Saudi Leader MBS Helped Broker Brittney Griner Swap After White House Ended Khashoggi Suit

Greg WilsonDec 8, 2022 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman helped broker the dramatic prisoner swap between the U.S. and Moscow that sprang WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian gulag, days after the Biden administration helped spike a lawsuit against the Saudi ruler. MBS, as the Saudi leader is known, and United Arab […]

Saudi Arabia may normalize ties with Israel within a year, Danon says

Under the Abraham Accords, Israel normalized ties with four Arab countries in 2020. No new countries have signed onto the accords since then. By TOVAH LAZAROFF Published: DECEMBER 8, 2022 21:54 Updated: DECEMBER 8, 2022 22:07 Left to Right, Pastor Carlos Luna Lam, Rabbi Elie Abadie, Ambassador Danny Danon, Imam Mohammad Tawhidi at the First Annual Abraham Accords […]

Report: Meeting at White House to discuss new Israeli govt.

Senior US officials say question of whether to speak with Smotrich, Ben-Gvir raised at White House meeting. Israel National News 7.12.22, 22:07     A high-level meeting was held at the White House last week lo discuss policy towards the new government in Israel, including the question of whether or not to hold talks with […]

UN says Israel must give up nuclear weapons in lopsided vote

Ukraine was absent from the vote after supporting the initial text. By TOVAH LAZAROFF Published: DECEMBER 7, 2022 21:34 Updated: DECEMBER 7, 2022 23:10     View of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev Desert outside Dimona (photo credit: JIM HOLLANDER / POOL / REUTERS) The United Nations General Assembly affirmed that Israel must give up its nuclear weapons in […]

Iran: 9 people to face death penalty over death of nuclear scientist

Iran’s judiciary says nine people will face death penalty over assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which Iran has blamed on Israel. Elad Benari7.12.22, 6:08   Iran’s judiciary announced on Tuesday that nine people will face the death penalty over the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, AFP reported. Fakhrizadeh was killed when his car was ambushed […]

Did the US mean it will allow Iran to nuke Israel if we don’t behave?

It seems as though we have reached a new threat level with the US administration. Op-ed. Dr. Aaron Lerner 6.12.22, 8:06     With both American and domestic Israeli lefties in the media, defense establishment, think tanks et al cranking up their pressure against the new rightist Israeli government – ostensibly to keep the coalition […]

Iran ramping up murder, kidnapping attempts in the US, Canada, and Europe – report

December 4, 2022 “These hostile [Iranian] activities and foreign interference undermine the security of Canada and Canadians, as well as our democratic values and sovereignty,” said a spokesperson from Canada’s intelligence agency. By World Israel News Staff Iran is ramping up its crackdowns on dissidents, including political activists and journalists, living abroad, and recruiting third-party […]

Russia rejects G7 and EU capping oil at $60 per barrel, threatens to shut spigot

‘From this year, Europe will live without Russian oil,’ says Moscow official; Kyiv says limit doesn’t go far enough Jamey KeatenToday, 10:48 am KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country’s oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it. Australia, Britain, […]

Iran executes four people it accused of spying for Israel

December 4, 2022 Four executed in Iran for allegedly aiding Mossad, with three more given long prison sentences. By The Associated Press Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. Three others received lengthy prison sentences. IRNA said the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard […]

Has antisemitism in US reached a tipping point? – analysis

The prevalence of anti-Jewish rhetoric and a number of high-profile antisemitic incidents are unlike the antisemitic milieu anywhere else. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: DECEMBER 3, 2022 22:38 Updated: DECEMBER 4, 2022 00:05 American white nationalists march at the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11, 2017. In Charlottesville, […]

Israel strikes ‘main Hamas rocket factory’ in Gaza; fresh alert sounds in south

Terror group reportedly shoots new volley of rockets, targets Israeli plane with anti-aircraft fire, following retaliatory attack for Saturday evening missile launch By Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff Today, 1:27 am Israeli warplanes carried out retaliatory strikes against Gaza-based terrorists early Sunday and rocket alarms sounded near communities inside Israel as Gazans reportedly fired rockets […]

Rocket fired from Gaza lands in open field in south; first launch in a month

Attack comes following threats by Islamic Jihad to retaliate over deaths of members in West Bank raid By Emanuel Fabian Today, 8:30 pm Edit Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent.   A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel on Saturday night, the military said. The Israel Defense […]

Why are relations between Azerbaijan and Israel developing now?

December 1, 2022 at 2:38 pm | Published in: Armenia, Article, Asia & Americas, Azerbaijan, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Russia, Ukraine Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets Azerbaijani Defense Minister General Zakir Hasanov in Baku, Azerbaijan on October 03, 2022. [Israeli Ministry of Defense – Anadolu Agency] Dr Adnan Abu Amer  AdnanAbuAmer2 December 1, 2022 at 2:38 pm Azerbaijan’s announcement that it’s […]

US Intelligence, Joe Biden, and the Dilemma of Iran

by Erfan Fard Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (R) in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo The year 2020 was chaotic and bizarre — yet by its end, a new era of peace had dawned […]