Saturday, August 26, 2017

8/26/17

* MKs to be allowed on Temple Mount for 1 day  Israeli legislators to be allowed to visit Judaism's holiest for first time in nearly 2 years. 

* ISIS launches counteroffensives in Syria & Europe  The Islamic State's summer offensive is in full spate on three fronts - two in Syria and a third in European cities - thus pricking the prevailing view of Western experts on Islamic terror that the caliphate's territorial shrinkage in Syria and Iraq heralds its approaching demise. 

* How Serious Are Iranian Nuclear Threats?  The country has said it would be able to start enriching uranium within five days of a dissolution of the landmark nuclear deal. 

* North Korea Shipments To Syria Chemical Arms Agency Intercepted  A panel of independent UN experts reported that two shipments were intercepted in the past six months. 

* US Government Preparing for 'Black Sky' Doomsday Scenario  An exercise designed to prepare the US for a high-tech end-of-days scenario has just ended in preparation for a threat that is growing as America's enemies focus on these attacks that could cripple America. 

* New IAF Drone Is 'Quantum Leap' in Tech Capabilities  Israel has successfully tested a new drone that will be incorporated into the Jewish state's air force. 

* Trump restores military ban on transgender people  US President Donald Trump has signed a memo reinstating a ban on transgender people serving in the military, which was lifted under Barack Obama. 

* Iranian army chief warns Israel will not survive next 25 years  General Abdolrahim Mousavi says Iran will determine outcome of any future war against it, regardless of who attacks. 

* Israel‚'s red lines in Syria long crossed by Iran  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu set out for President Vladimir Putin Israel's red lines against Iran establishing a permanent, expanded military presence in Syria. 

* PA says 24 years of peace talks have achieved nothing  Ramallah calls on the international community to unilaterally establish a state of Palestine.

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