An Arabic-language story published this week in a pan-Arab newspaper blasted the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood for financially supporting the group despite the fragile Egyptian economy. Hamas officials responded, again lashing out against what the Iran-backed terror group describes as a smear campaign being conducted against it by Egyptian media outlets: Hamas movement strongly condemned...

There had been suggestions made by some foreign policy analysts suggesting that President-elect Hassan Rouhani’s election could “provide an opportunity” to productively engage Iran regarding the critical role being played by Tehran and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah in bolstering the regime. Iranian parliament member Ahmad Bakhshayesh made declarations this week that seem...

U.S. defense officials are moving to stabilize the Middle East from multiple threats, ranging from potential spillover from the Syrian conflict to a resurgent Al Qaeda. Among the options being considered is a boost in security assistance to Lebanon. Joint Chiefs chairman General Martin Dempsey made the case to reporters...

Egyptian authorities have struggled to protect the country’s gas pipelines from the growing anarchy throughout the country. Disruptions of gas exports to Israel and Jordan began soon after the Egyptian revolution that saw the overthrow of then-President Hosni Mubarak, and have continued since. Though Egypt has moved to compensate at...

The U.N. today held an Israeli-led “thematic debate” – basically a conference – revolving around how to promote global entrepreneurship. The event stemmed from a resolution passed last December by the U.N. General Assembly. The resolution among other things created a system for creating and nurturing entrepreneurial resources, and sought...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are prepared to make “painful” concessions in order to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that Secretary of State John Kerry is in the region to promote, according to Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri. “Netanyahu knows there will be a painful evacuation of a number...

Evaluating several scenarios explaining the election of Iranian cleric Hassan Rouhani to be Iran’s next president, veteran U.S. diplomat Dennis Ross outlined in the pages of The New York Times that Rouhani’s election still doesn’t guarantee a nuclear deal: He believes that Mr. Rowhani’s election could provide a safety valve for...

Conflicting reports regarding plans by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the Gaza Strip are heightening uncertainty regarding the intentions of the Islamist premier. Turkish television announced overnight that Erdogan would travel to Gaza on July 5, a report that Erdogan’s press secretary promptly shot down. Erdogan has...

Clashes on Wednesday between opponents and supporters of the Islamist government of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi left one dead and hundreds injured, as the country braces for what are expected to be massive June 30 protests marking the one year anniversary of Morsi’s inauguration. Morsi has shifted the blame for...

Conflicting reports surrounding the recent resignation of Israeli national security adviser Major-General (res) Yaacov Amidror are calling attention to the complicated economic and geopolitical calculations the country must make in managing its vast newly-found energy reserves. Amidror is one of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s closest advisers. During his term he has...