Middle East

Several senior commanders from Islamic State who recently fled from Iraq and northern Syria are now based in southern Syria, just across the Golan Heights border with Israel, and are training hundreds of new recruits there, an Israeli television report said. Israel’s Channel 2 said the commanders have made their way to an Islamic State-controlled […]

A top Israel Defense Forces general warned Wednesday of an Israeli “response” to “provocative” actions by Hamas, saying tensions between the sides could escalate if the terror group does not control its fighters. In a Facebook post in Arabic, Coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai said Hamas members have

An Israeli delegation flew into Cairo on Tuesday to conduct talks with high-ranking Egyptian officials ahead of Palestinian reconciliation talks in Egypt’s capital, according to Arabic media reports. Although there was no word on the content of the discussions, the reports came on the same day unity talks were launched in Egypt between Hamas and

A woman from the African Hebrew Israelites group in Dimona reacted Tuesday to a video in which she was seen being showered with racial slurs while riding the bus. “This kind of racism I have never experienced,” Hasedia Bat Israel told Channel 2 news. “I was born in this land. This kind of racism I

Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon admitted on Tuesday that he is seeking to forge political partnerships to kickstart the movement he heads. In an interview with Army Radio, Ya’alon said that he is currently holding talks with “anyone willing to talk about the future of the State of Israel, I am talking, among others, to