Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Quartet report on Mideast peace still in early stages
Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2016
In what will likely ease tensions in Jerusalem, a senior Obama administration official told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that the upcoming report on the status of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the Quartet is still months away and…
Hamas, Israel agree to de-escalation
Posted on Monday, May 9, 2016
A general agreement has been reached between the warring sides after tremendous mediation effort by international parties in recent days and a great number of messages exchanged via intermediaries.
Dead Sea oil reservoir ‘entirely within Israel’ says company
Posted on Monday, May 9, 2016
An Israeli company authorized to drill an oil reservoir near the Dead Sea, recently evaluated to contain NIS 1.2 billion worth of fuel, stressed Sunday that the area is located entirely inside Israel, which it said was a…
Israel pauses to remember millions murdered in Holocaust
Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2016
Israelis across the country paused for two minutes Thursday morning in memory of the six million Jews who perished in Europe under Nazi rule as an air raid siren pierced the clear blue sky in an annual marking…
Israel rejects French peace initiative
Posted on Friday, April 29, 2016
Jerusalem on Thursday responded to the looming French peace initiative, which is to involve an international effort forcing peace talks on Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
US ready to offer Israel largest aid package in history
Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
A White House official indicated on Monday that the Obama administration was ready to offer Israel the largest military aid package offered to any country over the course of US history.
Russia wants share in Israeli gas
Posted on Monday, April 25, 2016
The Russian press reported at the end of last week that Russia was seeking to enter the Israeli natural gas industry, following a meeting in Russia last Thursday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu hails ‘very successful’ meeting with Putin
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2016
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday labeled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in the day as “very successful,” adding that the two countries reached understandings over issues that had previously not been sufficiently clarified.
Netanyahu heads to Moscow for talks on Syria
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2016
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was slated to travel to Russia Thursday morning for a quick round of a meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which the leaders are expected to discuss Syrian fighting and weapons sales to…
Lamb slaughtered at Passover re-enactment in Jerusalem
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2016
At a model Passover sacrifice ceremony on the Mount of Olives attended by approximately 400 people, several public figures expressed the hope that the Dome of the Rock shrine and the al-Aqsa mosque will soon be removed from…
Jerusalem bus blown up in terror attack, injuring at least 21
Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2016
A bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem Monday afternoon, injuring over 20 people as it and other vehicles were engulfed in flames, and ratcheting up tensions in a city just recovering from a months-long wave of violence.
PM: UNESCO ignoring historic Jewish ties to Temple Mount
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2016
UNESCO, the United Nations body responsible for protecting historical and archaeological sites throughout the world, has changed its language for the Temple Mount, acquiescing last week to a request by the Palestinian Authority that it refer to the…
Obama Admin Open to U.N. Measures Focused on Israel
Posted on Friday, April 15, 2016
The Obama administration says it "will carefully consider" what are expected to be a series of United Nations Security Council Resolutions aimed at Israel in the coming months, generating accusations in Congress that Washington is preparing to abandon…
