Analysis
UN watchdog says Iran plans to further ramp up uranium enrichment
June 9, 2022 — Iranians inform IAEA they will install two new cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges at underground Natanz nuclear facility; move comes as agency votes to censure Tehran
Global Coalition Calls Out UN Human Rights Commission Against Israel
June 8, 2022 — Video documents the ongoing bias against Israel.
US envoy to hold maritime talks in Beirut as tensions flare over Israeli rig
June 8, 2022 — Lebanon says Amos Hochstein due early next week; Hezbollah deputy chief threatens to use ‘force’ against Israel after platform arrives in contested waters
Graffiti at Jerusalem Holocaust Museum: "Zionists are Nazi's"
June 8, 2022 — Police announced this morning (Wednesday) that an investigation has been opened following abusive graffiti discovered at the Holocaust Museum on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
Bennett: Israel adopts new strategy on Iran threats
June 7, 2022 — Speaking to Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense committee, PM says Iran can no longer get away with aggression towards Israel and terror by proxies without consequence; expects IAEA to warn Tehran of high price on defiant nuclear policies
Israeli-Saudi agreement on airspace and the Tiran and Sanpir Islands
June 6, 2022 — The Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post” revealed on Thursday that Israel has agreed to new security arrangements that will allow Egypt to transfer control of the islands of Tiran and Sanpir to Saudi Arabia.
Biden said due in Israel on June 23, will meet PM, Abbas, tour E. Jerusalem hospital
June 3, 2022 — US president to visit as part of planned trip to the Middle East including Saudi Arabia; will reportedly meet Bennett and Herzog in Jerusalem, Abbas in Bethlehem, go to Yad Vashem
Gantz meets Indian PM in visit marking 30 years of diplomatic relations
June 3, 2022 — Defense Minister says visit is an opportunity to deepen security for increased world stability, strengthen partnerships and expand technological cooperation between countries
Israel simulates long-range airstrikes over Mediterranean
June 2, 2022 — IDF says drill ‘involved long-range flight, aerial refueling and striking distant targets’ alluding to a potential attack in Iran as it gallops toward nuclear arms
Israeli jets intercepted Egyptian drone over south, military says
June 2, 2022 — In an unusual incident, a UAV crosses into Israeli territory from Egypt, allegedly by mistake, and is taken out by Israeli Air Force F16 fighter jet – in coordination with Egyptian army
Biden visit still in doubt amid Israeli political crisis, source says
June 1, 2022 — President does not want to ‘waist his time’ in high level meetings with a government that could soon fall and prefers not to appear in support of any candidate if Israeli elections are called, an official in Jerusalem says
Israeli desalination project set to give Arizona century of water
June 1, 2022 — Visiting Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey advanced a major desalination project for his state in meetings with top Israeli officials on Tuesday, which he believes will secure water for Arizona for the next 100 years.
