Jordan’s new ambassador to Israel, Walid Obeidat, was sworn in Monday by Jordanian King Abdullah despite threats from Obeidat’s clan to “disown” him if he accepted the post. Obeidat has been under immense pressure to turn down the position, with his clan offering him five million dinars and the promise...

The security situation in southern Israel deteriorated rapidly overnight, beginning with a Palestinian terror attempt that was blocked by the IDF. The IAF targeted Gaza-based terrorists Tala’at Halil Muhammad Jarbi and Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai, both of whom had extensive history and involvement in terror activity and at least one of...

Leaders of the Free Gaza Movement, a U.S.-based organization which has led “flotilla” efforts to break Israel’s blockade of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, used the group’s official social media outlets to blame “Zionists” for the Holocaust. The group, whose board of advisors includes human rights activists such as author...

The Syrian civil war also impacted the Syrian-Israeli border yesterday, as dozens of armed men congregated on the Syrian side of the cease-fire line on the Golan Heights. The provocation, which led Israel to promptly shut down a tourist site as a precaution, follows several mortar shells which were fired into...

An adviser to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has declared the entirety of Israel as “Occupied Arab Palestine.” Said Mohammed Saif Al-Dawla, an Arab nationalist and Morsi’s adviser for Arab affairs, “this will remain its name till the end of time, and this is a national principle as well as a historic...