Greece, Israel & Cyprus Sign Landmark EastMed Gas Pipeline Deal Despite Turkey’s Wrath
Long in the works, but coming at a geopolitically sensitive moment for the region given expanding Turkish maritime claims, the East Med gas pipeline deal was signed this week between the countries of Greece, Cyprus and Israel. The three signed the deal on Thursday to build a 1,900 km (1,180 mile) subsea pipeline to transport supplies…
Linda Sarsour Refuses to Answer Journalist on Whether Israel Has Right to Exist
Ben Bergquam, a journalist for America’s Voice News, ran into radical jihad supporter Linda Sarsour at the airport on Monday. “Do you support Israel’s right to exist?” Bergquam asked Sarsour. “I’d rather not speak to you,” Sarsour said, rather than answer the question. “Trump is your president, and he will be for another four years,”…
Band Members With Disabilities Rush To Embrace Trump At Israeli Conference
December 09, 2019 4:57 PM ET Band members with disabilities rushed to embrace President Donald Trump on Saturday at the Israeli American Council National Summit. The president addressed those gathered at the summit, which billionaire Sheldon Adelson hosted, telling them they must vote for him in the 2020 election to protect Israel. The president closed…
Target…Iran!
Submitted by Steve Brown… In June of this year we examined why the United States will not attack Iran subsequent to raised tensions in the region. Six months later on the cusp of 2020, the United States has not attacked Iran militarily … yet. However, Defense Secretary Esper just threatened to deploy 14K more US…
REPORT: Louis C.K. Makes Holocaust Joke To Audience In Tel Aviv
November 29, 2019 5:54 PM ET Comedian Louis C.K. reportedly made a joke about the Holocaust to an Israeli audience Thursday. The joke elicited laughter and applause from the crowd in Tel Aviv, according to a report published by Page Six. “I’d rather be in Auschwitz than New York City,” C.K. joked. “I mean now,…
Israel’s War With Syria Escalates Under Cover of US Impeachment
Submitted by Steve Brown Perhaps under cover of impeachment hearings in Washington or perhaps due to the appointment of Naftali Bennett as Defense Minister the hot war between Israel and Syria escalated dramatically on the night of November 19th. Israel’s military repeated its usual claim that missiles were fired at Israel from Syria (detected at…
U.S. Continues to Draw Lines in Eastern Mediterranean
Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies… From November 3 to November 14, Israeli, U.S., German, Italian and Greek war jets participated in the “Blue Flag 2019” military exercises out of the Ovda Air Base in Israel’s Negev Desert. The timing of these exercises corresponds with Turkey…
Poll Shows Trump’s Israel Policy Is Opposed Even By Republicans
Eric Zuesse On Monday, November 18th, Reuters headlined “U.S. backs Israel on settlements, angering Palestinians and clouding peace process” and reported that, “The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were ‘inconsistent with international law,’ a stance that…
Trump Administration Announces Historic Change to US Policy on Israel
After months of investigating the international law regarding Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, aka the West Bank, the Trump administration has concluded that Jewish settlements in Judea & Samaria do not go against international law. Pompeo: “It is indeed better late than never. Settlement in Judea and Samaria does not contradict international law and…
Israel “Preparing For War” As 150 Rockets Fired From Gaza
Israel and Gaza are on edge after an Israeli airstrike took out a senior Islamic Jihad commander in the Strip early Tuesday. Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants have since fired some 150 rockets into southern and central Israel, resulting in the closure of schools and public buildings, even in Tel Aviv. Dozens of rockets have been…
