Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday conveyed angry remarks from Iranian officials in reaction to last week’s publication of the State Department’s annual country-by-country terrorism roundup: “Accusing Iran of supporting terrorism is politicized and based on double standards,” ministry spokesperson Marzieh Afkham said in a statement reported by the official IRNA...

Of all the achievements the Palestinians and Israelis have achieved despite the moribund peace talks, security cooperation in the West Bank has allowed for a tense, but mostly peaceful, co-existence. However, that cooperation is now being threatened by the Hamas-Fatah reconciliation and the announcement that 3,000 Fatah military personnel will...

In a speech last week at Georgetown University, former President Bill Clinton said that Israel and the Palestinians were extremely close to an agreement at the Camp David summit in 2000, when Yasser Arafat refused to close the deal that was offered to him. According to Clinton, Arafat insisted that a narrow...

2014 is likely to be the first year in which Israeli trade with Asia will surpass Israeli trade with the United States, with 21% of Israel’s trade projected to be with the East this year, according to Israel’s Economy Ministry. The Times of Israel reports: The change in the destination of...

With peace negotiations again on indefinite hold, the Israeli government is still determining the best course of action given the recent unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and the terrorist organization Hamas. Observers from across the world are keeping a keen eye on both parties, eagerly waiting the next turn...

Intel announced this week that it would increase its investment in its Kiryat Gat facility, known as Fab 28, by $6 billion. David Shamah, technology reporter for the Times of Israel, writes that the expanded facility will produce 10-nanometer chips, which are used in “wearable technology and perceptual computing devices.” Intel...

Turkey has fallen into the “not free” category of countries ranked by Freedom House’s annual “Freedom of the Press” survey, with the NGO watchdog citing a steady decline in how Ankara treats journalists: The region’s largest numerical change occurred in Turkey, which declined from 56 to 62 points and moved...

The Times of Israel on Wednesday conveyed leaks from Israeli negotiators revealing that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas had repeatedly rebuffed a series of Israeli proposals aimed at bridging the gaps regarding Jerusalem’s long-standing condition that the Palestinians acknowledge Israel as a “Jewish state”: The terminology recognizing Israel’s Jewish...

Al-Monitor on Wednesday published a translated English-language version of an article by Gaza-based Palestinian journalist Hazem Balousha, in which Balousha revealed a range of previously unknown details regarding a recent unity agreement between the rival Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions, including news that Hamas had secured a commitment enabling its...

The State Department on Wednesday published [PDF] its annual country-by-country terrorism roundup, a 318-page document that veteran Associated Press diplomatic writer Matt Lee nonetheless described as “singl[ing] out Iran as a major state sponsor of terrorism that continues to defy demands it prove its atomic ambitions are peaceful.” The report...