Measured in Doomsday Clock terms, it is seconds to midnight in Jerusalem and Tehran. Earth is closer to a catastrophic global demise than ever before.
Prepared or not, Israel and Washington both appear to be out of time. Iran’s threat is substantial, and it is only intensifying.
An Israeli government is unified in its determination to prevent a nuclear Iran at all costs, presenting a credible military threat. President Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal undercut the chances of an Israeli strike.
President Donald Trump’s 2018 withdrawal from that disastrous deal and staunch support for Israel offered a reset, but Israel wasn’t prepared, nor was the United States, as Iran escalated its nuclear program. Joe Biden to revise the nuclear deal further sidelined any military pressure.
The new government was sworn in on Dec. 29, headed by Netanyahu. His coalition has 64 out of 120 Knesset seats, one of the largest majorities in recent years.
The Netanyahu government can be expected to press its tough Iran stance more aggressively and publicly than its predecessor, including by engaging Congress more, especially with Republicans now controlling the House of Representatives.
It will likely push the United States and Europeans to support a snapback of United Nations sanctions on Iran, given Tehran’s continued nuclear escalation.
It will almost certainly seek expedited delivery of approved US weapons that could maximize the effectiveness of an Israeli strike, such as KC-46 aerial refueling tankers.
US agreement would add further welcome pressure on the brutal Tehran regime. Zohar Palti, a former senior Israeli defense and Mossad official who opposed a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities a decade ago, recently said.
Iran, he warned, is “days or weeks away from enriching uranium to 90 percent, which is military-grade.” He added, regarding a possible strike, “I am implying that Israel is capable.” America should begin to prepare and work closely with Israel to ensure it is most successful if it chooses this course of action.
James 1:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James 1:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Luke 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and diseases; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Revelations 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
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