Hamas is manufacturing and testing rockets capable of striking Israel’s densely packed population centers. The missiles include a Gaza-built version of the advanced Iranian Fajr-5. Israel substantially degraded the Gaza-based terror group’s storehouses of advanced missiles during November’s Operation Pillar of Defense, which Jerusalem launched to stem months of increased...

A “Dear Colleague” letter currently collecting signatures in Congress – and due to be delivered to Qatari Ambassador to the U.S. Mohammed Bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi – expresses concern over Doha’s assistance to Hamas: The draft letter, addressed directly to Rumaihi, acknowledges that “longstanding, strategic bilateral relations between the United States and Qatar,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to release 40 Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism against civilians, Israeli media reported Thursday quoting U.S. officials. The move – which would not be conditioned on any reciprocal Palestinian steps – is reportedly intended to convey Israel’s seriousness about returning to peace talks....

A recent meeting in Ramallah between Israeli and Palestinian officials has been blasted by several Palestinian factions for promoting “normalization” between Israel and the Palestinians. Among those leveling the criticisms are members of the Fatah faction to which Western-backed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas belongs. The rhetoric of the rejection will likely...

Middle East analysts have traditionally outlined at least four broad categories of internal structural problems plaguing efforts to establish and stabilize a viable Palestinian state. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority government (PA) which controls the West Bank lacks sovereignty over even the Palestinian-controlled territories that they explicitly reserve for a future...

Dozens of terrorists linked to Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups have entered the Sinai Peninsula from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip with the intention of clashing with the Egyptian army, according to a senior Egyptian official. The official told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that Egyptian authorities have observed the entry of 150 Izz al-Din al-Qassam...