US envoy defends Israel’s ‘right’ to annex West Bank land: NYTimes

i24NEWS Latest Revision june 08, 2019, 8:11 AM AP Photo/Ariel Schalit US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the 5th trilateral summit between Israel, Greece and Cyprus in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. ‘There were some extraordinarily generous proposals made to Palestinians that they turned down,’ Friedman said In an interview with the New […]

Iran Has No Intention of Withdrawing From OPEC – Iranian Oil Minister

In May, Iranian authorities vowed to retaliate if their interests in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are harmed. Iranian officials also noted that the organisation is flawed due to “the unilateralism of some of its members and that it’s possible that the organisation may collapse”. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh stated in an interview […]

Putin: Iran can defend its interests, US measures endangering world

Iranian Meda IRNA – The Russian president, during a meeting with IRNA’s managing director and few senior world news agencies’ directors, stated that Iranians with over thousand years of cultural history and national pride are capable of defending their own interests, and Russia supports the preservation of the JCPOA. Vladimir Putin made the remarks in response […]

Netanyahu tells Japan’s Abe to pressure Iran as he prepares for Tehran visit

Japanese PM, set to travel to Iran next week, aims to use his warm relationships with Islamic Republic and US to mediate between the two rivals By TOI STAFFToday, 5:03 am     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-R) and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C-L) pose for a group picture during a meeting with Japanese […]

Anti-Israel Hate Marches Continue in Europe and the West

 by Laureen Lipsky An Israeli flag is burned by protestors at the 2019 “Quds Day” demonstration in Tehran. Photo: Reuters/Meghdad Madali. Last weekend, antisemitic rallies protected by free speech rights were once again tolerated by Western and European countries. Isn’t it interesting that so many hate marches target the Jewish people? Starting in 1979, Iran […]

Israel to ally with Arab neighbors around Red Sea in bid to save world’s corals

Swiss institute to manage partnership between Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan in largest regional project of its kind By MELANIE LIDMANToday, 4:21 pm  0 0shares The Red Sea Transnational Research Center will study thousands of types of fish and coral found in the Red Sea, like these photographed near Eilat by Professor […]

Army chief says Gaza deal for calm is working, violence along border is down

But Aviv Kohavi also signals to leaders of communities near border of Hamas-run enclave that IDF will not allow arson balloons to be launched into Israel forever By TOI STAFFToday, 2:42 pm  1 55shares Israeli firefighter battles a fire started by an incendiary device launched from Gaza Strip, near the Israel and Gaza border fence, Wednesday, May […]

U.S. starts ‘unwinding’ Turkey from F-35 program over Russia defense deal

  WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL – The United States on Friday raised the stakes in its standoff with Turkey over Ankara’s deal to acquire a Russian air defense system, laying out a plan to remove the NATO ally from the F-35 fighter jet program that includes immediately halting any new training for Turkish pilots on the advanced aircraft. […]

The Sound of a Trumpet

By Pete GarciaJune 7, 2019 by Randy Nettles Guess what? The feast of Pentecost is right around the corner. This year it occurs on June 9, 2019. The fourth Feast of the Lord is celebrated 50 days after the feast of Firstfruits in early summer. Pentecost (Feast of Weeks), or Shavuot to the Jews, celebrates the […]

Temple Mount Sifting Project reboots, aims to salvage ancient temple artifacts

At Jerusalem Day event, minister vows funds for project in which 500,000 artifacts from all eras of J’lem settlement have already been found in dirt illegally dumped by Muslim Waqf By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN 7 June 2019, 2:04 pm2 528shares Prof. Gabriel Barkay, co-director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, on Mayn 30, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of […]

Iran said accelerating uranium centrifuge production, anticipating deal collapse

But Israeli intelligence sources tell Channel 13 news Tehran is also making overtures to Washington to renew talks in bid to deescalate By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 10:12 pm   Illustrative. Centrifuges enriching uranium. (Public Domain/US Department of Energy/Wikimedia Commons) With Iran’s nuclear deal with global powers teetering on the edge of collapse, Israeli intelligence has identified a significant […]

US Sanctions Iranian Petrochemicals Company Linked to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The US Treasury Department on Friday announced a new layer of economic pressure on the Iranian regime, with tough sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic’s main petrochemicals company. “The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Iran’s largest and most profitable petrochemical holding group, Persian Gulf Petrochemical […]