Turkey’s sudden ban on trade with Israel is already affecting Jews in both countries

The shutdown, which Turkey’s Islamist-leaning president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 3, is putting pressure on prices in Israel and cutting off a major trade route for kosher food. DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA MAY 15, 2024 08:41 Despite months of deteriorating relations and increasingly hostile rhetoric, the complete shutdown of trade between Turkey and Israel […]

Netanyahu: Two-state solution would be a recipe for terror

Netanyahu: Two-state solution would be a recipe for terror Blinken says Israel must not reoccupy Gaza, Day After plan needed By TOVAH LAZAROFF MAY 15, 2024 22:57   US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Israel on Wednesday not to reoccupy Gaza, to refrain from a major Rafah operation, and to finalize a day-after plan […]

Hezbollah fires 60 rockets into northern Israel after terror commander killed

May 15, 2024 Tuesday’s reports that Hezbollah southern front commander Hussein Ibrahim Makki was killed in IDF strikes on Tyre were confirmed on Wednesday. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Following the killing of a Hezbollah commander by an IDF drone strike, the terror group launched over 60 rockets into the north of Israel targeted […]

US wants Arab states to join peacekeeping force in Gaza

US Pres. Biden won’t send American troops into Gaza – but wants Arab states to do so for him, Financial Times report says. Arab states condition agreement on US recognition of ‘Palestine.’ Israel National News   May 15, 2024, 3:29 PM (GMT+3) Gaza Region The Biden administration is urging Arab states to join a “peacekeeping” […]

Iran is seeking closer ties to Egypt – analysis

Iran is seeking outreach to not only Egypt by also Saudi Arabia. Recent reports also indicate that Iran has threatened Jordan. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 15, 2024 14:19 Updated: MAY 15, 2024 16:01 The Iranian flag flutters outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 6, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/LEONHARD FOEGER/FILE PHOTO) […]

Hezbollah hosts senior Hamas delegation to discuss Gaza and beyond — report

Today, 11:38 am   Hassan Nasrallah, head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group, has reportedly hosted a Hamas delegation headed by Khalil al-Hayya, the Palestinian terror group’s deputy politburo head in Gaza. According to the pro-Hezbollah Al Mayadeen news site, they discussed developments in Gaza and the region, including negotiations for a truce and hostage deal, […]

EU urges Israel to end Rafah op ‘immediately,’ warns ties will be harmed if not

By AFP Today, 11:16 am The European Union urges Israel to end its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah “immediately,” warning that a failure to do so will undermine ties with the bloc. “Should Israel continue its military operation in Rafah, it would inevitably put a heavy strain on the EU’s relationship with Israel,” says the […]

White House: Biden would veto Israel Security Assistance Support Act

May 15, 2024 The White House added that the legislation is ‘a misguided reaction to a deliberate distortion of the administration’s approach to Israel.’ By JNS The Office of Management and Budget, which is part of the White House, stated on Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden would veto H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance […]

The Real Reason Hamas and Egypt Oppose Israel’s Control of Rafah

Bassam Tawil7 Iyyar 5784 – May 15, 2024 Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 Gazan Arabs who can afford $10,000 per person leave to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing, February 6, 2024.     On May 6, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) captured the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip […]

Israel said to fear Egypt will halt Hamas mediation role, as ties hit new low

Officials say Cairo is using humanitarian situation and blockage at Rafah crossing to build international pressure on Israel to end the war By TOI STAFFToday, 10:26 am   IDF troops and tanks on the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on May 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces) Senior Israeli officials fear Egypt may cease mediating […]

Jordan thwarts Iran-led plan to carry out acts of sabotage in kingdom — sources

Weapons allegedly sent by Iranian-backed militias in Syria to a Muslim Brotherhood cell in the kingdom that has links to Hamas By REUTERS and TOI STAFFToday, 11:02 am   Protesters in the Jordanian capital Amman fly flags of the Muslim Brotherhood as they rally in support of Palestinians amid Israel-Hamas war on January 27, 2023. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP) Jordan […]