Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was an UNRWA teacher – former agency official

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was an UNRWA teacher – former agency official UNRWA’s schools have consistently been found to use material directly inciting students to terrorism and antisemitism. By TZVI JOFFRE MARCH 19, 2024 22:45   Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh worked as a teacher for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees […]

Netanyahu: I made it clear to Biden, we must enter Rafah

Following Monday’s phone call between the two leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasized the strategic significance of entering Rafah. TOVAH LAZAROFF MARCH 19, 2024 16:33 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 22:37 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back at the Biden administration’s red lines against a major Rafah military operation, insisting that Israel had no choice if […]

For the first time: Cruise missile from Yemen fell near Eilat

IDF confirms that a cruise missile fired from Yemen on Sunday night fell near the city of Eilat. IDF investigating why the missile was not intercepted. Israel National News   Mar 20, 2024, 12:08 AM (GMT+2)   IllustrationiStock The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed on Tuesday that a cruise missile that was fired from Yemen on Sunday […]

Armenia’s PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war – report

Azerbaijan has said that the return of its lands is a necessary precondition for a peace deal to end three decades of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan retook in September. REUTERS MARCH 19, 2024 08:03 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 10:00Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the […]

Armenia’s PM warns that Azerbaijan may start war – report

REUTERS MARCH 19, 2024 08:03 Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that if Armenia refuses to compromise with Azerbaijan on the issue of border villages, Azerbaijan will start a war at the end of the week, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported on Tuesday.  This is a developing story.

US announces Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt to discuss Gaza truce deal

By AFPToday, 6:17 am   US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media as he tours Amkor Technology in Manila on March 19, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP) MANILA, Philippines — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week to discuss efforts to secure a hostages-for-ceasefire deal in Gaza and […]

Biden: Target Hamas without major operation in Rafah

US President says he asked Netanyahu to send a team to Washington to discuss ways to target Hamas without a major ground operation in Rafah. Elad Benari   Mar 19, 2024, 3:55 AM (GMT+2)   Biden and NetanyahuHaim Zach/GPO US President Joe Biden on Monday night commented on the conversation he held with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier […]

Israeli airstrikes target Damascus countryside, Syria says

Syria’s defense ministry claims an Israeli airstrike hit Damascus’s countryside on Tuesday morning. REUTERS MARCH 19, 2024 01:35 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 03:22 Israel early on Tuesday launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus resulting in some “material damage,” Syria’s defense ministry said. Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli “missiles and shot […]

Israel approves national remembrance day for October 7 massacre

Knesset approved of two new ceremonies every year to honor the fallen victims. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 17, 2024 15:29 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 18:16 Zaka personnel work at a field with destroyed cars from the October 7 massacre, near the Israel-Gaza border, November 23, 2023.(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) Israel’s Knesset decided unanimously on Sunday […]

Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt, even amid some protest

Longtime Russian president easily secures fifth term, facing only token challengers and harshly suppressed opposition voices By EMMA BURROWS, DASHA LITVINOVA and JIM HEINTZToday, 4:18 am   Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko) AP — Russian President […]

North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles

The launches are North Korea’s first known missile testing activities in about a month. Elad BenariMar 18, 2024, 4:53 AM (GMT+2) North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning (local time), days after the end of the South Korean-US military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal, The […]

Houthis: We will continue to impose a naval blockade on Israel

Houthi Defense Minister says the attacks against American and British ships will not stop. Dalit HaleviMar 18, 2024, 5:47 AM (GMT+2) Houthi Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Al-Atefi said on Sunday that all options are open in the campaign that Yemen is conducting in support of the Palestinian people against the “Zionist enemy”. Speaking during a […]

Chuck Schumer: Don’t interfere in Israel’s politics – editorial

Controversy stirred as Schumer’s call for Israeli elections challenged alliances. Explore the delicate balance between support and intervention. JPOST EDITORIAL MARCH 18, 2024 06:00 Updated: MARCH 18, 2024 07:04  It hurts when your ally tries to interfere in your country’s politics, but it hurts even more when it comes from someone who is so close […]

Report: US may slow defense support for Israel

US may increase bureaucratic difficulties for weapons shipments, slowing deliveries without issuing a formal statement, report says. Israel National News   Mar 18, 2024, 8:13 AM (GMT+2)   IDF soldiers in GazaIDF spokesperson Senior defense officials are growing concerned that the US may slow weapons shipments to Israel, even if it does not state that officially, Israel […]