US confims Biden warning to Netanyahu

July 20, 2023 Biden initiated the interview to further ensure that his message of concern over the judicial reform reached the Israeli public as well. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on Thursday said that U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent warning that the potential damage the judicial reform could inflict on the U.S.-Israel “special relationship” […]

House, Senate Resolutions Introduced Calling for EU to Designate Hezbollah as a Terror Organization

by Andrew Bernard Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally commemorating late Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine who was killed in an attack in Syria, in Beirut suburbs,   Lebanon May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher A bipartisan group of Senators and Congressmen on Tuesday introduced House and Senate […]

Israel, US sign MOU regarding visa-free travel

The long-discussed visa waiver for Israelis traveling to the US now looks likely to be passed sometime in this year after many months of speculation and negotiation. JERUSALEM POST STAFFJULY 19, 2023 20:36 Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Mike Herzog, and the American ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]

Reports in Syria: Explosions in Damascus following strike blamed on Israel

Syrian media report the country’s air defense systems were activated against “hostile targets” following Israeli air strike. Elad Benari Published: Jul 19, 2023, 12:48 AM (GMT+3) Updated:6:39 AM SyriaDamascusair strike Air strike in Damascus, SyriaSANA/Handout via REUTERS Listen to article2 minutes Syrian media on Tuesday night reported explosions that were heard in the vicinity of the […]

Biden criticism of Netanyahu govt sparks anger as Israeli president set to address Congress

Biden administration is ‘totally hostile to more than half of the country’ in Israel, says American-Israeli expert Benjamin Weinthal | Fox News Video Biden affirms US must continue close alliance with Israel Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has the latest on the tensions following Rep. Jayapal calling Israel a ‘racist state’ on ‘Special Report.’ […]

Biden warns ‘special relationship’ on the line in absence of consensus on overhaul

US president tells NY Times’s Tom Friedman that ‘vibrancy of Israel’s democracy’ is at heart of ties between the 2 countries, but threatened by unilateral moves to weaken judiciary ToI StaffToday, 9:49 am US President Joe Biden said that Israel’s leaders need to slow down their divisive overhaul of the judiciary and instead strive to […]

Syria accuses Israel of carrying out airstrikes on capital, wounding two soldiers

Alleged Israeli attack in Damascus also causes material damage to targets, sets off air defenses By EMANUEL FABIAN 19 July 2023, 1:32 am     This image circulating online purports to show flames and smoke rising from a site in Damascus following an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria, early July 19, 2023 (Social media; used in accordance with […]

Exclusive: US issues new 120-day waiver letting Iraq pay Iran for electricity

By Arshad Mohammed July 18, 20239:55 PM UTC WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday signed a new national security waiver letting Iraq pay Iran for electricity that for the first time allows such payments to go to accounts at non-Iraqi banks, a U.S. official told Reuters. The official, […]

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Damascus area

That airstrike came shortly after reports of alleged Israeli airstrikes in the Homs Governorate in central Syria. TZVI JOFFREPublished: JULY 19, 2023 00:39 Syrian air defenses were activated in response to alleged Israeli airstrikes in the Damascus area on Tuesday night, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA. The last Israeli airstrikes to hit […]

Netanyahu to Biden: We won’t advance more settlement housing plans in 2023

The Biden administration has been sharply critical of the accelerated settlement activity that has occurred under Netanyahu, including policy changes that have fast-tracked the approval process. JERUSALEM POST STAFFJULY 18, 2023 18:47 Israel doesn’t plan to advance any more plans for West Bank settler homes this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe […]

IDF chief: Reservists’ refusal to serve harms military, national security

Lt. Gen. Halevi says goal is to maintain high level of both competence and cohesion within the army, amid national tensions over judicial overhaul Emanuel FabianToday, 11:35 am Speaking at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on Tuesday morning, military chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said calls by reservists to refuse to serve […]

F-35s, F-16s, more ships: The US keeps bolstering Middle East military – analysis

There is no shortage of US Air Force assets and other weapons within the CENTCOM area. However, the decision to keep releasing details on these deployments is clear messaging to Iran and Russia. SETH J. FRANTZMANJULY 18, 2023 11:11 Days after US officials said that the US would send F-16s to the region, and the […]