Middle East

It’s just past five in the morning and hundreds of Palestinian laborers have already crossed into Israel. Many sit along the concrete ledge of the security barrier, listening to the chirping of birds while waiting for a van to bring them to a construction site. It’s a quiet day at the Qalandiya Crossing — the

The results of a Channel 2 news poll published yesterday showing that the Zionist Union, headed by chairman and opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog, would get just 17 Knesset seats (down from the current 24) if new elections were held now have aroused severe criticism of him. Because of these poor results and public opposition

Israeli security forces arrest Hamas weapons smuggler who posed as fisherman (JNS.org) Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced the arrest of a Palestinian man who had been attempting to smuggle weapons to the Gaza-based Hamas terror group by posing as a fisherman. Salim Hassan Na’aman, 39, from the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza, was arrested

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Amotz Asa-el is a respected Israeli journalist. Soon after the speech by Israel’s Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan in which the latter alluded to tendencies in contemporary Israeli society reminiscent of those that led to the rule of Nazism in the 1930s, Asa-el wouldn’t comment on whether the general

Southern Gaza is in a total electricity blackout, and even the Palestinian Authority news outlet Maan admits it’s not Israel’s fault. Though reports of electricity shortages in Gaza are generally accompanied by unjustified finger-pointing at Israel for the situation, today’s report by Maan barely mentioned Israel at all. Instead, it implied – though did not

Ramallah (dpa) – The Palestinians want to push ahead with multi-lateral talks on the Middle East conflict despite Israel’s objections, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said Monday. France has been pushing to host international talks, a first round of which is scheduled for May 30, but Israel has raised objections. Israel fears foreign dictates. “We

Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid promised to “work very hard” to be the “next Prime Minister” Monday, at the annual Anti-Defamation League convention in Washington, D.C. “This is the time for Israel to move forward, and we [will] offer the public a detailed plan which will propel Israel back on the right track,” Lapid

*/]]> */]]> */]]> An earthquake rumbled in the Red Sea early Monday morning, shaking buildings in the Sinai peninsula and as far north as Israel’s southern tip. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in Israel from the temblor, which struck at about 4:45 a.m. Monday morning. According to the US Geological Survey