Netanyahu in Passover Greeting: Story of the Jewish People ‘Has No Parallel’

by Algemeiner Staff     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets with US Vice President Mike Pence in Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 14, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Kacper Pempel / File. Newly re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a Passover greeting in a video published on social media on Friday, ahead of […]

Right from Wrong: A Passover tribute to President Trump

Some of the cynics among us, tend to throw in a few digs at the dinner table about how we wouldn’t need so much saving at the last minute if divine intervention had kept us from needing it. Ruthie Blum April 18, 2019 20:38 According to an old joke that never wears out its welcome, […]

Hezbollah leader believes war with Israel is highly possible this summer

2019-04-19 BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 P.M.) – Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Ansarallah reportedly told his top commanders at a meeting last night that war with Israel is highly possible. This meeting was revealed by veteran journalist Elijah Magnier; he is releasing the details regarding this conversation in an article on Saturday. “Last night, During a private […]

IDF attacks Hamas military posts in Gaza

There are no known casualties. JERUSALEM POST STAFF April 19, 2019 16:10 The IDF tank and aircraft attacked two Hamas military posts in Gaza in response to a short-ranged attack near the border on Friday according to the IDF. There are no known casualties.   All crossings to the West Bank and Gaza were closed to […]

Greenblatt: Peace plan doesn’t include giving Sinai to Gaza

US envoy rejects reports that peace plan will include giving a portion of the Sinai Peninsula to Gaza: Don’t believe everything you read. Elad Benari, Canada, 19/04/19 Jason Greenblatt, the US Representative for International Negotiations, on Friday rejected reports that the Trump administration’s peace plan will include giving a portion of the Sinai Peninsula to […]

U.S. and Turkey “closer” to solving S-400 issue – U.S. Acting Defense Sec.

The United States and Turkey are closer to a solution for their S-400 disagreement, acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan told reporters after welcoming Albanian Minister Of Defence Olta Xhaçka to the Pentagon. Washington Times reported; Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan struck an optimistic tone on whether the U.S. and Turkey could reach common ground regarding the S-400 […]

French ambassador to US: Israel becoming an apartheid state

i24NEWS Latest Revision 19 April 2019, 14:47 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) France’s Ambassador to the United States Gérard Araud. Ambassador Gérard Araud said the US peace plan is almost certainly doomed to fail Israel will become an apartheid state, outgoing French ambassador to the United States told the Atlantic in an interview published on Friday where he […]

Moscow yeshiva set on fire during Passover Seder

Arson fire was set at Torat Chaim yeshiva in eastern Moscow as 60 people gather there for Passover celebration. Elad Benari, Canada, 19/04/ An arson fire was set at the largest yeshiva in Russia as during a Passover Seder on Friday, Jewish officials said, according to The Associated Press. No one was reported injured in […]

My Word: Reaching for the Moon and freedom to choose

Like many in Israel and around the world, I held my breath on Thursday, April 11, as I watched what I hoped would be the successful landing of the SpaceIL lunar probe Beresheet on the Moon. By Liat Collins April 18, 2019 20:58   ‘Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan,” goes the […]

Macron congratulates Netanyahu on win, shares hope for two-state solution

German Chancellor Angel Merkel called to congratulate the prime minister on Monday, also stressing her country’s hope for dialogue between the Israelis and Palestinians and for a two-state solution. JERUSALEM POST STAFF April 19, 2019 12:53 French President Emmanuel Macaron sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a letter on Thursday in which he congratulated him on […]

Netanyahu in Passover message: Israel now admired by ‘the Arab and Muslim world’

In video marking festival of freedom, prime minister says he’s ‘persistently and systematically turning Israel into a rising global power’ By TOI STAFFToday, 12:37 pm  0 0shares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted what he said were burgeoning ties between Israel […]

Syria says Iranian oil tankers blocked at Suez Canal if shipment is destined for Syrian port

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – Under the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Great Britain, no Iranian oil tankers are allowed to transit the Suez Canal if they are destined for a Syrian port, a Syrian military source told Al-Masdar News this morning. The source said Iranian oil tankers are allowed to enter Mediterranean waters […]

Iran showcases domestic fighter jets

Iran showcases its domestically made fighter jets during a military parade marking National Army Day in Tehran. Elad Benari, 19/04/19 06:34 Iran on Thursday showcased its domestically made fighter jets by flying the aircraft over Tehran during a military parade marking National Army Day, The Associated Press reported. TV footage showed the aircraft performing during […]

PA to launch campaign against US peace plan

Abbas adviser announces PA will launch campaign to counter Trump’s “Deal of the Century”. Elad Benari, 19/04/19  Nabil Shaath, international relations adviser to Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that the PA will launch a campaign to counter the US peace plan, known as the “Deal of the Century”, reported the Xinhua […]