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JERUSALEM – Middle East/Israel Morning Brief
Iran's supreme leader calls for death sentences on Israel's leaders, not arrest warrants
Iran's supreme leader after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant last week over the war in Gaza.
Report: Israel said to agree to Lebanon ceasefire in principle
Israel has agreed in principle to a U.S.-backed ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now working on how to present it to the public, according to multiple reports Sunday night, Netanyahu held high-level consultations on the matter.
UAE nabs the three Uzbek murderers of Chabad rabbi, reports suggest suspects were captured outside of UAE
The Emirati interior ministry announced on Sunday night that it has arrested "the three perpetrators involved in the murder of Zvi Kogan, a Moldovan national according to his identification documents at the time of entry into the UAE, where he lived as a resident."
White House condemns killing of Chabad rabbi in Abu Dhabi
The White House on Sunday issued a statement in which it condemned the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, the Chabad emissary to Abu Dhabi.
Israelis warned against travel to Thailand, authorities tell those already there to keep low profile
On Nov. 12, the government "called on Israelis currently in Thailand to increase their awareness and pay attention to updates from the NSC due to emerging potential threat to Israelis in the country," the council stated. "Roughly two weeks later, in light of the continued threats, the NSC raised the travel threat level to level two and is recommending to exercise increased caution."
Col. Kemp: 'ICC has shown it cannot be salvaged'
According to Col. Richard Kemp, the former commander of the British military forces in Afghanistan, "Issuing an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu in 2024 is like issuing an arrest warrant for Winston Churchill in 1944. The Nazis branded Churchill a war criminal back then and of course the most enthusiastic supporters of the ICC accusations are the modern-day Nazis, Iran and Hamas."
Iran to meet European diplomats amid escalating nuclear tensions
Iranian diplomats will meet with their British, French, and German counterparts on Nov. 29 to discuss Tehran's nuclear program, Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday, just days after the U.N.'s atomic watchdog passed a resolution condemning Tehran's lack of cooperation.
The resolution, sponsored by the three European powers and the U.S., a bloc otherwise known as the Quad, was adopted by the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors last Thursday.
Israel strikes 12 Hezbollah command centers in Lebanon
The Israeli Air Force struck a dozen Hezbollah command centers in the Iranian terror proxy's stronghold in Dahieh south of Beirut on Sunday night.
Ben Gvir decries accepting Lebanon ceasefire as 'historic missed opportunity'
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tells Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reject a U.S.-backed proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, calling it "a grave mistake."
In a post on X, the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit leader warns that accepting the ceasefire deal would mean missing out on a "historic" opportunity to destroy the Iranian-backed terrorist group.
