Month: August 2020
European Union is worried about ‘military movements’ in eastern Mediterranean
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It’s time to listen to the Lebanese people about Hezbollah – comment
If Europe doesn’t act now to save Lebanon from Hezbollah and Iran, there may never be another chance. RON PROSOR AUGUST 9, 2020 17:08 The tragic explosion at the Beirut Port sent shock waves not just through Lebanon, but through the entire Middle East and everyone who cares about the loss of innocent lives. It […]
Gazan Terrorists Fire on Israelis at Border
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency19 Av 5780 – August 9, 2020 Gaza-based terrorists on Sunday fired at Israeli construction workers building a security barrier along the southern border with the Strip. No one was injured in the attack. Work on the fence was stopped and the IDF launched mortars to raise a smokescreen in […]
Hezbollah Is Responsible for the Beirut Disaster
by Yoni Ben Menachem / JNS.org Smoke rises after an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020, in this picture obtained from a social media video. Photo: Karim Sokhn / Instagram / Ksokhn + Thebikekitchenbeirut / via Reuters. JNS.org – Hezbollah controls security at the Beirut port, which it uses for its smuggling operations and […]
IDF fires shells into Gaza following gunfire
The shots came after days of explosive balloons being launched into southern Israel from the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave. ANNA AHRONHEIM AUGUST 9, 2020 12:24 IDF troops fired mortar shells into the Gaza Strip after shots were fired towards Israeli workers along the border fence. “Earlier today, there were reports of gunfire at works on the […]
Turkey and Iran concerned about Lebanese protests
Iran supports Hezbollah and any protests in Lebanon are sure to challenge the religious terrorist group’s stranglehold on the country. For Turkey the game plan is more complex. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 9, 2020 11:08 Two of the most powerful countries in the Middle East that will seek to influence Lebanon in the wake of […]
Iran: China’s Newest Colony?
by Majid Rafizadeh August 8, 2020 at 5:00 am The deal is a clear win for China; the $400 billion will be invested over 25 years, which is a small amount of money for the second-largest economy in the world. China will also have full authority over Iran’s islands, gain access to Iran’s oil at […]
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah hanged in effigy by Lebanese protesters
Thousands protest in Beirut, target parliament and foreign ministry as police wound more than 100 with tear gas amid clashes after massive explosion. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 8, 2020 19:45 Large protests broke out in Lebanon on Saturday demanding accountability after the massive explosion on August 4 that killed more than 130 and has left […]
Protesters storm Lebanese foreign ministry after deadly blast
‘We are taking over the foreign ministry as a seat of the revolution,’ retired army officer declares; demonstrators also take over economy ministry, HQ of banking association By Layal Abou Rahal Today, 10:14 pm 0 Edit BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanese protesters stormed the foreign ministry in Beirut on Saturday as anger exploded over a deadly […]
Scholars trace Earth’s magnetic field in 586 BCE through Jerusalem’s ruins
In August 586 BCE, after months of siege, the Babylonian troops breached the walls of Jerusalem and proceeded to destroy and burn the city, including the Holy Temple. ROSSELLA TERCATIN AUGUST 8, 2020 22:19 A team of Israeli researchers from the Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Antiquities Authority have […]
Israeli army chief claims Iranians killed in IDF attack in southern Syria
News Desk2020-08-08 BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – On Friday evening, the Israeli Chief of Staff, Aviv Kochavi, revealed the nationality of the cell that the Israeli army targeted last week in the occupied Syrian Golan. Israeli media quoted Kochavi, during his meeting with the Magellan unit, as saying that “the cell that the army targeted […]
Gaza Strip factions warn ceasefire with Israel will end soon: report
i24NEWS August 08, 2020 Balloon with suspicious device spotted in Gaza periphery community Hamas, among other terrorist factions in the Gaza Strip, has told the Egyptian mediator that the ceasefire with Israel is about to end soon, Lebanese daily Al Akhbar reported Saturday. The “continued economic blockade of the Strip by Israel,” was cited as the main […]
Hamas threatens to end ceasefire with Israel amid rising tensions – report
Incendiary balloons found near Gaza border communities early Saturday. MAARIV ONLINE CODY LEVINE AUGUST 8, 2020 11:14 A suspicious object attached to a set of balloons was found in an agricultural area within the Eshkol region, which was suspected to have come from the Gaza Strip. “A police sapper and security personnel are at the […]