Foreign minister says Israel will attend US-led peace summit in Bahrain

Israel Katz says Jerusalem has ‘key role to play’ in process of boosting regional economic cooperation; formal invitation yet to be extended By TOI STAFF and RAPHAEL AHRENToday, 7:28 pm     Acting Foreign Minister and Transportation Minister Israel Katz speaks in Jerusalem on February 27, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/ Flash90) Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that Israel […]

Netanyahu: World needs to back U.S. in Gulf of Oman incident

His comments came at the ceremony on the Golan Heights to mark the naming of a future community there as “Ramat Trump,” after the US president. Herb Keinon June 16, 2019 19:42 The international community should support the US in efforts to halt Iranian aggression in international waterways, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, […]

Greenblatt: Trump can run for reelection and push peace plan at same time

He discussed the timeline to roll out the political component of the peace plan and said it might be postponed until a new government in Israel is formed, around November 6. OMRI NAHMIAS June 16, 2019 19:27 NEW YORK – Jason Greenblatt, the special envoy for international negotiations, said at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference […]

Sign unveiled for ‘Ramat Trump’ in the Golan

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new Jewish community in the Golan Heights to honor President Donald Trump will be called “Ramat Trump,” translated as Trump Heights. A sign was unveiled on Sunday, during the weekly Cabinet meeting held in the Golan Heights at the site of the new community. The sign says Ramat Trump in Hebrew […]

Russia-Iran Strain Raises Possibility of US-Israel-Russia Syria Deal

by James Dorsey / JNS.org Islamic State members walk in the last besieged neighborhood in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 10, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo. JNS.org – Hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in the latest attacks by Syrian and Russian forces on the northern region of Idlib […]

Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 16, 2019 15:58   Laurie Jones, 57, and her husband, Joe Jones, 59, from Johnsonville, SC during a power outage caused by Hurricane Florence in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018. Picture taken September […]

Darkness spreads in South America; Uruguay, Argentina suffer power outage

Electrical supply company Edesur tweeted that a massive failure happened in the electrical interconnection system. JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 16, 2019 15:58 Laurie Jones, 57, and her husband, Joe Jones, 59, from Johnsonville, SC during a power outage caused by Hurricane Florence in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018. Picture taken September 14, 2018. […]

The Trade War Is Just the Start of a US-China Cold War

By Emil Avdaliani June 16, 2019 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,201, June 16, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Many observers view the current confrontation on trade between China and the US as temporary. However, the two countries have opposed geopolitical imperatives that make it highly unlikely that a long-term solution will be found. The US will have […]

Iran hints US could be behind ‘suspicious’ tanker attacks

i24NEWS – AFP Latest Revision june 16, 2019, 6:20 AM AP Photo/Tasnim News Agency An Iranian navy boat sprays water to extinguish a fire on an oil tanker in the sea of Oman, Thursday, June 13, 2019. A damaged Japanese tanker arrived Sunday at a UAE anchorage site with the crew reportedly ‘safe and well’ […]

Iran says will take further steps to reduce nuclear deal commitments: Tasnim

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said it would announce additional steps to reduce its commitments under the 2015 international nuclear pact, which Washington withdrew from last year, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. “Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation tomorrow at the Arak heavy water site will announce preparatory steps that have been taken to further decrease Tehran’s […]

Lebanese MoD comments on possibility of war with Israel

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:10 P.M.) – Lebanon’s Minister of Defense Elias Bou Saab sat down for an interview with Sputnik Arabic on Saturday to discuss a number of topics, including the possibility of war with Israel. When asked about the possibility of war with Israel, Bou Saab said it is very unlikely that Lebanon would enter […]

Hamas deligation for bileteral talks in Iran

Published:  06.16.19 , 12:29 A high-ranking Hamas delegation met with Iranian minister for intelligence Mahmoud Alavi to discuss bilateral relations during a visit to Tehran Saturday. The parties also discussed the dangerous repercussions of the American peace plan.  

Intermediary from Qatar in Gaza; Visit Israel; Seek to End Violence

MICHAEL FRIEDSON 06/16/2019 The intermediary from Qatar who is charged with restoring calm in the Gaza Strip is due in the area on Sunday following another weekend of escalating violence and tension. For 58 weeks, the Palestinians have orchestrated mass demonstrations along the border separating Israel and the Gaza Strip, each week the protests becoming […]