NEWSBITE 6.5.2025
Last Friday on May 2nd Israel launched air strikes on targets near the Presidential Palace in Syria now the residence of the Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the new self-proclaimed president of Syria. This was Israel’s second air strike that occurred within two days.
The IDF hit several areas including Damascus, Southern and Central Syria. The air strikes hit a military base and anti-aircraft systems.
The strike followed intense protests from the Druze community in Israel who are angered by the attacks on Druze individuals in Syria. While al-Jolani has stated publically that all minorities in Syria will be protected he has not done anything towards protecting the Druze living there.
Druze reservists sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offering to volunteer to fight in Syria to protect their communities living there.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the attack sent a clear message to the Syrian regime warning al-Jolani about any military deployment of his military forces south of Damascus.
The Israeli leadership reiterated that it will not tolerate threats to the Druze communities and has warned the regime that there will be severe consequences if attacks on Druze communities continue.
The Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has called for international action from the United Nations to protect the Syrian minorities from regime violence.
Al-Jolani has denounced the Israeli airstrikes near his presidential palace as “a reprehensible attack” that was seeking to destabilize the country and exasperate the security crisis.
The people in Damascus have called on the Arab countries to help Syria in light of the Israeli air strikes.
In the Middle –East you have the Arab League that currently has gathered together 22 Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The Arab League’s attitude towards Israel has historically been one of opposition and non-recognition, rooted in its support for the so called ‘Palestinian’ cause and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The League has promoted the ‘Palestinian’ narrative, opposed the establishment of Israel, and implemented a boycott of Israeli goods and services. While some Arab states have normalized relations with Israel, the League’s collective stance remains largely negative towards the Jewish state.
The border between Israel with Syria stretches for 80km and Israel has its IDF forces closely monitoring what is happening in Syria.
The Israelis know that Turkey supports the al-Jolani regime and that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is militantly hostile towards Israel. Yesterday he accused Israel of attempting to provoke a new conflict in Syria and stressed that Ankara will not allow that to happen.
He told reporters in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, as cited by the state-owned Anadolu Agency…
“The Israeli provocation promises only blood, tears, and death. One and whole Syria is the formula for a prosperous future. As we have always said, we will not and will not allow our neighbour Syria to be dragged into a new climate of conflict,”
He condemned Israel’s recent airstrikes near Syria’s presidential palace in Damascus and accused Israel of fuelling regional instability.
“A climate of peace and stability is the last thing Israel wants,” Erdogan said. “Israel is disturbed by the end of civil war in Syria, Syrian people’s right to determine their own future, as well as winds of unity and integrity.”
Turkey is close to the new administration in Damascus, led by the interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa whose Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) spearheaded the swift offensive that toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad in December.
Israel is battling against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranians, and the Houthis and now faced with a real possibility of war with Turkey supporting the al-Jolani regime in Syria. Also Israel faces the other terrorist groups operating in Syria and in Iraq.
In the latest report concerning Israel a missile fired from Yemen by the Huthis landed near the main terminal of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport yesterday, wounding six people.
The missile fired from Yemen by the Huthis landed near the main terminal of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, wounding six people. The military confirmed that the attack, which gouged a large crater in the perimeter of the airport, had struck despite “several attempts… to intercept the missile”.
In a video published on Telegram, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a response to Yemen’s Houthis and their Iranian backers. He said Israel had in the past “acted against” the Iran-backed rebels and “will act in the future
The military confirmed that the attack, which gouged a large crater in the perimeter of the airport, had struck despite “several attempts… to intercept the missile.” In a video published on Telegram, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a response to Yemen’s Houthis and their Iranian backers.
He said Israel had in the past “acted against” the Iran-backed rebels and “will act in the future.”
When you look at the history of Israel down through the centuries as recorded in the Bible when God’s people Israel went into idolatry and forsook their relationship with Him and after sending prophets to warn them to return to Him, He sent foreign armies to come against them to bring His people back into a right relationship with Himself.
Once these foreign armies had served God’s purposes He got rid of them!
Since 70AD, after the sacking of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple, Israel became a colony of the Roman Empire and was no longer recognised as a nation for almost 2,000 years.
However, on May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. A nation was reborn in a day! (Isaiah 66:7-9).
This was a prophetic fulfilment prophesied in God’s Word!
The entire past world empires have come and gone, but Israel remains with its language and culture still in tack and the nation’s lineage traced back to the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
For over 2,000 years since the time of King David Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel. It was called the City of David! (2 Samuel 5:6-10).
The name Israel was given to Jacob by the eternal pre-incarnate Messiah who after having a wrestling match with him bestowed the name Israel upon Jacob (Genesis 32:24-30).
The boundaries of the land of Israel were given by God to be from the wadi of Egypt to the River Euphrates. This was God’s real estate He gave to the Jewish people. It included the Sinai Peninsula, Jordan, Gaza, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) the Golan Heights, Lebanon and most of Syria up to the Euphrates River which runs through the top half of Syria (Genesis 15:17-21).
The land of Israel was given to the Jewish people to be for them an everlasting possession! (Genesis 17:8).
Let the nations gather against Israel but when the dust of the final battle for Jerusalem has settled in Israel the last man standing will be the Messiah and the Israeli remnant with the saints of all the ages that had returned with the Messiah! (Zechariah 14:3-5) (Jude 1:14-15).
Israel as yet is to pass through the Time of Jacob’s Trouble but a remnant will be saved out of it to inherit the Messianic Kingdom with the Messiah sitting on David’s throne at Jerusalem from where He will rule with a rod of iron over the Gentile nations that have survived His Second Coming (Jeremiah 30:1-10) (Zechariah 13:8-9) (Romans 9:27) (Ezekiel 37:15-28) (Isaiah 9:6-7) (Luke 1:32-33) (Psalm 2:9).
The day is coming when the surviving remnant in Israel under the security of the Messiah will have this testimony…
“Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of His praise be heard; 9.He has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping. For You, O God, tested us; You refined us like silver. You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs. You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us to a place of abundance (Psalm 66:8-12).” Selah.
