Netanyahu to attend virtual conference of world leaders

  Netanyahu to attend virtual conference of world leaders The video conference will deal with the global efforts to combat the coronavirus.   Arutz Sheva Staff , 03/05/20 06:11   Netanyahu holds conference call with European leaders Yehonatan Weltzer/TPS Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will participate on Monday in a conference of international leaders that will […]

Iran-US tensions May 2020

For the previous edition of our coverage of US-Iran tensions daily updates, see this link March 22-May 1, 2020. May 1 Mysterious explosion during the day also blamed on Israel. Satellite photos of April 20 strike near Palmyra and April 27 strike at Mazzeh Airport in Damascus. May 2 After series of ISIS attacks in […]

Mullahs Threaten Trump with October Surprise

Amir TaheriMay 3, 2020 at 4:00 am “No War on Iran” placards are appearing where “No wars by Iran” would make more sense. In other words, the Islamic Republic doesn’t need medical and technical help; it needs crisp greenbacks that could be spent on Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad, the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Houthis, Hamas and […]

Syria’s Russian-made radars reportedly of little use against alleged Israeli strikes

Syria said turning to Chinese radars as Russian-made ones fail to spot incoming strikes Russia-made S-300 air defense system battery located just 60 kilometers away from a Hezbollah arms depot in Syria’s Homs destroyed in alleged Israeli airstrike failed to spot the incoming projectiles, Russian Avia.pro agency reports. The agency adds that, judging by the fact that it took […]

Lebanese troops go to border as IDF points weapons at farmers – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 3, 2020 13:37 Lebanese media outlet Al-Manar reported that Lebanese troops mobilized to the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday after IDF soldiers pointed their weapons at Lebanese farmers. Al-Manar, which is affiliated with the terrorist organization Hezbollah, reported that the two groups of weapons stood “head-to-head” with their weapons directed at one […]

Iran weighs holding its anti-Israel ‘Quds Day’ amid pandemic

SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 3, 2020 10:36 Iran’s leaders have closed mosques and taken other measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus after thousands of their countrymen died and almost 100,000 were infected. However, the leaderships is now facing questions about how it will handle its annual anti-Israel bashing event called Quds Day. The […]

Israel’s Supreme Court discusses Netanyahu’s fate as prime minister

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court began a two-day hearing on Sunday to determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted for corruption, will be allowed to form a new government. A ruling against Netanyahu would likely trigger a snap election, the fourth since April 2019, as the country grapples with the coronavirus […]

Don’t Trust Putin’s Lies on Coronavirus

    From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia, 2017. Photo: Kremlin. The coronavirus has caused a three-dimensional crisis in Russia: a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a personal crisis for President Vladimir Putin. The false low figures that Moscow has released about domestic […]

Iranian proxies in Iraq blame US for ISIS attacks

One of the comments came from an Iraqi member of the parliament’s Defense and Security committee. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 3, 2020 11:27 Iranian-backed militias and politicians in Iraq have blamed the US for recent ISIS attacks. The same groups and activists have also demanded the US leave Iraq. US forces returned to Iraq in […]