Balloon carrying RPG warhead flown into Israel from Gaza – reports

For second time this month, police sappers deal with apparent rocket-propelled grenade TOI staffJudah Ari GrossToday, 12:37 pm What appeared to be the warhead from a rocket-propelled grenade attached to an inflated bag was found in southern Israel on Tuesday, apparently flown across the border from the Gaza Strip. The warhead was found outside the […]

Bennett: We identified signs that Iran is recalculating plans in Syria

Israel has warned repeatedly about Iran’s nuclear ambitions as well as aspirations of regional hegemony. ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 18, 2020 12:07 Israel has identified initial signs that Iran is recalculating their plans in Syria, giving the Jewish State an opportunity to go from the defensive to the offensive, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday. […]

Amnesty report equates IDF defense with Iranian action against protesters

The report also celebrates the International Criminal Court’s decision to charge Israel with war crimes committed against Palestinians. ZACHARY KEYSER FEBRUARY 18, 2020 11:38 Amnesty International has labeled 2019 a “year of defiance” across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a report released on Tuesday. The study focuses on mass uprisings and human […]

Donald Trump’s plan for Israel’s security

The security-based essence of the plan has been one of the fundamentals of Israel’s security doctrine since repelling aggression in the Six Day War. ZALMAN SHOVAL FEBRUARY 17, 2020 22:22 President Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is arguably the most important statement pertaining to Israel’s political position since the United Nations partition plan of 1947 […]

East Jerusalem and the UN/UNHCR ‘Blacklist’

by Moshe Phillips     Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon meets with his US counterpart, Kelly Craft, on Sept. 20, 2019. Photo: Israel Mission to the UN. The UN has earned all of the ire it has received from the likes of Secretary State Mike Pompeo, former ambassador Nikki Haley, and others […]

Turning ‘Cold Peace’ Warm: Can Israel’s Gas Improve Relations With Neighbours?

Israeli gas supply to Egypt will surely bolster relations between the two countries, claims a former envoy, but it won’t be able to get the two peoples closer, simply because Egypt still harbours strong anti-Israel sentiments that even President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi cannot change. It has been a month since Israel, which has been positioning […]

All Israeli Positions Within Range of IRGC Fire: Top Commander

IFP Editorial StaffFebruary 17, 2020 – 19:37 Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami has cautioned Israel against any mischievous behavior, saying the whole areas occupied by the Zionist regime are within the range of the IRGC’s fire, not necessarily from inside Iran. “We give a warning to Israelis to care […]

The Palestinians’ statehood gamble at the ICC – analysis

Legal briefs filed with the ICC on the court’s jurisdiction over east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza have produced split results on the question of Palestinian statehood. TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 17, 2020 23:23 The Palestinians are pushing for European Union unilateral recognition of statehood as the best antidote to any pending Israeli annexation measures […]

3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in southern Israel

Hebrew University team unearths Canaanite temple in Lachish in southern Israel, along with oldest example of Hebrew letter ‘samech’. Arutz Sheva Staff, 17/02/20 13:38    The Biblical Book of Joshua tells the story of the ancient Israelites’ entry into the Promised Land after a 40-year sojourn in the desert. Now, a team of archaeologists led […]

ISRAEL’S BALANCING ACT: AVOIDING ESCALATION, STOPPING ENEMY FORCE BUILD-UP

MirYam’s Commentary By Yaakov Lappin In recent years, the Israeli defense establishment has pioneered a new combat doctrine, dubbed by the military as ‘the campaign between wars.’ Today, this campaign is at a crossroads. The campaign between wars employs surgical air strikes, coupled with cutting-edge intelligence-gathering, for the purpose of selectively disrupting the enemy’s ability […]

Nasrallah: Soleimani and Trump ‘ushered in confrontation with resistance’

“All the people of the region will carry a rifle, because this American tyrant has left no room for anyone” ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 17, 2020 11:01 The assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani and the release of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan has “ushered in direct confrontation with the axis […]

Beware a Palestinian State

 by Yoram Ettinger     Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Feb. 13, 2017. Photo: Flash90. In the Arab Middle East, unlike Western democracies, historical memory is very long. Nothing is forgotten, and nothing […]

Report: EU members weighing recognition of Palestinian state

Haaretz reports that the development is specifically in response to Trump’s peace proposal, Haaretz reported Member of the European Union are weighing the possibility of recognizing a Palestinian state after US President Donald Trump released his administration’s vision for Middle East peace. According to Israeli daily Haaretz, the initiative is being led by Luxembourg, which is […]

Shtayyeh: Respond to Israeli annexation, recognize Palestine as state

Shtayyeh: Respond to Israeli annexation, recognize Palestine as state EU foreign ministers should reject Trump peace plan By TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 16, 2020 20:28 The international community should recognize Palestine as a state if Israel annexes West Bank settlements, Palestinian Authority Prime Minster Mohammed Shtayyeh said during a town hall meeting at the Munich Security […]