Merkel refuses to outlaw Hezbollah, snubbing German Jews after kippah row

When asked on Wednesday by The Jerusalem Post numerous times if the German government plans to ban the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist organization, Merkel and Seehofer refused to answer. By Benjamin Weinthal May 30, 2019 22:08   German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior minister, Horst Seehofer, ignored an urgent plea from the country’s tiny Jewish […]

Hamas leader threatens Tel Aviv, urges Bahranis to strike over US summit

Yahya Sinwar says the terror groups will ‘pulverize’ the center of Israel in the next round of cross-border fighting; orders residents of the Gulf state, due to host conference where parts of Trump’s peace plan will be unveiled, to declare general strike Elior LevyPublished:  05.30.19 , 21:09 Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Thursday threatened to […]

Pompeo: Iran Attacked Oil Tankers in Gulf to Raise Crude Oil Prices

On Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that the attacks on four oil tankers located off the coast of the UAE’s Fujairah earlier this month were “efforts by Iranians to raise the price of crude oil around the world.” On May 12, four oil tankers — two Saudi, one Norwegian and one Emirati — were […]

Palestinians: New Israeli Elections Spell the End for Trump’s Peace Plan

JNS.org – According to a senior Palestinian Authority source, Israel’s new elections, currently set for Sept. 17, will postpone the presentation of US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan until after the 2020 elections in the United States and thus “relegate it to the dustbin of history.” Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, speaking from Saudi Arabia, […]

Iran ready to clear up misunderstandings with Arab states: Envoy to Paris

Iran’s ambassador to France says Tehran stands ready to resolve misunderstandings with certain neighboring Persian Gulf states, underlining the importance of adopting collective measures by all regional countries to guarantee peace and stability. Bahram Qassemi made the remarks while addressing a conference titled ‘Reducing Tensions in the Persian Gulf,’ which was held at the French […]

Netanyahu is implicitly touted by Trump and Putin in his fight for re-election

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received an unforeseen boost on Wednesday, May 29, while he was announcing a new election on Sept 17 after failing to set up a government. Harsh recriminations and insults flew through the Knesset chamber on the heels of a dissolution vote of 74:45. Netanyahu accused Israel Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman of […]

Netanyahu meets Kushner and Greenblatt in Jerusalem

  Netanyahu meets White House adviser Jared Kushner and Trump envoy Jason Greenblatt ahead of the unveiling of the long-awaited US peace plan.   AFP, 30/05/19 16:17   Netanyahu with Brian Hook, Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and Ron Dermer.  Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday as part of a […]

US says Mideast conference in Bahrain to go ahead despite Israeli election

With Trump advisers in region to rally support for next month’s summit, official clarifies that separate rollout of plan’s political elements will take place when timing’s right By AFP and TOI STAFF Today, 11:30 pm WASHINGTON — A US-led conference on economic aspects of a Middle East peace plan will go ahead next month in […]

Netanyahu shows off Trump’s map of Israel with Golan Heights

View image on Twitter Barak Ravid ✔@BarakRavid Bibi with the map signed by Trump. Check out what Trump wrote next to the Golan Heights 711 1:10 PM – May 30, 2019 The ceremony on June 12 will dedicate the new community to be built on the site of the existing village of Kela Alon in […]

NUCLEAR WARNING: Iran seeks weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION, claims intelligence reports

IRAN is trying build an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction despite claims the nation is sticking to the terms of a nuclear arms deal, according to German intelligence reports. By Simon Osborne Simon Osborne 10:46, Thu, May 30, 2019 Officers from the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution found Iran to be […]

Al-Quds neither America’s to give away nor Israel’s to take, says Iran’s Zarif

Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammd Javad Zarif says the the holy occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds belongs to Palestine and the Palestinian nation, stressing that neither the United States nor the Israeli regime can make decisions about it. “Al-Quds (Jerusalem) is neither America’s to give away nor Israel’s to take. And NOT for brutal accomplices to try to […]

Caroline Glick: Avigdor Liberman, Israel’s One-man Wrecking Ball

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party were unable to form a governing coalition within the six weeks prescribed by law — an outcome that seemed inconceivable six weeks ago, with the Likud’s stunning victory in Israel’s April 9 general elections. And as a result, on September 17, Israeli voters will again go to […]

Robert Mueller’s Parting Shot

The special counsel gives House Democrats an impeachment nod. By The Editorial Board May 29, 2019 7:20 p.m. ET Special Counsel Robert Mueller speaks to the media about the results of the Russia investigation at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., May 29. PHOTO: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK Robert Mueller is an honorable man, as Marc Antony might […]

Saudi Arabia calls on Muslim world to reject Iran ‘interference’

Riyadh’s foreign minister says attacks on oil installations must be addressed with ‘firmness and d Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf (R) and The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen (C) chat before a family photo during a meeting of Islamic and Arab Foreign Ministers in Jeddah on May […]