Israel Report - Wednesday 09 July 2025
And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. [Isaiah 25; vv 6-8]
BREAKING: Top Agenda Items for Netanyahu meeting with Trump……..
IDSF - Israel's Defence and Security Forum
In today’s briefing, Victoria Coates, vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation and former deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump, shares her takeaways from the historic meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
She talks about how the main component of the meetings were focused on Iran, and additional discussions about the war in Gaza and proxy warfare.
HERE is the recording of the briefing from today.
Our next briefing will be on Thursday 10 July 2025
Five Fall in Gaza….
Five IDF soldiers were killed in northern Gaza last night by a roadside bomb, while 14 others were wounded. The fallen soldiers are:
Meir Shimon Amar, 20, from Jerusalem, Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, from Jerusalem. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20, from Jerusalem. Moshe Shmuel Noll, 21, from Beit Shemesh. and Benyamin Asulin, 28, from Haifa.
According to the military’s initial investigation, the soldiers were operating on foot in Beit Hanoun when they were struck by a roadside bomb. Soldiers who then came to extract them from the scene were also fired upon by terrorists.
Meir, Moshe Nissim, Noam, and Moshe Shmuel served in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion. Benyamin served in the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade.
May their memories forever be a blessing, and may the wounded soldiers have speedy and full recoveries.
Following this incident the IDF began targeting the entire area after issuing multiple evacuation orders.
Israel is expected to control 75% of the Gaza Strip within days, leaving Hamas with a choice: surrender and leave or face obliteration.
Netanyahu meets VP Vance before visiting House and Senate Leaders…….
Benjamin Netanyahu continued his diplomatic visit to Washington on Tuesday by meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Following the sit-down at Blair House, the president’s guest residence across from the White House, Netanyahu is scheduled to travel along Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol for a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La). He is expected to return to Blair House afterward for additional meetings.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for his second meeting with Trump, says his office.
He does not enter through the West Executive entrance, where the press is waiting, and where visitors are greeted in front of the cameras.
This is the second meeting in two days between the pair, after last night’s dinner and talks.
In the afternoon, Netanyahu is slated to head to the Senate for a meeting with Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and other members of the chamber.
IRAN UPDATE
Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei denied on July 8 US President Donald Trump’s July 7 claim that Iran requested nuclear talks.
Western and regional officials told Reuters on July 8 that Iran may “drag out” the talks to avoid either renewed airstrikes if negotiations fail or “humiliation at home” if Iran accepts the US demand for zero uranium enrichment.
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will meet with Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi [below R] in Oslo in the coming days for nuclear talks.
Preparations are underway for “indirect” negotiations between Witkoff and Araghchi [below L] but noted that the meeting has not been finalized.
The Iranian official position against halting uranium enrichment and missile and drone production has not changed, however. It is therefore unlikely that nuclear negotiations would have a successful outcome in the aftermath of the Israel-Iran war if the current positions remain the same.
Top Iranian officials have continued to argue that US-Iranian nuclear negotiations were “gaining momentum” prior to Israeli airstrikes, which is false.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi incorrectly claimed that US-Iran negotiations had “gained momentum” prior to the Israeli air campaign.
US President Donald Trump publicly threatened force against Iran on April 12 if Iran did not agree to a nuclear deal within 60 days of the start of talks.
Israel began its airstrikes on June 12-13, one day after Trump’s 60-day deadline. The United States had not altered its demand that Iran seek no uranium enrichment, and Iran had not altered its demand that it be allowed to continue enrichment.
It is misleading to frame these talks as having meaningfully advanced when fundamental disagreements over nuclear enrichment continued to persist.
Araghchi’s statements and tone echoed those of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during his July 7 interview with American media personality Tucker Carlson, suggesting that the Iranian government is orchestrating an information campaign targeting Western audiences.
Iran even expanded its nuclear program during the negotiating period, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s recent reports.
The amount of enriched uranium and the level to which it was enriched had no civilian use.
Iran cannot access certain key nuclear facilities, according to the Iranian president.
This suggests that leaked Iranian signals intercepts about limited damage at the nuclear facilities were inaccurate.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Tucker Carlson that US airstrikes on June 22 damaged Fordow, Natanz, or Esfahan nuclear sites, but Iran cannot access the facilities to accurately assess the damage in an interview aired on July 7.
Pezeshkian’s statement demonstrates that it would have been almost impossible for Iranian officials to have accurate knowledge within days of the strikes about the extent of damage that the facilities suffered.
The statement also suggests that Iran’s understanding of the exact damage within the facilities remains limited.
Israeli officials suggested that the United States would support further Israeli airstrikes against Iran if Iran attempts to either rebuild its nuclear program or move highly enriched uranium from previously targeted nuclear sites.
Developing…
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Yes,yes “ peaceful use “ ; enriching over 60%? What a blatant lie , HUDNA!!!!