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 […]

Blinken, Bahrain Crown Prince discuss hostage deal

US Secretary of State meets Bahraini Crown Prince in Manama to discuss potential ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel National News  Mar 17, 2024, 6:28 AM (GMT+2) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met on Saturday in Bahrain’s capital of Manama, […]

IAF jets strike Hezbollah targets overnight

Mar 17, 2024, 8:21 AM (GMT+2) Overnight, in response to the launches fired toward the city of Acre, IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah military compound in the area of Khiam. In addition, yesterday night (Saturday), IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah observation post in the area of Kfarkela. Yesterday night (Saturday), IDF artillery struck […]

Hamas confirms Marwan Issa killed – report

According to the sources, the number three in Hamas’s high command was killed in the IDF strike in Nusirat, in central Gaza, while he was hiding in one of Hamas’s terror tunnels. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 17, 2024 07:42 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 08:39 Hamas stated behind closed doors that Marwan Issa, deputy to Hamas […]

Israel said to complain of slowdown in US arms deliveries amid growing rift

US officials deny assertion by senior Israeli source that rapidity of shipments waned since start of war, say there’s no purposeful delay and policies remain unchanged By MICHAEL HOROVITZ  17 March 2024, 12:14 am   File: An Israeli fighter jet releases flares as it flies over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Dec. 9, […]