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 […]

Russia to take measures against Washington’s ‘major’ new sanctions on Iran

Press TV – Russia says it and its partners will take steps to counter new sanctions that US President Donald Trump has said it will impose on Iran Monday. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the announcement Monday, a day after Trump threatened Tehran with new sanctions as part of his administration’s “maximum pressure […]

‘We will not allow Iran to entrench on our border’

PM Netanyahu meets Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, in Jerusalem. Nitsan Keidar, 25/06/19   Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday met with the Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. “Mr. Patrushev, Secretary of the National Security Council of the Russian Federation, […]

What Iran Is Really Up To

Desperate to preserve the nuclear deal, Iran with the help of its Western friends is creating just enough turmoil to make America, and not it, appear eager for war. In April 2015, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—known more commonly as the Iran nuclear deal—was still to be formalized, but Republicans preparing to run […]

Joint Statement on the Sixth U.S.-UAE Economic Policy Dialogue

Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonJune 24, 2019The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates following the sixth U.S.-UAE Economic Policy Dialogue.Begin text:The United States and United Arab Emirates held their sixth Economic Policy Dialogue in Washington, D.C., on June 20, 2019.U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary […]

Kushner: We do not have to help the Palestinians

President Trump’s adviser and son-in-law: If the PA continues to criticize us, the aid will be stopped.   Nitsan Keidar, 25/06/19 00:31   Jared Kushner Reuters US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner criticized the Palestinian Arabs on Monday in an interview with the Al-Quds newspaper. “The President made it clear to […]

US envoy slams Palestinian threat of violence over Bahrain

Greenblatt accuses Fatah of threatening intifada after statement by youth group translated by Israeli organization warns it can make ‘ground burn under the feet of the tyrants’ By TOI STAFFToday, 1:08 am     Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli border police during a protest against US President Donald Trump’s economic plan, in the West Bank village of […]

With fate of Iran nuke deal up in air, remaining parties to convene Friday

Analysts skeptical that 2015 accord can be salvaged without US backing TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE Iran’s President Rouhani speaks about the nuclear deal in Tehran. (photo credit: REUTERS) /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; “Calibri”,sans-serif; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; […]