Bennett will request advanced weapons during working meeting with Mark Esper

Bennett will request advanced weapons during working meeting with Mark Esper During working meeting with US Sec. of Defense Esper, DM Bennett is expected to request advanced weapons to combat Iranian entrenchment.   Kobi Finkler, 04/02/20 10:08   Defense Minister Naftali Benentt with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry Defense Minister […]

Navy, Shin Bet thwart attempted weapons smuggling into Gaza from Sinai

Investigation found the weapons were destined for Hamas’ naval commando unit. ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 4, 2020 10:08 The Israeli Navy thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip from the northern area of the Sinai Peninsula, the military cleared for release on Tuesday. The joint operation with the Shin Bet security service took […]

Pompeo praises Sudan’s efforts to normalize ties with Israel

Secretary of State speaks with Sudan’s leader following his meeting with Netanyahu, invites him to Washington. Elad Benari, 04/02/20  Mike Pompeo Reuters US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday spoke with the chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council General, Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, and praised his efforts to normalize ties with Israel following his meeting with […]

Palestinians say Sudan-Israel normalization meeting a ‘stab in the back’

After Netanyahu, Sudanese leader Burhan agree to bring countries closer, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat says development a ‘blatant’ departure from Arab Peace Initiative By AFP and TOI staff Today, 12:26 am The Palestinian leadership condemned a meeting between the leaders of Israel and Sudan in which the countries agreed to shelve their longstanding emnity […]

Unprecedented Number of Locusts Push Somalia to Declare National Emergency

An unprecedented number of locusts has caused Somalia to declare a national emergency; The United Nations says this is the worst locust issue Eastern Africa has seen in 25 years; There is significant fear that the problem will not be contained before Spring. Somalia declared a national emergency over the weekend due to an unprecedented […]

Israel Slams UNRWA Head for Attacking Trump Peace Plan

by Benjamin Kerstein     Christian Saunders, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s interim commissioner-general, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Gaza City, Jan. 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Nidal al-Mughrabi. The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed the head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA for attacking US President Donald Trump’s […]

Iran may block UN inspectors if it faces a ‘new situation’

Associated Press | Published: 02.03.20 , 22:21   Iran’s president said Monday that Tehran might reconsider providing U.N. inspectors with access to Iran’s nuclear facilities if the country were confronted with “a new situation,” the official IRNA news agency reported.Hassan Rouhani’s remarks came during a meeting with Josep Borrell, the European Union’s new foreign affairs […]

UN Security Council to meet with Kushner on Mideast peace plan

Washington requests closed-door session for Trump’s special adviser to present details of administration’s proposal before Palestinians submit draft resolution on matter to UN By AFP Today, 10:18 pm   UNITED NATIONS, United States — The United States has requested a closed door UN Security Council meeting Thursday for US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, […]

Oman, Chad, and now Sudan: Israel and the wider MidEast puzzle

This was the first power change in Sudan since 1989. But even Omar al-Bashir, the former leader had considered a change in relationship with Israel. SETH J. FRANTZMAN Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to pull another diplomatic milestone out of his hat on Monday when he met Sudanese leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Uganda. This […]

Hamas threatens to launch tear gas grenades from Gaza

Hamas’s balloon unit threatened Monday to launch balloons from Gaza that would be attached to a tear gas grenade to be set off as soon as it lands in Israeli territory, according to Yediot Ahronot. The unit provided proof of its threat, filming the triggering of a gas grenade from which a very large amount […]

Netanyahu meets leader of Sudan; former foes to move toward normalization

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds talks with Israeli PM in Uganda, marking dramatic turnaround; Israeli flights may soon be allowed over Sudan, cutting hours off route to South America Raphael AhrenToday, 7:01 pm ENTEBBE, Uganda — Dramatically improving ties with a former bitter foe, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday met with the transitional leader of […]

Courting Netanyahu, Sudan sees gateway to improved ties with US

Sudanese official says meeting in Uganda between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Israeli PM orchestrated by the UAE, meant to ‘accelerate’ removal from US terror list AgenciesToday, 10:59 pm A senior Sudanese military official said a meeting that the country’s leader held Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aimed at helping remove the US designation of […]

Report: IDF Thinks Abbas Will Not Follow Through on Threats to Cut All Ties With Israel

by Benjamin KersteinThe IDF does not believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will cut ties with Israel completely and end security coordination with it, as he has recently threatened to do.On Saturday, Abbas told the Arab League that he would end all ties with the US and Israel, “including security relations,” to protest President […]