There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. —Soren Kierkegaard. "…truth is true even if nobody believes it, and falsehood is false even if everybody believes it. That is why truth does not yield to opinion, fashion, numbers, office, or sincerity–it is simply true and that is the end of it" – Os Guinness, Time for Truth, pg.39. “He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.” – Blaise Pascal. "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily" – George Washington letter to Edmund Randolph — 1795. We live in a “post-truth” world. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Simply put, we now live in a culture that seems to value experience and emotion more than truth. Truth will never go away no matter how hard one might wish. Going beyond the MSM idealogical opinion/bias and their low information tabloid reality show news with a distractional superficial focus on entertainment, sensationalism, emotionalism and activist reporting – this blogs goal is to, in some small way, put a plug in the broken dam of truth and save as many as possible from the consequences—temporal and eternal. "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." – George Orwell “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard
Joshua 11:6 — Interesting to note God’s warning against trusting in chariots and horses. In Deuteronomy 17:16, God commanded that the kings of Israel should not multiply horses. In Deuteronomy 11:4, Moses reminds the Israelites that God took care of the Army of Egypt and their horses and chariots. In today’s reading, Joshua faces a number of horses and chariots (Joshua 11:4), but God says that Joshua will hough (“to hamstring”) their horses. Not capture but disable. In 2 Samuel 8:4, David houghed most of the horses, but not all. In 2 Samuel 15:1, Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses. In 1 Kings 4:26, Solomon built stables for 40,000 horses (a clear violation of Deuteronomy 17:16), and even worse, they were Egyptian horses (1 Kings 10:28 and Deuteronomy 17:16)! However, God is not against horses – He happens to have chariots of fire (2 Kings 6:17).
Luke 17:19 — Because of the faith of the unclean Samaritan leper, he not only had physical healing, but he also had spiritual healing too!
At the Rapture those who are Christians will be “taken” into the heavenlies to join Jesus, forever. However, when a passage is referring to the Second Coming the ones “taken” are the ones who go to “judgment” and the ones “left” will “rule and reign” with Christ in His Kingdom to come.
To better understand this principle Jesus gives us the last verse in Luke 17. When asked where the people would be “taken” the Lord said, to “where the eagles be gathered together”, verse 37.
In that context, you may want to read Job 39:27-30 which explains that where the “eagles gather together is a place of judgment.” Therefore, those “taken” in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17 and 21 are all taken to judgment.
The ones “left” are the ones who will join Jesus to rule and reign. At the Rapture, a different event from the Second Coming, separated by at least seven years, the ones “taken” are the Christians.
Psalm 84:2 — What is your heart longing for?
Proverbs 13:6 — There doesn’t seem to be a middle way between righteousness and wickedness.
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In His incarnation, Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man. In this message, R.C. Sproul examines the relationship between the two natures of Christ and explains how this informs our understanding of the Lord’s Supper.
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But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. (5:14)
The contrast here is simple. The one who continues to feed only on God’s elementary revelations is not going to grow, not going to have any discernment. A small child will stick almost anything into his mouth, touch anything he can reach, go anywhere he can manage to crawl—with no concept of what is good for him and what is bad, what is helpful and what is dangerous. The mature adult, on the other hand, has developed considerable discernment. He is careful about what he eats, what he does, where he goes.
The same principle operates in the spiritual realm. The mature believer has discernment about what is right and wrong, true and false, helpful and harmful, righteous and unrighteous.
But because the writer does, in chapter 7, go on to explain the significance of the order of Melchizedek, it seems he expects his readers to mature spiritually before they read this part of his message. That is, he seems to believe they will soon be saved, for it is only salvation, the new birth, that could immediately put them on the level of spiritual maturity necessary to understand the word of righteousness. He seems to say, “Leave Judaism and, in the instant of salvation, grow up.” Judaism is the infancy they are to leave in order to go on to the maturity of manhood by faith in the New Covenant Messiah.[1]
14 “The mature” represents the same Greek root, teleios (GK 5455), as is used for Christ’s being “made perfect” as our Savior (2:10; 5:9; 7:28) but also for the goal of the “perfection” of human worshipers, which the OT law could not achieve (7:19; 9:9; 10:1) but which Christ alone can effect (10:14). As we noted in reference to 2:10, the focus of this language is not on moral rectitude but on the completion of God’s purpose, whether for Christ or for those who follow him. (Cf. its use in 11:40; 12:23 for people eventually reaching their goal.) Here the nursery metaphor makes it clear it refers not to “sinless perfection” but to being “grown-up” Christians, those who have achieved, or are on the way to achieving, their potential instead of remaining in a state of spiritual infancy. “Have trained themselves” translates a phrase that is more literally “have their faculties [or perceptions] trained,” and is a word that refers literally to physical exercise, gymnastics, and so adds yet another level of metaphor (cf. 12:11; 1 Ti 4:7–8). The following phrase, “to distinguish good from evil,” indicates it is their moral sensitivity that is particularly in view. (“Good and evil” could also be used more intellectually for truth and error, but the moral sense is the more normal, and “righteousness” in v. 13 points that way.) Grown-up Christians, then, are those who have learned through experience to make well-judged moral decisions for themselves instead of needing, like children, to be told what to do. For “knowing good and evil” as a Jewish expression for responsible adulthood, see Buchanan, 102–3.[2]
14 On the other hand, if those who live on milk are infants, then the “solid food” of Christ’s high-priestly ministry is for “the mature.” In Greek this verse begins with the “mature,” and it is about them the pastor would speak. Unlike “unskilled” infants, they are those “who on account of their mature state have their senses trained for the discrimination of both what is appropriate and what is evil.” With the terms translated “mature state” and “senses trained” the pastor once again draws on the language of the moral philosophers for his own purposes.25 The spiritual senses of the mature have been trained by exercise in the life of faith. Their constant practice of dependence on God and trust in his promises through the power available from Christ’s high priesthood have brought them to this place of maturity. As the mature they are able to discern and follow what is true and conducive to a life of faithful obedience while detecting and spurning every hindrance. The athletic flavor of this language is well suited to the pastor’s concern with the endurance of believers.
The adjective here used as a noun for “the mature” might be translated “the perfect.” It comes from the same root as the verb “to perfect” used both for Christ’s having been perfected in 2:10 and 5:9 (see above) and for Christ’s perfecting of believers in 10:14 (cf. 10:1; 9:9), 11:40, and 12:23. The Son, as explained above, has been “perfected” as our “Source of eternal salvation,” the one who through his self-offering brings the faithful into the presence of God. As will be demonstrated below, he “perfects” believers by cleansing their sin and giving them access to God’s presence so that they can receive persevering grace until their final entrance into the heavenly homeland (11:40; 12:23). Nevertheless, there are two reasons for translating these expression in 5:14 and 6:1 as “the mature” and “maturity” instead of as “the perfect” and “perfection”: first, “the mature” stands in contrast to those who are immature infants in 5:11–13. Second, Christ’s “perfecting” of the faithful is the precondition for, and thus a necessary part of, their attaining this maturity. “The mature” have attained this stability of character and constancy of obedience by their constant appropriation of Christ’s “having perfected” them. They grow strong in the life of faith by regularly availing themselves of the cleansing from sin and access to God that he provides.
The contrasting description of the “mature” in v. 14 intensifies the shame and folly of return to the “immaturity” of vv. 11–13. This description also portrays the beauty of the life the pastor would have his hearers pursue. Thus the exhortation of 6:1 flows naturally from vv. 11–14. Regression into immaturity and fixation with elementary teaching result in loss. Maturity, and the advanced teaching about Christ by which it is fostered, are eminently desirable for perseverance. “Therefore, … let us go on to maturity.” There is no contradiction between the pastor’s statement that his hearers have come to “need milk” and his insistence on feeding them “solid food.” One weans infants by feeding them adult fare.29 Thus, the pastor would wean his hearers—ancient and modern—by feeding them the solid food of the “great salvation” (2:3) provided by Christ our High Priest and challenging them to maturity by its regular appropriation.[3]
[1] MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1983). Hebrews (p. 134). Moody Press.
[2] France, R. T. (2006). Hebrews. In T. Longman III & D. E. Garland (Eds.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Hebrews–Revelation (Revised Edition) (Vol. 13, p. 80). Zondervan.
For decades Iran has promised to “wipe Israel off the map.”
Today the Iranian regime launched a series of aerial attacks on Israel from Iranian soil. This was an unprecedented attack. Israel vowed to retailiate.
Iran officially launched a massive drone attack against Israel, a development that could spark an all-out war and draw in more countries.
Iran is reporting that cruise missiles will also be launched.
#BREAKING: State media of #Iran‘s Islamic Regime just released official statement of the #IRGC regarding to its retaliatory strike at #Israel. They claim that they have launched tens of suicide drones from #Iran at Israel and they will also launch missiles as well. pic.twitter.com/aYZADacv1H
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 13, 2024
The missiles will be fired to coincide with the kamikaze drone attack.
JUST IN: Iran will likely “synchronize” their drone attacks with “faster moving” missiles which could be launched closer to the time the drones arrive.
The Iranian launched drones are “suicide drones” which will take hours to reach Israel.
One U.S. official reported that the number of drones is between 50 and 100.
#BREAKING: The attack by the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun. According to a U.S. official, in the first wave, between 50 and 100 suicide drones have been launched by Iran against Israel pic.twitter.com/Zzkq1KUEj8
An attack was widely expected to occur after Israeli forces killed a senior officer in Iran’s embassy in Damascus last week.
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement Israel is “well-prepared” for the attack and will try to intercept the strikes.
We have prepared for diverse scenarios in advance. In order to intercept these launches, we have the circles of protection from both the Navy and the Air Force on several layers.
We are going to try to prevent them from reaching Israeli territory, that is our task. If they do enter Israeli airspace, then you will hear sirens and alarms wherever these threats enter and we will intercept them.
As Catturd helpfully reminds us, Biden’s coddling of the Iranian regime also helped lead to this terrible moment.
Never forget the Biden regime recently released 8 billion dollars to Iran.
Joe Biden departed the Delaware beach “moments ago” as news broke that Iran launched a kamikaze drone attack against Israel.
Iran officially launched a massive drone attack against Israel, a development that could spark an all-out war and draw in more countries.
Iran is reporting that cruise missiles will also be launched.
#BREAKING: State media of #Iran‘s Islamic Regime just released official statement of the #IRGC regarding to its retaliatory strike at #Israel. They claim that they have launched tens of suicide drones from #Iran at Israel and they will also launch missiles as well. pic.twitter.com/aYZADacv1H
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 13, 2024
The missiles will be fired to coincide with the kamikaze drone attack.
JUST IN: Iran will likely “synchronize” their drone attacks with “faster moving” missiles which could be launched closer to the time the drones arrive.
The Iranian launched drones are “suicide drones” which will take hours to reach Israel.
Yesterday, Biden said he expected an Iranian attack “sooner [rather] than later” — but left for the beach anyway.
It should be noted… In November 2023, the Joe Biden administration extended a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to collect another $10 billion in funds in order for the mullahs to fund their military operations in the region.
Joe Biden has now gifted the Iranian regime with $80 billion since entering the White House.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) told FOX News in October that Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gave $3.5 billion to Iran through the International Monetary Fund several months ago.
Also: ** The commander of the US CENTCOM left Israeli territory.
** The Pentagon reported that Israel is under attack by Iran.
** Most of the kamikazi drones are now in Iraqi airspace. They still have a long way to go to reach Israel through Iraq and Syria.
** Yemen has closed its airspace. Drones and missiles are expected to be launched towards Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a statement minutes ago.
IDF: Iran launched UAVs from within its territory toward Israel a short while ago.
The IDF is on high alert and is constantly monitoring the operational situation. The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that are on a defense mission in Israeli air and naval space. The IDF is monitoring all targets.
Iran launched UAVs from within its territory toward Israel a short while ago.
The IDF is on high alert and is constantly monitoring the operational situation. The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that are on a… pic.twitter.com/eEySouGVcN
UPDATE: IDF Spokesperson RAdam. Daniel Hagari released a statement moments ago.
“Together with our partners, the IDF is operating at full force to defend the State of Israel—and the people of Israel. This is a mission that we are determined and ready to fulfill.”
Iran has launched waves of drones to attack Israel that are set to hit within hours, in ‘Operation True Promise’ as Jordan and Syria declare state of emergency
As we’ve have been telling you for weeks now, Israel was on the verge of waging war on three fronts after already knee-deep in fighting with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Tonight front number three officially opened as Iran launched dozens of drones that are on their way to Israel right now. All Israel is on lockdown, with residents listening for the sound of air raid sirens that will signal their rush to the safety of bomb shelters.
“I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.” Isaiah 46:13 (KJB)
Iran is calling it ‘Operation True Promise’, and their Revolutionary Guards Corps have stated that Operation ‘True Promise’ is a response to Israeli actions and is part of their strategy to punish Israel for its perceived crimes. According to two regional security sources, Jordan has positioned its air defenses to intercept and destroy any Iranian drones or aircraft that breach its airspace. These sources further indicated that the army is on high alert, with radar systems actively monitoring drone movements. Jordan has also declared a state of emergency in the country. Syria is also on issued an alert and has placed its Russian-made Pantsir ground-to-air defence systems on high alert around the capital and major bases, according to army sources.
Iran launches drone attack on Israel: Israeli military is put on full alert, with warplanes scrambled and school trips cancelled – with two drone waves set to arrive in hours as war in the Middle East threatens to spiral out of control
FROM THE DAILY MAIL UK: Dozens of drones were seen flying from Iran over neighbouring Iraq’s Sulaymaniya province, according to three security sources. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said via state media that it had ‘launched extensive drone strikes against targets in occupied territories.’
Israel said tonight that its airspace was shutting down at 12:30am local time. Iraq also announced it was shutting down its airspace and suspending all air traffic on Saturday.
Iranian media reported that a second wave of drones has been launched, though details of where they currently are aren’t yet known. The IDF’s spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said it would take several hours for the drones to arrive in Israel, adding that sirens would be sounded in threatened areas.
The IDF said: ‘The air defense array is on high alert at the same time as the Air Force planes and Navy ships that are on a mission to protect the country’s skies. The IDF is monitoring all targets.
‘We ask the public to adhere to and follow the instructions of the Home Front Command and the official IDF announcements regarding the matter.’ It was reported today that Iran has more than 100 cruise missiles ready to be launched as part of an ‘imminent’ strike against Israel in retaliation for an airstrike against Iran’s embassy in Damascus, Syria.
Announcing increased security measures in Israel during a televised briefing, chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said dozens of combat planes were airborne as part of the state of readiness. Starting from 11pm tonight, the strict measures, which include the ban of all ‘educational activities’ across the country, the restriction of working in offices without ‘standard protected spaces’ and limits on the number of people at gatherings’, will be implemented.
Educational activities have been banned across the country, while restrictions on working have been put in place on areas directly next to the Gaza Strip, and other areas in the Gaza Envelope.
Israelis living on the areas next to the Gaza Strip have been banned from meeting outside in groups of more than 30, and are allowed to meet up to 300 people inside buildings. Beaches in the Gaza Envelope have also been closed to the public. READ MORE
BREAKING: Iran launches drone attack against Israel
The U.S. has warned Israel that an attack by Iran is “imminent” and could happen as early as Saturday. Iran says the attack will be “retaliation” for an airstrike in Syria that killed several high-ranking Iranian military members. The U.S. has said it will back Israel and when asked if Biden had a message for Iran on Friday, the president simply said, “Don’t!”
JERUSALEM (Reuters)—Iran launched dozens of drones at Israel on Saturday that will take hours to reach their targets, Israel’s military said, an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies, with the U.S. pledging to back Israel. Two security sources in Iraq said dozens of drones had been spotted flying from Iran […]
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. (Ecclesiastes 11:1)
We must not expect to see an immediate reward for all the good we do; nor must we always confine our efforts to places and persons which seem likely to yield us a recompense for our labors. The Egyptian casts his seed upon the waters of the Nile, where it might seem a sheer waste of corn. But in due time the flood subsides, the rice or other grain sinks into the fertile mud, and rapidly a harvest is produced. Let us today do good to the unthankful and the evil. Let us teach the careless and the obstinate. Unlikely waters may cover hopeful soil. Nowhere shall our labor be in vain in the Lord.
It is ours to cast our bread upon the waters; it remains with God to fulfill the promise “Thou shalt find it.” He will not let His promise fail. His good word which we have spoken shall live, shall be found, shall be found by us, Perhaps not just yet, but some day we shall reap what we have sown. We must exercise our patience, or perhaps the Lord may exercise it. “After many days,” says the Scripture, and in many instances those days run into months and years, and yet the Word stands true. God’s promise will keep; let us mind that we keep the precept and keep it this day.
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” –John 13:34-35
We are living in a violent world. Every day there are more stories of road rage, fights, brawls, rapes, terrorism and killings. And added to the actual, physical violence, there is such a deep ideological and political divide that people can’t seem to have civil discourse anymore. I understand better the biblical description that we are “sojourners and exiles” in this world (1 Peter 2:11) and am praying more fervently for Christ’s return.
But He hasn’t returned yet, so how ought we to live as pilgrims? Jesus commissioned the church to go and make disciples, and in today’s Scripture reading, He says that “all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” This love extends beyond our family, friends, church, and neighbours; Jesus calls us to even love our enemies and pray for them (Matt. 5:44).
Peter seems to have understood this importance when he calls us to “love one another earnestly from a pure heart…” (1 Pet. 1:22) and then later repeats it more emphatically, “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly…” (1 Pet. 4:8).
Paul, immediately following his discussion about the civil government, says “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law…” (Rom. 13:8). Paul prayed for the gentile church in Thessalonica that “the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all…” (1 Thessalonians 3:12).
Suggestions for prayer
Pray that you would increase and abound in love. Pray that we in the church of Christ would be known for our love.
Rev. Derrick Vander Meulen was born and raised in California and has been an ordained minister of the Gospel for nearly 33 years. He is now serving as pastor of Coram Deo Reformation Church (URC) near Denver, Colorado. He is also the General Editor of the Trinity Psalter Hymnal. Get this devotional delivered directly to your phone each dayvia our RP App. It is also available in print, for purchase, atNTGDevotional.com.
This at first may seem like a strange title for a devotion on the Bible, but let me explain. During the early 1980’s, the Tylenol scare swept across our nation. Several people died as a result of taking Tylenol capsules that were laced with cyanide. Since that one incident, a dramatic change has taken place in our entire medicine and food industry. Many medications and now foods are being specially packaged with safety seals and other tamper-resistant devices.
The damage to Tylenol sales and its reputation was great indeed due to this unfortunate event. The usefulness of Tylenol as a pain reliever and fever reducer is of unquestionable value. Yet it took a great deal of expensive special advertising to restore public confidence in this wonder drug. Tylenol was the victim of a great deal of unwarranted bad press. But because of its intrinsic beneficial nature to mankind, it was able to survive the scare it underwent. Today Tylenol sales are tremendous.
The same kind of unwarranted “bad press” has been leveled against the Holy Scriptures more than once throughout their long history. They have been attacked, criticized, assailed, mocked and even dismissed by many groups of people and from every angle you can possibly imagine.
People down through the ages have stated that the Bible is not historical and is full of errors in the realm of history. Critics have long contended that the Bible is a dull book for old people. It has been called a crutch that people turn to in times of trouble. Many of our leading scientists view a belief in this book as impossible based on what our science tells us today. You can’t believe in science and the Bible at the same time, they tell us. From being labeled outdated to outlandish, from faulty to foolish, the Bible has been the recipient of a great deal of bad press.
I have addressed many of these challenges that have been hurled at God’s Word in previous devotions. Below are five specific challenges that people have raised, down through the centuries, against the Bible with the link to one of my devotions that addresses the issue. Please take a look at these previous devotions if you have often wondered why we should trust the Bible:
Irish PM: We’re close to formally recognizing a Palestinian state Ireland is close to formally recognizing a Palestinian state and would like to do so in concert with Spain and other like-minded countries, its new prime minister Simon Harris said on Friday after meeting his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, reported the Reuters news agency.
US sees Iran moving drones, cruise missiles – The US had seen Iran moving military assets, such as drones and cruise missiles internally, … This is the latest development signaling a possible Iranian attack on Israeli targets, including targets within Israeli territory.
US moving ‘additional assets’ to the Middle East amid threat of Iranian attack The US Defense Department is moving additional assets to the Middle East region “to bolster regional deterrence efforts and increase force protection for US forces,” … “We’re watching this very, very closely,” said John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesman, who declined to provide information about the expected timing of the threat.
Biden to Iran: My message is don’t attack Israel Biden on Friday issued a warning to Iran over a possible attack on Israel. Asked by reporters what his message to Iran is at this moment, the President replied, “Don’t”. He added, “We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel, and Iran will not succeed.”
Protesters call for continuation of war against Hamas The rally was called in the wake of the IDF decision to withdraw most of its ground forces from Gaza. Some 1,000 demonstrators convened outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Thursday evening, advocating for the continuation of military operations against Hamas in Gaza. The gathering, dubbed the “Victory Rally,” was spearheaded by IDF reservists, bereaved families and parents of hostages, urging the government to launch a ground offensive in Rafah.
Trump says Election Day will be “Christian Visibility Day” Trump has said that Election Day would also be “Christian Visibility Day,” a jab at the Biden administration’s celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, coinciding this year with Easter.
Hamas terror in Samaria: Senior Hamas commander killed by IDF special forces Muhammad Daraghmah was a senior Hamas operative in Judea and Samaria, … and had appeared on the IDF’s wanted list for a long time. Daraghmah’s car riddled with bullet holes. Army Radio reported that Daraghmah was shooting at soldiers and attempted to run them over. After a short fire exchange, he was eliminated.
National Guard brass urge Senate kill war declaration bill New Hampshire risks losing nearly $400 million in federal grants if the Legislature passes a state law that would try and block National Guard troops here from being deployed to serve in combat during undeclared wars, according to Adjutant Gen. David Mikolaities. “We are adamantly opposed to this bill because it truly defunds the guard and will not accomplish anything,” said Gen. Mikolaities, who had three deployments of his own. A co-sponsor of the bill said it would send an important message. “The Pentagon is deploying our young men and women into combat zones with no objective, no clear target, no victory conditions, no end in sight,” said state Rep. Tom Mannion, R-Pelham, who is a Marine Corps veteran and had two combat deployments during the war in Iraq.
National Public Radio exposed from the inside “An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America. That wouldn’t be a problem for an openly polemical news outlet serving a niche audience. But for NPR, which purports to consider all things, it’s devastating both for its journalism and its business model.” According to Berliner, things began to change at NPR around the time of President Trump’s first term. He observed a shift away from reporting unbiased information to blatant attempts at influencing readers and listeners about “what they should think.”
California on alert as San Andreas fault hints at a quake The tiny town of Parkfield in California has something unusual about it. Scientists are always eagerly studying it, because it is right on top of the San Andreas fault, and has been called the ‘earthquake capital of the world’. The famous faultline running from north to south of the Golden State will soon be due for a tremor, and all eyes are on the town as the potential epicentre.
Severe storms unleash tornadoes and extreme floods across Texas and Louisiana, U.S. A deadly severe weather outbreak hit the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley on April 10, 2024, with tornadoes, heavy rains, and high wind gusts. The storms caused at least one fatality in Mississippi and widespread destruction, including in New Orleans, which faced a Flash Flood Emergency. Investigations suggest the event might qualify as a serial derecho — a significant meteorological phenomenon.
Iran Readies Over 100 Cruise Missiles For Possible Strike Against Israel: US Officials Multiple European airlines have canceled all flights to and from Iran, and flight trackers also indicate that skies above Israel are clear of civilian aviation. Speculation is at a frenzy over the ‘when & where’ of the coming Iranian retaliation attack. “Anonymous US officials” have been feeding alarming headlines to media outlets all day – and among them the following:
Multiple Global Pestilences Threaten To Spiral Completely Out Of Control ….as you read this article scientists all over the world are monkeying around with some of the most dangerous bugs that humanity has ever known. That is a recipe for disaster, and it is only a matter of time before we experience a crisis far worse than anything that we went through in 2020 and 2021.
Eugenicists Covering Up Genocide To Avoid Being Executed For Crimes Upon Humanity The latest mind-boggling story over at the NY Post on Tuesday proving just how full of ‘s’ our ‘globalist overlords’ and the mainstream media are in 2024 is titled “Cancer rates rising in young people due to ‘accelerated aging,’ according to ‘highly troubling’ new study.”
Will Much Of The Middle East Soon Be Turned Into “A Pile Of Smoking, Radioactive Rubble”? Most people have absolutely no idea how close we are to a nightmare scenario in the Middle East. Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that Bloomberg was reporting that an Iranian attack on Israel was “imminent”. At that time we were waiting for the other shoe to drop in the Middle East, and we are still waiting. Ynet News is claiming that Iran was “ready to launch its attack on Israel” but had a change of heart before it pulled the trigger…
Say GOODBYE to the Dollar as IMF Prepares for Financial Revolution …the rise of the U.S. dollar and its status as the global reserve currency…has its obvious benefits for the US, but there are also numerous costs involved, according to Brandon Smith, who writes “Think of world reserve status as a “deal with the devil. You get the fame, you get the fortune, you get trophy dates and a sweet car – for a while. Then one day the devil comes to collect, and when he does he’s going to take everything, including your soul.”
THOMAS GALLATIN It was five years in the making, but Pope Francis unequivocally rejected transgender ideology as outside the bounds of the Catholic Church.
DOUGLAS ANDREWS A new book by a pair of agenda-driven leftists is being roundly criticized *from the Left* for its shoddy research and intellectual dishonesty.
MARK ALEXANDER Stop the despair — times have been much worse for our country.
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QUOTES Freudian Slip “So many people who may not have been invested in O.J. Simpson were just happy to see that someone who is rich and famous and black could get away with the — what other people did in the system as well too.” —CNN’s Stephanie Elam Theater of the Absurd “O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community long before he killed two people in cold blood. His acquittal for murder was the correct and necessary result of a racist criminal legal system. But he’s still a monster, not a martyr.” —CUNY professor Marc Lamont Hill “In Vladimir Putin’s battle plans, he looks at his air, land, sea, and now MAGA resources.” —Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Dezinformatsiya “Biden … has clamped down on unauthorized border crossings.” —USA Today Grand Delusions “[Trump] was terrible for the economy. Thank goodness Joe Biden got into office, because Joe Biden pulled us out of a potential recession.” —Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) “I anticipate inflation will continue the remarkable progress that it’s made.” —National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard Gaslighting “We’re … achieving a lot as a country. And while there is a very well-funded noise machine trying to poke holes in those achievements, trying to talk down the economy and all the things America has done, I think it reflects well on the president that the American people under his leadership and the American economy under his leadership have added so many jobs.” —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg “I think we can feel great about our economy. … The U.S. is firing on all cylinders.” —Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen “From record-breaking job growth to expanding health care coverage, [Joe Biden] has spent each and every day working on behalf of the American people. I can’t say the same about the guy running against him.” —Barack Obama “We are pleased that gas prices have come down by $1.40 relative to that peak that was caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.” —National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard “What’s Wrong With the Economy? It’s You, Not the Data.” —The Wall Street Journal Praetorian Guard “You know, everybody says in these polls, as poll respondents, that they’re so concerned about the economy. Well, the economy is doing very, very well right now. Inflation is low. Unemployment is low. Growth is strong. … I actually have my doubts about whether that’s really on people’s minds.” —Columbia Journalism School’s Margaret Sullivan Spin Doctor “We have dramatically reduced inflation from 9% down to close to 3%.” —Joe Biden, who caused it to spike to 9% in the first place, and is behind its recent rise back to 3.5% Say That Again … Slowly “The Biden administration just announced a plan for 30 MILLION student loan borrowers to receive debt relief. This would allow so many people with student debt to … go back to school.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Non Compos Mentis “If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That’s my opinion.” —South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley “Do you know that the [NCAA] women’s teams were not allowed to have brackets until 2022? Think about that! And … talk about progress.” —Kamala Harris “I hope the legacy is that I kept my word that I said the reason I was running was to … reduce the prospect of war because of Vietnam.” —Joe Biden The BIG Lies “Can you believe that laws are being passed that make it literally illegal to give [voters] food and water while they’re standing in line?” —Kamala Harris “I, like an awful lot of people in this audience, was the first in my family to go to college.” —Joe Biden “People say to me … ‘How about all those hardworking people who grew up and had no opportunity to go to college?’ I get it. That’s the neighborhood I come from.” —Joe Biden “My predecessor and his MAGA friends … want to ‘terminate’ the Affordable Care Act. … Well, guess what? Killing millions of Americans — taking them off of healthcare insurance and stripping others of services like homecare.” —Joe Biden “Because of Donald Trump, millions of women lost the fundamental freedom to control their own bodies. I will fight like hell to get your freedom back.” —Joe Biden “I used teach the Second Amendment in law school. From the very beginning, there were limitations. You couldn’t own a cannon.” —Joe Biden “When it comes to guns, it is the number one killer of our children.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Useful Idiots “I think what [Benjamin Netanyahu] is doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach.” —Joe Biden “Just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country.” —Joe Biden “Aid workers … have died because of [Israel’s] indiscriminate bombing. [Netanyahu] knows he can’t leave power; he gets sent to jail. So he will intensify this war. He will hurt Israel’s standing in the world.” —MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough “Israel has killed more than 200 aid workers in 6 months. Netanyahu: Stop murdering innocent people.” —Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) Lack of Self-Awareness Awards “Impeachment should never be used to settle policy disagreements.” —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “The way we denigrate people. The way we talk about people. … What the hell is this? It’s never been like this.” —Joe Biden Race Bait “[Trump] will take a hammer and break the glass where the Constitution is, and he will tear it up in our faces and say: ‘Now I’m the king of the f—ing world. You will bow down, b-tch.’ He will punish everybody that didn’t vote for him. … [Trump] will have us in camps.” —actress Jenifer Lewis “[Whites] are going to do everything they can to stay in those gated communities, not pay taxes, and put those n—ers in their places and get those wetbacks out of this country.” —Jenifer Lewis “[Republicans] want to bring slavery back. They’re okay with it.” —”The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg “Rather than deal with the core inequities in our system, [Trump] finds a villain. And the villain happens to be people who don’t look like his base, who speak with an accent, who come from somewhere else.” —Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI) “What Donald Trump is trying to do … is to normalize bigotry again, to make it okay … and to try to motivate people to act on the worst instincts that they all carry inside them.” —Rep. Dan Kildee Hot Air “We got a solar eclipse. We’ve got the earthquake. … Also, I learned that cicadas are coming for the first time in like a hundred years. … All those things together would maybe lead one to believe that … climate change exists.” —”The View” co-host Sunny Hostin “I experienced my first earthquake in NJ. We never get earthquakes. The climate crisis is real.” —New Jersey Senate candidate Christina Amira Khalil “You’re seeing the impacts, really, of climate change on people’s heating bills.”—Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Can’t Fix Stupid “What you will see today will be the closest distance that the moon has ever been in the last 20 years, which means that’s why they will shut the light down, because they will be close to the Earth.” —Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) “[The moon] is made up mostly of gases. … Why or how could we as humans live on the moon? Are the gases such that we could do that?” —Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee “I want to be first in line to know how to live and to be able to survive on the moon. That’s another planet which we’re going to see shortly.” —Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee “Who benefits from Donald Trump? Putin. There is, in my view, a connection there.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “The issue about a woman’s right to choose, it’s a democracy issue. This is about freedom — freedom of women to make their decision, families to make their decisions. So, when — what’s his name — said what he said [about abortion], he either is stupid or he thinks the rest of us are stupid.” —Rep. Nancy Pelosi “[Mike] Pence, Lindsay Graham, and [Donald] Trump are fighting to see who could make women’s lives more miserable. That’s like what they’re really fighting for. ‘How can we really destroy women in this country?’ That’s it.” —”The View” co-host Joy Behar Dumb & Dumber “Just this past week I saw, I don’t remember which celebrity, but it was actually a celebrity — and I was like, ‘I don’t know that that’s not necessarily a bad idea’ … propose [that] black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time.” —Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) “I can safely walk my dog to the Capitol today in a way that you couldn’t do when we all got here.” —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is guarded by security “Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA.” —Salon headline “[Abortion] is not mentioned in the Big 10 [Commandments]. … I think ‘thou shalt not kill’ cannot be used as the block because we allow wars all the time.” —”The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg Belly Laughs of the Week “[Biden] has the wisdom, the judgment, and the temperament to take on difficult, complex situations like the one that we’re facing in the Middle East.” —Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler “There is no one who has a better grasp of global issues of world affairs than President Joe Biden. … There is no one who has the same level of respect on the world stage than Joe Biden does.” —Biden campaign finance chair Rufus Gifford
Illegal immigrants arrive at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York (@1010WINS / X)
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Daily Caller News Foundation
The U.S. has flown in over 400,000 migrants from a host of countries since President Joe Biden took office, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Under the Biden administration’s CHNVprogram, some nationals hailing from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela can be eligible to come tothe United States
“in a safe and orderly way” and obtain humanitarian parole status, meaning they are here legally and can obtain work authorization. Over 400,000 migrants hailing from these nations have been flown into airports across the U.S. as of March, CBP said in astatementon Friday.
Broken down by numbers, 154,000 Haitians, 95,000 Venezuelans, 84,000 Cubans and 69,000 Nicaraguans have “arrived lawfully and were granted parole” via the CHNV program since January 2023, according to CBP. Roughly 433,000 migrants from these nations have been approved for travel.
Because these migrants fly into the U.S. under humanitarian parole status, they are not included in CBP’s total number of illegal immigrants encountered at the southern border. There were over 2 million migrantencountersat the southern border in fiscal year 2023 and almost 1 million in the first five months of fiscal year 2024.
In an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, CBP’s legal team admitted in anemailto the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) in March that flying migrants directly into airports across the country could create law enforcement vulnerabilities. The Biden administration will not publicly release the list of airports migrants are being flown into because “bad actors” might take advantage of these vulnerabilities, according to CIS.
“Exception (b)(7)(E) has been applied to the identifying information for air ports of entry, which, if disclosed would reveal information about the relative number of individuals arriving, and thus resources expended at particular airports which would, either standing alone or combined with other information, reveal operational vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors altering their patterns of conduct, adopting new methods of operation, and taking other countermeasures, thereby undermining CBP’s law enforcement efforts to secure the United States borders,” CBP’s legal team said in a statement to CIS.
CBP and DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Joe Biden’s schedule for the next nine days has him only putting in one full day of work at the White House. Three days are set to be spent campaigning in Pennsylvania and five days are scheduled for vacation in Delaware.
Biden at Rehoboth Beach, August 2023, file image.
As the Middle East teeters on the brink of war between Iran and Israel that could involve the U.S., Biden told reporters, “I’m always concerned about Americans,” as he boarded Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews for a weekend at the beach in Delaware.
Asked if he is worried Iran will kill Americans, Biden told press pool he is always concerned about Americans. He's off to Delaware for weekend. pic.twitter.com/9Yi7lMRbHA
The White House said that traveling with Biden is Marc Gustafson, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the White House Situation Room, indicating a concern the Middle East could blow up while Biden is on his beach weekend.
Biden arrived at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Friday night where he will stay until Sunday night. Monday he has two state level meetings at the White House. Tuesday he travels to Scranton for campaign events. On Wednesday, after overnighting in Scranton, Biden heads to the Pittsburgh area. After returning to the White House Wednesday night, Biden heads right back to Pennsylvania for two more campaign events in Philadelphia on Thursday, after which he returns to the White House. On Friday, Biden takes off for his family home in Wilmington, Delaware where “he will remain throughout the weekend.”
All this effort by Biden in Pennsylvania comes after President Trump is scheduled to spend just one day campaigning in the Keystone State with a rally in the town of Schnecksville, located north of Philadelphia, on Saturday night.
Starting Monday, Trump will be in New York City for the start of the Biden administration orchestrated Democratic Party show trial put on by Democrat Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg over alleged campaign related payments to stripper Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
On Saturday, the President has no public events scheduled. On Sunday, the President and the First Lady will return to the White House. …7:30 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Rehoboth Beach, Delaware en route to the White House …8:25 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at the White House South Lawn
WEEK AHEAD 4/13-4/21 On Sunday, the President and the First Lady will return to the White House. On Monday, the President will host Prime Minister Mohammed Shyaa Al-Sudani of the Republic of Iraq for a bilateral meeting. Then, the President will host Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic for a bilateral meeting. On Tuesday, the President will travel to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Then, the President will participate in two campaign events. On Wednesday, the President will depart Scranton, Pennsylvania and travel to the Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania. In the evening, the President will return to the White House. On Thursday, the President will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Then, the President will participate in two campaign events. In the evening, the President will return to the White House. On Friday, the President will travel to Wilmington, Delaware where he will remain throughout the weekend.
Part 1: The incredible speed of our country being invaded, the devolving of our Constitution, our language being changed, our history be altered, we’re guilty of being a free country.
Twenty years ago, I sat in the audience when historian Victor Davis Hanson spoke to a “Stop Mass Immigration” audience sponsored by www.Fairus.org in Washington DC. I shook hands with him. He wrote an extremely prescient book: Mexifornia.
In that book, he exposed how Governor Jerry Brown of California back in 1975 to 1983, and 2011 to 2019, overwhelmed the state with illegal Mexican workers, drug pushers, rapists, shoplifters, welfare anchor babies, and job stealing. He noted how Mexicans moved into positions of power. Today, you’re seeing California’s ugly situation of being unable to function as a first world state. It features 200,000 homeless, shoplifting killing major stores and chains, regular murders on a grand scale, welfare off the charts for illegal aliens, hospitals and prisons overrun, and the Mexican flag flown more than Old Glory. You see schools taught in Spanish while gangs rob trains, carjack automobiles, cities destroyed by incompetent minority mayors. Governor Gavin Newsome is totally useless, and MS-13 distributes drugs up and down every city in California.
We’re talking about the largest state in the lower 48 turning into a corrupt, disgusting and un-American colony.
At that same conference, I heard Colorado Governor Richard Lamm give a brilliant speech on: “The Eight Ways to Destroy America.” I wrote a book about it: Immigration’s Unarmed Invasion: Deadly Consequences.” I have been writing about our country being invaded for over 30 years. I’ve written three books on it. I’ve tried to warn the American people what’s coming. I tried to interview on “60 Minutes, NPR, PBS” and another 30 major network programs. They didn’t and they won’t touch it. Some very powerful people want to keep the American people clueless and in the dark as to what’s coming.
Last week, Hanson wrote a piece: “11 Ways Biden’s Handlers are Hellbent on Destroying America.” You can access it on the Internet or Fox News.
Notice Hanson’s choice of words as to who runs our country. It’s not the dementia-plagued Joe Biden. He’s clueless, unintelligent, vacant minded and totally out of touch with what’s happening to our country.
We are no longer a sovereign country. Biden’s handlers have erased our borders. I talked about it in my first book. What astounds me stems from the speed of this invasion. We’re talking in excess of 12 million illegal aliens in the past 40 months and over 30 million more already here since 1986.
We are being hung out to death with Congresses’ $34 trillion debt. President John Adams said there are two ways to defeat a country, “By the sword or by debt.” We’re in a hell of a mess with this gargantuan debt that WILL destroy our economic foundation.
Biden’s handlers have given Iran and China the keys, money and power to destroy us. Whether it was his son Hunter gaining millions by his father’s VP status, or Biden’s sheer corruption over the past 50 years in Congress, Iran and China have him by his gonads. That means we’re all screwed.
4. Our identity is now defined by dozens of opposing tribes. We’ve got so many other tribes in our country, we’re no longer Americans. Millions of us identify as something other than “American.” Hanson said, “Ensure each identity group rivals the other for victimhood and the state spoils it confers. Reboot all political issues by race and sex oppressors and oppressed. Destroy all meritocratic standards of admission, retention, promotion and commendation.”
Change crime from a crime to social issue: do not punish criminals. Reward them. Allow $100 billion in shoplifting annually. Allow 100,000 drug overdoses annually by keeping the borders wide open. Allow American money to the tune of $120 billion annually to fly out from our country to other countries as cash transfers. Invest in “no-bail”, no jail, and it’s okay to shoot and kill police offers. That’s what’s happening across America in 2024.
Turn the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard into a bunch of transgenders, gays, illegal aliens, mentally deficient and mentally unfit discontents who can’t fight their way out of a paper bag. The fact today: our military is more worried about a transgender’s choice of uniform such as a lady’s skirt and high heels on a DNA male, rather than a MAN with a PAIR that’s trained to defend America with his life.
Hanson said, “Deliberately impugn as racists and insurrectionists the largest demographic in the military who in recent wars died at twice their numbers in the population — so that they leave or never join the military. Encourage retired high officers to slander their commander-in-chief. Cut the defense budget. Stop producing sufficient weapons, but leave billions of dollars’ worth of arms to terrorists.”
The fact is: somebody like General Milley left $90 billion worth of military hardware in Afghanistan. That wasn’t a mistake. It was Biden’s handlers totally in control and out to kill America.
In Part 2, we’re going to examine the last six items that show how Biden’s handlers are hellbent on destroying America. When he brings in another 10 million Muslims, 5 million Chinese and 1-5 million Africans with chain-migration along with “asylum seekers”, we won’t know who we are or what the hell to do to save ourselves. Biden’s handers are effectively destroying our culture, our language, our identity and our way of life.
Iran has reportedly readied more than 100 cruise missiles as part of an ‘imminent’ strike on Israel after the US moved more forces into the Middle East over fears an attack could spark a full-scale war.
The United States right now is absolutely expecting that Iran will unleash a potentially devastating attack on Israel, so much so that it has positioned aircraft carries and destroyers to defend the Jewish state. I cannot seem to recall the last time that America was in such a position to not only defend Israel, but to be on the front lines with them before the attack took place. You can tell it’s an election year for sure.
“For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.” Psalm 89:18 (KJB)
Earlier, Iranian special forces seized control of a ship in the Strait of Hormuz linked to Israeli interests to show they are intent are getting revenge for the Israeli strike on their Embassy in Damascus. But the question is, do they want revenge so badly they are willing to also have to deal with the assembled naval might of the United States? Maybe yes, maybe no, we shall see just how much of an appetite they have. Israel, for their part, is locked, loaded and ready to fight.
Iran readies more than 100 cruise missiles and drones for deadly Israel strike, US intelligence officials reveal, as Pentagon moves aircraft carrier into the Red Sea amid fears of full-scale war
FROM THE DAILY MAIL UK: Military officials briefed on the matter told both ABC News and CNN that the US has observed Iran readying at least 100 cruise missiles, indicating they could be ready to attack. ABC also reported that a large number of drones that could be used in an attack on Israel have also been readied by the nation.
Pentagon officials said the US would beef up its presence in the region and the USS Dwight Eisenhower would be sent into the Red Sea in a warning to Tehran.
Iran has publicly threatened to hit back at Israel over an attack in Syria last week, which Tehran say was an Israeli airstrike on a Iranian diplomatic building in Damascus. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed retribution in the wake of the Damascus attack, for which Tel-Aviv has yet to take responsibility.
US Defense officials on Friday said they are moving ‘additional assets to the area’, hours after the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem locked down it’s staff. The USS Dwight Eisenhower would be able to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran.
President Biden said on Friday that he expected Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ and that his message to Tehran was ‘don’t’.
‘We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel and help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,’ Biden said.
Asked how imminent an attack on Israel may be, Biden said he didn’t want to get into classified information but ‘my expectation is sooner than later.’
Former President Trump called Biden ‘pretty pathetic’ and claimed that had he been in office Iran wouldn’t be attacking Israel.
Trump said: ‘For the president of our country to actually put out a warning that he thinks that we’re going to be attacked or they’re going to be attacked. That’s pretty pathetic. They wouldn’t be attacking Israel if I were president, that I can tell you,’ he continued. ‘And they never did.’
Israel was widely blamed for an April 1 attack that destroyed Iran’s consulate building in Damascus and killed seven Revolutionary Guards, including the two generals. The strike levelled a five-story building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Wednesday that Israel ‘must be punished and will be punished’, days after one of his advisers said Israeli embassies are ‘no longer safe’. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz swiftly replied on social media site X that ‘if Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will respond and attack Iran’.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond with force to any assault by Iran, leaving tensions in the Middle East on a knife-edge. Defense officials on Friday said they are moving ‘additional assets to the area’, hours after the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem locked down it’s staff. READ MORE
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