The news media went wild, and many people couldn’t contain their excitement. Where you didn’t find excitement was in Israel’s leadership who are not at all ready to budge on Palestinian issues, a position that hadn’t been a block in Saudi/Israeli relations until the US made it one.
But before the media had an opportunity to joyfully denounce Israel, the US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby threw cold water on the WSJ report saying, “Just to be blunt here, the reporting has left some people with the impression that the discussions are further along and closer to a sense of certainty than they are.” So, who do you believe? When it comes to Middle East politics, the answer is usually “no one”.
Terror Attack in Tel Aviv
Last Saturday in Tel Aviv, two municipal security officers noticed a man acting suspiciously. As they approached him, the man pulled out a gun and opened fire. One officer was struck, while the second returned fire hitting the gunman. Both the 42-year-old security man and the 22-year-old member of the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad eventually died of their injuries. The officer, Chen Amir, left behind a wife and three daughters.
Israeli Air Force Hits Syria
Israel hit Syria early Monday morning with a missile attack. Four Syrian soldiers died in the strike, and four more were wounded. Per usual, Israel declined to comment.
Lebanon is on the Brink of War
The economy has collapsed. The government is run by an Iranian-backed terrorist group. Soldiers are firing on civilians. Thousands of citizens are fleeing the country, while other nations are pulling out all their embassy staff. And the Hezbollah leadership is consistently speaking words of war toward Israel. It truly breaks my heart to see this. I love the Lebanese people, but they are being held hostage by Hezbollah.
On Tuesday, head of Iran’s Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, landed in Lebanon. He was there to coordinate the final details for an attack on US forces in Syria and on Israel from Lebanon. What’s the motivation behind the escalations? Iran wants Hezbollah to go to war with Israel, so that the attention is diverted away from their nuclear program.
Hezbollah, on the other hand, needs a war to divert attention away from how they have trashed the country. Unfortunately, war will not go well for the Lebanese people. On Tuesday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant looked out over Lebanon from his vantage point on Mount Dov and warned Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, to not make a mistake and attack.
He said that if “an escalation or conflict develops here, we will return Lebanon to the Stone Age. We will not hesitate to use all our power and erode every inch of Hezbollah and Lebanon if we have to.” Let’s pray it doesn’t come to that.
US Readies for Action in Syria
In the skies above Syria a couple weeks ago, a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet dropped flares in front of a US MQ-9 Reaper drone during an extremely close fly by. This action severely damaged the drone’s propellor, forcing it back to base. Down on the ground, Iran’s proxy militias are preparing for a major strike on US bases east of the Euphrates River.
This is all part of Iran’s ultimate goals of destroying Israel and getting the US out of the Middle East. That goal of the US’s departure is shared by Iran and Russia. Neither will likely use their own forces to accomplish it, but they have thousands of Islamist terrorists who are more than happy to do their bidding.
1 comment:
How can climate nonsense be used on God's people, it can't, in my opinion. Lots of resistance will occur therefore, IMO!
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