Israel open to U.S.-mediated talks with Lebanon on sea border

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel voiced openness on Monday to U.S.-mediated talks with Lebanon on resolving a dispute over the neighbors’ maritime border that has dogged Mediterranean oil and gas exploration. Such talks, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz’s office said in a statement after he met U.S. envoy David Satterfield, could be “for the good of […]

Trump says Iran nuclear deal possible as sanctions sting

“I really believe that Iran would like to make a deal, and I think that’s very smart of them, and I think that’s a possibility to happen,” Trump said. REUTERS May 27, 2019 13:51 US President Donald Trump said on Monday a deal with Iran on its nuclear program was possible, crediting economic sanctions for […]

Iran tests scud missile from ‘secret’ underground facility: video

News Desk2019-05-27     .td_uid_6_5cebbee77c55e_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cebbee77c55e_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Islamic Republic of Iran has tested their Qiam-1 missile in a ‘secret’ underground facility in an undisclosed location inside the Persian Gulf nation. #Iran Launching Qiam-1 missile from a secret ‘underground city’ facility. Location unknown 😉https://t.co/P1pphLuszd#IRGC pic.twitter.com/MlnDOeJxKF — IWN (@A7_Mirza) […]

Salvini Declares ‘NEW Europe is Born’ Amid Right-Wing Surge in EU Elections

This month’s EU parliamentary elections were characterised by significant gains for Europe’s right-wing parties, as the two centrist parties that had dominated the EU for decades ceded their overwhelming majority in the legislature. The resounding success claimed by the League party in Italy, the National Rally party in France and the Brexit Party in the UK in the just-held elections […]

A-G: I delayed Netanyahu’s hearing because of other defendants hearings

The attorney-general said that he gave Netanyahu a longer postponement, to October 2-3, because he was the only defendant involved in all three cases. Yonah Jeremy Bob May 27, 2019 11:58 Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit provided a fuller explanation to his decision to delay Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing on bribery charges on Tuesday, saying […]

Surprises and traditions on EU’s election night: A country by country breakdown

May 27, 2019 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A shorter version appeared at The Jerusalem Post With the European elections results coming in overnight there are some surprises, but many predictable outcomes. The elections have ramifications for Europe’s position in the world because the more Europe is unstable and fractured by infighting the less it will play […]

A guide to the perplexed: What happens if Netanyahu fails to form a government?

A new prime minister? Another election? A minority government? All the scenarios that could unfold over the next few days. by  Gideon Allon  Published on  2019-05-27 Can Netanyahu form a government by Wednesday? If Netanyahu wants to continue as prime minister, he has to get the Knesset’s approval for a newly formed government by asking the Knesset […]

Jordanian Foreign Minister: End the ‘occupation’

Jordan’s Foreign Minister says Israeli-Arab conflict is still the major issue in the Middle East. Elad Benari, 27/05/19 05:41 Ayman Safadi Reuters Jordan on Sunday reiterated that the Israeli-Arab conflict was still the major issue in the Middle East and the only way to end it is through “ending the occupation”, the Xinhua news agency […]

‘Negotiating with devil’ bears no fruit – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on talks with US

Talking with Washington is akin to talking with the devil, a senior official with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, downplaying the US military presence in the region as the “weakest in history.” “Negotiating with the devil, the Quran says, bears no fruit,” the deputy commander of the IRGC, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, said, […]

The Iran War Crisis: Are We Headed Towards a Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

One can only hope that an isolated incident or an alleged attack does not spark a retaliation that could lead to a Vietnam-style conflict with Iran, one that could necessitate sending hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to the Middle East. Lawrence J. Korb Many analysts have argued that the rising tensions between the United […]

The Latest: Salvini: “The rules are changing in Europe”

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on elections for the European Parliament (all times local): 1:50 a.m. Italy’s hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, says the European parliamentary vote shows “that the rules are changing in Europe.” Salvini told supporters at party headquarters in Milan early Monday that the results of Europe’s four-day vote show that “a […]

Iraq warns of ‘danger of war’ as Iran’s top diplomat visits

Foreign Minister says his country will ‘stand by’ its neighbor, declares US economic sanctions ‘unnecessary’ and cause suffering to Iranians By AFPToday, 8:03 pm Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim, right, meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Baghdad, on May 26, 2019. (SABAH ARAR/AFP) BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi leaders have warned of the risks […]

Israeli ambassador to Germany: concealing Jewishness isn’t solution for anti-Semitism

Israeli ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff said that “concealing an individual’s Jewishness cannot be the solution to the problem of increasing anti-Semitism in Germany. There must be a zero-tolerance policy against any form of anti-Semitism.” He was responding to a statement by Felix Klein, the German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, that he would recommend Jews not […]