Iran has miscalculated, just as numerous kings in the Bible miscalculated. For years, the Ayatollah regime has supported its proxies such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Assad, and the Yemenite Houthis with enormous financial resources – hoping to eliminate the “devil Israel” from the region. But now it seems as if the Iranian “king” has lost his pawns on the chessboard and must “go it” alone – a completely new situation for the Iranian regime. Iran has miscalculated just as Goliath in the Bible, the mighty warrior of the Philistines, once did. Like Iran, Goliath underestimated the Israelite forces, only to be defeated by the young David, armed with a sling and a stone. David’s triumph led to a devastating defeat of the Philistines. The parallels with today are unmistakable.

Iran has plunged into a serious crisis in recent weeks, one of the most serious in its history, which could trigger significant unrest among the population. After the loss of the so-called Shiite axis of resistance, millions of Iranians are grumbling at the increasing power outages in the country – a...

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