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PA president says he ‘does not recognize this conference’ following sweeping Palestinian rejection of US-hosted economic workshop By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 12:33 am  0 0shares Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 20, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) Palestinian Authority President […]

May 27, 2019 Illana Hitner Klevansky I belong to a Facebook group called Children of Holocaust Survivors. This is quite a select group, but not one which I would have chosen to join for the purpose of enjoying dazzling wit or sparkling repartee. Rather, we are a group who commiserate together, swapping distressing stories of […]

Knesset advances bill to disperse itself. By Gil Hoffman May 27, 2019 23:43   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to do all he can to build a coalition in a press conference Monday 27.05.2019. (photo credit: NOAM REVKIN FENTON / FLASH 90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Monday night to do everything possible to […]

Published:  05.27.19 , 23:46 TOKYO – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday a deal with Iran on its nuclear programme was possible, crediting economic sanctions for curbing activities Washington has said are behind a spate of attacks in the Middle East.   “I really believe that Iran would like to make a deal, and […]

MATTHIAS KÜNTZEL Berlin’s split with Washington on Iran long predates Trump—and it speaks to a dangerous naivety in German strategic thinking. Like most Germans, I am no admirer of the current American president. Donald Trump is wrong about the value of alliances, wrong about the utility of tariffs and trade wars, and wrong in his […]

There is ‘a lot more to do’ in strengthening countries’ ties, US president tweets, amid deadlock threatening to send Israel to fresh elections By TOI STAFFToday, 8:28 pm   US President Donald Trump (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office of the White House, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci) US […]

The missile didn’t hit the Israeli aircraft, which was conducting a routine flight over northern Israel, and fell within Syrian territory. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, Seth J. Frantzman, Herb Keinon May 27, 2019 22:53   2 minute read. The IAF destroyed a Syrian launcher that fired an anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli plane, Prime Minister […]

A senior US lawmaker says the US wants to work with Cyprus and ally Israel to buttress peace in the eastern Mediterranean and to head off Russian influence over the region’s energy reserves. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says the US is looking for friendly nations in the region that share […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel voiced openness on Monday to U.S.-mediated talks with Lebanon on resolving a dispute over the neighbors’ maritime border that has dogged Mediterranean oil and gas exploration. Such talks, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz’s office said in a statement after he met U.S. envoy David Satterfield, could be “for the good of […]

“I really believe that Iran would like to make a deal, and I think that’s very smart of them, and I think that’s a possibility to happen,” Trump said. REUTERS May 27, 2019 13:51 US President Donald Trump said on Monday a deal with Iran on its nuclear program was possible, crediting economic sanctions for […]

News Desk2019-05-27     .td_uid_6_5cebbee77c55e_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cebbee77c55e_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Islamic Republic of Iran has tested their Qiam-1 missile in a ‘secret’ underground facility in an undisclosed location inside the Persian Gulf nation. #Iran Launching Qiam-1 missile from a secret ‘underground city’ facility. Location unknown 😉https://t.co/P1pphLuszd#IRGC pic.twitter.com/MlnDOeJxKF — IWN (@A7_Mirza) […]