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 […]

How tensions between Hamas and Fatah could change Gaza – analysis

The Hamas decision to launch the unprecedented massacre of October 7 was an attempt to launch a first strike that could change the region. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 17, 2024 21:12 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 21:32 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of […]

New warfare standards gives ‘terrorists absolute immunity’, Netanyahu tells West Point scholar

Spencer described the current war, also titled Operation Swords of Iron, as “one of the most historic wars of our generation” at the beginning of the interview, noting it as a “generational war.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 01:55 Updated: MARCH 16, 2024 19:47 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking outside his office at […]

Schumer’s rebuke of Netanyahu shows fragile line US walks on interference

US leaders, as well as American allies, are more frequently butting into the internal electoral politics of friends, and testing the waters By AAMER MADHANIToday, 6:10 am   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials […]