Ha’aretz reported Tuesday that the government of Norway has cancelled a conference of donor countries to the Palestinian Authority, which was scheduled for next week. Norway agreed to postpone the conference, which was to focus on economic development for the PA, after the kidnappings of three Israeli teenagers by the terrorist...

Rachel Fraenkel, the mother of Naftali Fraenkel, the high schooler who was kidnapped Thursday night along with fellow students Gil-ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach, spoke with reporters on Sunday. (Video embedded below.) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames the kidnapping on Hamas. The JTA reported on her remarks: “Naftali, Mom...

Palestinian Authority intelligence has assessed that Hamas is behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teens, The Times of Israel reported, citing a Palestinian official. This assessment is in line with both the conclusions reached by Israel and a statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The official said that...

English- and Arabic-language outlets throughout last week reported on trends suggesting that radical Islamist groups are gaining a foothold in the Gaza Strip, developments that appear to have been taking place alongside growing efforts by Hamas to rebuild its infrastructure in the West Bank. Reports have been emerging since the announcement...

Israeli security forces through the weekend and into Monday launched a large-scale operation across the West Bank in search of three Israeli teenagers who authorities fear were abducted overnight by Palestinians seeking to trade them for terrorists held by Jerusalem. One of the abducted teens is reportedly an American-Israeli dual citizen,...

The Obama administration’s approach toward nuclear talks with Iran is generating unease among Washington’s traditional Arab and Israeli allies – and will at a minimum need to be counterbalanced by robust pushback against other elements of Iran’s foreign policy – according to [PDF] testimony submitted last Thursday to the Senate Committee on Foreign...

Analysts and journalists seeking to explain the lightning advance of fighters loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – the Al Qaeda offshoot that has been steadily consolidating territory across northern Iraq, despite being outnumbered roughly 30 to 1 by the country’s forces – have begun to specifically focus on...

In an op-ed that appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley argues that the “technocratic” Palestinian unity government is “a transparent trick meant to keep the dollars coming.” In Time for U.S. to Stop Funding Terrorists, Berkley, a Democrat, outlines the dangers that the joint Fatah-Hamas...

According to a news report published Sunday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is slated to meet with Arab ambassadors in the wake of boycott calls in retaliation for Australia’s recent decision to stop using the term “occupied” to describe territories captured by Israel in 1967. The Times of Israel reports: Australia...

The three boys abducted by Hamas terrorists on June 12 were just like all other teenage boys the world over – into the same hobbies and pastimes. Eyal Yifrah’s joy is music. Videos posted to the internet show him performing a song he composed for his cousin’s wedding. Another shows him...