Day: March 18, 2021

ICC gives Israel a month to seek deferral of war crimes probe

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International Criminal Court confirms formal notice sent to Israel, Palestinian Authority, giving them 30 days to seek delay by proving their own investigations By Agencies and TOI staff 19 March 2021, 1:33 am 0 Edit The International Criminal Court confirmed on Thursday it has sent formal notices to Israel and the Palestinian Authority about its […]

Macron must take uncompromising stand against Iran, Israel’s president says

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IDF chief Kohavi: Lebanon has become hostage to Hezbollah. By GREER FAY CASHMAN MARCH 18, 2021 22:48 President Reuven Rivlin received a warm welcome from French President Emmanuel Macron on arriving at the Elysee Palace Thursday on the final leg of his tri-state mission to persuade key countries in Europe to take an uncompromising stand […]

Guterres calls for Hezbollah disarmament, UNIFIL tunnel access

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“No progress was achieved with respect to the disarmament of armed groups. Hezbollah continued to acknowledge publicly that it maintains military capabilities,” Guterres said. TOVAH LAZAROFF SARAH BEN-NUN Hezbollah must be disarmed and the United Nations peace keepers must have access to Hezbollah tunnels along Lebanon’s border with Israel, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a […]

Iran has not yet recovered from Natanz explosion hit – exclusive

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Sources reveal to Post that Iran is still far from a full recovery following the July 2 explosion at an above-ground structure at the Natanz facility. YONAH JEREMY BOB MARCH 18, 2021 23:35 Iran has yet to recover from a devastating explosion at its Natanz nuclear facility last July, sources have told The Jerusalem Post, […]

Alongside Rivlin, France’s Macron says Iran must stop violating nuclear deal

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IDF chief tells French president that Lebanon has been taken ‘captive’ by Hezbollah and that Israel has ‘thousands of targets picked out’ in case of need for retaliation TOI staffToday, 9:29 pm Standing alongside President Reuven Rivlin, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged Iran to stop aggravating the already grave crisis over its nuclear […]

White House Envoy: Iranian Attacks on US Assets ‘Not Really Helping’ Prospects of Return to Nuclear Deal

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by Benjamin Kerstein US diplomat Rob Malley. Photo: International Peace Institute. The White House’s Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley told the Voice of America that Iran-backed attacks against Americans stationed abroad is making it more difficult for the US to engage with Iran on a possible return to the 2015 nuclear deal. In an […]

Damascus Became a Ruinous Heap

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Damascus Became a Ruinous Heap June 22, 2018 dr_woodhead DAMASCENE PROPHECIES Assyrian Besiegers Isaiah 17:1-3 1The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them […]

A Hezbollah Takeover in Beirut Would Put Iran on Israel’s Doorstep

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 by Shimon Shapira / JNS.org JNS.org – An official Hezbollah delegation, headed by Lebanese Parliament member Mohammad Ra’ad, arrived in Moscow on Monday for a three-day visit at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s invitation. Hezbollah representatives met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; his deputy, Mikhail Bogdanov, President Vladimir Putin’s representative to the Middle East; the […]

Lebanon Hezbollah chief says country should not be driven to civil war

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Reuters Published: 03.18.21 , 21:18 Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday Lebanon should not be pushed into civil war.”I have information that there are outside forces and some internal ones that are pushing towards civil war … they are looking for the fuel to add to the oil,” Nasrallah said in a […]

Can ships be defended from Iranian attacks in the Gulf?

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No real attempt has been made to protect tankers and cargo ships, making them vulnerable. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 18, 2021 18:36 Iran’s attacks on ships in May and June 2019, as well as the recent incident involving an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman, continue to raise questions about the vulnerability of shipping […]

INSS: Biden and Putin on collision course

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Israel’s National Institute for National Security Studies wrote that, “Biden and Putin on a collision course…In recent days, relations between the White House and Russia have worsened. A US intelligence report stated Russia assisted Trump in the election, just as it did in 2016.” “In light of the report’s findings, Joe Biden told ABC that […]

Hamas says Abbas refused Israeli request to delay elections

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  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks in the West Bank’s Ramallah on 3 September 2020, as he meets by video conference with representatives of Palestinian factions gathered at the Palestinian embassy in Beirut in rare talks on how to respond to such accords and to a Middle East peace plan announced by Washington [ALAA BADARNEH/POOL/AFP […]