The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee on Tuesday approved legislation that would among other things double U.S. aid for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system, deepening military ties between Washington and Jerusalem: The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee approved a defense spending bill on Tuesday that would provide $621.6 million for Israeli missile...

In response to the continued rocket and terror threat posed by Hamas, the IDF began a ground invasion of Gaza this evening. BREAKING NEWS: A large IDF force has just launched a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. A new phase of Operation Protective Edge has begun. — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson)...

President Barack Obama on Wednesday reemphasized what has in the last week become a central administration position on the unfolding Israel-Gaza crisis, insisting that the Israelis had a right to engage in self-defense and also noting that Jerusalem has made repeated efforts to deescalate the conflict: Obama said the US...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) released a statement today condemning the storage of rockets in one of its schools in Gaza. Yesterday, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA...

In the wake of anti-Semitic violence that accompanied recent anti-Israel protests, France has banned upcoming pro-Palestinian marches. The Associated Press reports: French authorities are forbidding pro-Palestinian protests in some cities after violence marred a recent march against the violence in Gaza, as Jewish-Muslim tensions in France have reached their highest level...

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton laid the blame for Palestinian civilian casualties squarely on the heads of Hamas leaders, saying their policy was designed to kill Palestinians. Interviewed on India’s NDTV, Clinton was blunt in his assessment: Hamas was perfectly well aware of what would happen if they started raining...

In the hours before the humanitarian ceasefire was to go into effect Thursday, the IDF discovered a Hamas cell infiltrating into Israel. Once they were discovered an IAF aircraft struck the terrorists killing a number of them and the tunnel. MAP: Opening of a Hamas tunnel inside Israeli territory. Terrorists...

When the Israeli app CUPS  was launched in Tel Aviv in 2012, its founders were right to be optimistic. A subscription service that provides users with the privilege of drinking unlimited cups of coffee at selected cafés, the app became a popular fixture among Tel Aviv consumers. Israelis aren’t the only ones...

The ninth day of Operation Protective Edge is over. Israeli volunteer – Dror Hanin, 37, was killed by mortar fire from Gaza. May his memory be a blessing pic.twitter.com/oXe6nMIZSl — Embassy of Israel SA (@IsraelinSA) July 16, 2014 Israel has committed to a five-hour United Nations-sponsored “humanitarian” ceasefire on Thursday. The...

Ron Ben Yishai, a military correspondent for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot, reported today that despite warnings delivered to residents of northern Gaza to leave their homes this morning, only about one-sixth of the population left. “The key problem is that Gazans are more afraid of disobeying Hamas than they are...