The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee on Tuesday approved legislation that would among other things double U.S. aid for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system, deepening military ties between Washington and Jerusalem: The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee approved a defense spending bill on Tuesday that would provide $621.6 million for Israeli missile...

In the wake of anti-Semitic violence that accompanied recent anti-Israel protests, France has banned upcoming pro-Palestinian marches. The Associated Press reports: French authorities are forbidding pro-Palestinian protests in some cities after violence marred a recent march against the violence in Gaza, as Jewish-Muslim tensions in France have reached their highest level...

Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende experienced what Israelis living in the country’s south go through every day when he had to flee to a bomb shelter because of Gazan rocket fire earlier today. Foreign Minister Brende had traveled to Ashkelon, 12 miles north of Gaza, when rockets fell directly on the city. At...

Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday told reporters in Vienna that “very real gaps” remain between Iran and the P5+1 global powers as the parties work to reach an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program ahead of the July 20 expiry of the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA): Kerry,...

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...

The Daily Beast on Monday assessed that the easing of sanctions on Tehran, as reported in a newly released study by Roubini Global Economics and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has allowed the Iranian economy to begin to recover, “undercutting Western leverage” ahead of the July 20 deadline...