Amid multiple and consistent threats of attack from Iran and its Syrian and Hezbollah clients, the Israeli Defense Force overnight deployed an Iron Dome battery near Tel Aviv, the latest in a series of moves by the military to boost security: “We have a clear responsibility to prepare the army for all possibilities. We took a...

Top administration officials declared today that they are committed to acting alone if necessary in striking the Bashar al-Assad regime, after a vote last night in Britain’s House of Commons saw the body rejecting Prime Minister David Cameron’s request to endorse British military action against Damascus. President Barack Obama pressed the U.S. case, and...

Several thousand Muslim Brotherhood supporters marched in Cairo today, participating in what have become weekly protests on behalf of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked former President Mohammed Morsi. Previous iterations of the demonstrations have been variously dubbed as “Day of Outrage” and “Friday of Martyrs” protests. The Associated Press characterized today’s protests as “small...

Nine months ago the New York Times reported that Hamas was gaining popularity. Some of that popularity was the result of Hamas boasting that it had emerged victorious from Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense, which Jerusalem launched after several weeks in which Hamas had steadily escalated the amount and sophistication...

Earlier this month Forbes magazine published an article by Richard Behar describing the possibility of ‘peace through profits’. Israelis and Palestinians would continue engaging in the difficult process of negotiations, of course, but alongside those efforts there would be a more concentrated campaign to develop private sector cooperation. The Forbes...

Victims of what is widely believed to be a chemical weapons attack against opposition-held suburbs of Damascus are facing a new crisis. Having fled southward nearly 75 miles from East Ghouta, the site of the attack, they are now being pinned in their places – and prevented from entering Jordan...

Northern Israel hospitals have been treating Syrians wounded in that country’s war. Jewish organizations have been sending aid to Jordan to help the Syrian refugees which have flooded into the country. Now a group of Israelis is taking even more direct action to assist those impacted by the conflict. Members...

Al Jazeera has made several efforts to penetrate U.S. markets, all of which have been subject to criticism and the latest of which – Al Jazeera America – was marked by a misstep that saw it launch with a day one interview of conspiracy theorist Stephen Walt. The station’s first...

Israel is preparing for an array of cyber threats in the event that Syria and its Iranian backers make good on days of threats to lash out against the Jewish state should the West act militarily against the Bashar al-Assad regime: An Israeli army spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Media Line...

Iranian officials today escalated their threats against Israel, with multiple military figures declaring that Israel would be attacked in the event of Western air strikes against the Iranian-allied Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria: “Any military measure against Syria will draw the Zionists deep in the fire [as well],” said Major...