Opinion
Ken Timmerman’s Threat Watch, www.kentimmerman.com 7-11-25
| Sometimes the news is not what you hear, but what you don’t hear. From what I can see, the Trump-Netanyahu White House meeting this week falls into the latter category. There were no big statements and no joint press conference, something Trump loves to do whenever he has great things to announce — or great perfidy to expose (remember the Zelenskyy White House meeting?) In his interview the next day with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Prime Minister Netanyahu praised Trump repeatedly for the US efforts to take out Iran’s nuclear weapons capabilities. Netanyahu called the 12-day war with Iran a “joint” effort, and praised the valor of the US B-2 pilots who flew the 37-hour long mission to bomb Iran’s underground enrichment site at Fordo into railway ballast. All of this was music to Trump’s ears, of course. But there was more than just flattery. Netanyahu talked cautiously of reaching a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas that would return half of the living and dead Israeli hostages, and of a follow-on deal that would totally eradicate Hamas. But he was remarkably short on detail. The media had been saying Trump was “summoning” Netanyahu to the White House — once again — to get him to stop the war in Gaza. Trump was being hammered by the Saudis to get Israel to agree to a Palestinian state (Trump being “hammered’? Really?).Once again, I think the pundits were wrong. The last time the two met, the media was also saying Trump was going to pressure Netanyahu to ease up on Gaza. Instead, the two plotted their joint operation to take out the Iranian nuclear weapons capabilities. That operation included significant strategic misdirection by the United States, starting with deception by President Trump himself, who reminded the Iranians that he was willing to talk, thought they wanted to talk, and said they could make a great deal that would benefit the Iranian people and the regime. Instead, they got GBU-57s down the ventilation shafts of Fordo. This president has shown he understands multi-dimensional warfare, as my military friends call it, from strategic misdirection and the tactical diversion of B2s the day of the bombing, to a knock-out blow bombing, using our biggest weapons against their weakest point. Israel took out Iran’s air defenses, destroyed their ballistic missile launchers and manufacturing plants, and killed the heads of Iran’s nuclear and missile programs as well as leaders of the repressive apparatus. The U.S. then took out Fordo. That is the new definition of “combined arms”: a US-Israel military coalition that will bring peace to the Middle East through an overwhelming demonstration of strength. So what’s next? Hamas is on its last legs. A report from one of the remaining Hamas leaders, widely quoted in the Arab press, acknowledged that Hamas has been decimated, with 95% of its leaders killed and its ability to govern Gaza obliterated. Rival Palestinian groups — not affiliated with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank – are cooperating with the US-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution effort, so Hamas mafia goons can’t steal the aid and resell it. Rival Palestinian and Bedouin leaders are rising up and calling on the population to join the Abraham Accords and make a real peace with Israel. What a game-changer that would be! I think big things are afoot, which explains the relative quiet surrounding the Trump-Netanyahu summit. But what is the actual plan? As wiser heads than me have said, those who speak don’t know, and those who know don’t speak. So we shall have to wait and watch and listen. I discuss this, as well as the latest from the war in Ukraine and the prospect for new sanctions on Russia, in this week’s Prophecy Today Weekend. As always, you can listen live on Saturday at 1 PM on 104.9 FM or 550 AM in the Jacksonville, Florida area, or by using the jacksonville Way Radio app. You can listen to the podcast later here.Yours in freedom, Ken |
| Ken Timmerman’s 14th book of non-fiction, THE IRAN HOUSE: Tales of Revolution, Persecution, War, and Intrigue, can be ordered by clicking here or by viewing my author’s page, here. Raising Olives in Provence, can be ordered by clicking here. – Senior Fellow, America First Policy Institute (current) – Republican nominee for Congress, Maryland District 8 (2012) – President & CEO, Foundation for Democracy in Iran, www.iran.org – Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2006 Cell: 904-817-8584 NEW NUMBER Follow me on Twitter @kentimmerman Facebook: ken timmerman New personal email: [email protected] Website: kentimmerman.com |
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