Iraq’s former PM Maliki joins chorus against US Iran policy

Maliki was the leader of Iraq during a period of intense sectarianism, when pro-Iranian forces were largely seen as increasing their hold on Baghdad. By Seth J. Frantzman May 11, 2019 15:28   1 minute read. Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki released several statements in the last week warning the US against making Iraq […]

Islamic Jihad leader warns of escalation if Israel doesn’t meet understandings

Khaled al-Batsh says his group can ‘obligate’ Israel to fulfill its side of a truce agreement brokered by Russia, Egypt and Qatar By TOI STAFFToday, 2:51 pm  0 0shares Fighters from the Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad terror group’s military wing, take part in a military march in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip […]

US ready to go for Iran’s Guards bases if Iraqi Shiite proxies attack Al Tanf garrison

US-Iranian tensions this week were ramped up by intelligence of a plot for Iran’s Iraqi proxies to attack the American Al Tanf garrison in E. Syria, which commands the strategic Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border intersection. DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources, reporting this exclusively, reveal that Tehran’s master-plotter is Qais al-Khazail, head of the Iraqi Kataib Hezballah militia, […]

Why is pressure mounting between the U.S. and Iran?- analysis

The Trump administration sees Iran’s behavior as another instance of why it pulled the U.S. out of the deal in the first place: the Iranian regime is not trustworthy. RON KAMPEAS/JTA May 11, 2019 00:53 WASHINGTON (JTA) – Iran announced this week that it is changing a key term of the Iran nuclear deal — […]

Telling It Like It Is

Don’t underestimate your testimony’s impact—God knows how to make your story reach those who need to hear it. Psalms 1261 (A Song of degrees.) When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.6 He that …

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Pit Principles

By Denise Kohlmeyer Pits happen. Every day. To everyone. Even to God’s cherished children. Our lives’ landscapes are pock-marked with pits, of varying shapes, sizes and depths. I know! I’m a survivor of multiple pits myself. Mine came in the form of emotional abuse from a drug-addicted sibling, from flunking out of college, from being down-sized from a job I loved, from suffering a miscarriage, from being disinherited by my own father, from marital and parenting struggles, and from experiencing bouts of crippling fear and anxiety. Boy can I relate to the beloved Biblical character Joseph, who found himself in …

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Only be thou strong and very courageous.” Joshua 1:7

Our God’s tender love for his servants makes him concerned for the state of their inward feelings. He desires them to be of good courage. Some esteem it a small thing for a believer to be vexed with doubts and fears, but God thinks not so. From this text it is plain that our Master would not have us entangled with fears. He would have us without carefulness, without doubt, without cowardice. Our Master does not think so lightly of our unbelief as we do. When we are desponding we are subject to a grievous malady, not to be trifled …

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Defensible borders in the Middle East

Posted on: May 10th, 2019 Defensible borders’ key feature, in the Middle East, must be the capability to confront the shifty, volcanic and violent reality of the region, which has been top heavy on worst-case scenarios, highlighting clear and present lethal threats. Realistically, Israel’s defensible borders should not be based on well-meaning, peaceful coexistence (best-case) scenarios […]

Erdogan Crashes the Mediterranean Gas Party

Last week Turkey sparked another crisis by starting drilling in Cypriot waters. That’s a problem not just for Cyprus but for Israel, too Davd Rosenberg  May 08, 2019  Even the most avid Erdogan watcher has to work hard up with all the crises the Turkish leader has wrought. This week the No. 1 crisis was […]

US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast to counter Iran

The Pentagon decides to move the missile battery – meant to intercept ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircrafts – into the region after receiving intelligence that Iranian military is planning an attack on US targets and interests in the area Associated PressPublished:  05.11.19 , 09:32 The US will move a Patriot missile battery into […]