Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
What language did Jesus speak? Bibi and the Pope Disagree
Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Pope Francis carried out a headline-grabbing three-day tour of the Holy Land, visiting refugees, hugging clerics and honoring the victims of the Holocaust. But perhaps the most interesting moment of the trip came during an exchange with Israeli…
Temple Mount Clash on Jerusalem Day
Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing rioters on the Temple Mount for a second day in a row Wednesday morning, police said
Pope Makes Mideast Leaders a Peace Offer They Couldn’t Refuse
Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2014
By inviting the president of Israel and the head of the Palestinian Authority to his Vatican home for a "prayer for peace," Pope Francis picks up where Secretary of State John Kerry left off—using moral suasion to bring…
Palestinian unity government expected this week
Posted on Monday, May 26, 2014
A negotiator said Monday he expects a Palestinian unity government to be announced later this week in what would be a first significant step toward ending the crippling rift between Hamas and Fatah.
Palestinians seize upon Pope’s ‘Palestine’ overtures
Posted on Monday, May 26, 2014
Pope Francis's reference to "the State of Palestine" in his speech Sunday morning in Bethlehem, and his unscripted pause at the security barrier, left official Israel cold, and was seized upon by Palestinian leaders as deeply symbolic in…
Pope concludes first day in Israel with visit to Jerusalem
Posted on Monday, May 26, 2014
Pope Francis arrived on Sunday evening at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where he was scheduled to meet with the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I.
Can Pope Francis Bring Peace to the Middle East?
Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2014
Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Israel and the West Bank is being met with hopes he'll help resolve problems that thus far have flummoxed kings, presidents and Nobel Prize laureates.
Israeli Arab Christians Joining Israeli Army in Greater Numbers
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2014
A group of Israeli Arab Christians led by a Greek Orthodox priest have roiled the Israeli Arab community by distancing themselves from their Arab identity and requesting that Christian Arabs be drafted into the Israeli army to show…
Netanyahu: There is nobody to negotiate with in Ramallah
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2014
The Palestinian leadership is unwilling to make compromises for peace, calling into the question the efficacy of diplomatic negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published early Thursday.
US lawmakers vote to double funding for Iron Dome
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2014
US lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a $601 billion defense authorization bill that would almost double funding for the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile program Thursday.
