Leaked documents showing attempts by Palestinian Authority officials to misuse public funds have caused a furor in Palestinian society by “highlighting the corruption and mismanagement critics say remains rampant in the Palestinian government,” the Associated Press reported today. The furor over the documents comes as the Palestinian economy is stagnating and Palestinians grow increasingly...

Iran and Russia are holding a joint naval exercise on the Caspian Sea, The Times of Israel reported today. Russian warships Volgodonsk and Makhachkala berthed in Anzali Port on August 9 for a three-day stay. Commander of Iran’s fleet of warships in the Northern Gilan province Admiral Ahmad Reza Baqeri said...

The billions of dollars in sanctions relief that will flow to Iran in the wake of the nuclear agreement “will fund Iranian imperialism,” Michael Gerson wrote in a column for The Washington Post. Gerson explained Iran’s long-running strategy of deploying “several thousand well-trained, well-led militia members” against the country’s regional rivals, having them “exploit...

A Hamas operative recently arrested by Israeli authorities gave the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, details about Hamas’ plans to attack Israel and how it is financed and supported by Iran, The Times of Israel reported today. According to the Times,  Ibraheem Adel Shehadeh Shaer was arrested last month, but details of...

The nuclear deal between Iran and the West provides Iran and its allies with a “historic opportunity” to confront Israel, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a meeting in Beirut Tuesday, according to Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV. The Times of Israel reported: “Zarif said from...

The approach by advocates of the nuclear deal with Iran has been “disappointing” due to supporters “resorting to intimidation and demonization, while also grossly overstating their case,” former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg wrote in an editorial Monday for Bloomberg News. Last week, President Barack Obama said that it was not a...

There will be no “snapback” of sanctions on Iran if the Islamic Republic violates the UN’s arms embargo, Secretary of State John Kerry admitted in an interview with Reuters today. “The arms embargo is not tied to snapback,” Kerry said. “It is tied to a separate set of obligations. So they are...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s angry denial of accusations that Iran is sanitizing the Parchin military site to remove evidence of nuclear work is “an assault on the integrity and prospects of the nuclear deal,” David Albright, the founder and president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a leading nonproliferation think tank,...

In his first public comments since announcing last week that he would vote against the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the nuclear deal with Iran is known, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D – N.Y.) said that the United States should seek a “better deal” with Iran, The Hill reported yesterday....

A group of Iraq war veterans have formed a group to oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, Eli Lake and Josh Rogin of Bloomberg View reported yesterday. The group, Veterans Against the Deal, was founded last month as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, and it does not disclose its donors. Its national...