Seth Frantzman: Hezbollah wants to pose as secure in its power and prepare to threaten Israel at a time of its choosing.
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JPost reports: IDF forces struck targets in the Gaza Strip belonging to the Hamas terrorist group early Friday morning in response to six rockets that were fired from Gaza towards southern Israel through the night.
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UN refuses to impose sanctions on Iran
The United States’ bid to reimpose sanctions against Iran by triggering a snapback mechanism has not been advanced, the UN Security Council President and Indonesia’s UN Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani said on Tuesday, as he dismissed the move that could have ended the 2015 Iranian deal.
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Implications of the Israel/UAE agreement
According to historian Michael Oren, “The impending peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is a game-changer for the entire Middle East… More than its economic and diplomatic potential, though, the UAE-Israel accord is of immense strategic value. It signifies the emergence of a united Middle Eastern front against Iran.”
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Interview with Israeli writer Caroline Glick about the delay in applying Israeli sovereignty over parts of the “West Bank”. She argues that the Israeli and US military’s obsession with “stable” relations with Israel’s enemies is a mistake.
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The peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates presents the Iranian regime with dilemmas on both the foreign and the domestic front. The regime fears the emergence of a new international alliance that will have greater power to contain its hegemonic regional aspirations, and there is a new urgency to the need to prove to the Iranian people that the government’s imperialist foreign policy works to their benefit.
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Khaled Abu Toameh writes: Scenes of Palestinians burning and trampling flags of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and pictures of its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, have sparked a wave of protests in a number of Arab countries. Their citizens are accusing the Palestinians of ingratitude, treason and hypocrisy.
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The resilience of the Jews of the UAE is one of the most interesting stories in light of the anti-Jewish (or anti-Israel) sentiment and demise of many Jewish communities in the Middle East.
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Israel and Russia coordinate activities in Syria
Israeli PM Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to continue coordinating to allow for Israeli airstrikes in Syria, in a phone conversation on Monday. “I talked to [Putin] about Syria and ensuring the air force’s freedom to act in that area. It’s very important for Israeli security,” Netanyahu said soon after.
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