US ambassador urges EU to classify Hezbollah a terrorist organization

Grenell tells ‘Post’ “I am hopeful that there will be a draft European Parliament resolution calling for the ban of Hezbollah.” BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JANUARY 23, 2020 03:30 Iran’s proxies, including Hezbollah, are empowered throughout the Middle East The US government’s most important European ambassador on Wednesday urged the EU to designate the entire Hezbollah movement […]

Macron pledges to help Lebanon resolve crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that his country will do “everything” to help resolve Lebanon’s “deep crisis”. “We will do everything, during this deep crisis that they are going through, to help … our Lebanese friends,” Macron, who is visiting Israel, said at a press conference with President Reuven Rivlin, according to AFP. […]

UN calls for strengthening international support for the Palestinians

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller said her visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories ‘concerned’ her. RACHEL WOLF JANUARY 23, 2020 01:39 The UN issued a call to the international community, asking them to “ensure continued commitment, consistent and sustained funding to help alleviate the challenges faced […]

U.S. company lays off half of its staff at Turkey’s İncirlik air base

Jan 21 2020 11:34 Gmt+3Last Updated On: The U.S. company overseeing operations and maintenance services at Turkey’s southern İncirlik air base has laid off almost half of its staff, Turkish news site Dokuz8 Haber reported on Tuesday. The report arrives as questions loom over the future of the base, which hosts U.S. nuclear warheads about 100 miles from Turkey’s […]

Iranian commander gunned down in front of his own home

  Abdolhossein Mojaddami was gunned down by two gunmen on a motorcycle. JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 22, 2020 16:17 Iranian Basij forces commander Abdolhossein Mojaddami was gunned down in front of his own home on Wednesday in the Khuzestan province of Iran, news agency IRNA reported. The Basij forces, one of the five forces of […]

White House urging Netanyahu to refrain from annexation, to wait for plan

US peace team cancels Israel trip TOVAH LAZAROFF OMRI NAHMIAS JANUARY 22, 2020 23:32 The Trump administration has urged Israel to hold back from unilaterally annexing the Jordan Valley, recommending that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wait for the US peace plan instead. Netanyahu has spoken of Jordan Valley annexation since the summer, and it has […]

Netanyahu could boycott immunity deliberations at Knesset — report

Channel 12 says belief among Likud is that PM and his lawyers won’t take part in hearings on his request to be shielded from graft charges — in apparent effort to undermine them TOI staffToday, 11:45 pm Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party believe he may boycott expected Knesset hearings on his request […]

Two scribes behind 31 inscriptions discovered in biblical Samaria

The landmark inscriptions list shipments of items such as oil and wine to Samaria over the course of at least seven years, providing a glimpse into the logistical infrastructure of the kingdom. ROSSELLA TERCATIN JANUARY 22, 2020 23:25 In 1910, American archaeologist George Andrew Reisner was conducting an excavation in Samaria, the ancient capital of […]

DISCOVERED: Nehemiah’s Wall

Archaeology proves the famous biblical account of a desperate attempt to fortify the Holy City By Christopher Eames Nehemiah’s wall, as seen in the foreground, was constructed on top of an older wall. Courtesy of Eilat Mazar From the November 2019 Watch Jerusalem Print Edition It was supposed to be a simple salvage operation to […]

Confused, Iran Scrambles to Figure Out Trump

By Seth J. Frantzman   January 22, 2020 6:30 AM Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard march in Tehran in 2007. (Morteza Nikoubaz/Reuters) Lesson learned in recent tensions: Unpredictability is Washington’s best response. In the wake of the U.S. killing of General Qasem Soleimani of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran is scrambling to figure out […]