Friedman to ‘Post’: To annex, Netanyahu must tell Abbas he’ll negotiate state

An interview with Friedman in honor of the second anniversary of the US moving its embassy to Jerusalem will be featured in Friday’s Jerusalem Post. LAHAV HARKOV MAY 6, 2020 11:34 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must offer Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to negotiate, based on the establishment of a Palestinian State in 70% of […]

Israel approves accessibility plan for Hebron site that violates deals with PA

Defense Ministry announces plan for elevator and bridge at entrance to Tomb of the Patriarchs, which is currently only accessible via a long flight of stone stairs Marcy OsterToday, 10:34 am JTA — The Defense Ministry has approved plans to make the Tomb of the Patriarchs handicap accessible without obtaining the agreement of the Hebron […]

Iran’s Rouhani: Trump’s nuclear deal exit was ‘stupid mistake’

Reuters | Published: 05.06.20 , 10:40 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump made a stupid mistake by pulling out of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, and called on Washington to lift its sanctions. Trump pulled the United States out of the pact in 2018, arguing it did not go […]

Hezbollah doesn’t want another war with Israel, yet

Hezbollah went from a guerrilla group to a terror superpower ANNA AHRONHEIM MAY 5, 2020 22:25 Twenty years after the last IDF soldier left southern Lebanon, the hostility between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah has only intensified. The former guerilla group has morphed into a “terror superpower,” while Israel has strengthened its military might over concerns […]

How Iran’s Syria project ground to a half over six months

This has not been a good year for Iran in Syria. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 5, 2020 18:42 It has become an almost nightly occurrence. Syrian social media watchers await the explosions from airstrikes that are likely to occur. From villages near Deir Ezzor and Albukamal, to 500 kilometers north to the Aleppo countryside and […]

Defense officials: Iran pulling out of Syria as Israel pummels its forces there

Amid increased reports of IDF strikes on Tehran-linked bases, security officials say Israel wants to make clear to Damascus that Iran is a burden, not an ally By Judah Ari Gross Today, 5:01 pm Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent. Iranian forces are pulling out of Syria and closing military bases […]

Iran has not halted plans of entrenchment in Syria

Analysis: The target of an alleged Israeli attack near Aleppo on Monday was an industrial complex where long-range precise missiles are produced, some intended for Hezbollah and its future war with Israel Updated: 05.05.20 , 16:57 Even after the assassination of the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, Qasem Suleimani, and having been […]

Lebanon summons German ambassador over Hezbollah ban

Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti affirmed that “Hezbollah is a main political component in Lebanon which represents a wide section of the people and part of parliament.” REUTERS MAY 5, 2020 16:14 Lebanon’s foreign minister summoned the German ambassador on Tuesday to explain Berlin’s decision last week to ban the Shi’ite Hezbollah movement on its soil. […]

Liberman declares himself PM candidate, alleging Netanyahu seeks new election

Despite holding just 7 Knesset seats, Yisrael Beytenu leader claims he’s the ‘only person’ able to run against premier; calls Netanyahu press conference an ‘election speech’ By Michael Bachner and TOI staff Today, 2:03 pm 0 Edit Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday claimed that based on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference […]

Fourteen Iraqis, Iranians die in alleged Israeli attack in northern Syria

Published: 05.05.20 , 12:18 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday that 14 Iranian and Iraqi nationals were killed and several others were seriously wounded in an overnight attack in the Deir ez-Zor region in northeastern Syria. The report attributes to Israel the attack that has hit Iranian sites and sites used by […]

Aliyah interest surges 50% amid coronavirus pandemic

Aliyah Continues: 18 new immigrants arrive in Israel on Nefesh B’Nefesh group flight despite coronavirus closures. Arutz Sheva Staff , 05/05/20 Eighteen new Olim will arrive at Ben Gurion airport this evening as part of a Nefesh B’Nefesh group Aliyah flight, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency, Keren Kayemeth […]

Egypt says it destroyed more than 3,000 Gaza tunnels

Some of the destroyed tunnels were three kilometers long and 30 meters deep. KHALED ABU TOAMEH MAY 4, 2020 20:30 Egypt has destroyed more than 3,000 tunnels along its border with the Gaza Strip in the past five years, Egyptian Army Spokesperson Tamer Al-Refai has revealed. In an interview with the private Egyptian news channel […]