Netanyahu in Moscow for Talks With Putin

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Headlines from Jerusalem, 30 January 2020

“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue” Psalm 120:2

TOP STORY

Netanyahu In Moscow for Talks with Putin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday. The discussion between the two leaders centered on the Trump Administration’s recently released “Deal of the Century” but before he returned to Israel Netanyahu also greeted Naama Issachar, an Israeli backpacker who received a presidential pardon from Putin earlier in the day after she was arrested in Moscow several months ago on drug smuggling charges as she was attempting to return home from a trip to India with 9 grams of marijuana in her luggage.
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NEWS BRIEFS

Iranian Leaders Angrily Denounce ‘Deal of the Century’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei gave a fiery speech on Wednesday, denouncing the Trump Administration’s recently released “Deal of the Century” as a “satanic” plot that would surely be thwarted, adding that the city of Jerusalem must not be “in the hands of Jews.” Iran’s foreign ministry issued a similar statement, saying it would seek to build cooperation with other regional countries “at all levels to unite the Muslim world to confront the great conspiracy.” However, ex-CIA director and general David Petraeus said on Wednesday that according to his assessments, Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite terror proxy militia Hezbollah were not ready to risk a war with Israel at this time.
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Turkey Losing Patience with Russian Campaign in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week accused his Russian allies of “not honoring” agreements regarding the military assault on the Syrian province of Idlib, with tens of thousands of refugees from the violence there streaming towards the Turkish border. Russian air power has supported a ground assault on the last remnants of rebel factions and jihadist groups holed up in Idlib but the fight, which the Kremlin estimated would take a few weeks, has continued much longer.

Israel Reacting to Coronavirus Crisis

In response to the growing Novel Coronavirus epidemic, Israel’s national air carrier El Al has suspended all flights to China, where the outbreak originated. Other major airlines including British Airways have already taken the same step.

Arab Israelis Reject Transfer to Palestinian State

Israel’s Arab citizens have voiced their strong opposition to the idea of the villages and neighborhoods in the Galilee and eastern Jerusalem where they are a majority of the population being transferred to a future Palestinian State, as outlined in the Trump Administration’s recently unveiled “Deal of the Century.” On resident of the Galilee village of Taiba told the Jerusalem Post that “We are citizens of Israel and we want to remain so. I personally don’t want to live under the Palestinian Authority.” Other residents and civic leaders voiced similar sentiments.

OPINION

The IDF Is Unprepared for a War with Iran and Hezbollah
Michael Peck, The National Interest/MEF

If Israel has to go to war tomorrow against Iran or its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, there’s a problem. The Israeli mechanized division that would defend Israel’s northern border, or enter Syria or Lebanon to eject Iranian and pro-Iranian forces, are in bad shape.
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Today’s news was written and compiled by Aaron Hecht.

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