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** Is a ballistic missile war looming in the Middle East?
10 August 2023
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A ballistic missile show-down seems to be developing in the Middle East, with potential to develop into a nuclear confrontation, in which Iran, Israel and Saudia Arabia are the main players, with China, Russia and the USA all playing important support roles.

Iran announced this week that it had obtained technology to build supersonic cruise missiles. Journalist Yaakov Lappin writes that “the announcement serves as a stark reminder of Iran’s evolving and growing missile arsenal.” .

“In addition to supplying its terrorist proxies with missiles, rockets and drones, Iran is also building the Middle East’s largest missile arsenal on its very own soil. Iran’s stockpile of thousands of missiles enables it to project power and influence, issue threats and further its goal of exporting the Islamic Revolution across the Middle East.”

Iran is edging ever close to nuclear capacity. Last March, the website Iran Watch reported –

“Iran’s nuclear program has reached the point at which, within three to four weeks, Iran might be able to enrich enough uranium for five fission weapons. For that uranium to pose a nuclear weapon threat, however, it would have to be processed further, and the other components of a successful weapon would have to be ready to receive the processed uranium. Weaponization activities could take anywhere from several months to a year or more, although the timeframe is uncertain.”

At the same time, Saudi Arabia is building its missile capacity. And at Israel’s northern border, Iranian-sponsored terror organization Hezbollah is threatening aggression. The news service JNS reported this week that – .

“the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah has carried out a series of hostile acts at the frontier in recent months, including setting up a manned outpost in April a few meters on the Israeli side of the Blue Line border but beyond the Israeli security fence. The position, across from an IDF post, was reportedly manned by three to eight armed terrorists.”

According to Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, “The Middle East is a powder keg on the cusp of being ignited” due to “Hezbollah’s violent escalations, blatant violations of Security Council resolutions and dangerous military advancements.”

The Editorial Team - Israel & Christians Today

Iran’s missile arsenal casts a growing shadow

Iran’s announcement on Wednesday that it is developing a supersonic cruise missile is the latest step in a dangerous Middle Eastern arms race.
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Israeli delegation heading to UN amid Lebanon border tensions

The visit comes ahead of the Security Council vote on extending UNIFIL's mandate.
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The New Iranian Front in Israel’s Heartland

Israel is facing a new Iranian front in Judea and Samaria, the heartland of the Jewish state.

This new front is, in fact, an old one, as Israel has been coping with never relenting Palestinian terror emanating from towns and cities under the control of the Palestinian Authority, ever since the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat was allowed to set up camp in Ramallah.
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Iran's Nuclear Timetable: The Weapon Potential

Iran’s nuclear program has reached the point at which, within three to four weeks, Iran might be able to enrich enough uranium for five fission weapons. For that uranium to pose a nuclear weapon threat, however, it would have to be processed further, and the other components of a successful weapon would have to be ready to receive the processed uranium. Weaponization activities could take anywhere from several months to a year or more, although the timeframe is uncertain.[1] ([link removed]) Some of these activities could be done in parallel with the fissile material production and could take place on a laboratory scale, which would make them difficult to detect.
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** SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK:
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** Psalm 2: 1-6
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1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”


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