Speaking at a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Secretary of Defense James Mattis declared Syria has unquestionably retained chemical weapons stockpiles in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and warned dictator Bashar Assad not to use them again.
TEL AVIV, Israel — In a dramatic departure from previous Israeli Navy modernization plans — which prescribed several years of study before determining requirements for its future undersea force — a senior officer now says the service needs three new Dolphin AIP-class submarines “as fast as possible.”
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited Israel on Friday for talks expected to focus on Iran, Syria and the two countries’ close strategic relations despite recent tensions with Barack Obama’s adminstration.
TEL AVIV – Russia’s envoy to Israel is expected to announce the immediate recognition of Western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in a meeting with senior Foreign Ministry officials in the coming days, making it the first country in the world to formally legitimize any part of the city as the capital of the Jewish state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed The New York Times for publishing an opinion piece written by jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti without noting he is serving multiple life terms for the murder of Israelis.
US Defense Secretary James Mattis is set to travel to Israel next week as part of a Middle East and Africa tour meant to “reaffirm key US military alliances,” the Pentagon announced on Friday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin offered their condolences on Friday to the family of the British woman murdered in a terror attack in Jerusalem earlier in the day, later identified as Hannah Bladon, 21, an exchange student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli politicians and diplomats sent their condolences to Egypt on Sunday and Monday after the North African state was hit with two consecutive terror attacks targeting its Coptic Christian minority.
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israel’s security diplomatic cabinet on Sunday discussed ways to help Syrian children wounded in a chemical weapons attack last week in the town of Idlib.
JERUSALEM, Israel — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a Tomahawk missile attack against a Syrian airbase last week received praise from Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel remained committed to treating war wounded from Syria and reaffirmed his support for last week’s US air strike in the neighbouring country.
TEL AVIV — Following the U.S. launch of Tomahawk missiles targeting a strategic Syrian airfield on Thursday night, Iran must be monitored carefully for the possibility that it may use its proxies for retaliation, especially against Israel’s northern border.
President Trump’s decision to launch an airstrike against a Syrian airbase thought to be the source of Tuesday’s chemical weapons attack drew widespread approval from European leaders, who deemed the assault proportionate and justified.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he supports the “strong and clear message” sent by a US strike in neighbouring Syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack.
JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called on world powers to intervene in the Syrian civil war and to remove chemical weapons from Syria according to its “obligation” from 2013.
A massive chemical weapons attack hit an area of the northern Idlib province in Syria on Tuesday, followed by a bombing run on hospitals where victims were undergoing treatment.
Israeli leaders called for the international community to take action Tuesday after a gas attack in Syria killed at least 58 people and injured over 200, many of them children.
Israel sent its condolences to Russia on Monday following a terror attack on a subway station in which at least 10 people were killed and more than 20 wounded.
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The Israeli government and the White House did not hold “formal negotiations” over the construction of settlements in the West Bank, an administration official said on Sunday, contradicting media reports claiming that such talks were taking place.
A joint U.S.-Israeli missile interceptor meant to counter the type of medium-range missiles possessed by Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants became operational Sunday, completing Israel’s multi-layer defense system amid tensions on its frontiers with Syria and Gaza.
TEL AVIV — There is the potential for a series clash between Hezbollah and Israel, a senior Arab intelligence official said.
Senior lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to establish a new West Bank settlement for families evicted from the razed Amona outpost, the first new Jewish town in the territory since the 1993 Oslo Accords, amid intense negotiations with the US over settlement building.
TEL AVIV – The Trump administration is exploring the option of hosting a summit this summer bringing Gulf Arab leaders, the Palestinian Authority president and Israel’s prime minister in an effort to jumpstart the moribund peace process, sources tell The Jerusalem Post.
Israeli leaders hoping President Donald Trump would be a rubber stamp for the Jewish state are hearing plenty of reassuring rhetoric at this week’s annual gathering for the “unbreakable” alliance.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering lifting a nearly 18 month-old ban forbidding ministers and lawmakers from visiting the flashpoint Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Channel 2 reported on Monday.
The US ambassador to the United Nations received a rapturous welcome Monday at Washington’s biggest pro-Israel forum, where she vowed never to allow “Israel-bashing” at the world body.
WASHINGTON — Speaking before nearly 18,000 pro-Israel advocates gathered for AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the warm ties being forged between his government and the new Trump administration, saying that he was committed to working with the president to reach a peace deal.
TEL AVIV – The U.S., Russia and Israel are said to have reached a consensus on the threat posed by pro-Iranian forces in Syria, the Kuwati daily newspaper Al-Rai reported Saturday.
“When it comes to the great challenges facing Israel and the United States, for the first time in many years, perhaps in many decades, there is no daylight between our two governments,” the Jewish state’s top diplomat in Washington declared on Sunday.
TEL AVIV – The Assad regime in Syria has sent messages to Israel via Russia threatening that any further strikes by the Israeli military within Syria’s borders would be met with Scud missiles fired into the Jewish state, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Diyar reported Saturday.
Israel and the US are close to reaching an understanding on settlement construction that would see Jerusalem commit to construction limits in return for being allowed the build the first new settlement in 25 years, Channel 2 reported Saturday.
TEL AVIV – Syria was most likely pressured by Iran to fire surface-to-air missiles at Israeli aircraft carrying out incursions into Syrian territory over the weekend, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
A senior Israeli official on Thursday denied reports that the Trump administration has demanded Israel stop all construction in isolated West Bank settlements and put curbs on new building inside the major settlement blocs.
The Trump administration reportedly demanded that Israel halt all construction in isolated West Bank settlements and put curbs on new building inside the major settlement blocs, under the terms of an agreement currently being negotiated with the Netanyahu government over settlement construction.
BEIJING — Russia has not changed its policy on coordination with the Israeli air force in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, denying reports that Moscow had told Israel to end airstrikes in the war-torn country and vowing to continue attacking weapons convoys.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for peace between Israel and an independent Palestine “as soon as possible” during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, state media reported.
TEL AVIV – A senior delegation arrived in Washington Sunday to meet with officials from the Trump administration to discuss settlement activity and reportedly receive approval for construction in east Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit meant to bolster bilateral ties with China and to mark 25 years since the two countries established diplomatic relations.
Contents: Israel and Syria have unprecedented missile clash over Jordan; Russia summons Israeli envoy to demand an explanation; Jordan has to live with increasing threats from Syria and Israel
