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Jordan toughens border controls, irking Israelis on Passover vacation

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Around 200 travelers stuck at crossing into Aqaba after Jordanian authorities demand they locate local minder before they enter By TOI STAFFToday, 12:25 am  0 0shares The southern Israeli city of Eilat and Jordanian city of Aqaba seen on December 18, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Israelis traveling to Jordan for the Passover holiday were stranded at the border […]

Israel inks deal with Elbit for advanced ‘artillery of the future’

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Seth J. Frantzman JERUSALEM — Israel has signed a deal that will further its plans to deploy “artillery of the future,” the Ministry of Defense announced. Israel’s future artillery effort could solve operational challenges the country faces in the north, potentially in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. It also represents a commitment to investing in its […]

Born in the Golan? U.S. passport will now say Israel

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The previous version of the manual recognized the Golan as “Syrian territory.” OMRI NAHMIAS April 18, 2019 23:00 CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights. (photo credit: REUTERS) WASHINGTON – The State Department updated its manual to reflect President Donald Trump’s proclamation on the Golan Heights, and it now states that “US policy recognizes […]

The “Deal of The Century” Won’t Go Through: Split Among Palestinians Supports Israel 1/3

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For over a year now, the Israeli “Deal of the Century” for Palestine has been endorsed by the US establishment and is now echoing to the four corners of the world. The two novices in foreign policy, US President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, manoeuvred by Israel from behind the scenes, are trying […]

USAID to lay off most of its West Bank and Gaza staff

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USAID told NPR in a statement that it was not planning on closing the West Bank and Gaza mission completely. MARCY OSTER/JTA April 18, 2019 21:13 STUDENTS AT the USAID-funded Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, located on Kibbutz Ketura, use the desert as their classroom. (photo credit: MARCOS SCHONHOLZ) The US Agency for International Development […]

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri heads to Saudi Arabia for first time since 2017 debacle

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is on the way to Riyadh this afternoon for a meeting with several Saudi officials, the premier’s office said on Thursday. Hariri will be meeting with several high ranking Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. This will be Hariri’s first official visit to […]

Egypt looks to Libya conflict for regional role

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General Khalifa Haftar, who led Libyan military forces in eastern Libya for years, is set to take the Libyan capital and unify much of the country. Seth J. Frantzman April 17, 2019 02:53 For years, Egypt watched as conflict in Libya threatened to spread instability to the border. Now, General Khalifa Haftar – who led […]

The Annexation of the Settlements

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On the eve of his re-election as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu indicated on Israeli television that he intended to extend Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements, home to 450,000 residents. He made it clear that he was not considering annexing the entire West Bank, inhabited by two million Palestinians. He added: “I will not uproot anyone, […]

Next Israeli Government Could Soon Face New Iranian Terrorist Challenges

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by Yaakov Lappin     Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech in Tehran, Feb. 18, 2019. Photo: Khamenei.ir / Handout via Reuters. In Saturday’s early hours, when the attention of most Israelis was focused on politics and election-related matters, enormous blasts rocked a suspected Iranian surface-to-surface missile factory on the outskirts of the town […]

IDF general says Hezbollah still planning major attack despite tunnel operation

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The new commander of the IDF’s Ground Forces says that the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah is still planning on carrying out a surprise invasion of Israel, despite its extensive network of cross-border tunnels having been destroyed by an Israeli operation late last year. “Hezbollah still has plans to that effect,” he tells the Ynet news […]

Turkish Newspaper Close To President Erdogan Calls To Form Joint Islamic Army To Fight Israel

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On December 12, 2017, ahead of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul,  the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak, which is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling AKP party, published an article  titled “A Call for Urgent Action,”[1] which also appeared on the paper’s website under the title “What […]

Pompeo is “Setting the Stage for a War with Iran”

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Pompeo is “Setting the Stage for a War with Iran” 18 Apr in 6:00 The Real News     Colonel Larry Wilkerson criticized Washington’s policy Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that the Trump administration would not rule out going to war with Iran even though there is no explicit authorization from […]

Kim-Putin summit could be imminent

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The top U.S. envoy for North Korea will travel to Moscow this week for talks on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Tuesday — a sign that a meeting between leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future could be imminent, according to The Japan Times’ […]