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KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI 02/18/2020 Ankara furthers military build-up in northwestern Syria amid hopes for cease-fire agreement Talks between Ankara and Moscow continued for a second day on Tuesday over a Russia-backed offensive in Syria’s largest remaining rebel stronghold that threatens to push hundreds of thousands more refugees into Turkey. The Turkish military has been sending troops […]
The security-based essence of the plan has been one of the fundamentals of Israel’s security doctrine since repelling aggression in the Six Day War. ZALMAN SHOVAL FEBRUARY 17, 2020 22:22 President Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is arguably the most important statement pertaining to Israel’s political position since the United Nations partition plan of 1947 […]
by Moshe Phillips Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon meets with his US counterpart, Kelly Craft, on Sept. 20, 2019. Photo: Israel Mission to the UN. The UN has earned all of the ire it has received from the likes of Secretary State Mike Pompeo, former ambassador Nikki Haley, and others […]
Israeli gas supply to Egypt will surely bolster relations between the two countries, claims a former envoy, but it won’t be able to get the two peoples closer, simply because Egypt still harbours strong anti-Israel sentiments that even President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi cannot change. It has been a month since Israel, which has been positioning […]
CJ Werleman reports on continuing attempts by Vladimir Putin to destabilise Europe by killing and displacing Syrian civilians in support of the Bashar al-Assad regime. In 1983, US President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as the “evil empire”. He was right and, if he was still alive today, he’d be right in framing […]
Tuesday 18 Feb 2020 Print Views: 273 Related WHO warns against virus over-reaction as death toll hits 1,868 Hundreds of Americans flown home from cruise ship, 14 with coronavirus Coronavirus forces delay of trade fairs and conferences FACTBOX: Countries evacuating nationals from China coronavirus areas The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city […]
February 18, 2020 – 06:52 Iran and Russia are to finalize a visa waiver plan for group travel between the two countries. Iranian Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Vali Teymouri said the final visa waiver deal will be clinched at the upcoming MITT exhibition in Russia. “The Russia exhibit is of great […]
IFP Editorial StaffFebruary 17, 2020 – 19:37 Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami has cautioned Israel against any mischievous behavior, saying the whole areas occupied by the Zionist regime are within the range of the IRGC’s fire, not necessarily from inside Iran. “We give a warning to Israelis to care […]
Foreign affairs chief says EU won’t pass official resolutions on Trump’s peace plan until “after Israeli elections”. Elad Benari, 18/02/20 01:05 Josep Borrell Reuters The European Union will not pass any official resolutions on US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinian Arabs until “after Israeli elections,” the EU’s […]
Legal briefs filed with the ICC on the court’s jurisdiction over east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza have produced split results on the question of Palestinian statehood. TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 17, 2020 23:23 The Palestinians are pushing for European Union unilateral recognition of statehood as the best antidote to any pending Israeli annexation measures […]
Middle East observers often remark at the undisguised desire of the European nations to become more significant players in the Mideast peace process. Until now it has been a futile aspiration. But since the Palestinian Authority has initiated a boycott against American involvement in the search for peace, some pundits see a potential role for […]
Iran’s former defense minister on how Soleimani confronted “Zionists,” ISIS and helped persuade Russia on the importance of Syria. “He was more than a commander: he was a diplomat and administrator.” By SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 17, 2020 17:32 Hajj Qasem, as Qasem Soleimani is fondly remembered by his friends from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites at Damascus International Airport were heavily damaged due to airstrikes. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 17, 2020 21:12 ImageSat International (ISI) reported on Monday evening that heavy damage was inflicted upon Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites at Damascus International Airport on February 13. Airstrikes appear to have hit warehouses, a […]
Hebrew University team unearths Canaanite temple in Lachish in southern Israel, along with oldest example of Hebrew letter ‘samech’. Arutz Sheva Staff, 17/02/20 13:38 The Biblical Book of Joshua tells the story of the ancient Israelites’ entry into the Promised Land after a 40-year sojourn in the desert. Now, a team of archaeologists led […]