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6 days ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to the United States’ strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. About one fifth of the world’s total oil consumption passes through the strait annually. The Gulf states—Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—depend on transit through the Strait of Hormuz to keep their economies functioning.
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1 week ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
Israel has nuclear weapons. Iran wants nuclear weapons. Hostilities between the two have finally erupted in hot war. The United States is threatening to get involved. Some analysts worry the conflict could spiral out of control and draw the U.S. back into the Middle East, fighting the region’s major power. What are the risks? At the center of the question is a location in Iran called Fordow (sometimes transliterated as “Fordo”).
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1 week ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
“Mission accomplished. pmc Wagner is going home.” A Telegram account associated with Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group recently posted this message regarding its operations in Mali. For the past several years, Wagner has been operating in the West African nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to help fight a pan-national Islamist insurgency: the insurgent group Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (jnim), which pledges allegiance to al Qaeda. According to Wagner, the job is done.
This is a lie.
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1 week ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
Israel’s immediate target in its attacks on Iran over the weekend was Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. But Israel may be aiming for another, even loftier goal: triggering a revolution in Iran.
The code name for the assault, Operation Rising Lion, is taken from imagery in Numbers 23:24. But some analysts suspect it also may be an allusion to the flag of pre-revolution Iran, which featured a lion.
#Iran #Erman (Airyaman). Flag with the lion of Mehr (Mithra).
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2 weeks ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
The Israel-Gaza War is fast approaching its two-year anniversary. The State of Israel has been unable to vanquish the Hamas terrorist group and end its rule over Gaza. So Israeli President Isaac Herzog has petitioned a higher authority for relief that could transform the war effort: God.
On Tuesday, President Herzog attended the swearing-in ceremony for new rabbinical judges.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff has drafted a new proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The deal includes a 60-day pause in fighting. Hamas would release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies; in exchange, Israel would release 125 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences, 1,111 Gazans detained after Oct. 7, 2023, and 180 bodies of Gazans. U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly would guarantee Israel’s adherence to the deal.
Israel has accepted the proposal.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
After failed ceasefire negotiations, Israel restarted its ground invasion of Gaza on May 18. This time, Israel has said it will not stop until Hamas is defeated once and for all. The Israel Defense Forces believes it has killed Mohammed Sinwar, leader of Hamas and successor to his brother Yahya Sinwar. A “senior security official” told Israel Hayom that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set October as the deadline to finish the war.
One would think this is good news. Since Oct.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
Visiting New York City’s memorial to the 9/11 terror attacks is a haunting experience. Two dark squares on the footprints of the former Twin Towers have gentle waterfalls flowing into what looks like an endless abyss. Staring into the inky blackness, one feels the pain and emptiness America felt after losing 2,977 people to al Qaeda terrorists. My uncle was in New York on a business trip days before, scouting out office space on one of the towers.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
May 9 in Russia was Victory Day, celebrating the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany at the end of World War ii. With this year’s Victory Day coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the conflict’s end—and with Russia over three years on in its invasion of Ukraine—the celebration carried more symbolism than usual. Thousands of soldiers marched through Moscow’s Red Square while President Vladimir Putin spectated.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Mihailo S. Zekic
United States President Donald Trump confirmed rumors on May 11 that he was about to acquire a new plane to serve as Air Force One. He posted on social media: “So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a gift, free of charge, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40-year-old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, top dollar, for the plane.
