Middle East

As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held diplomatic visits abroad this week, high-ranking officials in his Fatah party continued to jostle over his succession. Everyone is hoping for the job of president, as evidenced by the Ma’an news agency’s hit reality show, in which young people compete to see who can be the next Palestinian

Clashes erupted on the Temple Mount Monday morning, after Islamists attempted to violently prevent Jews from visiting. Dozens of Muslim extremists – many of them masked – had barricaded themselves in the Al Aqsa Mosque since last night, and had actively stockpiled rocks and other projectiles for use against security forces and Jewish visitors. They

Palestinian dentists arrested for carrying out pipe bomb terror attack (JNS.org) Five members of a Palestinian terrorist cell led by a dentist were apprehended by security forces last month, the Israeli Shin Bet security agency revealed Monday. The terrorists—including three dentists—had carried out a pipe bomb attack in which an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer

ROME, Italy (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department released the text of a joint media availability held on June 27 by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. I’m delighted to welcome the prime minister of Israel, my friend Bibi Netanyahu, to the American residence here

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israel and Turkey have reached a reconciliation deal, an Israeli official confirmed Sunday. Under the deal, Israel is to pay 20 million dollars to a fund for the families of nine Turkish nationals shot dead when Israel overpowered a ship headed to break the Gaza naval blockade in May 2010, the