This Week: Five Events You Need to Know (April 7)

Here are five of the most important news stories this week, as well as relevant links to the full articles and videos here on theTrumpet.com.

Migrants Demand Easter Asylum

On April 3, United States President Trump announced that the military would take over the job of securing the nation’s southern border until a wall can be built and tighter security established. His announcement followed reports about a large group of Honduran migrants traveling toward the southern border of the U.S. with the tacit aid of the Mexican government.

It’s only the latest of a series of illegal immigration crises that are hurting the U.S. And it is prophetic.

Hamas’s March of Return

Approximately 30,000 Palestinians marched on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel on March 30, beginning what Hamas is calling the “Great March of Return.” This so-called peaceful march, scheduled to last six weeks, has already seen 18 people killed and 1,500 injured, according to Palestinian estimates.

Western media and politicians worldwide immediately blamed the Israelis for perpetrating crimes against innocent and defenseless Palestinian victims.

What is the truth?

Germany Approves New Russian Gas Pipeline

On March 27, Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency approved the Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline project which will substantially increase Russia’s direct gas supply to Germany through the Baltic Sea.

Germany’s European neighbors and internal critics fear the new pipeline will only increase Europe’s dependence on Russia. It will also majorly increase Germany’s geopolitical power leverage in Europe.

March for Our Lives: Magical Teens or Something Much Bigger?

News reports about the March for Our Lives lobby give the impression that the movement’s agenda is driven purely by teen survivors of the Parkland school shooting of February 14, and perhaps by other teens elsewhere. The reality though is that these youths are merely the face of the movement. Someone else is working behind the scenes organizing the protests and walkouts; advising when, where and how to apply political pressure; and maximizing media coverage.

Slavery Is a Modern Problem. Here Is the Solution

The International Labor Organization estimates that 45.8 million people in 167 countries around the world are currently enslaved. This is more than three times the total number of Africans who were shipped to the Americas during the entire 360-year history of the New World slave trade.

Modern slavery is so widespread that if you personally aren’t contributing to it, then one or more of your neighbors down the street probably is. It is far more common than you think.

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