U.S. Members of Congress are calling upon Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to take action against PA broadcasts that incite violence and hatred against Israelis and Jews: April 11, 2013 President Mahmoud Abbas Ramallah, West Bank via PLO Delegation to the United States 1732 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 20007 Dear...

Top Hamas officials are meeting in Qatar today to discuss a potential unity agreement with the rival Palestinian Fatah faction. Back in the West Bank, however Fatah officials are calling on the Iran-backed terror group to release a Fatah member currently jailed in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip: Fatah called on...

In the corridors of power in Jerusalem and Cairo, this week’s fire of two Grad rockets on Eilat came as a surprise to no one. Last week Israel deployed an Iron Dome battery to the Red Sea resort city after intelligence warnings of impending rocket attacks from Sinai. An additional...

In between heavy emphasis on drone advancements and diplomatic gambits on uranium enrichment, Iranian officials also used this year’s annual National Army Day to show off a variety of more familiar weapons and to level more routine threats against the West. Iranian army chief of staff Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi declared...

Iran’s National Army Day is marked annually by boasts regarding Tehran’s military prowess and by threats against the West. Analysts are noting that this year’s speeches and weapons displays have been pointedly bellicose even by the high standards previously set by the Islamic republic. One announcement in particular has triggered...

As it does every year, Iran celebrated its National Army Day on April 18 with parades marked by military hardware and anti-Western rhetoric. This year’s festivities were particularly big on drones: Iranian media outlets reported that Iran unveiled four kinds of drones including radar-evading Sarir unmanned aerial vehicle, Azem 2, and...

On one hand, the United States is acting to limit spillover from the Syrian conflict. Secretary of Defense Hagel announced recently that the U.S. was deploying assets to Jordan to potentially set up “a joint task force for military operations.” As many as 200 troops from Fort Bliss will work with...

Senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian has linked the Boston terror attack, the war in Mali, the war in Syria, and the war in Iraq to unnamed sinister forces that control the media and “funded the violence.” El-Erian was careful to phrase his accusations — posted in Arabic to his...

Egypt has deployed forces to the Sinai Peninsula several times since the start of this year without prior coordination with Israel. The violation of the two countries’ peace treaty was confirmed to The Tower by Israeli security officials. In other cases, according to Israeli security sources, Cairo has “coordinated” troop...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Africa this week on a three-nation trip that includes a stop in the uranium-rich country of Niger. The trip comes at a time of increasing reports and worries to the effect that Iran is increasing its influence in Africa, undermining stability on the continent, and...