Day: February 8, 2020

Abbas worried Israel won’t allow him into Ramallah if he visits Gaza Fatah officials arrive in Gaza to discuss ways of foiling Trump plan By KHALED ABU TOAMEH FEBRUARY 8, 2020 15:56 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants to visit the Gaza Strip, but is worried that Israel may not allow him to return to […]

What Israel – and the world – can learn from the Arava YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ FEBRUARY 5, 2020 18:53 KIBBUTZ KETURA member Seth Kessler gives a tour to a Kenyan delegation. Six hundred million Africans do not have access to energy today. Here’s some great climate crisis news just in time for Tu Bishvat, the […]

The Greek government over the past month has taken steps to bolster its presence in the Mediterranean in response to heightened tensions with Turkey over maritime boundaries and hydrocarbon reserves of the region, Agence France-Presse reported on Saturday. Since the beginning of the year, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has revamped a defence agreement with […]

The top Iranian commander was killed in airstrikes by the United States’ military near the Baghdad International Airport in early January. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that Iran should become strong enough to confront enemy plots. “We should become so strong to be able to put an end to our enemies’ plots … their […]

During the early pre-dawn hours of Thursday, the Israeli air force reportedly pounded several proxy Iranian militia targets according to the Syrian government. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that 12 militiamen were killed. The Syrian military released a statement through the Syrian state news agency SANA claiming that they downed a number of […]

News Desk2020-02-07     /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5e3e18b16c618_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5e3e18b16c618_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – Syria’s former ambassador to Russia, Imad Mustafa, told Sputnik Arabic that Syria intends to improve its air defense systems because of repeated airstrikes from Israel and its tactics […]

Four Palestinians killed, dozens of IDF troops injured as violence surges in the West Bank ANNA AHRONHEIM OMRI RON FEBRUARY 8, 2020 10:37 IDF forces at the Palestinian village of Nabi Salih at the central West Bank (photo credit: MIZMOR LIXESNBERG/TPS) A Palestinian protester was shot dead by IDF troops during clashes on Friday in […]

News Desk2020-02-07   TEHRAN, IRAN – SEPTEMBER 18 : Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani attends Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s (not seen) meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, Iran on September 18, 2016. (Photo by Pool / Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) /* custom css */ […]

Updated: 21 minutes ago From Badr to Sadr: Iraqi protests January 27 to February 7 By KAREEM BOTANE and MECRA STAFF The period of review from January 27 to February 7 may be a crucial turning point in the protests that have taken place since October. These have led to more than 550 deaths and up […]

The former presidential special envoy to the Middle East said that the Palestinians did a “remarkable job of allowing other countries to fund them,” but “enough is enough.” By JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 8, 2020 09:46 Former US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt offered insights into the “Deal of […]

Abel Beth-Maacah is mentioned in the Bible several times. ROSSELLA TERCATIN FEBRUARY 8, 2020 10:26 How far north did the biblical kingdom of Israel extend? A newly-discovered Hebrew inscription might confirm that the border of ancient Israel reached areas that some archaeologists were previously skeptical about, thus confirming the Biblical tale. A Hebrew inscription was […]