King of Jordan Threatens Conflict if Israel Crosses Jerusalem ‘Red Lines’

Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)5 Tevet 5783 – December 29, 2022 Jordanian King Abdullah II on Wednesday said he was ready for a conflict should Israel’s incoming government violate “red lines” by changing the status quo governing relations at Jerusalem’s Jewish holy sites. “If people want to get into a conflict with us, we’re quite prepared,” […]

Netanyahu: You, who supported the Iran nuclear deal, why are you yelling?

Netanyahu will open the session by presenting the guidelines and members of his incoming government. By ELIAV BREUER Published: DECEMBER 29, 2022 11:01 Updated: DECEMBER 29, 2022 11:27 Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset ahead of the special session on Thursday morning to ratify the country’s 37th government. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Israel’s parliament, […]

Egypt, Jordan working to prevent Palestinian Authority collapse if Abbas dies

December 29, 2022 Jordanian and Egyptian senior officials reportedly working to prepare the Palestinian Authority for Mahmoud Abbas’ death, in the hopes of staving off a total collapse of the PA. By Baruch Yedid, TPS The Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported on Wednesday from sources in Fatah that in recent months, several meetings have been […]

Lapid: Israel will use force to prevent Iran from going nuclear

December 29, 2022 “Our enemies need to know that we will not sit idly by in the face of threats that we deem to be existential,” says the outgoing prime minister. By JNS Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid reiterated on Wednesday Israel’s “wall-to-wall” commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, issuing a threat that […]

Will Yoav Gallant’s second coming herald an Israel attack on Iran? – analysis

Will this be Yoav Gallant and Benjamin Netanyahu’s best chance to redo their missed opportunity in 2010 and attack Iran? By YONAH JEREMY BOB Published: DECEMBER 28, 2022 19:33 Yoav Gallant. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post) (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) That Likud MK Yoav Gallant will be the next defense minister is not really news, being […]

Hezbollah is as big a threat to Israel as Iran’s nuclear program – opinion

Israel must view Hezbollah’s growing precision missile arsenal as a major strategic threat on a par with Iran’s nuclear program. By NEVILLE TELLER Published: DECEMBER 28, 2022 04:15 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags during a rally marking the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last month (photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS) On the morning of Tuesday, December […]

Israel’s new gov’t: We’ll build on our land from Golan to West Bank

It did not clarify what the borders of that statement contained but it did pledge to “promote and develop all parts of the Land of Israel.” By TOVAH LAZAROFF Published: DECEMBER 28, 2022 12:27 Updated: DECEMBER 28, 2022 12:56 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Efrat settlement located in the Gush Etzion region just outside of Jerusalem (photo […]

Russian FM: If Ukraine does not demilitarize, Russia will ‘solve the issue’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns Ukraine and the West that if it doesn’t demilitarize, Russia will escalate the war. Israel National News 27.12.22, 22:09     Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov renewed calls on Tuesday for Ukraine to demilitarize, warning that if it did not “the Russian army [will] solve the issue.” He also […]

Despite Biden’s Comment, Israeli Officials Fear U.S. Still Keen on Iran Nuclear Deal

Israeli security officials believe a deal is still likely but fear that the incoming government will jeopardize U.S.- Israeli cooperation on Iran Israeli officials claim that U.S. leadership is still aiming to reach a nuclear deal with Iran and has the backing of the U.S. defense establishment. The claim was made despite recent footage that […]

EU’s Subversion of Israel

By Melanie Phillips3 Tevet 5783 – December 27, 2022 Liberal Jews in both the Diaspora and Israel have been hyperventilating over the “extremist” ministers in the incoming government headed by Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. These are the rabble-rouser Itamar Ben-Gvir, the theocrat Bezalel Smotrich and the ultra-socially conservative Avi Maoz. Advertisement   With Netanyahu […]

ISIS terrorist behind deadly Jerusalem bombings captured

Jerusalem bomber had machine gun and bombs for new attacks at time of arrest, investigators say. David Rosenberg27.12.22, 11:51   Israeli security forces have identified and captured the Arab terrorist believed responsible for a pair of bombings in Jerusalem last month that left two people dead and over a dozen injured. On Tuesday, Israel’s military […]

Iran threatens to raze Tel Aviv, destroy Dimona if Israel strikes nuclear sites

Revolutionary Guards missile units would hit targets in Israel ‘within 7 minutes of an attack,’ then follow up with 2nd wave of rockets, according to state television video TOI staffToday, 11:47 am Iran’s state broadcaster has aired a video describing what it claims would be the response to an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, […]

Kim claims N. Korean successes, wants to overcome challenges

By Hyung-Jin Kim – Associated Press – Monday, December 26, 2022 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for stronger effort to overcome hardships and challenges facing his country as he opened a key political meeting after carrying out a record number of missile tests this year. A plenary meeting of the […]

Israel can’t win against this weapon

Groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad know a gift when they see one. The laws of war, an albatross around the neck of a conscientious IDF, are for non-state actors a dandy lever. The more civilians get killed in clashes the better Op-ed. Steve Apfel27.12.22, 9:30   Dedicated critics who would condemn Israel with their […]