Iran orders thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China – WSJ

Sources estimated that if delivered, the materials could produce around 800 missiles. By JERUSALEM POST STAFFJUNE 6, 2025 03:12Updated: JUNE 6, 2025 08:23 An Iranian missile is displayed during the National Army Day parade ceremony in Tehran, Iran, April 18, 2025.(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS) Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China as […]

Hamas crumbling, Gaza turns to Israel for aid: IDF spokesman lays bare the truth

Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin reveals Hamas is losing its grip on Gaza as Israel steps up aid distribution — despite terrorists firing on their own civilians to block the help. ‘We will not rest until the last hostage is home.’ Israel National News   Jun 3, 2025, 11:39 PM (GMT+3)   0:05 / 3:41 IDF spokesman […]

Trump moves to bar US entry to foreign students planning to study at Harvard

US president says it would jeopardize national security to let university keep hosting international students, trying new legal method after judge blocked earlier effort By APToday, 9:44 am   Graduates listen to speakers while displaying ‘Free Palestine’ signs on their mortarboards during commencement ceremonies at Harvard University, on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles […]

US blocks UN attempt to force Gaza ceasefire

 June 5, 2025 Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question at UN Headquarters in New York on December 22, 2023. (Shutterstock) US delegation vetoes United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and removal of all restrictions on aid entry to Gaza. By […]

Trump bans nationals for 12 countries, including Iran, from entering United States

The countries affected are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. By REUTERSJUNE 5, 2025 02:30Updated: JUNE 5, 2025 10:00  US President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/Brian Snyder) US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation […]

Tensions rise in southern Syria: What’s next for Syria-Israel relations? – analysis

Tensions flare as rockets from Syria prompt Israeli airstrikes, despite Syria’s new government seeking stability and rejecting hostile acts. By SETH J. FRANTZMANJUNE 4, 2025 10:16Updated: JUNE 4, 2025 11:20  Members of Syrian security forces stand guard at a damaged site, after Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, as reported […]

Iran seeks to help rebuild Lebanon, potentially strengthen Hezbollah – analysis

This is an important meeting because it shows Iran is seeking to redouble efforts to involve itself in Lebanon after it saw setbacks last year in Israel’s war on Hezbollah and the fall of Assad. By SETH J. FRANTZMANJUNE 4, 2025 10:31Updated: JUNE 4, 2025 10:41  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shakes hands with Lebanese Foreign Minister […]

Iran’s Khamenei rejects US nuclear deal proposal, vows to keep enriching uranium

Senior Iranian official say Iran-based consortium ‘may warrant consideration,’ but anything outside borders ‘doomed to fail’; report suggests more talks this weekend By Agencies and ToI StaffToday, 10:25 am   In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with teachers, in […]

UN Security Council to Vote on Immediate, Unconditional, and Permanent Gaza Ceasefire

By David Israel  – 8 Sivan 5785 – June 4, 2025 The ten elected members of the U.N. Security Council have called for a vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding “an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza to be respected by all parties,” according to diplomats cited by Reuters. The draft resolution […]

Leading haredi rabbi calls to dissolve Knesset

Yesh Atid to submit bill to dissolve the Knesset next week following Rabbi Dov Landau’s call to back such a bill in the wake of a failed meeting with MK Yuli Edelstein Israel National News   Jun 4, 2025, 9:03 AM (GMT+3) Yuli EdelsteinHaredimDraft LawRabbi Dov Lando   Rabbi Dov Landauspokesperson Rabbi Dov Landau, a prominent […]

Israel should attack Iran, even without US support, former NSC head says

Yaakov Amidror, who led Israel’s National Security Council, said that Israel is capable of attacking Iran even without American support. By 103FMJUNE 4, 2025 08:23Updated: JUNE 4, 2025 10:51  An Iranian newspaper with a cover photo of US President Donald Trump and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2025.(photo credit: […]

Rockets fired from Syria for first time in a year; Israel holds Sharaa responsible

IDF carries out airstrikes across southern Syria after two projectiles fired from 12 km inside northern neighbor; Houthi missile triggers sirens across central Israel; no injuries reported By Emanuel Fabian  and ToI StaffToday, 1:42 am Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa receives Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister in Damascus, Syria, on May 31, 2025. (SANA / AFP) Defense […]

Neo-Ottoman power: Erdogan positions Turkey as Israel’s main Middle East challenge

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: As Turkey builds its power and influence, its opposition to – and agitation against – Israel is continuing unabated. By JONATHAN SPYERMAY 31, 2025 13:43  TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul, earlier this week.(photo credit: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Reuters) It has been a good few weeks for Turkish President Recep […]

Iran preparing for Israeli, US strikes, building up air defense systems -FT

“The enemies of the Iranian nation should understand that any violation of our airspace will cause them significant harm,” Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff said. By JERUSALEM POST STAFFJUNE 3, 2025 08:18  An S-300 missile system on display during Iran’s Army Day parade.(photo credit: AFP/Getty Images) Iran is strengthening its air defense systems amid preparations for the […]