Israeli officials are working to contain the diplomatic fallout from the government’s announcement to advance plans for the construction of 3,000 new housing units in areas immediately east of Jerusalem. The Israeli plan was unveiled in the aftermath of the Palestinians seeking and securing non-member statehood status in the United...

Independent and opposition newspapers in Egypt refused to publish editions on Tuesday, as protests in response to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s recent power grab and to the subsequent rushed constitutional draft approved by Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly. The crisis in political legitimacy – which began when Morsi issued a decree...

Iranian officials claim to be enhancing their cyber-warfare capabilities, with announcements in recent days of a new center that will enable Tehran to “fight with the enemy in this arena.” The statements were made at a conference organized by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), an entity whose President...

Iran stationed military officials in North Korea last October, apparently to strengthen missile and nuclear cooperation between Tehran and Pyongyang, according to reports in Japanese media. The Kim regime is in the midst of a violent purge that began inside government and party institutions, and which as of last week...

Al-Qaeda was behind a planned wave of terror attacks across Amman, targeting among other sites the U.S. embassy in the Jordanian capital. The plot was broken apart last month but the news will call attention to inroads that Islamist elements have made in Jordan, a Western ally and a country...

Jerusalem has, in the aftermath of the Palestinian move, approved the constructionof 3,000 new homes in areas east of Jerusalem and transferred more than $100 million in Palestinian taxes to pay down Palestinian debt owed to Israeli energy companies. European countries, most prominently Britain and France, have blasted the move...

U.S. lawmakers are preparing responses to last week’s U.N. diplomatic gambit by the Palestinian Authority, which saw the organization defy President Obama and undermine U.S. diplomacy by unilaterally seeking a declaration of non-member statehood via the U.N. and outside of bilateral negotiations with Israel. The Senate is preparing legislation that...

Analysis citing strain between Iran and Hamas, which has been used by some analysts to urge engagement with the Palestinian terror group, is being called into question as evidence emerges challenge both the analysis and its implied diplomatic recommendations. The suggestion had long been treated asun serious due to repeated...

Protests continue to roil Egypt in the aftermath of a power grab by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood-linked President issued a decree more than a week ago reserving for himself broad powers and insulating him from judicial review, prompting widespread protests in response to what many Egyptians saw...

The United States Senate has voted 94-0 Friday to impose new sanctions on Iran, building on restrictions targeting the country’s oil and financial industries. The amendment, which is attached to the Senate’s defense authorization bill, would formally designate Iran’s energy, port, shipping, and ship-building sectors for facilitating Iranian proliferation, and...