A Turkish court acceded to the request of prosecutors and issued arrest warrants May 26 in the names of four leading Israelis for their alleged role in the 2010 Mavi Marmara episode. The demand for the arrests flies in the face of media reports and comments from Turkish leaders that...

According to a report Monday, reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas are progressing and the two Palestinian factions have “no disputes” on the makeup of a consensus government. Ma’an reports on comments made by Fatah negotiator, Azzam al-Ahmad: “I think this is the final meeting before forming the government. We...

In Israel for this week’s MIXiii Israel Innovation Conference, Vikas Jain, CEO of Indian smartphone maker Micromax, said Thursday that he saw partnering with his company as a more lucrative path for Israeli app developers than a buyout. The Times of Israel reported: “We have a base of hundreds of millions of...

A day after Pope Francis touched the Palestinian side of Israel’s security fence, with his aides calling for all walls to be torn down, the pontiff paid a visit to the Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem. Francis deviated from his whirlwind itinerary to visit a...

Far-Right parties celebrated a massive night of victories following sweeping gains in European Union elections. A mix of anti-immigration, anti-EU-integration, and neo-Nazi parties took seats away from the traditional centrist parties in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Austria and elsewhere. Europe’s voters lurched towards the political fringes on...

The Independent reported Friday that an Iranian actress faces possible prosecution and punishment for kissing the head of the Cannes film festival last week. According to the report, Leila Hatami “angered religious authorities” leading to calls for her prosecution and possible flogging for the infraction. Some government officials reportedly condemned her for presenting “a...

The Daily Star yesterday reported on a speech given by Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem. “Israel is the main enemy,” said Sheikh Naim Qassem. “But the tactical priority depends on the direct threat, so our confrontation with takfiri groups derives from the direct danger they represent, and it does...

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) just published a report of a disturbing movie that was uploaded to the official Fatah Facebook page last week. PMW reports that the movie boasts that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades was formed at the behest of Yasser Arafat in  2000 and still has its “finger on...

As “China week” continues in Israel, a Chinese official, Yongjie Chen, granted an interview yesterday to David Shamah of the Times of Israel. Chen told Shamah of China’s warming relations towards Israel in recent years and declared that Israel is “the best place in the world for China to invest:” “It’s...

Pope Francis will host a meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Vatican next month, according to the Associated Press. SKY News suggested the Holy See may be thinking about taking over from the Americans as the broker of any Israeli-Palestinian talks. The offices...