Leading European Jewish Groups Outraged Over Shouts of ‘Dirty Jew’ at Anti-Racism Protest in Paris

A protest against racism and police violence in Paris. Photo: Jonathan Rebboah/Reuters Marketplace – Panoramic. Leading European Jewish organizations and personalities expressed outrage on Sunday after video emerged of ostensibly anti-racism protesters in Paris shouting antisemitic slurs. The video from a demonstration for a black Frenchman killed by police shows a large group of protesters […]

Nuke watchdog to meet as row brews over Iran blocking inspections

IAEA says it is unhappy with Tehran refusing to open up two sites where nuclear activity may have taken place; Tehran says request based on flawed Israeli intelligence AFPToday, 10:46 am The UN nuclear watchdog’s governing body will meet on Monday as a row brews over Iran’s refusal to allow access to two sites where […]

Israel to transfer 50$ million of Qatari aid to Gaza

Published: 06.15.20 , 08:15 Israel has agreed to transfer $ 50 million of Qatari aid into the Gaza Strip and continue the social projects started by the Gulf states in exchange for Hamas’ pledge to stop incendiary balloon terror, reports in the Palestinian media said Monday. The amount is equal to two installments of Qatar’s […]

Russia reveals success of Syria’s air defense system against enemy aircraft

  Tor-M2E short-range system /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5ee71cd4012c0_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5ee71cd4012c0_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:35 A.M.) – On Sunday, the Russian Air Defense Force Commander Alexander Leonov announced that the Tor anti-aircraft missile system had destroyed more than 45 combat drones in Syria. “Since the […]

Erekat: Annexation will destroy any chance of peace

PLO official says if Israel applies sovereignty over “one inch” of Judea and Samaria, it will be the destruction of the PA. Elad Benari , 15/06/20  Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Sunday that an application of sovereignty over even “one inch” of “occupied Palestinian Territory” […]

Thinking Beyond the EastMed Pipeline

Dr. George N. Tzogopoulos June 14, 2020 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,605, June 14, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While the construction of the EastMed pipeline remains a key goal of the Israeli-Greek-Cypriot cooperation during the COVID-19 period, economic adjustments will have to be made. The US has yet to actively support the project, making its implementation […]

Report: Iran was prepared to retaliate if US had interfered with Venezuela-bound tankers

According to Iranian media reports, an order was issued to Iran’s armed forces to identify and track U.S. merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. (June 14, 2020 / JNS) Iran’s naval forces were readying an attack against U.S. commercial vessels in the Gulf last month in case U.S. forces intercepted […]

IDF girds for West Bank annexation fallout, including possible new terror ‘war’

TV reports that officials left in ‘fog’ as Netanyahu yet to reveal scope of move, with military plans being drawn up for everything from calm to onslaught of suicide bombings By TOI staff Today, 10:43 pm   Just over two weeks before a possible Israeli annexation of some as-yet unspecified portion of the West Bank, […]

Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Iraq after soldiers killed: sources

DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey attacked Kurdish insurgent camps in Iraq for a second night on Sunday, security sources said, in a campaign that could end its peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Ankara, which called for a special NATO meeting on Tuesday to discuss its security concerns, said two soldiers were killed […]

Russian warplanes launch biggest attack in months over northwest Syria

    /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5ee5c4a7e5b2b_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5ee5c4a7e5b2b_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – The Russian Air Force launched a powerful attack over northwestern Syria last night, as their warplanes heavily targeted sites belonging to the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) and Hurras Al-Deen group. […]

Russian ministers’ Turkey visit postponed: Ankara

Turkey on Sunday announced that a planned visit by Russia’s foreign and defence ministers to focus on the Libya and Syria crises where both countries back opposing sides had been postponed. Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu were set to visit Istanbul on Sunday – a meeting agreed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his […]

Putin promises to ‘pleasantly surprise’ countries which have hypersonic weapons

Putin promises to ‘pleasantly surprise’ countries which have hypersonic weapons  Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:00:00 PM       Russia will be ready when other countries have hypersonic weapons, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with “The News of the Week” on Rossiya 1 TV channel. “They will have these weapons. But I […]