Qatari envoy pursues efforts to end Gaza tensions

Hamas: Israel seeking to replace Qatar with UAE as main mediator KHALED ABU TOAMEH AUGUST 30, 2020 19:13 Qatari envoy Mohammed al-Emadi on Sunday stepped up his efforts to end the current tensions between Israel and Hamas amid reports that he intends to remain in the region until the two sides reach an agreement. Emadi, […]

   The Enigma of Babylon

                      The Enigma of 3 Babylons     Introduction   The Bible describes a place called Babel, Babylon or Shinar in at least six chapters. Shinar the region, is a name for a district in which the citiy of Babel also known as Babylon is […]

Netanyahu and Kushner speak on UAE-Israel deal, future of Middle East

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 30, 2020 14:59 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Special Advisor to the US president Jared Kushner are speaking about Israel’s recent normalization deal with the UAE, ahead of an Israel-US delegation visiting the Middle Eastern country on Monday. The two are also expected to discuss any future implementation of sovereignty […]

Caroline Glick: The Israel-Sunni Arab bloc: The new sheriff

Immediately after taking office, Trump embraced the Israeli-Sunni bloc and worked to expand and formalize it under American leadership. (August 30, 2020 / JNS) Between his meetings in Jerusalem last Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recorded a short address for the Republican National Convention in which he discussed many of the Trump administration’s […]

‘Should Israel Kill One of Our Fighters We Will Kill One of Theirs’, Hezbollah Chief Warns

The tensions between Israel and Lebanon escalated on Wednesday after a “security incident” at the border. According to the IDF, Hezbollah militants fired two shots from across the border aimed at the Israeli troops. In response, Israel launched airstrikes against Hezbollah observation posts – reportedly for the first time since the 2006 war. Hezbollah chief […]

UAE-Israel Peace Deal Challenges Iranian, Muslim Brotherhood Camps

    Students gather in front of the UAE Embassy to protest the normalization of relations with Israel, in Tehran, Iran August 15, 2020. Photo: Majid Asgarpour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS. The peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel is an important boost to the formation of a strategic Middle […]

Can Arabs and Israelis prosper together?

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East adviser Jared Kushner hailed the UAE-Israel pact as an “icebreaker.” He is right. AHMED CHARAI AUGUST 29, 2020 21:24 The Arab world was strangely quiet in the wake of the United Arab Emirates’ announcement of peace with Israel. The “Arab street” did not explode. It is a strategic victory […]

Israeli tanks strike Hamas posts in Gaza in response to arson balloons

Saturday saw at least 23 fires sparked by airborne incendiary devices; no immediate reports of casualties in the Strip By TOI staff Today, 6:04 am 1 Edit Israeli tanks carried out strikes against Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning in response to the previous day’s launching of airborne incendiary devices into Israel, […]

UN caves to demands from Israel, US, cuts size of UNIFIL force

August 29, 2020 Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan said Lebanon’s government “will bear full responsibility” if Hezbollah turns southern Lebanon “into a base for its terrorist activity under UNIFIL’s nose.” By Associated Press The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday cutting the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon and expanding its mandate to […]

‘Unthinkable for Turkey to give up Aegean, East Med’

Greece playing with fire, being spurred on by France, says leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party 15:19 August 29, 2020 It is unthinkable for Turkey to give up its “historical interests” in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, the head of a Turkish political party said on Saturday. Greece is playing with fire and is being […]

MBS cancels meeting with Netanyahu, fears it was leaked – report

MBS’s condition was for the visit was that it would take place in total secrecy and that his presence in Washington would become known only once the meeting was underway. TOBIAS SIEGAL AUGUST 29, 2020 19:45 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/REUTERS) Saudi […]

Turkey says it did a Top Gun style dogfight with Greeks over East Med

Meanwhile Egypt and Greece ratified a maritime deal and the UAE sent F-16s to Crete last week. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 29, 2020 13:18 Turkey’s Defense Ministry published a video on Friday alleging to show that its F-16s confronted Greek F-16s as the Greeks were heading from Crete towards an area where Turkey had […]

Turkey, Iran and Russia unite to slam US oil deal in Syria

Iran, Turkey and Russia are part of the Astana process and they frequently discuss Syria. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 29, 2020 12:54 Syrian President Bashar al Assad visits Syrian army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, October 22, 2019 Turkey, Russia and Iran reaffirmed their commitment to Syrian “sovereignty” on August 26 and slammed […]

Gaza terror groups readying for joint long-term campaign against Israel – report

Sources tell Lebanese newspaper there is now coordination to increase the number and frequency of incendiary balloons launched toward border communities The military wings of terror organizations in the Gaza Strip are preparing for a long-term joint campaign against Israel, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Saturday. The pro-Hezbollah Al-Akhbar newspaper reported that sources in the […]