Israel’s Outgoing Defense Minister Says Iran Starting to Withdraw From Syria

by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff     Israeli Air Force F-15 planes. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen. Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria, Israel‘s outgoing defense minister said on Monday, without offering any evidence to support his assertion. Naftali Bennett also urged his successor, Benny Gantz, to maintain pressure on Iran, adding that the […]

Israeli ambassador to the US: Israel must annex quickly in case Biden wins

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer is attempting to convince the Trump administration, Republican senators and other decision-makers to allow Israel to annex the Jordan Valley and West Bank, Channel 13 reports. This he says, because Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may win the upcoming US election, which may change the attitude towards Israel […]

Supposed Israeli Strikes in Eastern Syria Kill Seven Iranian-Backed Militias

Seven casualties are reported in eastern Syria after supposed Israeli airstrikes; Iranian-backed militias were targeted in this attack; Israel continues to go on the offensive in regards to Iranian entrenchment in the region. Airstrikes that are being credited to Israel led to seven Iranian-backed casualties near the eastern Syrian town of al-Bukamal Saturday. The strikes […]

Moderna’s Israeli top medical officer: We’ve shown today that our vaccine works

US biotech firm’s shares soar as it claims tests of first volunteers show its vaccine candidate produces immune response, ‘has potential to prevent COVID-19’; Phase 3 tests in July By TOI staff and Agencies The Israeli chief medical officer of US biotech firm Moderna said Monday that its experimental anti-COVID-19 vaccine “actually works,” after tests […]

Report: U.S. lawmakers warn against pulling troops out of Sinai

In bipartisan letter to Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, lawmakers urge the administration to refrain from risking the Israeli Egyptian peace that they call an ‘anchor of stability’ in region i24NEWSUpdated: Twelve lawmakers from key congressional panels warned against pulling U.S. troops out of an international peacekeeping force on the Sinai Peninsula in an […]

Netanyahu’s outstretched hand for peace rooted in West Bank annexation

Netanyahu’s speech marked a historic transition from the age of negotiation to the epoch of unilateralism that is rebranding the approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. TOVAH LAZAROFF MAY 18, 2020 09:39 Peace was one of the first words Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uttered when he swore in his fourth government in May 2015. The word […]

Germany Takes Back its Sovereignty from the European Union

The seemingly obscure ruling… has called into question the legitimacy of the EU’s supranational legal and political order…. The German court’s ruling marks a new phase in the debate over the balance between national and supranational sovereignty. The European Union is now engaged in a power struggle with its largest member state, Germany. The legal […]

Zarif writes to UN chief, calls U.S. moves illegal, dangerous, threat to international peace  

May 18, 2020 – 12:7 TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres late on Sunday warning about possible attempts by the U.S. to “disrupt” the movement of the Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela, warning such a move will be “illegal”, “dangerous”, “provocative”, “instance of […]

New FM Ashkenazi: ‘We will responsibly forward Trump peace plan’

Itamar Eichner | Published: 05.18.20 , 11:06   During his inauguration speech at the Foreign Ministry, the new minister Gabi Ashkenazi said that he will work to “responsibly forward the American peace plan, with safeguarding previous peace agreements and the national interest of Israel.” “U.S. President Donald Trump is giving Israel a historical opportunity to […]

Putin congratulates Netanyahu on still being prime minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message to congratulate Benjamin Netanyahu on assuming office for another term as prime minister, the Kremlin says. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as they prepare to deliver joint statements, after a meeting and a lunch in the Israeli leader’s Jerusalem residence, June 25, […]

Iran hasn’t reduced its forces inside Syria: official

By News Desk  2020-05-18 /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5ec23b93a6d6b_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5ec23b93a6d6b_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – Hossein Amir Abdallahian, the Special Assistant to the President of the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs, revealed on Sunday, the fact that Iranian forces have not been withdrawn from Syria, […]

Iran offers all defense capabilities to Iraq

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – The Iranian Minister of Defense, Amir Hatami, affirmed his country’s readiness to put all of its defense capabilities at the disposal of Iraq, stressing the importance of defense cooperation between the two countries in establishing security and stability in the region. In a phone call this week, Hatami congratulated his […]