MidEast

Avraham Neguise, who made aliyah from Ethiopia thirty years ago, was one of 39 new members elected in March to serve in the twentieth Knesset. A member of the Likud party, Neguise is the sixth Ethiopian-Israeli elected to Knesset and the only one to serve in the new term. According to...

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Conflicts in the Middle East are pushing nations in the region, led by Saudi Arabia, into an arms buying spree that could reach an unprecedented $18 billion in 2015, The Times of Israel reported Friday. “(The) Saudi-led military operations in Yemen (are) the latest manifestation of Arab interventionism, a trend that has...

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The terrorist organization Hamas won the student elections in Birzeit University in the West Bank on Wednesday, defeating Fatah, the main constituent party of the Palestinian Authority which rules the West Bank. In an analysis published Thursday, Grant Rumley of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies explained that though Fatah won...

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Terrorists based in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets at Israel’s southern district late on Thursday as the state was celebrating its 67th Independence Day. One rocket exploded in an open, uninhabited area near Sderot while another fell short and landed within the Strip. While no casualties were reported, and...

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In testimony before a House of Representatives hearing Wednesday, former Treasury Department official Jonathan Schanzer warned that the sanctions relief being offered to Iran as part of ongoing nuclear negotiations threatens to make “much more terror finance” available to terror groups, The Hill reported yesterday. A former Treasury Department official raised concerns on...

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Israelis just took their love of partying to a new level. Last week, 350 energized partygoers packed the dance floor of Tel Aviv’s Breakfast Club, which featured a live DJ, pole dancer and brass trio. This might sound like a regular night out in Tel Aviv’s famous party scene. But...

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