PA calls to strengthen Muslim presence on Temple Mount

The PA’s foreign affairs department condemns the ‘cruelty’ of the ‘occupation’ and its ‘attacks against the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.’   Dalit Halevy, 02/06/19 17:23 Palestinian Arab organizations and individuals condemn the Israeli “harm” to the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the “violent assault” of worshipers and the arrest of dozens of them at the same […]

Gaza fire bomb found near Ashdod

Gaza fire bomb found near Ashdod Matan Tzuri|Published:  06.02.19 , 17:41 An airborne incendiary device sent from Gaza was found in the small agricultural town of Yinon, some 15km from Ashdod in southern Israel.   A police unit was disptached to the scene.

Israel to Lebanon: We know where Hezbollah’s precision missiles are

American officials showed pictures of the sites on behalf of the Israelis to the Lebanese president and prime minister. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Israel knows where Hezbollah has hidden its precision rockets, and has sent a warning about them to Lebanon through the Americans, Al-Hayat reported Sunday. The London-based Saudi paper said that […]

Israel-Syria Military Exchanges Portend Possible Escalation

CHARLES BYBELEZER 06/02/2019 Events raise concern over possible attempt by Iran to raise tensions with Jewish state amid Tehran’s intensifying dispute with Washington For the second time in less than a week, the Israel Defense Forces struck military targets in Syria in response to projectiles fired toward the Golan Heights. In the latest incident, unidentified […]

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 […]

B-52, aircraft carrier in Mideast over Iran conduct exercise

7:13 am CDT, Sunday, June 2, 2019 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military says a B-52 bomber and an aircraft carrier dispatched to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran have conducted a joint exercise together in the Arabian Sea. The Air Force said in a statement Sunday that the exercise saw […]

Jewish youth assaulted with tossed bottle in Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day

The incident took place near Damascus Gate in the old city of Jerusalem. JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 2, 2019 15:54 Man wearing keffiyah with Israeli security officer outside the Damascus gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Police forces were called to Damascus Gate in the old city of Jerusalem […]

Netanyahu fires Shaked, Bennet from government

JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 2, 2019 15:45 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu informed Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett that they are fired from their positions in both the security cabinet and government, Maariv reported on Sunday.

Spotlight on Iran May 19, 2019 – June 2, 2019

Editor: Dr. Raz Zimmt Iranian and Iraqi foreign ministers in Baghdad (Fars, May 26, 2019) International Quds Day rally in Tehran (Fars, May 31, 2019) The Spokesman of the IRGC, Ramazan Sharif (IRNA, May 28, 2019) Full document in PDF format Overview On May 31, Iranian cities witnessed rallies on the occasion of International Quds […]

Israeli gas exports to Egypt expected to commence this month

A large gas pipeline to Jordan from Leviathan is currently under construction. Eytan Halon June 2, 2019 14:34 AN AERIAL VIEW shows a foundation platform of Leviathan natural gas field, in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL VIA REUTERS) Israeli energy company Delek Drilling expects to commence commercial […]

Iranian president says talks possible only if Washington shows ‘respect’

President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday suggested Iran may be willing to hold talks if the United States showed it respect, but said Tehran would not be pressured into negotiations, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Iran and the United States have been drawn into starker confrontation in the past month, a year after Washington pulled […]

PLO, Hamas condemn Israeli ‘attacks’ at Temple Mount

Senior Palestinian Liberation Organization official Saeb Erekat denounces what he terms “attacks by the Israeli occupation authority and its provocations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” saying they are “dragging the region into a new cycle of violence that will threaten the security of the entire region.” Erekat’s comments come after clashes at the Temple Mount in […]