Iran’s defense systems are on high alert, particularly around the country’s nuclear sites, due to fears of a joint Israel-US strike, according to a report from The Telegraph on Tuesday morning.

We have done this story so many times, I am reluctant to broach it again, but I will because at some point it has to happen. If the events of October 7th taught us anything, taught Israel anything, it is that Iran’s nuclear program must be wiped out. Iran is run by bad people who do bad things and who have no desire to play nice with the rest of the group. Iran has only one objective, and that is to destroy Israel and annihilate the Jewish people. Hamas has been a tough war, Hezbollah was a tough war, but they are symptoms. Iran is the source. That’s the memo.

“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.” Daniel 8:20 (KJB)

Israel doesn’t need more war, but they need this war if they’re ever to slow down Iranian aggression and cut off the supply lines to the proxy terror groups that surround them. Donald Trump needs this war, too, if only to show to the world that America and Israel are inseparable. Trump came into great fanfare and high expectations, but actually getting done what you put in your Executive Orders can be challenging to do. Yesterday, hackers within the White House created an AI video of Trump kissing the feet of “the real president” Elon Musk, and posted it to hallway monitors around the Capitol. That’s a bad sign, and Trump needs a legitimate show of strength right now. Taking out Iran’s nuclear reactors are just the thing.

Iran rushes to upgrade air defenses, fearing joint Israel-US attack – report

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: Defense systems have been bolstered surrounding key nuclear and missile sites with the addition of extra air defense system launchers, two Iranian high-level government sources told the publication. According to the report, Iranian officials started to take additional action after both the Biden and Trump administrations noted Israel’s likely plan to target key Iranian nuclear sites in 2025.

BREAKING NEWS: The Swamp and the Deep State are not going to go away quietly. This was the scene in Washington DC yesterday as monitors were hacked by the resistance. In fact, there’s a good chance they’re not going to go away at all. Long live the real king? Hmm. pic.twitter.com/VOdtIsiUKU

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“The Iranian authorities are just waiting for the attack and are anticipating it every night, and everything has been on high alert – even in sites that no one knows about,” one source told The Telegraph. “Work to fortify nuclear sites has been ongoing for years, but it has intensified over the past year, particularly since Israel launched the first attack,” he added.

Threats from the Trump administration have only since intensified their preparations.

Iran has been waging a covert war against Israel through multiple proxies over the years, escalating their efforts on October 7 as Hamas launched a brutal attack that killed 1,200+ people and took more than 250 people hostage. Through Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and even additional launches from Syria, Iran has used outside forces to do the nation’s “dirty work.”

In April 2024, Iran attempted to launch drones into Israeli territory. Their failed attempt led to a second, exponentially larger attack on  Israel in October 2024, in response to Israel entering Lebanon. In response, Israel has carried out a number of strikes on key facilities Iran uses to continue terror activities against Israel. Iran is fearful that Trump’s support for Israel striking these nuclear facilities, having expressed that he wants Iran to back down and end their nuclear program, will lead Iran vulnerable in its defense systems, which were diminished heavily last year.

An Iranian official told the Telegraph that  “Several additional air defence system launchers have been deployed, but there is an understanding that they may not be effective in the event of a large-scale strike.”

Iran has domestically developed their air defenses but also has employed Russian S-300s to protect its nuclear sites. Still, the country is not sure that the Russian S-300s they have will be sufficient against Israel’s weaponry. This led to additional pressure from Iran to expedite a delivery of S-400 systems.

The Islamic regime has domestically developed an air defense system and has Russian S-300s to protect its nuclear sites. However, these are not thought to be robust enough to protect against Israel’s cutting-edge weapons, prompting Iran to pressure Russia into expediting the delivery of S-400 missile systems. Earlier this week, IRGC’s General Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced the development of further ballistic missile defenses to prepare for an Israeli attack. They plan to equip Tehran and other major cities with the system.

Trump has adopted a “maximum pressure” approach on Iran, with US national security advisor Michael Waltz saying that “all options are on the table” in reference to US action on Iran.  “They [Iran] are an irrational actor that we cannot allow to have their finger on the button,” he added. READ MORE

Iran Braces for Possible Attack from Israel and United States

Iran has heightened its defenses around nuclear sites, placing them on high alert due to fears of a potential joint military strike by Israel and the United States. Tehran has deployed additional air defense launchers to bolster its strategic sites, reflecting intensified efforts to safeguard its nuclear program. This move follows warnings from U.S. intelligence that Israel may target Iranian nuclear facilities this year, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to “finish the job” with U.S. support.

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The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine — talks that reflected a major and rapid change in American foreign policy under President Donald Trump.

Maybe it’s just me, but when I look out at the global landscape, I see a massive resetting of just about everything. Remember Klaus Schwab and his talk of the Great Reset? The resetting I see taking place now, under Donald Trump, has implications every bit as far reaching. Have you ever heard of ‘peace talks’ that didn’t involve the other party? How could that be? Something is not right here, and new alliances are being formed as the global order is definitely changing.

“Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.” Habakkuk 1:5 (KJB)

Everything is changing fast, almost too fast to properly acknowledge the intricate and complex events taking place. The whole world is rushing inexorably forward and it begs the question is the change that’s come good or bad? Some of it is good, some of it will be good, but much of that goodness will come at the expense of other things. American territorial expansion is not a good thing, we already have more space than we can adequately handle. Fix homelessness, the VA and the school system before you start worrying about expanding America’s borders. It looks indeed like a New World Order is forming in the ashes of the Pandemic, who will control it? If you haven’t guessed by now, these are rhetorical questions.

Top Russian and US officials discuss improving ties and ending the Ukraine war — without Kyiv

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: No Ukrainian officials were present at the meeting, which came as the beleaguered country is slowly but steadily losing ground against more numerous Russian troops in a grinding war that began nearly three years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country won’t accept any outcome from this week’s talks if Kyiv doesn’t take part. European allies have also expressed concerns they are being sidelined.

Beyond Ukraine, the meeting — attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials — had been expected to focus on thawing relations between the two countries, whose ties have fallen to their lowest level in decades.

The plan delivered to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week would “amount to the US economic colonization of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity” and also “implies a burden of reparations that cannot possibly be achieved.” source

The meeting at the Diriyah Palace in the Saudi capital of Riyadh also highlights de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s efforts to be a major diplomatic player, burnishing a reputation severely tarnished by the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Meanwhile, Russia continued to pummel Ukraine with drones, according to Kyiv’s military. The Ukrainian air force said Russian troops launched a barrage of 176 drones at Ukraine overnight, most of which were destroyed or disabled by jamming. One Russian drone struck a residential building in Dolynska in the Kirovohrad region, wounding a mother and her two children and prompting an evacuation of 38 apartments, the regional administration reported. Four more residential buildings were damaged by drone debris in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, according to local officials. READ MORE

Top Russian and US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for talks on Ukraine war

Top Russian and U.S. officials are holding talks in Saudi Arabia in a bid to improve their ties and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Riyadh on Tuesday.

The US and Russian delegations have agreed to “address irritants to our bilateral relationship with the objective of taking steps necessary to normalise the operation of our respective diplomatic missions,” US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said after today’s Riyadh talks. The two sides also agreed to appoint high-level teams for Ukraine talks, “working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible in a way that is enduring, sustainable, and acceptable to all sides,” she said. The US and Russia will also begin to look at “future cooperation on matters of mutual geopolitical interest and historic economic and investment opportunities which will emerge from a successful end to the conflict in Ukraine,” she added.

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President Donald Trump told Jordan’s King Abdullah that the US is going to take Gaza in a meeting between the two on Tuesday.

When Donald Trump was president the first time, a lot of things got done for Israel that no other US president was ever willing to do. Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem, and then declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel. All that was awesome, literally. Here in 2025, President Trump is looking to make changes in the Middle East that are so radical and so sweeping, they just may approach the realm of the prophetic. In fact, they do.

“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” Joel 3:2 (KJB)

King Abdullah of Jordan flew to Washington DC today to discuss American control of the Gaza Strip, that’s how serious a matter this has become. From what I have been able to ascertain thus far, Trump dictated the tone of the meeting, firmly sticking to his position on Gaza. What would it look like if America assumed control of this highly-contested land? That’s a really good question, and one we’re getting ready to find the answer to. I know this much, Jordan is the location of Selah Petra, the place where the Jewish remnant will flee to at the start of the great Tribulation. Gaza and Palestine are clearly in the Bible, in end times prophecy, as a hotbed of activity in the last days. We have the powder keg filled to overflowing, we have the fuse sticking out of the top, the only question is, who has the match? That’s the memo.

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Trump tells Jordanian king that US will take Gaza, Palestinians will live safely elsewhere

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: “Palestinians will live safely in another location that is not Gaza,” he said, adding that the US wasn’t going to buy Gaza but rather “run it very properly.” Trump asked under what authority the US would take Gaza, and he said under US authority. However, he said that the US would not personally develop Gaza.

He also said that he did not think Hamas would make the Saturday deadline for hostage release, and if they fail to do so, “all bets are off.”

Trump said he thinks there will be parcels of land in Jordan and in Egypt where Palestinians will live, to which the King replied that he would do what is best for his country, and that a future plan has to be in everyone’s best interest. Abdullah did, however, say that Jordan would take in 2000 sick children from Gaza.

Concluded a constructive meeting with President Trump at the White House today. Grateful for the President’s warm welcome. We discussed Jordan’s longstanding partnership with the United States. It continues to be a partnership for stability, peace, and mutual security.

— عبدالله بن الحسين (@KingAbdullahII) February 11, 2025

King Abdullah posted on his official X/Twitter that the meeting was “constructive,” and he “reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”

The two-state solution is the “way to ensure regional stability,” King Abdullah added, stating that “This requires US leadership.”

King Abdullah also stated that “President Trump is a man of peace. He was instrumental in securing the Gaza ceasefire.”

King Abdullah “stressed the importance of working towards de-escalation in the West Bank and preventing a deterioration of the situation there that could have far-reaching implications for the entire region.” Jordan will “continue to play an active role with our partners to reach a just and comprehensive peace for everyone in the region,” King Abdullah concluded.

Before the meeting with Trump, Abdullah had stated that he believes there is a way to bring peace and prosperity to the region and that he would support Trump in achieving those goals. He had continued by saying that Arab states would travel to the US to give a response to Trump’s Gaza plan.

Regarding possible Israeli annexation of the West Bank, Trump said, “That’s going to work out.” READ MORE

Trump says “we’re going to have” Gaza during meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah

President Trump took questions while meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and provided more details on his Gaza plans. The king announced that Jordan will open its doors to 2,000 Palestinian children suffering from medical conditions. CBS News’ Weijia Jiang breaks down some of the remarks.

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