Shin Bet head: Don’t allow Hamas to turn into Hezbollah

Hamas for its part will commit to ending rocket fire and gunfire along the border fence and gradually stop the Great Return March protests. ANNA AHRONHEIM JANUARY 2, 2020 13:29 As Israel moves towards a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, the head of Israel’s Shin Bet Nadav Argaman has warned the Security Cabinet against […]

The Ottomans are back – what does that mean for Israel?

Tracing regional dynamics over the last century is vital to understanding the combustible situation today. SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 1, 2020 20:10 In late November, Turkey set its sights on a new goal. In Libya, a long-forgotten civil war was raging. The government in Tripoli, often called the Government of the National Accord, was losing […]

Historic: Israel becomes energy exporter, will bring in billions of dollars

January 1, 2020 Israel’s Leviathan began operations, sending gas to Jordan on Wednesday. By World Israel News Staff “Israel, for the first time in its history, is an exporter of energy,” said Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz on Wednesday morning. “It is happening right now in these minutes, and I, for the first time, here […]

US-Iran Tensions Could Spill Over Into a Proxy Attack on Israel, Warn Experts

by Israel Hayom / JNS.org JNS.org – The unusual American attack on Sunday evening on the Shi’ite militia known as the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq has put the various militias that Iran has established in recent years in Syria and Iraq on edge and on alert. These are new and independent units unconnected to Hezbollah in […]

Netanyahu takes off for Athens natural gas summit

‘The gas pipeline that we are now going to promote, which Minister Yuval Steinitz has worked on for many years, will revolutionize Israel’s energy picture’ LAHAV HARKOV EYTAN HALON JANUARY 2, 2020 13:17 The gas pipeline deal between Israel, Greece and Cyprus is a step toward turning Israel into an energy superpower, Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Iran not heading to war but not afraid of conflict

Trump accused Iran of orchestrating demonstrations at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday and said Tehran would be held responsible. Iran has rejected the accusation. REUTERS JANUARY 2, 2020 12:57 A top Iranian commander said on Thursday that Iran was not moving towards a war but was not afraid of any conflict, the semi-official […]

Iran Can No Longer Rely on Shia Militias to Fight its Wars

by Con Coughlin January 2, 2020 at 5:00 am The President’s robust response to the recent upsurge in Iranian-sponsored violence in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East certainly appears at odds with the perception that he has no interest in conducting military operations in the Middle East, and that his main objective is to […]

TURKEY TRANSFERS OTTOMAN ARCHIVES TO THE PA TO COUNTER “ISRAEL’S” LAND CLAIMS

By َQudsN / January 2, 2020 Ankara (QNN) – Turkey has given a copy of Ottoman-era archived documents to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to help Palestinians legally counter the Israeli occupation’s land claims, according to Hebrew news sources. The archives include tens of thousands of land registries from the Palestinian territories under the Ottoman Empire’s control between the […]