After terror attacks, Netanyahu threatens Islamic terror group Hamas in Gaza
12-13-18, Times of Israel -- PM Netanyahu said in a message to the Islamic terror group Hamas in Gaza: "We will operate against you if you carry out [acts of] terrorism from Judea and Samaria [aka West Bank]. There will not be a situation in which there is a ceasefire in Gaza and the use of fire in Judea and Samaria.”   
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Will Netanyahu veto bill expelling families of terrorists
12-15-18, IsraelNatlNews -- The “Terrorist Family Expulsion Law” would, if passed, allow the Defense and Interior Ministers to advance the expulsion of individuals who acted as accomplices in terror attacks, including family members of terrorists who were aware of their relative’s intentions or otherwise supported their attacks. Families of terrorists to would be expelled to another area within Judea and Samaria. Co-sponsor MK Moti Yogev said, "An absolute majority of the Israeli public supports the bill of the Jewish Home for the expulsion of the families of terrorists. I call upon the members of the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs, in order to increase deterrence and prevent terrorist attacks, to ratify the law tomorrow." More here

Judea & Samaria: Two Israelis and infant newborn and four Palestinians killed amid bloodiest flare up of violence in months
12-13-18, A Palestinian gunman opened fire on soldiers and civilians at a bus station at the Asaf junction, near the Israeli settlement of Ofra. Two Israeli soldiers Sergeant Yovel Moryosef and Corporal Yosef Cohen were killed, while two others were injured, one severely. This Islamic terror attack came just a day after a similar drive-by shooting by Palestinian jihadists that wounded seven Israelis, including a pregnant woman causing her baby to deliver prematurely and later died.

12-6-18, U.S. taxpayers pick up appx 25% of the annual United Nations budget. Yet the world body is anti-American despite our global leadership. Why the USA remains a member is a mystery to many. [In February 2018, Pres Trump signs order to reduce US contribution to UN by 40% we now pay 28% appx $2 billion annually here.]

Currently UN members rejected a U.S. proposal to condemn Iran proxy the Islamic terror group in Gaza Israel, Hamas for its serial acts of terrorism, mostly against Israel. If a majority of the UN’s members hate anyone more than the U.S., it’s Israel. The resolution was straightforward condemning Hamas for “repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence..."  

Most nations would agree that targeting civilians with acts of terror is a violation of international law; right? Wrong. The majority of the 192 member nations in the UN are pro Islam and anti Israel. Violence against Jews is apparently A - OKAY with them.
UN vs Israel Pro Hamas here

Israel's Ariel Sharon: In August 2005 Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered 9000 Jews to be forcibly removed from Gaza Israel and turned over to the Muslims. Soon thereafter he suffered a massive stroke, went into an 8 year coma and died. The US Pres Geo W Bush was instrumental in the decision; in Aug 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the USA.

Source: drybonesblog.blogspot.com

Islamic Terrorist Group, Hamas in Gaza Israel fires rockets at Ashkelon | More here
11-12-18, Jerusalem Post -- Israel Defense Force spokesman said that in Ashkelon Israel near the Gaza border in southern Israel, an apartment building was hit when the Islamic terror group, Hamas fired over 200 rockets from Gaza. However, 60 rockets were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome causing most to fall on open ground.

Israeli fighter jets striking Gaza after massive mortar fires on bus | here
11-12-18, Israeli fighter jets have pounded the Muslim enclave, after mortar fire from inside the Palestinian HAMAS controlled Gaza strip hit a bus in the Jewish state of Israel.

​Israeli Gaza mission aimed to abduct tunnel | here
11-11-18, Islamic 'Arab Media reports that the Israeli forces Gaza incident was a botched military op...

​ Israel bombs Hamas TV station in Gaza | here
11-12-18, The Hamas-linked Al-Aqsa television station in Gaza City went off the air after an Israeli airstrike killing three... Dawoud Shihab, head of the media office for the Palestinian faction Islamic Jihad said, "This is “a serious, aggressive attack and will result in an escalation in retaliation from the (Palestinian) resistance.”

October 2018, In the utmost northern part of the entire world a new Jewish 'NORTHERN STAR SYNAGOGUE' had it's grand opening. The first new synagogue in the region for 100 years. It's a synagogue and community center; a three-story building of modern architecture, and will serve to unite the Jewish community; as well as welcome all city residents for cultural and social events. It took four years to construct and cost nearly $3 million raised from private donors. Arkhangelsk, Russia where the sun shines 21 hours a day, is located approximately 750 miles north of Moscow at a latitude that is more than three degrees to the north of Anchorage, Alaska. More here

​Pres Putin Says Europe's Jews Feel Unsafe should move to Russia | more here
1-20-16, WashPost -- Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that Jews facing anti-Semitism and bigotry in Europe should move to Russia, where he said they would be better accepted. In a meeting with members of the European Jewish Congress, Putin said because anti-Semitic attacks had risen in Europe by about 40 percent each of the past three years and that Jews can no longer walk the streets of some major European cities in safety. About 10,000 Jews from Western Europe immigrated to Israel in 2015 — a record figure, according to the Jewish Agency. The bulk of that number came from France, which is home to Europe's largest Jewish population. More here

Russia's Chief Rabbi Says Jews There Comfortable Feeling Safe in Russia | more here
11-9-18, Jewish Press -- Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Berel Lazar, described the interfaith situation in Russia as “favorable,” stressing that Jews feel “comfortable and confident.” He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of another new synagogue in the city of Kaliningrad, Russia [here] (formerly Koenigsberg), in the province sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania along the Baltic Coast. He added: “No one builds a synagogue if one is ready to leave the country. That means that we feel confident here, the government ensures stability here. When people feel comfortable, they know that they can attend synagogue, that they enjoy respect and have good relations with their neighbors. The interethnic atmosphere is very good today, and the interfaith relations are unique.” The new synagogue is planned to open in November 2018, on the Konigsberg synagogue’s 80th commemoration anniversary.​ More here

Turkey-Israel war of words as Erdogan slams 'nation-state | more here
7-24-18, The leaders of Turkey and Israel have exchanged angry remarks, further straining the countries' already tense bilateral relations. ​The latest war of words erupted after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised a controversial law adopted by Israel's parliament last week, which defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

​Did Arab States Really Promise to Push Jews Into the Sea | more here
2-20-14, Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, was quoted by the New York Times in 1948 as saying “If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea.”  

​In the book O Jerusalem, by Collins and Lapierre, mentions that the phrase was used by a number of Arab leaders. The first one to say he wanted to “throw the Jews into the sea,” according to the book, was Kamal Irekat (almost certainly the same family as Saeb Erekat,) a police chief in Jerusalem. It says that the Mufti of Jerusalem adopted the phrase. Finally, the book attributes it also to Fawzi el Kaukji, an Arab League field commander.

​Ayatollah: Kill all Jews, annihilate Israel | more here
2-5-12, WND.com -- The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide.

President Trump Finds and Halts Obama's $220 Million to Palestinians ...
1-26-17, Obama, in one of his many last-minute moves of his occupation of the US White House, attempted to give the Muslim Terrorists aka "Palestinian Authority" over $200 million to fund terrorism against Jews and the nation of Israel. However, the new America loving President Trump found and stopped it!

11-6-18, Pres Trump’s focus on reality – not fantasy – is bearing fruit. Brazil’s President-Elect - Jair Bolsonaro echoing the Trump administration’s stance announced he will close the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia stating: “Is Palestine a country? Palestine is not a country, so there should be no embassy here.” - announced Brazil was moving its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – tweeting: “Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that.”

Oman Jordan’s Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, addressing the 14th Middle East Security Summit in Manama, Bahrein, Yousef Bin Alawi declared: 

“How can we involve Israel and prompt it to contribute to the affairs of the region? I am going to say something that I say for the first time. Israel is a state that is present in this region. We all understand this, we know this; the world is also aware of this fact. But despite that, Israel is not being treated by the other countries as it is treating the other countries. Maybe it is time for Israel to be treated the same and it should also bear the same obligations as other countries. Why? Those are really facts. History says that the Torah saw the light in the Middle East, that the prophets of Israel were born in the Middle East, and that the Jews also used to live in this area of the world.” More here​

Jeremiah 6:14

More here: https://drybonesblog.blogspot.com

One hundred one years ago, the British Government recognized the land of the Jews they called 'Palestine'. November 2, 1917 letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community:

"Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet
His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
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Yours,
Arthur James Balfour"
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Subsequently Lord Balfour also wrote:
"Zionism… is rooted in age-long traditions, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs [aka Muslims] who now inhabit that ancient land".

In the Balfour Declaration there are three types of rights mentioned:

1. civil rights
2. religious rights
3. political status.

The Arabs [Muslims] would enjoy full civil rights – rights to property, life and pursuit of happiness – as well as religious rights, without having to pay any price for that – something basically non-existent in Islam; the 1917 Arabs had none; they were subjects of the Turkish Empire. In the Holy Land that was just a backwater province or sub-province in the various Islamic empires over the centuries since the Islamic invasions in the 7th century.

The main significance of the Balfour Declaration pertains to those who made the declaration and to the League of Nations who adopted the Balfour Declaration as international law. 

Currently in Israel Muslims [Arabs] are probably the only Arabs in the Middle East to enjoy full civil and religious rights, including freedom to speak against the state of Israel – something almost non-existent in the Middle East. In recent surveys majority of Arabs in Israel identify themselves as Israelis, whether it be as Israeli Arabs, Israeli Muslims, or just plain Israelis.

Happy Anniversary and raise a glass in honorable memory of Arthur Balfour! ​Source 

10-25-18, IsraelNatlNews -- The Jewish state of Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett calls for the government to ramp up demolitions of terrorist's homes. Home demolitions are punishments for the terrorists who brutally murder innocent Israelis and others, but this is mainly a deterrence for future terrorists. Bennett said, "it's a disgrace that 102 homes belonging to terrorists have not yet been destroyed and that the families of terrorists receive an allowance is a disgrace." He was referring to the monthly payouts the Palestinian Authority gives to the families of terrorists [here] who have killed Israelis. 

The policy is meant to have a psychological effect for a would-be attacker whose family would be left homeless, some suggest house demolitions are also designed to offset the economic benefits of committing an attack. 

House demolitions date back to a 1945 British Mandate emergency regulation in pre-state Palestine that allowed the British military to confiscate and destroy any home used to discharge a weapon, or any home used by a person who violated military law. More here

10-17-18, The Israeli PM Netanyahu spoke to President Putin on October 7, 2018 the Russian leader’s 66th birthday declaring that he will visit Moscow in the near future. This would be the first meeting between these two “old friends” since the downing of the Russian Il-20 spy plane on Sept 17, 2018. At first Russia blamed Israel for the downing with its 15-member crew, when in fact it was shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire, during an Israeli attack on an Iranian-Syrian base in Latakia.  Reportedly, during the upcoming meeting, Putin & Netanyahu will discuss air cooperation.  In their telephone conversation, Pres Putin absolved Israel's responsibility of the downing of the plane.  Still, the incident seems to have somewhat soured relations. Resulting in Russia providing Syria with the vaunted anti-aircraft S-300 missile system. Apparently to restrict Israeli operations in Syria against Iranian and Syrian targets.  

Syria's Russian Mediterranean Port
From a military and strategic vantage point, Iran and Syria are valuable Russian allies in countering the U.S. influence in the region.  Syria offers Russia bases on the Mediterranean Sea and an important port at Tartus that is the Russian Navy's only overseas port. Iran’s anti-American stance and its attempts at subversion of Arab pro-American regimes, is part of the chess game that scores points for Russia, albeit, Russia is not interested in a military confrontation with the U.S. or Israel. 

Iran & Syria’s trade with Russia are insignificant
Trade with Iran comprised only 1% of Russia’s foreign trade. Iran imported from Russia in 2016 $1,881,772,374 and exported to Russia $302,550,106 in goods.  Most of its exported goods included military hardware, including the S-300 air-defense system at a cost of $900 million.  Russia’s trade with Syria amounted to only 0.00605% of its foreign trade. Syria imported from Russia $182,254,336 and exported to Russia $11,020,676.  Military hardware constitutes a large part of the Russian exports to Syria.  Russia exports to Israel $1,469,348,877 worth of goods, or .515% of Russia’s foreign trade. Syria is not a very good paying customer, and much of the Russian hardware has been given to Assad at reduced rates or gratis [no cost].  

Israel's Russian Culture
For Putin’s Russia, Israel is a bastion of Russian culture.  With over a million former Russian citizens in Israel, imbued with Russian culture and impacted by its education, Israel is one of a few such countries in the world, and certainly, the only one in the Middle East.  This kind of Russian cultural influence plays a positive role in Putin’s mind.  Moreover, Israel, and Netanyahu in particular, are seen as a bridge between the Trump administration and the Putin government. 

Islamic Terror Problem for Russia
Moscow is also considering the threat Islamism poses to Russia’s security in the North Caucuses and beyond. The Chechen Muslims (having had two relatively recent wars with Russia) have established links with global Islamic terrorist groups, operating within and outside of the Russian Federation. Iran and Turkey’s Islamic empires were historic enemies of the Russian empire. Israel shares intelligence with Russia on Islamic terrorist activities.

Israel Seeks Strong Friendly Relationship
Jerusalem seeks to restore its understanding with Moscow maintaining a strong and friendly relationship with the Kremlin. Unlike the U.S., where the legislative and executive branches of government by-and-large support the Jewish state as well as the majority of Americans, Israel's relations with Russia hinges on who sits in the Kremlin; currently both parties are interested in maintaining cooperation.  Netanyahu is likely to prevail upon Putin to allow Israel to continue its operations against Iranian entrenchment in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon because both deliver lethal arms to the region threatening the Jewish state.

Problems between Israel and Russia might arise however, when Israeli stealth fighters inadvertently destroy the Russian installed S-300 air-defense missiles. 
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​Netanyahu: Israel Continues to Act Against Iran in Syria
10-16-18, Ynetnews -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel continues to act against the establishment of Iranian military in Syria; emphasizing that he stays in constant contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Excerpted full report here
www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271614/israeli-russian-relations-where-are-they-headed-joseph-puder

Are Hurricanes and other Disasters God's Judgment?
Sep 19, 2017 - First, there were those who said, “Katrina is God's judgment for New Orleans' sins. ... It can include punishment, but biblical judgment is a much bigger.  More here and here

In 2017 there was Hurricane Harvey in Texas, and now we just endured Hurricanes Florence & Michael- Carolina's Florida & Georgia. Following is a list of past hurricanes occurring soon after the USA abused Israel:
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10-5-18, The United Nations agency UNRWA was founded in 1949 to provide aid to Arab refugees from Israel’s War of Independence. Still operational today, UNRWA provides funding and resources to tens of thousands of Muslim refugees, but also to their 5 million-plus descendants in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the Palestinian Authority. Although it has not identified descendants of refugees as refugees in any other population dispute worldwide.Israel has argued that UNRWA perpetuates the problem of Palestinian “refugees” by discouraging their absorption in other countries, as well as inflating their numbers.

Barkat said the new U.S. policy cutting $300 million to the controversial organization inspired the move, which will see unlicensed UNRWA-run schools, medical centers and sports facilities transferred to Israeli authorities. He said:

“The U.S. decision has created a rare opportunity to replace UNRWA’s services with services of the Jerusalem Municipality. We are putting an end to the lie of the ‘Palestinian refugee problem’ and the attempts at creating a false sovereignty within a sovereignty.”

Ezekiel 47:10

For those who have visited the lowest point on the face of the earth, Ezekiel’s end-of-days prophecy of the Dead Sea coming to life seems impossible, yet recently, scientists have been shocked to discover that the sinkholes appearing around the sea are quickly filling up with fish and other forms of life previously unseen in the inhospitable region.

Known as the Dead Sea in English because of its hypersaline [salt] environment (37% salinity – almost ten times saltier than the ocean) and scarcity of aquatic life, Israeli photojournalist Noam Bedein of the Dead Sea Revival Project says that the term Dead Sea – “a political term used mostly by the Romans” – is a misnomer. The Dead Sea is “anything but dead,” he said, calling it the “eighth wonder of the world.” 

July 2016, Samantha Siegel, a remarkable young woman originally from America, lives in Jerusalem and a frequent visitor to the Dead Sea, Siegel related to Breaking Israel News how she first realized she was witnessing a realization of prophecy.

According to the Bible, the landscape changed with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, which turned the valley into a wasteland. The Bible also describes the area as fertile and well-watered in its narrative of Lot looking out onto the valley where the Dead Sea currently is:

"And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Hashem destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Hashem." (Genesis 13:10)

“A place that was once cursed in Biblical times, now you can come here to the Dead Sea, explore the sinkholes and see fish where the water has receded – fulfilling prophecies from Ezekiel who talked about the land flourishing and blooming when the Jews return,” said Bedein.

Indeed, Biblical prophecy also holds that water will flow east from Jerusalem into the Dead Sea, filling it up with fish and the surrounding desert with life:

“Then said he unto me: ‘These waters issue forth toward the eastern region and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea into the sea of the putrid waters the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass that every living creature wherewith it swarmeth whithersoever the rivers shall come shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither that all things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh.” (Ezekiel 47:8-9)  

More here See Samatha Seigel's 3 Min Video here

Numbers 33:53

10-3-18, In the Old Testament's Numbers 33:53 we learn of God's command "to settle and inhabit the Land" of Israel emphasizing the importance of living in the land. As Deuteronomy draws to a close, the Children of Israel are on the verge of entering the Promised Land and fulfilling these words. They would remain in the land for hundreds of years, but sin and transgression eventually led to their exile.

For centuries, the Jewish people yearned to return and resettle their land and some individuals were able to fulfill these dreams and then the world's recognition of the State of Israel in 1948. In the Holy Bible, Old and New we find 170 verses where God promised the land of Israel to the Jews; here are just four:
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• The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your seed I will give this land.” [Genesis 12:7]
• “All the land that you see I will give to you and your seed forever.” [Genesis 13:15]
• “I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God." [Amos 9:15]
• “... He overthrew seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to His people as their inheritance.” [Acts 13:19]

Today, there are approximately six million Jews and two million others who reside in Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel). Praise the Lord God almighty!

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US Natl Sec Adviser, John Bolton: "Palestinian's don't have a 'state'.." | more here
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton told the White House press corps at a briefing in Washington DC on Wednesday (Oct. 3) that the "so-called state of Palestine" is not, in fact, a state.
​The US is withdrawing from the "optional protocol" in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, John Bolton has confirmed. He said it follows a case brought by Palestine, challenging the US embassy's move to Jerusalem. US National Security Adviser, John Bolton said:
"I am announcing that the president has decided that the United States will withdraw from the optional protocol and dispute resolution to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. This is in connection with a case brought by the so-called state of 'Palestine,' naming the United States as the defendant, challenging our move of our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
"It’s not a state now. It does not meet the customary international [law] test of statehood. It doesn’t control defined boundaries. It doesn’t fulfill the normal functions of government. There are a whole host of reasons why it’s not a state.
“It could become a state – as President Trump has said – but that requires diplomatic negotiations with Israel and others. So, calling it the so-called state of Palestine defines exactly what it has been, a position that the United States government has pursued uniformly since 1988 when the Palestinian Authority declared itself to be the state of Palestine. And we don’t recognize it as the state of Palestine;.." More here and here
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In 1917 the British Mandated the Jewish Lands to be Labeled "Palestine" |more here
From the end of the Jewish state in antiquity to the beginning of British rule, the area now designated by the name Palestine was not a country and had no frontiers, only administrative boundaries . . . The Balfour Declaration of 1917, confirmed by the League of Nations Mandate, commited the British Government to the principle that "His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a Jewish National Home. Then in 1948 the United Nations gave it back to the Jews - with the rebirth of ISRAEL!
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Israel Re-Born | more here
On the same day Israel was attacked by Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq(including Jordan). In February 1949 Egypt signed a peace settlement and over the next few months the other Arab countries did as well culminating in the armistice of 1949.

​The Palestinian nation was invented | more here

The word "Palestinian" was invented in the 1960s. Israelites, Armenians, Kurds, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Samaritans as all ancient names, but Palestinians as a 1960s invention.​

​#1 - Ahmad al-Shukeiri (1908 – February 26, 1980) was the first Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, [PLO] serving in 1964–67. 

​#2 - Yahya Hammoudeh (1908 – 16 June 2006) was the  second Chairman of the  PLO from 1967 to 1969. 

#3 - Yasser Arafat (1994-2004) -He was born in Cairo, Egypt and third Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004. He was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.

#4 - Mahmoud Abbas (1935- ) - Current PLO chairman and President of Fatah. Born in Safed, Israel. His family fled to Syria during the 1948 Israeli war. Moved to to Egypt and graduated from the University of Damascus, where he studied law.

"Palestinian" Flag Flies at the United Nations 
9-30-15, The current leader of the Muslims in Israel, called 'Palestinians' - Mahmoud Abbas - raised a flag representing their group at the United Nations for the first time.

​IDF carry out attack in Islam Terror Hamas Controlled Gaza as riots continue - more here
On Friday, 9-28-18, the IDF aircraft carried out an attack in northern Gaza in response to a number of grenades and explosive devices that were thrown at Israeli forces during violent disturbances along security fence. IDF identified a number of suspects who crossed the security fence in northern Gaza, and immediately fled back to Gaza territory. More than 10,000 rioters gathered part of the ongoing violence in the area. The rioters hurled grenades and explosive devices, burned tires and threw rocks at Israeli forces and at the fence. There were no injuries and no damage. The Israeli troops responded by using riot dispersal means and opening fire in accordance with the rules of engagement.

GAZA ISRAEL'S Muslims aka 'Palestinians' say 6 killed, including 14-year-old - more here
9-28-18, Muslim protester rioters ... 20000 gather at border, throwing hand grenades, rocks, burning tires ... IDF troops were also responding with tear gas and other less-lethal ...
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Six Muslims aka Palestinians killed by Israeli fire on border - more here
Arab/Muslim protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops during the ongoing protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, began March 30, 2018.

9-24-18, Israel Natl News – On Sept 18, 2018 Russian IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft was downed after an Israeli airstrike on a military research facility in northern Syria. An IDF delegation was dispatched to Moscow last week to share information collected by Israel as part of its investigation into the incident.

The Russian government has refused to accept the validity of Israel’s investigation into the downing of the plane, holding Israel responsible for the plane’s destruction and the loss of all fifteen Russian crew members.
 
During a phone conversation on Sept 24, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he did not accept Israel’s explanation that Israel Air Force fighter jets operating in Syria did not use a Russian Ilyushin IL-20 spy plane as radar cover. He said the IDF was negligent in its actions during the Syria airstrike and failure to give proper warning to Russia regarding the impending strike.
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Netanyahu told Putin he had full faith in the IDF report, which found the Syrian military responsible for the downing of the plane and was extremely regretful for the loss of life. He denied Putin's claims saying Israel's jets were already out of the combat zone and in Israeli airspace when the IL-20 was downed, and that the IL-20 had been far from the area of the airstrikes during the Israeli operation. More here

Back Story:
On Monday night, 9-17-18, Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-20 "Coot-A" electronic intelligence and radar reconnaissance aircraft monitoring the Idlib province of Syria was mistakenly shot down by Syrian air defense forces after an Israeli air strike on facilities in Latakia, Syria. It went down in the Mediterranean, about 17 miles off the Syrian coast near Latakia, with a loss of all 15 Russian crew members.

At first Russian President Vladimir Putin said the downing was the result of a "chain of tragic accidental circumstances."

However, the Russian Defense Ministry has laid the blame for the downing on the Israelis, saying: "The Israeli pilots used the Russian plane as cover and set it up to be targeted by the Syrian air defense forces. As a consequence, the Il-20, which has a radar cross-section much larger than the F-16, was shot down by a Syrian S-200 system missile."  More here and here

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he backed the Russian Defense Ministry statement accusing Israel of downing the reconnaissance plane, but added that the incident appeared to be an accident.

9-18-18, The Russian military said the Israeli raid was the cause of a Russian Il-20 aircraft being shot down by a Syrian missile, as Damascus was trying to repel the attack on its positions when the plane was landing. The Ministry of Defense accused Israeli jets of using the Russian aircraft as "cover" during strikes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed "regret" to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the downing of the plane, but insisted Syria is to blame. More here:

On Tuesday, 9-18-18 Israel's ambassador in Mosow was summoned to Russia's foreign ministry.

Israel denied downing the Russia turbo prop
IDF spokesperson said Wednesday night, 9-19-18, the delegation to Russia will present evidence linking Iran to ongoing attempts to transfer strategic weapons to the Hezbollah [Lebanon] terror organization and to establish an Iranian military presence in Syria.

The Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur  is recorded in the Holy Bible's Old Testament book of Leviticus 16:8-34; 23:27-32. It's the most solemn and important holy day of the Jewish calendar. In the Old Testament, the Day of Atonement was the day the High Priest made an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the people. This act of atonement brought reconciliation between the people and God. After the blood sacrifice was offered to the Lord, a goat was released into the wilderness to symbolically carry away the sins of the people. This "scapegoat" was never to return. The Messiah, the Savior and Lord Jesus is our 'scapegoat.' 1 John 3:5

Jerusalem mayoral hopeful egged by fellow Arabs aka "Palestinians"
9-15-18, Haaretz -- Muslim aka Arab Aziz Abu Sarah in Israel is breaking the traditional East Jerusalem boycott on local Israeli elections; he wants to be Mayor of Jerusalem. Several Palestinian threw eggs at him during the press conference. 
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​9-15-18, Aljazeera -- Only Israeli citizens can be national elected leaders in Jerusalem, but Muslim [aka Arab aka Palestinian], Aziz Abu Sarah has sued Israel in his attempt to change the law. He is breaking the boycott by the so called 'Palestinians' by trying to participate in the national election to become Mayor of Jerusalem. He believes that Israel isn't a democracy because  Muslims not permitted to hold national office and urges his fellow Muslims to vote ... instead they throw eggs at him. More here

History: The Hebrew King David planned the temple that Solomon eventually built in 3040 BC after Adam. King Solomon was king 4 years when he began the temple 1 Kings 6:1. He was king 36 years after it was begun and it was destroyed the first time in 587 BC. Then the Persian king, Cyrus helped the Jews rebuild it about 450 before Christ. It was the temple the Lord Jesus Christ would have seen. According to history and archeology, it was destroyed 70 AD years after Christ. 

​What Is Rosh Hashanah? - The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the universe birthday. The day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and Rosh Hashanah means "Head of the Year." 
the Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year, continuing through the Days of Awe and Yom Kippur.
You may notice that the Bible speaks of Rosh Hashanah as occurring on the first day of the seventh month. The first month of the Jewish calendar is Nissan, occurring in March and April. 
In Judaism, Nissan 1 is the new year for the purpose of counting the reign of kings and months on the calendar, Elul 1 (in August) is the new year for the tithing of animals, Shevat 15 (in February) is the new year for trees (determining when first fruits can be eaten, etc.), and Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashanah) is the new year for years (when we increase the year number. Sabbatical and Jubilee years begin at this time).
Extra Day of Jewish Holidays - this holiday is celebrated for two days instead of the one day specified in the Bible. The name "Rosh Hashanah" is not used in the Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25.  God named the other holidays, Sabbath, Passover, Day of Atonement, etc.; however, this holiday has no name. It’s simply referred to as Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar), so it became known as the Feast of Trumpets, a special day calling attention to the coming holy day—the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). A shofar (ram’s horn) is blown during the Feast of Trumpets service. More here and here

8-31-18, * -- In 1897 the Jewish newspaper correspondent in France, Theodore Herzl became aware of the dangers in Europe realizing that Jews must leave creating their own state. He became a leading spokesman for the Zionist movement and in 1897 convened the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. Since then there has been violence and wars with the Muslims in the Jewish land.
 
God promised one day to bring the Jews back to their land nevermore to be forced to leave it. He told Moses to tell the Israelites that if they obey Him they will be blessed in the land of Israel; warning that if they disobey Him, He will remove them from the land. (Deuteronomy 28:1-3, 63-65) Clearly it’s the LORD who scattered the Jews from the land because of their disobedience. He used the Babylonian Empire to perform His judgment. However, He promised that, after seventy years they would be returned to the land [appx 1312 BC**] and that He was always watching over them although they suffered many attacks and most were dispersed from the land. (Jeremiah 29:4, 10-11; Amos 9:13-15; Deuteronomy 11:11-12)  
 
On May 14, 1948 God fulfilled His promise to bring the Jews back to the land forever. Although the Jewish state of Israel was reborn, the Lord God has permitted the devil to harass and persecute her life; the timeline follows:

1. In 1917, during WW1, the British defeated the Turkish Ottoman Empire taking control of the Jewish homeland they called ‘Palestine.’
2. In 1947 the United Nations implemented a two-state partition plan which would create a Jewish state and an Arab state side by side.
3. On May 14, 1948 the Jewish state of Israel was recognized by United Nations.
4. On May 15, 1948 the Islamic armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq attacked Israel. Israel won the battles.
5. In July of 1949 an armistice was signed ending the fighting. Israel maintained control of her land yet Jerusalem remained under Arab [Islamic] control.
6. In 1964 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed; the Muslims controlled the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
7. In 1967, Nasser of Egypt along with the Syrians and Jordanians were poised to attack Israel; but Israel didn’t wait doing a preemptive strike. Within six days had captured the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip on the Egyptian border, the Golan Heights on the Syrian border and all of Jerusalem.
8. In 1972 Palestinian terrorists abducted and killed 11 Israelis at the Munich Olympics.
9. In 1973 on the holiest Jewish day of the year, Yom Kippur, the Egyptians under President Anwar Sadat attacked Israel. They caught Israel by surprise and had significant victories in the early part of the war. After three weeks the Israelis had successfully repelled the attack
10. On June 27, 1976, a group of Palestinian terrorists hijacked a French commercial jet and rerouted it to a Ugandan airport called Entebbe. Non-Jewish passengers were released; 105 Jewish passengers were kept hostage at the airport. The Israelis launched an commando raid on July 4, 1976 and rescued all but 3 Jews, 245 attackers were killed by the Israelis.
11. In 1978 US Pres Carter’s Camp David Peace Accords took place; when Egypt & Pres Sadat became the first Arab country to recognize the state of Israel. President Sadat was assassinated by his own army in 1981.
12. In 1982 the terrorist group called the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was based in southern Lebanon. Violence erupted between the PLO and Israeli forces; Israel invaded with the goal to drive the PLO out of Lebanon. By September of 1982 the PLO had withdrawn most of its forces from Lebanon, but Israel didn’t withdraw until 3 years later.
13. In 1987, Arabs PLO under Yasser Arafat's control in Israel started the first intifada or uprising against Israel in the West Bank [Judea & Samaria], Gaza Strip and Jerusalem. The unrest lasted five years when thousands of Molotov cocktails and hundreds of grenades were hurled at the Israeli army.
14. In 2000 Arafat rejected a peace agreement that would have led to Israeli withdrawal from parts of Israel, settlement evacuation, sharing of Jerusalem and establishment of a Palestinian state. Several weeks later the second intifada began claiming appx 5000 Palestinians and 1000 Israelis lives.
15. In 2005 Israel’s army under the leadership of PM Ariel Sharon forcibly removed all Jews from the Gaza Strip leaving it in the control of the Palestinian Authority.
16. In 2006 the Palestinian people elected members of the Muslim terrorist group Hamas to govern Gaza.
17. In 2007 fighting broke out between Hamas and its fellow governing party Fatah led by Mahmoud Abbas. President Mahmoud Abbas removed himself to the West Bank [Judea & Samaria Israel]. This led to the launching of Qassam rockets into Israel by Hamas.
18. In late 2008 Israeli troops moved into Gaza trying to end the rocket attacks.
19. Since 2008 to the current 2018 year, there have been constant rocket, fire and other attacks on the Israeli Jews by the militant Islamic radicals from Gaza.

Islamic extremists will never allow peace between Muslims and Jews claiming the Jews are living on land that their god, Allah gave them; although no mentions of it in their book the Koran and no physical evidence proves it. However, there is much in the Bible about the land belonging to the Jews with thousands of pieces of physical evidence as well. Regardless of the number of moderate Muslims who may want peace with Israel, the Islamic radical hardliners can never allow Israel to exist; treaties and truces may be made, but only with the goal of the Muslims eventually taking the ALL the land.
 
The Jews in Israel have one fundamental requirement for any peace treaty with the Muslims; the Islamic people [aka Palestinians] must acknowledge and recognize that the Jews and the state of Israel has a right to exist on their own land. That’s an unacceptable condition for them. Muslim extremists will never be able to truly recognize Israel even if they return to the pre-1967 borders; they want ALL the land and disallow ANY Jews on it.
 
Is it futile and wrong to attempt peace? No. Jesus said "blessed are the peacemakers". (Matthew 5:9) However, peaceful efforts will not always result in peaceful coexistence; especially with those outside the faith. The fact that there’ll be no peace between Israel and the Muslim extremists doesn’t mean that peacemakers shouldn't try to at least reduce the violence. We must however not have unrealistic expectations that true and lasting peace can ever occur before the second coming of Jesus Christ. Psalm 35:20; Isaiah 48:22; Ezekiel 13:10, 16; Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11
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*Excerpted and adapted full original message here
** Exodus here