President Barack Obama on Wednesday reemphasized what has in the last week become a central administration position on the unfolding Israel-Gaza crisis, insisting that the Israelis had a right to engage in self-defense and also noting that Jerusalem has made repeated efforts to deescalate the conflict: Obama said the US...

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton laid the blame for Palestinian civilian casualties squarely on the heads of Hamas leaders, saying their policy was designed to kill Palestinians. Interviewed on India’s NDTV, Clinton was blunt in his assessment: Hamas was perfectly well aware of what would happen if they started raining...

In the hours before the humanitarian ceasefire was to go into effect Thursday, the IDF discovered a Hamas cell infiltrating into Israel. Once they were discovered an IAF aircraft struck the terrorists killing a number of them and the tunnel. MAP: Opening of a Hamas tunnel inside Israeli territory. Terrorists...

When the Israeli app CUPS  was launched in Tel Aviv in 2012, its founders were right to be optimistic. A subscription service that provides users with the privilege of drinking unlimited cups of coffee at selected cafés, the app became a popular fixture among Tel Aviv consumers. Israelis aren’t the only ones...

The results of a poll released Tuesday by Pew Research showed continued strong support for Israel among Americans of all political denominations as Operation Protective Edge began. The press release accompanying the poll was titled As Mideast Violence Continues, a Wide Partisan Gap in Israel-Palestinian Sympathies. As violence between Israel and Hamas shows...

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...