Day: February 9, 2020
Abbas to Fatah Commanders: Why is the PA Street Still Calm?
Baruch Yedid / TPS14 Shevat 5780 – February 9, 2020 Gaza rioters. Dec 20, 2019 Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas met with Fatah’s regional commanders on Wednesday, scolded them and demanded to know why the Palestinian street was still lethargic and calm, a Fatah official told TPS. Abbas urged them to […]
Jordan’s cool criticism of the ‘Deal of the Century’ could be King Abdullah’s biggest win
In late October, Jordan’s King Abdullah surveyed a plot of territory along its border, formally ending Israeli farmers’ 25 year lease of the Baqura annex and bringing the land back under direct Jordanian control. Accompanied by his son Crown Prince Hussein and a military entourage, the tour appeared more akin to an inspection of newly […]
Turkey accuses US of building new military base in northern Syria
2020-02-09 /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5e3fc1ac2ce83_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5e3fc1ac2ce83_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } The United States has been setting up new military bases in northeastern Syria to gain foothold in oil-rich regions of the country, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency has reported. According to the agency’s sources, US servicemen started […]
Iranian satellite to be launched on Sunday
“The Zafar satellite will be placed in orbit today from Semnan at a speed of 7,400 kilometers,” Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said. TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 9, 2020 10:03 A model of Simorgh satellite-carrier rocket during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, February […]
Friedman: Annexation subject to ‘mapping process by joint Israeli-American committee’
Published: U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Sunday that applying Israeli sovereignty on the settlements in the West Bank is subject to “a mapping process by a joint Israeli-American committee.” According to President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled Middle East peace place Israel is allowed to annex all existing Jewish settlements in the disputed territories.