Reuters on Wednesday conveyed statements from Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, doubling down on his organization’s commitment to the eradication of Israel, especially and specifically in the context of an anticipated agreed government between Hamas and the rival Palestinian Fatah organization. Meshaal declared that Hamas had made...

The Vatican and Israel are close to a deal on several outstanding issues, The Tower has learned. The announcement of an agreement paving the way to even closer ties could come later this year, possibly as early as June. Among the outstanding discussion points is the status of what Catholics see as...

Yesterday the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement called for a boycott of billionaire investor and activist George Soros. The statement appearing at the BDS Movement website began: The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society that is leading the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement...

The Israeli government has unveiled its latest public-relations tool in its battle to convince the West that Iran is well on its way nuclear-bomb readiness. The Diaspora Affairs Ministry launched Inside Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Plan, an animated video that targets Westerners, especially Americans, with a very clear message: Don’t let Iran...

On Tuesday, Tablet Magazine reported on a new study by the Sunlight Foundation showing that Israel isn’t the foreign country that spends the most on lobbying, as is commonly claimed. Israel isn’t even in the top five. In fact, of the 84 countries surveyed, Israel ranks 83rd in terms of...

Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the European Union’s ambassador to Israel, told a press briefing yesterday that the EU was working on legislation to penalize anti-Semitism. According to Ma’ariv (Hebrew link), Faaborg-Andersen said: We take the subject of anti-Semitism very seriously. Several months ago we published a report on the subject, examining anti-Semitism in...

The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) criticized the “rush to judgment” of the United Nations and other international organizations about last week’s killing of two teens in Beitunia during violent riots. According the Post, the ADL’s Director Abe Foxman said: The international community must respect the IDF’s right...

Hamas-linked media reported late Tuesday that progress had been made in locking in plans – established under a late April agreement between the group and its rival Palestinian faction – under which a consensus government would be formed to control municipal Palestinian institutions in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and in...

Al Arabiya late Tuesday conveyed reports from Syrian opposition groups accusing the Bashar al-Assad regime of having launched a chemical weapons (CW) attack against rebel-heavy areas the day before, which the groups indicated had left more than 130 people in need of medical attention: The Hama Media Center said the...

Washington Institute Fellow Eric Trager on Tuesday published an extensive analysis of the calculations seemingly being made by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood as the country approaches the first anniversary of the July 2013 ouster of then-president Mohammed Morsi – whose Brotherhood-linked government had brought Egypt to brink of state disintegration –...