Tag: Middle East

Game Changer

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Wow the Prophetic Times we live in today are unbelieving. Event after event Below is a great article on Prophecy News Watch. Israel went deep into Qatar to flex their muscle against their enemies. Interestingly one reason Hezbollah agreed to disarm was their fear of the their leadership being assassinated. Cutting the head off the snake. (Side note) Hamas leadership lives in luxury while the soldiers live in squander and fear, promising 70 virgins. Wonder how that’s working out for them now!!

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=8752

Trump said to give Israel green light for strike on Hamas leadership in Qatar

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Interesting development in the Middle East, Israel strikes inside Qatar targeting Hamas leadership. Unprecedented in modern times. Of course Jew haters are screaming loudly, let’s see what, if any is the fallout. This could be a defying moment in the Middle East. We will have to wait and see. I stand with Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-said-to-give-israel-green-light-for-strike-on-hamas-leadership-in-qatar/

Trump & Qatar; What Could Go Wrong

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Doha Strike: Israel Calls Out Qatar’s Hypocrisy, America Faces a Dividing Line

By Tania Curado Koenig – Koenig’s Eye View

Israel has crossed a new threshold: striking senior Hamas officials inside Doha, Qatar. Reports indicate Khalil al-Hayya’s entourage was targeted; Hamas confirms at least five dead, including his son, though top leaders survived. Doha condemned the strike as a violation of sovereignty.

But the truth is larger: Qatar has played both sides for years. On one hand, it styled itself as a “mediator” for peace; on the other, it bankrolled Hamas with billions of dollars, money that built the tunnels used to slaughter Israelis on October 7th. To pretend neutrality while financing jihad is the very definition of hypocrisy. Israel’s strike exposed that duplicity in front of the world.

Trump’s Circle: A 180-Degree Divide

Here is what most outlets will not say. Inside Trump’s camp, there is a split that runs 180 degrees. Some urge uncompromising clarity with Israel. Others have deep business and personal interests with Doha. That division explains the mixed signals now emerging around this strike.

At the center is Steve Witkoff. He is not just a mediator. He is a real estate developer whose empire was under major financial strain. And as it has been reported, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, purchased Witkoff and partners Park Lane Hotel in August 2023 for approximately $623 million that was near bankruptcy. That fact shadows his role. When a man whose finances were rescued by Doha now sits at the center of U.S. messaging to Qatar, it is legitimate to ask: whose interests come first?

This is not rumor; it is history. And it matters now because what is at stake is not just real estate, but whether America speaks with moral clarity or hedges its stance to protect business ties.

Israel’s Message: Mediation Cannot Mean Sanctuary

By striking Hamas leaders in Doha, Israel declared that mediation cannot be cover for sanctuary. The Middle East understands strength, not double games. For years, Doha’s open-door to Hamas gave it leverage. Israel just tore away that shield.

America’s Covenant Test

The question now is not just what Israel will do. It is what America will do. Will Trump stand without hesitation for Israel, or will the voices in his circle tied to Qatari interests prevail?

Genesis 12:3 is not suspended: “I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse.” Nations and leaders rise or fall on that covenant word. If America blinks, if Trump turns his back at this decisive moment, the blessing attached to defending Israel will lift. That is not rhetoric; that is covenant.

The Bottom Line

– Qatar is exposed: financing Hamas while pretending to mediate.

– Trump’s camp is divided: 180 degrees apart, with some entangled in Qatari money.

– Israel is clear: no sanctuary for terror, even in Doha.

– The covenant still stands: Bless Israel and live under blessing; betray her and step into loss.

This strike is more than a military operation. It is a dividing line.

So here we are: Qatar weeps about sovereignty while counting the billions it poured into Hamas tunnels — and Washington debates whether real estate rescues and the beautiful $400 million airplane Trump received from the Qataris should shape U.S. policy. The covenant stands. Doha cries foul. Hamas cries martyrdom. The UN cries violation. Meanwhile, tunnels get built, hostages rot, and leaders in the West pretend it’s complicated. It isn’t. Bless Israel and live under blessing. Play games with Qatar — and see how that works out.

Prophetic News – Muslim investments In America

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Good morning and thank you to all who read and follow this blog.  As you know I try to give a take on current events and how they relate to Biblical Prophecy.  Today I am sharing a video clip about the possible future dangers of the vast amounts of money that is being given to the United States from Muslim countries in the Middle East.  I am a Christian Conservative and I do support Trump.  However my feelings align with this video clip.  This clip is courtesy of William Koenig a Christian White House reporter who is now serving in the White House.  I hope you enjoy it!  If so, share with like-minded people.

Dear friends, 

💰 Trillions are coming into America from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. But is it really investment… or influence? 

📺 Watch our new video here: 🔗 Influence or Investment? https://youtu.be/G0-CpTIKYxo

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Blessings, 

William & Tania Koenig

Prophetic News Update

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China, Russia, & N. Korea

We know all too well that Russia will be a big player in the end time events surrounding Israel in the Middle East. And we also know that China has been helping build different infrastructures throughout some of the moderate Middle Eastern Arab nations. China could also be the player that brings the 200 million man army across the dried up Euphrates river in the book of Revelation. North Korea is another despot that quite frankly no one knows how to deal with. With these three major players coming together in a show of strength and solidarity, no matter how fleeting it may be, is troubling not only for civilized countries, but it also sparks interest in prophetic events pertaining to the latter days.  Let us continue to be watchful and prayerful as we see possible prophetic events in the world playing out right before our eyes.  Rh See article below 

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=8721

Sovereignty over the West Bank?

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US ambassador Mike Huckabee visited Efrat on Friday and visited with Efrat council chairman Dovi Schefler, as the visit came about as a historic opportunity for Israel to apply full sovereignty over the areas of Judea and Samaria.  Huckabee returned to the town for a social visit following a previous declaration to buy a house there and participated in Shabbat prayers at the Shirat David synagogue.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s visit to Efrat “strengthens settlement in Judea and Samaria and illustrates the importance of Efrat as a central axis in settlement,” Efrat Council Chairman, Col. (res.) Dovi Shefler said on the visit.

“This is a time of historic opportunity to apply full Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and thereby establish our national and international status. Efrat is a magnet for Jews from both Israel and abroad, and the ambassador’s visit is further proof of the importance and resilience of the settlement.”  Huckabee previously laid the cornerstone at a then-new neighborhood in Efrat and has joked about buying a home there.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-865901

Editor of State Linked Qatari Newspaper praises Hamas

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Hostage Taking

(Update on an article posted 2 days ago.). This is why we must be careful about doing business with Qatar or any other Muslim country. This is why I have been troubled by the cozying up to Qatar by both Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff.  Not the same values. Rh

“If success is not achieved this time in capturing Zionist soldiers,” Al-Sharq’s Jaber al-Harmi tweeted on Aug. 20, “then the second, third, and fourth attempts” will “add new rats to the tally.”

Aug. 28, 2025 / JNS)

The editor-in-chief of a Qatari daily that maintains close ties to Doha’s ruling family last week hailed attempts by the Hamas terror group to kidnap Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Gaza Strip.

“If success is not achieved this time in capturing Zionist soldiers,” Al-Sharq‘s Jaber al-Harmi tweeted on Aug. 20, “then the second, third and fourth attempts will succeed, Inshallah, by adding new rats to the tally held by the heroes of [Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam] Brigades.”

Al-Harmi posted just hours after Hamas terrorists attempted to kidnap Israeli soldiers in Gaza, praising the ambush as a “qualitative operation” and lauding the perpetrators as “heroes.”

“Blessed be the hands of the heroes,” he wrote, adding: “And may the hands of the vile criminal outcasts be paralyzed.”

The post was subsequently deleted or removed from the X platform.

Over the course of the 22-month war between Israel and Hamas, al-Harmi has called for “harvesting the heads” of Israelis and praised slain Hamas senior leader Yahya Sinwar.

Qatar has served as the key mediator in hostage talks between Israel and Hamas, alongside Egypt and the United States. (Jerusalem News Service)

Qatar Spends Billions To Shape Opinions

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The tiny Gulf nation has spent almost $100 billion to establish its influence in Congress, universities, newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations. What does it want in return? 

By Frannie Block and Jay Solomon

The question is: How did a refuge of Islamist radicalism, a country criticized for modern-day slave labor, become the center of global politics and commerce? How did this tiny peninsular country of 300,000 citizens and millions of noncitizen migrant workers manage to put itself smack-dab in the center of global diplomacy—and so successfully ingratiate itself within the Trump administration?

Over the past few months, The Free Press investigated these questions. What we found is that no obstacle, no history, no bad headline is too big for Qatar’s money.

Qatar has spent almost $100 billion to establish its legitimacy in Congress, American colleges and universities, U.S. newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations. Over the past two decades, it has poured those billions into purchases of American-made weapons and business investments ranging from U.S. real estate to energy plants. It built—and still pays for—the Al Udeid Air Base, even as the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have ended. Doha finances research and campuses at prestigious American universities. And its lobbyists have the connections needed to open all the right doors in Washington. Since 2017, it has spent $225 million on lobbying and public-relations efforts in the nation’s capital.

The Free Press reviewed thousands of lobbying, real estate, and corporate filings. We interviewed dozens of American, European, and Middle Eastern diplomats and defense officials. We also analyzed secret intelligence briefings and previously undisclosed government documents. Together, they explain how Qatar has amassed so many loyal allies in America.

For the rest of the comprehensive 31 page article, click here: The Free Press

Smotrich rejoices as settlement plan that ‘erases 2-state delusion’ gets final greenlight / Times of Israel

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A major construction project that would see some 3,400 housing units built in the contentious E1 area in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, was given final approval Wednesday.

Announced last week by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the controversial plan was formally greenlit by the Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration, a Defense Ministry department.

Smotrich, who also holds a junior ministerial position in the Defense Ministry that grants him wide say in settlement construction, called the decision “historic.”

He described the construction plan as a “significant step that practically erases the two-state delusion and consolidates the Jewish people’s hold on the heart of the Land of Israel.”

“The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not by slogans but by deeds. Every settlement, every neighborhood, every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea,” the far-right minister declared.

This is a potential game changer. Building settlements on your own land should not be an issue, but this is Israel. Wo just wait and watch the heads explode with the construction starts. Grab some popcorn. Rh

The Rise of Anti-Semitism

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It is certainly not a surprise in the world we live in that hatred of Jewish people is on the rise. I say that, however, a part of me thinks it’s absolutely mad that we have forgotten the terrors of Nazi Germany so quickly. The Jewish people have a saying “never again,” speaking of the holocaust. Unfortunately never again happened on Oct. 7th 2023. I am not here to deal with that, we have spoken on that hideous attack with all its atrocities on many occasions.

The point of my essay today is to share the reason of this demonic hatred of a people that really are a bother to no one. They live their lives. They make the world better through their scientific and cultural activities. All they really want is to live in peace in their homeland, yes it is theirs from antiquity. Given to them by God to the Patriarch Abraham, passed down to Isaac and Jacob. In that same line we find our Savior Jesus Christ. Aw, now we are getting somewhere.

The pure demonic hatred is found from the beginning. From Haman, the Roman emperors, to Hitler and all points in between. It all started in the garden. It still flourishes today. The anti-christ spirit that lives in this world was spoken of in 1 John 1:18. It was alive then and it is on steroids today. The pure hatred brandied about on our college campuses by Marxist professors and students rivals the rise of Nazism in the 30’s in Europe. So it really is a sign of the times, but also a deep thread of evil that a sinful unrepentant world loves to soak in. Evil has to hate something or someone, and the Jews are an easy target.

Surprisingly even some Christian denominations have forsaken the Biblical command to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. To lift up and pray for a people who through them came the sure Word of God and our Messiah. God is not finished with Israel. The very fact that this small country bothering no one is under heavy attack military and economically is proof they are still a part of God’s plan. Replacement theology is a lie.

The backlash to this is the saying of the radical Islamist who declare boldly they are coming for the Saturday (Jews) people first then the Sunday (Christians) people next. Mark my words the anti-Christ spirt is targeting and will increase attacks on churches and Christians. We are already seeing this happen in Europe, Africa, and Canada. Not surprising. This so called religion of peace, demands to “convert or die.”

Hate Israel if you want, but if you do, you will be standing and fighting against Almighty God. I choose to stand with Israel. That doesn’t mean I agree with everything they do, but it does mean I want to be on God’s side. I stand with the Word! I stand with Israel!