‘Anti-Semitism isn’t just wrong – it’s evil’

US Vice President condemns shooting attack at a synagogue near San Diego. Ben Ariel, 28/04/19  US Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday night condemned the shooting attack at a synagogue near San Diego. “We condemn in the strongest terms the evil & cowardly shooting at Chabad of Poway today as Jewish families celebrated Passover. No […]

Iran Made No Offer, Responded to US Call for Prisoner Swap: Zarif

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ruled out that he made an offer to engage in talks with the Trump administration in September, stressing that Tehran, in fact, responded to the US offer. – Politics news – “We responded- we responded to the offer that they had actually made to engage and […]

Iranian Top Diplomat to Visit North Korea Soon

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he plans to pay a visit to North Korea in the near future in a bid to boost bilateral relations between the Islamic Republic and the East Asian country. – Politics news – In remarks released on Saturday, Zarif replied to a question about President […]

Top General: Iran Not Intending to Close Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri made it clear that the country has no intention of blocking the Strait of Hormuz unless the hostile measures of enemies would leave Iran with no other choice. – Politics news – Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of […]

Daesh May Attack RESORTS in Africa, Asia After Sri Lanka Bombings – Reports

The infamous Islamist group claimed responsibility for the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, and intelligence agencies have suggested that the jihadists may model their future attacks on the bombings in Colombo and other cities. The collapse of the Daesh* caliphate has paved the way for more Sri Lanka-style attacks on holiday-goers across the world, particularly in South Asia and East […]

Iranian forces at least 80km from Israeli border

News Desk2019-04-28 .td_uid_6_5cc56ae64ffae_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cc56ae64ffae_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} Iranian forces in Syria remain around 80 kilometers (50 miles) away from the border with Israel despite Washington’s statement that it recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev told Sputnik in an interview. “We have reached agreement with our Iranian friends […]

Jewish Leader Refuses New York Times Apology Over ‘Deeply Antisemitic’ Cartoon

The offensive cartoon appeared in the April 25th International Edition of The New York Times. A major Jewish organization is refusing to accept the New York Times’ apology for the Times publishing a cartoon depicting the prime minister of Israel as a dog. The cartoon, of Netanyahu’s face with dog ears and a dog body, […]

Shin Bet prevented Hamas suicide attack on election day

Agency says Hamas wanted to carry out a suicide car bombing near Maale Adumim. Anna Ahronheim April 28, 2019 11:19 Palestinian Hamas militants attend the funeral of their comrades who were killed in an explosion, in the central Gaza Strip May 6, 2018. (photo credit: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA) Israel’s Shin Bet foiled a Hamas terror […]

Congress members call for Israelis to have easier entry into US

Congress members push to allow Israel full participation in program allowing expedited entry for ‘pre-approved, low-risk travelers.’ Josefin Dolsten, JTA, 27/04/19  Two Congress members called on the Department of Homeland Security to admit Israel into a program that allows some of its visitors expedited entry into the United States. Reps. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Brian […]

Tracking the fallout, reactions and details of the NYT antisemitic cartoon scandal

April 27, 2019 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On April 27 media around the world began to react to an antisemitic cartoon that appeared in the April 25 edition, page 16, of the International Edition of The New York Times. My coverage and reactions My coverage of the NYT antisemitic cartoon scandal 1. Initial article https://www.jpost.com/International/New-York-Times-internationally-prints-antisemitic-cartoon-of-Trump-Netanyahu-588014 […]

How does Israel’s decision to give Assad two prisoners square with the fierce Russian-Iranian struggle over Syria?

Russia’s envoy to Damascus, Alexander Lavrentiev, disclosed on Friday that Israel had decided to release some jailed Syrian citizens after the Israel MIA Zachary Baumel’s remains were recovered on April 4  “with the agreement of the Syrian government.” The diplomat did not say how many, although Israeli sources name two: Palestinian Fatah activist Hamis Ahmad […]

NY Times prints Netanyahu-Trump cartoon with ‘anti-Semitic tropes,’ retracts it

Image included in paper’s international edition shows Israeli PM as a dog guiding a skullcap-wearing US president; paper says it was ‘offensive, an error of judgment’ By TOI STAFFToday, 8:05 pm  1 888shares A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in the New York Times’ international edition on April 25, 2019, […]

‘No future for Jews in Germany,’ says German Jewish teenager

German Jews explain why they are relocating to Israel. Benjamin Weinthal April 27, 2019 19:08 Supporters of the Anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) hold German flags during a protest in Berlin, Germany May 27, 2018. (photo credit: REUTERS/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE) The large German broadsheet newspaper Die Welt titled its article on Saturday: “Why young Jews […]