U.S. Vision of Peace: A Tough Pill to Swallow
After five days of back and forth, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left the Middle Eastern region with still no decisive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Kerry is expected to return to Israel next week to continue talks and present a framework outlining basic principles that both sides would follow to create […]
IAF Launches Largest International Military Exercise in Israel’s History
On Sunday, November 24, for the first time in Israel’s history, the Israel Air Force launched the “Blue Flag” training exercise – an international air force exercise with participation by the US, Italian and Greek air forces.
John Kerry and Shimon Peres “Optimistic” About Peace Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been shuttling between meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attempting to broker a viable peace agreement between the two sides. For the last three days, Kerry has met with advisers in both Jerusalem and Ramallah in efforts to reach a mutual peace […]
Pastor Saeed Abedini: America’s Own Jonathan Pollard
Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini, 33, was been imprisoned by the Islamic Republic of Iran since the summer of 2012. Sentenced under suspicions of undermining national security, Abedini was sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2013. A grassroots movement in the United States has been advocating for his release. The Facebook page “Pray for […]
American Chutzpah: It’s Time to Release Jonathan Pollard
I was fourteen years old when I wrote my first article outside of school, twenty years ago. As a teenager, I was fired up enough to write a letter to the editor which was printed in the Columbus Dispatch. What was the 1994 issue that stirred me from my normal teenage political apathy? Jonathan Pollard […]
Rocky Start to Israel-PA Peace Talks
This is a week that saw 26 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails as a precondition for ongoing peace talks, yet the fragile negotiations are continuing under constant threat. While speculation regarding settlement expansion in Judea and Samaria drew criticism from PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, both Israel’s right and left wing put forth conflicting […]
BIN Readers Believe the U.S. Should Stop Spying on Israel
It was revealed several weeks ago through documents leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the United States has been actively spying on Israel for many years. As early as 2009, U.S. spies were monitoring email traffic from then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and future Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The U.S. is also shown to have […]
BIN’s Top 10 Stories of 2013 (Video)
As the year comes to a close, Breaking Israel News would like to present some news highlights of the past year and look forward to a new year. 10. Snowmageddon What is called the worst snow storm in 150 years, some parts of Israel received up to 80 cm of snow. The city of Jerusalem […]
TSA Warns Travelers Sukkot ‘Four Species’ Subject To Inspection
And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. (Leviticus 23:40) The United States Travel Authority released new guidelines over the weekend with regard to Jewish […]
Israel Places 11th In Annual World Happiness Report
Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places (Deuteronomy 33:29) Israel jumped up three spots in the Annual […]