Israel lauds Bahrain FM for friendly comments, invites journalists to visit

Hoping for closer ties, Foreign Ministry says ‘direct contact is the key to peace,’ after Shaikh Khalid Al Khalifa’s first interviews with Israeli media By RAPHAEL AHREN and TOI STAFF27 June 2019, 8:51 pm   20shares Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa speaks with the Times of Israel on the sidelines of the Peace to Prosperity workshop […]

US envoy says war with Iran ‘unnecessary,’ but military buildup going ahead

Brian Hook calls for international naval force to protect ships in Persian Gulf, as tensions soar and Tehran readies to breach key provision of nuclear deal By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTONToday, 1:15 am  0 0shares Brian Hook , the US special envoy for Iran, gestures during an interview in Paris, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga) PARIS, France […]

Uranium limit breach wouldn’t end nuclear deal, Iran says

Tehran’s UN envoy says even if Islamic Republic violates key provision of 2015 pact, it could reverse move quickly; up to Europe to show ‘tangible results’ By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 11:03 pm     In this frame grab from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program […]

Protesters storm Bahrain embassy in Baghdad after U.S.-backed summit – watch

Saudi Arabia’s Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer Al-Sabhan condemned the incident as “very unfortunate.” Seth J. Frantzman June 28, 2019 00:59 Iraqi Shi’ite Muslims march during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 31, 2019. (photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI) […]

Haley: Trump peace plan doesn’t compromise Israel’s security

She spoke just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli retention of the Jordan Valley, located between Jerusalem and the country of Jordan, is vital for Israel’s security. Tovah Lazaroff June 27, 2019 23:39 US President Donald Trump’s peace plan doesn’t compromise Israel’s security, former US Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Thursday night […]

Iraqis storm Bahrain embassy in Baghdad to protest peace conference

Security forces shoot in air to disperse crowds as demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and climb fence; official says they did not reach offices By AP27 June 2019, 11:22 pm  0 16shares Protesters at the Bahrain embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday June 27, 2019. (screen capture: Video showed dozens of people with Palestinian flags rallying outside the […]

Bahrain’s FM tells ToI he hopes ‘to visit Israel, when it’s all open, peaceful’

Interview’We’ll encourage the Palestinians…but we can’t force them’ Meet Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, who wants Israelis to understand Bahrain and vice versa, and wonders ‘What’s so surprising?’ about his support for Israel’s right to defend itself By Raphael Ahren Today, 1:36 pm Raphael Ahren is the diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel.   MANAMA, Bahrain […]

Iran said to be short of uranium limit but expected to reach it by weekend

Anonymous diplomats say Tehran will not cross threshold on Thursday as Islamic Republic claimed, but with production rate of roughly a kilo a day, will get there in coming days By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 1:58 pm   A technician at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the […]

France’s Macron to ask Trump to drop some Iran sanctions to help talks

TOKYO (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will try to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend some sanctions on Iran to allow for negotiations to de-escalate the crisis in the region. “I want to convince Trump that it is in his interest to re-open a negotiation process (and) go back […]

Gog and Magog Heating Up? Russia clarifies it Will Side with Iran Against the US and Israel

By David Sidman June 26, 2019 , 9:59 am Turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog Ezekiel 38:1 (The Israel Bible™) US Troops (Image by Shutterstock) Russia’s chief national security adviser, Nikolai Patrushev, defended Iran ‘s claims during a trilateral meeting with his Israeli and American counterparts in Jerusalem on Tuesday. He clarified […]

Trump, Putin to meet amid Iran tensions

The meeting comes as Russia says that it will begin deliveries of its S-400 system to Turkey in July and complete the process by the end of the year. Seth J. Frantzman June 27, 2019 11:51 US President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Osaka during the G20. The meeting […]

SpaceIL cancels Beresheet 2 for more “significant challenge”

Following Israel’s failure to land on the Moon, SpaceIL announces it will not conduct the same mission; SpaceIL: A similar voyage to the Moon would not set the required threshold for a breakthrough mission, and therefore it has been decided to seek a more significant challenge. Israel’s SpaceIL, which recently attempted to land a spacecraft […]

Palestinians hang Trump in effigy in protests against Bahrain summit – report

There was also a poster in the picture that said, “Despicable Trump, your talk is like your urine. Shut up,” the report discovered. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 27, 2019 10:52   2 minute read. Palestinians part of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement published pictures on Facebook of their protest in Bethlehem against the Bahrain summit […]

Fears Return Over German Chancellor Merkel’s Well-Being as She Appears Shaking Again

Speculation about Angela Merkel’s health issues began flying around after she was seen trembling at a welcoming ceremony for Ukraine’s newly-minted president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Berlin last week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared shaky again as she attended an official ceremony to appoint a new justice minister in Berlin on Thursday. Standing alongside President Frank-Walter […]