Shalom and good evening, this is TV7 Israel
News broadcast to you from Jerusalem;
And in today’s top stories;
1) Unidentified aircraft conducted numerous
bombardments of Iranian-proxy militias in
Syria’s eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
2) The International Atomic Energy Agency
circulated a confidential document over the
weekend in which it complained about the Iran’s
persistent refusal to permit the agency’s
inspectors to enter a number of installations
that may have been used for nuclear related
activities.
3) Israeli Premier Netanyahu reveals that
the Trump Administration had yet to give Jerusalem
a green light to annex parts of the West Bank.
Unidentified aircraft conducted numerous bombardments
of Iranian-proxy militias in Syria’s eastern
countryside of Deir Ezzor.
The aerial attack occurred shortly before
midnight on Saturday, with local sources reporting
at least 8 separate attacks on the Maizilah
base, which serves as the headquarters of
a number of Shi’ite militant groups that
operate in Syria at the behest of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guards Quds Force.
At least 12 Iranian-backed militiamen of Iraqi
and Afghan origin were killed, in addition
reports of extensive damage to the installation’s
weapons caches and numerous vehicles.
It is important to mention that the attack
occurred after the Iranian-controlled installation
obtained significant reinforcements from Iraq
of both Iranian-proxy militiamen and military
equipment.
Furthermore, it is noteworthy to mention that
the unidentified bombardment occurred less
than two days after another clandestine aerial
operation destroyed an Iranian missile production-plant
near the Syrian city of Masyaf.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit refused to confirm
nor deny to TV7 its involvement in either
reported aerial bombardments.
In other yet related news,
The International Atomic Energy Agency, commonly
referred-to by its acronym ‘IAEA’, circulated
a confidential document among its Board of
Governors on Friday – in which it complained
about the Islamic Republic’s persistent
refusal to permit the Agency’s inspectors
to enter a number of installations that may
have been used for nuclear related activities.
In spite of the fact that Iran announced on
January 5th, earlier this year, that its nuclear
program would no longer be “subject to any
restrictions in the operational sphere,”
it vowed to “continue to cooperate with
the Agency “an in the past.””
Nevertheless, after a clandestine operation
of an Israeli intelligence agency pointed
the IAEA in the direction of – what Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described
in 2018 as “a secret atomic warehouse,”
the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed
in November of 2019 that its inspectors had
indeed uncovered uranium of man-made origin
at a location near the Iranian capital Tehran
that was “not declared to the agency.”
Subsequently, the Ayatollah regime immediately
refused any access of IAEA inspectors to the
undeclared sites in question, despite repeated
protests by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano
Grossi, who acknowledged the urgency to conduct
the inspections, because samples can degrade
over time.
Meanwhile in Jerusalem;
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted
Iran’s repeated violations of its nuclear
related activities, which the Israeli leader
believes, is a clear indication of Tehran’s
aspiration to acquire nuclear weapons capability.
“Over the weekend, the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) determined that Iran
had refused to allow IAEA inspectors access
to clandestine sites at which Iran had carried
out secret military nuclear activity.
Iran has systematically violated its commitments
by hiding sites and enriching fissionable
material and has committed other violations.”
The Israeli Premier went on to reiterate his
call for the international community to join
Washington’s efforts to thwart the Islamic
Republic’s race toward its aspired nuclear-related
goals, by applying crippling sanctions against
the Ayatollah regime.
“I believe that the time has come, and I
think that the time has passed, but reality
certainly requires it in the light of these
revelations, for the international community
to join the United States and reimpose paralyzing
sanctions on Iran.
In any case, the coronavirus has not lessened
by one iota our determination to act against
Iran’s aggression.
I reiterate: Israel will not allow Iran to
achieve nuclear weapons and will continue
to act methodically against Iran’s attempts
to militarily entrench on our borders.”
Meanwhile in New York City;
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Kelly Craft revealed that she had shared a
draft Security Council Resolution with her
Russian, French, British, German and Estonian
counterparts over Washington’s bid to extend
a U.N. arms embargo against the Islamic Republic
of Iran indefinitely.
In a press briefing on Friday, the American
Representative to the World Body highlighted
her efforts to ascertain that “everyone
understands that (Washington is) committed
to making certain that the U.N. Security Council
does not allow (the arms embargo on Iran)
to expire in October.”
Ambassador Craft further stressed the need
for “Russia and China to join a global consensus
on Iran’s conduct” while underscoring
that it is not only about “the people of
Iran” but also about “the people in the
Middle East.”
It is important to mention, however, that
the American bid to extend an arms embargo
on Iran may face some significant hurdles.
Per TV7’s report last month, Russia’s
Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia
emphasized that Moscow will oppose any attempts
by Washington to extend the arms embargo,
which expires on the 18th of October, and
reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran.
Meanwhile;
The Ambassador of France to the United Nations,
who has assumed the role of President of the
world body’s Security Council for the month
of June, emphasized in a press briefing that
his country, alongside other European powers,
will continue to work on salvaging the 2015
nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic
of Iran.
Contrary to the facts on the ground, the French
diplomat insisted that the nuclear agreement
with Iran “worked well” and in contrast
to the American position, a bad deal is better
than having no deal that would consequently
not hinder Iran from returning to “its full
nuclear military program.”
“This agreement worked well, it worked well,
and it needs to be protected.
So, this is why the Europeans want to preserve
this framework.
You cannot replace a framework that works
with the absence of any framework.
Especially when you are dealing with nuclear
proliferation, because this is our priority
number one.
In the absence of such a framework you go
back to the situation before 2015, where there
is absolutely no limitation for Iran to go
back to its full nuclear military program.”The
German Ambassador to the United Nations, who
is set to assume the role of President of
the Security Council for the month of July,
also addressed the press conference, which
was broadcast via YouTube.
When asked about the Israeli plan to assert
its sovereignty over parts of the West Bank,
including the Jordan Valley and sections of
the Biblical districts of Judea and Samaria,
the German diplomat asserted that Berlin remains
committed to past U.N. Security Council resolutions,
which maintains that “all changes of borders
have to be agreed upon… between Israel and
Palestinians.”
“On Israel, on the plans for annexation,
you know our position has been very clear.
For us we remain committed to the U.N. Security
Council resolutions.
All changes of borders have to be agreed upon
between the parties, between Israelis and
Palestinians.”
A growing number of global and domestic leaders
are seemingly voicing increased objection
to Jerusalem’s planned annexation of parts
of the West Bank, since it does not coincide
with the years long international consensus
for a Two State solution.
Nevertheless, Israel’s historic claim over
the disputed territories, along with American
support, is seemingly enough to bring about
Jerusalem determined aspiration.
In a meeting with 11 council chairpersons
of Jewish Settlements in Judea and Samaria,
Netanyahu highlighted Jerusalem’s plan to
move ahead with asserting its sovereignty
– but revealed that the Trump Administration
had yet to give a green light and that there
remains disagreement between Jerusalem and
Washington over the size of the area that
will eventually be annexed.
The Israeli Premier further highlighted that
all that was required of Israel, as part of
the American peace initiative, was to consent
in principle to holding negotiations with
the Palestinians.
Furthermore, Netanyahu emphasized that while
the Americans would refer to the future territories
under Palestinian control a state, Israel
will view it as an autonomous entity.
Meanwhile;
A few thousands of Israelis held a demonstration
on Saturday in protest of Jerusalem’s plan
to assert its sovereignty over the West Bank.
It is important to mention that the protest
organizers and participants were predominately
of the Israeli communist party, which holds
17 seats in parliament as part of the Joint
List that consists of Islamist, Marxist and
Arab nationalist parties.
"So we are here to protest the idea of the
annexation that does not serve Israelis, does
not serve Palestinians, blocks the option
for two state solution, blocks any option
for decent lives for Palestinians and is actually
a fiction that serves Trump, serves Bibi (Netanyahu),
does not serve people.
This is why we are here."
“I am here with thousands of other Jews
and Arabs who come to protest for a future
of peace and democracy that will serve the
interest of both people who want to live in
dignity in freedom and prosperity despite
Netanyahu's horrible plans to ensure eternal
war by unilaterally annexing the occupied
Palestinian territories and entering us into
a state of Apartheid."
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