Palestinian carrying knife arrested near Efrat – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 2, 2020 17:41 A Palestinian carrying a knife was arrested north of Efrat on Sunday, according to initial reports. No injuries were reported in the incident. Palestinian media reported that a young Palestinian was shot by Israeli security forces at about the same time south of Bethlehem. It is unclear if […]

Saudi writers to Palestinians: Accept Trump’s plan, or you’ll regret it later

The Palestinian Authority “needs a friend to be honest with it, telling it and advising it: Sign the deal and then curse it as much as you want, day and night,” writes Saudi journalist. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech about the new U.S. Mideast peace plan at Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah […]

Several stabbed in terror attack in south London

Several people have been stabbed in Streatham, south London, in an incident that has been declared a terror attack. #INCIDENT A man has been shot by armed officers in #Streatham. At this stage it is believed a number of people have been stabbed. The circumstances are being assessed; the incident has been declared as terrorist-related. […]

A long-term agreement with Hamas is still a priority

Opinion: Israeli raids on Hamas targets are carried out at night to prevent loss of life and the Gaza factions aim their rockets into empty fields as all sides hope to avoid a surge in cross-border violence Ron Ben YishaiPublished: The uptick in violence along the Gaza border is part of a recurring game, a […]

After Russia, EU Slams Trump’s Peace Plan: Challenges Basis for Palestinian State

Foreign policy chief criticizes plan’s rejection of 1967 borders, reiterates EU’s commitment to two-state solution ■ Kremlin says blueprint infeasible Noa LandauFeb 02, 2020 4:40 PM The Trump administration’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace “challenges many of the internationally agreed parameters” for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday. High Representative […]

Syrian TV Reports Several Journalists Covering Syrian Army Op in Aleppo Injured

Earlier this week, a journalist for RT Arabic Wafa Shabrouney was seriously injured while documenting arms depots left after the militants’ withdrawal from the city of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib. State-run broadcaster Syrian News Channel reported on Sunday that several journalists have been injured while covering a special operation by the Syrian Army near Aleppo. […]

Gulf states vs Iran and Arab League on ‘Deal of Century’

Every month in the last years brought some evidence of warming relations between Israel and the Gulf. But the elephant in the room was always direct meetings and normalization. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 2, 2020 16:08 Gulf states that are open to US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” must walk a complex line […]

PM: Produce a vaccine for coronavirus and establish a vaccine plant here

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ended the special government meeeting on the coronavirus epidemic a short time ago. Netanyahu said, “I instructed the Biological Institute to act as quickly as possible to produce a vaccine for Corona and establish a vaccine plant in Israel.”

Airstrikes in northwest Syria kill 9 civilians: monitor

Airstrikes by the Syrian regime and its Russian ally killed nine civilians in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says seven of those killed were all members of one family in the town of Sarmeen, where an AFP correspondent saw […]

Israeli forces launch large-scale military exercises across multiple fronts

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Russia comes out against Trump plan: ‘It contradicts UN decisions’

February 2, 2020 The Kremlin said the Trump plan contradicts UN decisions. By World Israel News Staff Russia has issued its first official pronouncement on the Trump administration’s deal of the century. On Sunday, Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin press secretary, said, “The plan doesn’t stand in line with the decision of the United Nations and earlier […]

IRGC Strongly Condemns Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has roundly condemned the US-Israel unveiling of the so-called “Deal of the Century” plan. In a statement, the IRGC said the plan will have no fate other than failing and being thrown into the dustbin of history. “The diabolical move by the president of the US terrorist regime in […]

Ministers will vote against Palestinian state

Samaria Council head meets with gov’t ministers, who express concern over Palestinian state in US plan and over delay in sovereignty. Arutz Sheva Staff, 02/02/20  A significant number of government ministers will oppose a proposal for the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside application of sovereignty in Jewish communities, if such a proposal is brought […]