Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s opposition leader thought a 21-day truce in Lebanon was “madness and defeatism,” and he proposed a seven-day break in fighting instead.
The Biden administration had been hoping to learn more from Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whose visit to the U.S. was postponed at the last minute.
Anchored by ideology or necessity, residents in highly targeted communities share a dramatic reality and often disagree about how to change it.
Unlike President Macron, Jean-Noël Barrot said that denying weapons to the Jewish state would ensure the safety of its citizens.
“This is the war for our existence—the ‘Revival War.’ This is what I would like to call the war officially,” the prime minister told the Cabinet.
Candles were lit to form the date “7/10,” as well as “87,” the number of Jerusalemite civilians and soldiers who have been killed since Oct. 7.
The phone conversation follows a harsh exchange over the French president’s call for an arms embargo on the Jewish state.
The interview, in which the U.S. vice president said that Washington won’t stop putting pressure on the Jewish state, is scheduled to air on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack in southern Israel.
Earlier, IDF air defenses intercepted two surface-to-surface missiles fired at Israel’s northern coastal plain by Hezbollah.
The unusually harsh rebuke follows the French president’s call to halt shipments if they can be used in Gaza.
“Rest assured, Israel will fight until the battle is won—for our sake and for the sake of peace and security in the world,” said the Israeli premier.
The IDF chief said that “we will choose when to exact the price,” which officials said will be significant.
