Nuclear No More? Geneva Deal Reached Between P5+1 and Iran
The P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany) and Iran have struck a deal on how to implement the nuclear deal made in November. The official news agency of Iran stated that the agreement will begin on January 20th. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed the news and an official joint […]
More U.S. Spying Secrets on Israel to be Revealed
The Snowden saga continues. Just as the world thought things couldn’t become tenser between Israel and the United States, it was revealed this week that Edward Snowden has a treasure trove of information regarding U.S. state secrets that relate to Israel. Glenn Greenwald, a writer for Britain’s Guardian and a co-author of many articles based […]
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 […]