Israel and the United States have agreed to postpone a major military defence exercise scheduled for spring, a senior security official said Sunday, amid rising regional tension over Iran's nuclear programme….
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Saudi Arabia demands a precise, unequivocal US declaration of intent to prevent a nuclear Iran by a military strike if necessary. Riyadh doesn’t trust sanctions to do the job – or Barak Obama to stick to the course of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites without wavering.
A US intelligence report has advised Barack Obama that Iran may be ripe for regime change owing to the bitter infighting at the top and a plunging economy which may herald famine at around election time in March. But Tehran will not budge on its radical military and nuclear policies as long as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in charge.
The US and Israel, while bound tightly by military bonds, are at loggerheads over Iran. The Obama administration wants to cut Israel out of military action against Iran’s nuclear sites and prevent it hitting back for an Iranian reprisal. Israel is withholding a commitment to abstain from striking Iran unilaterally.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia fears Israel will push the United States into a military conflict with Iran which could retaliate by blocking oil shipments from the Gulf, a confidant of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. “There is a likelihood of military escalation of the conflict, towards which Israel is pushing the Americans,” Nikolai Patrushev, who heads the Kremlin’s Security Council, told …
Boston.comIsraeli Military Chief Hints at Anti-Iran Activity
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN AP Israeli leaders typically greet word of violent setbacks to Iran’s nuclear program with a wall of silence. Now a throwaway comment by Israel’s military chief has hinted of possible Israeli involvement in attacks like the explosion …
Adversaries of Iran Said to Be Stepping Up Covert ActionsNew York Times
US wins Japan support over Iran nuclear programmeReuters
Israeli military chief hints at anti-Iran activityBoston.com
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Administrative orders are by definition undemocratic, but neither is the military administration of the W. Bank.
Telegraph.co.ukIsrael’s military establishment ‘begins planning for a nuclear Iran’
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An Israeli think tank with close links to the government has begun preparing for a nuclear Iran, a signal that Israel may be abandoning hope of stopping the Islamic Republic from building a bomb. In a war game that included former military chiefs, …
Analysis: Israel’s red lineJerusalem Post
Israel braces for nuclear-armed IranThe Australian
Report: Israel preparing for nuclear Iran within a yearHaaretz
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Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday an increase of nearly $700 million in the defence budget, after saying last year that he would cut military spending to finance social reforms.
The GuardianIran, Israel and US plan Gulf exercises
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By James Blitz in London Tension in the oil shipping lanes of the Gulf looks set to intensify amid indications that Iran, Israel and the US will hold military exercises designed to test weaponry and tactics. As the US and European Union press ahead …
Israel, US plan joint military exerciseThe Hill (blog)
Israeli and US troops gear up for major missile defense drill after Iran maneuversWashington Post
Iran, US and Israel announce new war games as tensions rise in the GulfThe Guardian
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
Israel and the United States are to hold a joint missile defence exercise, the Israeli military said late on Thursday.
The Israeli military is gearing up together with U.S. forces for a major missile defense exercise, the Israeli military announced Thursday, as tension between Iran and the international community escalates.
Military tensions are building up around Syria’s borders. Wednesday, Jan. 4, Turkish military sources reported an Israeli Eitan drone hovering for four hours over the Turkish Hawk Brigade 14 stationed on the Syrian border at Kirikhan in the Hatay district – the expected jumping-off point for any foreign military intervention in Syria.
The armies of Saudi Arabia and fellow Gulf Cooperation Council states stood ready Thursday Jan. 5, for Washington to stand up to Iranian threats and send an aircraft carrier or several warships through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.
Cutting the defense budget to fund the Trajtenberg recommendations can reduce inequality without compromising military capabilities.
Former US president says a nuclear-armed Iran more likely to give fissile material to terrorists, US should keep military option open, but says “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.”
Israeli police say they have detained six Jewish extremists following a series of attacks on mosques and Israeli military bases.
Israel has flatly refused to give the Obama administration a promise to abstain from attacking Iran’s nuclear sites. US and Israeli military experts disagree on most things except that there would be no real military obstacles to reaching all of Iran’s nuclear sites.
Israeli army planes launched a strike at a “terror-affiliated site” in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday, the military said, after 12 rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel the previous day.