CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Shocking Report: ‘Persecution of Christians Worldwide Close to Genocide’
• Iraqi Archbishop: ‘Extinction Is Coming’ for Christians in Middle East
• Militants cut off the ears of women in horrific attack on Christian village
• Aid Worker: Boko Haram Killed Schoolgirl for Refusing to Renounce Christ

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• Islamic Jihad, Hamas threaten Israel after Jews ascend Temple Mount
• Jordan: Israel violating ‘sanctity of Al-Aqsa’
• Hamas spokesman: Al-Aqsa is under attack
• Jordan urges pressure on Israel over Al-Aqsa
• Iranian FM calls for Muslim unity following Temple Mount riots
• Palestinian leaders express outrage at Jewish calls to visit Temple Mount
• Waqf calls on Muslims to pray in Al Aqsa on Tisha Be’Av

WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE?

• Erdogan: Whoever is on Israel’s side, we are against them
• IRGC commander: Hezbollah can destroy Israel alone
• Head of Iran’s Quds Force threatens Israel
• ‘We will rain hundreds of rockets on Israel in a single barrage’
• Abbas: ‘We’ll enter Jerusalem as millions of fighters’

WORLDWIDE TERRORIST THREAT

• Sydney: Man yells, ‘Allahu akhbar!’, kills one, wounds another
• Austria concerned by radical Islamic terrorism

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Russia and China blast U.S. missile test
• Putin vows ‘symmetric response’ to U.S. missile test
• Pentagon working on 9 separate hypersonic missile projects to take on Russia, China
• North Korea’s Kim oversaw test of ‘multiple rocket launcher’
• North Korea dismisses nuclear talks if U.S. ‘hostile military moves’ continue
• North Korea fires missiles, rejects further talks with South
• Tokyo: North Korea aims to ‘break through’ Japan’s missile defense zone
• Report: North Korea preparing ballistic missile submarine

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• ‘At least 100’ Christians incinerated in ‘well-targeted attack’
• 4 Christians executed for wearing crosses
• Radicals Burn Three Christian Churches in Ethiopia
• Jihadists rape, stone Christian woman to death in Syria
• Persecution of Christians intensifying across the Sahel
• Number of Christians in Britain in ‘dramatic decline’

ANTISEMITISM RISING

• Hamas MP: Holocaust is a lie – but Hitler was right to hate Jews
• ‘Slaughter the Jews’ painted on section of Western Wall
• Armed assailant threatens to behead Jewish man in London

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• China eyes high-tech army, says U.S. undermines global stability
• China tested new anti-ballistic missile in South China Sea
• China defends air patrol with Russia after South Korea, Japan fury

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• ‘If U.S. attacks, Israel will be destroyed in half an hour’
• Top Iran military adviser threatens to ‘erase’ Israel if war breaks out
• Hezbollah warns Iran able to bombard Israel if war started

THE STATE OF PALESTINE?

• Iranian official stresses importance of liberating ‘Palestine’
• PA ‘foreign minister’: A new country will recognize ‘Palestine’
• Abbas: Eastern Jerusalem is the capital of ‘Palestine’
• UK-based ‘Muslim Scholars’ Demand ‘Fascist’ Israel Returned to Arabs, Want Jerusalem as Caliphate Capital

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

• Pentagon seeks ideas for small military space station
• France’s Macron announces creation of a new space force command
• Brand-New S-500 Missile Systems Can Tackle Attack From Space
• India Launches Historic Bid to Put Spacecraft on Moon

PSALM 122:6 –PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

• Hamas: All of Israel is Islamic
• Iran’s threat to Israel continues to grow
• Netanyahu: I say to Israel’s enemies – don’t test us
• PM: Israel will strike first, not wait to be attacked
• Bolton: Without security there can be no peace
• ‘ Report: Hezbollah planned huge, game-changing attacks on Israel targets globally

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