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05/31/2021
Iran has failed to explain traces of uranium found at several undeclared sites, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog showed on Monday, possibly setting up a fresh diplomatic clash between Tehran and the West that could derail wider nuclear talks.
Three months ago Britain, France and Germany scrapped a U.S.-backed planfor the...
05/30/2021
The terrorist who injured a security patrol member near the Gaza border on Sunday evening was a Palestinian resident of Gaza who crossed into Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, a preliminary report has shown.
The terrorist managed to pass through the Kerem Shalom crossing, bypassing all IDF lines of defense and reached the towns...
05/31/2021
Hamas in the Gaza Strip is already rebuilding its massive rocket arsenal to target Israel in the next war, according to Iranian news reports.
The assessment by the media is based on information received from Hamas’s political bureau to Fars News. It “announced that the Palestinian resistance has resumed production of missiles with...
05/29/2021
Claims come from Hezbollah-affiliated journalist
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah coordinated with and supported Hamas’ war efforts during the Gazan group’s recent round of fighting with Israel, the editor-in-chief of a Lebanese daily paper has said.
Ibrahim Al-Amine, editor of the Hezbollah-affiliated...
05/29/2021
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members, led by Quds Force leader Esmail Ghaani, commemorated the Iranian precision-guided missile expert Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi over the weekend while threatening Israel.
Hejazi was born in 1956 and reportedly died of a heart condition in April. According to the Tasnim News...
05/28/2021
Two refugees who entered Sweden in 2015 with claimed Afghani identities are believed to be agents for the Islamic Republic of Iran who sought to execute a terrorist plot against Iranian dissidents opposed to the theocracy in Tehran.
Bulletin, a Swedish online newspaper, reported last week Sweden’s security police arrested Salma K....
05/27/2021
Police in Los Angeles have arrested a second suspect in connection with last week’s violent assault on a group of Jewish diners who were sitting at table outside a Japanese restaurant in the Beverly Grove neighborhood.
35-year-old Samer Jayylusi of Whittier, California was taken into custody early on Tuesday morning as a second...
05/27/2021
Israel assesses that Hezbollah leader may have contracted COVID after cough-laden warning address
Israel's Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz used a speech Wednesday evening to mark the 39th anniversary of the outbreak of the First Lebanon War in 1982, to respond forcefully to the Hezbollah leader's warning...
05/27/2021
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted 24-9 Thursday to launch an investigation against Israel for alleged war crimes, including during the recent war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and called for an arms embargo against the Jewish state.
An additional 14 countries out of the 47-member body abstained. None of the European...
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has helped to fund and commit acts of terrorism across the globe. Galvanized by the revolution, the Iranian regime embraced terrorism as a means to export its ideals. Shortly after taking power, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini embodied this fervent desire by declaring, “We should work hard to...
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been internationally recognized for its anti-American and anti-Israel hatred. Leaders within the Islamic Republic have never hesitated to espouse their deep-seated disgust with the U.S. and Israel, and their harmful rhetoric has encouraged violence against both American and Israeli citizens. In order to understand...
Overview
Designated a State Sponsor of Terror in 1984, the Islamic Republic of Iran is dedicated to its goal of “export its radical Shia brand of Islamic Revolution” abroad through its intricate and formidable network of terrorist proxies and groups across the region.
Designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2019, Iran’s Islamic...
Since 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s radical mission for regional hegemony has shifted the dynamics of the Middle East and poses a threat to both the United States and Israel. Driven by religious fervor and a desire to rebuild the Persian Empire, Iran aims to export its revolution via its terrorist proxies and support for Shia militants...
For many years the regime in Tehran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes – this is plainly untrue. Evidence reveals the true insidious motivations and intentions behind the Iranian nuclear program: to develop a nuclear weapon.
Energy needs
Iran has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful and is needed for energy....
Authorities within the Islamic Republic of Iran have severely suppressed a multitude of human rights. These have included censoring freedom of expression, association and assembly and the use of security forces to extinguish protests by unlawfully using lethal force to murder hundreds of critics and detain thousands of protesters (1). Ethnic and...
As a result of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, October 2020 saw the expiration of a decade long United Nations arms embargo instituted by Security Council Resolution 1929.1 The United States, which had withdrawn from the ineffective JCPOA, flatly rejected the expiration of the embargo. Secretary...
05/27/2021
On Thursday, George Deek, the Israeli ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, who is an Arab, released a video in which he blistered Hamas, noting that his family had spent more than 10 days in a bomb shelter while Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel, and concluding, “You will not win.”
Deek, a Christian,...
05/27/2021
The United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to establish a commission of inquiry into Israeli actions against Palestinians during the period leading up to and including the 11-day Gaza War that ended on May 21.
The fact-finding committee of judicial experts would investigate Israeli activity in Gaza and Jerusalem as well...
05/27/2021
Israeli Military Intelligence can not yet assess how long the ceasefire between Jerusalem and the Hamas terror group will last following this month’s 11-day battle between the two sides in the Gaza Strip.
Though the Israel Defense Forces firmly believes that it dealt a serious blow to Hamas’s military capabilities and undermined...
05/27/2021
Having relied heavily on machine learning, the Israeli military is calling Operation Guardian of the Walls the first Artificial Intelligence War.
"For the first time, artificial intelligence was a key component and power multiplier in fighting the enemy,” a senior officer in the IDF intelligence corps said. “This is a...
