Satellite images reveal: Iran building border crossing to smuggle weapons

New strategic border crossing being built at the al-Bukamal crossing between Iraq and Syria By Anna Ahronheim May 24, 2019 22:15   2 minute read. Iran is building a border crossing between Iraq and Syria that will allow the smuggling of weapons new satellite images have revealed, raising concerns that it could could expedite the […]

Why U.S.-Iran tensions could quickly escalate into a crisis

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Three years ago, when Iran’s military captured 10 U.S. sailors after they mistakenly strayed into Iranian waters, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif jumped on the phone in minutes and worked out the sailors’ release in hours. Could a similar crisis be so quickly resolved […]

Why U.S.-Iran tensions could quickly escalate into a crisis

Zarif and the current Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, have never spoken directly, according to Iran’s mission at the United Nations. They instead tend to communicate through name-calling on Twitter. By REUTERS May 24, 2019 13:45   Iranians burn a U.S. flag during a protest against President Donald Trump’s decision to walk out of a […]

Iran’s foreign minister arrives in Pakistan for talks amid US tensions

Ahead of trip by Mohammad Javad Zarif, Islamabad calls on ‘all sides to show restraint, as any miscalculated move, can transmute into a large-scale conflict’ By KATHY GANNONToday, 2:00 pm  0 3shares In this photo released by the Foreign Office, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, right, shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at […]

Israeli Navy inaugurates first Saar 6 corvette

The construction of the four Sa’ar 6 warships was agreed to in a 430 million euro deal between Israel and the German company ThyssenKrupp in 2015. Anna Ahronheim May 24, 2019 13:13 The INS Magen, the Navy’s first Sa’ar 6 corvette, was officially named at a ceremony held at the Kiel shipyards in Germany. The […]

Turkey’s Erdogan and Trump may meet soon: Turkish official

Humeyra Pamuk   WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump may soon have a face-to-face meeting, either in Turkey or on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan next month, a senior Turkish official said on Wednesday. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the official said Erdogan had invited […]

Palestinians: The New Hamas List of ‘Traitors’

Khaled Abu ToamehMay 23, 2019 at 5:00 amhttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14251/palestinians-hamas-traitors One of the Arabs who have dared to speak the truth about Hamas and Islamic Jihad is Nadim Koteich, a prominent Lebanese journalist, who recently accused Islamic Jihad of starting the last round of fighting with Israel. In an interview with the Lebanese LDC TV channel, Koteich […]

Rouhani says Iran won’t back down, ‘even if our land is bombed’

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) Iran President Hassan Rouhani on Friday told a group of veterans that what he termed the US economic war on […]

Gaza warns: if protesters killed, escalation will follow

Published:  05.24.19 , 10:57 Ahead of the protests expected to take place at the Gaza border fence Friday, officials from Gaza are warning Israel that if protesters are killed by IDF forces, the matter will lead to an escalation between the Gaza factions and Israel.

Nobodies into Somebodies

1 Samuel 16:1–11Samuel Anoints David as KingNow the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”2 But Samuel asked, “How can I do that? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.”“Take a heifer with you,” the Lord replied, “and say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the Lord. 3 Invite Jesse to the …

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“His mercies are new every morning”

The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 The prophet Jeremiah is believed to be the author of Lamentations (2 Chronicles 35:25). Jeremiah wrote Lamentations at a time of grief and sorrow, after Jerusalem fell to Babylon circa 586 B.C. This book describes great anguish and great hope in poetic form. The first two chapters lament over the fall of Jerusalem in excruciating and personal detail. The tone changes from despair to hope in chapter 3, verse 21 “But this I call to mind and therefore …

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Palestinians Have No Historical Connection to Tel Aviv

by Simon Plosker People visit the Eurovision Village, an area dedicated to fans of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, ahead of the contest final in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 17, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad. Unsurprisingly last week, there were a rash of media articles focusing on the 71st anniversary — not of Israel’s […]

Jordan’s King to Abbas: Palestinian issue will remain a priority

King Abdullah II of Jordan meets PA chairman, reaffirms commitment to help Palestinians achieve a state. Elad Benari, 24/05/19 King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday met with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Amman and reaffirmed that the Palestinian issue is the central issue in the Middle East and will remain on top […]