by The Jerusalem Connection | Mar 24, 2017 | Hizballah, Syria and Lebanon
By Noah Beck, BIN— Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently warned Israel that his Iran-backed terror group could attack targets producing mass Israeli casualties, including a huge ammonia storage tank in Haifa, and a nuclear reactor in Dimona. Also last...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 5, 2017 | anti-Semitism, Syria and Lebanon
By Charles Jacobs, Jpost— Major Jewish establishment organizations are strenuously lobbying for the resettlement of Syrian refugees on American soil. It’s explained as a natural extension of Jewish values and history – “we, too, were refugees once. We, too, were...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Jan 24, 2017 | Syria and Lebanon
By Noam Amir, Maariv— Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said on Tuesday that in the IDF’s next conflict he would instruct the army to use full force, and not take any half measures. Speaking at a conference held by the Institute for National Security Studies in...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Jan 2, 2017 | Russia, Syria and Lebanon
By Debkafile— President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Syrian government and rebels have signed a truce deal and are ready to begin peace talks. The ceasefire began on Thursday, 29 December, at midnight local time. The deal excludes the Islamic State...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Dec 22, 2016 | Syria and Lebanon
By Israel Today— Israel won’t give an inch when it comes to defending against the state’s enemies. Every shot from Syria that crosses the border is met with a far stronger Israeli military response. But Israel also won’t sit idly by while its enemies suffer....
by The Jerusalem Connection | Dec 15, 2016 | Syria and Lebanon, Trump, United Nations
By Caroline Glick, JPost— Trump won’t even take office for another month, but he has already killed the status quo. During the election campaign, Trump trounced the untouchable consensus on NATO’s post-Cold War purpose. Questioning the purpose of an alliance...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Dec 15, 2016 | Syria and Lebanon
By Prophecy News Watch— Israel should be extremely concerned over the fall of Aleppo, as it means that Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have achieved free rein in Syria to try to establish a foothold along the Golan Heights, a Mideast expert wrote on Wednesday. In...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Nov 30, 2016 | Jerusalem, Syria and Lebanon, Temple, United Nations
By Danielle Ziri and Tovah Lazaraoff, JPost— The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to support a resolution that used solely Muslim language to describe the Temple Mount. Out of the United Nation’s 193 member states, 147 voted in favor, seven voted against...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Nov 18, 2016 | Hizballah, Iran, Russia, Syria and Lebanon
By Reuters— Israel should be concerned about the deepening disconnect between Russia’s aims in the Middle East and its own goals, according to a senior Israeli official who held high-level meetings in Moscow last week. Avi Dichter, chairman of Israel’s foreign...
