Middle East

As the UN General Assembly prepares to host a high-level summit to address the refugee and migrant crisis, the reality for the millions of Syrians who have fled the country since 2011 is one of frustration, insecurity, poverty and statelessness. In the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan the refugees feel helpless: “We have been here […]

The deputy head of Hamas’s political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, left Gaza 10 days ago via the Rafah border crossing, supposedly on his way to Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj — the pilgrimage to Mecca that is required of all believing Muslims. The departure — an unusual one, it must be said — of Haniyeh,

Commuters traveling to Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub, are expected to face vast traffic logjams over the next eight days as Israel Railways carries out major repair and upgrade work on the tracks leading into the city. Three of the city’s four major stations – Savidor, University and Hashalom – will also see work to

The doctors attending to former President Shimon Peres gave an update on Sunday afternoon saying that following a CT scan that showed no worsening of his condition the dosage of sedatives administered to Peres is being continually decreased. Peres was rushed to the Sheba hospital in the Tel Hashomer medical complex (near Tel Aviv) five

A 20-year old Arab man was charged with publishing anti-Semitic materials on his Facebook page. After the murder of 13-year child Hallel Yaffa Ariel in June the suspect praised the terror attack, writing that “The elimination of the Zionist child is essential.” Haled Ibrahim Muasi, a 20-year-old resident of the Arab town of Aablin, was

Some 200 Muslim pilgrims returning from the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia were stranded Friday at the Allenby border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. Israel Radio said that the pilgrims were turned back due to a dispute over work hours between Israel’s Interior Ministry and its Administration of Border Crossings, Population and

Former president Shimon Peres’s condition unchanged, Peres’s bureau said Saturday evening, as the Jewish Sabbath ended. He is in serious but stable condition at the ICU in Sheba Hospital, at Tel Hashomer, in central Israel. On Sunday morning, he will undergo a CT scan, as doctors assess how to proceed with his treatment. He is

A group of sailors from the South, including some who had been expelled from Gush Katif, are a planning a flotilla in reaction to the “Women”s Flotilla” of left-wing activists to depart this week from Barcelona, Spain for Gaza. The pro-Arab flotilla includes two boats on which hundreds of kilograms of humanitarian aid are packed.