After Turkey’s apology demand from Israel following Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon’s treatment of the Turkish ambassador to Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly stated he supported the Foreign Ministry’s conduct. Nevertheless, Ayalon has apologized. Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon issued a special statement of apology Tuesday night for his treatment of Turkish ambassador to [...]
Following a number of days in which palestinian terrorists fired close to 20 rockets and mortar shells at Israel (prompting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to vow to respond decisively and strongly to any attack), Israeli defense officials yesterday stated that in the event of a future conflict with Hamas, the IDF may be ordered by [...]
Joke of the day: Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said his country would urge Israel to be flexible in talks for Shalit’s release. In an interview with Al-Arabiya Saturday night, Aboul-Gheit said, “We are trying to influence Israel’s position, and to stress that Israel should not go overboard in its demands and that it [...]
IDF sources responded to reports of Hizbullah finding Israeli “spying devices” by saying the incident was staged in an attempt to divert attention from the explosion of a weapons cache in southern Lebanon last week. Quite frankly, this is a real possibility, given Hizbullah’s love of the stage. Plus they seem to have had trouble [...]
Israel has demanded that UNIFIL investigate the explosion at the house of Hizbullah terrorist Abdel Nasser Issa in southern Lebanon, saying it proves Hizbullah stockpiled munitions in violation of the truce. I’m sure UNIFIL are just itching to investigate the explosion, and if they do find that some Hizbullah terrorists were killed in it, they [...]
In the wake of evidence being presented of a clandestine Iranian nuclear facility, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the US House Speaker, as well as Senators and Congress members that now is the time to act against Iran. “If not now, then when,” Netanyahu reportedly said in the conversations with American officials. “Action must [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Israeli President Shimon Peres gave plenty of people a big scare last night when he collapsed at an event. Peres was standing up and replying to questions by the audience at a Rabin Center function when he collapsed. The president’s personal paramedic on behalf of the [...]
UNIFIL have finally sprung into action over something. But it’s more bull than Hizbullah related. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon – Indian and Spanish UNIFIL officers proposed building an iron fence around the Baathaeel water pool to prevent cows from Israel from wondering into the area, allowing Lebanese shepherds full access to the [...]
The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel is willing to withdraw from the Shaba Farms. Israel has expressed to the US government its willingness to withdraw from the Shaba Farms and the northern half of the town of Rajar, on the border with Lebanon, after receiving guarantees from Beirut that the areas would be under UNIFIL [...]
The Commander of UNIFIL continues to show how utterly useless both he and his troops are. Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Thursday accused Israel of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought an end to the Second Lebanon War. During a press conference at the [...]
