Iran slams U.S. for ‘causing tensions’ after Trump nuclear weapons comment

  TEHRAN – Iran hit out at the United States on Monday for “causing tensions” after President Donald Trump said his government was not seeking regime change and that he would welcome talks with Tehran. The Trump administration was “hurting the Iranian people and causing tension in the region,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote […]

Seismic change alters political landscape in Brexit-battered Blighty

In the wake of yesterday’s seismic EU parliamentary election results in the UK, Received Wisdom has settled on these conclusions: The Brexit party’s victory means that, unless the new Conservative party leader promises to deliver a no-deal Brexit, he or she will preside henceforth over the total destruction of the Conservative party; That means Boris […]

Iran ready for constructive talks with any Gulf state

Created on Monday, 27 May 2019 07:41 Iran is “ready to negotiate with each and every country in the Persian Gulf for balanced & constructive relations based on mutual respect & interests,” wrote Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, in a tweet on Sunday. He posted the tweet while on an official […]

Abbas says Trump’s peace plan, Bahrain workshop will ‘go to hell’

PA president says he ‘does not recognize this conference’ following sweeping Palestinian rejection of US-hosted economic workshop By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 12:33 am  0 0shares Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 20, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) Palestinian Authority President […]

To The World’s Jews: It Is Coming

May 27, 2019 Illana Hitner Klevansky I belong to a Facebook group called Children of Holocaust Survivors. This is quite a select group, but not one which I would have chosen to join for the purpose of enjoying dazzling wit or sparkling repartee. Rather, we are a group who commiserate together, swapping distressing stories of […]

Iran vs Israel II

Eva J. Koulouriotis – إيفا كولوريوتيevacool_ After a series of Israeli air strikes on Iranian positions in Syria, Iran redefines its strategy and threatens to respond in any US or further Israeli provocation. Eva J. Koulouriotis – إيفا كولوريوتي @evacool_ · 57m57 minutes ago #IranVSIsreal With the intensification of fighting in the vicinity of #Idlib […]

In Memorial – by Jack Kinsella

Memorial Day is a celebration of freedom and those that defend it. We celebrate with heavy overdoses of all things American, fireworks, hot dogs, BBQs, picnics, baseball games and so on. The fireworks are to remind us that freedom doesn’t come without a fight and the overindulgence in Americana is to honor those that missed the party because they had to pay for it. Memorial Day isn’t a just the official kick-off of the summer season or an excuse for a long weekend. It is a day set aside by an Act of Congress in 1971 to honor the veterans …

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Netanyahu: We have 48 hours to avoid elections

Knesset advances bill to disperse itself. By Gil Hoffman May 27, 2019 23:43   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to do all he can to build a coalition in a press conference Monday 27.05.2019. (photo credit: NOAM REVKIN FENTON / FLASH 90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Monday night to do everything possible to […]

Trump says Iran nuclear deal achievable as sanctions sting

Published:  05.27.19 , 23:46 TOKYO – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday a deal with Iran on its nuclear programme was possible, crediting economic sanctions for curbing activities Washington has said are behind a spate of attacks in the Middle East.   “I really believe that Iran would like to make a deal, and […]

Why Germany Coddles Iran

MATTHIAS KÜNTZEL Berlin’s split with Washington on Iran long predates Trump—and it speaks to a dangerous naivety in German strategic thinking. Like most Germans, I am no admirer of the current American president. Donald Trump is wrong about the value of alliances, wrong about the utility of tariffs and trade wars, and wrong in his […]

Trump says he hopes Netanyahu will manage to form coalition

There is ‘a lot more to do’ in strengthening countries’ ties, US president tweets, amid deadlock threatening to send Israel to fresh elections By TOI STAFFToday, 8:28 pm   US President Donald Trump (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office of the White House, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci) US […]

IAF destroys Syrian missile launcher after missile fired at Israeli plane

The missile didn’t hit the Israeli aircraft, which was conducting a routine flight over northern Israel, and fell within Syrian territory. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, Seth J. Frantzman, Herb Keinon May 27, 2019 22:53   2 minute read. The IAF destroyed a Syrian launcher that fired an anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli plane, Prime Minister […]

US wants Israel and Cyprus to head off Russian influence in eastern Mediterranean

A senior US lawmaker says the US wants to work with Cyprus and ally Israel to buttress peace in the eastern Mediterranean and to head off Russian influence over the region’s energy reserves. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says the US is looking for friendly nations in the region that share […]