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British general tells reporters that coalition forces have not detected any issues with Iran-backed forced in Iraq and Syria, drawing rare rebuke from US military and exposing rift By AP15 May 2019, 4:51 am  6   In this Sunday, May 12, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned […]

Senior Hamas official Fathi Hamad addresses Palestinians near the border in the northern Gaza Strip. “We came to tell the Zionist enemy, its men, army, government and Knesset: ‘Go away from us.’ The day of your slaughter, extermination and demise is approaching,” says Hamad, who is known for employing fiery rhetoric. “All of you should […]

“President Trump’s Golan proclamation is entirely consistent with Resolution 242,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador David Friedman wrote in a recent op-ed. Yvette J. Deane May 15, 2019 15:31 President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the Golan Heights as part of Israel’s sovereign territory fulfills UN Security Council Resolution 242, United States Secretary […]

Iran and the US appeared to be heading towards some sort of conflict, perhaps involving Iran’s proxy forces in the region. But both countries want to climb down from this crisis. By Seth J. Frantzman May 15, 2019 18:09   For a week and a half, tensions between the US and Iran have been growing. […]

Gaza has become the most graphic illustration of why relinquishing Judea and Samaria to the perennially hostile and extremely corrupt Palestinian Authority is a fantastically dangerous idea. (May 14, 2019 / JNS) The nearly 700 rockets fired at Israel by terrorists from Gaza by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in early May were not just […]

Some 10,000 Palestinians demonstrated along security fence but the IDF, with a stricter open-fire policy, and Hamas, which patrolled the border, largely kept the peace By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 12:02 am  0   An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at rioters east of the Gaza city of Rafah in the southern Strip during Nakba […]

Latest Revision may 14, 2019, 2:59 PM Alexander NEMENOV (AFP) FILE: Donald Trump glances at Russia’s Vladimir Putin ahead of a family photo during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in 2018 Putin also praised the Mueller report, calling it ‘an objective investigation’ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said he wanted to “fully restore” strained ties […]

Speculation is high that the Trump peace plan, which is expected to be released in early June, would allow for Israel to retain control of all the settlements located in Area C of the West Bank. Tovah Lazaroff, Yvette J. Deane May 15, 2019 22:05 The Trump administration challenged the UN’s claim that Israel must […]

By LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGEMay 15, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she declared the White House has “no business” moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress. Pelosi’s remarks to House Democrats came amid growing concerns in Congress […]

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORMay 15, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open Tuesday amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic Republic poses a growing threat to the U.S. and its allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond . […]