Day: February 2, 2021
Israel’s Defense Ministry requests special funding for attack on Iran
February 2, 2021 The Defense Ministry made its demand in the background of Iran’s growing nuclear threat. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday evening with the finance and defense ministers, their top staff, and the chief of staff to discuss the allocation of “at least” 3 billion shekels to […]
Israel sees 6-month Iran nuclear breakout, longer than Blinken projection
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said the Trump administration “seriously damaged Iran’s nuclear project and entire force build-up.” REUTERS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 13:15 Israel’s energy minister said on Tuesday it would take Iran around six months to produce enough fissile material for a single nuclear weapon, a timeline almost twice as long as that anticipated […]
Wide alarm: Iran presumed just weeks away from a nuclear weapon
Jan 31, 2021 @ 11:03 Attention was drawn to Iran’s sponsorship of terrorism by the explosion outside the Israel embassy in Delhi on Friday, Jan. 29 – without, however, detracting from the Biden administration’s first priority – dealing with Tehran’s rapid advance to a nuke. Alarm over Iran’s possible breakout to a bomb within weeks […]
Israeli security cabinet to discuss Iran nuclear issue
Feb 2, 2021 @ 11:19 The foreign affairs and security cabinet meets on Wednesday for its first discussion of the Iranian nuclear issue since the Biden administration took office in Washington. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday on Monday added his voice to the warnings of national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Israel’s top military […]
Iran blinks again and again on ‘redlines’ – analysis
In a Monday night interview with CNN, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made his latest shift. By YONAH JEREMY BOB FEBRUARY 2, 2021 10:30 Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif may be getting dizzy from continually blinking and dropping “redline” positions to keep up with the Biden administration’s at least partially tougher line with Tehran as […]
Germany rejects French plea to scrap Russia gas pipeline over Navalny crackdown
US and European countries have criticized project, saying it will increase EU dependence on Russia for critical gas supplies 1 February 2021, 6:52 pm PARIS, France — France on Monday urged Germany to scrap a major gas pipeline project with Russia in protest over the detention in Moscow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but the plea fell on […]
Kosovo normalizes ties with Israel, recognizes Jerusalem as capital
By AFP1 February 2021, 4:03 pm Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic ties on Monday, with the Muslim-majority territory recognizing Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital, putting it at odds with the rest of the Islamic world. In a ceremony held over Zoom in Jerusalem and Pristina, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his counterpart from Kosovo […]
US calls on Turkey and Russia to ‘immediately’ withdraw forces from Libya
The deadline for withdrawal of foreign troops and mercenaries passed on Saturday with no movement observed on ground Published date: 28 January 2021 22:16 UTC | Last update: 1 hour ago The United States has called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian and Turkish forces from Libya after a United Nations-mandated deadline for them to […]