The Attorney General is backing down from her position that an appointment cannot be made without a search committee, but is setting conditions for appointing a Civil Service Commissioner without one. According to the Attorney General’s position, “First, the committee will operate with ongoing legal counsel from the Prime Minister’s Office’s legal advisor and … Read more
Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam al-Sabbagh flew to Iran this week, where he met with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The meeting between the two men was reported in Iranian state media, but it did not initially provide many details except that they discussed “various issues.” After they met, Iran said it would … Read more
With Vietnam’s Defense Ministry telling Reuters that Israeli and Iranian defense companies will both appear at an arms expo in Vietnam in December, The Jerusalem Post got mixed signals about whether this will really pan out. According to Reuters, “Companies from Iran, Israel, China, Russia, and the United States will showcase military equipment at … Read more
Yonatan Urich, spokesperson for Benjamin Netanyahu, verified that the primary suspect in the Prime Minister’s Office leaks scandal, Eliezar Feldstein, had passed classified information to the German newspaper Bild, according to a report by KAN11. Urich, who was investigated along with other employees of the PMO, verified with Feldstein that he had passed the … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and various lieutenants again attacked his recently ousted defense minister Yoav Gallant and the other defense establishment leaders, including IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar this past Monday. One of Netanyahu’s main claims was that he, throughout the war and especially regarding invading … Read more
IDF soldiers have come across several troves of Russian weapons in Hezbollah’s possession in southern Lebanon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Some of the weapons were manufactured as recently as 2020, such as Kornet anti-tank missiles, which were transported from Russia, through Syria, and into southern Lebanon in recent years, the WSJ … Read more
Four people were killed, and a few others were wounded in a reportedly Israel Air Force strike in northern Beirut, Army Radio reported on Monday, citing Lebanese reports. The airstrike was unusual as it occurred in a part of Beirut close to several Lebanese government buildings not affiliated with Hezbollah per se, as well … Read more
The United States warned Turkey on Monday against hosting Hamas leadership, saying Washington does not believe leaders of a terrorist organization should be living comfortably. When asked about reports that some Hamas leaders had moved to Turkey from Qatar, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller did not confirm the reports but said he was … Read more
Any ceasefire deal must provide the IDF with wide powers to target Hezbollah and its arms smuggling, including at the Syrian-Lebanese border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset on Monday. “We are talking about possible negotiations for an agreement,” Netanyahu said, as US special envoy Amos Hochstein was expected to visit the region, … Read more
Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content, a top Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday, describing the effort as the most serious yet to end to the fighting. Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, said Lebanon had … Read more
