Professor Meir Litvak is a historian and chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. Q: The surprise attack by the Hamas terrorist organization on Oct. 7th has proved several Israeli assumptions wrong. As an expert on the Middle East, would you say the concept that Hezbollah Secretary-General […]
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The Israelis are all too familiar with the threat posed by rockets and missiles. Years of Katyusha rockets from Lebanon followed by Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip provided Israel's civilian population with the best possible schooling in how to prepare and protect themselves against these threats, while the State of Israel used this […] The post Not just about nuclear aspirations: Iran moving full steam ahead to develop a new aerial threat appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.
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Foreign Ministry spokesperson says Tehran does not intervene in decision-making of other countries 'including Palestine'
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Adviser to Supreme Leader Khamenei expresses support for attacks until 'until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem' in meeting with Palestinian children in Tehran
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Awards serve as bookends to period in which Tehran and Washington have seesawed between confrontation and possible reconciliation
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Foreign ministry calls award for Narges Mohammadi 'biased and political,' Iranian media accuses her of collaborating with 'terrorist groups'
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Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi, who has campaigned for women's rights, democracy and against the death penalty in Iran for years, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Mohammadi, 51, has done her work despite facing numerous arrests and spending years behind bars for her activism. "This prize is first and foremost a recognition of […] The post Jailed Iranian woman wins Nobel Peace Prize for fighting oppression appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.
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One of the cornerstones of Israel's National Security Strategy, from Ze'ev Jabotinsky in 1923, to Ben Gurion in 1953 and Netanyahu in 2018, is the determination that Israel will defend itself by itself without any outside help, even from the United States. In 2018, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added to the strategy another cornerstone […] The post Israel must rely only on itself when it comes to existential threats appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.
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Tehran denies holding Armita Geravand's mother after report claims family, school warned to keep quiet about teen hospitalized in coma following alleged attack by morality police
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Last week, Jason Greenblatt, who served as President Donald Trump's special envoy to the region, was invited to the Saudi Embassy in Washington to celebrate the kingdom's national day. "I wore my kippah proudly, and I was warmly welcomed and greeted. And I think it's so dramatic the changes that have happened that I […] The post Trump envoy upbeat on Saudi deal, says Riyadh worried by Israeli domestic strife appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.