Schumer’s rebuke of Netanyahu shows fragile line US walks on interference

US leaders, as well as American allies, are more frequently butting into the internal electoral politics of friends, and testing the waters By AAMER MADHANIToday, 6:10 am   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials […]

Blinken, Bahrain Crown Prince discuss hostage deal

US Secretary of State meets Bahraini Crown Prince in Manama to discuss potential ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel National News  Mar 17, 2024, 6:28 AM (GMT+2) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met on Saturday in Bahrain’s capital of Manama, […]

IAF jets strike Hezbollah targets overnight

Mar 17, 2024, 8:21 AM (GMT+2) Overnight, in response to the launches fired toward the city of Acre, IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah military compound in the area of Khiam. In addition, yesterday night (Saturday), IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah observation post in the area of Kfarkela. Yesterday night (Saturday), IDF artillery struck […]

Hamas confirms Marwan Issa killed – report

According to the sources, the number three in Hamas’s high command was killed in the IDF strike in Nusirat, in central Gaza, while he was hiding in one of Hamas’s terror tunnels. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 17, 2024 07:42 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 08:39 Hamas stated behind closed doors that Marwan Issa, deputy to Hamas […]

White House Preparing to Retaliate Should Israel Attack Rafah

By David Israel – 7 Adar II 5784 – March 17, 2024 Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office Dining Room with Commander, March 4, 2022.     One former and three current US officials told NBC News on Saturday that the White House is […]

Israel said to complain of slowdown in US arms deliveries amid growing rift

US officials deny assertion by senior Israeli source that rapidity of shipments waned since start of war, say there’s no purposeful delay and policies remain unchanged By MICHAEL HOROVITZ  17 March 2024, 12:14 am   File: An Israeli fighter jet releases flares as it flies over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Dec. 9, […]

US reveals UN ceasefire proposal, diminishes chance of Rafah op – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 22:36 Israeli political officials have received an updated outline of the ceasefire proposal that the US will present to the UN, which allegedly focuses on an “immediate and lasting ceasefire,” Maariv reported on Saturday. According to the report, the new draft has more severe language regarding a ground operation […]

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took part in October 7 massacre – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 16, 2024 20:44 The Fatah-affiliated armed terrorist group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, took part in the attack on October 7, according to a report by Kan News, quoting officials from the group on Saturday. The report also claimed that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs trained battalions in the West Bank and prepared them […]

Hamas Insists on Second Stage Deal Before Releasing Hostages

by i24 News   Posters in Paris broadcasting the plight of Israeli hostages in Gaza covered over with pro-Palestinian messages. Photo: Reuters/Magali Cohen This announcement was made by a senior Hamas official, as reported by KAN. The second phase of the proposed agreement, according to Hamas, must involve the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal […]

Iranian Proxy Leaders Gather in Beirut to Expand War Plans

By Hana Levi Julian  – 7 Adar II 5784 – March 16, 2024   The leaders of regional Iranian proxy terrorist organizations gathered last week in Beirut to meet on strategies to escalate the conflict with Israel, according to a Houthi official who spoke on Saturday (March 16) with the AFP news agency. Representatives of Hamas, […]

IDF releases video of armed Palestinian shooting at Gazans while waiting for aid

IDF releases video of armed Palestinian shooting at Gazans while waiting for aid As the trucks carrying the aid entered, the gunmen continued firing while they looted the trucks. In addition to the shooting, civilians were also found to be run over by the trucks. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 15, 2024 00:35 Updated: MARCH […]

Hamas demands: 800 terrorists for 40 hostages

The terror organization is demanding that in the first stage, Israel would retreat from al-Rashid and Salah al-Din streets to allow the displaced Gazans to return to the northern Gaza Strip. Israel National News   Mar 16, 2024, 7:46 PM (GMT+2) HamasCeasefire AgreementHostages in Gaza   Hostages in Gaza being releasedFlash 90 Mossad Director David Barnea […]

Israeli War Cabinet Approves Plans for Rafah Operation

Hana Levi Julian7 Adar II 5784 – March 16, 2024 Photo Credit: Haim Zach (GPO) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with members of the War Cabinet, including Benny Gantz (on the right), October 18, 2023.     The War Cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved IDF plans for evacuation of civilians and a […]

Losing control of Gaza: Hamas crackdown on clans, civilians with new intensity – analysis

It appears now that Hamas is concerned it could be losing a grip on power. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 16, 2024 11:11 Masked Hamas men wave flags during the march in Jabalya refugee camp in North Gaza Strip, October 4, 2002(photo credit: REUTERS/AHMED JADALLAH)Hamas appears to be sensing that its rule may be in jeopardy […]