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Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah join to incite terror against Israel – analysis

05/07/2021

Iran is using tensions over Jerusalem as an excuse to lead other extremist groups in the region to push for terror attacks against Israel.

It is important to understand the timeline here. The tensions in Jerusalem go back to late April, when Ramadan began, Israeli police restricted access to Damascus Gate and a series of TikTok…

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‘Major attack’ in central Israel foiled as 3 gunmen shot near military base

05/07/2021

Three Palestinians who opened fire at Border Police soldiers near a military base in the northern West Bank on Friday initially planned to commit a “major attack” against civilians in central Israel, army and police officials said on Friday.

The three attackers, all in their early 20s, were traveling on a bus with illegal…

Incendiary balloons launched from Gaza set off 6 fires in southern Israel

05/06/2021
At least six fires were lit in southern Israel on Thursday after balloons carryingincendiary were launched from the Gaza Strip, according to an Israeli Fire and Rescue Services statement.
Two of the fires started in Be’eri Forest and four others in Kissufim Forest, two nature reserves located on the border of Israel and Gaza.
Slight…

US says ready to act on denying Iran nuclear weapons if Vienna talks fail

05/07/2021
State Dept describes Vienna talks as ‘serious and constructive,’ says nuclear accord is ‘a deal that worked’

If the Vienna talks on the US rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran yield no results, Washington is read “to do whatever needed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,” a senior State Department official told…

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Iran: Khamenei brands Israel a ‘terrorist camp’ in Quds Day speech

05/07/2021
Iran’s supreme leader declares that fighting Israel is a ‘collective responsibility’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei branded Israel a “terrorist camp” in his speech on the Quds Day.
In his speech, as cited by Iran’s state media, Khamenei proclaimed that the Jewish state “usurped Palestine” to convert the area into a…

Jerusalem Day

05/05/2021

Jerusalem, the city of peace, has been the most treasured city of the Jewish people for centuries. However, until 1967, Jews had been barred from entering the city and visiting their holiest sites. When Israel miraculously won the Six Day War, Jerusalem was captured and reunited under Israel’s sovereignty. Since then, people of all…

Biden administration ‘dead set’ on re-entering Iran deal, despite high price

05/05/2021

In recent days, conflicting reports have emerged over the ongoing negotiations in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, leading to questions over to what extent the United States will undo Trump-era sanctions against Tehran.

Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, as well as an expert on…

Israel: Critically injured student dies from wounds in wake of terror attack

05/05/2021
19-year-old Yehuda Guetta died after succumbing to his injuries sustained in a drive-by terror attack Sunday

A student critically injured in a drive-by terror attack carried out earlier this week in the West Bank has died of his wounds.
A spokesperson at Rabin Medical Center said Wednesday evening that 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta…

Israeli strike hits key Hezbollah posts: Syrian reports

05/05/2021

Reported strike follows attack on previous night that allegedly left 1 dead, 6 wounded

Israel carried out an airstrike on Hezbollah posts early Thursday in Syria’s Quneitra, near the Israeli Golan Heights, according to Syrian media agencies.

The Israeli air force allegedly struck targets with helicopters. Syrian state TV SANA…

Iran IRGC head: Israel can be destroyed in one operation

05/06/2021

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami said that Israel “security” has been eroded, and its safety “bubble” burst in the last few months in a wide-ranging television interview.

He bragged at length about how the “Zionist regime” is supposedly in the midst of security, political and social…

Israeli airstrikes hit targets in northern Syria

05/04/2021

Israeli aircraft reportedly carried out airstrikes in northern Syria early Wednesday, Syrian state media said, killing one person and wounding six, in the first alleged attacks since raids last month that saw an errant Syrian anti-aircraft missile explode in the Negev desert.

Syrian state media SANA reported that Syrian air…

Iran president: Israel is an ‘enemy’ to the Middle East

05/05/2021
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced Israel as “the enemy” of the Middle East in comments leading up to World Al Quds Day, which Iran inaugurated after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to protest the existence of the Jewish state.
“The Zionists are the enemies of the region and of the security of the Palestinian people. They are the…

Intel proves Iran sought weapons of mass destruction tech in 2020

05/05/2021

A damning new report authored by the Netherlands’ General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) asserts that the Islamic Republic of Iran attempted to obtain technology in 2020 for weapons of mass destruction.

The Dutch intelligence document, which was published in April, says the security service “investigated networks that…

Allied nations are sounding alarms over Iran

05/05/2021

According to Swedish, German, and Dutch reports, Iran is still pursuing nuclear weapons. This comes as the Biden administration and many NATO allies are intent on restarting the Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as it is formally called.

Former President Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in…

Biden stresses importance of UAE normalization with Israel in call with Abu Dhabi crown prince

05/05/2021
President, crown prince also discussed Afghanistan, Iran, Tigray conflict according to readout

US President Joe Biden discussed the strategic importance of the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israelin a phone call Tuesday with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the…

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Iranian-backed rocket attacks on US increase in Iraq

05/04/2021

On Tuesday two rockets landed at Ain Al-Asad air base in western Iraq. On Monday three to six rockets fell near Balad Air Base in Iraq according to various reports. The base houses US contractors and has been targeted numerous times in the past by pro-Iranian militias targeting Americans.

This appears to be the third attack in…

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Biden informs that US is far from returning to Iran deal: report

05/04/2021
Cohen told Biden that it would be a mistake for the US to return to the deal without making improvements first

US President Joe Biden reportedly told the Mossad chief Yossi Cohen that the US far from returning to the nuclear deal with Iran, according to a report on Sunday from Walla News, which cited a senior Israeli official….

Hamas director: ‘To hell with the worthless scum who normalized relations with Israel’

05/04/2021

Hamas diaspora director Khaled Mashaal said in a recent interview that those who normalize relations with Israel are “worthless scum” and are no longer considered part of the Islamic nation.

In the interview, which aired on Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV on April 26, Mashal said Hamas no longer looks to those nations that normalize relations…