Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Hamas ‘begging Iran’ for help, US envoy says
Posted on Monday, October 23, 2017
Hamas is 'begging Iran' for help in its armed resistance against Israel, a senior Trump administration official said on Monday, addressing the visit of several Hamas leaders to Tehran over the weekend.
Knesset reconvenes with an ambitious and controversial agenda
Posted on Monday, October 23, 2017
The Knesset on Monday opened its winter session with an ambitious and often controversial agenda, ranging from a bid to clip the High Court of Justice’s wings to anchoring the state’s Jewish character in the country’s constitutional Basic…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vow to step up fight against Israel
Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards on Thursday threatened a 'relentless fight' against Israel, a day after the US urged the international community to confront Tehran over its 'destructive conduct' across the Middle East.
US demands Hamas renounce violence, disarm before unity deal
Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2017
The United States called Thursday for the Hamas terror group to disarm and renounce violence before being allowed to implement a highly touted unity deal with Palestinian rival Fatah, in a first detailed response to the agreement.
Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam: ‘Israelis are waging war on Al-Aqsa’
Posted on Monday, October 16, 2017
Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, is accusing 'extremist' Jewish organizations of waging a legal battle aimed at achieving Israeli sovereignty in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israel, US to quit UNESCO citing ‘anti-Israel bias’
Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017
Hours after the US’s dramatic decision to withdraw from UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias, Israel stated that it also planned to leave the education, scientific and cultural body.
Hamas vows it won’t disarm until Palestine is liberated
Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017
With the ink on the reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas not yet dry, with the mutual declarations of 'real reconciliation on behalf of Palestinian national strength' still reverberating in the background, the first signs of division over…