ANALYSIS: Why Turkey is becoming a regional threat

Turkey’s increasing hostility towards Israel, renewed tensions with Greece over Cyprus part of broader Turkish threat to regional stability. Yochanan Visser , 11/10/20 22:27 Turkey is becoming more hostile to Israel by the day, meddling in internal Israeli matters such as the situation in Jerusalem and Israeli politics in the Jewish communities in Judea and […]

86 – Assyrian Army Decimated

As the Lord again speaks through Isaiah, He sends the message to Hezekiah. The first thing this of which this is passage speaks, and it speaks very strongly, is how the intoxicating worldly unholy success is. The tone of this Assyrian monarch was one of insolent arrogance. His military achievements had given him the notion that […]

Palestinians facing immense pressure to resume peace talks with Israel

In May, Abbas announced that the Palestinians consider all agreements and understandings with Israel and the US, including security cooperation, null and void. KHALED ABU TOAMEH OCTOBER 11, 2020 17:19 President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting with the Palestinian leadership to discuss the United Arab Emirates’ deal with Israel to normalize relations, in Ramallah […]

A strange “no war, no peace” silence has fallen on the Iran-US contest

Oct 11, 2020 @ 18:09 US President Donald Trump and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appear to have declared a truce in their mutual demonization campaigns as the US presidential election approaches. The blood and thunder rhetoric and aggression marking recent years have descended into sullen silence. Tehran is waiting on tenterhooks for the victor. Trump […]

Iraqi militias agree ‘conditional ceasefire’ to halt U.S. attacks

Published: 10.11.20 , 15:58 An array of Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups have agreed to suspend rocket attacks on U.S. forces on condition that Iraq’s government presents a timetable for a withdrawal of American troops, one of the groups said on Sunday.”The factions have presented a conditional ceasefire,” said Mohammed Mohi, spokesman for the Iran-backed Kataib […]

Iranian expert: If Israel attacks Iran, we’ll target civilian installations in UAE as retaliation

Says IRGC’s Quds Force is present in several countries in region. Mordechai Sones , 11/10/20 14:24 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg5SmHcZlt0?autohide=1&rel=0] Iranian Middle East expert Dr. Masoud Asadollahi said in an interview on Etejah TV (Iraq) that if Israel attacks Iran, the UAE will be one of the targets of Iran’s retaliation, reports the Middle East Media Research […]

Setting the Saudi stage for normalization

Rapprochement in the Gulf is not an overnight phenomenon FELICE FRIEDSON OCTOBER 11, 2020 14:25 “It was about rediscovering the humanity in each other.” New York-based Arab News correspondent Ephrem Kossaify was explaining the motivation behind the dramatic series on minorities in the Saudi newspaper and portal. Applying his experience in Lebanon to the equation, […]

Israel will oppose any US F-35 sale to Qatar, intelligence minister says

Cohen said that Israel works in partnership with the US for both countries to preserve their own interests, pointing out that Israel halts arms sales due to American demands. LAHAV HARKOV OCTOBER 11, 2020 14:51 Israel will ask the US not to sell F-35 fighter jets to Qatar, in order preserve its qualitative military edge […]

Will They Or Won’t They? Saudi Recognition of Israel Is the $64,000 Question

By Dr. James M. Dorsey October 7, 2020 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,771, October 7, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Will the Saudis formalize relations with Israel or will they not? Odds are that Saudi Arabia is not about to formalize relations with Israel—but the kingdom, its image tarnished by multiple missteps, is seeking to ensure that it is […]

Trump picks up another Nobel Peace Prize nomination from Europe after diplomatic victories

Laura Huhtasaari hailed Trump’s efforts to ‘build peace in the world.’ Adam Shaw | Fox News Video Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize again State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus discusses the nomination on ‘Fox and Friends.’ President Trump has picked up another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, after a Finnish member of the European Parliament (MEP) […]

US Expands Sanctions Against Iran’s Financial and Banking Infrastructure

THE MEDIA LINE STAFF 10/09/2020 The United States has applied new economic sanctions targeting 18 Iranian banks to add further pressure on the country’s financial sector. The move freezes any US assets held by the banks, bars Americans from working with these institutions and sanctions those doing business with the banks. This new move could […]