Oct 21, 2020
All recent regional earthquakes “minor”
There have been 28 earthquakes in Israel or its immediate vicinity since 1 September. All of the incidents can be categorized as either “micro” at 2.0 or less in magnitude…
Oct 20, 2020
The Lebanese-Israeli Maritime Border Talks: An Important Step Forward
By Dr. Joshua Krasna The talks suggest that when common interests exist, Israel can engage beneficially and pragmatically even with enemies, resulting in de-escalation and mutual benefit. Background On October…
Oct 20, 2020
The Beirut Disaster: A Chance for a Systemic Change in Lebanon?
By Dr. Aiman Mansour and Colonel (Res.) Dr. Eran Lerman The current political situation in Lebanon is very problematic. Hizbullah enjoys full freedom of action in a country which long…
Oct 09, 2020
Hezbollah: Israel still enemy despite talks
Hezbollah has declared that Lebanon’s agreement to negotiate maritime borders with Israel is “is not connected to” achieving peace between the two nations, which maintain a formal state of war.…
Oct 02, 2020
Israel & Lebanon agree to negotiate borders
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a framework for talks to end the longtime dispute over borders to be mediated by the United States. The two countries are still in…
Sep 30, 2020
Netanyahu targets Hezbollah in UN address
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group of storing weapons near a gas company in the residential Beirut neighborhood of Jnah. During his annual speech…
Sep 29, 2020
Macron blames Hezbollah for Lebanon’s woes
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib rendered his resignation even before taking office, after being unable to form a government of specialists to implement critically-needed reform. After saying he was “doomed…
Sep 23, 2020
Hezbollah arms depot explodes in Lebanon
A weapons cache belonging to the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah exploded in a populated area of Lebanon, at the pre-dominantly Shi’ite Muslim village of Ain-Qana. Security officials reported that at least 7…
Sep 18, 2020
Netanyahu hails new era of Mideast peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extolled the recently established Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain for having already yielded significant economic benefits. “We made history in Washington” with the…
Sep 09, 2020
US sanctions ex-Lebanese ministers for Hezbollah ties
The U.S. State Department released a statement announcing that “For too long, Lebanon’s political leaders have ignored their responsibility to address the needs of their people and instead built a…