North Korea conducts another short-range missile launch

Gabriel Dominguez, London 02 March 2020 North Korea fired two short-range projectiles towards the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on 2 March, marking Pyongyang’s first such weapon test this year. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement that both projectiles were launched in a north-easterly direction at about 12.37 h local […]

North Korea conducts another short-range missile launch

Gabriel Dominguez, London – Jane’s Defence Weekly 02 March 2020 North Korea fired two short-range projectiles towards the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on 2 March, marking Pyongyang’s first such weapon test this year. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement that both projectiles were launched in a north-easterly direction at […]

Erdogan says Iran and Russia are not targets in Syria, only Syrian military

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Jews, wake up before it’s too late

Howie Silbiger is furious about Bernie Sanders, who uses his Jewishness while he threatens the State of Israel at every opportunity. Israel News Talk Radio, 03/03/20  Howie is sick of Jewish apathy and people like Bernie Sanders, who claim to be Jewish but work to destroy the State of Israel, Jews and the Jewish community. […]

UN nuclear watchdog plans rebuke of Iran over access to sites – report

New International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi ready to taker a harder attitude toward non-compliance with 2015 deal, diplomats say By Stuart Winer and AP Today, 10:32 am The United Nations atomic watchdog is preparing to rap Iran for stonewalling for preventing access to nuclear sites that inspectors want to visit under the terms […]

Likud scouts for center-left defectors to round off majority government

Binyamin Netanyahu sent scouts to the left-of-center camp for defectors as soon as the exit polls showed his Likud in the lead in Israel’s third election in a year. As vote-counting proceeded Tuesday, Likud sustained its lead, but was still short of two or three mandates for a majority. In his victory speech, the prime […]

Netanyahu Claims ‘Enormous Victory,’ Pledges to Form ‘Nationalist Government’

 by Benjamin Kerstein Confetti falls as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to his wife Sara after speaking to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s election at his Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 3, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed an “enormous victory” in […]

Saudi Arabia Invites Russia, US to Yemen Relief Conference

RIYADH (Sputnik) – Russia and the United States will be invited to a pledging conference that seeks to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center Supervisor General Abdullah Alrabeeah said. “Russia is a friend, a friendly country. We have historical ties with Russia, so we welcome Russia to join […]

Exclusive: U.N. nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling – diplomats

Francois Murphy VIENNA/PARIS (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran’s nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it, several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday. The International Atomic Energy Agency overseeing […]

Israel-Jordan treaty ‘definitely at risk’, says PM of the Hashemite Kingdom

  The peace treaty between Jordan and Israel is “definitely at risk” according to Omar Al-Razzaz. The Jordanian prime minister made this bleak assessment during an interview with CNN during which he warned that the treaty, signed in 1994, was at peril because of Israel’s “unilateral measures” and the Israeli government’s “violation of the sanctity […]

PA slams Israeli election results

PA negotiator Saeb Erekat calls election results a victory for ‘Apartheid, annexation.’ AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff, 02/03/20  A top Palestinian Authority official said Monday initial Israeli election polls pointing to a victory for right-wing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were a victory for “annexation”. Chief PA negotiator Saeb Erekat said the exit polls by Israeli media […]

Pence to AIPAC: ‘Most pro-Israeli’ US president must not be replaced by ‘most anti-Israel’ one

Things get partisan at AIPAC conference as US VP takes aim at current Democratic front-runner “The most pro-Israel president” in the US history must not be replaced by “the most anti-Israel one”, US Vice President Mike Pence told the annual AIPAC conference on Monday. Pence took a clear jab at Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the […]

Turkey’s attacks against Syrian military are just beginning: Erdogan

2020-03-02 The Syrian Army has allegedly lost over 2,500 troops as well as dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in numerous Turkish strikes, but this is “just the beginning,” as Turkey hasn’t yet shown its “true strength,” Erdogan warned. “We are just beginning to show our true strength to those who see our sensitivity as […]

First Shi’ite country: Azerbaijan’s historic speech at AIPAC conference

First Shi’ite country: Azerbaijan’s historic speech at AIPAC conference Recorded history shows that Jews have lived in Azerbaijan for 2,600 years; an estimated 30,000 currently live there. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL MARCH 2, 2020 14:55 WASHINGTON – The country of Azerbaijan carved out a historic role for itself by being the first majority Shi’ite country to […]