US won’t provide support to Lebanon’s Health Ministry because it’s ‘run by Hezbollah’

News Desk2020-05-08 “Hezbollah is an enormous factor in this government and it is a Hezbollah-backed government,” Schenker said. “We are not giving money to the Lebanese Ministry of Health because it is run by Hezbollah,” he continued. Schenker’s claim that Hezbollah is running the Health Ministry is due to the new government’s appointment of Dr. […]

Benjamin Netanyahu suggests microchipping kids, slammed by experts

“If the information with the kids’ location is uploaded to the internet, a pedophile with some cyber knowledge may invade the system and stalk them,” cyber expert Einat Meron said. LEON SVERDLOV MAY 8, 2020 14:46 Cyber experts slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his proposal to “microchip” children who return to schools and kindergartens […]

Turkey re-opens border with Iran, wants to boost trade – analysis

Health protocols relating to the coronavirus pandemic will be put in place to deal with he new traffic. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 8, 2020 10:45 Iran’s Tasnim news says that the land border with Turkey at Bazargan has re-opened to allow 60 trucks a day to cross. Iran has been suffering under sanctions, but […]

Israel still suffers virus of hate even as it saves Arab lives

May 8, 2020 While countries around the world struggle to get on top of the Covid-19 crisis, Israel’s achievement so far has been remarkable. Its mortality rate from the virus has been vastly smaller, in proportion to its population, than the rate in countries such as Britain, Sweden or the United States. That’s largely because […]

Russian Armed Forces May Get First Next-Generation S-500 Missile Systems in 2021

Earlier this year, Pavel Sozinov, general designer at the Russian defence concern Almaz-Antey, touted the S-500 as a missile system that is capable of intercepting targets located hundreds of kilometres above the Earth. The Russian Armed Forces may get the first advanced S-500 missile systems next year, the country’s Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko has said […]

Pakistani cleric: Jews are responsible for creation of coronavirus

Mufti Abu Hisham Masood, a Pakistani Islamist a cleric affiliated with the the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, declared Thursday that Jews created the coronavirus. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 8, 2020 04:02 Mufti Abu Hisham Masood, a Pakistani Islamist a cleric affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) movement of the Taliban in […]

Putin Tries to Destabilize and Cripple US With Oil Prices — and the Saudis Go Along

On February 6, 2020, OPEC held a meeting in Vienna to try and reach an agreement on oil prices and production levels. The meeting ended without agreement following Russia’s refusal to slash production, even if this meant a further drop in prices already depressed by the beginning of the coronavirus crisis. Russia’s obstinacy was curious, […]

Iran Regime Pledges Annual ‘Quds Day’ Urging Israel’s Destruction Will Go Ahead, Despite Coronavirus

The Iranian regime’s annual day of rallies and demonstrations calling for the destruction of the State of Israel will go ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic. According to Press TV — the Iranian regime’s English-language propaganda arm — “pro-Palestinian groups in London and elsewhere across Britain plan to replace street rallies with online events to […]

Israel’s Incoherent Strategy in Syria

Jerusalem Post, 8/5 A significant uptick in Israeli action against Iranian targets in Syria has taken place in recent weeks, according to regional and international media. In the latest moves, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 14 Iranian and Iraqi fighters were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli raid on positions close to […]

UN chief says virus sparked ‘tsunami of hate,’ including anti-Semitism

Antonio Guterres calls for efforts to end the anti-foreigner sentiment that has surged online and in person during pandemic By Agencies Today, 7:56 am UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an “all-out effort” to end the “tsunami of hate and xenophobia” sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, without naming specific countries. […]

Iran Regime Pledges Annual ‘Quds Day’ Urging Israel’s Destruction Will Go Ahead, Despite Coronavirus

Iranians march during a protest marking the annual Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), on the last Friday of the month of Ramadan, in Tehran, May 31, 2019. Photo: Tasnim News Agency / via Reuters. The Iranian regime’s annual day of rallies and demonstrations calling for the destruction of the State of Israel will go ahead this […]

Benjamin Netanyahu gets mandate from Rivlin to form 5th government

New court challenges to wait until after government formed By GIL HOFFMAN MAY 7, 2020 20:31 Prescient Reuven Rivlin officially granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week mandate on Thursday night to form his fifth straight government, which would keep him in power until November 13, 2021. “I hope Israel will soon have a government […]

Misinformation and leaks: The love-hate Russia-Iran relationship in Syria

We will never fully know what Iran and Russia actually think of Assad or each other’s historic role in Syria. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 7, 2020 20:11 A secret Russian plan sees Syrian regime President Bashar al-Assad as a ‘’burden,”  reports  this  week asserted. In this narrative by Asharq Al-Awsat there are hints that […]