A series of anti-Hamas leaks from Egyptian security forces — in which the Iran-backed terror group is blamed for fomenting violence inside Egypt — may be gaining traction in the Egyptian public sphere. The charges are part of a media war between Hamas and the Egyptian army. The army blames...

This week’s reactions from Arab and Muslim leaders to airstrikes on Syria, widely attributed by non-Israeli sources to Israel, reached new levels of hypocrisy even by the formidable standards of the Middle East. The Arab League, led by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, condemned the strikes. Both of those nations supply...

A massive car bomb Saturday killed 46 people in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near the country’s border with Syria. Turkish officials blamed the Bashar al-Assad regime for the attack: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday that he believed fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad were behind...

Following repeated Iranian threats to block shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, an international fleet of 35 navy ships are in the Gulf for the world’s largest naval anti-mine exercise. Led by Britain’s Royal Navy, representatives from 41 different navies are spending three weeks practicing the detection and clearance...

Following a weekend in which pressure steadily grew on Washington D.C.’s Newseum to rescind a planned memorial for two Hamas terrorists, the journalism museum this morning announced that it was reevaluating its decision. The statement noted that “further investigation” will take place. The controversy stems from a posted announcement, discovered by The Weekly Standard...

A growing controversy over plans by Washington D.C.’s Newseum to memorialize two Hamas terrorists slain last November grew significantly Sunday evening. Leading Jewish and human rights organizations expressed “shock and outrage” at the possibility that operatives, paid by a U.S.-designated terrorist entity blacklisted by the Obama administration under Executive Order 13324, would be...

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the world’s most influential Muslim preachers who regularly prays for the annihilation of the Jewish people, visited Gaza this week in a show of his support for the territory’s Hamas terrorist rulers. He claims to have previously been in Gaza in 1958. The octogenarian televangelist vowed...

Vigilantism is on the rise throughout Egypt as the economy contracts, political legitimacy crumbles, and security deteriorates. The quotes assembled by Bloomberg for their story on the dynamic are… stark “Fear is big business nowadays,” Hussein said. “People buy the guns because they’re afraid. People buy the guns because they...

A scandal triggered yesterday by a Weekly Standard expose today expanded to engulf Washington D.C.’s Newseum, a museum dedicated to showcasing the history of journalism. Yesterday the Weekly Standard revealed that the Newseum would be honoring two Hamas terrorists as journalists killed in the line of duty. The honorees were...

A new poll [PDF] by the Pew Research Group highlights stark differences between Israeli and Palestinian public sentiment on a range of issues, including on the need for a peaceful two-state resolution to the Israeli-Arab conflict. Israelis continue to believe in a peaceful two-state solution to the Middle East conflict,...