Get all the important news from May 21–27 by downloading the Trumpet Weekly.Click here to receive it by e-mail every week.
Highlights:
Space war: America’s next Pearl Harbor
Reliance on satellite-based technology is greatest in the United States, and rivals—particularly the Sino-Russian axis—increasingly see that as an incentive to attack U.S. space infrastructure.“Not only is the space race becoming more competitive,” wrote Debra Killalea on May 24, “but global powers are continuing to militarize what has long been considered to be the final frontier.”
Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has pointed to America’s reliance on technology as the nation’s Achilles’ heel. Its heavy reliance on technology makes it vulnerable not only to a cyberattack but also to a physical or electronic attack on its satellite systems.Austria’s shift to the right
The fringe-right candidate of Austria’s Freedom Party, Norbert Hofer, lost the nation’s presidential elections—but only by 0.3 percent.At 50.0 percent, “Hofer can claim victory even in defeat,” wrote Soeren Kern for the Gatestone Institute. “By winning half the ballots cast, Hofer has exposed Austria’s gaping political divide on immigration and relations with the European Union.”“Hofer’s rise, which has effectively upended Austria’s political system, has also inspired antiestablishment parties in other parts of Europe.”Israel’s new right-wing defense minister
In an effort to stabilize and expand its coalition government, the Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully signed a deal with the Yisrael Beiteinu Party of former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.The deal awarded Lieberman with the powerful position of defense minister, making many unhappy because they consider him an ultra-right-wing nationalist.Israel will be marginalized even more, but it still will not give up East Jerusalem without a fight—as the Bible indicates.Dreaded superbug found in the United States
An antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria was found in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman last month, and some officials fear that its spread could send us back to a pre-penicillin nightmare age.The superbug has been traced to pork and the industrialized livestock-raising methods of modern agriculture.A new German economic crisis?
Germany could be heading for an economic crisis that could revolutionize Europe, wrote George Friedman of Geopolitical Futures.In an undated pamphlet titled “Germany’s Invisible Crisis,” Friedman warned that Germany’s export-based economy could take a major hit from the global economic slowdown.What could this mean for German manufacturing and for German unemployment rates? Could Germany deal with that problem in the same way it did in the 1930s?Other news:
After two years of strained relations (and pinching economic sanctions), Iran has resumed its financial support of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group. “Iran is the only state that supports the [Palestinian] intifada,” its leader reportedly said.Hezbollah’s leader said on Wednesday he expected the region to witness a “hot” political and military summer and fall, and that none of the Middle East conflicts would find a resolution before the American presidential elections in November.
Pew Research Center says that for the first time in modern history, young adults are more likely to live in their parents’ home than with a spouse or partner.Get more details on these stories and more by subscribing to the Trumpet Weekly!
