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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Since violating the 11th Israeli-Gaza ceasefire a few days ago, Hamas has fired more than 320 rockets into Israel, making it one of the largest surges of violence in the 45+ day conflict. Thus, Israel has resumed targeting terrorist targets...and terrorist leaders themselves. On Thursday, 3 senior Hamas leaders were assassinated.These particular leaders have been …
News out of Israel today reveals that Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency, similar to the FBI) has foiled an attempt by Hamas operatives to overthrow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in order to destabilize the region and potentially incite a third intifada ("uprising, resistance").(Weapons seized by Shin Bet)The cell was reportedly funded by Hamas leaders in Turkey …
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Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's Prime Minister, has now become Turkey's first directly elected President. This does not bode well for Israel, or for US interests in the Middle East. Once one of Israel's trusted allies in the Middle East (and a military partner of both Israel and the US), Turkey has very rapidly and very intentionally …
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Looking for the Blessed Hope 