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Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”

Reuters, April 4, 2024

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Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”, the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday. NATO’s successive waves of eastern enlargement are a fixation of President Vladimir Putin, who went to war in Ukraine two years ago with the stated aim of preventing the alliance from coming closer to Russia’s borders. Instead, the war has galvanised NATO, which has expanded again with the entry of Finland and Sweden. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters:

“In fact, relations have now slipped to the level of direct confrontation.”

NATO was

“already involved in the conflict surrounding Ukraine (and) continues to move towards our borders and expand its military infrastructure towards our borders”,

he said. Putin has repeatedly said that Russia was cheated by the West in the aftermath of the Cold War as Moscow’s Warsaw Pact alliance was disbanded but NATO moved eastwards by taking in former pact members and the three Baltic states that had been part of the Soviet Union.

Comment

NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defence. Essentially NATO is a defensive alliance that means any country in NATO can call on others if they are attacked. NATO in reality is a defending itself against Russia.

The map above shows how NATO has pushed ever eastwards and has taken in some nations that were once part of the USSR itself! It has now moved right up to the borders of Russia. It is one of the reasons Putin launched his attack on Ukraine as Ukraine sought NATO membership (and still does). Russia will not subjugate Europe- NATO is too strong. Russia will move south to Israel.

Bible quote

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.  He shall enter also into the glorious land [Israel] , and many countries shall be overthrown: (Daniel 11:40-41)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

Netanyahu unveils Israel’s ‘day after’ plan for Gaza

The Times, February 23 , 2024

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Israel wants operational freedom throughout Gaza “without a time limit” as part of its postwar plan for the territory, Binyamin Netanyahu has told his war cabinet. In his long-awaited “day after” plan outlining Israel’s post-war intentions for Gaza, the Israeli prime minister also called for a “demilitarised, deradicalised” territory and the closure of UNRWA, the vital aid body that has come under fire after the alleged involvement of some of its employees in the October 7 Hamas attacks.

“Israel will maintain operational freedom of action in the entire Gaza Strip, without a time limit, for the purpose of preventing the renewal of terrorism and thwarting threats from Gaza,”

the document issued by the prime minister’s office states as its first medium-term goal. Netanyahu also has to placate the more extreme elements in his administration, for fear he could fracture the fragile government. Some far-right ministers have called for Palestinians to leave Gaza.

Comment

Netanyahu’s plan, unveiled on Thursday night, appears to reject any future governance by the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank, by ruling out civil administration by “countries or entities that support terrorism”.

Responding to the plan, a spokesman for Mahmoud Abbas (Palestinian Authority leader) said that Gaza must be part of the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

It is interesting there are some in Israel’s government calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza altogether.

In Joel 3 we read of the sons and daughters of the “coasts of Philistia” i.e. the Gaza Strip – being sold to the Sabeans. The Sabeans lived in modern day Yemen. We may well see the destruction of Hamas and the deportation of some Palestinians to Yemen.

Bible quote

I will 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 [area of Yemen], to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.  (Joel 3:7-8)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

 

 

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US hits 14 Houthi missiles aimed at ships in the Red Sea

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Saudi Arabia interested in Israel normalisation deal after war

Russia’s worrisome invite to Hamas, PIJ and its implications

Jerusalem Post, February 19, 2024

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Russia has invited Palestinian groups to Moscow, which could bring together Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and other terrorist groups*. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said over the weekend that Russia invited Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow at some point in late February, the latest Russian move to increase its influence in a post-October 7 world.

Moscow hosted a Hamas delegation already in October, as Hamas sought to do outreach to Moscow. In October, a Hamas delegation set out for Moscow, led by senior Hamas member Mousa Abu Marzouk, and met with the Russian and Iranian deputy foreign ministers, Mikhail Bogdanov and Ali Bagheri Kani. That meeting represented a convening of interests between Russia, Iran, and Hamas. This is concerning because Iran backs Hamas and also supplies Russia with drones for its use in the war in Ukraine. Russia has been particularly cold towards Israel following October 7, slamming its operations in Gaza and particularly Israel’s ambassador to Russia in early February.

Comment

The one nation that has benefited most from the conflict between Israel and Hamas is Russia. The USA now has to fund and supply weapons to both Ukraine AND Israel. This is creating great financial pressure and with limitations on the number of weapons some that were intended for Ukraine have now gone to Israel. Some analysts believe that Putin’s fingerprints are all over the Hamas Oct 7th attack. Which explains why Putin is about to welcome to Moscow (again) the terrorist groups that want to destroy Israel.

The Bible says that Israel’s enemies will visit Gog (Putin) asking him to support their cause…

Bible quote

After many days thou [Gog] shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. (Ezekiel 38:8)

Visited means “sought after”, “needed”, “visited”, “to seek”

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Please note that the Jerusalem Post may consider the Palestinian government official Mohammad-Shtayyeh and the Palestinian Authority as terrorist groups, which we do not, because they are recognised by several coutries as a legal entity. There is also the resolution passed on November 29, 2012, with 138 countries in favour, 9 opposed, and 41 abstaining, which urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume stalled negotiations toward a two-state solution. Israeli officials opposed Abbas’s bid for recognition, saying that such unilateral actions by the Palestinians would hold up negotiations with Israel. In April 2015 the “State of Palestine” was admitted to the International Criminal Court.

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

What the intensifying US-Iran proxy war means for crisis-wracked Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen

Arab News, February 15, 2024

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Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has spilled over into neighboring countries and sent shockwaves across the wider region, transforming Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen into battlefields in an escalating proxy war between the US and Iran. This mounting instability has wrought havoc on the economies of the region, many of which were already grappling with deep recessions, spiraling inflation, high unemployment and political instability, leaving them ill-equipped to withstand a major conflict. Since launching its military campaign in Gaza, Israel has simultaneously mounted a series of strikes against targets in Syria and Lebanon — many of them targeting senior members of Hamas and its fellow Iranian proxy Hezbollah.

“Syria has become a battleground for great power rivalries, both regional and international,”

Joshua Landis, director of both the Center for Middle East Studies. Landis believes the escalating regional conflagration, with Israel and the US in one corner and Iran’s proxy militias in the other, has compounded Syria’s multiple, overlapping predicaments.

Comment

It is not only Lebanon and Yemen being drawn into conflict with Israel – Syria is as well.
Syria is technically still at war with Israel and wants to see Israel destroyed. Iran works closely with Syria sending military equipment and setting up bases there. Syria is part of what Iran calls “the axis of resistance.” Isaiah 17 says that Damascus will be destroyed and the nation of Syria will cease to exist. The question is when does this happen?

The most logical explanation is that this occurs during the inner ring war. Syria borders Israel and Israel removes ALL pricking briers that surround her. It is after Syria fails as a nation that Gog enters the ancient territory of the original king of the north…

Bible quote

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.  The cities of Aroer [city in Jordan] are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.  The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: (Isaiah 17:1-3)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

U.N. court orders Israel to prevent civilian deaths in Gaza, but no cease-fire

Washington Post, January 27, 2024

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The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to do more to prevent the killing of civilians in Gaza but did not call for a cease-fire, disappointing Palestinians who had hoped the court would endorse their pleas for immediate relief from the violence.

At a closely watched hearing at The Hague’s Peace Palace, the court confirmed that it has jurisdiction in the landmark case brought by South Africa last month and in a preliminary finding said the plausibility of genocide makes the need to prevent harm to civilians urgent.

In an order read out by court president Joan E. Donoghue, the panel called on Israel to prevent the possibility of genocide in its war on Hamas, allow more aid into Gaza and sanction its officials and soldiers for comments that amount to incitement. It directed Israel to submit a report within one month outlining how it is implementing those orders.
Palestinians had hoped the court would issue an order to immediately halt the fighting, as requested by South Africa.

Comment

The comment below stated by our brother Andy Walton, does not agree with our thought at all. Indeed, we do not think we should be blind to what the current government of the non-believing Netanyahu has been doing for several years in Israel to exclude Palestinians, such as by building the wall, but also how, in the name of so-called self-defence, he is allowing all kinds of war crimes to be committed by his military forces, noting that by exterminating Hamas, he has also meant exterminating Palestinians, and is thus carrying out a genocide.

 

The International Court of Justice also called the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations. It is seated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, Europe.

South Africa took Israel to court saying they were committing genocide.

It is incredible that Israel is the nation being accused of genocide when it is the very people attacking them that call for the annihilation of Israel. Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria all call for the total destruction of the nation of Israel.

Rishi Sunak condemned the “horrific irony” of the UN’s top court ruling that Israel must act to prevent genocide in Gaza. And he is right on this. Israel is surrounded by those who seek her complete destruction. But they will not prevail against God’s people…

Bible quote

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. (Jeremiah 1:16)

Andy Walton, Weekly World Watch

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Additional reading

1. Attack on the weak civilians and abusing Judaism
2. Unintentional or intentional destruction of a people in Gaza and a climate crisis
3. Is a new Nakba unfolding
4. Israel-Palestine drama needs more attention
5. Israel faces charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice
6. International Court of Justice declines to order end to genocide in Gaza

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Related

1. ICJ Ruling on Gaza Genocide Is Victory for Palestinians
2. ICJ Israel Genocide Case ‘Plausible’
3. Defies logic’
4. In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots
5. ICJ Israel Ruling and the 1984 Judgment Against the US
6. ‘Israel must take immediate…’: Top quotes from ICJ verdict
7. South Africa calls for more countries to stand against war crimes
8. Fight for Palestine will not end with ICJ ruling
9. On Trial For Genocide, Israel Rains Fire On Gaza
10. World Court Rulings Ignored
11. With Courage We Rise
12. The ICJ sides with South Africa over Israel in scathing ruling
13. Appearing to Be Humanitarian while Actually Trying to Sell the Rhetoric of the Rule of Law
14. ICJ’s Israel-Gaza Verdict exposes the West’s Moral Turpitude
15. ICJ, who are you with?
16. Weekly Briefing: Biden’s voters say it’s genocide, by 50-20
17. Gaza Godzilla
18. “October’s slaughters were plotted with crucial input from gazans
19. Immediate Ceasefire Essential Following International Court Ruling
20. The ICJ just took the Holocaust monopoly away from Israel
21. The Israel Genocide Debate
22. Ramaphosa hails ruling against Israel
23. Israel Ministers Call for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
24. The Rorschach test of Palestine in international law
25. World Elder Mary Robinson on International Court of Justice ruling about Israel and Gaza
26. The Case of Genocide Part 2
27. Nancy Pelosi Smears Humanitarians Calling for a Gaza Cease-Fire

US hits 14 Houthi missiles aimed at ships in the Red Sea

The Times, January 18, 2024

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The United States military said it struck Houthi missiles as the rebels were preparing to launch them against ships in the Red Sea on Wednesday, hours after the Iranian-backed rebel group claimed responsibility for an attack on a bulk carrier linked to an American company. The strikes targeted 14 missiles as they were being loaded, US Central Command said.

“These missiles on launch rails presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region and could have been fired at any time,”

it said. Earlier, the Houthis claimed they had fired “several missiles” at the Genco Picardy, a US-owned bulk carrier flying under the Marshall Islands flag, off the coast of Yemen. The attack came after the US designated the Houthis a terrorist organisation, having delisted the group in 2021 when President Biden came into office. The rebels have also vowed to target British and American assets after both countries conducted airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen last week.

Comment

Despite the US and UK attacking the Houthis last week, this week has seen more attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea. One of the missiles hit a US owned merchant ship. The Houthis have said they will keep attacking ships in the Red Sea as long as Israel is fighting in Gaza.

The trouble is the Red Sea is a major artery of shipping trade with around 15% of total global sea trade flowing through it. Such is the impact on ships having to sail around Africa to avoid the Red Sea that the UK believes it will impact inflation here and has already knocked 0.3% off UK GDP.

There is one time in the Bible that Yemen (where the Houthis are based) is mentioned. In Joel 3 God links the Philistines (Palestinians), Tyre (Hezbollah) and Sabeans (Yemen) together!….

Bible quote

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will 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, to a people far off: (Joel 3:4+8)

Weekly World Watch,  Andy Walton

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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 Jordan Times: The dangerous repercussion of the failure of renewed truce in Yemen
4. The West and the Houthi rebels – January 2024
5. Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets
6. Russia, Turkey, Iran Condemn Attack on Yemeni Houthis
7. Potential for some conflicts in West Asia to be rekindled with renewed vigor
8. How Israel’s Arrow 3 intercepted a missile in first space battle
9. UK and allies issue ‘final warning’ to Houthis over Red Sea attacks

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Related

1. Houthi’s TV says U.S. and British airstrikes target Yemen port
2. Red Sea Houthi attack: UK oil tanker catches fire
3. Fire on British-linked ship put out after Houthi strike in Gulf of Aden
4. India Navy warship helps vessel struck by missile in Gulf of Aden
5. U.S., U.K. launch two airstrikes on Yemen port
6. Houthi Attack: Ship Captain Describes Missile Strike
7. UK warship downs Houthi drone
8. We Are Seeing Possible Triggers for the Second Signpost
9. Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are idling car factories
10. US warship safe from Houthi attack
11. Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they attacked U.S. warship without evidence; American official rejects claim
12. US Fifth Fleet Commander Overwhelmed by Yemen’s Houthi Missiles

Hezbollah warns of all-out war if Israel escalates in Lebanon

The Times, January 4, 2024

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Hezbollah’s supreme leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel that it is ready for war “without limits” should the IDF attack as Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, heads to the Middle East for a fourth time in an attempt to reduce tensions.

Nasrallah declared that Israel’s enemies had become

“bolder than before, more willing to wage war than before”

after Hamas’s October 7 terror attack, which he celebrated as an act of resistance that had

“brought down the idea of Israel as a safe haven for Jews”. “Today I will not make any threats,”

he said.

“But if the enemy decides to wage war on Lebanon, our combat will have no ceiling, no limit.”

Painting Hezbollah as the protector of the Lebanese state, he declared:

“If war is waged against Lebanon, the national interest will cause us to go to war without limit. “We do not fear war. If we were afraid we would not have opened a new front,”

he said referring to the escalating exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

Comment

Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange fire on a daily basis and have done so since October 7th when Hamas invaded Israel and massacred around 1200 Israelis. Hezbollah was created by Iran back in the 1980’s and are many times stronger and more powerful than Hamas. Israel has reached a point when it will no longer tolerate terrorist groups on its borders. As one world affairs editor said this week,

“there is increasing appetite in Israel for further conflict with Hezbollah at the Lebanese border.”

Psalm 83 tells us that “the inhabitants of Tyre” (base of Hezbollah in Lebanon) will indeed be part of the confederacy that comes against Israel. We are also told in Zechariah 11 that Lebanon itself will fail as a nation. A fire will devour their cedars and the mighty cedar will fall…

Bible quote

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.  Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.  There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.  (Zechariah 11:1-3)

Weekly World Watch by Andy Walton

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Find also to read

1. Palestinians facing bombardments in greater intensity than all of the previous wars combined
2. Could there be a border deal between Israel and Lebanon?

Putin meets leaders of Saudi Arabia and UAE in whistle-stop Gulf tour

Financial Times, December 6, 2023

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Vladimir Putin has met the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as part of the first visit by the Russian president to the Gulf region since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago. The two-stop tour on Wednesday is seen as Moscow’s attempt to show it can maintain close ties with the Gulf despite western attempts to force the region to comply with restrictions and sanctions against Russia. Putin enjoys warm relations with both the oil-exporting Gulf states, which have remained neutral over Ukraine since the full invasion of February last year. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have not ratified the statute that governs the International Criminal Court, which has indicted the Russian president for alleged war crimes. Putin used his trip to discuss a range of issues, from energy and trade co-operation to the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Comment

Russia and Saudi Arabia’s fate are link by one very important commodity – crude oil. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest exporter of crude oil and therefore how much it decides to produce impacts the worldwide price of it. With oil prices falling Russia needs output reduction. As output is reduced prices increase. As prices increase Russia is able to make more from its own oil sales. And this in turn helps fund the war in Ukraine. This is why Putin has taken the time and effort to make a rare visit to Saudi Arabia. He needs them onside with the reduction of oil production. He is also able to act as mediator between Iran and Saudi Arabia and no doubt try to influence the Israel/Hamas war. The Bible says that Saudi Arabia (Sheba) is king of the south at the time of the end. Russia is king of the north. Something will happen to break this relationship dramatically…

Bible quote

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton,

Russia’s Putin meets Iran’s Raisi in Moscow

Defence News, December 8, 2023

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After a short but flashy visit to the Gulf, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow Thursday where the two held “extremely intensive” discussions about the war in Gaza, oil prices and the conflict in Ukraine.

“It is very important for us to exchange views on the situation in the [Middle East] region, especially with regard to the situation in Palestine,”

Putin told Raisi, according to the Russian government. A spokesperson for Putin said the two huddled “for over two hours” and that “above all, the bilateral ties of the extremely multifaceted partnership.” The US has watched with worry the tightening relationship between Moscow and Tehran. The US military says Iran has provided Russia with hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use in its invasion of Ukraine. Russia has denied the allegation.

Comment

On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his country’s relations with Iran at a meeting in Moscow with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi. The two discussed the Israel-Hamas war.

“Our relations are developing very well. Please convey my best wishes to leader [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei,”

Putin told Raisi, referring to Iran’s head of state. Iran is seen as a pariah state by many nations in the West. Iran sponsors and backs terrorist groups around the Middle East. It calls for the destruction of Israel. It has nuclear ambitions. It brutally oppresses its people. And this is the nation that Putin is pleased to be allied with. Putin’s friendship with Iran above all others shows Putin’s true colours and why in the future he will invade Israel with Iran as a key partner. In fact in Ezekiel 38 the first nation on the list supporting Russia is Persia – modern day Iran.

Bible quote

And I will turn thee[Gog] 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 (Ezekiel 38;4-5):

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Persia (Iran) is FIRST on the list of allies.

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

US/UK send navy ships and planes to support Israel

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Guardian, October 12, 2023

Britain will send surveillance aircraft, two Royal Navy support ships and about 100 Royal Marines to the eastern Mediterranean from Friday to support Israel and help prevent any sudden escalation of fighting in the Middle East. Patrol flights of Poseidon P-8 aircraft and other planes will begin on Friday, Downing St announced, tasked partly with monitoring any efforts to transfer of weapons from countries such as Iran or Russia to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needed to respond. A second U.S. carrier strike group departs from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. Scores of aircraft are heading to U.S. military bases around the Middle East. Special operations forces are now assisting Israel’s military in planning and intelligence. The first shipment of additional munitions has already arrived.

Comment

The build-up of the US and UK forces in the Med reflects concern that the deadly fighting between Hamas and Israel could escalate into a more dangerous regional conflict. So the primary mission for those ships and warplanes is to establish a force presence that deters Hezbollah, Iran or others from taking advantage of the situation.

With Bible in hand we see Tarshish and the young lions (US / Canada etc) moving quickly to try to defend Israel. They may well play some role in defeating Israel’s nearby enemies in the inner ring war. When the outer ring war happens (Ezekiel 38)* and Russia and Iran invade they will be powerless to stop it. The inner ring war will see Israel win but left weakened. There will be a cry of peace/safety after the inner ring war.

Bible Quote

In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. (Ezekiel 38:8 NIV)

Another version says

“Israel will be enjoying peace after recovering from war”

That war is the inner ring war!

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

 

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The War of Ezekiel 38–39 or the War of Gog and Magog in chapters 38 and 39 details how Gog of Magog, meaning “Gog from the Land of Magog” or “Gog from the Land of Gog” (the syllable ma being treated as equivalent to “land”, and his hordes from the north will threaten and attack the restored land of Israel.

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Signs of the Times – War and anti-Semitism

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Additional reading

1. Israel ready for war
2. Israeli strikes Lebanon after anti-tank missile launch
3. War looms on border with Lebanon
4. Horror for a cornered people
5. 50 Years after the Yom Kippur attack a new Hamas attack
6. A look at Hamas attack on Israel’s Supernova festival
7. Israeli society a patchwork of different cultures and political views
8. Hamas opened the gates of hell on the Gaza Strip
9. Imprisonment and slaughter in the Gaza Strip
10. Israel strikes Gaza following surprise attack by Hamas
11. Hamas slaughtered babies and children in kibbutz massacre
12. Children ‘mercilessly’ killed by Hamas in Israel massacre – as Gaza is pummelled
13. A complete siege of the Gaza Strip
14. What is Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s Role in the Israel Conflict?
15. Putin not able to spare the resources needed to defend Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian forces in Syria against a determined Israeli assault
16. A treacherous geopolitical outlook for President Joe Biden
17. Israel’s goal would be to destroy Hamas
18. Reẓuʿat ʿAzza or Gaza Strip, cut off from all the necessities of life
19. No humanitarian break to Israels siege of the Gaza Strip
20. Putin not able to spare the resources needed to defend Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian forces in Syria against a determined Israeli assault
21. Israeli society a patchwork of different cultures and political views
22. Israel strikes Gaza following surprise attack by Hamas
23. Today’s visitors to Ashkelon carry flak jackets not beach towels
24. Israel tells 1.1 million citizens of north Gaza to get out now
25. Politic headlines on Friday 2023 October 13
26. Frontpage for Saturday 2023 October 14
27. Weekend reads for 2023 October 14-15
28. Netanyahu says Israel is at war after Hamas launches multi-front assault
29. Israel: Gunmen from Gaza kill at least 22 in major attack
30. The Roots and Consequences of Hamas’ Strategy
31. Iranian proxies established a resistance operations room to help Hamas
32. On October 16 Israel denied a ceasefire in South Gaza
33. Israeli Leaders Say ‘Now Is Time for War’ and Vow to Wipe Hamas ‘Off the Face of the Earth’
34. Hezbollah praises Hamas, says attack is message to Arab countries normalizing ties with Israel
35. Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas
36. Two Sides To Every Evil