US and Houthis exchange strikes as Red Sea conflict grows

Recent events follow the US redesignating the Houthis as a terrorist organization, as well as calls from multiple countries to de-escalate conflict in trade routes. JANUARY 18, 2024 03:53 Updated: JANUARY 18, 2024 09:54 Israel Navy missile ships head to the Red Sea after several aerial intrusions by Houthi drones, November 1, 2023(photo credit: IDF […]

Iran attacked Syria with long-range missile in message to Israel – analysis

Iran is openly admitting that it used these missiles to send a message to the US and Israel and that it basically targeted northwest Syria just to show off. SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 18, 2024 09:35 (photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters)Iran carried out a long-range attack on Syria this week […]

Schumer: Democrats discussing possible conditions on aid for Israel

Senate Majority Leader says Democrats are discussing possible conditions that could be imposed on US aid for Israel but does not say they will seek such conditions. Elad Benari   Jan 18, 2024, 5:29 AM (GMT+2) Senator Chuck SchumerReuters/SIPA USA US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters on Wednesday that Democrats are discussing possible conditions […]

Hezbollah rejects US overtures, still open to diplomacy to avoid wider war

Hezbollah’s position is that it will fire rockets at Israel until there is a full ceasefire in Gaza. Hezbollah’s rejection of the proposals presented by Hochstein has not been previously reported. REUTERS JANUARY 18, 2024 07:51 Updated: JANUARY 18, 2024 08:40 Iran-backed Hezbollah has rebuffed Washington’s initial ideas for cooling tit-for-tat fighting with neighboring Israel, […]

Report: PM rejected US proposal for Saudi normalization in exchange for path to Palestinian statehood

By JACOB MAGID18 January 2024, 1:16 am   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 9, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly rejected a proposal from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that would’ve seen Saudi Arabia normalize relations with […]

Report: Biden administration laying the groundwork for post-Netanyahu era

NBC News reports: Biden administration working with other Israeli leaders after Netanyahu rejected plan for Arab countries to rebuild Gaza, which includes normalization with Saudis in exchange for a Palestinian state. Israel National NewsJan 18, 2024, 1:23 AM (GMT+2) The Biden administration is laying the groundwork with other Israeli leaders in anticipation of a post-Netanyahu […]

Blinken: Arabs won’t fund Gaza rebuilding without path to Palestine statehood

“We’re not going to get into the business… of rebuilding Gaza, only to have it leveled again in a year or five years,” Antony Blinken reported Arab leaders as saying. TOVAH LAZAROFF JANUARY 16, 2024 22:37 Palestinian statehood is the best path to the reconstruction of Gaza and normalized Israeli ties with its Arab neighbors, […]

The West must attack the Islamic Regime

Attacks on the Houthis are not enough. FARHAD REZAEI JANUARY 17, 2024 01:18 Since the onset of the Gaza War, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have significantly disrupted naval traffic around Bab al Mandab, intensifying their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea through missile strikes, drone deployments, and hijacking activities. Despite military interventions by […]

North Korea’s Kim calls for South to be seen as ‘primary foe,’ warns of war

In a speech on Monday, Kim Jong Un said he had concluded that unification with the South was no longer possible and accused Seoul of seeking regime collapse and unification by absorption. REUTERS JANUARY 16, 2024 09:27 Updated: JANUARY 16, 2024 10:00 North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un attends the 5th National Meeting of Mothers […]

Hezbollah – a pawn in Iran’s aim to obliterate Israel – opinion

Initiated by Hezbollah at the behest of its paymaster, Iran, the true function of the cross-border skirmishes is to fulfill Iran’s desire to cause as much trouble in the Middle East as possible. NEVILLE TELLER JANUARY 16, 2024 02:14 Updated: JANUARY 16, 2024 03:29 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by […]

Rocket hits building in southern Israel

Around 50 rockets fired in barrage on southern Israel, one strikes store in Netivot. Israel National NewsPublished: Jan 16, 2024, 10:21 AM (GMT+2) Sirens sounded Tuesday morning in Netivot and in communities near the Gaza border. No injuries were reported. However, in Netivot, one of the rockets struck a store selling electrical appliances. Firefighters are searching […]

Iran says Revolutionary Guards attack Israel’s ‘spy HQ’ in Iraq, vow more revenge

The strikes come amid concerns about the escalation of a conflict that has spread through the Middle East since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7. REUTERS JANUARY 16, 2024 08:44 Updated: JANUARY 16, 2024 09:33  Smoke rises in the aftermath of a missile attack by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on what they […]

Shin Bet exposes Iranian cyber espionage targeting Israeli hostage families

Shin Bet exposes several online platforms allegedly operated by Iranian security agents. JOANIE MARGULIES JANUARY 15, 2024 17:15 Updated: JANUARY 16, 2024 09:08 Iran is using fake online profiles to gather intelligence in Israel, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) reported Monday. Among its tactics are operations to photograph the homes of security personnel and […]