Saturation polling, which combined with powerful modeling to reflect a remarkably stable horse-race throughout the 2012 U.S. election, is also casting doubt on speculation of variability in Israel’s upcoming January 22 election. The entrance of former foreign minister Tzipi Livni into the race earlier this week as the head of...

The Associated Press has obtained and published a computer-generated graph allegedly produced by Iranian nuclear scientists indicating that Iran has conducted computer simulations designed to produce a nuclear weapon. The bell-shaped curve, which charts the explosion of a nuclear weapon detonating with three time the force of the atomic bomb...

A significant majority of Americans are concerned about the rise of the Islamist government of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, and nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters favor cutting aid to Egypt if the country abrogates its peace agreement with Israel, according to a recent poll (Charts) conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner...

Hamas’s rocket fire having been halted by Operation Pillar of Defense, Israelis have returned to focusing on the upcoming January 22 election. Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni announced that she is forming a new party called The Movement. Current polls show that Livni’s party, which she described as a centrist...

Israel’s economy is expected to grow by 3% over the coming year, according to analysis done by Merrill Lynch and announced today by Bill O’Neill, Merrill Lynch’s Wealth Management chief investment officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa. The Jewish State’s economic stability, coupled with its stable democratic political system,...

More than 500 people have been injured in protests sparked by the power grab of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who on Friday issued a decree widening his powers and shielding himself from judicial review. Both opponents and supporters have announced demonstrations for today, with the Muslim Brotherhood – to which...

Iran is “finding ways to resupply Hamas,” moving weapons through Sudan and Egypt and then into the Gaza Strip, according to U.S. officials. Jerusalem launched Operation Pillar of Defense after a month-long escalation in the amount and sophistication of weapons used by Hamas against Israelis, and Israeli forces proceeded to...

Israeli electoral intrigue briefly and haltingly suspended during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense, resumed in earnest over the weekend. Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party are voting today, in a second day of primaries, to determine the party’s slate ahead of the January 22 elections, with results expected...

Israel has successfully tested its newest advanced missile defense system, David’s Sling. Tthe system is designed to intercept medium and long-range missiles with ranges of 40 km to 300 km. It will supplement Israel’s short-range Iron Dome system, which had unprecedented success during last week’s Operation Pillar of Defense. David’s...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened on Sunday to bombard Israeli civilians with “tens of thousands of rockets.” This explicit threat of mass war crimes by the Iran-backed terror organization, which militarily controls southern Lebanon and dominates the country’s political system, is unlikely to be met with robust international condemnation, nor...