Despite boasting in the past that it controls four Arab capitals, Iran objected on Thursday to accusations of meddling in the internal affairs of Arab nations. Responding to the final declaration from this week’s Arab League summit, Bahram Qassemi, a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, said, “We reject any intervention in the...

With the weather warming and the anemones in full bloom, talk has turned once more to the possibility of a summer war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. While renewed hostilities only three years after the last round are seen by some as inevitable, there are still many...

Iran’s presence in Syria is a greater threat to Israel than that of the Islamic State, an Israeli minister told The Jerusalem Post Thursday, noting recent gains made by the Shiite axis in the Syrian civil war. “It’s very easy and convenient to focus on ISIS,” said Yuval Steinitz, the...

Working together is the name of the game in a project now underway in Israeli, Palestinian Authority and Jordanian communities. The joint project, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), aims to train local residents as first responders in case of an earthquake. “The project is funded by the Peace Partnership of...

The Israel Defense Forces this week carried out its largest exercise in five years in the West Bank ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The four-day drill consisted of simulating “a variety of scenarios and emergency situations such as settlement infiltrations, abductions of Israeli citizens, bombings, vehicular or shooting attacks, and...

Israel’s High Court on Wednesday stayed the order to empty an ammonia storage tank in Haifa, which has been the target of threats by the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, Bloomberg News reported. The Haifa District Court initially mandated the tank be closed by Saturday following a municipal report raising fears that it...

Former bankruptcy attorney David Friedman was sworn in on Wednesday as America’s new ambassador to Israel, with Vice President Mike Pence administering the oath of office and calling Israel “our most cherished ally.” Before the swearing-in ceremony, Pence said that Friedman was “born for this job,” adding that “it is because of...

Iran “aspires to be a regional hegemon” and remains “the most significant threat” to the United States and its allies, the head of the U.S. Central Command said in a congressional testimony on Wednesday. Gen. Joseph Votel warned of Tehran’s ambitions in Yemen, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and Syria, noting that the...

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Wednesday praised a film documenting the harrowing tribulations of two Holocaust survivors as “a journey toward truth.” Speaking at the Ambassadors Against BDS event at the UN, Haley contrasted the film, created by Sara Greenberg, with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign...

The Palestinian terror group Hamas vowed revenge for the killing of terror mastermind Mazen Faqha in a new video released on Wednesday. Threatening and provocative, the video features Israel’s top defense and security officials in the crosshairs of a gun, Ynet reported. After revealing images of Israeli security leaders — Defense Minister Avigdor...