How a selective naval blockade exposes global hypocrisy and is now also paralyzing operations at Israel’s southern port in Eilat
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One Step Away from a Deal
What’s behind Netanyahu’s push for a deal: quiet concessions, rising political pressure – and the Trump factor in the background.
Israel broadens Golan deployments and warns tougher action if Syrian regime persists in attacks on Druze, as U.S., Syria and Israel issue stark statements.
“The New York Times” promotes the smear that the prime minister let more blood be shed to cling to power. It was his opponents, however, who played politics about Gaza.
The government, which enjoyed a comfortable 67-seat majority, is now reduced to a minority of 50 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
As the Israeli Air Force conducts strikes in southern Syria, a military official says, “The more the Syrian regime has intervened, the worse it looks.”
It said Israel must investigate its prime minister and former defense minister before the International Criminal Court will consider Jerusalem’s request to call off its prosecution of “genocide” in Gaza.
“Without a firm and verifiable commitment from Iran, we will do so by the end of August at the latest,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.
The IDF “will soon raise the level of its responses” if Syrian forces continue to threaten the Druze community in southern Syria, said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
