Israel and US risk ‘crushing response’: Iran’s leader

The US and Israel will “definitely receive a crushing response” for what they do against his country, Iran’s supreme leader has warned. Read more

US mulls own talks on hostage deal with Hamas: report

US officials are considering negotiating a unilateral deal with Palestinian Hamas terrorists to release five US hostages held in the Gaza Strip if ceasefire talks involving Israel fail, NBC News reports. Read more

Israel to defend itself, PM says, amid restraint calls

Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, as its allies pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran. Read more

United States and allies plan more sanctions on Iran

The United States and its allies have planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time to decide a response. Read more

United States won’t help Israel retaliate against Iran

President Joe Biden has warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the United States will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option Netanyahu’s war cabinet favours after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. Read more

9/11 memorialised in Israel

As the world commemorated the 22^nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF- USA), and the Embassy of the United States of America in Israel held their annual memorial ceremony to honour those who perished during the dreadful attacks. Read more

US greenlights $3.5 billion Arrow 3 sale to Germany, Israel’s largest arms sale

The US government has approved Israel selling its Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, Israel’s Defence Ministry announced yesterday. Read more

Uncle Sham

As 4 July is celebrated by Americans at home and around the world it is a good time to reflect on whether the “goldene medina” is still the Promised Land for Jews. Read more

Israel is our business

Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighbourhood where I grew up. Read more

Dangerous times, and they are of our own making

I can’t recall having seen such a tumultuous first 60 days of any new Israeli government. Read more

Iran authorities execute four ‘Israeli spies’

Iranian authorities have executed four people accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency says. Read more

Unpredictable politics

I realise someone has to run a country. I just wish there was another viable alternative to current politics. Read more

Israel says building air defence alliance

Israel is building a US-backed regional air defence alliance, the Israeli defence minister says, adding that the apparatus has already foiled attempted Iranian attacks and could be boosted by President Joe Biden’s visit next month. Read more

Israel starts to export cannabis seeds to US

After nearly a year of discussions, a shipment of cannabis seeds took off from Israel to the US on Tuesday night, the first-ever shipment of cannabis seeds from Israel to a foreign country. Read more

Why we should care about the fate of Ukraine

It’s difficult to know where exactly the crisis over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine will end. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon.  Quid pro no. Read more

How America is helping Iran get a nuclear arsenal

As Iran reportedly reaches the brink of obtaining enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon, the Biden administration is now astoundingly colluding with this lethal rogue state against the interests of Israel and America’s allies in the region. Read more

China overtakes US as Israel’s largest source of imports

China became Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021 with $10.7 billion, overcoming the previous top spot held by the United States, revealed Israel’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Read more

Biden administration remains ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts

The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line with an eagerness to blindly reverse policies put forth by the Trump administration. Read more

Pompeo: Israel has ‘duty’ to defend itself from Iran without US support

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that Israel has the “duty” to defend itself from Iran if Tehran takes actions that threaten Israel wothout U.S. support…write Sean Savage and Ellie Cohanim. Read more

Senate confirms Thomas Nides as US ambassador to Israel

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, making banking executive Thomas Nides the United States’ top envoy to its closest ally in the Middle East. Read more

Israel to collaborate with US, UN on regulation of social networks

Israel’s Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel met with executives from major online companies and legislators in New York and Washington to discuss support for the regulation of social networks, Globes reported. Read more

Israel can’t ignore China’s threat to the free world

Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some in the Jewish state start thinking about the need to re-evaluate its attitude towards the world. Read more

American culture

The debacle in Afghanistan has proved how difficult it is to change another country’s culture. Read more

Abbas declares end to agreements with Israel, US

Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas declared an end to the agreements signed with Israel and the United States and said he was turning over responsibility for the PA territories back to Israel. Read more

Prepare for the overdue “big one”

Anticipated major earthquakes both geophysical and political are long overdue…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Despite Israeli, US opposition, Polish Senators pass bill criminalising terms linking Poland to the Holocaust

The Polish Senate passed a bill Wednesday criminalising statements linking Poland to the murder of Jews which occurred on its soil during the Holocaust, in an attempt to lay blame for the crimes that left more than 1 million Polish Jews dead during World War II squarely on German Nazis. Read more

Ready – Steady – Go!

The civil year 2018 is barely out of the starting blocks and we are already witnessing events which without a doubt will impact all of us no matter where we live…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Set To Expose Obama’s Collusion On Resolution 2334

One of the intriguing aspects of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on 15 February will be the evidence he produces to President Trump to establish former President Obama’s collusion in promoting Security Council Resolution 2334…writes David Singer. Read more

Obama and Kerry open door for Palestine Mandate Solution

US Secretary of State John Kerry – perhaps unwittingly – has now opened the door to reviving the solution contained in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine – one homeland for the Jews and one homeland for the Arabs (“Palestine Mandate Solution”)…writes David Singer. Read more

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