With a strong bipartisan voice, members of Congress have reiterated Israel’s right to self-defense, after a barrage of almost 700 rockets was fired by Gaza-based terrorist groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad into Israel since Saturday. In a joint statement, Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brad Schneider (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY),...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel was readying for further confrontations with Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, after the announcement of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. “Over the past two days, we have hit Hamas and Islamic Jihad with great force, attacking over 350 targets and terrorist leaders and...

In the largest escalation of fighting since the 2014 Gaza war, Palestinian terrorist groups have indiscriminately fired hundreds of rockets into Israel since Saturday, killing four Israelis, including an Israeli-American. Moshe Feder, 68, died Sunday when an anti-tank missile struck his car, and a second victim killed in a rocket...

The U.S. State Department and European leaders have condemned the rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, almost 700 rockets were fired into Israel beginning Saturday, prompting Israel to retaliate with airstrikes. “The United States strongly condemns the ongoing barrage of rocket attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from...

A ceasefire hopefully marking the end of the latest round of violence on the Gaza border came into effect on Monday morning, giving relief to Israelis under attack from hundreds of rockets launched into the south of the country over the weekend. While schools in the south are now open...

Israel’s adversaries in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement thought they could starve Israel through economic warfare that included even its food sector. Many remember the BDS furor over SodaStream, Sabra hummus, and ordinary fruits and vegetables, as well as Israeli cuisine and the country’s culinary scene. But none...

In a shocking report released last week, a UN-affiliated human rights group detailed the cases of several hundred people who were summoned, arrested, and detained over the course of one year by the Islamist terrorist group Hamas for their political beliefs. According to the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights,...

Amnesty International called Wednesday on the Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels in Yemen, who fight the internationally recognized government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to immediately release 10 journalists held for nearly four years on trumped-up spying charges. The men have been held since the summer of 2015 and were formally charged...

The Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Dr. Mohammad Abdul Karim Al-Issa, will visit Auschwitz as part of an agreement signed between the Mecca-based organization and the American Jewish Committee. Al-Issa, a former justice minister who took over the government-funded group in 2016, will join American Jewish Committee CEO David...

Israeli humanitarian aid agency IsraAID reports that it is preparing its emergency response to Cyclone Kenneth, which hit northern Mozambique as a category four cyclone on April 25, killing at least 38 people, with subsequent heavy rains threatening to cause potentially catastrophic flooding. This is the second cyclone to hit Mozambique in...