Tehran has threatened Iranian citizens with long prison sentences if they share footage of Israel’s Friday night retaliation strikes with Western media, Britain’s Telegraph reported on Saturday. Iran’s police force reportedly warned civilians that sharing evidence of the attacks with “hostile media affiliated with the Zionist regime” would lead to 10 years imprisonment. Iran … Read more
Iran says it is planning to raise its military budget by two hundred percent, which would essentially triple its defense spending. This should raise eyebrows in the region and could lead to an arms race. Reports say that Iran’s government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani declared on Tuesday, October 29, the goal of this major raise … Read more
Jerusalem: France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, and South Korea on Tuesday, October 29 expressed deep concern over Israel’s decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The Israeli parliament on Monday, October 27 passed a law that prohibits UNRWA operations within its … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law prohibiting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating in Israel. Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News reported that the new law, which received support from 92 out of 120 parliament members, passed despite opposition from the … Read more
The United States has also expressed concerns about the legislation, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has justified by citing the alleged involvement of UNRWA workers in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel in which more than 1,200 people were killed. “UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held … Read more
Tehran: Iran has vowed to respond to Israel’s strikes on the country, which Tehran says killed five people, but said it does not want a wider war. “We do not seek war, but we will defend the rights of the people and the nation, and we will give an appropriate response to the Zionist entity’s … Read more
A YOUNG Palestinian boy has reportedly been shot and killed by Israeli troops. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have launched a probe into the death of Abdullah Hawash, 11, after claims the boy threw stones at military trucks as they passed in the West Bank. 4 Abdullah Hawash, 11, has reportedly been shot and killed … Read more
The first year since the October 7 massacre, the governing coalition largely refrained from controversial legislation, but the upcoming winter session, which begins on Monday, will mark the end of this trend. The most important bill likely to reach the Knesset floor during the winter session is the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) IDF draft bill. The … Read more
Israeli airstrikes targeted and apparently struck an Iranian military base tied to a former nuclear weapons program and another that’s involved in manufacturing missiles, according to reports Sunday. Satellite images taken after the attacks early Saturday reportedly show damage to buildings at the bases in Parchin and Khojir, outside the capital of Tehran. One of … Read more
In a separate development, a truck rammed into a bus stop near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, in what police believe was a terror attack, according to media reports. More than 30 people were injured in the incident, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service. The attack occurred near the headquarters of Israel’s … Read more
