Amid rumors that Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to step down, Kadura Fars, head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club, suggested Wednesday night that arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti “become the next chairman of the

The Israeli Embassy in London has filed a complaint with Amnesty International this week over Twitter messages issued by Amnesty International UK Campaigns Manager Kristyan Benedict. Among the offending tweets

A tent used by Bedouin shepherds for storage was found destroyed Thursday morning, and graffiti found scrawled nearby said that the attack was a “price tag” action. There were no witnesses

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent appointment of Fiamma Nirenstein as Israel’s ambassador to Italy has raised a quiet backlash among the Italian Jewish community, Haaretz reports Thursday.   The award-winning journalist and former Italian

Hamas continues to incite young people to violence and jihad against Israel. On Tuesday, the group concluded a course entitled “Al-Quds Army for Girls”, which trains young female Hamas activists

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif boasted this week that an “Israeli plot” against Iran’s nuclear agreement with the six world powers has been defeated. According to the Iranian PressTV,

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal held closed-door talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara late on Wednesday, officials said, according to AFP. Mashaal, who often shows up at events hosted by the

The rift between Hamas and Fatah is reaching new heights, after a senior Hamas member on Wednesday referred to members of Fatah as traitors who must be punished. Speaking to the

A UN Security Council approval of a draft statement on Syria has been delayed because of objections from Venezuela, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. The resolution strongly backs

The controversial front-runner in the race to head the UK Labor Party recently hosted a meeting of anti-Israel extremists which included a speech by a well-known holocaust denier, it has emerged. Jeremy

Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu will meet the country’s main opposition leader on Thursday for decisive talks that will likely determineif the country forges a coalition government or heads to snap polls, AFP reported.  Turkey has

Forty three years after the event, a film on the successful IDF raid and rescue of a hijacked airplane is spurring strong emotions among former soldiers – including three former

State prosecutors have formally issued charges against a 20-year-old resident of the central Israeli city of Ramle, for attempting to leave Israel illegally and join the ISIS terrorist group. Arab-Israeli Khamis Salameh,

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday a major agreement between his government and a consortium on natural gas production in the Mediterranean Sea. A framework plan will be submitted for the government’s

Israel’s High Court rejected on Thursday the Movement for Quality Government’s final appeal against Shas chairman Aryeh Deri’s appointment as Economy Minister in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s fourth government.  Chances

Jerusalem District Court indicted Thursday a 19-year-old Arab resident of Jerusalem for attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. According to the indictment, Faris Sharitah planned to join ISIS

US President Obama has made many headlines with the strident style he has taken in his efforts to promote the Iran deal. Some critics say he is flirting with anti-Semitic innuendos,

CAMERA (The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), Tablet and other media orgs have weighed in on whether pro Iran-deal  spokespersons are taking an anti-Semitic tone. Some

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, and called on regional countries to “fight terrorism and extremism.”  “I say to the other (regional) players

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is making plans to take legal action against an online agitator posting images and videos of Israeli leaders and judicial officials dressed in SS Nazi uniforms. 

Turkey is ready to begin operations against Islamic State (IS) jihadists together with its NATO ally the United States after a brief “pause” for coordination purposes, a Turkish foreign ministry official said

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon made a round of visits to terror victims and their families on Wednesday, following terror attacks last week near Shiloh and Jerusalem.  First, Ya’alon visited IDF

Internal Security Minister MK Gilad Erdan (Likud) defended on Wednesday the recent legalization of force-feeding hunger-striking security prisoners, before attacking the Israel Medical Association for its opposition.  “As part of the uncompromising struggle against

Justice Minister MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) remains undeterred by the High Court for Justice’s amendment of the Infiltrator Law – and is reportedly seeking to implement it to full

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas wants to retire, according to a report released Wednesday, due to his advanced age and fatigue.  Palestinian Arab sources close to the PA government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed there would be “no concessions” in Turkey’s relentless offensive against Kurdish militants, AFP reported. The statement came a day after the Turkish

Former United States President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday announced he has been diagnosed with cancer. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of

Switzerland will on Thursday officially lift sanctions against Iran that had been suspended since January 2014, the government announced on Wednesday, according to Reuters. “The Federal Council (government) wishes today’s

It is impossible to forge a good deal with an adversary you do not understand. Bernard Lewis, an expert on Middle East culture, and Yaakov Amidror, an expert on Middle East

A Polish-Jewish activist came before a Warsaw court on Tuesday to face charges he incurred for leading a pro-Israel demonstration last summer during Operation Protective Edge. At the height of