US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call last week not to take military action against Iran that could disrupt Washington’s ongoing nuclear negotiations

I am no expert in US foreign policy, but I know this much. After watch the dealings of the government of Iran with other nations for the past 16 years, I know that they cannot be trusted and will break any and every deal they make with western powers. Trump has just as much of a chance of successfully making a deal with Iran over their nuclear program as he did with making a deal with Putin to end the war in Ukraine. That’s the memo.

“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.” Revelation 17:12 (KJB)

The only thing that will stop Iran from successfully creating viable ICBM with nuclear capability is a strike on their facilities, and the appropriate nation to deliver that strike is Israel. Of course, the longer you delay that the more entrenched Iran will be and much harder to eradicate. Donald Trump telling Netanyahu to ‘not strike Iran’ is very bad advice, and Netanyahu would do well to not listen to it.

Trump: I told Netanyahu striking Iran would be ‘very inappropriate,’ as deal is close

FROM THE TIMES OF ISRAEL: Trump’s statement came after The New York Times reported details from the call, while stating that US officials were concerned that Israel may seek to carry out strikes on Iran’s nuclear program without much warning, which would leave the Americans little time to attempt to pressure Netanyahu to change his mind.

Asked by reporters in the Oval Office if he had told Netanyahu not to target Iran, Trump said: “Well, I’d like to be honest. Yes, I did… I told Netanyahu this would be very inappropriate to do right now because we’re very close to a solution.”

He added: “That could change at any moment. It could change with a phone call. But right now, I think Iran wants to make a deal, and if we can make a deal, that would save a lot of lives.”

“We’re having very good discussions with Iran, and I said to Netanyahu, ‘I don’t think that’s appropriate right now.’ Because if we can settle it with a very strong document — with inspections and not based on trust,” he continued. “I want the deal to be very strong, where we can go in with inspectors, we can take whatever we want. We can blow up whatever we want, but with nobody getting killed.”

Two Iranian official sources told Reuters Wednesday that the country may agree to pause uranium enrichment if the US releases frozen Iranian funds and recognizes Tehran’s right to refine uranium for civilian use under a “political deal” that could lead to a broader nuclear accord. The sources, close to the negotiating team, said a “political understanding with the United States could be reached soon” if Washington accepted Tehran’s conditions. One of the sources said the matter “has not been discussed yet” during the talks with the United States.

In Washington, a US official told Reuters the proposal aired by the Iranian sources had not been brought to the negotiating table to date. The US State Department and Iran’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Iranian sources said Tehran would not agree to the dismantling of its nuclear program or infrastructure or the sealing of its nuclear installations, as demanded by Trump’s administration. READ MORE

Trump Says He Told Israel’s Netanyahu Not To Strike Iran During Talks

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump discussed what he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about striking Iran.

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Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, ‘Free, free Palestine’ after he was arrested, police said.

The players are somewhat different than they were in Nazi Germany, but the game is still the same. Jews are not safe just about anywhere they go, including in Israel. Last night in Washington DC, two newly-engaged-staff members of the Israeli Embassy were brutally gunned down in cold blood as their assailant shouted ‘Free Palestine!’

“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.” Deuteronomy 28:37 (KJB)

All through the writings of the prophets, we see about an event the Bible calls the time of Jacob’s trouble, and it will be a 7-year period in which God will judge the world in general and His chosen people, the Jews, in particular. Jesus says about this time in Matthew 24 that it will be a time a great tribulation such as the world has never seen, and that includes the Holocaust from WWII. Worse than the Holocaust? Much, much worse. This is why we spend every day warning the lost, encouraging the saints, and sending out as many Bibles as we can, that the word of God will be available to all who need it.

2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a research assistant, and Milgrim organized visits and missions to Israel. They were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference.

“It was not an attack against us. It was an attack against American values”: Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations @dannydanon calls for action after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot and killed pic.twitter.com/x9W2QizTvg

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The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, was observed pacing outside the museum before the shooting, walked into the museum after the shooting and was detained by event security, Smith said.

When he was taken into custody, the suspect began chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” Smith said. She said law enforcement did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the community.

The stunning attack prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security. The shooting comes as Israel has launched another major offensive in the Gaza Strip in a war with Hamas that has heightened tensions across the Middle East and internationally and as antisemitic acts are on the rise.

“These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!” President Donald Trump posted on social media early Thursday. “Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s office said Thursday that he was “shocked” by the “horrific, antisemitic” shooting. “We are witnessing the terrible price of antisemitism and wild incitement against Israel,” he said in a statement. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said the two people killed were a young couple about to be engaged, saying the man had purchased a ring this week with the intent to propose next week in Jerusalem. READ MORE

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The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iran and their nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran

The backchannels throughout the Middle East are lit up like a pinball machine today, with all signs pointing to an imminent strike on Iran by the nation of Israel. Yes, we’ve been to this brink many times before, granted, so what’s different this time about this potential ‘imminent strike’ false alarm. The difference is that Donald Trump just came back from a 3-day jaunt to the Middle East where he seemingly single-handedly reset relations across the board. We have arrived at the ‘now or never’ portion of our show, and Israel has promised ‘never again’. We are about to see if they mean it. That’s the memo.

“Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.” Daniel 10:20 (KJB)

Bob Jones Sr. once said that “war is God’s judgment on man here on Earth, and Hell is God’s judgment on man hereafter.” Jesus tells us that until the Rapture it will be nothing but “wars and rumours of wars”, Daniel tells us that “desolations are determined”, and James tells us exactly where war comes from. Go look it up. We have watched enough WWII and Vietnam documentaries to not want to see another war ever again, but war is indeed coming. Israel and the IDF must strike Iran to buy desperately needed time before a nuclear attack. Our sources inside Jerusalem tell us that the strike could come as soon as tonight, and we’ll be watching the chatter. In the meantime, pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for the Jews, and for the world’s only holy land of Israel. Am Yisrael Chai.

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New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say

FROM CNN: Such a strike would be a brazen break with President Donald Trump, US officials said. It could also risk tipping off a broader regional conflict in the Middle East — something the US has sought to avoid since the war in Gaza inflamed tensions beginning in 2023.

Officials caution it’s not clear that Israeli leaders have made a final decision, and that in fact, there is deep disagreement within the US government about the likelihood that Israel will ultimately act. Whether and how Israel strikes will likely depend on what it thinks of the US negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program.

But “the chance of an Israeli strike on an Iranian nuclear facility has gone up significantly in recent months,” said another person familiar with US intelligence on the issue. “And the prospect of a Trump-negotiated US-Iran deal that doesn’t remove all of Iran’s uranium makes the chance of a strike more likely.”

The heightened worries stem not only from public and private messaging from senior Israeli officials that it is considering such a move, but also from intercepted Israeli communications and observations of Israeli military movements that could suggest an imminent strike, multiple sources familiar with the intelligence said.

Among the military preparations the US has observed are the movement of air munitions and the completion of an air exercise, two of the sources said.

But those same indicators could also simply be Israel trying to pressure Iran to abandon key tenets of its nuclear program by signaling the consequences if it doesn’t — underscoring the ever-shifting complexities the White House is navigating. READ MORE

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