A multi-front war between Israel and her surrounding, nearby enemies

The Israeli military has established a new mountaineer unit tasked with carrying out operations across the country’s hostile borders with Lebanon and Syria amid worsening tensions over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

“We are in a multi-front war—Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, and Gaza, and also farther away,”

IDF Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said during a visit to the Israel-occupied Benyamin region of the West Bank on Friday March 15.
The Bible says there will be a multi-front war between Israel and her surrounding, nearby enemies. Included in this inner ring war are Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinians in general, Jordan and Syria. Israel is preparing for conflict with all these people and nations. As the war on Hamas nears its end Israel will turn its attention to their other enemies..

Israel will not abide by the breakthrough United Nations security council ceasefire resolution to halt the fighting in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan. Benny Gantz, an Israeli war cabinet member, said that the resolution had “no operational significance for Israel” as the military continued to operate in the Gaza Strip

“Israel has a moral obligation to continue fighting until the hostages are returned and the threat of Hamas is removed and that is what we will do. The security council’s decision has no operational significance for us,”

Gantz wrote on social media

Relations between President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appear to have sunk to a new low, with both men pressed hard by domestic politics and looming elections. Israel is almost entirely isolated in the world now with all countries calling on Israel to halt its attacks on Hamas. Israel on the other hand is determined that Hamas must be destroyed. The media depict this as a war that Netanyahu is charging ahead with regardless of public opinion. But this is not true. The vast majority of those living in Israel support the national unity government. The Bible says that the nearby enemies of Israel will be destroyed. We may be witnessing the start of the inner ring war.

Hinting at Israel’s alleged overnight airstrike in Syria, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says the military will

“expand the campaign [against Hezbollah] and increase the rate of attacks in the north.”

“Israel is turning from defending to pursuing Hezbollah, we will reach wherever the organization operates, in Beirut, Damascus and in more distant places,”

Gallant says following an assessment at the IDF Northern Command in Safed. In the past day, a top Hezbollah commander was killed in an IDF drone strike in southern Lebanon, and five other Hezbollah terrorists were among 38 dead in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria’s Aleppo. Sixty-eight percent of Israeli Jews want more aggressive military action against Hezbollah, with 42 percent advocating “broad military activity even at the cost of regional war,” according to the INSS polling. Sixty-seven percent say diplomacy alone will enable northerners to come home.

Hamas remains in the sights of Israel and they have vowed to destroy them. But it will not end there. The next target is Hezbollah based in Lebanon to the north of Israel. Hezbollah also call for the destruction of Israel and are 10 times more powerful than Hamas and a real threat to Israel.

Israel cannot afford another October 7th and therefore have decided they can no longer have this threat on their border.

Zechariah 12 speaks of the people “round about” or “nearby” or ”surrounding” being burned up by the governors (leaders) of Jerusalem while Jerusalem remains secure. This is the initial inner ring war that comes BEFORE Russia and Iran invade Israel. There is vacuum created when Israel “win” this war. Remember these enemies of Israel are allies of Russia so when they are removed Russia takes vengeance on them…

Syria at some point will also get drawn into the inner ring war. Israel is attacking Syria especially around Damascus on a weekly almost daily basis. Until recently Russia has turned a blind eye to this but in recent days has become far more hostile to Israel’s actions. The Bible says that Damascus will be removed from being city. Jeremiah says that all the men of war will be killed in one day in that city. Something terrible is coming to Syria that will see the nation fail as a state. Syria is a key ally of Russa who has a naval base and many military bases in the country. When Syria fails due to Israel’s overwhelming attack Russia will decide to enter the void that is left and invade Israel…

Bible quote

Damascus has grown feeble; She turns to flee, And fear has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.  Why is the city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy? Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.  “I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,” (Jeremiah 49:24-27 NKJV)

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares:  “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:1-2 NIV)

“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place. (Zechariah 12:6)

This describes the inner ring war.

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

 

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Find also to read:

1. Israel ready for war
2. Putin says Russia’s mission is to create ‘new world’
3. Russia ‘sends a message’ with first missile attack on Israeli jets in Syrian war, expert says
4. War looms on border with Lebanon
5. This is a dangerous moment in Israel-Hamas war
6. US/UK send navy ships and planes to support Israel
7. Rishi Sunak says Britain wants Israel ‘to win’
8. New Iranian and Hizballah bases south of Damascus
9. Israel strikes Hezbollah ‘military compound’ in Lebanon
10. Israel: Gunmen from Gaza kill at least 22 in major attack
11. Israeli Leaders Say ‘Now Is Time for War’ and Vow to Wipe Hamas ‘Off the Face of the Earth’
12. Israel unveils plan for rule in Gaza after the war
13. Saudi Arabia interested in Israel normalisation deal after war
14. Russia-Iran axis is fomenting war in the Middle East
15. Netanyahu defies Biden over Palestinian state
16. Israel launches deepest airstrikes yet on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
17. What the intensifying US-Iran proxy war means for crisis-wracked Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen
18. Some events to look at from a Christian point of view for January 2024
19. Netanyahu rejects international pressure for Palestinian state

Are we witnessing the opening salvos of World War 3?

The Independent, January 19, 2024

Event

It is hard to escape the impression of a theatre of military conflict that is inexorably growing – to the east and the south, if not yet to the north and the west. And if you look backwards, rather than forwards, the Hamas massacres of Israelis on 7 October, and Israel’s all-out military response, can be seen as turning the tiny sliver of the Gaza Strip into the epicentre of a conflict that could embrace regions many hundreds of miles further afield.

The Hamas attacks of October were followed by dire warnings that this could be the spark that ignited a regional conflagration; that it was only a matter of time before Iran became directly involved – probably through its proxy, Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon – and that, before long, you could be standing on the threshold of the next world war.

Comment

David Cameron a previous prime minister of Britain is now the UK’s foreign secretary. He warned this week:

“It is hard to think of a time when there has been so much danger and insecurity and instability in the world. The lights are absolutely flashing red on the global dashboard and what we need at that time is strong leadership and a plan and that is what we have with the prime minister and the team in place.”

He is right – we are at time of danger, insecurity and instability in the world.
The lights are flashing red.
The world does need strong leadership. However, the leadership required is not that of worldly leaders and their armies. It is the leadership of Christ and the hosts (armies) of heaven. In fact we are told specifically that judgement will come on the “ships of Tarshish” (Britain). It comes at a time when Lebanon and southern Syria is also judged. These events herald the return of Jesus to the earth and the establishment of God’s kingdom.

Bible quote

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan (south Syria).., And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures (should be translated “desirable ships!”). (Isaiah 2;12-13+16)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

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Preceding

1. ‘Desperate’ Vladimir Putin may use tactical nuclear weapons, warns CIA chief
2. Hezbollah praises Hamas, says attack is message to Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel
3. Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas
4. Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets

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Additional reading

1. Signs of the Times – On manoeuvres
2. Signs of the Times – War and anti-Semitism
3. Nations being Prepared for Christ’s Appearance
4. Miscalculation as high as it was in August 1914 No one outside of Serbia expected war
5. Looking at a “Man from the North” endangering the world
6. Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict
7. Putin threatens nuclear strikes if West intervenes
8. The Developments for the second half of April
9. Europe sucked into a war against Russia
10. Ukraine War: Those who fail to call for negotiations, fail to understand the dangerous predicament that faces the planet!
11. Ukrainian Who doenit
12. What was it that so darkened our world?
13. Putin puts Russia’s nuclear force on high alert
14. Putin not able to spare the resources needed to defend Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian forces in Syria against a determined Israeli assault
15. Israeli society a patchwork of different cultures and political views
16. 50 Years after the Yom Kippur attack a new Hamas attack
17. Hamas’ attack on Israel
18. A look at Hamas attack on Israel’s Supernova festival
19. With pain in the hart looking at what Israel is doing
20. Attack on the weak civilians and abusing Judaism
21. Israel willing to assassinate all the leaders of Hamas
22. Nova Rave Massacre, Israeli defence establishment its negligence and reason for a genocide by Israel
23. Israel strikes Gaza following surprise attack by Hamas
24. Children ‘mercilessly’ killed by Hamas in Israel massacre – as Gaza is pummelled
25. Horror for a cornered people
26. Imprisonment and slaughter in the Gaza Strip
27. A complete siege of the Gaza Strip
28. Israeli Leaders Say ‘Now Is Time for War’ and Vow to Wipe Hamas ‘Off the Face of the Earth’
29. Israel’s goal would be to destroy Hamas
30. What is Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s Role in the Israel Conflict?
31. The Roots and Consequences of Hamas’ Strategy
32. New Iranian and Hizballah bases south of Damascus
33. The first three weeks of October 2023 a beginning of a new war
34. Iranian proxies established a resistance operations room to help Hamas
35. Fear is everywhere in Israel as it stares down the barrel of a wider war
36. Israel and Gaza trade rockets as conflict escalates
37. Iran assembles allies for rocket attacks on Israel
38. Israeli strikes Lebanon after anti-tank missile launch
39. It is the stuff of horror movies, but the world must know the truth of Hamas’ atrocities
40. A deadly war taking place in Gaza
41. Palestinians facing bombardments in greater intensity than all of the previous wars combined
42. Israel’s 9/11 versus US 9/11
43. Is a new Nakba unfolding
44. Eerie Jerusalem is still haunted by October 7
45. Gaza War and Challenges to the Needed Solution
46. Israel-Palestine drama needs more attention
47. Inadmissible Israeli violence
48. Dichotomy in approach to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
49. Hezbollah warns of all-out war if Israel escalates in Lebanon
50. Will Israel defy Washington and target Hezbollah?
51. ‘Nothing will stop us’ – Netanyahu says war against Hamas will continue despite global pressure
52. Netanyahu rejects US calls to scale back Gaza offensive
53. Yulia Tymoshenko: We are in World War Three already
54. Could it be that we are living in the Last Days

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Related

1. All-out WAR with Russia is looming
2. Houthis say WW3 superpowers Russia & China can send ships through Red Sea but US & UK vessels are in the crosshairs
3. British defense chief suggested the world is in a ‘pre-war’ state
4. Terrifying POV video shows the sights and sounds of WW III
5. Ordinary Brits face call-up if UK goes to war with Russia
6. Doomsday Clock has become absurd… world is more dangerous than last year – but not close to 1962 during the Cold War
7. WWIII Book Review: World War 1990: The Final Storm
8. World War 3 Edges Closer
9. World War 3: The world is bankrupt
10. The Squishy Problem Facing World War III Writers-Part I
11. The Squishy Problem Facing World War III Writers-Part II
12. Israel-Gaza Warfare.
13. Gaza War 30 Jan
14. Why Iran has its sights on Jordan
15. Blinken: Middle East situation most dangerous ‘since at least 1973’
16. Hamas studying Gaza truce plan as Israeli hardliners warn PM
17. Trump slams Biden, warns ‘we are on the brink of World War 3’
18. Donald Trump says ‘we are on brink of World War 3

Russia, Turkey, Iran Condemn Attack on Yemeni Houthis

VOA, January 12, 2024

Event

Thursday’s retaliatory attacks by U.S. and British forces on Iranian-backed Houthis inside Yemen have prompted support and condemnation from the international community.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani “strongly slammed the military strikes by the U.S. and Britain,” in a statement, calling it “an arbitrary move” that

“clearly breached Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and was against international laws and regulations.”

NATO ally Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the strikes

“a disproportionate use of force,”

just as Israel is doing in Gaza, and accused the U.S. and Britain of trying

“to turn the Red Sea into a sea of blood.”

He accused both countries of escalating tensions in the region. Russia also condemned the attacks, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmtry Peskov calling the strikes “illegitimate,” and accused the United States and Britain of

“trying to adjust the international law system to its actions.”

Comment

The strikes a few days ago by the US and UK against the Houthis in Yemen has caused anger and condemnation by three main nations – Russia, Turkey and Iran. All three nations are fully lined up with the Palestinians and see Israel as the aggressor. Iran wants the total destruction of Israel. Turkey (the only Muslim nation in NATO) has turned against Israel and is now siding with Russia. Russia under Putin had fairly good ties with Israel but has now turned against them. Putin is siding with Iran as Iran is helping Putin’s war in Ukraine. All three nations are lined up against Israel and therefore condemn the bombing of the Houthis who are also against Israel.

Ezekiel 38 tells us that Russia will assemble allies to attack Israel in the future. Iran and Turkey are on that list.

Bible quote

Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:  And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia, ….and the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, (Ezekiel 38:2-6)

Andy Walton’s Weekly World Watch

Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets

The Times, January 12, 2024

Event

Explosions were heard across Yemen late on Thursday night as British and US forces launched strikes on Houthi targets, after the Iranian-backed group ignored warnings to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea. Rishi Sunak, who had authorised the military action hours earlier and briefed ministers in an emergency cabinet meeting, said the situation could not be allowed to stand. He said the UK had taken

“limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence”.

President Biden said that Australia, Bahrain, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand and South Korea had also provided backing. Saba, the Yemeni press agency, reported attacks in the capital, Sanaa.

“These strikes are in direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea … These attacks have endangered US personnel, civilian mariners, and our partners, jeopardised trade, and threatened freedom of navigation,”

President Biden said.

Comment

The war between Israel and Hamas has escalated once again. Now it has spread to a direct conflict between the US/UK and the Houthis based in Yemen. The Houthis have said they are attacking ships in the Red Sea in support of the Palestinians and will only stop when Israel stops its war. The Houthis have been armed with sophisticated missiles and weapons from Iran. In Joel 3 we read of this situation. God speaks of the final conflict over Israel in this chapter. He asks (almost sarcastically)

“what have you to do with me O Tyre and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine?”

Tyre = Hezbollah and coasts of Palestine = Hamas in Gaza. But then we read in verse 8 that these people will be sold to the Sabeans – a people far off. Their kingdom was called Saba in Yemen!

Bible quote

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon [Hezbollah], and all the coasts of Palestine? [Hamas] will ye render me a recompence? ….I return your recompence upon your own head;  And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans [Yemen], to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. (Joel 3:4+6)

Andy Walton’s Weekly World Watch

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Preceding

U.S. Mideast naval exercise and fighter jets in the Gulf region

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Additional reading

1. Yemen: A country in crisis, what the world governments should practice and advocate to bring an end to the conflict
2. Americans need to end their indifference concerning the war in Yemen
3. The Strategist: The post-American Middle Eastern order
4. The Roots and Consequences of Hamas’ Strategy
5. In the news the Fourth week of December 2023
6. The start of 2024
7. The West and the Houthi rebels – January 2024
8. Why is the US scared of Israel despite global condemnation of its support for the Zionist regime?
9. UK and allies issue ‘final warning’ to Houthis over Red Sea attacks
10. How Israel’s Arrow 3 intercepted a missile in first space battle

Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas

Event

Guardian, October 20, 2023

Joe Biden has drawn a direct, provocative link between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Hamas’s attack on Israel as he urged Americans not to walk away from their role as “a beacon to the world”. In only the second Oval Office address of his presidency, Biden said he would ask Congress to provide aid for both Israel and Ukraine and denounced the scourge of antisemitism and Islamophobia at home.

The president’s 15-minute address sought to weave the Ukraine and Middle East conflicts together to convince war-weary voters and hardline Republicans of America’s obligations. It is a conflation that will make some uneasy, especially as Israel, with vastly superior military power, prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza.

“Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they share this in common: they both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy,”

said Biden, sitting at the Resolute desk with flags, family photos, gold curtains and a darkened window behind him.

Comment

The duel crises of war in Ukraine and Israel are providing a daunting diplomatic test for America. Biden flew to Israel on whirlwind trip to show his support for Israel. On his return he made his second only address to the nation on prime time TV. His message was that the USA had to stand with Israel and Ukraine. He also said that both wars were linked. Putin and Hamas both wanted to destroy a neighbouring democracy.

With Bible in hand we know they are connected and will become ever more so. Putin is currently attacking a Jewish leadership in Ukraine and calling them Nazi’s. Ukraine is the only country in the world (apart from Israel) with a Jewish president and prime minister. Putin will one day invade Israel itself and take a spoil. The wars are connected.

Bible Quote

A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. (Ezekiel 38:8 NLT)

Notice Gog/Putin invades Israel when Israel is recovering from war (the inner ring war). Israel is then living in peace.

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton,

Hezbollah praises Hamas, says attack is message to Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel

Hamas launched a surprise attack Saturday morning unprecedented in its scope and deadly impact. The phrase “It’s chaos” was heard repeatedly, from newsreaders, from families and occasionally from people caught in the raids, whispering desperately into their phones.

Event

The Times of Israel, October 7, 2023

Hezbollah praises the massive Hamas operation against Israel, and says it is message to Arab countries normalizing with Israel. The terror group Hezbollah says it is in direct contact with the Hamas leadership in Gaza and abroad, and calls on Arab and Muslim peoples around the world to declare their support to Hamas and the Palestinian people, adding that armed resistance is the only way to confront the Israeli “aggression.” Hezbollah adds that the “Al-Aqsa Deluge” operation launched by Hamas against Israel is a message to the international community and the Arab and Muslim world, in particular those countries seeking normalization with Israel. It also calls on the Israeli government to learn the “important lessons” taught by the “Palestinian resistance.”

Comment

Hamas are calling this war the “Al-Aqsa deluge” or “Al-Aqsa storm”. It is interesting they are giving it this title. Al-Aqsa refers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque situated on Temple Mount next to the Dome of the Rock. The Temple Mount is the actual site of the first and second Jewish Temples. The first temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and the second one was destroyed by the Romans in CE 70.

Hamas believe that Jerusalem should be the capital of a Palestinian State and that Israel should be destroyed as a nation. The centre of their rage and anger is centred on Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This is interesting because in Zechariah 12 we are told that God wil

“make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people round about.”

One version says

“I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger.”

In other words Jerusalem will make nearby people (Hamas!) act crazy as if drunk / out of their minds. These nearby people go mad. And it causes Jerusalem to be a burden for all…

Bible Quote

This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord:

“This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit. I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah (Zechariah 12:1-2)

– this is the inner ring war

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton,

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Find also to read:

1. Netanyahu says Israel is at war after Hamas assault
2. Israel: Gunmen from Gaza kill at least 22 in major attack
3. Hamas opened the gates of hell on the Gaza Strip
4. Putin not able to spare the resources needed to defend Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian forces in Syria against a determined Israeli assault
5. Israeli society a patchwork of different cultures and political views
6. A look at Hamas attack on Israel’s Supernova festival
7. Israel strikes Gaza following surprise attack by Hamas
8. A complete siege of the Gaza Strip
9. Hamas terrorists murder also babies
10. Children ‘mercilessly’ killed by Hamas in Israel massacre – as Gaza is pummelled
11. A treacherous geopolitical outlook for President Joe Biden
12. Israel’s goal would be to destroy Hamas
13. What is Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s Role in the Israel Conflict?
14. Israel tells 1.1 million citizens of north Gaza to get out now
15. Politic headlines on Friday 2023 October 13
16. Frontpage for Saturday 2023 October 14
17. Israel is poised to launch a ground offensive in Gaza where there is no drinking water any more
18. Leaving their land the death of their cause
19. A human dilemma to face at the beginning of a war
20. No place is safe in Gaza
21. The Roots and Consequences of Hamas’ Strategy

#Peace . . . Praying together

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#Peace . . . Praying together

Iran: Ready to help Palestinians win by ‘force’

Newsweek, 2023 July 3

Event

As deadly violence flared in the West Bank, Iran has asserted that Palestinians could achieve their goals in the decades-long territorial dispute with Israel only through the use of force, something Tehran would support if asked.

“Based on Iran‘s assessment, Palestinians cannot regain their seized rights from the Israeli regime through negotiation, as the Israeli regime only responds to force,”

the Iranian Mission to the United Nations told Newsweek.

“Therefore, Iran supports any request for assistance from the Palestinian resistance.”

Clashes erupted overnight Sunday as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a rare, large-scale operation using ground and air assets to target suspected armed Palestinian factions in the occupied city of Jenin, home to a sprawling refugee camp at the heart of more than a year of heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions.

Comment

This week Israeli Defence Force spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said

“Iran is playing a role of negative influence and is directly supplying”

Palestinian fighters. Islamic Jihad has received

“100 percent Iranian support”

and that

“also some of the force buildup of Hamas is based on Iranian money.”

“Iran has a huge motivation that there will be terror activities in the West Bank,”

Hagari said.

“It’s in the benefit of Iran.
Iran tries to bring money and arms inside the West Bank.”

Tehran funds and commands almost all of Israel’s immediate and nearby enemies. It openly states it wants Israel’s total destruction. It openly arms terrorist groups who also have this sole aim. There is little doubt that the Iran is being referenced in Psalm 83 as the nation that supports 10 tribes (all nearby enemies of Israel) – Assur refers to Syria, Iraq and Iran…

Bible Quote

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.  (Psalm 83:5-8)

 

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Preceding

Israel featured twice on list of potential 2022 conflicts

Iran nuclear talks on brink of collapse, diplomats warn

Iran taunts Israel by testing missile named after medieval Jewish defeat

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Additional reading

1. The Jordan Times: Real journalism asks tough questions
2. Putin affirms ‘unwavering support for the Palestinians’
3. Palestinian political violence
4. intifada (Palestinian-Israeli history)
5. Israel Defense Forces
6. Palestine Liberation Organization (Palestinian political organization)
7. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (militant group)

Saudi Arabia wants ‘thriving Israel’ in Middle East

Event

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US has spoken of wanting to see a “thriving Israel” as part of a unified Middle East, in the latest sign that the kingdom could normalise relations after decades of enmity.

Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, member of House of Saud and the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States.

Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud, who is a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, told an event in Colorado:

“We want to see a thriving Israel, We want to see a thriving Palestine.”

Referring to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s long-term agenda, she added:

“Vision 2030 talks about a unified, integrated, thriving Middle East, and last I checked, Israel was there. We want a thriving Red Sea economy.”

A possible normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia has been hailed as the “crown jewel” of agreements between the Jewish state and the Arab and Muslim world. Riyadh is believed to have a covert relationship with Israel but has yet to officially disclose those diplomatic ties. While Prince Mohammed has not yet followed the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco in establishing official relations under the US-brokered Abraham Accords of 2020, his country’s historic boycott has been softening, including opening its airspace to Israeli flights last year.

Comment

Eli Cohen, the Israeli foreign minister, said this week that there was a “window of opportunity” for an Israeli-Saudi agreement and that

“we are very optimistic about the possibility of achieving such an agreement”.

This is quite amazing with Bible in hand because in Ezekiel 38 we read that the opposing force to Russia, Turkey, Iran etc is Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish and the young lions. Sheba and Dedan is Saudi Arabia and the smaller Gulf Arab states – some of whom have already made peace agreements under the Abraham Accords. The pieces continue to fall into place.

Bible Quote

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?  (Ezekiel 38:!3)

Andy Walton

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Preceding

U.S. Mideast naval exercise and fighter jets in the Gulf region

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Additional reading

1. Nations being Prepared for Christ’s Appearance
2. Andy Walton’s Weekly World Watch for October 3 – 9, 2021
3. Warm welcome for Israeli leader in Bahrain
4. AJC Global Forum 2022: World at crossroads Democracy versus Tyranny
5. First joint naval exercise by Israel and Gulf states signals Iran worries
6. Israeli prime minister makes historic UAE visit, stressing ‘new reality’ for region
7. The Developments for the first half of April

US urges NATO vigilance for signs Russia could use nuclear weapon in Ukraine

April 18, 2023 event:

The U.S. and its NATO allies must remain alert for signs Russian President Vladimir Putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon in a “managed” escalation of his war in Ukraine, the second-highest U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman issued the warning during the opening session of an annual NATO arms control conference that was being held in North America for the first time since its inception in 2004. “We have all watched and worried that Vladimir Putin would use what he considers a non-strategic tactical nuclear weapon or use some demonstration effect to escalate, but in an managed risk escalation,” Sherman said. “It is very critical to remain watchful of this.” Putin’s March 25 announcement that Russia is preparing to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus “is his effort to use this threat in a managed way,” Sherman said.

Comment

There is a lot of talk in the press that Ukraine is about to launch a major push back against Russia. But could Putin be defeated and pushed out of Ukraine? Or is it more likely Putin will resort to greater and greater destruction to bring about a permanent stalemate – even an agreement- forced on Ukraine by the West? The latter seems unlikely currently but it is actually the most probable outcome. Putin must succeed and be able to declare some victory. The minimum victory he wants is the recognition that the Donbass region and Crimea are now Russian. The way he could bring nations to the table is by showing he will go to ANY lengths to achieve this goal. Tactical nuclear weapons are much smaller nukes and the fear is Putin may well use them. The Bible says Gog / Putin brings about “fearful destruction and shall succeed in what he does…”

when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a king of bold countenance, one who understands riddles, shall arise. His power shall be great, and he shall cause fearful destruction, and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people of the saints. (Daniel 8:23-24)

Andy Walton

Weekly World Watch Apr 16th – 29th 2023

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Preceding

PM warns Vladimir Putin against ‘tragic mistake’ as tensions rise with Ukraine

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Additional reading

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3. Putin plays dangerous poker game
4. Stories the Week brought to you from 2022 May 26 – June 01
5. Going to the end of 2022 having to see an ongoing invasion
6. Putin puts Russia’s nuclear force on high alert
7. Targets in north, west, center of Ukraine and Crimean peninsula
8. Putin needing weapons from Xi
9. Sunday 2023 March 26 Frontpage
10. What we know on day 397 of the Russian invasion
11. The Developments for the second half of April