Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday signed on to nearly two dozen international agreements, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, setting up a showdown with the United States that The New York Times assessed could include “severe sanctions” from Washington and triggering accusations that the Palestinians...

After failing to get the requisite votes to impose a peace agreement on Israel in the United Nations Security Council, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas signed onto twenty international treaties, including the Rome Statute, VOA News reported today. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on...

Leading textbook publisher HarperCollins admitted that it omitted Israel from maps distributed in the Gulf States due to “local preferences,” The Telegraph reported today. HarperCollins, one of the world’s largest publishing houses, sells English-language atlases to schools in the Middle East that omit Israel. Collins Middle East Atlases show Jordan and...

Saudi labor authorities say they are now allowing Jews to work in the kingdom, the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan reported (Arabic link) reported on December 30. The ministry’s website lists Judaism among the 10 religions whose practitioners can fill in working applications. Shura Council Member Sadaqa Bin Yahya Fadhel said that the...

A Palestinian resolution calling to impose a peace settlement on Israel failed in a United Nations Security Council vote tonight, garnering only eight votes, one short of the number required to have forced a promised veto from the United States. The New York Times reports: The United States and Australia...

Preserved remains of a prehistoric submerged village off the coast of Haifa yields amazing archaeological finds. A water well that may be the oldest wooden structure ever found, and the oldest evidence of an ancient olive-oil industry, are among the preserved remains of a prehistoric village discovered underwater by Israeli...