وزير الدفاع الاسرائيلي السابق يعلون يقر لاول مرة بوجود قناة اتصال بين بلاده وداعش في سوريا שר הביטחון לשעבר יעלון מאשר לראשונה את קיומו של ערוץ תקשורת בין ישראל ודאעש בסוריה Thanks to Middle East Eye for republishing this post in an earlier, slightly different version. In the midst of complaining about the Islamist threat […]
Bibi Under New Investigation, Final Nail in Political Coffin?
There are serious murmurings in Israeli media that Bibi Netanyahu faces a new, and far more damaging investigation by Israeli police. Raviv Drucker and others have suggested various reasons for them, but no one knows for sure. Of one thing Drucker is certain: this is the big one, the political earthquake many have expected without […]
BREAKING: Yaalon Quits as Defense Minister, Attacks Netanyahu’s Leadership
Bogie and Bougie are out. Yvet is in. Bibi’s still in the catbird seat. Even by the standards of Israel’s fractious, bizarre political couplings and upheavals, the drama playing out today in Israel is almost unprecedented. The defense minister, Moshe Bogie Yaalon, has resigned after Netanyahu essentially offered his job to an arch rival, Avigdor […]
IDF Warns No Military Solution to Palestinian Intifada
The IDF’s intelligence unit, AMAN, is warning the Netanyahu cabinet that it is rapidly running out of military options to restrain the onslaught of Palestinian violence which has led to 180 dead and nearly 30 Israeli dead. It is telling the current right-wing government that the current scenario of serial terror attacks by random individuals […]