Netanyahu Threatens Gaza Terror Leaders: If Quiet Not Restored, ‘You Are Next in Line’

by Algemeiner Staff and Agencies     A rocket is fired toward Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 24, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa. Gaza terrorists on Monday fired rockets toward Israel, which responded with air strikes, in the second day of an escalation that ebbed but did not come to an end […]

US slams French failure to try killer of Jewish French woman

Special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism criticizes French judiciary for not trying Muslim man who murdered Sarah Halimi. Cnaan Lipshitz/JTA, 24/02/20 The U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism implicitly criticized the decision in France not to try a man who killed his Jewish neighbor. Elan Carr referenced the decision on the killer […]

Rocket falls in Sderot playground, causing damage

‘We will rebuild the playground, it’ll be the most beautiful in the city,’ hesder yeshiva dean promises. Arutz Sheva Staff, 24/02/20  A rocket fired from Gaza on Monday afternoon directly hit a Sderot playground, causing damage. The playground in question is next to Sderot’s hesder yeshiva, and immediately after the rocket hit, a special staff […]

Monitor: Six dead in IDF strikes on Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Syria

Israeli army says sites attacked used for ‘research and development of armaments’ manufactured in Syria and Gaza but also produce dozens of kilograms of rocket fuel each month; Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least one of the dead was Syrian, other nationalities unknown; Islamic Jihad: Debt will be settled Daniel Salami, Published: Israeli […]

Coronavirus in the Middle East – LIVE UPDATES

Updated: 26 minutes ago * This live blog is being updated daily as best we can. Seth J. Frantzman and other members of are staff are contributing, including sources from the region. We have researchers in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. For details or interviews email: mecra@mideastcenter.org. Feb 21: Total cases COVID-19 coronavirus worldwide: More than […]

The Massive, but Reversible, Defeats of Iran and Turkey

Caroline B. Glick29 Shevat 5780 – February 24, 2020   From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow     {Reposted from the JNS website} With our attention focused on other things—Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Israeli Prime […]

Bennett: Israel preparing plan to fundamentally change situation in Gaza

IDF on alert following deadly strikes against PIJ in Gaza and Syria; roads, trains closed in the south By ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 24, 2020 10:34 Israel is “preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the Gaza Strip” Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said following a night of deadly retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian Islamic […]

Bennett: Over the past day we eliminated at least 6 terrorists

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett addressed at the Jerusalem Conference the rocket fire at southern communities and IDF attacks in Gaza and Syria. “Behind the security curtain, the prime minister and I have good work together, and together with our excellent chief of staff, we are preparing something for a fundamental change in the situation. I […]

Israeli Defense Minister Explains Tough Stance as Iron Dome Moved South After Escalation Following Gaza Border Incident

by Benjamin Kerstein Streaks of light are pictured as rockets are launched from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from Sderot, Aug. 8, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen. Tensions along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip erupted on Sunday, with the Israeli Air Force striking the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group after […]

Revolutionary Computer Can Decipher Ancient Hebrew Texts in Seconds

Haifa University uses high-tech to decipher ancient historical, Biblical and literary manuscripts Ofer Aderet Jan 17, 2020 12:44 AM   A University of Haifa researcher holding a scrap of ancient Hebrew script.Amir Levy “Hasten to the Shoko,” urged the computer. “The mouth asked to smoke,” it mused another time. Then it declared, “Jesus God to […]

55–The Joy of Salvation

At the end of the campaign of Armageddon where the nations of the world conduct a siege of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:1–3), the Jews will be warned to flee out of the city before the destruction comes. God gives them this prophecy several times in Jeremiah’s book (50:6–8; 28; 51:5–6; 45; 50). In the battle for […]

Reports of attack in Damascus

Syrian media report of explosions being heard over Damascus, country’s air defense systems deployed. Elad Benari, 23/02/20 23:46   Media outlets in Syria on Sunday reported of explosions being heard over Damascus. The country’s air defense systems were deployed, according to the reports. Tags:Syria, Damascus