Publication: BICOM News

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 1 reports

Iranian presidential candidates confirmed, consolidating regime’s control

The list of candidates for Iran’s presidential election on 14 June was announced yesterday, in a move that appeared to consolidate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s grip on power. Iran’s Guardian Council, headed by Khamenei must approve all candidates prior ... [Published BICOM News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Assad regime admits firing on IDF prompting Israeli warning

For the first time, the Syrian government yesterday took responsibility for opening fire at Israeli troops on the border between the two countries. Stray fire from the fighting in Syria has landed in Israeli territory on the Golan Heights on several ... [Published BICOM News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Benny Gantz, Golan Heights, Military/Armed Forces

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Hizballah

UK pushing EU to classify Hezbollah as terrorist organisation

The Foreign Office yesterday submitted a formal request for the European Union (EU) to place the military wing of Hezbollah on its’ list of terrorist organisations. The UK currently classifies Hezbollah’s military arm as a terrorist entity, while the ... [Published BICOM News - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Hizballah, European Union, Terrorists, United Kingdom

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Bank Hapoalim Ltd

Gunman kills four people at Beer Sheva bank

A forty-year-old local resident opened fire in a branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern Israeli town of Beer Sheva yesterday, killing two members of staff and two of the bank’s customers before turning the gun on himself. The incident began at around ... [Published BICOM News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Be'er Sheva, Avner Cohen, Bank Hapoalim Ltd, Acts of Terrorism

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

William Hague

Report: Hague to accompany Kerry on Israel visit this week

The Guardian reports this morning that Foreign Secretary William Hague will join US Secretary of State John Kerry in a visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas of the West Bank, starting on Thursday. It will be Kerry’s fourth trip to the region since ... [Published BICOM News - May 21 2013]

Entities: William Hague, John Kerry, Israel

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Lapid reiterates commitment to negotiated two-state solution

Israel’s Finance Minister and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid yesterday clarified his support for immediate negotiations towards a two-state solution following an interview with the New York Times in which he appeared to support positions opposed by members ... [Published BICOM News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid, Ofer Shelah, Jerusalem

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Egyptian police close Gaza crossing after Sinai kidnappings

Egypt’s police force closed the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip following the kidnapping of seven Egyptian policemen and soldiers by Islamist gunmen towards the end of last week. The gunmen seized the security personnel in ... [Published BICOM News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Kidnapping, Rafah (Gaza Strip), Border Crossing, Police

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Hezbollah plays major role in Assad military offensive

Hezbollah is widely reported to have played its’ most significant role yet in Syria’s bloody conflict, yesterday providing important ground support for President Assad’s forces to attempt to wrest control of the town of Qusair from opposition forces ... [Published BICOM News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Hizballah, Military/Armed Forces, Israel, Damascus

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Top Israeli economist encourages UK support for Israeli-Arab scholarship fund

Senior Israeli economist Professor Manuel Trajtenberg, who is tipped by some as the next Bank of Israel Governor, announced the launch of the Israeli government’s first scholarship fund for Arab undergraduates during a visit to London. Trajtenberg became ... [Published BICOM News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Trevor Pears, Israel, United Kingdom, Government of Israel, Task Force

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Ya’alon tells CIA chief Israel won’t tolerate Syria weapons transfer

CIA Director John Brennan paid a surprise visit to Israel on Thursday evening and went straight into a meeting with Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon in Tel Aviv.Channel Ten reported that the pair shared intelligence assessments, discussed regional ... [Published BICOM News - May 17 2013]

Entities: John Brennan, Israel, CIA Central Intelligence Agency, Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

During US visit, Erdogan confirms June trip to Gaza

Speaking during a visit to the White House, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday confirmed that he intends to visit the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip next month. The United States had advised Erdogan to put his plans to visit Gaza on ... [Published BICOM News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Palestinian National Authority, HAMAS, Israel

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Mass ultra-Orthodox demonstration opposes army enlistment

An estimated thirty thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem last night in a mass protest against government plans to draft ultra-Orthodox students en masse. Although the leaderships of the Shas and United Torah Judaism political ... [Published BICOM News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Demonstration, Yaakov Peri, Yesh Atid, Jerusalem

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