Rhonda Ballance

 February 7, 2025 Hamas political member Mousa Abu Marzouk claimed that the Palestinian Authority opposes Hamas taking the political lead, but argued that the world only engages with active players—not the dead—insisting that both war and peace negotiations ultimately run through Hamas. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW5YlEuJGWQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fworldisraelnews.com]

Israel waiting for Hamas to announce names of hostages to be released Saturday, as Hamas fumes over Trump announcement and Israeli delegation readies for talks in Qatar. Israel National News   Feb 7, 2025, 9:38 AM (GMT+2)   Terrorists alongside Red Cross staff during hostages’ releaseMajdi Fathi/ TPS Hamas is expected to publish the names of […]

By David Israel  – 9 Shevat 5785 – February 7, 2025 International Criminal Court in The Hague, June 30, 2019. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday authorizing stringent economic sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), condemning its actions as “illegitimate and baseless” for targeting the United States and Israel. The […]

Moving Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip may not happen so easily, but at least, there will be a four-year respite from pressure to achieve the unachievable. Opinion. Jonathan S. Tobin   Feb 7, 2025, 8:11 AM (GMT+2)   Trump at event commemorating October 7REUTERS/Marco Bello (JNS) Everyone who claims to be an “expert” on the Middle […]

After Abu Mohammed al-Julani was named interim president of Syria, dissolved the parliment, and suspended Syria’s constitution, Katz announced that Israel will remain in Syrian territory. By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINEJANUARY 31, 2025 00:57  Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani waits to welcome the senior Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian […]

Russian Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov’s statements come after Russia vastly updated its nuclear doctrine. By REUTERSJANUARY 30, 2025 16:41Updated: JANUARY 31, 2025 06:49  Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the NICA Nuclotron-based ion collider facility as he visits the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region’s city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.(photo credit: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via […]

By David Israel  – 2 Shevat 5785 – January 31, 2025 The IDF Spokesman announced Friday morning that overnight, Air Force fighter jets, guided by intelligence from the Military Intelligence Directorate, struck multiple Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. These targets were identified as threats to both the Israeli home front and IDF forces.   […]

Muhammad Darwish, head of the leadership council of Hamas, claims October 7 “shattered the myth of Israeli occupation”. Dalit Halevi   Jan 30, 2025, 3:16 AM (GMT+2) Al-Aqsa MosqueNati Shohat/Flash 90 Muhammad Darwish, head of the leadership council of the Hamas movement, an entity that was established after the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, said […]

By Khaled Abu Toameh  – 1 Shevat 5785 – January 30, 2025 Hamas gunmen, members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 17, 2019. Why does Qatar, the largest funder and sponsor of Hamas, have such a strong desire to restore the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the Gaza Strip? […]

January 28, 2025 3:41 pm by Corey Walker Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on before a meeting with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a new […]

by Ailin Vilches Arguello January 28, 2025 5:07 pm Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a ceremony to sign an agreement of comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 17, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS Israel is deeply concerned about a recently signed […]

Trump administration makes assurances as order to pause most foreign assistance has recipients scrambling to determine if they’ll receive anything when 90-day hold expires By Jacob Magid  Today, 4:52 am A Palestinian pupil walks past United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) and USAID humanitarian aid, on June 6, 2010 in the Shatie refugee camp in […]