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Israel and Iran escalated threats of war as the U.S. central command chief visited the region on Thursday. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes intensify in the central Gaza Strip. Source
Posts Tagged ‘tensions’
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 188: Tensions rise over potential Iranian response to Israeli attack on consulate in Damascus
April 11th, 2024 
Awake Goy Tensions and Criticism Begins to Rise About Biden’s Gas Export Ban
February 3rd, 2024 Awake Goy House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released a scathing rebuke against President Biden this week, calling the big guy’s recent ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports an “outrageous attack on American energy.” “This is an outrageous attack on American energy in the latest example of the White House caving to radical extremists without giving […]
Isra University’s destruction and IDF casualties: New tensions in Gaza conflict
January 24th, 2024 Awake Goy Mitchell Plitnick, president of Rethinking Foreign Policy said of the bombing of Isra University “by definition… it was not a legitimate military target.” Source
Iran & US Use Saudi Arabia To Swap Messages, Seek To Cool Gaza Tensions
January 21st, 2024 Awake Goy Via Middle East Eye, Nine months since Riyadh and Tehran restored ties after years of animosity, Saudi Arabia has assumed a new role as an intermediary between Iran and the United States, three sources in Iran told Middle East Eye. High-ranking officials in Riyadh have been instrumental in relaying messages between the countries and reducing tensions over Israel’s war on Gaza. The […]
Biden, Xi meet for the first time in over a year amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and China
November 17th, 2023 Awake Goy Biden, Xi meet for the first time in over a year amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and China President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands for the first time in over a year on Wednesday, Nov. 16 and met for high-level talks amid dangerously escalating tensions between the United States and […]
Speaker race has no clear favorite as GOP tensions rise
October 10th, 2023 Awake Goy The race for the Speakership is wide open as House Republicans head into a high-stakes stretch this week. The House GOP conference on Tuesday is set to hear from its two declared candidates for Speaker: Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — neither of whom have emerged as a… […]
Biden stresses immediate need to reduce West Bank tensions in Netanyahu meet
September 21st, 2023 Awake Goy US President Joe Biden urged rapid efforts to reduce violence and tensions in the Occupied West Bank as he met, Wednesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu Agency reports. Biden “emphasized the need to take immediate measures to improve the security and economic situation, maintain the viability of a two-state solution and promote a […]
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No Comments »House GOP tensions in shutdown drama boil over
September 19th, 2023 Awake Goy Tensions in the House GOP over how to avoid — or not avoid — a potential government shutdown are coming to a boil, with frustrations spilling over into public jabs and airing of grievances without a clear path forward to fund the government past Sept. 30. “It’s an unmitigated disaster right now on the majority… […]
Presence of foreigners causes tensions, Iran top general tells Baku
August 24th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – General Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of joint staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, spoke over the phone with Azerbaijani Defense Minister General Hasanov Zakir Asgar oglu. Source
France calls on Israel to end ‘all unilateral measures likely to fuel tensions’
July 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen on Wednesday that it is important for Israel to end "all unilateral measures likely to fuel tensions" with the Palestinians, according to a statement issued by the French Foreign Ministry. Colonna also "stressed the need to end the policy of settlement activity, which is illegal under […]
Posted in Middle East, News Tags: Calls, France, israel, likely, measures, tensions, unilateral No Comments »Nagorno-Karabakh: Yerevan-Baku talks in Brussels as tensions rise and Moscow tries to regain control
July 16th, 2023 Awake Goy Talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh were held in Brussels on Saturday, as Russia proposed to organise a summit in Moscow to regain control of the peace process. Nagorno-Karabakh, a region with a majority Armenian population but internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, is at the heart of a territorial dispute between Baku and […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: brussels, karabakh, Moscow, nagorno, talks, tensions, yerevan No Comments »Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
July 8th, 2023 Awake Goy The faultlines of old conflicts in the former Yugoslavia are the most active they have been in years A solemn peace march started on Saturday through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II. The annual 100-kilometre march retraces a route taken by thousands […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: bosnia, ethnic, Genocide, march, srebrenica, tensions, thousands No Comments »Israel-Lebanon Tensions Rise Along The Border Over Violations Of Sovereignty
July 4th, 2023 Awake Goy After months of tension along the Lebanese border with northern occupied Palestine, Israeli media began to report Tel Aviv’s frustration at the presence of tents that have been set up in the Shebaa Farms area by Hezbollah operatives. Despite thousands of territorial violations and the continued occupation of Lebanese lands, Israel is threatening Beirut with […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: along, border, israel, Lebanon, sovereignty, tensions, violations No Comments »What’s behind the new tensions in Kosovo?
June 30th, 2023 Awake Goy Divisions between the Kosovan ethnic Serb minority and ethnic Albanians resurface bringing violent clashes with Nato forces. Is a full-fledged conflict a possibility? What led to this and what are the consequences? Monica Pinna went to Northern Kosovo to find out. Source
China Urges German CEOs to Lead Risk Prevention Amid Trade Tensions
June 21st, 2023 Awake Goy Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday told German business leaders that companies should take the lead on managing risk after Germany published its national security strategy, which described China as a “systemic rival.” Li met with representatives of German companies—including Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz—in Berlin ahead of government consultations on Tuesday at the start of […]
Blinken Set For High-Stakes China Visit To Cool Down Escalating Tensions
June 17th, 2023 Awake Goy Shortly before leaving for China, Blinken emphasized the importance of the U.S. and China establishing and maintaining better lines of communication. Source
New tensions on the Korean Peninsula: who is to blame?
April 27th, 2023 Awake Goy This spring on the Korean Peninsula has been hot so far. The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on the North Korean issue at the end of March, at the request of the United States and its allies. The reason was another missile launch carried out by Pyongyang on March 16. The US condemned […]
Blinken, Lavrov Meet Briefly As U.S.-Russia Tensions Soar
March 2nd, 2023 Awake Goy U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have spoken briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations. Source
Serbia-Kosovo tensions simmer despite leaders’ tacit approval of EU plan
March 1st, 2023 Awake Goy EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that “more work is needed” and that the two countries’ leaders would meet again next month. Source
Tensions Rise In Nigeria As Opposition Demands New Vote
March 1st, 2023 Awake Goy The three main opposition parties said the election was an insult to democracy and called for the country’s election chief to resign. Source
US urges Greece and Turkey to avoid election tensions
February 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Greece and Turkey to avoid “charged rhetoric” ahead of elections expected in both countries in the spring. On a visit to Athens, Blinken called on the historic rivals “to resolve any differences diplomatically and of course, to avoid any threats or provocative rhetoric that will only… […]
Unrelenting Turkish-Greek tensions
January 16th, 2023 Awake Goy Centuries change, epochs succeed one another … It seemed that antagonistic contradictions between peoples and states should be a thing of the past, that a historical decision should lead to the formation of civilized relations between former adversaries and enemies. However, not only does time have no power over collective memory, but sometimes we observe […]
Iran executes British-Iranian government official escalating tensions with the West
January 14th, 2023 Awake Goy The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari has caused anger in London. Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: british, escalating, executes, government, iranian, official, tensions No Comments »Ben Gvir storms Al-Aqsa Mosque protected by IOF, tensions rise
January 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy January 3, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen Net + Agencies By Al Mayadeen English The Israeli Police Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, storms Al-Aqsa Mosque, under heavy security despite Hamas warnings. Israeli Police Minister, Itamar bin Gvir, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, protected by a large number of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) according to Al Mayadeen correspondent. Israeli media indicated that despite […]
Iran employs drones in massive war games amid tensions with West
January 2nd, 2023 Awake Goy Iran's armed forces downed hostile simulated drones on Sunday during large-scale military drills underway from the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern part of the Indian Ocean, Anadolu reports. During the drills, condemned Zolfaghar 1401, Iran's indigenously-developed Mersad air defense system was used to detect, intercept and target mock drones early […]
North Korea Fires 3 Missiles Amid Tensions Over Drone Flights
December 31st, 2022 Awake Goy North Korea has fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, the latest in a barrage of weapons tests this year. Source
US Envoy for Western Balkans visits Kosovo amid rising tensions with Serbia
December 13th, 2022 Awake Goy The US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans has visited Pristina to meet with Kosovo leaders, a day after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he would ask the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo to allow the deployment of 1,000 Serb troops in the Serb-populated north of Kosovo. Kosovo, which used to be part of Serbia, […]
Ukraine war: Putin approves new foreign policy, tensions rise at plant, American actors sanctioned
September 7th, 2022 Awake Goy Ukraine war: Putin approves new foreign policy, tensions mount at nuclear plant, American actors sanctioned by Russia
Posted in Jewish News Tags: approves, foreign, plant, policy, Putin, tensions, Ukraine No Comments »Russia Launches War Games With China Amid Tensions With US
September 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy MOSCOW—Russia on Thursday launched weeklong war games involving forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, as they both face tensions with the United States. The maneuvers are also intended to demonstrate that Moscow has sufficient military might for massive drills even as its troops are […]
Russia Launches War Games With China Amid Tensions With US
September 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy MOSCOW—Russia on Thursday launched weeklong war games involving forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, as they both face tensions with the United States. The maneuvers are also intended to demonstrate that Moscow has sufficient military might for massive drills even as its troops are […]
