While the Arabic media is focusing on many of the key rifts between Arab states, regional leaders used this week’s Arab League Summit in Kuwait City to unite in their calls for “Jerusalem” to be the capital of a Palestinian state and for Israel to stop its assault on the...

One of the reasons that Prime Minister Netanyahu flew out to California earlier this month was to sign a number of agreements with Gov. Jerry Brown. One area of cooperation between the two was for Israel to provide guidance to the Golden State to fight its drought “with water conservation...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is launching a new round of anti-Israel activity, with as many as 5 new resolutions in the works this coming week. In conjunction with the UN’s year of solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Council, which has only one resolution pending this session addressing...

As Arab leaders gather in Kuwait this week, the Palestinian delegation will seek support for their rejectionist stance on the American-brokered peace talks with Israel, hoping to convince them to reinvigorate the Arab peace initiative as an alternative to the American track. The Israel Project’s Regional Analyst Paul Shindman believes Palestinian leader...

The Israeli military’s discovery of an underground “terror tunnel” stretching from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip deep into the Jewish state has deepened concerns that a U.S.-backed initiative to secure a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians may be deeply complicated – if not rendered untenable – by the...

Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam condemned the latest armed clashes to erupt on the streets of Beirut as increasing numbers of factions and individuals get their hands on weapons, threatening the stability of country and trying to drag Israel into the regional conflict. There is little or no central security...