Middle East

Back in 1967, Moscow shrugged when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran, cutting shipping routes to the Israeli port of Eilat—Israel’s only one in the Red Sea. Egyptian and Syrian troop movements on the Israeli border — coupled with Nasser’s fiery rhetoric threatening mass slaughter — paved the way for war.

Announcement of scheme for 25,000 units across city, including new neighborhoods put on ice by international pressure, may come on Jerusalem Day By Times of Israel staff Construction of new apartment buildings is underway in the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem, seen on October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) The Housing Ministry is reportedly pushing

Damascus (dpa) – Heavy explosions heard early Thursday on the outskirts of Damascus International Airport were likely an Israeli airstrike, according to Hezbollah’s flagship media outlet. Large plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the facility, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Videos uploaded to social media showed similar scenes. Israeli Intelligence

Security forces questioning suspect, who reportedly says he wanted to live in the Jewish state By Alexander Fulbright View of Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border near Rosh Hanikra, in northwestern Israel, November 10, 2016 (Doron Horowitz/Flash90) A Lebanese man was arrested in northern Israel on Thursday after illegally crossing the

Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday evening won the primaries of the leadership of the Jewish Home party, and will continue to head the party over the next several years. Bennett won 80.3% of the votes. 15,701 out of 30,734 (50.67%) of the members of the Jewish Home party exercised their right to vote in

Central Bureau of Statistics figures show number of residents increased by 1.9% in the past year, including 174,000 babies By Stuart Winer Children play in the fountains at Teddy Kollek Park in Jerusalem on July 26, 2016 (Zack Wajsgras/Flash90) Israel’s population stands at 8,680,000 and is increasing at nearly two percent a year, according to