PA prevents West Bank, Gaza patients from receiving treatment in Israel

Palestinian authorities refuse to cover medical costs for those seeking treatment in Israeli hospitals, in response to Israel cutting funds PA allocated for terrorists’ salaries, leaving those in need of urgent medical care locked in the middle of a political dispute The Palestinian Authority stopped sending West Bank and Gaza patients to Israeli medical facilities, […]

Jewish community will ‘stand tall’ after synagogue shooting

In the moments after the shooting stopped, Rabbi Goldstein said he wrapped his bloodied hand in a prayer shawl and addressed congregants gathered outside the building, vowing to stay strong in the face of the deadly attack targeting his community. by  Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff  Published on  2019-04-29 17:16 Noya Dahan, 8, rides on the […]

FBI got tip about Poway shooter 5 minutes before synagogue attack

The agency said in a statement that information came through its tip website and phone line about the threatening message posted by the alleged shooter to social media. MARCY OSTER/JTA April 30, 2019 02:48 The FBI was tipped off to a threat about five minutes before the deadly shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, […]

ANALYSIS: The people and places mentioned in ISIS leader Baghdadi’s April 2019 video

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared in a video released by ISIS Al-Furqan media network. In the video he discusses several important topics which have been covered in numerous publications and on social media. What is of interest is the names of people and places mentioned in the video. Working off […]

IDF reduces Gaza fishing zone following rocket launch by PIJ

According to IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad was behind the rocket fire from the northern Gaza Strip that went into the sea. By Anna Ahronheim April 30, 2019 09:17   The IDF will reduce the fishing zone around the Gaza Strip to six miles on Tuesday following the launch of a missile […]

There’s a bigger Russian threat than meddling. Vladimir Putin is acting like he wants war

Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was an attack on our sovereignty and can’t be ignored. But we shouldn’t allow it to distract us from the larger threat Russian President Vladimir Putin poses to both the United States and the world. To understand that threat, we have to examine Putin’s motivations. His policies […]

Israel should prepare for the day China will rule the Middle East

Opinion: Israeli government has so far been dangerously indifferent to Chinese plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Syria over the next 30 years, effectively cementing their presence in the war-battered, neighboring state When a senior Israeli security official was recently asked who will rehabilitate Syria, ravaged by a decade-long civil war, he […]

US Illegal Declaration on Occupied Syrian Golan Uncovers Scheme to Deepen Occupation, Fragment the Region

Created on Monday, 29 April 2019 22:00 NEW YORK, (ST)-The recent US Declaration on occupied Syrian Golan which recognized “Israel’s sovereignty” over this part of the Syrian land has uncovered the criminal scheme to deepen occupation, spread chaos and destruction and fragment the region, Acting Charge de’ Affairs of Syrian Arab Republic’s permanent Delegation to […]

US army vet accused of plotting terror attacks on Nazis, Jews in California

Officials say former infantryman Mark Domingo, a convert to Islam, planned to bomb a white supremacist rally in revenge for New Zealand mosque attacks; also sought Jewish targets By AP and TOI STAFF29 April 2019, 11:39 pm  0 143shares Illustrative: A white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber/ File) […]

US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Submits Resignation Letter to Trump

Rosenstein noted in his letter that the US Department of Justice “made rapid progress in achieving the Administration’s law enforcement priorities… while preserving national security and strengthening federal efforts in other areas.” ​”Our nation is safer, our elections are more secure, and our citizens are better informed about cover foreign influence efforts and schemes to commit fraud, steal intellectual property, and […]

BREAKING: Baghdadi reappears on video for first time in years

BREAKING: Baghdadi reappears on video for first time in years Seth FrantzmanApril 30, 2019 The secretive Islamic State leader appeared on a video on Monday, breaking with tradition and showing that he is very much alive despite the defeat of much of the Islamic State ‘caliphate’ in March. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is back. Rukmini Callimachi, the […]

New York Times Is ‘Cesspool,’ Israeli Ambassador to US Says

The headquarters of The New York Times. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, has called The New York Times “a cesspool of hostility towards Israel.” In remarks posted to his official Facebook page and prepared for delivery at a Holocaust memorial event at the US Capitol, Dermer spoke of what he […]

Spain’s socialists regaining ground as rising right-wing party bites off chunk of disgruntled voters

28 Apr, 2019 Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’ socialist party PSOE is set to come out on top in Sunday’s elections, but it’ll have to form a coalition in the fragmented parliament. Meanwhile, right-wing party Vox enters with over 20 seats. With the Spanish political landscape increasingly fragmented, voters went to the polls on Sunday to […]