Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
PA leader admits efforts to torpedo Israel-Hamas truce talks
Posted on Monday, August 20, 2018
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Saturday that he will not allow for two separate entities to rule Palestinian lands, effectively admitting that Ramallah was actively trying to torpedo the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas.
Abbas: We will thwart Trump’s plan, Nation-State Law
Posted on Friday, August 17, 2018
US administration officials who purportedly claim to want to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are 'liars,' Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday.
Israel to boost security budget by hundreds of millions of dollars
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the cabinet with his '2030 Security Concept' on Wednesday, which will add hundreds of millions of dollars to military spending, and outlines the expected threats, military manpower needs, and principles for using force…
Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal ‘virtually done,’ paper reports
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2018
After a two-day lull in violence along the Gaza Strip-Israel border, the Los Angeles Times quoted a senior Israeli official Monday as saying that a cease-fire agreement with Hamas, the Islamist organization that rules Gaza, is 'virtually done.'
PA leader Abbas talks US peace plan with Jordan’s Abdullah
Posted on Friday, August 10, 2018
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Wednesday to discuss the regional situation ahead of the expected unveiling of the U.S. administration's Middle East peace plan.
Syria Blames Mossad as Top Syrian Rocket Scientist Assassinated
Posted on Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Aziz Azbar, head of the Scientific Research and Studies Center in Masyaf, also known by its French acronym ‘CERS’, was killed in a car bombing incident alongside his driver on Saturday night in an alleged Mossad operation, a…
