Lebanon’s Minister of Justice resigned Sunday out of frustration over Hezbollah’s control of the government, which has harmed the country’s relations with Sunni Arab countries. Ashraf Rifi’s resignation came days after Saudi Arabia cancelled a $4 billion military aid deal. The Saudi decision followed Lebanon’s refusal to back Saudi Arabia in its conflict with Iran, which...

Israelis living near the border with Gaza are growing increasingly concerned about terror tunnels being rebuilt by the Iran-backed terror group Hamas, and have reported hearing the sounds of new tunnels being dug, The Telegraph reported Monday. Residents of Israeli towns like Netiv Ha’asara, who live close enough to Gaza to see Palestinians on the other...

One of the founders of Hezbollah has strongly criticized the Iran-backed Lebanese terror organization for its participation in the Syrian civil war, saying that doing so was serving the interests of Tehran and “the Russian conqueror” rather than the Lebanese people. Subhi al-Tufayli, Hezbollah’s first secretary-general, made his remarks to...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has many compelling reasons not to achieve statehood, which may explain why peace negotiations have failed, Gadi Taub argued in a Haaretz op-ed Thursday. Taub was prompted to examine why Abbas doesn’t seem to be taking the steps necessary to “liberate his people from Israeli...

An off-duty Israeli soldier was killed and another man seriously wounded after being stabbed by two Palestinians in a supermarket north of Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Tuvia Yanai Weissman, 21, was evacuated from the West Bank market where he was attacked and hospitalized in critical condition...

Meeting with a group of mothers and their families from Israeli communities near the Gaza border, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power heard about the reality of daily life under the threat of rocket attacks from the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday....