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‘To dishonor the memory of the Holocaust and the dignity of the survivor is beyond shame,’ Israel’s envoy says Anti-Israel activists tried to disrupt an online event commemorating Holocaust victims organized by the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Jerusalem’s envoy to the country said on Twitter Tuesday. According to Jeremy Issacharoff, the embassy set up an […]

  North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly in “grave danger” after undergoing a cardiovascular surgery earlier this month. CNN has reported Kim US intelligence officials are monitoring the situation. There are further unconfirmed reports Kim is now brain dead, according to a since-deleted tweet from NBC Kim recently missed the celebration of his […]

Why would a country that prides itself on its indigenous missile technology also claim to be copying its most hated enemy, the “Zionist regime?” SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 21, 2020 00:31 Iran’s media bragged on Monday that it reportedly “replicated” an Israeli anti-tank missile. At the same time Iran claims it is now among the […]

Within days of the US officials’ attempts to deter American adversaries, Newsweek reported that US nuclear and associated forces have 106 uniformed personnel off duty due to coronavirus. YONAH JEREMY BOB Nuclear deterrence is a delicate matter that can determine the world’s fate, and the coronavirus crisis could put the entire equation out of whack, […]

Seth J. FrantzmanApril 20, 2020 2:14 PM Flag in front of Iran’s Foreign Ministry building in Tehran (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters) It’s one place where the U.S. Navy has operated with impunity. Eleven Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard fast boats harassed U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf in mid April. Footage released by the U.S. Navy shows the Iranian speed […]

Incident follows condemnation of Israeli ‘annexation’ government by Palestinians The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) foiled a terror attack near Bethlehem in the West Bank, the IDF said in a statement late Monday night. “The troops spotted a number of suspects preparing to hurl Molotov cocktails at an IDF post… adjacent to Amos junction,” the statement […]

To date, Iran has violated the 2015 nuclear deal limits on uranium enrichment, but has not enriched above the 5% level. YONAH JEREMY BOB APRIL 20, 2020 21:48 Iran’s recent rumblings about developing a nuclear submarine are a cover for its desire to start enriching uranium at higher levels, former Mossad official Sima Shine said […]

Iraq relies on oil and is already in economic dire distress. The successful Kurdistan autonomous region also relies on oil and will be hit hard. SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 20, 2020 22:47 Oil prices appeared to collapse on Monday as the May futures contracts for West Texas International, a benchmark trading contract, fell below zero. […]

Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh condemns the formation of the new government, saying the agreement would wreck hopes of peace. “The formation of an Israeli annexation government means ending the two-state solution and the dismantling of the rights of the people of Palestine,” Shtayyeh tweets.