Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Abbas: Jerusalem at the gate of peace and war, Trump must choose
Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2018
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday used fiery rhetoric to slam US President Donald Trump’s changes to American policy on Jerusalem, and an official confirmed that the Palestinians will not be meeting with Vice President Mike Pence…
U.S. withholds $65 million in Palestinian aid after Trump threat
Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The United States on Tuesday said it would withhold about half the initial aid it planned to give a U.N. agency that serves the Palestinians, two weeks after President Donald Trump questioned the value of such funding.
Palestinian leaders vote to urge PLO to suspend recognition of Israel
Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Palestinian leaders voted on Monday to call for the suspension of recognition of Israel, and to suspend security coordination with Israel, as they met in response to US President Donald Trump’s acknowledgment of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
IDF destroys Hamas attack tunnel that penetrated Israel and Egypt
Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2018
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said it had destroyed a border-crossing Hamas attack tunnel, the third in recent months, that penetrated hundreds of meters into both Israeli and Egyptian territory from the Gaza Strip, in an airstrike…
Arab League to hold meeting on Jerusalem next month
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2018
The Arab League will meet on February 1 to discuss how to counter U.S. President Donald Trump's move last month to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Wednesday.
Israeli jets and rockets hit Syria overnight, Syrian army claims
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2018
The Syrian army claimed Tuesday that Israeli fighter jets and rockets targeted positions inside the war-torn nation overnight, marking a potential uptick in tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants operating there.
Arab League to lobby UN to recognize Palestinian state
Posted on Sunday, January 7, 2018
Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman…
Iranian intelligence network exposed in Judea and Samaria
Posted on Thursday, January 4, 2018
The Shin Bet security agency and the Israel Defense Force recently exposed a network sponsored by the Iranian intelligence apparatus in Judea and Samaria. The network was recruited and funded by an Iranian intelligence agent living in South…
