Day: January 19, 2020

Power shortages, warnings of internet cuts place further strains on Lebanon

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An ongoing economic crisis threatens the country’s already fragile infrastructure – and experts worry things might get worse Overlooking Martyrs’ Square and downtown Beirut, the working-class neighbourhood of Khandak al-Ghamik appears to be hidden in the shadows, with its darkened windows bearing witness to yet another electricity cut. Nearby, the upscale Saifi neighbourhood is brightly lit, with […]

ANALYSIS: Turkey becoming a second Iran

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For the first time, the IDF has added Turkey to the list of security threats Israel faces in annual security assessment. Yochanan Visser, 15/01/20 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), for the first time ever, added Turkey to the list of security threats in the annual national security assessment. At the same time the IDF doesn’t […]

‘When I am PM, Italy will recognize J’lem as Israel’s capital’

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  Leading Italian prime ministerial candidate Matteo Salvini also says that the EU must ban the activities of the BDS movement.   Arutz Sheva Staff, 19/01/20 07:56   Netanyahu with Matteo Salvini Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO) Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing “Lega” party in Italy and the country’s leading prime ministerial candidate, told Israel Hayom […]

The Leviathan Natural Gas Field Could Be a Game-Changer for Israel-EU Relations

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By Frank Musmar January 19, 2020 view of the Mediterranean from Haifa, photo via Wikimedia Commons BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,411, January 19, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The vast Leviathan natural gas field off the Haifa coast could be a game-changer for Israel’s relations with the EU. Europe is currently dependent on Russian natural gas. […]

IDF laying new infrastructure to detect sounds of Hezbollah digging

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Military says no intelligence on new cross border tunnels, project is defensive in nature ANNA AHRONHEIM JANUARY 19, 2020 09:59 The Israeli army has begun deploying new technological infrastructure along the border with Lebanon, which is able to detect and identify any sounds of digging by Hezbollah. IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Hidai Zilberman said that while […]

As in The Days of Noah Were Msg 17

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Our Lord Jesus told us that the conditions on this earth are going to be just as bad as they were before He destroyed the earth with a Flood many years ago: Matthew 24: 37 “37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” (KJV). Genetic […]