The Suicide of France

Giulio Meotti  June 23, 2019 at 5:00 am https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14406/suicide-of-france “Frenchness” is disappearing and being replaced by a kind balkanization of enclaves not communicating with one another…. this is not a good recipe. The more the French élites with their disposable incomes and cultural leisure cloister themselves in their enclaves, the less likely it is that […]

Rouhani says US ‘lying’ about talks offer, suffers from ‘mental retardation’

Iranian president denounces sanctions against foreign minister Zarif; military spokesman says Washington ruptured path of diplomacy by also targeting supreme leader Khamenei By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 11:09 am     In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a ceremony at Imam Khomeini International Airport […]

NATO Defence Ministers and Secretary-General Stoltenberg Hold Meeting in Brussels (Video)

The ministers are expected to discuss alliance member commitments during the two-day summit, held amid rising tensions in the Middle East, with the US announcing the deployment of 1,000 extra troops and an airstrike carrier group to the region to oppose Iran. The meeting comes after last week the Iranian military downed an American drone, […]

Same Tired Old Peace Plan?

President Trump is unveiling his economic part of the Deal of the Century which, if present rumors are correct, another attempt to send good money after bad. The rumors tell of a plan to economically revitalize the Palestinian Authority and relieve the economic malaise which is Gaza. If this sounds eerily familiar, that is because […]

Netanyahu calls for foreign troops’ exit from Syria, is backed by Patrushev

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged the removal of foreign troops as the key to Syria’s stability, in a break with former Israeli policy for Bashar Assad. Netanyahu noted that Israel had acted hundreds of times to stop Iran establishing a military presence in Syria, transferring weapons to Hizballah and setting up an anti-Israel front on […]

Mossad chief Yossi Cohen: Cyber intel is main tool against terrorism

The comments from the head of the Mossad are unique in that he rarely addresses public events. Yonah Jeremy Bob June 25, 2019 10:37 Mossad Director Yossi Cohen said that cyber intelligence has become the main tool in the world of counterterrorism, at the Cyber Week Tel Aviv University Conference on Tuesday. The comments from […]

Arab States Pledge $100 Million Per Month to Palestinians

JNS.org – Arab finance ministers met at the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday and pledged $100 million dollars a month to the Palestinians. The move comes just ahead of the US-sponsored meeting scheduled to take place in Bahrain this week. The ministers condemned Israel’s seizure of Palestinian funds and called on the international […]

Bolton: U.S. ready to negotiate with Iran

  Netanyahu took the opportunity to reiterate Israel’s tough stance on Iran. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 25, 2019 10:02   US National Security Advisor John Bolton met with his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, and Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat on Tuesday in an unprecedented trilateral meeting in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the […]

Israel shuts off fuel supplies to Gaza after spate of arson attacks

At least 13 brush fires were sparked Monday in the south by balloon-borne incendiary devices launched from the Strip By TOI STAFFToday, 7:22 am     Palestinians ride a donkey near the Gaza power plant in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip October 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB) Israel announced Tuesday morning that it would […]

Iran says U.S. sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy – Tweet

US President Donald Trump targeted Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions to increase pressure on Iran after Tehran’s downing of an unmanned American drone. REUTERS June 25, 2019 08:11 Iran said on Tuesday that US sanctions imposed on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials in the country permanently closed the […]

Watch: Netanyahu meets with US and Russian national security advisers

Iran’s efforts to entrench itself militarily in Syria and escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington expected to top agenda By TOI STAFFToday, 9:19 am     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning was sitting down with the Russian, Israeli and American national security advisers — Nikolai Patrushev, Meir Ben-Shabbat and John Bolton, respectively — in the first-ever […]