Bible sales soar as world events continue to shake
Circana Bookscan, the industry’s primary data collection resource on book sales, has some joyful news to report to those who love the Bible. As of October 2024, sales of the “Scriptures Bible” are up 22% in the U.S. compared to their figures of the same time last year. … more people are now paying to get a physical copy of the Bible in their hands.

Six Israeli hostages found in August were executed by Hamas, not directly killed in airstrike, IDF probe finds
The IDF told the hostages’ families that they were shot by Hamas terrorists fearing an impending IDF raid and not directly by Israeli bombardments, as the Hamas terrorist organization had claimed.

Sexual misconduct charges against ICC prosecutor Khan to be examined by UN watchdog
The accusations against Khan surfaced in May, and in November, the ICC announced that Khan would be investigated by an external body following accusations of sexual misconduct. The announcement came shortly before the court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, which Khan had requested.

IDF could strike Lebanese state targets if ceasefire collapses, DM Katz says in stern warning
After Israel carried out a series of airstrikes responding to the first offensive violation of the ceasefire by Hezbollah forces, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned, in his most severe warning yet, the Lebanese government to restrain the terror group. While the IDF focused its attacks solely on Hezbollah and its allied terror groups in Lebanon over the past 14 months of fighting, Katz threatened that if the ceasefire collapses, Israel will not limit itself anymore and, for the first time, could strike targets of the Lebanese state itself.

Turkey’s Erdogan calls for the destruction of the West
President Erdoğan stated the West’s progress is built on blood, tears, massacres, genocide, and exploitation and that the chapter of the West’s dominance is coming to a close. (watch)

‘This could redraw the map of the Middle East’: How Assad’s struggles in Syria reflect a weakened Iran
With Hezbollah decimated, Iran significantly weakened, and Russia preoccupied with its war on Ukraine, Syrian opposition forces enjoyed ripe conditions for the surprise offensive they launched last week. Those forces are closer than ever to deposing dictator Bashar al-Assad, experts told the Washington Free Beacon, emphasizing the Iranian regime’s ever-loosening grip on the Middle East.

Danon: ‘It’s too late for UNRWA, we won’t cooperate with it’
Israeli Amb. to the UN calls the UN a ‘circus’ ahead of General Assembly session on ‘the question of Palestine,’ accuses UN of encouraging rejectionism and providing platforms for hatred and violence.

A warped worldview of high-profile Zionist-hating Jews
Prominent Jewish figures, including Naomi Klein, Judith Butler and Norman Finkelstein, have publicly condemned Zionism, labeling it a colonialist and oppressive ideology; Their critiques reflect a broader phenomenon of Jewish anti-Zionism, fueled by a false dichotomy that divides humanity into aggressors and victims

Fauci, Schiff, And Cheney May Receive ‘Preemptive Pardons’
White House aides are reportedly locked in a contentious debate over a potential unprecedented move: issuing preemptive pardons to a wide range of current and former public officials. Among those discussed for potential pardons are high-profile figures like Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA), former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Dr. Anthony Fauci, Why, if they did nothing wrong?

World War III Is Heating Up On Several Fronts, But Most Americans Have No Idea…
In recent months, quite a few pundits have been openly warning us that World War III has begun. Sadly, those pundits are quite correct. Right now, a historic global struggle is being waged by two very powerful alliances. The “western alliance” made up of the United States, Europe, Israel and their allies is engaged in a battle for supremacy with the “eastern alliance” made up of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Syria and their allies. Over the past week, this battle for supremacy has erupted on a couple of new fronts, but most Americans have no idea what is really going on.

“Very Unique” Russian Attack Submarine Spotted In South China Sea
The Philippine military deployed a navy ship and air force planes to shadow a Russian submarine, which passed through the South China Sea off the country’s western coast last week, a security official told AFP. One official said the navy was surprised to see the vessel because it was a “very unique submarine.” … we were surprised because this is a very unique submarine,” he told AFP. The 74-metre (243-foot) long vessel is armed with a missile system that has a range of 12,000 kilometers (7,450 miles), according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.

Tucker Carlson Returns To Russia; Warns “We Are Closer To Nuclear War Than Ever”
“In the week since we left Russia, Moscow, where we are now in February, after interviewing Vladimir Putin, we’ve watched from the United States as the Biden administration has driven the US ever closer to a nuclear conflict with Russia, the country that possesses the world’s largest nuclear arsenal,” Carlson announced. He continued, “It has accelerated ever since, and it’s reached its apogee so far in the weeks after Trump’s election. He’s now the President-elect. In that time, just a few weeks ago, the Biden Administration, American military personnel launched missiles into mainland Russia and killed at least a dozen Russian soldiers.” Biden’s government refuses to engage in diplomatic exchanges with Russia, despite serious escalation that risks cataclysmic war,

Blizzard warnings issued as powerful winter storm to blast Northeast, mid-Atlantic with more snow, wind
A new winter storm has millions of people from the Upper Midwest to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast preparing for dangerous winds and a potential blizzard or near-blizzard conditions in areas just slammed by a lake-effect snowstorm that buried cities in feet of snow.

India: Villupuram struggles to recover as Cyclone Fengal claims 14 lives, displaces over 20,000
The district is limping back to normalcy as the floodwaters caused by Cyclone Fengal and the accompanying torrential rain over the last four days have receded in most of the places. According to an official release, as many as 20,625 people have been sheltered in 105 relief centers across the district. Heavy rains have claimed 14 lives across the district.

Search for shooter underway after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed in New York
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot Wednesday morning in what police said was a “brazen, targeted attack.” Brian Thompson, 50, was shot by a masked gunman around 6:45 a.m. near the New York Hilton Midtown, where he was set to speak at an investment conference.

Fauci, Schiff, And Cheney May Receive ‘Preemptive Pardons’
Days after Biden pardoned his son Hunter for a 10-year period dating back to his involvement with Burisma, senior White House aides are reportedly locked in a contentious debate over a potential unprecedented move: issuing preemptive pardons to a wide range of current and former public officials who could find themselves under intense scrutiny, and prosecution, after Trump takes office.

SCOTUS Conservatives Seem Ready To Uphold Child Sex Change Bans — But One Justice Is A Wild Card
Every conservative justice expressed skepticism Wednesday of the Biden administration’s challenge to state ban on child sex changes, except Justice Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch, who authored a landmark ruling in 2020 expanding sex discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation in the context of employment, didn’t say a word during over two hours of oral arguments.

EXCLUSIVE: Yeti Accused Of Going ‘Full Woke’ After Years Pushing DEI, Sponsoring Trans Ideology For Kids
Conservative nonprofit organization Consumers’ Research accused Yeti, a premium outdoor gear brand, of going “full woke” by promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including sponsoring transgender ideology for children. While the push for DEI initiatives appeared to slow in 2023 as American companies tightened budgets amid economic uncertainty, Yeti continued to promote them.

Syria’s Civil War Puts Israel in a Bind: ‘Devil We Know’ or Islamist Rebels
The surprising advance by opposition forces in Syria’s civil war poses a conundrum for Israel and the West: Victory by either side presents risks. Syrian President al-Assad is allied with Israel’s enemy, Iran. Resurgence of the war threatens to invigorate that relationship, undermining Israel’s effort to weaken Iran’s web of allied countries and militias throughout the region. The rebel group now challenging Assad’s rule, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization that Israel sees as dangerous to its interests. The rebel forces are holding Aleppo after a lightning offensive to reclaim Syria’s second city late last month, a move that exploited the distraction among Assad’s allies—Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah—while they engage in other conflicts.

Unknown flu-like disease claims 143 lives in DR Congo
An unidentified illness exhibiting flu-like symptoms, reported on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, has reportedly resulted in 143 fatalities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Sunday, November 10, and November 25, 2024. Health officials are conducting investigations to identify the cause of the outbreak. Women and children are reportedly the most affected.

Scientists Detected The Pre-Gog Magog Oct 7 Earthquake
Tel Aviv University researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery: seismic stations in southern Israel detected the movement of Hamas vehicles prior to the October 7 attack, potentially opening new avenues for security monitoring.

Israeli Leaders Push for Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, Citing Security and Peace
Israeli government officials are advocating for extending Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, with key ministers prioritizing this goal over potential regional peace agreements. “Between the Jordan River and the Sea, there will only be one state,” Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen stated in a recent interview with Makor Rishon.

Hamas agrees to post-war plan that would put Gaza under US supervision
The paper printed the “Community Support Committee for the Management of the Gaza Strip” document, which proposes a committee to oversee Gaza after the war under US supervision. Following discussions between Hamas and Fatah in Cairo last Saturday, it was proposed that a committee of experts would govern Gaza with the supervision of US officials.

IAF eliminates Hezbollah’s Syrian envoy in targeted Damascus strike
An Israel Air Force aircraft attacked and eliminated Hezbollah’s envoy to the Syrian army, Salman Nimr Jamaa, the IDF announced Tuesday afternoon. The Syrian regime, which has established support for Hezbollah throughout the years and allows the use of their country for the transfer of weapons, heavily utilized Jamaa and hereby endangered the lives of Lebanese and Syrian civilians alike.

Netanyahu, Israeli leaders praise Trump’s ‘all hell to pay’ vow, Gazans fear the worst
“President Trump put the emphasis in the right place, on Hamas, and not on the Israeli government,” Netanyahu said.

University of Minnesota Suspends, Fines Pro-Hamas Rioters: Campus Groups
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities has reportedly suspended and demanded financial restitution from seven pro-Hamas activists who were arrested for commandeering the Morrill Hall administrative building on Oct. 21, an action which aimed to pressure school officials into enacting a boycott of Israel.

Iranian regime change likely to be focus of Trump Middle East policy
The Middle East Forum’s “blueprint” for the Trump administration, titled “Reasserting American Power in the Middle East,” predicts that the incoming administration will, via executive order, reinstate policies of the prior Trump administration, including reimposing travel restrictions that both Trump aides and critics called the “Muslim ban.”

Earliest known Chinese inscription discovered in Jerusalem
The earliest known Chinese inscription in Israel from about 500 years ago has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday. The rare 16th century CE Chinese inscription, unearthed in a dig on Mount Zion and discovered on a porcelain bowl fragment, reads: “Forever we will guard the eternal spring,” the state-archaeological body said. Ancient Chinese porcelain vessels were previously found in Israel, but this is the first to bear an inscription.

Defense Minister: We separated Hezbollah from Lebanon, ceasefire violations can’t continue
‘If ceasefire collapses, Lebanon will no longer be exempt – we will enforce the agreement powerfully and with zero patience,’ Defense Minister Israel Katz promises.

The Transgender Debate Plaguing Congress Is Not Just A Scientific Dispute—It’s A Spiritual One
These kinds of insane beliefs are quickly eroding the protections women have worked so hard to gain. After all, if a man can be “every bit as biologically female” as a woman despite having none of the biology of a female (artificially created “female” organs are not biologically female—they are modified male organs, and every cell that makes them up has XY chromosomes), then there are no females, and protections for a group that doesn’t exist are nonsense.

Why God Dedicated Over One-Third Of The Bible To Telling Us The Future In Advance
The Old Testament contains forty-eight specific prophecies related to Jesus’ first coming, which happened precisely as the prophets of old foretold. The odds that one person could fulfill all of them stagger the imagination, … In the Upper Room, the Savior again told them what was to happen so as to calm their troubled hearts concerning the news that He would soon leave them. His words on this occasion provide us with a key for understanding the purpose of Bible prophecy:

New Report Shines Light On The Biden Administration’s Efforts To ‘Control And Eliminate Faith-based Universities’
The administration wielded the Office of Enforcement, a subsidiary of the Office of Federal Student Aid that former President Obama created, to eliminate universities that did not align with its left-wing agenda, the report charges. President Joe Biden Revitalized the agency during his presidency.

Pope’s jubilee visit to Turkey to advance political, ecumenical agenda
Should Pope Francis visit Turkey next year to commemorate a landmark anniversary for the Council of Nicaea, it will mark a key opportunity for him to make progress on several key priorities. Not only will his presence for the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the first great ecumenical council, offer a boost for his ecumenical agenda, but it will also provide Francis an occasion to further move the needle on dialogue with Islam and on his geopolitical agenda for the region.

Fani Full Release Ordered After Fulton DA Sat On RICO Records
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered by a local judge to release all communications between her office, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office, and the January 6th Committee regarding her RICO case against President Donald Trump and his allies, after she was found to have violated federal law by withholding them.

Universities Have A 2025 Rendezvous With Reality
Public confidence in universities has sharply declined due to rising costs, administrative bloat, ideological bias, student debt issues, and discrimination concerns…A Gallup poll taken this year found that only 36 percent of Americans polled either expressed “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education – once the agreed-on touchstone to upward mobility.

Russia Flexes By Test-Firing Missiles In Eastern Mediterranean Drills As Syria Burns
Russia’s military has announced Tuesday that it conducted major naval and air force drills in the eastern Mediterranean, off Syria’s coast, in the wake of Aleppo falling to Al-Qaeda linked jihadist insurgents, and at a moment the central Syrian city of Hama is coming under threat. Russia confirmed that it has “increased” its troop numbers stationed in the region as a result of the exercises.

US Steel Takeover By Japanese Company Will Be Blocked, Says Trump
President-elect Donald Trump said on Dec. 3 that he would prevent the acquisition of U.S. Steel Corp. by Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company,” t

The Hunter Biden pardon gives Donald Trump powerful new political cover
In his sweeping pardon of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden did not just protect his son. He also handed President-elect Donald Trump a template to shield his own allies and stretch the pardon power even further. Legal experts say Trump now has fresh precedent — and political cover — to issue expansive pardons absolving his allies not only of specific offenses, but even any undetermined crimes they may have committed.

Great Lakes region braces for more snow while cleaning up after lake-effect storms
Even more snow could be on the way for places in the Great Lakes region that are still digging out after days of storms caused deadly wrecks, collapsed a barn on top of 100 cows and buried some towns under nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters).

Severe floods affect millions, claim over 30 lives in Thailand and Malaysia
Heavy rains have unleashed devastating floods across Thailand and Malaysia, leaving over 30 dead, displacing tens of thousands, and causing widespread destruction, officials reported on Tuesday, December 3.

Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson If He Tries to Block Deportations
Soon after Trump’s victory last month, Johnson said he “will not bend” to the president-elect’s plan to carry out the largest deportation program in American history. Since then, Johnson has proposed a $300 million property tax hike to collect more funds for newly arrived migrants. At Monday’s city council meeting, residents called on Trump and Homan to arrest Johnson if he gets in their way of detaining illegal aliens in Chicago.

House Committee Releases Report on Social Distancing, COVID Vaccine
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a final report regarding its two-year investigation into social distancing, masking, and COVID vaccine mandates. It was revealed that “the six-foot social distancing requirement was not supported by science.” Regarding the usage of masks and mask mandates, it was “apparent” that the CDC “and the Biden Administration cherry-picked observational data to fit their narrative that masks are fully effective.” Also COVID “vaccine mandates were not supported by science and caused more harm than good.” And “contrary to what was promised, the COVID vaccine did not stop the spread or transmission of the virus.”

House Oversight Report Supports Chinese Lab-Leak Theory For COVID-19 Origin
“By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced,” the oversight subcommittee said in a statement. The report said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology has a history of conducting “gain-of-function” research under low biosafety precautions. Several researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell sick with a COVID-like virus months before the first case of the outbreak was allegedly detected at a wet market, according to the report.

Israel warns it will go after Lebanon directly if cease-fire with Hezbollah collapses
Israel issued a direct warning to Lebanon on Tuesday and said it will no longer distinguish between Hezbollah and the country should the tenuous cease-fire with the terrorist group collapse. “There will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, according to the Times of Israel, adding that Jerusalem will “show maximum response and zero tolerance.”

Netanyahu, Israeli leaders praise Trump’s ‘all hell to pay’ vow, Gazans fear the worst
PM Netanyahu thanked US President-elect Trump for issuing a toughly worded statement demanding that hostages held in the Gaza Strip be released ahead of his January 20 inauguration. “Hamas is required to release the hostages. President Trump put the emphasis in the right place, on Hamas, and not on the Israeli government, as is customary (elsewhere),” Netanyahu said. Other Israeli leaders also hailed the pledge that there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East unless hostages held in the Gaza Strip were released ahead of Trump’s inauguration. Israeli ministers lined up to thank Trump for his hard-hitting words.