Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Flash90 Supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu storm the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, December 6, 2019. With less than two days remaining until the Knesset’s dispersal and the start of an election run for the third time in less than a year, everyone in Israel’s political sphere is already preparing for the 2020 campaign, […]

Photo Credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami / Flash 90 El Al airlines, the national airline of Israel Could Israel’s national carrier, El Al Airlines, be working on a direct route between Tel Aviv and Casablanca? According to a report published by the Israeli free daily newspaper Israel Hayom that may indeed be in the cards. Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / Wild Jordan / jcookfisher Amman, Jordan A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to eight years in jail for plotting to attack the Israeli embassy in Amman last year, AFP reported Monday. The country’s state security court ruled that the 33-year-old Khaled Abu Raya had “threatened to carry out terrorist acts,” […]

[embedded content] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for the support of a group of international lawmakers who are in Jerusalem to attend the annual gathering of the Israel Allies Foundation. [embedded content] Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Guatemala’s President-elect, Alejandro Giammattei is […]

Photo Credit: Hamas / Muhammad Alostaz Ismail Haniyeh Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Turkey on Sunday on the first leg of a foreign tour expected to take him to Malaysia, Russia, Qatar, Lebanon, Mauritania and Kuwait, the Anadolu news agency reported Monday. A Hamas source said Haniyeh and his accompanying delegation arrived in […]

Photo Credit: US State Dept. / public domain Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, 2014 Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn is calling on European Union members states to recognize a Palestinian state in response to the announcement last month by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding the legality of Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, […]

Photo Credit: Michael Schade Eruption of volcano on the privately-owned White Island off the coast of New Zealand, Dec. 9 2019 At least five people were confirmed killed and 10 more were unaccounted for Monday in New Zealand after a volcano erupted on the privately-owned White Island, or “Whakaari” as it is called in Maori. […]

Photo Credit: Rami Tarawneh / Wikimedia Alquds Hotel in Amman, Jordan (JNS) Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates held a meeting at the White House last week with the ambassadors of Oman, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco. She reportedly asked the emissaries to […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Nancy Pelosi says House will go forward with Trump impeachment inquiry {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} Among the grounds for impeachment being considered by the House Judiciary Committee is that President Trump obstructed Congress by refusing to have members of the executive branch comply with Congressional subpoenas without orders […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Monday announced that the Knesset will pass legislation on Wednesday to set the upcoming Election Day for March 2, 2020, if a coalition is not formed in the next two days. The two major parties, Blue and White and Likud, have agreed to advance the legislation […]