Eurasia Press & News

Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog was chosen Israel’s new president only hours before Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced the composition of a new government. At the height of one of the most tense and uncertain days in the history of Israel’s Knesset, Isaac Herzog was chosen yesterday as the …

“For decades, Israel wisely cultivated relations with both Democrats and Republicans…Bibi broke that tradition and threw his lot in with the Republicans” In 2001, when he was out of office and in what he thought was a private setting, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted, “I know what America is. America is a …

Barnea, 56, is the replacement for former Mossad director Yossi Cohen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first working meeting with new Mossad Director David Barnea on Thursday. In December, Netanyahu put Barnea, who is 56, married and has four kids, forth as his nominee to replace Yossi Cohen, but …

The IDF intelligence officer died during the recent war between Israel and Hamas. His family has rejected claims that he took his own life. An intelligence officer who died in prison two weeks ago “was not charged with espionage or treason and had not been in contact with or used …

Behind the scenes of targeting Hamas terror targets Operation Guardian of the Walls lasted 11 days, but it was one of the most intense wars between Israel’s military and Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip. By many measures, this round was the most intense escalation since …

Jordanian prosecutors on Wednesday referred the case of a former top confidant of King Abdullah and a minor royal to the state security court over accusations of conspiring to destabilise the country, state media said on Wednesday. Judicial sources said the step paved the way for the trial of Bassem …

Military says Sheikh Jamal al-Tawil took an active part in organizing violent riots and re-establishment of terror group’s headquarters in Ramallah; arrest comes after Egyptian-brokered ceasefire halted 11 days of fighting in Gaza The IDF said Wednesday it has arrested a Hamas leader in the West Bank accused of setting …

Members of ‘coalition for change’ sign off on request to replace Likud’s Yariv Levin with Yesh Atid’s Mickey Levy in speakership post in order to fast track swearing-in of new government; Yamina MK Nir Orbach pulls signature, jeopardizing motion Hours after Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid announced to President Reuven …

Germany’s unilateral push to appoint a new High Representative in Bosnia has angered Russia, with direct ramifications for the EU’s military mission and the stability of the country. In the end, Germany got their man. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Peace Implementation Council, PIC, has approved the nomination of German parliamentarian Christian …

Political ads paid for by anonymous ‘dark money’ were viewed more than 50 million times ahead of Albania’s April parliamentary election, according to data analysed by BIRN. hree weeks ahead of Albania’s fiercely contested parliamentary election in April, a Facebook page entitled ‘Untold Stories of Albania’, ran an excerpt from …