June, 2021

• 5 June

  Turkish mobster’s revelations extend to arms shipments to Syria

  

  Turkish crime boss Sedat Peker speaks out about arms shipment to radical rebels in Syria in his latest barrage of allegations against figures close to the government. Fresh allegations by a fugitive Turkish mobster have rekindled controversy in Turkey over arms shipments to Syria and murky cross-border trade, allegedly involving …

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• 5 June

  Israel’s new president brings spirit of compromise

  

  Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog was chosen Israel’s new president only hours before Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced the composition of a new government. At the height of one of the most tense and uncertain days in the history of Israel’s Knesset, Isaac Herzog was chosen yesterday as the …

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• 5 June

  Netanyahu changed the way Americans view Israel for better and worse

  

  “For decades, Israel wisely cultivated relations with both Democrats and Republicans…Bibi broke that tradition and threw his lot in with the Republicans” In 2001, when he was out of office and in what he thought was a private setting, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted, “I know what America is. America is a …

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• 5 June

  PM holds first working meeting with new Mossad chief Barnea

  

  Barnea, 56, is the replacement for former Mossad director Yossi Cohen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first working meeting with new Mossad Director David Barnea on Thursday. In December, Netanyahu put Barnea, who is 56, married and has four kids, forth as his nominee to replace Yossi Cohen, but …

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• 5 June

  Intelligence officer who died in prison was not charged with espionage

  

  The IDF intelligence officer died during the recent war between Israel and Hamas. His family has rejected claims that he took his own life. An intelligence officer who died in prison two weeks ago “was not charged with espionage or treason and had not been in contact with or used …

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• 5 June

  Operation Guardian of the Walls: Targeting Hamas terror, behind the scenes

  

  Behind the scenes of targeting Hamas terror targets Operation Guardian of the Walls lasted 11 days, but it was one of the most intense wars between Israel’s military and Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip. By many measures, this round was the most intense escalation since …

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• 5 June

  Jordan refers ex-royal chief to security court over alleged foreign-linked conspiracy

  Jordanian prosecutors on Wednesday referred the case of a former top confidant of King Abdullah and a minor royal to the state security court over accusations of conspiring to destabilise the country, state media said on Wednesday. Judicial sources said the step paved the way for the trial of Bassem …

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• 5 June

  IDF arrests Hamas leader planning base in West Bank

  

  Military says Sheikh Jamal al-Tawil took an active part in organizing violent riots and re-establishment of terror group’s headquarters in Ramallah; arrest comes after Egyptian-brokered ceasefire halted 11 days of fighting in Gaza The IDF said Wednesday it has arrested a Hamas leader in the West Bank accused of setting …

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• 5 June

  After coalition success, government-in-waiting seeks to replace Knesset speaker

  

  Members of ‘coalition for change’ sign off on request to replace Likud’s Yariv Levin with Yesh Atid’s Mickey Levy in speakership post in order to fast track swearing-in of new government; Yamina MK Nir Orbach pulls signature, jeopardizing motion Hours after Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid announced to President Reuven …

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• 5 June

  Bosnia’s EUFOR Mission Endangered by Russia-West Row over New Overseer

  Germany’s unilateral push to appoint a new High Representative in Bosnia has angered Russia, with direct ramifications for the EU’s military mission and the stability of the country. In the end, Germany got their man. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Peace Implementation Council, PIC, has approved the nomination of German parliamentarian Christian …

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