Following a series of speeches from countries across the globe condemning Israel, Rachel Fraenkel, the mother of abducted Israeli-American teenager Naftali, called on the world to help bring about the release of her son and two other Israeli students missing since June 12. Fraenkel spoke for two minutes during a...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added an Israeli site, the caves at Beit Guvrin-Maresha, to its World Heritage list on Sunday. The Jerusalem Post reports: Alongside many other sites around the world, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) elected to inscribe Beit Guvrin-Maresha...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday (video embedded below). The primary focus of his interview with host David Gregory was the current turmoil in Iraq. MTP: Netanyahu on Iraq: "Both sides are enemies of the US. You don't strengthen one – you weaken both"...

Israeli high school students made history last night with the successful launch of the Duchifat 1 nano-satellite, which they developed and built as part of an educational project. The secondary school students at the Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center, with help from the Israeli Space Agency in the...

Representatives from the P5+1 global powers and Iran emerged from nuclear talks Friday without having made any major breakthroughs, and with Iranian negotiators reportedly rejecting “excessive demands” from the West: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the wide gulf between the sides, urging the six nations to “abandon excessive...

More than a week after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped, observers are focusing on the increasingly strained ties between Hamas, the terror group that is believed to be behind last week’s abduction, and Fatah, the rival faction with whom Hamas entered into a unity agreement last month. Veteran Arab affairs...

The Jerusalem Post reported Friday that bipartisan efforts to impose sanctions on Hezbollah were progressing in both chambers of Congress: Last month, US Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Marco Rubio (R-FLorida), both members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014...

As we march towards the July 20 deadline for reaching agreement on stopping the Iranian nuclear weapons program, it is worth gauging Iran’s intentions by looking at the words of its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. On June 13, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Zarif entitled Iran is Committed to...

While hunting for three abducted teenagers throughout the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces has uncovered dozens of tunnels believed to be used by terrorists. Some of the tunnels were found by soldiers inside the homes of Palestinians, under large pieces of furniture and laundry machines. According to one senior...

Reactions continue to mount against the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) General Assembly, which voted Friday to support a motion supporting divestment from three companies doing business with Israel. Critics included leaders of the Reform Jewish movement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and pastors within the church. The narrow vote was a nominal...