Tag: Iran
‘CNN’: Extra security protected Trump in recent weeks due to Iranian plot
Security for Republican nominee Donald Trump increased in recent weeks after U.S. intelligence services learned of an Iranian plot to assassinate the former U.S. president, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The news channel cited a U.S. national security official,...
Human foundations of Jihad terrorism
Everything in the social world begins with the individual human being. This includes terrorism. Ultimately, Israeli security planners will need to acknowledge that the jihadist adversary, Sunni or Shiite, whether in Gaza or Lebanon,...
Israel’s understanding of time
For Israel, it’s all about chronology. Time represents both the most critical determinant of Israel’s survival and the context within which such survival must be ensured. As with an individual human being, time is...
What would a two-state solution solve?
I don’t oppose a two-state solution. Nor do I oppose Tinker Bell. I just seriously doubt that either exists.
If you’re among those who believe that widespread recognition of a Palestinian nation-state would resolve the...
One woman and a forgotten war zone
The Israel’s northern front remains a volatile warzone, largely overlooked by international media. In the past week alone, Hezbollah has fired more than 300 rockets into Israeli territory, resulting in five civilian deaths and dozens...
EU lawmakers want Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps branded terrorist group
A group of European lawmakers is urging the European Union to place Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on an international terror list in a move that is gaining traction following elections that have...
Iraq, Iran step up training of militia fighters
Iraq and Iran are reportedly ramping up efforts to train hundreds of fighters for pro-Iranian militias, particularly the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, according to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
Sources told Al-Akhbar that training is taking place both within Iraq...
War With Iran: Israel’s Legal Obligation to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons
THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 206
War With Iran: Israel’s Legal Obligation to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons
Louis René Beres
For the most part, Israel’s no-choice Gaza War has...
Canada designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorists
Following a decision made by the United States in April 2019, Canada has applied a terrorist designation to the Iranian-based Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Following the announcement on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated that...
US designates Tehran-aligned militia in Iraq as terror group
The U.S. State Department designated the group Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi, 46, the Iraq-based militia’s secretary general, as “specially designated global terrorists” on Monday.
Aligned with Iran, the entity is “part of the...