by The Jerusalem Connection | Jun 29, 2017 | Iran
BY ANNA AHRONHEIM, SETH J. FRANTZMAN, JPost— “The next war will be pretty bloody for both sides. Israel will evacuate its population and I suggest the Lebanese do the same,” Lt.-Col. (res.) Sarit Zehavi told The Jerusalem Post at a briefing in Metulla, Israel’s...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Jun 29, 2017 | Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By JNS— A leading member of Syria’s political opposition said most Syrians view Iran as the real enemy and not Israel, adding that Israel could do more to help the Syrian people. “We want peace with Israel, and today, among the opposition in Syria, most people...
by The Jerusalem Connection | May 30, 2017 | Iran
By Jacob Magid— Iran has agreed in principle to renew its funding for the Hamas terror group, according to a report published in a London-based Arabic daily Tuesday. Palestinian officials told Asharq al-Awsat that Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the...
by The Jerusalem Connection | May 4, 2017 | Iran, Palestinian Authority, Trump
By Gil Hoffman, JPost-— Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon met with American officials who play central roles in President Donald Trump’s administration ahead of Trump’s election, and advised them how to avoid mistakes in the Middle East, Ya’alon told The...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Mar 31, 2017 | Hizballah, Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By Matt Brodsky, The Hill— Are Israel and Hezbollah headed for war? That’s the question many analysts are grappling with in the wake of recent escalations involving an Israeli strike inside Syria that targeted a weapons shipment meant for Hezbollah. It prompted...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Mar 24, 2017 | Iran
By Israel Today— Many believe that it’s inevitable that the Syrian civil war will eventually spill over into northern Israel. Iran is doing everything in its power to prove them right. Iran’s Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, is already heavily engaged in the war in...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Mar 17, 2017 | Iran, Trump
By Prof. Louis René Beres, BESA— It appears increasingly plausible that President Donald Trump’s first major test in strategic crisis management will come from North Korea. The spillover effects of any such test, a complex challenge that may or may not...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Mar 13, 2017 | Iran, Videos
The very beginning of this video is unmistakable. The word “Holocaust” with a star of David beneath it is as explicit as Iran can be. Iran’s sick dream? If you know Persian you can really hear all the gory detail. If not it’s horrifying enough. What modern-day country...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 21, 2017 | Iran, Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority
By Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel— Calling Israel a “cancerous tumor,” Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday expressed support for a “holy intifada” to eradicate the Jewish state, arguing that the international community is headed toward confrontation with the...
