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Day 409 Swords of Iron – “Is it Possible to Have A Change of Heart”

Chaim starts by saying that he loves the smell of fresh air after rain, and it has been raining is Israel these last few days. He says he wants to commend all the soldiers who are defending Israel, who are out in the rain and the cold doing it.

He also mentions that the world seems to be getting more and more bizarre, with Turkey refusing to allow Israeli President Isaac Herzog to fly to an international conference through their air space. Turkey has also decided to give shelter to the Hamas leadership who have recently been kicked out of Qatar.

Chaim says it’s crazy to give shelter to terrorists, and he cites another example of Hezbollah shooting a rocket that hit a synagogue in Haifa. He says that this can’t go on, there has to be a stop to it. He says that he sees things changing only when hearts change, and he sees that coming soon.

But in the meantime, the IDF continues to find, clean out and destroy Hezbollah terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah is also trying to find a way to agree to a US-proposed cease-fire, which Chaim says will see them retreating north of the Litani River. But they will have to be persuaded to do that and the US is putting a lot of pressure on them to do it.

But, Chaim says, someday this war will end, and when it does there will be a resumption of the expanding Abraham Accords which will fuel an economic boom in Israel and a large influx of new immigrants.

In this context, Chaim quotes Psalms 143:12; In Your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant.

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(Day 540) Swords of Iron – “What Color is a Jew?”

Chaim starts out by saying that the IDF is hard at work keeping Israel safe and trying for a quiet weekend, which he says Israel needs in order to recuperate. At the same time, he notes that in Gaza, leaflets were distributed advising the residents to move away from areas that were about to be attacked. There have even been instances when an individual who wasn’t moving out of a building that was about to be struck was called and convinced to leave just before the strike came and destroyed that building. Chaim says this is an example of how the IDF is serious and its warnings should be taken seriously.

(Day 539) Swords of Iron – “Shabbat peace as the storm rages”

The video begins with a montage of combat footage that Chaim has taken before the scene changes to Chaim welcoming in the Sabbath with a group of other soldiers, obviously in battlefield conditions. The Jewish soldiers are all heavily armed and wearing full combat gear, but they are singing, praying and eating the Shabbat meal together just the same.

(Day 538) Swords of Iron – “The Waiting Game”

Chaim starts off by talking about ballistic missile attacks by the Houthis on Jerusalem, and says that as bad as they are, it was much worse before Israel had the Iron Dome and other air defense systems. Chaim also concedes that these systems are very expensive but he mentions the “Iron Beam” laser which will shoot down incoming missiles for a fraction of the cost, and soon everyone will want it.

(Day 537) Swords of Iron – USA Stealth bombers head toward Iran and Yemen

Chaim starts by talking about how the US military is deploying assets to Diego Garcia, a British-owned island in the Indian Ocean which also serves as a major hub for US military operations in the Middle East. Chaim says that all this firepower might soon be unleashed on the Houthis in Yemen, who have no way of defending against it. But the other major target is Iran, and some of their strategic assets are deep underground where even the American mili might have a hard time getting at them. Chaim says that Iran is showing this capability off to the world, clearly hoping to intimidate and discourage the US and Israel rom striking, but that is very unlikely to be successful.

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