Israel believes the transfer approval is part of the US-Iran negotiations.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
Kinzinger’s unrestrained comments reflect the arrogance behind the colossal American failures in the Middle East in the past 20 years.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The conversation took place a day after reports emerged from Syria that Russian forces were searching for the remains of IDF soldiers near Damascus.
The two “discussed regional issues,” Netanyahu’s office stated.
'The Nationality Law' that is good for the Jewish People AND Democracy.
By JNi.Media
Minister Yuval Steinitz pulled no punches when he made Israel's red lines clear.
The two will discuss recent developments in the region.
Something big is about to happen and that something deep must be learned. Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel connect the dots between the global inferno unfolding around Syria and the personal tragedies unfolding all around them on this weeks Israel Inspired.
Orly speaks with Holocaust survivor Samuel Schlesinger and future MK Roei Kashi from the Likud party. Orly also mentions and analyzes the current Syria-Russia-USA tensions and sends their leaders a personal message.
Hariri: Assad didn't win in Syria. Putin and Rouhani won.
By JNi.Media
In the end, President Trump who has been so adamant about the folly of Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, is signing off on allowing the Iranian threat against the Jewish State to come in a thousand miles closer.
By JNi.Media
Assad had a special message for his neighbor to the north Erdogan, who, he said, "is playing the role of political beggar after his support for terrorists was exposed."
By JNi.Media
In August 2016 two Be-200s were sent to Portugal to help in extinguishing forest fires. Four days later it was reported that the fire was prevented from spreading in the direction of two settlements and a national park.
By JNi.Media
"President Putin offered to meet in Moscow on September 9," Abbas said. "I agreed. I was to fly to Moscow from here (Warsaw) to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu."
By JNi.Media
When Netanyahu and Putin spoke on the phone last week, the summit idea was part of their discussion.
By JNi.Media
A week ago, Putin’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, discussed advancing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks with Abbas in Amman.
By JNi.Media
US-Turkey relations have so deteriorated after the coup that Washington no longer trusts Ankara with the nuclear weapons.
By JNi.Media
It isn't clear who is panicking more at the moment—Jerusalem or Washington—over the possibility that Turkey, a NATO member, would switch sides and coalesce with Russia and Iran.
By JNi.Media
It could be that the bulk of Trump's voters remain under the polling radar, but come November they would give their candidate his unlikely victory.
Terror attacks in Europe are shaking the continent, but something BIGGER may be brewing.
By JNi.Media
The annual Arab League summit's agenda includes combating terrorism and the ongoing civil wars in Libya and Syria.
By JNi.Media
"It's very sad that the prime minister and the media follow misinformation."
By JNi.Media
The Russians are supplying Iran with advanced S-300 long range surface-to-air missile systems, and are in the process of selling the Iranians many more weapons.
Netanyahu told Putin that Israel has clear red lines for self-defense.
Bogie Ya'alon's assessment: aftermath of Obama's policies in the Middle East leaves Israel in a worse neighborhood.
Obama is not popular in either country, but to put it in positive terms, the U.S. President is a tiny bit more popular with Iranians than with Israelis.
By JNi.Media
He also told his defense ministry to "get tough" with anyone who threatens Russian soldiers in Syria.
Moscow advised citizens not to travel during the holidays due to supposed health risks in the U.S. and security risks elsewhere. Israel, chummy with Moscow, was not mentioned.
Senior Defense Minister official Amos Gilad says that "excellent" cooperation prevents Israel and Russia from downing each other's jets.
Putin said Russia and Israel are exchange intelligence. Israeli sources prevented massacres in Germany. IDF Chief of Staff visited Brussels.
By JNi.Media
The Russian president warned that Russian nationals in Turkey may be in serious danger.
Russia is throwing its weight around in the Middle East and no one seems prepared to intervene.
Arab media said several bases with long-range missiles were attacked on Saturday and last Wednesday.
Kremlin says the lifting of the ban on selling the anti-missile systems to Iran was only a "political and legal decision."
The US is removing Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism. But Cuba's recent BFF, Iran, doesn't have such a clean record.
Russia gives Iran a bear hug and also gives Israel another reason to show Obama that the "deal" is worse than bad.
Putin warns financial crisis could last for years.
Jews have brought the baggage of the galut (exile) mentality to the modern state of Israel.
By JTA
Irwin Cotler, a veteran human rights activist and member of Canada’s parliament, says being banned from Russia is an “honor.” When Russia issued its blacklist of 13 Canadians on Monday, Cotler was quick to express his pleasure at being included. ”I wear my exclusion from Russia as a badge of honor and am proud to […]
By Lauri Regan
If Russia stands with Iran, Obama will be forced to stand with Israel or lose the American people to the Republican Party.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The scene of Russian troops sealing the region of Crimea conjures up scary reminders of the Nazi invasions of Europe.
The Obama administration has rejected an appeal from the interim government in Ukraine that the United States send arms, ammunition and intelligence support, senior officials said Thursday. With Vladimir Putin breathing down his neck, the last thing President Barack Obama needs is doing anything to aggravate the Russian bear, who already is fuming at the […]
Russia test-fired an ICBM on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Russia is thumbing her nose at President Obama.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign pardon for jailed tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky "in the nearest future," RIA Novosti reported. Khodorkovsky’s father was Jewish and his mother was Christian. He was Russia's richest man before his arrested in 2003 and was slated to be freed next August. "He has spent over […]
By Shalom Bear
Israel has been has been threatening, almost explicitly, that any agreement signed with Iran will not restrict Israel from acting militarily to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear breakout.
By Shalom Bear
Russia is filling in the vacuum in Egpyt that the U.S. is leaving behind.
By JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to talk to Russia about a deal to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons. The Wall Street Journal, citing American and Middle Eastern officials briefed on the exchange, reported Monday that Netanyahu and Kerry spoke about the issue on Sept. 11. During the […]
Israel and Palestinian Authority negotiators promised Kerry they would hold secret talks, without using the media to promote agendas. Israel has obliged. PA negotiator Saeb Erekat has not.
Israel has no information to confirm Syrian rebel claims that the Assad regime has sent part of its stockpile of chemical weapons to Iraq, Knesset Member and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told Voice of Israel radio Sunday. However, the regime still is planning to ship the illegal weapons to Iraq and to Hezbollah, Free […]
By JoeSettler
Refocusing on domestic issues, maybe Obama will leave Israel alone.
By JoeSettler
I think it's fair to say that Putin spit in Obama's face yesterday, and then rubbed it in for good measure.
Iran for years has been trying to get Russia’s advanced S-300 missile system that can down commercial airplanes. Putin, feeling his oats after leading Obama by the nose, is ready to supply the goods.
Neither Secretary of State Kerry nor the president he serves seem to understand Russia's goals in the Middle East.
By Daniel Pipes
Erdoğan's Turkey is no longer a trustworthy partner for the West but more like a mole in its inner sanctum.
GOP Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin previously has likened Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Julius Caesar. Today he compared him with Hitler and quickly apologized – after the damage, mostly to himself, was done.
Russia's strategic geopolitical interests provide an important incentive for Russia to gain a foothold in Cyprus.
The Russian government has evicted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), according to the US State Department, accusing the organization of using its money to influence elections.
Russian worries about Israel gas potential may be causing it to lesson support for Iran; More U.S. companies are investing in Israel; Will Congress pass the US-Israel Water Cooperation Act?
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah talk about a recent trip to Netanya along with a new Jewish prize and Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Israel.
The transfer of one of Jerusalem’s most prime pieces of real estate to Russia will be finalized when the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) vacates its offices, following the completion of talks between Israel and Russia on Sunday.
By Barry Rubin
Obama's policy shows three characteristics that have wider implications for the president’s strategies: It favors Islamist enemies; it “leads from behind” by giving the initiative to those who wish America no good; and it shows no interest in helping genuinely pro-American moderates who are fighting for their lives.
By J. E. Dyer
The holiday from history is over, although we may be the last ones to see it. Neither Russia nor Iran – nor China, North Korea, or Syria, for that matter – is very interested in signing anything with the West right now. Good deals based on the old assumptions aren’t as tempting when better ones seem to lie just over the horizon.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his victory in the presidential election, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday. “During a telephone conversation, the two leaders outlined the prospects for future contacts,” the statement read. According to the Kremlin, Putin and Ahmadinejad expressed readiness to help enhance cooperation between […]
Former Head of Russian Intelligence speaks of possible Western military intervention.