Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Iran intelligence minister blames Israel, US for Iraq crisis
Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2014
Iranian deputy minister of intelligence Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Khazaei says terrorists supported "by Israel and America" are responsible for the fall of Mosul, Iraq, to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Three Yeshiva Students Missing in West Bank, Feared Kidnapped
Posted on Friday, June 13, 2014
One of the three teenage yeshiva students who went missing and were feared kidnapped in the West Bank Thursday overnight is a dual Israeli-American citizen, according to Israeli media. US Ambassador in Israel, Dan Shapiro, was briefed on…
Palestinians Oppose New Talks with Israel, Poll Finds
Posted on Friday, June 13, 2014
More than half of Palestinians are against renewing negotiations with Israel, while less than one third think they should be restarted, according to a new poll conducted by a West Bank research center.
88 Senators Send Letter to Obama to Reconsider Aid to PA
Posted on Friday, June 13, 2014
President Barack Obama received a letter from 88 U.S. Senators urging him to reconsider aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over forming a unity government with Hamas, a designated Foreign Terrorist organization.
Tensions Between Netanyahu and Rivlin Apparent in Meeting
Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2014
Tensions surrounded when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met with Israel's President-elect Reuven Rivlin at his official residence in Jerusalem to congratulate him on being elected to office.
Hamas Calls For Attacks on Soldiers and Settlers (Video)
Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2014
Hamas has called on members of its armed wing in the West Bank to target Israeli soldiers and civilians in a bid to ease the plight of its prisoners in Israeli jails, a party spokesman said on Monday.
Israel Could Strike Iran Within Months, Senator says
Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told a small gathering of pro-Israel American leaders Tuesday that an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities "could happen in a matter of months."
Israel Elects New President
Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Knesset vote is in, and Likud MK Reuven Rivlin has been elected as Israel’s tenth president. A fairly beloved figure in Israel and a relative unknown abroad, here’s everything you need to know about Israel’s new citizen…
‘170,000 Missiles, Rockets Pointed at Israel’
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The head of Israel's most powerful intelligence agency depicted Wednesday a changing battlefield in which offensive cyber capabilities will, in the near future, represent the greatest shift in combat doctrine in over 1,000 years. For now, though, he…
Clinton Accuses Israel of Being Occupying Force
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accuses Israel of being an occupying force in her new memoir Hard Choices and claims that the Jewish state denies "dignity and self determination" to Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israel: Hezbollah is Stronger than any Arab Army
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Israel's top military officer warned today that Hezbollah is more powerful than most of the world's armies and that a confrontation between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militant organization was a near certainty.
