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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Iranian Soldiers on the Border; Female Pilots in the IAF

In another act of antagonism, Iranian soldiers posed for pictures with uniformed Hezbollah militants on the Israeli border.  Lebanon (just north of Israel) harbors Hezbollah, supported and backed by Iranian money, training and equipment.  The uniformed soldiers in the photos bear Iranian and Hezbollah flags on their battle fatigues.  The caption below the pictures states, “We …

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Signs of the Times: Russia, Iran, and Radical Islam

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. ~ Mark 13:8 Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom.  In Greek, “ethnos against ethnos” (ethnic group against ethnic group).  On the Mount of Olives about 2000 years …

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