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Israeli Security Officials Head to Washington to Discuss Iran Threat

04/26/2021

A high-profile Israeli security delegation, headed by Mossad Director Yossi Cohen, is arriving in Washington this week to discuss the dangers of restoring the original 2015 Iranian nuclear accord just days after the White House signaled that the Biden administration will not be swayed to change its policy on the deal.

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IDF: At least 40 rockets fired from Gaza Strip into Israel over the weekend

04/25/2021

At least 40 rockets have been fired into Israel by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, marking the most dramatic escalation in tensions between the two sides in months.   

Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, one of which was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system….

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Iran again unveils masses of kamikaze drones

04/26/2021

It appears that it’s not a regular week in Iran unless the country is showing off more drones and warning about how it can strike at Israel or everywhere else in the Middle East. People are taking notice as well because US Central Command head Kenneth McKenzie has warned that US air superiority has suffered due to Iran’s drone…

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Paris and Tel Aviv hold twin rallies demanding justice for Sarah Halimi

04/25/2021
Protesters in Tel Aviv and Paris gathered on Sunday to demonstrate against the decision of France’s highest court that found the Muslim murderer of elderly Jewish Frenchwoman Sarah Halimi not criminally responsible as he had smoked cannabis before throwing the victim off the balcony to her death.
The court on Tuesday rejected a…

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Israel won’t abide by any deal that doesn’t halt Iranian threats, ambassador says

04/25/2021

Israel won’t abide by any agreement that does not protect the country for Iran existential threat against it, Ambassador Gilad Erdan told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday.

“Israel, as you know, is in a unique position. We are the only country in the world that the Iranian regime threatens to annihilate. For Israel,…

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White House: Israeli delegation will not sway Biden into abandoning Iran nuclear deal

04/25/2021
An Israeli security delegation due to visit Washington on Monday will not change the Biden administration’s position on rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a press briefing on Friday.
The team of senior officials led by Mossad Director Yossi Cohen and National Security Advisor Meir…

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Israel: UN envoy calls to immediate halt to rocket attacks from Gaza

04/24/2021
Two minor Gaza factions claim responsibility for attacks, say more launches coming

Tor Wennesland, the UN special envoy for the Middle East peace process, called on Saturday for an immediate halt to rocket attacks from Gaza on Israeli targets.
“The indiscriminate launching of rockets toward Israeli population centers violates…

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Iran’s top general threatens Israel following deadly ship attack off Syrian coast

04/25/2021
Iran’s top military general on Sunday threatened to retaliate against Israel after an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Syria was attacked on Saturday, killing three people on the vessel.
“Israelis think they can keep hitting Syria and make mischievous moves elsewhere and in the seas and not receive any response,” Chief of Staff of…

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Israel records no new daily COVID deaths for first time in 10 months

04/23/2021

For the first time in ten months, no new COVID-19 daily deaths were reported Thursday in Israel, according to the latest Health Ministry figures.

In data released Friday, the death toll remained unchanged from the day before at 6,346. The last date there were no new fatalities was June 29, when morbidity levels remained subdued…

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Israel’s Navy ready to attack Hezbollah from the sea like never before

04/22/2021

Operations carried out by the Israel Navy in what is dubbed the “war between wars” have been kept in the shadows, until recently.

But a series of leaks to the media, and reports on Iranian attacks against Israeli-owned civilian cargo ships, revealed the intensity of the ongoing shadow war between Jerusalem and Tehran in the areas…

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Israel: IDF chief Kochavi to head to US for talks on Iran nuclear program

04/23/2021
Kochavi to discuss Iran’s regional threat and Hezbollah during his first official US trip as IDF chief

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi will travel to the United States on Sunday, the Israeli military said on Friday.
The official US trip will be Kochavi’s first, with the IDF chief accompanied by other senior military…

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Three rockets land at Baghdad airport base hosting US troops: report

04/23/2021
One Iraqi soldier said wounded in second attack on US assets in less than a week

Three rockets crashed into a base at the Iraqi capital’s airport housing US troops Friday, security sources said, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad’s allies Tehran and Washington.
One of the sources told AFP the…

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Israeli, UAE fighter jets fly together in large international exercise in Greece

04/22/2021

Israeli fighter jets are flying alongside Emirati aircraft this week as part of a major international aerial exercise hosted by Greece, simulating in-air dogfights, large airstrikes and rescue operations, the Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday.

This is not the first time that Israeli and Emirati pilots have flown with one…

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Iran rattled as Israel repeatedly strikes key targets

04/22/2021
In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an Al Qaeda commander given refuge in Tehran, Iran’s chief nuclear scientist was machine-gunned on a country road, and two separate, mysterious explosions rocked a key Iranian nuclear facility in the desert, striking the heart of the country’s efforts to enrich uranium….

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Israel: The safest place for Christians in the Middle East

04/22/2021

It is commonly understood that Christians living in Lebanon consider themselves second-class citizens and live in fear of persecution. With Hezbollah—which called for the establishment of sharia law in Lebanon in its original 1985 manifesto—expanding its influence in Lebanon, having infiltrated Lebanon’s parliament, military, and…

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Iranian president insists on nothing less than original nuclear deal

04/22/2021

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the resolution of the nuclear issue lies in a return to the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed in 2015.

“It is obvious to everyone, to the 5+1, Europe and the region, that the deal should be implemented accurately … no more and no less,” he stated…

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Israeli-built air-force training center in Greece is taking off

04/22/2021

In the biggest defense agreement yet between Israel and Greece, officials from both countries signed a government-to-government contract last week in Athens, which will see Israel’s Elbit Systems company construct a state-of-the-art international flight training center in Greece.

The agreement, worth approximately $1.6 billion,…

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IDF attacks Syria in response to rocket reaching deep in Israeli territory

04/22/2021
Rocket sirens heard in Bedouin area of Negev, near Israel’s alleged nuclear facility in Dimona

The Israel Defense Forces struck targets in Syria in response to an anti-aircraft rocket that had missed its target and flown deep into Israeli territory early Thursday.
Syrian state media SANA said the country’s air defenses responded…