Is the US actually hopeful about the Iranian election?

Front-runner Jalili - Ahmadinejad 2.0
"Khamenei, Iran's spiritual leader, belongs to the theological school of the most religious city in Iran, Mashhad.

In a paper published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy titled "Apocalyptic Politics: On the Rationality of Iranian Policy," Iranian dissident Mehdi Khalaji writes: "In the twentieth century, the Mashhad seminary was the center for arcane sciences and occult groups..."

Like Khamenei, Jalili was also born in Mashhad. Like Khamenei, as a youngster he also attended the city's extremist theological schools.

There will be only one vote in the Iranian June election, and its name is: Khamenei

Crunch Time

Assad: Russia already delivered S-300 batteries
"Syrian president warns that he’ll retaliate if attacked; Israeli defense official vows to prevent system from becoming operational"

We received 1st shipment of Russian S-300 missiles - Ynetnews
"Assad also clarified that his government would not stand in the way of Syria groups "that will want to fight for the liberation of the Golan (Heights).""

Syria promises 'immediate retaliation' if Israel strikes again 
Syria's foreign minister warned on Wednesday that Syria "will retaliate immediately" if Israel strikes Syrian soil again.

A tale of two hearts | David Brog | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel

A tale of two hearts | David Brog 
"The same day that this video was posted, a group of Israelis was engaged in a similar activity. They too surrounded a prostrate Syrian. They too cracked open her chest. But the Israelis did not consume her heart. They healed it. The Israelis were a team of doctors. Their patient was a four-year-old Syrian girl born with a life-threatening heart defect.

This tale of two hearts provides a penetrating insight into what has driven the Arab-Israeli conflict for the last two decades. The radical element in Islam which rejects our reverence for human life cannot be appeased by words, compromises or dialogue. This culture of death demands corpses. Eating them is optional."

Steinitz savages Russia's 'totally wrong' sale of missiles to Syria | The Times of Israel
"Minister says Ben Gurion Airport would be in range of S-300s, can’t fathom why Moscow aiding brutal Assad regime; defense minister hopes the weapons won’t end up in Damascus, but Moscow calls them ‘a stabilizing factor’...

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon also spoke against the planned transfer of the advanced weapons to Damascus. “The missiles are a threat,” he said, adding that at the moment the deal was moving at a slow pace. “Let’s hope it doesn’t happen, but if it does, we know how to act.”

Envoy Says Russia Will Send Defense Missiles to Syria
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters Tuesday Moscow will send sophisticated S-300 anti-aircraft missiles as part of a contract signed several years ago."


Flashback:

Four Russian S-300 batteries shipped to Syria 

DEBKAfile May 17, 2013, 9:00 AM (GMT+02:00)

Obama Administration: bringing storms and disaster upon America

Kerry wants major Israeli concessions for Palestinians, including sovereign northern Dead Sea coast
"US Secretary of State John Kerry put a package of proposals for reviving the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process before Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and peace negotiator Justice Minister Tzipi Livni"

You can no longer divide Israel's land and expect to escape unscathed. Look at what happened to Ariel Sharon when he ceded Gaza. God have mercy on the Christians in America and the West.

For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.

 - Psalm 27:5

When Israel hits Syria, it hones military edge for wider war - Firstpost
"Although they outgun Syria, Hezbollah and Iran, the Israelis assume all three allied adversaries may have to be fought at once – an unprecedented scenario complicated by the probable launch of thousands of missiles into the Jewish state."

Prophetic description of our time

2 Timothy 3
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Dangers of the Last Days

3 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. 5 They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

6 They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of[a] vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. 7 (Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.) 8 These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They
depraved minds and a counterfeit faith. 9 But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres.

Air force chief warns of 'surprise war' with Syria | The Times of Israel

Air force chief warns of 'surprise war' with Syria | The Times of Israel
"Amir Eshel says Assad’s ‘immense arsenal’ could be turned on Israel at any moment, accompanied by rockets from Gaza and Lebanon"

Enough said

1 Chronicles 16 NLT:
14 He is the Lord our God.
    His justice is seen throughout the land.
15 Remember his covenant forever—
    the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
16 This is the covenant he made with Abraham
    and the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
    and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:
18 “I will give you the land of Canaan
    as your special possession.”

Seems the whole world is kicking and screaming about "Israel's invasion of Palestine." They are crying like babies with an equal dose of knowledge about what is going on in the world. Tragically (and pathetically) I'm even hearing this complaint in today's "church" as a pastor in a local church ( I can't even call it "my church") blindly once stated: "Israel has no theological right to the Land. " WHAT?! The only God, the God of Israel handed the land to Israel long ago. What are mere humans going to do to try and change this? Are they trying to rewrite the ending which has already been written?

The end of the age, which we're living in now, is characterized by man's final rebellion against God's plan for Israel. God's prophets in the Old Testament accurately testified that the END would be like this, the END would be like we're seeing every day in the media. There is nothing that will keep a prophecy from coming true, but I can't help wondering how ignorant and plain simple-minded unrepentant man is, and that includes those who are outside and inside the Spirit-starved church of today.

Israel has come alive again right in front of everyone's eyes, in perfect fulfillment of Daniel's "time, times and half a time" prophecies (there are two that point to Israel resurgence in our day - see Ellis H. Skolfield). And yet the vast majority in our time, seemingly an ever increasing majority, of the "wise" of our time completely reject that they are on a collision course railing against the coming Almighty One. How pointless is that?

My prayer for this generation, conceivably the "last generation", is that more would wake from their stupor, from their slumber, and realize that they need reconciliation with the Creator of All Things before it is too late. Look at Syria, Iran, Russia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon - the gathering storm clouds around Israel - clearly the last hour is here, but tomorrow the Son will come to Israel's rescue and He will shine for all eternity. There is nothing that will change that ending.

Isaiah 63 NLT:
"Who is this who comes from Edom,

    from the city of Bozrah,

    with his clothing stained red?

Who is this in royal robes,

    marching in his great strength?

“It is I, the Lord, announcing your salvation!

    It is I, the Lord, who has the power to save!”

2 Why are your clothes so red,

    as if you have been treading out grapes?

3 “I have been treading the winepress alone;

    no one was there to help me.

In my anger I have trampled my enemies

    as if they were grapes.

In my fury I have trampled my foes.

    Their blood has stained my clothes.

4 For the time has come for me to avenge my people,

    to ransom them from their oppressors.

5 I was amazed to see that no one intervened

    to help the oppressed.

So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm,

    and my wrath sustained me.

6 I crushed the nations in my anger

    and made them stagger and fall to the ground,

    spilling their blood upon the earth.”"

Yaalon: We destroyed Syrian Golan position. Damascus: We fired on Israeli patrol
“The rope is taut. It is taut to the limit. Anyone at either end [Israel at one end, Syrian and Hizballah, at the other] need only flex a finger and it will break, and the great confrontation will take place. This is neither a threat, nor an exaggeration or interpretation. This is the situation on the enemy’s northern front. Now means today; it means this hour,” al-Amin wrote. Israeli intelligence experts have no doubt that the writer penned those words at the behest of his master, Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah, and Bashar Assad.

Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria | Reuters

Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria
"Senior Israeli defense official Amos Gilad said the S-300 and the Yakhont would likely end up with Hezbollah and threaten both Israel and U.S. forces in the Gulf.

"If Hezbollah and Iran are supporting Syria and propping the (Assad) regime up, then why shouldn't it transfer those weapons to Hezbollah? You don't even have to be an intelligence expert, it makes sense that they will," Gilad told Channel Two television's Meet the Press."

« Breaking News »

Four Russian S-300 batteries shipped to Syria 

DEBKAfile May 17, 2013, 9:00 AM (GMT+02:00)

Moscow reports that four batteries of S-300 systems with 100-150 simultaneously deployable, guided anti-aircraft missiles have already been shipped to Syria complete with Russian military “adviser” crews. DEBKAfile:An Israeli strike to smash this weapon in Syria could not avoid hitting its Russian crews.

As global powers squirm in indecision over Syria, Bashar Assad’s hand improves
"Competing interests undermine attempts to convene a global summit on Syria and make military intervention increasingly unlikely."

This doesn't preclude Israel from acting alone against Russia's S-300's or against continued weapons transfers to Hezb'allah.

Russia sends at least 12 warships to Syria | The Times of Israel

Russia sends at least 12 warships to Syria | The Times of Israel
"Russia’s increased presence in the region — which began raising eyebrows in the US three months ago — represents one of its largest sustained naval deployments since the Cold War, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday...

Also Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shrugged off Israeli pleas not to sell sophisticated S-300 air defense systems to Bashar Assad’s regime, saying Moscow would fulfill its contract with Damascus. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly warned Russian President Vladimir Putin, in emergency talks on Tuesday, that the sale could push the region toward war.

Ezekiel 38

⁵ Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons. ⁶ Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others.

⁷ “Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them. ⁸ A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. ⁹ You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

Syrian-Israeli war of words via Putin edges into Syrian-Hizballah war of attrition

"Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu ended their three-hour meeting in Sochi Tuesday, May 14, at loggerheads on Syria. In fact, Putin warned his guest that Israel and its army, the IDF, were heading for war with Syria in which Russia might well be involved – and not just through the advanced S-300 anti-air missiles supplied to the Assad government...

Putin viewed the stationing of US forces in the Gulf of Aqaba just two hours away the Israeli-Syrian border for repelling Syrian-Iranian-Hizballah aggression against Israel or Jordan – signaled by the Kearsage’s arrival - as an act of bad faith by Washington. On the one hand, they want us to cooperate for an international conference to end the bloodshed in Syria, while on the other, they deploy military forces, he complained to Netanyahu."

Report: Iran told Nasrallah to prevent Assad downfall 'at all costs' - Israel News, Ynetnews
"Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei instructed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to prevent the downfall of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria "at all costs," the Kuwaiti newspaper Araa reported Thursday, citing a high-ranking Arab official"

Metal silhouettes of soldiers dot the landscape overlooking the snow-covered Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights

Islamist group says Hermon mortars fired to avenge 'Nakba' | The Times of Israel
"On Wednesday, Israel Radio reported that Tehran had approached Damascus about letting Lebanese terror group Hezbollah open a new front against Israel from Syrian territory."

Israel Hints of New Strikes Over Weapons and Warns Syria Not to Retaliate - NYTimes.com
"In a clear warning to Syria to stop the transfer of advanced weapons to Islamic militants in the region, a senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering additional military strikes to prevent that from happening and that the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, would face crippling consequences if he retaliated."