Israel’s left-leaning Haaretz on Monday quoted a Hamas source describing the terrorist organization’s vision going forward under a possible unity government: A Hamas source has said the model being planned for the new Palestinian unity government is that of Hezbollah in Lebanon, in which the organization is a government party that has...

In the wake of last week’s attack on Israeli journalist Avi Issacharoff and his cameraman, journalist Khaled Abu Toameh examined on Monday the implications of the attack and how it reflected on Palestinian society. Issacharoff, who wrote a series of articles for The Tower in 2013, recounted the circumstances of the...

Two recent reports demonstrate that Israel, far from being isolated, is expanding its economic and diplomatic ties around the world. On Sunday, the Israeli cabinet announced an initiative to boost its trade ties with Latin America, particularly with the nations of the Pacific Alliance. On Monday, Tel Aviv University and...

Benjamin Weinthal reported yesterday that increasing numbers of Iranian converts to Christianity are making their way to Germany, reviving numerous churches across the European nation. Iranian-born Muslims who converted to Christianity are breathing new spiritual life into communities across Germany, where they are fleeing to in increasing numbers to escape...

A Reuters exclusive published late Thursday revealed the existence of a confidential U.N. report indicating that Iran has continued to bolster its ballistic missile program during the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA). Despite apparently reducing illicit purchases that breach U.N. sanctions, Iran is pursuing development of ballistic...

A CNN report filed from Turkey on Friday described behavior by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) as part of “perhaps the strangest crisis management the world has ever seen,” as photos and video emerged of Erdogan and one of his top advisors beating...

Palestinian media outlets on Friday conveyed remarks by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh announcing that his group and the rival Palestinian Fatah faction had resolved issues surrounding the integration of security forces, as the two Palestinians organizations moved closer toward the implementation of a unity agreement aimed at establishing a single...

A new quantitative indicator developed jointly by Roubini Global Economics and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) points towards an improved economic outlook for Iran. The calculations, based on sentiment analysis derived from proprietary natural language processing algorithms, were detailed Friday in a new report published by Mark Dubowitz and Paul...

A gathering of lawyers and jurists at United Nations headquarters today is asking whether the U.N. body tasked with dealing with Palestinian refugees – UNRWA – is providing humanitarian relief or “prolonging the Palestinian refugee problem.” The issue is also addressed in this month’s edition of The Tower Magazine in an...

An Israeli news station has reported this morning on a poll conducted by Professor Sammy Smooha of Haifa University showing that the acceptance of Israel by Israeli Arabs increased markedly between 2012 and 2013. Channel 10/Nana reported (Hebrew) that the poll’s surprising results bucked conventional wisdom: The research shows that between 2012...