As Lebanon war looms, Arab League drops Hezbollah from terror blacklist

June 30, 2024 In the midst of fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border and with full-scale war looming, Arab League ends recognition of Hezbollah as a terror group. By World Israel News Staff The League of Arab States, better known as the Arab League, has ceased to recognize the Iran-backed, Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization as a terrorist […]

‘Bombs fired at sleeping Jews’: Turkish opposition leader condemns Hamas, Oct. 7

Ugur Ozel, Turkish opposition leader, labeled Hamas a terrorist organization in a TV interview, sparking controversy. Ozel criticized Hamas for attacks on civilians. MAARIV ONLINE JERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 30, 2024 01:50 Updated: JUNE 30, 2024 10:43 There was anger in Turkey over opposition leader Ozgur Ozel, who said in a TV interview on Saturday […]

‘Doomsday weapons’ may be used against Israel’s enemies

June 30, 2024 IAI official warns that Israel will use all weapons at its disposal in order to survive regional war. By World Israel News Staff Amid escalating threats from Iran and Hezbollah, a senior military technological industry official said that Jerusalem is prepared to use “doomsday weapons” in the event of a full-scale military […]

Saudi joins countries urging citizens to leave Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah war looms

When asked if this indicates a war, Issam Sharaf al-Din responded, “The war is breaking out, but the tension is limited to southern Lebanon.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 29, 2024 19:54 Updated: JUNE 29, 2024 21:14 Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari speaks during a press conference at Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Beirut, […]

Dramatic Days in Mideast: Iran Advancing to Nuclear Bomb?

June 27, 2024 Iran threat alarms Israel (Archive: iStock.com/Vchal) The nuclear threat is reemerging as a top priority for Israel as Iran takes alarming steps to advance a weapons program. With war still raging, Israel is rushing to refocus on the Iranian nuclear project while getting the US onboard for action against Tehran. Israel fears […]

Iran’s UN mission threatens ‘obliterating war’ if Israel launches Lebanon offensive

Amid push for diplomatic solution, US official warns full-blown conflict with Hezbollah could break out with ‘little notice’, Gallant says Jerusalem ‘not looking for war’ By TOI STAFF and REUTERSToday, 10:44 am   Iran’s United Nations Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani addresses the UN General Assembly at the body’s headquarters in New York, February 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) […]

IAF strikes numerous Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon

Jun 29, 2024, 12:04 AM (GMT+3) Over the past few hours, the IAF struck numerous Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. The targets include a military site in the area of Zibqin, two operational infrastructures in the areas of Khiam and Houla, and a military structure in the area of Odaisseh. […]

Iran installs half of planned new centrifuges at Fordow, IAEA report says

Atomic energy agency says Tehran’s four new cascades have been put in place but haven’t yet started enriching uranium in them By REUTERSToday, 10:59 pm   A lift truck carries a cylinder containing uranium hexafluoride gas for the purpose of injecting the gas into centrifuges in Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, November 6, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization […]

Biden’s ‘reformed PA’ marketing strategy

June 27, 2024 It’s a way of making the administration’s Palestinian statehood plan sound reasonable and feasible, in other words, it’s a marketing strategy. The Biden administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this week “it is essential that the Palestinian Authority work to reform itself and that it do so as quickly […]

Netanyahu: Iranian axis ‘on the march to conquer the Middle East,’ Lebanon on high alert

Netanyahu: Iranian axis ‘on the march to conquer the Middle East,’ Lebanon on high alert Tehran “is fighting us on a seven-front war: obviously, Hamas, Hezbollah as well as the Houthis, the militias in Iraq and Syria, the West Bank, and Iran itself,” says Netanyahu. By TOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHN JUNE 27, 2024 21:52 Updated: […]

US places new sanctions on Iran following nuclear escalations

Sanctions announced by Blinken will affect companies in the UAE accused of being involved in the transport of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products By DAPHNE PSALEDAKISToday, 11:28 pm   Illustrative: Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting […]

Iran’s leaders mulling nuclear weapons, NYT says, citing Iranian officials

The report notes that Tehran has enriched enough uranium to 60 percent purity for at least three bombs and has ‘cemented its role as a threshold nuclear state’ By TOI STAFFToday, 11:28 pm   Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of the country’s nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, […]

Report: Israel Kills 3 in Attacks on Damascus Suburbs and Southern Syria

David Israel Photo Credit: Sgt. Ori Shifrin, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit Israeli Air Force combat helicopter.     The Syrian army reported that shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the Israeli Air Force carried out an attack from the direction of the Golan Heights against several targets in southern Syria. The army also reported that two people […]

Netanyahu re-establishes working groups on Iran nuclear program

Officials tell Axios that Netanyahu two weeks ago re-established working groups made up of members of Israel’s defense establishment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the intelligence community to focus on Iran’s nuclear program. Israel National NewsJun 27, 2024, 4:53 AM (GMT+3) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two weeks ago re-established working groups made up of […]