Day: April 30, 2021

Hezbollah supporters, pro-Palestinian social media celebrate Meron deaths

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Hezbollah supporters, pro-Palestinian social media celebrate Meron deaths While Israelis are in mourning, the pro-Hezbollah and extremist pro-Palestinian social media accounts are calling this a “blessed Friday” posting photos of the body bags. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 30, 2021 While in Israel people stood in long lines to donate blood after the tragedy on […]

Why Abbas Does Not Want Elections

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by Bassam Tawil April 30, 2021 at 5:00 am The violence erupted for one single reason: hatred for Israel and Jews. It erupted because many Muslims do not want to see Jews in Jerusalem or any part of Israel. Attacks on Israeli security forces and Jews in Jerusalem have been taking place for decades — […]

Zarif Had No Knowledge of Israeli Strikes Until Kerry Told Him, Translation Reveals

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Adam Kredo • April 29, 2021 9:30 pm Leaked audiotape of Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif indicates he had no knowledge of covert Israeli military strikes before former secretary of state John Kerry provided him with the information, new details that contradict the State Department’s recent defense of Kerry. These details are likely to further […]

‘One of Israel’s worst disasters. People were crushed to death’

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Dov Maisel, Director of Operations at United Hatzalah, on Meron tragedy: One of Israel’s worst disasters, I have no words. Apr 30 , 2021 3:11 AM [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iricL4fqGoM?autohide=1&rel=0] Dov Maisel, Director of Operations at United Hatzalah, described the stampede in Meron, in which dozens of people were killed and injured. “We just finished treating one […]

Blinken meets Israel’s Mossad spy chief for talks on Iran

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met the head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency and its ambassador to Washington on Thursday, and the Israeli officials expressed “deep concern” about Iran’s nuclear activities, according to a person familir with the matter.The meeting in Washington followed talks this week between U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and […]

Mount Meron tragedy: 44 killed, over 150 injured in Lag Ba’omer stampede

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Worshippers are stranded at the site, and the injured are still receiving medical treatment. TZVI JOFFRE JERUSALEM POST STAFF APRIL 30, 2021 09:06 At least 44 people were killed on Thursday night after a stampede broke out as massive crowds gathered at the Mount Meron religious bonfire-lighting ceremony for the holiday of Lag Ba’omer, in what Prime […]