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Israelis ring in 78th Independence Day as Lebanon, Iran ceasefire talks loom

Mossad chief says agent killed abroad • Netanyahu on Remembrance Day: 'We have removed an existential threat'• Trump claims Iran’s nuclear sites are 'obliterated’

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI'S CELEBRATE Independence Day, 2026.
People gather after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Tehran’s greatest blunder - opinion

The regional alliance Iran built against itself.

|ByAMINE AYOUB
ILLUSTRATIVE: Israelis protest against the war in Jerusalem during the war between Israel, Iran and Hezbollah, April 4, 2026.

Iran is asking to be destroyed - opinion

Tehran made a historic miscalculation. By striking regional states and choking a vital maritime artery, it echoed strategic blunders of the past.

|ByHANAN SHAI
US President Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he arrives at Miami International Airport in Florida, US, April 11, 2026.

Trump considers limited operation against Iran in response to failed Islamabad negotiations - WSJ

According to US officials cited by The Wall Street Journal, the US President is considering a limited operation against Iran following the failed round of negotiations in Islamabad.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

CIA helped Israeli Mossad agents escape complicated mission abroad - Pompeo

News revealed in former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's new book. Israeli intelligence sources deny operation was Iran nuclear archive heist.

JANUARY 24, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018.

Iranian drone engines in the spotlight as Herzog visits US - analysis

What do we know about the Iranian drone engines and the transfers to Russia in their war against Ukraine?

OCTOBER 26, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian-made Shahed-136 exploding UAVs prepared for launch as part of an exercise in Iran in December 2021.

Pressure on Biden administration to stop Iran Deal will damage relations with Israel, expert says

Mossad chief David Barnea’s visit to Washington is one more Israeli effort in a long line of attempts to stop the US from signing an agreement with Iran.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022ByADI KOPLEWITZ/THE MEDIA LINE
US President Joe Biden adjusts his glasses as he delivers remarks during a signing event for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, August 9, 2022.

In Israel, Biden to sign joint pledge to prevent Iran going nuclear

Biden faces an uphill battle persuading Iran to rejoin the Iran nuclear agreement that his predecessor, Donald Trump, abandoned in 2018.

JULY 14, 2022ByREUTERS
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden participate in a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2022

Here are the top 4 security priorities Israel will discuss with Biden

Missile Defense systems * Iran and proxies across the Middle East * Acquiring new planes and helicopters * MOU

JULY 12, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
US Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016.

Gantz at IAC: Israel is the only country in the world that Iran seeks to destroy

Speaking at the Israeli-American Council, Defense Minister Benny Gantz stressed the shared Israeli-US urgency when it comes to the Iran issue.

DECEMBER 10, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Israeli American Council, December 10, 2021

IDF, US Marines joint-exercise concludes

The collaboration is part of the United States and Israel’s long-standing military cooperation, though the exercise also comes amid heightened tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

NOVEMBER 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Marines with Alpha Company, BLT 1/1, 11th MEU, are seen taking part in a drill near the Red Sea.

CIA head to meet with head of Israeli Military Intelligence

The head of the CIA is in Israel amid reports that the US is considering alternative ways to get Iran to stop advancing its nuclear program as negotiations to return to the 2015 Iran deal stall.

AUGUST 10, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, ANNA AHRONHEIM
William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, is sworn into his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021.

Why would Israel say US is getting outplayed by Iran? - analysis

Before looking for whom the message was intended, it is worth looking first at who was not likely the targeted audience: US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

APRIL 19, 2021ByHERB KEINON
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif shakes hands with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of European Commission Josep Borrell in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2020

US defense chief to visit Israel amid cloud of Iranian tensions - analysis

Experts say that the Red Sea area became a primary venue for confrontation between Jerusalem and Tehran in the past three years.

APRIL 10, 2021ByUDI SHAHAM
Retired General Lloyd Austin testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, US. January 19, 2021.