Gantz says Iran installing 1,000 advanced centrifuges, including at new Natanz site

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Defense minister warns cost of dealing with Iran will be higher in a year; warns Tehran against transfer of advanced weapons to proxies; says Israel’s position on Ukraine ‘ethical’ By Emanuel Fabian Today, 11:06 am Edit Defense Minister Benny Gantz claimed on Tuesday that Iran was working to finish the production and installation of 1,000 […]

BIDEN WARNS ISRAEL AGAINST ‘FREEDOM OF WORSHIP’

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Daniel Greenfield15 Iyyar 5782 – May 16, 2022 The Biden administration has announced that its titular head will be visiting Israel within a few months. Biden’s last high-profile visit to the Jewish State in 2010 ended with him staging a diplomatic incident and refusing to leave his hotel room for an hour to attend an […]

Iran considering exporting gas to Europe

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The move comes amid soaring energy prices due to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ben Ariel16.05.22   Iran is considering the possibility of exporting gas to Europe, an oil ministry official said on Sunday, against the backdrop of soaring energy prices due to Russia’s war in Ukraine. “Iran is studying this subject but we have not […]

Hezbollah and allies dealt a blow in Lebanon election, early results show

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Christian Lebanese Forces party, among Iranian proxy’s most vocal critics, says it won at least 20 seats, making it largest Christian bloc in parliament By AP Today, 10:03 am BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group and its allies appear to have suffered some losses in this weekend’s parliamentary elections, with their opponents gaining more seats […]

White House Supports Jordan’s Position on the Temple Mount

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Baruch Yedid / TPS15 Iyyar 5782 – May 15, 2022 Photo Credit: European Union 2020 – European Parliament / EU “Peace-making is the harder but higher path,” said King Abdullah II of Jordan addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Jan. 15, 2020 A statement from King Abdullah of Jordan’s palace said that at Friday’s […]

Hamas leader ‘not afraid’ of Israel

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Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader in Gaza, says he does ‘not take Israel into consideration,’ warns against Jews visiting Temple Mount. Dalit Halevi15.05.2200:47   Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar on Saturday visited the Al Jazeera studios in Gaza to express condolences for the death of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh earlier this week. Abu Aqleh was […]

After international outcry, police open probe into violence at reporter’s funeral

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Police say officers were ‘exposed to violence’ and ‘subsequently’ used force; images of Shireen Abu Akleh’s casket almost toppling drew widespread condemnation TOI staffToday, 2:49 pm In the face of growing international outrage, Israel Police announced Saturday that an investigation would be opened into the events surrounding the violence at the funeral of Al Jazeera […]

Hamas warns against Jews visiting Temple Mount on Nakba Day: ‘Will lead to a clash’

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Gaza-ruling terror group urges ‘masses’ to foil ‘occupation’s evil plans’ as Jewish activists plan to tour Jerusalem holy site for Second Passover on Sunday By TOI staff Today, 5:34 pm The Gaza-ruling Hamas terror organization on Saturday warned Israel of a “clash” as it urged Palestinians to flock in mass to the Temple Mount in […]

Hezbollah’s weapons divide Lebanon as parliamentary elections to be held Sunday

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Calls to dismantle terror group have dominated campaigns of rival factions ahead of vote, the first since economic collapse, deadly Beirut port blast AgenciesToday, 6:20 pm BAALBEK, Lebanon — It was a sea of yellow as thousands of men, women and children waving Hezbollah flags and wearing the group’s trademark yellow caps rallied on a […]

Hamas calls for mass Nakba Day ascent to Temple Mount

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Sunday marks both Nakba Day and Pesach Sheni (Second Passover), and both Hamas and Jewish Temple Mount activist organizations called for people to visit, setting up a potential clash. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MAY 14, 2022 14:20 WAVING HAMAS flags after Ramadan prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22. Occupationalists seems to side with […]

Handwritten manuscript of Herzl’s utopian ‘Altneuland’ on display for first time

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Each of the 396 pages is insured for $1 million; curator says father of Zionism’s vision of modern Israel is ‘prophecy’ with its depiction of light rail By Michael Horovitz Today, 1:26 pm   The original handwritten German manuscript of Theodor Herzl’s novel, “Altneuland” (Old New Land) went on public display this week for the […]

Russia warns of response if NATO moves nuclear forces closer

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UK defense ministry: Ukraine’s Kherson region to request accession into Russia • Moscow has “no hostile intentions” towards Finland, Sweden By REUTERS Published: MAY 14, 2022 09:19 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting of the executive board of the General Procurator’s Office in Moscow, Russia April 25, 2022. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/KREMLIN VIA […]

Israel, Hamas: A powder keg waiting for a spark to set it off

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MILITARY AFFAIRS: One year since Operation Guardian of the Walls, not much has changed in the tense standoff between Hamas and Israel. By ANNA AHRONHEIM Published: MAY 13, 2022 19:02 HAMAS SUPPORTERS attend a protest to support Al-Aqsa mosque, in Gaza, last month. (photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS) Just days before the launch of last May’s Operation Guardian […]