US Senate endorses Palestinian statehood in spending plan

Massive omnibus spending package approved by Congress includes commitment to support two-state solution. Israel National News 13.03.22 22:54     A massive spending package passed by Congress and signed into law last week includes a commitment to back the two-state solution and establishment of a Palestinian state. Last Thursday night, the US Senate voted 68 […]

Not So Fast: Turkey Denies Deal to Return Siloam Inscription to Israel

By Hana Levi Julian11 Adar II 5782 – March 13, 2022 Photo Credit: Wikimedia / Yael Y. A copy of the Siloam Inscription on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on January 15, 2013. The original is at the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul. A 2,700-year-old Hebrew inscription on stone that describes the Pool of […]

Russia says it has killed 180 foreign fighters in Ukraine

“The destruction of foreign mercenaries who arrived on the territory of Ukraine will continue,” said Russian Defense Ministry representative Major General Igor Konashenkov. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 13, 2022 18:20 Updated: MARCH 13, 2022 19:26 A badge is pictured on a uniform of a foreign fighter from the UK as they are ready to depart towards […]

IRGC claims responsibility for missiles fired from Iran towards US embassy in Iraq

No casualties were reported in the attack. By TZVI JOFFRE Published: MARCH 13, 2022 00:27 Updated: MARCH 13, 2022 12:44 View of the damaged studio at the Kurdistan 24 TV building, as staff work, after a ballistic missiles attack nearby in Erbil, Iraq March 13, 2022. (photo credit: AZAD LASHKARI/REUTERS) Some 12 missiles were fired from Iranian territory […]

Why did Iranian media claim Iran targeted ‘two advanced Israeli centers’ in Erbil? – analysis

If Iran can claim it has struck at both it gets to claim it has struck two for the price of one. This doesn’t mean that Iran has actually done what it claims to have done. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: MARCH 13, 2022 08:14 Updated: MARCH 13, 2022 11:50 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures as he speaks […]

Missiles From Iran Struck in Vicinity of U.S. Consulate in Northern Iraq, Officials Say

The attack, which didn’t injure any U.S. personnel, comes as the U.S. is seeking to revive a nuclear deal with Tehran The U.S. has a consulate inside Erbil, the capital of the semiautonomous Kurdish region in Iraq. The city’s international airport in February 2021. Photo: Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images By Gordon Lubold and Michael R. […]

Did Russia empower Iran’s attack on Erbil? – analysis

Iran is counting on the US being afraid of “war” whiel Russia wants to return Ukraine to its “near abroad.” Iran wants to ride the Russian train as far as it can. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: MARCH 13, 2022 10:44 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L), who arrived to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), meets […]