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Iran Explosions: A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry warned on Monday that Iran would “react decisively” if it is found that a regime or government was involved in the explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility. “If a regime or a government is involved in the Natanz incident, Iran will react decisively,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi.
Meanwhile, an explosion was reported at a gas condensate plant in the Kavian Fariman industrial zone in eastern Iran’s Razavi Khorasan Province on Monday. Firefighters prevented the fire from causing further explosions. The explosion is the most recent in a series of explosions and fires at infrastructure, industry and nuclear sites throughout Iran.
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Spying activities against pro-Israel and pro-Jewish targets in Germany are the focus of Iran’s infamous intelligence apparatus, according to a German intelligence report that was recently released.
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Annexation: Jordan’s King Abdullah predicted on Monday that Israel’s planned annexation of part of the West Bank could fuel regional instability .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled an agenda item from a government meeting that would have nixed the possibility of applying sovereignty in the coming months.
The Palestinian Authority arrested several Palestinians in the West Bank who had said in an Israeli television report that they favor annexation. Ramallah denies holding them.
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The Health Ministry on Monday evening reported 1,578 coronavirus infections in the previous 24 hours, as the total cases crossed the 40,000 mark and government officials were said to conclude there was no escaping a reimposed lockdown throughout the country.
The number of serious COVID-19 cases continued to surge and reached 183, a leap of 32 in one day. The tally has more than doubled in six days.
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A professor from King Saud University in Riyadh published an article in Hebrew in an Israeli academic journal. According to Tel Aviv University, a Saudi academic publishing a paper in an Israeli journal is unprecedented.
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Antisemitism Watch: A song glorifying the Nazi death camp Auschwitz became a meme on the popular social networking site TikTok, garnering more than 6.5 million views before it was removed. The song surfaced on the app on Sunday and includes the lyrics: “We’re going on a trip to a place called Auschwitz, it’s shower time.”
Recommended Reading
- Iran explosions: the main suspects (David Brennan)
- What is E1 and how crucial is it to the security of Israel? (Emanuel Miller)
- Has Farrakhanism become mainstream in the US? (Seth J. Frantzman)
- Hot Debate: Peter Beinart doesn’t go far enough (Jeff Halper) Vs. Israel will always be a Jewish state (David Friedman)
- The Corona crisis is an opportunity for the National Civil Service (Yaron Lutz)
- The charges against Benjamin Netanyahu, explained (Pesach Benson)
