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.

PA: Only the map of ‘Palestine’ counts

Abbas spokesman rejects Netanyahu’s remarks about drawing borders in accordance with Trump peace plan. Dalit Halevi, 09/02/20 02:24 The Palestinian Authority on Saturday night dismissed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s statement that “we are in the process of mapping the territory that, according to the Trump plan, will be part of the State of Israel. This […]

After US envoy criticism, German President will not honor Iran’s regime

German foreign ministry still slated to celebrate ‘antisemitic’ regime BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 8, 2020 22:19 The President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier will break with diplomatic tradition in the federal republic and not send a congratulatory telegram to the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran this month. The Steinmeier announcement on Saturday follows intense criticism […]

Sabbagh calls for enhancing resistance to foil US-Israeli schemes against just Arab causes

Created on Saturday, 08 February 2020 18:32 AMMAN, (ST)- The so-called “Deal of the Century”, recently announced by US President Donald Trump, has confirmed the strong alliance between Washington and the Israeli occupation entity, urging the Arab Nation to enhance resistance in order to foil schemes that target the nation’s just causes, mainly the Palestinian […]

Abbas plans diplomatic ‘intifada’ against US peace plan – TV report

Israel’s Channel 13 cites aides close to Palestinian leader, who is expected at the UN this week By TOI staff Today, 9:52 pm Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning a diplomatic “intifada” against the United States in response to the proposed peace plan put forth by President Donald Trump, Israeli TV reported on Saturday, […]

Israeli sovereignty and the fate of the Trump plan

  On Wednesday morning, NeverTrump propagandist Bill Kristol told his MSNBC audience that Democratic chances of victory over US President Donald Trump will rise if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defeated in Israel’s elections on March 2. Along the same lines, if Netanyahu fails to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Israeli communities in Judea and […]