‘Israel will not relinquish share of gas reservoir’

Energy Min. Director-General warns reservoir partners: ‘Israel will act in every way to secure gas rights to Yishai-Aphrodite reservoir.’ Arutz Sheva Staff, 10/12/19  Energy Minister Director-General Udi Adiri warned Delek’s C.E.O. and the representatives of Nobel and Shell that Israel will not wave its rights in the Yishai-Aphrodite reservoir. “The Government of Israel will continue […]

Turkey is ready to deploy troops to fight Haftar in Libya: Erdogan

  Turkish army soldiers stand guard as Kurdish people wait in a hope to enter Cizre, a town subject to a curfew as part of a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels, on March 22, 2016 in Mardin, for Newroz celebration. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for ‘New Year’, is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the […]

Turkey’s next military target: Libya

Ankara claims it opposes Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt and will act militarily in Libya and in the Mediterranean. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 10, 2019 14:15 (photo credit: CEM OKSUZ/TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) Turkey is preparing a new military adventure after its invasion of northern Syria in October. On Tuesday Ankara threatened Cyprus, […]

Permanent US embassy in Jerusalem green-lighted

Jerusalem mayor meets with US State Department officials to streamline approval of permanent US embassy complex in the capital. Arutz Sheva Staff, 10/12/19 Addison “Tad” Davis with Mayor Lion PR Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion met Monday with representatives of the US State Department, including the director of the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Addison […]

Russia Ready to Consider Trump’s Idea on New Nuclear Disarmament Treaty – Source

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously shared that he had discussed the fate of the bilateral treaty New START, set to expire soon, with his American counterpart Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019, but added that what will happen with it remains unknown. Russia is ready to consider proposals on a […]

Iran: ‘If Israel makes a mistake – we’ll flatten Tel Aviv’

Morteza Ghorbani, a senior adviser to Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami warned Israel on Tuesday that any mistake on its side will bring about a severe response from the Islamic Republic.”If Israel makes a mistake, even the smallest one, against Iran, we will flatten Tel Aviv into dirt from Lebanon,” Ghorbani told Iranian media […]

Iran shuts south Syrian command center opposite Golan, consolidates Abu Kamal hub

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Al Qods Brigades have just finished emptying out and shuttering Al Kiswah, their main command center in southern Syria. Our military sources report that this command post, situated 15km south of Damascus, was the Iranian military’s nearest point to Israel’s Golan border. In 2017, the IRGC invested substantial resources in […]

Israel will not be able to transport gas across the Mediterranean without our approval: Erdogan

Israel will not be able to transport gas across the Mediterranean without our approval: Erdogan By News Desk 2019-12-10 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 A.M.) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Israel will not be able to transport gas across the Mediterranean without his country’s approval. Erdogan said in an interview with the state-owned TRT network that […]

US suspects Iran behind rocket attacks on Iraqi bases hosting US forces

According to one official, the rockets used in the attacks have become increasingly sophisticated with rockets with longer ranges and higher explosive power. TZVI JOFFRE DECEMBER 10, 2019 00:55 US officials suspect that Iran is behind a series of rocket attacks on Iraqi bases hosting American forces, after four rockets struck an Iraqi military base […]

AG’s office said to warn PM Jordan Valley annexation could lead to ICC probe

Legal officials tell Netanyahu move could land IDF officers and West Bank mayors in The Hague, after premier vows to carry out pre-election pledge By Jacob Magid Today, 12:14 am 0 Edit   Jacob Magid is the settlements correspondent for The Times of Israel. Officials in the attorney general’s office have recently warned Prime Minister […]

Israel Tells Energy Companies to Hold Fire on Cyprus Gas Project

Countries have been in dispute for several years over the Aphrodite gas reserve that straddle their maritime border Reuters Israel’s Energy Ministry has advised three energy companies not to start work on the Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus until the two countries reach agreement over ownership of the reserves. Cyprus and Israel have been in […]

Turkey’s Erdogan says Israel executing Palestinian girls, elderly

Turkish president tells Organisation of Islamic Cooperation conference that Western countries — and some Arab states — are ‘practically encouraging this brutality’ TOI staffToday, 7:49 pm Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “openly executing” Palestinians in the streets, in the latest in a series of diatribes against the Jewish state. Erdogan also claimed […]

Israeli FM vows ‘hundreds of Tomahawk missiles at Tehran’ if Iran crosses red line

News Desk2019-12-09   Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5dee2db839df9_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5dee2db839df9_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 P.M.) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz threatened […]

Israel’s real military deterrence is its missiles

Analysis: Amid rising tensions with Iran and ongoing rumors about its experimental new missile, Israel has recently conducted test launches of its own to show that it is ready to face any future attacks and preserve its status as ‘an unbeatable country’ Updated: 12.09.19 , 09:25 A superpower’s deterrence rests on the traditional three pillars […]