Ties between the once-staunch allies continue to plummet, a trend that shows no signs of reversing. The complex, and often toxic, Israel-Turkey relationship Report: Israel, Turkey working to re-establish normal ties Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (photo credit: TUMAY BERKIN/REUTERS AND MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) The ongoing war of…
Egypt invites Hamas leaders for more truce talks Egyptian general apologizes to Israel for stray bullets hitting Nitzana Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New York . (photo credit: AVI OHAYON – GPO)Military cooperation between Egypt and Israel has reached an unprecedented level in the Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian…
‘We have set the conditions in the Middle East where these countries are now working together across multiple fronts,’ top US diplomat tells Fox News US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is interviewed by Fox News on January 3, 2019. (Screen capture: YouTube) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday the Trump administration has…
Democracy, or whatever you want to call the political system we have here, exists only in appearances. It is, in fact, roadkill. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 30, 2018\ HANDOUT/ REUTERS Democracy, or whatever you want to call the political system we have here, exists…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) is in Brazil for talks with far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who is to be sworn-in in a ceremony in Brasilia on January 1, 2019 Fernando FRAZAO (AGENCIA BRASIL/AFP/File) However, Ghasemi added that Iran’s relations with Brazil would ‘eventually be continued’ despite the move Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed plans…
If needed, Israel is prepared to expand the scope of its military operations in Syria following the withdrawal of US troops, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as reported by the Jerusalem Post. According to Netanyahu, Israel’s policy is intended to weaken Iran’s influence on its neighbor, Syria. “The decision to remove the 2,000 American soldiers…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to take action against Hezbollah tunnels dug under the Israel border from Lebanon. Speaking ahead of a Security Council session on the issue, Netanyahu said the UN presence in Lebanon, UNIFIL, should have unrestricted access to all areas of southern Lebanon and warned that…
In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 photo, UN peacekeepers hold their flag while standing next to Hezbollah and Lebanese flags, at the site where Israeli excavators are working, near the southern border village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon AP Photo/Hussein Malla As the United Nations security council is set to convene Wednesday to discuss recently discovered…
Both Israel and the Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital – AHMAD GHARABLI (AFP/File) Both Israel and the Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital. The Arab League on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on Australia and Brazil to “abide by international law” concerning the status of Jerusalem. It comes after Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro announced in…
Army says it holds the Lebanese government responsible for digging of tunnels, which it deems a violation of UN Security Council resolution. Israeli soldiers operating to destroy a third Hezbollah cross-border tunnel discovered on December 11, 2018.IDF Spokesperson’s Unit Israeli operation against Hezbollah tunnels enters its explosive stage Lebanon: U.S. informed us Israel has no…