Fatah and Hamas, the two dominant Palestinian factions, are unable to agree on reconciliation or even on a truce agreement with Israel that could improve conditions for residents of Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who also is head of the Fatah party, objects to...

The Iranian regime is hunting Iranian Kurds from Iran, who fled the Islamic Republic’s repression to find refuge in the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and helped defeat ISIS, Seth J. Frantzman reported in The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) consists of a small group...

The United States announced that it would cut $200 million in annual aid from the Palestinian Authority (PA), The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. The impetus for reducing the aid, according to a State Department spokesman, was the result of a review “to ensure these funds are spent in accordance with...

With great fanfare, Iran unveiled what it called its first “indigenous” fighter jet outfitted with “advanced avionics,” this week. Top military officials were there for the unveiling of the Kowsar, as was President Hassan Rouhani, who even posed in the cockpit of the plane. It didn’t take long before the...

Because terrorists use human shields to protect themselves or cause civilian casualties “without facing consequences,” it is imperative that “terrorists and their sponsoring regimes must be held accountable for their brutal practice of using civilians as human shields,” argued two experts in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Wall Street...

At a news conference Wednesday, John Bolton, the National Security Advisor of the United States, called Israeli airstrikes against Iranian military assets in Syria “a legitimate act of self-defense,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Bolton also noted that the U.S. under President Donald Trump had twice struck at Syria for its use...