Just last year, saying this would have drawn criticism or ridicule: “A one-way ticket for the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.”

“You act as God’s messenger for the Jewish people and achieve great success through your unwavering support for Israel against all its enemies,” wrote Aryeh Deri, chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, about US President Donald Trump this morning. He then quoted from Deuteronomy 28:

“Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.”

A dream team reshaping the region. In Israel, yesterday’s meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House is being praised almost across the board. Of course, there are critics who see nothing but negativity, dismissing the press conference as an expression of “exaggerated messianic hopes for Israel.” In Israel, people are talking about Assyria, Egypt, and Israel—just as the prophet Isaiah (Chapter 19) foretold—forming a great empire in the service of God:

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