Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, November 5th 2024
STATE OF ALERT IDF Heightens State of Alert in Anticipation of Iranian Response: Amir Bohbot, Jerusalem Post, Nov. 4, 2024 — The IDF has heightened its state of alert and readiness in anticipation of a possible Iranian response to the recent Israeli strike, military sources said on Monday. Iran Wants to Hold Region Hostage With ‘Retaliation Op’ – Analysis: […]
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Summer Said and Benoit Faucon WSJ, Nov. 3, 2024 “Today, Israel has greater freedom of action than ever before. We can go anywhere that we need to in Iran.” Amid U.S. warnings against a counterattack on Israel, Iran is sending a defiant diplomatic message: It is planning a complex response involving even more powerful warheads and […]
Yoni Ben-Menachem Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Oct. 28, 2024 “Israel’s strike did not affect Iran’s estimated stockpile of 2,000 to 3,000 long-range ballistic missiles, and these missiles still pose a significant threat to Israel.” Israel’s recent airstrike on Iran has reportedly destroyed all of Iran’s strategic air defense capabilities and severely hindered its ability […]
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Oct. 30, 2024 “Taleghan 2 exists only for the purpose of supporting the Iranian nuclear weapons program.” The purpose of this article is to highlight the nuclear program target struck in Iran by Israel on 26 October 2024. Public reporting has not counted this target as a “nuclear program target.” […]
Sarnia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi Reuters, Nov. 3, 2024 “Trump is much worse (than Harris) for Iran.” Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent U.S. presidential election: A return to power of Donald Trump. Opinion polls suggest the Republican Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris […]
Monday, October 28th 2024
Lazar Berman Jerusalem Post, Oct. 27, 2024 “The Israeli strike may have been somewhat limited in terms of the actual damage it caused, but the message to frail Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is what matters: Israel can reach strategic sites in Iran and can hit what it wants, and […]
Melanie Phillips Substack, Oct. 27, 2024 “Israel’s strategic aim, he said, had changed. It would no longer tolerate Iranian aggression either directly or through its proxies and would now hold the Iranian regime itself accountable.” This morning, people have been trying to work out the significance of the Israeli strikes on Iran that […]
Ron Ben-Yishai Ynet News, Oct. 26, 2024 “Last night’s attack on Iran represents a strategic and military masterpiece.” The Iranian leadership, spearheaded by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is currently grappling with a complex dilemma over whether and how to respond to last night’s Israeli airstrikes. This challenge arises from the need to balance three critical […]
Danny Zaken Israel Hayom, Oct. 22, 2024 “The US Treasury dropped a bombshell – fresh sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector, but with a twist.” Let me share a tidbit in Persian – “An eqtesad ahmaqaneh ast.” It’s their way of saying, “It’s the economy, stupid” – that game-changing phrase from Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential victory. Today, […]
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 / Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
IRAN ON THE MOVE 7 East Jerusalem Men Arrested in Iran Spy Plot, Including Bid to Kill Nuclear Scientist: TOI staff, Times of Israel, Oct. 22, 2024 — Seven East Jerusalem Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran and plotting attacks in Israel on the Islamic Republic’s behalf, the Israel Police and Shin Bet said Tuesday, […]
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
Frank Gardner BBC, Oct. 21, 2024 “Glaringly absent from these documents is any mention of what targets Israel intends to hit in Iran, or when.” US investigators are trying to find out how a pair of highly classified intelligence documents were leaked online. The documents, which appeared on the messaging app Telegram on Friday, contain […]
Iran International, Oct. 20, 2024 “After a series of incidents that have raised serious questions, many people have been concerned about possible Iranian influence and infiltration in the US government, not to mention those with animus towards a key US partner Israel.” As Washington investigates a top-secret document leak regarding Israel’s retaliation plans […]
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