US celebrates withdrawal of UN Security Council resolution against peace plan

After Palestinian-spearheaded measure is pulled, Trump official says the world body has ‘demonstrated that the old way of doing things is over’ By Eric Cortellessa and Raphael Ahren WASHINGTON —  After a rancorous UN Security Council debate Tuesday, during which every member nation except the United States and Israel excoriated US President Donald Trump’s peace […]

Iran Exploits Vacuum of Power in Southern Syria to Threaten Israel

by Seth Frantzman The Jerusalem Post February 7, 2020 New Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani Syrian regime media reported airstrikes across a wide area around Damascus on Thursday morning. Incidents took place near Marj al-Sultan Airport, about 8 km. north of Damascus International Airport, at a key interchange of the M5 northeast of Damascus and […]

The deal within the deal of the century

While opponents of Trump’s peace plan have accused Israel’s premier of making a diplomatic blunder with the U.S. and failing to deliver on annexation, the two administrations have never been closer and delaying annexation until after Israel’s elections may actually play to Netanyahu’s advantage. (February 10, 2020 / JNS) At the Jerusalem Center for Public […]

Clueless Europeans muddle the Middle East again

Clueless Europeans muddle the Middle East again   If the U.S. and Israel have the energy and creativity to adapt the Europeans’ deluded Middle East blueprints to today’s reality, a simple “thank you” from the E.U. would suffice. (February 10, 2020 / FLAME) The world would be much better off if the Europeans focused on […]

Netanyahu says settlements, Jordan Valley will only be annexed with US consent

Prime minister says Israel will not take ‘unilateral’ measures to extend Israeli sovereignty to areas of West Bank, insists Palestinian agreement not needed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said Monday that Israel will only extend sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and areas of the West Bank with the agreement of Washington, taking another step back from […]

North Korea enhanced its nuclear, missile programs in 2019 — report

A 67-page UN report filed to the Security Council concludes that North Korea continued enhancing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in 2019, breaching UN sanctions, the Reuters news agency reports. The confidential report is also said to reveal that Pyongyang “illicitly imported refined petroleum and exported some $370 million worth of coal with the […]

Ex-CIA official warns of Iran, ISIS drones armed with chemical weapons

The warning takes on greater meaning following a call on January 28 by ISIS’s new leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi, to direct greater attention to attacking Israel and Jews, including using chemical weapons. By YONAH JEREMY BOB, NEVILLE TELLER FEBRUARY 10, 2020 20:30   The greatest threat confronting the US and Israel may be swarms […]

US envoy: We trust Israel, but Palestinians in no position ‘to keep any bargain’

Why does Trump’s plan allow the Israelis to annex soon but have a Palestinian state only arise in four years? To ‘bridge the asymmetry’ between the two sides, David Friedman says By Raphael Ahren Today, 12:45 pm 0 Edit The White House’s so-called deal of the century strongly favors Israel because it is a democracy […]

US agreed to fight Iran in Iraq while Israel fights it in Syria — Bennett

Defense minister expresses opposition to reliance on mainly bombing Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah, saying most convoys will get through anyway Nati YefetJudah Ari GrossToday, 11:08 am Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, left, meets with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. (US Department of Defense) Jerusalem and Washington have divided […]

Palestinian lawyers threaten to sue those who ‘accept’ Trump plan

Cases will be filed against any company that is found to be involved in the implementation of the Trump peace plan. KHALED ABU TOAMEH FEBRUARY 9, 2020 23:31 Palestinian lawyers have launched an initiative to file lawsuits in the US and Europe against politicians and businessmen who accept US President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled plan […]

Jordan’s cool criticism of the ‘Deal of the Century’ could be King Abdullah’s biggest win

In late October, Jordan’s King Abdullah surveyed a plot of territory along its border, formally ending Israeli farmers’ 25 year lease of the Baqura annex and bringing the land back under direct Jordanian control. Accompanied by his son Crown Prince Hussein and a military entourage, the tour appeared more akin to an inspection of newly […]

Russia calls planned U.S. exit from nuclear weapons treaty ‘dangerous’

By REUTERS October 21, 2018 11:11   Washington’s planned withdrawal from the international Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty would be a very dangerous step, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on Sunday. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States would exit the Cold-War era treaty that […]

Netanyahu: ‘Obama Colluded Against Israel’ at Security Council

Israel rejects anti-settlement motion out of hand, will work with incoming U.S. administration to ‘negate the harmful effects of this absurd resolution,’ Prime Minister’s Bureau says in statement. Barak Ravid Dec 23, 2016 11:39 PM LIVE UPDATES No veto: UN Security Council adopts anti-settlement resolution; U.S. abstains Trump on Security council vote: ‘Things will be different after Jan. 20’ Israel rejects the UN Security Council’s anti-settlement resolution out of hand and has no intention of abiding by it, the Prime Minister’s Bureau said late Friday night. After the vote, Netanyahu ordered the Israeli ambassadors in New Zealand and Senegal for …

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