Pompeo adds visit to Oman to Middle East, Africa tour

Pompeo adds visit to Oman to Middle East, Africa tour US secretary of state to stop in Muscat in tour aimed at building off Israel-UAE normalization agreement; meetings in Sudan and Bahrain do not yield breakthroughs By TOI staff 27 August 2020, 12:46 am   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Oman’s […]

Turkey’s Erdogan, Trump discuss Mediterranean tension on phone

AUGUST 27, 2020 01:03 ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues, including the Mediterranean, Erdogan’s office said. Tensions between Turkey and Greece have escalated since Ankara sent its Oruc Reis survey vessel to disputed eastern Mediterranean waters this month, […]

As deadline nears, US, Israel urge UNSC to expand UNIFIL’s mandate

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said Tuesday night’s violent incident along the Israeli-Lebanese border, highlights the need for UNIFIL. OMRI NAHMIAS AUGUST 26, 2020 22:20 WASHINGTON – With 48 hours left to extend UNIFIL’s mandate in Lebanon, the US and Israel demand the UN Security Council reform the peacekeeping force, giving […]

QUICK READS Jared Kushner will be a passenger on first commercial flight between Israel and UAE

AUGUST 26, 2020 3:12 PM JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jared Kushner will be aboard when the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates takes off next week. Monday’s flight will carry an Israeli delegation as well as Kushner, the White House senior adviser; U.S. Middle East peace negotiator Avi Berkowitz; and National Security Adviser […]

Israel Demands Improved Access for UN Peacekeepers to Hezbollah-Controlled Areas in Southern Lebanon

 by Algemeiner Staff Following a shooting incident on its northern border on Tuesday night, Israel is demanding that the UN Security Council make major changes to the mandate of the international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. The UNFIL mandate is up for its annual renewal by the Security Council at the end of this month. […]

Israeli diplomat confirms Turkey giving citizenship to Hamas members

Roey Gilad says a dozen members of terror group have received, or are in process of receiving, Turkish passports By TOI staff Today, 11:32 pm An Israeli diplomat on Wednesday confirmed reports that Turkey is granting citizenship to a dozen members of the Hamas terrorist group. “Some are in the process, some already got (the documents), […]

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah: Don’t test crushing force of Israel

August 26, 2020 Netanyahu to Hezbollah: Don’t try us – we will respond strongly to any attack. By Paul Shindman, World Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning to the Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon Wednesday after gunfire from Lebanon struck an IDF post overnight. “Israel views with utmost gravity the shooting […]

Netanyahu, Putin agree to continue coordination in Syria

LAHAV HARKOV AUGUST 26, 2020 12:55 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to continue coordinating to allow for Israeli airstrikes in Syria, in a phone conversation on Monday. “I talked to [Putin] about Syria and ensuring the air force’s freedom to act in that area. It’s very important for Israeli security,” […]

Israel cannot protect UAE, normalization threatens region security: Iranian commander

2020-08-25 /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5f45a68067203_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5f45a68067203_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) – The Deputy Commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Brigadier General Muhammad Hijazi, said on Tuesday, that Israel is unable to protect itself and cannot buy and bring […]

Will Sudan normalize ties with Israel despite dissenting voices?

i24NEWS August 26, 2020, 01:46 AM Sudanese Cabinet via APUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum, Sudan, on Aug. 25, 2020. As Pompeo lands in Khartoum, Sudanese journalist tells i24NEWS: ‘Sooner or later, it will happen’ As the landmark Israel-UAE peace […]

This West Bank Land Is Not ‘Palestinian’

by Sean Durns OPINION The community of Beit El in Judea and Samaria. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. “Who can challenge the rights of the Jews in Palestine?” Yusuf al-Khalidi wrote to the chief rabbi of France on March 1, 1899. “Good Lord, historically it really is your country.” Yet, more than a century after Khalidi’s admission, the Jewish […]