State of Palestine? Ambassador? Lies lies and more lies. Thanks for the encouragements. At first I was too outraged to notice. It remains somewhat bewildering why Israel would agree to all the nonsense. Somewhere along the line so they can have permission for the temple I suppose. Still, kinda makes you want to go find a Jew and shake him and shout What is the matter with you people! Oh well, calm down, it will be to our benefit. Here’s a 3:27 minute clip … And the magic words Peace and Security - Fair Use - :yahoo: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: Tee hee. That sneaky Bibi. He's a set-up man. He'll be going with us and leaving somebody else to try to clean up the mess. (At least that's my understanding.) Amir Tsarfati, from his e-mail newsletter: The Middle East: (I haven't watched it yet.) US Continues to Muddle Saudi/Israeli Normalization: Lebanon is on the Brink of War: US Readies for Action in Syria: 3000 US Personnel Arrive in the Persian Gulf: Brazilian President Calls for Global Government: Amir Tsarfati: Syrian sources associated with the Syrian opposition: an explosion occurred early in the morning in an ammunition warehouse of the 81st Brigade of the Syrian Army, on the road connecting al-Chamir to Rahaiba in the Damascus district. According to other sources, the explosion happened at 02:25 and the fire burned there for 40 minutes. As deception and demonic powers take over the world’s media, I am asking you to pray for us as we work hard to establish a center in Galilee from which we will give you daily updates and words of truth! When the time soon comes to create this center, we will need much help from you. The year 2024 will be one when most of you will no longer be able to trust any news channel anymore. We want to be there to provide unbiased and unfiltered news from Israel, the Middle East, and the world all around us! Please pray for our CONNECT project! https://t.me/s/beholdisraelchannel WOW WOW WOW!!! Unbelievable!!!! "The year 2024 will be one when most of you will no longer be able to trust any news channel anymore." Really?!?! I haven't heard that. Very interesting. I don't trust most of them now. Certainly not the legacy alphabet news, although my husband likes to watch them, and definitely not CNN. Even Fox can't be trusted about Covid or the stolen election. Almost all of the media in the US is owned by 6 people, all of whom are extreme liberals. Even Fox News is owned by Rupert Murdoch. The news in the US is nothing more than Op Ed and propaganda. The only trustworthy news I can think of is Epoch Times. Otherwise, the news as we once knew it is dead. CNN was the worse … always the same story every half hour until … there was some breaking news catastrophe that would mess up the line up. My dad, with his dementia, had to have that news network on. I would keep him company by staying in the same room and sat in a leather chair with my ipad to stay sane while he sat on the leather sofa mesmerized. 😵💫 After the 3rd round 1 1/2 hours .. I knew what storyline came next and said … “and now comes this … and that … and now expect this and get ready for a short commercial break …” and he would be amazed I knew that was going to happen. 🙄 With his short term memory issues … each broadcast seemed “new” to him. While I was going batty in the corner of the room. :wacko: It got worse when it was election year … it was no longer regular “news” but political and always bad mouthing the other running opponent and the commercials were even worse. It was a relief when the elections were overwith. From Amir Tsarfati's e-mail newsletter: Israel Strikes Terrorist Targets: Expanding Global Relationships for Israel: Ukraine Evacuating Settlements after Failed Counterattack: US Pays Iran for Prisoners: 
To start off, I’m going to give you one more video to watch, and this one might be the most critical. Yesterday, I went live with an extremely important Special Middle East Update.
Unfortunately, I don’t know how long it will remain up. Already, it has 25% fewer views than normal for an update. As you will see in the video, Google’s censorship of anything that doesn’t agree with its agenda and that of the progressive left appears to be radically, intentionally increasing.
Midday yesterday, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the US and Saudi Arabia have agreed to “the broad contours of a deal for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel." As I’ve reported several times in the past, included in the agreement would be a US guarantee of Saudi Arabia’s safety, assistance by Washington in civilian nuclear development, and some significant concessions by Israel regarding the Palestinians. 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."
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, the 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, the 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.
In the skies above Syria a couple of 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 goal 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.
As Iran continues to stir up tensions in Gulf waters, Washington has moved more than 3000 personnel to the Red Sea aboard two warships. In the past two years, Iran has seized or attempted to seize more than 20 ships. The USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall have been sent to deter this activity, bringing sailors and marines to the Fifth Fleet “to deter destabilizing activity and de-escalate regional tensions caused by Iran’s harassment, said Fifth Fleet spokesman Commander Tim Hawkins.
Radical leftist President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva of Brazil is concerned about the deforestation of the rain forests. His solution? Create rules for preservation, then establish a “new global government” to enforce them. His plan is to restructure the United Nations into a stronger body with more enforcement capabilities. For years, I have been saying that climate change will be the basis for the coming one-world religion. Lula sees it as the excuse for a one-world government.
No Israeli attack was reported.
This is a unique event, the second of its kind, in two days.
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Sunday morning brought the sounds of loud blasts to the Damascus suburb of Qudsaya. Although Israel remains mute on their participation, most believe the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were on the delivering end of the attack. There have been at least 22 strikes by Israel on Syria this calendar year. According to residents of the area, “warehouses of pro-Iran militias” were destroyed in Sunday’s attack. Wednesday night saw a lot of action in the West Bank, as, first, Israeli security arrested a suspect in connection with a drive-by shooting. Second, eight Palestinians were wounded by IDF forces when they attacked Jewish worshippers visiting Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem. Finally, the IDF and Border Police united to destroy an explosives laboratory and warehouse at the Balata refugee camp.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has announced that Paraguay will open its embassy in Jerusalem this year. Somewhat following the lead of their almost-neighbor to the north, Uruguay has said that they will open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. Israeli relations also continue to grow in Asia. On Wednesday, Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat was in Hanoi to sign an agreement to launch the first direct flights between Israel and Vietnam. The flights between Hanoi and Tel Aviv will launch in October.
Following Ukraine’s failed counterattack against Russian forces, Kyiv is ordering mandatory evacuations in the northeastern Kharkiv region. In Kupiansk, the city military administration issued an announcement requiring Ukrainian citizens to leave dozens of towns and villages near the front. Meanwhile, Stian Jenssen, the chief of staff to the NATO secretary general, ill-advisedly told a panel audience on Tuesday, “I think that a solution could be for Ukraine to give up territory and get NATO membership in return.” The Kyiv government went ballistic. The next day, Jenssen walked back his statement, saying it was “a mistake."
The United States does not pay ransom for hostages. As you read this story, just keep repeating that phrase to yourself. In what was not a ransom-for-hostages-transaction, the Biden administration has agreed to release $6 billion from South Korea and five Iranians held prisoner in the US to Iran in exchange for the release of five American citizens who are detained in Tehran. The convoluted justification for this action is something like, “What’s the problem? We’re simply swapping five prisoners for five prisoners…. What? Oh yeah, plus the $6 billion.” Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called this a “dangerous precedent”, then declared what everybody recognizes, “This will only encourage more hostage-taking by the Iranian terrorists.” Could it possibly be that this has anything to do with greasing the skids for a new Iran nuclear agreement? Hmmmm….
