Planning a Response

President Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu broke their 49-day silence with a phone call Wednesday. 

Their 30-minute “direct” and “productive” chat included discussing Israel’s response to last week’s Iranian missile attack. Israel’s defense minister has publicly warned Iran that Israel’s retaliation will be “lethal, precise, and surprising,” saying Iran “won’t understand what happened and how; they will see the results." The U.S. supports a “measured” response that does not target nuclear facilities or start an all-out war.

It comes at a time of friction between Biden and Bibi.

The White House is frustrated that it was kept in the dark about the assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (July) and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (September), as well as the pager and walkie-talkie detonations across Lebanon, saying it needs more “clarity and transparency” from its ally.

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ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
Christians should be committed to praying for world leaders to be wise and to work for the good of their people while simultaneously placing our hope in God, not government.

“First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2 (CSB) (read full passage)