(Day 805) Swords of Iron – “USA is not putting up with it”

Chaim starts by saying “we’re still going strong” and adds that buildings that Hamas can use for attacking IDF troops, in Khan Yunis and elsewhere in the Gaza Strip, are being removed. At the same time, the International Stabilization Force, meant to enforce the disarmament of Hamas and bring order to the Strip, is showing some signs of progress. Ethiopia has been approached to be part of this force, which might actually be a realistic possibility.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the details of what this force is going to be doing, what authority it will have, etc. will have to be ironed out before more countries will be willing to contribute to it.

Meanwhile, in Syria, a large smuggling tunnel has been uncovered, big enough for shipments of heavy ammunition and other contraband to be moved. Iran used this tunnel to supply Hezbollah, but that’s going to stop.

Also in Syria, the US Air Force and Navy struck 70 ISIS targets in response to the killing of American troops and a civilian interpreter last week. President Trump is not going to be an appeaser; he’s going to strike anyone who strikes America very hard.

Chaim says this is precisely the correct approach to take in the face of jihadist attacks.

He also says that this ideology must not be taught to the next generation.

He also mentions the heroes who confronted the attackers on Bondi beach, and he says we need more of that kind of courage as well.

He says that the light of civilization must not go out, but the darkness hates the light, and Israel is like the “shemash” candle that lights all the other candles at Hanukkah. In this context, he concludes by quoting Isaiah 42:6; “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles,