Day: September 30, 2020

Merkel’s government is ‘undermining solidarity with Israel’

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‘Germany strengthens Israel’s enemies at the UN,’ says rep to combat antisemitism BENJAMIN WEINTHAL SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 23:43 The commissioner to combat antisemitism in the German state of Hesse launched a fiery attack on the reportedly anti-Israel bias of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government at the UN. Uwe Becker, who is also the president of the German-Israel friendship […]

Armenia says no to outside help as clashes with Azerbaijan reach 4th day

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Any move to all-out war could drag in Russia and Turkey, which is a close ally of Azerbaijan. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 11:02 Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. Azerbaijan and the ethnic Armenian enclave of […]

The Dangerous New Iran-Qatar-Turkey-Hamas Alliance

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Khaled Abu ToamehSeptember 28, 2020 at 5:00 am Abbas has already damaged the Palestinians’ relations with some Arab countries by condemning the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for signing peace treaties with Israel…. Now it appears that the Palestinians are also headed toward ruining their relations with Egypt because of Abbas’s decision to make peace […]

Hezbollah missile site revelations could trigger US sanctions

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Netanyahu warned in his address to the UN General Assembly of secret Hezbollah arms depots in civilian areas of Beirut that could trigger yet another massive explosion. LAHAV HARKOV SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 10:34 Hezbollah use of civilian, residential neighborhoods to store and manufacture arms could trigger US sanctions against the terrorist group for use of […]

After years of bashing Israel at UN, UAE and Bahrain dramatically soften tone

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What a difference a year makes: At 2019’s General Assembly, the 2 Gulf states condemned alleged violations against the Palestinians. This week, there were no such accusations By Raphael Ahren Today, 10:26 am Old habits die hard. But sometimes they do die, and this week’s session of the United Nations General Assembly showed that, with […]

Iran-US and Iran-Israel tensions September 2020 and onward

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Updated: 11 hours ago For our previous digest of daily incidents from July to September, compiled by Seth J. Frantzman, click this link. We have begun to include more details about Turkey tensions as well because we assess that Turkey’s relations are more entwined with the wider regional tensions. This includes Turkey-Qatar relations and Israel-UAE-Bahrain-Saudi […]

Armenian, Azeri forces accuse each other of shelling far from Karabakh

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An image grab taken from a video made available on the official web site of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry on September 28, 2020, allegedly shows Azeri artillery strike towards the positions of Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (File/AFP) Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said 10 civilians had been killed by Armenian shelling since […]