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The Land of Possibilities by Amit Segal on Israel Hayom

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Here might be a different perspective on the Gaza ceasefire and the confusing and troubling issues of the Middle East. Peace is elusive and wrought with many dangers. Thought provoking, hope you enjoy the read. I certainly don’t agree with all that is written, but again a Jewish newspaper’s perspective. Rh

If Israelis had heard how the President of the United States spoke about the hostages, it’s doubtful that he would have received such thunderous cheers at Hostages’ Square last Saturday night. To say they were a secondary concern for him would be an understatement, and even that understates it. Donald Trump favored eliminating Hamas the American way, and 20 living hostages (he was always confused about their number and minimized it — I wonder what Sigmund Freud would have said) seemed to him a marginal matter, collateral damage

Only belatedly did he perceive how strategic the issue was for the Israelis, and therefore for their government as well. In the United States, presidents have usually not been criticized for meeting hostages’ families too little, but for doing so too often (for details, search “Ronald Reagan” on Google).

In one of the discussions before Operation Gideon’s Chariots B began, Netanyahu spoke about the scar that would remain in Israeli society if Israeli forces conquered Gaza City at the cost of the hostages’ lives. Allow me to guess that he never really believed the moment would come.

Indeed, in recent months, Netanyahu and Ron Dermer’s perception was that an operation to conquer Gaza City, if it happens, might begin, but certainly would not reach completion. Here is the inside story.

Following the successful war in Iran, Israel tried to use the momentum to reach a partial deal. The idea was to release half the hostages and, during a 60-day ceasefire, arrive more or less at the conditions achieved this week. But Hamas, inspired by a Gaza starvation campaign that was gaining international traction, refused. President Trump, still in the shadow of Israel’s victory in Iran, thought the IDF could eliminate the remnants of Hamas as quickly as it smashed Tehran’s nuclear program. The combination of Hamas’ refusal and the president’s ambition led Israel to decide to enter Gaza City.

The idea was proposed by Minister Avi Dichter: conquering the city is the end of Hamas, he said at one meeting. The magic happened almost immediately: “Even before our forces entered the city,” Dermer recounted, “three days of talk about the operation did what three months of negotiations failed to do. Hamas suddenly agreed to a partial deal. But by then time had already run out.”

Israel faced two options: one, to conquer the remainder of the strip and establish a military government with American support. Dermer and Netanyahu believed that would require national unity and backing from Trump. The first component did not exist, and the second was highly unlikely.

The second option was a plan manufactured by Israel, led by the Americans, and supported by Arab states. President Reagan once told his people: you’ll write the plans, and I’ll be the presenter who markets them. This plan was no different, with Dermer filling the role of the writer. It was clear that any plan presented as purely Israeli would be pronounced dead before it was even born. That doesn’t mean every tweet was coordinated, the minister said at the cabinet meeting this week, but on the big matters, Jerusalem and Washington moved together.

Thus began arduous negotiations with Middle Eastern countries. During a round of talks in New York, it seemed impossible to get all those elephants into the same private room. Nevertheless, Israel’s representatives returned from there with 17 substantive comments from the Sunni states and even an agreement in the offing.

Then came September 9. Early in the morning, a three-person telephone consultation was held about the strike: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katz, and Minister Dermer. All three supported the attack. Many issues came up in the consultation, but one particular issue did not: none of them believed there was an Israeli commitment to the Qataris not to strike Hamas personnel on their soil. Netanyahu called President Trump minutes earlier, but the president was groggy after a late night of discussions. It took time to reach him. The strike went ahead.

So far, it’s unclear how senior Hamas figures escaped the attack, but it’s obvious that it brought the deal closer. I recently wrote that it was the most successful failed assassination in history, in the sense that it signaled to the Qataris that the war would come to them if they did not stop their double game.

Dermer sees it differently. He links the strike to the agreement, but in a completely different way. The Qataris, it turns out, were convinced that by agreeing to host the negotiations, they had obtained immunity from Israeli strikes on their soil. From their perspective, the strike was a blatant, offense breach of the commitment.

Qatar had been unable to bring a deal for a long time, but it’s not half bad at thwarting deals. “The spoiler state,” they called it in Jerusalem — one that can easily ruin any agreement, as it did to the Egyptian hostage deal that was forming last spring behind its back.

Qatar is a complicated nation, Netanyahu said recently. What is it made of? In Jerusalem they describe two trains running behind the same engine. One, led by the ruler’s mother and brother, supports the Muslim Brotherhood and is an unmistakable hater of Israel. The other, led by the prime minister and several other senior figures, seeks rapprochement with the West.

Around April, a turning point was identified in Doha. Relations with the United States tightened significantly, and Hamas, an oddly patronized child, became a burden and a stain. All the Arab states rushed to assemble at the emir’s conference, both in anger at Israel and fear of a blue-and-white domination of the Middle East.

The Americans’ genius was to convert that negative energy into fuel to propel negotiations to their goal. “You want Israel to stop? Then let’s end the war,” they told the Sunni countries, and thus enlisted them in a framework that seemed impossible: a pan-Arab, almost pan-Muslim commitment to the elimination of Hamas. Dermer drafted the apology for the death of the Qatari security official; in Doha they reciprocated with a goodwill gesture by dramatically toning down Al Jazeera’s hostile tone.

More than enlisting them against Hamas, which had annoyed the entire Arab world, the achievement was to enlist them for a framework that does not include the Palestinian Authority in the foreseeable future. That is, for example, what held the Emiratis back from entering Gaza a year and a half ago. In one sense, that is the great innovation: before the plan, Gaza belonged to the Palestinian Authority; now it is Arab-international until further notice. The PA, meanwhile, hates Hamas so much that it agreed.

Yes, there will be a two-state solution, Dermer said this week. But not between the river and the sea — within the Gaza Strip itself. The plan is that as long as Hamas does not disarm, reconstruction will begin — but only in the half of the strip under Israeli control. What two years of war did not accomplish will be done by market forces: where will the population feel it is better to live — amid the ruins under Hamas boots, or in a rehabilitated area with an Emirati-funded school and a trailer home for each family?

The Americans believe this is a temporary situation, and are convinced that Hamas will be disarmed soon. Israel, of course, is much more skeptical. In a recent meeting, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir made a request of the Americans: Explain to me please. Your multinational force, with a few battalions, enters a tunnel. Hamas operatives are armed there. How exactly does this disarm Hamas? Who exactly will hand over the weapons? And what if they don’t?

You didn’t believe the first phase would happen, the Americans said, believe that the second will happen too. Have a little faith, the Jews with an American flag on their lapel told the Jews with an Israeli flag. 

ISRAEL – A BONE OF CONTENTION

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That is what we read in Ezekiel 36:19-24, when God speaks about the Jewish people living in disobedience: “So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. ‘Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ‘I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,’ says the Lord God, ‘when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.”

The sad reality is that more and more Christians are embracing replacement theology, which teaches that either the church has replaced Israel or it is the “real and true Israel.” Many even believe that modern-day Israel is just a result of political operatives after World War II, and therefore, it has no business being discussed at the pulpit.

None of those Christian leaders and churches that embrace replacement theology would disagree that God literally scattered the Jewish people to the four corners of the earth as a result of their disobedience. They take no issue with that. However, when it comes to Israel’s regathering, somehow, they shift gears. They go to great lengths to try to prove that God doesn’t really mean what He says.

In Genesis 15:18, we read, “On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: ‘To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates’”

In Genesis 17:7-8, God says, “I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

Psalm 105:8-11 powerfully states, “He remembers His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, Saying, ‘To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance.’”

When God made this covenant with Abraham some 4,000 years ago, Abraham was in a deep sleep, and God swore it by Himself: “For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself” (Hebrews 6:13). Thus, as we read in Ezekiel 36, it is God’s name that is at stake because of the promises that He has made.

Jeremiah 23:7-8 states, “‘Therefore, behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.’”

Jeremiah 31:8-10 reads, “Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall return there. They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn. ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’”

Can it be any more clear? Here is one more verse that should silence all of the naysayers: “Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): ‘If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever’” (Jeremiah 31:35-36).

In other words, as long as the sun, moon, and stars are shining in the sky and the function of this world is intact, Israel is going to remain before God forever as a nation. Period.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! I will always stand with Israel. They are not perfect, neither are we in America, but we honor the Lord God Almighty and his faithfulness. God is not a man who can lie, His Word is steadfast, you can stand on it! Rh

Diggin Our Own Grave – Jim Fletcher

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I have taken the liberty to once again share a wonderful article that makes perfect sense.  Please read and consider prayerfully.  I am in agreement 100%. Especially the part of Hamas should have surrender unconditionally.  Israel should have been left alone to finish the job.  And would have without Trump meddling! article below Rh

Diggin Our Own Grave by Jim Fletcher

October 8,2025

As we all suffer through another round of Hamas calling the shots in

“negotiations,” we also continue to see many of the ways in which Hamas built a power base globally.  That includes Western Media, including (and especially) Christian Media.  I follow these things closely, and the most outspoken leaders I’ve seen are

Dinesh D’Souza and Dumisani Washington. The former of course has gained fame as a political prisoner of the Obama Regime, and the latter—who used to work for Christians United for Israel—is heavily networked with black organizations that identify as Zionist.

Washington has been warning of problems pushed under the rug for a long time.  D’Souza in the last two weeks has almost come out of nowhere to fully support Israel.  Others, such as Pastor Jack Hibbs, also are outspoken.

That leaves the vast American Christian network sitting on its hands. Celebrity pastors and the largest ministries are too afraid of offending anyone, especially the Left.  Added to that is an indifferent, or covert hostility, to all things Jewish and Israel. I’ve written about this many times. But now that President Trump’s “21-Point Peace Plan” for ending the Hamas War has been announced, immediately we saw Hamas dictating terms. For example, the American and Israeli demand is that the hostages be released within 72 hours. We are now days past that deadline (another one set by Trump and ignored by Hamas) and Hamas has stated that Israel must fully withdraw before any hostages are released.  How can this be? How is it that the West is so weak as to be led by the nose by bloodthirsty terrorists? Yes, Hamas has some advantages on-the-ground, but it is a fact that global weakness and/or help has allowed Hamas to negotiate to infinity. They have no intention of complying but feel that Israelis and the wider world are so weary of the two-year battle that they will just submit. Again, moral weakness in the West has led

directly to this tragic set of circumstances. 

Take our old friends at Christianity Today, the “flagship” evangelical periodical, based in Chicago. I know that CT has been liberal at least for the last 30 years. From lauding former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz (under Saddam Hussein) as a brother in Christ, to finding subtle ways to criticize Israel, CT always takes the center-left perspective. Now fully stocked with Woke millennial staff, headed by Replacement-Theology editor-in-chief Russell Moore, CT this week published yet another aggravating article on the Hamas War.

In “Two Years After October 7, Christians See Fruit amid the Suffering,” Jill Nelson (who writes about her travels to Israel and a place called “Palestine”) spends the first five paragraphs mentioning the Oct. 7 attacks and aftermath, followed by 16 paragraphs on the suffering of the Arabs of Gaza.

And notice Nelson’s last paragraph:

“If the Jewish become Christians and the Muslims become Christians, then the peace of God will reign,” Khalil said. “I want the leader of Hamas to live in peace and to know Christ. And the most radical right Jewish leader, I want him to know Christ and

to live in peace.” To these people, Hamas is not radical; Israel is radical. This in large measure is why thousands of violent protests in support of Hamas have erupted all over the world. Including the U.S. (By the way, I don’t see a robust effort by the Administration to meet the Islam-threat head-on in our own country.  Cozying up to Qatar/Hamas seems bizarre and counter-productive.) The latest word is that there is a deal to be signed and from all indications…Hamas will survive. Now, of course, we don’t know what’s going on behind

the scenes. Hamas claims they are gathering all the living hostages. Israel will withdraw but remain in 57 percent of the Gaza Strip. If this version of the deal is accurate, Hamas was able to set terms, which is mind-boggling given the barbarism of Oct. 7. Again, all

this was made possible by a compliant West, and immoral people—individuals and groups—that identify with the satanic terrorist mindset. Hamas will declare victory.  If we lived in a sane world, the end of the story would have been unconditional

surrender.

Protesters in London are chanting “Israel is a Terrorist state!” while graffiti in Melbourne demands a sequel to Oct. 7. How can whole societies fall into such barbarism? They are far from God. That’s the short answer.  People that aren’t lashed to Scripture are vulnerable to drifting on an ocean of. hate and lies. That is where the present *cough “civilization” is at. Watching whole countries fall prey to obvious lies, satanic lies, is disconcerting.  For us as individuals, the best and only thing we can do is pray. Pray for the soon coming of the Messiah.  Until then, we are still privileged to live in such an era, one that past believers hoped to see.

Never Forget 10/7/23 They Will Survive

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Today marks the anniversary of the horrible attack on the state of Israel.  A demonic attack against non-combatants who were peacefully enjoying life.  Hamas and its terror sponsors Iran and Qatar were responsible.  Both rouge nations have given millions, if not billions over the past decade to fund terror against Israel.  

The carnage was horrific, and sadistic.  Babies were burned, women were raped and tortured, older people in their homes were tortured and killed.  The entire Gaza Strip celebrated this action taken from the pit of Hell.  Hostages were taken and are still being held. Some have died in captivity.  

What was the world’s reaction?  First shock and then as the months wore on a call for peace requiring Israel to stop the fighting as they always have been ordered to do by some far away non authoritative body.  Pressure mounts today.  Even sadly from our own White House calls to stop the fight are growing.  Peace?  How can Israel have peace when the terrorists have vowed to destroy you?  You can’t, the only solution is to take over the land and run out the terror groups.

You see Israel, in their mind should not exist.  They should be pushed into the sea.  But God!  They will survive!  God has his hand on this small nation and according to His promise to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob they will flourish. They have been dispersed, killed, gassed and left for dead, but because of God’s eternal covenant, they will survive!

If Hamas laid down their weapons, there would be peace.  If Israel laid down their weapons, a mouse would attempt to annihilate them. That my friends is the difference between the two groups, Hamas is a terror group that is filled with hate and wants to kill, steal, and destroy.  On the other hand, Israel is a democratic nation that wants peace, and to live peacefully in their land.

And that is the rest of the story. Sorry for being a day late, but I was traveling yesterday. Rh

Tony Blair:

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One of the Bottlenecks in an Impossible Deal

By Tania Curado Koenig

Washington, D.C. — Oct. 1, 2025

This deal seems to be an establishment scheme to pour $ into Gaza rather than a true peace effort. Billions are at stake! Once again Tania has knocked it out of the park. Rh

Among the many bottlenecks in the Trump framework for Gaza, one is glaring: the sudden return of Tony Blair. His name was written into the plan as co-chair of the ‘Board of Peace.’ But the world’s reaction shows why this appointment is a liability, not a solution.

Credibility questions immediately surface. The Guardian called his proposed role ‘laced with fatal flaws,’ noting the failures of his tenure as Quartet envoy. AP reminded readers that Blair carries heavy baggage from Iraq and previous Middle East ventures that achieved little.

Perceived bias further erodes legitimacy. Palestinians and Arab commentators see him as aligned with Israel and Western interests. The Financial Times reports Arab and European officials fear the Gaza plan is already skewed toward Israeli priorities, lacking Palestinian legitimacy.

Economic focus over politics is also Blair’s hallmark. His style is development, investment, and oversight. But economic fixes without true sovereignty or political empowerment have never brought peace. They usually collapse.

Palestinian rejection is fierce. Hamas officials explicitly say, ‘Blair has no role here.’ A Gazan displaced by war told AP, ‘This man has the blood of Iraqis on his hands.’ Mustafa Barghouti compared his reappearance to returning British colonialism. Mahmoud Habbash, adviser to Mahmoud Abbas, insisted: ‘The only side that can administer Gaza is a Palestinian government.’ Even West Bank PA officials said no plan can be imposed externally.

At home, Blair is divisive. In the UK, his name still triggers controversy. Labour MPs and activists condemn his Iraq legacy. His reappearance in the Middle East stirs opposition in his own country.

This is more than an irritant — it is a structural bottleneck. A plan that inserts figures already rejected by Palestinians, mistrusted by Arabs, and controversial at home reveals its own fragility. It risks being seen not as peace, but as foreign guardianship dressed up as governance.

1. Why Blair, despite all the baggage?

• Gravitas to outsiders: For Washington and Europe, Blair still carries a former-PM aura. Even if he is toxic to Palestinians, his name signals ‘serious statesmanship’ to Western publics.

• Economic entry point: Blair’s strength is not political reconciliation, but economic reconstruction and private capital mobilization. If Trump wants Gulf billions to flow into Gaza, Blair’s networks with banks, development funds, and corporations are useful.

• Cover for Trump: By putting Blair as ‘chair’ beside himself, Trump shifts optics — he is not alone, but backed by an ‘international statesman.’ This cushions accusations of unilateralism.

• Foil for rejection: If the plan collapses, Blair can be the fall guy. Trump walks away saying, ‘We tried, even Blair was there, but Hamas/Palestinians refused.’

2. The deeper Trump method

• Every clause is leverage. He doesn’t expect Hamas to fully comply (72-hour hostages, disarmament). These are traps designed to force Hamas and Qatar into an impossible corner.

• Every figure is a signal. Blair isn’t about Gaza legitimacy; he is about signaling to Gulf/European donors: ‘Your man is at the table, so you should pay.’

• Every failure is still a win. If Hamas refuses → Israel gets legitimacy, Arab bloc blames Hamas, Trump gets credit for ‘trying.’ If Hamas accepts partially → Trump claims history, Blair can take operational heat, and Trump drives normalization.

3. What this could mean later

• Blair as bridge to Saudi funds: Riyadh has long liked ‘technocratic committees’ and international faces to mask normalization. Blair’s presence could make Saudi/UAE more comfortable committing billions while keeping PA language alive.

• Blair as disposable pawn: If Palestinian rejection becomes loud, Blair can be dropped without the plan collapsing — Trump stays central, Blair vanishes.

• Blair as buffer for Trump: Any failure or unpopular measure gets blamed on Blair’s ‘management,’ preserving Trump’s stature.

4. What we must hold 

• Trump doesn’t waste moves. Blair is not there to solve Gaza politically — he is there to give Trump cover, Gulf comfort, and donor access. In the covenant reality, it will not ‘divide the land,’ but politically it allows Trump to say: ‘I built the widest coalition ever — even Blair, even the Gulf, even Europe stood with me.’

One more bottleneck, one more reason this deal cannot stand. ‘They shall not divide the land’ (Joel 3:2).

Prophetic Journalism / Deal is Flawed

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I was extremely concerned about the proposed “peace plan,” but never fear now we are hearing that according to Qatar and others it is just a “good starting point.” Same old song and dance, delay and try to negotiate. Stand firm, it’ either agree or face the consequences. Trump said they had 48 hours and then Israel was going to do what they had to do. By the way there is a path to a two state solution in the deal. That would be the worst mistake Trump would ever make. Joel 3:2 gives a warning for nations who divide the land of Israel.

I hope this falls through, we can do better. If Mexico was doing to us what Hamas has done to Israel, invading our cities and raping and killing woman and children, and killing our citizens they would be a distant memory. But somehow Israel is supposed to make peace? I think not.

This deal is flawed and never will work, it’s nothing more than a lame attempt to put lipstick on a pig. It’s time to end this without Qatar who happens to be the main sponsor of terror in the region. Trump’s negotiators are too close to Qatar. Witkoff and Kushner have made $ millions and in some cases $ billions by managing their investments or in Witkoff’s case Qatar paid off an overdue loan on a hotel to the tune of over $600 million. That my friends I did not vote for!!

Stay tuned, it should get interesting. Look up the world is falling apart. But for the Christian it’s falling into place. We are in Prophetic times.

Is Trump’s ‘Board Of Peace’ A Foreshadowing Of Daniel’s End-Times Covenant? 

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Let me be clear, Trump is not the anti-christ!  but could something like this be a foreshadowing of what is to come.  I think possibly.  Let’s be watchful on the world stage.  For now though, I don’t see this peace treaty or time of peace negotiated as ever truly coming to pass.   Hamas never wants peace.  Their own legitimacy revolves around a war mentality that comes from centuries ago.  Eternal hatred of the Jewish people.  IMO. Rh

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=8888

Trump 21-point plan’ to end Gaza war presented to Arab states, Israel

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The proposal includes the prompt release of the remaining hostages and the temporary transfer of power in the Strip to an Arab security force.

JNS STAFF

Sept. 27, 2025 / JNS)

Negotiations with Arab states and Israel regarding the future of Gaza are underway, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday night, speaking in the wake of reports of an ambitious 21-point peace plan put forth by Washington to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“We are having very inspired and productive discussions with the Middle Eastern Community concerning Gaza,” Trump said via Truth Social.

“All of the Countries within the Region are involved, Hamas is very much aware of these discussions, and Israel has been informed at all levels, including Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu,” he continued.

“Everyone is excited to put this period of Death and Darkness behind them. It is an Honor to be a part of this Negotiation. We must get the Hostages back, and get a PERMANENT AND LONGLASTING PEACE!”

On Tuesday, the Trump administration presented a 21-point plan to Arab leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly annual general debate in New York, which would see a prompt release of all the remaining hostages, the transfer of power in the Strip to an intermediary Arab-led government, and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian enclave, according to CNN.

Saudi-based broadcaster Al Arabiya said it obtained a copy of the plan, citing several clauses from it on Friday.

These include:

  • An immediate end to the war in Gaza.
  • The unconditional release of all hostages.
  • The release of thousands of Palestinian terrorists, including 100 to 200 prisoners with blood on their hands.
  • The resumption of unrestricted aid delivered into Gaza by international organizations and the U.N., including the closure of the U.S.-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
  • The disarmament of Hamas by an international, Arab security force within a time-bound framework. Hamas terrorists who agree to these terms will receive safe passage to exit the Strip.
  • The international force will temporarily administer civilian issues in Gaza, with the Palestinian Authority eventually taking over.
  • The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip over a five-year time span, led by an international and Arab consortium.
  • The United States will have guarantees in place that Israel does not apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, with both Israeli and Palestinians agreeing to resume negotiations over a peace agreement that would end the decades-old conflict.

The Washington Post also reported that it obtained a copy of the plan, providing additional details in its Saturday article. These include the destruction of all Hamas’s offensive weaponry, the release within 48 hours of all 20 living hostages and the bodies of the more than two dozen captives believed dead, and the freezing of “battle lines in place.”

According to the Post, the plan states: “Once all the hostages have been released, Israel will release 250 prisoners serving life sentences plus 1,700 Gazans detained after October 7. For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans.”

Further details include an Israeli promise to launch “no further attacks on Qatar.” The plan acknowledges “the important role Qatar has played as a mediator in this conflict,” noting that it was Washington and Jerusalem that first asked Doha to host Hamas negotiators.

Other reports stated that the plan would move ahead even if Hamas rejects its terms, with the majority of the 21 points proceeding in terror-free zones conquered by the Israel Defense Forces.

The plan moreover reportedly emphasizes the de-radicalization of the Palestinian population, with the Palestinian Authority undergoing significant reform.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday that “We had a very productive session,” referring to a meeting of an American delegation with Arab leaders in New York, according to CNN.

“We presented what we call the Trump 21-point plan for peace in the Mideast, in Gaza,” Witkoff added.

“I think it addresses Israeli concerns, as well as the concerns of all the neighbors in the region,” he continued. “And we’re hopeful, and I might say even confident, that in the coming days, we’ll be able to announce some sort of breakthrough.”

Netanyahu is slated to visit the White House on Monday. Discussions on the plan are expected to be high on the agenda.

Reprinted from JNS by permission

The Monday meeting between Trump and Netanyahu is of vital importance to both countries. Israel’s sovereignty and America’s continued blessings from God. Rh

Trump Makes U-turn on Ukraine

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www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2025/september/why-trump-made-a-sharp-turn-on-ukraine-war-criticizing-putin-and-praising-zelenskyy

Trump seems to be changing course quite a bit lately. Stabbing Netanyahu in the back on the annexation of the West Bank. Now it seems he is cozying up to Zelensky. Troubled by these apparent flip flops on policy positions from Trump. Am I disappointed with Trump’s decisions? Yes on both issues. I guess we will find out how it plays out. Praying for an end to both situations. Trump needs our prayers. It’s a tough job, and who knows who has his ear. Rh

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The Stones Are Screaming: Israel’s Existence Written in Rock

By Tania Curado Koenig

Powerful article for all those who love Israel. Tania is the wife of Bill Koenig. Www.watch.org.

Jerusalem — June 1, 2025 | Published — September 17, 2025

On June 1, 2025, I stood with my husband William on Jerusalem’s Pilgrimage Road — the broad stone street that runs from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount. For centuries it lay buried under earth and silence, but now it has been unveiled in full. Here is the last 600 meters of ascent, where prophets prophesied, where families sang the Psalms of Ascent, where priests carried offerings, and where Jesus Himself once walked.

On the Pilgrimage Road — William and I standing on the very stones where prophets, pilgrims, and Jesus Himself once walked.

As I placed my hand on those ancient steps, I realized: Israel’s existence is not theory. It is not politics. It is not up for debate. Israel’s existence is written in rock.

And this week — September 14–16, 2025 — the world witnessed these rocks testify again, as the Pilgrimage Road was officially opened in a historic ceremony attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Ambassador Mike Huckabee. Their words became the pillars of this moment: history, covenant, and eternal promise.

Netanyahu: The Stones of History

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. He reminded the world that archaeology itself is proof:

“In 1998, I hosted the Prime Minister of Turkey… there is a tablet, a stone tablet, in Hebrew, that was found in the tunnel dug 2,700 years ago by King Hezekiah, 300 years after King David… perhaps, except the Dead Sea Scrolls, the most important archaeological discovery in Israel.

I offered an exchange. But he refused, saying there would be outrage if Turkey returned a tablet that would show Jerusalem was a Jewish city 2,700 years ago.”

And Netanyahu concluded with clarity:

“Well, it was a Jewish city 3,000 years ago. Here, right next to these stones and on these pavements, the prophets of Israel prophesied, the kings of Israel walked, the pilgrims came… and this continued for 1,000 years into the time of Jesus, a Jewish rabbi from the Galilee who came here to Jerusalem, the Holy of Holies, and He came here.”

Rubio: The People Remain

Then Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood on the same road, adding the voice of America at Israel’s side. His presence was not symbolic; it was prophetic in itself.

Rubio declared:

“All the civilizations that conquered this city are gone. But one people remain. They have returned. For God’s promise is eternal, and His word is always true.”

Huckabee: The Stones Cry Out

Finally, Ambassador Mike Huckabee gave the words that became the heartbeat of the night. His speech was not just politics; it was Scripture alive:

“It was 4,000 years ago here in this city, on Mount Moriah, where God chose His people. He not only chose a people, but He chose a place, and then He chose for the people in this place a purpose. The people were the Jewish people. The place was Israel, and the purpose was to be a light to the world…

This little sliver of real estate is the most contested land in all of human history — not just because of those who want it, but because of those who don’t want the Jewish people to have it. But tonight something extraordinary we celebrate: the story is not just alive — it is more alive than perhaps it has been in the 4,000 years that God chose His people, His place, His purpose.

…History is to a civilization what memory is to the individual. And tonight this is a celebration of the history of Yerushalayim. Luke 19:40 says: ‘If the crowds keep quiet, the stones will cry out.’ Tonight the stones are crying out. The crowds may say it, but the stones absolutely and 100% validate that the Jewish people not only belong here now, but they have belonged here for 4,000 years since the time God said to Abraham, ‘This is yours.’

…And I salute you and join you tonight in the celebration of this wonderful, magnificent, incredible reminder that God never has been finished with Israel, and He never will be. This is the eternal home that He has chosen. God bless you all.”

With William on the steps of the Pilgrimage Road — where Jesus walked, where David sang, where the stones now cry out.

Why This Moment Matters

So it is clear:
– Netanyahu said: the stones of history prove Jerusalem was Jewish 3,000 years ago.
– Huckabee said: the stones cry out and validate God’s covenant.
– Rubio said: the people remain, because God’s word is eternal.

The nations debate in the UN. Terrorists launch rockets. The world seeks to divide what God has united. But the Pilgrimage Road has been opened, and the stones themselves are answering back.

They declare that Jerusalem is eternal. That Israel is the wife of the Almighty God, Adonai (Ezekiel 16). That Israel exists not by chance but by covenant. That God keeps His promises.

The Stones and the Covenant

I believe that when I walked the Pilgrimage Road on the 1st of June, 2025, with my husband William, there was an anointing resting on those stones. Not only the anointing of the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, Yeshua the Messiah of Israel, but also the echo of King David, the psalmist who gave Jerusalem her eternal songs.

Here Paul once preached. Here Jesus once spoke. Here David once wrote. And here the stones still shout, just as Jesus Himself declared: “I tell you, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out” (Luke 19:40).

These stones scream for the existence of Israel. They scream for the land the Lord Himself has chosen. They scream for the covenant God never abandoned.

Through the prophet Ezekiel, God calls Israel His wife (Ezekiel 16). Through the psalms, He sealed Jerusalem as His eternal dwelling. And through these stones, He is still testifying: His promises remain.

So I close with the words of David, words that bind us to memory and covenant:

“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget her skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy” (Psalm 137:5–6).

This is not poetry alone. This is history underfoot. This is covenant carved in stone. This is prophecy alive in the dust and in the air of Jerusalem.

And tonight, as in every generation, the stones are not silent.

They are screaming: Jerusalem is home. Israel lives. God is