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Israel launches deadly strikes, shelling across southern Lebanon
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (118+ words) Middle East Eye Israel launches deadly strikes, shelling across southern Lebanon Israeli shelling was reported across southern Lebanon early on Friday, including in Tyre and Nabatieh, state-media reported. In one strike, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle on the Abbasiyyeh…...
Israel 'will be at war with Syria sooner or later', says Likud minister
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (178+ words) Middle East Eye Israel 'will be at war with Syria sooner or later', says Likud minister An Israeliminister from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party said this week that Israel "will be at war with Syria sooner or later. The…...
US-Iran deal leaves Israel isolated and Netanyahu exposed
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (192+ words) For many in the country's political and military elite, the agreement to'end the war'represents a strategic turning point that could weaken Israel's regional influence, strain its most important alliance and accelerate the political decline of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Although…...
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate denounces Israeli seizure of church land in Jerusalem
23+ hour, 37+ min ago (417+ words) The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has denounced the "unlawful and illegitimate" Israeli seizure of its property in occupied East Jerusalem. In a statement on Wednesday, the Patriarchate said that it "expressed grave concern over the Israeli raid and land…...
Former senior Israeli officials issue 'final warning' over West Bank settler terror
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (744+ words) A broad coalition of former'high-ranking Israeli officials, including former prime ministers and defence chiefs, have issued what they termed a "wake-up call" and "final warning", demanding that the Israeli government act against Jewish settler "terrorism" in the occupied West Bank....
Israel preparing for collapse of US-Iran agreement, report says
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (133+ words) Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that officials in Israel believe the agreement between the United States and Iran is unlikely to endure, despite not having full access to its contents. According to the report, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has instructed…...
Muslim advocacy group denounces Israeli action at Ibrahimi Mosque
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (170+ words) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has condemned the Israeli government's reported seizure of authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, describing the move as an attack on Palestinian rights, religious freedoms and international…...
London's Met Police not investigating Great Israeli Real Estate Event
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (134+ words) London's Metropolitan Police are not investigating the Great Israeli Real Estate Event which took place on Sunday, Middle East Eye has learnt." The revelation comes after"British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper announced that ministers have asked the Advertising Standards Authority…...
Israeli press casts emerging US-Iran deal as a strategic defeat for Netanyahu
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (748+ words) While Israeli politicians and journalists'voiced anger on Sunday over the emerging deal between the US and Iran, on Monday military affairs experts warned that Iran is becoming a regional power. Alon Ben David, the veteran military correspondent of Channel 13 News,…...
Israel's former defence minister compares settler ideology to Nazism
3+ day, 53+ min ago (769+ words) Israel's former defence minister has compared settler ideology to Nazism, and accused authorities of failing to investigate Israelis responsible for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied'West Bank.' In a wide-ranging interview with the Israeli news site Ynet on Sunday, Moshe…...