Two weeks ago French objections to what the country’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius described as a “sucker’s deal” reportedly contributed to blocking a deal between the P5+1 and Iran that would have swapped limited Iranian concessions for relief from international sanctions. Last week Patrick Maisonnave, France’s ambassador to Israel, outlined the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday took to CNN to criticize what he described as an “extremely bad deal” with Iran that global powers are said to be hopeful they can secure this week in Geneva. It’s not just the terms of the trade – which would allow Iran...

Journalists today continued to report on the aftermath of Senate briefings conducted yesterday by top Obama administration officials including Secretary of State John Kerry, in which the White House pressured senators to hold off imposing new sanctions on Iran in the lead-up to talks scheduled for next week. The stance...

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday threatened that there would be a Middle East war if there is no deal with regards to Iran’s nuclear program: World powers failed to reach an agreement with Iran over the weekend to curb its controversial nuclear programme in exchange for some relief from crippling Western sanctions...

Major Jewish organizations are investing heavily in a recently launched index fund that tracks companies with a significant Israeli presence, prompting speculation that literally billions of dollars may – according to Steven Schoenfeld, the founder and CEO of the BlueStar Israel Global Index fund – “be brought into productive investment in Israel”:...

Reuters late Wednesday conveyed reports that the Palestinian delegation charged with negotiating opposite Israel had resigned and cited for its resignation Israeli construction within communities beyond the Jewish state’s 1948 armistice lines. The move comes despite the cancellation of previously announced massive building plans by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....