A senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official said Friday that Israel has told the PA it will not go through with the previously-scheduled fourth and final release of terrorists which had been set for Saturday night. “The Israeli government has informed
An Amman appellate court announced last week that a woman who does not cover up or wear a hijab is considered a “slut” and shouldn’t be allowed to testify in court, reports Albawada. The Amman Sharia Court of Appeals accepted
A possible coalition crisis was brewing in Israel on Tuesday over an emerging deal to continue Palestinian participation in peace talks, reports The Jerusalem Post. The deal reportedly includes an Israeli obligation to release 400 more Palestinian prisoners and a
Iran has named Hamid Aboutalebi, a militant who helped hold 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, to be its next ambassador to the United Nations, reports Bloomberg. Aboutalebi, Iran’s former ambassador to Belgium and Italy, was a member of the
Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia lead the world in documented executions, according to the latest global report from Amnesty International. According to Amnesty, China executed more people than the rest of the world put together, but the data on the
The Arab League announced on Wednesday complete support for a Palestinian refusal to meet Israel’s demand to be recognised as a Jewish state, a condition Jerusalem says is required for peace, reports the Jerusalem Post. “We express our total rejection
Talks between the world powers and Iran notwithstanding, Israel appears to be preparing for a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities as indicated by a specific military budget item of $3 billion, reports Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. The budgeting details were revealed
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) debated five anti-Israel resolutions on Monday, including a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli business in the West Bank and in eastern Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reported. The resolution calls on member
A court in Egypt convicted 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and sentenced them to death on charges of murdering a policeman and attacking police. The verdicts followed one of the largest mass trials in the country in decades.
The Obama administration is reportedly increasingly concerned that the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are on the brink of collapse, and is working to find a solution that would allow the talks to continue beyond the April deadline marking the end of
Earlier this week, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon made comments ripping into the Obama administration for projecting dangerous weakness in American foreign policy. The next day, Washington ripped right back into Ya’alon for undermining the U.S.-Israel relationship. Was either side
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said nuclear talks with six world powers this week in Vienna were “very successful” in terms of clarifying the issues involved, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday. “In terms of understanding and
The Obama administration pushed back hard against Israel’s Defence Minister Tuesday for comments critical of the President’s projection of “weakness” in the face of world events. In a blistering personal attack reported Wednesday in Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, the administration accused Defence Minister
In a wide-ranging discussion reported in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, Israel’s plain-speaking defence minister Moshe Ya’alon said Monday that Tehran has the upper hand in nuclear negotiations, and dismissed the idea of Israeli dependence on the United States to lead an
Syrian snipers are intentionally targeting children with the intent to paralyze them, reports The Times of Israel. The paediatric intensive care unit of Israel’s Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya has treated 25 seriously injured Syrian children since last July, delivered to
A Parti Qubecois candidate for election to the National Assembly of Quebec reaffirmed earlier controversial statements considered by many to be anti-Semitic. In an interview Thursday in Montreal’s “La Presse” newspaper, Louise Mailloux, a candidate from Montreal’s Gouin district, confirmed
The border between Jordan and Israel has been largely quiet for over 40 years. The formal peace treaty between the two countries has been honored for two decades. The two countries’ governments operate closely at the highest levels regarding intelligence
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused one of his main rivals, Mohammed Dahlan, of involvement in six murders, and suggested that he was behind the death of former leader Yasser Arafat, reports The Jeruslaem Post. Dahlan denied the allegations. Dahlan, who
Gaza Palestinians fired over 60 rockets and mortar shells into Israel Wednesday, prompting Israeli airstrikes in response in which 29 Gaza targets were hit. Following the Israeli response, two more Gaza rockets were fired at Israel overnight. The rocketing from
Gaza Palestinians fired over 60 rockets and mortar shells into Israel Wednesday, prompting Israeli airstrikes in response in which 29 Gaza targets were hit. Following the Israeli response, two more Gaza rockets were fired at Israel overnight. The rocketing from
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps air force commander was reported Tuesday by Iran’s Fars news agency as saying that Iran’s military has its finger on the trigger to destroy Israel just as soon as it receives the order to do so,
Protesting Jordanian legislators joined swelling anti-Israel protests yesterday calling for the cancellation of their country’s peace treaty with Israel in the wake of the death of a Jordanian at an Israeli border crossing, according to reports in the Jerusalem Post.
Jordanian riot police maintained control of several hundred angry protesters gathered on Monday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Amman demanding the Israeli ambassador’s expulsion and burning Israeli flags. The protests were sparked by the killing of a Jordanian
One week before his scheduled meeting with President Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has staked out assorted maximalist positions relating to negotiations with Israel, decreasing the odds of any accord being reached. In statements in recent days, Abbas rejected
Nicolas Anelka had every reason to celebrate. In late December, on the downside of a long and winding career, the talented footballer had just scored his first English Premier League goal in over two years. He could have raced around
High-ranking Iranian officials have taken aim at President Obama in reaction to recent statements that American military action remains an option should Iran not compromise sufficiently in development of its nuclear program. The Times of Israel reports that General Masoud
Israeli special naval forces on Wednesday morning intercepted a ship in the Red Sea carrying an Iranian arms shipment headed for the Gaza Strip, reports The Jerusalem Post. Naval commandos from Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit boarded and took control
Israeli military forces stopped two terrorists planting explosives on the Israel-Syria border in the northern Golan Heights early Wednesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman’s office, cited by The Jerusalem Post. A group of suspicious figures approached the
An Egyptian court in Cairo has ordered a ban on activities in Egypt by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, branding it a terror organization, reports The Times of Israel. The Cairo court ordered that all Hamas offices in the country
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met in the Oval Office on Monday with U.S. President Barack Obama, deflecting Obama’s veiled threats of isolation if the Jewish State did not quickly agree to a peace framework with the Palestinians. Just a day earlier, Bloomberg
A day before meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, President Obama issued an implicit threat to Israel that America’s ability to “manage the international fallout is going to be limited” if Israel does not agree to
