In a rare briefing to journalists, Gaza-based Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said yesterday his organization will “pummel” Israel if another war erupts. Sinwar told journalists that Hamas “is not seeking a confrontation” with Israel, but “if such a confrontation should arise, Hamas will pummel Israel.” Despite claiming that Israel is...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees announced on Monday that it had sealed a Hamas terror tunnel built under two of its schools in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The tunnel was discovered at the beginning of June, after the Maghazi Elementary...

Three top administration officials are headed to the Middle East to consult with Israel, the Palestinians and other Arab states in efforts to restart negotiations with no preconditions, a U.S. official announced Friday. Presidential adviser Jared Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason...

At the Herzliya Conference in June, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed his support for the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, and added: But to work, we must break with some of the ‘theology’ of peacemaking which has become hallowed doctrine over the past 25 years. Blair, who also served as...

This July was a month full of depressing news regarding diplomacy among Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. And yet, far from the headlines, cooperation across these populations was thriving at the Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI) in Nahalal, a city in northern Israel. During July alone, GIMI gave a...

The IDF has revealed the extent of the new concrete barrier currently being built around the Gaza Strip. The 3 billion shekel ($836 million) concrete barrier aims to eliminate the existing tunnel threat posed by Hamas, as well as any future tunnels that reach into Israel. It will include sensors...