Tag: Israel
Israel fears embassy attacks start of terror wave
Israel's press on Tuesday said attacks on embassy staff in India and Georgia, which were blamed on Iran, were unlikely to spark a major...
Defiant Iran to present major N-projects ‘in days’
A defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to inaugurate “important nuclear projects” within days and lashed out at Israel, saying the “story” of...
Dealing with Iran
Hot air all around
If we are to believe what we are hearing and reading from a variety of confirmed and unconfirmed sources, in Israel...
Iran will respond to any oil, military threats: Khamenei
Iran has its “own threats” to respond to any military attack or sanctions against its oil exports, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on...
Iran has material for 4 N-bombs: Israeli general
Iran has enough radioactive material to produce four nuclear bombs, Israel’s chief of military intelligence, General Aviv Kochavi, warned on Thursday at a security...
On the Lotus principle
Legal violations; political ramifications
One of the most important principles of the international law on jurisdiction, emanating from the famous Lotus Case (1927) PCIJ Ser....
Posing Iran as the devil
Now that the US has almost finalised its country-ravaging campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq, hawks in its establishment are beckoning on finding a new...
Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip
Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Monday, sources from both sides said, in what Israel said was a response to...
Israel seeks compromise on illegal outpost
Israel on Sunday proposed a compromise deal allowing residents of an illegal West Bank outpost that the high court has ordered evacuated to stay...
Israel raid kills one, wounds two in Gaza
An Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza Strip killed one Palestinian and wounded two on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Hamas-run emergency services...
Arab opinion matters
Listening and learning
I listened attentively to Syrian President Bashar al Assad's most recent speech in which he berated the Arab League's intervention to help...
US, Israel postpone joint military drill
Israel and the United States have agreed to postpone a major joint military drill scheduled for spring, Israeli public radio reported on Sunday, saying...
‘It’s India, Israel and US I tell you!’
Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) Ameer Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on Saturday held “external powers” like India, Israel and the United States along with their intelligence agencies...
US warns Israel on Iran strike
US defence leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over US objections, and have stepped up contingency...
Ties with Israel, never: FO
Pakistan on Thursday rejected the suggestion of former president Pervez Musharraf that the country should be open to the notion of formal ties with...
Israel citizenship ruling slammed as ‘racist’
Israeli rights groups and MPs on Thursday denounced a court ruling upholding a law that prevents Palestinians married to Arab Israelis from obtaining Israeli...
Iran blames Israel, US for killing of nuclear scientist
An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in a Tehran car bombing on Wednesday that the Islamic republic immediately blamed on Israel and the United...