We’ll Deal With The Houthis

According to a report from The Jerusalem Post, the US is telling Israel they will take care of the Houthi rebels in Yemen:

The US has asked Israel not to strike Houthi targets in Yemen, a source told the Jerusalem Post.

"Leave it to us" was the US request.

Israel is deciding on how to handle the terrorists from Yemen but might just accept the US offer:

Israeli officials are holding discussions on whether to respond to the recent missiles launched from Yemen, but the assumption is that, at this point, Israel will accept the US request.

That makes total sense since it frees them up to concentrate on other war fronts. But the Houthis aren’t staying on script and attacking US assets, but shooting at Israel:

Two missiles were sent from Yemen to Israel on Thursday, marking the first time in two months the Houthis had targeted the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas. Both, however, were intercepted by Israel's air defense systems, and did not land in Israeli territory. 

The US is still attacking the Houthis regardless:

Earlier in the day, the US struck Houthi targets in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah. 

And the US has requested that Israel not target the Houthis right now and had reasons to make that request:

Sources told Ynet that the US requested that Israel refrain from airstrikes like those carried out in the past by the IAF on Houthi targets in Yemen. The sources added that while the IAF strikes were carried out successfully in the past, the US believes it has greater capacity to conduct sustained attacks using aircraft stationed on its aircraft carriers.

The US. As we know, is going to hit the Houthis and consider any responses from the terrorists to be also coming from Iran. The offensive could last a little while:

The United States began striking Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday evening in a message to Iran, a US official told The Jerusalem Post at the time. An official told Reuters that the air and naval strikes will last "days, possible weeks" and are focusing on the Houthis’ radars, air defenses, and missile and drone systems. The US informed Israel in advance of the attacks on Yemen. 

The Houthis refuse to back down even though it appears that Iran wants them to slow their roll:

Despite the US's actions, the Houthis said they will not "dial down" their action against Israeli shipping in the Red Sea in response to US military pressure or appeals from the group's allies such as Iran.

Jamal Amer spoke to Reuters late on Monday after the US launched a wave of strikes in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthis, who said last week they were resuming attacks on Red Sea shipping to support Palestinians in Gaza.

Two senior Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran had delivered a verbal message to the Houthi envoy in Tehran on Friday to cool tensions and that Iran's foreign minister asked Oman, which has mediated with the Houthis, to convey a similar message to the group when he visited Muscat on Sunday. Both officials asked not to be named.

A Prophetic Overview

In an interview found on CBN.com we get a decidedly Bible prophecy view of the Middle East from Cindy Jacobs of Generals International:

CHRIS MITCHELL; Tell me what the Lord is sharing with you.

CINDY JACOBS: We know that Israel is God's timetable. You know, it really is the clock of the world. And so I think that what the Holy Spirit wants to do is give a reset to Israel and Gaza, and everybody thinks that can't happen. I mean, in the natural It just looks impossible. But God's got a plan. God's got a plan for the Middle East and to bring a move of God like we can't imagine.

Jacobs also noted that Satan also has plans of his own:

But of course, Satan always wants to, you know, throw a monkey wrench in there. But I think even what's happened in Syria is remarkable, although we're concerned about some aspects of it. But the whole biblical world, God is going to do a great work in it.

She then mentioned that the West Bank would change:

And, and he's also readjusting. I mean, I prophesied while you were there at the Jerusalem prayer breakfast at Mar-a-Lago that they would actually call – what some people say the "West Bank" – they will say "Judea and Samaria" again. It's going to be on the maps as Judea and Samaria. And in the natural, we don't know. but it will be. And again it's God adjusting the world. We don't understand this, but it's very important for us to have a reformation back to biblical language, that's biblical language is Judea and Samaria. And so I really feel when that happens that's also going to be a sign (of) what He's going to do in the whole Middle East.

The interview then mentions the nations in the Middle East changing:

CM: So do we see the rise and fall of kingdoms in the Middle East? We see Syria has fallen. We expect – many people do – that Iran might fall. But we see a rise of Turkey as well.

CJ: Yes. Well, Turkey is our big concern right now, even in Syria. That's true. But Turkey also has biblical significance. So the Holy Spirit and I'll just prophesy, that God's going to do a work in Turkey that's going to surprise some people. You know, even around the Ephesus area, what is it, I can't remember, Izmir (Smyrna) or whatever, like that, and the seven cities.

CM: Of (the Book of) Revelation

Jacobs singles out Turkey specifically:

CJ: Of Revelation. Yeah. God is readjusting to biblical language. God is readjusting to biblical sights. And a lot of people are just going to be shocked. You know, I know Turkey looks gone in a way. You know, we love Turkey, you know, and the Turkish people. But God's got a plan, you know, He's so smart, you know.

CM: Who knew?

She says that Turkey has a special place in God’s plans for the future:

CJ: He's in for the long game. Yeah, who knew! He's in for the long game. And so I think even from your perch there in Jerusalem, that is even so prophetic and so significant, but just watch and see, you're going to be able – this is the first time I prophesied this – you're going to see that God's doing adjustments, that He's saying, okay, this was My plan for Turkey. I had those seven churches. I had, you know, this for near Ephesus, I had this for Damascus, you know, and you're going to start seeing. I know in Syria there's persecution of Christians right now, I pray for them. You know, I also pray for Gaza, you know, the people… CJ: even though there's a lot of challenge there. But Egypt, Jordan, I've been concerned about Jordan. But this is what the Holy Spirit is saying. Look, there are (spiritual) wells that are there, and I'm going to activate those wells, and I'm going to activate biblical wells, and people will say "It's impossible, it can never happen", but it's going to happen.

The interview ends with a call to pray for the Middle East and not just for the nation you live in, which for many of is America:

CM: And, in light of all this, how should people be praying? How should they be preparing?

CJ: Well, I think I want to challenge people to pray beyond your needs, your nation's needs. Look at the Bible and see what the cities they talk about in the bible. you know, the places they talk about. God wants to do a great work there. So use that, like, as your prayer book, and start praying over these ancient wells.

And this is a good place to pray for the peace of Jerusalem as we’re told to do in Psalm 122:6.