Gantz calms residents of south after military uncovers attack tunnel from the Gaza Strip in Israeli territory

“I’m not willing to be held hostage to anyone’s political situation,” says Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz • Blue and White’s “blackmail” is “unacceptable,” says Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz.

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The tunnel does not pose any danger to nearby Israeli towns, the IDF reassured.

After Sudan's leading scholars ruled against normalization, their peer Abdel-Rahman Hassan Hamed assessed that Islamic principles are more flexible, and wrote a fatwa backing ties

“I also underscored the importance for Lebanon's political leaders to implement reforms as called for by the Lebanese people,” Pompeo tweeted.

“Everything that arrives here will simply lower the cost of living and every citizen of Israel will feel it in his pocket."

It is Washington’s strong support for Saudi Arabia’s security needs, clear stance against Iran’s pursuit of regional hegemony, support for Saudi actions in Yemen, and willingness to set aside its criticism of Riyadh’s domestic policies that have allowed for even the possibility of a formal shift in the kingdom’s stance on Israel. But Joe Biden has made clear that if elected, he intends to reverse all those policies. Such changes, along with his preemptive rejection of Israel’s extension of sovereignty to any new territory, would undermine any prospect that exists for normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Turkish media says Russian-made air defense system test-fired in Black Sea area; US Department of Defense says if true, act violates Ankara's commitments as US and NATO ally

Washington also ‘supports a robust program of arm sales to Saudi Arabia,’ Pompeo says