Turkey-Pakistan teaming up against east Med. alliances – Kathimerini

Turkey and Pakistan’s military exercise this week in Greece’s territorial waters is a reaction by Ankara to Greek and Cypriot involvement in recent drilling for gas with Israel and Egypt, Greek newspaper Kathimerini said on Saturday. The Ankara-Islamabad cooperation is becoming increasingly systematic with bilateral exercises earlier this year in the Indian Ocean off the […]

Pompeo, AIPAC and Jewish American priorities

For the Europeans and the American Left, the term “settlement” is a password that opens Pandora’s Box of anti-Semitism. Pompeo took their buzzword away.  by  Caroline B. Glick  Published on  11-23-2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made two brief, basic points in his declaration Monday on Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. He said that those […]

Top U.S. General: It’s ‘Very Possible’ Iran Will Attack Again

The threat from Tehran continues to increase despite U.S. military buildup, U.S. Central Command’s Gen. Kenneth McKenzie says. November 23, 2019, 6:25 AMMANAMA, Bahrain—Since May, the Pentagon has dispatched 14,000 additional U.S. troops, an aircraft carrier, and tens of thousands of pounds of military equipment to the Middle East to respond to what it says […]

US army: Iran will attack again in Middle East

US Central Command chief urges Middle Eastern countries to cooperate with US, warns Iran may attack again. Arutz Sheva Staff, 23/11/19 Iran will probably launch another attack in the Middle East, US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said Saturday. At a regional conference in Manama, Bahrain, McKenzie said 14,000 additional US soldiers have been […]

New Arab group says it’s time to stop boycotting Israel

  ‘Arabs are the boycott’s first and only victims,’ Egyptian-British lawyer says.   Josefin Dolsten, JTA, 23/11/19 17:43 Boycott Israel sign in Bethlehem Miriam Alster / Flash 90 A new group of Arab thinkers is urging its countries to engage with Israel. The Arab Council for Regional Integration group held its first conference in London […]

Could Ukraine’s role in impeachment scandal impact U.S.-Israel relations?

Ukraine scandal in US reveals increasing politicization of US foreign policy The growing revelations about how US officials played a role in Ukraine amid the impeachment hearings in Washington reveal how US foreign policy has become increasingly politicized. Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, the details that have come out of the […]

Jordan FM: Amman not enjoying full ‘peace dividend’ from ties with Israel

Ayman Safadi says the countries ‘have not been able to achieve bilateral cooperation’ on various issues, echoes king’s remark that relations at ‘all time low’ Today, 1:44 pm Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Saturday said ties between Israel and Jordan were “at an all time low,” with Amman not fully reaping the “peace dividend” […]

Grospic: Recent Israeli attack on Syria, a criminal act that is internationally condemned

Created on Saturday, 23 November 2019 11:28 PRAGUE, (ST)-  Head of the Czech Parliamentary Committee for Friendship with Syria Stanislav Grospic has  stressed that the latest Israeli attack on Syria is “a criminal act that is internationally rejected and condemned.” In a statement to SANA correspondent in Prague on Saturday, Grospic  said “the Israeli aggression […]

PM Netanyahu’s chances of survival are drowning under a concerted political, legal, media onslaught

The shattering indictments for bribery and breach of faith brought against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu,70, are only one stage in the relentless campaign to unseat him. His decision to fight for his innocence and win round the voters in Israel’s third election in a year, in early 2020, has brought down on his head the […]

Iran TV: Our missiles can strike Israel’s southernmost regions

Iranian TV program airs animated video describing Iranian missiles and threatening Israel, American military bases. JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 23, 2019 12:24 IRINN TV, an Iranian television station, aired animated video called “The Rise of the Missiles,” which described several types of Iranian missiles in detail, including their capacity to attack Israel. The narrator Fateh-110 […]

US Seeking to Create Security Problems in Lebanon: Hezbollah

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hezbollah’s second-in-command Sheikh Naim Qassem said the US is seeking to take advantage of Lebanon’s anti-government protests and create “security problems”, adding that the resistance movement will not fall into a civil war that Washington is longing for in the Arab country. US officials had been in direct contact with Lebanese politicians […]

Iran TV: Our missiles can strike Israel’s southernmost regions

Iranian TV program airs animated video describing Iranian missiles and threatening Israel, American military bases. IRINN TV, an Iranian television station, aired animated video called “The Rise of the Missiles,” which described several types of Iranian missiles in detail, including their capacity to attack Israel. The narrator Fateh-110 “Iran’s most accurate missile” and discussed Iran’s […]

Analyst: Hamas down in popularity after it sits out fight with Israel

Islamist Jihad leaders say they needed no help in mid-November battle, though some call it ‘betrayal’ A well-known analyst and commentator from the Gaza Strip says the popularity of Hamas, the Palestinian enclave’s ruler, has dropped since it sat out fighting this month between Islamic Jihad and Israel. “Hamas has been heavily criticized by the […]

F-35s from Utah base begin deployment to Middle East

Squadron departs for United Arab Emirates after another unit based at the same facility recently returned from region AP HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Another Hill Air Force Base squadron equipped with F-35 fighters has left on a combat deployment for the Middle East. The Standard-Examiner reported Wednesday that the 34th Fighter Squadron with […]