Journalists today continued to report on the aftermath of Senate briefings conducted yesterday by top Obama administration officials including Secretary of State John Kerry, in which the White House pressured senators to hold off imposing new sanctions on Iran in the lead-up to talks scheduled for next week. The stance...

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday threatened that there would be a Middle East war if there is no deal with regards to Iran’s nuclear program: World powers failed to reach an agreement with Iran over the weekend to curb its controversial nuclear programme in exchange for some relief from crippling Western sanctions...

Turkey is looking to finalize its purchase of Chinese anti-missile systems within a matter of months, according to statements made Thursday by the head of Ankara’s under secretariat for defense industries: “The immediate goal for us is in about six months to come to a reasonable level in our contract negotiations and...

Major Jewish organizations are investing heavily in a recently launched index fund that tracks companies with a significant Israeli presence, prompting speculation that literally billions of dollars may – according to Steven Schoenfeld, the founder and CEO of the BlueStar Israel Global Index fund – “be brought into productive investment in Israel”:...

Analysts continue to debate the details of the failed deal proposed last weekend between the international community and Iran, discussing both the substantive concerns of skeptics and the political consequences of what was very early on described by critics as over-eagerness by the Obama administration to cut a deal at...

Reuters late Wednesday conveyed reports that the Palestinian delegation charged with negotiating opposite Israel had resigned and cited for its resignation Israeli construction within communities beyond the Jewish state’s 1948 armistice lines. The move comes despite the cancellation of previously announced massive building plans by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....

A 19-year-old Israeli soldier was stabbed to death this morning on an Israeli bus by a 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist, sustaining several wounds to his neck and chest and eventually succumbing to his injuries after being admitted to to a hospital. Israel Defense Forces soldier Eden Atias, 19, from Nazareth Illit,...

Senators walked out of a Banking Committee briefing given by Secretary of State John Kerry this afternoon expressing renewed dissatisfaction with the administration’s approach to negotiations with Iran, and blasting administration officials for attacking the credibility and concerns of both of U.S. allies and of other U.S. lawmakers. Speaking on...

Secretary of State John Kerry traveled today to the Hill to pressure Senators to delay placing additional financial restrictions on Ira, after weekend’s failed negotiations in Geneva had triggered analysis suggesting that Tehran was not yet prepared to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program. Calls quickly grew for Congress to pass...

Various theories on why last weekend’s negotiations with Iran failed to bridge differences between Tehran and the international community continue to swirl. Some new reports are pointing to Iranian demands that the West acknowledge that it has a right to enrich uranium (it doesn’t). Others continue to emphasize early leaks that had France objecting...