In a staff editorial today, The Chicago Tribune argues against granting Iran any extension in nuclear talks past the current deadline in November, which is less than two months away. The editorial states: Time is nearly up. Painful economic sanctions brought Tehran to the bargaining table. The threat of even more...

On Wednesday, an Egyptian blogger who was recently nominated for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov Prize had his name withdrawn by the group that initially nominated him on account of his call for the murder of Israelis. In a press release, European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) leader Gabi Zimmer explained...

“Islamic resistance,” a byword for attacks on Israel if not the country’s destruction, is a “religious and human duty,” according to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani. Slamming the Tel Aviv regime as the major threat to the world, Shamkhani called on the whole Muslim nation to close...

With less than two months left before the deadline for a nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran, The Wall Street Journal is reporting (via Google) Tuesday that the Western nations are preparing to reward Iran for making a deal with expedited sanctions relief. Iran has been pushing for a...

In Everything You Need to Know about International Law and the Gaza War, published in the September 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, David Daoud systematically outlined the laws of war and their relevance to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge. Daoud began his analysis by acknowledging that “when a respected jurist like Navi...

Contradicting allegations made by Iran, a report today quoting the sister of Dr. Ardeshir Hosseinpour claims that he was killed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) because he refused to help the Iranian regime build a nuclear bomb. The Times of Israel reported on the charge made by Mahboobeh Hosseinpour: Mahboobeh said...

Intel recently got the go-ahead from Israel’s Finance and Economy Ministries to invest $6 billion in the remodeling of its chip manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat. The leading PC chipmaker will receive a grant of $300 million and tax concessions in return. Although the high-tech company has not released a...

In an unsigned editorial today, the editors of The Washington Post note that since Hamas emerged as the “loser of the summer war,” its loss allows for “new possibilities for agreement between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” However, the editorial finds Abbas wanting: Mr. Abbas,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday spoke at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, giving a speech that the Jerusalem Post described as “vintage Netanyahu,” and one that leaned heavily on what has become the consensus understanding of the Middle East as divided into three regional blocs....

The Times of Israel reports today that a man was hanged in Iran last week for insulting the prophet Jonah: Iranian prisoner of conscience Moshen Amir-Aslani was executed last week after being found guilty of heresy and insulting the prophet Jonah, according to human rights organizations. Aslani, 37 was hanged at...