Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to deal being made 'rapidly'

  Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran provided a deal was struck "rapidly" with the country.

In a post on Truth Social, the US president claimed he was asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to "hold off" on any attack as the "perimeters" of a deal had been agreed, which he said would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending Iran's nuclear threat.

His comments came after US media reported that Washington may have been planning new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend. Earlier on Saturday, Tehran had accused the US of escalating tensions, saying any regional state co-operating with Washington would be "engulfed by the flames of war".

Meanwhile the US government urged Americans across the Middle East to be alert and ready to leave "should there be escalation" in the region. "Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise caution and heightened vigilance and should be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions," the security alert said on Saturday.

Multiple sources had earlier told CBS News, the BBC's American media partner, that the US and Israel were planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran.

The plan came up during Trump's cabinet meeting on Friday, sources told CBS News. Trump further said in his post the US was "locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II".

He said cancelling the attack would be "for the future benefit of the world and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran". Iran has not yet responded to Trump's announcement.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwx74qgld2o

Israeli minister compares Donald Trump's peace deal with Hamas as 'tantamount to agreeing next October 7 massacre'

 Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir has compared Donald Trump's deal with Hamas as "tantamount to agreeing next October 7 massacre".

The US president declared on social media that the "Board of Peace" had reached a "HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza," describing it as "a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY."

However, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir branded the arrangement "unacceptable," warning it was "tantamount to agreeing to Hamas organising for the next massacre." The agreement is designed to advance the long-delayed second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan, which Mr Trump brokered and which has been in effect since October.

Weapons held by the terrorist group have remained one of the central obstacles to progress. The two sides remain locked in a standoff over the sequencing of the deal's key provisions.

An Israeli political source stated "that there will be no withdrawal whatsoever" unless Hamas undergoes "a genuine disarmament," having previously listed full demilitarisation of the Strip as a precondition for any process. Speaking at Camp David, Mr Trump insisted the Israelis were on board: "We do have an understanding with Israel. Israel's very happy about it."

Yet the Israeli source also revealed that "the issue of Gaza did not come up" during this week's meeting between the US President and Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington — a claim that sits uneasily alongside the president's assertion of mutual satisfaction. Hamas said it expected mediators and Trump's Board of Peace to guarantee Israeli compliance with the withdrawal terms.

Under the roadmap, the National Committee for Administration of Gaza — a body established as part of Trump's plan to manage day-to-day governance in the territory — will oversee internal security and carry out a phased assumption of full authority.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/gaza-war-israeli-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-compares-hamas-peace-deal-october-7-massacre 

The War That Donald Trump Started In Iran Is Rapidly Spinning Out Of Control As The United States Appears To Be Heading ‘Strait’ Into A Strategic Defeat

 Trump Said Iran Was Obliterated And The War Was Nearly Finished, Now U.S. Allies Fear Defeat And American Generals Are Warning Of Dangerous Shortages

HOW CAN THIS BE?? How can the most powerful military machine on earth spend five months pounding Iran with bombers, cruise missiles, aircraft carriers and thousands of combat sorties, only to awaken to headlines warning that America is approaching a strategic defeat? 

The answer is as simple as it is devastating. President Donald Trump confused the power to destroy targets with the ability to win a war. The Pentagon can publish breathtaking numbers of Iranian installations bombed, ships destroyed and commanders eliminated, but none of that constitutes victory when the enemy government remains standing, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, American forces remain under attack and the conflict continues expanding across the Middle East. 

Trump promised obliteration, announced victory and assured the American people that the war was nearly finished. Iran apparently never received that memo. Today all Hell is breaking loose across the Middle East, and it appears to be unstoppable.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/the-war-that-donald-trump-started-in-iran-is-rapidly-spinning-out-of-control-as-the-united-states-appears-to-be-heading-strait-into-a-strategic-defeat/

The Crusades’ Most Impossible Victory

  Today in History: With Christians being massacred at Jaffa, and outnumbered ten to one, Richard the Lionheart accomplished the impossible.

In a feat of heroism that even Hollywood fiction cannot match, today in history witnessed Richard Lionheart and a few thousand Christian knights put to flight a massive Muslim army that, moments earlier, had been torturing and murdering Christian civilians.

On July 27, 1192, Saladin, the great sultan-hero of Islam, besieged the tiny Christian-held town of Jaffa. According to contemporary chronicles, the Muslims numbered as many as 20,000 and “covered the face of the earth like locusts.”

Messengers were instantly dispatched to King Richard I, then in Acre preparing to sail for England. Before the battered envoys had even finished recounting Jaffa’s plight, Richard declared, “With God as my guide, I will set out to do what I can,” and immediately boarded his fleet with just over 2,000 fighting men.

Jaffa, meanwhile, was fighting for its life. According to Saladin’s court historian, Baha’ al-Din, who witnessed the siege, after one of its walls collapsed, all the Muslims rushed into the city, “and there was not an enemy heart that did not tremble and shake.” Even so, the Christians “were more fierce and determined in the fight and more eager for and devoted to death.”

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://raymondibrahim.substack.com/p/the-crusades-most-impossible-victory?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6873559&post_id=209381229&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1v9n4o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

If Iran Was Weaponizing Smallpox and Other Deadly Pathogens 23 Years Ago, How Much More Advanced Is Their Program Today?

 

If Iran Was Weaponizing Smallpox and Other Deadly Pathogens 23 Years Ago, How Much More Advanced Is Their Program Today?

I am going to share some information with you in this article that nobody is talking about, but I believe that it is exceedingly important. Iran has been weaponizing some of the most deadly pathogens known to humanity, and that includes smallpox. The United States has known about Iran’s biological weapons program for more than 30 years. So have the Russians. If the Iranians were to suddenly release an extremely contagious disease in the United States and Israel, millions could potentially die. This is a threat that we should be taking very seriously, but we aren’t.

Trump’s Gaza Peace Breakthrough: A Warning When They Say Peace And Safety

President Donald Trump has now used one of the Bible’s most prophetically charged phrases twice in connection with his efforts to reshape the Middle East.

After announcing a preliminary agreement with Iran in June, Trump wrote, “This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region.” Regional hostilities subsequently resumed, demonstrating how quickly sweeping declarations of peace can outrun events on the ground.

WOW! A US map of Africa mislabels every country 'due to artificial intelligence' in hilarious blunder

 WOW! A map of Africa shared by the US Government mislabelled every country "due to artificial intelligence".

During a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil, the error-strewn map relocated a number of African countries elsewhere on the continent. Footage showed attendees of the Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro capturing the moment audience members noticed the mistake.

Subsequent analysis of the image indicated that the map was whipped up by a staff member using artificial intelligence, made with OpenAI tools. The image showed Nigeria being landlocked somewhere in the Sahara Desert, while Mozambique was shifted to the Horn of Africa. Meanwhile, Côte d'Ivoire in the west was transported to the other side of the continent. 

The State Department admitted "full responsibility" for the error, claiming the map was created by a team member who had quickly changed the presentation ahead of the event. In a statement, the State Department said: "We take full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation it caused for attendees, including our African partners."

Aids expert Emily Bass was one of the first to share a baffled response online, sharing the image on LinkedIn. "Whoever created and approved this slide did not know where countries in Africa are and did not care to check their work," Matt Petit, who focuses on AI and geopolitics at the Atlantic Council, commented.

Despite the erroneous map, the State Department said the talks were "substantive and constructive", vowing to continue its support to fight against Aids. The conference presentation was delivered by one of Donald Trump's senior officials, in charge of the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar).

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/us-map-of-africa-mislabel-artificial-intelligence-white-house 

Israeli official says troops won't pull back in Gaza without 'genuine' Hamas disarmament

  A senior Israeli official says the country's troops will not pull back in Gaza without "genuine" disarmament of Hamas

• On Thursday night, US President Donald Trump announced an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas, followed by Israeli withdrawal from Gaza

• Asked if Israel is on board with the agreement, Trump said at a cabinet meeting on Friday he has an "understanding" with the country and "Israel is very happy about it" 

  
  
  

• Hamas says the handover of its heavy weapons depends on Israel ending "all forms of aggression" and withdrawing from Gaza

• Hamas disarmament is included in the second phase of a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire plan - more on that here

• Hamas had been facing growing pressure behind closed doors, writes our Gaza correspondent; our international editor adds the deal could succeed if handled carefully and well

• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/clyp18kwdnwt

Israeli West Bank settler says attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge

The Israeli settler outpost of Havat Gilad, deep inside the occupied West Bank, is spread across several hilltops, its sheds and simple block houses clearly visible from neighbouring Palestinian villages.

Last weekend saw a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the area, after an Israeli security guard from Havat Gilad was killed during a confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis in the village of Tal last Friday.

Four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were also killed in the incident, the original cause of which is disputed. 

After spending the weekend speaking to Palestinians around Havat Gilad, we drove into the outpost itself, to ask one of its residents about the violence, and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

It is rare for an international media organisation like the BBC to be allowed into these outposts. But on this occasion, Yehuda Shimon, a lawyer with an organisation that represents Israelis arrested for violence against Palestinians, agreed to speak.

He told me that attacks on Palestinian villages last weekend were justified as revenge for the killing of the outpost's security guard.

"I think now, after they killed one Israeli, we need to kill all the people in Tal and Sarra, even Jit and Farata," he said, naming the Palestinian villages closest to the outpost.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4djgdyk2o

Trump Warns Netanyahu Not to Block US-backed Hamas Disarmament Plan

 

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As Spain Watches While An All-Male Horde Of Foreign Muslim Invaders Violates Its Sovereign Borders, The World Lurches Forward Toward All-Out Global War

 The Invasion Of Spain By Muslim Migrants Reveals How Quickly National Sovereignty Can Collapse As The Entire World Moves Toward Permanent Emergency Government

Look around you, the world is not merely experiencing a collection of unrelated crises, it is literally convulsing. The war with Iran is spreading across the Middle East, threatening the Strait of Hormuz, striking American interests and pulling nations like Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and China closer to the battlefield. In Europe, Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is pressing against the borders of NATO, with missiles falling dangerously close to the tripwire that could ignite direct conflict between Russia and the West. Now Spain has watched its sovereign border buckle beneath a reported human wave of tens of thousands of Muslims pouring into Ceuta, followed by another coordinated assault against Melilla. The Middle East is burning, Eastern Europe is exploding, and Western Europe is discovering that an invasion does not always arrive behind tanks—it can come through an abandoned border while a paralyzed government stands helplessly watching.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/the-invasion-of-spain-by-muslim-migrants-and-the-coming-global-war/

US, Israel Consider Land Blockade of Iran

 

Campaign Seeks Mamdani's Removal; Media Protected Child Terrorists; God Watches Over the Land of Israel; Herzl's Grandparents Return Home

US, Israel Consider Land Blockade of Iran Israel Skeptical About Trump's ‘Historic’ Hamas Disarmament Agreement WATCH: IDF Demolishes Massive Underground Hezbollah Compound Campaign Seeks Mamdani’s Removal for Failing to Protect Jewish New Yorkers Antisemitism in Schools Law to be Enforced After 'Free Speech' Challenge Defeated

Hamas agrees to Trump's plan to disarm in Gaza, but Israel are yet to comment

 US President Donald Trump says an agreement has been reached for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas in Gaza.

• A senior Hamas official tells the BBC they have agreed to the plan and an official statement will follow

• Israel has yet to comment - US officials say Trump will be "very disappointed" if Israel does not withdraw as part of the agreement 

  
  
  

• It remains too early to judge whether this agreement will stick - but it marks the first time ever that Hamas has said it would completely disarm, which has been the most significant obstacle for peace talks, writes the BBC's Rushdi Abualouf

• Announcing the agreement late on Thursday, Trump said it was "a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government"

• The second phase of a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire plan - released last October - includes the disarmament of Hamas.

• FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/clyp18kwdnwt

Trump's Gaza Peace Breakthrough: A Warning When They Say Peace And Safety

 Prophecy News Watch 31st July

Trump's Gaza Peace Breakthrough: A Warning When They Say Peace And Safety President Donald Trump is calling the Gaza disarmament framework a monumental step toward "peace and security." Yet the agreement relies heavily on Hamas compliance, international guarantees, and regional powers such as Turkey and Qatar. For students of Bible prophecy, the language and structure raise difficult questions: Is this genuine peace—or the kind of security arrangement Scripture warns could create dangerous confidence before sudden upheaval? Continue Reading

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Massachusetts On Verge Of Allowing Abortion Until Birth For Any Reason Massachusetts lawmakers are moving a bill that critics warn could permit abortion for virtually any reason through all nine months of pregnancy. After passing the state House, the measure faced a rapidly approaching Senate deadline. Supporters describe it as protection for reproductive freedom, while opponents say its broad language removes meaningful limits at the moment unborn children are most capable of surviving outside the womb. Continue Reading