Tag: Iran
Why is it taking so long to destroy Hamas?
After 10 months of fighting, many ask why Hamas has not yet been destroyed and Israel’s war objectives have yet to be fully realized.
At the beginning of the war, some in the defense establishment...
Iran FM: Direct response to Haniyeh killing will be ‘calculated’
Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday his country’s response to the assassination of Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31 would be “calculated.”
“Iran reaction to Israeli terrorist attack in Tehran is...
Israel’s Law-Based Obligations to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons
For Israel it is high time for disciplined strategic thinking untainted by politics. The most important objective of pertinent Israeli calculations should be to confront Iran while that recalcitrant foe is still pre-nuclear. If...
Tehran signals attack on Israel may not be imminent
Iranian officials are signaling this week that an attack on Israel may not be imminent, nearly a month after the targeted killing in Tehran of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh.
Despite Jerusalem not claiming responsibility,...
Blinken suggests recent terror attacks, including suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, aren’t escalations
With his hands clasped, Israeli President Isaac Herzog detailed “ongoing terror attacks by Palestinian terrorists” in the prior 24 hours, during a Tel Aviv press conference alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday. Those...
IDF holds ‘day of readiness’ summit on northern front amid Iran threats
The Israel Defense Forces’ General Staff Forum, which includes around 30 of the military’s most senior commanders, held a “day of readiness” devoted to the northern front on Monday, the IDF said in a...
The Iranian regime is not its people
As the specter of escalation in the Middle East looms ever larger, it’s well worth remembering that the government of Iran doesn’t represent those it presumes to speak for: the people of Iran.
Many Iranians...
British and French foreign ministers on way to Israel, Jerusalem says
The foreign ministers of France and the United Kingdom are set to touch down in Tel Aviv on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent Iran from dragging the Middle East into all-out war,...
McCaul calls for ‘clear display of strength and resolve’ to deter Iran
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released a statement advocating a harder line for countering Iranian aggression.
“While I’m glad the Biden-Harris administration issued formal notification for several arms sales cases to our ally Israel, it took 80 days...
Kirby: Iran is still determined to attack Israel
U.S. intelligence indicates that Tehran has not backed down from its threat to attack Israel, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in Washington on Thursday.
“Hopefully it doesn’t come to that,” Kirby added during an...