Lebanon refuses investment at expense of Palestinian cause

REUTERS June 23, 2019 11:51 BEIRUT – Lebanon does not want investment at the expense of the Palestinian cause, its parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday after the White House unveiled the $50 billion economic part of its Middle East plan. “Those who think that waving billions of dollars can lure Lebanon, which is […]

Trump: I didn’t call Iran strike back, I just stopped it for now

US President clarifies that he had not called off strike on Iran in retaliation for its shooting down an American drone. Ben Ariel, 23/06/19  US President Donald Trump on Saturday night clarified that he had not called off a planned strike on Iran in retaliation for its shooting down an American drone. “I never called […]

Netanyahu meets with John Bolton

PM meets with US National Security Advisor John Bolton ahead of tripartite meeting between Israeli, Russian, and US security officials. David Rosenberg, 23/06/19  US National Security Advisor John Bolton met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday morning in Jerusalem, after arriving in Israel late Saturday night. At the opening of their meeting, Netanyahu warned […]

Netanyahu: Iran running campaign of aggression, now under crippling economic pressure

Ynet|Published:  06.23.19 , 11:18 Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran is running a campaign of aggression, and the only thing that has changed in recent times is that Iran is under crippling economic pressure because of the sanctions (imposed by Donald Trump). The prime minister was speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security […]

Ethiopian army chief, regional president killed in ‘failed coup attempt’

Internet in country cut amid reports of gunfire in capital overnight and unrest elsewhere in country, as government says it put down rebellion in Amhara state By AFPToday, 11:22 am     In this image made from video, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces a failed coup as he addresses the public on television, June 23, 2019 […]

Commentators in Arab world reject US economic plan for Palestinians

By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 8:46 am   Palestinians sort tomatoes on a conveyor belt at a tomato paste plant in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on June 17, 2019. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP) Voices in the Arab world have sharply rejected the Trump administration plan unveiled Saturday that would see $50 billion in economic benefits for the Palestinians as […]

Revolutionary Guard officials celebrate Iran’s downing of US drone

Sources tell New York Times that elite military unit was surprised by success of operation and had only attempted it to see if it was possible By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 9:13 am     Head of the Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh looks at debris from what the division describes as the US drone […]

Kushner’s economic plan peace plan faces broad Arab rejection

From Sudan to Kuwait, prominent commentators and ordinary citizens denounced Kushner’s proposals in strikingly similar terms: “colossal waste of time,” “non-starter,” “dead on arrival.” By REUTERS June 23, 2019 02:36   4 minute read. RIYADH/AMMAN/CAIRO- US President Donald Trump’s economic vision as part of the wider plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was met with […]

Dear leader: North Korea says Trump sends Kim ‘excellent’ letter

No details given about contents of exchange, months after nuclear talks break down; Pyongyang says leader to ‘seriously contemplate’ letter By APToday, 2:30 am  0 0shares US President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore, June 12, 2018. (Evan Vucci/AP) PYONGYANG, North Korea — President Donald Trump sent […]

Europeans urge US and Iran to step back from confrontation

German Chancellor says EU countries still hoping for political solution after downing of American drone; UK official heading to Tehran By AP22 June 2019, 5:52 pm  2 14shares German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on June 21, 2019. EU leaders concluded a two-day summit on […]

US economic plan avoids saying much, but does hint at future Israeli concessions

The long-awaited document is rich in incentives and lofty verbiage, but don’t bother reading the proposal for details on how the White House sees a peace plan coming together By RAPHAEL AHREN Today, 1:14 am  0 20shares Palestinians protest against US President Donald Trump’s so-called Deal of the Century in the West Bank city of Hebron, February […]

The Costs of Confrontation with Iran Are Mounting

by Dalia Dassa Kaye Recent diplomatic efforts to save the Iran nuclear agreement and de-escalate rising tensions between the United States and Iran—including the first visit by a Japanese prime minister to Iran since the revolution—only gave a brief respite from talk of war. With new attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman […]

Trump says US to hit Iran with ‘major’ new sanctions Monday

US president clarifies that he still looks forward to day where such economic penalties won’t be necessary, claiming ‘the sooner the better!’ By AFP22 June 2019, 10:51 pm     US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2019, before boarding Marine One for the […]

PA: U.S. wants to use Arab money to kill off political aspirations of Palestinian people

The Palestinian Authority on Saturday rejected the Trump administration’s intention to invest billions of dollars into Palestinian economy as part of the first step in the still unreleased U.S. Mideast peace plan.   “The American administration’s solution is based on the idea of using the Arab money in order to kill off any political aspirations […]