Iran is working to obstruct the election of a new Lebanese president, a Lebanese member of parliament said on Sunday, highlighting continued attempts by the Islamic Republic and its terrorist proxy Hezbollah to maintain the political gridlock in Beirut. Jamal al-Jarrah, who belongs to the Sunni-majority Future Movement party, explained that “[former Lebanese Prime...

Israel has never been in a better diplomatic position because of the new bonds it has forged around the world, a former State Department official wrote in a Reuters op-ed Thursday. Josh Cohen, a former officer with the United States Agency for International Development, observed that Israel “is successfully developing...

Female U.S. military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have found support and a “common bond” while spending time with their Israeli counterparts though a pioneering recovery program, NBC reported on Sunday. Kamilla Miguel, a veteran who enlisted at the age of 17 and served in Afghanistan, found it difficult to reintegrate into...

An editorial in a major Saudi Arabian newspaper called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent invitation to address the Knesset, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. The editors of the English-language Saudi Gazette said that Netanyahu’s overture, made at the United Nations last week, recalled the invitation then-Israeli Prime...

Three Israeli army officers set out on an adventure to Thailand in 2012 after completing their service in the Israel Defense Forces. Nothing unusual here; an estimated 40,000 post-army Israelis  go backpacking every year for extended periods to cheap and exotic destinations in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. But these...

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Saturday banning California from contracting companies that discriminate against any federally recognized nation or peoples, including Israel. Assembly Bill 2844, which unanimously passed California’s assembly at the end of August, requires that companies seeking to do business with the state verify that they are not violating its civil rights...