The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown

By Pete Garcia -December 24, 2019 First published December 1st, 2014. Updated December 2019 As we enjoy this Christmas Season, it is often fitting for Christian households and churches to focus on the first coming of Jesus Christ. In times past, and perhaps, not as much anymore, there used to be some common signs that […]

Not-so-merry Christmas for some Bethlehem Christians

Mahmoud Jaber, a Muslim street vendor, said he shared the concerns expressed by several Christians. Otherwise, he said he completely disagreed with those who talk about anti-Christian discrimination. KHALED ABU TOAMEH DECEMBER 24, 2019 16:43 Fairouz Ijha, 76, spent several hours on Tuesday greeting tourists and inviting them to buy from her grocery store on […]

‘We’ll See What Happens’: Trump Promises to Deal With Any N Korean Christmas Surprise

President Donald Trump told reporters last week that the US was closely watching North Korea following reports that Pyongyang had resumed its missile tests. Donald Trump has rebuffed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s warning of a “Christmas gift”. “We’ll find out what the surprise is and we’ll deal with it very successfully. We’ll see what […]

U.S. aviation agency warns commercial airlines about possible N.K. missile launch

All Headlines 10:29 December 24, 2019 SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) — U.S. aviation authorities issued a warning for commercial airlines earlier this month about the possibility of North Korea launching a long-range missile in the coming weeks, a news report has said. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the alert “warning of longer-range missile […]

Jordanian Parliament Opposes Buying Gas from Israel, but Receiving Free Water from Israel is OK

By Baruch Yedid / TPS  26 Kislev 5780 – December 24, 2019 Jordanian Members of Parliament (MP) are pushing for an urgent legislative initiative to repeal the agreement in which Israel will supply gas to the Hashemite Kingdom, ahead of the soon-to-be-launched natural gas pipeline between the two countries. A group of 58 MPs opposing […]

Netanyahu sends Christmas greeting to Christians: ‘We have no better friends’

On eve of holiday, PM says Jewish state wouldn’t have been established if not for ‘avid support’ of Christians through the years By TOI staff Today, 3:17 pm 0 Edit Facebook Twitter Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday extended Christmas greetings to Christians in Israel and around the globe celebrating the holiday. In a video […]

Iran’s Afghan mercenaries threaten Israel: Final target is the Golan

Other photos posted recently about the Fatemiyoun show them training near Albukamal and include details of protests against their presence in Deir Ezzor. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 24, 2019 14:23 Iranian-recruited Afghans affiliated with the group Liwa Fatemiyoun posted a video on Tuesday showing them near the Golan Heights and claiming that they had come […]

Palestinians: ‘Foreigners’ in an Arab Country

by Khaled Abu Toameh December 24, 2019 at 4:30 am Instead of helping the Palestinians who are being arrested and killed and tortured in Iraq, the UN, EU and “pro-Palestinian” groups are busy spouting hate against Israel. The number of Palestinians in Iraq has dropped from more than 40,000 before 2003 to fewer than 6,000 […]

China Urges US, North Korea to Create Road Map for Peace Settlement – Foreign Minister

BEIJING (Sputnik) – China has called on the United States and North Korea to follow the previous agreements between them and come up with a road map on settling the issues of denuclearisation and achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. “There has been a new round of […]

Iran Prevailing in Iraq and Lebanon

Posted on December 24, 2019 Bottom Line up Front Iran is pursuing a variety of methods in an effort to preserve its influence in Iraq and Lebanon in the face of protests against existing power structures.  Iran’s allies in both countries include technocrats who might satisfy popular demands for competent governance while maintaining ties to […]

Settler leader asks Netanyahu to clarify annexation work is not frozen

On Monday, in a video posted on YouTube, Netanyahu swore to annex all the West Bank settlements. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 24, 2019 10:34 Yesha Council head David ElHayani has asked the Prime Minister’s Office to clarify that preparatory work for the annexation of the Jordan Valley has not been cancelled. ElHayani, who is also the […]

‘Subversive’: Gideon Saar seeks to unseat Netanyahu as Likud party leader

JERUSALEM — He has defied and defeated his many adversaries — political and legal, domestic and foreign — for a decade, but now a new threat to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power here has emerged much closer to home, from within his own ruling Likud Party. Former Education Minister Gideon Saar is […]

Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign Mediterranean pipeline deal, will provide 10% of EU’s needs

The agreement will be signed in Athens on Jan. 2 by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades and Israel’s Netanyahu. By Associated Press The leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Israel plan to sign an agreement early in the new year for the building of the eastern Mediterranean natural gas pipeline, the Greek […]