This is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort’ in the Middle East: expert
The United States said Tuesday it felt “cautious optimism” on the prospects of reaching a ceasefire in the 14-month war in Gaza, although it acknowledged that similar hopes had been dashed before.

A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine
A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed as he left for his office.

Mail delivery complaints continue as Trump mulls privatizing post office
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should have checked with his agencies’ customers in Minnesota and North Dakota before giving himself an “A” at a congressional oversight hearing last week in Washington.
Nevertheless, the postal service has always seemed too big to fail–until now.
This year the seasonal scrutiny of USPS coincides with the transition to President-elect Donald Trump.

US charges Iranian and Iranian-American over deaths of US troops in Jordan
The owner of a navigation system company supplied the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps “with drone technology that was used in various terrorist acts, including an attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan,” an FBI official said. Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, of Natick, Mass., and Mohammad Abedini, 38, of Tehran, are accused of illegally exporting components for the navigation equipment that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps uses to pilot its kamikaze drones.

A couple hundred North Korean troops killed, wounded in battles with Ukrainian forces
A couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded during battle in the Kursk border region, a senior military official said Tuesday. The official didn’t provide details on exactly how many have been killed, but said the North Korean forces don’t appear to be battle-hardened, which contributes to the number of casualties they’ve had.

Syrian rebel leader al-Jolani vows Syria will honor 1974 ceasefire agreement, says Israel doesn’t need buffer zone
Syria will continue to honor the 1974 ceasefire agreement with Israel, the nation’s most powerful figure, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, told The New York Times (NYT) on Monday. Al-Jolani is the leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist rebel group that led the toppling of the Assad regime last week.

The Netherlands becomes first EU country to vote to phase out aid to UNRWA over terror links
While Norway announced last month that it intends to increase its financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, the Netherlands voted last week to phase out its financial support, for the organization, citing its links to terrorism. The budget amendment will see the Dutch state cut aid to UNRWA progressively over the next four years.

Israel’s “Earthquake War”
Mountains shall be overthrown, cliffs shall topple, and every wall shall crumble to the ground.
Ezekiel 38: 20 (the israel bible). Media reports claim the IDF is launching intensive airstrikes in Syria’s Tartus region, targeting military sites, including air defense units and surface-to-surface missile warehouses. The explosions, fueled by the stored Syrian missiles, were so intense that they measured as a 3.0 Magnitude Earthquake on nearby Seismic Sensors. The seismic aspect of the war may bear a prophetic meaning. Massive earthquakes in Israel are prophesied to accompany the multinational Gog and Magog conflict, which will signal the end of times.

Biden Admin. Tells Israel to Approve Weapons Transfer to Palestinians in Samaria
The Biden administration asked the Israeli government to approve the transfer of weapons to the Palestinian Authority to carry out operations in Samaria. the weapons would purportedly be used in a wide-ranging operation being carried out by the Palestinian Authority in Jenin, Samaria, where the PA has been fighting armed terrorists from Iranan-funded Hamas and the Jenin Brigade affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Reports claim the Islamist terrorists are better equipped than the PA security forces.

Mass grave in Syria found with over 100,000 bodies severely tortured
A US-based Syrian advocacy organization reported the discovery of a mass grave containing 100,000 bodies of people who were killed by the Assad regime, many of them severely tortured. Mouaz Moustafa, head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, told Reuters that this was one of five mass graves he had seen. “One hundred thousand is the most conservative estimate”

The United States needs to prepare to kill Turks in Syria
It may be diplomatically impolitic to say directly, but if Turkish-backed forces encourage terrorism and continue to pose threats to American forces countering the Islamic State in the region, it behooves the United States to begin a conversation about whether it may be necessary to target Turkish terror sponsors in the region. Turkey is a NATO member, but striking at its forces outside Turkey’s boundaries would not trigger NATO self-defense clauses.

Khamenei’s Hebrew warning: Enemies who think resistance over after Syria gravely mistaken
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published a threatening tweet in Hebrew this evening (Tuesday) claiming that his axis of resistance will survive the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. “The enemies think that after Syria the resistance is over – they are gravely mistaken,” Khanemei wrote. Iran has been seen as weak after it was unable to save the regime of Bashar al-Assad,

Suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO indicted
Prosecutors announced on Tuesday that the individual accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, aiming to expedite his extradition from a Pennsylvania jail to a court in New York, according to The Associated Press. Luigi Mangione, previously charged with the murder of Brian Thompson on December 4, now faces an indictment that could streamline the legal process for his transfer to New York.

Erdogan’s Turkey is the new Syria
Syria’s new leadership is consulting with Turkey and cooperating closely with Ankara; This is making the Kurds feel increasingly threatened. The Kurds, feeling increasingly threatened, are now urgently turning to Israel for help. With Assad fleeing to Russia, Erdogan sees himself as the victor.

“You’re DONE!”: Trudeau Mercilessly Heckled As Government Implodes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was mercilessly heckled on Monday after a Liberal Party fundraiser at the Canadian Museum of History, as his administration teeters on the verge of collapse. “You failed Canada,” shouted conservative commentator ‘Right Blend,’ as Trudeau grinned like an idiot. “You’ve ruined our country! You’re done! Walk away, you don’t have an ounce of your father’s integrity…”

“Two-Thirds Don’t Work” – CDU’s Merz Says “Many Of Them [Syrians Living In Germany] Must Go Back”
Germany’s Christian Democrat Union (CDU) candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz says that Germany cannot accept more Syrians from Syria and that those Syrians who are not integrated should return to Syria. Merz … said the “one-third” who “work and are integrated” in Germany can stay, “but the two-thirds do not work, they are overwhelmingly young men, many of them can go back, and many must go back.” … there is a European-wide push to return Syrians to their country;

Widespread damage, casualties reported after major M7.3 earthquake hits Port- Vila, Vanuatu 
A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.3 hit Vanuatu at 01:47 UTC (12:47 LT) on December 17, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 57.1 km (35.5 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.4 at a depth of 28 km (17 miles).

A Year Of Chaos: Does A Shocking Magazine Cover Reveal What The Global Elite Have Planned For 2025? 
Are we heading into a year that will be characterized by great turmoil?  Every year, a magazine known as “the Economist” publishes an issue that is dedicated to what is coming in the year ahead.  In the past, many of these issues have turned out to be eerily accurate…Unfortunately, it appears that the cover for this year’s issue could be previewing some very alarming events that are coming in 2025.

U.S. senators call out Bureau of Prisons for religious discrimination
‘I think Jesus lives in prison because it seems like so many people meet Him while they’re there’ U.S. senators in Washington, on a bipartisan basis, are calling out the federal Bureau of Prisons for what apparently is discrimination against Christians and Christianity.

Moderna Halts mRNA RSV Vaccine Trial for Children After Fiver Infants were Hospitalized 
Moderna has paused its mRNA RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) vaccine trial for children after five infants were hospitalized with severe respiratory complications.

Disney Axes Transgender Storyline From Pixars’s ‘Win or Lose Animated Series -Claim They Are Respecting Parents’ Wishes
…According to The Hollywood Reporter, the character in question will remain in the show but any references to its transgender identity have since been removed.

Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students’ Homes
It’s bad enough that students are monitored for every computer keystroke or Internet pages that they view, but the height of stupidity is to turn AI loose to access their mental health and then send the police after them. One police chief told NYT, “There are a lot of false alerts, but if we can save one kid, it’s worth a lot of false alerts.” This Technocrat mindset with students is guaranteed to find its way into the adult population. Big Brother is watching you.

Walmart Employees Will Start Wearing Body Cameras To Prevent Theft
Walmart has launched a new pilot program that will authorize some store associates to wear body cameras to prevent theft. The new pilot program will be launched at a select number of stores. Locations implementing the new pilot program will have signs outside the store that read, “Body-worn cameras in use.”

Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel will continue to rule over Gaza militarily after the war, pushing back on an earlier TV report 
“Once we defeat Hamas’s military power and ruling power in Gaza, Israel will control security in Gaza with full freedom to act, just as in Judea and Samaria,” he says in a statement, in reference to the West Bank.

Biden-Harris Supplies Record $15-billion Low-Interest Loan To PG&E For Combating “Climate Change”
The Biden-Harris administration has provided a low-interest loan commitment to California utility giant PG&E to tackle “climate change” and bolster its power grid. The move reflects the administration’s broader push over the first term: out-of-control compulsion to spend taxpayer funds like a drunken sailor on endless wars, climate change, wokeism, and more.

As the madness of “Net Zero” accelerates, time has already run out for many of UK’s most vulnerable citizens
The UK’s reckless and futile “Net Zero” policy is not only going to cost taxpayers trillions of pounds to implement an unreliable energy supply but it is also going to cost lives. “In a sub-4-degree winter, even one blackout will be catastrophic for tens of thousands of our most vulnerable citizens. One lasting for several days would be a national emergency, requiring the mobilization of the armed forces to move them into community halls with space heaters until power could be restored,” Richard Lyon writes.

Justin Trudeau is considering stepping down amid cabinet turmoil, reports indicate
According to CTV News, a source said that Trudeau is looking at his ‘options’ following the shock resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chyrstia Freeland this morning. To make matters worse for Trudeau, just hours after Freeland’s resignation, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Jagmeet Singh, whose party has been propping up the Liberal minority government, called on the prime minister to resign.

Trump says Türkiye will hold ‘key to Syria,’ hails relationship with Turkish president
US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he thinks Türkiye “is going to hold the key to Syria” after over five decades of Assad family rule abruptly came to an end this month, hailing his relationship with the Turkish president. Trump said Türkiye is “very smart” as he hailed his personal relationship with his Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Lebanese Druze party leader urges Shi’ites to ‘seek peace with Israel’
While typically one to outwardly support the Iranian regime and its proxies, he seemed to carefully tow the line and called for an embracing of peace with Israel. “I advise the Shi’ites to go to peace with Israel and let’s all live happily,” Wahhab said. The former supporter of Assad was questioned by the show’s host regarding his past alliance with the Syrian leader, to which he responded, “I will kill and make a deal with the devil in order to protect my family if needed.”

Who are the Kurds and what is their relation to Syria?
The Kurdish people are a distinct ethnic group of Iranian origin, with a well-defined identity in the region they have inhabited for over 2,000 years. The Kurds are mentioned in early Greek and Roman sources and have often been involved in the major political upheavals that shaped their region. The Kurds have continued to remain a fairly distinct ethnic group for most of modern history, resisting the pressure to intermarry during various conquests.

Ariel: Third Temple from Heaven is a Christian Concept
Rabbi Ariel insists that Jewish sources teach that the Jews are commanded to build God’s house. He goes on to say that the concept of the Third Temple descending from heaven comes from Christianity and, more specifically, from the New Testament Book of John. Rabbi Ariel assures Segal that the prophesied Third Temple in Jerusalem will be built by men.

Leaders Urge Tougher Anti-Terror Measures Amid U.S.- Israel Coordination and Security Talks
The leadership of the Yesha Council, representing Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, has urged the Israeli Security Cabinet to adopt more assertive measures against terrorism. In a letter sent ahead of the Cabinet’s weekly session, the council emphasized Iran’s efforts to establish Judea and Samaria as a new battleground following Israel’s successful actions against its proxies in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.

Trump pledges to get hostages back from Gaza, doesn’t mention ceasefire
President-elect Donald Trump declared that he will help Israel get the hostages back from Gaza, but he made no mention of a ceasefire as a step toward that development “We’re trying to help very strongly in getting the hostages back, as you know, with Israel and the Middle East. We’re working very much on that,” Trump said at a press briefing Monday Trump mentioned ending the war between Russia and Ukraine as a priority but did not discuss a Gaza ceasefire.

Sword linked to Pharaoh of Passover story discovered in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists have found what they believe is a sword linked to the Pharaoh who was famously told by Moses to “Let My People Go” as recounted in the Torah. The 3,200-year-old bronze ceremonial sword bearing the name Ramses II in hieroglyphics was discovered in the remains of an ancient military complex at Tell Al-Abqain.

Israel, Jordan hold secret talks over Assad’s chemical weapons stockpile
Assad’s escape from Syria last week following rebel advances has raised urgent concerns about his abandoned chemical weapons stockpiles potentially falling into terrorist hands. Secret high-level talks between Israel and Jordan have emerged in response to this terrifying threat, according to three Israeli intelligence officials

Seven Recent News Stories Which Point To The Nearness Of Jesus’ Return
Below, I have selected seven news stories from the past year that continue to shout with the message that we live in the last days leading up to the start of the Tribulation period.

IDF downs Houthi missile fired at central Israel from Yemen
Air-raid sirens pealed in the greater Tel Aviv area on Monday afternoon after Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired a missile at the Jewish state from Yemen, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed. “Following alerts that were activated a short time ago in central Israel, one missile that was launched from Yemeni territory was intercepted and shot down before it crossed into Israeli territory,” the IDF said.

As Houthi attacks continue, CENTCOM strikes Houthi facility in Sanaa
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400845
US Central Command says it conducted a precision air strike against a Houthi facility in Yemen’s capital. The facility “was a hub for coordinating Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.”

Residents of Syrian Golan villages, rebels transfer Assad weapons to IDF – report
Syrian villagers and rebels near the buffer zone are handing over Assad’s former weapons cache—including chemical warfare materials—to the IDF, marking a significant shift in regional dynamics.
IDF soldiers told N12 that they found several weapons filled with chemical warfare material. “You can see cheap grenades that were filled with chemical material, and they need to add a mechanism to activate them,” the soldiers explained. “There are boxes full of grenades with chemical materials that cause irritation and should not be touched directly.”

Israeli coalition agrees on firing AG, Ben-Gvir says
The leaders of Israel’s governing coalition have reached “broad agreement” on firing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Sunday.

Israel weighs response to Yemen as escalating Houthi attacks test its patience
Houthis continue attacks even as other fronts have quieted, warning, ‘What’s coming will be worse’; millions of Israelis forced into shelters once again, while officials in Jerusalem vow, ‘We will not show restraint’

As Trump’s Election Brings Peace Back To The Table, Is The Stage Being Set For The Ultimate ‘Man With A Plan’?
In the wake of the election of President Trump, the astounding movement toward peace that we are seeing on multiple fronts is nothing short of amazing. Peace seems to be in the air. Even as Donald Trump holds the position of president-elect, peace overtures are pouring in all over the world. The momentum for peace across our globe is not only stunning, it is prophetically significant.

Before-and-after satellite images show Agalega after Cyclone Chidos direct hit
Tropical Cyclone Chido made landfall on the island pair of Agalega in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, as a category 4 equivalent cyclone — the strongest cyclone to hit the island since 1983.

Tropical Cyclone Chido ‘Spares nothing’ in Mayotte, thousands feared dead
Tropical Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to impact Mayotte in 90 years, struck the island on Saturday, December 14, 2024, claiming at least 21 lives, injuring over 830 people, and leaving one-third of the island’s 320,000 residents homeless. Authorities fear the death toll could rise to several hundred or even thousands as the full extent of the devastation becomes clear.

Severe dust storms hit Iraq and Iran 
Severe dust storms swept across Iraq and Iran on Saturday, December 14, 2024, injuring at least 65 people and prompting officials to close schools and cancel flights. In Iran, the storm was described as one of the worst in recent years.

Kroger Starts Selling Abortion Pills at Deep Discounts, Just $7 to Kill a Baby
Pharmacies at the second-largest grocery chain in the U.S. as well as the nation’s second-largest wholesale business, are now dispensing abortion drugs, according to reports this week. The news of the expanded availability of the drug comes despite intense controversy surrounding the health risks that chemical abortion poses to women, with widespread reports of severe medical complications — including death — resulting from the pills.

“Kill and Harvest.” Patients are Being Euthanized to Harvest Their Organs
In the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Canada, people who want euthanasia can become organ donors. (A recent report in Spain showed that 13 percent of those euthanized donated organs.) Let’s call it “kill and harvest,” a policy heartily approved by our ever more crassly utilitarian medical establishment.

Warning: Imam Siraj Wahhaj Boasts About Islamic Takeover of New York City at Terror-Linked ICNA 2024 Conference 
Imam Siraj Wahhaj’s speech at the ICNA 2024 conference exposes a deliberate and foreign-funded strategy to replace Western institutions and values with Islamic dominance, enabled by government complacency and taxpayer dollars, posing a direct threat to America’s survival.

Saudi Psychiatrist Exposes Germany’s Active Operation: Welcoming Jihadis to Islamize the West While Crushing Ex-Muslim Refugees 
Western governments are not merely betraying genuine refugees—they are weaponizing mass migration to silence dissent, empower Sharia oppression, and destabilize their own nations from within.

Demand At Food Banks Has Soared To Record Levels All Over The United States 
Why is demand at food banks all over the country higher than it has ever been before? The media keeps insisting that economic conditions are just fine, but it has become quite obvious to everyone that this is not true. In particular, the rising cost of living has been absolutely crushing households from coast to coast. In the old days, most of the people that would show up at food banks were unemployed. But now food banks are serving large numbers of people that actually do have jobs but that don’t make enough to pay for all of the basics. The ranks of the “working poor” are growing very rapidly, and this is creating an unprecedented crisis all over America.

Police in China Test Indestructible Ball Shaped Robot That Can “Identify And Chase Suspects
Move over, BB-8: police in China are now testing a ball-shaped robot that “can identify and chase suspects” for the first time. The spherical police robot in Wenzhou, China, features cameras, flashing lights, and a self-stabilizing design, according to the South China Morning Post. Equipped with tools like tear gas, it supports law enforcement and “cannot be smashed.”

New Theory: NJ Drone Sightings May Be “Nuclear Sniffers” Following Elevated NYC Radiation Levels 
The founder of an aerospace company specializing in military-grade drones published a video on the Chinese social media platform TikTok, sharing his thoughts on the mystery drone sightings in New Jersey. His expert opinion is alarming, leaving many wishing that Paul Krugman’s theory about an alien invasion was true instead.