Day: June 11, 2020

PLO calls for global coalition to confront Israel annexation plans

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Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 30 January 2019 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images] Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, has called for the formation of an international coalition to confront Israel’s plans to annex large areas of the […]

Settlements and Sovereignty

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by Jerold Auerbach As the Trump administration develops its plan, soon to be announced, for the extension of Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in the West Bank, fury in the United States and among left-wing Israelis is reaching fever pitch. A group of Democratic senators has warned that annexation would destroy bipartisan Congressional support for […]

Senior source to ‘Post’: If Israel annexes, it will annex all settlements

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The US-Israel mapping committee is still working on outlining all settlements and the Jordan Valley, making up 30% of the West Bank, that would be part of sovereign Israel. LAHAV HARKOV JUNE 11, 2020 13:09 Israel has not proposed to extend sovereignty to part of the settlements or to move forward in stages, a source […]

Turkey’s president slams the US, so why does Trump take his calls?

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was one of the first to try to exploit the recent protests in the US, echoing comments of Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In recent years, Turkey has accused the US of “training terrorists,” has worked with the anti-American Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, detained a US pastor, bashed US President Donald […]

Russian air defense systems outmatched by Turkish drones in Syria and Libya

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Seth FrantzmanJune 10, 2020 The Turkish-backed GNA is unique example of an army that uses drones as an essential tactical unit for close air support and strategy; I don’t mean that the US or Israel doesn’t use them; but the way you see here as a key major PART of the operation; not an addendum […]

Stabbing incident at Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center

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By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 11, 2020 10:02 An unusual violent incident took place at the Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center in Be’er Ya’akov on Wednesday night, during which a man was stabbed multiple times by a visitor. The victim had reportedly admitted himself to the emergency room during the night after being involved in a […]