Iran’s Zarif says Tehran not pulling out of nuclear deal

Iran will reduce some “voluntary” commitments within its nuclear deal with world powers as a response to members’ inability to resist U.S. pressure. REUTERS May 8, 2019 01:05 DUBAI – Iran will reduce some “voluntary” commitments within its nuclear deal with world powers as a response to members’ inability to resist U.S. pressure, but will […]

Saudi journalists support Israel over Hamas in latest battles

“Our hearts are with you. May Allah protect Israel and its people,” wrote Abd Al-Hamid Al-Hakim, former director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah. ZACK EVANS May 7, 2019 14:47 Several prominent Saudi journalists and intellectuals tweeted their support for Israel in its latest confrontation with Hamas, according to […]

Netanyahu: Israel does not rush to war, but will guarantee its existence

Netanyahu spoke a day after he agreed to a ceasefire in the south, instead of a much wider military campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. By Herb Keinon May 7, 2019 19:05   Israel does not rush to battle, but its willingness to sacrifice is the guarantor of its existence, Prime […]

US officials: Iran moving ballistic missiles by boat

US officials: Intelligence that Iran is moving short-range ballistic missiles on board led to deployment of bombers to Persian Gulf. Elad Benari, 07/05/19 Intelligence showing that Iran is likely moving short-range ballistic missiles aboard boats in the Persian Gulf was one of the critical reasons the US decided to move an aircraft carrier strike group […]

US, Iran Trade Verbal Blows Ahead of 1-year Anniversary of Trump’s Nuclear Deal Withdrawal (AUDIO INTERVIEW)

CHARLES BYBELEZER 05/07/2019 The United States reportedly received intelligence information from Israel’s Mossad spy agency concerning an alleged Iranian plot to attack American interests in the Middle East, which many are attributing to the Trump Administration’s decision to deploy an additional aircraft carrier and a fleet of bombers to the region. The information was transmitted  […]

Parl. mulls over decision on reducing JCPOA commitments

MNA – The Iranian Parliament is holding a closed session this morning to mull over the decision to reduce the level of Iran’s nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA following the US withdrawal and re-imposition of sanctions. Mashhad’s representative in Parliament, Nasrollah Pezhmanfar, told Mehr correspondent that the Parliament is holding a closed session on Tuesday […]

US increasing military presence in Middle East amid claims of Iranian threats

2019-05-07     .td_uid_6_5cd157726e9d2_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cd157726e9d2_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} According to The Wall Street Journal, US intelligence has found out that Iran has plans to target US forces in Iraq and possibly in Syria, while it is also going to stage attacks in Ba-el-Mandeb strait near Yemen through its proxies and in the Persian Gulf with its own armed drones. Iran reportedly may seek to attack US forces […]

Israel prepares to remember its fallen soldiers, terror victims

Israel prepares to remember its fallen soldiers, terror victims Israelis will stand in silence as a one-minute siren wails across the country at 8pm in memory of some 23,741 fallen IDF stroops and 3,150 civilians killed in terror attacks – 4 of whom have died this week alone from rockets fired from Gaza Ynet|Published:  05.07.19 […]

US ‘unable, unwilling’ to wage war on Iran: Cmdr. Dehghan

MNA – A military aide to the Iranian Leader said that US is both ‘unable’ and ‘unwilling’ to wage a military war against Iran and dragging the Middle East region into crisis. There is still little rationality in the US administration to prevent extremist actions such as waging a war against Iran, Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan […]

Pompeo to meet with Lavrov next week, cancels trip to Berlin

REUTERS May 7, 2019 12:30 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet meet Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi on May 14, according to RIA. The US secretary of state has also cancelled a planned visit to Berlin on Tuesday, a US Embassy spokesman said, citing scheduling […]

Iran: U.S. sending carrier, bombers to mideast is ‘psychological warfare’

REUTERS May 7, 2019 11:24 DUBAI – Iran’s security body said a US announcement of sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East to send a message to Tehran amounted to “psychological warfare,” the semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Tuesday. US national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday the United […]

Arabs shoot fireworks at Jewish school children in Jerusalem

Arab youths shoot fireworks at Jewish children in Maaleh HaZeitim neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. Residents demand ‘full security’. Yehonatan Gottleib, 07/05/19 Arab teenagers shot fireworks at Jewish children in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood Tuesday morning, residents say. Residents of the neighborhood of Maaleh HaZeitim, which along with Maalot David is home to over one hundred […]

US Muslim group backtracks after posting clip of kids vowing Jerusalem martyrdom

US organization says ‘disturbing’ video of children vowing to ‘sacrifice our souls without hesitation’ and ‘chop off their heads’ to liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque was not vetted By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT6 May 2019, 11:16 pm     A screen capture from a video posted by the Muslim American Society’s Philadelphia chapter (screen capture via MEMRI) AP — A […]

Qatar to transfer half a billion dollars to Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

The oil-rich Gulf state vows to invest some $300 million in health and education in the Palestinian Authority, with an additional $180 million going to various UN humanitarian initiatives Elior Levy|Published:  05.07.19 , 09:10 Qatar will transfer some $480 million to Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, said an announcement by the […]