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News Desk2019-05-27     .td_uid_6_5cebbee77c55e_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cebbee77c55e_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Islamic Republic of Iran has tested their Qiam-1 missile in a ‘secret’ underground facility in an undisclosed location inside the Persian Gulf nation. #Iran Launching Qiam-1 missile from a secret ‘underground city’ facility. Location unknown 😉https://t.co/P1pphLuszd#IRGC pic.twitter.com/MlnDOeJxKF — IWN (@A7_Mirza) […]

The attorney-general said that he gave Netanyahu a longer postponement, to October 2-3, because he was the only defendant involved in all three cases. Yonah Jeremy Bob May 27, 2019 11:58 Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit provided a fuller explanation to his decision to delay Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing on bribery charges on Tuesday, saying […]

A new prime minister? Another election? A minority government? All the scenarios that could unfold over the next few days. by  Gideon Allon  Published on  2019-05-27 Can Netanyahu form a government by Wednesday? If Netanyahu wants to continue as prime minister, he has to get the Knesset’s approval for a newly formed government by asking the Knesset […]

Talking with Washington is akin to talking with the devil, a senior official with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, downplaying the US military presence in the region as the “weakest in history.” “Negotiating with the devil, the Quran says, bears no fruit,” the deputy commander of the IRGC, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, said, […]

One can only hope that an isolated incident or an alleged attack does not spark a retaliation that could lead to a Vietnam-style conflict with Iran, one that could necessitate sending hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to the Middle East. Lawrence J. Korb Many analysts have argued that the rising tensions between the United […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on elections for the European Parliament (all times local): 1:50 a.m. Italy’s hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, says the European parliamentary vote shows “that the rules are changing in Europe.” Salvini told supporters at party headquarters in Milan early Monday that the results of Europe’s four-day vote show that “a […]

Foreign Minister says his country will ‘stand by’ its neighbor, declares US economic sanctions ‘unnecessary’ and cause suffering to Iranians By AFPToday, 8:03 pm Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim, right, meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Baghdad, on May 26, 2019. (SABAH ARAR/AFP) BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi leaders have warned of the risks […]

Israeli ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff said that “concealing an individual’s Jewishness cannot be the solution to the problem of increasing anti-Semitism in Germany. There must be a zero-tolerance policy against any form of anti-Semitism.” He was responding to a statement by Felix Klein, the German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, that he would recommend Jews not […]

Al-Mayadeen: Hezbollah claims US wants to settle Palestinians in Lebanon By Seth J. Frantzman May 25, 2019 21:41   1 minute read. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech. (photo credit: REUTERS) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that the day was “fast approaching” when a US-backed “plot” would aim to keep Palestinian […]

Netanyahu may be able to bypass the time limit on building a coalition after reaching a stalemate in coalition talks with Liberman. Gil Hoffman May 26, 2019 10:30 Benjamin Netanyahu . (photo credit: REUTERS) The stalemate in coalition talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman continued over the weekend with […]