…by Jonas E. Alexis Paul R. Pillar, an academic and 28-year veteran of the CIA, brought the Israeli regime down a few years ago by saying that Israel and Saudi Arabia are the main culprits behind the covert war against Iran. We have been saying the same thing for years. Pillar declared then: “Much of the opposition has to do with a desire to keep Iran in the status of a perpetually isolated and castigated adversary that is blamed for all or almost all of the ills in the Middle East. That desire characterizes certain other regimes in the Middle East […]
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Recent Israeli surveys have suggested that the PM would get 28 seats in the Israeli parliament if elections were held today. The drop in his popularity can be put down to Netayahu’s purported mishandling of the the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis as well as his government’s unwillingness to adhere to the rules they themselves set. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not see this coming. Signing a historic peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates and a normalisation pact with Bahrain in mid-September, he was certain that this success in foreign affairs would translate into a spike in his popularity at […]
Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the UN Security Council’s decision to not allow an extension of the arms embargo on Iran as “scandalous”, adding his counry is set to continue joint work with the United States to thwart what he dubbed is “Iranian aggression”. Israel has not ruled out a preemptive strike against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during a memorial service on Tuesday for those who fell in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. “A preemptive strike is a difficult thing to do. I know that if Iran wants to base itself in the North, we are ready to […]
…from SouthFront.org The Ansar Allah movement (also known as the Houthis) continues pounding Saudi Arabia with drones and missiles. Late on September 17, the Yemeni Air Force loyal to the Houthi government struck Abha International Airport in the Saudi province of Asir with Samad 3 combat drones, which can be used as loitering munitions. The Houthis claimed that the strike hit a military section of the airport causing material damage and casualties among Saudi forces. The military infrastructure in the Abha airport area and southern Saudi Arabia itself has regularly become a target of Houthi missile and drone strikes. Just during […]
Israel has celebrated the deal with the UAE and Bahrain but Prime Minister Netanyahu has also faced a barrage of criticism, with tweeps accusing him of failing to handle the raging coronavirus and the threat emanating from Hamas. On Tuesday, it finally happened. After 26 years when the Middle East saw few glimpses of hope for a normalisation of Arab relations with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed treaties with the Jewish state and sent a message to the world that they’d chose peace over war. In Israel, the ceremony at the White House was a reason for celebration, […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a probe into those investigating him for corruption, insisting authorities were “distorting justice” to force him out of office following reports of major police misconduct. The PM demanded a new “independent inquiry” during a Likud Party meeting on Wednesday night, addressing a report from Israel’s Channel 12 earlier this week alleging that police covered up a glaring conflict of interest for a top investigator in Netanyahu’s corruption case. “Obviously there are political decisions being made here by senior law enforcement officials who are distorting justice and the law in order to overthrow a right-wing […]
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The Israeli Defence Forces reported a “security incident” early Wednesday amid clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces along the Israel-Lebanon border. The fighting reportedly began on Tuesday night, several hours after Lebanon rejected an Israeli proposal to reform the United Nations peacekeeping force’s mandate and powers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Lebanese political party and militant group Hezbollah not to “test” Israel on Wednesday in the previous night’s border incident. “Israel sees firing at its troops as a very serious incident,” Netanyahu said. “We will not tolerate any act of aggression and we will react forcibly to any […]
Pressure On Netanyahu Mounts As Israel Bombs Gaza Again By Steve Topple, The Canary. August 24, 2020 Pressure On Netanyahu Mounts As Israel Bombs Gaza Again2020-08-242020-08-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/netanyahu-protested-e1598295796710.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israeli PM – YouTube and Wikimedia. Additional images and reporting by PA News Agency. Embattled Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been facing pressure at home and abroad amid his government’s continued bombing of the Gaza strip. With protests in both Jerusalem and the UK, Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has continued. And the Israeli PM is refusing to back down on all fronts. Netanyahu: pressure at home The PA news agency reported that on Saturday 22 August, thousands of protesters marched […]
Earlier Sunday, the Israeli cabinet scrapped its weekly meeting amid a months-long dispute over the budget, sparking fears that elections would be called automatically on Monday night in the absence of a last-minute deal in the Knesset to push back the deadline. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted an offer to extend negotiations on the nation’s budget. In a televised address to the nation Sunday evening, the prime minister said that the present “is a time for unity, not elections.” Netanyahu noted that Likud would accept Blue and White parliamentary group lawmaker Zvi Hauser’s proposal to […]
Ammonium nitrate burns, it can’t explode. Those who say different are paid liars easily proven by not just experts but anyone who farms or owns a garden. This has gone too far. BBC admit Beirut explosion was a bomb!https://t.co/ds4YpBWLQZ pic.twitter.com/X5pq5evIWm — David james (@Davidja50494872) August 12, 2020 Lebanese media, as well as my friends and family all recall planes and sounds of 3 different bombs. No one asks what started the first fire? It was an explosion (from a bomb most likely) which prompted everyone to start filming. https://t.co/IAqjeiM8eX — مايا Maya ☭ (@mayyish) August 12, 2020 Also, there are many […]
Palestinians have held protest rallies across the West Bank and Gaza, decrying the recent deal to normalize the ties between Israel and the UAE as a betrayal of their cause and a blow to “Arab solidarity.” Protesters carried Palestinian flags and stomped on photos of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, before setting them on fire in central Ramallah in the West Bank. They also burned photos of US President Donald Trump, who brokered the deal, and Palestinian politician Mohammed Dahlan, who currently resides in the UAE. Similar demonstrations occurred across the […]
On Friday, the United Nations Security Council rejected a draft resolution submitted by the United States to indefinitely extend the arms embargo on Iran, originally envisioned by the Iran nuclear deal ahead of its expiration in October, saying the draft did not obtain the necessary support to be adopted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday described the UN Security Council’s decision to not allow an extension of the arms embargo on Iran as “scandalous”, adding that Tel Aviv will continue to cooperate closely with the United States to repel what he describes as “Iranian aggression”. “The decision of the UN […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed frustration over stalled plans to annex the West Bank, blaming the hold-up on Washington’s reluctance to approve the move. “It was clear from the start that the application of sovereignty would be done only with agreement from the United States. Otherwise, I would have already done it a while ago,” Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel 20. He claimed that US President Donald Trump was now “busy with other things” and that “issues of importance to Israel” were not a top priority for Washington at the moment. The annexation, which is part of Trump’s ‘peace plan’ […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/08/1080105439_0:262:3072:1990_1200x675_80_0_0_392ea554b71f679c1b3d9b9c7315e9a1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008081080105425-police-say-5000-people-rally-near-netanyahu-residence-media-report-about-15000/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – About 5,000 people gathered in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday evening as anti-government protests in Israel entered the fifth consecutive weekend, police told Sputnik. Channel 13, in turn, reports about 15,000 demonstrators on the ground. Police have deployed reinforcements to the scene. “The police have authorised the evening demonstration. [We] ensure the security of the event, but at the same time intend to prevent any unrest. The police urge the demonstrators to follow the Health Ministry’s instructions”, the law enforcement said — Tal Schneider […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago Now this…Back […]
A wave of anti-government protests sweeping Israel has also left a mark on social media platforms, where users have been debating their attitude towards the prime minister. While some have been calling for Netanyahu’s resignation, others say they’d stand by him and urging to hold another round of elections. Thousands of people took to the streets, intersections, and bridges across Israel on Saturday protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on him to resign. Many of them also gathered in front of his official residence in Jerusalem urging “the culprit from Balfour” to relinquish power. Twelve people were arrested during the […]
Israeli media is not reporting on the protests against him, but taking part in them, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said as he launched several attacks on the country’s press, which he insisted was acting “North Korea-style.” The demonstrations, which have been underway for months in Israel, are “being fueled especially by the media who have enlisted themselves [to the protests] in a manner the like of which I can’t remember,” Netanyahu said following a cabinet meeting on Sunday. They are not reporting on the protests, but participating in them, and fueling them. The journalists completely neglect the violence on the part of […]
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A perfect storm of grievances has enveloped Israel just as a second coronavirus lockdown appears inevitable and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems close to losing control of his government. Protests were held in more than 200 cities and highway junctions all across Israel on Saturday night, and on Sunday, Netanyahu said money from the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was funding the mounting demonstrations. Hard-liner Netanyahu heads a rickety coalition formed only in May with former rival Benny Gantz, a centrist former army chief, following a year and a half in which Israelis went to the polls three times, never giving either […]
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Although PM Netanyahu’s approval ratings have dropped due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic crisis, the prime minister still enjoys the support of the masses, says a former left-wing politician, adding that the second hearing in the Netanyahu trial has little chance, if at all, of harming his standing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to attend the second hearing in his trial set to take place in Jerusalem later today. Instead, his team of solicitors will be dispatched to the court, where they will be negotiating the dates and the terms of their boss’s future […]
Twitter melted down Wednesday as the accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk, prominent crypto Twitter figures, exchanges and others with verified accounts were hacked. Here’s a growing list of the victims: This is a developing story. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Israeli Data Show School Openings Were a Disaster That Wiped Out Lockdown Gains by Nora Tarnopolsky/TheDailyBeast The assessment of Israel’s trajectory has direct bearing on the heated debate underway in the United States between President Donald Trump, who is demanding a nationwide reopening of schools for what appear to be largely political reasons, and health authorities who caution it could put the wider population at risk. Importantly, on May 17 in Israel it appeared the virus not only was under control, but defeated. Israel reported only 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the entire country that day. In the U.S., the debate often is about reopening schools […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis If you think that Benjamin Netanyahu has ceased to amaze and humor you, then think again. Netanyahu should certainly start applying for a stand-up comedy job somewhere on the planet. Someone would hire him because he is the man who is willing to say some of the most ridiculous things ever uttered by a human being. So what has Netanyahu been up to lately? Well, he has recently said: “Applying Israeli law to areas of Judea and Samaria that will remain part of Israel in any future peace deal will not set back the cause of peace; […]
Israel is currently in a “state of emergency,” in the wake of the alarmingly high number of new coronavirus cases, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The country has smashed past the 10,000 active cases mark and the growth continues. Speaking during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu called on the country’s legislators to work faster on a new package of anti-coronavirus measures. “We’re in a state of emergency. We cannot delay the legislation – we must move forward with it to stop the spread,” the PM stated, referring to the ongoing spike. We’re in the midst of a renewed coronavirus […]
The Israeli Air Force has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria in recent years, justifying air and missile attacks by accusing Iran of trying to establish a proxy presence in the Arab Republic. Damascus has denied these claims, and accused Tel Aviv of blatant aggression. Israel will continue its military operations against Iran in Syria to prevent its entrenchment in that country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. “We are absolutely resolved to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in our immediate vicinity,” Netanyahu said, speaking to reporters at the start of a meeting with US Special Representative for Iran […]
Israeli lawmakers have approved the prime minister’s request for retroactive tax benefits worth about 1 million shekels at a time when the nation is being hit by a crippling economic crisis. Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he was right to ask for a massive tax rebate, but apologised for making the request at an inappropriate time. The Israeli prime minister tweeted on Sunday that the decision by the Knesset Finance Committee to give him tax relief was “justified.” “It is correct that I should not be charged with a personal levy that has never been imposed on any other prime minister,” […]
Introduction John Bolton’s revenge book hasn’t revealed much that is new. But there is one exception: the story of Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s would-be diplomacy with Tehran. This episode reveals something crucial and until now not fully appreciated: Netanyahu’s ferocious opposition to the Iran nuclear deal had little to do with the deal itself and everything to do with the very idea of the United States striking any deal with Iran. Because Netanyahu wasn’t targeting his nemesis Obama this time – he was undermining his friend Trump. For the […]
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor, interviewed by Press TV John Bolton has leaked the manuscript of his new unapproved book about his experiences in the Trump administration. And of course, the top headlines are that Bolton is confirming all these other reports that Trump is incompetent. And also, I think Bolton is echoing earlier reports that the hawkish side of the national security deep state doesn’t find Trump a very good leader, because Trump is not reliable, and his instinct is to try to stay away from large wars. Now Bolton tells us that he joined the Trump administration with hopes […]
The former national security advisor’s new tell-all book, suggestively titled ‘The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir’, is expected to hit stores on Tuesday, with a judge ultimately refusing a Trump administration request to delay publication on national security grounds. US President Donald Trump was prepared to back Israel if it moved to carry out strikes against Iran’s nuclear program, John Bolton has claimed. Recalling a meeting he’d reportedly had with Trump in 2017, a year before beginning his 17 month-long stint as Trump’s national security advisor, Bolton said the president told him: “You tell Bibi [Netanyahu] that if […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105387/08/1053870811_0:167:2888:1792_1200x675_80_0_0_30c5ca1431527bc4455a3f2f47df7d43.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006181079656037-netanyahu-doubted-kushners-ability-to-draft-workable-middle-east-peace-plan—bolton-memoir/ The leaked excerpts from the memoir of the former national security adviser have drawn a lot of attention over claims that Trump is not fit for the office of the president, as he is, reportedly, incompetent. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “dubious” about US President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint the latter’s his son-in-law, Jared Kushner to be the architect of the so-called Deal of the Century peace plan that was supposed to put an end to the longterm conflict between the Palestinian Authority and Tel Aviv, according to a claim […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/17/1079651732_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_c6fa9d3ba26afae81e0db5adf0d12370.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006181079651773-netanyahu-presents-four-west-bank-plans-to-benny-gantz-but-talks-deadlocked–report/ Israeli media earlier reported, citing anonymous sources, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for a pretext to break the coalition agreement with Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Alliance in a bid to call a new election. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented four plans on annexing parts of the West Bank to his coalition government partner from the Blue and White Alliance, Benny Gantz, Israeli Channel 13 reported. According to the broadcaster, the two, accompanied by Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, were discussing the best course […]
An Israeli unity government was formed in May between two rivals, the Likud party’s Benjamin Netanyahu and the Blue and White party’s Benny Gantz, after months of political struggles and three elections. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for a reason to put his political partnership with Benny Gantz on hold and dissolve the unity government, calling for another election, The Times of Israel reported. “The marriage between us and Blue and White will end at the Rabbinate [with a divorce] much faster than everyone thinks. Netanyahu is trying to find the right timing and pretext to call elections”, a senior […]
Already strained relations between Israel and Jordan, one of the two Arab nations that maintain official diplomatic ties with the Jewish State, risk deteriorating further amid the looming Israeli take-over of a third of the West Bank. Jordan’s King Abdullah II has turned down attempts by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak over the phone, Palestinian agency Maan News reports, citing an unnamed Jordanian official. King Abdullah has also refused to set a specific date for a future meeting with Netanyahu’s coalition partner, Benny Gantz, who is making overtures to coordinate Israel’s plans regarding the West Bank, according to the […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has stopped easing coronavirus restrictions in Israel after a sharp increase in new Covid-19 cases. “There is a very sharp rise in illness,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “The first thing we’ve decided to do is put the brakes on it. We’ve stopped all the easings we were going to put in place in the next few days.” Israel could already be facing a doubling of the infection rate within 10 days, Netanyahu warned. He urged the public to keep social distancing, wear face masks and maintain good hygiene. The PM did not detail what planned […]
Middle East 16:03 GMT 07.06.2020(updated 16:09 GMT 07.06.2020) Get short URL The Israeli intelligence service chief has recently received high praise from the Netanyahu government over his agency’s clandestine operations to procure medical equipment abroad for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, with the prime minister calling Mossad’s work “extraordinary” and suggesting that “the results speak for themselves.” Mossad Director Yossi Cohen is the strongest candidate to succeed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as chairman of the governing Likud Party, says Ronen Tzur, a senior advisor to Blue and White coalition leader Benny Gantz. Speaking to Israel’s Yediot Aharonot newspaper, Tzur suggested […]
[Editor’s note: The move to annexe the West Bank has almost no support within Israel, least of all with the usually militant settler community. This is purely a Trump-Netanyau plan and characteristically, it ignores any and all international law. The timing of this move is also cynically orchestrated to take advantage of the distraction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ian] _________HaaretzIsraeli Annexation Explained: What Is Netanyahu Planning for the West Bank and What Does It Mean Based on his agreement with Gantz, Netanyahu will be able to commence West Bank annexation plans on July 1. Will the U.S. require Israel to […]
__________HaaretzNetanyahu Attacks Justice System at Opening of His Corruption Trial Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s first sitting prime minister to face trial on criminal corruption charges on Sunday. He arrived at the Jerusalem District Court for the opening session in the trial flanked by cabinet ministers from his Likud party who came to show their support. He is charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases and the court session was dedicated in part to an acknowledgement that the prime minister and the three other defendants in the cases had read and understood the charges. The prime minister, and […]
Israel will not miss a “historic opportunity” to extend its sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. At a meeting of legislators of his right-wing Likud party on Monday, Netanyahu set land moves in the West Bank as “perhaps the first in importance in many respects” of the tasks to be undertaken by the government. “We have a historic opportunity, which hasn’t existed since 1948, to apply sovereignty judiciously as a diplomatic… step in Judea and Samaria,” the PM said. “It is a big opportunity and we will not let it pass by.” The statement […]
__________HaaretzBiden the ‘Mensch’ Fires Annexation Warning Shot Across Bibi’s Bow Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic candidate for president, showed this week how something totally expected can nonetheless seem like a bolt from the blue. Biden’s statements against Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned West Bank annexation accurately reflect the Democratic Party’s position as well as the traditional U.S. policy up until January 2017, when Donald Trump came into office. After years of paradise, dark clouds are on the horizon. Biden’s strident tone in a Jewish fundraiser this week should serve as a wake up call for most Israelis, who have grown complacent during Trump’s […]
Israel’s Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday night that he’d managed to form a government sending an official notification to Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin. The new Israeli government will be sworn in later today after a series of speeches that will start at 1600 GMT and will include the introduction of the coalition’s fundamental principles and goals. The government’s handling of the Coronavirus, that has already claimed the lives of more than 260 Israelis, is topping the agenda. The coalition that was established under the banner of fighting the pandemic will try to answer to such burning issues as high unemployment rates, […]
Sputnik/Moscow: Tel Aviv currently claims over 16,000 confirmed cases of the deadly novel coronavirus in the nation, while the disease has claimed 245 lives. Amid the pandemic, the country closed its borders to all foreigners and imposed a lockdown, but has recently begun to ease the restrictions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly warned his Likud party that the COVID-19 coronavirus, if reports about reinfection are true, could wipe out humanity, according to the Times of Israel, citing an unnamed Knesset member. Netanyahu’s assertions are said to stem from reports that those who have recovered from the deadly disease have again […]
Middle East 20:27 GMT 06.05.2020(updated 20:34 GMT 06.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005061079222061-netanyahu-gantz-agree-to-swear-in-new-government-on-13-may/ On Wednesday, the High Court of Justice has unanimously rejected the petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu forming the new government while being under indictment, as well as those against Netanyahu and Gantz reaching a coalition deal. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz have issued a statement on their agreement to swear in the new government next week on 13 May. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link