White House said pushing Israeli-Arab non-belligerence agreements

US deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates reportedly met with envoys from UAE, Oman, Morocco, Bahrain to gauge willingness; initiative backed by Israel’s FM Katz TOI staffRaphael Ahren A senior White House official has reportedly urged several Arab states in the Middle East to sign non-belligerence agreements with Israel as a step toward normalizing relations […]

Warning conveyed to Netanyahu: ‘Sovereignty in Jordan Valley would endanger peace with Jordan’

Security officials warn of wave of protests that would force King Abdullah to suspend 1994 peace treaty between countries. Mordechai Sones, 03/12/19 22:36 Jordan Valley iStock Security officials warn that annexing the Jordan Valley could jeopardize the peace treaty with Jordan, it was claimed tonight on Channel 12 News. In the “source’s” estimation, King Abdullah […]

Israel to UN: Jews forced out of Arab, Muslim lands should be seen as refugees

Danny Danon to introduce General Assembly resolution on behalf of 850,000 ‘forgotten’ Jews who fled Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, to counter one-sided focus on Palestinian refugees UNITED NATIONS — Israel wants the United Nations to recognize as refugees hundreds of thousands of Jews who fled Arab and Muslim countries in the last century, its UN […]

Netanyahu meets Pompeo in Lisbon on Wednesday

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will fly to Lisbon on Wednesday to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and return home the same day. The meeting will cover the Iranian threat and other regional issues that were raised in the prime minister’s conversation with US President Donald Trump on Sunday. Pompeo will be coming […]

This Hanukkah, Israel’s menorah will be powered by natural gas

On Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of the menorah staying lit for eight days. This year, we should celebrate Israel’s discovery of enough fuel to keep it lit for the next century. (December 2, 2019 / JNS) Right on schedule, by Hanukkah, natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan offshore field will begin to flow to shore. […]

Defense Ministry to use economic warfare against terrorists

Naftali Bennett signs first in series of administrative orders aimed at financially crippling terrorist activities. Arutz Sheva Staff, 03/12/19  For the first time ever, the State of Israel will use targeted economic sanctions against individual terrorists around the world, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday afternoon. Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (New Right) signed an administrative order […]

Gas and foreign policy: how Israel is leveraging energy to stabilise the region and advance geostrategic objectives

Ezra Friedman Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades (C) and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras (R), May 2018. Ezra Friedman writes that the discovery of gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean has given Israel, long perceived as sidelined on the international stage, new avenues to pursue foreign policy objectives: to create energy self-sufficiency, […]

IntelBrief: U.S. Buildup Not Cowing Iran

Posted on December 03, 2019 | In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP) . Bottom Line Up […]

Netanyahu Calls Off Visit to NATO Summit After U.K. Cites ‘Logistical Problems’

Sources say Merkel and Macron hadn’t responded to attempts to arrange meetings in London with the Israeli leader, who was set to meet with Pompeo   Sources say Merkel and Macron hadn’t responded to attempts to arrange meetings in London with the Israeli leader, who was set to meet with Pompeo Noa Landau Send me […]

Visiting Israel, Irish FM says he’s open for ‘new thinking’ on peace process

But Simon Coveney insists on two-state solution; says Dublin ‘effectively blocked’ bill that would criminalize import of settlement goods By Raphael Ahren Today, 10:19 am 0 Edit Ireland’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he was in favor of “new thinking” about the Israeli-Palestinian peace, acknowledging that the realities on the ground have changed since the […]

US homeland security proposes face scans for US citizens

“Travelers, including U.S. citizens, should not have to submit to invasive biometric scans simply as a condition of exercising their constitutional right to travel,” he said. REUTERS DECEMBER 3, 2019 09:34 The Trump administration intends to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers – including U.S. citizens – to be photographed when […]