An 81-year-old Iranian-American dual citizen has been ordered by to prison by Iranian officials following a brief release to have a pacemaker installed, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official, was arrested when he traveled to Iran in early 2016 to seek the release of his son, Siamak, who...

Fatah, the main Palestinian political party and which is headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned Israel for the killing of Ahmad Jarrar in a firefight, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Jarrar, who Hamas described as a commander, was the leader of the terrorist cell responsible for the killing of...

Saudi Arabia has granted Air India approval to operate direct flights from and to Israel over its territory, marking a historic first, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Air India is set to begin a thrice-weekly New Delhi-Tel Aviv route in March, shortening the traveling route from India to Israel by two-and-a-half...

A suspected Syrian chemical weapons research facility was hit overnight by airstrikes the BBC reported Wednesday. According to Syrian media, the country’s air defenses shot down some of the missiles, which were believed to have been fired by Israeli warplanes operating in Lebanese airspace. However, an arms depot at the...

Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Liev Schreiber landed in Israel this week without fanfare, leaving a clue only in the photo of the Tel Aviv beach he posted on his Instagram page before the trip alongside the message “Looking forward to warmer weather, good humus, and lots of fizzy...

Following the interdiction of explosive chemicals hidden in shipments of medical supplies to the Gaza Strip by Israel’s Defense Ministry, the American Special Representative for International Negotiations blasted Hamas, the terrorist group that has complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, for causing “misery” to Gaza’s residents by choosing...

American diplomacy derailed a bill that was set to pass Ireland’s parliament, which would have outlawed Irish citizens from buying souvenirs in lands captured by Israel in 1966, Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. Last week, Ireland’s parliament was poised to pass legislation that would have made the...

In Illinois, a vocal Holocaust-denying, white supremacist, anti-Semite is running for Congress. Even though Republicans are distancing themselves from him, Arthur Jones is poised to become the Republican nominee for the 3rd congressional district in Southwest Chicago. Jones has been running for this seat since the 1990s and never been considered...

A German firm’s technology was purchased by Iran and later used in chemical attacks carried out against civilians by the Assad regime in Syria, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post on Monday. Germany’s Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control approved a license for Krempel, a company located...

Syrian regime forces used chlorine gas in an attack on the rebel-held town of Saraqeb in northwestern Idlib on Sunday, injuring a volunteer search and rescue team in one of Syria’s “de-escalation zones.” Syria Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, said that nine people were treated for breathing...