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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Israel, Iran, and Bible Prophecy | Special Q&amp;A Round 2:
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Your Questions About the Iran War Answered:
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                        <link>https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/israel-updates-here-v-19/paged/263/#post-60989</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Netanyahu: &#039;No guarantee Iranian regime will fall&#039;
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first press conference since the start of the war this evening (Thursday) via video conference....]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="article-title" data-v-e580db1b=""><span style="font-size: 14pt">Netanyahu: 'No guarantee Iranian regime will fall'</span></h1>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first press conference since the start of the war this evening (Thursday) via video conference.</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">During the press conference, Netanyahu addressed Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and stated that the Iranian proxy terror group would "pay a very heavy price."</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">"This is no longer the same Iran, this is no longer the same Middle East, and this is also not the same Israel. We initiate and attack with force. Trump and I talk almost every day, exchange ideas and advice, and decide together," Netanyahu said.</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">"We are crushing Iran and Hezbollah," Netanyahu declared, adding, "We are becoming a regional power. Our roar is growing louder. We have achieved enormous achievements that are changing the balance of power beyond the Middle East."</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">He referred to the appointment of Ali Khamenei's son as Iran's supreme leader after his father's assassination. "We have eliminated the old dictator, and the new dictator, the puppet of the Revolutionary Guards, cannot show his face in public. I say to the people of Iran: The moment is approaching when you can embark on the path of freedom. It is in your hands."</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">However, he added that he cannot guarantee "that the Iranian regime will collapse, if we join forces, we will repel the enemies time and time again."</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">The Prime Minister promised that "many more surprises are expected in the campaign. We have the upper hand, much more than we expected."</p>
<p data-v-fa4fcf81="" data-v-e580db1b-s="">https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423853  </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Katz: If Beirut fails to stop Hezbollah, IDF will ‘take control of the territory’
If Lebanon’s government fails to prevent Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israel, Jerusalem will “take...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="article-headline "><span style="font-size: 14pt">Katz: If Beirut fails to stop Hezbollah, IDF will ‘take control of the territory’</span></h1>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If Lebanon’s government fails to prevent Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israel, Jerusalem will “take control of the territory and do it ourselves,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Thursday.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The prime minister and I have instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare to expand its operations in Lebanon and to restore quiet and security to the northern communities,” the defense minister stated.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This time, he vowed, “There will be no evacuation, no abandonment.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Everyone remains on their land, in their home, wherever they are. This is the number one mission—to defend the communities and give them security against raids and against anti-tank fire,” continued Katz.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-idf-has-many-surprises-in-store-for-islamic-republic/">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> had warned Beirut over the weekend that if it fails to uphold the ceasefire deal, the Iranian-backed aggression “will bring catastrophic consequences upon Lebanon.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It is time for you, too, to take your destiny into your hands,” he told the Lebanese government, declaring that “in any case,” Jerusalem will do “everything necessary to protect our communities and our citizens.”</p>
<p>https://www.jns.org/katz-if-beirut-fails-to-stop-hezbollah-idf-will-take-control-of-the-territory/  </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Israel Hits Iran Oil Facilities! | Special Update:
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Are We Building The Third Temple?
Now that the whole world is talking about the Third Temple in Jerusalem, let’s go there.
I am a Jew, a Chabad’nik, a Rabbi, so you can trust what I’m goin...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="headline"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Are We Building The Third Temple?</span></h1>
<p>Now that the whole world is talking about the Third Temple in Jerusalem, let’s go there.</p>
<p>I am a Jew, a Chabad’nik, a Rabbi, so you can trust what I’m going to share a lot more than what podcasters have tried to share in ‘my name’.</p>
<p><span>Yes, Jews believe that we will have a Third Temple, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in the same location where our first two Temples once stood. It’s not some secret that the Mossad is hiding...</span></p>
<p>It has been in the public record for thousands of years:</p>
<p>2800 years ago, Isaiah prophesied:<span> </span><em>“… concerning Judah and Jerusalem … at the end of the days, the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be firmly established at the top of the mountains … and many peoples shall go, and they shall say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mount, to the house of the God of Jacob …”</em></p>
<p>Obviously, there are geopolitical considerations, which are significant but beyond the scope of this article. But let’s review the Jewish sources. We will discover that they are complex, and there are in fact many reasons why we aren’t currently making any such plans:</p>
<p>1. The obligation to rebuild the Temple may apply only when the majority of the Jewish nation resides in Israel. Currently, less than 50% of Jews live in Israel.</p>
<p><span>2. The obligation to rebuild the Temple may apply only when there is a Jewish king or prophet, which we don’t have nowadays....</span></p>
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<p>That being said, there seems to be two general opinions about how the Temple will be built:</p>
<p>1. Maimonides rules that the Temple will be built by King Moshiach. In other words, we will need to wait for the arrival of Moshiach.</p>
<p>2. Others are of the opinion that in the Messianic era, the Temple will miraculously descend ready-built from heaven.</p>
<p><span>In summary, as much as we yearn for the building of the Third Temple, and we know that it will happen one day, we are not currently in a position to fulfill this mitzvah.</span></p>
<p><span>Our job is to build a better world. We’ll let G-d will figure out how to build the Temple.</span></p>
<p>https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/are-we-building-the-third-temple/  </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The Iran War EXPLAINED | Mideast &amp; Beyond
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[IRAN WAR BREAKING NEWS:
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Did the Ayatollah try to blow up the Temple Mount before he died?
...a tragedy of a different kind was narrowly averted on Saturday, the first day of the war, as one missile landed just sev...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><span style="font-size: 14pt">Did the Ayatollah try to blow up the Temple Mount before he died?</span></h1>
<p>...<span>a tragedy of a different kind was narrowly averted on Saturday, the first day of the war, as one missile landed just several hundred meters from the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. The missile hit the Sultan’s Pool outdoor events venue.</span></p>
<p>But it is also clear that the Islamist regime is targeting Jerusalem. Ironically, a missile strike on the Temple Mount would likely destroy the Muslim structures that dominate Judaism’s holiest site. Within Saturday’s Jerusalem’bound rocket is a hidden meaning. </p>
<p>The first day of the war was the 11th day of the ninth Islamic month, Ramadan, in which the Muslims increase their religious fervor. Americans will connect this date as hinting at 9-11...</p>
<p>“The ‘Architects of Chaos’ in Tehran attempted to commit an act of sacrilege so profound it would have torn the fabric of human history,” Rabbi Ben Avraham wrote. “They launched a ballistic warhead aimed at the heart of Jerusalem. And let us be clear: this was not a “military error.” This was an intentional strike on the most sensitive thirty-five acres on Earth.”</p>
<p>“Had that warhead deviated by just a few degrees, or had the hand of the Almighty not guided it into the open amphitheater of the Hinnom Valley, it would have struck the Temple Mount.</p>
<p>“Consider the timing. We are in the month of Ramadan. At the moment of that strike, the Mount was filled with thousands of Muslim worshippers in prayer. The Iranian regime a regime that claims to speak in the name of Islam, was willing to slaughter thousands of their own co-religionists and destroy the Al-Aqsa compound just to strike a blow at the ‘Zionist entity.’</p>
<p>“I believe this near-catastrophe marks the beginning of the end for the regime in Tehran. By attempting to bomb the Temple Mount, they have lost the last shred of their ‘Islamic’ legitimacy. Even our neighbors, the Saudis, the Emiratis, and the Jordanians now see the truth. You cannot claim to be the vanguard of faith while trying to blow up its foundation.</p>
<p>https://israel365news.com/416502/did-the-iranian-regime-try-to-blow-up-the-temple-mount-yesterday/  </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Israel Commences Ground Invasion of Lebanon to Defend Citizens From Hezbollah Strikes:
The Israeli government says it has authorised its forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control of ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt">Israel Commences Ground Invasion of Lebanon to Defend Citizens From Hezbollah Strikes:</span></h1>
<p class="subheading">The Israeli government says it has authorised its forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control of additional areas” to prevent Hezbollah using them to fire into Israeli border settlements as part of Operation Roaring Lion, Jerusalem’s counterpart of the American Operation Epic Fury.</p>
<p>Israel is reacting to the decision “of the Hezbollah terror organization to join the campaign of the Iranian terror regime” and is moving forward to occupy land used to launch attacks against Israeli border communities, they said on Tuesday morning. Air raid sirens sounded in the north of Israel again on Tuesday morning as Hezbollah rocket attacks, launched from inside Lebanon, struck the Galilee area, <em>The Times of Israel </em><a class="x5l" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-3-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Announcing the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) invasion of Lebanese border areas in a statement on Tuesday, defence minister Israel Katz said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “approved the IDF to advance and take control of additional areas in Lebanon to prevent firing on Israeli border settlements”.</p>
<p>https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/03/israel-launches-invasion-of-lebanon-to-defend-citizens-from-hezbollah/  </p>]]></content:encoded>
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