Day: May 8, 2018

“Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal : PM Netanyahu

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The Prime Minister of Israel “Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in Tehran. Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we… “Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in Tehran. Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we said that rather than blocking Iran’s path to a bomb, the deal actually paved Iran’s path to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs, and this within a few years’ time. The removal of …

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Syria reports Israeli strikes outside Damascus

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Explosion reported outside Damascus on Syrian base used by Iranian forces; Syrian army and Syrian media claim Israeli strikes; Israel’s Defense minister in meeting with IDF and security officials.   Syrian media reported explosions from IDF strikes outside of Damascus on an a Syrian army position used by Iranian forces following Trump’s announcement Tuesday night. Syria’s SANA state news network reported explosions in the Kisweh region, claiming the Syrian army responded to Israeli missiles with its air defense systems. Syrian media also claimed the Syrian army targeted and destroyed “two Israeli missiles”. Reports later surfaced that the strikes may have …

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The “Game” Israel and Iran Must Play in Syria

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By Dr. Max SingerMay 8, 2018 Iranian drone over Israeli territory, screenshot from video via Israel Defense Forces   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 825, May 8, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel has neither the power nor the motivation to significantly influence the outcome of the war for control of all the pieces of Syria. Israel’s objective in Syria is to prevent Iran from building military facilities there that increase its ability to attack Israel. The only way Israel can achieve this is by destroying any such facilities that Iran builds, or by convincing Iran not to build any threatening facility out …

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The Test of Time

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The Test of Time Exodus 16:1–36 Bread from Heaven 16 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by …

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Ziklag

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Reflections Ziklag And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. (I Sam. 30:1-2) David had been told he would be king, and yet he had spent years in the desert fleeing from Saul. But he had been given the city of Ziklag. Ziklag was the last refuge …

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