The Catholic Church and its allied denominations in Jerusalem just declared war on Christian Zionism. In a statement released January 17, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in the Holy Land—led by the Roman Catholic hierarchy along with Eastern Catholic, Orthodox, and other traditional church leaders—condemned Christian support for Israel as a “damaging ideology” that misleads the public and harms Christian unity. The statement represents the Catholic Church’s most direct assault yet on the millions of evangelical Christians whose biblical interpretation leads them to support the Jewish state. Their territorial claim was unambiguous: “The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem reiterate that they alone represent the Churches and their flock in matters pertaining to Christian religious, communal, and pastoral life in the Holy Land.” The Bible speaks directly to this issue: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). The Catholic Church’s statement reveals what truly threatens them: losing control. Christian Zionists will continue standing with Israel because their Bibles tell them to, regardless of what ecclesiastical authorities declare... The State of Israel will continue engaging with believers who bless the Jewish people, and no statement from Jerusalem’s Patriarchs will change that. [More at the link] As more details about the Iranian regime’s crackdown against its own people emerge amid the ongoing internet shutdown, two recent unconfirmed reports suggest that the regime may have injected protesters with toxins that are meant to kill them days after the fact. One report was cited by a former UK lawmaker, while the other is based on a testimony cited by the opposition-aligned news outlet Iran International. Bill Rammell, a former Labour MP, told GB News on Saturday that he received a report that “People believe some kind of toxic chemical substance has been used against protestors, causing some of the injured to lose their lives days later.” He noted that the report from Iranian-Kurdish sources had not been verified, but he estimated it to be credible. On Monday, Iran International cited a source close to the family of a detained protester, who said that imprisoned Iranians underwent “abuse, including forced nudity, exposure to cold, and injections with substances of unknown composition while in custody.” This was based on a message a young protester was able to transmit from inside a regime prison, where he said officers had stripped the prisoners naked in the courtyard, keeping them there for long periods amid freezing winter conditions and even spraying them with cold water. The next day, the prisoner and several others were injected with an unidentified substance, the source added. The brutal crackdown that could have killed as many as 16,500 protesters has, for now, largely managed to suppress the protests, according to available information. Following rising concerns over a possible U.S. military strike, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has relocated to a heavily fortified underground compound in Tehran, according to reports, which cited sources close to the regime who revealed his son now oversees day-to-day operations. The development, reported this week by Iran International, underscores Tehran’s growing anxiety in the wake of escalating tensions with the United States over repeated threats to American forces, the regime’s brutal crackdown on its own people, and ongoing regional destabilization driven by Iran’s sponsorship of terror proxies across the Middle East. The facility was described by the sources as a hardened bunker network with interconnected tunnels designed for protection and continuity of leadership in the event of an attack. Additionally, Khamenei’s third son, Masoud, has reportedly assumed control of the supreme leader’s office operations and is now acting as the key conduit between the regime’s leadership and government ministries. The move places even more authority within the Khamenei family amid concerns of instability inside Iran’s ruling elite. The consolidation of power comes as Iran reels from weeks of unrest that began with merchant strikes in Tehran, with more than 30,000 protesters reportedly killed amid internet blackouts, mass arrests, and lethal crackdowns driven by years of economic mismanagement, political repression, and the collapse of the rial under Khamenei’s rule.
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