Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi crossed the 100-day mark of his presidency this week, prompting commentary and analysis on his domestic and foreign policy, including his moves to consolidate internal power and to erode Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. In an interview with the New York Times in September, Morsi demanded the United States “live...

The Obama administration launched another round of financial sanctions against Iran earlier this week, with President Obama issuing an executive order implementing Congressionally-approved sactions. The announcement comes as the International Monetary Fund published an analysis predicting that sanctions would fail to collapse the Iranian economy, and that Iran would be...

Multiple snap polls evaluating the Israeli electoral landscape converged on the conclusion not only that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set for easy re-election in an Israeli ballot early next year” and that the center-right bloc may emerge more powerful than it is now. The Israeli center-left is struggling to...

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad extended an escalation in rocket and missile fire that began on Monday and included barrages on Wednesday and Thursday, firing rockets at the western Negev and at the Israeli cities of Sderot and Netivot. The IAF responded by striking terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi crossed the 100 day mark of his Presidency earlier this week, prompting media commentary on, among other things, his efforts to reframe Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. Al Jazeera wrote in complimentary terms about Morsi’s success in “subtly shifting the emphasis of the Camp David accords”...

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired Qassam and Grad rockets at multiple Israeli towns and cities yesterday, extending an escalation by the terror groups that began on Monday. TIP’s analysis of the current escalation, which bears some hallmarks suggesting that Hamas is preparing for a full-blown war of the kind...

A Swedish ship carrying anti-Israel activists set sail from Italy on Saturday, in the latest attempt by the Free Gaza movement to breach Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. A comprehensive United Nations investigative committee concluded in 2011 that Israel’s blockade is legal under international law and that Israel...

Iran lashed out at the United Arab Emirates Tuesday, marking an escalation in a war of words over three disputed islands that has been growing increasingly heated since last spring. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast threatened to downgrade ties with the UAE over competing claims to the islands, which...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for elections on Tuesday, setting the country on a path for early elections as soon as January 15, 2013. Netanyahu explicitly cited deadlocked Knesset negotiations on next year’s budget as the reasons behind his decision, but analysts linked the move to the Prime Minister’s...

Jordan’s new ambassador to Israel, Walid Obeidat, was sworn in Monday by Jordanian King Abdullah despite threats from Obeidat’s clan to “disown” him if he accepted the post. Obeidat has been under immense pressure to turn down the position, with his clan offering him five million dinars and the promise...