Reports surfaced on Wednesday that pressure was building on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to apply for membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that would further jeopardize relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) amid an ongoing Israeli campaign to halt rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip...

A Wall Street Journal editorial published Tuesday called attention to what the outlet described as Iran’s critical “role in fueling Middle East terror,” a dynamic that the Journal read alongside an ongoing Israeli campaign – Operation Protective Edge – to halt weeks of escalatory rocket and missile fire from the...

Hamas on Wednesday claimed credit for a rocket barrage targeting Israel’s nuclear reactor in the city of Dimona, issuing a statement boasting that the terror group’s fighters had attempted to hit the reactor with long-range M75 rockets: Hamas claimed responsibility for the rockets, stating that it had been attempting to hit...

In a TV interview, a Hamas spokesman called on Gaza residents to act as human shields. The terror organization also urged Palestinians to ignore Israel Defense Forces warnings of impending aerial strikes. These are just the latest examples in a string of flagrant breaches of international law as reported by The...

Condemnation of Israel’s Operation Protective Edge has come from the expected sources in the Middle East. Turkey was one of the first to roundly condemn Jerusalem, without expressing any sympathy for Israeli civilians forced to shelters because of Hamas rocket fire from Gaza. The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement...

With the media spotlight focused on Hamas rockets from Gaza falling on Israeli cities and Israel’s military response, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was preparing late yesterday to sign a request to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will convene the Palestinian leadership at 3:30 P.M....