Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Israel girds for Golan war with Iran, Hezbollah
Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Amid the carnage of Syria's civil war, well into its sixth year, Israeli military chiefs say that Iran and its prized proxy, Hezbollah, are surreptitiously seeking to establish a new front in an older conflict, the Iran-backed group's…
Mahmoud Abbas agrees to talk with Netanyahu in Moscow
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to direct talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Russia, Interfax news agency cited the Palestinian embassy in Moscow as saying on Monday.
UN: Violations of Israel-Lebanon cease-fire could spark war
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The UN Security Council warned Tuesday that violations of the cessation of hostilities agreement between Lebanon and Israel could lead to a new conflict “that none of the parties or the region can afford.”
Netanyahu and Abbas may meet in Moscow in October
Posted on Monday, August 29, 2016
Contacts have recently been established regarding a possible meeting in Moscow between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Putin said willing to host Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2016
Amid speculation over a developing Egyptian bid to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said late Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was willing to host Israeli and Palestinian leaders for direct talks.
Senator: U.S. Taxpayer Funds Potentially Diverted to Hamas Terrorists
Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2016
A leading Republican senator is calling on the Obama administration to launch a formal investigation into the potential diversion of U.S. taxpayer funds to organizations that have reportedly been infiltrated by the Hamas terror organization, according to new…
Soros Hack Reveals Evidence of Systemic Anti-Israel Bias
Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016
The Open Society Foundations, the network of philanthropic organizations funded by billionaire George Soros, appears to have been hacked earlier this weekend, and its confidential reports made available on the website DC Leaks. These newly revealed documents provide…
Pentagon looks to Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ for new missile shield
Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2016
American defense contractor Raytheon and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, who worked together developing Israel’s Iron Dome—the highly-acclaimed mobile air defense system that has become critical to Israel’s national security—are now collaborating on an American prototype.
Obama sets dangerous terms for generous military aid package to Israel
Posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2016
U.S. and Israeli officials are nearing completion of protracted negotiations over a planned decade-long deal for U.S. military assistance, despite deep bilateral political discord stemming mainly from nearly unbridled enmity between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin…
Russia, not Hezbollah, sent drone into Israel
Posted on Sunday, August 7, 2016
A drone that crossed into northern Israel last month belonged to Russia — not Hezbollah, as was initially suspected — the Haaretz newspaper reported Sunday.
Netanyahu rejects Obama’s assertion that Israel now supports Iran accord
Posted on Saturday, August 6, 2016
Israel on Friday firmly rejected US President Barack Obama’s claim that its officials now support last year’s nuclear deal with Iran. Far from accepting Obama’s assertion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s stance had not changed, while the…
