Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Trump administration backs bill to halt aid to Palestinians
Posted on Friday, September 15, 2017
The Trump administration is backing legislation that would suspend US financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority until it ends what critics say is a long-standing practice of rewarding Palestinians who kill Americans and Israelis.
Russia urges Syria not to respond to Israel’s attack
Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2017
Russia has urged Syrian President Bashar Assad not to retaliate against Israel after an airstrike on the country's Scientific Studies and Research Center, which the Syrian regime attributes to Israel, a senior Russia official dealing with Middle East…
Northern Command goes on offense in wide-scale exercise
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The Northern Command began the next stage of its wide-scale training exercise in the Western and Lower Galilee on Monday, conducting offensive maneuvers in a simulation of an all-out war against the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah.
Russia reassures Israel over Iranian presence in Syria — report
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Russia has reportedly reassured Israel that it will not allow Iran and its Hezbollah proxy to threaten the Jewish state from Syria, where Moscow is fighting alongside Tehran and the Lebanese terror group on behalf of Syrian President…
Russia threatened to veto UNIFIL mandate if Hezbollah mentioned
Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Russia reportedly threatened to use its veto at the United Nations last week if the Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah, its ally in the Syrian civil war, was named in a Security Council resolution to renew the mandate of…
Iran’s new weapons facilities in Lebanon ‘cross a red line,’ Israel says
Posted on Sunday, September 3, 2017
Israel's intensive diplomatic campaign in recent weeks, which included Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, trips by senior Israeli defense officials to the United States and more, comes on the heels of…
