Day: December 2, 2020

Truth always comes at a cost

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Discovering truth is laborious, and exposing it is risky. Speaking the truth is unpopular, and it invites ridicule. Defending the truth can even result in death.Honestly, I can relate to the first four of those conditions. Hopefully, I can avoid the fifth.There’s no way around the fact that being an ally of truth is a choice marinated with perilous implications. It’s a big reason why so many people choose to dilute truth or deny it instead.These opening remarks demand the question, “What is truth?” It’s not the first time that question’s been asked. The Roman Prefect, Pilate, asked it about …

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US to withdraw some Baghdad embassy staff as Jan 3. anniversary of Soleimani killing approaches

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i24NEWS December 02, 2020, 04:44 PMlatest revision December 02, 2020, 04:45 PM US EMBASSY IN IRAQ / AFPSmoke billows from a sentry box at an entrance of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad, after members of the Hashed al-Shaabi military network breached the outer wall of the diplomatic mission on December 31, 2019. Tensions […]

Iran’s parliament approves bill to suspend nuclear inspections

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December 2, 2020 Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to suspend all U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities in a show of defiance after the killing of the country’s top nuclear scientist. Tehran claims Israel used a remote-controlled gun to kill the scientist, and Israel has repeatedly declined to comment on the attack. Behnam Ben […]

Iran threatens to strike UAE in case of US attack: MEE

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Tehran sends threatening message to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince 14:12 December 02, 2020 Iran sent a direct threatening message to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that it will attack the Gulf state in case the Islamic Republic came under US attack from Emirati territory, the Middle East Eye (MEE) news website has reported. The London-based […]

Rouhani Calls for Global Solidarity to End Israeli Occupation

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2020-December-2  13:44 Rouhani, in a message to the UN General Assembly, urged the international community to take measures against Israel’s flagrant violation of human rights, as well as the UN resolutions. “On the occasion of the International Day of solidarity with the Palestinian people, I would like to express, on behalf of the people and government […]

Turkey holds secret talks to mend ties with Israel – report

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Turkey’s national intelligence service chief Hakan Fidan has been backchanneling with Israeli officials in recent weeks as part of a Turkish-initiated effort to normalise relations, Al-Monitor reported on Monday, citing three sources close to the issue. Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and recalled its own in May 2018 over Israeli attacks on Gaza and the United […]

Godlessness Leads to Violence Then Divine Judgment

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Judgment Starts when The Population has No concern for God in thought or deed  We know that from Genesis chapter six that the earth had become so corrupt, God had to destroy it with a worldwide flood:  II Peter 2:5 “5 …and spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of […]

Blue and White to vote to disperse Knesset today as elections loom

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Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz announced at Ramat Gan’s Kfar Hamaccabiah Hotel on Tuesday night that his Blue and White faction will support opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Knesset dispersal bill when it comes to a vote in the plenum on Wednesday, but he still left open the possibility that early elections could be avoided. Gantz […]

Saudi minister: Iran desperate to blame us for anything negative

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Senior Saudi minister fires back after Iran’s foreign minister claims Saudi Arabia played a role in elimination of senior nuclear scientist. Elad Benari , Dec 02 , 2020 6:32 AM A senior Saudi minister on Tuesday lashed out at Iran’s foreign minister who had implied that Saudi Arabia played a role in the elimination of […]

Iranian parliament to government: Suspend nuclear inspections

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Iran’s parliament approves bill requiring Iran’s government to suspend nuclear inspections unless sanctions against it are lifted. Elad Benari , Dec 02 , 2020 6:05 AM Iran’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill requiring Iran’s government to suspend nuclear inspections unless the sanctions against it are lifted, and ignore other restraints on its nuclear program […]

Iran denies IRGC commander was eliminated

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says reports that commander was eliminated in Syria are “media propaganda”. Elad Benari , Dec 02 , 2020 5:06 AM A spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, on Tuesday dismissed reports that a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander was eliminated in a drone strike along the Syria-Iraq border. “We […]

Why Mossad’s Yossi Cohen, shadow warrior against Iran, is PM’s chosen successor

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Spy chief widely seen behind killing of Iran’s nuclear weapons chief is a trusted Netanyahu loyalist, and his preferred choice to steer Israel through the coming regional chaos Haviv Rettig GurToday, 6:30 am In August 2019, people close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heard him utter a startling sentence. “There are two people I consider […]