Wait and see? Pontiff to meet President in May
Pope Francis said he would “wait and see” before coming to any
conclusions on Donald Trump. He won’t have to wait too long, according
to Christopher Lamb in the Catholic journal The Tablet. The pontiff and
the president will first confer on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in
Sicily, scheduled for May: The first meeting between the Pope and
President Donald Trump may take place at the end of May, when the US
president travels to Italy for a summit of world leaders.
NFL Stars Will Visit Israel, Get Baptized in Jordan River
The group of 11 sportsmen will visit Israel for a seven-day visit,
during which they will meet with a wide range of Israelis from different
walks of life. The sportsmen will visit Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Dead
Sea and Haifa, as well as Christian sites in the Galilee, including
baptism in the River Jordan at Yardenit. Minister for Strategic Affairs
and Public Diplomacy Gilad Erdan: “I see great importance in the arrival
of this delegation of NFL stars to Israel.
MK Glick’s Christian-Jewish Push to Move Embassy First Step To Building Temple, Says Pastor
In a move one prominent pastor believes will be the first step
towards building the Third Temple, Jews and Christians are coming
together on a project to give President Donald Trump major support for
moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
Mystic Rabbi Visited by Prophet Elijah With Message: “Four Gates Are Closed, But One is Open”
Saturday night, a mystic rabbi fell into a trance and received a
divine vision that warned of heavenly gates closing, bringing about a
period of global suffering. The vision revealed that one gate has been
forced open temporarily by Elijah the prophet, but the key to keeping
that gate open is in the hands of people
Oprah Sells Klimt’s Nazi-Looted Painting in China for $150 Million
Oprah Winfrey sold a Gustav Klimt painting for $150 million to a
Chinese buyer, Bloomberg reported. The painting, “Portrait of Adele
Bloch-Bauer II,” was looted by the Nazis together with several other
works, including, most famously, “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I”
(a.k.a. The Woman in Gold). The retrieval of the latter by the heirs of
Bloch-Bauer from the Austrian government was depicted in the 2015 film
“Woman in Gold,” starring Helen Mirren.
Radical Islam is spreading across Belgium, Salafists preach via TV & online media – report
The report by the Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (OCAM), a
special body which works in cooperation with security and intelligence
agencies to assess the level of terrorist threat in Belgium, was leaked
by De Standaard newspaper on Wednesday. “An increasing number of mosques
and Islamic centers in Belgium are controlled by the Wahhabism,” the
document states.
Ignoring White House warnings, Iran test-fires another missile
The test comes the same day the White House announced it is
considering a proposal that could potentially designate Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
Archaeologists to break ground at biblical site where Ark of the Covenant stood
One of the few remaining unstudied major biblical sites, where
according to the Bible the Ark of the Covenant was kept for two decades,
will be excavated by archaeologists this summer for the first time.
Organizers hope the anticipated study of Kiryat Ye’arim (also
transliterated as Kiriath Jearim) will shed light on the site’s
significance during the Iron Age, the period associated with the
biblical account of King David.
Southwestern Pakistan rattled by magnitude 6.4 earthquake
A Pakistani official says a strong, magnitude 6.4 earthquake has
struck the country’s remote southwest and that there are reports of
damages to houses but no casualties.
MK Zoabi offers to help ICC indict Netanyahu over settlements law
Arab legislators and any citizen with democratic sensibilities should do
what they can to encourage the International Criminal Court to indict
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders for violating
international law with the settlement regulation law, MK Haneen Zoabi
(Joint List) said this week. “We will take any action that can encourage
the ICC to act against Netanyahu and other politicians,” Zoabi told The
Jerusalem Post.
ISIS reportedly responsible for rockets fired from Egypt into Eilat
A branch of Islamic State in Egypt’s Sinai reportedly claimed
responsibility for firing rockets from Egypt into Israel on Wednesday
night. According to reports in Gazan media early Thursday, the Sinai
branch of Islamic State was responsible for a barrage of missiles at
Eilat, on Israel’s southernmost city.
Hamas says two killed in ‘Israeli attack’ on underground tunnel
Two people were reportedly killed and five were hurt in the southern
Gaza Strip on Thursday in an “Israeli attack” on an underground tunnel
along the border between Gaza and Egypt, according to Hamas’s Health
Ministry. Hamas claimed the alleged strike was in response to rockets
fired toward Eilat on Wednesday night.
Ignoring White House warnings, Iran test-fires another missile
Iran test-fired an another surface to air missile Wednesday, officials
told Fox news. The test, just as the last, occurred outside Semnan,
about 140 miles east of Tehran. The test comes the same day the White
House announced it is considering a proposal that could lead to
potentially designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
as a terrorist organization, according to US officials familiar with the
matter.
Kenyan closure of Dadaab refugee camp blocked by high court
The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government’s bid to close the
largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab camp
and forcibly repatriate about 260,000 Somali refugees living there was
issued last year. The deadline for its closure had been extended until
May, but a high court judge ruled the decision was tantamount to an act
of group persecution.
Trump breaks ice with China in letter to Xi
US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Xi Jinping, his first
direct approach to the Chinese leader. The president thanked Mr Xi for
congratulating him on his inauguration last month and said he looked
forward to “constructive” relations. Mr Trump has not yet spoken to Mr
Xi but did call other world leaders.
Bolivia declares emergency over locust plague
The Bolivian government has declared a state of emergency in a vast
agricultural area affected by a plague of locusts. President Evo Morales
has announced a contingency plan, which includes $700,000 in extra
funds for fumigation. The swarm first appeared over a week ago near the
low-lying eastern city of Santa Cruz, where most of Bolivia’s food and
meat is produced.
US says it killed 11 al-Qaeda operatives in Syria air strikes
US forces killed 11 members of al-Qaeda in two air strikes near Idlib in
Syria, this month, including a former ally of Osama Bin Laden, the
Pentagon says. Captain Jeff Davis, a spokesman, said 10 operatives had
been killed in a single strike last Friday. A second strike on Saturday
killed Abu Hani al-Masri, who had close ties to the late al-Qaeda
leader, he added.
Army Preps for Urban Warfare in MegaCities: “Mass Migration, Disaster and Inner-City Turmoil”
There will be war in the streets of America. Things have been engineered
that way…The current anger from the left, who are violently protesting
against President Trump, is just one aspect of it. But the Pentagon and
the U.S. national security structure is…looking towards the shifting
demographics…people have moved from rural areas…into cities. Where ever
conflict stirs, there will be a need for military and SWAT
response…Entire cities will be locked down; door to door sweeps will
often have violent ends.
Was Buffalo mom jailed over homeschooling decision?
…Harris says she filed documents at Buffalo City Hall, following all the
steps, informing the district of her intent to homeschool….documents
she provided…they’re dated December 7th and the district says it
received her paperwork…Harris..went on with her homeschooling…less than a
month later she…was confronted by CPS workers and police. According to
Harris, they told her they had a court order to take her children and
when she told them no, she was arrested for obstruction.
Thousands of Dead Bees Wash Ashore on Naples Beach
Thousands of dead and dying bees are washing up on a popular beach in
Southern Florida. Naples beach goers had to watch where they stepped
Tuesday after some people say they have been stung just along the
shoreline…Naples residents say the problem started only a few days ago.
They are both concerned and confused.
Prominent Republicans Pitch Carbon-Tax Plan to Top Trump Aides
A group of prominent Republicans and business leaders pitched a tax on
carbon dioxide to top White House aides Wednesday, selling the plan as
an economic win…Former Secretary of State James Baker and other members
of the new “Climate Leadership Council” pressed the case in a 45-minute
meeting in the Roosevelt Room that included President Donald Trump’s top
economic adviser Gary Cohn, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and senior
aide Kellyanne Conway.
Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General
Senators approved Jeff Sessions as the new attorney general Wednesday,
installing one of President Trump’s biggest backers at the head of the
Justice Department after one of the worst confirmation battles in a
generation.
Violent, Repeat Offenders Leading To Increased Crime In Baltmore
Gang retaliation continues to wreak havoc on certain parts of Charm
City, as police struggle to get a firm hold on the crime. Police say
gang retaliation has played a big part in the surge of violence we’ve
seen over the past several months, and as quickly as some of these gangs
go down, others come right back up.
China may be preparing for a crippling preemptive missile strike on US military bases
A new report by Thomas Shugart on War On The Rocks details the
disturbing level to which China appears to have planned out a crippling
missile attack on US military bases in the Pacific should its interests
in the region be threatened.
US To Sell 10 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve In February
Following a January announcement according to which the DOE planned to
sell 8 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and
which some speculated was the reason for the big buildup in crude
inventories in the past several weeks, today the U.S. Energy Department
said it will sell 10 million barrels of oil from the government’s
emergency crude reserve in late February.
Russia Mobilizes S-400 Missiles Systems Near Moscow To “Test Readiness Against A Possible Attack”
S-400 air defense systems around Moscow were put on high combat alert
Wednesday as part of a surprise nationwide combat readiness drill for
the Russian Air Force which was meant to test how prepared Russia is to
repel a possible attack.
“Tolerance” (cartoon)
One man’s ‘tolerance’ is another person’s ‘freedom fighter’…
Want a Job in the Future? Get Ready to Become a Cyborg
The dystopic future is quickly becoming the dystopic
present. This is something we’re about to see a lot more of in the
coming years. A Belgian marketing firm called NewFusion has microchipped
its staff, replacing their traditional ID cards with RFID chips
implanted in their hands.