Peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a great political feat for Biden. Despite their love for Israel, it’s hard to see how the Republicans help lift him from rock-bottom polls.
Since the signing of the agreements, a series of economic activities have yielded mixed but mostly encouraging results, especially from Israel’s perspective.
Washington planned to provide Israel with a complete replacement for weapons systems damaged during the fighting, but without changing the overall balance of forces on the Egyptian front. The explicit threat from the White House “to disengage from Israel” was also aimed at proving to Sadat how the US can force its will on Jerusalem.
Some within the ruling Coalition have hinted the government should not follow an adverse court decision, setting up a clash between the executive and the judiciary. Key state institutions – including Israel's powerful and highly regarded security services – would then need to decide which side to follow.
The prime minister hopes that putting off the judicial reform for the first half of his term would allow him to focus on the big things: Biden and Saudi Arabia. He would do that by accepting Herzog's plan that puts on hold almost all controversial legislation.
Unlike the attack in Hawara, the attack in the Mount Hebron area earlier this week was carried out following a deliberative process. To stage such an attack, preparations have to be made beforehand. This usually implies that well-known terrorist organizations are involved in the logistics, not just in the orchestration and funding aspects.
The fact that the Israeli system was chosen over the French one – despite a strong European lobby – is a badge of honor to the Arrow 3’s proven effectiveness, but also underscores Germany’s desire to join the US-Israel alliance on this limited and complex aspect of missile defense.
Although there are no signs of a planned invasion, the Russian proxy could create provocations that would in turn impact political processes and create "Ukraine war fatigue." Senior analyst says the nature of their presence in Belarus may not be what it seems. “Mercenaries don’t work for free," he adds.
Palestinian terrorist Kamel Abu Bakr likely hid underground during the Jenin counter-terrorism operation, which allowed him to evade arrest and eventually arrive in Tel Aviv armed.
No real technical variance exists between 90% and 60% enrichment; the difference in breakout time to a bomb’s worth of weapons-grade enrichment is a matter of days or a few weeks. Israel is better off with an Iranian push to 90% without billions of dollars flowing to the regime and without the illusion that holding Tehran at 60% enrichment is meaningful.
