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Longtime Russian president easily secures fifth term, facing only token challengers and harshly suppressed opposition voices By EMMA BURROWS, DASHA LITVINOVA and JIM HEINTZToday, 4:18 am   Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko) AP — Russian President […]

Controversy stirred as Schumer’s call for Israeli elections challenged alliances. Explore the delicate balance between support and intervention. JPOST EDITORIAL MARCH 18, 2024 06:00 Updated: MARCH 18, 2024 07:04  It hurts when your ally tries to interfere in your country’s politics, but it hurts even more when it comes from someone who is so close […]

US may increase bureaucratic difficulties for weapons shipments, slowing deliveries without issuing a formal statement, report says. Israel National News   Mar 18, 2024, 8:13 AM (GMT+2)   IDF soldiers in GazaIDF spokesperson Senior defense officials are growing concerned that the US may slow weapons shipments to Israel, even if it does not state that officially, Israel […]

The Hamas decision to launch the unprecedented massacre of October 7 was an attempt to launch a first strike that could change the region. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 17, 2024 21:12 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 21:32 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of […]

Spencer described the current war, also titled Operation Swords of Iron, as “one of the most historic wars of our generation” at the beginning of the interview, noting it as a “generational war.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 01:55 Updated: MARCH 16, 2024 19:47 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking outside his office at […]

US leaders, as well as American allies, are more frequently butting into the internal electoral politics of friends, and testing the waters By AAMER MADHANIToday, 6:10 am   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials […]

Mar 17, 2024, 8:21 AM (GMT+2) Overnight, in response to the launches fired toward the city of Acre, IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah military compound in the area of Khiam. In addition, yesterday night (Saturday), IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah observation post in the area of Kfarkela. Yesterday night (Saturday), IDF artillery struck […]

According to the sources, the number three in Hamas’s high command was killed in the IDF strike in Nusirat, in central Gaza, while he was hiding in one of Hamas’s terror tunnels. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 17, 2024 07:42 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 08:39 Hamas stated behind closed doors that Marwan Issa, deputy to Hamas […]

By David Israel – 7 Adar II 5784 – March 17, 2024 Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office Dining Room with Commander, March 4, 2022.     One former and three current US officials told NBC News on Saturday that the White House is […]

US officials deny assertion by senior Israeli source that rapidity of shipments waned since start of war, say there’s no purposeful delay and policies remain unchanged By MICHAEL HOROVITZ  17 March 2024, 12:14 am   File: An Israeli fighter jet releases flares as it flies over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Dec. 9, […]

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 22:36 Israeli political officials have received an updated outline of the ceasefire proposal that the US will present to the UN, which allegedly focuses on an “immediate and lasting ceasefire,” Maariv reported on Saturday. According to the report, the new draft has more severe language regarding a ground operation […]