The Israeli security cabinet has reportedly ordered the army to intensify preparations for a possible new attack on Iran. This was reported by the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, underlining that Israeli forces have been placed on maximum alert. "The United States and Israel had to face the consequences of their heinous actions and crimes in the region," said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, commenting on the electoral defeats
Telephone clash between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. An exchange that was described by Israeli officials as "a hellish exchange of shouting". During the conversation, Netanyahu forcefully insisted that Trump resume major combat operations against Iran, sources told Ynet, while several figures, both inside and outside the White House, tried to prevent this.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently left his home for a military base following death threats from Iran. The New York Times reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. Tehran has intensified attempts to target US personnel.
“The United States and Israel had to face the consequences of their heinous actions and crimes in the region in their recent elections at the hands of their own citizens,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said, commenting on the electoral defeats of Netanyahu and Trump.
The Israeli security cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to intensify preparations for a possible new attack on Iran. This was reported by the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, underlining that Israeli forces have been placed on maximum alert.
US Vice President JD Vance considers face-to-face talks with Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, positioning himself as the main negotiator with Tehran. The Wall Street Journal reports this, based on US and Middle Eastern officials, as well as people briefed on the negotiations. The goal is to put an end to a war considered a burden for the Republican Party, within which more than 50% are calling for an end to hostilities. President Donald Trump, in recent days, has communicated to his closest collaborators that he is in favor of Vance resuming talks.
''I will undertake to monitor a government that has lost the trust of the Knesset. I will not allow the slightest deviation from safety considerations''. Thus the leader of Yashar, Gadi Eisenkot, replied to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who had defined the former IDF chief's discussion on security as "irresponsible". "Why did you refuse my request to receive an operational briefing through official channels, as usual? Why are you trying to delay the convening of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee until next week?'' Eisenkot asked, addressing Netanyahu.
The United States, after the naval blockade, also intends to close Iran's land borders to suffocate what remains of its international trade. But the new tightening planned by the Trump Administration clashes with resistance from neighboring countries, which do not intend to pay the price. Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey - fundamental for Iranian trade - have so far not complied with the requests from Washington, fearing that blocking the crossings could cause economic repercussions and internal tensions. As an article in the New York Times highlights, Tehran continues to circumvent the restrictions even through land connections. But diplomatic attempts to convince neighboring countries to close the crossings have so far failed. So on Saturday the American Centcom announced the creation of the Iran Gate Task Force, tasked with countering the trafficking of weapons, sanctioned goods and money across the Iranian borders and the Caspian Sea. The most delicate game is being played in Iraq. Baghdad shares almost 1,600 kilometers of border with Iran, which are difficult to control, and has very close commercial relations with Tehran. The United States reportedly asked the Iraqi government to close all the crossings, leaving only two open. The request, according to the NYT, was rejected. The authorities have ordered some temporary closures, officially to strengthen controls and combat smuggling, but every interruption in traffic has provoked protests. Pakistan has also alternated closures and reopenings of the crossings, while Turkey does not seem willing to change its policy.
''The activation of security forces without a direct and immediate threat that does not allow for delay could have devastating consequences for Israeli democracy and citizens' trust in government institutions. Do not put the leaders of the security services in a difficult constitutional conflict and in doubt between what is required of them and what is right to do''. Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Yashar and in charge of forming the government, writes this in an official letter sent to outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he recalls that, although he still holds the reins of power and is still responsible for the security of the State of Israel, he currently holds the position of interim Prime Minister with the trust of only 46 members of the Knesset. ''In recent weeks, worrying news has been published about the introduction of considerations unrelated to Israel's security. In this complex and delicate political situation, you have a duty to exercise the utmost caution and responsibility in making decisions regarding national security and policy. Therefore, I demand that you show restraint and caution regarding dangerous moves that could await the swearing-in of a new government that enjoys the trust of the Knesset. Do not betray the people's trust in government institutions and in the decision-making process'', reads the letter released by the Yashar party.
Yossi Dagan, the leader of the Israeli settlers and president of the Regional Council of Samaria, is banned from entering France. "Dagan is subject to an administrative ban on entry into the territory due to his active role in the implementation of the colonization policy of the West Bank" explains a source from the French Foreign Ministry, confirming the rumors. “Colonization is against international law and undermines the two-state solution,” explains a source at the Quai d'Orsay. Dagan, according to 'The Times of Israel' reports, explained that last week he had been denied entry to France after traveling to Paris for a series of meetings. Dagan's office reports that he was taken aside for questioning by Border Police officials and told that he was not allowed to enter the country because of his role in establishing 35 settlements in the northern West Bank and for promoting the restoration of Jewish settlements in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump said the time has come for the US to achieve a complete victory in the war against Iran. “This problem should have been solved a long time ago,” he said during a Veterans Day event in Arlington, Virginia. "We want to ensure a total victory. Not a 93% victory. It will be a total victory. It will take 25 years to rebuild what we destroyed and, hopefully, we won't have to destroy any more of that country."
"How does the government intend to act to open the Gaza crossings immediately? Minister Tajani will have seen the devastating images arriving from the Strip, hit by torrential rains with tens of thousands of tents flooded, reduced to tatters, old people in the mud, children with water up to their waists, desperate. And he will also have known that the Israeli authorities are preventing aid from entering Gaza". Thus Laura Boldrini, Democratic Party deputy and president of the Permanent Committee of the Chamber on human rights in the world, to Minister Tajani during question time in Montecitorio. "We do not understand how we can tolerate this inhuman and degrading treatment of the Palestinian people without lifting a finger, without taking a political initiative, without imposing sanctions on the Israeli government. What is the Board of Peace of which this government is part, albeit as an observer, doing? The crossings must be reopened and aid must enter immediately. And bringing up, once again, 'Food for Gaza' means having completely lost the sense of reality", concluded the Democratic MP.
It is not America that attacked Iran. Iran has been waging war on America since 1979. This should have been dealt with long ago. It's about time someone took care of this. We did it and we won". Donald Trump said this in Arlington. "We just have to decide whether to end it or not", added the American president.
The Saudi-led Arab military coalition announced via Previously the coalition, which intervened in 2015 to support Yemeni government forces in the battle against the Houthis, had announced that it had shot down three cruise missiles launched in the direction of the Riyadh region.
"The Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war state" and the United States will have to accept "the seven conditions" set by Tehran for its reopening and the resumption of negotiations. This is the message launched by the president of the Iranian Parliament and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in an interview with Al Jazeera. “We have given the United States a clear and transparent response, which includes our requests, but Washington has not yet responded officially,” Ghalibaf said. Among the conditions indicated by Tehran is the end of the war against Iran and the so-called Axis of Resistance. “We want to overcome the situation of neither war nor peace, not necessarily through negotiations, but through constant deterrence,” Ghalibaf said, confirming that he was still leading the negotiating team. An agreement with Washington, he assured, is possible, but on condition that the Americans respect what was agreed and do not further compromise trust. "Our lack of trust and Washington's attempts to impose excessive demands are preventing an agreement," he continued. Ghalibaf finally accused the United States of having miscalculated with the attack on Iran. “They were frustrated because they couldn't get anything done,” he said, warning President Donald Trump that if he decided to return to war, he would “face another defeat.”
In 1996, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel would gradually end US financial support of 1.2 billion dollars - we read in a note released via X - And so he did. "Thirty years later Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the Israeli economy is strong enough to gradually reduce military assistance - the statement continues - Today Israel has a strong and stable economy and Israel and the United States are making the important transition from assistance to partnership." "Netanyahu indicated this direction in May", continues the office of the prime minister in office, citing "an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS" and adding that "this week in Paris the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that it is "something that
