The terrorist organization Hamas is behind the latest wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank, aided by incitement from the Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, counter-terror expert and Likud MK Anat Berko said today. Berko noted that both Hamas and Fatah will sometimes claim credit for...

Seven people were injured in three terror attacks by knife-wielding assailants in Israel today. In the first attack, an Israeli man was stabbed and seriously injured in northern Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. Police said the attacker, a 19-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, was “neutralized” within minutes. He was unharmed and was...

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is further distancing herself from the foreign policy of the administration she served by calling for the removal of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and imposing a no-fly zone over that country. On the campaign trail yesterday, Clinton said of Syria,...

Three Israelis were injured in as many stabbing attacks today, the first in Jerusalem, the second in the southern city of Kiryat Gat, and the third in Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv. In the first incident, a Palestinian assailant stabbed an Israeli man near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem,...

“Significant quantities” of oil have been discovered in the Golan Heights, the Israeli company Afek Oil and Gas announced today. The company estimates that the deposits could contain billions of barrels worth of oil—enough for Israel to become self-sufficient in its oil needs. “We are talking about a strata which is 350 meters thick, and what...

Five members of a Hamas cell responsible for the murder of an Israeli couple in the West Bank have been arrested, Israeli security officials announced. Eitam and Naama Henkin were shot in front of their four children while driving in the West Bank by assailants in another car. The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service,...