By Israel Today Staff, Israel Today— Ben Rhodes, a deputy National Security Adviser to US President Barack Obama, revealed in a New York Times interview published last week what pretty much everyone already knew – the Obama White House lied to win approval for its Iran nuclear deal. Getting a deal on the books was…
By Suman Varandani, International Business Times— Russia will begin the first shipment of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying Tuesday. “I don’t know if this will happen today, but they (S-300 missiles) will be loaded (for shipment to Iran),”…
By Israel Today— Senior Iranian military officials this week boasted that they had stockpiled a huge quantity of long-range ballistic missiles that are pointed directly at Israel. Two such missiles were tested this week on targets at a range of 1,400 kilometers (870 miles), putting Israel well within range if fired from western Iran. Brig.…
By Bill Wilson, Daily Jot— Ezekiel 38 and 39 describes how the Lord defeats Israel’s end time enemies after they attack from the North. Included in the coalition, led by “Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (v38:3)” are Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Magog, Gomer and Togarmah. Ancient history and maps confirm that Magog, Meshech,…
By Lee Ganceman, Times of Israel— The Palestinian Authority is standing behind Saudi Arabia in the current political row with Iran, Ramallah’s envoy to the desert kingdom told a leading Arab daily. In an interview Wednesday with the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, Palestinian ambassador Basem Al-Agha said that his government’s position has been clear from…
By Debkafile— The heated verbal battle between Tehran and Riyadh over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric escalated Sunday night, Jan 3, with the severance of diplomatic relations. On the broader front, the repercussions from the quarrel between the two leaders of the Muslim world’s Shia-Sunni split are widely seen in Middle East military…
By JTA, JPOST— Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the recent coordinated Paris attacks that left at least 130 people dead “blind terrorism.” Khamenei’s comments, released in a statement to “the youth in the Western countries,” were published Sunday by the Iranian IRNA news agency, the government’s official news agency. It is reportedly Khamenei’s…
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST— The commander of Iran’s ground forces vowed that their long-range missiles would rain down on Israel if it made any move against his country. The “Zionist regime’s” collapse may occur in less than 25 years, said Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan in an interview with Iran’s Al Alam TV, Tasnim…
By: Earl Cox, JPOST— Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the United Nations was once again bombastic but not a block buster. Naturally his refrain to the song of Palestinian Blues played to the tune of the ongoing Palestinian-instigated conflict with Israel. The bluster from Abbas and his whining is nothing new and over the…
From AIPAC: Urge House Members to Oppose the Resolution of Approval Call (202) 224-3121 to reach House members through the Capitol switchboard E-mail your member of Congress Find your member of Congress Info/Questions grassroots@aipac.org Background Information The U.S. House of Representatives will votetomorrow on a resolution of approval for the proposed nuclear deal with Iran.…