The Daily Beast on Monday assessed that the easing of sanctions on Tehran, as reported in a newly released study by Roubini Global Economics and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has allowed the Iranian economy to begin to recover, “undercutting Western leverage” ahead of the July 20 deadline...

Clashes along the Syria-Lebanon border on Monday killed more than a dozen people, less than a week after Washington leveled sanctions against a Beirut-based network of companies believed to be supplying resources to the terror group: Seven fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in fighting with Sunni Islamist insurgents in...

After the Israeli security cabinet voted to accept an Egyptian ceasefire proposal Tuesday morning, Hamas responded with a rocket barrage targeting communities in central and southern Israel. The New York Times: Israel has accepted Egypt’s proposal for a cessation of hostilities with Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups in the...

At just before 9am local time on July 15, Israel’s cabinet approved a ceasefire and effectively signaled the end of Operation Protective Edge. Moments later during a conference call organized by The Israel Project, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren told reporters “Now that Israel has accepted the...

The seventh day of Operation Protective Edge is over. The southern port city of Eilat was attacked with rockets late Monday; one man was lightly injured. To the north, Israel retaliated against rocket fire from Lebanon. The Jerusalem Post reports: A rocket fired from Lebanon landed on Monday night in...

The Israel Defense Forces shot down a Gaza-launched drone over the Israeli city of Ashdod on Monday. The New York Daily News reports: The unmanned aircraft, about 9-feet-long, was taken out by a Patriot missile along the southern Israeli coast, near the city of Ashdod, Israeli officials said. … Israeli officials...

An analysis published Sunday written by journalist Khaled Abu Toameh reported that “[President Abdel Fattah el-]Sisi and many Egyptians seem to be delighted that Hamas is being badly hurt.” According to Abu Toameh, Egyptians (and many other Arabs) are starting to view Islamists as a threat. True, there are still...

The Wall Street Journal on Friday conveyed and confirmed figures – first aired a few weeks ago – indicating that Iranian crude oil exports had exceeded for the eighth month in a row restrictions imposed by the Joint Plan of Action (JPA): Still, Iranian crude exports—excluding condensates—stood at around 1.1 million...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Obama administration to work more closely with Congress as the P5+1 powers near the July 20 deadline to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran that would force the Islamic republic to put its atomic program beyond use for weaponization. In a letter...

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi was in Israel this week to sign a first-of-its-kind industrial R&D collaboration agreement with Israel’s Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett. Israel is the first country with which Japan has such an R&D agreement. Minister Motegi and Israel’s Minister of Economy Naftali...