A policy towards Iran that is based on the belief that that Islamic Republic will change its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East is mistaken, as even after signing a nuclear deal Iran will not curb the nation’s “imperial ambition,” three fellows at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy wrote...

A growing number of commentators in the Arab world and the West believe that there are increasing signs of the collapse of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in light of key military losses in Hama and the province of Idlib, where Jisr al-Shughur, the last town in that area under...

A group of 500 academics, calling themselves “Concerned Academics for Editorial Ethics,” have published an open letter to the editor and publisher of the medical journal The Lancet, asking them to retract a controversial anti-Israel letter published last year, according to a report Sunday by the media watchdog HonestReporting. A group of 500...

The Obama administration is “siding with Iran” while operating “over the heads of the Saudis” in its deliberations over the future of Yemen, Tony Badran, a research fellow for the Foundation of Defense of Democracies, wrote Friday in an analysis published on the Lebanese website NOW News. Badran noted that a number...

Following air strikes widely attributed to Israel against weapons shipment to Hezbollah along the Syria-Lebanon border, Arab media reported on a new attack in Syrian territory early Monday morning. The latest attack on Syrian and Hezbollah assets, it is now being reported, was the work of Al Qaeda-affiliated rebels and not Israel. Overnight, Al Jazeera (Arabic...

Swastikas were spray-painted on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity house at Stanford University Saturday night.The incident comes after months of controversy on campus over anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activity.   Two weeks ago, Molly Horwitz, a Jewish student running for election to Stanford’s Senate, was asked how her Jewish identity...

The Israeli Air Force spotted and struck a group of infiltrators laying a mine on the Israel-Syria border Sunday night, The Times of Israel reported: An Israeli airstrike targeted and killed a group of militants who were spotted placing an explosive on the northern border Sunday night, the army said, a...

Israeli are turning to Facebook and other social media platforms to try and learn about missing loved ones in Nepal, following a devastating earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation. 200 Israelis were initially reported missing in Nepal, but more recent reports put the number at about 150. The Times of...

Israel has announced that it will send aid to Nepal, which was struck by an earthquake Saturday. The quake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, and killed more than 2,500 people. The Times of Israel reports: A source in the Prime Minister’s Office said that Israel was to send emergency...

Media in the Arabic world reported over the weekend that Israel attacked targets on the ground in Syrian twice within 48 hours to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah. Al-Arabiya TV reported (Arabic link) that the first attack took place on Wednesday night in the mountains of Qalamoun, near the...