Tag: Israel-Iran Tensions
The dilemma of a preventive Israeli strike on Hezbollah
Hezbollah’s provocations on the Lebanese–Israeli border continue, while deeper within Lebanon, the Iranian-backed terror army continues to amass a monstrous arsenal of some 200,000 rockets, mortar shells, missiles and drones. Hundreds of these threats are capable...
Why Biden’s new ‘Iran Deal Lite’ is raising alarm
Since Iran defiantly rebuked recent U.S. efforts to renew the failed 2015 nuclear deal, President Joe Biden is trying Plan C—a dramatically weakened strategy to “contain” instead of “prevent” Iran’s nuclear weapons development.
This new...
Tsurkov’s fate will ultimately depend on Iran
The abduction of Elizabeth Tsurkov is an achievement that Iran and its proxies can claim against Israel after a long streak of failures. Just recently its plot to target Israelis was thwarted in Cyprus....
What’s behind the escalating Palestinian terror offensive
On Tuesday, two Palestinian terrorists affiliated with Hamas drove up to the gas station outside the town of Eli in the Benjamin District. Carrying M-16s, they boldly entered Hummus Eliyahu restaurant and opened fire...
Iranian delegation walks out of Danon address in Morocco
Knesset member Danny Danon, speaking in Morocco this week, called on parliaments worldwide to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
The former ambassador to the U.N. spoke at the Parliamentary Conference on...
What to expect the day after a new US-Iran deal
Washington and Tehran are engaged in indirect negotiations to close a deal with regard to its illicit nuclear program that will effectively bring Iran in from the cold.
While the precise details of the emerging...
Netanyahu: Israel can ‘deal with’ emerging ‘mini’ Iran deal
Israel can accept the emerging agreement between the United States and Iran over the latter's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, according to Hebrew media reports.
The premier explained during a...
Azerbaijan’s relations with US, Israel, ‘not against’ anyone
Azerbaijan's alliances with Israel and the United States are about its national interests and vision, and are not designed to threaten anyone, the country's ambassador to Washington told JNS.
Khazar Ibrahim said on Monday that...
‘US, Israel stepping up deterrence campaign against Iran’
U.S. and Israeli officials have made multiple threats in recent weeks regarding the possibility of a joint strike on Iran's nuclear program. According to experts spoken to by JNS, these declarations are part of...
Iran’s president threatens to ‘destroy Haifa and Tel Aviv’
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday threatened to “destroy Haifa and Tel Aviv” in response to the “smallest action” taken by Israel against the regime in Tehran, the Iranian government’s semi-official Mehrs news agency reported.
The remarks...