Trump peace plan ‘very strong,’ Netanyahu says

“This plan is very strong. It has a deep idea, which is fundamentally important and genuine,” Netanyahu said regarding the Trump administration’s economic vision for the Palestinian people. By World Israel News Staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the Israel Hayom Forum on U.S.-Israel Relations Thursday evening at the Davidson Center in the Old […]

Russia Ready to Deliver S-400 to Iran But No Request in Place Yet – Cooperation Agency

PATRIOT PARK, Russia (Sputnik) – Russia is ready to deliver S-400 air defence systems to Iran, but it has not received a relevant request from Iran yet, the press service of the Russian Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation told Sputnik on Friday. “We are open for discussions on delivering S-400 Triumph air defence systems, including […]

Islamic Jihad hints it may strike Israel in case of US-Iran war

Member of Gaza-based terror group vows not to ‘abandon’ Tehran if there’s a conflict; Hamas: ‘We don’t have to be dragged into a war with Israel’ if Iran attacked By TOI STAFFToday, 2:18 pm  0 0shares Palestinian members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad terror group, parade with a replica rocket on […]

Loving Israel? 8 things to know for June 28

Bahrain’s warm words toward Israeli journalists are celebrated — or protested — as a nearly unbelievable event, while Gaza violence takes an unexpectedly sexy turn By JOSHUA DAVIDOVICHToday, 1:37 pm  0 0shares Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, left, gives a joint press conference with Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, center, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister […]

Failed US cyber strike on Shiite rocket control systems in Lebanon stirs war fears in Israel

The US Cyber Command on Sunday, June 23, conducted a cyberattack on the Lebanon-based logistical command centers of the Iraqi Shiite Kata’ib Hezbollah militia, one of Tehran’s key proxies. Not much is known about this first US strike of this kind in Lebanon on a militia allied with the local Hizballah. Deferring directly to Al […]

New discovery in Jerusalem’s City of David: 2,000-year-old pilgrimage road

The City of David has already changed Jerusalem. A new discovery there opening soon will change the way Jews connect with their past in a way never seen before. Yaakov Katz June 28, 2019 11:59 City of David In 2004, a sewage pipe burst in the middle of the neighborhood of Silwan in southeast Jerusalem. […]

Israel confirms deal with Hamas: ‘The violence will stop’

In exchange for end to terror balloon attacks which have ravaged Israeli farms, Israel expands Gaza fishing zone, okays diesel transfers.   Arutz Sheva Staff, 28/06/19 11:54 Gaza fence bordering Nativ HaAsara Flash 90 Israel confirmed Friday morning that it had reached an agreement for a truce with the Hamas terror organization, hours after Arab […]

Iran backs down on prohibited enrichment

Tehran appears to have backtracked on its ultimatum to exceed the 2015 accord ceiling on uranium enrichment as of Thursday, June 27. Sources in Vienna, confirming this, add there is no sign that Iran is preparing to go past the agreed 300-kg limit on low-grade enrichment in the coming weekend. One source suggested that intensified […]

Kushner hails Bahrain conference as ‘tremendous success’

Trump adviser says his ‘detailed and reasonable’ plan to revive Palestinian economy was well received by workshop attendees, says $50 billion stimulus package not a bribe By TOI STAFF 27 June 2019, 2:39 pm Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, speaks to reporters as he closes the US-sponsored Middle East economic conference […]

Iran, nuclear deal partners to meet as accord under threat

Regular quarterly meeting in Vienna comes with Tehran poised to exceed uranium enrichment caps in wake of US pullout and skyrocketing tensions By APToday, 11:29 am     European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, from left, wait for the start of prior to a bilateral meeting as […]

Iran seen breaking nuclear pact limit in days; Trump says ‘no time pressure’

Published:  06.28.19 , 09:43 Diplomats said Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement within days but U.S. President Donald Trump, who has ratcheted up pressure on the Middle Eastern country, said there was “absolutely no time pressure” on the issue.   The prospect that Tehran could soon violate its nuclear […]

Iran draws the line, says Vienna is ‘last chance’ to save nuclear deal

Friday’s meeting in Vienna between the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal was the “last chance” to save the accord, Iranian officials claimed. REUTERS June 28, 2019 10:35 LONDON – Iran said Friday’s meeting in Vienna between the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal was the “last chance” to save the accord after the US […]

Abbas: Eastern Jerusalem is the capital of ‘Palestine’

PA chairman says national rights are not real estate assets that can be bought and sold with money. Dalit Halevi, 28/06/19 05:33 Mahmoud Abbas Reuters Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday, in the wake of the economic conference in Bahrain aimed at promoting economic peace, that national rights are not real estate […]

Trump meets with Putin, talks response to Iran at G20 summit

Trump meets with foreign leaders including Vladimir Putin, at G20 summit in Osaka. ‘Don’t meddle in our elections’, Trump jokes. 28/06/19 09:20 President Donald Trump met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan on Friday – one of a series of meetings between the US president and foreign leaders […]