Tag: Middle East

Here's the troublesome point: Israel has not complained about the American withdrawal from Syria, not publicly, anyway.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Saturday welcomed President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, saying the US military presence in the Middle East fuels insecurity in the region.

Acting on political grounds, college instructors have recently begun to prevent their students from studying in Israel.

Pompeo: "As we have been warning for some time, Iran’s missile testing and missile proliferation is growing."

Katz argues that his proposed system in effect would revive the Hejaz railway, the Ottoman-era line that connected Damascus with Medina in the Arabian peninsula.

Do you know how many Jews and Arabs there are in the Middle East?

"I want the Palestinians to govern themselves but not to be able to threaten us."

The transaction's value, if the report is true, is estimated at tens of millions of dollars, and the parties allegedly signed a commitment that the system would not pose a danger to Israel and its allies in the near or distant future.

The Trump administration on Monday announced it is closing the PLO office in Washington, DC, cutting off the Palestinian Authority's ability to maintain its diplomatic mission to the US.

The Hebrew numbers of the new year form the word Tish'at – meaning "gallop." Ride with caution…

The US, Israel, and other Western intelligence sources have evidence showing that the Qeshm Fars Air flights hauled components for manufacturing precise weapons in Iranian factories inside Lebanon.

It's no wonder the Jordanian response so far has been the Hebrew expression: "moichel toyves" (thanks but no thanks).

Abbas will use his speech to the United Nations General Assembly next month to announce his categorical rejection of President Trump's offer of the "Deal of the Century."

"Whoever threatens us with destruction puts himself in similar danger and in any case will not achieve his goal," Netanyahu vowed.

KFC was smuggled into Gaza through tunnels, and the smugglers were charging a steep $27 for 12-piece bucket.

"Israel is and will remain a Jewish state, but we cannot forget the minorities who have tied their fates to the state's."

The American delegation was given three hours to present its initial response on Tuesday, which it did.

The news report comes just hours after a State Department official said the United States would redirect more than $200 million earmarked for economic aid to the PA and Gaza to projects elsewhere.

Erekat blamed the US administration for encouraging Israel to expand its settlements.

"The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.”

We appreciate the continued American commitment to maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge, which enables us to defend ourselves by ourselves against any threat.

On July 3, 1982, about a month into the Lebanon War, Avnery caused a storm when he met Yasser Arafat in the western part of besieged Beirut, and ran an interview with him.

In 2015, South African MP Joseph Meshoe said: "There is a widespread allegation, really a slander, that Israel is an apartheid state. That notion is simply wrong. It is inaccurate and it is malicious."

Fooled us once, shame on us. There won't be a second fooling.

Levy repeats the mantra that only the complete return of Judea and Samaria to the Arabs would guarantee the desired, long-lasting peace.

Bolton will visit Israel as the first leg of his trip, according to White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.

In July, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wrote the Senate recommending that it not remove Turkey from the F-35 program in which it has participated since 1999.

Only two weeks ago, the IDF attacked and destroyed a squad of seven ISIS soldiers who crossed into the Golan Heights from Syria.

These warships will be tasked with protecting Israel's Economic Exclusion Zone with Israel's offshore natural gas rigs.

The eldest of 14 children, Rashida Tlaib was born to working-class Palestinian immigrants in Detroit, Michigan.