US Ambassador commends PA taking out terrorist cells

Author: Rhonda Published: September 28, 2022

In interview Tom Nides says U.S. has Israel’s back, will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon or block Israel from defending itself against Iran or its proxies;

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Published: 09.28.22, 11:32

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said he was pleased to hear Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s speech, backing a two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict.

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Nides sat down for an interview to discuss U.S. Israeli relations and the burning security considerations facing the region, including the threat of nuclear Iran.

How do you view Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s public support during his United Nations General Assembly speech on the issue of the two-state solution, is it realistic?

Nides: “As you know this is not the first the prime minister has articulated his view of a two-state solution. In fact, when President Joe Biden was in Israel a month ago, he had a press conference reiterating his support for a two-state solution. So again, standing up at the UN and talking about it is exceptionally important. obviously the U.S. president, myself, and all those who are serving this administration, fully support what he said.”

“We hope for the long term and get to where we need to be which is a two-state solution, the 1967 borders and we will have the ability to have a two-stage solution not only a vision of it but in reality, a two-state solution for the Palestinian people and the Israeli people, without by the way, which is very important, compromising the security of the state of Israel which is what the prime minister articulated.”

Israel has aggressively been making its case against Iran’s nuclear deal and Israeli officials have been going back and forth to Washington and European capitals in an attempt to persuade Western leaders either to sign a tough deal or not sign a deal. Has its presentation helped the U.S formulate a position on the Iran nuclear deal?

Nides: “Well let me make three points, number one the president has said from the beginning that we have Israel’s back that we will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon he said that over and over again; number two, the president has also articulated that U.S. under no circumstances tie Israel’s hands to defend itself be it Iran or Hezbollah or the proxies and we’ve been very clear about that; number three, yes the president would like to get back to the nuclear deal with Iran under the conditions that he has set up through the Europeans and ultimately it’s really up to Iran if they want to accept those conditions.”

“We would seriously consider going back into the deal, so the reality of this is the president has been very clear about the importance of getting into a diplomatic solution here under the right terms. One thing we are clear about is that the Israelis and the United States are lockstep in understanding what’s going on on the ground. I’m in no way suggesting Israel supports the coin in or the government supports going back to the deal but there is complete connectivity between the Israelis and the Americans of what’s going on and communications on what’s happening in the negotiation.”

What’s Israel’s main object objection to what’s being negotiated what do they come to the U.S Administration with saying you know what we hear that you’re about to sign a deal but it shouldn’t happen because.. what are their reasons?

Nides: “You just live in this neighborhood, this is a very complicated neighborhood, and I have enormous respect for the Israelis and the defense established to understand their anxieties it’s not just about the Iranian regime it’s about their proxies and if you ask Israel, they are obviously concerned about Iran getting to break out and ultimately having the technology to put the components onto a missile, that’s obvious.”

“But they’re also quite concerned about the proxies and that’s Hezbollah in Syria, and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. They have angst about that which we share with them so listen, their concerns are legitimate. I would be the first one to suggest or not there is no perfect deal here folks, the important part of this is we believe under the right conditions to slow this program down is in the national security interests of Israel and the region and that’s we’re trying to strive for if the conditions are met.”

Full interview available in link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_wzmBp2wrA&ab_channel=themedialine

The Russians were targeting hasidic religious sites with large crowds, the report said.

By World Israel News Staff

Russian troops intentionally launched Iranian drones over Uman, aiming specifically at Hasidic Jews who were celebrating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, in the Ukrainian city, Babel reported Tuesday.

Despite warnings from Ukraine not to make the annual pilgrimage to Uman this year for safety reasons, roughly 3,000 hasidic Jews went to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), founder of the Breslov hasidic movement.

“I have checked with the president’s office and was told that we will not allow tourists from anywhere to enter the country because we cannot guarantee their safety,” Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Kornichuk stated in July.

According to Babel, citing sources in the special services, over the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down more than 10 Shahed-136s in the south of Ukraine. Some were launched from the territory of the occupied Crimea and directed to Uman.

The Russians were targeting hasidic religious sites with large crowds, the report said.

“Planned acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens are one of the conditions for Iran’s transfer of drones to Russia. As you know, this is not the first example of cooperation between two terrorist countries.

ANTISEMITIC MASS MURDER BEHIND MYSTERIOUS ENGLISH GRAVE, RESEARCHERS SAY

“Not so long ago, a Ukrainian civilian plane was shot down in Iran, apparently by mistake. But the interests of the Kremlin can be seen behind this case,” the special services said, Babel reported.

In January 2020, a Ukrainian International Airlines plane crashed soon after takeoff from Tehran’s airport, killing all 176 people on board.

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