The Rolling Stones made sure boycott advocates got “no satisfaction” with their concert last night in Tel Aviv. Fifty thousand fans attended one of the most anticipated concerts in Israel in years, with the legendary rock band explicitly rejecting the request made by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters that the Stones avoid playing in Israel in solidarity with the anti-Israel boycott movement....

American and Hamas officials secretly met numerous times over the last six months, according to a report in the online news website BuzzFeed. The meetings were held between U.S. intermediaries and Hamas’ leadership, which lives outside the Gaza Strip in third-party countries ranging from Egypt to Qatar and Jordan. Topics...

The Wall Street Journal late Wednesday criticized the Obama administration for agreeing to fund the recently announced Palestinian unity government – agreed to by the rival Fatah and Hamas factions, and unveiled earlier this week – with the outlet pointing out that the new cabinet’s refusal to dismantle Hamas’s military...

In reaction to yesterday’s endorsement by the Obama administration of the recent formation of a Palestinian unity government, Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz wrote a scathing critique of the administration’s approach to Israel. Horovitz, who is often critical of Israel’s current government, writes in 12 Ways the US Administration has Failed...

On a conference call with reporters on Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called his trip to Israel “the most amazing trip I’ve ever been on” and expressed his belief that peace is still possible. However, Manchin also made clear which side he believed needed to change to make peace possible....

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lashed out against CNN correspondent Ivan Watson amid international attention on a weekend incident that saw Watson assaulted by Turkish authorities as he was reporting on an anti-government protest: “The international media that came to Istanbul and made exaggerated, provocative calls were licking...

The Washington Post on Tuesday conveyed boasts from top Iranian officials who were – per the outlet – “trumpeting [Bashar al-Assad’s] anticipated reelection as a defeat for the United States” and “celebrating not only the affirmation of Assad’s continued hold on power that the election represents but also Iran’s role...

State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf on Tuesday was pressed over a recent letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), in which the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman expressed concerns over a long-reported $20 billion deal that would see Iran trade oil in exchange for...

An article published Wednesday by one of Israel’s top veteran journalists assesses that the Palestinian Hamas faction has opted to follow the “Hezbollah model” – “bullets plus ballots” – in establishing a unity government with the rival Fatah faction: For Hamas, this means integrating into the general political system while retaining...

Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, announced Sunday that it had broken up eleven plots to kidnap Israeli soldiers since September 2013. The Times of Israel reports: Of the foiled attempts, “the majority were driven by prisoners in order to use as a bargaining chip for their release.” Half...