Grasshoppers swarm into Israel from Syria

Unusually large numbers decimate vegetables in Moshav Alonei Habashan on Golan Heights, lay hundreds of thousands of eggs in soil By SUE SURKES5 June 2019 Swarms of grasshoppers in Moshav Alonei Habashan in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, June 4, 2019. (Kan screenshot) Just days after two rockets were fired from Syria toward Israel’s Mount Hermon […]

Iran Blames Mossad for ‘Fabricating Intelligence’ on Its Role in Tanker Attack

The United States has publicly accused Iran of orchestrating the reported attack, despite the fact that an international investigation into the incident has so far not come up with any conclusions. A recent report in Israel suggests that Washington received a tip-off from Mossad. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has blamed Israeli secret services […]

Iran is ‘six months away from an atomic bomb’

Former IAEA official says Israel, Gulf states, ‘need to be worried’ about Iran’s emerging nuclear abilities. Yoni Kempinski, 05/06/19  Olli Heinonen, who headed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) security team and served as the organizations’ deputy director general, on Wednesday morning told Army Radio that Israelis on the whole are not aware of the […]

The Prospect of an Iran-Israel Escalation

By Yaakov Lappin June 2, 2019 US Rivron-2 patrols the Persian Gulf, photo by US Navy Flickr via Wikimedia Commons   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,189, June 2, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent rise in military tensions in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran introduces a heightened possibility that Iran will activate […]

Ancient coin discovered during Brazilian visit to Shiloh

Elected officials from Brazil just happened to be visiting the archaeological excavation in the Benjamin Region when the coin was discovered. JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 5, 2019 11:24 A rare coin was discovered at an archaeological dig in Shiloh during a visit by Brazilian officials this week. The 2,000 year old coin from the Hasmonean […]

The Palestinians Miss Yet Another Opportunity

Alan M. DershowitzJune 5, 2019 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14344/palestinians-miss-opportunity If the Palestinian leadership persists in its refusal to sit down and negotiate, they will only have themselves to blame for the lack of statehood. Pictured: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) The great Israeli diplomat Abba Eban once presciently observed that the Palestinians “never […]

Romania to move embassy to Jerusalem, prime minister announces

By JPOST.COM STAFF March 24, 2019 17:52 Romania will move its embassy to Jerusalem, Prime Minister of Romania Viorica Dăncilă announced on Sunday at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC. “I as prime minister of Romania, and the government I run, will move our embassy to Jerusalem. Our support of the State of Israel […]

Watch: Hamas smuggled rocket launcher that can fire 60 missiles at Israeli civilians at a time

Watch: Hamas smuggled rocket launcher that can fire 60 missiles at Israeli civilians at a time   Hamas terror group claims they have managed to smuggle into Gaza a rocket launcher that can “flood” Iron Dome batteries with enough rockets to overrun it. The Muslim terrorists claim the new rocket launcher is capable of firing […]

Israel’s intelligence giant deployed to thwart Hezbollah

Iranian-backed terror group is attempting to build infrastructure for operations on Israel-Syria border, worrying Israelis who understand that while they are still in early stages, they pose a later threat Yoav ZitunPublished:  06.05.19 , 23:37 Two serious incidents on the on the Golan Heights put an end to any hope that the Israeli-Syrian border will […]

Nasrallah: It Is Hizbullah’s Decision to Upgrade Its Precision Missiles

Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira,   June 5, 2019 Hassan Nasrallah A satellite image released by the Israel Defense Forces on September 27, 2018, showing three production sites near Beirut’s international airport that the army says were being used by Hizbullah to convert regular missiles into precision-guided missiles. Subsequently, the production plants were moved. (Israel […]

Iran could make nuclear weapon in 6-8 months, says former IAEA deputy

Olli Heinonen accuses UN atomic agency of allowing Tehran to weaponize uranium, while also criticizing Trump decision to bolt deal By TOI STAFFToday, 4:56 pm  4 876shares Iran’s uranium conversion facility near Isfahan, which reprocesses uranium ore concentrate into uranium hexafluoride gas, which is then taken to Natanz and fed into the centrifuges for enrichment, March 30, […]

Iran’s FM says Mossad ‘fabricating intelligence’ about oil tanker sabotage

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accuses the Mossad of fabricating intelligence, after an Israeli report said information gathered by the intelligence agency linked Iran to the sabotage last month of four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The #B_Team’s boy who cries wolf is crying once again: this time Mossad […]

Archaeologists identify city gate from time of King David

The previously uncovered gate found in the area last year was cautiously identified to be a part of the biblical city of Zer. By Zachary Keyser June 5, 2019 23:55   A city gate from the time of King David was discovered after 32 years of excavation in the ancient city of Bethsaida in the […]

U.S. should not confront Iran and Turkey simultaneously – scholar

The United States cannot afford to confront Turkey while imposing its soft power in the Middle East with sanctions on Iran, according to Muhammed Bahadır Gülle. The Trump administration needs Turkey to help counterbalance Iran in the Middle East, and in Syria and Iraq in particular, said Gülle, a former diplomat and visiting scholar at […]