France reports 27% increase last year in anti-Semitic acts

PARIS — Anti-Semitic acts increased in France last year by 27 percent, acts against Muslims inched higher while anti-Christian acts remained stable. France’s interior minister denounced the rising acts of anti-Semitism as an intolerable situation. On top of that, acts described as bearing a racist and xenophobic character, mostly threats, more than doubled between 2018 […]

PM invites settler leaders to join him in DC for rollout of Trump peace plan

West Bank mayors will stay at same hotel as Netanyahu in order to receive updates in real time on his meetings at White House Jacob MagidToday, 7:38 pm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited a group of senior settler leaders to join him this week in Washington, where he will meet with US President Donald Trump […]

Bennett on Trump Plan: Bennett: We won’t allow even a centimeter of land to be surrendered

Defense Minister Bennett says he will back Trump peace plan if it includes annexation, but won’t support establishment of Palestinian state. Arutz Sheva Staff, 26/01/20 19:51 Bennett Hillel Meir Defense Minister Naftali Bennett responded Sunday evening to the planned release of the much-anticipated “Deal of the Century” – the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan. […]

ANALYSIS: Is the US losing Iraq after Soleimani’s assassination?

After elimination of top Iranian military leaders in Baghdad, Iraq increasingly aligning itself with Iran – and against American interests.   Yochanan Visser, 26/01/20 18:40   Qassem Soleimani (left), head of the IRGC Quds Force Reuters More than three weeks after the American drone strike on Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of […]

Unidentified aircraft target Iranian militias in east Syria – report

No details were available on the extent of damages or injuries. By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 26, 2020 12:54 Unidentified aircraft targeted Iranian militias near the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Deir Ezzor area of eastern Syria on Saturday, according to Deir Ezzor 24. Two sites were targeted in villages outside the city of Al-Mayadeen, according to […]

Hundreds of employees fired from Turkey’s Incirlik air base

More than 420 people working at Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey have lost their jobs. (File/AFP) Incirlik Air Base is located in Turkey’s Adana province, near the Syrian border, and it has been a strategic element in ties between Ankara and Washington It has also played a key role for the US-led Operation Inherent […]

5 rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone (VIDEOS)

The missiles hit Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, AFP said, citing security sources. One of the sources said that five ‘Katyusha rockets’ have landed near the compound, while another put the number of projectiles at three. Incoming#USEmbassy#Baghdad now – 5 reported as of now #Iraqpic.twitter.com/GRasqQkO5b — Logiko Iko (@IkoAfortiori) January 26, 2020 The unguided volley landed not far […]

Iran’s claim of crossing low uranium enrichment threshold ‘preposterous’

Officials’ non-responses also to keep focus on sanctions YONAH JEREMY BOB JANUARY 26, 2020 19:12 A variety of officials expressed doubt on Sunday about Iran’s Saturday claim to have crossed the low enriched uranium threshold for a nuclear bomb, with one calling it “preposterous” and many avoiding responding. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization deputy director Ali […]

Nuclear Agency Official Says Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile Now Exceeded Threshold

Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium has exceeded 1,200 kilograms (2645 pounds) after taking the fifth and final step in reducing Iran’s commitment to the nuclear agreement, a senior official of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday. On January 5, Iran declared taking the fifth and final step to reduce its commitments […]

Rouhani threatened to quit if Iran did not admit to downing Ukrainian jet

After finding out that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tried to cover up the downing of the Ukrainian plane, Rouhani gave an ultimatum, come clean or walk. JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 26, 2020 19:14 Following the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane, which took place over Iran on January 8, the Islamic Republic only […]

German reporter blames Israel for misusing Holocaust remembrance

Jewish leader terms commentary a boost for right-wing extremists BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JANUARY 25, 2020 18:07 A German journalist for the publicly-funded broadcaster ARD is under fire for writing a commentary that was welcomed by right-wing extremists because it condemns the behavior of Israel and Russia as unworthy during the remembrance of the liberation of Auschwitz, a prominent […]

Palestinian factions call ‘day of rage’ on day of Trump peace plan

Palestinians often mark “days of rage” by initiating clashes with IDF soldiers in the West Bank and Israeli policemen in east Jerusalem. KHALED ABU TOAMEH JANUARY 26, 2020 17:24 Palestinian factions on Sunday called for a “day of rage” on the same day US President Donald Trump releases his long-awaited plan for Mideast peace. Parts […]

Deal of Century may include tunnel from Gaza to West Bank

JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 26, 2020 17:29 Details of the US ‘Deal of the Century’, meant to reach a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, allegedly includes an underground tunnel to be dug between Gaza and the West Bank, Channel 12 reported on Sunday. The plan, championed by the US Administration of President Donald Trump, has not […]