Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Israeli Pres. Rivlin: French plan seeks peace talks ‘for negotiations’ sake’
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday told members of the European Parliament that international efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement — including the most recent French initiative — were “negotiations for negotiations’ sake,” and therefore doomed to…
Turkey, Israel to agree normalization deal June 26
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Turkey and Israel will this weekend announce a deal on normalizing ties, ending a six-year diplomatic crisis sparked by a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which 10 Turkish nationals died, a report said Tuesday.
House approves defense aid to Israel despite veto threat
Posted on Friday, June 17, 2016
The United States House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $576 billion defense spending bill which includes $635.7 million for U.S.-Israel missile defense programs, despite a threat by the Obama administration to veto the bill, The Jewish Insider…
White House opposes extra funding for Israel missile defense
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The White House said Tuesday that it was opposed to a move by the House of Representatives to increase funding for Israeli missile defense procurement by an additional $455 million above the administration’s budget request for the 2017…
Four killed in central Tel Aviv terror shooting; two attackers nabbed
Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2016
Following the deadly terrorist shooting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night that left four people dead and several others wounded, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, cancelled the easing of some security restrictions…
