Day: August 9, 2021

Mossad, CIA chiefs’ 1st Israel meeting is critical – analysis

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Multiple Mossad directors have told the Jerusalem Post that the first meetings with the CIA chief can be one of the major events that frame their term in office. By YONAH JEREMY BOB AUGUST 9, 2021 23:18 With reports that CIA Director William Burns was set to arrive in Israel on Tuesday to hold a […]

Palestinian woman shot in leg while attempting to stab soldier — IDF

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Woman hospitalized after pulling knife on troops at West Bank junction near settlement of Yitzhar, army says Emanuel Fabian10 August 2021, 12:42 am Illustrative. Israeli soldiers stand near the scene of a suspected car-ramming attack at the entrance to the village of Husan, in the West Bank, on June 23, 2018. (Flash90) A Palestinian woman […]

Lebanon is in Hezbollah’s clutches – opinion

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Given the likely composition of the new administration, there seems no chance of Lebanon freeing itself any time soon from the dominance of Hezbollah and, in consequence, Iran. NEVILLE TELLER AUGUST 9, 2021 23:25 Lebanon has been without a government since the massive explosion of August 4, 2020, blew Beirut’s port apart and, with it, […]

Here’s Why Israel-Russia Coordination in Syria Won’t Come to an End

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A former Israeli colonel believes that the coordination between Russia and Israel on Syria is not in jeopardy. The reason for this is a number of common interests, including the desire to avoid accidents in Syrian skies and the willingness to make sure that Iran doesn’t cement its position in the Arab country. The upcoming […]

The IDF doesn’t scare Hezbollah anymore – analysis

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“We are not seeking a war but we are ready for it and we do not fear it,” Nasrallah threatened. ANNA AHRONHEIM AUGUST 9, 2021 09:23 As Hezbollah fired its largest rocket salvo toward Israel in 15 years last week, it became clear that the border with Lebanon has turned into another front where days, […]

Israeli Envoy Rejects UN Secretary-General’s ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israel and Hezbollah

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TPS / Tazpit News Agency1 Elul 5781 – August 9, 2021 Photo Credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90 IDF artillery fires back at Hezbollah in Lebanon. August 6, 2021 Israeli Ambassador to the US and United Nations Gilad Erdan did not mince words when he rejected UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s statements on the recent Hezbollah attack on Israel’s […]

Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch calls on army to confront Hezbollah

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“We call upon the Lebanese army to prevent the launching of missiles, not for the sake of Israel, but for the sake of Lebanon.” By TZVI JOFFRE AUGUST 9, 2021 11:08 Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi called on Sunday for the Lebanese army to take control of the southern part of the country, Hezbollah’s […]

Iran concerned about UK in Gulf, Taliban offensive

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Iran: “The fact that Britain has sided with the rebellious and notorious Zionist regime shows the position of this country.” SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 9, 2021 10:53 Iran’s Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for the foreign ministry in Tehran and president of the Center for Public Diplomacy, slammed the UK for its role in investigating the […]