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11/26/2020
Airstrikes allegedly killed at least 19 pro-Iran militia fighters in war-torn eastern Syria, a monitor reported on Thursday, attributing the attack to the Israel Air Force.
The strikes, carried out early on Thursday, targeted the positions of Iran-backed militias outside the town of Albu Kamal in Deir Ezzor province, killing “mostly…
11/27/2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the first commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday.
Speaking during the ceremony, Netanyahu said the flight “opens the way for dozens of flights a week to Dubai, to the UAE, to Bahrain and to the east.”
In combination with a visa…
11/25/2020
Bank Hapoalim CEO Dov Kotler led a business delegation to Bahrain on Tuesday, marking the first Israeli business group to visit the country since peace was announced last month.
The trip was overseen by Aryeh Lightstone, senior adviser to US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. Other members of the delegation included Harel…
11/25/2020
Israeli Border Police forces shot at a driver who attempted to ram his vehicle into security personnel in A’Zaim crossing in the West Bank near Ma’ale Adumim, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday.
It was yet unclear what the condition of the assailant was, but several outlets reported the suspect had been “neutralized.”
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11/25/2020
Syrian media report two targets hit in suburbs of Damascus and south of Quneitra
At least eight pro-Iranian militiamen were killed in the Israeli attack carried out in Syria overnight Tuesday, a war monitor group reported Wednesday.
The nationalities of the combatants were not immediately known, according to the British-based…
11/23/2020
Many Saudis are looking forward to normalization with Israel, US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper said in Jerusalem on Monday.
Cooper accompanied Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Saudi Arabia on the weekend and said “the interest in the pursuit of normalization with the State of Israel…
11/24/2020
The report notes that Israel is ‘a prime example in terms of gender support with rapid… results’
Israel is being ranked the top country in the world for women entrepreneurs by credit giant Mastercard’s new annual Index of Women Entrepreneurs, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday.
The MIWE report notes that Israel is “a prime…
11/24/2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he had accepted an invitation from Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to visit the Gulf state. No date was set for the visit, with the Israeli premier saying only that it would be “soon.”
The two leaders held their second-ever talks on Monday,…
11/23/2020
The United States this week rapidly deployed several heavy bombers to the Middle East this week in an apparent threat to Iran.
US Central Command said the planes were sent into the region “to deter aggression and reassure US partners and allies.”
In a highly irregular move, the B-52H Stratofortress planes were seen flying…
11/23/2020
Sudan was the third Arab country this year to announce a deal with the Jewish state
Israel on Monday sent a delegation to Sudan, its first since last month’s announcement of normalization of relations between the two countries, a senior Israeli official said.
For days there have been rumors in Jerusalem that a delegation would…
11/21/2020
Over the next two months the Peach State will be the epicenter of the political world. Our mailboxes, inboxes and airwaves are going to be inundated with messages cooked up in Washington that will try to re-shape what Georgia voters believe about the candidates running for our two seats in the US Senate. For the Rev. Raphael Warnock,…
11/22/2020
The cabinet voted in favor of a visa-free agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, a deal that would allow Israelis and Emiratis to travel between the countries without the need for a visa.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out that this was the first time Israel has ever signed such an agreement with an Arab…
Saudi UN envoy calls for new deal that would include Riyadh and stretch beyond Iran’s nuclear program
Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia’s UN envoy, said Sunday that nobody can be “naïve” enough to re-enter the old Iranian nuclear deal.
In his interview with Fox News, the diplomat asserted that the world had already witnessed the deal’s…
11/22/2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in the kingdom on Sunday, according to two Saudi government advisers, in their first known meeting and amid a U.S. push to normalize ties between the longtime foes. Saudi officials have denied the meeting took place.
Mr. Netanyahu made the secret trip on…
Israeli attack helicopters on Friday night struck several military targets in southern Syria belonging to the Syrian military, in response to munitions fired at Israel earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Targets included “observation positions and intelligence-gathering tools inside Syrian posts,” the military said.
Syrian state…
The Russians have been steadily gaining control over the Syrian Golan Heights region in recent weeks, establishing their own strong militia in the area, Hebrew-language outlet N12 reported Friday.
Dubbed “The Huran Army,” the biblical name of the region, the militia is headed by a local rebel commander, Ahmed al-Ouda, who fought against Syria’s…
The Emirati probe “Al-Amal” (Hope) is the first Arab space mission to the planet Mars
The first Arab space mission to Mars, an unmanned probe dubbed Hope blasted off from Japan on Monday, in a bid to reveal more about the atmosphere of the Red Planet.
The Japanese rocket carrying the probe developed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) lifted off…
An unusual incident occurred on the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday evening, as the IDF shot down a Lebanese drone that entered Israel’s airspace, according to the IDF Spokesperson Unit.
According to the IDF Spokesperson Unit, IDF forces recognized a drone that was most likely operated from Lebanon and entered Israeli airspace. The drone was…