The Eve of Destruction Back in the 1960s there was a famous protest song ‘Eve of Destruction’, sung by Barry Maguire. Its chorus said: You tell meOver and over and over again, my friendHow you don’t believeWe’re on the eve of destruction.song That was nearly 60 years and we have managed to survive (just about) until now. But now it seems we really could be on the eve of...
Another interesting factor relates to China which is a dominant power. China is moving into all parts of the world including the Middle East, and they have made this deal with Iran and Saudi Arabia; a very big deal. Saudi and Iran have been at loggerheads: Saudi the leading Sunni power and Iran, the leading Shiite power, are hostile to each other. Iran has hit Saudi with missiles and there is a...
The protest movement is not about judicial reform, it is a planned secular uprising against Jewish nationalism / Zionism and religion. The Ha Aretz newspaper announced on March 10 this year ‘Israel’s long awaited secular uprising is finally here’. This is about a tiny elite that is manipulating people, particularly young people, with a fictitious threat that democracy is under attack...
Will Russia collapse? Or blow us all up? Or win in the end? Senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds. “There simply wouldn’t be any other solution,” the former Russian president added. “Our enemies should pray for our fighters that they do not allow the world to go up in nuclear flames...
A Study of Psalm 83
5 For they have consulted together with one consent;They form a confederacy against You:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;Moab and the Hagrites;7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;8 Assyria also has joined with them;They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
Recently, the Israeli Defence Force and the U.S Central Command launched exercise Juniper Oak, a massive joint military exercise which, according to recent reports, involves bombing targets set up in the Negev Desert, that’s, in the south of Israel, to simulate Iranian nuclear sites. A total of 1,100 Israeli Soldiers with 6,400 U.S soldiers took part with aircraft including B-52 heavy...
Will someone come up with a solution to this problem, offering peace and safety, bringing a guarantee such as a peace treaty? If so, would he be hailed as a great world leader? Israel Politics Let’s just come on to Israel because Israel was also mentioned in the speech which Guterres gave at the U.N General Assembly. He said, “In Israel and Palestine, cycles of violence under the occupation...
Biden signs ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ On his visit to the Middle East US President Joe Biden signed a joint strategic declaration with Prime Minister Yair Lapid on 14 July in Jerusalem, in which the US vowed to use “all elements in its national power” to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. “The United States stresses that integral to this pledge is the commitment never to allow Iran to...
Ukraine’s Jewish population Jews have lived in Ukraine for such a long time that their arrival here predates even the first recorded use of the country’s name. Starting in the ninth century, Jews began settling between Uzhgorod and Lugansk — respectively the westernmost and easternmost cities of what is now Ukraine. Historically, though, Jews haven’t had an easy life in Ukraine for most of...
Ukraine’s Jewish population Jews have lived in Ukraine for such a long time that their arrival here predates even the first recorded use of the country’s name. Starting in the ninth century, Jews began settling between Uzhgorod and Lugansk — respectively the westernmost and easternmost cities of what is now Ukraine. Historically, though, Jews haven’t had an easy life in Ukraine for most of...