Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
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…
US Senate passes huge defense bill including $550 million for Israel
Posted on Thursday, August 2, 2018
The US Senate easily passed a $716.3 billion defense authorization bill Wednesday that includes funding for Israel to defend itself against Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as ramping up military spending and bolstering America’s posture against Russia while…
As U.S. pushes for Mideast peace, Saudi king reassures allies
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2018
Saudi Arabia has reassured Arab allies it will not endorse any Middle East peace plan that fails to address Jerusalem's status or refugees' right of return, easing their concerns that the kingdom might back a nascent US deal…
Abbas’s Fatah: Israel planning to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2018
The stone that fell from the Western Wall earlier this week proves that Israel has devised a plan to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a spokesperson for the ruling Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud…
