The US House of Representatives last night (Israel time) passed a bill forbidding the president to delay arms shipments to Israel.
The motion passed by a vote of 224-187, including 16 Democrats who supported it.
Biden has already said he will veto the bill when it reaches his desk.
The motion passed by a vote of 224-187, including 16 Democrats who supported it.
Biden has already said he will veto the bill when it reaches his desk.
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The multi-front war will begin from the north with massive rocket fire from Hezbollah almost everywhere in the country. The attacks will be intense, 2,500 to 3,000 launches per day, and they will include long-range precision missiles. Hezbollah will look to concentrate its forces and launch large-scale bombardments of specific military bases and civilian targets, such as a key IDF base or a coastal city that will be hit by hundreds of missiles in one day. This will continue for weeks.
A scenario that has been known for years and was summarized in a study by the Reichman Institute and presented to the Government and the War Cabinet.
More about this in an upcoming article for our Online Members.
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Israel carried out a series of strikes in Sidon, Lebanon. At least one senior Hezbollah official has reportedly been killed.
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Damage and wildfire caused by a Hezbollah rocket attack in the Golan Heights this afternoon.
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Bodies of 3 dead hostages recovered by Israeli forces in southern Gaza.
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Shani Louk, Yitzchak Galrenter and Amit Buskila.
All three were abducted from the Nova music festival and later brutally murdered by their Gazan captors.
All three were abducted from the Nova music festival and later brutally murdered by their Gazan captors.
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Their bodies were then buried in Gaza.
It took long days and weeks for Israeli forces to gather the intel and find the bodies for recovery from a combat zone.
It took long days and weeks for Israeli forces to gather the intel and find the bodies for recovery from a combat zone.
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And it then took days to correctly identify some of the abused, mutilated and decomposed bodies.
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Post-Shabbat update:
👉 One of the most senior terrorist commanders in Jenin was eliminated in an overnight Israeli air strike on the northern Samaria city. The IDF rarely uses Air Force strikes against targets in the so-called "West Bank."
👉 At least 21 Hamas and allied terrorists were eliminated since this morning in expanded IDF operations in northern and southern Gaza.
👉 Iron Dome intercepted 5 Gaza rockets fired at the coastal city of Ashkelon.
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One-by-one: The IDF targeted another senior Hezbollah official on the Lebanon-Syria border. His fate is still unknown.
Under siege: Hezbollah launched a number of attack on the Israeli border region, though the intensity was less than in previous days.
No horizon: American mediators informed Lebanon that they would not return in the short-term as there was little point in negotiating with Hezbollah at this time.
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Trouble in paradise: War Cabinet minister Benny Gantz will give an urgent press conference this evening. He's expected to set firm red lines to his continued participation in Netanyahu's government.
End the war? Opposition leader Yair Lapid is urging Gantz to quit Bibi's government immediately. And that would mean the government falls, and the war ends in line with the current American policy of seeking a long-term truce and hostage-prisoner exchange.
Huge victory: On Arab social media, there's rampant talk of the imminent fall of Netanyahu's gov't and an end to the war, resulting in a "huge victory" for the Palestinians.
‼️ Were the war to end today under present circumstances, that would indeed be perceived, and perhaps even constitute a victory for Palestinian terrorism.
💥 And that would in turn make all but inevitable the next terrorist invasion of Israel.
👉 One of the most senior terrorist commanders in Jenin was eliminated in an overnight Israeli air strike on the northern Samaria city. The IDF rarely uses Air Force strikes against targets in the so-called "West Bank."
👉 At least 21 Hamas and allied terrorists were eliminated since this morning in expanded IDF operations in northern and southern Gaza.
👉 Iron Dome intercepted 5 Gaza rockets fired at the coastal city of Ashkelon.
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One-by-one: The IDF targeted another senior Hezbollah official on the Lebanon-Syria border. His fate is still unknown.
Under siege: Hezbollah launched a number of attack on the Israeli border region, though the intensity was less than in previous days.
No horizon: American mediators informed Lebanon that they would not return in the short-term as there was little point in negotiating with Hezbollah at this time.
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Trouble in paradise: War Cabinet minister Benny Gantz will give an urgent press conference this evening. He's expected to set firm red lines to his continued participation in Netanyahu's government.
End the war? Opposition leader Yair Lapid is urging Gantz to quit Bibi's government immediately. And that would mean the government falls, and the war ends in line with the current American policy of seeking a long-term truce and hostage-prisoner exchange.
Huge victory: On Arab social media, there's rampant talk of the imminent fall of Netanyahu's gov't and an end to the war, resulting in a "huge victory" for the Palestinians.
‼️ Were the war to end today under present circumstances, that would indeed be perceived, and perhaps even constitute a victory for Palestinian terrorism.
💥 And that would in turn make all but inevitable the next terrorist invasion of Israel.
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128 hostages remain in Gaza. 38 of them are known to be deceased.
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The IDF has located and returned to Israel the body of Ron Binyamin, who was abducted to Gaza on Oct. 7 and murdered by his terrorist captors. May his memory be a blessing.
Ron's body was found along with those of Shani Louk, Itzik Galrenter and Amit Buskila.
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War Cabinet minister Benny Gantz has given Netanyahu three weeks (until June 😍 to present a workable plan and that will meet the following goals:
1️⃣ Return all the hostages.
2️⃣ Topple Hamas and ensure Israeli security control in Gaza.
3️⃣ Along with maintaining Israeli security control, establish an American-European-Arab-Palestinian administration that will manage civilian affairs in Gaza and lay the foundation for a future government that is not Hamas or Abbas.
4️⃣ Return the residents of the north to their homes by September 1 and rehabilitate the Western Negev.
5️⃣ Promote normalization with Saudi Arabia as part of a comprehensive move that will create an alliance with the free world and the Arab world against Iran.
6️⃣ Advance legislation that would compel all Israelis to serve the state and contribute to the national effort - ie. military conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
1️⃣ Return all the hostages.
2️⃣ Topple Hamas and ensure Israeli security control in Gaza.
3️⃣ Along with maintaining Israeli security control, establish an American-European-Arab-Palestinian administration that will manage civilian affairs in Gaza and lay the foundation for a future government that is not Hamas or Abbas.
4️⃣ Return the residents of the north to their homes by September 1 and rehabilitate the Western Negev.
5️⃣ Promote normalization with Saudi Arabia as part of a comprehensive move that will create an alliance with the free world and the Arab world against Iran.
6️⃣ Advance legislation that would compel all Israelis to serve the state and contribute to the national effort - ie. military conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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If Netanyahu fails to present a plan that can realistically meet these goals in a way that is acceptable to his party, Gantz will leave the government, and it will likely fall, leading to early elections.
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A couple of points regarding Gantz's outline:
👉 His position on the "day after" in Gaza stands somewhat in opposition to that of the Americans. Gantz calls it "security control," but even if Israel does not reestablish civilian settlements in Gaza, the world will see the prolonged presence of Israeli soldiers as an "occupation."
👉 Saudi Arabia has conditioned normalization on Israel ending the Gaza war and withdrawing from the territory. It is unlikely to alter that position, unless someone else is elected to the White House in November.
👉 The residents of the north are not returning home until Hezbollah stops attacking their towns. And that won't happen until Israel either destroys Hezbollah or pushes it north of the Litani River (ie. war).
👉 The ultra-Orthodox parties will bolt Netanyahu's government if he advances the mandatory conscription of yeshiva students, which would mean the government falls.
👉 His position on the "day after" in Gaza stands somewhat in opposition to that of the Americans. Gantz calls it "security control," but even if Israel does not reestablish civilian settlements in Gaza, the world will see the prolonged presence of Israeli soldiers as an "occupation."
👉 Saudi Arabia has conditioned normalization on Israel ending the Gaza war and withdrawing from the territory. It is unlikely to alter that position, unless someone else is elected to the White House in November.
👉 The residents of the north are not returning home until Hezbollah stops attacking their towns. And that won't happen until Israel either destroys Hezbollah or pushes it north of the Litani River (ie. war).
👉 The ultra-Orthodox parties will bolt Netanyahu's government if he advances the mandatory conscription of yeshiva students, which would mean the government falls.
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Netanyahu responds harshly to Gantz for causing a political rift in the middle of a war, and asks three pointed questions:
1️⃣ Is he ready to complete the operation in Rafah to destroy the remaining Hamas battalions, and if so, how is it possible that he is threatening to dismantle the emergency unity government in the middle of the operation?
2️⃣ Is he opposed to Palestinian Authority rule in Gaza, even without Mahmoud Abbas?
3️⃣ Is he ready to accept a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza as part of the normalization process with Saudi Arabia?
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Netanyahu goes on to stress that his own position on all three critical issues is already clear:
👉 He is determined at all costs to destroy Hamas;
👉 He opposes the entry of the Palestinian Authority into Gaza; and
👉 He rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state that will inevitably become a terrorist haven (even for the sake of normalization with Saudi Arabia).
1️⃣ Is he ready to complete the operation in Rafah to destroy the remaining Hamas battalions, and if so, how is it possible that he is threatening to dismantle the emergency unity government in the middle of the operation?
2️⃣ Is he opposed to Palestinian Authority rule in Gaza, even without Mahmoud Abbas?
3️⃣ Is he ready to accept a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza as part of the normalization process with Saudi Arabia?
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Netanyahu goes on to stress that his own position on all three critical issues is already clear:
👉 He is determined at all costs to destroy Hamas;
👉 He opposes the entry of the Palestinian Authority into Gaza; and
👉 He rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state that will inevitably become a terrorist haven (even for the sake of normalization with Saudi Arabia).
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