Landing in Israel on Wednesday for his historic first visit as U.S. president, Barack Obama pledged “unwavering” and “unbreakable” support for the Jewish state and declared in Hebrew that the alliance between the two countries is “eternal”: U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday enduring support for the Jewish State,...

Reflecting on his recent interview with Jordanian King Abdullah II, The Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg described the monarch as “decidedly unimpressed” with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The King spoke candidly with Goldberg on a range of issues, but expressed particular frustration that Morsi fixates on Israel – rather than on Palestinian...

The Tower has learned that just days before President Barack Obama arrives in Israel for discussions on sensitive regional issues, a high-ranking group of Egyptian army intelligence officers has made a quiet trip to Israel to meet counterparts. The discussions this week come at a time of increasing strain between Hamas, the Iran-backed terror group based in...

Echoing calls by U.S. officials and Bulgarian diplomats, Israeli President Shimon Peres has called upon the European Union to formally designate Hezbollah as a terror organization. In an historic speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Peres emphasized that the Iran-backed group has engaged in a global terror campaign that...

A two-state solution enjoys broad support in Israel and is in the country’s vital interest, former foreign minister and likely next justice minister Tzipi Livni told the Herzliya Conference on Tuesday. Despite the regional uncertainty created by the Arab revolts and the concomitant rise of Islamists, she said, Israelis must...

Incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce the composition of Israel’s next governing coalition as early as today, ahead of the Saturday deadline imposed on him by Israeli law. The coalition math dictating Netanyahu’s decision-making has been more or less clear for weeks – and added up to 70 out...