Bedouin leaders have condemned the “despicable” terrorist attack committed on Sunday by a young Bedouin man at the Beersheba bus station. The Times of Israel reported more: “Following [Sunday’s] terrorist attack at the Beersheba central bus station in which two innocent people lost their lives, we utterly and unreservedly condemn this...

The U.S. and Israeli Air Forces began their biennial Blue Flag joint exercise at the Uvda Air Base near Eilat on Monday. The drills will last two weeks and include other allied air forces. Two years ago, participating countries included the air forces of Greece, Poland, and Italy. Blue Flag “creates a multi-national learning...

The former chairman of the BBC, Lord Michael Grade, has criticized the network for its recent biased coverage of Israel, The Jewish Chronicle reported Monday. Grade wrote a letter to the BBC’s director of news and current affairs regarding a recent dispatch by correspondent Orla Guerin. Lord Grade said the report had implied “equivalence between Israeli...

The head of UNESCO, UN’s cultural agency, said that she “deplores” a resolution proposed by Arab country members of the agency’s executive board that would deem the Western Wall to be a Muslim holy site. Irina Bokova said in a statement that the plan, which is scheduled to be voted on today, “could be seen to alter the status...

Terrorist groups across the Middle East have called for increased violence against Israeli civilians in the past 48 hours. The Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas has called for a resumption of suicide bombings against Israeli civilian targets, while the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released five videos glorifying the knife attacks against...

The decision to travel to Israel for his first foreign visit as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reflects the “important relationship” between the United States and Israel, General James Dunford said Sunday in Jerusalem. “I’ve been in my job for two weeks, this is the first country I’m visiting on my first...