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Ramallah accuses Israel of ‘propaganda’ which ‘wipes the State of Palestine from the map’ over image of Temple Mount seen in clip By AFP and TOI STAFFToday, 10:41 pm  1   A clip for Eurovision by the Kan public broadcaster that angered the Palestinian Authority (screenshot) The Palestinian Authority called Saturday for Jerusalem to be cut from videos promoting […]

The semi-official Tasnim news agency quotes Gen. Yadollah Javani as saying that “there will be no negotiations with America.” The verbal exchange comes as tensions escalate between Washington and Tehran. by  Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff  Published on  2019-05-11 17:34 Last modified: 2019-05-11 17:34 Iranian worshippers burn a representation of a U.S. flag during a rally […]

‘Qatari funds will be delivered to Gaza this week’ Khaled Abu Toameh May 11, 2019 21:13 Hamas said on Saturday that progress has been made towards implementing the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire understandings with Israel. Hamas officials said they were “optimistic” regarding the prospects of the implementation of the understandings. Their optimism, they said, was based on […]

America maintains a vast network of bases, troops and assets throughout the region, to the chagrin of Tehran By JON GAMBRELL Today, 7:58 pm 0 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A US aircraft carrier strike group rushes toward the Persian Gulf. Decades-old B-52 bombers rumble down runways at desert air bases. The Pentagon, meanwhile, […]

News Desk2019-05-11 Israel has the full arsenal needed to take on Hezbollah in Lebanon and eliminate the Iranian threat in Syria, the outgoing IDF Northern Command chief boasted, warning Damascus against using S-300s to protect its sovereignty. “If our freedom of movement is threatened, we will remove the threat. We know how to do that,” […]

Maliki was the leader of Iraq during a period of intense sectarianism, when pro-Iranian forces were largely seen as increasing their hold on Baghdad. By Seth J. Frantzman May 11, 2019 15:28   1 minute read. Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki released several statements in the last week warning the US against making Iraq […]

Khaled al-Batsh says his group can ‘obligate’ Israel to fulfill its side of a truce agreement brokered by Russia, Egypt and Qatar By TOI STAFFToday, 2:51 pm  0 0shares Fighters from the Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad terror group’s military wing, take part in a military march in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip […]

US-Iranian tensions this week were ramped up by intelligence of a plot for Iran’s Iraqi proxies to attack the American Al Tanf garrison in E. Syria, which commands the strategic Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border intersection. DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources, reporting this exclusively, reveal that Tehran’s master-plotter is Qais al-Khazail, head of the Iraqi Kataib Hezballah militia, […]

The Trump administration sees Iran’s behavior as another instance of why it pulled the U.S. out of the deal in the first place: the Iranian regime is not trustworthy. RON KAMPEAS/JTA May 11, 2019 00:53 WASHINGTON (JTA) – Iran announced this week that it is changing a key term of the Iran nuclear deal — […]

Posted on: May 10th, 2019 Defensible borders’ key feature, in the Middle East, must be the capability to confront the shifty, volcanic and violent reality of the region, which has been top heavy on worst-case scenarios, highlighting clear and present lethal threats. Realistically, Israel’s defensible borders should not be based on well-meaning, peaceful coexistence (best-case) scenarios […]

Last week Turkey sparked another crisis by starting drilling in Cypriot waters. That’s a problem not just for Cyprus but for Israel, too Davd Rosenberg  May 08, 2019  Even the most avid Erdogan watcher has to work hard up with all the crises the Turkish leader has wrought. This week the No. 1 crisis was […]