Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
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.
‘Burning Man’ Festival Comes to Israel
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Some 3,000 people gathered in the Negev Desert for "Midburn" as Israelis attempted to recreate the 'Burning Man' festival held annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
Pope Originally Wanted Jerusalem for Prayer Summit
Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The unprecedented summit at the Vatican on Sunday, joining Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in prayers for peace, was initially supposed to take place in Jerusalem during Pope Francis’ May visit to the…
Israel to Fund Shemittah Observance with 100NIS Million ($28.89 M)
Posted on Monday, June 9, 2014
The Israeli government will allocate NIS 100 million ($28.89 Million Dollars) in extra funding for the Religious Affairs Ministry in order to assist in preparation for the upcoming shemittah year, the sabbatical year in which Jewish farmers are…
Netanyahu lays into Lapid for remarks on Palestinian state
Posted on Monday, June 9, 2014
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck back at Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Monday for calling on the government to put forth its own vision for the contours of a future Palestinian state. Lapid, Israel, the prime minister warned,…
Hamas to Boost West Bank Support and Terror through Charity Groups
Posted on Monday, June 9, 2014
Gaza-based terror group Hamas is planning to encourage attacks against Israel as well as sap support in the West Bank from the Palestinian Authority (PA) by exploiting the Islamist "Dawa" social and cultural movement, a security source told…
Israel Looks to Enshrine Country as a “Jewish State”
Posted on Monday, June 9, 2014
Israel has no constitution. The reason according to local lore is that the secular majority and the ultra-Orthodox minority could not agree on how to refer to God so they never wrote an actual constitution. Instead there are…
