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Greens leader Christine Milne on the eve of the country’s election rushed to emphasize her party’s rejection of efforts to

Reuters reports this morning on the aftermath of a four-day show conducted last week by the Israel Diamond Exchange, which

Egypt’s army-backed government has deepened its efforts to suppress the country’s Muslim Brotherhood, after weeks of violent clashes between security

NBC News last week described Israel as a “sanctuary” for wounded Syrians, with doctors having tended to scores of patients

Analysts unpacking the West’s approach to the Syria crisis have, among other things, turned to the importance that signal intelligence

Earlier this month Forbes magazine published an article by Richard Behar describing the possibility of ‘peace through profits’. Israelis and

Northern Israel hospitals have been treating Syrians wounded in that country’s war. Jewish organizations have been sending aid to Jordan

A crisis in relations between Turkey and Egypt, driven in large measure by Turkish anger over the army deposing Egypt’s

A Thai court last week sentenced two Iranians on Thursday to between 15 years and life in prison for an

A Jewish-American photojournalist was detained and tortured by jihadists in the Syrian city of Aleppo for seven months, after Al

Israelis are rushing to equip themselves and their families with gas masks, amid an escalation in the Syrian crisis and

New revelations are shedding light on the methods Iran is using to create a “halal Internet,” cleansed of material that

Israel’s internal security organization the Shin Bet – roughly the equivalent of America’s FBI – has set up a new

Remarkable footage emerged this week of the inside of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which after being stormed in

Rumors have been circulating all day that Hossam Ali Nisr, a top Hezbollah commander, was killed in Damascus. If confirmed,

An expose published over the weekend by the Washington Post highlights the role that all-expense-paid trips to Iranian indoctrination camps

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey met yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a range of issues

A series of setbacks are complicating attempts by rebels, who have seen their positions steadily erode in recent months, to

Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiators had long declared that they would not return to U.S.-backed peace negotiations unless Israel committed to

Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, last week became the latest in an increasingly diverse group of

Hamas authorities in Gaza are intensifying their crack down on political activity across a number of platforsm. The Palestinian terror

Israel’s Foreign Ministry held a virtual meeting Tuesday with residents of Persian Gulf states, engaging them in a Twitter chat

Members of Israel’s governing coalition sought this weekend and into Monday to dampen criticism of a Cabinet decision to release

One of the two Palestinian negotiators sent to conduct exploratory peace talks in Washington has a less than peaceful social

Israel’s regional cooperation minister made a visit to Jericho on Thursday – the first by a high-level Israeli official since

France is making a major push to highlight for U.S. officials that the Syrian regime has been using Sarin gas

A top member of Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction is suing the Palestinian Authority (PA) president at the International Criminal Court

Top Palestinian Authority (PA) figures are downplaying the significance of Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent announcement that a “basis”

Reports continue to emerge of Israeli efforts to assist Syrian civilians injured in the country’s bloody conflict. Last March the

The 19th Maccabiah kicked off last Thursday evening with a raucous opening ceremony for 30,000 spectators in Jerusalem. The presidents

Iran will be ready to begin discussing renewed negotiations, according to the country’s foreign minister, just as soon as the

Israel undertook a number of steps to facilitate travel during this year’s Ramadan. Jerusalem expected an estimated one-million Palestinians to

The UAE has worked hard – and spent not inconsiderable wealth – on branding Dubai as a cosmopolitan, high-tech, modern

The reigning valedictorian of the medical school at Israel’s Technion – the country’s oldest university, dating back to 1912 –

Hassan Rouhani is easing into his August 4 inauguration by dismissing Israel as a “miserable” country that makes him “laugh.”

Outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has moved to create an entire agency within the presidential office that will ensure his

Saudi Arabian Airlines may be banned from operating at New York City’s John F. Kennedy airport because of its policy

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Jordanian capital on Wednesday in a bid to get Palestinian Authority

The Sinai Peninsula is fast becoming the primary battleground between the Egyptian military and Islamist groups ranging from the Muslim

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas over the weekend to wish him a happy

Al Jazeera America (AJA) will launch in just over a month, a senior staffer confirmed on Monday. Ali Velshi –

Iran issued a effusive denial today to allegations issued by a dissident group accusing the Islamic Republic of building another

Israelis who have been watching events in Egypt unfold in recent weeks have had a bit of historically unprecedented assistance:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to release 40 Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism against civilians, Israeli media reported

A self-described 18 year old “Arabic speaking Christian” and “proud Israeli” has taken to the pages of Israel’s highest-selling newspaper

Egyptian television during Ramadan has long leaned toward the anti-Semitic, but this year’s sampling is virulent even by the country’s

As tensions and violence in Egypt continue to simmer, some in the country are falling back into rhetorical and political

Speculation has been rife for weeks that Ron Dermer, a top adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will succeed

At least 50 people were wounded Tuesday morning as a car bomb ripped through a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut.

A security fence built along the increasingly anarchic Israeli-Egyptian border is having its desired effect, according to figures released last

Egyptian violence that spiked last Friday during rallies held by supporters of Egypt’s former president Mohamed Morsi – the events

Tunisian secularists and Islamists are closely watching events unfold in Egypt, with tensions grounded in the country’s 2011 Arab Spring

Maccabi Haifa and Israeli national team point guard Gal Mekel has reached an agreement with the Dallas Mavericks of the

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has refused to work with what it called the “usurper government” installed after the army on

A day after the Egyptian army ousted Mohamed Morsi from the presidency and subsequently placed him under house arrest, chief

Hamas is struggling to set a line – and remain silent in the meantime – as the crisis in Egypt

The toll in pro- and anti-government gun battles at Cairo University has risen to 18 dead and 367 injured, Egyptian

Iran has arrested nine people, eight of them Slovaks, on charges of espionage. The charges, announced earlier this week, include

In addition to its successful mobilization of millions of Egyptians, the so-called Tamarod anti-government movement in Egypt has drawn attention

Western officials are scrambling to evaluate the diplomatic consequences of extremist statements made by Jibril Rajoub, a Palestinian Authority (PA)

In the latest signs of growing extremism and intolerance in the Arab world’s most populous state, an teacher in Egypt

Google is set to buy Waze, the wildly popular Israeli maps mobile application, Israel’s Globes business paper reported over the

The Boulder, Colorado city council voted overwhelmingly Monday to reject a sister city application from Nablus, citing Palestinian Authority abuses

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held its thrice-yearly session Monday. As always, the body deliberated over its infamous Item

Israel’s massive, newly discovered natural gas fields have opened up vast diplomatic and economic possibilities for the Jewish state. The

Israel on Wednesday began hosting the most prestigious sports tournament ever to hit its shores – the UEFA Under-21 Championships

On Tuesday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Turkey’s government to respect demonstrators’ right to protest as demonstration continued

French and British officials have both announced that tests confirm the use of sarin gas by the Syrian government. France’s

Hezbollah and the Syrian army have reportedly completed their takeover of the strategically critical Syrian city of Qusayr. The claim was

In addition to damanging Hezbollah’s popularity across the Middle East, the Iran-backed terror group’s support for the Syrian regime is

Forty-three democracy promotion activists, including 16 Americans, have been sentenced to jail by an Egyptian court after being rounded up in a

The Israeli government is preparing to institute far-reaching reforms in how prayers are conducted at the Western Wall in Jerusalem,

Speaking to Sen. Robert Menendez during Menendez’s visit to Israel earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the

Hezbollah forces, assisted by Syrian troops, have taken control of most of the strategic border town of Qusayr, marking a

Canadian officials on Wednesday announced that Canada would cease all trade with Iran. At issue are a range of Iranian

The second biennial Jerusalem Innovative Tourism Summit kicked off Tuesday, bringing international industry leaders to a parley that organizers promise will showcase

The fourth annual Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism attracted five hundred participants from 50 countries and six religions to Jerusalem

Recent weeks have seen foreign policy analysis to the effect that further pressure on Iran ought not be imposed, because

Despite the risks and its own disappointment, Israel must explore all possibilities for exploring peace with the Palestinians, Tzipi Livni,

Air-raid sirens blared across Israel Monday afternoon in the first of two home front drills simulating a massive missile attack

Observers are calling attention to additional dimensions of a speech given Wednesday by Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel. Eshel’s

A Palestinian man tortured by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces has lost the ability to speak, a Ramallah-based human-rights group

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is

Sari Essayah is no typical E.U. parliamentarian. The bespectacled Finn is a retired world-champion race walker, who inherited her distinctly

Following the October 2011 deal between Israel and Hamas to free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from captivity, there were

Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel warned today that Syria will soon receive advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. The warning

State Department acting Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell let it be known yesterday that the administration has been monitoring the Egyptian

OSLO – The world remembers 1948 as the year of Israel’s birth and the year the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took on

OSLO – Denouncing dictators is only partially effective without also naming and shaming their enablers, said analysts and activists Tuesday

Norway has been dubbed the West’s most anti-Semitic and anti-Israel country, but Naim Araidi – the Druze-Israeli poet who is

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the world’s most influential Muslim preachers who regularly prays for the annihilation of the Jewish people,

A new poll [PDF] by the Pew Research Group highlights stark differences between Israeli and Palestinian public sentiment on a

Some foreign policy analysts have, in the past, claimed that when Iranian officials call for the eradication of Israel, they

Hezbollah is dramatically increasing its involvement in Syria’s civil war, “raising alarm among U.S. officials,” the WSJ reports. Interviews with local residents

Rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime have kidnapped four UN peacekeepers, the second such a

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Wednesday announced that his firm Berkshire Hathaway had paid $2 billion for 20 percent of

Hezbollah is tightening its grip on southern Lebanon, with Lebanese armed forces withdrawing from the area and U.N. peacekeepers finding

A Palestinian terrorist today stabbed to death an Israeli father of five at a hitchhiking post in the West Bank.

Echoing comments he made last week to the effect that Israel can successfully degrade Iran’s atomic program, former head of

Israeli officials have confirmed that a drone that tried to penetrate Israeli air space today was launched from Lebanon, even