Efforts to extend the Middle East peace talks under the auspices of American Secretary of State John Kerry were undermined earlier this week when the Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reached a unity agreement with the terrorist organization Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. The deal prompted State Department spokeswoman...

State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday blasted the announcement, made earlier in the day by top Palestinian figures including Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, that the rival Fatah and Hamas factions had settled on an agreement that would among other things lead to the establishment of a new...

Top Palestinian figures spent much of Tuesday walking back statements – aired in recent days by a range of Palestinian Authority (PA) figures, including reportedly by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas himself – threatening to dissolve the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) if Israel refused to make sufficient concessions to entice Ramallah...

Like the city of Pompeii was at once destroyed and preserved by the volcanic ash that settled upon it from the violent eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius in the year 79 CE, the village of Kantur on the Golan Heights was both destroyed and preserved by a massive earthquake nearly 700...

Despite protests from dozens of lawmakers, Tunisia’s Interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa decided to allow Israeli tourists to visit the North African country even though there are have been no diplomatic relations with Israel since 2000. “There is a decision to allow Israeli tourists into Tunisia,” Jomaa said at an...

Top U.S. and Israeli officials on Monday reacted coldly to threats by Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders that they might disband the Palestinian government and transfer control of their territory to either Israel or the United Nations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the threats earlier this week: Prime Minister Binyamin...