Epstein Secrets

stinian Authority officials in Ramallah." The Hill (8/9, Schnell, 5.69M) reports Burns "will reportedly meet with David Barnea, the director of the Mossad intelligence agency, and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in addition to other senior defense and intelligence personnel." Bloomberg Report:

vior In South China Sea. Reuters (8/9, Nichols) reports Secretary of State Blinken "called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict `would have serious global consequences for security and for commerce,' sparking a strong rebuke from China." Blinken told the UNSC

elligence and=recruit spies inside the Iranian program, according to the officials. The new hesitancy has caused "increasing dissatisfaction" i=side Mossad, Israel's overseas spy agency, says one official. Another se=ior security officer attributes the reluctance to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wh

-- even pleading =or -- a negotiated political solution where both sides first "simultaneously" lay down their weapons (a call=subsequently made by the U.N. Security Council). "These matters canno= be dealt with by fighting, confrontations, wars, or by inviting foreign m=litary intervention," Nasrallah stressed, an intim

uch retaliation would be limited and in any case less harmful than facing a nuclear-armed Iran. Those opposed to an attack, such as former Israeli Mossad head Meir Dagan, believe the risks are too uncertain and potentially too costly to justify a strike; in their view, covert actions will be more ef

in November 2010, for example, President Obama committed the U.S. for the very first time to support India's candidacy for permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council. Like many others who wish to see India become a close strategic partner of the U.S., I supported the president's announcement. Unfortunately, Ind