Hamas leader Sinwar heads to Egypt to discuss truce with Israel

Gaza terror group turns to Egyptian intel chief to mediate return to ceasefire, after a day of rising tensions following arson balloon attacks By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF2 May 2019, 11:51 pm  0 1shares Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents in his office in Gaza City on Thursday, May 10, 2018. (AP […]

Hezbollah chief: IDF forces that enter Lebanon will be ‘destroyed on live TV’

In latest taunt, Nasrallah says Israel deterred by his terror group’s military prowess, blames US and Israel for Middle East’s poverty By TOI STAFF2 May 2019, 11:51 pm  0 1shares Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks on June 29, 2018. (YouTube screenshot) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed Thursday his Iran-backed terror group would “annihilate and destroy” the Israeli […]

Ancient 3,000-year-old tablet suggests Biblical king may have existed

close Video Ancient tablet suggests biblical King Balak may have existed A new study of the Mesha Stele, which is also known as the Moabite Stone, a 3,000 year-old inscribed tablet that dates back to 840 B.C., proposes the idea that the biblical King Balak may have been an actual historical figure. Although the study’s […]

US journal: Israel had a plutonium device ready to turn into a nuke in 1967 war

Former Israeli atomic official Elie Geisler describes guarding the core, which he says was hidden in a former British police station in central Israel By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 8:01 pm  0 32shares Illustrative. A plutonium core from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States in 1946. (US government/Wikimedia) In the lead-up to the 1967 […]

King of Jordan dismisses senior officials planning to overthrow gov

Haaretz reported that the King of Jordan has dismissed the head of general intelligence, head of the information department and senior advisers in his office after it came to light that they were allegedly planning to instigate massive protests in the streets as evidence of the lack of confidence in the government of Jordanian Prime […]

Netanyahu again tries to transfer millions to the PA

PA again refuses Israel’s attempts to transfer tax funds in response to deduction of money used to pay terrorists’ salaries.   Arutz Sheva Staff, 02/05/19 22:46   PM Netanyahu Meir Vaknin/Flash90 Israel on Wednesday attempted to transfer hundreds of millions of shekels to the Palestinian Authority, which again refused to accept the funds, Kan News […]

Abbas bypasses EU, asks Russia help avert PA collapse over terror payments

The Palestinian Authority had hoped the EU would support its policy of providing merit-based payments to security prisoners. Khaled Abu Toameh, Tovah Lazaroff May 2, 2019 22:46 The Palestinian Authority has demanded that Russia resolve the terror-payment crisis that could lead to the PA’s collapse as it rejected a European Union compromise solution. “There have […]

Facebook is finally banning anti-Semites like David Duke, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones

For critics of how the largest social media platforms have handled anti-Semitic and racist rhetoric, it has been a long time coming: David Duke, Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, and their ilk are no longer welcome on Facebook. A statement from a Facebook spokesperson confirmed that several bigoted public figures have been removed from the social […]

Russia and Syrian army step up attacks on rebel held northwestern Syria – residents, medics

Published:  05.02.19 , 12:33 Russian and Syrian forces intensified air strikes and ground shelling in northwestern Syria overnight in one of the heaviest assaults on the last rebel bastion in recent months, opposition members, rescuers and residents said on Thursday.   The targeted villages and towns in northern Hama and southern Idlib fall within a […]

Iran: US supports ‘terrorist’ Israel

Iran says US in no position to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization when it supports Israel. Elad Benari, 02/05/19 Iran on Wednesday criticized a US plan to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. “The US is not in position to (..) start naming others as terror organizations and we reject […]

Anti-Semitism, people are no longer ashamed to show it

Ynet reporters check in on the people impacted by some of 2018’s worst manifestations of anti-Semitism in Jewish communities around the world Itamar Eichner and Roi Rubinstein|Published:  05.02.19 In a week’s time, at the state ceremony marking the start of Israel’s Independence-day celebration, Rabbi Jeff Finkelstein, president of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, will light a […]

Israeli Air Force strikes Gaza in response to incendiary balloons, rockets

The strikes were in response to hundreds of incendiary balloons that Hamas launched at Israel on Wednesday. Hagay Hacohen May 2, 2019 09:51 An explosion is seen during Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip October 27, 2018.. (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS) The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of […]

Israel observes 2 min silence in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day

On one of the most solemn days on Israel’s national calendar, much of the country shuts down on Thursday to honor the six million victims of the Nazi Holocaust with a series of memorial events and ceremonies. Traffic halts for a two-minutes of silence at 10 a.m. Wreaths are laid at the Yad Vashem memorial […]

Israeli Air Force strikes in Gaza Strip – report

Jerusalem Post Breaking News Israeli Air Force strikes in Gaza Strip – report By JERUSALEM POST STAFF May 2, 2019 03:37   Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; “Calibri”,sans-serif; mso-ascii- mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi- mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} […]