Palestinian security prisoner found with 11 cellphones in abdomen

A Palestinian security prisoner was found trying to smuggle 11 cellphones into Megiddo Prison in northern Israel last week, who was caught by security guards. FEBRUARY 16, 2020 12:38 A Palestinian security prisoner was found trying to smuggle 11 cellphones into Megiddo Prison in northern Israel last week, who was caught by security guards after […]

Escalation: Nujaba’s Kaabi and the February 16 rocket attack on US forces in Iraq

A photo from the December 31protest at the US embassy gate in Baghdad. (U.S. Army Photo by Maj. Charlie Dietz, Task Force-Iraq Public Affairs)) A rocket attack directed at a Coalition base near the US embassy on the night of February 15-16 raises concerns about recent threats to US forces in Iraq coming from various […]

Iraqi Nujaba militia: Countdown to attacks on US forces has begun

Iraqi Nujaba militia: Countdown to attacks on US forces has begun “We are closer than you think,” the group claimed in a tweet. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 16, 2020 00:30 Iraq’s pro-Iranian Harakat Hezbollah threatened the US. In a tweet showing a US armored vehicle at night the group claimed that “we are closer […]

Rabbis call for mass Western Wall prayer for coronavirus patients

‘The job of the Jewish people is to pray for the good of the entire world,’ says Safed chief rabbi, as overall death toll from China’s epidemic jumps to 1,665 By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 12:52 pm   Prominent national-religious rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has called for Israelis to join him at the Western Wall […]

If Russia can’t curb Iran in Syria, the Saudis ask: How can Israel?

Feb 16, 2020 @ 13:04 The Saudi paper Sharq al-Awsat reported on Feb. 15 that the Russians had given up on curbing Iran’s military presence in Syria. It cited Saudi intelligence sources in eastern Syria where the Saudis took control of Syria’s eastern oil region in December under the US aegis. Those sources wonder how […]

Israeli invented ‘CoughSync’ machine to treat coronavirus in China

“It is a completely noninvasive method of clearing secretions that reproduces normal physiology,” said its inventor, Dr. Eliezer Be’eri. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN FEBRUARY 16, 2020 11:41 A device invented by a doctor at ALYN Hospital in Jerusalem is at the most months away from being used to help treat patients with coronavirus in China, according […]

Netanyahu reveals sovereignty mapping team

Israeli team which will work with US team on areas where sovereignty will be applied revealed at Cabinet meeting. Arutz Sheva Staff, 16/02/20 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning revealed at the opening of the cabinet meeting the identity of the Israeli team members who will work on formulating sovereignty maps in accordance with […]

Turkey embraces Russia, condemns US envoy and US peace plan

The approval process for Momentum needs to be above the fray of politics and electioneering. JPOST EDITORIAL FEBRUARY 16, 2020 10:19 On Thursday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi presented his new multiyear plan. Called “Momentum,” the plan calls for the establishment of a new “Iran Command,” the closure of an armored brigade and […]

Iran’s not waiting

Iran’s not waiting The approval process for Momentum needs to be above the fray of politics and electioneering. By JPOST EDITORIAL FEBRUARY 16, 2020 10:19 On Thursday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi presented his new multiyear plan. Called “Momentum,” the plan calls for the establishment of a new “Iran Command,” the closure of […]

Erdogan Demands Syrian Forces Immediately Leave Idlib, Refuses to Wait Until End of Month

ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded on Saturday that Syrian government forces immediately withdrew from areas close to Turkish observation posts in Idlib, backtracking from his previous pledge to wait for the move until the end of February. “Until the regime’s [Syrian government] forces pull out beyond the borders [of the Idlib […]

Cleared: Hamas cyberattack thwarted

Security establishment thwarts malicious Hamas technology aiming to infect cell phones of those in the IDF via social media. Arutz Sheva Staff, 16/02/20  Cyber attack Istock The security system thwarted a number of Hamas servers over the weekend trying to infect cellular devices of those serving in the IDF, it was cleared for publication Sunday […]