The Energy Crisis Escalates: The Dual Threat Of More War In The Middle East And Hurricane Isaias Damaging U.S. Refineries In The Gulf Is Pushing Oil Prices Even Higher

 

The Energy Crisis Escalates: The Dual Threat Of More War In The Middle East And Hurricane Isaias Damaging U.S. Refineries In The Gulf Is Pushing Oil Prices Even Higher

Just when it seemed like we had hit a period of relative calm, global events are starting to accelerate again. Within the past 24 hours, there have been a couple of absolutely enormous developments. First of all, Tropical Storm Isaias has become Hurricane Isaias and we are being told that it will make landfall along the Gulf Coast. That is potentially a major problem because the Gulf Coast accounts for over 50 percent of the crude oil refining capacity in the United States. If any of that capacity is taken offline for an extended period of time, that will drive fuel prices substantially higher.

The Cross in the Crosshairs

Christian Persecution Is Rising Around the World

I was recently having a conversation with someone who is churched, but certainly biblically illiterate. We were discussing the growing deception and the groundwork being laid for the beast system infrastructure. When I referenced the beast system, this person began talking in terms as though he would be here when this system is in full force. The conversation then turned to the timing of the Rapture. Now this is one of the frustrations I deal with on a daily basis. People provide their interpretation of Scripture that is based on either 1.) their feelings and emotions or 2.) someone else’s flawed interpretation.

Mourning And Miracles: God’s Hand On Israel In Difficult Times and Amazing Times

 

Mourning And Miracles: God’s Hand On Israel In Difficult Times and Amazing Times

(Galilee, Israel) — Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of the day that approximately 1,200 people were slaughtered by Gazan terrorists in southern Israel. On that horrific October 7, entire families were executed. Young women were subjected to horrific sexual violence and then murdered. Bodies were mutilated and decapitated. The head of one murdered soldier was reportedly found in an ice cream freezer in Gaza more than two months after the attack. An ambulance carrying wounded people was set ablaze, leaving some victims almost entirely unidentifiable. And that is just the beginning of the vile wickedness that took place on what began as a peaceful Saturday morning.

FROM BURNING MAN TO THE BEAST SYSTEM: How Neo-Paganism and Silicon Valley Are Shaping the Last-Days World

Something is happening in our culture that I believe Christians need to understand, especially those of us watching the convergence of events Scripture says will characterize the last days. For years, when we have taught Revelation 13, we have talked about the eventual emergence of a system capable of controlling commerce, identifying individuals, enforcing allegiance, and preventing those who refuse the Beast from buying or selling. Previous generations believed those passages because God’s Word said they would happen, even though they could not fully understand how such worldwide control could be implemented.

No Renewed Attack on Iran Before Election Day, Trump Says

 

Far-left Jewish Professor Says ‘Hitler Solved the Jewish Question’; Oct 7 Families Have Painful Conversation; Hamas Claims Victory

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US Issues Security Alert as Israel Braces for Renewed Iran War

 

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Young Oct. 7 Survivors Heal Through Rock Music

Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport

 Three Saudi Arabian nationals have been killed in two attacks on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, the country's civil aviation authority has said, after Yemen's Houthis said they had targeted the facility.

The attacks also resulted in "injuries to a number of Saudi citizens and residents of various nationalities", the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement on X.

It added that the first attack on Thursday targeted the airport while the second had struck an aircraft belonging to state carrier Saudia.

One of its pilots was among those killed, the airline said in a statement. Air traffic had returned to normal, the civil aviation authority said. Yemen's Houthi group said on Thursday it had attacked the airport with two ballistic missiles.

The Iran-aligned group said it had also targeted an airport in Najran city near the Saudi border with Yemen, and Khamis Mushait air base further north. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed these attacks.

The latest casualties follow the deaths of three people in Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports on 6 and 7 October.

Two were killed and 28 wounded in an attack at Abha International Airport, the civil aviation body said on Wednesday. Another person was killed at King Khalid airport in Riyadh.

The latest attacks come amid a marked escalation in renewed fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthis, who control most of the country's north-west.

The Houthi military spokesman said the previous two attacks on Saudi Arabia's airports were in "response to the Saudi aggression against our country" that saw "60 air strikes and missile attacks in the past 24 hours".

The group says it is targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen's civil war.

FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmz7xe37g5wro

Analysis: Trump's shock Russia deal highlights mounting pressure to curb fuel prices

 Donald Trump's decision to import Russian fuel to the US represents a remarkable about-face from the president.

Just three weeks ago, Trump signed legislation to authorise fresh American sanctions and tariffs on nations that import Russian oil and gas.

Now, Trump says, Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel to the US and world markets in the coming months.

The deal comes as Trump is still grappling with the political fallout of the Iran war and its impact on global energy prices, weeks before American voters head to the polls in the midterm elections.

As the cost of fuel has skyrocketed in America, his standing with the public – stung by the higher prices at the pump and knock-on effects that led to across-the board inflation – has soured.

The toll the war is taking has been acutely felt by US agricultural states, which rely heavily on diesel to operate farming machinery and to transport their products to market.

It is these states – places like Iowa, Kansas, Texas and Ohio – that have become unexpected political battlegrounds in the upcoming elections that will determine if Republicans maintain control of Congress.

FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5lye9z4xw4yo

Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin

 Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky has condemned Donald Trump's announcement of a deal to import Russian diesel into the US.

Zelensky called it a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin that amounts to "an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged".

Trump said Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately "to the American and global marketplace" followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and another million after that.

It is understood the US Treasury is suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports until 7 April as part of the deal, but other assets like those in American banks are still frozen.

In his Truth Social post, Trump added that a further three million tonnes of Russian diesel would be delivered "within a short period", dependent on the condition of its refineries, which have been attacked by Ukraine.

Putin later said Russia, which introduced a ban on diesel exports earlier this year, was willing to supply both the US and global markets with oil and petroleum products, but his statement did not specify amounts.

In a post on social media, Zelensky said Russia would repay the diesel with "further terror".

"We count on America's fair support for our defence of life, for our defence of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one," he wrote.

Analysts, however, have questioned whether Russia is capable of providing that quantity of diesel and the extent to which doing so will ease prices for American consumers.

FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm1dwgr666wno

 

Huckabee Remembers the Deadliest Attack on the Jewish State in Modern History… And The World’s Distorted Double Standard

By Decision Magazine - https://harbingersdaily.com/huckabee-remembers-the-deadliest-attack-on-the-jewish-state-in-modern-history-israel-is-held-to-a-standard-that-no-one-else-has-ever-been-held-to/

On the three-year anniversary of the deadliest attack on Israel in modern history, the Jewish nation continues to be misjudged by global leaders—who accuse America’s ally of war crimes following its response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023—says U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.

“Israel is held to a standard that no one else has ever been held to,” the former governor of Arkansas and two-time presidential candidate told Baptist Press. “What would America do to get 250 Americans out of captivity who were being beaten, raped and starved? If that’s our sons and daughters, what do we do?”

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Israel Killed 4,000 October 7 Terrorists. Hamas Is Already Promising Another One

By PNW Staff - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=10592#google_vignette

Imagine surviving 738 days in Hamas captivity, enduring isolation, starvation, beatings and the constant uncertainty of whether you would ever see your family again. Then, just as your captor informs you that you are finally going home, he delivers one final message: Enjoy your freedom while you can, because we intend to slaughter your people again.

That is what freed Israeli hostage Avinatan Or says happened shortly before his release from Gaza.

In an interview broadcast on Israel’s Channel 12, Or described how a Hamas terrorist identified as Abu Hassan instructed him to return home, embrace his family, say goodbye to his friends and then pack his bags for Europe.

The reason? Hamas intended to repeat October 7.

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Iran Fueling Palestinian Jihad, Preventing Terrorists’ Disarmament

by Khaled Abu Toameh - https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22909/iran-palestinian-islamic-jihad

Three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second-largest terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, is making one thing clear: it has no intention of abandoning its armed struggle against Israel.

On the contrary, the Iran-backed terrorist organization is reaffirming its commitment to jihad (holy war), armed resistance, and the destruction of what it calls the “Zionist project.”

That message should be taken seriously by anyone hoping that the Gaza war can end with the disarmament of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the other armed groups.

In statements marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attack and the 39th anniversary of PIJ’s founding, the organization’s leaders did not speak about surrendering their weapons, dismantling their military infrastructure, or transferring control of Gaza to a new Palestinian government.

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Three people killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say

 Three people have been killed in attacks on Saudi Arabia airports over two days, authorities said, as flare-up of fighting spilled across the Yemen border into the kingdom.

Two people were killed and 28 wounded in an attack at Abha International Airport, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) said in a statement on Wednesday.

In a separate incident, one person was killed and eight were wounded in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, it added.

The attacks, which the Houthis have claimed responsibility for, mark an escalation in the renewed war between the Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. The two airports were attacked on 6 and 7 October, according to Gaca, which did not specify when each airport was hit.

Two women, of Moroccan and Algerian nationalities, were killed during the Abha airport attack, near the Yemen border, according to Gaca. Meanwhile, a male resident of Sudanese nationality was killed at King Khalid airport, it added.

The country's civil aviation authority did not name who was responsible for the attacks, but Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said its armed forces had attacked both Saudi Arabia airports with ballistic missiles and drones.

The Houthi military spokesperson also said the Houthis attacked Aden's International Airport in Yemen on Wednesday. The airport is a main international gateway for parts of Yemen outside of Houthi control and has been repeatedly targeted when fighting erupts in the country.

Saree said the two attacks on Saudi Arabia's airports were in "response to the Saudi aggression against our country" which saw "60 airstrikes and missile attacks in the past 24 hours".

FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwn8d5rx22rdo

Israel Braces for Return to War With Iran Within Weeks

 

Mamdani Doubles Down on ‘Genocide’ Post; Why Israel Killed Iran’s Navy Commander; IDF Officer Killed in Lebanon Accident; Underwater Tribute to Oct. 7 Victims

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