Israeli Army Preps for Incursion by Islamic State
TEL AVIV – Israel is readying itself for the possibility that Islamic State forces will cross the border from Sinai into Israel.
TEL AVIV – Israel is readying itself for the possibility that Islamic State forces will cross the border from Sinai into Israel.

Thursday at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the details of the nuclear agreement with Iran, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) defended Secretary of State John Kerry from the criticisms of Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID).

Thursday at the White House Press Briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest smirked as he called Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) protest against the Iran nuclear deal today a “pro-war rally.” Earnest said, “I was aware that Senator Cruz was planning to

Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew are making the rounds on Capitol Hill in an effort to sell the Iran deal. Their appearance at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday did not go well, as the three men struggled to answer basic questions and objections to the substance of the deal, as well as the process through which it had been rushed to the UN Security Council before coming to Congress. There were several new revelations at the hearing. Here are the 5 most important.

New York, New York — Over 12,000 concerned citizens came out to Times Square in New York City on Wednesday to rally against the nuclear deal struck by the Obama administration, world powers, and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Thursday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about the details of the nuclear agreement with Iran, Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) downplayed the agreement with Iran over nuclear weapons and told Secretary of State John Kerry that he and his

Thursday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about the details of the nuclear agreement with Iran, committee chairman Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) told Secretary of State John Kerry he believed that he had been “fleeced” by Iran. Corker said, “From my

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) who first discovered the side deals between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency said Secretary of State John Kerry acted like Pontius Pilate washing his hands of it instead of

Journalist Ari Shavit is one of Israel’s most celebrated left-wing voices. He is celebrated in the United States as a voice for political change in Israel and an advocate for concessions to the Palestinians. His recent memoir, My Promised Land: The Triumph

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Tzipi Hotovely has told European foreign ministers, their deputies and several European ambassadors that their governments, including the UK’s, provide financial assistance to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that “actively blacken Israel’s name around the world.” The European Jewish Press reports Hotovely (below

Iranian regime Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Tuesday that he was upset by comments made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, who declared before his trip to Israel that the recently agreed-upon Iran nuclear deal “does nothing to prevent the military option” against Tehran’s nuclear facilities.

The Labour Party should not have voted for Britain to recognise the Palestinian state said a leadership candidate during election hustings organised by Labour Friends of Israel and the Jewish Chronicle. Referring to last year’s Parliamentary vote in which Labour whipped its MPs to in

While en route to Israel to assuage concerns about the recently-struck Iran nuclear deal, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters that the deal does not remove the military option as a potential strategy for the U.S. to remove Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

Addressing a crowd of U.S. Senators, think-tanks and European leaders, Nigel Farage brought to Washington the strength of feeling in siding with the Greeks “smashing molotov cocktails into the walls of their parliament” last week. “If I’d been a young

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei went into a conspiracy-laden tirade on Saturday, blaming the “arrogant powers” for getting in the way of the Muslim world’s mission to unite and destroy Israel.

The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), an organization that exists to boost Jewish support for Democrats, has announced its “strong support” for the nuclear deal with Iran. Not “cautious support,” or even “support.” Strong support.

This weekend, I shed tears over the Iran deal–literally, and publicly. It happened during a discussion among congregants at my synagogue about President Barack Obama’s capitulation to the Iranian regime.

On Tuesday, an Israeli court sentenced Dirar Abu Sisi, a Palestinian engineer, to 21 years in prison for work he did making rockets for the Iranian-funded terror group Hamas.

Youssuf Saed Abdulazeez—the father of the gunman, who on Thursday killed four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee—is a Palestinian from the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and he was previously investigated by federal officials for connections to an unnamed terrorist organization, the New York Times reported.

The New York Times published an embarrassing look at what went on behind the scenes during the long, long months of “nuclear negotiations” with Iran. Apparently, it involved a good deal of Iran shouting at the hapless U.S. team and declaring its demands non-negotiable, while Team Obama threw in one towel after another.

Southern California native and “lone soldier” Max Steinberg lost his life fighting for Israel against Hamas during Operation Protective Edge last summer. In honor of his bravery, the Birthright organization, which provides tours of Israel for young Jewish Americans, has dedicated a memorial site to Steinberg in northern Israel.

President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will approach the UN Security Council to approve the nuclear deal with Iran, and rescind past resolutions and international sanctions, before Congress approves the agreement, came as something of a surprise to many. When Congress passed Sen. Bob Corker’s Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, and President Obama signed it into law in May, the public understanding was that Congress would have the final say.

As fears of anti-Semitic violence in some European counties continue to grow, the Israeli government is predicting 2015 will see a 25 per cent increase on 2014 of the number of French Jews leaving for Israel. According to figures released by the Ministry

One of Israel’s most experienced and respected diplomats has attacked the Norwegian media for its “one-sided” pro-Palestine “activist journalism.” Raphael Schultz, who was sent to Norway last year, wrote in an open letter citing what he called “a large selection

A new poll published by the Israeli newspaper Maariv and cited by the Times of Israel reports that a plurality of Israelis support a military strike against Iran in the wake of the lopsided agreement negotiated by President Barack Obama’s team with Iran in Vienna this week.

Wendy Sherman, the chief negotiator for the United States in the recently agreed upon nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, has admitted that President Obama’s guarantee of “anytime, anyplace access” to Iran’s several nuclear facilities was more rhetoric than reality.