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02/28/2021
Iran on Sunday rebuffed an offer from the European Union to hold informal direct talks with the EU and US on Tehran’s nuclear program. US President Joe Biden’s administration had accepted in principle.
“Considering the recent positions and actions of the United States and the three European countries, does not consider the time…
03/01/2021
“We welcome the continued cooperation between postal authorities around the world”
Israel and Bahrain have signed an agreement that will allow the Israel Postal Service to send and receive packages and letters from Bahrain beginning from Monday.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in telecommunications…
03/01/2021
The first Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Israel, Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja, arrived in Jerusalem on Monday, where he met with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
Ashkenazi said it was “another historic day in the Middle East and a great step towards strengthening peace between our countries and nations.”
“We have a…
02/28/2021
Assault against Israeli-owned vessel ‘crossed the red line,’ senior officials say
Israel has no choice but to react in response to the recent attack against an Israeli-owned vessel, a senior security official told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Sunday, with Iran as the estimated guilty party.
The Israeli government deems the…
02/28/2021
Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja, the United Arab Emirates’ first ambassador to Israel, is expected to arrive here on Monday.
He will have to take a coronavirus test upon arrival and get a negative result before presenting his charter letter to the Foreign Ministry and his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin.
Al Khaja has been…
02/27/2021
Iran is the main suspect behind the attack overnight Thursday on an Israeli-owned cargo vessel that was damaged by a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday.
“We will need to keep investigating, but we can say for sure that Iran is attempting to damage Israeli infrastructure and to…
02/26/2021
The site of the blast saw a series of explosions in 2019 that the US Navy blamed on Iran
An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing through the Gulf of Oman on Friday, an incident renewing concerns about ship security amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran.
Investigations are ongoing. Vessel and crew are…
02/25/2021
“Between 11th and 12th grade, after a tough fencing session, I saw a television report about all these elderly people and Holocaust survivors and their difficulties and loneliness. It really shocked me and I was really, really sad and depressed for a couple of days,” recounts Yakov Pizenberg. “I told myself that being sad won’t help…
02/25/2021
Jerusalem is currently in talks with the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on establishing a four-nation defense alliance, according to an exclusive i24 News report.
While Jerusalem does not have official diplomatic relations with Riyadh, foreign media report that the two countries have long-standing…
02/25/2021
Coming shortly after attack on US forces in Erbil, President Biden approves strike, sources say
The US military launched a strike on facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed militia Thursday, in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on US troop locations in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
“At President Biden’s direction, US…
02/24/2021
Ten years have passed since the Iron Dome air-defense system, produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, made its first revolutionary interception of a Gazan rocket in Israeli skies in 2011. Since then the system has conducted more than 2,500 successful real-world interceptions, preventing large-scale carnage in Israeli cities.
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02/25/2021
Oberlin College is facing fresh criticism for continuing to give a platform to a so-called “professor of peace,” Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who as Iranian ambassador to the United Nations urged the elimination of the Jewish state.
A Fox News Digital investigation can reveal for the first time that Mahallati, a professor of Islamic…
02/24/2021
Senator Tom Cotton and more than 40 other Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution Wednesday opposing any move to lift sanctions on Iran, underscoring the resistance the Biden administration will face in trying to get back into the 2015 nuclear accord.
The resolution “rejects and opposes the reapplication of sanctions relief…
02/24/2021
The number of countries Israel is planning to send surplus COVID-19 vaccinations in exchange for diplomatic support has risen to 19, according to Hebrew media sources on Wednesday.
Nearly 100,000 doses in total are expected to be shipped outside of Israel, which were obtained earlier in the year by American biotechnology company…
02/24/2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will form a strategic working group with the US on a possible new nuclear deal between the Iran, according to an Axiosreport — the latest indication that Israel will attempt to engage the Biden Administration on the issue.
Israel will reconvene a working group that was…
02/24/2021
‘The President affirmed US support for Iraq’s sovereignty and independence,’ White House says
US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi spoke about this week’s rocket strikes on the US embassy in Baghdad, the White House said Tuesday, with both leaders saying those responsible should be “held fully to…
02/23/2021
Israel will not rely on efforts to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.
“Israel isn’t pinning its hopes on an agreement with an extremist regime like ,” he said at a memorial service for the 1920 Battle of Tel Hai. “We already saw what these agreements are worth… with North Korea.”…
02/23/2021
Shlomo Hillel, a Baghdad-born Israeli operative who in the late 1940s and early ’50s used bribes, fake visas and a network of smugglers to move more than 120,000 Jews from Iraq to Israel, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Ra’anana, Israel. He was 97.
His death was confirmed by his son, Ari, who did not specify a cause.
Mr. Hillel was…