Month: January 2024

In a separate statement, issued later on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Bogdanov also held talks with Israel’s ambassador to Russia, Simona Halperin. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 19, 2024 15:40 Updated: JANUARY 19, 2024 19:07 The Russian foreign ministry said on Friday it had received a delegation from the Hamas movement and […]

Israel has no obligation to restore the lives and homes of those who tried to destroy ours because we don’t owe them that consideration. COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN JANUARY 20, 2024 05:15   In his need to be clever and come up with new creative ways to achieve the goal of Palestinian statehood, US Secretary of State […]

Today, 11:08 am   A spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad tells Reuters that no members of their group were wounded in an alleged Israeli strike in Damascus, following reports that some were at the bombed-out building. Unsourced Hebrew and Arabic media reports had said that PIJ leader Akram al-Ajouri had also been killed in […]

REUTERS JANUARY 20, 2024 00:25 US President Joe Biden on Friday said the creation of an independent state for Palestinians was not impossible while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still in office, and the two leaders had discussed the issue on Friday. Asked if a two-state solution was “impossible” while Netanyahu was in office, […]

At the margins, the Houthi attacks and wider troubles in the Middle East represent one of the “geopolitical risks” that get referred to in the minutes of central bankers’ monetary policy discussions. REUTERS JANUARY 19, 2024 09:16 Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the […]

Israeli Defense Minister speaks to US Defense Secretary of progress of war against Hamas, need to address ongoing threat by Hezbollah in the north. Israel National NewsJan 19, 2024, 11:17 AM (GMT+2) Last night (Thursday), Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant held a call with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Minister Gallant opened […]

This conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is not about the absence of a Palestinian state, but about the existence of the Jewish state, he said. TOVAH LAZAROFF JANUARY 18, 2024 22:38 Updated: JANUARY 18, 2024 22:40  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked his political future with the prevention of a Palestinian Authority-run Palestinian state, precisely as […]

By AFPToday, 12:12 pm   In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense taken on Jan. 11, 2024 shows an RAF Typhoon aircraft taking off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, for a mission to strike targets in Yemen. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defense via AP) Russia says the United States should stop […]

Acknowledging Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have not faltered in their attacks on shipping, US president nevertheless commits to proceeding on charted course By AGENCIESToday, 10:14 pm   President Joe Biden walks to speak to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, January 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Yuri […]

IAEA head Rafael Grossi shares concerns at Davos over ‘frustrating’ lack of oversight granted by Tehran, as well as inability to visit Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant By SOPHIE ESTIENNEToday, 10:22 pm   International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi (C) stands at the Congress Center, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in […]

In rebuke of the US, PM declares Israel must maintain security control over West Bank and Gaza; says Israel will know soon if medicines sent into Gaza have reached hostages By LAZAR BERMAN  FOLLOW Today, 11:16 pm   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on January 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) During a combative press […]