Operation Tarshish weekly report ending Aug. 29, 2025

 

OT Weekly Update for Week Ending Friday, August 29th, 2025  Index 1. Waves of hope - without setting foot in Israel, I'm more connected than ever 2. Cyprus president keeps getting called out, lately for ties to Israel 3. Come and see, go and tell - The power of a trip to Israel 4. Buried beneath Jerusalem - a massive First Temple dam 5. Too busy studying Talmud to think about God 6. $1 billion Oron spy plane provides vital strategic advantage 7. Beauty for Ashes   1. Waves of hope - Even without setting foot in Israel, I feel more connected to it than ever HaGal Sheli isn’t just about surfing. It’s a nonprofit that uses the ocean as a space for healing and growth. With Jewish teens from across San Diego, we meet weekly to surf, to talk, to process. Out there in the water, I’ve faced more than waves – I’ve faced fear, frustration, and the heavy feeling of not belonging. In a time when antisemitism is rising, those feelings are sharper than ever. Eyal Amsalem, Jerusalem Post, August 25, 2025   For more further reading click > https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-865122   He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. Job 9:8 - 10 BACK TO TOP 2. Cyprus president keeps getting called out, lately for ties to Israel President Nikos Christodoulides faces attacks from rivals who have been unable to move on from their electoral defeat in 2023. Harry Theocharous, JNS, August 25, 2025   For more further reading click > https://www.jns.org/cyprus-president-keeps-getting-called-out-lately-for-ties-to-israel/   "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first. John 15:18 BACK TO TOP 3. Come and see, go and tell - The power of a trip to Israel Today, almost 700 days later, I continue to grieve. Fifty hostages remain in Hamas’s terror tunnels. Twelve Druze children from Majdal Shams were murdered by Hezbollah. By Grace Keathly, Jerusalem Post, August 26, 2025   For more further reading click > https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-865252 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, as well as the palace he had built, the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed. She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard. 2 Chronicles 9:3 - 6 BACK TO TOP 4. Buried beneath Jerusalem - a massive First Temple dam and the ancient climate crisis that sparked it A mystery of ancient engineering revealed - was this the answer to Judah’s worst drought? “This is one of the most impressive and significant remains in Jerusalem from the First Temple period, which has been preserved at an exceptional level,” said IAA director Eli Escusido. Jerusalem Post Staff, August 26, 2025   For more further reading click > https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-865326   If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. Job 12:15 BACK TO TOP 5. Too busy studying Talmud to think about God Prompting Jewish students to think about God was the thought of one Jewish educational organization which set out to question Jewish middle and high school students as to how much time they devoted each day to thinking and talking about God. Cookie Schwaeber-Issan | All Israel News, August 22, 2025   For more further reading click > https://allisraelnews.com/blog/too-busy-studying-talmud-to-think-about-god   But if I say, "I will not mention His word or speak anymore in His name," His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot. Jeremiah 20:9 BACK TO TOP 6. $1 billion Oron spy plane provides vital strategic advantage Oron is Israel's newest surveillance aircraft, an extraordinary product of cooperation between the MAFAT, the Israel Aerospace Industries, and the IDF. By Dean Shmuel Elmas/Globes/TNS, August 25, 2025   For more further reading click > https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-865208   God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. Psalm 53:2 BACK TO TOP 7. Beauty for Ashes The untold story of faith, unity, and resilience in the aftermath of October 7th   To view click > https://youtu.be/sgjT4FqZ1sM   To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. Isaiah 61:3 BACK TO TOP In this OT Weekly Update we attempt to tell you good news about what is happening in Israel. (There is far too much bad news, lies, or biased reporting about Israel that we want to show you the good side) We want to share good news about Jews worldwide, and especially where it concerns their return to Israel - ie. the Aliyah; Archeological discoveries - especially Biblical;  Technological advances; Medical discoveries/advances; Anything prophetic or showing the Bible is true and relevant to events in our time; Good news about Holocaust Survivors; and any good news about the war – from Israel’s vantage point. If you have been blessed by this news bulletin please consider clicking on this link to donate to the Operation Tarshish ministry so we can continue these Updates. Thank you.

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