U.S. Ambassador to UN Sees Israeli Security Challenges First Hand

November 19, 2021 Topic: Israel Region: Middle East Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: IsraelSecurityIranGazaUNLinda Thomas-Greenfield

U.S. Ambassador to UN Sees Israeli Security Challenges First Hand

Israel also sought to convey the urgency of the Iranian threat in the region on a special tour led by the Israel Defense Forces.

Israel also continues to act through different measures to stop Iranian forces and proxies in Syria from transferring Iranian weapons, including precision-guided munitions. This is a major objective of Israel and its defense authorities.  

Seth J. Frantzman is a Jerusalem-based journalist who holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis and a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum. He is the author of After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East (Gefen Publishing) and Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for the Future (Forthcoming Bombardier Books). Follow him on Twitter at @sfrantzman.

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