He writes about it referring to Israeli and Egyptian officials every day The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Egyptian officials briefed on Israel’s plans told the American newspaper that the first two to three weeks of the operation would involve evacuating civilians in coordination with the United States, Egypt and other Arab countries. The evacuation will … Read more
A total of 28 employees were fired by Google on Wednesday, according to an internal memo seen by CNBC, following a series of protests against working conditions and the company’s contract to provide cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to the Israeli government and military. The news comes a day after nine Google employees announced … Read more
Two Palestinian men attacked Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Sunday. According to the Israeli army, they responded to the attack with fire, one of the attackers was killed, Reuters writes. “One of the terrorists tried to stab Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers who were in the area. They responded with heavy fire and … Read more
The US government is preparing to move forward with imposing new sanctions on Iran following its attack on it Israel over the weekend, the White House announced yesterday, noting that it “expects” its allies to do the same soon. “In the coming days, the United States will proceed with the imposition of new sanctions targeting … Read more
The decision to strike back at Iran and its “satellites” has been taken by Netanyahu based on the options presented to successive war councils by the IDF. Nevertheless, the timing as well as the extent of the strike are under consideration, while the international diplomatic scene exerts suffocating pressure on the Israeli prime minister not … Read more
The Greek government is watching the new flare-up in the Middle East with obvious concern but also with composure, awaiting Israel’s response to the missile attacks it received over the weekend from Iran. At the military level, the prevailing assessment is that Iran’s attacks, which were intercepted almost entirely, were almost “symbolic” in nature, as … Read more
The war in Gaza “could develop into a long-term war of attrition, like Russia’s in Ukraine” says in an interview with “Vima” the Dahlia Seidlinpolitical analyst at the Tel Aviv think tank The Century Foundation and author of the book The Shattered Foundations of Democracy in Israel. Six months after the start of the war, … Read more
“I want to make it clear, we will make our own decisions and Israel will do whatever is necessary to defend itself,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Mr Netanyahu met foreign ministers from Britain and Germany who are visiting Jerusalem, arguing that Israel retains the right to self-defence after Iran’s missile and drone attack. … Read more
A “cyber attack,” rather than striking targets inside Iran or Iran’s nuclear facilities, will be Israel’s retaliation for Tehran’s attack, predicts award-winning American-Palestinian journalist and former Princeton University journalism professor Daoud Qutab. In the interview he granted to “Vima”, he estimates that the developments in Gaza will be determined by two factors: the attitude of … Read more
A look back at nearly 45 years of international sanctions against Iran, from the first after the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran to those expected in the coming days after Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel. Iran’s economy, which has been hit hard by sanctions, is experiencing galloping inflation and seeing its currency, the rial, … Read more