Speaking to Sen. Robert Menendez during Menendez’s visit to Israel earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the Foreign Relations Committee chair for helping to secure last week’s unanimous Senate vote calling for the U.S. to support Israel if Israel needs to act in self-defense against the Iranian...

Hezbollah forces, assisted by Syrian troops, have taken control of most of the strategic border town of Qusayr, marking a massive setback for rebel forces seeking the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime. Both sides have acknowledged the reality in the city, which until recently had been a key opposition...

Germany’s Green Party is being blasted by anti-Semitism and NGO watchdog groups over its decision to appoint a Bundestag deputy who has expressed support for boycotting Israel to head the party’s Heinrich Böll Foundation office in Tel Aviv: “So long as Ms. Müller demands the labeling of goods from only...

A 500-page indictment released yesterday by an Argentinean prosecutor details a vast effort by Iran to infiltrate South America. Prosecutor Alberto Nisman outlined espionage bases created by Tehran in more than half a dozen countries, and described the operations of the former Iranian cultural attache in Buenos Aires, Mohsen Rabbani,...

Iran may have successfully destroyed evidence of nuclear-related work conducted at its Parchin facility. Officials from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog presented satellite imagery to Western officials by the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog yesterday. Herman Nackaerts, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), made the comment during a closed-door...

Canadian officials on Wednesday announced that Canada would cease all trade with Iran. At issue are a range of Iranian policies and atrocities, ranging from human rights abuses to Iran’s continued violation of U.N. resolutions demanding that it reduce the opacity around its atomic program: “The absence of progress …...

The regime is in the midst of an offensive against opposition forces and has been making steady gains in seizing rebel positions. Fighting has been raging around the strategically critical city of Qusayr, and Free Syrian Army chief Salim Idris fears that an atrocity is looming: Gen Idriss made an...

The prestigious Franz Kafka Prize, selected by an international jury from a shortlist of 12 globally recognized writers, will be awarded later this year to acclaimed Israeli author Amos Oz. Oz is one of the leading writers in Israel today, known not only for his expansive authorship, but also outspoken political...

The second biennial Jerusalem Innovative Tourism Summit kicked off Tuesday, bringing international industry leaders to a parley that organizers promise will showcase groundbreaking technologies in a fast-changing industry. Marquee speakers at this year’s two-day event include Michael Arad – the Israeli-American architect who designed the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center –...

Turkish analysts are sounding alarm bells over recent legislation adopted by Turkey that tightens restrictions on alcohol sales. The move has deepened worries that the country’s Islamist government is limiting individual rights in the interest of imposing Islamist norms. The legislation, which also bans alcohol advertisements, is being blasted by secular opponents for undermining what used...