Day: July 12, 2021
Hezbollah Releases New Footage of 2006 Abduction of IDF Soldiers That Sparked Second Lebanon War
Footage of the 2006 Hezbollah attack on IDF soldiers. Photo: Screenshot / Al Manar TV A Hezbollah-owned television channel released new footage of the militant group’s 2006 abduction of two IDF soldiers, 15 years to the day after the attack that sparked Israel’s Second Lebanon War. On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah ambushed an Israeli military […]
Israeli reconsideration of PA ties may be too little, too late – analysis
Not many Israelis realize how fragile the current situation in the West Bank is, and how much it has changed during the last 12 years of internal and external stalemate. By KSENIA SVETLOVA/THE MEDIA LINE JULY 12, 2021 11:56 After the most recent round of hostilities between Israel and Hamas ended in May following 11 […]
‘The Mossad is behind every attack,’ says former Iranian hardline lawmaker
July 12, 2021 “No one has given a serious thought to the problem,” says Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, former chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee. By Neta Bar, Israel Hayom via JNS.org The former chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee on Sunday blamed Israel’s Mossad spy agency […]
In Europe, Lapid tells NATO chief Israel wants to deepen ties
Ahead of his address to EU ministers, Israeli FM offers assistance to alliance on intelligence, cybersecurity, missile defense and more By Lazar Berman Today, 12:57 pm Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel’s diplomatic reporter Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Brussels with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday, ahead of a series of […]
3,000-year-old inscription bearing name of biblical judge found in Israel
The inscription features the name “Jerubbaal,” a Jewish leader from the Book of Judges, as well as dates from around 1,100 BCE. ROSSELLA TERCATIN JULY 12, 2021 09:56 An inscription dating back to some 3,100 years ago bearing the name of a biblical judge was uncovered in the excavations at Khirbat er-Ra‘i, near Kiryat Gat, […]
No More Cash Suitcases: Israel, Egypt, Want Hamas to Approve Qatari Money Transfers Via Banks
David Israel3 Av 5781 – July 12, 2021 Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 The Qatari envoy to Gaza Mohammed al-Emadi has entered the Strip Sunday night, according to Arab news media reports, and is expected to meet with the Hamas leadership on rehabilitating the war-torn area. The independent Lebanese daily Al Akhbar reported Monday morning (مصر […]