Tony Blair says Israel’s acceptance of the Egyptian proposed ceasefire in Gaza was only part of a larger plan to stop the shooting and produce a long-term solution to stabilize the Gaza Strip. Those efforts were torpedoed by the Iran-backed Hamas, which rejected the ceasefire instead of entering into negotiations...

A group of international notables issued a statement Tuesday condemning Hamas’s terror war against Israel and supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and demanding that “policy makers, international institutions, the UN, and the European Union” do the same. The statement came from the Friends of Israel Initiative, founded and headed...

At just before 9am local time on July 15, Israel’s cabinet approved a ceasefire and effectively signaled the end of Operation Protective Edge. Moments later during a conference call organized by The Israel Project, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren told reporters “Now that Israel has accepted the...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Obama administration to work more closely with Congress as the P5+1 powers near the July 20 deadline to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran that would force the Islamic republic to put its atomic program beyond use for weaponization. In a letter...

As world leaders continue to express support for Israel’s right to defend itself, Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah has gone on the offensive, attacking this backing of Israeli actions. (Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim) Qassem stressed that “Gaza and Palestine are facing an international Zionist aggression, covered by the U.S. administration...

Reuters reported Thursday afternoon that Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Vienna this weekend along with foreign ministers from the P5+1 powers, who have been negotiating with Tehran over the latter’s nuclear program, amid concerns that a deal may not be reached by the time the interim Joint...