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Mike Claydon presents another timely Israel Report. The Clock is ticking relentlessly as the balloon goes up. You can subscribe to these Reports at no cost, contact details at end.
Gibber! Gibber!
Chugley
Ballooning……………..
As we prepare to publish this week’s report an enormous balloon is hovering at 60.000 feet over sensitive military installations situated in the American state of Montana – and another has also been spotted above Canada and also South America.In an usual manner China, having first ridiculed the possibility, has now admitted that it is theirs and has been directed to certain areas of military importance. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has cut his Middle Eastern odyssey short and its returning home after having meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas in Israel. [see articles below]Why the Biden administration has not disabled this device and brought it to ground is a mystery. They say it is too heavy and dangerous to bring down in a populated area – but that sounds rather lame and deceptive.Pentagon officials announced on Thursday that they had detected a Chinese “surveillance balloon” flying over Montana. On Friday the Pentagon’s press secretary said that the balloon is now over the central U.S. and moving eastward at an altitude of about 60,000 feet. Observers on the ground have been able to snap photographs and videos of the object, and the incident has prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to also cancel a planned trip to China.
Although China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs quickly claimed that the object is merely a civilian weather observatory blown off course, later on Friday, the Pentagon press secretary, Air Force Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, held a press briefing where he stated, “We know that it’s a surveillance balloon…. We know this is a Chinese balloon and that it has the ability to manoeuvre.”
This is suspicious to say the least. The surveillance balloon differs from a typical weather balloon in other ways, according to the Weather Channel. First, it has been airborne for days, but weather balloons typically remain up for only a couple of hours. The Chinese balloon is also roughly the size of three London buses, whereas weather balloons typically expand to only about 20 feet across.
In the last hour or so it has been reported that explosions have been heard above Montana – it could now be that Biden has ordered the contraption to be downed – we will update any news as it comes in.
Any inquisitive mind is now beginning to be unable to process everything that is now occurring in our convoluted and dystopian world. It is fairly obvious that an enormous percentage of the global populace are not really aware of what is developing in so many ways that threaten the whole of human existence.
The war between the USA, NATO Russia, China and North Korea drags on, the Middle East is a cauldron of violence, a global financial collapse is now unavoidable, a replacement digital currency that will enslave us all is in the making, a more virulent virus is apparently on the way requiring digital passports for travellers, and constant vaccinations, and yet it is all overarched by global thermonuclear warfare which every day seems more and more inevitable.
To the discerning spirit it is now so obvious that an unseen hand is restraining all the looming events that will bring the world into the Biblical Great Tribulation – everything is in place, as it should be. Now all that is required is the divine command for the last seven years of Gentile rule to commence.
For the mystery of iniquity does already work, only He that now holds it back will do so until He is taken aside out of the way. [2 Thessalonians 2;7]
Call out to the God of Israel to ensure you are amongst those who will be taken away from all that is about to occur. Let us who are of this day be sober, putting on the breastplate of Faith and Love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation – for God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. [1 Thessalonians 5-9]
American security boosted though Beijing ridicules US report of Chinese spy balloon over Montana……….
The Biden Pentagon said Friday that the Chinese spy balloon is currently over the centre of the continental United States and is expected to continue floating over the U.S. for a ‘few days.’
It is a scenario ripped from the pages of either Saturday Night Live, or the Manchurian Candidate, take your pick.
A spy balloon from Communist China not only entering US airspace over the mainland, but being given full access to roam about anywhere they want to go.
What is pretend president Joe Biden doing about all of this? Absolutely nothing, but don’t be too harsh on him. When you are as embedded with the Communist Chinese as deeply as Joe Biden and his entire
family are at this point, you wouldn’t be able to do much about it, either.
The US Pentagon confirmed on Thursday, February 2, that a suspected Chinese high-altitude spy balloon had two days earlier passed over sensitive sites in northern American Billings, Montana. Biden, it was said, had decided against shooting it down lest fragments dropped on inhabited areas. Canada later confirmed the sighting.
Washington responded with security measures, unfazed by the scorn Chinese publications poured on the report the next day, Friday. The official Global Times commented: “If balloons from other countries could really enter continental US smoothly, or even enter the sky over certain states, it only proves that the US’s air defence system is completely a decoration and cannot be trusted,” the Chinese paper editorialized.
And China Daily, taunted: “To spy on the US with a balloon, one must both fall far behind to use a 1940’s technology and be advanced enough to control its flight cross the ocean. Those fabricating the lie are only exposing their ignorance.”
Ignorant or not, the US Pentagon took the sudden appearance of a suspected Chinese balloon seriously enough for Defence Secretary General Lloyd Austin to call an urgent conference with the Chairman of the Armed Services, General Mark Milley, and head of NORTHCOM, General General Glen Vanherck.
The generals advised the commander in chief, President Biden, against shooting the spy balloon down. Instead, they put in place measures to prevent it from gathering confidential information. Montana houses nuclear missile bases.
On Thursday, the president parried reporters’ questions about the incident. While playing down the event, the US military lofted AWACS spy planes escorted by Raptor F-22 fighters from the Nellis Air Force base, to keep a close watch on the Chinese balloon.
Although it was not the first such Chinese trespasser, this balloon is described by US security officials as showing no signs of exiting American airspace and frequently changes altitudes, fluctuating between 4 and 36 miles.
And on Thursday, American forces in Taiwan and the Philippines were militarily boosted. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing finally admitted the balloon had come from China – but said it was for meteorological and other scientific research. Sky’s defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke explains why China deployed a balloon over the US state of Montana
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Macron warns Netanyahu over Judicial Overhaul, Settlements………………
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday night that if there are not changes to his government’s far-reaching plans to overhaul the judicial system, “Paris should conclude that Israel has emerged from a common conception of democracy,” an official with knowledge of the conversation confirmed.
Not surprisingly, the two discussed tensions between Israel and the Arab Palestinians at length. Netanyahu pledged to the French president that there “will be no annexation,” according to the official.
The prime minister said he must give something to his coalition in terms of settlements, but that it would be “much less” than coalition partners Itamar Ben Gvir and Beztalel Smotrich desire.
Macron blasted Iran’s “headlong rush” to develop its nuclear program Thursday following the meeting at the Élysée Palace.
The premier urged France to back enhanced sanctions against Iran and to increase deterrence against the Islamic Republic and its proxies during talks with Macron.
In a statement released by the Elysee Palace, Macron called for “firmness in the face of Iran’s headlong rush, which if continued would inevitably have consequences.”
The French leader also noted “that Iranian support for Russian aggression in Ukraine exposes Iran to sanctions and increasing isolation,” according to the Elysee.
After Historic Visit, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen declares Israel-Sudan peace could be signed ‘this year’………….
Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (R) receiving Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in the capital Khartoum on February 2, 2023. (photo: Shlomi Amsalem, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AFP)
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry announced it will move forward to normalize full diplomatic ties with Israel, following a visit earlier Thursday by the Israeli foreign minister to the Sudanese capital.
During his one-day visit to Khartoum, Eli Cohen met with various Sudanese political figures including Sudan’s ruling general, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, according to Sudan’s state media outlet, SUNA. This was the first public visit by an Israeli cabinet member ever.
In a statement published after Cohen’s departure, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said: “It was agreed to move forward toward the normalization of relations between the two countries.” Upon returning to Israel, Cohen said the two countries would seek to sign a full-fledged peace accord by the year’s end, noting that this would be in the form of “peace for peace.”
New government said reviewing Israel’s policies on Russian invasion of Ukraine………..
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin. (
The new government is reviewing Israel’s policies regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the possibility of supplying Kyiv with defensive weapons systems, according to a report Thursday.
Citing three unnamed Israeli officials, the Axios news site reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the policy review shortly after returning to office in late December, and brought up the matter with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken when they met Monday in Jerusalem.
The premier reportedly emphasized to Blinken that his government will not reduce humanitarian aid and support for Ukraine compared to the previous government, with a senior Israeli official saying US President Joe Biden’s administration knows Netanyahu will not shift Israel’s position closer to Russia.
Biden hosts Jordan’s Abdullah for third time, in nod to king’s role in the region……….
Joe Biden (greets Jordan’s King Abdullah (L) and Prince Hussein at the Oval Office on February 2,2023.
US president reaffirms backing for Amman’s custodianship of Jerusalem holy places and importance of preserving Temple Mount status quo.
US President Joe Biden hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah at the Oval Office Thursday, underlining Washington’s view of Amman as playing a critical role in maintaining regional stability, particularly regarding Israeli-Arab Palestinian ties.
The visit was Abdullah’s third to the White House since Biden took office, making him Biden’s most frequent foreign guest. The king previously visited in July 2021 and May 2022.
During a private lunch, Biden thanked Abdullah for the role Jordan plays “as a force for stability in the Middle East,” according to a US readout on the talks.
“The leaders discussed opportunities and mechanisms to reduce tensions, particularly in the West Bank,” the White House said. Biden “reaffirmed his strong support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Arab Palestinian conflict and recognized the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s crucial role as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem, citing the critical need to preserve the historic status quo at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount,” the White House said, using the Arab Muslim name for the area.Joe is NO friend of Israel that’s for sure!
WORLD NEWS BRIEFING – with Tom Hughes and Dennis Swick – 02 February 2023
Israel ReportEditor; Mike Claydonisraelreport@mail.com
“None of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand”. [Daniel 12;10]