Arab-Israeli Conflict

Israeli players put stop to discriminatory Saudi chess contest

Saudi Arabia has been stripped of the right to hold an international tournament after Israeli players Ilya Smirin and Lior Aizenberg pointed out that the country had previously denied visas to seven Israeli chess players in 2017.
December 3, 2018

Netanyahu channels Maccabees in pep talk to troops

"You are the Maccabees," Netanyahu told troops days ahead of the Chanukah festival. "The great answer to anti-Semitism is the State of Israel and the IDF."  By World Israel News Staff Prime Minister Benja...
November 28, 2018
Palestinians working for USAid. (screenshot)

WATCH: US slashes Palestinian jobs at aid organization

USAid, a major source of funding and employment for Palestinians in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip, will cut its staff by 60% in those areas, a first step in shutting down operations there completely.
November 27, 2018

IDF probes botched mission in Gaza

Investigations into the specific incident that left a senior officer dead as well as army protocol will be conducted.
November 27, 2018
Man runs to bomb shelter

WATCH: Jewish towns unprepared for Hamas rockets

After an estimated 500 rockets were recently fired from Gaza into southern Israel, a comptroller report found that most of communities were not prepared for such an onslaught.
November 23, 2018

WATCH: Hamas’ new missiles ‘five times’ more destructive

Security experts and victims describe the unprecedented damage caused by rockets launched into Israel by Gaza terror groups, noting that the new and improved missiles are far more destructive than their more primitive predecessors.
November 21, 2018
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley

Haley to UN envoy: Blame Hamas, not Israel

After Nickolay Mladenov demanded 'both sides' show restraint following a massive Hamas rocket attack on Israel, Haley chided the UN envoy for his comments.
November 19, 2018