Activity Heats up on Israel’s Northern Border

Welcome back fellow sojourners!  Today, let’s consider once again what Israel is up against.  On the map above, you will see that Israel (a nation the size of New Jersey) is surrounded on every side by Arab Muslim nations (dark red on the map above).  Furthermore, the next “layer” of nations (lighter red) are non-Arab …

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More Terror Tunnels, Attack on a Canadian Official in Ramallah, Airstrike in Syria

Though seemingly benign compared to ISIS activity, terror continues to crouch on Israel’s borders.  Activity occurred in Egypt, Syria and the West Bank over the weekend. On Saturday, Egyptian security forces discovered and destroyed a 1200-meter terror tunnel from the Gaza Strip into the Sinai Peninsula.  The tunnels were replete with mortar shells and explosives, …

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Is Islam a House Divided?

Despite the spread of Islam throughout Europe and Africa, and even to North America, there is a growing ideology that Islam may actually be destroying itself from the inside.  Stick with me and I will do my best to explain what I understand at this point! Even in the West there seems to be a …

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An Early Look at the Coalition to Defeat ISIS

The early focus on fulfillment of President Obama’s plan to build a coalition to defeat ISIS has been on Arab states.  As of September 11, the US is said to have the backing from at least 10 Arab countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and four other Gulf states.  Each was represented …

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