Annexation set for July after Likud, Blue and White complete deal

Fight over Supreme Court delays signing. GIL HOFFMAN TOVAH LAZAROFF APRIL 6, 2020 22:33 Israeli annexation of all the West Bank settlements can move forward as early as July, according to a coalition agreement that was completed between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White on Monday. The agreement’s signing was […]

Iran has 500,000 patients testing positive for coronavirus

Tehran’s regime repeatedly refused to accept humanitarian aid from the US government. BENJAMIN WEINTHAL APRIL 7, 2020 01:25 BERLIN—A member of the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce for the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed on Monday that half a million people in the country suffer from the deadly virus. Hamid Souri, the taskforce member, told Islamic […]

Pro-Iran factions in Iraq maneuver to topple another PM-designate

During the last year, US-Iran tensions have risen in the country and Iranian proxies have launched rocket attacks on US forces and the US Embassy. SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iraqi security forces re-open BaghdadÕs Sinak bridge, after it was shut down by protesters, in Baghdad, Iraq February 12, 2020 Pro-Iranian groups in Iraq are maneuvering to […]

Netanyahu announces lockdown until Friday

Closure to last from 4 pm tomorrow until 7 AM Friday. Citizens will not be allowed to leave their homes on Seder night. Arutz Sheva Staff , 06/04/20  Netanyahu announces new restrictions Flash 90 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced a general closure on all Israeli cities from 4 PM tomorrow tomorrow until Friday banning travel […]

Israel among first to try experimental Japanese coronavirus drug

The hospitals plan to test the drug on a total of 80 patients at Hadassah, Sourasky, Poriah Hospital in Tiberias and Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, together with researchers from Hebrew University. LAHAV HARKOV APRIL 6, 2020 19:38 Tablets of Avigan (generic name : Favipiravir), a drug approved as an anti-influenza drug in Japan and developed […]

Khamenei Orders Additional 200m Euros To Qods Force In Next Two Months

Iran’s parliament speaker told lawmakers on January 7 that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last night authorized the allocation of 200 million euros of additional budget to the Qods Force in the next two months, to counter U.S. threats. Ali Larijani made the remarks before a triple-urgency bill called “Counter-Measures Against U.S.” was put to vote. […]

Iran: How the Regime Is Trying to Exploit the Coronavirus Crisis

by Majid Rafizadeh April 6, 2020 at 4:00 am The international community needs to refrain from handing the Iranian regime any direct financial aid. The four-decade history of the ruling mullahs has shown that any extra revenues obtained by the leadership have not benefited the ordinary people in Iran. If the mullahs are seeking financial […]

Likud and Blue & White parties exchange final drafts for coalition agreement

  Likud and Blue & White parties exchange final drafts for coalition agreement ‘Our final offers’ – both parties insist they will make no further concessions.   Arutz Sheva staff , 06/04/20 12:19   Binyamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz Flash 90 A significant breakthrough has been made in the negotiations for a coalition, N12 News […]

Netanyahu and the ‘art of the possible’

(April 5, 2020 / JNS) Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), the German statesman credited with the unification of Germany (1871) and who served as its first Chancellor until 1890, famously defined “politics” as “the art of the possible.” This is certainly true in the dizzyingly volatile kaleidoscope realities of Israeli politics. Only few days ago, Israeli […]

Rockets hit near site of foreign oil firms, state-run companies in Iraq’s Basra: sources

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Rockets landed near a site connected with foreign oil firms and state-run companies in Iraq’s southern city of Basra early on Monday, without causing damage or casualties, oil and police sources said. The rockets, which police said were three Katyusha and were launched at about 3 a.m. local time, hit the […]

Russia and Saudi ‘very close’ to oil deal, Moscow negotiator tells CNBC

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and Russia are “very, very close” to a deal on oil production cuts, Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, told CNBC on Monday. “I think the whole market understands that this deal is important and it will bring lots of stability, so much important stability to the market, […]

Italy’s virus deaths plunge to lowest since March 19

Officials ponder gradually lifting some social distancing restrictions and easing of a month-long national lockdown Dmitry ZaksToday, 6:23 am ROME (AFP) — Italian officials said Sunday they may soon have to consider easing restrictions after seeing the daily coronavirus death toll plunge to its lowest in over two weeks. The 525 official COVID-19 fatalities reported […]