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Today’s Israel in Psalm 83 and other Old Testament Prophecies

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Now, when we look at this, there are a number of prophetic passages which come to mind. I am going to go through some of them. The first one is Psalm 83, a Psalm of Asaf. I’ll read from the first verse. It says, Psalm 83 Do not keep silent, O God!Do not hold Your peace,And do not be still, O God!2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;And those who hate You...

October 7th and the Hope of Israel

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10 “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.’11 For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion,Streaming to the goodness of the Lord—For wheat and new wine and oil,For the...

Signs of the Times – October 2024

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UN ‘Summit of the Future’ The United Nation’s Summit of the Future is being promoted as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to “transform the global governance!” It is scheduled at the UN in New York City for September 22-23, 2024. The top priority for the meeting is to “Transform global governance and turbocharge the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable...

Israel Desk – August 2024

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Iran’s response to Israel Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran in an operation attributed to Israel, prompting Iran to threaten severe retaliation and raising fears of a regional war.  At the time of writing (August 16) Israel remains in suspense, waiting to see what Iran’s response will be.   Senior Iranian officials continue to make serious threats against...

From our Israel Desk – Sep 2022

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The Queen never visited Israel Not because she did not want to but because the Foreign Office prohibited such a visit. In a moving speech, Lord Polak paid tribute to the Queen in the House of Lords – but levelled searing criticism at the Foreign Office for preventing her from visiting Israel. The Tory peer, who was director of Conservative Friends of Israel for more than 25 years, criticised the...

Lebanon’s slow death a concern to Israel

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Lebanon is currently in the grip of the worst economic crisis in its history. There are daily shortages of fuel and electricity, a chronic lack of medical supplies, and an absence of essential medicines in hospitals. Some 77% of Lebanese households are unable to purchase sufficient food. The Lebanese pound has lost 90% of its value over the last two years. Economic crisis, severe...

Why do people seem to disregard that Hamas has gone on record multiple times saying they’d accept peace with Israel?

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Question: Why do people seem to disregard that Hamas has gone on record multiple times saying they’d accept peace with Israel on the terms of them withdrawing from the West Bank (1967 borders) and insist all Palestinians want to kill all Jews? Answer: I don’t believe it. Hamas fired 4500 missiles into Israel over 52 days in 2014. Then accepted a cease fire after Israel retaliated. 2014 –...

What did Israel and Palestine fight for?

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The simple answer is that Hamas and most of the Palestinian Authority want to wipe out Israel and create a Palestinian state ‘from the river to the sea’ (the Mediterranean to the Jordan River). Hezbollah, Iran, and Turkey support them in this endeavour. Israel, understandably, does not want to be wiped out so defends itself with Iron Dome defence system and with counter attacks on Hamas when they...

‘Why doesn’t Israel agree to a Palestinian State?’

The Palestinians could have had a state in 2000 when Israeli PM Barak offered Yasser Arafat almost all of what he wanted, except for the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Arafat said ‘Whoever would give away one centimetre of Jerusalem is not an Arab and not a Muslim.’ In 2008 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert offered 94% of the West Bank with some compensating Arab areas of Israel. Each...