Yoni Ben Menachem's Blog - נושא: Israel

The Iranian regime is surprised and scared by the Hijab protest

26 December 2022

The Israeli Mossad sees a change in the Iranian leadership, which for the first time shows great concern about the hijab protest in the country and the possibility that it will lead to regime change in Iran.
Intelligence sources in the West estimate that the regime will increase the rate of executions of the demonstrators in an attempt to suppress the protest, therefore it is important to increase the international pressure on Iran

Israel avoids arresting the icon of Palestinian terrorism

25 December 2022

The wanted terrorist Fathi Hazem, the father of the terrorist who carried out the attack in Dizingoff street in Tel Aviv, was transferred from Jenin to Ramallah for medical treatment and returned there after two weeks without being arrested by the IDF forces.
Palestinian officials said that it was a deal between the PA and Israel after he assisted in returning the body of the Druze youth Tiran Feru , sources in Jenin deny.

Negotiations only after the replacement of the Palestinian leadership

23 December 2022

The new right-wing government in Israel will continue to manage the conflict with the Palestinians and it is not expected that negotiations between the two sides will resume.
The Palestinian street mostly advocates an armed struggle against Israel and the chairman of the PA is nearing the end of his political career, the negotiations have become a fata morgana that may resume somewhere in the future after the replacement of the Palestinian leadership.

Hezbollah’s dangerous game

22 December 2022

Despite the signing of the maritime border agreement with Lebanon, tensions between Hezbollah and Israel are increasing following the smuggling of advanced weapons from Iran to Hezbollah through the airport in Beirut.
The new Netanyahu government will have to stop this dangerous phenomenon even at the cost of a military confrontation with Hezbollah.

The PA conducted an extensive arrest campaign of Hamas operatives in the West Bank

17 December 2022

The security forces of the PA arrested more than 250 activists of the Hamas movement in the West Bank in the largest arrest operation since 2007.
Security officials in Israel say that the chairman of the PA is working to maintain the stability of his rule but is still afraid of confronting the armed terrorist groups in the northern West Bank .

The Hamas movement is in trouble

16 December 2022

The Hamas movement held a huge rally in the Gaza Strip to mark the 35th anniversary of its founding in order to demonstrate its power and to cover up the economic crisis and its failure to impose a prisoner exchange deal on Israel.
The current strategy of Hamas is to encourage the wave of terrorism in the West Bank and to try to kidnap more Israelis in order to bring about the release of the security prisoners from the prisons in Israel.

The World Cup in Qatar revealed the face of the Arab world

15 December 2022

The World Cup games that are about to end soon were a show of hatred for Israel and a slap in the face of the normalization agreements.
The new government led by Netanyahu must draw lessons from what happened in regards to its relations with Arab countries and especially in its relation to Qatar, which is a state that supports terrorism.

The Shin Bet’s challenge

14 December 2022

The Israeli Shin Bet has recently had successes in thwarting terrorist activity and espionage from the Gaza Strip initiated by the military wing of Hamas.
The battle of wits between the Shin Bet and Hamas continues and the Shin Bet has the upper hand, but Hamas also has successes and continues to perfect its methods.

PFLP is re-adopting the strategy of destroying Israel

14 December 2022

The terrorist organization PFLP has announced a return to its old strategy of establishing “Palestine from the river to the sea” and rejecting any negotiations with Israel.
The PFLP is encouraged by the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the establishment of the Russia-China-Iran trilateral axis, which it believes will end the role of the US in the Middle East and weaken Israel.

The Biden administration has set “red lines” for Netanyahu

12 December 2022

The Biden administration has issued a warning to Prime Minister-designate Netanyahu that annexing the West Bank and changing the status quo on the Temple Mount are “red lines” that must not be crossed.
The administration intends to take advantage of Israel’s dependence on receiving advanced weapons from the US for an attack on Iran in order to put pressure on Netanyahu.

Israel

The Iranian regime is surprised and scared by the Hijab protest

Israel avoids arresting the icon of Palestinian terrorism