“I am still waiting for a phone call from him,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tells TheTower.org in an exclusive interview. Revealing never before heard details of talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Olmert was referring to the proposal for a peace agreement that he presented to Abbas...

Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel warned today that Syria will soon receive advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. The warning comes after one that Israeli officials reportedly conveyed privately to their American counterparts two weeks ago. Israeli media had already disclosed that Syrian soldiers had completed two months of training on...

A top Palestinian Authority official has dismissed an upcoming visit by Secretary of State John Kerry designed to bring Palestinian negotiators back to the peace process table: The Palestinian Authority does not believe that US Secretary of State John Kerry – who is returning to the region on Thursday – will...

Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni spoke to the powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of Israel’s Knesset Tuesday, emphasizing that Israel is serious about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to restart the peace talks. “In my eyes it is not enough to hold talks for the sake of...

John Brennan, the longtime counterterrorism advisor to President Barack Obama who this year became director of the CIA, flew Thursday to Israel — on a working visit not announced in advance. Israeli officials suggested that the main topic in consultations on Friday was Syria – that is, what might be done...

Israeli diplomatic sources are expressing disappointment at the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Netanyahu, who initiated the meeting, flew to Sochi in a small plane for a quick rendezvous on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. He was accompanied...