Middle East / Levant

By 5 AM on October 6, Chief of Staff Davis Elazar recommended a full, immediate mobilization of forces and a preemptive air strike. He was overruled by Prime Minister Golda Meir.

Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh, chairman and founder of New Horizon, delivered a speech about "Israel’s recent acts of aggression and the US support for the Israeli regime."

Iranian media reported on Sunday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had seized an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf that Iran claimed was...

That this UN resolution is anti-Semitic goes without saying, but it is also an assault against oppressed women in Arab countries.

Some 500 Israeli rode the difficult trail leading to the site on Thursday, and were able to pray on the eve of the yahrzeit.

More than 93% of Syrians live in poverty and deprivation, including about 60% who live in extreme poverty.

According to Al Arabia, the weapons stored in the facility were Iranian-made missiles.

Since 2009, offshore oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean have been the subject of territorial disputes between Turkey on one side and Greece, Cyprus and Israel on the other.

The bloggers and journalists are in Israel on the invitation the Foreign Ministry, some coming from Arab countries which have no diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.

Should the US cut its aid to Jordan, there's no telling who would fill the void. Sure, it could be the Saudis or the Qataris, but it could also be the Iranians, the Russians, or the Chinese.

The protest activities are orchestrated by the Gaza and PA governments and will continue in coordination and partnership with national action groups and trade unions through Wednesday.

PM Netanyahu issued an announcement that Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

A foreign trade ship sailing from Turkey that was docking off Israel’s northern shore sent a message of distress.

It appears the UK didn't want to undermine the recently signed Iran nuclear deal, by exposing the Hezbollah terror plans.

Palestinian Authority officers beat, dispersed and arrested worshippers who adhered to the Tahrir’s ruling and celebrated on the wrong day.

The estimated revenue from both contracts, as reported last year by the partners in both reservoirs, is about $15 billion, with about half the money going into Israel's state coffers in royalties and taxes.

JewishPress.com was the first to report on Hezbollah's pending withdrawal from Syria.

Last August, Rep. Engel condemned President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

Few Arab or Muslim intellectuals or politicians recognize the simple fact that the Nakba was the direct result of the total Arab rejection of the 1947 UN partition plan, which awarded them their own state, alongside a Jewish state.

The sense of there being no place to go directly connects us to the plight of our parents and grandparents in Europe in the 1930s and '40s.

The Romans absorbed the Golan into the province of Syria, but Caligula restored the territory to Herod's grandson Agrippa in 37 CE.

“Yet another example of how Netanyahu uses electoral politics to justify occupation and undermine the two-state solution.”

Russia also played a key role.

German UN Ambassador Christoph Heusgen suggested the Syrian letter was "deeply cynical."

Salt caves are living things, geologically speaking. They form mostly in desert regions with salt outcrops, such as Chile’s Atacama Desert, Iran’s Qeshm Island and Israel’s Dead Sea.

"The Waqf has no authority over Jews who go up to the mountain, and the Waqf guards who choose to act against Jews improperly must be removed from the mountain."

If there's one thing Israel must learn from the idea of Land for Peace it is to cease being a satellite of the US, give up US military aid, and seek alliances with more superpowers.

According to Fars News, Iran currently possesses the biggest collection of captured or downed American and Israeli drones, including the US MQ-1, MQ-9, Shadow, ScanEagle, and RQ-170 as well as the Israeli Hermes.

Seriously? The secretary must be aware that in Lebanon, government institutions, armed forces and internal security are all run or substantially influenced by Hezbollah.

The forgery was very sloppy: instead of the letter ר (R) in the name of the State of Israel, the letter ך (chaf sofit) was written.