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Amid technical woes, Iran security chief said to stand up Gaza crowd

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Wet Gunpowder gathering goes out with a whimper after Egypt reportedly tells Hamas leaders to stay away from the event By ADAM RASGON 07/17/2018 A pro-Iranian event held in Gaza on Monday did not go according to plan, after Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, apparently failed to deliver an expected address to the audience, and Egypt reportedly told high-level Hamas officials to stay away from the event. The shadowy Iranian officer had been expected to speak to the crowd  at the Wet Gunpowder Festival via video conference from Tehran. The event was held simultaneously in Gaza and …

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A third round of escalation, more severe than the previous rounds, with about 200 rockets and mortar shells fired at Israel. The shelling is a continuation of Hamas’ policy of controlled violence creating escalation.

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Full document in PDF format Overview On July 13 and 14, 2018 there was another round of escalation near the Gaza Strip. It began after the IDF carried out extensive aerial attacks in response to the wounding of an IDF officer by a hand grenade thrown during the “return march” on Friday, July 13, 2018. During the escalation Israeli Air Force aircraft carried out three waves of aerial attacks on Hamas military targets, beginning on the night of July 14, 2018, and continuing the following day. During the round of escalation massive barrages of rockets and mortar shells were fired in three main waves, …

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Report: Explosions sounded in Iran’s armament storage in Syria

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07/03/2018 Explosions sounded Tuesday in an Iranian armament storage near the Daraa province in Syria, according to the Al Jazeera media network.   Daraa, which is located in southwest Syria, has been under the Syrian army’s fierce offensive as part of its attempts to reclaim the last rebel-held strongholds in the war-torn country. Ynet

AS NORTHERN TENSIONS RISE, IDF APPOINTS FIRST IRAN ‘PROJECT DIRECTOR’

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The appointment underscores the overwhelming importance that Israel places on the developing military confrontation between the countries. BY BEN CASPIT/MAARIV  JULY 3, 2018 Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot has appointed Maj.-Gen. Nitzan Alon, who recently left his role as head of the military’s Operations Directorate, as the first director of a special IDF project to coordinate all issues related to Israel’s battle against Iran. Alon accompanied Eisenkot on his recent trip to the United States last weekend and participated in meetings with American military leaders, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford. This is the first time that the …

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When You’re Juggling Faith and Heartache~

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When You’re Juggling Faith and Heartache~ It’s become more than apparent, that what faith appears to be to someone watching and what faith feels like to someone walking through it, can seem to be completely different and yet, in reality, be absolutely the same. In the wee morning of December 8th,2015, my heart stopped. Getting my world started again, – no matter how many times the clock ticks, or how many days go by, or how many times I flip the page on the calendar over to a new month, is still an ongoing, don’t-know-how-to-do-it, battle every single moment of …

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‘Our Golan will always remain ours’

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MK Yair Lapid addresses Brookings Institute conference in Washington as part of campaign to secure recognition of Golan Heights. Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid participated today (Monday) in a discussion on the Brookings Institute in Washington with Tamara Cofman Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute’s Middle East Policy Center. Lapid said that his main goal in his visit was to promote the United States’ recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “I came to the United States to promote international recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. I brought here …

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Israel won’t be allowed to toy with Iran’s security

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MNA – Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Fri. that Israel will not be allowed to ‘toy with’ the security of Iran and the Middle East region. 06/02/2018 “The illegitimate regime of Israel will not be allowed to establish its security in the Middle East and toy with the security of Iran and the region,” wrote Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a tweet on Friday. He went on stress Iran’s strong support for its allies and the Resistance movements in the region. “Time is not in Tel Aviv’s favor,” Amir-Abdollahian maintained. “Jerusalem al-Quds is Muslims’ Qibla (direction of …

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U.S. in Early Talks for Potential Summit Between Trump and Putin

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Meeting would bring to the international stage one of the world’s most enigmatic political relationships By  Brett Forrest and Peter Nicholas Updated June 1, 2018  WASHINGTON—The White House is planning for a potential summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, according to people familiar with the efforts, a meeting that would bring to the international stage one of the world’s most enigmatic political relationships. A senior administration official said Friday that Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, has been in Washington to help arrange a meeting between Messrs. Trump and Putin. The planning is still at an …

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Iran still seeking tech for weapons of mass destruction: German intel

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06/01/2018 Iran’s regime has not stopped its drive to secure technology and scientific knowledge to produce weapon of mass destruction, the intelligence agency of the German state of Baden-Württemberg disclosed in a report last week. “Iran continued to undertake, as did Pakistan and Syria, efforts to obtain goods and know-how to be used for the development of weapons of mass destruction and to optimize corresponding missile delivery systems,” said the intelligence document, reviewed by FoxNews.com. The intelligence agency — the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution — monitors threats to Germany’s democratic, constitutional order and is the equivalent …

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The True Church Loves Israel By Grant Phillips

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The True Church Loves Israel By Grant Phillips We have so much to thank Israel for. This Jewish nation should always be on our lips in prayer, thanking God for her existence. Without her, we would not exist. Because of the Jew we have not only the Old Testament that informs us about the one true God, but also the New Testament that clarifies Him even more. Everything about the Bible we Christians cherish, came from our Jewish friends. Almighty God chose a man named Abram (later changed to Abraham by God) and began the nation we know today as …

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The Process of Sanctification

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Spiritual growth is slow. But if we are committed to maturing, we will see fruit The Process of Sanctification HEBREWS 5:11-14 11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is …

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Humble Appointment

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Humble Appointment 1 Samuel 16:12-17 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 15 And Saul’s servants …

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China to host Iran leader amid nuclear deal upheaval

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President Xi Jinping will meet Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani together with Russia’s Putin on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization 05/28/2018 BEIJING, China — Iran’s president will attend a summit with his Chinese and Russian counterparts next month, officials in Beijing said Monday, as they try to salvage the nuclear deal thrown into upheaval by US President Donald Trump. China, Russia and the Western European powers of UK, France, and Germany, all of which signed the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, are scrambling to save the pact following the US president’s decision to quit the agreement and reinstate sanctions. China’s President …

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Fearing impact of Israeli strikes, Russia said mulling keeping Iran from border

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Sources in Jerusalem believe that Putin will try to distance al-Quds Force and other Shiite militia at least 60 km from Israel to protect Assad’s regime By TOI STAFF 05/28/2018 Russia is considering trying to keep Iranian forces and their allies from Israel’s northern border, fearing that repeated Israeli strikes may undermine Syrian President Bashar Assad’s grip on the country, the Haaretz daily reported Monday, citing Israeli security and diplomatic sources in Jerusalem. According to the report, Russia decided to work on a deal to remove the Iranian troops following a heavy Israeli attack on Iranian targets in Syria on May 10. The …

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