Wanted 16 Years, Top Hamas Operative Arrested in Hebron
Overnight, Israel arrested a top Hamas operative in Hebron. Wanted for the last 16 years by the IDF, Ayyub al-Qawasmi, 50, is responsible for masterminding…
Netanyahu: “Palestinians Need to Stop Denying History”
Addressing AIPAC’s 2014 Policy Conference on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience of 14,000 people that peace will only begin when…
IDF Kills 2 Hezbollah Terrorists Planting Explosives on Israel Border
IDF forces stationed in northern Golan Heights killed two Hezbollah operatives early Wednesday morning who were attempting to plant explosives on the Israel –
Netanyahu Stands Up to Obama
After private talks at the White House that lasted nearly three hours between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of…
Abbas: Release Prisoners, Halt Settlement Construction or No Peace
In a meeting yesterday in Ramallah between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Meretz party leader MK Zahava Gal-on, Abbas said that the Palestinians would agree to prolong peace negotiations if Israel officially froze all construction and released additional Palestinian prisoners. “The only way we will agree to extend talks is if Netanyahu declares a […]
Obama Abandons Israel
United States President Barack Obama is laying down some ground rules when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In an interview with Bloomberg, Obama warned Israel that it could expect sanctions and international isolation should Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fail to support a framework peace agreement. In the interview, Obama quoted the Jewish […]
Japan Pledges $200 Million in Aid to the Palestinians
Japan announced on Saturday that it was pledging more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority. The pledge was announced by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the second Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development. The conference, held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, was a gathering of high-ranking […]
PA Refuses to Pay Electricity Debt to Israel
The Palestinian Authority’s unpaid electricity bill has spiralled to a staggering 400 million shekels ($110 million). Now, the Jerusalem District Electricity Company has offered the PA an ultimatum: pay the debt, or approve a rate hike. The JDEC is a private distributor which is supplied by the Israel Electric Company and then sells the electricity […]
Hezbollah Vows Revenge Against “Zionist Enemy”
After an unusual silence from Hezbollah, the terrorist organization based out of Lebanon confirmed that it was indeed attacked by an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television network broadcasted a statement that vowed revenge on Israel, calling the airstrike an attack on the whole of Lebanon. “The resistance will choose the right time and place to […]
Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes
According to a new report published by Amnesty International, “Israeli forces have displayed a callous disregard for human life by killing dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the occupied West Bank over the past three years with near total impunity.” The report, called “Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank,” accuses […]