstein, flew to the US on Tuesday night for a visit in which he will help push to move forward with President Donald Trump’s previously stated plan to move the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “I will call on my counterparts to support and work toward moving the US Embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem,” Edelstein said before he left. In an interview that aired last weekend, Trump told Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) that there is “certainly a chance” he will officially elect to move the US embassy, but committed to studying the issue “very long and hard” before making a final decision. Edelstein also said that he will discuss regional security issues and in particular, a resurgent Iran. “I will also speak about the Iran threat, which remains unchanged, and about the situation in the Middle East,” he added.
Feb. 1, 2017
https://worldisraelnews.com/knesset-speaker-travels-to-us-will-discuss-moving-embassy/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-chance-hell-move-embassy-but-admits-there-are-two-sides/
Headline: Jihadist rebels surrender Lebanese border points to Syrian Army
The jihadist rebels have agreed to surrender the remaining villages between the Lebanese border and Wadi Barada area after a successful meeting with a reconciliation committee sent by the government. At least 250 jihadist rebels will leave the town of Serghaya and its nearby villages in exchange for transportation to the Idlib Governorate, a government spokesperson told Al-Masdar News on Monday night. In addition to surrendering this town, the jihadist rebels will also give-up the Rankous area and its border-crossing in the Qalamoun Mountains; this will result in the Syrian Army’s full control over the rural Zabadani border with Lebanon.
Jan. 31, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/jihadist-rebels-surrender-lebanese-border-points-syrian-army/
Headline: Pro-government forces to undertake new offensive in Al-Quneitra province
Reports are coming in that the high command of the Syrian Armed Forces is planning a large offensive in Al-Quneitra province to liquidate the last militant bastion around the Beit Jenn area. The operation is to involve the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) elite 4th Armoured Division, plus a range of units from the National Defense Forces (NDF). The 4th Armoured Division in particular is fresh from successful operations in the Wadi Barada region, so morale among its soldiers are undoubtedly high. The offensive will take place in two parts. First, the farmlands of Mazra’et Beit Jenn are to be secured, followed (secondly) by the liberation of Beit Jenn village which sits in a valley of the al-Sheikh mountain chain. All information on this development was provided to Al-Masdar News by a military source in the Syrian Arab Army. In hindsight, the complete liberation of the Wadi Barada pocket from Jihadists and Islamist militants now appears to only be another step in a high-priority campaign by the pro-government forces to eliminate all pockets of hostile armed groups in the greater Damascus countryside (such as East Ghouta) and around the border regions with Lebanon and Israel. Such pockets have always represented a strategic thorn in the side of the pro-government forces as they tie down manpower resources, preventing their release to more active fronts.
Feb. 1, 2017
Headline: Clashes erupt as Israeli forces begin evacuating Amona outpost; several arrested
Headline: Supreme Court rejects Amona relocation plan
The operation by Israeli security forces to evacuate 40 Jewish families from the Amona outpost in the West Bank was expected to continue throughout Wednesday night, police said. Clashes erupted between activists and security forces as hundreds of officers entered the outpost built illegally on privately-owned Palestinian land. More than 15 people were arrested amid the High Court of Justice-ordered move to remove those living in Amona. In addition, more than 24 members of security forces were wounded during the commotion and a police source said at least some of the officers had sustained injuries from a chemical substance thrown at them by protesters. A spokesman from Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem, three police officers were being treated for their wounds, including two with moderately wounded from liquid thrown at their eyes. Ahead of the long-awaited eviction of the illegal outpost, settlers poured oil on the main road leading to Amona to make it difficult for security forces to reach them. About 200 activists, the majority of which were youth and teenagers, were protesting at the entrance to Amona. About 10 buses were in the vicinity slated to take away the Amona families before the outpost is demolished per an order by the High Court of Justice. Earlier, activists had set fire to tires and hurled rocks in an attempt to block any security forces from entering.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/224249
Headline: Palestinians set delayed local elections for May 13
The Palestinian Authority said Tuesday that local elections delayed last October after a spat between political factions will now take place in the West Bank and Gaza on May 13. “Today, at a regular meeting, the council of ministers decided to hold elections on May 13, to be held in the West Bank and Gaza,” local government minister Hussein Al Araj told AFP. The rival parties have not contested an election since 2006 parliamentary polls, which Hamas won — sparking a conflict that led to near civil war in Gaza the following year.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://jordantimes.com/news/region/palestinians-set-delayed-local-elections-may-13
Jordan
Headline: ‘Moving US embassy to Jerusalem will impact regional stability’
Headline: Abbas, Jordanian king agree to fight against US embassy relocation to Jerusalem
His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday discussed regional developments and Jordan’s strategic relations with the US at meetings in Washington, DC, with chairs and members of Congress committees. Talks at the meetings, part of which was attended by Her Majesty Queen Rania, also covered the Kingdom’s role in dealing with the crises in the region and anti-terrorism efforts from a holistic approach, according to a Royal Court statement. The King met with Senate leaders and the heads and members of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee and its Armed Services Committee. His Majesty also held talks with the chairpersons and members of the US House of Representatives’ foreign affairs and armed services committees, in addition to its subcommittee on state, foreign operations and related programmes, the statement said. Talks addressed developments such as the Middle East peace process, the Syrian crisis and the situation in Iraq. King Abdullah warned that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem will have regional consequences that will diminish the opportunity for peace and reaching the two-state solution. Such a move, according to His Majesty, will feed into the anger and despair among Arabs and Muslims, enabling extremists to further spread their dark ideologies and agendas.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4911159,00.html
Saudi Arabia
Headline: End of tax-free living in Saudi Arabia as oil revenues dry up
Saudi Arabia has introduced a value-added tax (VAT) with the approval of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), indicating the end of life without VAT across the Gulf. The decision was taken on Monday and implies a five percent levy on some goods across the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, which unites Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Other Gulf countries are also expected to follow and introduce the VAT system by the beginning of 2018. The move has IMF backing, which recommended the Gulf States impose revenue raising measures. The countries have already introduced taxes on tobacco and fizzy drinks. “A Royal Decree has been prepared,” the official Saudi Press Agency said. The tax on tobacco, now at 50 percent, will be increased to 100 percent, the same level as those for energy drinks and sodas. Residents of the region had enjoyed the tax-free period before the oil prices more than halved. The price of a barrel of crude oil fell from over $114 in 2014 to just over $55 currently.
Jan. 31, 2017
https://www.rt.com/business/375746-saudi-arabia-vat-gulf-oil/
Egypt
Headline: Dozens Arrested on Anniversary of Deadly Egypt Soccer Riot
Egyptian security forces arrested dozens in central Cairo on Wednesday, the anniversary of a soccer riot that killed over 70 fans in 2012. Lawyer Mokhtar Mounir told The Associated Press that over 80 people were taken into custody, with some arrests made near the club grounds belonging to the Al-Ahly team. Most of the victims of the rioting five years ago were fans of Al-Ahly. The rioting was Egypt’s worst soccer disaster to date and one of the world’s deadliest. The lawyer said the police likely made the arrests Wednesday on suspicion those detained had planned to stage a protest. Public gatherings without a permit are banned under Egypt’s draconian anti-terrorism laws. Mounir said the detainees were undergoing security checks and officials would determine whether to release them or press charges. In 2015, a court declared Al-Ahly’s hardcore “Ultras Ahlawy” fan group a terrorist organization. The arrests came as Egyptians gathered in cafes all over the country to watch the national team play Burkina Faso in the first semifinals match of the African championship in Gabon. At least a dozen police and security forces’ vehicles as well as armed troops were stationed near the Al-Ahly club grounds in the evening Wednesday.
Feb. 1, 2017
Headline: ISIS fights back in northeast Aleppo, captures village
Headline: Syrian Army advances against ISIS in Deir Ezzor
Headline: ISIS storms FSA base in southwest Daraa
ISIS large-scale offensive was launched this morning by sending three VBIEDs to the Army positions inside the small village, which serves as one of the last defense lines for the terror group in the area. The first VBIED was prematurely detonated by the Syrian Army. However, the intensity of clashes forced the government troops to retreat, thus saving the lives of much-needed soldiers. A military source told AMN that the Syrian Army has already began shelling ISIS militants inside Serhan. Throughout its recent push toward Al-Bab, the government forces attempts to recapture Aran, the last ISIS-held town before Tadef, which is just in the southern outskirt of Al-Bab.
Feb. 1, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-fights-back-northeast-aleppo-captures-village/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-advances-isis-deir-ezzor/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-storms-fsa-base-southwest-daraa/
Headline: Syrian army dash to al-Bab risks Turkey clash
Headline: Islamic State faces multiple adversaries in Al Bab (Aleppo province), Syria
A rapid advance by the Syrian army towards the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab risks sparking a confrontation with Turkey as Damascus seeks to stop its neighbor penetrating deeper into a strategically important area of northern Syria. Northern Syria is one of the most complicated battlefields of the multi-sided Syrian war, with Islamic State now being fought there by the Syrian army, Turkey and its rebel allies, and an alliance of U.S.-backed Syrian militias. In less than two weeks, Syrian army units have moved to within 6 km (4 miles) of al-Bab, a city that is also being targeted in a campaign waged by the Turkish military and its allies, groups fighting under the Free Syrian Army banner. A source in the military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad told Reuters on Wednesday the Syrian army aimed to reach al-Bab and was ready “to clash with the FSA fighting” alongside the Turkish army if necessary. However, the source, a non-Syrian, said the main aim was to frustrate Turkey’s ambitions and “to acquire a strong hand in the game unfolding on that front”, rather than to provoke an all-out confrontation. If a clash does occur, it would be the first time Syrian government forces have confronted the Turkish army on the ground in northern Syria since Turkey launched its operation in August.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-albab-idUSKBN15G5DA
Headline: Syrian government disagrees with Russia on Kurdish autonomy
Headline: Russia denies proposing Kurdish autonomy in Syria
The Syrian government completely rejected any form of Kurdish autonomy and has reportedly proposed amendments to change the Russian draft proposal for a new Syrian constitution. The draft proposed by Russia suggested a decentralized Syria in article 40, which mentioned regional assemblies, called ‘people’s societies’. The draft constitution also mentioned equality of the Kurdish and Arabic languages. “The Kurdish cultural self-ruling systems and its organizations use both the Arabic and Kurdish languages equally,” the draft reads. Kurdish officials of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), however, suggested that only full federalism would be a solution, and that the Russian draft proposal didn’t go far enough. On the other hand, the Syrian government rejected any form of local autonomy or recognition of the Kurdish language on an equal level, and requested the Russians to amend this.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://aranews.net/2017/02/syrian-government-disagrees-with-russia-on-kurdish-autonomy/
http://aranews.net/2017/01/russia-denies-proposing-kurdish-autonomy-in-syria/
Headline: PMU embark on new operation to expel ISIS from key roadway
The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) media team said on Wednesday that they have launched an offensive to remove ISIS from an imperative road. The operation will focus on clearing the road linking the strategic the ISIS-held town of Tal Afar to Sinjar (Nineveh province). The militias media said the “complementary” operation began from Ein Hussan. The cutting of this will make it more difficult for the extremists to enter Syria from Iraq.
Feb. 1, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pmu-embark-on-new-operation-to-expel-isis-from-key-roadway/
Headline: The Campaign of Mosul: January 24-31, 2017
The ISF recaptured the last ISIS-held neighborhood in eastern Mosul on January 24, nearly three months since operations in the city began on November 1, 2016. Preparations and troop movement are now underway for operations to break into western Mosul, though no official start date has been announced. Mosul Operations Commander Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah announced that local Ninewa police and fighters, headed by the 16th Iraqi Army Division, will hold recaptured eastern neighborhoods while local Ninewa tribal militias will hold recaptured land outside of the city limits. The Federal Police stated on January 29 that their forces were moving towards western Mosul, suggesting that the three brigades which supported southeastern operations returned to their original position on the southern axis. PM Abadi is at increased risk of losing his premiership. Former PM Nouri al-Maliki is maneuvering to reclaim the position by appealing to Iranian interests and courting the pro-Iranian support base away from PM Abadi. PM Abadi, who has been receptive to and supported by the U.S., may need to make concession to the pro-Iranian political base in order to ensure his position, especially if U.S.-Iraq relations strain. PM Abadi compromised on the appointment of a Badr Organization member as the Minister of Interior on January 30, despite previous reservations. He may also need to appease political parties by allowing their affiliated militias greater latitude in anti-ISIS operations.
http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/campaign-mosul-january-24-31-2017
Headline: Iraq Situation Report Jan. 25- Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202017-02-01%20PDF.pdf
Turkey
Headline: Turkey and Greece Trade Jabs in Island Dispute
Turkey and Greece have reignited a decades-old disagreement over the sovereignty of a pair of uninhabited Aegean Islands, in a spat that analysts say risks aggravating other diplomatic disputes between the two countries. The Greek defense minister, Panos Kammenos, flew over the two disputed islands on Wednesday, the Greek government said, in a pointed response to a visit three days earlier to nearby waters by the commander of the Turkish armed forces, Hulusi Akar. The exchange is the most public disagreement over the tiny islands’ sovereignty since 1996, when soldiers from both countries landed on them before American-led mediation persuaded both sides to leave the area. Turkey disputes Greece’s claim that the islands — known as Imia in Greece and Kardak in Turkey — entered Greek ownership in 1947, after first being assigned to Italy in 1923 following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Analysts said that Turkey’s recent incursions were a response to the decision by the Greek Supreme Court last week to block the extradition of eight Turkish airmen accused of participating in the failed attempt last July to oust the Turkish government. They also warned that the dispute risked complicating negotiations over the reunification of Cyprus.
Feb. 1, 2017
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Iran
Headline: Security Adviser Flynn says Iran ‘on notice’ after missile test
Headline: Iran: We will not negotiate our missiles
Headline: US, Western allies launch war games near Iran waters
National Security Adviser Mike Flynn said Wednesday the Trump administration is putting Iran “on notice” after it tested a ballistic missile and Tehran-backed militants attacked a Saudi naval vessel. The implications of the warning are unclear, but Flynn pointedly criticized the Obama administration for failing “to respond adequately” to Iran’s provocative behavior. He seemed to reference the Iran nuclear deal, saying the regime “is now feeling emboldened” instead of “being thankful” to the U.S. for “various agreements.” “As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice,” Flynn said, speaking to reporters in the White House briefing and also issuing a written statement. Flynn blasted Iran’s “destabilizing behavior,” saying the recent missile launch defied a U.N. Security Council resolution.
Feb. 1, 2017
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghan government controls less than 60 percent of country: watchdog
Headline: Afghan government ‘has lost territory to the insurgency’
The Afghan government controls less than 60 percent of the country, a U.S. watchdog agency reported on Wednesday, after security forces retreated from many strongholds last year. Afghan soldiers and police, with the aid of thousands of foreign military advisers, are struggling to hold off a resurgent insurgency led by the Taliban, as well as other groups like Islamic State. As of November, the government could only claim to control or influence 57 percent of Afghanistan’s 407 districts, according to U.S. military estimates released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), in a quarterly report to the U.S. Congress. That represents a 15 percent decrease in territory held compared with the same time in 2015, the agency said in a report. “SIGAR’s analysis of the most recent data provided by U.S. forces in Afghanistan suggests that the security situation in Afghanistan has not improved this quarter,” it said. “The numbers of the Afghan security forces are decreasing, while both casualties and the number of districts under insurgent control or influence are increasing.”
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-war-idUSKBN15G40M
Sudan
Headline: Fresh Clashes Near South Sudan’s Oil Hub of Malakal
Fresh clashes broke out around South Sudan’s second-largest city of Malakal on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman and a government official said, the latest turn in the struggle for the capital of the oil-producing Upper Nile region. The United Nations said Malakal, on the banks of the White Nile near the country’s northern border with Sudan, was largely deserted after civilians fled the fighting. “The rebels had been trying to provoke the SPLA all this time because the SPLA has been given instruction not to wage offensives against the rebel forces,” said military spokesman Colonel Santo Domic Chol, using the acronym for the military, known as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. “This is in line with the call by the president for the national dialogue,” he added, referring to a presidential directive on dealing with the rebels. But rebel spokesman William Gatjiath Deng said government troops launched several attacks on rebel positions early on Tuesday. “In the fight this morning, the Juba regime suffered heavy losses in human and material, as bodies of the Juba regime soldiers lie everywhere,” he said in a press statement.
Jan. 31, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/south-sudan-malakal-renewed-fighting/3700112.html
Libya
Headline: Libya leader offers NATO sea access if it upgrades navy
Libya’s U.N.-backed prime minister said Wednesday NATO or European Union ships could be permitted to operate in Libyan waters alongside the national navy if those organizations help modernize his country’s vessels. The European Union wants to secure U.N. and Libyan backing to move its anti-smuggling mission Operation Sophia into Libyan waters to help prevent migrants reaching Europe. “If there is something to be carried out jointly between the Libyan navy and any other party that would be interested in extending a hand to the Libyan navy, that would be possible,” Prime Minister Fayez Serraj told reporters after talks in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Of course, we have to modernize our navy flotilla and enhance its capacities. NATO or any other friendly nation on a bilateral basis could extend a hand in this,” Serraj added. Stoltenberg said that NATO stands ready to help Libya ensure security and strengthen its defense institutions. “Looking to the future, we could offer advice on establishing a modern ministry of defense, a joint military staff, and security and intelligence services under civilian control,” he said. “If requested, we could also support the efforts of the European Union to strengthen the Libyan coast guard and navy,” he added.
Feb. 1, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/libya-leader-offers-nato-sea-access-upgrades-navy-152337626.html
Headline: African Union backs mass withdrawal from ICC
The African Union has called for the mass withdrawal of member states from the International Criminal Court (ICC). However, the resolution is non-binding, with Nigeria and Senegal opposing a withdrawal. South Africa and Burundi have already decided to withdraw, accusing the ICC of undermining their sovereignty and unfairly targeting Africans. The ICC denies the allegation, insisting it is pursuing justice for victims of war crimes in Africa. The AU took the decision on Tuesday following a divisive debate at its annual heads of state of summit in Addis Ababa. Part of the resolution also said the AU would hold talks with the UN Security Council to push for the ICC to be reformed.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38826073
Headline: U.N. says team attacked on Nigeria-Cameroon border, five dead
An armed group attacked a U.N. technical team working along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, killing five people and wounding several, the United Nations Office for West Africa said on Wednesday. The attack occurred on Tuesday at around 1400 local time near the Cameroonian border town of Kontcha, the statement said. “The victims were one U.N. independent contractor, three Nigerian nationals and one Cameroonian national,” it added.
Feb. 1, 2017
Headline: EU Leader Identifies Russia, China, Trump as Threats
European Union President Donald Tusk says China, Russia and the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump are among the top external threats facing the bloc. His remarks came in a letter to 27 EU leaders before a summit Friday in Malta. “Particularly the change in Washington puts the European Union in a difficult situation; with the new administration seeming to put into question the last 70 years of American foreign policy,” Tusk said. Trump has insisted on policies that put the United States first, and has questioned whether NATO members are contributing their fair share to the alliance. Tusk laid out a defense of the European Union, saying it has never faced more dangerous challenges and needs “courage, determination and political solidarity.” He said the European Union must stand up for its dignity in talks with the United States, Russia, China or Turkey, and must not give in to populist arguments and xenophobic sentiments that go against European integration.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/eu-leader-identifies-russia-china-trump-as-threats/3701324.html
Headline: Military situation in eastern Ukraine worsens
Headline: Trump and Putin discuss Ukraine in weekend phonecall
The Ukrainian foreign ministry expressed deep concern on Monday night (30 January) over the “intensification of the Russian-terrorist forces in Donbas”. Other reports, however, speak of a “creeping offensive” of Ukrainian forces in an attempt to create “new facts on the ground”. According to a statement, for the last two days, Russian forces carried out massive attacks across the contact line using all available weapons, including Grad rockets, 122 mm and 152 mm artillery, 82 and 120mm mortars, and tanks, all of which are prohibited by the Minsk agreements. The Russian weapons killed 8 Ukrainian soldiers and have left 26 wounded, the statement adds. Reports indicate that residential areas have been shelled. “Two civilians have been wounded. The cities of Yasinovata and Avdiyivka were fully cut off from electricity by shelling. More than 400,000 peaceful civilians in the region have no access to water, electricity and heating. Given the harsh weather conditions and the continuing shelling by the militants, the humanitarian situation in the area continues to deteriorate,” the statement says.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/military-situation-in-eastern-ukraine-worsens/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4916281,00.html
Headline: Global Freedom Drops for 11th Year as Populism, Autocracy Rise
U.S. human rights group Freedom House says global freedoms weakened in 2016 for an 11th consecutive year, a decline it blamed on growing populism and nationalism in democratic nations and greater authoritarianism in others. The bleak assessment came in the group’s annual global freedom survey published Monday with the title, “Populists and Autocrats: The Dual Threat to Global Democracy.” Of the 195 countries assessed in the Freedom House report, 45 percent were rated “free,” 30 percent were rated “partly free” and 25 percent were rated “not free.” It said 67 countries suffered declines in political rights and civil liberties in 2016, predominantly in established democracies such as Brazil, France, Germany and the United States. The report said 36 nations saw improvements in freedom, leaving the gainers outnumbered by nations with declining freedom for the 11th straight year. Speaking to VOA via Skype from New York, Freedom House spokeswoman Sarah Repucci said the country with the biggest drop in freedom in 2016 was “partly free” Turkey.
Jan. 31, 2017
Headline: Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys
Headline: California Lawmakers Want ‘Third Gender Option’ for Drivers’ Licenses
The Boy Scouts of America said on Monday the group would begin accepting transgender boys, bucking its more than a century-old practice of using the gender stated on a birth certificate to determine eligibility. “Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application,” Boy Scouts of America communications director Effie Delimarkos said in an emailed statement. Delimarkos cited shifting definitions of gender under state laws, which can “vary widely from state to state,” in explaining the change. She said that while the organization offers programs for all youths, its Cub and Boy Scout programs are specifically for boys. The change will allow children to apply even if male is not listed on their birth certificate. Meanwhile, Legislation introduced in California would create a third gender option on drivers’ licenses and expedite the process for individuals to change their sex on their birth certificate without undergoing a sex change. The “Gender Recognition Act,” sponsored by state senators Toni Atkins of San Diego and Scott Weiner of San Francisco, would add “nonbinary” to the list of male and female genders on state identification documents.
Feb. 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-boyscouts-idUSKBN15F022
http://freebeacon.com/issues/california-lawmakers-want-third-gender-option-drivers-licenses/
Headline: Church in revolt at pope’s ‘blessing’ of Islam’s expansion in Europe
Several leaders in the Catholic Church are openly challenging what they say is Pope Francis’s decision to condone the rapid spread of Islam in Europe. “[T]hey are not refugees, this is an invasion, they come here with cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’, they want to take over,” said Laszlo Kiss Rigo, head of the Catholic Hungarian southern community. Rigo “belongs to a growing branch of Catholic leaders who refuse to see the future belonging to Islam in Europe,” Giulio Meotti wrote for Gatestone Institute on Jan. 29. “They speak in open opposition to Pope Francis, who does not seem too impressed by the collapse of Christianity due to falling birth rates, accompanied by religious apathy and its replacement by Islam.” Catholic commentators are also questioning what they see as the Church’s “blindness” about the danger Europe is facing. One is the cultural editor of the French magazine Valeurs Actuelles, Laurent Dandrieu: “Islam has every chance massively to strengthen its presence in Europe with the blessing of the Church. The Church is watching the establishment of millions of Muslims in Europe… and Muslim worship in our continent as an inescapable manifestation of religious freedom. But the civilizational question is simply never asked.”
Jan. 29, 2017
http://www.worldtribune.com/church-in-revolt-at-popes-blessing-of-islams-expansion-in-europe/
Headline: Christian persecution seen in more locations across the globe, new report shows
In the past year, the persecution of Christians has not only increased, but it has also spread to more corners of the globe – with incidents occurring on every continent, according to a new report. The advocacy group Open Doors USA recently released the latest edition of its annual World Watch List, which ranks countries based on the treatment of their Christian populations. The group said the increase in incidents considered persecution was alarming and only getting worse. “It is appalling that Open Doors has to report that persecution has increased again in 2016 and we are still at the worst levels of persecution in modern times,” David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA, said to Fox News. “The spread of persecution has gotten worse, now hitting nearly every continent in the world. There were 23 Christians killed in Mexico specifically because of their faith.” The report comes on the heels of another study by the Center for Studies on New Religions that showed nearly 90,000 Christians were killed for their faith in 2016 and that as many as 600 million were prevented from practicing their faith through intimidation, forced conversions, bodily harm or even death.
Feb. 1, 2017
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Hi Frank um, thanks for this; some ministers are saying that Donald Trump has caused a “hold your breath” time so the Christians can regroup, get strong and witness some are saying that whole countries will be saved and come to Christ. If what you are saying Trump has not had much time for this and some are saying that the one world government has collapsed has this happened is this true? One minister has said keep your eye on Israel and I know that Trump has told Israel that they can build on the West Bank? If this is so, what you are saying Donald Trump wont stop anything of what you are saying. It has been said by Trump that his son in law will be working on a peace deal with the Middle East and Trump will confirm it? thanks for any clarity and keep watching for what you prophets are now saying
Noeleen
My reply to the question
Noeleen,
Thank you for your e-mail. May I say first that I have never stated all of America would come to know Jesus? As a matter of fact I hold to what Christ reveals to us and, what I point to is not just for America but for the world in general. For example, as you can see below from Revelation 3:14-17 Jesus gives a message to the Laodicean Church which is the last stage of the Church. This late day Church will be luke warm which tells us people who call themselves Christians will not be sold out completely for our Messiah Jesus. Just because someone calls themselves Christian does not really mean much if they are not abiding in Christ and, actually doing what Jesus says. This portion of scripture in Revelation points to a down fall in Christianity in the last days not a revival. Is there anything to support what I have said? Yes. Add what Paul says to us in 2 Thess. 2:3 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”. What are we to expect in these last days after reading these scriptures? We are to expect many believers will turn from Christ. I doubt very much that whole countries will come to Christ because of what Jesus shows us is that falling away and not a revival. I don’t care what others say about this. I for one am holding on to what Christ has stated about this issue. As to what people are saying that a one world government coming has collapsed because Trump got elected I again turn to Scripture in Revelation chapter 13:16-17 where Jesus tells us the following: “16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” There is no way for one man to control the world’s economy unless nations hand over power to Him and, be able to force everyone into His one world system. While it may appear the tide has turned on this one world government I advise all to keep on the watch for it! Something down the road will happen to force this type of system that Jesus warns us about in Revelation 13. I don’t understand your question below. Can you tell me exactly what you mean? I am for sure one who tells people to keep their eyes on Israel as you cannot have prophecy fulfilled without Israel in the picture. You said and I quote, “You are saying Donald Trump won’t stop anything of what you are saying”. You failed to put in your question what I was stating. Once I know this it will help me to answer this part of your question. You said in your email “It has been said by Trump that his son in law will be working on a peace deal with the Middle East and Trump will confirm it?” I have seen news telling us Trump is sending over his son in law to start up the peace talks again. Like every President before Trump someone is picked to try and make the peace that no one can seem to nail down. All I can say about this is watch the news and see what happens. As to you hearing Trump will be the one to confirm it I have not read one article on any such report. If you have any such report please send to me! One thing I can tell you for sure and, this is something everyone should keep on the watch for. Say Trump did confirm a peace agreement that his son in law managed to put together, all you would have to do is to see what was the length of this agreement that was confirmed. If the length is exactly 7 years as we see in Daniel chapter 9 that would be the sign that this is the covenant our Lord warned us about and, as such everyone would know who the Antichrist is at that point. The following is something to consider if you think Trump is the Antichrist. We see the Antichrist is called the King of Babylon. He is also referred to as the Assyrian. No where in the Bible is there any reference to the Antichrist as American. Look at what Daniel 11:37 says concerning the Antichrist. “either shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. Since the man of sin is referred to as the King of Babylon and the Assyrian it points to this man being Muslim of which Donald Trump is not! As to your closing statement in your e-mail which says, “thanks for any clarity and keep watching for what you prophets are now saying.” Ever since Jesus placed me in this ministry I have never called myself a prophet. Over the years I have had people call me a prophet but, no where in any of my posts, my videos, or my live prophecy presentations have I ever claimed to be a prophet. I have had many cases where the Lord has given me a word of knowledge which has come to pass but the word of knowledge is different from being a prophet. All I do is point to what the prophets in the Bible warned us. If people think I am a prophet it is between them and Jesus! I just wanted to make that clear. I hope this information helps you. Frank DiMora
P.S. Here Revelation 3:14-17 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked
In response to comments on my YouTube channel video “Another False Prophecy (1-26-17)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX5cxSJ1Slg
Hi everyone who loves Jesus Christ. I have been in the ministry now since 1976 and, have studied my Lord’s word every since that year. From the start I found out that the only sin that would not be forgiven is rejection of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Over the years I have seen people who call themselves Christians battle back and forth over the timing of the rapture. I have witnesses so called Christians actually come out and say if you don’t believe in the Pre-trib rapture you will not go to heaven. Of course these people have made themselves judge and, closed the door to heaven to anyone who doesn’t believe the way they do on the timing of the rapture. These people need read Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” One thing has become clear to me and, that is many people who hold firm on the Pre-trib rapture are afraid that their position may be wrong so they hold on to a doctrine no matter what. This fear has caused many of these Christians to lash out at other believers who oppose their view. As a result in many cases love for their Brother or Sister has taken a back seat. This in itself is something opposite of real Christianity. It appears Satan is using the rapture to try and divide the Church and from what I can see he is doing a good job at it. There is only one important matter which every Christian should hold on to. What is it? If you truly love Jesus Christ and are truly saved in Christ you need to be ready for the rapture when ever it happens. If you are always ready it will show you are following Jesus and, will not fear anything as we are in Christ Jesus and He has not given us the spirit to fear anything! The rapture of the Church is not and never was a salvation issue so please stop trying to make it one. I encourage everyone who calls themselves a Christian to do what Jesus has taught us via His life. Love one another as the body of Christ is suppose to do. Many want to know what my view of the rapture is? I will tell you when I see you in heaven. To many people are running around worrying about the wrong things just keep your eyes on that narrow road Jesus talked about and you will do well. Frank DiMora
Headline: All Embassies Will Move to Jerusalem- VIDEO
Headline: Old U.S. enemy threatens ‘war’ if Trump moves embassy
Headline: Netanyahu and Trump to meet on February 15
Countering reports that he had told President Trump to slow down the embassy process, PM Netanyahu emphasized that he is committed to having every country’s embassy located in Israel’s capital, Jerusalem. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is slated to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 15 for talks that are expected to cover a range of security issues. “Our relationship with the only democracy in the Middle East is crucial to the security of both our nations, and the president looks forward to discussing continued strategic, technological, military and intelligence cooperation with the prime minister,” Spicer said as he announced the upcoming meeting.
Jan. 30, 2017
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/82812/pm-embassies-will-move-jerusalem/#IYQHw2T2IbWujlGV.97
http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/old-u-s-foe-threatens-war-if-trump-moves-embassy/
Headline: Netanyahu wants renewed sanctions on Iran after missile test
After a reported Iranian ballistic missile test, Netanyahu called for renewed sanctions against Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for the international community to reimpose sanctions on Iran after the country reportedly conducted a ballistic missile test over the weekend. “Iran has again fired a ballistic missile in callous defiance of a UN resolution,” Netanyahu wrote on Facebook. “In my coming meeting in Washington with President Trump, I plan to raise the issue of renewing sanctions against Iran in relation to this and other things. We cannot allow Iranian aggression to go unanswered.” Speaking to Fox News on Monday, a number of officials said that a ballistic missile test took place near Semnan, some 140 miles east of the capital of Tehran. During the reported test, a Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile was launched and eventually exploded after flying 600 miles.
***See Iran below
Jan. 30, 2017
https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-wants-renewed-sanctions-on-iran-after-missile-test/
Headline: Netanyahu seeks to legalize ‘settlement’ communities in Judea and Samaria
Headline: Protesters marching toward the Knesset demonstrating against Amona evacuation
Headline: Israel postpones vote on bill legalizing settlement outposts
With Prime Minister Netanyahu’s support, the Knesset is set to reconsider a bill that would legalize thousands of homes in Judea and Samaria in the face of a scheduled evacuation in early February. The Knesset is scheduled to reconsider a bill on Monday that will officially legalize approximately 4,000 housing units in Judea and Samaria. “Tomorrow we will submit to the Knesset what is being called ‘the regulation law,’” Netanyahu said at his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday. “The law is designed to normalize the status of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria once and for all and prevent recurrent attempts to harm the settlement enterprise.” The Regulation Law, which had been unanimously approved by the ministerial committee in November, was introduced in order to prevent the evacuation of Jewish communities that are determined ex-post facto by Israel’s High Court to have been built on private Palestinian land.
Jan. 30, 2017
https://worldisraelnews.com/knesset-to-reconsider-bill-legalizing-communities-in-judea-and-samaria/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4914977,00.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-settlement-idUSKBN15E0WP
Headline: Half-Shekel Tithe for Building Temple Reinstated by Sanhedrin After 2,000 Years
After a 2,000 moratorium, it is now possible for a Jew anywhere in the world to perform the mitzvah (commandment) of paying the half-shekel, a Biblically-mandated tax incumbent on every Jew to finance the day-to-day operations of the Temple. There are now two ways to perform this commandment: one method for people who can hand-deliver their offering, and another for those who can’t. While the Temple was standing, every Jewish man was required to give one half-shekel weight of silver, approximately eight grams of silver (worth about $4 today), as a mandatory tax to support the Temple. Each man was obligated to give the same amount, regardless of his economic condition. The coins, once deposited in the Temple courtyard, were hekdesh (sanctified) and not permitted to be used for any other purpose. For Jews outside of Israel, performing this mitzvah can be inconvenient or even impossible. The coin must be deposited with Otzar Hamikdash in their Jerusalem location. Currently, American law forbids the shipment of these coins to Israel. Prager has arranged collection points in the US but it is not always convenient. The nascent Sanhedrin has instituted a way to revive the mitzvah to rebuild the Temple. Last September, in honor of counting the first complete year of the 50-year Jubilee cycle on Rosh Hashanah, the Sanhedrin issued a medallion which can be used in place of the actual silver coin to perform the mitzvah. The biggest advantage of the Sanhedrin coin is that the medallion represents the half-shekel and is not considered sanctified. It therefore does not have to be physically deposited, but the funds are still dedicated for use in the Temple. The Sanhedrin and the Temple Movement hold reenactments of the ceremonies, training Kohanim, men of the priestly class, to accept the tithes. Funds raised from the Sanhedrin medallions are dedicated to priestly training and the recreating of special vessels and utensils for Temple use.
Jan. 30, 2017
Headline:Palestinians slam UN chief’s remarks on Jewish ties to Temple Mount
Palestinian officials criticized United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday for saying that a Jewish temple existed atop the Temple Mount. “[Gueterres] ignored UNESCO’s decision that considered the Al-Aksa Mosque of pure Islamic heritage,” Adnan al-Husseini, Palestinian Authority Jerusalem Affairs minister told Xinhua, a Chinese news outlet, clarifying that the UN secretary-general “violated all legal, diplomatic and humanitarian customs, overstepped his role as secretary general, and…must issue an apology to the Palestinian people.” Speaking to Israel Radio on Friday, Guterres reportedly said that it is “completely clear that the Temple that the Romans destroyed in Jerusalem was a Jewish temple.”
Jan. 30, 2017
Jordan
Headline: Comment: Trump, the Mideast conflict and the Jordanian option
Headline: US VP Pence, Jordan’s King Abdullah Discuss ‘How to Best Make Progress’ on Israel-PA Deal
Headline: President Trump hosts Jordan’s Abdullah on Feb. 2
Headline: King meets U.S. ministers of Defense, Homeland Security
Instead of the fixation on an independent Palestinian state, the new administration should look east to the Hashemite Kingdom as a stabilizing influence on Palestinian politics. The inauguration of a new American administration also presents the opportunity for Israel to take the lead in advocating a far more ambitious initiative – a major investment in the economic prosperity and political stability of the Kingdom of Jordan. The gravitational force of a prosperous Jordan would expand the functional links that have always existed between the cities of the West Bank and Amman. It would encourage Palestinians in the West Bank to look to a link with Jordan as the best guarantee of their political and economic future. Because of this, Jordan has the potential (once again) to become a major stabilizing influence on Palestinian politics, which would serve the interests of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian people itself. The reemergence of a Jordanian role in the disposition of the West Bank is much preferable to the present international fixation on the concept of an independent, contiguous Palestinian state whose border is based on the 1967 line. Such a Palestinian state is no less of a long-term strategic threat today than it was before the advent of Oslo. So too is Palestinian irredentism a threat to Jordan’s security. A Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is likely to succumb to a Hamas takeover, to Iranian influence, and become a theocratic and autocratic state along the lines Hamas presently rules in Gaza. Moreover, it is unobtainable. Despite Israel’s acceptance of the two state concept and its agreement to unprecedented territorial dispositions, Israeli concessions have not met the minimal Palestinian demands required for a peace agreement, nor are they ever likely to do so if the Palestinian Authority is seen as the only possible partner in the peace process.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Trump-and-the-Jordanian-option-477146
http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19830/President-Trump-hosts-Jordan%E2%80%99s-Abdullah-on-Feb-2
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=34005
Lebanon
Headline: Assad will stay and refugees must go, says Lebanon president
Lebanon’s president has insisted that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria will remain in office, saying he wants Syrian refugees currently in his country to go home. “President Assad will stay, and those who are asking for his departure are ignoring Syria,” newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun told French TV channel LCI on Monday. Aoun, a former army general during the country’s civil war, was elected president in October, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that made Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister. “We were facing the prospect of a second Libya here, but for the Assad regime that represents the only power that through its capacities restored the regime, a restoration that has united everyone and the government,” Aoun said. Aoun is an ally of Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Iran-backed party, which is fighting in Syria on Assad’s behalf. The Lebanese militia and political party were critical to Aoun’s ascendancy to the presidency, and he was their candidate of choice due to his pro-Assad position. “Lebanon cannot take in Syrian refugees indefinitely on its territory,” the 81-year-old said. “We hosted them for humanitarian reasons, and they must return to their country.” He said that Lebanon was now at a crossroads, with this being its last chance to build a strong state with institutions that work for the country.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/assad-will-stay-says-lebanons-pro-syria-president-1760722461
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi government condemns Israel: constructing in east Jerusalem sabotages chance for peace
The Saudi government condemned Israel’s decision to build hundreds of new housing units in the “settlements of east Jerusalem.” In an announcement issued on Monday, the Saudi government noted that these steps conflict with the international community’s intentions, counteracting the Human Rights Act and the UN treaties, and sabotage any chances for peace and stability in the region.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4915051,00.html
Headline: Yemen al-Qaeda: US commandos raid stronghold
Headline: Two dead after Houthis attack Saudi warship
The US has carried out a commando raid on an al-Qaeda stronghold in central Yemen, killing 14 militants, the military says. One US soldier died and three were injured. Several Apache helicopters were reported to have taken part in the operation in al-Baida province. Three al-Qaeda leaders were among those killed in a battle lasting 45 minutes in a village in Yakla district. Earlier reports suggested a higher death toll. Local sources earlier said 41 militants and 16 civilians were killed. A provincial official said the helicopters targeted a hospital, school and mosque. Leading al-Qaeda figure Abdul Raouf al-Dhahab was among those killed in the night-time operation in which drones were also used. Meanwhile, A Saudi frigate warship has come under a terrorist attack by three suicide boats belonging to Houthi militias while it was on patrol west of Yemen’s Hodeida port. The command of the coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen confirmed the attack in a statement on Monday and said that the Saudi ship “dealt with the boats as necessary.” One of the Houthi boats collided with the rear of the Saudi warship, resulting in the explosion of the boat and a fire at the rear of the ship. The crew were able to extinguish the fire but two members of the ship’s crew were killed in the attack while three others were injured and are said to be in stable conditions. “The Saudi ship has continued its patrol duties in the area of operations, while the air force and the coalition forces’ ships continued to chase the fleeing boats to deal with them,” the statement read.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38787239
Headline: Syrian army claims retaking key rebel area near Damascus
Headline:ISIS makes another attempt at seizing east Damascus airbase
The Syrian army said on Sunday that it had recaptured a flashpoint area from rebels near Damascus that supplies water to the capital. Wadi Barada had been the scene of fierce fighting in recent weeks between regime and rebel forces that tested a fragile nationwide truce, and left millions in Damascus facing water shortages. “Our armed forces… have accomplished their mission by restoring security and stability in the region of Wadi Barada,” the army said in a statement carried by state television. The announcement came a day after the army entered the water pumping station in Wadi Barada for the first time in four years. Under a deal with the authorities, rebels can choose to stay in the area but hand over their weapons, or leave to the northern province of Idlib, last major bastion of the armed opposition. Hundreds of rebels began to leave Wadi Barada on Sunday for Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://jordantimes.com/news/region/syrian-army-claims-retaking-key-rebel-area-near-damascus
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-makes-another-attempt-seizing-east-damascus-airbase/
Headline: Hundreds of rebels reconcile with the government, drop their weapons in Dara’a province
Over 600 people including 280 armed rebels turned themselves in to the Syrian authorities making use of the government’s amnesty offer in Dara’a province. The reconciliation took place in the town of Ghabaghib as most of the reconcilers are displaced residents of the town. This settlement comes at a time when an increasing number of towns are negotiating with the government regarding reconciliation. A source revealed that such a process may include the entire Dara’a region including the provincial capital. Noticeably, Syria’s southern fronts have been dormant for most of the past year only occasionally interrupted by a failed rebel offensive targeting the abandoned base near Ibta’.
Jan. 30, 2017
Headline: Syrian Army, Hezbollah open new front in southeast Aleppo
The Syrian Arab Army’s Republican Guard forces launched a powerful offensive southeast of the Kuweires Military Airport on Monday, targeting the small collection of village near the strategic east Aleppo town of Deir Hafer. Backed by Hezbollah and Liwaa Imam Al-Baqir, the Syrian Arab Army surprised the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists with a powerful attack on the village of Al-Qutabiyah this afternoon. Unprepared and lacking combatants needed to repel the attack, the Islamic State forces withdrew from Al-Qutabiyah after a short battle with the Syrian Armed Forces and Hezbollah, marking the latter’s first advance in this area. While their allies from the Tiger Forces advance north to Al-Bab, the Republican Guard and Hezbollah will push east towards the Islamic State’s final stronghold before the Al-Raqqa Governorate.
Jan. 30, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-hezbollah-open-new-front-southeast-aleppo-map/
Headline: Syria Situation Report January 19- January 26, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/January%2026EDITS%20COT.pdf
Turkey
Headline: Turkey: The Purges Continue
Headline: Turkey puts 270 ‘plotters’ on trial over failed coup
Philipp Schwartz was a Hungarian-born neuropathologist who worked for the Goethe University in Frankfurt for 14 years until he was fired in 1933 for being Jewish. After his — and other scholars’ — dismissal, he convinced the then decade-old modern Turkish Republic to admit persecuted German professors to positions at Turkish universities. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the secular founder of the Turkish state, enthusiastically agreed to Schwartz’s proposal. Turkey quickly admitted 150 German Jewish professors. Schwartz was appointed as director of the Department of Pathology at the University of Istanbul. More than seven decades after, a German initiative that bears Schwartz’s name is returning the favor. In the first week of 2017, another 631 Turkish researchers and professors were dismissed from their universities, adding to thousands who were purged during the second half of 2016. Several Turkish scholars are now reversing Schwartz’s path: In the fall of 2016, the Philipp Schwartz Initiative received more applications from Turkey than war-torn Syria or any other country. Turks now account for 46% of all applicants worldwide. As the Brussels-based European affairs weekly newspaper Politico put it: “Turkey loses its brains.” Turkey’s problem is bigger than just literally losing its brains. The country apparently is also figuratively losing its brains. News headlines are so confusing that often one cannot decide whether he is reading a real newspaper or the Turkish version of The Onion, reflecting a collective, socio-pathological frenzy — ironically Schwartz’s work of science.
Jan. 30, 2017
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9856/turkey-purges
http://news.sky.com/story/turkey-puts-270-plotters-on-trial-over-failed-coup-10748757
Iran
Headline: Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say
Headline: Iran says to ban U.S. visitors in retaliation to Trump move
Headline: Iran Tests Improved Centrifuges, Threatens Trump with “Consequences” If He Tears Up Agreement
Iran conducted its first ballistic missile test under Donald Trump’s presidency, in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. The launch occurred Sunday at a well-known test site outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of Tehran, Fox News was first to learn. The Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile flew 600 miles before exploding, in a failed test of a reentry vehicle, officials said. Iran defense minister Brigadier Gen. Hossein Dehqan said in September that Iran would start production of the missile. U.N. resolution 2231 — put in place days after the Iran nuclear deal was signed — calls on the Islamic Republic not to conduct such tests. However, this is at least Iran’s second such test since July. The resolution bars Iran from conducting ballistic missile tests for eight years and went into effect July 20, 2015.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/30/iran-conducts-ballistic-missile-test-us-officials-say.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-vows-reciprocal-steps-retaliation-us-visa-ban-164247739.html
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghanistan government open to talks with Taliban: Envoy
Afghanistan’s top envoy to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal on Monday said his government was open to unconditional peace negotiations with the Taliban group. “We are in contact with the Qatar office and also a number of influential individual Taliban leaders and commanders but there are no formal negotiations,” the Afghan ambassador told Xinhua in Islamabad. The remarks came after foreign and Afghan media reported senior Afghan officials had met the Taliban political representatives in Qatar. The Afghan government and the Taliban have not officially commented on the reports. “Taliban could bring any proposal to the negotiating table but we have ruled out preconditions for talks,” Zakhilwal said, when asked about the Taliban’s certain conditions ahead of the talks. Taliban negotiators have publicly called for reopening of their political office in Qatar, lifting of UN sanctions on their senior leaders and release of prisoners. “We are open to any and all opportunities for peace talks. We can find our way with the Taliban if external support to them stops,” the Afghan envoy said.
Jan. 30, 2017
Sudan
Headline: UN mission in South Sudan ‘deeply concerned’ by clashes between Government and opposition forces
Amid an outbreak of violence in the South Sudanese city of Malakal, the United Nations mission in the country today called on the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA in Opposition to silence the guns. “The Mission reiterates its call on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and fully implement the peace agreement,” according to a statement from the Office of the Spokesperson at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). UNMISS said that as of Sunday, the situation in the town remained “tense.” UN peacekeepers are continuing to regularly patrol the northern town, and report that it is “largely deserted.” The UN Mission “will continue to act within its capacity to protect South Sudanese civilians in imminent danger,” the spokesperson said, calling for humanitarian aid and access to the affected areas. South Sudan has faced ongoing challenges since a political face-off between President Salva Kiir and his then former Vice-President Riek Machar erupted into full blown conflict between forces loyal to each in December 2013. The crisis has produced one of the world’s worst displacement situations with immense suffering for civilians.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56069
Libya
Headline: Turkey reopens Libyan embassy after 2 years
Headline: Germany says human rights situation in Libya ‘catastrophic’
Turkey reopened its embassy in Libya on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said, more than two years after the mission was closed for security reasons. “The activities of the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli have resumed today with a reduced staff in the initial stage,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. Since the embassy closed in 2014, Turkey has been represented by its consulate in Misurata, a town in northwest Libya. “While enjoying close historical bonds of brotherhood and friendship with Libya, Turkey embraces all segments of the Libyan people,” the statement said, adding that the embassy would allow Turkey to make a stronger contribution to reconstruction and stability in Libya.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkey-reopens-libyan-embassy-after-2-years/737719
Morocco
Headline: Morocco to rejoin African Union despite Western Sahara dispute
Morocco has been readmitted as a member of the African Union (AU) after months of intense lobbying. Morocco left the organisation in 1984, after it recognised the independence of Western Sahara, regarded by Morocco as part of its historic territory. It was the only country in Africa that was not a member of the continental body. AU leaders also voted for Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat to be the next head of the AU commission. Mr Faki Mahamat beat Kenya’s top diplomat Amina Mohamed. The race is usually settled behind the scenes before the vote but this went to seven rounds of voting. Outgoing commissioner, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, stayed in the job an extra six months after leaders failed to agree a candidate in July. Western Sahara is the last African case on the United Nations decolonisation committee. A referendum was promised in 1991 but never carried out due to wrangling over who is eligible to vote. BBC World Service Africa editor James Copnall says the issue is likely to remain contentious despite Morocco’s readmission to the AU.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38795676
Headline: Islamic body calls US travel ban a ‘grave concern’
Headline: Iran to seek redress with international bodies against Trump’s entry ban
Headline: Iraq parliament votes to ‘respond in kind’ to US visa ban
Headline: Sudan Summons U.S. Diplomat Over Donald Trump’s Immigration Ban
The world’s largest body of Islamic nations said on Monday that it has “grave concern” over U.S. President Donald Trump banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, warning such moves would only embolden extremists. The statement from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation marked the first official public criticism coming out of Saudi Arabia. On Sunday, Trump called Saudi King Salman and invited him to visit Washington amid widespread protests in the U.S. over the order. The 90-day ban, imposed on Friday, affects travel to the United States by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. All are OIC members. The order also suspends refugee admissions for 120 days and indefinitely bars the processing of refugees from Syria. The OIC warned in the statement that “many of those fleeing war and persecution have been adversely and unjustly affected” by the order. “Such selective and discriminatory acts will only serve to embolden the radical narratives of extremists and will provide further fuel to the advocates of violence and terrorism at a critical time,” it said. “The OIC calls upon the United States government to reconsider this blanket decision and maintain its moral obligation to provide leadership and hope at a time of great uncertainty and unrest in the world.”
Jan. 30, 2017
https://worldisraelnews.com/iran-seek-redress-international-bodies-trumps-entry-ban/
http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/300120173
http://www.newsweek.com/sudan-summons-us-diplomat-over-trump-immigration-ban-550165
Headline: Tens of thousands in U.S. cities protest Trump immigration order
Headline:The United States Is On The Precipice Of Widespread Civil Unrest
Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry into the country for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations. In New York, Washington and Boston, a second wave of demonstrations followed spontaneous rallies that broke out at U.S. airports on Saturday as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents began enforcing Trump’s directive. The protests spread westward as the day progressed. The order, which bars admission of Syrian refugees and suspends travel to the United States from Syria, Iraq, Iran and four other countries on national security grounds, has led to the detention or deportation of hundreds of people arriving at U.S. airports. One of the largest of Sunday’s protests took place at Battery Park in lower Manhattan, within sight of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, long a symbol of welcome to U.S. shores. Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York told the crowd that Trump’s order was un-American and ran counter to the country’s core values. “What we are talking about here is life and death for so many people,” the Senate Democratic leader said. “I will not rest until these horrible orders are repealed.” The march, estimated to have grown to about 10,000 people, later began heading to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in lower Manhattan. In Washington, thousands rallied at Lafayette Square across from the White House, chanting: “No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here.”
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-protests-idUSKBN15D15H
http://www.infowars.com/the-united-states-is-on-the-precipice-of-widespread-civil-unrest/
Headline: Five more soldiers killed in eastern Ukraine fighting
Five Ukrainian soldiers died in fighting with pro-Russian rebels on several fronts in eastern Ukraine, a government spokesman said Monday. The casualties, mostly near the town of Avdiivka, north of the city of Donetsk, came on Sunday. “Unfortunately, five Ukrainian soldiers were killed, another 14 were wounded as a result of combat actions over the last day,” Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk said Monday. Pro-Russian authorities in the restive Dontesk region reported damage to infrastructure, including villages, and parts of the city of Donetsk were left without gas and electricity. Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in combat on Friday. Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe confirmed a recent increase in hostilities in eastern Ukraine since an “indefinite truce” was agreed upon in December. An earlier peace deal, known as Minsk II — brokered in February 2015 by Russia, France and Germany in Minsk, Belarus — reduced ground combat between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels but did not end it.
Jan. 30, 2017
Headline: War With US Becoming A “Practical Reality” Chinese Military Warns
In the harshest warning yet that China is actively contemplating a worst case scenario for its diplomatic relations with the US, a senior Chinese military official said that “a war within the president’s term’ or ‘war breaking out tonight’ are not just slogans, they are becoming a practical reality.” The remarks, first reported by the SCMP, were published on the People’s Liberation Army website in response to the escalating rhetoric towards China from America’s new administration, and as Beijing braces itself for a possible deterioration in Sino-US ties, with a particular emphasis on maritime security. The commentary written by an official at the national defence mobilisation department in the Central Military Commission – which has overall authority of China’s armed forces – also called for a US rebalancing of its strategy in Asia, military deployments in the East and South China Seas and the instillation of a missile defence system in South Korea were hot spots getting closer to ignition.
Jan. 29, 2017
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-29/war-us-becoming-practical-reality-chinese-military-warns
Headline: Putin’s Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet fall
The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union’s Arctic great game, lies at perpetual anchor in the frigid water here. A relic of the Cold War, it is now a museum. But nearly three decades after the Lenin was taken out of service to be turned into a visitor attraction, Russia is again on the march in the Arctic and building new nuclear icebreakers. It is part of a push to firm Moscow’s hand in the High North as it vies for dominance with traditional rivals Canada, the United States, and Norway as well as newcomer China. Interviews with officials and military analysts and reviews of government documents show Russia’s build-up is the biggest since the 1991 Soviet fall and will, in some areas, give Moscow more military capabilities than the Soviet Union once had. The expansion has far-reaching financial and geopolitical ramifications. The Arctic is estimated to hold more hydrocarbon reserves than Saudi Arabia and Moscow is putting down a serious military marker. “History is repeating itself,” Vladimir Blinov, a guide on board the icebreaker Lenin, which is named after communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, told a recent tour group. “Back then (in the 1950s) it was the height of the Cold War and the United States was leading in some areas. But we beat the Americans and built the world’s first nuclear ship (the Lenin). The situation today is similar.” Under President Vladimir Putin, Moscow is rushing to re-open abandoned Soviet military, air and radar bases on remote Arctic islands and to build new ones, as it pushes ahead with a claim to almost half a million square miles of the Arctic.
Jan. 30, 2017
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/putins-russia-biggest-arctic-military-push-since-soviet-102944933.html
Headline: Worst S&P 500 Drop Since Election Day
Headline: U.S. dollar falls amid economic data
It was bound to happen sometime. The biggest stock selloff since Donald Trump’s election victory cast the president in an unfamiliar role Monday: market villain. Equities in the S&P 500 Index fell as much as 1.2 percent, the most since Election Day, with companies seen vulnerable to his immigration policies among the biggest losers. Tracing cause and effect is never easy in a market this richly priced with as many cross-currents. Banks, for example, were down even after Trump pledged to “do a big number” on Dodd-Frank. Still, from falling airlines to sliding software makers, some on Wall Street saw evidence Monday that the president’s Midas touch had weakened. “Investors in general are feeling Trump is a bit reckless’’ on the immigration ban and dealing with Mexico on trade issues, Terry Morris, managing director of equities at BB&T Institutional Investment Advisors in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania said by phone. The firm oversees about $10 billion.“It creates friction worldwide and is causing uncertainty.’’ Some investors saw Monday’s decline as reality overtaking perception in assessing Trump’s market impact. While tax reform, infrastructure spending and deregulation remain abstract hopes with significant barriers to implementation, Trump’s plans for trade and immigration are suddenly much more tangible.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/31/c_136021838.htm
Headline: Yemen: Food crisis could become famine this year, UN warns
The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN’s humanitarian chief has warned. Two million people need emergency food aid to survive and child malnutrition has risen 63% in a year, Stephen O’Brien told the UN Security Council. A child under five dies every 10 minutes of preventable causes, he said. Severe poverty, war damage, and a naval embargo by the Saudi-led coalition have all damaged food security. About 14 million people are currently food insecure in Yemen, including 2.2m children who are acutely malnourished and nearly 500,000 suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Widows, orphans, the disabled and elderly are no longer receiving a monthly allowance from the government and 1.25 million civil servants were not receiving regular salaries, Mr O’Brien said. “Humanitarians now fill in for collapsing public institutions, which at this scale is both beyond our capacity and our remit,” he said. Yemen has been devastated by nearly two years of war between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, backed by Saudi Arabia, and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.
Jan. 27, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38767874
January 25, 2017 – Dead turtles found in a dried up dam in Quixada, Brazil
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January 25, 2017 – Millions of dead sardines wash up on the coast of Quemchi, Chile
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soychile.cl%2FChiloe%2FSociedad%2F2017%2F01%2F27%2F443572%2FQuemchi-varan-millones-de-sardinas-en-playa-de-Aucho.aspx&sandbox=1
January 26, 2017 – Disease killing hundreds of birds in Washington
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article128959369.html
January 27, 2017 – 3,700 dead birds found in the waters of Sacramento
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/01/27/why-did-nearly-4000-birds-die-in-the-yolo-bypass-last-week/
January 27, 2017 – Dead whales and a dolphin wash up in Baja California, Mexico
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tabascohoy.com%2Fnota%2F364609%2Fmata-marea-roja-a-4-mamiferos-marinos&edit-text=&act=url
January 28, 2017 – Over 10,000 pheasants to be killed due to avian flu in Lancashire, England
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/28/officials-confirm-second-bird-flu-outbreak-in-uk
January 28, 2017 – Masses of dead fish washing up again on beaches in Florida
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/use-caution-red-tide-again-causing-dead-fish-to-wash/article_1bf2d944-e34e-11e6-9ac0-9f90171dcc8f.html
January 29, 2017 – 400 dead monkeys found in the forests of Espirito Santo, Brazil- suspicion of yellow fever
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Headline: Schools in Sicily evacuated as more than 60 quakes shake Mount Etna
Seismic experts at Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (Ingv) registered more than 60 tremors on Monday morning – the most significant measuring at least 3.5 magnitude, at 10:51am. The quakes began shortly after 6am, and five have measured over 3.0 in magnitude. Local authorities have alerted residents to the series of tremors, which have had their epicentre between Ragalna and Monte San Leo, at around 14km deep. Ingv said there was “nothing unusual” about the volcanic activity, and there have not been any reports of damage to buildings or any injuries caused by the quakes. In the towns of Ragalna, Nicolosi and Bronte on the south side of the volcano, schoolchildren were evacuated on Monday morning as a precaution. Etna, nestled between the cities of Messina and Catania, is Europe’s most active and highest volcano and Italy’s highest peak south of the Alps. Together with Mount Vesuvius near Naples, it is one of 16 volcanoes in the world designated as ‘Decade Volcanoes’ by the UN, which means that they are studied particularly closely due to the frequency of activity and density of nearby population.
Jan. 30, 2017
http://www.thelocal.it/20170130/mount-etna-erupting-snow-schools-evacuated-sicily
Headline: Supervolcano ‘worse than Vesuvius’ that could kill MILLIONS across Europe ‘ready to blow’
Around two thousand years ago Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Pompeii and killing an estimated 1,500 people. Today, a far more sinister supervolcano named Campi Flegrei is lurking underneath Naples in Italy. Shock research, revealed last month, warned that the “big daddy” of Vesuvius is showing signs of “reawakening” and may be on the brink of going off. Should it blow in a “big one” eruption, experts told Daily Star Online thousands, possibly millions, of people across Europe would be killed “immediately” from incineration and suffocation. Dense black ash clouds would block out the sun, plunging the continent into months, if not years, of eerie darkness.
Jan. 30, 2017
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January 29, 2017- WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON WITH THE WORLD?
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Jan. 26, 2017 False Prophet Rises Again/ The Road To The Psalm 83 War
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This is the E-mail from Ron Greese concerning the 2015 date for the rapture of the Church which as you saw from my video failed. This is the entire email from Ron.
From: Rgreese49@aol.com
To: rgreese49@aol.com
Sent: 11/14/2015 11:34:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: A Message from the Heart and God's 21–Day Delay
To: rgreese49@aol.com
Sent: 11/14/2015 11:34:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: A Message from the Heart and God's 21–Day Delay
A MESSAGE FROM THE HEART AND GOD’S 21-DAY DELAY
Some of you are not going to want to wade through this entire post, to get to the bottom line, so I am going to put it right here, in this first paragraph, before I get to a message from my heart. Here is the bottom line: We HAD EVERY reason to believe that 11/11/15 would be the first day of the Tribulation, and the probable day of the Sudden Destruction/Rapture. For many reasons, that I will expound upon below, I am of the firm belief that we are in a God-directed 21–Day delay, as in Daniel 10. For the past several months, I have not only written about 11/11/15, but also about Hannukah Eve, Dec. 6, 2015, the 24th Day of the 9th Jewish month, written about in Haggai 2. I have projected this to be the the Date of the Battle of Gog, and Magog, and Israel’s Day of Restoration, as spoken of in Ezekiel 38–39. I firmly stand by these projections. I now am able to go one step further, because of this God-directed 21–day delay, in projecting the probable Day of the Sudden Destruction/Rapture, as December 1st of 2015.
I am asking, and strongly encouraging, each of you to just hang in there with me, for another two to three weeks. At that time, I believe it will all be over for us, as the Bride of Christ will be in Heaven, and it will all be just beginning, for the rest of the world, in the form of the Tribulation, and the 21 Judgments in the Book of Revelation. The New World Order’s Sudden Destruction (nuclear) will have taken place, and the Battle of Gog and Magog will have taken place, with the massive armies of Russia, Iran, and their allies, destroyed on the mountains of Israel, and by God’s mighty power and sovereignty, Israel will have been restored, as God tells us in Ezekiel 38–39. If none of this has happened by the end of the first week in December, then it will mean that I have NOT been hearing from God these past 7 years, and you probably will not be hearing from me again for quite some time. All I ask is for your indulgence, for another 2 to 3 weeks.
On the night of Nov. 9th, I prayed for over two hours, but did not really feel that I was connecting with the Lord. I knew that He was listening, but I did not feel any two-way communication. On the next night, Nov. 10th, after almost one hour of praying, suddenly God began speaking to me, through my own voice, DIRECTLY, and CLEARLY, assuring me that He had everything under control, assuring me that I was ready for the Rapture. He also told me not to be concerned the next day, Nov. 11th, about the Rapture timing. He FILLED me with such an indescribable peace, a peace that passes all understanding. I did not know if He was giving me that peace because Nov. 11th would be the day of the Rapture, or not. But at that time, I did not know how I could be filled with peace on Nov. 12th, if the Rapture, and 1st Day of the Tribulation, had not taken place.
I had just dedicated the past 9 months of my life to writing all about 11/11/15, being the 1st Day of the Tribulation, and the probable day of the Rapture and Sudden Destruction. I had also just given 7 years of my life, by retiring several years early, from a very good job, with great benefits, at the U.S. Postal Service. How could I be at peace if nothing happened on 11/11/15??? After all, EVERY puzzle piece fit perfectly, with 11/11/15 being the first day of the Tribulation. I have been a Biblical Watchman (Ezekiel 33), for over 40 years, and I have NEVER seen anything like the date of 11/11/15. Again, how could I be at peace, if nothing happened on 11/11/15???
Yet the Lord FILLED me with His peace, even when I woke up on the morning of Nov. 12th, with no Rapture/Sudden Destruction. Yes, I was somewhat down, but I was not in despair. He had told me that He had it all in His control, and had
affirmed my ministry over the past 7 years. I had NO idea what to do next. I had NO Plan B. The evidence pointing DIRECTLY to 11/11/15 was so very compelling. I wrote a short email to my inner circle group of 6 other people, besides myself. I was hesitant to open my emails, as I knew a good percentage of them would be harsh and negative, even though I had retired from a good job several years earlier and had not received one dime for my past 7 years of service.
My only motives for over 40 years of being a Biblical Watchman have been to
see as many people saved as possible, to be a willing, useful, yielded vessel through whom my Lord could work, to help snatch as many people as possible, from the horrendous Tribulation, and to be found in the center of the Lord’s will when He Returns. Yet I know from years of experience, that during the days following 11/11/15, my inbox, in my email account, would be filled with negative, hateful, and very harsh and mean-spirited emails. So, I have still not opened the several dozen emails that are there, even though I know that there are also words of encouragement there. On that same subject, I will read the encouraging responses soon, although I may not have enough time to respond to all of them.
So, I spent most of the day, on 11/12, just wondering what comes next, and questioning why nothing had happened. Then, during that evening, as I was just relaxing, and watching the news, all of a sudden a Prophetic thought hit me, out of the blue. This was quickly followed by another Prophetic thought, and then another. In just a matter of minutes, I was painted a beautiful, cohesive picture of a slightly revised time frame for these very last days. After going to sleep about 2:15 a.m., I awoke about 4:45 a.m., and tossed and turned for well over two hours, as what I believe was the Lord filling in the rest of the pieces of this slightly revised time table (we will know in 2 to 3 weeks, if this came from the Lord, or not). I firmly believe that the Lord was trying to show me why nothing happened on 11/11, and why He FILLED me with His peace, and why He had told me that He had it all under His control.
For years, Prophecy students, when a particular Date for the proposed Rapture has failed, have claimed that we must be in a 21–day delay, like in the Book of Daniel. The proposed 21–day delay never pans out, obviously, and it NEVER resonated with me. But, lo, and behold, I believe that is what the Lord is showing us about 11/11/15. I am convinced that we are currently in a 21–day delay (inclusive), that should culminate on December 1st, with the Rapture and Sudden Destruction, and I believe that you are going to be AMAZED at all of the signs and confirmations of this date that have been shown to me, during the past 24 hours. Like I said before, if nothing happens by the middle of December, it is extremely likely that my ministry will be suspended indefinitely, so that is why I am asking all of you to just bear with me for another 2 to 3 weeks.
Why a 21–day delay, and is it Scriptural? This is the ONLY time that I have ever suggested a 21–day delay. Before the evening of Nov. 12th, Dec. 1st was not even on my radar screen. I believe that God has shown me that this is what is happening right now. Let’s look at the Biblical correlations to a 21–day delay:
1. Daniel is the premier end-times Biblical Prophet.
2. The Book of Daniel is FULL of end-times Bible Prophecy, so that if a delay in the Rapture, and start of the Tribulation, is to take place, the Book of Daniel is the likely place to find it.
3. The archangel Michael, in Daniel 10, is the angel of the Lord who is involved in a 21–day delay. IT IS THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, THAT IS SOUNDED AT THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE (1ST THESS. 4:16).
4. Here are the verses, in Dan. 10, that refer to the 21 days.
a. verse 2–“In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning THREE FULL WEEKS.”
b. verse 3–“…till THREE WHOLE WEEKS WERE FULFILLED.”
c. verse 13–“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me ONE AND TWENTY DAYS; but, lo, MICHAEL, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”
d. verse 14–“Now I am going to make you understand what shall befall thy people IN THE LATTER DAYS; FOR YET THE VISION IS FOR MANY DAYS.”
5. This is my 1st attempt ever to do a study on Dan. 10, but I am trying to convey to you what I believe the Lord is trying to show to all of us today. THREE FULL WEEKS is referred to not once, not twice, but THREE times. A 21-day delay is referred to THREE times. It HAS to be important.
6. How interesting that the prince of Persia, and the kings of Persia, are prominent players in Daniel 10. Persia’s name was changed to Iran in the middle of the 20th century. Iran is one of the most prominent players in current end-times Bible Prophecy, and is the 2nd nation mentioned in this massive attack on Israel.
7. If the very same archangel MICHAEL, whose voice is going to be heard at the time of the Rapture, was delayed for TWENTY-ONE DAYS back in Daniel’s time, is this a Prophetic type, or sign, of a coming delay of Michael once again (1st Thess. 4:16), causing a delay of TWENTY-ONE DAYS for the Rapture??? With EVERYTHING pointing DIRECTLY to the date of 11/11/15, has there NOW BEEN ANOTHER DELAY, EVEN AS IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL, OF ANOTHER TWENTY-ONE DAYS???
8. Verse 14 ties this whole Prophetic vision of Daniel into THE LATTER DAYS. This is an END-TIMES VISION. Therefore, why should we not believe that this is a Prophetic TYPE of a 21–day delay in the timing of the Rapture, especially with the archangel Michael being fully involved with both events???
9. In both events, Michael is fully involved in trying to get from Heaven, to Earth, with an extremely important mission. If Michael was delayed for TWENTY-ONE DAYS, the first time, why should we not expect Michael, whose voice we hear at the sound of the Trumpet, at the time of the Rapture, to be once again delayed TWENTY-ONE DAYS??? This Prophetic observation could only be viewed in hindsight. The potential for 11/11/15 was simply way too compelling to foresee this coming. But it now appears as if Daniel 10, and the 21–day delay, has moved right to the forefront of current end-times Prophetic events.
Now, wait until you read about all of the confirming, compelling signs that point us DIRECTLY to December 1st of this year, which is TWENTY-ONE DAYS inclusive from 11/11. Are you ready for this? Here goes:
1. The first sign is what I just wrote about. 11/11/15, plus the TWENTY-ONE DAY delay, inclusively (counting the first and last days as whole days) takes us EXACTLY to 12/1/15. This is based, as outlined above, on Daniel, Chapter 10.
2. The Day of December 1st reads like this: 12/1, or 121, or ELEVEN TIMES ELEVEN = 121. Yes, that is right. December 1st is ANOTHER ELEVEN ELEVEN DATE. I do not know if 1/21 is the New World Order’s original date, or their back-up date. What we do know is this. The ultimate Satanic date to employ their evil, diabolical scheme to cause nuclear destruction upon the United States, who is their last obstacle to their wicked one-world government, is a DOUBLE eleven. ELEVEN is the number of Lucifer. To double a number is to INTENSIFY it. To multiply a number by itself also means to intensify it. It is extremely important, to those involved in Luciferian schemes, to use the most intensified Satanic dates possible, which, in their eyes, gives them a much greater chance for success.
EVERYTHING pointed DIRECTLY to ELEVEN ELEVEN of this year, to be their CHOSEN date. Was 11/11/15 their CHOSEN date, or was this their CHOSEN date to throw everyone off target? We must remember all of the movie signs, TV signs, etc., that pointed DIRECTLY to 9/23/15. Nothing came of that either. It certainly appears to me that they were just trying to discourage Christian Watchers, by pointing to a pre-mature date. Have they now done it again, with EVERYTHING pointing DIRECTLY to 11/11/15? Have they CHOSEN another pre-mature date?
I do not know the answer to that. I do not know if 11/11/15 was the first option date, or the 2nd option date. They did everything in their power to point DIRECTLY TO 11/11/15, as the date of a proposed nuclear strike on Manhattan,
which obviously never materialized. Was this a deliberate pre-mature date, or did God perhaps change their plans? Did God bring another massive wind storm across our country just before, and during, 11/11/15, that would have made the nuclear fallout much greater, and unpredictable, than what the NWO elite wanted??? In my eyes, that is a possibility.
What we do know is that 12/1, or 121, or 11 X 11, is ANOTHER ELEVEN ELEVEN DATE. That is December 1st. As I am about to show you, this MAY have been their PRIMARY date right along, as Dec. 1st has ANOTHER Satanic number pointing DIRECTLY to it, as our case for Dec. 1st, 12/1, gets even stronger.
3. Satan took one-third of the angels with him, in his rebellion against God. The New World Order is Satanic, using Satan’s numbers often, especially in causing evil destructive events to take place, such as 9/11/01. For something of the magnitude of the nuclear downfall of the U.S., they can do nothing less than attempt to employ the most Satanic date possible. I believe Dec. 1st, or 12/1, or 121, or 11 X 11, is equally, if not more Satanic than 11/11. So, it certainly appears, because of this proposed 21-day delay, that they have doubled down even further, than the date of 11/11, with an even more Satanic date of 12/1.
I have mentioned many times in previous posts, that Satanists consider the numbers of 33, 333, and 3333, the most Satanic numbers in existence, because Satan took one-third, or .333 of the angels with him. At the start of Nov. 30th, 333 days will have passed, during the year of 2015. It is POSSIBLE that we could be looking at Nov. 29th, as the 333rd day of the year, as a day or two before the really BIG Sudden Destruction (nuclear) event, for another MAJOR NWO event, that will ignite the Sudden Destruction/Rapture event. Or, perhaps, it will be Dec. 1st in Israel, and Nov. 30th, in the U.S. So, when I write about Dec. 1st, because of the many different time zones, I am actually referring to Nov. 30th/Dec. 1st.
4. December 1st is on a TUESDAY! Tuesday is the day of the week, in Jewish tradition, when the Bridegroom (JESUS) comes for the Bride (those within the Body of Christ, whom the Lord finds worthy–Luke 21:34–36). Many of you doubt that there is a difference between the Body of Christ and the Bride of Christ.
Please read carefully what I am about to tell you. God took a BRIDE FOR ADAM, out of Adam’s BODY. Jesus is referred to, in the Word, as the 2nd ADAM. So, out of the BODY OF CHRIST, God will take, in the Rapture of the Bride, a BRIDE FOR JESUS! The N.T. is consistent in teaching us what happens to the backslidden, worldly, compromising, non-watchful, and lukewarm Christians. Yes, He calls them servants of the Lord and He says they had oil in their lamps. You do not become a servant of the Lord, nor can you have oil (a symbol of the Holy Spirit), unless you are a born-again Christian. The Word is consistent that these types of born-again Christians are spewed out into the Tribulation, as they had dirty robes (you cannot receive a robe of righteousness unless you are genuinely saved), and had to make their robes white, during the Tribulation.
5. One of the reasons that I say that everything falls apart, if nothing happens in the Fall of 2015, is the pattern of the Final 14 Years, in the story of Joseph, who is the most complete type of Christ in the Word. I remain totally convinced that the starting date was Oct. 29, 2008, when Obama was revealed to discerning Christians, as the Antichrist (remember the revealing of the Beast of the Sea, that Kevin Heckle discovered in Biblical astronomy, right to the minute, when Obama started his covenant speech with the many). On Oct. 29, 2015, on our calendar, the 7 Good Years were over. If we add the Satanic number of 33 days to this 7–year anniversary of Satan’s man being revealed, we arrive once again EXACTLY at Dec. 1, 2015.
So, from the NWO elite’s perspective we now have at least THREE extremely Satanic calculations pointing DIRECTLY to the time of Nov. 30th–Dec. 1st. These THREE Satanic calculations are #’s 2, 3, and 5 above. Indeed, 1/21 of this year, MAY have been their PRIMARY date right along.
6. The starting point, once again, is Oct. 29, 2008, when Obama was revealed as the Antichrist, and also made his covenant with the many of Dan. 9:27 to CHANGE THE WORLD. This date started the 14–year Prophetic parallel of the story of Joseph. We just completed the 7 Good Years, or 7 Years of Warning, or 7 Years of Preparation, and we are just about ready to begin the Final 7 Bad Years, or 7 Years of Famine, or 7 Years of Tribulation. It simply MUST begin in the Fall of 2015. How fascinating is this calculation??? The Book of Daniel refers to an extra 75 days (the 1290 days and the 1335 days) in the end times. If we add these extra 75 days, on top of the 2520 days, or 7 Prophetic Years, to our starting date of Oct. 29, 2008, we arrive EXACTLY AT HANUKKAH EVE, DEC. 6–7TH OF THIS YEAR!!!
This is the precise date that I have been writing so much about during the past several months, to be the date of the Battle of Gog and Magog, the date when Ezekiel 38–39 is fulfilled, with Russia and Iran, and their allies, making their ill-fated attack on God’s chosen nation of Israel. This is the date of Israel’s restoration, because the number of God’s restoration of Israel is SEVENTY, and it is SEVENTY days from the last blood red moon, and lunar eclipse, of the famous tetrad, to Hanukkah Eve, Dec. 6–7, 2015!!! If you read the account of this monumental Battle of World War 3, in Ezekiel 38–39, you will see that is EXACTLY what happens. It is the event that causes Israel’s restoration.
7. “DECEMBER 1ST IS GOD’S PERSONAL DAY OF THE YEAR FOR ME.” This is the title of the post that I wrote in November of 2011. Here is an excerpt from that post:
Most of you will remember the Lord giving me the numbers of 7 and 11, with seven supernatural confirmations within days of each other. It was almost one year later, when the Lord chose to give me the meaning of the importance of the 7 and 11. But, for the purpose of this email, it is the date, when he showed me the 7 and 11, that I want to emphasize. I had been praying earnestly for the Lord to show me the timing of the Rapture/SD.
The date was DECEMBER 1, 2008, when the Lord chose to stop my watch at 11 minutes to 7 for FIVE minutes, when it started back up again. My watch had NEVER malfunctioned before, nor after that date. I did not change the time on my watch, determined to wear it FIVE minutes slow, until the Lord showed me the meaning, which he did almost one year later. Any doubts that this sign was from the Lord were erased the following morning, on DECEMBER 2, 2008.
I was sound asleep, when I was suddenly awakened by loud knocking sounds (3 or 4 of them). There was nobody else in the house, and nobody at the door, and we live out in the country. I immediately looked at my digital clock and it read 7:11. Those two experiences, 12 hours apart, left ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THE LORD WAS SHOWING ME THE NUMBERS OF 7 AND 11, and that these were the two key numbers in discovering the date of the Rapture and Sudden Destruction. The Lord chose to give me five more supernatural confirmations in a matter of days, for a total of SEVEN, the number of completeness.
It was EXACTLY two years later, on the very same day of the year, on DECEMBER 1, 2010, when I was suddenly awakened (no knocking sounds), from a very sound sleep. My digital clock read 5:43. I immediately felt that God was giving me some sort of 5–4–3 countdown, but was not absolutely sure.
EXACTLY 24 hours later, on DECEMBER 2, 2010, I was, once again, suddenly awakened out of a very sound sleep. My digital clock again read the EXACT same time of 5:43. (End of excerpt from that post)
IT WAS NOT UNTIL YESTERDAY, NOV. 12, 2015, THAT I RECEIVED WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE FULL REVELATION OF MY INCREDIBLE 7–11 CLOCK, AND WATCH EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT THE INTERPRETATION THAT THE LORD HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET ME TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS, IS THAT EXACTLY 7 YEARS FROM MY WATCH STOPPING AT 7 MINUTES TO ELEVEN, FOR 5 MINUTES, ON DEC. 1, 2008, IS THE DATE OF THE RAPTURE/SUDDEN DESTRUCTION, WHICH WILL BE DEC. 1, 2015, GIVE OR TAKE A DAY.
AS FOR THE ELEVEN, THAT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS. WITH ALL OF THE SIGNS POINTING DIRECTLY TOWARD ELEVEN ELEVEN, AND NOW POINTING DIRECTLY TO 12/1, OR 121, OR ELEVEN TIMES ELEVEN. TO POSSIBLY TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER, GOD MAY HAVE BEEN ALSO POINTING TO THE END OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH OF 2015. SO, THERE WE HAVE THE FINAL REVELATION OF THE 7 AND 11, WHICH HAPPENED ON DEC. 1, 2008, 7 YEARS AGO.
I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MEANINGFUL IDEA ABOUT THE FIVE MINUTES THAT MY WATCH STOPPED. NOW, IT IS BECOMING CLEAR TO ME THAT THE LORD IS TRYING TO CONFIRM DEC. 1ST AND DEC. 6TH. THEY ARE FIVE DAYS APART. ON DEC. 1ST, WE SHOULD EXPECT THE RAPTURE/SUDDEN DESTRUCTION, AND DEC. 6TH, HANUKKAH EVE, IS THE BIBLICAL DAY OF THE YEAR FOR THE BATTLE OF GOG AND MAGOG (ACCORDING TO HAGGAI 2 AND GRANT JEFFREY). AMERICA HAS TO BE REMOVED AS A MAJOR POWER, BEFORE RUSSIA, AND IRAN, WOULD CONSIDER SUCH A MONUMENTAL MOVE AS ATTACKING ISRAEL. SO, THIS 5–DAY GAP IS A VERY LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS END-TIMES SCENARIO.
AS FOR DEC. 1ST AND DEC. 2ND, OF 2010, I HAD TO GO BACK 4 YEARS INTO MY EMAILS TO FIND MY POST, “DEC. 1ST IS GOD’S PERSONAL DAY OF THE YEAR FOR ME”. THESE DATES, OF DEC. 1ST AND DEC. 2ND, WERE THE 2ND TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT I HAD WHAT I CONSIDER A SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE ON THESE SAME TWO DAYS OF THE YEAR. I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT WAKING UP ON THOSE TWO DAYS OF 2010, OUT OF A SOUND SLEEP, AND SEEING 5:43 ON MY DIGITAL CLOCK BOTH DAYS.
I NEVER, UNTIL TODAY, NOV. 13, 2015, CORRELATED THAT TO A 5–YEAR COUNTDOWN TO THE RAPTURE. BUT AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE CONTAINED IN THIS POST, I SURE DO NOW. AMAZINGLY, I AM CONVINCED THAT THE LORD WAS GIVING ME A 5–YEAR COUNTDOWN RIGHT TO THE DAY OF DEC. 1, 2015!!!!! BOY, WAS I EVER SHOCKED WHEN I READ THAT POST TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW YEARS!
SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT, FELLOW WATCHERS, AND FELLOW CHRISTIANS. I NEVER DREAMED TWO DAYS AGO THAT I WOULD BE COMPOSING SUCH A COMPELLING POST, WITH ALL SIGNS POINTING DIRECTLY TO DEC. 1ST OF THIS YEAR. DEC. 1ST WAS NOT EVEN ON MY PROPHETIC RADAR SCREEN. HANUKKAH EVE, DEC. 6TH, SURE WAS, AS I HAVE WRITTEN SO VERY MUCH ABOUT IT.
I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO CONSTRUCT A COMPELLING CASE FOR DEC. 1ST OF THIS YEAR, WITH WHAT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN THE LEADING OF THE LORD. I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO SHOW YOU HOW I BELIEVE MY LORD HAS GIVEN ME A PERSONAL SUPERNATURAL 7–YEAR WARNING, AND A PERSONAL SUPERNATURAL 5–YEAR WARNING, BOTH POINTING DIRECTLY TO THE VERY SAME DAY OF DEC. 1, 2015. BUT EVEN WITHOUT THOSE PERSONAL WARNINGS, YOU HAVE 6 OTHER SPECIFIC WARNINGS LISTED ABOVE, THAT ALL POINT DIRECTLY TO DEC. 1ST.
I PRAY THAT IS ENOUGH TO RE-IGNITE YOUR SPIRITUAL ANTENNAS, AND KEEP YOU ON HIGH RAPTURE ALERT. AS FOR ME, AND MY MINISTRY AS A BIBLICAL WATCHMAN, EVERYTHING IS RIDING ON THE EVENTS OF THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS. YET I REMAIN FULLY CONFIDENT, AND FULLY EXPECTING, TO SEE THE FULFILLMENT OF THESE END-TIMES EVENTS, AND PRAYERFULLY, TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THESE EVENTS FROM HEAVEN, AND NOT FROM THIS SIN-FILLED EARTH, THAT IS TOTALLY RIPE FOR GOD’S JUDGMENTS TO BEGIN. LIKE I HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT ALL YEAR, THE FALL OF 2015 IS THE TIME, NOT 2016, OR 2017, OR 2018, OR ANY OTHER FUTURE YEAR. IT HAS TO BE THE FALL OF 2015. KEEP THE FAITH! KEEP WATCHING! BE READY! STAY READY! I STILL AM TOTALLY CONVINCED THAT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR!
Maranatha!
Ron Reese
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Subj: The Beast (Antichrist) who was, and is not, and yet is (Obama)–Revelation 17:8
THE BEAST (ANTICHRIST) WHO WAS, AND IS NOT, AND YET IS (OBAMA)–REVELATION 17:8
This is my first post since Dec. of 2015. In my next post, I will be reflecting on where I went wrong (along with many other watchers), in projecting the probable Rapture/Sudden Destruction to take place in the Fall of 2015. I have always believed in Progressive Revelation, when trying to analyze Bible Prophecy events. Most all Bible Prophecy watchers have had to re-examine their positions over the years also, because Bible Prophecy has not unfolded exactly as they had projected either. I am very sorry for any problems that my likely time frame for the Rapture/Sudden Destruction, of the Fall of 2015, caused any of you. Since that time, my studies never showed 2016 to be that time, so I have written nothing for the past 14 months. So very many good posts have been written on Five Doves in the past few months, pointing to 2017 for the probable time of the Rapture/Sudden Destruction. I am accumulating many of them in my email inbox, and will try to send a post, in the near future, that will include all of these links, so that we can have them all in one place, and be able to examine them for future reference. Two of the most recent posts on www.fivedoves.com, that are pointing directly to 2017, have been written by long-time Bible Prophecy scholar, Pastor F.M. Riley, and John Tng, long-time moderator of probably the most prominent Bible Prophecy website in existence, Five Doves. I want to thank John for his excellent service to the Lord, and amazing perseverance over these past many years, in allowing us Watchers to access his wonderful website. I first posted on this website in the early 1990’s. I wrote my first tract on Bible Prophecy in 1989, entitled, “What in the World is Happening?” I preached my first of many sermons on Bible Prophecy in 1978. I became a Biblical Watchman (Ezekiel 33), after reading Hal Lindsey’s, “The Late Great Planet Earth” in the mid-1970’s. I went on to write over 50 Bible Prophecy tracts, with almost 10 million in circulation. I wrote my final tract and final newsletter in the year 2001, due to the high cost of printing and postage. I retired from my secular job several years early in 2009, shortly after Barack Hussein Obama became President, to start an internet ministry on Bible Prophecy, never dreaming that I would live to see the year 2017, with still no Rapture. But here we are, still here. I know that many of you can easily relate to this. I write all of this so that new readers might know a little bit about me, and to let you know that I have been at this a very long time, just like John Tng, Pastor Riley, Gerry Almond, Jim Bramlett, and so many others. I want to encourage ALL Watchers that the End of the Age is now AT THE DOOR. As the weeks go by, in 2017, I strongly believe that the Biblical signs, pointing us to the End, will be increasing in frequency and intensity, until finally Jesus comes for us, in the Great Escape, the Rapture of the Bride. There can be very little doubt that the End of the Age is rapidly approaching now. There is so very much evidence that is now, through Progressive Revelation, pointing directly to 2017, as the probable Year of the Rapture/Sudden Destruction (1st Thess. 4 and 5). Although I have read many good posts that have given us important signs that seem to point us directly to 2017, I have yet to read any posts that give us what I consider to be the number one BIBLICAL reason that God is revealing 2017 to be the likely time of the Sudden Destruction/Rapture. When we add this Scriptural reason to everything else that is being presented by Bible Prophecy students, that is seemingly pointing us directly to 2017, I believe that many of you will become as excited as I am right now. We are SOON going to be with Jesus FOREVER! What can possibly be more exciting than this? I will be presenting this to you in my next post. Because I believe that the Rapture and Sudden Destruction will likely be in the last half of 2017, and not the first half, I feel there is one more subject that I must write about first. It is even more urgent than my next post. Donald Trump is, at least for now, the President of the U.S. Like most of you, I did not see this coming. I am not sure of Trump’s exact role in Bible Prophecy, but I assure you that he is NOT the Antichrist. Many are now attempting to portray Trump as the Antichrist. Please do NOT get caught up in this, no matter what so-called evidence is presented to you. I, and so many other Watchers, have written about so very MANY reasons why Barack Hussein Obama is the Antichrist. In a future post, I will remind us as to many of those reasons. But, because of Progressive Revelation, I believe that we can now add one more reason to Obama’s credentials as the Biblical Antichrist. If Obama is the Antichrist, and I remain firmly convinced that he is, then he MUST fulfill EVERY Scripture that has been written about the Antichrist. I believe that we are currently witnessing the Prophetic fulfillment of some very important verses in the Book of Revelation, concerning Obama revealing himself even further as the Antichrist. As one of his final acts as President of the U.S., Obama ordered the U.S. to NOT veto the resolution to divide up the God-ordained nation of Israel. Now, for the very first time in history, EVERY nation has turned their back on Israel. This was prophesied in God’s Word. This is one of the FINAL events that had to be fulfilled in end-time Bible Prophecy. And it was the Antichrist himself that brought it to pass. Donald Trump cannot reverse this decision. This was an irreversible decision with broad implications, bringing the whole world MUCH closer to World War 3, with Israel as the Biblical turning point. Israel’s enemies will be greatly emboldened by this grievous, and evil deed that Obama has performed. How awe-inspiring, and yet very sad, it is to watch perhaps the key end-time Bible Prophecy happen before our very eyes! Now let us examine some key Antichrist verses in the Book of Revelation that I believe Obama is in the process of fulfilling: In my Bible, the heading for Revelation 13 is “The Beast (Antichrist) of the Sea”. I will only refer to verses that seem to point us directly to Barack Hussein Obama, TODAY, as I am writing this. The whole Chapter refers to the Antichrist and the False Prophet, but certain verses, now that Obama has fulfilled his eight years as President of the U.S., seem to point to Obama as the Antichrist. Revelation13 Verse 3–“And his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast”. Verse 5–“and he was given authority to CONTINUE for forty-two months.” Verse 12–“to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” Verse 18–“the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” Revelation 17 Verse 8–”THE BEAST WHO WAS, AND IS NOT, AND YET IS.” Verses 10–11–“There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. THE BEAST WHO WAS, AND IS NOT, IS HIMSELF ALSO THE EIGHTH, AND IS OF THE SEVEN, AND IS GOING TO PERDITION.” Below is a part of a fascinating, and very enlightening article, written by Kevin Heckle, one of the most prominent Biblical posters on Five Doves (www.fivedoves.com), a few years back. In my years at Bible College, I remember studying Biblical Hermeneutics, which is a study on how to study the Bible. One of the Principles in studying God’s Word is the Double Reference principle, which means that there are prophetic Scriptures that have a near fulfillment and a far fulfillment (into the future), or a Double Reference. Below, Kevin shows how Revelation 17:10–11 may have a Double Reference, or a fulfillment back in John’s day, when he wrote the Book of Revelation, and an end-time fulfillment, beginning in 1967, and, because of Progressive Revelation, I would say probably ending in 2017, as Obama, who is the EIGHTH President since 1967, leaves his office as President of the U.S. Everything has not quite worked out exactly as this amazing article projected, but there appears to be a very strong case for applying the Double Reference principle to Rev. 17:10–11, using Obama as the EIGHTH, the projected Scriptural Antichrist. In this article, Kevin uses 1967 as the starting point. Israel has always been God’s prophetic timepiece, so almost exclusively, and with justification, the two years that Bible scholars use to re-start God’s prophetic time clock are 1948, when Israel became a nation, or 1967, when Israel re-captured Jerusalem, in the Six-Day War. How fascinating that we are now entering 2017, one complete Jubilee cycle, since 1967, and EIGHT Presidents since 1967. Here is part of Kevin Heckle’s fascinating and extremely enlightening article, especially in light of Barack Obama, the Antichrist, and the year 2017. This was written in 2009, but what is written below, I believe applies directly to today, in 2017: Barack is the Eighth
By: Kevin Heckle (Sept., 2009)
Revelation 17:10-11– And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. (11) And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
At the time of the Apostle John’s writing of the Book of Revelation, which was probably around 69-70 AD, at the earliest, the emperorship of Rome was in contention. On 6-9-68 AD, Nero, the FIFTH emperor of Rome, committed suicide. This sparked a struggle for power that lasted about a year and a half, culminating in Vespasian becoming the permanent emperor on 12-21-69 AD. He defeated three usurpers; Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, to become emperor of Rome. Vespasian retained power for about ten years, until his death on 6-23-79 AD. His son Titus, who destroyed the Temple, only held the office from the death of his father in 79 AD, until September 13, 81 AD, when he died. Out of these first seven emperors of Rome, Titus was the one to disperse the Jews, prior to ascending to the throne.
FIVE FALLEN KINGS, at the time of John’s writing the Book of Revelation:
- Augustus
- Tiberius
- Caligula
- Claudius
- Nero (Died 68 AD)
ONE IS (Occupied the office of emperor at John’s writing Revelation)
- Vespasian (Overcame three usurpers on 12-21-69)
THE OTHER NOT YET COME; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
- Titus (destroyed the Temple in 70 AD, became emperor in 79 and died only a few short years later in 81)
THAT WAS, AND IS NOT, EVEN HE IS THE EIGHTH, AND OF THE SEVEN
- Beast? (Antichrist) Will be of Roman Descent
According to Richard L. Wills research at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2009/richardw820.htm, Barack Hussein Obama fits EXACTLY, as he is the59th Great Grandson of Caesar Augustus!!!!
By my reckoning, the count stopped with the death of the Roman (Titus), who previously dispersed the Jews in 70 AD. Barack IS the EIGHTH in line, starting with Caesar Augustus, suspended after Titus (the destroyer of the Temple). The Eighth could only come to power in the 42nd year after Jerusalem was restored (1967), as there are only a total of 49 years in the final 70th week (7 DAYS X 7 YEARS) (My note: Obama came to power in 2008–2009, when he was first elected, 42 years from 1967)
What are some other indicators that Barack is the One?
- Barack Hussein Obama–Born August 4, 1961
- August 4, 70 AD, is when the Temple was destroyed.
1) August 4th is the 216thday (6x6x6) of the year. 666 is the number of the antichrist.
- …and the people of the prince that shall come shalldestroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and untothe end of the war desolations are determined.
1) The 19th Prime inclusive of one is 61.
2) The sum of the 18 primes, 2 through 61, equals 501, which is the Hebrew gematria of BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
3) The 61st Triangular number is 1891. There are exactly 1891 years between 70 AD and 1961 AD, BARACK’s birth year.
So, not only is Barack a descendant of the people whom destroyed the Temple, his BIRTH MONTH, BIRTH DAY and BIRTH YEAR are determined by the end of the war, resulting in the destruction of the Temple!!!!
- June 5, 1967, during the Six-Day War, the Israelis captured Jerusalemfor the first time since August 4, 70 AD. On June 28, 1967, their government annexed East Jerusalemas Israeli territory.
- U.S. President LB Johnson (properly elected in 1964) was in office in 1967, beginning a COUNT of EIGHT properly-elected Presidents.
- LBJ
- Nixon (Ford took office when Nixon resigned, and was never elected)
iii. Carter
- Reagan
- Bush Sr.
- Clinton (sixth)
vii. Bush Jr. (pass over the enforcement of taxes, ie. “raiser of taxes”, as the Hebrew word is used in this instance one time in the Bible as ‘raiser’. The rest of its uses are as “pass over”, “pass by”, etc. The word ‘taxes’, in this instance, is not a noun, but rather a verb that means ‘enforcement.’ Bush’s tax cuts will EXPIRE, reverting back to previous levels….thus “over passing” taxes.)
viii. Obama (the EIGHTH in Rev. 17:11 ) spreads the wealth around in the fattest places of the province (bailouts), changes times and laws (fulfilling Scripture), comes in peaceably with flatteries (fulfilling Scripture) and does not have the honor of the kingdom (questions surrounding his birth place and rapidly-declining popularity, and also fulfilling Scripture.)
- Obama comes to power in his 47th year. The reduced gematria of ‘president’ is 47; the Greek gematria of ‘beast’ is 47; the ordinal gematria of 1st and 2ndJohn, where the word ‘antichrist’ appears, has a value of 47; 47 is one of only two powers of 666, where all the digits add up to 666.
The rest of this post are my thoughts, not part of Kevin’s study. Revelation 17:8 says, “The beast who was, and is not, and yet is.” This verse is the primary reason that, in the past, some Bible Prophecy scholars have believed that the Antichrist would be someone who will be raised from the dead, such as Nero, or John F. Kennedy. I do not believe that Satan has the power to raise from the dead. I believe this verse applies to Barack Hussein Obama, and is further proof of the identity of the Antichrist.
Putting this verse into a modern-day context, we might say that Obama WAS in power, as the most powerful man in the world, and IS NOT in power any longer, but will soon be back in power (AND YET IS), once again, as the most powerful man on earth, as the Antichrist, who will rule the entire world. Thus, the “whole world wonders after the Beast”.
I see three possibilities here. First, Obama MAY come back into power as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Or, he could somehow, in an extreme national emergency, such as the nuclear destruction of New York City (with the President and Vice-President of the U.S. possibly being killed) be re-instated as President of the U.S. I do believe that New York City is Mystery Babylon, and her total destruction is probably the Sudden Destruction that will take place simultaneously with the Rapture. The third possibility is this worldwide catastrophe, known as the Sudden Destruction in 1st Thess. 5, will cause the very rapid rise to power of a World President, who would be Obama.
Rev. 13:3 says “And his deadly wound was healed.” I have always leaned towards a literal fulfillment, meaning a physical wound, but could it possibly be a political wound instead? Obama has lost his power. Obama has lost his authority. Obama has lost most of his legacy, meaning he has been “wounded”, with Trump vowing to repeal and replace Obamacare, and reversing most of his executive orders. Surely, Trump cannot be President of the U.S. for very long, lest most of the works of the Antichrist be undone. Surely, the New World Order elite have a plan to put Obama’s agenda, and legacy, and authority, back into place. I believe this is further evidence of the Sudden Destruction event happening in 2017, to force the world to accept their evil and sinister plan for a one-world government. All of a sudden, the whole world “wonders after the Beast”, as Obama, who once was the most powerful man on earth, regains his power, his agenda, and his authority.
Rev. 13:5 says that the Beast will be given power and authority to CONTINUE FOR 42 MONTHS. This tells us that the Antichrist will be a man who has already been in power once. Did you ever wonder why 42 months? Why would the whole world give any man power and authority for a period of 42 months. It seems like an odd amount of time, unless it was a former President of the most powerful country in the world, being put back into power for the last 3 and one-half years of a Presidential term of office.
The word CONTINUE, combined with THE BEAST WHO WAS, AND IS NOT, AND YET IS (Rev. 17:8) tells us that the EIGHTH (OBAMA) (Rev. 17:11) will regain his power and authority. Let me suggest to you that the fulfillment of Revelation 18, which will be the total destruction of Mystery Babylon (NYC?), could very possibly bring about this fulfillment of Obama’s role as the Antichrist. Yes, I do believe that Obama is NOW in the process of fulfilling his final role as the Antichrist. We do not know all of the details of exactly how this will transpire, but I believe that we will able to view the actual events from Heaven, VERY SOON NOW!!!
Maranatha!
Ron Reese
rgreese49@aol.com
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Headline: Obama quietly gave $221 million to Palestinians just hours before Trump’s inauguration
Headline: State Department reviewing Obama administration’s decision to send Palestinians $221M
Headline: State Department freezes PA-intended funds
The Associated Press reported that the Obama administration passed out millions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing causes just hours before President Donald Trump was inaugurated. The larger portion of the money, $221 million worth, went to the Palestinian Authority despite being put on hold by members of Congress. The AP said a State Department official and several congressional aides confirmed that Obama formally notified Congress of the payout on the Friday morning of the inauguration. The official said former Secretary of State John Kerry had informed some lawmakers of the move shortly before he left the State Department for the last time Thursday. The aides said written notification dated Jan. 20 was sent to Congress just hours before Donald Trump took the oath of office. Obama also released another $4 million for climate change programs and $1.25 million for U.N. organizations. The State Department announced Tuesday that it will review the last-minute decision by former Secretary of State John Kerry to send $221 million to the Palestinians late last week over the objections of congressional Republicans. The department said it would look at the payment and might make adjustments to ensure it comports with the Trump administration’s priorities.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223833
Headline: Israel announces 2,500-home expansion of West Bank settlements
Despite condemnation from the rest of the world, Israel on Tuesday made its second announcement in two days of plans to construct new settlements in another of the territories beyond its 1967 borders. On Tuesday, Israel announced plans to construct 2,500 new units in already-existing settlement blocs in the West Bank a day approving 671 new units in Jerusalem, with both moves seen as taking advantage of U.S President Donald Trump having taken office at the end of last week. “We’re building and will continue to build,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a post on his Facebook page. The settlement announcements on Monday and Tuesday come within days of Trump’s arrival in the White House. Many see the sudden moves as taking advantage of statements by Trump that he would back off of President Barack Obama‘s years-long pressure on Netanyahu to hold off on construction in hopes of moving forward the endless process for peace between Israel and Palestinians who seek their own state.
Jan. 25, 2017
Headline: UN blasts Israel’s ‘unilateral actions’
Headline: Arab league accuses Israel of ‘contempt’ on settlements
The United Nations on Tuesday denounced Israel’s approval of new homes in Judea and Samaria, saying that “unilateral actions” are an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing units in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in order to accommodate the housing needs of the residents and to return their daily routine to normal. The announcement followed the approval earlier this week of 566 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ramat Shlomo, Ramot and Pisgat Ze’ev. “For the secretary general there is no plan B for the two-state solution,” UN chief Antonio Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, hours after Netanyahu and Liberman’s announcement. “In this respect any unilateral decision that can be an obstacle to the two state goal is of grave concern for the secretary general,” he added, according to AFP. Dujarric said the UN’s position on “settlement construction” in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem “has not changed.”
Jan. 25, 2017
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223824
Headline: Hamas procures NKorean laser-guided missiles
Headline: Israeli tanks target Hamas posts in Gaza (IDF destroys Hamas target in response to fire from Gaza)
debkafile’s intelligence sources reveal that for the past three weeks, consignments of North Korean Bulsae-2- anti-tank missile have been flowing in from Libya through Sinai and the new tunnels into the hands of Hamas’ armed wing in the Gaza Strip. Bulsae-2 is North Korea’s reverse-engineered version of the old Soviet anti-tank missile called 9K111 Fagot, which uses a so-called wired semi-automatic command to line of sight system. The guidance box mounted on the launcher tracks the missile in flight via an infrared sensor and correct its trajectory by sending signals through a wire reeled out behind it. A laser-guided system used in anti-tank missiles has a different approach. The launcher is equipped with a laser designator, which aims a laser beam at the target, a system widely adopted in the 1980s. The missile has a rear-facing sensor that picks up the beam and makes the missile ride along it. Laser-guided anti-tank missiles have greater range compared to wire-guided ones. Fagot’s range is 2.5km, compared to 5.5km for the 9M133 Kornet, a modern laser-guided anti-tank missile developed by Russia. They are also not vulnerable to radio jamming, unlike missiles that use radio instead of wires. Hamas already possessed this laser-guided missile in the 2014 conflict, but in very small numbers. To date, the terrorist group is estimated to have procured 1,500 Bulsae-2 missiles. This would be enough in the event of another war with Israel to lay down a dense laser-guided anti-tank screen against IDF tanks and armored personnel carriers. Hamas personnel have been sighted training in multiple launches of the North Korean anti-tank weapons. Although the Egyptian air force conducts strikes against the Hamas underground passages passing through Rafah, the traffic carries on without pause. Hamas has sunk four or five tunnels as decoys for the one that is in actual use.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://debka.com/article/25899/Hamas-procures-NKorean-laser-guided-missiles
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israeli-tanks-target-hamas-posts-gaza/
https://worldisraelnews.com/idf-destroys-hamas-target-in-response-to-fire-from-gaza-2/
Headline: Council of Europe accuses Israel of ‘systematic unlawful killings’ in Gaza
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on Tuesday a resolution blaming Israel for the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The resolution, based on an internal report composed by Swedish politician Eva-Lena Jansson, charges Israel with “excessive and intentional force without justification against Palestinian civilians in the buffer zone, including against farmers, journalists, medical crews and peaceful protesters, [which] runs blatantly counter to human rights principles and the international law-enforcement standards.” The resolution was passed with a vote of 46 in favor, 12 against and two abstentions in the assembly during a session in Strasbourg, France. The resolution states that [Israel is to blame for] “cases of deliberate fatal shooting of individuals who posed no imminent danger to human life, which amounts to an appalling pattern of apparently systematic unlawful killings.” It calls for an end to the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, to ensure that medical and humanitarian goods arrive to the citizens of Gaza, to allow Palestinians to seek work places in Israel and to create a multi-annual plan to establish a Palestinian state.
Jan. 25, 2017
Jordan
Headline: King, Russian president hold summit meeting in Moscow
His Majesty King Abdullah II, on Wednesday, held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on ways to cement relations between Jordan and Russia and the latest developments in the Middle East and the world. In talks held at the Kremlin, the two leaders emphasized the need to maintain coordination and consultation between Jordan and Russia on various issues of common concern, especially with regard to the Syrian crisis, the peace process in the Middle East and the fight against terrorism. In joint remarks to the media ahead of the meeting, His Majesty King Abdullah II said he was truly delighted to be back in Moscow and hailed the special relationship between the two countries. King Abdullah said: “I am looking very much forward to our bilateral relations and discussions this evening on many issues that Russia plays such a pivotal role, not only internationally but specifically in our region.” “We fully endorsed and supported the Astana process, and we are very grateful for Russia’s role in being able to do this because this will bring, I hope, an inclusive future to all Syrian people. And, again, we will work very closely with you as we process to Geneva talks and other talks,” the King added.
Jan. 25, 2017
Egypt
Headline: Israel advises citizens in Egypt’s Sinai to leave, cites attack risk
Headline: Hamas leader Haniyeh visits Egypt in a bid to improve ties
Israel on Tuesday advised its citizens in Egypt’s insurgency-hit Sinai peninsula to leave the region, warning of the threat of an imminent attack. Israeli holidaymakers are often warned of the risks they face in Sinai, which borders Israel, but the “Level 1” alert issued by the anti-terrorism directorate is its most severe warning. It described the threat as “very high and concrete”. “The directorate warns of the possibility of attacks against tourist sites in the Sinai area in the immediate term,” a statement said.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4912394,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/223809
Headline: Russia says it will join forces with Syria, rebel groups to fight Islamic State
Headline: Syrian talks in Astana successful: Turkish FM
Headline: Russia, Iran, Turkey Sign Farcical Syria Peace Agreement
Shifting alliances have led to plans for a unified attack on the Islamic State, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. “The Syrian government, the Russian Aerospace Forces and armed opposition groups are essentially ready to pool efforts and carry out strikes against IS positions in Syria’s regions that are still under their control,” Lavrov told the State Duma, Russia’s parliament, on Wednesday. His comments came after he arrived in Moscow from Astana, Kazakhstan, where two days of talks, brokered by the United Nations, rearranged alliances and commitments to finding a peace process for Syria. Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed to an outline for a Syrian cease-fire and committed the three countries to jointly fight IS and its affiliates. Syrian government representatives and diplomatic agents of rebel groups at the talks were not parties to the agreement, indicating that the fate of Syria’s peace plans are in the hands of foreign countries. The changes in the diplomatic landscape indicate the Syrian military and anti-government rebels are now on the same side, fighting to defeat IS. Russia and Iran, the foremost protectors of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime, and Turkey, the rebels’ leading supplier of arms, also seem to be working together.
Jan. 25, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-talks-astana-successful-turkish-fm/
Headline: East Ghouta battle intensifies as the Syrian Army rolls through more farms (Rif Dimashq province)
The Syrian Arab Army resumed their large-scale offensive in the East Ghouta region of rural Damascus on Tuesday, capturing more farms between the key town of Hazrama and nearby village of Nashabiyah. Backed by the Syrian Air Force, the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard and Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) stormed the farms between Nashabiyah and Hazrama, where they were confronted by a large force comprised of militants from Jaysh Al-Islam and Faylaq Al-Rahman. Unable to handle the first wave of the Syrian Army’s onslaught, Jaysh Al-Islam and their allies were forced to retreat from several areas in order to reinforce Nashabiyah’s northern and western flanks.
Jan. 25, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/east-ghouta-battle-intensifies-syrian-army-rolls-farms/
Headline: Syria Situation Report Dec. 22- January 19, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/January%202EDITS%20COT.pdf
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/January%2019EDITS%20COT.pdf
Headline: Kurdistan threatens independence if Maliki returns as Iraqi Prime Minister
Masud Barzani, Iraq’s Kurdistan President, announced that he would declare independence for the autonomous region if Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki returned as Prime Minister, he said on Monday. “The moment Maliki assumes cabinet chairmanship, I will declare the independence of Kurdistan without consulting anybody. No matter what happens. I am not staying in an Iraq ruled by al-Maliki,” he was quoted as telling Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. Kurdistan gained autonomous governance based on the 2005 constitution, but is still considered a part of Iraq. The region was created in 1970 based on an agreement with the Iraqi government, ending years of fierce fighting, IraqiNews reported.
Jan. 23, 2017
Headline: The Campaign of Mosul: January 19-23, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Mosul%20City%20Campaign%20JAN19-23%20reduced.pdf
Headline: Iraq Situation Report Jan. 12-24, 2017
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202017-01-24%20PDF.pdf
Turkey
Headline: Turkey Building ‘Great Wall’ on Border With Syria
Headline: Turkey to announce date of constitutional referendum this week: PM Yildirim
The construction of the first section of the wall in the town of Kessab, west of Idlib province, Syria is now complete. Construction of the wall has moved to the city of Kamishli in the east. The height of the wall is up to 3 meters, not counting the barbed wire on top of it. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Turkey’s position towards its southern neighbor has changed dramatically. At first Turkey supported those who believed “Assad must go” and it was adamant to create a buffer zone in Syria. Now things have changed and Turkey has acceded that the Syrian president should stay in office, however, the wall must be constructed to keep the terrorists out. Turkey, in its defense has declared that the wall will help guards to monitor the border and see who crosses it. In Syria, however, the authorities are less than excited about this wall considering that Turkey did not clarify the exact border demarcation with Syria before beginning construction. Could Turkey have sneakily acquired a little of the Syrian land in the process? According to some reports, it has. Also, from the beginning of the war in Syria, the Syrian-Turkish border which has a range of 822 km, saw a large amount of militants pouring into Syria from Turkey with weapons, machine guns and radical ideas in tow.
Jan. 25, 2017
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201701251050003073-turkey-syria-border-great-wall-barbed-wire/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-politics-constitution-idUSKBN1590VM
Afghanistan
Headline: Trump told Afghanistan president he would consider troop increase
U.S. President Donald Trump told Afghanistan’s president in a call in December that he would consider sending more American troops, Afghan officials said, in a step to halt the deterioration in the country’s security. Afghan officials say Mr. Trump—at the time president-elect—and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani talked about the security situation and relations with Pakistan and Mr. Trump asked if the Afghan leader needed more U.S. troops. “President-elect Donald J. Trump said he would certainly continue to support Afghanistan security forces and will consider a proposal for more troops after an assessment,” according to one Afghan official briefed on the call. Mr. Trump, who hasn’t outlined a plan for the war in Afghanistan, has inherited a difficult dilemma. He can either risk letting the security situation unravel further or again escalate U.S. involvement in a war that has dragged on for more than 15 years.
Jan. 25, 2017
Libya
Headline: Libyan forces claim control of long-besieged Benghazi district
East Libyan forces said on Wednesday they had taken complete control of a long contested district in Benghazi after dozens of families and captives trapped by fighting left the area. If confirmed, the capture of Ganfouda district would mark a major gain for the Libyan National Army (LNA) as it seeks to finish a military campaign against Islamist-led opponents that it has been waging for more than two years. “The liberation of Ganfouda is complete,” LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari told Reuters. He added however that the army was yet to secure a separate area known as the “12 Blocks” which lies between Ganfouda and Bosnaib, another neighborhood recently taken by the LNA. A spokesman for the LNA’s Zawiya Martyrs’ brigade, Wahid al-Zawi, said 62 captives had been freed from Ganfouda, as well as 30 families and 46 foreign workers. The fate of civilians trapped in Ganfouda had been a major point of contention, with the United Nations and international human rights groups calling for them to be granted safe passage amid allegations of human rights abuses by both sides.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-benghazi-idUSKBN1591ZE
Headline: ISIS unveils attack drones capable of precision bombing
Headline: Germany on alert over possible ISIS chemical attack on water supply
The Islamic State orgnization on Wednesday unveiled unmanned aerial vehicles that its fighters are using in Iraq. The drones are armed with precise weaponry that can be used for bombings in poor weather conditions or at night. ISIS posted, but shortly afterwards deleted, a video on social networks showing the bombing of Iraqi military targets in the eastern part of the city of Mosul with great precision. The video was filmed by another ISIS drone that monitored the UAV carrying out the attack. DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources report that the video and other ones on social networks indicate that the terrorist organization can carry out highly effective operations thanks to precise intelligence in its possession.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://debka.com/newsupdatepopup/19799/ISIS-unveils-attack-drones-capable-of-precision-bombing
Headline: Seven killed in Shabab attack on Mogadishu hotel
At least seven people were killed after two car bombs exploded outside a popular Mogadishu hotel Wednesday, and gunmen forced their way inside the building and opened fire, police said.
The attack, claimed by the Al-Qaeda-aligned Shabab insurgent group, began when a car loaded with explosives rammed the gate of the Dayah Hotel near the Somali parliament and state house.
Gunmen then stormed the hotel and exchanged fire with security guards, according to police official Ibrahim Mohammed. A second massive blast went off after ambulances and journalists had already rushed to the scene, leaving at least four reporters injured, including an AFP photographer who suffered shrapnel wounds to his shoulder and leg. AFP images showed security forces and civilians milling about outside the devastated hotel — its windows and doors blown out — after the first explosion, when a second car exploded with a massive blast, sending thick plumes of smoke into the air and sending people fleeing. Gunfire rang out from the hotel as civilians and rescue workers carried away the injured. “So far we have counted about seven dead, most of them civilians and security guards. There are also many people who were wounded in the two blasts,” said Mohammed.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1044076/world
Headline: At Least 4 Killed in Trio of Suicide Attacks in Nigeria
At least four people were killed in three attacks by suicide bombers in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, police and witnesses said Wednesday. The first attack late Tuesday involved a male bomber who was shot dead by a military sniper after he was seen moving toward a security checkpoint, said Damian Chukwu, police commissioner of Borno state. Then two teenage female suicide bombers attacked early Wednesday. The first was shot dead by soldiers and the second blew herself up after civilian self-defense fighters stopped her from moving toward a mosque, Chukwu said. The bomber and one of the fighters were killed. Maiduguri is the birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency which has killed more than 20,000 people since 2009. The group continues to carry out deadly attacks despite the recent claim by Nigeria’s president that it had been crushed.
Jan. 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/killed-trio-suicide-attacks-nigeria-45031800
Headline: NATO deploys troops from Germany, Belgium to Lithuania
Headline: Doomsday Clock expected to move closer to midnight as threat of global annihilation grows
The first troops dispatched by NATO from Germany and Belgium to beef up its forces against Russia have arrived in Lithuania. On Tuesday, about a dozen German officers arrived in the capital city of Vilnius as part of a planned deployment of a 1,200-strong battalion from other NATO members, including from Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Croatia and France. The battalion will be stationed in Rukla. “My soldiers and I are really happy to be in Lithuania and to start enhanced forward presence together with Lithuanian friends and partners,” the commander of the battalion, Lt. Col. Christoph Huber, told journalists at the airport. Earlier Tuesday, around 30 Belgian forces arrived at the airport, and a ship carrying military equipment docked at the port city of Klaipeda, Lithuania’s military spokesman, Andrius Dilda, said.
Jan. 25, 2017
January 18, 2017 – 28,000 hens dead due to avian flu in Southern Greece
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalguerrero.com.mx%2Fguerrero%2Fhasta-10-tortugas-muertas-al-dia-encuentran-en-costa-chica%2F&edit-text=&act=url
January 18, 2017 – 10 dead turtles are found every day on the coast of Costa Chica, Mexico
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-birdflu-greece-idUKKBN1522A2?il=0
January 19, 2017 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash up on a beach in Kvarnakershamn, Sweden
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.helagotland.se%2Fsamhalle%2Fmassdod-av-fisk-i-kvarnakershamn-13814651.aspx&edit-text=&act=url
January 19, 2017 – Mass death of wild birds reported around Lake Victoria, Uganda
http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/bird-flu-in-east-africa-burundi-on-alert/
January 19, 2017 – Three whales have been found dead during past month in Nayarit, Mexico
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comunicae.com.mx%2Fnota%2Finvestigan-la-muerte-de-las-ballenas-104668%2F&edit-text=&act=url
January 20, 2017 – 600,000 chickens killed due to avian flu in Astrakhan, Russia
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Finterfax-russia.ru%2FSouth%2Fmain.asp%3Fid%3D801113&edit-text=&act=url
January 20, 2017 – 800,000 ducks killed due to avian flu in Southwest France
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/01/20/france-says-duck-cull-mostly-over-as-bird-flu-stabilizes.html
January 21, 2017 – 50,000 fish died due to pollution in a river in Oswestry, England
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/01/20/hundreds-of-fish-die-in-oswestrys-river-morda-after-chemical-leak/
January 21,2017 – 9 turtles found dead on a beach in Sao Francisco de Itabapoana, Brazil.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnoticias.com.br%2Ftartarugas-aparecem-mortas-em-praia-da-regiao&edit-text=&act=url
January 23, 2017 – Thousands of dead herring found washed up in Bjorndal fjord, Norway
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vol.no%2Fnyheter%2Fsortland%2F2017%2F01%2F23%2FFant-tusenvis-av-d%25C3%25B8de-sild-Bj%25C3%25B8rndalsfjorden-14099817.ece&edit-text=&act=url
January 23,2017 – Over 3,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4148924/Bangladesh-finds-two-outbreaks-H5N1-bird-flu-poultry.html
January 24, 2017 – 12 dolphins have stranded and died this month in Asturias, Spain
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavozdeasturias.es%2Fnoticia%2Fasturias%2F2017%2F01%2F23%2Faparecen-docena-delfines-muertos-va-mes-costa-asturiana%2F00031485198140057665336.htm&edit-text=&act=url
January 24, 2017 – Hundreds of crabs and fish have died in Queensland, Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-24/fish-crabs-die-ward-river-charleville-bribie-island-heat-rain/8206884
January 24, 2017 – Twelve dead dolphins in less than 20 days
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavozdeasturias.es%2Fnoticia%2Fasturias%2F2017%2F01%2F23%2Faparecen-docena-delfines-muertos-va-mes-costa-asturiana%2F00031485198140057665336.htm&edit-text=&act=url
Headline: Human cases of bird flu climb in China
The World Health Organization’s director-general warned of escalating cases of bird flu around the world, as human cases of viral infections continue to climb in rural China. On Monday, Dr. Margaret Chan said the WHO is on high alert because of the rising number of outbreaks of human cases of the H5N6 and H7N9 in Asia and in China. “Since 2013, China has reported epidemics of H7N9 infections in humans, now amounting to more than 1,000 cases, of which 38.5 percent were fatal,” Chan said in her address to the WHO executive board. China has reported 16 human infections of the H7N9 avian flu virus, including five deaths, according to state-owned news agency Xinhua. The latest patient, a woman in her 30s, was diagnosed Monday by the Hunan provincial disease control and prevention center. Human H7N9 infections have been reported in other Chinese provinces, including Guangdong, Guizhou, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi and Shandong. Major population centers, including Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao have also reported human infections of the bird flu virus.
Jan. 25, 2017
Headline: Christian University to Send Students to Mosque for ‘Religious Experience’
Students enrolled in a world religions course this semester at Texas Christian University must attend a mosque service as part of the class. The field trip was scheduled to take place on Good Friday – one of the most holy days for Christians – observed as the day Jesus Christ was crucified. “Every student is expected to attend this service,” states the syllabus, a copy of which was obtained by The College Fix. “This visit is part of your participation in class. Many other students from our department will join us. It is a religious experience visit. No student is required to participate in mosque’s service during our visit.” Reached for comment, a campus spokesperson said the field trip’s date was assigned in error, that the university is closed on Good Friday, and the professor is working to reschedule the mosque visit.
Jan. 24, 2017
Headline: Mexico’s Colima volcano erupts, spurs ash warning
A video has captured Mexico’s Colima volcano erupting on Wednesday, which generated an ash plume about 2.5 miles high as officials warn of falling volcanic debris. The Colima State Civil Protection Unit said officials have established a 5-mile exclusion zone around Colima’s crater. The Colima volcano — known by Mexicans as the Volcano of Fire — is in Mexico’s Colima state, a small state on the Pacific coast. Authorities have also declared an exclusion zone in neighboring Jalisco state. “At the risk of falling ash, we maintain the recommendation to cover eyes and mouths; cover water tanks; that people with respiratory problems avoid, as possible, outdoor activities, and sweep the ash to be deposited in plastic bags,” the Mexican government said in a statement.
Jan. 25, 2017
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