Earliest depictions of biblical Deborah, Yael found at 5th-century Galilee synagogue

Mosaic uncovered by archeologists digging at the Huqoq site depicts Book of Judges story featuring the two heroines defeating the Canaanite commander Sisera TOI staff5 July 2022, 9:22 pm Archeologists working at a dig in the Galilean town of Huqoq have uncovered the earliest known depictions of the biblical heroines Deborah and Yael, in mosaics […]

PM: Israel reserves full operational freedom against Iran

Prime Minister Yair Lapid urges the Security Council to employ the full force of its sanctions against an increasingly defiant Iran; calls on more Arab nations to “change history,” normalize ties with Israel.  By  Tamir Morag  Published on  07-10-2022 12:35 Last modified: 07-10-2022 12:35 Prime Minister Yair Lapid | Photo: Reuters/Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool   Prime Minister Yair Lapid […]

Iran enriches to 20% with new centrifuges at fortified site

By NASSER KARIMIJuly 10, 2022 GMT FILE – Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, speaks with deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi at Imam Khomeini Airport, in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 22, 2021. Iran announced Sunday, July 10, 2022, that it has begun enriching uranium […]

Iran: Israel-US air defense pact with Arabs would increase tensions

Ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia, Tehran says ‘entry of foreigners’ is the ‘main cause of tension and regional rift’ By TOI staff Today, 10:25 am   Iran’s foreign ministry said Saturday that an air defense pact between Israel and Arab regional allies — formed under US leadership to counter the threat […]

Israel demands Lebanese understandings on maritime border

10.07.22, 11:03 The newspaper al-Sharq Al-Awsat has reported that Israel has set a basic requirement to reach an agreement regarding its maritime border with Lebanon. The demand stipulates that Hezbollah be committed to supporting the agreement and that launching UAVs at Israel’s gas fields will not be repeated and would be considered a violation of […]

Israel has given up on harming Iran’s uranium enrichment — report

Jerusalem said focusing on other areas of nuclear program as it assesses Iran already has enough enriched uranium for a bomb, according to TV network TOI staffToday, 10:26 pm Israel has largely given up on further harming Iran’s uranium enrichment capabilities, Channel 12 news reported Saturday. “Iran already has enough enriched uranium [for one or […]

Foreign ministry to Israelis: Stay away from capital of Sri Lanka

Protesters storme palace and set prime minister’s house on fire. Israeli foreign ministry to Israelis: Stay away from the area. Israel National News9.07.22, 23:54 Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he will resign after protesters stormed his palace and set the prime minister’s house on fire. BBC reported that prime minister and the president […]

Exclusive: Iran escalates enrichment with adaptable machines at Fordow, IAEA reports

Francois Murphy VIENNA, July 9 (Reuters) – Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further with the use of advanced machines at its underground Fordow plant in a setup that can more easily change between enrichment levels, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a report on Saturday seen by Reuters. Western diplomats have long expressed concern […]

Sri Lanka president flees as economic crisis protesters storm palace, jump in pool

Gotabaya Rajapaksa said to have been escorted to safety as demonstrators protest unprecedented economic turmoil; at least 3 people shot, others hospitalized after inhaling tear gas By Amal JAYASINGHE Today, 11:17 amUpdated at 1:45 pm   COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, […]

Iran is already out of control

dealing with the Iranian threat will only succeed if the Iranian regime senses the danger of a military strike aimed directly against it or helping to weaken it and bring about a popular overthrow. The chances are slim. Op-ed. Dr Salem alKetbi8.07.22, 10:40   The debate on the Iran nuclear issue has fallen back to […]

Putin: If West wants to beat us on the battlefield, let them try

In an ultra-hawkish speech to parliamentary leaders more than four months into the war, Putin said the prospects for any negotiation would grow dimmer the longer the conflict dragged on. By REUTERS Published: JULY 7, 2022 21:20 Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall in the Kremlin in Moscow on April 26, 2022. (photo credit: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP […]

Abraham Accords Yield $3 B. in Israeli Defense Sales to Arab Countries

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency – 9 Tammuz 5782 – July 7, 2022 Photo Credit: WH Photo by Tia Dufour. U.S. President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani […]

Boris Johnson’s government continues to crumble with over 50 resignations

Two senior cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday, causing more than 40 senior and junior ministers to follow on Wednesday. By ARIELLA MARSDEN Published: JULY 7, 2022 08:07 Updated: JULY 7, 2022 10:59 UK PM Boris Johnson insists that he is not resigning despite resignations from dozens of ministers in PMQ’s on Wednesday, July 6. (photo credit: UK PARLIAMENT/JESSICA […]