Gantz tells Blinken that Israel will have to respond to rising Hezbollah attacks

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War cabinet minister ups pressure on international community to restore calm on northern border via diplomatic means, before Israel responds with greater military force By EMANUEL FABIAN and JACOB MAGIDToday, 11:41 pm   Black smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Yaroun, a Lebanese border village with Israel, in south Lebanon, December 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan […]

Hezbollah warns of ‘new escalation’ as Israeli response to attacks intensifies

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Lebanese media portrayed the IDF’s response to Hezbollah attacks on Sunday as a significant escalation. By TZVI JOFFRE DECEMBER 11, 2023 09:52 A Hezbollah MP warned that Israeli airstrikes which caused widespread damage in the town of Aitaroun near the Israeli-Lebanese border on Sunday were a “new escalation,” adding that Hezbollah would continue its attacks […]

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Iranian stronghold near Damascus

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Ambulances reportedly rushed to the area shortly after the strikes. TZVI JOFFRE DECEMBER 10, 2023 22:27 Updated: DECEMBER 11, 2023 08:05 Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites near Set Zaynab, a stronghold of Iranian militias, near Damascus on Sunday night, according to Syrian reports. A site used by Iranian militias between Set Zaynab and Al-Bahdaliyah, south […]

Cyprus and Mossad Thwart Iranian Terror Attacks on Israelis

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28 Kislev 5784 – December 10, 2023 Photo Credit: Mossad Mossad     Cypriot security and law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with the Mossad, thwarted an Iranian terrorist cell that planned to carry out attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in Cyprus. Thanks to the counter-terrorist action and the arrest of the cell by the […]

Netanyahu tells Putin: Your cooperation with Iran is dangerous

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a 50-minute conversation with Vladimir Putin amid growing tensions between Israel and Russia. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 10, 2023 13:32 Updated: DECEMBER 10, 2023 17:41 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Moscow’s “dangerous cooperation” with Iran and pushed back at its harsh criticism of the Gaza war during a prolonged conversation with […]

Diaspora Jewry’s days are over, all Jews must move to Israel for safety – opinion

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The Golden Age for British Jews – in fact, I believe for Jews in the entire Diaspora – is over. Consider your children’s future. Relocate to Israel, the home for all Jews. WALTER BINGHAM DECEMBER 9, 2023 03:41 Updated: DECEMBER 9, 2023 08:19  We mourn our brave soldiers who fell in the battle to defeat […]

Hamas says US veto blocking Gaza ceasefire ‘unethical and inhumane’

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REUTERS DECEMBER 9, 2023 01:17 Hamas strongly condemns the US veto that blocked a proposed United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a senior Hamas official said late on Friday in an official statement, saying that the group considers Washington’s move “unethical and inhumane.” “The US obstruction of the issuance […]

PA says it’s working with US on post-war plan for Gaza, hopes to include Hamas

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Speaking with Bloomberg, PM Shtayyeh argues Israel can’t eliminate the terror group: ‘Hamas is in Lebanon, Hamas leadership is in Qatar, they are here in the West Bank’ By TOI STAFFToday, 1:38 pm     Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (Ammar Awad /Pool Photo […]

Israel hails US for vetoing Security Council resolution seeking Gaza ceasefire

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Gallant cites signs Hamas ‘is beginning to break’ as army says more operatives surrendering * 2 troops seriously hurt in op to rescue hostages * Ground offensive toll at 93     A general view shows a UN Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Yuki […]

Blinken: There’s a gap between Israel’s promises and its conduct on the ground

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Secretary of State claims there is a gap between Israel’s intent to protect civilians in southern Gaza and the results on the ground. Israel National NewsDec 8, 2023, 6:18 AM (GMT+2) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday criticized Israel’s conduct in its operation in southern Gaza, claiming there was a “gap” between its […]

The moral collapse of the West

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Refusing to distinguish between Hamas aggressors and their Israeli victims, liberals scream for a ceasefire. No one is calling for Hamas to surrender, which would stop all the killing immediately. Op-ed. Melanie PhillipsDec 8, 2023, 8:22 AM (GMT+2) Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist […]

The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea

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  This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo) JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked […]

Netanyahu: Palestinian Authority can’t return to Gaza, this isn’t Oslo II

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“I won’t repeat this mistake and return this body to Gaza, because the same thing will happen,” Netanyahu said. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 3, 2023 14:19 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged not to repeat the mistakes made under the Oslo Accords by allowing the Palestinian Authority to return to Gaza after its military campaign to oust […]