ISRAEL REPORT
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Follow the Science?
Editorial
“Gain of Function” Anthony Fauci said one of the pandemic’s lessons was to better convey that it’s normal for messages to change as scientists make new discoveries.“ That doesn’t mean you’re flip-flopping. That means you’re actually following the science,” and concluded that it was actually he who WAS the science. Suggesting that anyone questioning the science being put forward during the COVID 19 tyranny was to be found criticising him.
Long before this doctor mouthed such an absurdity the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy; ““keep that which is committed to thy trust avoiding profane and vain babblings, and the oppositions of science falsely so called: which some professing have erred concerning the faith” (1 Timothy 6:20–21, KJV).
Not too long ago I found myself seated next to an eminent micro-biologist during luncheon at a meeting I was attending. He was delightful company, possessing intimidating intelligence and almost an entire alphabet of letters after his name. He also informed me that he held a Masters degree in Geology.
After a while it dawned on him that I was an Evangelical Christian – who held that the Bible revealed much scientific fact thousands of years in advance of discoveries made by humans, often just in recent centuries and in some cases, decades.
He was incredulous that anyone in today’s enlightenment could claim such a nonsense and one of the main reasons he shunned the Bible’s teachings was its many scientific errors and falsehoods.
I was eager to find out just what they were, and asked him for some examples which he couldn’t call to mind just at that moment, but assured me that primitive scribes writing thousands of years ago could never hold or convey the knowledge that we have today.
In those days, he proffered, most people believed the earth was flat, and that if you travelled far enough in one direction you’d fall off the edge, that the sun orbited the earth. No knowledge was held of the weather or hydrological cycles, and the stars above were a random mystery that were to be worshipped. How could anything they had to say be of any use to the thinking man of today?
This is likely true of them I conceded, yet wouldn’t a creator, an over-mind, an eternal being, reveal the workings of His observable creation so as not to allow humanity to wallow in ignorance? He was having none of it.
The fact is that our Bible is a scientific textbook confirming the existence of an eternal creator, a master-scientist, mathematician, numerologist, biologist, meteorologist, astronomer and more!
The oldest book in the Bible, Job, alone sets out the workings of what were mysteries to the ancient world.
Science, so-called has only recently discovered to be true what the Bible has been saying down the running centuries. It claims absolute authority when revealing these facts and commits no errors in doing so. Human so-called science is still catching up with what the inspired Biblical texts expose.
John MacArthur, senior pastor of Grace Community Church in California, recently preached what must be one of his best and most timely sermons. Titled “Science and Christianity” [60 minutes]
it is a must watch for those wanting to actively refute the delusions held by so many today even in scientific circles – such as my recent learned table companion – and they are myriad.
Tisha B’av 26 July 2023…….
This year, Tisha B’Av begins at nightfall on Wednesday, July 26, [ Hebrew Year 5783] and extends until sundown on Thursday, July 27. “Tens of thousands will sit on the ground and lament the destruction of the House of God in various prayers and traditions, as befits this unifying site,” the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced on its website.
Moreover, during the last hours of the fast, “thousands of Jews from all backgrounds and sectors come together, shoulder to shoulder, singing emotional songs of comfort and redemption.”
On the 6th of July 2023 Israel entered a period known as “The Three Weeks.”
These three weeks began with the fast of “the 17th of Tammuz,” on which to commemorate five different tragedies. The mourning culminates on Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av (the day the First and Second Temples were destroyed).
While certain mourning customs begin on the 17th of Tammuz, others begin on the first day of the month of Av and continue through Tisha B’Av. The Three Weeks are often referred to as “Bein Hametzarim” which can be translated as “The period of troubles.” The period of time between the beginning of Av and Tisha B’Av is more simply known as “The Nine Days.”
The Three Weeks are considered to be an especially inauspicious time. This is not only true right back from the biblical and Talmudic era, but even in modern times too.
For example, the Jewish expulsions from England, France, and Spain took place during this time. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne — which sparked World War I, and by extension, was the seed of World War II and the Holocaust — took place on Tisha B’Av itself.
Many other historical sorrows occurred; The Twelve Spies sent by Moses to observe the land of Canaan returned from their mission. Only two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb, brought a positive report, while the others spoke disparagingly about the land.
The First Temple built by King Solomon was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, and the population of the Kingdom of Judah was sent into the Babylonian exile. The destruction began on the 7th of Av (2 Kings 25:8)
and continued until the 10th (Jeremiah 52:12).
The Second Temple built by Ezra and Nehemiah was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, scattering the people of Judea and commencing the Jewish exile from the Holy Land.
The Romans subsequently crushed Bar Kokhba’s revolt and destroyed the city of Betar, killing over 500,000 Jewish civilians on August 4, 135 AD. Following the Bar Kokhba revolt, Roman commander Quintus Tineius Rufus ploughed the site of the Temple in Jerusalem and the surrounding area, in 135 AD.
More was to come; The Jews were expelled from England on July 18, 1290 (Av 9,).The Jews were expelled from France on July 22, 1306 (Av 10). The Jews were expelled from Spain on July 31, 1492 (Av 7) Germany entered World War I on August 1–2, 1914 (Av 9–10), which caused massive upheaval in European Jewry and whose aftermath led to the Holocaust.
On August 2, 1941 (Av 9), SS commander Heinrich Himmler [above] formally received approval from the Nazi Party for “The Final Solution.” As a result, the Holocaust began during which almost one third of the world’s Jewish population perished.
On July 23, 1942 (Av 9)), began the mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, en route to death camp Treblinka. The AMIA bombing, of the Jewish Community Centre in Buenos Aires, killed 85 and injured 300 on July 18, 1994 (10 Av).
Then the utterly disastrous 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza,fell on the evening of Tisha Báv 13 August, uprooting 900 Jews from 21 settlements, leaving many homeless to this very day.
PM Ariel Sharon who ordered the evacuation subsequently suffered an enormous stroke from which he never recovered, and category 5 Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on 29 August causing a similar evacuation of many and reducing homes to rubble killing 1.833 people and displacing thousands permanently.
Considering the turmoil engulfing our planet in these last days one wonders what Tisha Báv 2023 will hold?
Biden; Netanyahu must stop legal reform legislation NOW…………..
After meeting Israel’s Isaac Herzog on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden used the New York Times columnist Tom Friedman to pass a strong and arrogant message to Prime Minister Netanyahu: Stop the legal legislation now; its continuation could cause irreparable harm to special [?] US-Israel relations.
On Monday, Netanyahu told Biden in their first conversation since he was elected to office, that he would complete legislation to remove the reasonability standard empowering the high court to use that standard to strike down elected government decisions and appointments.
The prime minister promised that after the summer recess, he would seek broad agreement on the rest of the judicial overhaul plan. Friedman reports that Biden responded with a clear message to Netanyahu: “Stop now or risk fractioning Israel democracy and its relations with the US, perhaps irreparably.”
Last week, the NYT columnist ran another White House message which threatened Israel with “reassessment” of relations for failure to follow the Biden line. Only Biden and his motley crew could willingly bring down the anger of God upon the nation.
Over 1,000 Air Reservists Threaten to Stop Serving, as Israel’s Political Crisis Grows…….
Israel’s air force was rocked back on Friday, July 21, by a letter signed by reservist airmen backing to the hilt the protest movement raging against the government’s disputed judicial reforms.
More than a thousand pilots and other personnel in the Israeli Air Force reserve said on Friday that they would stop reporting for duty if the government pushes through a contentious plan next week to reduce judicial power without broader consensus.
In a joint letter released Friday, 1,142 Air Force reservists — including 235 fighter pilots, 98 transport plane pilots, 89 helicopter pilots and 173 drone operators — said they would not serve if the government proceeded with its plan to reduce the ways in which the Supreme Court can overrule the government.
“Legislation that allows the government to act in an extremely unreasonable manner will harm the security of the State of Israel, will cause a loss of trust and a violation of my consent to continue risking my life — and will lead, with deep sorrow and lack of choice, to the suspension of my volunteer service in the reserves,” the letter said.
If such a large number of reservists follow through with their threat, defence officials have said it could significantly affect Air Force capacity and its operational readiness.
Israeli fighter squadrons are strongly reliant on reserve pilots who have regular civilian jobs but who volunteer for several days each month to train or participate in combat and reconnaissance missions.
This group announced their refusal to turn up for voluntary duty if the reforms are not abandoned. The signatories are fighter jet and helicopter pilots, drone operation crews, air traffic control officers, elite search and rescue personnel and Shaldag commandos.
In their letter to Air force Commander Tomer Bar, [Pictured above] they called on the government and Knesset to “demonstrate leadership and seek broad agreement on the disputed legal issues.”
This is a moment of dire crisis, they said. “We all have a duty to save the country from a “Third Temple Destruction,” and heal the disastrous divisions, polarization and splits tearing our society apart. Israel’s innate democratic nature is precious to the entire nation” said the airmen.
“It is a commitment enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, at the heart of Israel’s social contract. On that basis, we all serve our country with devotion and sacrifice under governments representing every shade of the political spectrum.”
Laws that affect the Jewish or democratic nature of the State of Israel must be put to negotiation and broad public consensus, the airmen insist.
The independence of national institutions must be respected, since “unreasonable government actions will undermine our trust and willingness to continue to put our lives on the line for the sake of the country. It is with deep heartbreak that we are bound to suspend our voluntary duty as air force reservists,” the letter concludes.
Iran’s Most Powerful Unit yet in Syria Targets U.S. and Israel…….
Iran has assembled a heavily armed unit comprising thousands of fighters from across the region capable of conducting attacks on U.S. troops in Syria as well as against neighbouring Israel, according to a document shared by a member of an intelligence agency of a nation allied with the United States.
The intelligence official, who requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the information, said that U.S. officials had been briefed on the contents of the document, which covered the existence of the “Imam Hossein Division,” said to be linked to the expeditionary Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
“The Division is the Quds Force’s most elite fighting force in Syria, and is considered to have powerful and robust capabilities,” the document reads.
Armed with precision-guided munitions and both attack and spy drones, along with a broad array of lighter weaponry, the division conducted an intensive barrage of drone and rocket attacks that hit the U.S. military garrison in south-eastern Al-Tanf in October 2021, according to the intelligence official.
The intelligence official also pointed to Imam Hossein Division operations launched against Israel, including a surface-to-surface missile attack in January 2019, a rocket attack in June 2019 and an attempted drone attack on August 2019 that was said to have been intercepted by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
The Imam Hossein Division in Syria, assembled by Iran in Syria, is “a multi-national combat force made up of thousands of fighters from around the Middle East” and was founded in 2016 under long-time Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani. assassinated by Israel on the 3rd of January 2020 as he arrived at Baghdad Airport.
More attacks against the two allies were said to be in the works. “They are preparing and gathering capabilities in order to be able to cause a threat to American forces in Syria and to Israel,” the official said.
Israeli forces enter Syrian territory near Quneitra……….
The Israeli forces, accompanied by military bulldozers and a Merkava tank, entered on Wednesday, July 19, the Syrian territory near the border strip separating the Golan Heights from Syrian territories.
A correspondent in the southern Quneitra governorate monitored on Wednesday the entry of the Israeli units to continue the work of razing trees and rocks in agricultural lands at a depth of 150 metres inside Syrian territory.
The Israeli units were still deployed southwest of the town of Jubata al-Khashab, west of Quneitra, until the moment this news was published.
The military vehicles started operating near the Israeli military observatory, known locally as the Ruwaisat al-Hamra Observatory, according to the reporter.
Israel does not officially comment on this type of movement in Syria, while the regime’s media outlets do not announce the entry of Israeli units into its territory, as it is not the first operation of its kind.
Israeli military vehicles have been working on constructing and paving a road inside Syrian territory since June 2022 which was called Sufa Road 53 and Israeli media reported about it.
The depth of the work within the Syrian territory, as a minimum, was about 100 metres, while in other areas, it reached a depth of one kilometre. The Israeli security moves coincided with repeated targeting of movements near the Israeli-Syrian border.
Since the beginning of the year, the pace of security operations has increased on the Syrian southern borders along the Occupied Golan Heights, as Israel announced a series of security operations during which it seized drug smuggling operations from inside Syria and thwarted a number of infiltration operations into its territory by individuals it said were linked to Iran.
Ukraine Update…….
It appears that Ukraine is getting closer to obtaining F-16 Vipers [pictured above] it has long requested. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday the U.S. is “moving rapidly” to get F-16s to Ukraine.
“We are going to push as fast as possible,” Sullivan said during remarks at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado, according to Politico.
“Now look, the F-16s will get there probably towards the end of the year,” John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, told Fox News on Thursday. “But it’s not our assessment that the F-16s alone would be enough to turn the tide here.”
Ukraine and 11 other nations have formalized a plan to train pilots, maintainers and support staff to operate F-16s, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced Tuesday in a Tweet.
Russian Forces [RF] have initiated counterattacks along the entire front line. The RF’s counteroffensive is experiencing the most success in the Zaporozhnaya direction. All the territories abandoned to the Ukrainians roughly 6 months ago have been recaptured and then some.
Numerous US mercenaries have been destroyed along the line and apparently 2 Hercules aircraft have removed 400 American corpses. The poor comedian and erstwhile president Zelensky has created a law stating that foreign fighters will be evacuated before Ukrainians.
The RF will probably push two frontal attacks one towards Kiev the other directed at the Dnieper / Odessa / Pridnestrovia directions. The Moldavian’s in general side with the RF as many of them work in the RF or have business relationships with Russia. The WEF/NATO puppet that heads Moldavia Sandu still has a big lessen to learn. NATO heavy equipment has been removed from the frontline.
It is a relentless push toward WWIII – this war could be ended in a moment if the Pentagon backed off its drive to global conflict – but that isn’t the plan is it? Ukraine as a proxy can never win this war, that will take the full involvement of NATO, American and other European forces who seem more than willing to escalate the situation.
Coming Soon to a Country Near You………
More Nations are rolling out Digital IDs and making them mandatory for citizens to access bank accounts.
The nation of Ethiopia has announced it will make the transition to mandatory digital IDs for all citizens, with the chief enforcement tool being the major banks.
Using a World Bank-supported digital ID system with standards also approved by an eight-nation working group within the United Nations, all citizens of Ethiopia will need to have a digital ID in order to use banking services in the country by 2025.
This is just the latest evidence that banks are driving the digital identity agenda. It is becoming increasingly clear that digital identity must precede digital money in the reset to a completely digital global economy.
Biometric Update has reported, “Ethiopia is implementing a World Bank-supported MOSIP-based digital ID project which intends to have all eligible citizens enrolled by 2025. The country also recently contracted IrisGuard to support benefits payments to citizens with iris biometrics.”
So if you want a bank account or wish to access government benefits, you will need a digital ID in Ethiopia. This is the plan for all nations. Eventually, you will need the digital ID to buy and sell and log onto the internet.
Ethiopia follows Canada, Nigeria, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, Sri Lanka and a host of other countries that have already rolled out biometric digital identities or are in the process of doing so. Some are mandatory and some still voluntary.
This puts them in compliance with United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 16.9.
German banking economist Richard Werner who was selected as a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2003, now says that he was told by a central banker something that is never discussed: that the CBDC being proposed by the Bank for International Settlements will be an implantable chip.
Werner believes that the central bankers need to collapse the economy and to institute a Universal Basic Income in order to force the people to be chipped.
Many today are so intrigued and obsessed with prophecy, either Biblical or secular, and world events that they no longer, if ever they did, take heed to the fact that it is possible to know all the latest geopolitical news, how it all now begins to fit the Biblical prophecies – and yet miss the Gospel that saves, forever learning and yet never coming to a knowledge of that vital TRUTH.
The eternal Gospel proclaims God created us and everything in the heavens and earth. It’s a message requiring recognition of God’s person, His unlimited greatness, holiness, power and a deep sense of reverence and obedience towards him.
It entails a certain trepidation for the consequences of ignoring or disobeying him. This everlasting Gospel, this message of good news, is that Christ sacrificed himself on the cross to pay in full the penalty for humanity’s sins.
Through faith in Christ and surrendering to his benevolent authority, repenting of our iniquities that we may find forgiveness and cleansing for every sin and be justified forever in the sight of God.
Without receiving this eternal Gospel, we cannot see the Kingdom of God. We can never enter Heaven.
How often God entreats people by various means to be saved from damnation — compassionately calling to the very end — even sending an angel to crisscross the skies with the message of eternal hope. Yet people still stubbornly refuse to believe.
So many damn themselves eternally by their refusal to face the truth, one day they will be forced to face it, sooner or later the ‘glory’ they refuse to ‘give’ the Creator willingly will be torn from them by the spectacle of his wrath.
Could today be your last call? Don’t wait too late to yield your life to Christ and be forgiven of your sins. Receive from him the gift of eternal life.
WORLD NEWS BRIEFING with; Tom Hughes and Don Stewart – 20 July 2023
Israel Report Editor; Mike Claydon israelreport@mail.com
“None of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand”. [Daniel 12;10]