Middle East

Arabs hurled rocks at an Israeli bus passing by an Arab village built along Route 60 in Samaria this morning, 0404 reported. The bus was reportedly passing by the school in the Arab village of Luban Ash-Sharqiya near the Jewish community of Maale Levona when it was hit by rocks. Hatzalah of Judea and Samaria

By Alexander Fulbright Two confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were released from police custody late Sunday night after some 15 hours of questioning in the investigation into suspected corruption in the purchase of naval vessels from a German shipbuilder. While police did not reveal the identities of the two, multiple reports named one of

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu returned to Israel Monday following a trip to the UK marking the 100th anniversary since the Balfour Declaration proclaiming Great Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in the historic Land of Israel. Following his return to Israel, Netanyahu addressed the recent revelation that the IDF recovered the

Michael Boyden Israel is holding the bodies of five Palestinians, who were killed in an underground tunnel that they were building in order to infiltrate our villages and kibbutzim for the purpose of murdering and taking hostage innocent, unarmed men, women and children living close to the Gaza Strip. Most of us would not shed

Naomi Chazan The heated discussions over the meaning of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration have dominated the media just as moves to entirely alter the status of Jerusalem and its environs have quietly proceeded apace. Two interrelated bills (The Basic Law: Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel [Amendment

By Alexander Fulbright Police on Sunday morning detained two confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for interrogation in the investigation into suspected corruption in the purchase of naval vessels from a German shipbuilder. While police did not reveal the identities of the two, multiple reports named one of them as David Shimron, Netanyahu’s cousin and

By Dov Lieber The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry on Saturday claimed the Israeli government was supporting terrorist groups that attacked a Druze town in southern Syria, but then reversed its policy after the Druze community in Israel protested. In a highly unusual move, Israel on Friday said it would intervene in the Syrian Civil War

Saudi Arabia and its allied forces launched a new wave of airstrikes on targets in neighboring Yemen, where Riyadh has been leading a military alliance against Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi militant forces since March 2015. Alhurra reported the airstrikes targeted the National Security building and the Ministry of Interior and other positions Sunday in the capital,