No Emotion. No Applause. Just Resolve: What Israel Proved in One Night
Tania Curado-Koenig
May 5, 2025
The photo says it all.
No emotion. No applause. Just resolve. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits flanked by his Defense Minister and Chief of Staff — eyes forward, stone-faced, unshaken. No one is smiling. They are not speaking. They are listening. Calculating. Preparing.
In one night, Israel did what the United States could not in weeks. A coordinated aerial assault destroyed the port of Hodeidah and multiple Houthi-linked concrete facilities used for missile production. Simultaneously, strikes were carried out on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Israel didn’t posture. It didn’t leak. It acted.
While the U.S. dropped bombs in Yemen and then tried to negotiate with the very regime arming its enemies, Israel took out the infrastructure. While Steve Witkoff exchanged signals with Iran, Israel sent a signal to the entire region: we are not afraid. And we do not wait.
This is not to shame America — but to warn it. We have a president in Donald J. Trump who still believes in strength, in clarity, in covenant. But he is being surrounded by advisors who don’t understand the hour. The Secretary of Defense is more interested in camera angles than battlefield angles. The administration’s mixed signals have empowered Iran, emboldened the Houthis, and jeopardized Israel’s skies.
What we need now is not emotion. It’s intercession.
Not schoolboys with memos — but men with mantles.
Not power for optics — but power for purpose.
Let us learn from Israel. Precision. Silence. Fire.
Let us pray for America. Discernment. Courage. Conviction.
Let us surround President Trump — with truth, with counsel, and with boldness from heaven.
Because this war is not only regional. It’s generational.
And the God of Israel — the Lord of Hosts — still leads the battle.