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 […]

The Trump Doctrine 2.0: Searching for results in crises

After two years of major unilateral decisions, the White House faces numerous crises that it has kindled in the hope that at least one will turn out in its favor. Seth J. Frantzman May 11, 2019 03:34 On Friday the Trump administration raised tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese exports. At the same time the […]

US Ambassador Warns Germany Not to Do Business With Iran

The statement comes a few days after the US slapped a new round of sanctions on Iran’s steel, iron, aluminium and copper sectors following Tehran’s move to suspend some of its obligations under the nuclear deal in light of Washington’s decision to intensify restrictive measures. Speaking to Bild newspaper, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell warned that […]

Pompeo to Meet Putin in Sochi on 14 May

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had met his US counterpart at the Arctic Council in in Rovaniemi, Finland, where they discussed strategic stability. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Russia on 12-14 May, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the State Department said in a statement. “Secretary […]

Persecution – by Hal Lindsey

  This week, unimpeded migration-invasion continues across the globe. As martyred Christians are buried en masse in Asia and Africa, Islam remains in that rare class of protected parties among the world’s media and globalist elites, even though Islam is the world’s dominant producer of terrorism (and Christians the most persecuted class of people on […]

US forces attack Syrian gov’t oil transport in Euphrates region

By News Desk 2019-05-10   .td_uid_6_5cd5defd5828b_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cd5defd5828b_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) – The U.S. military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) opened fire on a Syrian government ferry that was attempting to transport oil in the Euphrates River Valley. According to the pro-SDF Deir Ezzor Media Center page on Facebook, […]

Nasrallah’s daughter: He doesn’t live in a bunker

Hezbollah leader’s daughter claims her father is a modest, sensitive man and vows: Israel will soon be erased from the map.   Ben Ariel, Canada, 11/05/19 01:47   Hassan Nasrallah Reuters An Iranian television channel on Thursday interviewed Zainab Nasrallah, daughter of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who lives in Tehran. The daughter said that her […]

U.S. Marine Corps eyeing Israel’s Iron Dome system

Announcement comes after the system intercepted 240 out of 690 rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel over the weekend. Anna Ahronheim May 10, 2019 20:23 Less than six months after the US Army purchased Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, the US Marine Corps is now looking for follow suit. According to a report in […]