Israeli cabinet ‘concerned the US wants an Iran deal at all costs’

The Biden administration is open to hearing Israeli concerns, but doesn’t seem to be taking them into consideration, the source added. LAHAV HARKOV OMRI NAHMIAS APRIL 18, 2021 21:50 Israeli ministers expressed concern about the nuclear talks between the US and Iran, following a diplomatic-security cabinet meeting on Sunday. “The Americans want a deal at […]

Israel, UAE, Greece, Cyprus summit sends message to Turkey – analysis

Ever since Israel signed the Abraham Accords in Washington last September, the threat that Iran posed to Israel and the Gulf countries has widely been seen as the glue cementing those relationships. APRIL 18, 2021 21:07 When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Nicosia in 2016 with the president of Cyprus and the prime minister […]

Israel, UAE, Greece, Cyprus summit sends message to Turkey – analysis

Ever since Israel signed the Abraham Accords in Washington last September, the threat that Iran posed to Israel and the Gulf countries has widely been seen as the glue cementing those relationships. APRIL 18, 2021 21:07 When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Nicosia in 2016 with the president of Cyprus and the prime minister […]

‘Total American collapse’ before Iran in negotiations, say Israeli officials

April 18, 2021 The Americans have allegedly even accepted the idea of paying Iran compensation for the economic sanctions slapped on the country. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Israeli sources reports a  “total American collapse” before the Islamic Republic’s demands during negotiations in Vienna over returning to the 2015 nuclear deal, Israel Hayom reported […]

Turkey condemns latest Israel attack on Gaza

Turkey’s Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin on Friday condemned the latest Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. “We strongly condemn Israel’s airstrike on Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan,” Kalin posted on Twitter. He reiterated, according to Anadolu Agency, Turkey’s support for the Palestinian nation and called on Israel to “immediately” cease […]

Israeli general claims Iran has been waiting for Natanz attack ‘for 20 years’

by News Desk 2021-04-18 The former head of Israeli military intelligence, Gen. Amos Yadlin, shared in an interview with CNBC News on Saturday that stopping Iran’s nuclear program will be much harder than earlier efforts taken against Iraq and Syria. According to Yadlin, Iran’s nuclear program is “much more fortified and dispersed”, while its neighbors’ […]

Iran state TV airs footage of supposedly normal operations at Natanz site

Media shows interview with worker at nuclear plant claiming staff has fixed affected centrifuges, is working around clock to resume uranium enrichment By TOI staff 17 April 2021, 11:29 pm 0 Edit Iranian state TV aired footage from what it said were regular operations at the Natanz nuclear facility on Saturday, following an April 11 […]

‘Eye for an eye’: Iran editorial urges retaliatory attack on Dimona reactor

In outlet affiliated with supreme leader, prominent analyst laments Tehran’s response to attack on Natanz facility, says retort must be biblical By TOI staff 17 April 2021, 7:50 pm An Iranian newspaper affiliated with the country’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei published an editorial Saturday calling on the government to strike Israel’s nuclear facility in Dimona […]

US warns Israel to stop ‘dangerous, detrimental’ chatter on Natanz attack — TV

Washington said to convey through several channels that constant unsourced reports confirming details of alleged Israeli sabotage are ’embarrassing’ it during nuclear talks TOI staff16 April 2021, 10:16 pm Washington has conveyed to Israel in no uncertain terms that the “chatter” about its alleged involvement in the blast at the Natanz nuclear facility early this […]

Hezbollah said making preparations for Lebanon’s possible collapse

Terror group stocking up on supplies, including fuel from Iran, as it prepares to protect its Shiite backers, assume an even larger role in society if country’s leadership crumbles TOI staff17 April 2021, 11:36 am The Hezbollah terror group is preparing itself for the possibility of the collapse of the Lebanese state amid a spiralling […]

Iranian-backed units may have targeted Turkish base in Iraq

In December Turkish forces at Bashiqa were wounded in an ISIS attack. SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 18, 2021 10:51 A secretive Turkish base in Iraq came under rocket fire last week. Turkey’s Anadolu news, which represents the government’s narrative, said that the rocket pads used to launch the attack were found in an area controlled […]

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes southwestern Iran in area of nuclear site

Temblor centered at port city of Bandar Genaveh, some 100 kilometers from Bushehr nuclear plant; one person said injured, as footage emerges of damaged houses By AP Today, 11:01 am 0 Edit TEHRAN, Iran — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook southwestern Iran along the Persian Gulf on Sunday, followed by at least three moderate-strength aftershocks, […]