A French diplomat who was filmed taking a swing at an Israeli soldier will be expelled from Israel, after Jerusalem filed a complaint with Paris about the incident. The incident occurred while Marion Fesneau-Castaing was participating in a European Union delegation delivering supplies to Palestinians attempting to rebuild illegally-built –...

A group of European and global leaders – drawn from political, military, intellectual, and activist circles – are calling on European Union foreign ministers to reevaluate recently passed guidelines cutting off cooperation between European institutions and Israeli establishments beyond Israel’s 1948 armistice lines. A letter sent by the group (embedded...

The Egyptian government’s decapitation campaign against the country’s Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood – which has included measures on the national level and even against the Brotherhood’s messaging apparatus – has drawn the ire of the group’s organizational cousins in Jordan. Brothers in Jordan are not only displeased with Cairo’s actions, but...

Reports of Israeli medical assistance to Syrian war victims long ago began to filter back into Syria. Jerusalem set up a field hospital near the Israeli-Syrian border last March, and victims who require extensive care have been taken to hospitals deeper inside Israel. Over 100 Syrians have been treated, leading...

Analysts have begun to unpack the domestic, regional, and global implications of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Sunday electoral victory, which saw resounding success for her Christian Democratic Union and positioned her to take the helm for a third consecutive term as Chancellor. The Washington Post labeled the victory “historic” and...

Two Israeli soldiers were killed by Palestinians in recent days, renewing criticism of Palestinian leaders accused of inciting violence and failing to prepare the Palestinian public for co-existence with the Jewish state and rattling U.S.-backed peace negotiations: In a statement concerning both attacks, the United States said such incidents “undermine efforts to establish...