Tag: Israel

 Trump’s Board of Peace

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Definition of insanity, doing the same thing all over again, but expecting a different result.  

The Bible tells us that in the last days Jerusalem will become a burdensome stone for all nations.  True, the nations wonder what to do about this small God appointed land.  A simple solution would be to drive the interlopers out of the nation of Israel, let them have all the land they inherited by the Almighty and be done with it.  Stand with Israel as they enforce their borders.  Too simple.  

Trump’s illustrious board of peace will apparently have two patrons of the terror group Hamas on the board of peace.  (Per JNS.org).  Qatar, which is Witkoff and Kushner’ s sugar daddy, and main sponsor of Hamas.  The leadership of  Hamas live luxuriously in Doha.  Turkey, though a member of NATO, is colonizing parts of Syria and has spoken recently of dancing in the streets of Jerusalem.  Yeah that sounds like a good couple of nations that are fair minded when it comes to Gaza.

Oh but wait, apparently Bibi Netanyahu has also been asked to be a part of the board as well.  Hmm, throwing a bone to Israel to make it seem fair??  They ain’t no meat on that bone. 

The Oslo Accords gave the “Palestinians” a state, (Clinton is famously now stating on various platforms) narcissistic anyone?  Got to get Billy Bob back in the news cycle.  True, but what did they do? Nothing but a reign of terror.  

Having a political solution to Gaza is just pure insanity, (remember the definition).  This is war, defeating the terrorists and stopping their money trail is all that will accomplish what Israel was only days from accomplishing in Gaza.  That is before Trump called off Bibi and the IDF.  

Again what is the definition of insanity?

“Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ 

It’s Like a War Zone

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Iranian security forces are deliberately firing at protesters’heads to cause them debilitating injuries, local doctors have claimed, citing wounds inflicted on hundreds of patients they have treated.

Over 400 eye wounds from gunshots have been documented at a Tehran hospital by an ophthalmologist working there, according to the Guardian.

The British newspaper reported Tuesday that it received three messages from doctors about conditions in hospitals, which they say have been overwhelmed by demonstrators with gunshot wounds — most of them to the eyes and head.

Security forces have been seen using shotguns to fire metal pellets at protesters, as well as rifles with more lethal ammunition, according to the report.

“[Security forces] are deliberately shooting at the head and the eyes. They want to damage the head and the eyes so they can no longer see, the same thing they did in [2022],” one of the doctors was quoted as saying, referring to anti-government protests at the time.

According to the doctor, many of the injured had to have their eyes removed and were blinded as a result.

“Eyes were hit by birdshot pellets, and it was deliberate; they are shooting to kill,” he said.

A wave of injured people arriving for treatment, which spiked after Iran cut off internet access last Thursday, has left hospitals looking “like a war zone,” the doctor said.

“It’s like in the war movies where you see the injured soldiers getting treated on the open field,” he said. “We don’t have blood, we don’t have enough medical supplies.”

Security forces occasionally enter the medical centers to arrest injured protesters, he said.

Another doctor described treating injured protesters outside in the grounds of the hospital despite freezing temperatures, as there was no space left in the wards.

The US-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights also accused Iranian authorities of seeking to intimidate protesters with mutilating injuries to the face and genitals.

“The evidence demonstrates that even when utilizing ‘less-lethal’ weapons, the Islamic Republic deliberately targets vital organs, transforming these tools into instruments of systematic mutilation and permanent disability to terrorize protesters,” a spokesperson said in the Guardian report.

TIMES OF ISRAEL

Iran protest death toll said to be at least 12,000

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CBS News cited Iranian sources saying up to 20,000 may have been killed, though only some 2,500 have been confirmed by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Israel and Arab states have reportedly advised Washington that the regime is not weakened enough for a military strike to be decisive.

Jan. 14, 2026 / JNS)

More than 12,000 people are feared dead in Iran after a sweeping crackdown on anti-regime protests, with CBS News reporting on Tuesday that sources inside and outside the country believe the toll could be as high as 20,000 and newly verified video showing hundreds of bodies stacked at a morgue near Tehran.

The outlet said the true scope of the bloodshed has been obscured by a near-total shutdown of internet and phone service imposed by Iran’s rulers over the past five days, with only limited outgoing calls allowing word of the killings to leak out. 

Activist networks citing medical sources around the country told the network they now believe the death toll stands at a minimum of 12,000 and could reach 20,000, even as an unnamed Iranian official told Reuterssome 2,000 people had been killed since the unrest erupted Dec. 28.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said on Tuesday that it has confirmed 2,403 protester deaths, and that 18,434 people have been detained. HRANA also said that 1,134 people with severe injuries have been reported. jns.org

Serious conditions in Iran. I don’t envy President Trump and the administration, but what the sane world has hoped for may be about to come to fruition. What happens next? IMO strikes must happen soon to stop the carnage. Rh

Selective Outrage

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As with everything the radical Luciferian left does, it is couched in selective outrage. Crying wolf and painting themselves and their causes in fear mongering and victimhood.

Take for example the ongoing crisis in Iran. Iran is a rogue nation bent on not only destruction of Israel, but the United States and all we stand for. (Little satan first, big satan next.). Speaking of Israel and the US.

The left loves anti constitutional entities, choosing dictators over freedom loving people. Take for example choosing a non-existent Palestinian people who could have lived free in Gaza if not for allowing Hamas to take over. (Insert Bill Clinton saying his administration gave the Palestinians a state.) Hamas is financed in part from Iran. It seems the left of America and other nations love dictators and despots. Take Venezuela, the left screams about intervention there. Look at Iran, where is the outrage over gunning down the protesters in the streets. The Iranian people want freedom, isn’t that a cause to get behind not shrink like flowers after the first frost?

The Iranian regime has reportedly shut down the internet, cut electricity, and unleashed security forces using live fire against civilians. Yet tonight, hundreds of thousands are said to be back in the streets of Tehran, waving the lights of their phones in the darkness–silent signals to a watching world that they are still there. In an extraordinary act of defiance, reports indicate that hundreds of mosques have been burned, a declaration by ordinary Iranians that they are done with clerical rule and religious tyranny.

And yet–silence.

Where is the outrage, where is the international community standing with the Iranian people. A free and somewhat democratic Iran tops anything they have now. Where is the Western outrage? Where are the campus protests? Where are the celebrities, the social media campaigns, the carefully worded condemnations? The contrast is impossible to ignore. Protesters who claim to stand for human rights seem energized only when Israel is the villain. When Jews are involved, outrage becomes a public ritual. When a radical Islamist regime kills its own people, the moral urgency evaporates.

Something to think about.

Venezuela Air Defense

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Very interesting post copied from Amir Tsarfati’s Telegram account. Amir is an expert in Middle Eastern affairs having been a former member of the IDF with great contacts in intelligence. Rh

Venezuela from the Russian perspective

It is difficult to overstate the level of frustration across Russian social media over the American move in Venezuela. There is hardly a single Russian military blogger who has not addressed it. The reaction on the Russian side revolves around two main axes.

The first axis is dominated by frustration that, once again, Russian systems – especially Russian air-defense systems – were caught completely unprepared. Russian commentators complain that, once again, their allies proved incompetent and unable to properly operate the equipment they were given, making Russian hardware appear ineffective.

Added to this is concern over the geopolitical consequences: the Maduro regime was seen as a close ally of the Kremlin – and that ally is now gone. Another fear frequently raised is that once infrastructure is restored, the United States could impose a global oil price ceiling of roughly $50 per barrel due to its control over production in Venezuela.

The second axis is captured by the most common phrase circulating on Russian Telegram over the past week:

а что так можно?

“So… you can actually do that?”

Despite everything mentioned above, most of the Russian frustration stems from the fact that the Americans succeeded precisely where the Russians failed. Anger over the successful arrest of Maduro is almost always accompanied by sharp criticism of the Kremlin’s actions at the start of the war and Russia’s failed attempt to seize Kyiv.

In the image: a modern Russian-made Buk air-defense system in Venezuela after receiving American “treatment”.

(David Lisovtsev)

Round Two??

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Over the past several hours, dozens of U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers and heavy military transport aircraft – specifically C-5 and C-17 platforms – have departed from the United States and from a U.S. airbase in the United Kingdom, heading toward the Middle East.

According to multiple sources, the United States is preparing for strikes against Iran, and this activity reflects the ongoing transfer of forces to the region.

What about Joseph??

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As 2026 starts I am reading the Bible through from Genesis to Revelation.  One can do that by reading just 3 or 4 chapters a day.  Very easy.  I don’t always do that from front to back, many times I read through in varying ways.  Starting at Genesis gives us, especially needed in today’s anti-Jewish world, a complete look at the people of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob or Israel as his name was changed by God.  

As I am closing in on finishing the book of Genesis, the Lord put something in my heart early (about 5 AM) this morning.  Joseph has been sold into slavery by the jealousy of his brothers.  Joseph ends up in Egypt and through divine revelations given to Joseph he rises from prison to the number two official in Egypt, only behind Pharoah.  God always has a plan.  With dreams of seven years of plenty, then 7 years of drought God revealed to Joseph how to save not only Egypt, but Joseph’s long lost family.  The family is restored, and Israel becomes a multitude of people.

Let’s back up for today’s devotion of truth and faithfulness on God’s part.  After Joseph was put in prison on a lie, falsely accused of sexual misconduct with his boss’s wife.  Joseph was forgotten by a fellow prisoner who was released through a dream Joseph interpreted.  Joseph had asked the man to speak favorable to Pharoah on his behalf.  The man forgot.  Out of sight out of mind.  Later as Pharoah had a troubling dream Joseph was released from prison to interpret the dream and soon was put second in charge of the Kingdom of Egypt.  Rags to riches, no, just God’s plan of redemption for the Hebrew people during the seven year drought.  Wow God works in mysterious ways.  

The rags to riches story culminates with Joseph being given a wife, and having two sons form to him.

“And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭41‬:‭50‬-‭51‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭41‬:‭52‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

What a testimony of the patience and perseverance of Joseph, years in prison falsely accused. raised up to the second highest seat of power in the land of Egypt.  His testimony was his children’s names.

Notice the names Joseph gave his sons, Manasseh (forgotten toil), and Ephraim (fruitful in affliction).  

What of our testimony?  Does the world, those outside the church see our faithfulness and fruitfulness, even in trials and trouble?  Or do they see cranky defeated Christians walking a compromised life?  What a wonderful testimony of the life of Joseph.  God never forgets us, and will make us fruitful, even in times of trials and persecution.

In times of trouble or persecution, our attitude becomes our walk, and our walk becomes our testimony.  What does the unbelieving world say about you?

Iran Updates

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“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” – President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump, Maduro, Iran Protests, and America First – Please Read and Share This Short Analysis copied from Amir Tsarfati

President Trump’s America First policy is fundamentally different from the version promoted by commentators such as Tucker Carlson.

In Trump’s view, one cannot ignore the reality that foreign actors are actively undermining the United States. The 90-minute operation in the Venezuelan capital and its surrounding areas was not a war; therefore, Congress was neither informed nor asked to approve it. It was a law-enforcement action – a swift removal of a destabilizing domestic agitator.

Judging by the president’s own words, regime change was not the objective. Rather, the goal was a complete change in policy.

Three considerations were at the forefront, none of which had anything to do with Israel’s concerns regarding Venezuela. From Trump’s perspective, the issues were drugs, illegal immigration by criminals, and oil that was unjustly taken from American companies.

Trump’s priority is to keep America free of drugs and gangs while maintaining a strong, thriving economy. He did not remove Maduro because of his ties to Iran or Hezbollah – at least not according to his statements or those of his secretary of war. Any genuine regime change in Venezuela, he argues, must come from within, through free and non-fraudulent elections.

Now let’s turn to Iran.

The United States will not initiate a war with Iran simply because of internal unrest or popular protests. American intervention would occur only if the Iranian regime poses a direct threat to U.S. interests. In practical terms, threats against American allies, U.S. bases, or U.S. assets are the triggers that could lead the 47th president to authorize another round of B-2 operations over the skies of the Islamic Republic.

From Trump’s perspective, an Israeli strike could once again serve as the catalyst – not to pursue regime change, but to reinforce deterrence. A follow-on U.S. B-2 presence would signal unmistakably to Tehran that continued aggression, including the killing of its own civilians, carries severe consequences. The objective would be pressure, not overthrow: pushing the regime to halt repression and recalibrate its behavior.

Israel, however, does not have the luxury of waiting.

Israel cannot afford to watch the ayatollahs accumulate thousands of ballistic missiles while renewing their nuclear ambitions – all while already possessing roughly 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%.

Therefore, in my assessment, another round involving Iran is very close – literally around the corner. For Israel, it would be about removing existential threats. For Trump, it would be about restoring deterrence and forcing restraint.

Unfortunately, according to Scripture, Iran will come against Israel in the near future as part of an emerging coalition led by Russia. Until then, the regime will attempt to survive – waiting patiently for the end of Trump’s presidency, counting on the assumption that his successor’s worldview will be closer to that of Tucker Carlson.

(IMO). I totally concur, I don’t see us doing a regime change in Iran, however Israel will need to strike again and what happens after that is anyone’s guess.

On Venezuela, it’s more than just narco-terrorist there, Russia, China and Iran have interests there. Is there weaponry or launch capabilities in country?? Who knows, I am sure the US military knows. Exciting times to live in. I have been preaching about these days since I was a young man. Maranatha! Rh

Israel Seeks Defense Independence

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently committed Israel to a 350 billion-shekel ($110 billion) investment over the next decade to boost independence in critical arms production. 

The announcement, detailed during a meeting of defense chiefs at Shin Bet headquarters on Dec. 25, came one day after the prime minister, at an Israeli Air Force graduation ceremony, stated that he had approved, along with the defense minister and finance minister, a sum of 350 billion shekels “over the next decade to build an independent Israeli munitions industry. We want to reduce the dependency on any party, including allies.”

This is a great move for Israel, Netanyahu has also stated earlier that the alliance with America is good, but waiting on approval like a vessel state is not what Israel needs in today’s world. I remember the slow walk by the Biden Administration in delivery of weapons that had already been bought by the IDF. Even now with a friendly President in the White House it seems that Israel is like a beggar on a street corner at times. Recently Israel shipped defense weaponry to Germany, also a gas deal with Egypt was also worked out between the two nations. Good for Israel.

Israel is surrounded by enemies in the Middle East and Northern Africa. If you look at a map Israel is the tiny dot in the middle of Islamist who have sworn to destroy them. My fear is that America is turning from its hard commitment of Israel to a more neutral position. That my friends is not good for the US.

Only a nation blessed by Almighty God could find itself capability to repeal a sneak attack and wars on all fronts and come back, in many cases stronger than before. The Bible clearly states that the Jews will come home and make the desert blossom as a rose. It surely has.

As with my nation, I don’t agree with everything that they do, but for Israel and the US this friendship is in our best interest as well as theirs. We may give them aid, but it comes back in investments in our military complex and even more importantly in intelligence from a very fragile and complex region.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! Rh

Ambassador Huckabee: ‘Iran didn’t get the message’

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Interview with Mike Huckabee

December 22, 2025

Source: Israel National News

Iran will never stop trying to make a bomb. Everybody with half a brain knows that. Why Trump and Netanyahu did not go ahead and finish the job, it will take regime change in Iran for anything to be different when it comes to their hatred for Israel and the United States. Mark my words a strike on Iran will have to happen one more time. And let’s hope this time the job is finished, just like the job in Gaza with Hamas should have been finished. Rh

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Iran remains a central national security concern for Washington, stressing that President Donald Trump has been unequivocal in opposing any Iranian path to nuclear weapons, during a wide-ranging interview with the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).

Asked whether the US would support further Israeli military action should Iran move to cross nuclear or ballistic missile thresholds, Huckabee emphasized that such decisions are made at the White House level. However, he pointed to the President’s consistent public statements. “He consistently has said Iran is never going to enrich uranium and they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon,” Huckabee said, adding that the message has not changed following the recent conflict.

threat beyond Israel and the US, suggesting Tehran may only recently have begun to take US warnings seriously. “Iran, I don’t know that they ever took him seriously until the night that the B-2 bombers went to Fordow,” he said. “I hope they got the message, but apparently they didn’t get the full message because … they appear to be trying to reconstitute and find a new way to dig the hole deeper, secure it more.”

For full article: Israel National News