Hamas referred to the entrance of Jewish worshippers through the Gate of the Tribes, which is reserved for Muslim entrance only, a ‘serious escalation.’ While the incident does not signal a change in government policy, Jewish groups are taking the opportunity to call for additional Jewish entry
The emerging agreement will allow Iran to access over 100 billion dollars that are currently frozen, and to sell 2.5 million barrels of oil per day ■ The West, and the U.S. in particular, must decide how it will handle the accord’s effects on the global economy and power dynamics in the Middle East
During a news conference, Ebrahim Raisi issued threats against Israel and warned that no nuclear deal will materialize unless the international agents stop their probe into uranium particles found at Iranian sites
Iran’s president warned Monday that any roadmap to restore Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see international inspectors end their probe on man-made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in the country.
A year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war and occupation in Afghanistan.
With the Taliban functionally in charge, the country faces a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse. But instead of taking action to promote stability and reinvigorate the economy, the U.S. has made it worse and penalized innocent, ordinary Afghans.
Israel has seized an estimated 300 illegal weapons and over 2,100 kilograms of drugs crossing over the Egyptian and Jordanian border so far in 2022, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Some 18 attempts to smuggle ammunition were thwarted at the Jordanian border compared to the 21 smugglings that were thwarted in 2020 and 2021 together.
Fada-Hossein Maleki, a senior Iranian legislator, said Saturday that although Iran and the P5+1 countries that are party to the Vienna talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are close to reaching an agreement, a new round of talks is necessary to close the deal, the Iran Front Page news website reported. Maleki, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said, “The United States has given a response that will make a new round of talks inevitable.”
Satellite photos reveal destruction at Scientific Studies and Research Center in Masyaf; firefighting planes try to bring blaze under control two days after attack
Satellite images obtained by The Times of Israel on Saturday showed heavily damaged structures at a Syrian weapons base near the northwestern city of Masyaf in a Thursday airstrike attributed to Israel.
Lapid calls for US to lay down a ‘credible military threat’ to force a better agreement; violence is ‘the language Iran understands,’ senior government official says
Mossad chief David Barnea will travel to Washington next week as part of Israel’s intensifying efforts to shape the emerging nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, which in its current form both Barnea and senior government figures have lambasted as a bad deal.
Interestingly, none of the problems that nation-states might have with one another, problems such as border disputes, competition for sources of raw materials and markets, water-sharing disputes, irredentism, maltreatment of kith-and-kin, and bitter historic memories, exist between Iran and Israel.
Comparing only the weekly frequency of Friday prayers in the mosque and Sunday Mass in the church, the future is clear: 65% of practicing Catholics [in France] are over 50 years old. By contrast, 73% of practicing Muslims are under the age of 50.