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The skies over Israel were clear Monday morning and afternoon. They were not clear over Iran as Israel’s mission to take out Iranian nuclear sites continues.
The most intense and direct confrontation between the two nations continued Monday.
“We are winning. Israel is destroying the Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile terror complex, day after day, wave after wave, hour after hour,” Joel Rosenberg, a noted Israeli author and publisher, said on American Family Radio yesterday.
Rosenberg holds dual citizenship in Israel and America. He believes Israel will finish the job against Iran.
Reporting live from Israel, Rosenberg said, “When the smoke clears from this fight, Israel is going to be the sole superpower in the Middle East … because we have taken the fight no one else would take.”
Be informed, not misled.
We are winning. Israel is destroying the Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile terror complex, day after day, wave after wave, hour after hour,” Joel Rosenberg, a noted Israeli author and publisher, said on American Family Radio Monday.
Rosenberg holds dual citizenship in Israel and America. He believes Israel will finish the job against Iran.
He predicted that when the smoke clears, Israel will be the sole superpower in the Middle East.
But winning hasn’t come without cost.
Before there was quiet over Israel on Monday, the Iranian response targeted civilian populations in major Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv and Haifa. Israel’s Golden Dome missile defense system has been largely successful, but not flawless, as Iranian missiles rained down on Israel.
In Israel, at least 10 people were killed in Iranian strikes overnight and into Sunday, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service, bringing the country’s total death toll to 14.
The country’s main international airport and airspace remained closed for a third day, The Associated Press reported Sunday.
AP said, "The region braced for a drawn-out conflict after Israel’s strikes hit nuclear and military facilities, killing several senior generals and top nuclear scientists. President Donald Trump said the U.S. had 'nothing to do with the attack on Iran' and warned Tehran to expect 'the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces' if it retaliates against the United States."
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Sunday, according to AP, that the goal of its military campaign in Iran “is not a regime change.”
“This is for the Iranian people to decide,” Sa’ar said in an interview on CNN. He said the Israeli security Cabinet set the objective as eliminating Iran’s nuclear program and minimizing its ballistic missile threat.
“I believe what we are doing, as an ally for the U.S. and for the Western civilization as a whole, is critical for stability in this part of the world,” Sa’ar said, adding: “If we learn something from our history, when somebody says ‘I’m going to eliminate the Jews,’ take him at his word.”
Sa’ar said Iran was within six months of being able to build as many as nine nuclear bombs.
Iran has repeatedly called for Israel to be "driven to the sea."
Wiped off the face of the Earth.
Iranian citizens are fleeing Tehran
Israeli leaders have stated their intentions to strike key military and intelligence sites and have urged civilians near likely targets to evacuate.
Many have taken the Israelis at their word, and it’s not hard to find social media videos of slow-moving vehicles and massive traffic jams as Iranians try to leave Tehran, their capital and a city of almost 10 million.
“It’s really quite breathtaking, the number of cars in traffic jams trying to get out. That’s an important message. That’s an important message. The Iranian government, that wicked regime in Iran, has put the people of Iran in jeopardy,” Rosenberg said.
“We have the ability to negotiate a successful peaceful resolution to this conflict if Iran is willing,” a senior White House official told Axios. “The fastest way for Iran to accomplish peace is to give up its nuclear weapons program.”
Over the weekend, other Axios sources said the U.S. is considering a request to take part in a specific mission against Iran’s nuclear site at Fordow, which is deeply entrenched in a mountain and protected from traditional air strikes.
In such an attack, the U.S. would likely employ the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator – also known as bunker buster bombs – which Israel does not possess.
Takeaway
“Israel has never asked the United States to send your sons and daughters into harm's way to protect Israel. We ask for the tools to do the job, and we ask for political support. But after that, we're willing to do it,” Rosenberg said.
Rosenberg said Trump has done an “astonishingly wonderful job in standing with Israel.”
The big picture: Israel lacks the bunker buster bombs and large bomber aircraft needed to destroy Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment site, which is built into a mountain and deep underground. The U.S. has both within flying distance of Iran.
- But the Trump administration has so far distanced itself from Israel's operation, and argued that it would be illegitimate for Iran to retaliate by striking U.S. targets.
- Directly attacking Iran, even if the U.S. involvement is limited to bombing a single site, would pull the U.S. directly into the war.
- However, if Fordow remains operational after the operation ends, Israel will have failed in its goal to "eliminate" Iran's nuclear program.
Pray for Israel.
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Prayerful.
