Senior Hezbollah member Nabil Qaouk bragged today that the Iran-backed terror group is capable of saturation bombing Israeli population centers, bragging that Israeli cities were being targeted with tens of thousands of missiles. Last week a car bomb ripped through the Dahiyeh district in southern Beirut. The area is a...

Paraguay will reopen its embassy in Israel in the coming weeks, after keeping it shuttered for almost a decade due to budgetary reasons. The country’s newly elected President Horacio Cartes informed Israeli officials of the decision on Wednesday. Elkin’s office quoted Cartes as saying that he was interested in strengthening...

The Washington Post headlines its late afternoon coverage of the Egyptian crisis as “clashes erupt in Egypt as [Mohammed] Morsi supporters observe ‘day of rage’.” Egypt slid closer to civil conflict Friday after anti-government demonstrations called by the Muslim Brotherhood erupted in widespread violence involving the security forces, protesters and armed civilians on both...

The Associated Press reports that the death toll in Egypt is nearing 700, amid demonstrations conducted by what the outlet describes as “tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters” calling for the reinstatement of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked former president Mohammed Morsi. Official numbers released by the Egyptian Health Ministry last...

Moody’s yesterday affirmed Israel’s A1 rating, primarily citing the resilience and growth of the Jewish state’s economy. The rating agency declared that Israel’s “high-tech niche and entrepreneurial culture have continued to underpin its latent dynamism,” and noted that official reserves have risen “to record high levels.” The rating agency also emphasized, however,...

Missiles supplied by Saudi Arabia are playing a key role in efforts by Syrian rebels to halt months of advances by the Bashar al-Assad regime. The West, fearing that the opposition has become increasingly controlled by Islamist elements, has been reluctant to send advanced weapons to the rebels. The Saudis have taken...

CNN reports that the death toll from a car bomb that struck a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut yesterday has risen to 22. Over 200 people were injured. The Dahiyeh district was targeted by another car bomb last July that wounded roughly 50 people. A statement issued yesterday by a previously unknown...

Egyptian government and military forces are struggling to dampen violence this evening, after a day of clashes between the army and supporters of Egypt’s former Muslim Brotherhood-linked president Mohammed Morsi reportedly killed over 230 protesters and 43 police officers. Cairo is urging Morsi supporters to “listen to the voice of...

Palestinian fighters in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel on Tuesday night. At least once rocket fell on the Gaza side of the Israeli-Gaza border, while another struck Israel. The Times of Israel notes that Israel’s November Operation Pillar of Defense against Hamas’s military infrastructure – which Jerusalem...

Earlier this week Palestinian diplomats expressed surprise and outrage at an Israeli announcement that Jerusalem had approved construction of new homes beyond the Jewish state’s 1948 borders. Foreign media outlets described the move as driven by a “secret deal” involving an “ultranationalist” party. Palestinian officials explicitly suggested that the new...