UAE said to scrap meet with Israel, US envoys after Netanyahu panned F-35 deal

Emiratis also reportedly plan to refrain from additional high-level meetings with Jerusalem until prime minister clarifies position on prospective US arms agreement By TOI staff Today, 10:08 pm   The United Arab Emirates reportedly canceled a trilateral meeting with Israel and the US last week in retaliation against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public opposition to […]

Turkey gov’t obsessed with stopping states normalizing with Israel

Turkey’s ruling AK Party has been a leading voice against the UAE and ties with Israel. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 24, 2020 20:09 Advertisement Turkey’s government appears to be obsessed with stopping more countries from normalizing with Israel. This is apparent because pro-government channels such as Anadolu have been consistently pushing news about countries and […]

Amid Pompeo visit, Iran says it has energy projects worth $5.5 billion

Rouhani and his oil and gas experts discussed investments in projects that total 4.7 billion euros. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 24, 2020 20:52 IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan Rouhani (right) and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Who wanted to pay the price of moral action to truly stop Iran? Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani attended a meeting devoted […]

Kuwaiti site: “Israel doesn’t want peace; it wants to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates”

This week’s “expert” is Fakhri Hashem Al-Sayed Ragab of Kuwait’s Al Qabas. He writes: Peace for the State of Israel basically contradicts its biggest goal, which is that its borders should be from the Euphrates to the Nile ..And if those that were forcibly planted in Palestine are working today vigorously and mainly to conclude peace agreements […]

Moroccan PM rejects normalization with Israel

‘Because this emboldens it to further breach rights of Palestinians,’ El Otmani says Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Dine El Otmani on Sunday rejected the prospect of normalizing ties with Israel, shooting down rumors his state would be one of the next to ink an agreement with Jerusalem. “We refuse any normalization with the Zionist entity because this […]

Report: Russia to supply Syrian air base with new MiG-35 fighter jets

24NEWS August 24, 2020, 04:08 AMlatest revision August 24, 2020, 04:09 AM AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, FileFILE – Russian MiG-35 performs at the MAKS 2007 Air Show at Zhukovsky airfield outside Moscow, on Aug. 25, 2007. Kremlin reportedly interested in drawing interest from countries over advanced aircraft Russia is slated to deliver advanced Mikoyan MiG-35 fighter […]

Natanz nuclear facility explosion was ‘sabotage’: Iran

Natanz nuclear facility explosion was ‘sabotage’: Iran August 23, 2020 – 21:48 TEHRAN- Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Agency Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on late Sunday that the explosion that occurred at the Natanz Nuclear facility on July 2 was an act of ‘sabotage’. “Security investigations confirm the sabotage [nature] of […]

Arab League: Peace with Israel only if Palestinian state is established

Arab League Secretary-General says Arab-Israeli peace relations can only be achieved when Palestinian people gain freedom and independence. Arutz Sheva Staff , 23/08/20 06:21 The head of the Arab League said on Saturday that comprehensive and normal Arab-Israeli peace relations can only be achieved when the Palestinian people gain their freedom and independence. Arab League […]

Mike Pompeo’s change in plans: A detour to Sudan

Official Mideast peace tour to include Sudan, with historic direct flight from Israel. Arutz Sheva Staff , 24/08/20 10:30 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has changed his plans to include Sudan in his official visit to the Middle East, Channel 12 reported. Pompeo, who landed in Israel Monday morning, will fly directly from the […]

UAE opposition establishes anti-normalization group against Israel

The dissidents claim that the normalization deal “legitimizes Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands,” calling it a “betrayal.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2020 08:55 Dissidents in the UAE established an association against the normalization deal being signed between Israel and the Gulf state, reported the Turkish Anadolu Agency on Sunday. The association, founded by six […]

Explosion on Syria gas pipeline a ‘terrorist’ attack -minister

The Ikhbariya TV channel showed footage of a large fire following the explosion, which officials told state media occurred between the Syrian towns of Ad Dumayr and Adra. REUTERS AUGUST 24, 2020 09:22 CAIRO – An explosion on the Arab Gas Pipeline that caused a power blackout in Syria on Monday was the result of […]

IAEA chief in Iran for key meeting on Monday

The visit is the director-general’s first to the country since he took office last December. By YONAH JEREMY BOB AUGUST 24, 2020 08:19 IAEA director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi is traveling to Tehran on Monday for crucial meetings with high-level Iranian authorities. The visit is the director-general’s first to the country since he took office last […]

Head of IDF’s Southern Command goes to Qatar to reduce tensions with Gaza

Maj.-Gen. Hertzi Halevi made a similar visit in February with Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen ANNA AHRONHEIM AUGUST 24, 2020 10:34 The head of the IDF’s Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Hertzi Halevi led an Israeli delegation to Qatar in an attempt to reduce tensions with the Gaza Strip and restore a sense of quiet to southern Israel. […]

‘They call on Hezbollah not intervene, but all of these countries interfere in Lebanon’: Nasrallah

‘They call on Hezbollah not intervene, but all of these countries interfere in Lebanon’: Nasrallah News Desk2020-08-23 BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, conducted a speech this weekend to commemorate the first month of the Islamic calendar and its tenth day (Ashura), which will take place on […]