As Israel’s January 22 election approaches so does the political intrigue that’s swirling around it. Former Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz this morning announced that he is abandoning the Labor Party, where he was #3 on the party’s election slate, for The Movement party recently founded by former Minister of...

Two months after launching a round of escalatory rocket fire into Israel and less than a month after Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense compelled it to cease that rocket fire, Hamas is celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend. Ashraf Zayed, a spokesman for the Iran-backed terror organization, unpacked the anticipated...

Israeli officials are working to contain the diplomatic fallout from the government’s announcement to advance plans for the construction of 3,000 new housing units in areas immediately east of Jerusalem. The Israeli plan was unveiled in the aftermath of the Palestinians seeking and securing non-member statehood status in the United...

Jerusalem has, in the aftermath of the Palestinian move, approved the constructionof 3,000 new homes in areas east of Jerusalem and transferred more than $100 million in Palestinian taxes to pay down Palestinian debt owed to Israeli energy companies. European countries, most prominently Britain and France, have blasted the move...

U.S. Officials: Resolution Endangers “Prospects of a Durable Peace” U.S. officials are slamming a vote by the United Nations General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinian status at the United Nations to that of a non-member observer state. U.S. Secretary of State Clinton criticized the resolution – which passed with 138 votes in...

Saturation polling, which combined with powerful modeling to reflect a remarkably stable horse-race throughout the 2012 U.S. election, is also casting doubt on speculation of variability in Israel’s upcoming January 22 election. The entrance of former foreign minister Tzipi Livni into the race earlier this week as the head of...