Netanyahu said to warn a Gaza war is possible before March 2 elections

In sit-down with municipal leaders in south, PM says he won’t hesitate to act if rockets and airborne bombs persist; local officials said livid he only met with Likud members TOI staff5 February 2020,   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told municipal leaders in the Gaza area on Wednesday that Israel could launch extensive military operations […]

Hamas calls for more confrontations with Israel and settlers

Terror group urges violence after Israeli security forces shoot dead a Palestinian teen, who IDF says threw Molotov cocktail at troops during clashes in Hebron By Adam Rasgon Today, 12:39 am The Hamas terror group on Wednesday called on Palestinians to step up confrontations with Israel after Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager, […]

Losses mount for Hezbollah and Iranian-backed militias in northwest Syria

By Joe Truzman | February 5, 2020 | [email protected] | @Jtruzmah In 2012, Hezbollah committed itself to armed conflict in defense of its Syrian ally, Bashar al Assad, against rebels and Islamic State fighters attempting to overthrow the Assad government. With the backing of Iran and Russia, they successfully supported the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) […]

Iran No Longer Cooperating With Ukraine After Released Air Traffic Control Recording

Leaked audio suggests Iran knew immediately when a missile hit the plane Lord Staff February 5, 2020 On January 8th, mystery surrounded a downed passenger plane, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. The aircraft took off from Tehran and crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 176 people on board. Initial speculation was that the plane had […]

The Petulant Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi’s petulant display of disrespect won’t go down well with American voters Jeffrey Lord February 5, 2020 Unsurprising but still stunning. In an utterly classless display of infuriated petulance, Democrats spent the President’s State of the Union showing their utter contempt for:     – A young African-American girl from Philadelphia, fourth-grader Janiyah Davis, […]

‘ISIS in Sinai is close, we must be ready,’ IDF official warns

Lt. Col. Erez Shabtay, commander of the IDF’s elite mixed-gender Caracal battalion, says his forces can see jihadi cells in neighboring Egypt. by Yaakov Lappin , JNS , Israel Hayom Staff Published on 02-05-2020 09:01 Last modified: 02-05-2020 09:01 ‘ISIS in Sinai is close, we must be ready,’ IDF official warns Sinai Jihadists loyal to […]

‘I think it’s Israel’: How Orthodox Jews became Republicans

Once a reliably Democratic demographic group, since the 1960s, Orthodox Jews have become increasingly supportive of the GOP. Ben Sales, Laura Adkins, JTA, 05/02/20 Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, April 6 2019 Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images Like most of his Orthodox friends, Richard Goldberg was raised a Democrat. […]

Khamenei calls for Palestinian jihad on Israel after Trump peace plan

The Iranian leader called on all other Muslims to support the Palestinian war on Israel. LAHAV HARKOV FEBRUARY 5, 2020 13:37 Palestinians start a war against Israel, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in response to the Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians in a tweet on Wednesday. The “remedy” for the […]

Sudan pushed hard for Israel meeting, saw path from Netanyahu to White House

The African leader pushed hard for Monday’s historic meeting with PM Netanyahu. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News The historic meeting Monday between Sudanese leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Uganda was a Sudanese initiative more than Israeli one, Israel Hayom reported on Wednesday. “The speed and timing of the meeting […]

Erdogan, Putin Discuss Recent Attack on Turkish Military in Syria’s Idlib Over Phone

The Turkish Defence Ministry said on Monday that five Turkish military officers and a civilian staffer had been killed in an attack by the Syrian army in the province of Idlib. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have held a phone conversation to discuss the recent attack on the Turkish military […]

Defense Minister Bennett meets with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper over Iranian threat

Israeli Defense Minister meets with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in Washington to discuss removal of Iranian forces from Syria. Arutz Sheva Staff, 05/02/20 08:28 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utA7Ml07ukA?autohide=1&rel=0] Video: Bil Bown Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett met with his American counterpart, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, at the Pentagon, for their first meeting since […]

PA official condemned Trump’s peace plan as ‘filth of the century’

Religious leader Mahmoud al-Habbash threatened whoever would accept Donald Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’, encouraged martyrdom DEBORAH DAHAN FEBRUARY 5, 2020 09:34 A few days before the release of US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” a top Palestinian Authority official and religious leader, Supreme Sharia Judge Mahmoud al-Habbash, threatened whoever would accept the […]