Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
White House Rejects New Trade Bill Because It Is Too Pro-Israel
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2016
The White House has announced its partial opposition to a new bipartisan trade bill because of a portion of the legislation that would strengthen the U.S.-Israel economic relationship, according to a statement issued late Thursday.
Netanyahu: Situation not ripe for two-state solution
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2016
Israel has no choice in the current political reality but to continue its control of the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, asserting that the Palestinians have yet to meet the basic requirements outlined by the…
Israel mulling twin gas pipelines to Turkey, Greece
Posted on Monday, February 8, 2016
Israel is looking to exploit its substantial natural gas reserves with two potential pipeline projects to Turkey and Greece, its Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz announced Sunday.
Hamas calls for suicide bombings in Israeli buses
Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2016
The Palestinian terror group Hamas called Sunday on activists to carry out suicide bombing attacks against Israelis, specifically on buses, in a manner reminiscent of the devastating attacks of the 2000-2005 Second Intifada.
Herzog presents Kerry with West Bank disengagement plan
Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog presented US Secretary of State John Kerry with a plan for an Israeli pullout from the West Bank, telling him that separation is the only way forward with the Palestinians.
After long fight, activists cheer mixed-gender Western Wall plan
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016
Activists and members of liberal streams of Judaism celebrated a 'historic' compromise officially allowing mixed-gender non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at the Western Wall Sunday, even as ultra-Orthodox and religious nationalist lawmakers came out strongly against the move.
3 soldiers wounded by PA gunman at West Bank checkpoint
Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2016
Three Israeli soldiers were wounded on Sunday when a member of the Palestinian Authority security forces opened fire at an IDF checkpoint near Beit El in the West Bank. He was shot dead by forces at the scene.
Israel’s electrical grid attacked in massive cyber attack
Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2016
As Israelis cranked up their heaters during the current cold snap, the Public Utility Authority was attacked by one of the largest cyber assaults that the country has experienced, Minister of Infrastructure, Energy and Water Yuval Steinitz said…
IDF preparing for possible war on northern, Gaza borders
Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2016
According to IDF estimations, the likelihood of Israel initiating a war in the next year remains low, both due to the turmoil in the Middle East which is keeping many of Israel's enemies busy, and because of Israel's…
Israeli companies find huge new natural gas field
Posted on Monday, January 18, 2016
'Isramco' and 'Modiin Energy' companies, announced on Sunday that they found a gas reserve in the Mediterranean Sea the size of the 'Tamar' drilling field. The companies who partner in searching for oil and gas reserves in Israel…
Israeli minister: PA collapse imminent, result will be ‘anarchy’
Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2016
In a rare, candid interview about Israeli thinking on the condition of the Palestinian Authority, a member of Israel's security cabinet warned that the authority is already collapsing, and what follows will be "anarchy."
Israel welcomes fifth German-made submarine
Posted on Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Germany's fifth Dolphin-class submarine arrived in Israel's Haifa port Tuesday, where top government and military officials welcomed the newest addition to Israel's navy.
