Uganda expected to move its embassy to Jerusalem – report

The Hebrew website Ynet reported on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Uganda on Monday, but did not cite a reason for the visit. MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN JANUARY 29, 2020 23:27 Uganda is reportedly planning to announce that it is moving its embassy to Jerusalem next week, sources close to the […]

Abbas to complain to UN about Trump peace plan

PA chairman to submit resolution to UN Security Council against ‘Deal of the Century.’ AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff, 29/01/20 22:45 Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas will visit the UN in the next two weeks to address the Security Council and explain his rejection of the new US peace plan for the Middle East, the […]

Palestinian security official blasts Abbas’ response to Trump plan

A senior security official who attended a leadership meeting in Ramallah on Tuesday night criticized Abbas’ immediate response after the White House released Trump’s long-awaited Mideast peace plan. By TPS Leaders and security officials in the Palestinian Authority (PA) believe that PA head Mahmoud Abbas may make drastic decisions in response to the publication of […]

Iran vows to crush “satanic” Trump plan and “Jewishization” of Jerusalem

Tehran’s plan to undermine Trump’s deal may involve political, religious and military means, including a push for Palestinian unity and attempts to undermine Gulf states that support the US SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 29, 2020 14:21 (photo credit: REUTERS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei slammed the Trump administration’s peace plan as “satanic” and evil on […]

Khamenei says US peace plan won’t bear fruit

Khamenei says US peace plan won’t bear fruit Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is denouncing as “satanic” a US peace plan for solving the Israeli-Palestinian and predicting that Muslim nations will undoubtedly prevent the proposal from being put into practice. “To the dismay of US politicians, the satanic, evil US policy about Palestine — […]

Energy minister: Israel prevented cyber attack on power plant

The attack was very serious and targeted a number of additional sites By EYTAN HALON JANUARY 29, 2020 14:04 Israel detected and prevented a “very serious cyber attack” on one of the country’s power plants, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Wednesday. Addressing the Cybertech Global Tel Aviv 2020 conference, Steinitz said the attempted attack […]

Israeli Arabs vow to fight ‘nightmare’ of land transfer to Palestinian state

Trump peace plan singles out 10 Arab communities that it says could be part of future Palestine ‘subject to agreement of the parties’; ‘There will not be another Nakba,’ says Taibeh mayor, while MK from Umm al-Fahm calls for Jews and Arabs to unite against the move Hassan Shaalan | Published: 01.29.20 , 13:03   […]

European Union: Trump peace plan is a chance to re-launch talks

REUTERS JANUARY 29, 2020 11:55 BRUSSELS – US President Donald Trump’s proposals to create a Palestinian state for Middle East peace are a chance to re-launch talks towards “a viable solution” for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union said in a statement. The initiative “provides an occasion to re-launch the urgently needed efforts towards a […]

US embassy alerts Americans to avoid areas of Jerusalem and crowds

The alert issued by the US embassy in Jerusalem, shortly after the Trump peace plan was unveiled, references “widespread calls for demonstrations in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.” Americans are advised to avoid areas of Jerusalem’s Old City, Bethlehem, Jericho and parts of the Dead Sea as well as all places where crowds have […]

IntelBrief: Iran Nuclear Deal Unraveling

IntelBrief: Iran Nuclear Deal Unraveling Posted on January 29, 2020 In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speeches before the heads of banks, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Iran’s president said Thursday that there is “no limit” to the country’s enrichment of […]

Egypt, Saudis are cautiously encouraging on Trump peace plan

“Egypt calls on the two relevant parties to undertake a careful and thorough consideration of the US vision to achieve peace and open channels of dialogue, under US auspices,” the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, after Palestinian leaders furiously rejected the Trump peace plan presented on Tuesday. The Saudi Foreign Ministry tweeted that the kingdom […]