Iran vows it will not surrender even if it is bombed, transfers S-300 to protect nuclear reactor

BY BTNEWS · PUBLISHED MAY 23, 2019 · UPDATED MAY 23, 2019 Iran vows it will not surrender even if it is bombed, transfers S-300 to protect nuclear reactor Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Tehran will not surrender to US pressure and will not give up on its goals even if it is bombed, stepping up the war […]

Netanyahu aims to form coalition of 60 without Liberman

Liberman: Likud forming ultra-Orthodox coalition without me. By Gil Hoffman May 23, 2019 23:15   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited the parties expected to join his coalition to an emergency meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday night, but Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman refused to come. The Likud reacted by bashing Liberman, and […]

Libya’s National Oil Corp Calls on Haftar Forces to Free Oil Union Head – Report

Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) has called on the forces loyal to Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to release Head of the oil workers’ labour union, Saad Dinar, who was abducted by an armed group near the eastern city of Benghazi last month., Reuters reported Thursday. “NOC rejects all forms of violence, […]

Netanyahu aims to form coalition of 60 without Liberman

Liberman: Likud forming ultra-Orthodox coalition without me. By Gil Hoffman May 23, 2019 23:15   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited the parties expected to join his coalition to an emergency meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday night, but Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman refused to come. The Likud reacted by bashing Liberman, and […]

Netanyahu asks for international help as huge fires force evacuation of 3,500

Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Croatia answer call; Public security warns Friday could be much worse amid searing heatwave; officials ready to vacate thousands more By JACOB MAGID and TOI STAFFToday, 8:29 pm  9 1,815shares Firefighters battle a blaze near Kibbutz Harel in central Israel, May 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the Foreign Ministry to reach […]

Iran threatens, should we be concerned?

The Iranian regime continues to threaten and clash with the American administration, but the effects are felt in the Middle East. Israel News Talk Radio, 23/05/19 Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back Dr. Stephen Bryen, former Reagan era Pentagon official, military technology expert and Asia Times columnist to address Iran’s capabilities in […]

DOZENS OF COMMUNITIES SEVERELY DAMAGED IN MASSIVE HEAT-WAVE INDUCED FIRES

The heat wave has caused several fires throughout the country, with one soldier being treated for injuries after helping extinguish a blaze in Kibbutz Karmiya. BY ZACHARY KEYSER, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, SETH J. FRANTZMAN  MAY 23, 2019 22:42     Beit Hagai fire `Quite Skeptical` About U.S.-China Deal in Short Term: PIIE This is a modal window. This modal […]

U.S. received reports pointing to chemical exposure in Syria

REUTERS May 23, 2019 22:48 WASHINGTON – The United States has received numerous reports that appear consistent with chemical exposure after an attack by Syrian government forces in northwest Syria, but it has made no definitive conclusion, a State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday. “We do have numerous sources including interviews with those present during […]

Trump’s Deal of the Century might look like this

Trump has teased forward his impending ‘Deal of the Century.’ But what might his historic peace plan actually entail? Opinion.   David Rubin, 23/05/19 13:27   Donald Trump Reuters President Trump has teased forward his impending ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan for Israel. Hope wanes eternal. But what might his historic peace plan actually […]

Iran, U.S. tension is a “clash of wills”: Guards commander

GENEVA (Reuters) – The standoff between Iran and the United States is a “clash of wills”, a senior commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday, suggesting any enemy “adventurism” would meet a crushing response, Fars news agency reported. Tensions have spiked between the two countries after Washington sent more military forces to the […]

If the US-Iran Gulf Crisis Worsens, Israel Will Be Drawn In

by Oded Granot / JNS.org US President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Swiss Federal President Ueli Maurer at the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Barria. JNS.org – The war of words that Washington and Tehran have been waging these past few weeks swings back and forth between […]

Greenblatt: Hamas must be pressured to keep the peace with Israel

US Special Envoy calls on the UN to denounce Hamas as a terror group for its actions against both Israelis and Palestinians. Tovah Lazaroff May 23, 2019 12:47 Hamas, Islamic Jihad must be pressured to keep the peace with Israel, US special envoy Jason Greenblatt told the United Nations Security Council in New York, after […]

Lieberman returns to defense in next Netanyahu government. IDF will stop firing at Gaza rioters

Avigdor Lieberman stands ready to regain the defense portfolio in the cabinet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to put together next week. He has already taken part in a security conference with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi and Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman on the Gaza situation. Reports abound about some sort […]

Iran Allegedly Transfers S-300 to Persian Gulf Amid Tensions With US (VIDEO)

The reports come just a few weeks after the United States deployed an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Persian Gulf in what White House National Security Adviser John Bolton described as a “clear and unmistakable message” to Iran. A video has emerged on social media allegedly showing Iranian vehicles transporting […]