Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is planning to visit North Korea, Iran’s state television reported on Sunday, without giving the date of the visit.
“The date of this trip will be set and announced soon,” the television quoted Zarif as saying. It gave no further details.
North Korea‘s top diplomat, Ri Yong Ho, whose country faces international and US sanctions, visited Iran in August as the United States reintroduced sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
 
Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
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President Trump on Monday said that people are “fleeing” New York, slamming his home state’s leadership for its tax policies and legal battles with the National Rifle Association (NRA).
“People are fleeing New York State because of high taxes and yes, even oppression of sorts,” Trump tweeted shortly after claiming the NRA was “under siege” from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and state Attorney General Letitia James (D).
New York state has seen its population decline in recent years. U.S. Census Bureau data released in December found the Empire State lost 48,510 residents between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, more than any other state in that time frame.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Monday that Europe created Zionism and Israel.
“You all know Europe is the one that invented — this slightly annoys our neighbors — Zionism and Israel,” Abbas said at a PA Cabinet meeting. “It is the one that invented it. Let’s not fool ourselves. This is what history says. Whoever has something that refutes this history, go ahead.”
Abbas did not explain how he believes Europe created Zionism and Israel. However, he has previously made similar comments.
In a speech in January 2018, the PA president said, “Israel is a colonial project with no relationship to Judaism,” quoting Abdul Wahab al-Messiri, an Egyptian writer who authored the “Encyclopedia of Jews, Judaism and Zionism.”

President Trump on Monday chastised The New York Times for its coverage after the newspaper’s opinion section apologized for a political cartoon that was widely criticized for its use of anti-Semitic tropes.
“The New York Times has apologized for the terrible Anti-Semitic Cartoon, but they haven’t apologized to me for this or all of the Fake and Corrupt news they print on a daily basis,” Trump tweeted.
“They have reached the lowest level of ‘journalism,’ and certainly a low point in @nytimes history!” he added.
Read more at The Hill.
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People using K9 web protection to filter their Internet need to look for a new option after the company announced they will stop operations in June.
In 2016, Blue Coat, Inc. (K9’s parent company) was acquired by cybersecurity leader Symantec. Due to Blue Coat and Symantec hadving similar products it didn’t make sense to maintain two competing products and it was decided to “end-of-life” K9 Web Protection and focus corporate and customer attention on Symantec’s line of Norton products.

Jonathan Morales, the off-duty Border Patrol agent whose quick actions likely saved lives in the Chabad of Poway shul shooting, was on a journey of rediscovering his Jewish heritage and brought his weapon to daven after being urged to do so by the rabbi, The Forward reports.

Israel’s oldest cemetery, Har Hazeisim is expected to be rejuvenated in the upcoming years.
Overlooking the Har Habayis, the 3,000-year-old reservoir of Jewish history is the resting place for more than 150,000 Jews, including the prophets Zechariah, Chaggai and Malachi; former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin; and many leading rabbis and Chassidic masters. The mountain is speckled with many churches, making it a holy site for Christians as well.

An El Al flight from Israel to Warsaw was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning at Ben-Gurion International Airport after experiencing a technical problem.
The pilot alerted air-traffic controllers that he needed to return to the airport and safely landed the plane. Ambulances and emergency vehicles were rushed to the site, and the airport declared a state of emergency, delaying all arrivals and departures.
No injuries were reported among the airplane’s 138 passengers.
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On Monday morning, the United Nations Security Council held a special session on the Middle East, focusing on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
At the request of Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, the Council opened the debate with a moment of silence in memory of Lori Kaye, who was murdered at the San Diego shul shooting.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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President Donald Trump on Monday heaped praise on Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the Chabad rabbi hit by a shooting attack on Shabbos, following a phone call in which the President offered his condolences for the death of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, a veteran member of the community.
“I spoke at length yesterday to Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Chabad of Poway, where I extended my warmest condolences to him and all affected by the shooting in California,” the president tweeted Monday. “What a great guy. He had a least one finger blown off, and all he wanted to do is help others. Very special!”