Biden Administration Sides with Muslim Rioters in Jerusalem

ByAryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency – 28 Iyyar 5781 – May 10, 2021 Photo Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke by phone on Sunday evening with Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat to express the US’ “serious concerns about the situation in Jerusalem, including violent confrontations” at Temple Mount during the […]

What is Iran’s goal in Jerusalem crisis?

At Iran’s Press TV, its propaganda network focused on western audiences in English, it has wall-to-wall coverage of Jerusalem. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iran has been fanning the flames of the crisis in Jerusalem. Days before the recent clashes developed Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and its IRGC head Hossein Salami prepared speeches and media engagements in […]

Ramallah slams ‘heinous aggression’ by Israel, mulling ‘all options’ in response

Aaron BoxermanToday, 10:53 am Palestinian officials condemn the “storming of Al-Aqsa” by Israeli police and vow that they will consider “all options” in response. Israeli police entered the Temple Mount, an area revered by both Muslims and Jews, earlier this morning. They say they sought to quell a violent Palestinian riot that included stone-throwing. “Storming […]

LIVEBLOG: Israeli driver loses control, crashes into Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Lion’s Gate, after rocks thrown at car

i24NEWS May 08, 2021, 08:59 AMlatest revision May 10, 2021, 04:10 AM Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90An Israeli police officer stand near an injured Jewish man after his car crashed in an attempted lynching by Arab protesters outside Jerusalem’s Old City, on May 10, 2021. Violent clashes resume at Temple Mount Monday morning Clashes between Israeli […]

UNSC to meet on Jerusalem violence, Jordan summons Israel’s envoy

US President Joe Biden has promised to stand by Israel at the UN, but the Jerusalem violence is likely to test that resolve. TOVAH LAZAROFF MAY 10, 2021 02:19 The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed door session Monday to discuss rising tensions in east Jerusalem, particularly around the Temple Mount, also known […]

IDF: Four rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel as violence escalates on border

Israeli tanks hit Hamas posts in response; no reports of injuries or damage; launches come after a day of nonstop airborne arson attacks cause dozens of fires throughout south By Judah Ari Gross 9 May 2021, 11:06 pm   Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent. Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets from […]

25 wounded, 23 arrested as Palestinians, Arab Israelis protest across Israel

Fierce clashes again in Jerusalem amid fears of further violence at planned Jerusalem Day Flag March; Arab Israelis stage large protests in cities across northern Israel By Aaron Boxerman 10 May 2021, 2:16 am 0 Edit Palestinians and Arab Israelis across the country held demonstrations on Sunday night against Israeli policies in Jerusalem, with fierce […]

Rocket shot down by Iron Dome — IDF

Judah Ari GrossToday, 9:41 pm Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward the city of Ashkelon and surrounding communities, according to the Israel Defense Forces. One of the projectiles was intercepted over the city by the Iron Dome missile defense system, the military says. The second appears to have landed in an open, […]

Netanyahu: We will continue building in Jerusalem

PM Netanyahu addressed continued clashes over Jewish construction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. “We will not succumb to growing international pressure to stop these efforts,” he said, and added, “We declare to our allies around the world that we will continue building everywhere across our country, including Jerusalem, as befits any sovereign nation.”

Israel helped US track Qasem Soleimani using cell phone – report

“The Israelis, who had access to Soleimani’s numbers, passed them off to the Americans, who traced Soleimani and his current phone to Baghdad.” By YONAH JEREMY BOB MAY 9, 2021 06:19 Israel gave the US access to multiple cellphone numbers for former top Iranian official Qasem Soleimani to help enable his assassination in January 2020, […]

Hezbollah on High Alert ahead of IDF’s Largest-Ever Drill

Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency27 Iyyar 5781 – May 9, 2021 Photo Credit: IDF Spokesperson The Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror organization has announced it is on high alert following the IDF’s launching of its largest-ever military exercise. The IDF launched on Sunday its “Chariots of Fire” month-long exercise simulating war on several fronts, and primarily against […]

Police mull limiting or canceling Jerusalem Day events amid tensions – report

Rocks thrown at police, 10 Palestinians injured Security officials said to warn cabinet that Flag March could lead to escalation; police source says cops told to avoid live fire amid fears fatalities will exacerbate tensions Today, 11:39 am Security officials were reportedly considering placing limits on Jerusalem Day events or canceling them entirely as tensions […]