The Point of the 14 That Trump and Netanyahu Do Not Agree Upon

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                 

     Burkan Rocket used by Hezbollah against IDF Security Zone in Lebanon

Yesterday, 6/17/26,  the IDF struck Hezbollah targets in several areas of southern Lebanon in response to rockets fired against troops operating in Lebanon.  Evidently Hezbollah decided not to follow Trump's orders.  Israel reserves the right to defend itself.  This was defending themselves against rockets with the designation of hitting IDF stationed in Lebanon due to Israel's preventative measures that Lebanon knows about.  

   Securiy Zone of Israel defensively shooting back at Rockets

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are stationed in a security zone up to 10 kilometers inside southern Lebanon as part of a forward defense strategy. The primary goal is to establish a buffer zone that physically separates Hezbollah fighters from Israeli communities near the northern border.  This is thereby neutralizing threats and preventing future attacks. The rockets were aimed to hit the security zone.  Heavy Artillery Rockets: The Burkan rocket is one of the most prominent short-range, heavy-payload rockets used by Hezbollah against IDF outposts and headquarters in the border region. It carries a massive explosive warhead designed for significant blast radius.    

                         Iron Dome anti-rocket device

The rockets were intercepted, but it wasn't easy to do.  Israel can primarily intercept the short-range Burkan rocket using a high-energy laser cannon, like the developing Iron Beam, or by destroying the launch vehicles directly.   Traditional kinetic systems, such as the Iron Dome, are generally unable to intercept the Burkan due to the rocket's very short range and massive explosive payload. 

The Iranian military command threatened to attack Israel if it continued attacking in Lebanon. 

President Trump addressed the issue at the G7 summit in France saying, “I am not happy with the way Israel has acted toward Lebanon and toward Hezbollah. They should have finished that job faster. It just goes on and on and on. (He's talking about the length of the war between Israel and Hezbollah).   And when that happens, it casts a negative shadow over the big deal, and the big deal is the agreement with Iran.”                            

 He added, “When you ask me about Bibi — we have an exceptional relationship.” Trump also said that Syria should handle Hezbollah, and they would do a better job at it. [It's unclear what that means. Doesn't seem to make much sense.]

Donald Ttrump and Ahmed Sharaa met in Riyadh on Wednesday.  

Donald Trump has said his administration is now exploring the possibility of normalizing relations with Syria - his comments coming shortly after he met Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose forces ended the decades-long dictatorship of the Assad family.

The extraordinary encounter, unthinkable just months ago, was short but significant.

"I think he has got the potential," Trump remarked after his meeting in Riyadh, 37 minutes long, with the former Syrian fighter formerly linked to al-Qaeda.

The $10m US bounty on his head was only lifted in December.

I believe it means that the present President of Syria,  a former terrorist himself, Jolani, could do it.  Trump likes Jolani.  The people of Syria have many complaints about having a former terrorist who is still  one in their minds, as a president.  They definitely don't like him unless they are also his underlings of those former days and enjoyed beating up people in prison.  

Historically, Jolani’s forces—first as the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and later as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—fought brutal sectarian battles against Hezbollah, which had intervened in Syria to support the Assad regime,  On the international stage, Al-Sharaa's government has positioned itself as opposed to the Iran-backed Hezbollah, to the point of drawing praise from U.S. and Israeli leadership for acting as a counterweight to the militia.  For Jolani, he's a success with others other than his constituents.  It paid off being a terrorist, in a way.  He hasn't been challenged in Syria as yet.  What would that do to the whole balance of the Middle East?  

   Ballistic Missiles:  Payloads: They can carry a wide variety of warheads, ranging from conventional high explosives to nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons. Versatility: Depending on the type of weapon, they can be launched from land-based silos, mobile truck and rail launchers, submarines, surface ships, or aircraft .                               

When Trump speaks about Iran’s right to maintain ballistic missiles because other countries have them too, and about Syria under Ahmed al-Sharaa being able to handle Hezbollah, it amounts to a severe blow to Israel. Not only to Benjamin Netanyahu, who seems he has failed in his role and has not managed to translate significant military achievements by the IDF, Mossad, and Military Intelligence into a single meaningful diplomatic gain vis-à-vis Iran. Trump has lowered his position in the Middle East as a strong horse!!!

Trump thinks that all countries deserve to have the same number of ballistic missiles, so Iran gets them too!  Yee Gads !! The insanity of this decision is overwhelming me !!!!  Iran is now on the moral values as the USA !!!!! And the same sanity!!!!! And this is the Ayatollah government we're talking about who machine gunned down thousands of their own young people including babies not so long ago because they were demonstrating in the streets. Of course, Trump doesn't remember that or see it with the same eyes I do, but how about Vance????? 

What Israeli commentators have analyzed about the 14 point of Trumps list is quite the opposite to Fox News, Vance and other commentators. I guess you really have to be a an excellent lawyer to figure the wording of the deal.

Resource:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dqp842nl8o

A Twelve Minute War And it's Over

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                 

A rendering DARPA previously released in relation to the HAWC program above what can be seen of the hypersonic cruise missile in the picture from the training event at Edwards Air Force Base yesterday. DA.

SAFDennis Wright wrote a book with an amazing story-line.  A 12 minute war could happen and be our 3rd world war  with the weapons of today.  Dennis A. Wright has written books and papers on a number of subjects including physics, theology and cryptozoology his work on the structure of spacetime implies the possibility of time travel. Dennis was inspired to study physics due to his own precognitive and premonitory experiences, which also led him to investigate prophecy and psychic phenomena. Dennis was born in Melbourne and grew up in rural Victoria he returned to Melbourne to complete his education and begin a career. 

On 1 October 2024, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel, in at least two waves, then the largest attack during the ongoing Iran–Israel conflict. Iran's codename for the attack was Operation True Promise II . It was the second direct attack by Iran against Israel, the first being the April 2024 strikes.  Reports on the October 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel describe a missile attack launched by Iran on October 1, 2024, . According to Wikipedia, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel in at least two waves, reportedly in response to Israel's assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan. While many of the missiles were reportedly intercepted, some did hit their targets. 

Then, on the evening of April 13, 2024, Iran launched a large-scale attack on Israel, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and unmanned drones. This attack was in retaliation for a previous Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. While Iran stated the attack targeted military sites, including an airbase used in the consulate strike, Israel reported that 99% of the incoming projectiles were intercepted. The attack resulted in some damage and injuries, with one Israeli civilian sustaining a severe injury.

Ballistic missiles are guided rockets that deliver warheads over long distances, primarily using projectile motion to reach their targets. They are propelled by rockets for an initial period, then follow a ballistic trajectory, essentially falling under gravity's influence, before re-entering the atmosphere and impacting the target.   A ballistic missile is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are powered only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) typically stay within the Earth's atmosphere, while most larger missiles travel outside the atmosphere. The type of ballistic missile with the greatest range is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The largest ICBMs are capable of full orbital flight.                                  

Their ability to maneuver allows them to change course, fly around obstacles and evade missile defences. While ballistic missiles from Iran can reach Israel in about 12 minutes, cruise missiles may take almost two hours, and drones can take up to nine hours.  Could the Vilna Gaon have forseen ballistic missiles hitting Israel in 12 minutes with an atomic warhead? Did he see Israel's reprisal that with the tools they have invented, only one person was injured in the last wave?  

Iran has so far fired nearly 400 ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones towards Israel, with about 35 missiles penetrating Israel's defensive shield, Israeli officials say. 

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A drone photo shows the damage over residential homes and at the impact site following missile attack from Iran, in Rishon LeZion, Israel, June 14.2025.   REUTERS/Ammar Awad Purchase Licensing Rights Rishon Lezion, Israel.    , opens new tab

  Hypersonic cruise missiles typically travel at speeds of Mach 5 and above, meaning at least five times the speed of sound, which is { At 20 °C, the speed of sound in air is about 343 m/s, or 1 km in 2.92 s or one mile in 4.69 s.} 

They can range in distance from a few hundred kilometers to several thousand, depending on the specific missile and its intended target. Some hypersonic missiles are designed for regional conflicts with ranges around a few thousand kilometers, while others, like those envisioned for intercontinental strikes, would have much greater ranges. 

In the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia was seen to have fielded operational weapons and used them for combat. The Kremlin presents new hypersonic weapons as supposedly capable of overcoming "any" foreign missile defense systems, with the "pre-nuclear deterrence" concept contained in its 2014 iteration of the official Russian Military Doctrine. A volley of Russian hypersonic missiles were launched at Kyiv in January 2023.

Today we understand that with hypersonic missiles and nuclear weapons; global thermo-nuclear war could be waged in minutes leaving millions dead before they even knew that a war had commenced. 

This story examines exactly how this scenario could play out and is observed through the eyes of a team of observers based in Australia, in an area away from the most likely targets of an attack.

Over three hundred years ago a mystical Rabbi was talked about and Dennis Wright heard the conversation.  The rabbi had  predicted three world wars.  It is more commonly attributed to the Vilna Gaon (Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman 1720-1797 Talmudist born in Lithuania) , a prominent 18th-century rabbi. His statement reportedly suggests that "the war of Gog and Magog will last 12 minutes. A third of the world will die, a third will suffer from plague and a third will survive". Many interpret this to refer to a nuclear conflict. The names are mentioned together in Ezekiel chapter 38, where Gog is an individual and Magog is his land. By the time of the New Testament's Revelation 20 (Revelation 20:8), Jewish tradition had come to view Ezekiel's "Gog from Magog" as "Gog and Magog".

The Gog prophecy is meant to be fulfilled at the approach of what is called the "end of days", but not necessarily the end of the world. 

Jewish eschatology viewed Gog and Magog as enemies to be defeated by the Messiah, which would usher in the age of the Messiah. 

One view within Christianity is more starkly apocalyptic, making Gog and Magog allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation. 

 We have now seen two of them, but it is the third war that caused the most controversy. The Rabbi claimed, the third world war would last only twelve minutes, at the time people said that was impossible. People could not accept the possibility claiming that you could not possibly assemble an army and defend your land or attack an enemy in only twelve minutes.

Today we understand that with hypersonic missiles and nuclear weapons; global thermo-nuclear war could be waged in minutes leaving millions dead before they even knew that a war had commenced. 

This story examines exactly how this scenario could play out and is observed through the eyes of a team of observers based in Australia, in an area away from the most likely targets of an attack.

January 2nd and 3rd in Israel Sharing Friday Night Skies of Missiles and Rockets

 Nadene Goldfoot                                           

                                 Mother in Sderot running to bomb shelter with small son

Hamas Terrorists' Missile and Rockets from Gaza

A shoulder-launched surface to air missile was fired at an IDF helicopter over Gaza today, missing it. Also today, Two rockets were launched at Sderot. One of them exploded near Kibbutz Nir Am and the other fell in an open area. Sderot residents reported shrapnel on a local streets, but no damage or injuries. Over the past day, the air force struck 40 Hamas gathering points and command centers throughout Gaza, preventing terrorists from launching attacks against soldiers and civilians. Meanwhile, Israel is sending a delegation to Doha, Qatar today to continue negotiations on a hostage deal with Hamas.

Hezbollah Terrorists' Rocket Launchers in Lebanon

   Nabatieh rocket launchers destroyed in this area in Lebanon

Israeli Air Force fighter jets destroyed Hezbollah medium-range rocket launchers in Lebanese territory last night. An IDF spokesman said in a statement: "The Israeli Air Force, with the direction of the Intelligence Directorate, struck Hezbollah medium-range rocket launchers at a military site belonging to the terrorist organization. Hezbollah rocket launchers adjacent to an additional military site in the area of Nabatieh were also struck. As part of the enforcement of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon, prior to the strike a request was sent to the Lebanese Armed Forces to neutralize the launchers that posed a threat to Israeli civilians and IDF troops. The launchers were struck only after the request was not addressed by the Lebanese Armed Forces. The IDF continues to act to remove any threat to the State of Israel in accordance with the ceasefire understandings."

Houthi Terrorists' ballistic missile and drone

       Modiin, Israel, home of Hasmoneans and where Mattathias rebelled against Antiochus Epiphanes.  A burning torch is now carried to Jerusalem from Modiin each Hanukkah by relay runners.

Last night, the IDF intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis at central Israel and shot down a Houthi attack drone. Shrapnel was reported in the Modiin area.

The Ballistic Missile War Of Israel and USA's Expenses In Life and Money

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                     

December

On 16 December, the US carried out an airstrike on a command and control facility in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, held by the Houthis,  that was used in attacks against US naval vessels and merchant ships in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

On 21 December, CENTCOM announced that it carried out precision strikes on a missile storage facility and a command-and-control site in Sanaa. AlHadath reported that fuel depots, power stations, and military targets were hit. The strikes were initially blamed on Israel.

             Type, class: Guided Missile Cruiser (CG); Ticonderoga class
                        Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA

                         USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier

On 22 December, CENTCOM said a F/A-18 Hornet that had taken off from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was shot down by friendly fire coming from the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg over the Red Sea. Its two occupants were rescued.                                                       

People gather at the scene of a missile strike that, according to Israel’s military, was launched from Yemen and landed in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, Israel, December 21, 2024. 

Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

                

Yemen hit Tel Aviv with a missile .  

A missile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday, Israeli 

authorities said, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

                                               

Its Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery will sit alongside Israel's existing systems - Iron Dome, David's Sling, Arrow 2 and Arrow 3.  The defences are designed to intercept incoming missiles at a variety of altitudes and distances.

Israel’s military said the projectile landed in Tel Aviv’s southern Jaffa 

area, adding that attempts to intercept a (ballistic) missile from 

Yemen failed shortly after sirens sounded in the area.  16 people 

sustained minor injuries, according to emergency services, but no 

fatalities were reported. This was reported on December 21.  

Israel’s second-largest city, Tel Aviv is the country’s commercial and 

diplomatic center. Direct hits from projectiles fired at the coastal city

 are rare, due to Israel’s extensive air defenses. 

Ballistic missiles are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets

 in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches 

upwards before descending to reach its intended target. 

Ballistic missiles can carry either nuclear or 

conventional warheads. 

There  are four general classifications of ballistic missiles based on 

their  range, or the maximum distance the missile can travel: 

 

Short-range: less than 1,000 kilometers (approximately 620 miles), 

also known as “tactical” ballistic missiles.

 *** Medium-range: between 1,000 and 3,000 kilometers (approximate

ly 620-1,860 miles), also known as “theater” ballistic missiles. Yemen 

is 2,303 km. or 1,431.018 miles away from Tel Aviv.  

 Intermediate-range: between 3,000 and 5,500 kilometers 

(approximately 1,860-3,410 miles) 

 Long-range: more than 5,500 kilometers 

(approximately 3,410 miles), also known as intercontinental or 

strategic ballistic missiles. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)

 can fly much further than the minimum range; for example, 

Russia could hit Chicago with an ICBM   launched 

 which is located 9,156 kilometers (5,689miles) away. 

Iran could hit Israel with a medium ranged missile  launched 

which is 1,724.48 kms (1,071.54 miles) away.

The cost of a missile can vary significantly depending on the type 

and model, but generally ranges from a few million dollars for a

 standard missile like an SM-2 to upwards of $10 million for

 more advanced interceptors like the SM-3, with some 

hypersonic missiles potentially costing as much as $40 million each. 

Key points about missile costs:

• Standard Missiles: A typical missile like the SM-2 can cost around $2 million per unit. 
• Advanced Interceptors: Missiles like the SM-3 can cost between $10 and $30 million each. 
• Hypersonic Missiles: Newer hypersonic missiles like the LRHW can cost upwards of $40 million per unit.

Resource:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_missile_strikes_in_Yemen

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/middleeast/tel-aviv-hit-by-projectile-from-

yemen-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-20385306#:~:text=How%20does%20Iron%20Dome%20work,and%20killing%20dozens%20of%20citizens.&text=Designed%20by%20Israeli%20firms%20Rafael,other%20militant%20groups%20from%20Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/21/yemens-houthis-hit-israels-tel-aviv-with-projectile

https://armscontrolcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ballistic-vs.-Cruise-Missiles

-Fact-Sheet.pdf

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/rocket-from-yemen-injures-16-in-tel-aviv-while-gazans-mourn-12-children-killed-by-israeli-strikes