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Plans to strike Iran “ready,” says U.S. Israel envoy

Plans to strike Iran “ready,” says U.S. Israel envoy

SCF U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is “fully available”, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of [...]

Ehud Barak says Assad is ‘doomed,’ urges more pressure on him

Ehud Barak says Assad is ‘doomed,’ urges more pressure on him

Al Arabiya Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is “doomed” and called for increased pressure on his regime amid reports that Israel’s intelligence no longer sees Assad’s continuity as [...]

Russia ‘May Buy’ $50 Mln Worth of Israeli UAVs

Russia ‘May Buy’ $50 Mln Worth of Israeli UAVs

RiaN Russia may buy a large new consignment of unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel and 24 command and control systems worth around $50 million in the foreseeable future, a high ranking source in the Russian defense [...]

New US battle strategy against Iran in US movements and Israeli drill

New US battle strategy against Iran in US movements and Israeli drill

DEBKAfile A series of apparently unconnected military movements observed in Middle East seas and skies in the last tendays have a common factor: introduction of the new US Air Sea Battle (ASB) doctrine, which is designed [...]

Israel’s Military Intelligence chief visited U.S. for secret talks on Iran, Syria

Israel’s Military Intelligence chief visited U.S. for secret talks on Iran, Syria

DailyStar Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi made a secret visit two weeks ago to Washington and to UN headquarters in New York, where he discussed the Iranian nuclear program, the Syria crisis and Hezbollah’s [...]

Concrete Bunkers Protect Israeli TV from Missiles

Concrete Bunkers Protect Israeli TV from Missiles

INN Part of Israel’s preparation for war includes building a new TV station under concrete bunkers 23 feet underground in Haifa. Hizbullah missiles in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 knocked telecasts in northern Israel off [...]

Iran ‘could order Hezbollah hit on Israel’

Iran ‘could order Hezbollah hit on Israel’

Hazel Ward DailyStar Lebanon’s Hezbollah may not want a new war with Israel but an order to attack would come from Tehran in the event of a strike on Iran, a senior military official in Israel’s [...]

Iran Sentences 13 ‘Israeli Agents’

Iran Sentences 13 ‘Israeli Agents’

EurasiaReview An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced 13 people after finding them guilty of involvement in espionage activities for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad. Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolution Court ruled that they had been lured [...]

IDF closes Palestinian school to make way for West Bank training zone

IDF closes Palestinian school to make way for West Bank training zone

Akiva Eldar Haaretz A Palestinian elementary school was shut down last week after Israel’s Civil Administration confiscated the vehicle used to transport teachers to it. Teachers initially tried coming to the school, located in the Jinba [...]

Israeli minister calls for cutting electricity to Gaza

Israeli minister calls for cutting electricity to Gaza

Ophir Bar-Zohar Haaretz Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday sought support from other government ministers to add a stipulation to any policy decision regarding the expected electricity shortages this summer. Erdan said that he wishes [...]

Lords of the Rings: Olympic Paranoia Targets Protests

Lords of the Rings: Olympic Paranoia Targets Protests

Russia Today As London prepares for the Olympics, bureaucrats and law-makers have been busy too – enacting a range of rules and regulations. Draconian measures are already excluding some people from the country, while a number [...]

Hezbollah leader says group capable of hitting specific targets in Tel Aviv

Hezbollah leader says group capable of hitting specific targets in Tel Aviv

IBA Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has declared that the Shiite group is capable of striking any target in Israel, saying, “the days when we fled and they did not are over.” In a televised address, [...]