JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
Sanhedrin Performs Rare Biblical Commandment Not Seen For 2,000 Years-By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz March 15, 2016 , 9:30 am-breakingisraelnews
“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.” Exodus 12:2 (The Israel Bible™)-Last Thursday, a Biblical commandment that hasn’t been seen in 2,000 years was fulfilled. In the Cardo neighborhood of the Old City of Jerusalem, two witnesses stood before the Sanhedrin and gave testimony that established the beginning of the new month.Setting the new month by witnesses is considered by Rashi, a prominent commentator on the Bible, to be the first mitzvah (Biblical commandment) the Nation of Israel received after leaving Egypt. With great spiritual meaning, establishing the calendar is far more than a convenience. It is so important that it takes precedence over the Sabbath. In Biblical times, witnesses were permitted to break the Sabbath in order to arrive in Jerusalem and stand before the Sanhedrin.Professor Hillel Weiss, spokesman and secretary of the Sanhedrin, explained the significance to Breaking Israel News.“On a simple level, without this mitzvah, we are saying that God does not exist in nature or the passage of time, that nature runs like mechanical clockwork,” Professor Weiss said.On a technical level, the event was a step in the process of correcting the Hebrew calendar. By Biblical law, the new month for the Hebrew calendar was established by reliable witnesses appearing before the Sanhedrin. Hillel II, president of the Sanhedrin in the fourth century, established a written calendar based on astronomical calculations. This calendar, still in use, standardized the length of months and the addition of months in leap years over the course of a 19-year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar years.In the times of the Temple, the new month would be established by both calculation and by witnesses appearing before the Sanhedrin. When the Temple was destroyed and the Sanhedrin disbanded, the Hebrew calendar was figured solely according to the astrological calculations and the template established by Hillel II.It is remarkable that Hillel II’s calculations stood for as long as they did. However, 1,700 years later, there are discrepancies between his calendar and the astronomical reality. This is a serious problem the Sanhedrin is taking steps to gradually fix.“Though we have received witnesses in the past, this is the first time we have done so publicly, which is an essential part of the mitzvah,” Professor Weiss explained.“The only thing lacking is for all of Israel to agree on one central authority for this,” he continued. “This is just one of many mitzvot we neglect merely because we haven’t done them for so long. There is no other reason not to do this and raise Judaism.”Professor Weiss expanded on the idea. “For 2,000 years we practiced Judaism a certain way. Even though we are in Israel, the Torah and mitzvot are still in galut (diaspora). There are many practical things we could do, and in truth, should do, to make Judaism richer and more like it was in the times of the Temple.”Joshua Wander, a resident of the Mount of Olives who attended, thought the event was clearly necessary. “Things come up when you actually do these things, dilemmas that you could never anticipate from just sitting in Yeshiva and learning from a book.“For example, the witnesses were questioned by the Sanhedrin. They were asked where in the sky it was, what direction the moon was facing, what time it was exactly. It seemed that the witnesses were not prepared for this level of questioning, which is dictated by the Talmud. One of them asked if he could look at a photo from his cell phone. After consultation, the Sanhedrin ruled that it was permissible.”The Sanhedrin’s declaration of the new month was preceded by a ceremony recreating the Temple service. The ceremony, intended for instructional and not religious purposes, did not include slaughtering an animal, though in many other respects it was absolutely authentic. The musical instruments, and vessels, provided by the Temple Institute, were made to Biblical specifications. The priests were kohanim, members of the Jewish priestly class. Dressed in holy garments, they performed the priestly blessing. A small scale model of the altar was also set up, and a grain offering was burnt on it.
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
Exclusive: U.S. sees new Chinese activity around South China Sea shoal-Reuters By David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal-MAR 18,16-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has seen Chinese activity around a reef China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago that could be a precursor to more land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Navy chief said on Thursday.The head of U.S. naval operations, Admiral John Richardson, expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims could be a trigger for Beijing to declare an exclusion zone in the busy trade route.Richardson told Reuters the United States was weighing responses to such a move.China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims.Richardson said the U.S. military had seen Chinese activity around Scarborough Shoal in the northern part of the Spratly archipelago, about 125 miles (200 km) west of the Philippine base of Subic Bay."I think we see some surface ship activity and those sorts of things, survey type of activity, going on. That's an area of concern ... a next possible area of reclamation," he said.Richardson said it was unclear if the activity near the reef, which China seized in 2012, was related to the pending arbitration decision.Asked about Richardson's statement, Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said it was hypocritical for the United States to criticize China for militarizing the region when it carries out its own naval patrols there."This is really laughable and preposterous," he said.The Philippine foreign ministry said it had yet to receive a report about Chinese activity in Scarborough Shoal.A Philippine military official who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media said he was unaware of a Chinese survey ship in the area."China already has de facto control over the shoal since 2012 and they always have two to three coastguard ships there. We are also monitoring their activities and movements," the official told reporters.Richardson said China's pursuit of South China Sea territory, which has included massive land reclamation to create artificial islands elsewhere in the Spratlys, threatened to reverse decades of open access and introduce new "rules" that required countries to obtain permission before transiting those waters.He said that was a worry given that 30 percent of the world's trade passes through the region.Asked whether China could respond to the ruling by the court of arbitration in The Hague by declaring an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, as it did to the north, in the East China Sea, in 2013, Richardson said: "It's definitely a concern."We will just have to see what happens," he said. "We think about contingencies and ... responses."Richardson said the United States planned to continue carrying out freedom-of-navigation exercises within 12 nautical miles of disputed South China Sea geographical features to underscore its concerns about keeping sea lanes open.-JOINT PATROLS?-The United States responded to the East China Sea ADIZ by flying B-52 bombers through the zone in a show of force in November 2013.Richardson said he was struck by how China's increasing militarization of the South China Sea had increased the willingness of other countries in the region to work together.India and Japan have joined the U.S. Navy in the Malabar naval exercise since 2014, and were due to take part again this year in an even more complex exercise that will take place in an area close to the East and South China Seas.South Korea, Japan and the United States were also working together more closely than ever before, he said.Richardson said the United States would welcome the participation of other countries in joint patrols in the South China Sea, but those decisions needed to be made by the countries in question.He said the U.S. military saw good opportunities to build and rebuild relationships with countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines and India, which have all realized the importance of safeguarding the freedom of the seas.He cited India's recent hosting of an international fleet review that included 75 ships from 50 navies, and said the United States was exploring opportunities to increase its use of ports in the Philippines and Vietnam, among others - including the former U.S. naval base at Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay.But he said Washington needed to proceed judiciously rather than charging in "very fast and very heavy," given the enormous influence and importance of the Chinese economy in the region."We have to be sophisticated in how we approach this so that we don't force any of our partners into an uncomfortable position where they have to make tradeoffs that are not in their best interest," he said."We would hope to have an approach that would ... include us a primary partner but not necessarily to the exclusion of other partners in the region."(Additional reporting by Neil Jerome Morales in Manila and Megha Rajagopalan in Beijing; Editing by Peter Cooney and Nick Macfie)
Defiant North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea, Japan protests-Reuters By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park-MAR 18,16-YAHOONEWS
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800 km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Friday, as the isolated state stepped up its defiance of tough new U.N. and U.S. sanctions.A U.S. official told Reuters in Washington it appeared to be a medium-range missile fired from a road-mobile launcher. That would mark North Korea's first test of a medium-range missile, capable of reaching Japan, since 2014.The missile, launched from north of the capital, Pyongyang, flew across the peninsula and into the sea off the east coast early Friday morning, South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.It appeared the North may have fired a second missile soon after from the same region, with a projectile disappearing from radar at an altitude of about 17 km, the statement said.South Korea did not confirm the type of the missiles. But 800 km was likely beyond the range of most short-range missiles in North Korea's arsenal. The North's Rodong missile has an estimated maximum range of 1,300 km, according to the South's defense ministry.Friday's launch quickly provoked a barrage of criticism and appeals.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang urged North Korea to abide by U.N. resolutions and not do anything to exacerbate tensions.The U.S. State Department in a statement urged North Korea to focus on taking concrete steps toward fulfilling its international commitments and obligations.Japan lodged a protest with North Korea through its embassy in Beijing, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament."Japan strongly demands North Korea to exercise self-restraint and will take all necessary measures, such as warning and surveillance activity, to be able to respond to any situations," Abe said.South Korea's Unification Ministry said Pyongyang should focus on improving the lives of its people and that provocative actions would help nothing.NUCLEAR WARHEADS-North Korea often fires missiles during periods of tension on the Korean peninsula or when it comes under pressure to curb its defiance and abandon its weapons programs.Last week, the North fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast and its leader Kim Jong Un ordered more nuclear weapons tests and missile tests.That came after North Korean media said the North had miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles and quoted Kim as calling upon the military to prepare for a "pre-emptive nuclear strike" against the United States and South Korea.U.S. President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday over its nuclear test and satellite launch. The sanctions freeze North Korean government assets in the United States, bans U.S. exports to, or investment in, North Korea, and expands a U.S. blacklist to anyone - including non-Americans - who deal with North Korea.North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7 in defiance of existing U.N. Security Council resolutions.The North has reacted angrily to annual joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean troops that began on March 7, calling the exercises "nuclear war moves" and threatening to wipe out its enemies.The U.S. and South Korea remain technically at war with the North because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce instead of a peace agreement. Over the last several weeks, the two Koreas have suspended economic ties over the mounting tensions.South Korea and U.S. officials this month began discussions on deploying the advanced anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to the U.S. military in the South, despite Chinese and Russian objections.On Wednesday, North Korea's supreme court sentenced a visiting American student to 15 years of hard labor for crimes against the state, a punishment Washington condemned as politically motivated.(Additional reporting by Tokyo newsroom, Phil Stewart in Washington and Megha Rajagopalan in Beijing; Editing by Bill Tarrant)
Dutch anti-Islam MP in court on hate speech charges-Geert Wilders’ statements against Moroccan immigrants could land him two years in prison-By AFP March 18, 2016, 4:34 pm-the times of israel
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands — Far-right anti-immigrant Dutch MP Geert Wilders appeared before a top security court Friday for a hearing ahead of his trial later this year on charges of incitement to hatred.On his way to the tribunal, Wilders tweeted: “On my way to the courthouse. Nobody will silence me. No terrorist, no prime minister and no court.”The case against Wilders centers on comments by the populist politician — famous for his trademark peroxide blond hairdo — at a March 2014 local election rally.He asked supporters in The Hague whether they wanted “fewer or more Moroccans in your city and in the Netherlands?”When the crowd shouted back “Fewer! Fewer!” a smiling Wilders answered: “We’re going to organize that.”The remark triggered 6,400 complaints from across the Netherlands, and Wilders even faced criticism from within his Party for Freedom (PVV).“You are here as a suspect in a criminal case. You are not required to say anything or answer any questions,” Judge Hendrik Steenhuis told him as the hearing started.Dressed in a blue suit, Wilders appeared relaxed, getting out his phone to take a video of the photographers jostling to take his picture.“Racism and hatred towards foreigners are in direct contravention of the freedoms we have in a democratic society,” prosecutor Wouter Bos told the court.“The prosecution believes that you insulted Moroccans as a group and committed incitement to hate speech,” he added, saying that while “freedom of speech is a fundamental principle …. (it) is not an absolute.”But Wilders’ lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops told a three-judge bench the case should be stopped immediately so an investigation could be launched into how sensitive documents including Wilders’ opening statement had been leaked to a Dutch newspaper.The popular tabloid Algemeen Dagblad on Friday printed an unauthorized version of Wilders’ defense strategy as well as a draft of his opening statement which both Wilders and Knoops described as a “shocking” development.“We believe a crime has been committed,” said Knoops, adding that “communications between an advocate and his client are sacrosanct.”“We absolutely want to know what happened. There may be more documents that are in the hands of third parties,” he said.Outside the heavily-fortified court complex, a handful of supporters, waving Dutch flags and scarfs, gathered early Friday watched by dozens of police and gendarmes.Security forces lined the road to the high-security complex, a few kilometers outside Schiphol Airport.Some supporters wore pink hats depicting a cartoon pig, seen as an apparent insult to Islam and Muslims.The spike in the numbers of refugees arriving in The Netherlands has polarized Dutch society, with Wilders’s party tapping into popular discontent and currently topping opinion polls.Wilders has denounced the decision to prosecute him as “incomprehensible,” telling AFP in a recent interview that he was referring to a “criminal element” among Moroccans and not to the group as a whole.Friday’s hearing has been called to examine where the investigations stand ahead of the full trial due to start on October 31.If found guilty, Wilders could face up to two years in jail or a fine of more than 20,000 euros.Wilders, who has repeatedly denounced Islam and famously compared the Koran to Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” was acquitted during a first hate trial in 2011 which concluded he could not be found guilty because his remarks targeted a religion and not a specific group of people.
MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL EATS HUMANS FLESH FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL-JERUSALEM
EZEKIEL 39:17-21
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF RUSSIAN/ISLAMIC HORDES AGAINST ISRAEL)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
REVELATION 19:17-18
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;(AGAINST ALL NATIONS ARMIES THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL)
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Apartheid Week’ really does threaten Israel, some experts warn-Going against prevailing wisdom, pro-Israel voices sound the alarm on Students for Justice in Palestine’s flagship project, saying the annual campus onslaught fuels attacks on Jewish students, erodes support for Israel-By Matt Lebovic March 18, 2016, 3:34 pm-the times of israel
BOSTON — For more than a decade, “Israeli Apartheid Week” has appeared at dozens of campuses worldwide, as the Jewish state’s detractors take center-stage to condemn the “settler-colonial project” where “apartheid policies over the Palestinian people” amount to “ethnic cleansing,” according to IAW’s mission statement.In the assessment of some Israel supporters, loud elements of the pro-Israel community have made mountains out of molehills with their reaction to IAW, the annual Israel-bashing fest of Students for Justice in Palestine. In the words of an anonymous “Northeast Hillel director” quoted by JTA this week, “Apartheid Week” and other SJP activities amount to “kind of a big nothing.“Many pro-Israel activists say their most successful strategy is simply to ignore it,” said Nadya Drukker, Brooklyn College’s Hillel director, in the article.But on another part of the pro-Israel PR spectrum, some activists vehemently oppose an “ignore it” strategy, and are ringing alarms about the growth of campus anti-Semitism catalyzed by SJP’s supposedly “big nothing” activities — notably including the group’s quest to eliminate Jews from student government, aided by partners like Palestine Legal.“Israeli Apartheid Week is a tremendous source of anti-Semitic expression and incitement of hatred for the Jewish state and Jews generally,” said Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, cofounder and director of the Israel advocacy AMCHA Initiative.As SJP’s most publicized anti-Israel fest, IAW icons include the ugly gray apartheid wall, usually covered in “facts” to demonize Israel; mock Israeli military “check-points” set up to “simulate” the daily lives of Palestinians, and ubiquitous calls to “de-normalize” relations with Israel and implement BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against the Jewish state. (IAW is held in various countries worldwide between February and April; in the US this year, it is largely taking place between March 27 and April 3.)-Since its creation in 2005 by Arab students in Toronto, rolling “Apartheid Weeks” have taken place on North American campuses during the spring semester, with funding and guidance from the far-left Jewish Voice for Peace. For Jewish college students who visibly identify as such, the annual hate-fest can be a dreaded ordeal.“Frequently during Israeli Apartheid Week and BDS campaigns, Jewish students are singled out, harassed, intimidated and even assaulted, regardless of their feelings on Israel,” Rossman-Benjamin told The Times of Israel in an interview. “Jewish students report feeling afraid to display their Jewish Star necklaces, wear their Jewish sorority or fraternity letters, or walk to Hillel for Shabbat dinner during these heightened weeks,” she said.Last week, AMCHA released study findings that correlate BDS activities and anti-Semitic incidents on American campuses. From swastikas spray-painted onto the porches of Jewish fraternities, to students being punched at pro-Israel gatherings, the study called BDS a key driver of anti-Semitic incidents at dozens of universities. On some campuses, faculty and administrators actively support SJP and the BDS movement, adding fuel — and badly needed legitimacy — to anti-Israel fires.“Israeli Apartheid Week activities are often sponsored by university groups and academic departments, sending a message that the anti-Semitic aspects are completely acceptable,” said Rossman-Benjamin.In addition to flashier, public displays of hating on Israel, SJP has been strengthening its model and organizational structure to achieve more tangible results, according to a report issued by the Washington-based Israel on Campus Coalition last month.“SJP’s institutional development poses a critical challenge for pro-Israel activists,” said the report. “The emergence of a national agenda marks a shift toward strategic planning, an important precondition for effective activism. Much like its strategy-building efforts, SJP’s updated leadership model lays the foundation for further organizational development,” according to ICC researchers.-Leaked plan calls for ‘unity’ to dismantle Israel-In this year’s “Apartheid Week” game-plan, leaked to The Times of Israel, SJP organizers call for tactics like increased use of social media and coalition-building on campus. Although BDS resolutions are rarely passed by a North American student government — much less implemented by the host university — SJP leaders consider their flagship project to be anything but “a big nothing.”“Ten years since its launch, the BDS movement is now widely recognized by Palestinians, the solidarity movement, Israel and its supporters as a key way in which we can hold Israel to account and end international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism,” according to the document.Among new tactics offered in the IAW plan, an “Olympics Without Apartheid” campaign calls on activists to condemn this summer’s Rio Olympics, partly due to a (cancelled) partnership between the Brazilian host city and the firm International Security and Defense Systems, which SJP called “one of Israel’s nastiest military companies.“Local campaigners against the impact of the Olympics and Palestine activists are linking up to resist the way the Rio 2016 Olympics is resulting in forced displacement in Rio and supporting Israeli apartheid in Palestine,” according to SJP.Not surprisingly, the document gives unqualified support for Palestinians’ ongoing “intifada” against Israeli civilians and soldiers, in which terrorists — many of them adolescents — have attacked hundreds of Israelis with knives, cars, guns, and explosives. Making no mention of incitement or terrorism, SJP frames the violence as a response to Israel’s “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, a population that has grown exponentially since modern Zionism’s advent in the 1880s.“Since October 2015, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been joining demonstrations and protesting Israel’s regime of apartheid and settler-colonialism,” according to the document. “The ongoing, youth-led Palestinian uprising is a response to Israel’s intensifying ethnic cleansing and oppression of Palestinians, especially in occupied Jerusalem.”Campus groups seeking to hold an official IAW must first agree to a “Basis of Unity” document, in which activists agree to undo Jewish statehood by implementing a “right of return.” There is a special call to target “artists, intellectuals and sports teams” — many of whom “legitimize Israeli apartheid by continuing business as usual.”-The state of the Jews on campus-According to the data-gathering Israel on Campus Coalition, the academic year has been filled with “joint lists of demands,” “intersectionality” and “baiting” — all strategies deployed by SJP to erode support for the Mideast’s lone democracy.In contrast with a nonchalant stance toward SJP and BDS, the Coalition warns that anti-Israel groups are increasingly attempting to remove Jewish and pro-Israel voices from student governments, and that SJP has transformed into “a structured advocacy movement” since last year.Not all is bleak for Israel supporters, however, as ICC researchers also reported increased pro-Israel campus activities in every region of the US since September.“We have seen a steady increase in the amount of pro-Israel campus activity across all geographic regions,” according to last month’s ICC report on fall 2015 activities. “New England saw the largest increase in pro-Israel campus activity during the fall semester,” said the report.According to Brandeis University junior Seth Greenwald, an activist affiliated with almost one-dozen pro-Israel groups, the expansion of travel opportunities to Israel for both Jewish and non-Jewish students has helped deter some Israel detractors from organizing, he said.Calling on students to “proudly put forward Israel’s narrative,” Greenwald said Israel supporters must also explain the “two-faced and insidious” role of BDS in leading to — for instance — thousands of Palestinian job losses, while causing little economic damage to Israel.“SJP attempts to instill fear and silence, rather than dialogue and discussion,” said Greenwald in an interview with The Times of Israel. “They call this anti-normalization, an unwillingness to speak with their enemy,” he said.Widely acknowledged as a prime force in combating BDS on campus, the well-resourced StandWithUs views IAW as a platform for students and faculty to single out and demonize Israel among all nations, while hiding behind the guise of human rights for Palestinians.“Apartheid Week is a problem in that it is part of a larger strategy to dehumanize Israelis, turn future leaders and opinion-makers against them, and ultimately eliminate Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,” said Max Samarov, a StandWithUs strategist.Samarov said there is no “one size fits all” strategy to deal with the growing BDS movement. Rather, pro-Israel students and administrators must determine responses on a “case-by-case basis,” and keep in mind that falafel does not sufficiently address charges of genocide, or the harassment of Jewish students on campus.“We should avoid playing defense and use the week as motivation to develop and implement a proactive strategy of our own,” said Samarov. “At some campuses, anti-Israel displays and events really don’t reach outside the choir, and calling attention to them can be counterproductive. In other places these activities are more troublesome, and it is important to challenge misinformation on the spot and provide an alternative perspective,” he said.
“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.” Exodus 12:2 (The Israel Bible™)-Last Thursday, a Biblical commandment that hasn’t been seen in 2,000 years was fulfilled. In the Cardo neighborhood of the Old City of Jerusalem, two witnesses stood before the Sanhedrin and gave testimony that established the beginning of the new month.Setting the new month by witnesses is considered by Rashi, a prominent commentator on the Bible, to be the first mitzvah (Biblical commandment) the Nation of Israel received after leaving Egypt. With great spiritual meaning, establishing the calendar is far more than a convenience. It is so important that it takes precedence over the Sabbath. In Biblical times, witnesses were permitted to break the Sabbath in order to arrive in Jerusalem and stand before the Sanhedrin.Professor Hillel Weiss, spokesman and secretary of the Sanhedrin, explained the significance to Breaking Israel News.“On a simple level, without this mitzvah, we are saying that God does not exist in nature or the passage of time, that nature runs like mechanical clockwork,” Professor Weiss said.On a technical level, the event was a step in the process of correcting the Hebrew calendar. By Biblical law, the new month for the Hebrew calendar was established by reliable witnesses appearing before the Sanhedrin. Hillel II, president of the Sanhedrin in the fourth century, established a written calendar based on astronomical calculations. This calendar, still in use, standardized the length of months and the addition of months in leap years over the course of a 19-year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar years.In the times of the Temple, the new month would be established by both calculation and by witnesses appearing before the Sanhedrin. When the Temple was destroyed and the Sanhedrin disbanded, the Hebrew calendar was figured solely according to the astrological calculations and the template established by Hillel II.It is remarkable that Hillel II’s calculations stood for as long as they did. However, 1,700 years later, there are discrepancies between his calendar and the astronomical reality. This is a serious problem the Sanhedrin is taking steps to gradually fix.“Though we have received witnesses in the past, this is the first time we have done so publicly, which is an essential part of the mitzvah,” Professor Weiss explained.“The only thing lacking is for all of Israel to agree on one central authority for this,” he continued. “This is just one of many mitzvot we neglect merely because we haven’t done them for so long. There is no other reason not to do this and raise Judaism.”Professor Weiss expanded on the idea. “For 2,000 years we practiced Judaism a certain way. Even though we are in Israel, the Torah and mitzvot are still in galut (diaspora). There are many practical things we could do, and in truth, should do, to make Judaism richer and more like it was in the times of the Temple.”Joshua Wander, a resident of the Mount of Olives who attended, thought the event was clearly necessary. “Things come up when you actually do these things, dilemmas that you could never anticipate from just sitting in Yeshiva and learning from a book.“For example, the witnesses were questioned by the Sanhedrin. They were asked where in the sky it was, what direction the moon was facing, what time it was exactly. It seemed that the witnesses were not prepared for this level of questioning, which is dictated by the Talmud. One of them asked if he could look at a photo from his cell phone. After consultation, the Sanhedrin ruled that it was permissible.”The Sanhedrin’s declaration of the new month was preceded by a ceremony recreating the Temple service. The ceremony, intended for instructional and not religious purposes, did not include slaughtering an animal, though in many other respects it was absolutely authentic. The musical instruments, and vessels, provided by the Temple Institute, were made to Biblical specifications. The priests were kohanim, members of the Jewish priestly class. Dressed in holy garments, they performed the priestly blessing. A small scale model of the altar was also set up, and a grain offering was burnt on it.
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
Exclusive: U.S. sees new Chinese activity around South China Sea shoal-Reuters By David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal-MAR 18,16-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has seen Chinese activity around a reef China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago that could be a precursor to more land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Navy chief said on Thursday.The head of U.S. naval operations, Admiral John Richardson, expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims could be a trigger for Beijing to declare an exclusion zone in the busy trade route.Richardson told Reuters the United States was weighing responses to such a move.China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims.Richardson said the U.S. military had seen Chinese activity around Scarborough Shoal in the northern part of the Spratly archipelago, about 125 miles (200 km) west of the Philippine base of Subic Bay."I think we see some surface ship activity and those sorts of things, survey type of activity, going on. That's an area of concern ... a next possible area of reclamation," he said.Richardson said it was unclear if the activity near the reef, which China seized in 2012, was related to the pending arbitration decision.Asked about Richardson's statement, Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said it was hypocritical for the United States to criticize China for militarizing the region when it carries out its own naval patrols there."This is really laughable and preposterous," he said.The Philippine foreign ministry said it had yet to receive a report about Chinese activity in Scarborough Shoal.A Philippine military official who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media said he was unaware of a Chinese survey ship in the area."China already has de facto control over the shoal since 2012 and they always have two to three coastguard ships there. We are also monitoring their activities and movements," the official told reporters.Richardson said China's pursuit of South China Sea territory, which has included massive land reclamation to create artificial islands elsewhere in the Spratlys, threatened to reverse decades of open access and introduce new "rules" that required countries to obtain permission before transiting those waters.He said that was a worry given that 30 percent of the world's trade passes through the region.Asked whether China could respond to the ruling by the court of arbitration in The Hague by declaring an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, as it did to the north, in the East China Sea, in 2013, Richardson said: "It's definitely a concern."We will just have to see what happens," he said. "We think about contingencies and ... responses."Richardson said the United States planned to continue carrying out freedom-of-navigation exercises within 12 nautical miles of disputed South China Sea geographical features to underscore its concerns about keeping sea lanes open.-JOINT PATROLS?-The United States responded to the East China Sea ADIZ by flying B-52 bombers through the zone in a show of force in November 2013.Richardson said he was struck by how China's increasing militarization of the South China Sea had increased the willingness of other countries in the region to work together.India and Japan have joined the U.S. Navy in the Malabar naval exercise since 2014, and were due to take part again this year in an even more complex exercise that will take place in an area close to the East and South China Seas.South Korea, Japan and the United States were also working together more closely than ever before, he said.Richardson said the United States would welcome the participation of other countries in joint patrols in the South China Sea, but those decisions needed to be made by the countries in question.He said the U.S. military saw good opportunities to build and rebuild relationships with countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines and India, which have all realized the importance of safeguarding the freedom of the seas.He cited India's recent hosting of an international fleet review that included 75 ships from 50 navies, and said the United States was exploring opportunities to increase its use of ports in the Philippines and Vietnam, among others - including the former U.S. naval base at Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay.But he said Washington needed to proceed judiciously rather than charging in "very fast and very heavy," given the enormous influence and importance of the Chinese economy in the region."We have to be sophisticated in how we approach this so that we don't force any of our partners into an uncomfortable position where they have to make tradeoffs that are not in their best interest," he said."We would hope to have an approach that would ... include us a primary partner but not necessarily to the exclusion of other partners in the region."(Additional reporting by Neil Jerome Morales in Manila and Megha Rajagopalan in Beijing; Editing by Peter Cooney and Nick Macfie)
Defiant North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea, Japan protests-Reuters By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park-MAR 18,16-YAHOONEWS
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800 km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Friday, as the isolated state stepped up its defiance of tough new U.N. and U.S. sanctions.A U.S. official told Reuters in Washington it appeared to be a medium-range missile fired from a road-mobile launcher. That would mark North Korea's first test of a medium-range missile, capable of reaching Japan, since 2014.The missile, launched from north of the capital, Pyongyang, flew across the peninsula and into the sea off the east coast early Friday morning, South Korea's Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.It appeared the North may have fired a second missile soon after from the same region, with a projectile disappearing from radar at an altitude of about 17 km, the statement said.South Korea did not confirm the type of the missiles. But 800 km was likely beyond the range of most short-range missiles in North Korea's arsenal. The North's Rodong missile has an estimated maximum range of 1,300 km, according to the South's defense ministry.Friday's launch quickly provoked a barrage of criticism and appeals.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang urged North Korea to abide by U.N. resolutions and not do anything to exacerbate tensions.The U.S. State Department in a statement urged North Korea to focus on taking concrete steps toward fulfilling its international commitments and obligations.Japan lodged a protest with North Korea through its embassy in Beijing, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament."Japan strongly demands North Korea to exercise self-restraint and will take all necessary measures, such as warning and surveillance activity, to be able to respond to any situations," Abe said.South Korea's Unification Ministry said Pyongyang should focus on improving the lives of its people and that provocative actions would help nothing.NUCLEAR WARHEADS-North Korea often fires missiles during periods of tension on the Korean peninsula or when it comes under pressure to curb its defiance and abandon its weapons programs.Last week, the North fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast and its leader Kim Jong Un ordered more nuclear weapons tests and missile tests.That came after North Korean media said the North had miniaturized nuclear warheads to fit on ballistic missiles and quoted Kim as calling upon the military to prepare for a "pre-emptive nuclear strike" against the United States and South Korea.U.S. President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday over its nuclear test and satellite launch. The sanctions freeze North Korean government assets in the United States, bans U.S. exports to, or investment in, North Korea, and expands a U.S. blacklist to anyone - including non-Americans - who deal with North Korea.North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7 in defiance of existing U.N. Security Council resolutions.The North has reacted angrily to annual joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean troops that began on March 7, calling the exercises "nuclear war moves" and threatening to wipe out its enemies.The U.S. and South Korea remain technically at war with the North because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce instead of a peace agreement. Over the last several weeks, the two Koreas have suspended economic ties over the mounting tensions.South Korea and U.S. officials this month began discussions on deploying the advanced anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to the U.S. military in the South, despite Chinese and Russian objections.On Wednesday, North Korea's supreme court sentenced a visiting American student to 15 years of hard labor for crimes against the state, a punishment Washington condemned as politically motivated.(Additional reporting by Tokyo newsroom, Phil Stewart in Washington and Megha Rajagopalan in Beijing; Editing by Bill Tarrant)
Dutch anti-Islam MP in court on hate speech charges-Geert Wilders’ statements against Moroccan immigrants could land him two years in prison-By AFP March 18, 2016, 4:34 pm-the times of israel
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands — Far-right anti-immigrant Dutch MP Geert Wilders appeared before a top security court Friday for a hearing ahead of his trial later this year on charges of incitement to hatred.On his way to the tribunal, Wilders tweeted: “On my way to the courthouse. Nobody will silence me. No terrorist, no prime minister and no court.”The case against Wilders centers on comments by the populist politician — famous for his trademark peroxide blond hairdo — at a March 2014 local election rally.He asked supporters in The Hague whether they wanted “fewer or more Moroccans in your city and in the Netherlands?”When the crowd shouted back “Fewer! Fewer!” a smiling Wilders answered: “We’re going to organize that.”The remark triggered 6,400 complaints from across the Netherlands, and Wilders even faced criticism from within his Party for Freedom (PVV).“You are here as a suspect in a criminal case. You are not required to say anything or answer any questions,” Judge Hendrik Steenhuis told him as the hearing started.Dressed in a blue suit, Wilders appeared relaxed, getting out his phone to take a video of the photographers jostling to take his picture.“Racism and hatred towards foreigners are in direct contravention of the freedoms we have in a democratic society,” prosecutor Wouter Bos told the court.“The prosecution believes that you insulted Moroccans as a group and committed incitement to hate speech,” he added, saying that while “freedom of speech is a fundamental principle …. (it) is not an absolute.”But Wilders’ lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops told a three-judge bench the case should be stopped immediately so an investigation could be launched into how sensitive documents including Wilders’ opening statement had been leaked to a Dutch newspaper.The popular tabloid Algemeen Dagblad on Friday printed an unauthorized version of Wilders’ defense strategy as well as a draft of his opening statement which both Wilders and Knoops described as a “shocking” development.“We believe a crime has been committed,” said Knoops, adding that “communications between an advocate and his client are sacrosanct.”“We absolutely want to know what happened. There may be more documents that are in the hands of third parties,” he said.Outside the heavily-fortified court complex, a handful of supporters, waving Dutch flags and scarfs, gathered early Friday watched by dozens of police and gendarmes.Security forces lined the road to the high-security complex, a few kilometers outside Schiphol Airport.Some supporters wore pink hats depicting a cartoon pig, seen as an apparent insult to Islam and Muslims.The spike in the numbers of refugees arriving in The Netherlands has polarized Dutch society, with Wilders’s party tapping into popular discontent and currently topping opinion polls.Wilders has denounced the decision to prosecute him as “incomprehensible,” telling AFP in a recent interview that he was referring to a “criminal element” among Moroccans and not to the group as a whole.Friday’s hearing has been called to examine where the investigations stand ahead of the full trial due to start on October 31.If found guilty, Wilders could face up to two years in jail or a fine of more than 20,000 euros.Wilders, who has repeatedly denounced Islam and famously compared the Koran to Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” was acquitted during a first hate trial in 2011 which concluded he could not be found guilty because his remarks targeted a religion and not a specific group of people.
MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL EATS HUMANS FLESH FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL-JERUSALEM
EZEKIEL 39:17-21
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF RUSSIAN/ISLAMIC HORDES AGAINST ISRAEL)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
REVELATION 19:17-18
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;(AGAINST ALL NATIONS ARMIES THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL)
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Apartheid Week’ really does threaten Israel, some experts warn-Going against prevailing wisdom, pro-Israel voices sound the alarm on Students for Justice in Palestine’s flagship project, saying the annual campus onslaught fuels attacks on Jewish students, erodes support for Israel-By Matt Lebovic March 18, 2016, 3:34 pm-the times of israel
BOSTON — For more than a decade, “Israeli Apartheid Week” has appeared at dozens of campuses worldwide, as the Jewish state’s detractors take center-stage to condemn the “settler-colonial project” where “apartheid policies over the Palestinian people” amount to “ethnic cleansing,” according to IAW’s mission statement.In the assessment of some Israel supporters, loud elements of the pro-Israel community have made mountains out of molehills with their reaction to IAW, the annual Israel-bashing fest of Students for Justice in Palestine. In the words of an anonymous “Northeast Hillel director” quoted by JTA this week, “Apartheid Week” and other SJP activities amount to “kind of a big nothing.“Many pro-Israel activists say their most successful strategy is simply to ignore it,” said Nadya Drukker, Brooklyn College’s Hillel director, in the article.But on another part of the pro-Israel PR spectrum, some activists vehemently oppose an “ignore it” strategy, and are ringing alarms about the growth of campus anti-Semitism catalyzed by SJP’s supposedly “big nothing” activities — notably including the group’s quest to eliminate Jews from student government, aided by partners like Palestine Legal.“Israeli Apartheid Week is a tremendous source of anti-Semitic expression and incitement of hatred for the Jewish state and Jews generally,” said Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, cofounder and director of the Israel advocacy AMCHA Initiative.As SJP’s most publicized anti-Israel fest, IAW icons include the ugly gray apartheid wall, usually covered in “facts” to demonize Israel; mock Israeli military “check-points” set up to “simulate” the daily lives of Palestinians, and ubiquitous calls to “de-normalize” relations with Israel and implement BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against the Jewish state. (IAW is held in various countries worldwide between February and April; in the US this year, it is largely taking place between March 27 and April 3.)-Since its creation in 2005 by Arab students in Toronto, rolling “Apartheid Weeks” have taken place on North American campuses during the spring semester, with funding and guidance from the far-left Jewish Voice for Peace. For Jewish college students who visibly identify as such, the annual hate-fest can be a dreaded ordeal.“Frequently during Israeli Apartheid Week and BDS campaigns, Jewish students are singled out, harassed, intimidated and even assaulted, regardless of their feelings on Israel,” Rossman-Benjamin told The Times of Israel in an interview. “Jewish students report feeling afraid to display their Jewish Star necklaces, wear their Jewish sorority or fraternity letters, or walk to Hillel for Shabbat dinner during these heightened weeks,” she said.Last week, AMCHA released study findings that correlate BDS activities and anti-Semitic incidents on American campuses. From swastikas spray-painted onto the porches of Jewish fraternities, to students being punched at pro-Israel gatherings, the study called BDS a key driver of anti-Semitic incidents at dozens of universities. On some campuses, faculty and administrators actively support SJP and the BDS movement, adding fuel — and badly needed legitimacy — to anti-Israel fires.“Israeli Apartheid Week activities are often sponsored by university groups and academic departments, sending a message that the anti-Semitic aspects are completely acceptable,” said Rossman-Benjamin.In addition to flashier, public displays of hating on Israel, SJP has been strengthening its model and organizational structure to achieve more tangible results, according to a report issued by the Washington-based Israel on Campus Coalition last month.“SJP’s institutional development poses a critical challenge for pro-Israel activists,” said the report. “The emergence of a national agenda marks a shift toward strategic planning, an important precondition for effective activism. Much like its strategy-building efforts, SJP’s updated leadership model lays the foundation for further organizational development,” according to ICC researchers.-Leaked plan calls for ‘unity’ to dismantle Israel-In this year’s “Apartheid Week” game-plan, leaked to The Times of Israel, SJP organizers call for tactics like increased use of social media and coalition-building on campus. Although BDS resolutions are rarely passed by a North American student government — much less implemented by the host university — SJP leaders consider their flagship project to be anything but “a big nothing.”“Ten years since its launch, the BDS movement is now widely recognized by Palestinians, the solidarity movement, Israel and its supporters as a key way in which we can hold Israel to account and end international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism,” according to the document.Among new tactics offered in the IAW plan, an “Olympics Without Apartheid” campaign calls on activists to condemn this summer’s Rio Olympics, partly due to a (cancelled) partnership between the Brazilian host city and the firm International Security and Defense Systems, which SJP called “one of Israel’s nastiest military companies.“Local campaigners against the impact of the Olympics and Palestine activists are linking up to resist the way the Rio 2016 Olympics is resulting in forced displacement in Rio and supporting Israeli apartheid in Palestine,” according to SJP.Not surprisingly, the document gives unqualified support for Palestinians’ ongoing “intifada” against Israeli civilians and soldiers, in which terrorists — many of them adolescents — have attacked hundreds of Israelis with knives, cars, guns, and explosives. Making no mention of incitement or terrorism, SJP frames the violence as a response to Israel’s “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, a population that has grown exponentially since modern Zionism’s advent in the 1880s.“Since October 2015, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been joining demonstrations and protesting Israel’s regime of apartheid and settler-colonialism,” according to the document. “The ongoing, youth-led Palestinian uprising is a response to Israel’s intensifying ethnic cleansing and oppression of Palestinians, especially in occupied Jerusalem.”Campus groups seeking to hold an official IAW must first agree to a “Basis of Unity” document, in which activists agree to undo Jewish statehood by implementing a “right of return.” There is a special call to target “artists, intellectuals and sports teams” — many of whom “legitimize Israeli apartheid by continuing business as usual.”-The state of the Jews on campus-According to the data-gathering Israel on Campus Coalition, the academic year has been filled with “joint lists of demands,” “intersectionality” and “baiting” — all strategies deployed by SJP to erode support for the Mideast’s lone democracy.In contrast with a nonchalant stance toward SJP and BDS, the Coalition warns that anti-Israel groups are increasingly attempting to remove Jewish and pro-Israel voices from student governments, and that SJP has transformed into “a structured advocacy movement” since last year.Not all is bleak for Israel supporters, however, as ICC researchers also reported increased pro-Israel campus activities in every region of the US since September.“We have seen a steady increase in the amount of pro-Israel campus activity across all geographic regions,” according to last month’s ICC report on fall 2015 activities. “New England saw the largest increase in pro-Israel campus activity during the fall semester,” said the report.According to Brandeis University junior Seth Greenwald, an activist affiliated with almost one-dozen pro-Israel groups, the expansion of travel opportunities to Israel for both Jewish and non-Jewish students has helped deter some Israel detractors from organizing, he said.Calling on students to “proudly put forward Israel’s narrative,” Greenwald said Israel supporters must also explain the “two-faced and insidious” role of BDS in leading to — for instance — thousands of Palestinian job losses, while causing little economic damage to Israel.“SJP attempts to instill fear and silence, rather than dialogue and discussion,” said Greenwald in an interview with The Times of Israel. “They call this anti-normalization, an unwillingness to speak with their enemy,” he said.Widely acknowledged as a prime force in combating BDS on campus, the well-resourced StandWithUs views IAW as a platform for students and faculty to single out and demonize Israel among all nations, while hiding behind the guise of human rights for Palestinians.“Apartheid Week is a problem in that it is part of a larger strategy to dehumanize Israelis, turn future leaders and opinion-makers against them, and ultimately eliminate Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,” said Max Samarov, a StandWithUs strategist.Samarov said there is no “one size fits all” strategy to deal with the growing BDS movement. Rather, pro-Israel students and administrators must determine responses on a “case-by-case basis,” and keep in mind that falafel does not sufficiently address charges of genocide, or the harassment of Jewish students on campus.“We should avoid playing defense and use the week as motivation to develop and implement a proactive strategy of our own,” said Samarov. “At some campuses, anti-Israel displays and events really don’t reach outside the choir, and calling attention to them can be counterproductive. In other places these activities are more troublesome, and it is important to challenge misinformation on the spot and provide an alternative perspective,” he said.
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