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Ottawa cancels arms-export licenses to Israel

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Canada has canceled around 30 existing permits for arms shipments to Israel, including a deal with the Canadian division of a U.S. defense contractor, Ottawa's foreign minister told reporters on Tuesday. "As for the question...

UK imposes partial arms embargo on Israel

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The British government suspended some arms sales to the Israel Defense Forces on Monday, claiming there is a “clear risk” the weapons could be used by the Jewish state’s military to “commit or facilitate...

Ernst blasts Biden’s ‘ironclad’ commitment to Israel as ‘a bunch of bull’

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According to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the Biden administration’s efforts to withhold weapons from Israel to deter a ground invasion into Rafah—the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip where Hamas strongholds still stand—may actually...

Netanyahu: ‘If necessary, we will fight with our fingernails’

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Jerusalem will win the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip with its fingernails, if necessary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday night, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he...

Haim Saban blasts blocked US weapons to Israel: ‘Bad decision on all levels’

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice to halt offensive military transfers to the Jewish state out of opposition to a ground invasion by the Israeli Defense Forces into Rafah to defeat Hamas has earned praise...

Cotton on weapons freeze: ‘No choice but to impeach Biden’

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice to halt offensive munitions transfers to Israel has inspired some Republicans to see a parallel in former President Donald Trump’s conduct with Ukraine which led to his first impeachment. Sen....

Head of UN humanitarian affairs office calls for arms embargo on Israel

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Ramesh Rajasingham, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and OCHA’s representative in Geneva, called for an international arms embargo of Israel during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday. “All...
Missiles of the armed forces of Iran, Sept. 9, 2019. Credit: Saeediex/Shutterstock.

Months after UN lifted arms embargo on Iran, ‘dam hasn’t burst’ yet

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Nine months after the U.N. arms embargo on Iran has expired, there has not been a major new trend of sales of international arms to the Islamic Republic so far. Yet a potential danger remains...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

With Iranian arms embargo set to expire, will Tehran be able to purchase weapons...

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Despite ongoing fears of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and aggression in the Middle East, the U.N. arms embargo on Tehran is scheduled to expire on Oct. 18, which would allow the Islamic Republic...
United Nations building in New York City. Credit: Pixabay.

US reimposes UN sanctions, adds new measures on Iran

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The United States has reimposed United Nations sanctions on Iran, in addition to imposing “new sanctions and export control measures on 27 entities and individuals connected to Iran’s proliferation networks,” according to a statement...