Day: March 8, 2020

North Korea Launches At Least Three Projectiles Into Sea of Japan – Reports

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This is the second time the DPRK has launched missiles recently, following the launch of two unidentified projectiles into the Sea of Japan on 2 March. North Korea has launched at least three projectiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). According […]

Russia Fears US Under Trump Now Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons as ‘Viable Political Option’

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“This dramatically increases the chance of a nuclear exchange due to miscalculation or human error.” Eoin Higgins, staff writer   The Russian government is regarding U.S. moves to increase and upgrade its low-level nuclear arsenal as a sign that the White House is prepared to use nuclear weapons as a political option on the world […]

Archaeologists discover 3000-year-old town of Ziklag, where King David took refuge from Saul

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(JPost) Researchers from a joint expedition between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, believe that they have discovered the famous biblical city of Ziklag, a Philistine city where a young David sought refuge from King Saul. The excavation began in 2015 at the Khirbet al-Ra’i site, […]

Russia Seen Losing At Least $100 Million Per Day Thanks To OPEC Disagreement

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  Kenneth RapozaSenior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about business and investing in emerging markets. Vladimir Putin meets with women at a parachute manufacturing facility on March 6, 2020 as part of a … [+] one-day visit congratulate a group of women ahead of International Women Day on Sunday. […]

Benjamin Netanyahu may quarantine all travelers who enter Israel

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Benjamin Netanyahu may quarantine all travelers who enter Israel Some 29 Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus. Health Ministry clarifies that all Israelis who attended AIPAC and returned after March 5 must enter home-isolation. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN MARCH 8, 2020 21:51 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the press about the coronavirus outbreak, March 8, 2020 As the […]

What we know about Iran five years after Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

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We have five years of experience to compare to the competing assessments of 2015. Now we know that Netanyahu’s gloomy forecast has proven to be the more prescient. YAAKOV AMIDROR JACOB NAGEL JONATHAN SCHACHTER MARCH 8, 2020 21:48 Five years ago last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint meeting of Congress about the […]

Iran’s regime pushes antisemitic conspiracies about coronavirus

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Iran’s regime pushes antisemitic conspiracies about coronavirus Iran’s regime requires a foreign enemy to distract its citizens from its failure to confront the virus last month. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 8, 2020 20:00 Iran’s Press TV, which represents the regime’s English-language propaganda, has been pushing antisemitic conspiracies about the coronavirus to distract from the […]

Netanyahu: I am not going anywhere, I will lead the Likud

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By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 8, 2020 19:24 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday evening that his reason to oppose the Arab Joint List is not because they are Arabs, but because they reject the core concepts of a Zionist state. “I am not going anywhere,” he said as the audience in Petah Tikva […]

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi crown prince plans to become king before November G20 Summit

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Mohammed bin Salman launched purge against his uncle and others to clear path to becoming king ahead of gathering in Riyadh David Hearst Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a purge against his chief royal rival, his uncle Prince Ahmed bin Abdelaziz, because he intends to become king before the G20 summit in Riyadh in […]