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The Israeli defense minister says Secretary of State Blinken’s visit “sends a clear message to our adversaries as well as our partners in the region: The U.S. and Israel are united in the need to face Iran.”
Israel’s shadow campaign against Iran and its regional axis will likely be a lengthy one, in line with IDF Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir’s “Long-Term Competition” doctrine.
Diplomatic staff and family members were evacuated after a gunman killed the embassy’s head of security and wounded two others.
The two leaders “sharply” condemned Iran’s military support for Russia, which has resulted in the harming of civilians in Ukraine.
The trucks, which were hit by unidentified aircraft, were carrying Iranian weapons, war monitor says.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday.
Tehran said it thwarted the attack on a military facility in Isfahan.
Iranian state media claims three drones were intercepted, and that only minor damage was caused by the attack • Iran International reports explosions in multiple Iranian cities.
“The German Foreign Ministry is pretending that there are legal obstacles to proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps,” Norbert Röttgen says.
The U.S. secretary of state will also hold a meeting with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas.
“It is something that cannot be decided without a court, a court decision first. You cannot say I consider you a terrorist because I don’t like you,” says E.U. foreign policy chief.
This requires the Biden administration to fire Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley and re-impose “maximum pressure,” Michael Rubin tells JNS.
