700 reasons not to create a Palestinian state

Gaza has become the most graphic illustration of why relinquishing Judea and Samaria to the perennially hostile and extremely corrupt Palestinian Authority is a fantastically dangerous idea. (May 14, 2019 / JNS) The nearly 700 rockets fired at Israel by terrorists from Gaza by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in early May were not just […]

Despite tensions, Nakba Day protests in Gaza pass without major incident

Some 10,000 Palestinians demonstrated along security fence but the IDF, with a stricter open-fire policy, and Hamas, which patrolled the border, largely kept the peace By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 12:02 am  0   An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at rioters east of the Gaza city of Rafah in the southern Strip during Nakba […]

Putin says wants to ‘fully restore’ Russia-US ties

Latest Revision may 14, 2019, 2:59 PM Alexander NEMENOV (AFP) FILE: Donald Trump glances at Russia’s Vladimir Putin ahead of a family photo during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in 2018 Putin also praised the Mueller report, calling it ‘an objective investigation’ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said he wanted to “fully restore” strained ties […]

Pelosi warns Trump against war in Mideast; Dems demand info

By LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGEMay 15, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she declared the White House has “no business” moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress. Pelosi’s remarks to House Democrats came amid growing concerns in Congress […]

Global worries flare over whether US sliding toward Iran war

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORMay 15, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open Tuesday amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic Republic poses a growing threat to the U.S. and its allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond . […]

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

We are each accountable for what we do or don’t do. If we are diligent and careful in the upkeep… PROVERBS 24:30-32__________________________________________________________________“I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; and there it was, all overgrown with thorns; its surface was covered with nettles; its stone wall was broken down. When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction…” Our eyes appreciate a beautiful, well-kept garden. There is something about a manicured landscape that brings a calm and peace to our hearts and minds. …

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Netanyahu wary of being dragged into U.S.-Iran escalation

At a special meeting on U.S.-Iran tensions with Israel’s intelligence chiefs and top military brass, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would make every effort not to get dragged into the escalation in the Gulf and would not interfere directly in the situation, Israeli officials tell me. The backdrop: Israel was one of the main […]

Iran on the brink of ‘full-scale confrontation with the enemy,’ IRGC chief warns

Amid simmering tensions in Gulf, Hossein Salami says ‘this moment in history is the most decisive moment of the Islamic revolution’; Rouhani: US engaged in ‘crime against humanity’ By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 11:14 pm  0 1shares In this undated photo released by Sepahnews, the website of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami speaks in a meeting in […]

Putin: Russia is not a ‘fire brigade’ which ‘rescues everything’

The Russian president also urged Iran not to drop out of the nuclear agreement, but added that there was only so much Russia could do. TZVI JOFFRE May 15, 2019 23:36 Russia is not a “fire brigade” which “rescues everything,” Russian President Valdimir Putin said referring to recent tension between the United States and Iran […]

It’s time to restore US-Russia ties, Putin tells Pompeo

Edited time: 15 May, 2019 11:23 Russian President Vladimir Putin told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he had the impression President Donald Trump wanted to restore relations between the US and Russia after the Mueller inquiry exonerated him. “As you know, just a few days ago, I had the pleasure of talking with […]

As Australia heads to polls, Labor vows to reverse Jerusalem recognition

But party led by Bill Shorten, which is expected to win Saturday’s federal election, stops short of announcing plan to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state By RAPHAEL AHREN Today, 1:32 pm     Opposition leader Bill Shorten speaks at the launch of Labor’s federal election campaign at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, May 5, […]