Middle East

  U.S. Senators urge Obama to veto anti-Israel UN resolutions (JNS.org) A bipartisan group of 88 U.S. senators sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday urging him to veto any anti-Israel resolutions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought in front of the United Nations Security Council before his term ends. The pro-Israel lobby group,

People around the world continue to pray for a swift and complete recovery for Shimon Peres. We feel profound grief at the prospect of losing the last living founder of the State of Israel and a man who many regard as a grandfather. Shimon Peres’s life story is entwined with the story of Israel. His

Palestinian cleric at Al-Aqsa Mosque prays destruction of America, Russia (JNS.org) A Palestinian Muslim cleric prayed to Allah to “vanquish American and Russia” in an address last week at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Jerusalem Post reported. “Oh America, let me tell you about the day when the call to prayer will be heard from atop

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