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Volume 13, Issue 61:

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."

----- Aldous Huxley
Jump to: Middle East (#Middle East) Israel (#Israel) Anti-Semitism (#Anti-Semitism)
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** Israel’s Unique Methods Against the Iranian Threat ([link removed])
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** By Benjamin Weil / July 24th, 2020
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For the better part of the 21st century Israel has been trying to circumvent Iran’s regional ambitions in the Middle East to become a nuclear state and spread its military power to neighboring countries. By exploiting the disarray in Syria, Iran routinely sends convoys through Syria to arm its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, with precision guided munitions (PGMs) and other equipment. Israel has reacted by launching a political and military campaign. Usually it was the political effort that was very public while the intelligence and military activities occurred behind the scenes, but in the past week or so we have seen a number of mysterious explosions in Iran. It is hard not to see the Israeli (and American) fingerprint all over these incidents.

Israel’s intelligence is known to execute audacious missions around the world using creative methods. Look no further than breaking into and smuggling out the secret Iranian nuclear archives in 2019. The brilliance in Israel’s alleged reactions lay in how they have managed to face Iran on a number of fronts; in Iran, in Syria and in Lebanon. Each one of them is a unique peril in and of itself, but together comprise the big Iranian threat. Instead of applying a blanket rule for combating Iran, the Israelis broke down their military campaign into smaller components and use their flexibility and creativity to address each one in a unique form.

Israel’s target in Syria is not a Syrian sovereign one, rather it is an independent Iranian actor functioning in Syria. Israel has conducted numerous airstrikes to avoid the shipment of Iranian strategic weapons from entering Lebanon. Many times, the Israeli air force must hit a moving target while avoiding any collateral damage of hitting Syrian state assets.

In Iran though, Israel’s tactics are different. When facing the nuclear program in Iran, Israel is facing a sovereign country. In Iran, it is Iranian assets that are on the Israeli radar. At first it was Iranian scientists who were disappearing mysteriously. Nowadays Israel has shifted to exploding non-human assets - nuclear-related sites. In this case, Israel is not exercising any military option or airstrike, it is the clandestine work of the Mossad planting explosives in various locations.

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** Israel
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** How might Hezbollah retaliate against Israel? ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Did Mossad's 2018 Iran operation pave way for 2020 explosions? - analysis ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** IDF beefs up Northern Command over tensions with Hezbollah ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Hezbollah threatens Israel after member of terror group killed in Syria ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Report: Five Killed in Israeli Strike on Iranian-backed Militias Near Damascus ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** Hezbollah says its soldier killed by Israeli airstrike in Syria ([link removed]) - Al-Monitor
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** Is the Golan incident linked to tensions over Hezbollah’s 'retaliation' ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Middle East
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** Two Alleged Criminals – A Hezbollah Associated Narco-Money Launderer and a Computer Hacker - Extradited from Cyprus to the United States ([link removed]) - US Department of Justice
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** Saudi Arabia’s King Salman admitted to hospital for tests ([link removed]) - Associated Press
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** Egypt’s parliament to hold secret session authorizing military intervention in Libya ([link removed]) - Egypt Independent
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** It’s official: US Air Force to buy Turkish F-35s ([link removed]) - Defense News
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** ‘Too late to stop’: Egypt and Turkey ramp up Libya war preparations ([link removed]) - Independent
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** Egypt approves Libya deployment, risking clash with Turkey ([link removed]) - ABC
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** The lights go out on Lebanon’s economy as financial collapse accelerates ([link removed]) - Washington Post
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** Former Lebanese Minister Ahmed Fatfat: Hizbullah Is Occupying Lebanon, Is The Country's Main Problem; It Must Be Dismantled ([link removed]) - Memri TV
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** Germany, France and Italy threatening sanctions against foreign interference in Libya ([link removed]) - Euronews
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** Iran
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** China And Iran Approach Massive $400 Billion Deal ([link removed]) - Forbes
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** Iran's Zarif in Iraq on his first visit since Soleimani's killing ([link removed]) - Al Jazeera
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** Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrives in Iran in first trip abroad ([link removed]) - Al Jazeera
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** Oil Minister Says Foreign Countries Refusing To Sign Agreements With Iran ([link removed]) - Radio Farda
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** Oil pipeline explodes in west Iran - report ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Russia Squares Up to Iran in Syria as Part of "Pact" With Israel ([link removed]) - IranWire
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** US fighter jets in near miss with Iranian plane in Syrian airspace ([link removed]) - Middle East Eye
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** Anti-Semitism
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** UK Labour Party Apologizes in Court to Antisemitism Whistleblowers, Admits It Defamed Them ([link removed]) - Algemeiner
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** Neo-Nazi Gunman Wears ‘Big Grin’ as Court Views Footage of Yom Kippur Attack on German Synagogue ([link removed]) - Algemeiner
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** Indoctrinated with hate: Palestinian schools are typical Muslim schools ([link removed]) - JNS
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