Defense committee chair: It is possible for Israel to act alone

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  ח’ בטבת תשפ”ב 19:2412.12.21   Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Ram Ben-Barak says that Israel will do everything in its power to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. “We will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. We hope that the United States will be with us, but it is not impossible to […]

Hamas weapons depot causes massive explosion in Lebanon

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December 12, 2021 A Lebanese security official has said that the explosion could not have been caused by anything else but ammunition. By Tobias Siegal, World Israel News A massive explosion rocked the Burj al-Shemali Palestinian refugee camp at the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre Friday night, according to local media. The explosion is […]

Iran builds new ‘intel ship’ dubbed Shiraz – analysis

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Shiraz is the size of a destroyer and has a “wide range” of electronic warfare abilities. SETH J. FRANTZMANPublished: DECEMBER 12, 2021 16:21DECEMBER 12, 2021 17:47 Iran is preparing to launch a new ship for its navy. The ship is called the Shiraz according to reports and it is supposed to be an intelligence-gathering ship […]

Iran thinks Israeli efforts are ‘futile’ amid Vienna talks – analysis

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Iran believes that the talks may outflank Israeli warnings and it hopes the US will call what it sees as Israel’s bluff. SETH J. FRANTZMANPublished: DECEMBER 12, 2021 16:12DECEMBER 12, 2021 17:55 One of Iran’s leading pro-government media outlets called Israeli efforts surrounding the Vienna talks “futile,” an apparent reference to Iranian regime optimism. “The […]

Erdogan: ‘No peace without two-state solution’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed on Friday that the only way to achieve stability and peace in Palestine is to create an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking at the opening session of the 16th Conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation […]

Hamas: Oxygen bottles, not weapons, exploded in Lebanon

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ח’ בטבת תשפ”ב 05:0112.12.21   Hamas claimed on Saturday that explosions in a Palestinian “refugee camp” in southern Lebanon on Friday were caused by an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles used to treat coronavirus patients, The Associated Press reports. Later in the day however, a Lebanese security official said that it […]

Russia’s foreign minister cancels trip to Israel, North Africa

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Sergei Lavrov backs out of meeting with Bennett and Lapid amid Ukraine tensions and delicate Iran talks; Israeli sources say visit officially postponed Lazar Berman11 December 2021, 11:04 pm Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov canceled on Friday a planned trip to Israel and the region, during which he had been slated to meet with Prime […]

Hamas source says weapons cache that exploded in southern Lebanon was ‘for defense’

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Source from terror group confirms to Lebanese outlet that explosion was caused by fire; arms depot in mosque detonates after fireball engulfs building in refugee camp By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 12:19 pm A source from the Palestinian Hamas terror group said Saturday that a weapons cache which exploded in southern Lebanon was “for […]

Gantz: Iran foremost a threat to global peace and only then a threat to Israel

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Addressing IAC Florida confab, defense minister seeks to combat narrative placing Israel at center of Iran issue; says Jews must never hide their identity amid antisemitism spike Jacob MagidToday, 2:50 am HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Florida — Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Friday that he told senior US officials in Washington this week that Iran is a […]

Hamas weapons depot fire caused Lebanon explosion at Palestinian camp – report

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The blast emanated from a Hamas weapons depot in the Burj al-Shemali camp. JERUSALEM POST STAFF    REUTERSDECEMBER 10, 2021 21:39  DECEMBER 11, 2021 10:48 A large explosion rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Friday night, injuring about a dozen people, according to rescue workers on scene and […]

US Mideast military chief: Attacks by Iran-backed militias ‘may provoke a response’

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Says he expects increasing number of assaults and Tehran believes attacks on troops in Iraq won’t affect nuke talks; worries over Iran’s ballistic and cruise missiles, armed drones Lolita C. BaldorToday, 10:26 am   WASHINGTON (AP) — The top US commander for the Middle East said Thursday that the United States will keep the current […]

Several killed as explosions rock alleged Hamas weapons cache in southern Lebanon

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Officials say up to 12 people could be dead as video shows massive fireball engulfing building in Burj al-Shemali refugee camp near Tyre; arms dump said to have been in mosque By EMANUEL FABIAN and AGENCIESToday, 10:25 pm     An ambulance enters the Burj Shamali Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. […]

‘Sanctions on Iran must not be lifted,’ Lapid tells Blinken

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FM speaks with US counterpart day after nuclear talks resume, says sanctions relief will be used for Iranian ‘terror and missiles’ against Israel TOI staffToday, 7:29 pm Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke by phone Friday with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling for sanctions on Iran to remain in force following fresh talks […]

World Powers Test Iran’s Commitment to Talks, Iran Stays Firm

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Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner World powers and Iran were locked in talks about renewing their 2015 nuclear deal on Friday, with a European source saying they were working from texts discussed five months […]