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An initiative towards achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, specifically focuses on SDG14: “Life Below Water,” which is aimed at saving the ocean and its biodiversity, and increasing marine-protected areas.
“We are facing BDS attempts, and we have to confront them. This is all part of the same campaign, and we have to develop a strategy,” said Israel Defense Forces’ Col. (res.) Gabi Siboni, an expert in cyber security, military strategy and technology.
The crew of the “Asphalt Princess” disabled the engines after the ship was boarded by Iranian gunmen, preventing it from being diverted to the Islamic Republic.
The statesmen said Israel “will maintain the right to act independently in the face of any attack or threat to its citizens and sovereignty.”
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan: The council must not sit idly by in the face of Iran’s “murderous and brazen” acts.
Ebrahim Raisi, set to be sworn in on Aug. 5, will have a week to get his cabinet approved by parliament.
“The Iranians need to understand that it is impossible to sit peacefully in Tehran and from there ignite the entire Middle East. That is over,” says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Ministry spokesman Lior Hayat decries the European Union’s “poor judgment” in legitimizing the presidency of the “Butcher of Tehran.”
Ely Karmon, a senior research scholar at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, argued that Israel’s response in this case should be focused on the diplomatic-political front, and not the military one.
“We are in very close contact, in coordination with the United Kingdom, Israel, Romania and other countries,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi talks to his British counterpart, Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Sir Nick Carter, following the deadly Iranian drone attack.
“We believe this attack was deliberate, targeted and a clear violation of international law by Iran,” says British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
