Middle East

Soldiers on the southern Gaza border have not changed their mission or their outlook due to the discovery of a Hamas attack tunnel penetrating deep into Israeli territory from the coastal enclave, an officer said. Despite a renewed public focus on the Gaza Strip in light of the tunnel — found earlier this month and

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) will be the next Prime Minister, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) opined during a Channel 10 interview. Shaked firmly believes that Bennett will succeed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but also did not deny a possibility that Bennett could quit the party. If so, she said, “I would not

Jordan warns Israel of ‘serious consequences’ for Temple Mount clashes (JNS.org) Several hours after Jews and Arabs clashed Sunday on the Temple Mount, Jordan accused Israel of breaching the delicate status quo in the area. Jordanian Media Affairs Minister Mohammad al-Momani released a statement slamming the “Israeli settlers and police” for storming the “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “It’s the economy stupid” is one of the catchphrases that has come into general use in different forms in the wake of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign. I’m thinking of it as I read yet another respected credit rating agency (Fitch) expressing confidence in Israel’s economy. An important reason