Middle East

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, who in the past served as Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief, said at a conference of the Iranian opposition over the weekend that the Iranian regime supports Hamas and Islamic Jihad in “Palestine” in order to cause instability in the region. Hamas condemned the remarks, saying they were “baseless.” “Everyone knows that […]

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is praising the steadfastness of the people of Gaza for surviving several wars and dealing with the consequences of the “Israeli siege”. Mashaal made the comments in a recorded speech which was played at a Hamas gathering in Gaza on Saturday. He pledged that Hamas will continue to work day and

Channel 10 has reported that the famous penthouse in the Neve Avivim neighborhood in Tel Aviv formerly owned by late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife, Leah, is being offered for sale for NIS 20 million by the Sotheby’s Israel agency, which does not own the property. The apartment, which has great sentimental value,

Egypt wants to host direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Cairo with the participation of senior Egyptian and Jordanian officials, officials told Haaretz late Sunday, following the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Israel. The goal of the talks will be to develop a package of confidence-building measures that would lead

Some one thousand Israelis marched in defiance Sunday, at a protest rally from the site of the deadly drive-by shooting which claimed the life of Rabbi Michael Mark 10 days ago, to his hometown of Otniel in Har Hevron. The demonstrators called on the government to act decisively to end the ongoing wave of Arab

The Israel Prisons Service parole board is to meet next Wednesday to discuss a request for early release by disgraced former president Moshe Katsav, who is serving time for rape and other sexual abuses. Three months after his last parole bid was rejected, the president was scheduled to appear before the board on July 20

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israel is to host Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, in the first such visit in nearly a decade. Netanyahu said he would meet Shoukry twice, in the afternoon and evening. “I am pleased to announce that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will arrive today

Zionist Union chairman MK Yitzhak Herzog said on Saturday that the Labor party primaries will be held in the second half of 2017. “The party’s Central Committee will convene in the coming weeks, and decide when the primaries for the party leadership will take place. If they decide I am not good enough to lead