The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security is the latest in a growing number of Congressional leaders to criticize the Obama administration for saying that it would circumvent newly-passed visa laws to address Iranian concerns and threats. Secretary of State John Kerry wrote a letter last week to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif,...

Twenty members of the House of Representatives, including key committee chairs, have written a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry blasting the Obama administration’s intention to bypass visa waiver restrictions that were overwhelmingly approved by Congress last week. As the Tower reported yesterday, Kerry had indicated to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that...

Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to restore diplomatic ties, ending five years of strained relations, Ha’aretz reported Thursday. The understanding was reached in Zurich, Switerzland by Joseph Ciechanover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal envoy to Turkey; Israeli National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen; and Turkish Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu. The crisis in...

Greece became the second European nation to declare its refusal to abide by the European Union’s newly issued guidelines on labeling Israeli products manufactured beyond the 1949 armistice lines, i24 news reported Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was made aware of Greece’s decision after receiving a letter from Greek Foreign...

Following talks at the international climate change conference in Paris, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the increased military coordination between their two nations, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. “I just had an important talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin. We agreed to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shook hands during a photo session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Monday, marking the first time the leaders met face to face since 2010, The Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu also spoke briefly with German Chancellor...