Tag Archives: Israel

Israeli-US policies on Assad set stage for Golan offensive against Israel

The Syrian civil conflict appears poised ready to spill over to one or more of its neighbors, starting with Israel as a result of six factors: 1. President Barack Obama’s inability to make up his mind on whether the US … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Syrian-Israeli war of words via Putin edges into Syrian-Hizballah war of attrition.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu ended their three-hour meeting in Sochi Tuesday, May 14, at loggerheads on Syria. In fact, Putin warned his guest that Israel and its army, the IDF, were heading for war with Syria in … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Putin again warns Netanyahu hands off Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, May, 14. He came for a last-ditch attempt to head off the supply of advanced Russian … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Russia staffs Mediterranean fleet. Turkey weighs payback for Syrian bombings

Russian Navy Admiral Viktor Chirkov said Sunday, May 12, that the process is underway for creating a permanent staff to run Russian fleet operations in the Mediterranean Sea.  Speaking at Sevastopol, the Black Sea fleet’s home port, Adm. Chirkov said … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Netanyahu to visit Putin in a bid to stop his S-300 missile sale to Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sets off for the Black Sea town of Sochi early next week for a personal call on President Vladimir Putin. This was confirmed Saturday, May 11 by the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who declined … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

U.S. Is Warned Russia Plans Syria Arms Sale

Israel has warned the U.S. that a Russian deal is imminent to sell advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria, weapons that would significantly boost the regime’s ability to stave off intervention in its civil war. U.S. officials said on Wednesday … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

US to arm Syrian rebels: Putin’s rebuke, Chinese “peace plan” mar Netanyahu’s Chinese trip

Negative diplomatic ricochets are pursuing Israel in the aftermath of its air force attacks on Syria. In the first place, they are seen to have had no effect on Hizballah’s successful military intervention on the side of the Assad regime … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, War | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Syria: Israeli attack equals declaration of war. Iron Domes at Haifa and Safed

Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said Sunday, May 5, that the strike at Syria overnight represented a “declaration of war” by Israel. Russian and Iranian media earlier predicted full-scale Middle East hostilities involving Israel erupting in the coming hours, in the … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Israel confirms Syria strike, says hit Hezbollah-bound missiles

Israel has carried out an air strike into Syria, targeting a shipment of missiles bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday. The Jewish state has made clear it is prepared to resort to force to prevent advanced … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Surprise Israeli military drill on Syrian, Lebanese borders. Reservists mobilized

Israel’s armed forces launched a snap division-scale drill along the full length of the Syrian and Lebanese borders Tuesday, April 30, with call-up orders for thousands of reservists, debkafile’s military sources report. It was taken into account that the unannounced exercise would … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Israel’s Air Force hits Gaza terror sites after rocket attack

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Air Force bombed a terror training base in Gaza hours after a rocket from Gaza struck near a civilian community in southern Israel. The Israel Air Force targeted the training site and what it identified as a weapons … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

US Patriots relocate from Gulf to Jordan. Israel and Turkey pool Syria intelligence

Israel and Turkey agreed last week to start pooling their incoming intelligence on the Syrian civil war, debkafile’s intelligence sources report exclusively. Exchanges will take place at the highest level between Mossad Director Tamir Pardo and Hakan Fidan, head of Turkey’s … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, Religion, War | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tehran and Assad slide past US and Israeli red lines – nuclear and chemical

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was hardly out of Israel’s door Tuesday, April 23, when a spate of awkward data came spilling out in Tel Aviv. Iran has crossed the last red line Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu laid down … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Israel Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons

Israel’s senior military intelligence analyst said Tuesday that the Syrian government had repeatedly used chemical weapons in the last month, and criticized the international community for failing to respond, intensifying pressure on the Obama administration to intervene. “The regime has … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Two armed Hizballah brigades fighting for Assad near Homs

Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, pledged action against the use of chemical weapons in Syria and promised not to allow sophisticated weapons to reach other nations or Hizballah-type organizations. The Golan border would be well guarded, he said, speaking at … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Chemical warfare looms over Syria. Israel passes atropine to rebels

As the Syrian civil way went into its third year this week, signs abounded of increasing readiness for the use of chemical weapons on both sides of the conflict. Since February, the US, Israel, Ankara and Amman have been aware … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

South Israel on alert for multiple al Qaeda strike. Iron Dome posted

Incoming intelligence of All Qaeda groups in the Sinai Peninsula winding up preparations for a multiple attack on an Israeli location, such as Eilat, and a US military target in the Negev, has put southern Israel and US forces posted … Continue reading

Posted in Al Qaeda, Editorial | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza; first since truce

The IAF launched airstrikes on the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since a truce ended an eight-day cross-border war in November. “Occupation planes bombarded an open area in northern Gaza, there were no wounded,” a statement … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Religion | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Israel Strikes It Rich

Natural gas began to flow into Israel over the weekend from a large offshore field, ending Israel’s status as a dry patch in an oil-rich region. The flow came from the first of two enormous gas fields discovered off Israel’s … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Energy | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Palestinians kick off Jerusalem bid by ceding Holy Sites Custodianship to Jordan’s king

A historic agreement signed in Amman Sunday, March 31, between Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II takes a new stand on Jerusalem – one of the core issues subject to negotiation with Israel – by accepting the … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Religion | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Al Qaeda brigade captures Syrian-Israeli-Jordanian border junction

The highly strategic intersection of the Syrian, Israeli and Jordan borders, just east of the Golan, was captured by the Al Musanna Brigade of al Qaeda’s Syrian arm, Jabhat al-Nusra on Passover Eve, Monday, March 25, DEBKAfile’s exclusive sources report. This … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, Religion | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Turkey badly needed to end row with Israel. Netanyahu’s apology gave Obama a diplomatic breakthrough

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu granted the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan a face-saver for ending their three-year rift out of willingness to crown US President Barack Obama’s three-day visit with an impressive diplomatic breakthrough. He swallowed Israel and its … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Tehran: Our commanders now authorized to open fire. Go home, Obama!

The words and deeds coming out of Washington in the last three days bring little comfort to the Israeli government as it prepares for Barack Obama’s first visit as president Wednesday, March 20. According to an authoritative leak, Washington has … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, Religion, War | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Netanyahu Will Confront Obama as Israel’s Prime Minister

Binyamin Netanyahu has signed formed a coalition government to remain the prime minister of Israel. This will give him the authority to confront president Obama next week as the leader of Israel. I suspect that the terms Obama thought he … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Religion | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Al Qaeda’s Nusra fights to seize Syrian Golan in time for Obama visit

Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, Jabhat al-Nusra, led a Syrian rebel operation Wednesday, March 13, to occupy Golan and cleanse it of every last Syrian troop loyal to Bashar Assad. The Islamists had two more objectives: 1. To be in position … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Al Qaeda forms volatile 1,000-km chain from Baghdad to Damascus

Israel’s Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz rated war as a “low risk” for the foreseeable future, but credited the risk of escalation as “very high,” in a lecture he delivered Monday, March 11 at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Institute … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, War | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Hundreds of UN Syrian Golan UN observers scramble to safety in Israel

The flight of hundreds of UN Disengagement and Observers Force (UNDOF) soldiers – Indian, Austrian and Filipino – in trucks and APCs from the Syrian side of Golan into Israel was in full swing early Monday, March 11. DEBKAfile quotes … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Obama’s Israel visit is on – to sweeten pill of nuclear Iran

President Barack Obama will visit Israel later this month, the 20th, even if Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fails to put together a governing coalition beforehand. “We’re going,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a briefing for reporters Friday, … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Russia and Israel each warn trouble building up on Golan border

At UN Center in New York, Israeli and Russian delegates separately warned Monday, March 4, of a dangerous situation developing in the area of separation on the Golan captured by Israel in the 1967 war. Syrian troops were forbidden to … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

PJTV: Meddling in the Middle East: Does Barack Obama Hate Israel?

From YouTube: President Obama is visiting Israel for the first time where he will be awarded a medal. Tammy Bruce thinks that President Obama goes out of his way to hurt Israel and help its enemies. Is Obama antagonistic towards … Continue reading

Posted in Domestic Enemies, Editorial | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Assad’s troops retreat from Golan, leaving Islamist rebels to confront Israel

President Bashar Assad has evacuated most of the troops of his 5th Army Division from their permanent bases on the Golan opposite Israeli forces and transferred the unit along with its artillery to Damascus, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. The Syrian ruler’s … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, Religion | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

US plan for UN to endorse Khamenei’s fatwa? Shock in Jerusalem

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Iran was a “nuclear state” during his Cairo visit two weeks ago. Saturday, Feb. 16, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shed more light by saying, “Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons but no power could stop … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

North Korea and Iran – partners in nuclear and missile programs

There is full awareness in Washington and Jerusalem that the North Korean nuclear test conducted Tuesday, Feb. 12, brings Iran that much closer to conducting a test of its own. A completed bomb or warhead is not necessary for an … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ahmadinejad: Iran already a nuclear state, but has no intention of launching attack on Israel

Iran announced that they are now a nuclear state. The world assumes that this means that they have a nuclear warhead. If true, this capability combined with their successful space launch allows them to put a nuclear warhead or EMP … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Radical Islam, War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Assad set on arms transfers to Lebanon. Israel responds with no-fly zone

Syrian ruler Bashar Assad has ordered the resumption of weapons transfers to the Lebanese Hizballah, DEBKAfile’s exclusive military and intelligence sources report. This was agreed with Iran’s National Security Director Saeed Jalilee, who arrived in Damascus after Israel’s reported air strike last Wednesday, … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, Religion, War | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Russia slams Israeli attack on Syria. US forces in Jordan on alert

The Syrian announcement of an Israeli air strike on a military site near Damascus Wednesday, Jan. 30, drew strong condemnation from Moscow the next day: “Such action if confirmed would amount to unacceptable military interference in the war-ravaged country,” said the … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Israel Strikes Weapons Convoy

JERUSALEM—Israeli warplanes are reported to have attacked an arms convoy traveling from Syria to Lebanon Tuesday night. Syrian state TV confirmed Wednesday an Israeli airstrike on a military site near Damascus, according to the Associated Press. U.S. officials have reported the … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Here We Go: Israel Bombs Syria

Syria: Israeli jets strike Jamaraya arms depot near Damascus leaving casualties The Syrian government, by admitting that the Israel Air Force attacked the Jamaraya “Military Research Institute” (a euphemism for an arms deport), near Damascus, broke the barrier of silence … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Egypt, Syria are falling apart – an Israeli nightmare unfolds

Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel warned Tuesday, Jan. 29, that Syria is falling apart and no one knows what the next day may bring: “War may not break out tomorrow,” he said, “but we stand ready for … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

US reluctant to step in vs. Syrian chemical threat, urges neighbors to cope

Strong reluctance to stepping in to prevent the use of Syria’s chemical weapons was registered by President Barack Obama in an interview Monday, Jan. 28 to The New Republic: “In a situation like Syria, I have to ask: can we make … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial, War | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment