President Joe Biden commuted the federal prison sentence Thursday of Mofid Abdel Kader Meshal (or Mufid Abdulqader), the half-brother of billionaire Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who had served 16 of his 20 years.
The State of California, which is suffering from massive budget deficits, will spend $1.4 billion to expand a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to assist drivers of the cars that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to require by 2035.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will remain atop the strategic peak of Mount Hermon through the winter, according to defense minister Israel Katz on Friday.
A group of Druze Arab villages in southwestern Syria have asked to be part of Israel rather than rebel-held Syria, according to reports and to videos circulating on social media.
Jackson’s populism grew from love. However flawed his policies, he loved his country not just for what it could be, but also for what it was.
Israel should attack Iran’s nuclear program while it can — and before the desperate Iranian regime detonates a bomb.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Iranian people in a speech Thursday in which he urged them to rise up against their government, and promised them a future of peace and prosperity when Iran is free.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed Thursday that there had been progress in hostage talks with Hamas after the Palestinian terrorist organization gave in on several key demands.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Thursday in Aqaba, Jordan, that an American citizen had been found in Syria and that the Biden-Harris administration was working to bring him home.
The Iranian establishment — the officials and business leaders who exert the most influence — has reportedly had enough of the radicalism of the current regime and is looking to replace it with a less confrontational, albeit still Islamic, model.
President-elect Donald Trump declined Thursday to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying he is open to whatever achieves peace, but that there was a need to consider “alternatives” toward that goal.
Israel’s Army Radio reported Thursday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began preparing plans for Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear sites after destroying nearly 90% of Syria’s air defense capabilities, which had formerly protected Iran.
A Jewish community center in Cape Town was targeted in an attempted terror attack last Friday, which was foiled when an explosive device was found on the building grounds before it had detonated.
World Central Kitchen (WCK), a U.S.-based charity that helps distribute food within Gaza, confirmed earlier this week that it had fired dozens of employees after Israel said they had been linked to terrorist organizations in the area.
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry boasted to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the strength of U.S.-trained forces in Afghanistan and their ability to resist the Taliban, Netanyahu testified in court on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with outgoing White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday in Jerusalem and noted the need to protect minorities — Christian, Druze, Kurds, and others — in Syria.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate is set to fail, as sales of EVs even in his deep-blue state lag far behind the level necessary to reach 100% of the passenger vehicle market by 2035, as he decreed in 2020.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported Wednesday that it had discovered out-of-service Syrian tanks in the former demilitarized zone between the two countries — while Syrian rebels discovered the Assad regime’s captagon stockpile.
President Santiago Peña of Paraguay opened his country’s embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, traveling to Israel to do so and receiving a hero’s welcome as he showed support for Israel in the midst of ongoing war and isolation.
San Diego County’s board of supervisors voted Tuesday to become a so-called “super sanctuary” jurisdiction, refusing to cooperate with federal immigration officials, even when illegal aliens in custody have committed violent crimes.
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, 47, was accosted by a mob in London on Tuesday over his support for Israel and Jews as he attempted to shop, accompanied by bodyguards.
Syrian rebels who overthrew the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday are reportedly executing their opponents, imposing Islamic sharia law, and threatening non-Muslim minorities, including the Kurdish population in the north.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel is destroying what is left of the Syrian military just as the British destroyed the fleet of the defeated Vichy regime in France so the Nazis could not use it.
Los Angeles Times columnist Harry Litman has announced that he is leaving the paper, accusing it of “appeasing Trump” because of owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s attempt to restore nonpartisanship and fairness to its coverage.
Army Radio’s military correspondent Doron Kadosh said Tuesday — with a sense of bewilderment — that the goal appeared to be “to completely erase Assad’s military” so that it cannot threaten Israel and cannot fall into rebel hands.
The outgoing Biden-Harris administration gave Iran $10 billion in sanctions relief just days after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, despite Iran’s ongoing attacks against Israel and support for terrorist organizations.
The outgoing Biden-Harris administration is considering the idea of removing the terrorist designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the Syrian rebels in overthrowing the regime of Bashar al-Assad earlier this week.
The San Francisco Hillel house, a Jewish center serving students at San Francisco State University, was vandalized on Sunday with graffiti that was both antisemitic and Islamist.
Israeli-American Roy Gross, 28, suffered a compound fracture of his leg after an assailant, who discovered he was Israeli, tried to run him and his friends over with a car recently in Laguna Beach, California.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday in a criminal trial that his critics say is essential to the rule of law, and which his supporters say is a political prosecution.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists on Monday evening local time that Israel had destroyed in 14 months what it had taken Iran 45 years to build: a network of terrorist groups on the borders of the Jewish state.
Christians in Lebanon are celebrating the release of several prisoners who were abducted by the Syrian regime over several decades of occupation and who are now, finally, free after the sudden collapse of the Assad regime on Sunday.
Democrats have criticized former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) for meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017, but their own leaders — including then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — did so as well, for years.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched hundreds of attacks on Syrian heavy weaponry and suspected chemical weapons facilities in the 24 hours since the fall of the Assad regime, as Israeli soldiers moved into Syrian territory.
The rebellion in Syria is the latest domino: Israel’s success in Lebanon, and Trump’s election win, may help Make Iran Great Again.
Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) will become Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Monday, December 9, after current Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA) resigned abruptly, allowing California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to appoint Schiff early.
President Joe Biden delivered a short address from the White House on Sunday, claiming credit for the toppling of the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who was ousted by rebels after a long and brutal reign lasting decades.
Ousted former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has found asylum in Russia after fleeing his country on Sunday, according to Kremlin sources quoted in the international media.
Israel’s Army Radio reported Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had seized the peak of Mount Hermon, the highest mountain in the region, as a precaution against the advance of Syrian rebels as the Assad regime collapsed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israeli-Syrian border on Sunday and delivered a statement calling the fall of the Assad regime “a historic day for the Middle East,” noting both opportunities and dangers.
