Israel praises Austria move to ban Hezbollah from EU
Austrian parliament unanimously passes resolution calling on European Union to end political/military distinction and declare Hezbollah a total terror group.
May 31, 2020
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israeli police kill Palestinian in Jerusalem fleeing with ‘suspicious object’
Israeli police shot a Palestinian suspected of carrying a weapon who turned out not to be armed.
May 30, 2020
Palestinian car-rammer eliminated during terror attack in Samaria
Israeli troops neutralized a Palestinian attacker who tried to kill several soldiers in a car-ramming attack on Friday.
May 30, 2020
Al Jazeera broadcasts Islamist cleric’s appeal to ‘kill Jews’
"Victory is achieved through the blood of martyrs and over the skulls of the enemies," Qatar University’s Abduljabbar Saeed recently said on an Al Jazeera broadcast.
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May 30, 2020
AP slammed for firing cameraman at behest of Palestinian police
Palestinian press association demanding AP reinstate veteran cameraman Eyad Hamad.
May 28, 2020
World Court asks PA: Are Oslo Accords still in force?
The clarification was requested by three judges tasked with determining whether the Court can proceed with a criminal investigation against Israel for war crimes.
May 27, 2020
Gantz visits Gaza border, warns conflict with Hamas ‘won’t disappear’
'We know who our neighbors are ... and we are ready for anything,' said Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz as he toured the Gaza border area on Tuesday.
May 26, 2020
Iranian cyberattack targeted Israeli corona vaccine research
Last week's cyberattacks on Israel also targeted the research institutes working to develop vaccines for the coronavirus pandemic.
May 26, 2020
Norway rejects BDS law to label products from Judea and Samaria
Norwegian parliament voted down a bill that would have forced imported Israeli products made in Judea and Samaria to carry separate labeling.
May 26, 2020
Israel demands removal of Iran Supreme leader’s Twitter accounts
'The Zionist regime is a deadly, cancerous growth,' Khamenei tweeted last week.
May 26, 2020
Israeli Supreme Court rejects petition to release terrorist’s body
Citing secret evidence of the family’s Hamas ties, the court says the body can be held for a possible prisoner swap with the terrorist organization.
May 26, 2020
‘Israel won’t miss historic opportunity’ to annex Judea and Samaria, says Netanyahu
The prime minister reiterated July 1 as Israel's start date for the annexation process in Judea and Samaria.
May 25, 2020
Palestinians begin easing coronavirus restrictions
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed 423 cases of the virus and two deaths.
May 25, 2020
Arabs riot over Palestinian-imposed holiday mosque closures
Clashes erupted as Palestinians took to the streets to protest against COVID-19 lockdown imposed during the Muslim holiday.
May 24, 2020
Israel worries Abbas may heat up conflict with Hamas
The decision by the Palestinian Authority to cut all ties with Israel means it will no longer coordinate thousands of tons of aid to Gaza every week.
May 24, 2020
PA blocks Palestinian patients from receiving treatment in Israel
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh takes brutal step in implementing Palestinian policy to disengage from Israel, banning Palestinians from getting cancer treatment in Israel.
May 24, 2020
Hezbollah taking advantage of corona crisis to smuggle drugs
In the shadow of the coronavirus crisis, the IDF reports double the amount of attempts to smuggle drugs across the Lebanese border into Israel.
May 24, 2020
Terror victim’s widow: Don’t release murderer’s body
Terrorist’s family petitions court to allow a burial. Wife of the victim says it will destroy deterrence.
May 24, 2020
Democratic Senators warn Netanyahu: Annexation will damage US-Israel relations
Bernie Sanders and 18 Democratic Senators claimed that Israel's annexation of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria 'puts both Israel’s security and democracy at risk.'
May 23, 2020
Gaza reports 1st coronavirus death
The terror group faces its next challenge with regard to containing the coronavirus during the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Sunday, which marks the end of the month-long Ramadan festival.
May 23, 2020
Saudi Arabia, Jordan warn Israel against annexation of Judea and Samaria
Jordan will re-evaluate all agreements with Israel if it proceeds with annexation, says Jordanian prime minister.
May 22, 2020
Palestinians begin withdrawing forces to end security coordination with Israel
Palestinian Authority ordered its police to stop security coordination with Israel in protest over Netanyahu's intention to impose Israeli sovereignty over settlements.
May 22, 2020
Iranian foreign minister defends disgraceful ‘final solution’ poster
Zarif accuses Netanyahu's supporters of helping Israel murder Palestinian children.
May 22, 2020
Iran cyber attack against Israel’s infrastructure is ‘grounds for war’
Officials reveal hacker attacks have been ongoing with an expert in cyber warfare warning 'damage to infrastructure can certainly be grounds for war.
May 22, 2020
Blow to BDS: Progressive law group forced to refrain from anti-Israel bias
The advocacy group said the settlement could have a sizeable impact on the viability of BDS activity in America more broadly.
May 21, 2020
Split among Judea, Samaria leadership as more express support for Trump plan
The 'historic moment' cannot be missed, even if the plan also calls for a Palestinian state, they say.
May 21, 2020
Roger Waters: ‘We’ll take back the land, from the Jordan River to the sea’
Waters has often used his stature to pressure other artists into not performing in Israel.
May 21, 2020
‘Final solution’: Iranian leader blasted for invoking genocidal Nazi trope
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slams ‘disgusting, hateful anti-Semitism’ of Iran regime leader.
May 20, 2020
UN envoy demands Israel abandon annexation plans
Mladenov referred to Israeli sovereignty over Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as a 'destructive unilateral action that cements divisions and may put peace beyond our reach in our lifetime.'
May 20, 2020
Khamenei slams UAE ‘betrayal’ for flight to Israel
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasts UAE after an Etihad Airlines plane with aid for the PA lands in Israel.
May 20, 2020
Damage to Iran port from purported Israeli cyberattack far worse than Tehran claims
Washington Post reporter who exposed Israeli cyberattack on a major Iranian port says the damage done is far worse than what the Iranians are admitting publicly.
May 20, 2020
Despite threat, Abbas not likely to stop security coordination with Israel
Defense officials say that despite Palestinian leader's claim he is stopping security coordination with Israel, the arrangements serve both sides and probability is low that Abbas will act on his words.
May 20, 2020
Abbas declares all agreements with Israel, US null and void
The Palestinian leader also says the Trump administration is “fully responsible for the oppression” of his people.
May 20, 2020
Judges’ list for Iran’s new Soleimani award reads like murderer’s who’s who
Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad to be judges for new prize honoring infamous Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.
May 19, 2020
WATCH: ‘I won’t rest until Israeli captives return home,’ Gantz vows
Defense Minister Benny Gantz vowed to secure the release of Israelis held by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, in addition to speaking by phone with their relatives.
May 18, 2020
Student leftists at Hebrew University spark outrage with video attacking IDF soldiers
The communist group urged students to take action against students in uniform.
May 18, 2020
‘Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria,’ claims Iranian leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a video conference for students, 'Americans won’t stay in Iraq and Syria; they’ll be expelled.'
May 17, 2020
Israeli jets strike Iran-backed fighters in Syria, report says
A report quoting Europe-based activist Omar Abu Laila claimed Israeli jets struck Iran-backed fighters in Syria's eastern Deir el-Zour province.
May 17, 2020
Caroline Glick: Pompeo, the coronavirus and the ‘risks’ of sovereignty
The main foreign policy challenge facing Israel today may not be minimizing diplomatic blowback for applying its laws in Judea and Samaria but maximizing its new global position.
May 17, 2020
Pompeo blasts ICC’s ‘illegitimate investigations’ of Israel, warns of ‘consequences’
The U.S. secretary of state called the International Criminal Court 'a political tool that makes a mockery of the law and due process.'
May 16, 2020
Jordan threatens Israel with ‘massive conflict’ over sovereignty plan
'If Israel really annexed [Judea and Samaria] in July, it would lead to a massive conflict with Jordan,' King Abdullah II told a German magazine.
May 16, 2020
EU foreign ministers vow to fight annexation
'We must work to discourage any possible [Israeli] initiative toward annexation,' said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday.
May 16, 2020
IDF gearing up for annexation of Judea and Samaria
In the most extreme scenario, the Palestinians will launch violent riots and a continuous wave of deadly terrorist acts on a grand scale.
May 14, 2020
Iran denies Israel is pushing it out of Syria
Iran claims there has been no 'strategic change' and is only rearranging its forces inside Syria for internal reasons, not because of repeated Israeli airstrikes.
May 14, 2020
Poll: Majority of Palestinians support 3rd intifada
President Donald Trump expected Palestinians to reject peace plan, poll says.
May 13, 2020
Jordan’s top court says gas deal with Israel cannot be terminated
The proposal is 'completely inconsistent'' with obligations stipulated in the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace agreement, Jordan's top court said.
May 13, 2020
Ex-Israeli MK on Palestinian refugees: Arab world moving on, but West still indulging return fantasy
The Palestinians show no sign of giving up on the 'right of return' in their effort to convert Israel into an Arab state, say the authors of a new book on the conflict.
May 13, 2020
Christian group to Pompeo: ‘Don’t condition sovereignty on acceptance of PLO state’
CIPAC sees danger in the Trump peace plan advocating Palestinian independence in Israel’s heartland.
May 13, 2020
‘You should have buried me, not I you,’ father says at funeral for son killed by rock
'I was orphaned at the age of 21, and you return your soul to the Creator at the age of 21,' said the father of an Israeli soldier killed overnight Monday in a rock-throwing incident.
May 12, 2020
Palestinian social media praises killing of IDF soldier
Palestinians quick to praise attack that killed IDF Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal, 21, during a security operation in northern Samaria.
May 12, 2020
Heart and soul of murdered IDF soldier on display in moving Facebook post
'It is hearing the national anthem and getting goosebumps,' Sgt. 1st Class Amit Ben Yigal wrote this past Memorial Day.
May 12, 2020
Leading Zionist group condemns Biden’s plan to resume US aid to PA
'It is utterly immoral to fund the PA,' said the ZOA statement.
May 12, 2020
Nobel Prize laureate: Hamas prisoner exchange should be one-for-one
Prof. Robert Aumann says his game theory proves that giving up more just encourages more terrorism and kidnappings.
May 12, 2020
Syrian rebels say Bennett wrong, Iran not withdrawing from Syria
Israeli reporter talks with Syrian rebels who say Defense Minister Naftali Bennett got it wrong and Iranian troops aren't pulling out. 'It will take a lot of force to get them out.'
May 11, 2020
EU threatens punitive measures over Israeli annexation plans
E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is reportedly pushing to penalize Jerusalem if it moves ahead with plans to apply Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria.
May 10, 2020
Coronavirus is bringing Israeli Jews and Arabs closer together
However, relations between the ultra-Orthodox (Haredim) and non-Haredim have deteriorated.
May 10, 2020
‘Smear campaigns’: World Court prosecutor blasts objections to her anti-Israel investigation
'Misinformation and smear campaigns do not change facts,' said the ICC prosecutor.
May 10, 2020
Terror victims protest Israel’s plan to lend Palestinian Authority 800 million shekels
The advance on tax funds Israel transfers monthly is more than what was withheld due to the Palestinians’ payments to terrorists and their families.
May 10, 2020
NY Times: Israeli army known for ‘pioneering cutting-edge ways to kill people’
The paper was slammed for an article claiming, 'The Israeli Defense Ministry’s research-and-development arm is best known for pioneering cutting-edge ways to kill people and blow things up.'
May 9, 2020
Border Police vehicle firebombed outside Jerusalem
No casualties were reported, and police are searching for the perpetrators.
May 8, 2020