Gantz accepts Liberman’s coalition demands

Yisrael Beytenu chair refuses to back down from election promises regarding state-religion affairs, significantly diminishing chances of negotiation talks with religious parties Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni | Published: 03.08.20 , 14:16 Blue & White Chairman Benny Gantz agreed on Sunday to a set of prerequisites published by Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman for joining a […]

Democrats and anti-democrats

In America, voting is the only game in town and voters are the source of power. In Israel, the courts are in charge. by  Caroline B. Glick  Published on  03-06-2020 11:59 The day after Israel’s latest Knesset elections, Democrats in fourteen states in the US voted in Super Tuesday. This year’s Democratic presidential primaries pit the party […]

Israel seizes $4 million transferred from Iran to Hamas

Mar 6, 2020 Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ordered on Thursday to seize about four million US dollars said to have been transferred from Iran to the Hamas terror organisation that runs the Gaza strip. Bennett signed an order to confiscate the funds which were “intended to develop terror infrastructure belonging to Hamas in the […]

Power vacuum in Iraq leads to threats from pro-Iran faction

Hassan Ali Ahmed March 5, 2020   p Article Summary Pro-Iran factions in Iraq worry that they could lose their political sway, having failed to keep one prime minister in power, then failing in their attempt to replace him, as they recognize the next candidate could be selected from outside their political circle with the […]

Mideast stock markets sharply drop on oil, coronavirus fears

Published: 03.08.20 , 10:04 Stocks markets in the Mideast suffered sharp drops in early trading Sunday over fears about the new coronavirus and falling demand for crude oil amid a failure by OPEC and allied nations to cut production.The Dubai Financial Market saw stocks drop by over 8% in a steep selloff. Boursa Kuwait stopped […]

“What does it mean that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak?”

Answer: Just before His arrest, Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41). The command came after Jesus had been praying to the Father and had found the disciples sleeping instead of praying (verses 38–40). He had admonished them to stay awake and pray with Him, but “their eyes were heavy” (verse 43), and they kept falling asleep. They slept right up until the time the armed mob came to take Jesus away …

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Saudis Plan Big Oil Output Hike, Beginning All-Out Price War

By Javier Blas and Anthony Dipaola March 7, 2020, 5:55 PM EST Saudi Arabia plans to increase oil output next month, going well above 10 million barrels a day, as the kingdom responds aggressively to the collapse of its OPEC+ alliance with Russia. The world’s largest oil exporter started a price war on Saturday by […]

Kushner: US to approve Israeli annexation if Palestinians don’t negotiate

“Nobody can say we didn’t give the Palestinians a chance to go back to the table. If they want to talk, we are ready.” AARON REICH MARCH 8, 2020 01:27 Despite a refusal by the Palestinians to be involved in any negotiations and a lack of government in Israel, US President Donald Trump’s administration will […]

Putin Dumps MBS to Start a War on America’s Shale Oil Industry

At 10:16 a.m. on a wet and dreary Friday morning, Russia’s energy minister walked into OPEC’s headquarters in central Vienna knowing his boss was ready to turn the global oil market upside down. Alexander Novak told his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman that Russia was unwilling to cut oil production further. The Kremlin […]

Lebanon files complaint about Israel to UN Security Council

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations (UN) Security Council against repeated Israeli violations to Lebanon’s sovereignty and airspace, Quds Press reported. Lebanese foreign minister, Nacif Hitti, issued the complaint to the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubitsch, during the latter’s visit to Beirut. Both officials discussed the latest developments in […]

Israeli officials in US for talks on ICC war crimes threat

  The US and Israel are not members of the ICC, and US President Donald Trump’s administration has backed Israel in its battle against the court. TOVAH LAZAROFF MARCH 7, 2020 22:05 The US and Israel are coordinating their responses to the threat both countries face against the possibility of war crimes suits before the […]

Three short of majority, Netanyahu says he won election, is ‘not going anywhere’

At ’emergency meeting,’ PM accuses Blue and White, Yisrael Beytenu of trying to steal vote with bill to disqualify him: ‘Even in Iran, they don’t ban you after elections’ Today, 7:45 pm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening held an “emergency gathering” in which he accused his rivals in the Blue and White and […]

Gantz: The people have spoken, it is the end of Netanyahu’s rule

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 7, 2020 19:51 Blue and White leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday evening that the people have spoke and it is “the end of [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s rule.” “We will not you encourage hate,” Gantz said, speaking directly to Netanyahu. “The incitement is going overboard, and you are silent.”This […]

Netanyahu: Public will take revenge Blue and White

Gantz accuses Netanyahu of inciting against him. GIL HOFFMAN MARCH 7, 2020 19:44 The public will take revenge against those who break their campaign promises and trample democracy with retroactive legislation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night in Petah Tikva in what he called an “emergency rally to stop the creation of a […]