Holding Them at Bay

Middle East dictators understand one thing very well.

Self-survival.

Men that have literally no regard for another human being often find themselves in charge of many other human beings. Even in the West. Probably a majority, or at least a healthy minority of past U.S. presidents did not care about people. They cared only about themselves. LBJ, Clinton, and Obama come to mind immediately.

In the Middle East, it’s no different.

Reports come out this week that a big thing keeping Iran from attacking Israel is the knowledge that such an effort would compel Israel to target and kill regime leadership.

They’ve done it already, of course. A whole community of Iranian nuclear scientists sleep with the fishes today. Over many years, it is assumed that Israel has killed them. That decision and success has kept Israelis safe. (One can assume that a political “rival” like Gadi Eisenkot, he of the recently formed Yasher Party, who advocates a two-state solution in the wake of 10/7, is not a serious threat to Netanyahu in October’s elections.)

But while the U.S. and Iran continue their sophomoric war (American strategy, frankly, is embarrassing and inconsistent), Iran hopes Israel sits this one out, because if the regional superpower does get involved, more Iranian leadership will die. From The Jerusalem Post:

“Iran is avoiding a broad, direct attack on Israel because it fears Israeli strikes on senior regime figures and institutions vital to its survival, Iran researcher Beni Sabti told 103FM on Sunday.

“’The strength of the public lies in Tehran, as we saw during the protests, and that is what Iran fears,’ Sabti said, explaining Iran’s concern over a possible Israeli attack.

“’The Iranian regime fears our involvement because they know that we are going straight to the center. We are targeting the most important part and focusing on senior officials.

“’They crossed a threshold on Sunday. There may be elements within the Revolutionary Guards that are beginning to pick at us and provoke us, testing how far they can go in angering Israel, and woe to them. There are always rogue elements within rogue elements. It has become like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Let me be clear: Iran has shifted into terror organization mode.’”

Indeed, Iran fears Israel. While Trump continues to make his threats that are now treated as a joke, Israel remains a lethal threat to the mullahs in Tehran. One of the Israeli specials is targeting individuals. Even now, the Mossad and elite counter-terrorism units operate deeply into Iran. Iran knows this but can’t stop it. That quite incredible.

I should say, the U.S. has recently taken down 116 communications towers, no small impact.

As always, many critical issues swirl together at the same time. Israeli elections, American elections, the war, and the knowledge that the clock is ticking on the Trump administration (2028). Given man’s ability to make the dumbest choice at the worst possible moment, it’s unclear if the American-Israeli coalition will remain intact long enough to finish the job.

The world is watching, and waiting.

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Where is the Pro-Israel Movement?

A critical problem right now is the erosion of support for Israel in America. We have two pressure points: the global explosion of Jew-hatred, and the same existing now within the American Church.

I saw something alarming this week.

On X, Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has 56,000 followers. Jew-haters Tucker Carlson and Barack Obama have 17 million and 120 million, respectively. The information war and narrative have been lost. Not nice to hear, but I think it’s reality.

CUFI is the biggest pro-Israel Christian organization in the world.

There is a poster on Facebook, a Catholic, who trafficks in propaganda against Israel, Jews, and Zionism. He’s wrong of course, but the time and effort to answer him is counterproductive, I think. There are too many of them now. Some pro-Israel groups do good work but are now outmatched in manpower and money. Fifteen years ago, I implored both Christians and Jews with the means to form a lean taskforce to answer such. All refused.

I became convinced that many of these organizations exist only to keep their salaries, 401Ks and perks going. Honestly. Why? Because the effort put out to actually attack the real problem was not there. The results certainly are not there.

I spent years compiling documented evidence that many of the biggest American pastors, churches, denominations, and ministries were both anti-Israel and anti-Bible overall.

Nobody listening.

One head of a pro-Israel group told a group of Jewish investors in New York City that he had the evangelical problem covered.

He did not.

My proof is the catastrophe we are facing now. Men like Andy Stanley have spent years telling his vast audience to “unhitch” from the Old Testament.

Last year, I had a book contract from a publisher to publish my disclosure about these anti-Israel elements. I named names. Even my two recent books have not sold like I thought they would. Initially, great. But I question whether people actually want to read and learn?

In the editing phase, the publisher I mentioned cancelled my contract. Do you know how rare that is? Authors can sue companies for that. Nobody does it. But it was done to me because I am too truthful about our anti-Israel problem. People will not tolerate hearing this kind of exposure. If Stanley is a pathetic excuse for a pastor, people rail at me because “That’s Charles Stanley’s son!” End of discussion.

The title of this column has a two-fold meaning. First, where are we at, with regard to PR efforts and two, where are the workers? Yes, yes, I know there are many thousands of faithful people in churches and individually doing everything they can. Kudos to them. Good job.

But the other side is massive, well-funded, and malevolent. It is this third element that I find most alarming. People in our culture have now crossed over into 2 Timothy 3 territory, without doubt. People are different now. Mean. Defiant. Unreasonable.

A different subject, but the actress Ellen Page, who now says she’s Elliot Page, has mutilated her body in order to live as a male. She will always be female (one cannot change his or her chromosomes) but demands acknowledgement as a male. This is deep insanity. How many of you in churches know professing Christians that are okay with this?

The same people okay with this are the same people baring their fangs at Christian Zionists. How many professing Christians do you know that have children identifying as lesbians and homosexuals and they are okay with that? Many, I suspect. This same group is at best indifferent to Israel.

The effort required to try and reverse the damage done is overwhelming. I humbly believe we should be doing a rescue operation—appealing to people who still have open minds—but not appealing to the masses, most of whom are not living in reality. It’s a waste of time.

Increasingly, I think we must be nearing the end. The world is groaning. It can’t go on like this indefinitely.

Put on the full armor of God, pray for mental and emotional stability, pray some more, and look forward to the future, to eternity. Stay safe, my friends.

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