Baruch reports on Arab affairs for TPS.
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Some Druze who did meet with President Ahmed al-Sharaa “were extremely low-ranking people who do not reflect the position in Sweida.”
“They are carrying out genocide and ethnic cleansing, mainly of the Alawite minority, and all on a sectarian and religious basis,” the journalist said.
The Druze of southern Syria are optimistic about a recent Israeli pledge to protect their communities.
Hamas is rushing to bring people up north before the ceasefire collapses and the war starts again.
The PA wants to show it can run Gaza.
Hezbollah is supposed to withdraw its armed presence from areas of southern Lebanon south of the Litani River.
Abbas is in the 19th year of his four-year term.
This decision follows an Israeli warning to Iraq conveyed through the United Nations.
The fallout from Israel’s success over Hamas and Hezbollah has triggered a domino effect threatening Syrian President Bashar Assad’s grip on power and Iran’s regional influence.
According to reports from Gaza, there were casualties on both sides.
The robbers collect transit taxes of $27,000 and sometimes the tax is $50,000 or 50% of the value of the truck’s contents.
Hamas operatives however still loot the aid trucks with impunity.
Over one million Lebanese residents, mostly from the south and the Beqaa Valley, have fled their homes to escape the violence, of whom roughly 400,000 have crossed into Syria.
Israel’s war goals include securely returning northern residents to their homes.
Lebanese media reports speculate that the Israeli military plans to enter the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon to prevent Iran and its proxies from supplying Hezbollah by land.
Sunday’s deadly terror attack at a Jordanian-Israeli border crossing underscored growing radicalism in the Hashemite Kingdom. The terrorist, 39-year-old Maher Diab al-Jazi, was a Bedouin from the southern Jordanian region of Husseiniya. A member of the prominent Huitat tribe, al-Jazi’s actions appear tied to the increasing unrest that has plagued Jordan since October 7. “It […]
After completing the entrenchment in the Jenin and Tulkarem area, Hezbollah is sending arms to Nablus.
The PA is afraid the IDF will enter in force to capture and kill the terrorists.
The billboards were placed in neighborhoods known for their opposition to Hezbollah, the blunt messages echo deep-seated Lebanese fears of further devastation and a plea for peace.
Terror leader Haniyeh died with an estimated $4 billion personal fortune [which he couldn't take with him].
Salam Fayyad is behind the plan to expand the takeover of Judea and Samaria and create a "Palestinian" State.
The Netzarim Corridor has become a tourniquet right around the neck of Hamas in Gaza.
After nine months of war, the Hamas leadership is fragmenting as internal conflicts and airstrikes on key figures take a toll.
Senior Hamas official Zaher Jabrin called on Jordanians to rise against Israel on Saturday night, placing King Abdullah in a precarious position.
The residents spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by Hamas.
The Netzarim Corridor has become a tourniquet right around the neck of Hamas in Gaza
Hezbollah-affiliated organizations are driving through villages and urging residents to donate funds for missiles and drones.
The US is concerned by Israel's plans to respond to Abbas's unilateral actions.
Israel seized control of the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after launching an overnight ground operation in parts of the southern Gaza city.
Mahmoud Abbas boycotted Antony Blinken on Friday.
There is a surge in reports of Turks participating in disturbances on the Temple Mount. It is widely believed that these individuals are backed by the Turkish government and institutions.
The Marmara 2 is looking for trouble.
“In the Arab world and in Iran, we’re hearing words of ridicule for the poor capability of Iran’s missiles,” a prominent Saudi commentator said.
Popular support for Hamas in Jordan exceeds 60%.
The payments will continue, just under a different name and model.
The delegation was led by Wafiq Safa, who is regarded as Hezbollah’s chief negotiator on issues of prisoner exchanges and hostages, and also included a brother-in-law of Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
Hamas was trying to reorganize, now they don't know even which of their leadership was captured or killed.
An Israeli source said the involvement of Qatar and Al Hisi in constructing the pier “is absolutely against the Israeli security interest.”
The move represents a marked shift in Israeli policy.
Iran has made serious inroads into Gaza.
The committees’ enforcers are young men, armed with weapons or clubs, wearing bandanas on their heads with the words, “People’s Defense Committees.”
Ramadan is two weeks away and the clock is ticking.
Evidence suggests that control of the Rafah crossing has shifted unofficially to Ibrahim al-Arjani, a Bedouin businessman with close ties to prominent figures including Mahmoud al-Sisi, the son of the Egyptian president.
60% of PA Arabs in Judea and Samaria want Hamas to continue to run Gaza, not the PA.
“Who told you that we do not attack in Iran, ” asked Netanyahu.
Achieving any shared vision, however, will be complicated.
Israeli leaders have vowed to track down and kill Hamas leaders wherever they are.
Israel has ruled out Hamas or the Palestinian Authority ruling in Gaza the day after.
Israel’s strikes have destroyed a significant amount of Hezbollah infrastructure in open areas...
Hamas terrorists have been fighting with Gazans over food.
Hamas terrorists have been trying to flee southward.
While the US pressures Qatar to expel Hamas leaders from its territory, Doha is instead trying to leverage its mediation to secure the terror groups’ future in the Gulf state.
Residents report widespread looting of food rations and medicines delivered from Arab countries through the Rafah border crossing. In particular, trucks are hijacked by armed Hamas operatives or criminals, who then sell the aid themselves.
Hamas seeks to establish a new military force in southern Lebanon because the terror group’s leadership feels betrayed by Hezbollah and Iran
Many of the terrorist were convicted of attempted murder, others said they will try again.
The IDF dropped warning leaflets in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza.
While nearly one million Arab residents of Gaza are displaced by war, Hamas’s top leaders and their families have been enriching themselves. Reports indicate that the Hamas leadership controls an investment portfolio estimated at close to $1 billion dollars and owns assets in Sudan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Algeria, Egypt and other places. Gaza […]
Saleh Arouri, who is believed to be a top target for Israeli assassination, is said to be particularly worried about the security breach.
Mauritania and Israel had diplomatic relations from 1999-2010.
Municipal candidate Sundus El-Khot has been threatened by the Palestinian Authority and influential clerics in eastern Jerusalem.
Hamas’s collaboration with Iran and Hezbollah has angered Qatar, which supports Syrian rebel groups and opposes Syria’s return to the Arab League.
Some within the PA believe they will lose out from a Saudi normalization.
Saleh Arouri wants Hamas to work more with Iran.
The timing was not accidental when Saudi Arabia announced its ambassador to Jordan will also take on the roles of ambassador to the Palestinian Authority and consul general in eastern Jerusalem.
500 Palestinian Authority security personnel have been deployed in the city, but none so far have entered the "refugee camp" neighborhood.
Lebanon is just one big mess after another.
Hamas aims to put Israel in a state of constant instability and vulnerability to various threats.
This move negates the need for Druze to get an Israeli ID to visit an Arab country.
This week dozens of Hamas’s “Restraint Police,” stormed Rafah’s Al Awda mosque, which is considered one of the centers of power for the Islamic Jihad and a meeting place for its operatives.
Hezbollah perceives Israeli social divisions over judicial reform as a sign of weakness.
Hezbollah says it does not recognize the UN certified Blue Line and disputes numerous points along the border.
Some terrorists say they are quitting Hamas as a result.
Twenty years later, Israel is being forced to resort to the same tactics used during the Second Intifada.
So far Hamas is staying out of this fight.
Iran has brought Hamas into Lebanon as an additional proxy/puppet terror organization.
"The IDF and Israel will have to decide if they want to change the rules of the game, or if they want to play by the rules of the Palestinians, the Iranians and others.”
The group claims they are responsible for the Megiddo roadside bombing.
Candidate Walid Abu Tiya wants to force Israel out of Judea and Samaria and establish a "Palestinian State".
Hezbollah seems to want to trigger a military response from Israel.
TIKA says it seeks to “strengthen the Palestinian steadfastness in Jerusalem.”
In an Iranian bid to consolidate power against Israel, Tehran is placing heavy pressure on Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to establish a “joint operational mechanism” based in Lebanon to coordinate military activities. This development comes amidst the ongoing confrontation between Israel and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip and aims to unite Iranian […]
No one came to Islamic Jihad's aid, so they were forced to concede.
Saudi reconciliation with the Iranians and now Hamas is a clear act of defiance towards the US and President Joe Biden.
The PA conditioned their approval on reducing IDF activities against terrorism in the region.
On social networks, people can see photos in which the skies of Syria are seen to be free of air traffic while thousands of flights take off and land in Turkish territories.
Who's who of the Islamic inciters, inspirers, funders and terror-supporters.
Mahmoud Abbas is not expected to participate in somber International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations on Friday.
PA Arabs are protesting the PA plan to tax their cellular phone subscriptions and transfer the money to eastern Jerusalem.
PM Netanyahu says 38 illegal Arab outposts have been dismantled so far in 2023.
The British Consulate General in Jerusalem tweeted, “As a Muslim, he had the opportunity to pray in the mosque.”
The sheikh’s stay may lead to more Emiratis getting medical treatment in Israel.
“Maaz Haniyeh was forced to leave the comfortable life in the Gaza Strip and embark on the difficult and arduous resistance missions in the streets of Turkey and in its hotels.”
They are creating a new fund for Koranic studies on the Temple Mount to strengthen Islamic ties to the Jewish holy site.
His two dead terrorist sons have made him a street hero.
There is a fight between Hamas leadership in Gaza and those abroad.
The media discourse in the Arab world reflects a lack of understanding of the rules of the game in Israel and a longing for a reality that is not there.
“Gaza is being emptied of its residents,” the authors of the report said.
The activists provoke the young soldiers hoping to catch a reaction on video.
An official in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied that the organization had anything to do with Sunday’s terrorist bombing in Istanbul.
The PA wants Israel to end to Operation Breaking the Wave which has been destroying the terrorist infrastructure in Shechem.



