Why Is Israel's Attack on Iran Called 'Rising Lion' — and What Does the Bible Have to Do with It?

Why is Israel's attack on Iran called 'Rising Lion' — and what does the Bible have to do with it?

Israel’s attack on Iran has been described as a “surprise attack” — but close watchers of the Chidon HaTanach, or the annual International Bible Competition, held May 1, may have had an early hint that something dramatic was on the horizon because of a verse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted there. “What is the verse in the Tanach that most fits with an existential war? That’s our war — a war of existence,” Netanyahu said at the awar…

Tame the 'Rising Lion' Before it Eats Us! - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity

Israel’s government, which has undertaken, with prevaricative impunity the illegal occupation and theft of Palestinian water sources, farmland, homes, property, and energy resources through ethnic cleansing and the execrable crimes of mass starvation and genocide in Gaza, has further escalated a world crisis by the preemptive bombing attack on Iran, through a self-proclaimed “Operation Rising Lion.” This deadly deceit is of monumental proportion…

Israel's 'Rising Lion' and Iran's Response Spark Global Tensions - Real News Now

The persistent strife between Israel and Iran has the potential to ignite worldwide volatility, escalate oil prices, hamper global trade routes, amplify inflation, and burden diplomatic ties. Unavoidably, countries like India will be compelled to perform intricate and balanced diplomatic maneuvers to navigate the geopolitical tensions. The operation dubbed ‘Rising Lion’, initiated by Israel against Iran, came underway in the pre-dawn hours of Ju…