Israeli Companies Develop Revolutionary Antiviral Face Masks to Defend Against Deadly Coronavirus
Israel is tackling the global coronavirus outbreak head-on to keep it from becoming a health crisis in the country.
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Iran vows support for Palestinian resistance to peace plan
The new leader of the Iranian Quds Force who is stepping into the shoes of slain terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani has met with Palestinian leaders to assure them that Iran will do everything in its power to oppose the recently released ‘Deal of the Century’ peace plan.
IDF Beefs Up Air Defenses in South, Concerned Iran Is Pressuring Islamic Jihad to Escalate Rocket Attacks
The IDF is deploying additional Iron Dome aerial defense batteries in southern Israel out of concern that Gaza-based Islamic Jihad, under the influence of Iran, could attempt to escalate its rocket attacks against the Jewish state.
UN Security Council agrees to meet with Kushner on Mideast peace plan
The United States has requested a closed-door UN Security Council meeting Thursday for US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, to present the administration’s new Mideast peace plan, diplomatic sources told AFP Monday.
IDF launches drill simulating multi-front war
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday launched a large-scale exercise simulating a war on multiple fronts, with units throughout the military taking part, the army said.
Backing Abbas, Arab League unanimously rejects Trump’s Middle East peace plan
The Arab League on Saturday unanimously rejected US President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East plan, calling it ‘unfair’ to Palestinians.
Iran says it will launch observation satellite in ‘coming days’
Iran is preparing to launch a new scientific observation satellite in the ‘coming days,’ the head of the country’s national space agency told AFP on Saturday.
Kushner: ‘Deal of the Century’ map can be changed by Palestinians
Palestinians can weigh in on the ‘Deal of the Century’ map, US envoy Jared Kushner told the Egyptian MBC Masr network in an interview, where he also spoke of the Trump administration’s plans to recognize Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Savaging Trump plan, Abbas says Palestinians cutting all ties with Israel, US
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he was cutting all ties, including security coordination, with both Israel and the US on Saturday, in a lengthy speech delivered at an Arab League meeting in Egypt’s capital denouncing the new White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gaza Terror Groups Fear Israeli Retaliation After Rocket Attacks, Islamic Jihad Leaders Go Into Hiding
Terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip are reportedly on high alert as tensions rise in Israel’s south after a series of rocket attacks over the weekend, with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders going into hiding for fear of targeted assassinations.
Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss U.S. peace plan, retrieve Issachar
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Moscow on Thursday to discuss the U.S. Mideast peace plan and take an Israeli woman who had been jailed in Russia back home.
Arab-Israelis fume as Trump plan says their towns could become part of Palestine
Leaders and residents of Arab-Israeli towns in the so-called Triangle fumed on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump’s peace plan proposed including their villages southeast of Haifa in a future Palestinian state.
Knesset speaker vows to ‘fast-track’ any vote on West Bank annexation
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday promised to ‘fast-track’ any bill proposed to annex parts of the West Bank in the aftermath of the unveiling of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.
Pompeo on Mideast Peace Plan Opponents: ‘The Same Critics Who Have Failed for 70 Years’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday dismissed opponents of President Trump’s Mideast peace proposals as ‘the same critics who have failed for 70 years’ to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Netanyahu abandons his immunity bid, paving way for an indictment within days
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that he was withdrawing his request for parliamentary immunity from the pending indictment in the three corruption cases against him.
A tale of two cities: How the US made ‘undivided Jerusalem’ into twin capitals
US President Donald Trump confused many people Tuesday by appearing to contradict himself during the part of his speech concerning the status of Jerusalem under his administration’s peace plan.
Abbas on US plan: ‘We say 1,000 times: No, no and no to the deal of the century’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas firmly rejected the Trump administration’s plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, calling it the ‘the slap of the century.’
Amid ‘Deal of the Century’ Tensions, IDF Beefs Up Forces in Jordan Valley
As tensions rose ahead of the publication of US President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday, the IDF beefed up its forces in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley region.
“Security, prosperity, and peace”: Netanyahu and Trump unveil Kushner peace plan
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the “Deal of the Century” peace plan engineered by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and his team Tuesday, portending what Netanyahu called a ‘realistic path to a durable peace.’
All Palestinian groups set to meet Tuesday in rare move following Trump peace plan release
Palestinian leadership circled the wagons Tuesday against Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s long-awaited ‘Deal of the Century’ unveil, having previously called for a ‘day of rage’ and an ‘escalation of resistance’ against Israel for the plan.