Month: February 2022

Saudi FM: We Want to Integrate Israel in the Region But First – Palestinian State

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David Israel20 Adar I 5782 – February 21, 2022 Photo Credit: Free image from BMEIA/Gruber Since the signing of the Abrahamic Agreements, Israel has been interested in reaching normalization with one of the most influential Arab states, Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Foreign Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, who attended the Security Conference in Munich, on […]

Biden Agrees to Meet Putin to Prevent War in Ukraine

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By 20 Adar I 5782 – February 21, 2022 Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin during a US-Russia Summit, June 16, 2021, in Geneva. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday night issued a statement saying: “As the President has repeatedly made clear, we are […]

Calls for Hamas to attack Israel heard in Jerusalem

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Demonstrators against the Jewish presence in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem have begun calling for Hamas to attack Israel. A video documenting a demonstration held in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem on Friday against the Jewish presence shows dozens of demonstrators shouting threatening messages at Jews. The demonstrators shouted: “Jews, remember Khaybar (a […]

Israeli officials lash Biden for ‘meaningless’ new Iran nuclear deal — report

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Sources quoted saying new accord doesn’t address advances Tehran has made since 2015, US administration ‘turning diplomacy into a religion’ TOI staffToday, 11:10 pm As reports swirl of an imminent new Iran nuclear deal, Israeli officials on Sunday lashed out at Washington, according to a TV report. “The Biden administration has turned diplomacy into a […]

Putin Points to NATO Effort to Push Kiev Into Military Solution in Donbass During Call With Macron

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14:27 GMT 20.02.2022 (Updated: 15:28 GMT 20.02.2022)   © Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentiev / Go to the photo bankPutin, Macron Hold Video Conference to Discuss Security and International Issues © Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentiev / Go to the photo bank Subscribe Being updated The Donbass has seen a dramatic escalation of military activity in recent days, with […]

Iranian parliament issues conditions for return to nuclear deal -IRNA

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Reuters DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – A majority of Iran’s parliament on Sunday issued a statement of conditions to be met if Tehran is to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal with global powers, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported. The 250 parliamentarians stated that U.S. and European parties should guarantee not to exit a […]

Bennett: Shorter, weaker Iran deal may be coming soon

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“Since the original deal was signed, two things happened: The Iranians advanced their enrichment capabilities very much, and time has passed.” By LAHAV HARKOV Published: FEBRUARY 20, 2022 11:52 Updated: FEBRUARY 20, 2022 12:25 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chairs the weekly cabinet meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem, February 20, 2022. (photo credit: Tsafrir […]

Bennett: We’re readying for ‘the day after’ new, weaker Iran nuclear deal is signed

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PM says Israel will maintain its citizens’ security; charges that Tehran will use financial gain from the potential agreement to fund regional terror TOI staffToday, 12:46 pm Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Israel was making preparations for the day after the agreement emerging from the Vienna nuclear talks, which he said appears to […]

Iran ‘very optimistic’ about nuke deal, but says West and US to blame if talks fail

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Foreign minister tells CNN that Western powers need to be ‘realistic’ but Tehran is serious about wanting to reach an agreement By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 11:34 am   Screen capture from video of Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Febraury 20, 2022. (Twitter) Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein […]

The Arab-Israeli conflict is not about the Land of Israel – opinion

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The writer reflects on the motivations of the Arab-Israeli conflict since the establishment of Israel. By MILTON ELBOGEN Published: FEBRUARY 19, 2022 16:43 PRO-ISRAEL ACTIVISTS wave an Israeli flag as pro-Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration against Israel in central London last May. (photo credit: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images) It was never about land or […]

US credibility hits an all-time low over Ukraine

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Biden’s ‘victory’ against Putin ignores what Putin has gained from the crisis and what America has lost. Op-ed. Published: 20.02.22 09:30 Caroline Glick Gershon Elinson/Flash90 (JNS)Several commentators have argued in recent days that the crisis between Russia and Ukraine has been a godsend for President Joe Biden ahead of the midterm elections in November. The […]

Gantz to Kamala Harris: Nuke deal must include consistent enforcement by UN watchdog

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Today, 9:45 pm At his meeting with Kamala Harris, Defense Minister Gantz tells her any nuclear deal with Iran must include close oversight by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, according to a readout from his office. “It is important that any future agreement with Iran will include consistent enforcement by the IAEA in addition […]

Report: Israel, neighbors weighing pact to defend against threat of suicide drones

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Today, 10:10 pm   Israel and its regional allies are developing a joint defense pact to protect against the threat of suicide drones, Channel 12 news reports. The unsourced report says this includes neighbors near and far, but does not provide details. It says the drones used by Iran and its proxies have become a […]