Ukraine: First country outside Israel with Jewish president, PM

If Zelensky is sworn in as president, his prime minister will be Volodymyr Groysman, a Jewish politician who was the mayor of the city of Vinnytsia. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ April 22, 2019 02:01   If official exit polls from Ukraine’s presidential elections are to be believed, that country is set to become the only one […]

No more waivers: The United States will try to force Iranian oil exports to zero

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a briefing on Iran at the State Department in Washington on April 8. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) By Josh Rogin April 21 at 5:00 PM About one year after the United States decided to leave the Iran nuclear deal, the State Department is set to announce that all countries will […]

Is there a way ahead for two-state solution?

Is there a way ahead for two-state solution? Netanyahu touts West Bank annexation and settler leader says Israelis seeking new way ahead, but Palestinian PM warns dividing land is only option and Obama’s US envoy to Israel still hopeful Associated Press |Published:  04.21.19 , 23:38 Is the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dead?   […]

US ‘futile’ threat playing into IRGC popularity: Iran military chief

Press TV – Washington’s threat against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) through designating it as a “terrorist” organization is rooted in “anger” and a “strategic dead-end” the administration of President Donald Trump is facing, Iran’s military chief says. “I am confident this futile threat will only serve to increase the IRGC’s popularity,” Chairman of […]

More arrests as Sri Lanka hunts for attackers behind deadly spate of bombings

Police say 13 detained, safe house and van used by suspects found hours after blasts leave over 200 dead and at least 450 wounded By APToday, 10:43 pm  0 0shares A Sri Lankan police commando enters a house suspected to be a hideout of militants following a shoot out in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. […]

Google bans account of Iranian anti-Israel propaganda site

Digital giant blocks accounts of Iranian site which claimed Israel experimented on Arab prisoners. 21/04/19 22:50 Google blocked the accounts of the Iranian Spanish-language news channel that earlier this month published reports that Israel uses Palestinian Arab prisoners for new medical trials. The anti-Israel news website Hispan TV reported Saturday on its still-active news website […]

France’s harsh message to Israel

The French president asks Israel to transfer tax revenues to the PA. Netanyahu: ‘Your request is morally and politically wrong.’ Arutz Sheva Staff, 21/04/19 France demanded that Israel stop the freezing of tax revenues of the Palestinian Authority and transfer all the funds collected for the PA to Ramallah including the amounts paid by the […]

European Churches: Vandalized, Defecated On, and Torched “Every Day”

Raymond IbrahimApril 14, 2019 at 5:00 amhttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14044/europe-churches-vandalized In Germany, four separate churches were vandalized and/or torched in March alone. “In this country,” PI-News, a German news site, explained, “there is a creeping war against everything that symbolizes Christianity: attacks on mountain-summit crosses, on sacred statues by the wayside, on churches… and recently also on cemeteries.” […]

Arab League pledges $100M per month to Palestinian Authority

The Arab League has pledged $100 million per month to the Palestinian Authority to make up for funds withheld by Israel because of payments made to the families of Palestinian attackers and prisoners.   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Arab League in Cairo on Sunday as part of a diplomatic effort to rebuff the […]

Khamenei appoints new Revolutionary Guards commander

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Sunday he was replacing Mohammed Ali Jafari as commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) since 2009, with Brig. Gen, Hussein Salami. On April, US President Donald Trump designated the IRGC, which is the main prop of Iran’s revolutionary Islamic regime, a foreign terrorist organization. The Guards are also in […]

‘Anti-Semitic arsonists don’t want to allow Jews true freedom’

‘Anti-Semitic arsonists don’t want to allow Jews true freedom’ Following Moscow arson, World Zionist Organization Vice Chairman calls on Russia’s Pres. Putin to protect country’s Jews.   Arutz Sheva Staff, 20/04/19 22:09   Fire (illustrative) iStock World Zionist Organization (WZO) Vice Chairman Yaakov Hagoel responded to the arson fire set at Moscow’s Torat Chaim yeshiva […]

Comedian-turned-candidate Zelensky wins Ukraine presidency by landslide

Jewish actor with no political experience expected to take 73 percent of the popular vote; incumbent Poroshenko concedes defeat By OLEKSANDR SAVOCHENKO and ANNA SMOLCHENKOToday, 9:12 pm  0 0shares Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election at his campaign headquarters in […]