Kuwait Airways must change its booking practices after it illegally discriminated against an Israeli by refusing to let him book a flight from New York to London, the U.S. Department of Transportation ruled Wednesday. The Associated Press reported: Eldad Gatt, an Israeli citizen, complained to the Department of Transportation that in 2013...

The French government is currently investigating whether Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has committed crimes against humanity, Reuters reported Wednesday. The investigation, which is also examining claims of torture and kidnapping by Assad’s forces, was opened “on the basis of indications received from the foreign ministry” on Sept. 10, an official at the prosecutor’s office...

Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the United Nations on Wednesday has made the headlines for its seeming rejection of previous agreements with Israel. Less noted is that the speech is a veritable tissue of lies. Below are only a few of the most egregious examples taken from news reports.  “As long...

In a speech at the United Nations today, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that his government “cannot continue to be bound by these signed agreements with Israel.” However, Abbas gave no deadline on when, or even if, cooperation with Israel based on agreements such as the Oslo Accords would stop. Threats...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced the seizure of an Iranian fishing boat carrying weapons apparently intended for the Houthis, Agence France-Presse reported today. A coalition statement said that the vessel was intercepted on Saturday and that 14 Iranians and weapons including anti-tank shells were...

In the latest example of closer ties brought on by the lifting of international sanctions and isolation as part of the nuclear deal, Iran has purchased $21 billion in aircraft and satellite equipment from Russia, the Russian state-owned news website Sputnik reported Saturday. Manouchehr Manteghi, the managing director of Iran Aviation Industries Organization, did not...

The deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces blamed Israel for the disasters in Mecca this month, in which more than 100 people died when a construction crane collapsed and more than 700 died in a stampede. Brig. Gen. Massoud Jazzayeri said that tragedies, in which more than 150 Iranians...

As much as the Obama administration and its supporters—including some members of the so-called “arms control community”—want to sell the Iran deal as a foreign policy victory and nonproliferation success story, it is nothing of the sort. Not even according to many who reluctantly lent their support to the deal...

If Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announces at the United Nations General Assembly next week that the Oslo Accords are dead, as he is expected to do, then he should relinquish the billions of dollars of aid the PA has misappropriated and use it to help real refugees, Liel Leibovitz argued Thursday...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, saying that successful talks would lead to peace between Israel and more Arab countries. In an interview with the Associated Press Sunday, Sisi said that resolving the Palestinian issue could “change the face of the region and … bring about enormous improvement...