Friday, 16 August 2024 | The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom and France are expected to arrive in Israel on Friday for a brief visit and will meet with their Israeli counterpart, Foreign Minister Israel Katz. The visit is part of their attempts to calm the escalating tensions in the Middle East and efforts
Continue Reading »Friday, 16 August 2024 | Abdolrasool Divsallar, a senior Iranian official at the United Nations specializing in “weapons of mass destruction-free zone,” has allegedly consulted Iran’s nuclear weapons program, UK-based Jewish newspaper Jewish Chronicle reported on Thursday. Divsallar, a prominent figure at the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), has strongly denied any ties to
Continue Reading »Friday, 16 August 2024 | After 10 months of conflict, Israel has drawn a crucial lesson: the need to indigenously produce and develop critical weaponry for the Israel Defense Forces [IDF]. Historically, Israel has sourced some of these armaments from foreign countries, primarily the United States. Israel Hayom has learned of a decision to domestically
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 August 2024 | The United States is set to unveil a new proposal for a cease-fire and hostage release deal at a summit in Doha on Thursday, marking what is being billed as a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement. The Biden administration is expected to exert significant pressure on all parties to
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 August 2024 | Fitch Ratings downgraded Israel’s credit rating to “A” from “A-plus” on Monday, citing heightened geopolitical risks, the ongoing Gaza war, and military activities on multiple fronts. “Public finances have been hit and we project a budget deficit of 7.8% of GDP [gross domestic product] in 2024 and debt to remain
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 August 2024 | Nearly 20 years ago, a conversation took place between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz that outlined a plan for deploying 750 Egyptian police officers along the Philadelphi Corridor within months to prevent arms smuggling. The plan also included coordination between Egyptian and Israeli battalion and
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 14 August 2024 | The secrets of the Jewish kitchen dating back two millennia to the time of the biblical Second Temple are being uncovered in Jerusalem’s ancient drainage channel, the Israel Antiquities Authority [IAA] announced on Tuesday. Items such as expensive oils, grape seeds and 2,000-year-old eggshells were unearthed during an excavation outside
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 13 August 2024 | A revised Israeli intelligence assessment suggests that Iran is slated to launch an assault on the Jewish state “within days” in a joint attack with its Lebanese Hezbollah proxy, Axios reported on Wednesday night. The report, which cited two sources with knowledge of the issue, said that Israeli intelligence indicates
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 13 August 2024 | The White House called on Hamas Monday evening to send negotiators to the summit scheduled for Thursday, which the mediators, including the US, initiated in an attempt to restart the talks on a hostage deal and a cease-fire in the hope of reaching an agreement soon, in order to end
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 13 August 2024 | Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Sunday and told him that ongoing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps preparations suggest Tehran is readying for another large-scale attack, said a source with knowledge of the call. During the call with Gallant, Austin reiterated Washington’s pledge
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