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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Yaakov Amidror

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and military chiefs at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv for a security assessment on October 8, 2023. (GPO)
October 9, 2023, 11:26 am
Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of ‘something big’
Cairo official says Israel focused on West Bank instead of Gaza; Egypt’s spy chief said to warn PM of ‘terrible operation,’ Netanyahu denies it
By Agencies
Palestinian terrorists take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib / AFP)
October 9, 2023, 9:42 am
Hamas carried out years-long campaign to fool Israel before attack, source says
Terror group had Israel convinced it wasn’t interested in war; Hamas source says elite cell jammed signals at IDF base in 1st stage of assault; report claims Iran involved in plans
By ToI Staff
File: Shin Bet security service head Nadav Argaman at the 8th International UVID Conference at the Avenue Convention Center in Airport City, on November 7, 2019. (Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 10:16 am
Ex-Shin Bet chief justifies army reservists’ refusal to serve: ‘Overhaul is a coup’
Nadav Argaman says in radio interview that IDF chief and current Shin Bet head should tell Netanyahu: ‘Enough’; right-wing politicians assail ‘brainwashed’ former top official
By ToI Staff
Former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror (Flash90)
April 13, 2023, 2:49 pm
Israel must prepare for war with Iran without US help, former NSA chief says
Yaacov Amidror says recent tensions, changing Middle East landscape and shifting US priorities make a ‘deterioration’ in the security situation likely
By ToI Staff
(from left) Amos Yadlin, Tamir Pardo, Gideon Frank, and Yaakov Amidror speak about Iran's nuclear program at Reichman University's IPS conference, November 23, 2021 (Courtesy Reichman University)
November 23, 2021, 1:37 pm
There was no strategic debate on Iran under Netanyahu, ex-IDF intel chief charges
Speaking at Reichman University panel, Amos Yadlin says it was mistake for US to leave 2015 nuclear deal; past NSC head says Washington won’t strike Tehran
By Lazar Berman
View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 11:59 am
Detailed images of sensitive Israeli sites, including nuclear plant, now online
Trump-era change in US law means high-quality commercial images available; security experts warn it could make Israel more vulnerable
By ToI Staff
Former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 12, 2021, 10:34 pm
Ex-national security adviser warns: ‘Iran has ability to harm us significantly’
Amid tensions, Yaakov Amidror says Tehran’s willingness to use its military capabilities against Israel ‘depends on what level they want to produce this encounter’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech at a memorial ceremony in Tel Hai on February 23, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
February 24, 2021, 12:31 am
Netanyahu: Israel will prevent a nuclear Iran whether or not a deal is in place
PM issues warning after Tehran begins restricting access to IAEA inspectors, in further breach of nuke deal; top Israeli officials hold policy meeting as US seeks to reenter accord
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian walks past a section of Israel's security barrier covered with campaign posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary election in the West Bank village of A-Ram, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, January 23, 2006. (AP/ Oded Balilty)
February 18, 2021, 12:14 pm
As Palestinians plan vote, Jerusalem looms as possible obstacle — or pretext
Israel demands ballots only in West Bank and Gaza, but hoped-for capital is a red line for the PA, which could use the issue as an excuse to halt the first PA election in 15 years
By Aaron Boxerman
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks during an Israeli Navy ceremony in Haifa, on March 4, 2020. (Flash90)
January 29, 2021, 3:52 am
Picking a fight with US over Iran deal, IDF chief baffles even accord’s critics
Kohavi’s public denunciation of Biden’s intention to rejoin nuke agreement seen as needlessly antagonistic of a brand new White House, possibly motivated by domestic budget fight
By Judah Ari Gross
Two buildings, located near Saudi Arabia's Solar Village research institute, that some analysts believe could be nuclear facilities (Google Earth screen grab)
August 13, 2020, 6:10 am
If the enemy of my enemy gets the bomb: Saudi nuclear plan gives Israel headache
Jerusalem worried about reports saying Iran’s foe may similarly seek nuclear weapons, but has so far remained silent as it works toward diplomatic relations with the fellow US ally
By Raphael Ahren
A destroyed silo at the scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on August 4, 2020 (STR / AFP)
August 4, 2020, 10:26 pm
Israeli involvement in massive Beirut port blast ruled out by both sides
Lebanese terror group says ‘no truth’ to rumors of airstrike on one of its weapons caches; Israeli official says Jerusalem had nothing to do with explosion
By Aaron Boxerman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Malki Roth (Courtesy of the Roth family)
May 5, 2020, 1:39 pm
Failed by Israel, Malki Roth’s parents hope US can extradite her gloating killer
Ahlam Tamimi, who oversaw the 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed Malki and 14 others, was freed in Shalit deal and became a celebrity in Jordan. Now the US just might be on her case
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in the Gulf state on October 26, 2018. (Courtesy)
February 2, 2020, 9:48 pm
TV report: Oman sought to broker Israel-Iran talks in 2013; Netanyahu said no
Muscat felt Israel would benefit from dialogue, as US was already in secret talks that led to 2015 nuke deal, Channel 13 reports; Mossad chief Pardo thought idea worth considering
By ToI Staff
Syrian Kurds gather around a US armored vehicle during a demonstration against Turkish threats, next to a US-led international coalition base on the outskirts of Ras al-Ain town in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on October 6, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
October 11, 2019, 2:24 am
Ex-top security official: US Syria pullout bad news, but we can defend ourselves
While many are fretting about Trump’s isolationism and abandonment of allies, Yaakov Amidror insists: ‘I don’t think Israel needs to be worried’
By Raphael Ahren
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