Month: April 2022

Hamas says ‘finger on the trigger’ ahead of planned right-wing Jerusalem march

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Nationalists push for event at Old City against police orders; priestly blessing ceremony to draw thousands to Western Wall; Gaza terror groups say they’re readying for conflict By TOI staff Today, 6:30 am Israeli officials braced for potential violence on Wednesday as right-wing Israelis planned a march in Jerusalem against police orders, thousands were set […]

Jews Allowed on Temple Mount following Arab Rioters’ Clashes with Police

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By David Israel – 19 Nisan 5782 – April 20, 2022 Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Jews waiting in line to enter the Temple Mount during Passover, April 18, 2022. The Muslims rioted yet again in front of the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount Wednesday morning, throwing stones and confronting security forces. Mind you, this […]

Putin aide says Jerusalem Old City property dispute is at top of Russian agenda

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he expects Israel to aid in custody transfer of Alexander’s Courtyard to Moscow, after recent court decision set back move By TOI staff Today, 7:33 pm Edit A top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the transfer of church property in Jerusalem’s Old City to Moscow’s […]

UN envoy avoids casting blame for Jerusalem violence during Security Council huddle

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Tor Wennesland updates members on Temple Mount tensions during closed-door emergency meet; despite Palestinian pressure, council refrains from issuing public statement By Jacob Magid Today, 11:29 pm   Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel’s US correspondent based in New York   The UN’s Mideast envoy avoided casting blame on either side for the recent […]

‘Fortress Russia’ myth will always have country land on its feet – opinion

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By GREGORY CARLETON Published: APRIL 19, 2022 06:57 The Russian Orthodox Church Dome (photo credit: PIXABAY) The range of anti-Russian measures taken by countries around the world since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is virtually unprecedented and hearkens back to the darkest days of the Cold War. They’ve assumed many forms but broadly include economic sanctions, military […]

Russia’s war in Ukraine exposes Iran’s political fault lines

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Many ordinary Iranians sympathize with Ukrainians despite Tehran’s tilt toward Moscow in recent years, with state media echoing Russian talking points on invasion By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell Today, 11:05 am TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — During its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran embraced the protest cry of “neither East nor West,” rejecting both the US […]

Israel strikes targets in Gaza following rocket fire

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IDF confirms anti-aircraft missile targeted jets during operation. By ANNA AHRONHEIM Published: APRIL 19, 2022 01:34 Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli airstrike in a site of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in the west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 11, 2021. (photo credit: ABED RAHIM […]

IDF says it struck Hamas weapons depot in Gaza in response to 1st rocket in 4 months

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Hamas spokesman says Israel bombed ’empty sites’ While IDF reportedly doesn’t believe terror group’s members launched rocket, army says it holds enclave-ruling group responsible; no immediate reports of injuries or damages By TOI staff and Emanuel Fabian 19 April 2022, 2:00 am Edit The Israeli military struck targets in the Gaza Strip after midnight on […]

UN Security Council to hold emergency consultation on Jerusalem unrest

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No resolution expected to be brought up at meeting requested by Europeans, China and UAE, amid calls for calm and against ‘dangerous Israeli escalation’ on restive Temple Mount By Jacob Magid Today, 10:06 pm Edit The UN Security Council will convene an emergency closed-door session Tuesday to discuss recent unrest in Jerusalem, a UN diplomat […]

Bennett Responds to Jordanian Incitement of Arab Violence

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Hana Levi Julian18 Nisan 5782 – April 18, 2022 Photo Credit: GPO video screengrab Prime Minister Naftali Bennett responds to Jordanian incitement to further Arab violence on the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem, April 18, 2022 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement Monday night that he views with “utmost severity” Jordanian incitement of […]

Bomb Iran to stop a wider war in Europe and protect Taiwan

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After the Afghanistan and Ukraine debacles, the West must show strength to save the world, but the current administration is behind the times and dangerously wedded to ideas from a now-antiquated paradigm. Op-ed. Joshua S. Block Published: 18.04.22 22:03 Putin’s war against Ukraine is far from Tehran. But if the Biden administration hopes to deter […]

Israel’s balancing act still not enough for Russia

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Israel has tiptoed between Western allies and Moscow, but its vote to remove Russia from the UNHCR could sour relations. By KSENIA SVETLOVA/THE MEDIA LINE Published: APRIL 18, 2022 22:43 RIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Sochi, last October. (photo credit: Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters) Since the beginning of Russia’s war on […]