PM Netanyahu sets red lines on Iran for Herzog before US trip

The White House confirmed that Herzog and Biden will meet on July 18. LAHAV HARKOVJULY 13, 2023 17:02 Israel will oppose a return to the Iran nuclear deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Isaac Herzog on Thursday in their meeting ahead of the latter’s trip to Washington next week. They discussed the Iranian nuclear […]

Israel must respond forcefully to Hezbollah aggression

Whatever the consequences of showing strength to an aggressor, it will be better to do so than for Israel to display weakness to Hezbollah. (July 12, 2023 / JNS) Amos Hochstein, the U.S. special presidential coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security, arrived in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]

Hezbollah – A Clear Pattern of Escalation in the Disputed Areas in the Blue Line

Nothing is accidental. We recognize a clear pattern of Hezbollah in the last month and a half to create friction and escalation in the disputed areas on the blue line (the 13 areas marked with a red line on the map and three more areas in the eastern sector: Ghajar village, Shuba hill, and Sheba […]

Nasrallah warns Hezbollah will respond if tents are attacked

The Hezbollah leader demanded Israel withdraw from any disputed territories along the border, as well as the north part of Ghajar. TZVI JOFFREJULY 12, 2023 22:11JULY 12, 2023 22:16 Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned that Hezbollah operatives had been given directives to respond to any attack on the tents the movement set up in Israeli […]

TRUMP: ‘Say one good word about Israel, you’re out of politics’

July 12, 2023 “Ten years ago, this would have been impossible,” the former president said. By World Israel News Staff Former U.S. President Donald Trump, in his speech Monday night for the 2023 Israel Heritage Foundation Gala at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey, bemoaned the decline in support for Israel in recent decades. “I […]

Republicans threaten Biden nominees over ‘antisemitic’ boycott of Israel

The Biden administration decided that US-Israel government-funded cooperation in a variety of areas must take place in pre-1967 Israel. LAHAV HARKOVJULY 12, 2023 12:11 Fifteen US Senators threatened to hold up the process of approving Biden administration nominees if the State Department does not reverse a guidance banning US funding for scientific and technological cooperation […]

NATO’s military aid to Ukraine brings World War III closer – Medvedev

“The completely crazy West could not come up with anything else… In fact, it’s a dead end. World War Three is getting closer,” Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app. REUTERSJULY 12, 2023 01:51 Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s powerful Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said late on Tuesday that the […]

Thomas Friedman: US to reassess relationship with Israel

According to the NYT columnist Pres. Biden will tell Pres. Herzog that a reassessment of the relationship is inevitable. Israel National News   Jul 12, 2023, 12:16 PM (GMT+3) In an opinion column on Wednesday, New York Times senior commentator Thomas Friedman attacked the Netanyahu government and said that he believes the United States must […]

Palestinians reject Israel’s demands to save PA

The Palestinian Authority rejected Israel’s terms for helping to prevent the PA’s collapse and vowed to continue making payments to the families of terrorists. KHALED ABU TOAMEHPublished: JULY 10, 2023 20:05 The Palestinian Authority on Monday rejected Israel’s demands for helping prevent the collapse of the PA. PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh vowed to continue […]

Hamas Praises UN Official’s Anti-Israel Statements

People hold Hamas flags May 7, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad Hamas on Tuesday praised United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for describing the West Bank and Gaza as an “open-air prison” during public statements she made to announce the release of a new report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Albanese, citing postmodernist philosopher Michel Foucault, accused […]

As PA forces enter Jenin, Israel watches cautiously

Hundreds of terrorist gunmen fled the city last week but major questions remain over its fate and that of the P.A. (July 11, 2023 / JNS) Palestinian Authority security forces have begun entering Jenin in recent days, following the Israel Defense Forces’ intensive security operation to degrade the terrorist presence in Jenin camp on July […]

Ambassador Nides: US gov’t is trying to stop Israel from ‘going off rails’

Nides claimed the reform brought into question Israel’s democratic status and Israel’s relationship with the US. JERUSALEM POST STAFFJULY 11, 2023 00:36 The Biden administration is attempting to prevent Israel from “going off the rails,” US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, who will shortly be leaving Israel, told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Monday. […]

Azerbaijan thwarts attack against Israeli embassy in Baku – report

Footage released by Azerbaijani authorities showed the suspect near the Israeli embassy in Baku. TZVI JOFFREPublished: JULY 10, 2023 22:14 An Afghani citizen planning a terrorist attack on the Israeli Embassy in Baku was arrested by Azerbaijani authorities recently, Azerbaijani media reported on Monday. Azerbaijan’s State Security Service announced on Monday that it had arrested […]

Saudi report: Lebanon wants to draw the border with Israel

In a meeting between the commander of UNIFIL & the PM of Lebanon, Najib Mikati proposed to start a procedure for marking the border. Israel National News   Jul 11, 2023, 8:49 AM (GMT+3) During a meeting between Lebanese representatives and the UN’s UNIFIL force, the Lebanese representatives asked to start a procedure for drawing the […]