Abe Katsman

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad have used chemical weapons in over 30 attacks since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention last year and agreed to the destruction of its entire chemical arsenal, reports The Times of Israel.   “From

The US Congress is examining the process required to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority following  the PA announcement of its intention to form a unity government with Hamas, reports The Jerusalem Post. A subcommittee on the Middle East

Israel’s national security chief sent a letter to the White House, the EU and numerous ambassadors including hard proof that Palestinian Authority officials were devising measures to thwart the peace  process even before Israel refused to release a fourth round of

Iran’s atomic energy organisation on Saturday said it was denying international inspectors access to the suspected nuclear facility at Parchin, reports theTimes of Israel.  Iran claimed that IAEA inspectors were not entitled to visit the military complex outside Tehran, which further

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal are expected to meet in Qatar on Monday to discuss the implementation of their recent reconciliation agreement, reports The Jerusalem Post.  Palestinian sources said that the talks would focus on

Contrary to assurances by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a Palestinian unity deal will not lead Islamist group Hamas to recognise Israel’s right to exist and will not result in any Gaza militants coming under Abbas’s control, Reuters reported a

An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, reports The New York Times.  The decision highlights the crackdown on the movement, and could trigger protests and political violence ahead of

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on American television’s “Face the Nation” Sunday. In an interview about the recently announced reconciliation agreement between Hamas and the P.L.O., Netanyahu was firm in his rejection of the idea that the Palestinian authority

Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons beyond its officially declared stockpiles, according to diplomats interviewed by Reuters. The diplomats cited intelligence from Britain, France and the United States. The verification and destruction of Syria’s poison gas arsenal has been

During the Prime Minister’s recent visit to the Middle East, Israeli officials raised serious concerns with the British delegation about the relationship between UK aid money, the Palestinian Authority, and reward payments to terrorists, reports The Telegraph. British aid to

Egypt’s former defence minister and presidential candidate, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is actually Jewish, according to Egyptian journalist Saber Mashhour. Mashhour’s comments were translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).   Mashhour claimed that “Al-Sisi was born in the Jewish

Wednesday’s announced reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah triggered a backlash in Washington, including calls for financial retaliation. Members of Congress from both parties are already calling for an immediate suspension of aid, reports Al-Monitor. Hamas and the

Rivals Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a Palestinian unity government within five weeks, Al Jazeera and The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.  According to the report, the agreement was reached during a Tuesday meeting between a Fatah delegation to

Recently released Palestinian terrorist Issa Abd Rabbo, convicted of tying up two Israeli hikers and shooting them in the head, complained recently that he couldn’t maintain his stamp collection properly while in Israeli prison, reports Palestinian Media Watch.  Abd Rabbo admitted to

The Palestinian Authority (PA), which had made threats of disbanding should Israel not meet certain of its demands, appeared to walk back those threats yesterday according to reports in The Jerusalem Post.  Nevertheless, certain PA sources continued to discuss dissolution

A Lebanese man arrested in Thailand earlier this week on suspicion of ties to terror group Hezbollah admitted to plotting a bomb attack on Israeli tourists in Bangkok, the Bangkok Post reported Friday. On Tuesday, Lebanese-French citizen Daud Farhat and

Opposition activists accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of yet another new poison gas attack in the capital of Damascus on Wednesday, posting footage of four men being treated by medics for apparent chemical exposure, reports The Jerusalem Post.  The

A professor who took a group of Palestinian students to Auschwitz has been disowned by his university and branded a ‘traitor’ by those in his community, reports the Daily Mail.  Professor Mohammed Dajani took 27 Palestinian college students to visit

Israel criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he suggested openness to negotiating a nuclear deal that would keep Iran only six to 12 months away from bomb-making capability, as being “not acceptable,” reports Reuters.  “In

Iran’s chief atomic energy official said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic was entitled to enrich uranium to the weapons-grade level of 90 percent, and also announced that Tehran was planning to construct at least four new nuclear plants with

An senior Israeli official was quoted by Israeli TV Channel 2 on Friday night asserting that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was to blame for the breakdown in peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, reports the Times of

Citing graft, corruption indirect support for terror and lack of transparency, European Parliament Budget Committee Chairman Michael Theurer has authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal calling on the European Union to reconsider its funding to the Palestinian Authority. The