Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Bibi: Gridlock must be broken by forming “stable right-wing government” according to the will of the voters

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘Come back home,’ Netanyahu tells right-wing leaders by ILH Staff and Reuters March 31, 2021 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed on Wednesday to two right-wing rivals to “come back home” and align themselves with … Continue reading

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The China-Iran Deal: “The notional agreement was a sprawling 25-year strategic accord valued at a staggering $400 billion, encompassing everything from Chinese involvement in Iran’s telecom sector to closer collaboration between the militaries of the two countries”

AL-HURRA DIGITAL China Chooses Sides In The Middle East by Ilan Berman March 29, 2021 China’s geopolitical ambitions in the Middle East took a giant leap forward over the weekend, when Chinese and Iranian officials convened in Tehran to formally sign … Continue reading

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Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz: “The four countries that signed peace agreements with us within the framework of the ‘Abraham Accords’ suffer from water shortages like us”

ALGEMEINER Israel and Bahrain Sign $3 Million ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Deal to Share Knowledge on Water Technology by Sharon Wrobel March 31, 2021 Israel’s state-owned water company Mekorot has inked a $3 million deal to provide Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) … Continue reading

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Naama initiative builds on Israel’s overall historic success as a center in drone innovation

NATIONAL INTEREST Israel Wants to Create a National Drone Network: A Game Changer? by Seth Frantzman March 22, 2021 Soon skies could be filled with drones, like highways in the air, with the machines delivering essential items on predefined routes. … Continue reading

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“Buyers from mainland China have been active in the Israeli market for more than a decade, but we have never seen such a sudden and meteoric increase in activity”

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST Mainland property buyers eye Tel Aviv amid Israel’s flourishing trade ties with China and Gulf peace deals by Cheryl Arcibal March 30, 2021 China’s growing investment and trade ties with Israel is spurring demand for real … Continue reading

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“The Israeli flag gives me a feeling of excitement, belonging and love,” enthuses Muslim IDF Captain Ella Waweya

UNITED WITH ISRAEL Female Arab IDF Soldier Says: ‘I am 100 percent Israeli. And very proud of it.’ by Yakir Benzion March 29, 2021 To millions of social media surfers around the world, the face and voice of the Israel … Continue reading

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“Meeting the party’s leader, Likud’s Ayoub Kara asserts that unlike the Joint List, Ra’am ‘doesn’t deny Israel’s existence’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL With Netanyahu lacking majority, Likud MK gives Islamist Ra’am a kosher stamp by Staff March 27, 2021 A Knesset member in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party met Saturday with Ra’am chief Mansour Abbas, whose Islamist faction … Continue reading

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“Israel could have taken the easy way out and attacked without phone calls or warning strikes. But it didn’t. The IDF officers and soldiers in the command center knew what they had to do”

JERUSALEM POST How the IDF invented ‘Roof Knocking’, the tactic that saves lives in Gaza by Yaakov Katz March 25, 2021 December 2008 was the turning point. After a year of incessant rocket fire, the Israeli government decided enough was … Continue reading

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Former AIPAC director Kessler’s “new initiative is not the first aimed at reversing progressive disillusionment with Israel”

JEWISH CURRENTS Former AIPAC Senior Operative Launches Group to Cultivate Democratic Support for Israel by Alex Kane March 18, 2021 IIn a sign of Israel advocates’ growing anxiety over progressive opposition to Israeli policies, AIPAC’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, Jonathan … Continue reading

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“Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort”

JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND SECURITY No Agreement is Better than Another Bad Agreement with Iran by Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror March 17, 2021 A few days ago, a journalist said to me that “Israel must realize that ultimately … Continue reading

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