Middle East

Israel Police today announced that it had completed the investigation into the prime minister’s residence expenses, focusing on suspicions that Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, and parties in the Prime Minister’s Office had charged the public for private expenses. In contrast to the usual practice, the police did not state in the announcement whether […]

The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Sunday the formation of a special new unit charged with developing ties with Syrians living near Israel”s northern border. While the plan may seem far-fetched, the idea draws heavily from a similar operation conducted during Israel”s presence in southern Lebanon, when the IDF worked to forge ties with elements

Israeli security forces have apprehended the Hamas terrorist cell responsible for the bombing of a number 12 bus in Jerusalem on April 18 which left 19 people injured, many of them seriously, it has been cleared for publication. The six-man terror cell was based in the Palestinian Authority city of Bethlehem, just south of the

The gang rape of a disabled Jewish woman by a Palestinian man and teenager and an Israeli man was likely not a nationalistically-motivated attack, police said on Sunday. “Until now, there has been no indication of a nationalistic motive,” police spokesperson Luba Samri told The Times of Israel. “The suspected rape is still under investigation,”

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) spoke out on Army Radio on Sunday regarding her party”s demands for security cabinet reforms, saying that the Jewish Home was not prepared to compromise on the issue. “If we, as the members of the security cabinet, have at the end of the day the responsibility during wartime, we

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi blasted Israel as a bastion of “fascism and racial discrimination” on Saturday at a meeting of foreign ministers to discuss a French Middle East peace initiative. The Arab ministers are expected to adopt a resolution on the plan to revive negotiations between Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority. In

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo Saturday amidst reports of a new Egyptian peace initiative and French plans to hold a summit on renewing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The two discussed the Palestinian demand for a unified Arab front at the Paris summit on June 3, calling for an Israeli

In an article published on Wednesday for the 16th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the Lebanese paper Al-Safir detailed the deployment of the Hezbollah terrorist organization on the border – and revealed the Iran-proxy is digging tunnels into Israel. The article, which was translated and exposed by MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute),