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I’m visiting Jerusalem today, and the city is quiet. Most restaurants are closed for the day of mourning and fasting.

Synonyms: 9th of Av, Tisha b’Av, 9th Day of the Fifth Month.

586 BCE: 1st Temple destroyed by Babylonians on the Tisha b’Av

70 CE: 2nd Temple destroyed by the Romans again on the 9th day of Av

1290: Jews exiled from England. Tisha of Av.

1492: Jews exiled from Spain on the 9th of the Fifth Month.

During the Shoah/Holocaust, the connection is symbolic, however, the 1942 Tisha b’Av marked the liquidation of the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Here we are in 2025, and the Tisha b’Av falls on the 667th day of the hostages’ captivity which began in the Gaza War of Oct 7, 2023; which was that weekly Shabbat, and the Simchat Torah festival at the end of Succot 2023.

Yesterday, the weekly Shabbat fell on the 666th day of the war and captivity, the day before the Fast of the Ninth of Av.

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Last week, the Knesset overwhelmingly passed a bill to annex Judea and Samaria. There’s just one catch. Or three:

1. It only relates to the Israeli towns here, not the entirety of Samaria and Judea.

1. It’s a non-binding bill.

1. It was a few days before Knesset vacation.

I cannot figure out if this bill is a gentle push preparing the way for a future binding law, or if it is totally useless. Yet, it’s meaningful somehow that “centrist” parties abstained: Not even wanting to go on record one way or the other.

As soon as Trump won the 2024 election in November, Israel’s most conservative Knesset members started talking again about an annexation bill. It seems at this time the votes are just not there to actually do this for real.

Hey Knesset, someday bring a real bill to the table!

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Sources:


https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-votes-71-13-for-non-binding-motion-calling-to-annex-west-bank/




https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-trumps-victory-an-opportunity-to-apply-sovereignty-in-the-west-bank/

Iran’s been up to way more than I ever heard of.
Nuclear fission:  Splits atoms apart for bombs or for civil power generation. That’s what I thought Iran was working on.
But noooo. Iran was also working on nuclear FUSION bombs, which is based on fusing atoms together. Last I heard, this was not yet cost effective for civil electricity. As for destructive bombs, I never knew nuclear fusion even had a bomb use case.
Iran knew, and Iran was working on it Until June, that is.
What’s more:
Electronic Pulse Bomb: This type of bomb emits an electrical force field which wipes out the electricity lines, plus any devices that work with electronics inside. So, basically every device. Iran was working on this weird bomb too. Until June 2025.

Something else we knew: Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) – long range missiles that can reach Europe, Israel, and the USA from Iran.  Israel was concerned because of the numbers of these being manufactured.

But here’s the thing. Now we know that there are more ICBMs than we thought, and the USA and Israel did not fully destroy that program.

Captured at Times of Israel on 27 July 2025.

Why did anyone ever believe Iran when they said “only peaceful purposes?” Israel certainly did not believe them. And Israel was correct.

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Source:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/strikes-on-iran-thwarted-bomb-designed-to-cripple-israel-electronically-report/

Today, Syrian forces attacked the Druze in Syria. Hundreds killed and raped, including a 5-year-old child; a thousand injured. A ceasefire was reached at midnight, and then Syrian forces under command of Sharaa (the new leader in Syria) attacked the Druze people. (1)

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee had tried to attend a court session with Netanyahu’s trial today.  The court immediately became “closed door” to keep him out. Soon, the court was interrupted when Netanyahu received a visit from a top military commander, and that was regarding the Druze who had been attacked in Syria:

“Army Radio reported the interruption revolved around Israeli Druze leaders holding an emergency meeting following reports of renewed attacks by Syrian forces on the Druze city of Druze-majority city of Sweida. The report said there were fears that Druze living in Israel may start deserting the IDF and crossing into Syria en masse to try and help their brethren.” (2)

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Sources: 

(1) https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-861336
(2) https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-ambassador-huckabee-attends-netanyahus-criminal-trial-in-show-of-support/

So yeah – the Houthis claimed that they aimed for the port city in Eilat, but they also claimed they aimed for Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. Somehow, all the drones and missiles ended up near Eilat, 150 km from the national airport. Now why would that be?  Right now, thousands of Israelis, with kids on summer vacation from school, are taking to the hotels and beaches of Eilat in the southern tip of Israel for vacations.

No injuries reported.

“Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis in Yemen have launched 61 ballistic missiles and at least 15 drones at Israel. Several of the missiles have fallen short.” (1)

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Sources:

(1) https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-intercepts-ballistic-missile-launched-by-yemens-houthis/

29th victim of the war, foreign worker from the Philippines, Leah Mosquera, 49, who was injured in June 15 strike in Rehovot, has succumbed to her wounds.

Pray for Leah’s family and loved ones, including her sister Joy, also a foreign worker in Israel.

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Source: 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/filipina-caregiver-dies-of-wounds-from-iranian-missile-attack/

Pray for the families and loved ones of St.-Sgt. Shoham Menahem (21), Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem (20), and Sgt. Yuliy Faktor (19):

 

“…The initial assessment by the IDF was that an anti-tank missile caused the explosion, Army Radio said. But, as of Monday evening, the IDF believes there is a high likelihood that it was an operational accident and that one of the tank’s shells exploded inside. It is unclear what caused the shell to explode…”

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Sources:
Three fallen, one wounded: 
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-861029

Three heroes, each one a whole world:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-861040

Israel shoots down drone from Yemen outside Eilat:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-shoots-down-drone-launched-from-yemen-outside-of-eilat/

365 days ago in the USA, husband and father Tony Comperatore lost his life at a political rally when an assassin nearly killed the leading Presidential candidate. The Senate has discovered that agents knew about the threat from 10 days prior and did nothing. Was the assassination plan backed by Iran? Biden & Obama Democrat Party? CIA? Praying for Justice now, as much as possible, even though ultimate justice only arrives when Y’shua returns as The King.

I’ve timestamped this video to begin at the interview with Helen Comperatore, Corey’s widow:

The assassins tried again a few months later in September 2024, and once again failed.   First attempt was 13 July 2024.

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Recently, a memorial was held for Israeli Embassy employees who were assassinated in Washington DC for being Jewish:

Related:  Analysis and witnesses to the DC murders

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Source:   
Fox News:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVxtwpOLa48

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-860655

White supremacists planned to assassinate Trump for not being a supremacist:
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-850021

The IDF says it has identified a missile launch from Yemen, with air defense systems activated “to intercept the threat.” – Times of Israel

Yeah – but in my bed in Samaria (the West Bank) I heard HUNDREDS of interceptor explosions. I stopped counting after 50.  Hey, it was 5:19 am.

2 hours later I checked the Home Front Command alert app, and found that the entire main population center was under threat:

Since I heard so many explosions — whether they were direct hits or interceptions — I’d have to say that the IDF censors have strategically prevented the media from publicly stating any targets.

Our prayers for the healing and comfort of His people.

Update: an attack at a shopping center during the day today. The Arab attacker was neutralized.

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Sources: 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/sirens-activated-as-military-says-missile-launched-at-israel-from-yemen/


https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-man-killed-in-terror-attack-at-west-bank-shopping-complex-2-attackers-killed/




Hebron, an ancient Biblical city (Abraham purchased land there to bury his wife) is around 75% Non-Israeli Arabs and 25% Jews; It holds more Non-Israeli Arabs than any other city in Judea and Samaria. Now the chief Arab clan leaders have expressed their desire to separate from the PA (PLO Palestinian Authority) and join with Israel in a special agreement:

Alternative opinions:  Clans changing course may only bring violence:

“That route will not bring peace, but likely violence. It will pit clans against clans and Palestinians against one another. In the fog of violence, Jews will be killed.” (2)

“Joining the Abraham Accords could be a game changer, but it has opposition from both the Israeli and Palestinian sides and may be torpedoed globally.” (3)

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Sources: 




(1) https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860092
(2) https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-860238



(3) https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860092

(4) https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-860173
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