
TEL AVIV – Mahmoud Abbas’ official Palestinian Authority television network broadcast a video of a young girl claiming, “Palestine is Arab, its land is Arab” and “treachery has been [the Jews’] nature from the days of Moses until today,” Palestinian
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 6:22 AM PST0

Contents: Violent Anti-Saudi Shia protests spread around region after al-Nimr execution; Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
by John J. Xenakis4 Jan 2016, 6:15 AM PST0

Residents of Tel Aviv’s northern Ramat Aviv neighborhood awoke Monday to another day of intense security and police patrols. It was the fourth consecutive day that law enforcement personnel were out in full force to search for Nashat Melhem (pictured),
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 4:33 AM PST0

The Tel Aviv District Police has opened an investigation in order to find out the circumstances by which a flag identifying with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist organization was found in a penthouse on Recanati Street in northern Tel Aviv.
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 4:25 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Amid concerns that Jews might purchase property in Jordan, the head of the country’s lands administration affirmed that current law bars Israelis from doing so.
by Aaron Klein and Ali Waked4 Jan 2016, 4:06 AM PST0

Upon returning from a visit to Saudi Arabia late on Thursday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited a striking example to illustrate his quest for consolidation of executive powers.
by Andrew G. Bostom4 Jan 2016, 2:00 AM PST0

The Israel Defense Forces shelled the Lebanon border for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, aiming to deter an attack by Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. The group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has repeatedly vowed revenge for the assassination of arch-terrorist Samir
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 1:45 AM PST0

He seemed calm and confident, responding quickly to the questions without any hesitation. His tone was often diplomatic. This was how Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan appeared during his interview with Al-Monitor, which took place at his residence in the capital
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 1:15 AM PST0

Egypt has sent Hazem Khairat as the new ambassador to Israel after a three-year hiatus, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Sunday. Khairat, arrived on Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his return to Israel saying it “will allow us to improve even more
by AP4 Jan 2016, 1:13 AM PST0

For the past few days, the IDF has been performing controlled bombings in the Lebanese border region. These include artillery fire into open areas, and are meant to prevent Hezbollah from exploiting the stormy weather Israel has been experiencing lately
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 12:38 AM PST0

Four days after releasing footage of Gilad Shalit in captivity, Hamas revealed a more detailed documentation of the abducted IDF soldier’s time as a prisoner in Gaza, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on Sunday. The new video shows Shalit and his five
by Breitbart Jerusalem4 Jan 2016, 12:32 AM PST0

One particular execution carried out by Saudi Arabia this weekend, that of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr, led to violent protests and the sacking of the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
by John Hayward3 Jan 2016, 3:37 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia has reacted to the burning of its embassy in Iran by cutting off all diplomatic relations with the country.
by Breitbart News3 Jan 2016, 1:09 PM PST0

Beirut (AFP) – Arab and Kurdish forces have killed at least 16 fighters from the Islamic State group during fierce clashes north of the jihadists’ stronghold of Raqa, a monitor said Sunday.
by AFP3 Jan 2016, 9:38 AM PST0

An apparently British jihadist has appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video executing five of his fellow countrymen, accusing them of spying on the Caliphate. The new video shows the unidentified man, who speaks with a British accent, threatening UK
by Oliver Lane3 Jan 2016, 7:06 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Two days after a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, the city is on edge as residents struggle to come to terms with what happened. Sariba Feinstein, a 25-year-old new immigrant from the US, told Breibart Jerusalem that
by Deborah Danan3 Jan 2016, 7:02 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – As the manhunt continues for the shooter who killed two and wounded several others in Tel Aviv on New Year’s Day, witnesses and the wounded are recounting their stories of horror. One man, Ido Luzon, was on
by Deborah Danan3 Jan 2016, 6:57 AM PST0

An unidentified gunman shot and moderately wounded a female IDF soldier at the Cave of the Patriarchs near the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday. There were unconfirmed suspicions that the fire was carried out by a sniper from
by Breitbart Jerusalem3 Jan 2016, 5:49 AM PST0

JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi authorities executed 47 terror suspects over the weekend, including a Shi’ite cleric whose death sentence raised the ire of Iran and its supporters. Since Nimr Baqr al-Nimr’s execution, Iran and Saudi Arabia have traded accusations, the
by Ali Waked3 Jan 2016, 5:12 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – Friday’s shooting attack in Tel Aviv has fascinated Gaza’s Salafi jihadists, with one top Islamic State-aligned militant rejoicing at the possibility that the perpetrator was inspired by IS ideology. “We hope it will emerge that the brother who carried out the
by Aaron Klein and Ali Waked3 Jan 2016, 5:06 AM PST0

As searches for the gunman behind the fatal shooting in central Tel Aviv entered their second night Saturday, policemen deployed in force in the north of the city and concentrated their operations there, apparently believing that the killer could be hiding
by Breitbart Jerusalem3 Jan 2016, 12:07 AM PST0

The Israel Police and the Shin Bet continued their unprecedented search for Nashat Melhem, 29, the suspect in Friday’s shooting in Tel Aviv that claimed the lives of two Israelis and wounded several others. Tel Aviv’s schools will open under
by Breitbart Jerusalem3 Jan 2016, 12:00 AM PST0

Pamela Engel reports in Business Insider on how ISIS has been tightening security along the borders of its “caliphate” to prevent people from fleeing.
by Breitbart News2 Jan 2016, 8:41 PM PST0

On Saturday, Saudi Arabia carried out the execution of Sheikh Nimr, a prominent Shiite cleric, along with 46 other individuals, many of whom faced suspect charges, causing a sectarian divide among the two major sects of Islam.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jan 2016, 2:46 PM PST0

ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey must accept that it needs Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, as the two countries seek to thrash out a deal on normalising ties. NATO member Turkey was a key regional ally of Israel until the two
by AFP2 Jan 2016, 7:05 AM PST0