Kataib al-Imam Ali, an Iraqi Shiite militia with strong ties to Iran, is headed by a terrorist with a long record of attacking American interests according to terrorism experts Matthew Levitt and Phillip Smyth in a paper published by the Washington Institute of Near East Policy on Monday. Levitt and Smyth...

The Hamas terrorist behind the kidnapping and killings of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel last June was sentenced to three life terms by a military court yesterday, The Times of Israel reported. In addition to jail, Hussam Kawasme was ordered to pay NIS 250,000 to the three bereaved families....

Jews are the primary group subjected to hate speech in the Turkish media, according to a new report published in the Turkish Jewish newspaper Salom. The media monitoring report covering news reports and columns published between May and August 2014 was part of “Monitoring Hate Speech in Media” research conducted by...

Internal Palestinian opposition is emerging to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ continued efforts to achieve statehood through acceptance in United Nations bodies. Agence France-Presse reported: “Hamas is totally opposed to any return to the UN Security Council by the Palestinian Authority,” spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement. “Such a step...

An Israeli startup, BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, announced a successful trial of its therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease, Reuters reported on Monday. A single dose of the stem cell treatment called NurOwn was administered in a mid-stage phase 2a trial in 14 patients with ALS, also...

Monday and Tuesday saw conflicting reports that Hamas head Khaled Meshaal, who has for the past several years been based in Qatar, was expelled from the country and preparing to flee to Turkey. Speculation began Monday night in Turkish media and continued into Tuesday afternoon, with both Doha and the...

Quiet Therapeutics’ specially coated nanoparticles act like Trojan Horses entering cancer cells undetected and then killing them. An Israeli breakthrough in the treatment of cancer has the international medical community taking notice. Developed by Tel Aviv University Professors Rimona Margalit and Dan Peer, this novel drug-delivery platform involves the use...

A sweep of arrests of Turkish police officers conducted Monday – Turkish news outlets reported the detained officers were arrested on charges of illegal wiretapping – is set to deepen concerns that Ankara is again cracking down on government workers it fears are aligned with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. The arrests...

The State Department on Monday told reporters that Congress would take the lead in any decision on cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the wake of a string of decisions – ranging from an effort to secure recognition from the United Nations Security Council to signing papers to...

Israel’s Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced that he plans to indict MK Haneen Zoabi for “incitement and disgracing a public servant,” Ha’aretz reported today. The public servants involved are Israeli-Arab policemen who were insulted and threatened by Zoabi. The charges stem from a hearing in Nazareth on July 6, during which Zoabi...