Micha Gefen, Author at Israel Rising

Iran Tells Israel it is Ready to Abandon Syria in Covert Meetings

May 29, 2018

Rumors are swirling the Arab media that an Israeli delegation met with their Iranian counterparts in Amman, using Jordan as a go between. First of all, the idea they are talking at all is truly astounding, but...

Trump Puts the Screws on North Korea and Iran

Micha Gefen

May 24, 2018

Politics

News today that President Trump decided to pull out of his much vaunted summit with North Korean despot Kim Jong Un sent shockwaves around the world. US markets dipped on the news. Once Trump pulled out of th...

Iran Stays Put in Syria, Raising the Stakes with Israel and the USA

Micha Gefen

May 23, 2018

Borders

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's 12 point plan to force Iran into complying with normative international behavior is still driving the public discourse on the rogue regime's nuclear ambitions. While the Europe...

Is Trump Preparing to Slay the Palestinian Fairy Tale?

Micha Gefen

May 17, 2018

Palestine Falling, Politics

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With rumors flying that President Trump is readying the release of his long awaiting Israel-Palestinian peace plan, obersvers have noted the non-commitment there still is to the two-state paradigm. Trump Assis...

The Crashing Iranian Economy and the Mullahs’ Last Stand

Micha Gefen

May 16, 2018

Borders

There are reports now that Iranian officials are in a panic as they race to save the nuclear deal and stave off a return of crushing sanctions on their fragile economy. Although European officials have claimed ...

CHAOS CONTINUES: Both Iran and US Lose Iraq

Micha Gefen

May 15, 2018

Politics, Regional Analysis

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While the dust still settles in Iraq's parliamentary elections, it has become clear that they have chosen Muqtada al-Sadr's list. Muqtada al-Sadr is the Shiite cleric whose Shiite militia fought against US tro...

Will Iraqi Election Results Upend President Trump’s Great Iranian Pushback?

Micha Gefen

May 13, 2018

Politics

With polls already closed in Iraq, the USA, Israel, and the Gulf countries sit and await to see if Iran can pull victory from a week of continual political and military defeats. If the Iranian backed candidate ...

Netanyahu Attends Victory Day Celebration in Russia, But Iran is the Real Focus

Micha Gefen

May 9, 2018

Partnerships, Politics

It may appear strange that Prime Minister Netanyahu would spend time at a Victory Day celebration in Russia less than a day after President Donald Trump took the United States out of the JCPOA otherwise known a...

Iran Takes Lebanon, War is Coming to Israel’s North

Micha Gefen

May 8, 2018

Borders, Politics

Initial results from Lebanon's first election in 9 years shows Hezbollah, the Iranian backed radical Shiite militant group winning 67 out of the 128 member parliament. If these results hold then Lebanon will b...

The Great Iranian Nuclear Heist

Micha Gefen

May 1, 2018

Borders

In the annals of spy thrillers, the Israeli Mossad's achievment, undertaken last year, and revealed last night, in which they were able to infiltrate the central storage area of the Iranian nuclear program, rem...

Author Micha Gefen