Germans Think Merkel, Putin, Macron Will Play Leading Role in World Politics in 2020- Poll

BERLIN (Sputnik) – German citizens believe that Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron will be the most influential politicians on the international stage in 2020, a fresh poll revealed on Sunday. The survey carried out by YouGov pollster for German newspaper Welt am Sonntag showed that 22 per cent […]

No East Jerusalem, No Palestinian Elections

sraeli media reports Israeli government’s intention to ignore PA request to include East Jerusalem residents in upcoming elections Adding an extra twist to an already knotted situation, the Israeli government has decided to ignore the Palestinian Authority’s request last month to allow the inclusion of East Jerusalem in the Palestinian legislative and presidential elections, the […]

Russia’s Putin, Germany’s Merkel pledge support to Nord Stream 2: Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his German counterpart Angela Merkel agreed to further support the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project in a phone call on Sunday, the Kremlin said. Putin and Merkel also agreed there was a need to boost political and diplomatic efforts to solve the Libyan crisis, while the […]

Erdoğan, Merkel discuss Libya, Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the crises in Syria and Libya in a phone call on Sunday, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. The pair also addressed the bilateral relations and regional developments, it said citing Turkey’s Directorate of Communications. The phone call arrives following the signing of two accords, […]

Divine Selection of Bethlehem for Jesus’Birth

We are told there were shepherds “abiding in the fields” near Bethlehem, which is was only eight miles from Jerusalem. These shepherds were probably tending the many sheep needed from flocks that were uniquely designated for sacrifice at the Temple in Jerusalem. The shepherds were educated in the specific quality of animal required for the sacrifices, […]

Turkey speeds up Libya troop deployment deal to prevent slide into ‘chaos’

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister warned that the Libyan conflict risks sliding into chaos and becoming the next Syria, as he sought to speed up legislation to Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli has been struggling to fend off General Khalifa Haftar’s forces, which have been supported by Russia, Egypt, […]

Jews Are Going Underground

A month of terrible anti-Semitic attacks culminated with a stabbing yesterday of multiple people at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York. 10:51 AM ET Deborah Lipstadt Professor of Holocaust history at Emory University In a month of terrible anti-Semitic attacks, including a stabbing yesterday of multiple people at a Hanukkah […]

Unprecedented security at all US Mid East bases

All US military bases in the Middle East have been placed at the highest level of security lest Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) or its allies, including the Lebanese Hizballah, decide to hit back for the US assault on five Iraqi Kata’ib Hezballah centers in Iraq and Syria. US embassies and civilian institutions in the region […]

US strikes Iranian-backed militia in Iraq; 12 reported killed

Drone attacks on Kataeb Hezbollah carried out in retaliation for Friday’s rocket assault on a US base that killed an American military contractor US forces carried out attacks on facilities belonging to an Iranian-backed militant Shi’ite group in Iraq on Sunday, in retaliation for a Friday strike on an American base that left a military […]

Israel praises US strike on Iran-backed militia, calling it a ‘turning point’

Foreign Minister Israel Katz praises the United States for its strikes on bases belonging to the Iran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah militia in Iraq and Syria, calling it “a turning point in the regional reality in light of the conduct of Iran and its metastases.” “If the Iranians make a mistake in understanding the essence and power […]

US strikes 5 Iranian Al Qods/ militia bases in Syria and Iraq. Iranian casualties

DEBKAfile Exclusive:  Among the five targets struck on both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border by the US air force on Monday, Dec. 29, was the Iran-supported Iraqi Kata’ib Hezbollah Shiite militia in al Qaim in Iraq and Revolutionary Guards Al Qods centers in the Abu Kamal region in Syria. Substantial dead and wounded were immediately reported, including […]

North Korea convenes party meeting, raising fears of new weapons tests

The meeting was convened to discuss the ‘harsh trials and difficulties,’ the country faces ‘in the building of the state and national defence’ This picture taken on December 28, 2019 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 29 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the 5th Plenary […]

Bennett’s proposal approved: Israel to fine Palestinian Authority 149 million shekels over terrorist funding

Deputy Defense Minister Dichter says: ‘ For too long we have allowed the PA to pay salaries to terrorists. The party is over.’ Hezki Baruch, 29/12/19 Bennett Flash 90 Israel’s Security Cabinet approved Defense Minister Naftali Bennett’s proposal to cut NIS 149 million ($43 million) from the tax funds that Israel transfers to the Palestinian […]