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.

As talks over a nuclear deal with Iran continued past self-imposed deadlines, Israel’s intelligence minister has warned that the military option is on the table–and noted that Israel does not need U.S. cooperation to carry out a pre-emptive strike.

Once, Robert Malley was too radical for the Obama campaign, or for the White House. The Middle East scholar, widely seen as anti-Israel, reportedly met with the terrorist group Hamas and encouraged the United States to do the same. Then, in February, President Barack Obama appointed Malley as a senior director at the National Security Council. Today, Malley is advising Secretary of State John Kerry in Lausanne, Switzerland as he negotiates with Iran over a nuclear deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized President Barack Obama directly on Thursday evening, telling him that the new framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program “threatens the survival of the State of Israel.” The two leaders spoke by telephone to discuss the preliminary deal that negotiators from the P5+1 nations reached with Iran at talks in Lausanne, Switzerland that extended past the original Tuesday deadline.

Wednesday, in a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it is time for the international community to stand its ground and demand a better deal with Iran. Netanyahu said the current deal the Obama administration is negotiating is giving, “Iran’s

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the emerging Iran deal on Wednesday, calling it “unconscionable” that world powers were about to sign an agreement with the “murderous” regime even as it continued to vow to destroy Israel.

After a marathon negotiating session that stretched into the wee hours of Wednesday morning, April 1–hours after the official deadline–the parties gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland reached a tentative deal on Iran’s nuclear program.

Negotiations toward a nuclear deal between Iran and the P+5 nations (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany) will continue through June, according to reports from Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday. The announcement was made to satisfy the self-imposed deadline of March 31 for a provisional agreement, with “technical” details to be agreed by July 1. However, major differences appear to have been redefined as “technical” to keep talks going.

Hoping to revive the sagging spirits of America’s dwindling pro-Israel Jewish community, pro-Israel icon William Kristol tries to reassure Weekly Standard readers this week that Jimmy Carter issued anti-Israel threats similar to those now made by President Obama, only to see American Jews and Israel emerge stronger.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out and blasted the impending nuclear deal between the P5+1 world powers and the Iranian regime, calling the accord a historically bad agreement that lets Iran race towards nuclear weapons development.

International vintner John Goelet, who owns one of California’s most celebrated wineries, has been promoting anti-Israel causes for years, according to an investigative report by Algemeiner.

Sunday, while discussing the ongoing nuclear talks in Switzerland, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the details that are coming to light of a possible deal with Iran are much worse then Israel feared. Netanyahu said, “This deal, as it

In an analysis of how the recent Israeli election was shaped by the use of mobile media, Israeli startup notable Gilad Bechar, who helps startups Microsoft Accelerator, The Technion, Tel-Aviv University and Unit 8200, writes at TechCrunch.com that the next U.S. elections will be influenced far more by mobile media than the standard practice of shaking hands and kissing babies–a prospect that should delight Silicon Valley.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said the Obama administration’s obvious “animosity,” towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s is “reprehensible.” Defending Netanyahu’s heavily criticized comment that a two-state solution is not likely to happen

The news agency Agence France-Presse reports from Lausanne, Switzerland that Iran and the P5+1 powers (the five UN Security Council permanent members, plus Germany) have reached “provisional agreement” on the terms of nuclear deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that an emerging nuclear deal with Iran was “even worse” than Israel had feared, warning of a new Iranian “axis” that was “dangerous for all of humanity and which much be stopped.”

The Iranian regime apparently believes it can extract additional concessions from world powers as the deadline for a March 31 deal approaches, according to a report by Bloomberg News from Lausanne, Switzerland. Iran wants UN sanctions to be lifted up front–not kept in place for several years while international monitors measure Iranian compliance, as the U.S. and other powers (Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany) have said was a non-negotiable provision.

Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a generous Republican donor and staunch supporter of Israel, has reportedly become “incensed” at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush over comments that a Bush foreign policy adviser made about Israel.
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” had John Boehner, Tom Cotton, and Ted Cruz beaten up by President Obama over their actions regarding Middle East relations. The sketch begins with the president meeting Boehner, Cotton, and Cruz in the White House. The
On Saturday, the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Judge Jeanine Pirro said that the US was “sleeping with” Iran while “spurning” its ally Israel. “Why are we sleeping with the enemy, writing them love letters, dining with

Baker’s comments even caused Jeb Bush, whose father is considered Baker’s best friend, to back away from him somewhat.
Former UN Ambassador and Energy Secretary Bill Richardson expressed concern over the nuclear deal with Iran, although he said he would reserve his ultimate judgement until it is finalized on Friday’s “Squawk Box” on CNBC. Richardson said that the deal “remains

Two Republican Congressmen, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have introduced the “Boycott Our Enemies, Not Israel Act,” which seeks to push back against the vicious delegitimization campaign employed by the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin argued that President Obama believes “Israel as presently formed, as presently exists, is illegitimate” on Thursday. “This leak means that Obama has decided that Israel has to go, that

Iran will not be the last Middle Eastern nation to get atomic weapons after President Obama formalizes the collapse of Western resistance to nuclear proliferation. Also, they probably won’t be the first.

Palestinian terrorist groups committed international war crimes by indiscriminately firing rockets in attempts to kill Jewish Israeli civilians during the summer 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, Amnesty International alleges in a new report published on Thursday.