5/31/21

* Palestinian Imam: We’ll ‘Shatter’ USA, Jews ‘Too Lowly’ for Muslims Jerusalem Imam Yousef Makharzah said in a Friday sermon that Muslims will shatter the “head of America” and the “infidels” and “conquer” Rome, while describing Jews as “too lowly” for Muslim consideration.

* Hamas top dog promises more jihad stabbings and fires, claims ‘this was just a general rehearsal’ American taxpayers will be funding the next round, thanks to Joe Biden’s handlers.

* Fatah: “Palestine from the Sea to the River” – will be liberated Toward the end of the recent Fatah/Hamas riot and rocket war, a Fatah official repeated what Palestinian Media Watch has pointed out repeatedly over the last two and a half decades: Fatah - like Hamas - tells Palestinians that Fatah’s ultimate goal is Israel's destruction.

* Israeli-Palestinian Peace Requires Foreign Powers to Pull Out of Gaza Without foreign powers’ acquiescence to bilateral negotiations, hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian territories threaten to continue.

* Iran: Hamas already rebuilding Iran-backed rocket arsenal "The Palestinian resistance resumed production of missiles after the end of the recent Israeli aggression," Iranian media has stated.

* Mike Fegelman: How Hamas and the PA started the 'TikTok intifada' Sensing an opportunity and seizing on it, both the PA and Hamas positioned a court decision as an assault on Muslims worldwide and encouraged their followers on social media to violently riot.

* Who Will Be Iran's Next President and What Does It Mean for the Region This week, Iran’s government announced the seven finalists who will be allowed to compete in the country’s presidential election on June 18.

* Another Blow To The EU — Its Population Is Divided The bureaucracy that is the European Union just received another blow, this time from its residents.

* Can China keep relations with EU on course? China is looking at ways to improve relations with the European Union after a series of setbacks in recent weeks, according to diplomatic observers.

* Chinese Media: Beijing Must ‘Rapidly Increase the Number of Nuclear Warheads’ The editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times, its most belligerent English-language state newspaper, demanded on Thursday that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “rapidly increase the number of commissioned nuclear warheads” in response to an allegedly growing threat of war from the United States.

5/29/21

 * Abbas calls for end to Jewish Temple Mount visitation rights to cement ceasefire PA president told Arab ministers he was ready to work with US, other Quartet members to revive peace process.

* Temple Mount reopened to Jewish worshippers Religious site was closed to non-Muslim visitors since May 4 during Ramadan.

* Israel will act to counter Iranian nuclear threat without US - Netanyahu "With or without an agreement, we will do everything to prevent Iran from arming itself with a nuclear weapon, because that is our existence."

* What would the EU and UN have done if Hamas had won the PA elections? From May 10 through May 20, Hamas, the internationally designated terror organization that controls the Gaza Strip, fired over 4,300 missiles against Israel, targeting its civilian population.

* Hamas Leader: 10,000 suicide Bombers Inside Israel Ready to Protect Temple Mount Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, threatened even more violence than was seen in the recent conflict should Israel continue to “violate al Aqsa (the site of the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem).”

* By pushing for regime change in Russia, the EU Parliament has revealed how irrelevant & unreliable it is for the future of Europe An explosive new report published by top EU foreign policymakers, which called for all-out efforts to change Russia's government, is the clearest indication yet that both the bloc and European political order are in dire straits.

* UN opens Israeli war crimes probe following Gaza war, calls for embargo Following Operation Guardian of the Walls against Gaza terrorist groups, for the first time ever the UNHRC has created a permanent fact-finding mission regarding a UN member state.

* Syria holds presidential election dismissed as farce by opposition A presidential election is taking place in government-held parts of Syria, with Bashar al-Assad seen as certain to win a fourth seven-year term.

* Support for Israel among young US evangelical Christians drops sharply — survey Since 2018, backing for Israel dropped from 75% to 33%; nearly half of evangelicals aged 18-29 say they favor establishment of Palestinian state, voted for Biden over Trump.

* Poll: Most Dems Stand with Hamas, Blame Israel, While 67% of Republicans Stand Strong with Israel A new poll performed by the Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters, revealed that 27.1% of Democrats blame Hamas, Palestinian Authority, and Iran for the current violence, while 38.5% blame Israel.

5/28/21

 * HAMAS LEADER: 10,000 Suicide Bombers Inside Israel Ready to Protect the Temple Mount Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, threatened even more violence than was seen in the recent conflict should Israel continue to “violate al Aqsa (the site of the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem).”

* "There's no real solution for Gaza," former Israeli ambassador says on "The Takeout" The current situation in the Middle East is "a mess" and has "no way forward," says former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren.

* How Social Media Validates Anti-Semitism by Censoring Everything but Anti-Semitism People often forget that the very concept of political correctness was invented by Stalin's Soviet Union.

* Today's “Redemptive Anti-Semitism” - the "Gentlemen's Agreement" is no more We are seeing the rebirth of Nazi "redemptive anti-Semitism” where all the world's problems are solved by exterminating and purifying humanity of the Jews. Listen to what they are saying. Op-ed.

* Jews Can’t Let the U.S. Turn into Europe A few days ago, New York governor Andrew Cuomo sent extra state patrols to Jewish neighborhoods after a rash of attacks, including the beating of a man by a mob in midtown, a brick flying through the windows of a kosher pizza store, and “protesters” spitting at and threatening restaurant patrons.

* UN opens Israeli war crimes probe following Gaza war, calls for embargo Following Operation Guardian of the Walls against Gaza terrorist groups, for the first time ever the UNHRC has created a permanent fact-finding mission regarding a UN member state.

* Why did Hezbollah stay on the sidelines this time around? JPost One-on-One weekly 'Zoomcast': Episode 20 with Tamar Beeri and Alma Center CEO and Founder Sarit Zehavi.

* Erdogan: Those in Europe ‘who once targeted the Jewish community now have turned Muslims into the main target’ As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to persecute Christians in his own country, he’s busy claiming that Muslims are being victimized by the so-called “far right” in the West.

* China Invites Four European Foreign Ministers to Visit in Diplomatic Push The foreign ministers of Ireland, Poland, Hungary and Serbia will visit China from Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry said, in a sign of a push to strengthen ties with Europe after an investment treaty was frozen.

* Knesset Christian Caucus Leader Rejects Poll That Support for Israel Has Dropped Among Young American Evangelical Christians A new survey highlighting a sharp drop in support for Israel by young American evangelical Christians has been rejected by the head of a Christian Knesset caucus on the grounds that the respondents are not actually practicing Christians.

5/27/21

 * Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself—Despite What Democrats Say This month, we witnessed war in the Middle East. Hamas, a designated terrorist organization funded by Iran, launched more than 4,000 rockets at Israel in 11 days. Israel, on the defensive, fired back.

* Gantz warns 'Lebanon will tremble' if an attack comes from the north Israel assesses that Hezbollah leader may have contracted COVID after cough-laden warning address.

* How long will the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last? Hamas has now once again been given time to recover and rearm to be ready for another round of attacks at their chosen time, putting Israel on the back foot having to respond to their dictate.

* Jordanian MPs: Annul agreements with Israel, target ‘Zionists’ worldwide At a special parliament session on the Israel-Hamas war, Jordanian lawmakers praise Hamas, call Jews “the slayers of prophets,” “cowards” and “the sons of apes and pigs.”

* Figuring Out Hamas’s Strategy Israel largely achieved its military objectives in its recent war with Hamas, but the terror organization managed to achieve its political objectives despite its massive losses.

* Ireland becomes first EU state to accuse Israel of 'de-facto annexation' Ireland’s parliament unanimously approved a resolution condemning “de facto annexation” in the West Bank with government support on Wednesday night, while voting down a motion to expel Israel’s ambassador.

* U.N. Challenges Israel: Alleges Defensive Strikes in Gaza Possible ‘War Crimes’ Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in its defense against attacks by Gaza Strip-based terrorist group Hamas, the U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet declared Thursday.

* Tiktok jihad: Videos of violent Muslim mobs attacking Jews sweep the Internet This is the world that the political elites and the establishment media have made by retailing “Palestinian” jihad propaganda as if it were fact.

* Blinken to King Abdullah: US respects Jordan's Temple Mount stewardship The secretary of state and the monarch expressed support for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip.

* China Claims Partnership with Russia Will Fix ‘Global Disorder’ Left by Trump China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday touted the growing alliance between China and Russia as an opportunity to correct the “dangerous trend of disorder” spread around the world by U.S. policy under the Trump administration.

5/26/21

* Abbas calls for end to Jewish Temple Mount visitation rights to cement ceasefire PA president told Arab ministers he was ready to work with US, other Quartet members to revive peace process.

* Hamas's Sinwar: We have 10,000 terrorists within Israel Sinwar claimed that Hamas has over 500 km of tunnels in Gaza and that not even 5% of the tunnels were damaged.

* Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar threatens: This was just a dress rehearsal Leader of terror group gives first address since operation, warning Israel that there are at least 10,000 'shahids' currently in Israel.

* Abbas: Ceasefire must include end to Jewish visits to Temple Mount Abbas emphasized the importance of including the PA in any plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip after fighting between Israel and Hamas.

* PA cleric: Israel planning to 'destroy' Al-Aqsa PA Mufti claims that extremist Jewish organizations are planning to demolish the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

* Biden Demanded Israel Cancel Jerusalem Day Parade and End Evictions of Illegal Muslim Occupiers Thus far the only difference between the Obama strategy and the Biden strategy on Israel is appearances.

* Biden's Palestinian Mission is Doomed to Fail The big problem, though, with Mr Biden's commitment for the US to work with the Palestinian Authority in Gaza is that the ability of Mr Abbas's organisation to exercise any influence over Gaza is virtually negligible.

* Syria holds presidential election dismissed as farce by opposition A presidential election is taking place in government-held parts of Syria, with Bashar al-Assad seen as certain to win a fourth seven-year term.

* Analysis: Khamenei’s election agenda may slow revival of Iran nuclear deal Weary negotiators appear increasingly unlikely to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers before the Islamic Republic’s June presidential election, but an extension of talks could reap political gains at home for the supreme leader.

* “We will continue the cycle of blood and killing,” threatens Fatah leader Rajoub - “We are not the only ones who will die” On the last day of the recent terror war with Hamas, while the final terms of a ceasefire were being negotiated between Israel and Hamas last Thursday (May 20.), top PA and Fatah leader Jibril Rajoub vowed that the PA/Fatah “will continue the cycle of blood and killing.” 

* Violent Palestinian Protests Sweeping America 'Will Only Get Worse' [WATCH] The wave of violent pro-Palestine protests sweeping the nation is showing no signs of slowing down.

5/25/21

 * Debate over the Israel-Palestine issue has changed forever, but here’s why the fabled ‘two-state solution’ is no solution at all The recent fighting has revealed two new realities: the US’s once-automatic backing of Israel is fraying, and the much-parroted resolution for the conflict is a non-starter.

* Israel will act to counter Iranian nuclear threat without US - Netanyahu "With or without an agreement, we will do everything to prevent Iran from arming itself with a nuclear weapon, because that is our existence."

* Israeli Parliamentarian Calls on Jews: Go Up to Temple Mount Freshmen Israeli Knesset member Simcha Rothman visited the Temple Mount on Thursday.

* Blinken in Israel to push for stabilizing Gaza ceasefire Secretary of State Tony Blinken landed in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop on his first trip to the Middle East since assuming office.

* Don’t Withdraw U.S. Forces from the Middle East As Iranian-backed terrorist groups lob rockets into Israel and the Biden administration withdraws all U.S. forces from Afghanistan, those clamoring for all American forces to be brought back home from the greater Middle East need a dose of realism.

* Much of Gaza lies in ruins yet Hamas claims "Victory" The world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism was credited with supplying arms and cash to Hamas.

* Iran approves hardliner for presidential polls, bars several hopefuls Iran’s election watchdog has approved the candidacy of hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi in next month’s presidential election, state TV said on Tuesday, while disqualifying some of his main rivals including former parliament speaker Ali Larijani.

* Even with a Deal, the Mullahs Will Pursue Nukes It is important to expect that whatever the deal, the Iranian regime will continue to pursue its nuclear ambitions and clandestine nuclear activities: there are historical precedents for it.

* Russia warns Turkey over ties with Ukraine Russia's foreign minister on Monday warned Turkey against what he said were attempts to fuel "militaristic sentiment" in Ukraine after Ankara moved to boost cooperation with Kyiv.

* Support for Israel among young US evangelical Christians drops sharply — survey Since 2018, backing for Israel dropped from 75% to 33%; nearly half of evangelicals aged 18-29 say they favor establishment of Palestinian state, voted for Biden over Trump.

5/24/21

 * Top ultra-Orthodox MK to Netanyahu: Keep the Temple Mount closed to Jews Holiest site in Judaism has been closed to Jewish visitors since May 10, when riots by Palestinian worshipers at compound led Hamas to set off 11-day conflict.

* Yehuda Glick: Temple Mount should be open for everyone Former Likud MK, Temple Mount activist says the Temple Mount is the 'center of the world,' and 'should be open to Jewish prayer.'

* Temple Mount reopened to Jewish worshippers Religious site was closed to non-Muslim visitors since May 4 during Ramadan.

* Biden Sends Blinken To Middle East To Help Kick-Start Israel, Palestine Peace Talks The White House on Monday announced Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East this week in hopes of kick-starting peace talks after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire on Friday.

* Israeli official: We will preemptively strike Hamas rockets Cabinet minister close to Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel will no longer wait for Gaza terrorists to fire first.

* By pushing for regime change in Russia, the EU Parliament has revealed how irrelevant & unreliable it is for the future of Europe An explosive new report published by top EU foreign policymakers, which called for all-out efforts to change Russia's government, is the clearest indication yet that both the bloc and European political order are in dire straits.

* What would the EU and UN have done if Hamas had won the PA elections? From May 10 through May 20, Hamas, the internationally designated terror organization that controls the Gaza Strip, fired over 4,300 missiles against Israel, targeting its civilian population.

* Iran's Quds Force chief tells Islamic Jihad it defeated 'Zionist pride' The comments made by Esmail Ghaani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, praised death and martyrdom and said fighters welcome death with 'longing and passion.'

* The Palestinian Voices Blinken Won't Hear The renewed talk about a "two-state solution" comes amid a significant increase in the popularity of Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group whose charter openly calls for replacing Israel with an Islamic state.

* POLL: Most DEMS Stand With Hamas, Blame Israel, 67% of Republicans Stand Strong With Israel A new poll performed by the Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters, revealed that 27.1% of Democrats blame Hamas, Palestinian Authority, and Iran for the current violence, while 38.5% blame Israel.

5/22/21

 * Israel announces unconditional ceasefire with Hamas, ending Gaza combat After 11 days, Israel's war with Hamas comes to an end in a fragile ceasefire mediated by Egypt.

* Temple Mount Closed To Jews On Biblical Feast Of Shavuot The Temple Mount was closed to Jews for ten days of Ramadan and three days of the Muslim feast and despite police announcing that Judaism’s holiest site would be open to Jews on the eve of the Biblical pilgrimage festival of Shavuot, on Sunday morning, the police announced that it would once again be closed to Jews.

* Iranian General: ‘We have a religious duty to act against Israel and annihilate it’ Where did Mohammad-Hossein Sepehr get this idea? From passages such as this: “Drive them out from where they drove you out” (Qur’an 2:191).

* Why does Hamas insist Israel-Gaza ceasefire include Jerusalem? - analysis As far as Hamas is concerned, any ceasefire agreement that ignores Jerusalem will make it appear as if the Gaza-based terrorist group did not score any significant achievements.

* Shavuot Temple Reenactment Takes Place Outside Jericho: 'Battling Amalek Inside Israel' A full-dress reenactment of the Shavuot Temple service was held in Mitzpeh Yericho on Tuesday, the day after Shavuot was observed in Israel.

* Turkey Calls on International Forces to Conquer Jerusalem: 'Zechariah's Gog-Magog Prophecy' After a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara late Monday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a media conference in which he called on the UN, UN Security Council, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and other international organizations to take action focusing on wrestling Jerusalem away from Israel.

* Iran reveals its strategy advising Hamas on war against Israel What is important here is that the conversation with Ghaani comes as Iranian media published a unique look at Israel’s air defense systems, asserting that Israel is showing new vulnerabilities.

* Hamas: 'We will kill every Jew on Planet Earth' Hamas leaders pledge to 'Murder every Jew on Planet Earth' as IDF makes it clear there's only one they can be stopped.

* Iran: ‘Whenever we want to strangle America, we can easily tighten our grip around the throat of the Zionist regime’ And Biden’s handlers want to send them billions. Lenin said, “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” In this case, the United States will give the Islamic Republic of Iran the rope with which it will hang not just Israel, but America as well.

* Israel-Gaza: The Democrats' 'tectonic' shift on the conflict The latest clashes between Israel and the Palestinians have revealed exactly how much the political centre of gravity in the Democratic Party has moved on the conflict in recent years.

5/21/21

 * Temple Mount Closed to Jews 18 Days and Counting; Arabs Riot and Ridicule Police On Friday, Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the police to prevent Jews from ascending to the Temple Mount, making it the 18th consecutive day that Jews were prevented from visiting their holiest site.

* Israel Police clash with Palestinians on Temple Mount Hamas has insisted that agreements were made concerning Jerusalem in the ceasefire, despite Israeli officials denying that any such agreements were made.

* Israel-Gaza: The Democrats' 'tectonic' shift on the conflict The latest clashes between Israel and the Palestinians have revealed exactly how much the political centre of gravity in the Democratic Party has moved on the conflict in recent years.

* On the Sidelines, Hezbollah Looms Large Over Gaza Battle Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militant group has stayed out of the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

* Iran Celebrates ‘Great Victory of Oppressed Palestinians’ over Israel Iran praised what it called a “great victory” Friday by the Palestinian Hamas terrorist organization over Israel, claiming the truce between the two parties “humiliated” Israel after a confrontation that left more than 200 dead — the vast majority Palestinians.

* Iran and Hamas’s Jerusalem/Gaza offensive against Israel BEHIND THE LINES: As ever, Iran prefers to avoid direct involvement. But without its backing, support and expertise, the latest Hamas offensive against Israel would have been inconceivable.

* Could this be the idea that secures peace for Israelis and Palestinians? "Peace for peace.” That’s how Benjamin Netanyahu described the Abraham Accords, the peace deals that Israel signed with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in September.

* Is the Biden Administration an Enemy of Israel and the Free World? Biden made no distinction between a democratic ally of the United States and a terrorist organization he did not even name.

* Bernie Sanders Comes Down Hard on Israel, About Which He Knows Little Bernie Sanders doesn’t much care for Israel. Nor does he know much about it. Both his ignorance and his palpable want of sympathy are on display in his recent Op/Ed for the New York Times, where he accepts uncritically the the charges made by Hamas against Israel this past week.

* Russia Pressures Ukraine, to Little Avail What Moscow is after with its renewed military pressure on Kyiv is unclear, but the long-term ramifications are discernible.

5/20/21

 * Israel shot down armed Iranian drone near border with Jordan - Netanyahu Downing happened on sidelines of Gaza fighting. “I think that says everything about the real patron of terror in the Middle East and the world – Iran.”

* Netanyahu's Prospects Bolstered Amid Israel-Hamas Fighting Just over a week ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career seemed all but over.

* Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief vows to support Hamas against Israel The battle of the “Sword of Jerusalem” has “brought the Muslims’ attention back to Jerusalem and the holy sites,” according to IRGC Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani.

* IRGC commander hails rocket attacks on Israel Major General Hossein Salami, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, on Wednesday hailed the terrorists from Gaza who have peppered Israel with rocket fire in recent days.

* MEPs call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip to avoid further civilian casualties The demand came during a debate in Parliament on Tuesday on the recent upsurge in violence between Israel and Palestine.

* Israel’s Existential Struggle The carnage wrought by Israel’s Arabs in support of Hamas, at a time when the Islamist terror organization is raining thousands of missiles on Israel’s population centers, is nothing short of a nationalist (and Islamist) attempt to subvert the Jewish state.

* China preens in U.N. spotlight over Mideast as U.S. isolated U.S. isolation at the United Nations over efforts to end renewed Middle East violence has seen China seize the chance to burnish its multilateral leadership credentials, diplomats say, just months after President Joe Biden declared: "America is back."

* Turkey’s anti-Israel obsession reaches new heights Among the recent statements include a demand by Turkey to separate Jerusalem from Israel.

* Europe: Anti-Israel Protests Descend into Anti-Semitism The current crisis of anti-Semitism is a testament to the failure of European multiculturalism, which is making Jewish life in Europe increasingly unviable.

* Uganda: Muslims behead and remove tongue of pastor who debated Muslims and converted them to Christianity Islamic law forbids non-Muslims to proselytize among Muslims on pain of death.

5/19/21

 * Why does Hamas insist Israel-Gaza ceasefire include Jerusalem? - analysis As far as Hamas is concerned, any ceasefire agreement that ignores Jerusalem will make it appear as if the Gaza-based terrorist group did not score any significant achievements.

* Hamas: 'We will kill every Jew on Planet Earth' Hamas leaders pledge to 'Murder every Jew on Planet Earth' as IDF makes it clear there's only one they can be stopped.

* Netanyahu determined to continue Gaza operation despite pressure from Biden Netanyahu said that he is “determined to continue in this operation until its objective is achieved – to bring back the quiet.”

* Netanyahu: 'Gaza op will continue until the job is done' Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel has no timetable for agreeing to ceasefire with Hamas, says all goals must be achieved.

* Shavuot Temple Reenactment Takes Place Outside Jericho: 'Battling Amalek Inside Israel' [WATCH] A full-dress reenactment of the Shavuot Temple service was held in Mitzpeh Yericho on Tuesday, the day after Shavuot was observed in Israel.

* EU sidelined and divided as war rages again in Middle East Analysis: internal tensions and differences with the US have left the bloc unable to take a clear position on Israel-Palestine.

* Israel should unilaterally cease fire and seek global support for Gaza’s demilitarization Israel’s military chiefs are reluctant to wind down their 10-day campaign to crush the Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip without a spectacular victory.

* The "We-Must-Hate-Israel" Season Re-Opens in Turkey There is, however, a significant difference between Turkey in May 2018 and May 2021. In May 2018, Turkey was heading for presidential and parliamentary elections -- which Erdoğan won with 51.5% of the national vote.

* Merkel’s Germany: 81% of Jews have been attacked by Muslims This is no surprise. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); they disobey Allah and never observe his commands (5:13).

* Chinese media: US supports Israel because of wealthy Jews Israeli Foreign Ministry calls to take down video featuring “blatant antisemitism” and “racist and dangerous” ideas.

5/18/21

 * Across Europe, mass protests against Israel; riots break out in Berlin, Paris and London "Rape the Jews' daughters": Anti-Semitic motorcade drives through Jewish neighborhood in London as anti-Israel protests held across Europe.

* 'Nothing on the Table' to Bring Israel-Gaza Truce, Senior Israeli Official Says A senior Israeli official cast doubt on Monday on the possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militants after more than a week of violent conflict that has left dozens dead.

* The blood spilled for [your] sake is insignificant. Our lives are for your sake, O Jerusalem” – PA TV host promotes the violent riots In a broadcast on the violent Arab riots in Jerusalem, the official PA TV host encouraged more violence and urged Palestinians to “sacrifice” themselves for Jerusalem.

* Egypt to Israel: Do not increase attacks on Gaza Strip - report Cairo urges Jerusalem and Gaza to de-escalate the violence, pushing for a ceasefire.

* Turkey Calls on International Forces to Conquer Jerusalem: 'Zechariah's Gog-Magog Prophecy' After a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara late Monday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a media conference in which he called on the UN, UN Security Council, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and other international organizations to take action focusing on wrestling Jerusalem away from Israel.

* Lebanon Fires Missiles at Israel Opening War Against Jerusalem on Two Fronts Color Red sirens went off in northern Israel late Monday at around 11 PM as six Grad-type rockets were fired from Lebanon.

* Iran: ‘Whenever we want to strangle America, we can easily tighten our grip around the throat of the Zionist regime’ And Biden’s handlers want to send them billions. Lenin said, “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” In this case, the United States will give the Islamic Republic of Iran the rope with which it will hang not just Israel, but America as well.

* Responsibility for the Latest Upsurge in Arab-Israeli Violence Goes to US President Joe Biden Even Mr Trump's harshest critics had to concede that, when it came to the Middle East, the Trump era had been a success.

* EU Set to Call for Israel-Palestinian Peace Talks With U.S., Russia European Union foreign ministers are set on Tuesday to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, offer more humanitarian aid and try to relaunch peace talks, Malta's foreign minister said.

* UN General Assembly to meet on Gaza as US blocks 3rd Security Council resolution Amid growing international efforts to restore calm, Blinken indicates US not joining calls for immediate ceasefire.

5/17/21

 * Temple Mount Closed to Jews on Biblical Feast of Shavuot The Temple Mount was closed to Jews for ten days of Ramadan and three days of the Muslim feast and despite police announcing that Judaism’s holiest site would be open to Jews on the eve of the Biblical pilgrimage festival of Shavuot, on Sunday morning, the police announced that it would once again be closed to Jews.

* 'Why is Temple Mount closed to Jews?' Temple Mount organizations ask why holiest site in Judaism remains closed to Jews while fully open to Muslims.

* Smotrich on Temple Mount closure to Jews: You choose disgrace, get war Religious Zionism party chairman demands PM reverse decision to close holiest site in Judaism to Jews.

* Jordan's King Says Diplomacy Under Way to Halt Israel's Military Campaign Jordan's King Abdullah said on Sunday that his kingdom was involved in intensive diplomacy to halt what he characterised as an Israeli military escalation in the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence in years.

* Iranian General: ‘We have a religious duty to act against Israel and annihilate it’ Where did Mohammad-Hossein Sepehr get this idea? From passages such as this: “Drive them out from where they drove you out” (Qur’an 2:191). It is not fact, but propaganda fiction, that Israel drove the “Palestinians” out, as The Palestinian Delusion proves.

* China offers to host Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Beijing uses chairmanship of UN Security Council to press for immediate ceasefire and resumption of dialogue on two-state solution.

* What is Iran’s game plan with China amid Israel-Gaza conflict? China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the US to "adjust" its position on Israel-Gaza conflict, claiming that the US was "standing on the opposite side of the international community.”

* Iran reveals its strategy advising Hamas on war against Israel What is important here is that the conversation with Ghaani comes as Iranian media published a unique look at Israel’s air defense systems, asserting that Israel is showing new vulnerabilities.

* Muslim States Condemn Israel's 'Barbaric Attacks' Against Palestinians The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on Sunday for an immediate halt to what it described as Israel's barbaric attacks on Gaza and blamed "systematic crimes" against the Palestinians for hostilities now in their seventh day.

* Erdogan Calls on Pope to Keep Denouncing Gaza Violence Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Pope Francis in a phone call that the international community should impose sanctions on Israel for its actions against the Palestinians, and he urged the pontiff to keep speaking out on the conflict, Erdogan's office said on Monday.

5/15/21

 * Hamas with Ultimatum to Israel: Leave Temple Mount or 100 Times More Rockets Will Fly The Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades has issued a new ultimatum to Israel on Wednesday: Withdraw from Al-Aqsa Mosque and Sheikh Jarrah or “100 times” more rockets will be fired at 6 pm towards new targets.

* Netanyahu: Gaza terrorists 'crossed a red line,' Israel 'will respond with great force' 'We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, on our capital, on our citizens and on our soldiers,' PM warns.

* Palestinians: Our True Goal is to Destroy Israel When former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fired 39 Scud missiles at Israel in 1991, many Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate the attacks.

* Arab countries allied with Israel ‘hostages of the conflict and its upheavals’ Arab countries that have normalised or eased relations with Israel have been uncomfortably witnessing the new escalation of tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, which began last week.

* Rivlin: Palestinian extremists turning Temple Mount into weapons cache “No country in the world would accept a situation like this. We will never accept this reality. We will protect our citizens by all means necessary.”

* Iran’s Khamenei Backs Palestinians: Urges Violent ‘Confrontation’ with ‘Criminal’ Israelis Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday took to social media and urged Palestinians to attack Israel through their armed Hamas wing, calling for them to “stand strong” and “confront the enemy” as terror rockets rained down on Tel Aviv.

* Iran's Proxy War Against Israel The Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization announced on May 11 that its members fired a burst of "Badr-3" missiles into Israel, killing two women and injuring dozens others.

* Turkey’s Erdogan Tells Putin: Israel Needs a ‘Strong and Deterrent Lesson’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin the international community should “give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” as punishment for responding so strongly to deadly Palestinian terror rocket attacks.

* Canadian pastor who kicked ‘Gestapo cops’ out of his church arrested for organizing an ‘illegal gathering’ A pastor who became an internet sensation after chasing Canadian authorities out of his church has been detained for violating Covid-19 restrictions.

* Evangelical Christians stand up for Israel, call on Biden to do the same Tens of millions of Evangelical Christians are expected to pray for Israel in their churches on Sunday in response to the barrage of rocket attacks aimed at the country.

5/14/21

 * IDF: Hamas chiefs spurred to launch war after seeing Monday Temple Mount clashes Military Intelligence believes group hopes to paint itself as ‘defender of Jerusalem’; Israeli strikes on Hamas, Islamic Jihad setting them back for years to come, army assesses.

* Senior Hamas official says: ‘We can continue fighting for many months’ “The Jews’ immigration to Palestine from all corners of the world, in order to establish their state, was based on the myth that Jerusalem had been their capital and that they had a temple there,” said the deputy chairman of Hamas’s political bureau.

* Victory in Gaza runs through Jerusalem The IDF has had some nice successes in the military sphere. Some 50 terrorists have already been killed, among them vital commanders in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

* The Jihad Within Israel The explosion of mass violence by Israeli Arabs against their fellow Jewish citizens is nothing short of a religious war and has to be treated as such.

* IDF: Guardian of the Walls will take weeks Military sources estimate that the current operation in Gaza will not be over soon. Analysis.

* How To Assure Repetition of Hamas Rocket Attacks There is one sure-fire way of guaranteeing that Hamas will continue to employ terrorism against Israel.... That sure-fire way is to reward the terrorists who employ this tactic and to punish their intended victims who try to fight back.

* Can the EU help defuse tensions as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates? The EU's diplomat has demanded an immediate end to ongoing violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories amid a fourth night of rocket attacks and devastating airstrikes.

* Avi Benlolo: There can be no excuse for terrorism. It's that simple Hamas, a globally designated terrorist organization, is indiscriminately targeting Israeli civilian populations with its Iranian-made rockets.

* Pathetic bunch of liars There are sinister forces that makeup stories with the aim of killing the fragile coexistence that has prevailed here between Jews and Arabs, the sons of our ancestor Abraham.

* EU aid money sent to Palestine has ended up in the pockets of terrorists – but Brussels doesn’t seem to care that much Recent revelations that millions of euros have ended up in the hands of a Palestinian terrorist group reveal dangerous contradictions in EU aid policies that damage both its foreign-policy prestige and its partnership with Israel.

5/13/21

 * Hamas With Ultimatum to Israel: Leave Temple Mount or 100 Times More Rockets Will Fly The Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades has issued a new ultimatum to Israel on Wednesday: Withdraw from Al-Aqsa Mosque and Sheikh Jarrah or “100 times” more rockets will be fired at 6 pm towards new targets.

* EJC: 'Hateful & false narratives about Israel fueling hate & attacks on Jews in Europe' European Jewish Congress strongly condemns attacks on German synagogues.

* Will this Hamas conflict be different than others? If Israel uses the same playbook as in the past, why should it expect any different result with Hamas?

* Abbas: We want a future without settlers PA chairman demands that Israel put an immediate end to the "occupation", pledges to continue the "resistance".

* Eid al-Fitr: Thousands of Palestinians at Temple Mount after night of clashes Clashes continued in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Wednesday night, with at least two terrorist incidents reported in the West Bank.

* Iran vs. Israel: The War No One On Earth Wants to See Happen Israel might have a better military, but attacking Iran successfully would be very difficult. It would also raise the possibility of other conflicts elsewhere.

* ‘Palestinian’ jihadi: ‘This wouldn’t have been possible’ without the ‘generous’ Islamic Republic of Iran The mullahs see the opening provided by the weakness of Biden’s handlers, and are taking full advantage.

* Turkey Calls on Muslims to Take Clear Stance Over Gaza Muslim countries must show a united and clear stance over Israel's conflict with the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza, Turkey's vice president, Fuat Oktay, said on Thursday, criticising world powers for condemning violence without acting.

* Israeli Flags Burned and Synagogues Attacked in Germany German police have arrested several people of “Arabic appearance” following attacks on synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia, including incidents where suspects burned Israeli flags in front of temples.

* Arab countries allied with Israel ‘hostages of the conflict and its upheavals’ Arab countries that have normalised or eased relations with Israel have been uncomfortably witnessing the new escalation of tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, which began last week. 

5/12/21

 * Reports: Israel rules out truce as Hamas seeks international mediation to secure ceasefire Officials said Israel is seeking to eradicate the terror networks responsible for the escalation.

* Iran's Proxy War Against Israel Last year, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei admitted for the first time that his country was supplying the Palestinian terrorist groups with weapons...

* Israel-Gaza: Fears of war as violence escalates The deadly exchange of fire between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military has escalated significantly, with the UN fearing a "full-scale war".

* Is massive Hamas attack on Israel the assault Iran warned of? - analysis Iran’s IRGC head Hossein Salami warned last week that Israel was vulnerable to one large tactical operation because the country is so small.

* Fire on Temple Mount: Zecharia's Prophecy Signaling 3rd Temple Construction [WATCH] Arab violence continued through Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) and culminated on Monday night in what can only be described as a pitched battle on the Temple Mount.

* Israel’s leadership taken by surprise, in a conflict it failed to see coming ‘We must not be dismissive about the situation we are in,’ defense minister says, as rockets hit nationwide and Arab riots spread. Rarely was advice more appropriate and necessary.

* Iran’s Khamenei Backs Palestinians: Urges Violent ‘Confrontation’ with ‘Criminal’ Israelis Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday took to social media and urged Palestinians to attack Israel through their armed Hamas wing, calling for them to “stand strong” and “confront the enemy” as terror rockets rained down on Tel Aviv.

* Netanyahu: We will bring rule of law to Israel’s cities with an iron fist The prime minister also called on Arab leaders to condemn the violence and act to stop it, saying that Israelis are proud of coexistence and will not let others harm it.

* Turkey’s Erdogan Tells Putin: Israel Needs a ‘Strong and Deterrent Lesson’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin the international community should “give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” as punishment for responding so strongly to deadly Palestinian terror rocket attacks.

* Opinion: The end of Jewish-Arab coexistence? Jews cower in their homes as Arabs set fire to synagogues and comb the streets for Jewish victims.

5/11/21

 * Al-Aksa Mosque On Temple Mt Engulfed in Flames: On Verge of Burning Down [WATCH] As violence raged on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with Palestinian rioters throwing stones and fireworks at Israeli police, a fire broke out, engulfing the silver dome of the Al Aqsa Mosque in smoke.

* Rivlin: Palestinian extremists turning Temple Mount into weapons cache “No country in the world would accept a situation like this. We will never accept this reality. We will protect our citizens by all means necessary.”

* More evidence that Abbas is stoking the violence Fatah: “Jerusalem – we’ll redeem it with our lives… We’ll sacrifice for Al-Aqsa until the last breath” – Fatah post after lethal shooting attack.

* Palestinians: Our True Goal is to Destroy Israel The Palestinians are upset because Jews are being permitted to tour the Temple Mount. The Palestinians do not want to see Jews visiting their holy site; they do not want to see Jews in Jerusalem, and they do not want to see any Jew at all in the land that stretches from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

* Gaza terror factions fire more than 200 rockets at Israel; six injured in Ashkelon IDF reports that one-third of rockets launched by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad are falling inside of Gaza.

* Jerusalem violence raises tensions in Israel-Gulf ties “There’s universal dislike of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, who are seen as people looking to pervert Islam…by many people in the Abraham Accords and those who might join.”

* Hamas is Undermining Israel’s Sovereignty in Jerusalem Hamas has expanded the scope of its “extortion racket” from Gaza to include Israeli policy in Jerusalem. This dangerous trend is sadly abetted by Israeli officialdom and much of the media.

* Netanyahu: Gaza terrorists 'crossed a red line,' Israel 'will respond with great force' 'We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, on our capital, on our citizens and on our soldiers,' PM warns.

* The US has plunged its relations with Israel into crisis The rupture in ties isn’t about how best to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It is about prejudice against Jews. Op-ed.

* Military candidates in Iran elections raise worry of further IRGC control Analysts and pundits voice concern, after leaked tape of foreign minister Zarif decrying military’s excessive influence over country’s politics.

5/10/21

 * Don't let the Jerusalem tinderbox become an inferno - analysis Nobody has yet lost their life in the Jerusalem clashes, but should blood be shed at the holy site, the entire country could explode.

* Jerusalem Day: Israelis, Palestinians clash throughout Old City Police stormed the Temple Mount to disperse rioters who fired fireworks and threw stones at security forces. Over 300 people were injured in the clashes.

* Jerusalem violence: More clashes ahead of nationalist march There have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march.

* Turkey calls Israel 'terrorist' state, seeks to 'save Jerusalem' - analysis Accusing Israel of being a “cruel” and “terrorist” state is part of Ankara’s desire to use the tensions in Jerusalem to boost Turkey’s image.

* Israelis mark Jerusalem Day celebrating 54 years of a united city Heavy security is in place for celebrations in honor of the anniversary of the city’s unification in the 1967 Six Day War.

* Jerusalem Enters Anniversary of 6-Day-War With Worst Violence Since Its Liberation: 'A Battle For The Temple Mt' Dubbed the TikTok Intifada, a wave of violence began to build in Jerusalem last month when young Arabs began attacking Israelis, targeting the visibly religious, and posting videos of the attacks on the popular app.

* Caroline Glick: The US has plunged its relations with Israel into crisis The rupture in ties isn’t about how best to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It is about prejudice against Jews.

* Former Israeli Ambassador to the US: Evangelical Support Key to Israel's Future Success Ron Dermer, who served as the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2013-2019, spoke at the second annual “Am Olam” conference held by Hebrew-language news service Makor Rishon in Jerusalem on Sunday.

* Military Candidates Stir Unease Ahead of Iran Presidential Vote A string of military figures on the list of Iranian presidential hopefuls is stirring unease over a possible militarisation of the Islamic republic’s politics.

* Canadian pastor who kicked ‘Gestapo cops’ out of his church arrested for organizing an ‘illegal gathering’ A pastor who became an internet sensation after chasing Canadian authorities out of his church has been detained for violating Covid-19 restrictions. Footage of the dramatic arrest was posted on his YouTube channel.

5/8/21

 * Why is Jerusalem the most important city for the Jewish people? In Jerusalem, I see the fulfillment of 2,800-year-old prophecies. 

* Arab world condemns Israel Police for violent Temple Mount clashes "Every time Israel challenged sovereignty in al-Aqsa Mosque, it lost – and so it will be this time as well."

* Why Jerusalem is the capital of Israel Others may love and be impressed by Jerusalem. But only the Jewish people have been inextricably bound up with the city for 3000 years.

* Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah join to incite terror against Israel - analysis The tensions in Jerusalem go back to late April when Ramadan began and Israeli police restricted access to Damascus Gate.

* Just days before 3 terror attacks: Abbas advisor tells Palestinians to fight Israel, even to death – “this is what Islam wants of you!” Just days before three terror attacks against Israel, a top PA religious official and advisor to PA Chairman Abbas implicitly urged Palestinians to continue “to fight” Israel - even if they get killed in the process because “this is what Islam wants!”

* Israeli Govt Surrenders Temple Mount to Jordan on Anniversary of Six-Day War This week, the Israeli government acceded to the demand of the Jordanian government to close the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors, essentially surrendering Judaism’s holiest site on the anniversary of the victory that returned the Jews to the Temple Mount.

* Jerusalem's Jewish majority hits new low More Orthodox, more Arab: Two-thirds of Jews in Jerusalem are religious, new report reveals. But Jewish majority shrinking rapidly.

* Iran IRGC head: Israel can be destroyed in one operation Salami says Israel’s security bubble has been burst, brags about maritime, cyber and Dimona operations, ‘Zionist regime’ collapsing from within.

* Arabs Warn West: Do Not Let Iran Fool You Arabs are growing increasingly concerned about Iran's sinister intentions and deception as the Iranians and representatives of Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and China continue their negotiations in Vienna about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the Trump administration abandoned in 2018.

* Iran All in for China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Global Commerce Push Tehran has signed on for China’s global Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure project, Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami declared Monday.

* The European Union Is All Process, No Substance The council warned that calls to follow the “modern Abrahamic religion are dangerous and tantamount to apostasy.”

* European Union Backtracks on Massive Trade Deal with Communist China The European Union has apparently suspended efforts to ratify a massive trade deal with Communist China following intense backlash on issues such as human rights and a series of tit-for-tat sanctions.

* Security at Iran’s nuclear sites passes from military to Rev Guards With the approach of substantive US nuclear negotiations with Iran – and following a wave of sabotage attacks on its nuclear sites -Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acted to put the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in charge of security at the nuclear facilities and removed it from the army. 

5/7/21

 * European powers tell Israel to stop Jewish building in east Jerusalem The joint statement came as tensions mounted in east Jerusalem ahead of a hearing that could see Palestinian families evicted from Sheikh Jarrah.

* Palestinian priest threatens entire world Amid recent Arab riots, a Palestinian priest threatened the “international community.”

* European countries condemn Israel for construction in Jerusalem France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Britain condemn Israel for approving construction in the Har Homa neighborhood of Jerusalem.

* On al-Quds Day, Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘is a terrorist base, not a country’ Iranian supreme leader says ‘fighting this despotic regime is everyone’s duty’; protesters burn Israel, US, Indian flags in Pakistan; kids rally in Syria; flag drawn on Iraqi road.

* Im Tirtzu: Let Jews ascend to Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day NGO urges police to let Jews visit Temple Mount on anniversary marking Old City's liberation.

* Iran’s Khamenei Calls on Muslims to Keep Fighting ‘Terrorist Garrison’ Israel Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the Muslim world Friday to keep fighting Israel, declaring the Jewish state a “terrorist garrison” which must be eliminated.

* Iran's Khamenei says fight against Israel is a public duty Khamenei was speaking on Iran's annual Quds Day, which uses the Arabic name for Jerusalem, held on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

* Exclusive-Saudi Arabia wants to see "verifiable deeds" from talks with Iran, says official A Saudi foreign ministry official said on Friday that talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran aim to reduce regional tensions, but added it was too early to judge the outcome and Riyadh wanted to see "verifiable deeds".

* WATCH: University experiments on aborted baby parts, funding linked to Fauci A shocking new video report reveals that the University of Pittsburgh is a major hub for the trafficking of and experimentation on aborted baby organs and body parts.

* France: ‘One mosque is erected every 15 days, while one Christian building is destroyed at the same pace’ What will France look like in five years? Ten? And remember: while all this has been going on, those who want to preserve France’s heritage and culture have been smeared as “racists,” “xenophobes” and “Islamophobes.”

5/6/21

 * Russia Tells U.S. Only Their Troops Are Welcome in Syria Moscow has hit back at a Pentagon report criticizing the actions of Russian troops in Syria.

* Lapid, Bennett hope to form government within a week Rivlin entrusted Lapid with forming a government on Wednesday.

* Fatah: Palestinians have “a natural right” to murder Israelis Fatah spokesman: Shooting attack against Israeli teens was “heroic” and “a natural response and a natural right”.

* Hamas Big Winner of Palestinian Authority’s Postponed Elections When Mahmoud Abbas, now entering the sixteenth year of his four-year term as President-For-Life of the Palestinian Authority, in January decided to announce that both parliamentary and presidential elections would be held this May and July, it seemed to him like a good idea.

* Gaza Threatens War If Israel Evicts Arab Squatters From Homes In Jerusalem Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza are threatening missile escalation should Israel continue its eviction of illegal Arab squatters in the Shimon Hatzadik (Sheikh Jarrah) neighborhood in Jerusalem.

* Revealed: Iran's seven mountainside missile silos discovered in new satellite imagery Analysis of satellite imagery obtained by the International Institute for Strategic Studies revealed the construction of a new set of seven silos storing advanced new missiles in southern Iran.

* Iran IRGC head: Israel can be destroyed in one operation Salami says Israel’s security bubble has been burst, brags about maritime, cyber and Dimona operations, ‘Zionist regime’ collapsing from within.

* Rival powers Turkey and Egypt try to mend ties after long rift Turkey and Egypt will try to improve strained ties at talks starting in Cairo on Wednesday after an eight-year rift which led them to back rival factions in Libya's war and put them at odds in a dispute over east Mediterranean waters.

* Biden stresses importance of normalization with Israel in call with Abu Dhabi crown prince U.S. President Joe Biden, in a phone call on Tuesday with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, underlined the strategic importance of the normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, the White House said in a statement.

* Exclusive — Christians Under Coronavirus Lockdown in India ‘Forgotten,’ Facing Starvation The Chinese coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated what were already harrowing scenarios of discrimination against Christians in India, the aid group Open Doors warned in an interview with Breitbart News this week.

5/5/21

 * Temple Mount activists: Netanyahu has banned Jewish visitors to holy site Temple Mount activists say that Netanyahu, as part of a deal with Rabbi Tzvi Thau, has decided to indefinitely bar Jewish visitors from ascending the site.

* Netanyahu tells president he cannot form a government; Rivlin may now task Lapid Likud incumbent formally returns the mandate minutes before midnight deadline; president to discuss next steps with party representatives Wednesday; Netanyahu stays transitional PM.

* Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem The shadowy leader of the armed wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas has issued his first public statement in nearly seven years, warning Israel it will pay a “heavy price” if it evicts Palestinians from their homes in east Jerusalem.

* 54 years after reunification: Jerusalem's Jewish majority hits new low More Orthodox, more Arab: Two-thirds of Jews in Jerusalem are religious, new report reveals. But Jewish majority shrinking rapidly.

* Jerusalem Day: Capital is young, diverse, growing “The future of Jerusalem is the future of the State of Israel," President Reuven Rivlin said. “Jerusalem is a microcosm of our existence."

* Arabs Warn West: Do Not Let Iran Fool You "Those who commit the same mistakes and expect different results are deceiving themselves." — Abdullah bin Bajad Al-Otibi, Saudi writer and researcher, Alarabiya.net, April 19, 2021.

* Meeting between Saudi and Syrian intelligence chiefs hints at detente Visit to Damascus by Gen Khalid Humaidan suggests imminent thawing of relations between regional foes.

* European Union Backtracks on Massive Trade Deal with Communist China The European Union has apparently suspended efforts to ratify a massive trade deal with Communist China following intense backlash on issues such as human rights and a series of tit-for-tat sanctions.

* Kissinger’s right – Nuclear weapons + thinking machines equals a US-China cold war that would pose a ‘colossal danger’ to humanity Veteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger has delivered a grave warning that technological advances mean the US’ and China’s capabilities to destroy each other & the rest of the world are far more severe than in the original Cold War.

* JERUSALEM: Prayer Rally At Site of Moloch Worship to Prevent 'Sacrificing Children to Covid Vaccine' A mass prayer rally is scheduled for Thursday in Jerusalem.