U.S. starts ‘unwinding’ Turkey from F-35 program over Russia defense deal

  WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL – The United States on Friday raised the stakes in its standoff with Turkey over Ankara’s deal to acquire a Russian air defense system, laying out a plan to remove the NATO ally from the F-35 fighter jet program that includes immediately halting any new training for Turkish pilots on the advanced aircraft. […]

Temple Mount Sifting Project reboots, aims to salvage ancient temple artifacts

At Jerusalem Day event, minister vows funds for project in which 500,000 artifacts from all eras of J’lem settlement have already been found in dirt illegally dumped by Muslim Waqf By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN 7 June 2019, 2:04 pm2 528shares Prof. Gabriel Barkay, co-director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, on Mayn 30, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of […]

Iran said accelerating uranium centrifuge production, anticipating deal collapse

But Israeli intelligence sources tell Channel 13 news Tehran is also making overtures to Washington to renew talks in bid to deescalate By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 10:12 pm   Illustrative. Centrifuges enriching uranium. (Public Domain/US Department of Energy/Wikimedia Commons) With Iran’s nuclear deal with global powers teetering on the edge of collapse, Israeli intelligence has identified a significant […]

US Sanctions Iranian Petrochemicals Company Linked to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The US Treasury Department on Friday announced a new layer of economic pressure on the Iranian regime, with tough sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic’s main petrochemicals company. “The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Iran’s largest and most profitable petrochemical holding group, Persian Gulf Petrochemical […]

Pentagon Gives Turkey a Deadline to Cancel S-400 Deal or Lose F-35

By July 31, says the ASecDef, Ankara must choose between the Russian S-400 or the U.S.-led JSF. The Pentagon has started the process of removing Turkey from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, and has drawn up plans to shift the NATO ally’s manufacturing roles to American and allied manufacturers, U.S. defense officials said Friday. Washington […]

IntelBrief: Russia and Iran Seek the Spoils of War in Syria

Posted on June 07, 2019 Bottom Line Up Front Although they are on the same side in the conflict in Syria, Russia and Iran each maintain their own priorities beyond propping up the Assad regime. Russia and Iran have expended massive resources to carve out their own long-term spheres of influence in Syria and throughout […]

From U.S. to Iran, Russia’s S-400 upending the world – analysis

Russia’s S-400 has the potential to both embarrass Washington and upend the traditional US alliance system in the region. Seth J. Frantzman June 7, 2019 13:05 The US stopped receiving more Turkish pilots for an F-35 training program, Reuters reported on Friday. The same day Russia said it had not received a request from Iran […]

Iran rejects French call for wider talks beyond nuclear deal – state TV

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran rejected French calls for wider international talks over its nuclear and military ambitions, saying on Friday it would only discuss its existing 2015 atomic pact with world powers, state TV reported. French President Emmanuel Macron had said a day earlier that Paris and Washington both wanted to stop Tehran getting nuclear […]

Has the World Gone Crazy Again?

  If aliens to the Earth have arrived in the last few years gathering intelligence to decide and judge whether the Earth is worth being approached or left to mature, they would likely have some serious questions. Actually, the longer they might have viewed the Earth, they would likely have realized that what is happening […]

IDF foils attempt to smuggle rocket manufacturing materials to Gaza- Watch

This joint effort of the IDF and security forces, aimed at stopping Hamas, is part of a long-term strategy of preventing terror activity and defending the citizens of the State of Israel. Benjy Singer, JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 7, 2019 10:39 Footage of the IDF capturing two vessels trying to smuggle illegal material into Gaza […]

Kremlin says Putin and Trump may meet this month in Japan -Ifax

By REUTERS June 7, 2019 10:30   MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Friday it saw a chance that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump would meet at the G20 meeting in Japan’s Osaka later this month, the Interfax news agency reported. “There is of course a chance. There is a chance […]

North Korea’s Nuclear Bomb Is Much Bigger than Previously Thought

A new look at 2017 test data reveals an explosion 16 times as powerful than the one that leveled Hiroshima. Scientists looking anew at a 2017 North Korean nuclear test discovered that the explosion was likely about two-thirds more powerful than U.S. officials previously thought. Earlier data put the yield somewhere between 30 and 300 kilotons; […]

Putin says Russia prepared to drop START nuclear arms treaty

The START nuclear arms treaty expires in 2021 The START nuclear arms treaty expires in 2021 (AFP Photo/Alexey NIKOLSKY) Saint Petersburg (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia was prepared to drop a nuclear weapons treaty with the US and warned of “global catastrophe” if Washington keeps dismantling an international arms control regime. Speaking […]

Army says reported Syria rocket launch was anti-aircraft fire, didn’t land in Israel

The Israeli military says its radar systems detected anti-aircraft fire from Syria, which initially appeared to be rockets heading toward Israel. An army spokesperson says the surface-to-air missile did not land inside Israel nor did it represent a threat to Israelis. — Judah Ari Gross