Senator Lindsey Graham confirms Iran behind recent ship, pipeline attack

REUTERS May 22, 2019 00:29 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) WASHINGTON- Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday that top administration officials told senators in a briefing the recent attacks on shipping and a pipeline in the Middle East was directed by the Iranian government and the ayatollah. “They explained to us how […]

Iraq sending teams to Tehran, Washington to calm tensions – prime minister

He said there were no Iraqi groups that wanted to push towards a war, two days after a rocket fired in Baghdad landed close to the US embassy. Tuesday 21/05/2019 Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, May 15, […]

Don’t blame Israel for the Iran war scare

Those seeking to make the Jews the scapegoat for a conflict with the Islamist regime are just as wrong as those who failed to see the threat to peace in the nuclear deal. (May 20, 2019 / JNS) Donald Trump arrived in the White House in 2017 with few firm convictions or in-depth knowledge about […]

Saudi Arabia, UAE Announce They Will Attend Trump’s Mideast Economic Conference in Bahrain

The two Gulf states are the first Arab countries to join the ‘workshop’ designed to draw investment to the West Bank and Gaza Strip Amir Tibon  May 22, 2019 12:54 AM Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced on Wednesday that they will attend the international “workshop” on the Palestinian economy that will take […]

Two Shells Fall in Centre of Syrian City of Aleppo – Report

Two shells fell in the centre of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Reuters reported citing Syria’s Ikhbariya television. No further details were immediately available. Earlier in the day the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that six civilians were injured on Tuesday in terrorist rocket attacks on Masaken al-Sabil and al-Shihan square in Aleppo. The terrorist attacks ahve reportedly caused material damage […]

Iraq sending teams to Tehran, Washington to calm tensions – prime minister

He said there were no Iraqi groups that wanted to push towards a war, two days after a rocket fired in Baghdad landed close to the US embassy. Tuesday 21/05/2019 Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, May 15, […]

FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2017 file photo, an American flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem during a welcome ceremony for visiting U.S. President Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in BeijingChinese Ambassador: Beijing Still Committed to Trade Talks With US – Reports

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai told Fox News on Tuesday that Beijing was ready to continue trade talks with Washington. “China remains ready to continue our talks with our colleagues to reach a conclusion. Our door is still open”, Cui said in an interview with Fox News Channel. The two countries have […]

US: Signs that Syrian gov’t is using chemical weapons

State Department says there are signs that Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, warns of response. Elad Benari, 22/05/19  The United States sees signs that the Syrian government may be using chemical weapons, including an alleged chlorine attack on Sunday in northwest Syria, the State Department said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. “We are […]

Israel has agreed to discuss disputed borders with Lebanon, US says

A top US envoy has said Israel agreed to discuss disputed land and sea borders with Lebanon, which is eyeing hydrocarbon exploration off its coast, two Lebanese officials say. The Israeli Foreign Ministry does not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP. Last year, Lebanon signed its first contract to drill for oil […]

PM dismisses generals’ claims that West Bank annexation would endanger Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to former security senior security officials who reportedly warned earlier today against annexing parts of the West Bank. Dismissing the claims that such a move — pledged by the premier days before last month’s elections — would “endanger the citizens of Israel,” Netanyahu says that “regions in Judea and Samaria […]

IRGC commander: Iran on brink of ‘all-out clash with the enemy’

Attacks on a key Saudi oil pipeline and tankers in the Port of Fujairah, both of which are alternative oil export routes to the Strait of Hormuz, were a pointed message to Saudi Arabia and the United States. Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall (May 20, 2019 / Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The Iranian leadership […]

Israel Using Holocaust to ‘Blackmail’ Germany, Palestinians Claim in Response to Bundestag Condemnation of BDS

 by Ben Cohen The Palestinian Authority (PA) has issued a furious rebuke of the German parliament’s decision last week to define the anti-Zionist boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign as “antisemitic” — falling back on a well-known antisemitic trope as it did so, by accusing Israel of invoking the Nazi Holocaust to “blackmail” European countries. In […]