Middle East / Levant

The Counterterrorism Bureau put out on Monday a Basic concrete threat, the third most severe level.

In terms of the two men's ambitions, there is no daylight between Reinhard Heydrich and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

It is also likely Kushner will discuss last Friday's assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh while in Riyadh.

You would think from this recommendation that Iran's Lebanese terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, has not been trying very hard to kill Israelis on behalf of its patron.

A senior Israeli official is quoted as saying that Fakhrizadeh was one of Israel’s worst enemies, and without him, Iran would not have achieved what it did in the realm of long-range ballistic missiles.

Fakhrizadeh headed the “weaponization” group of Iran’s nuclear program, attended an underground nuclear-weapons test in North Korea in 2013 and was earmarked for the stage following a sufficient accumulation of uranium.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said back when he was in office: "We will act in any way and are not willing to tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran."

Israel is firmly refraining from harming Hezbollah members so as not to increase tensions on the Lebanese border.

Western experts suggested Fakhrizadeh's killing was as debilitating to Iran's aggressive designs against its neighbors as the elimination of Qasem Soleimani in January.

Iran has been using social media in Hebrew to rile up Israelis against PM Netanyahu.

“There is a great opening here for trade, the economy and tourism that, in effect, makes for a truly new and different Middle East,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel's first official business delegation landed in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, and met with Bahrain’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Ziad Al Zayani and with senior banking and business officials, on Wednesday.

“How can Saudi Arabia educate Saudi youth of the mutual benefits of promoting relations with Israel if Israel is not even shown on the Saudi maps?” asked ZOA national president Mort Klein.

It should be noted that acts of terrorism in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates are an extremely rare event.

While Pompeo was in the Gulf, the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) announced a surprise exercise in which Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers were launched.

This brings to 36 the number of Israel attacks inside Syria since the start of 2020.

"I am highly confident that many, many more nations will ultimately choose to do the right thing and recognize Israel as the rightful homeland of the Jewish people."

The UAE Fatwa Council joins Saudi Arabia’s decision to classify the organization as a terrorist group.

Nobel laureate Lord David Trimble calls for the two leaders to be granted the award for their “far-reaching achievements, courageous leadership and relentless pursuit of peace.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday evening with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and discussed the strengthening ties between the two countries.

"This was our second conversation; it was very friendly."

Hezbollah controls the majority of cannabis plantations across Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and the government is unable to do much about it.

“We must stick to an uncompromising policy to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons.”

Steinitz and Aoun have been exchanging messages via Twitter.

The study draws a business road map for future cooperation between both countries.

Bin Salman fears that his father would block an agreement that does not promote the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Abu Dhabi plans to invest $122 billion dollars in oil and natural gas over the next five years to boost production.

Earlier, Khatibzadeh accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of promoting a "doctrine of whitewashing Israeli crimes and formalize the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories."

To which one follower replied: "Tell Palestinians to stop lobbing rockets and maybe it could work."

Israel has remained silent on the reports.