Evaluating the tragic episode of former Mossad officer Ben Zygier, who committed suicide in an Israeli prison two and half years ago, a select committee from Israel’s Knesset has told the Mossad – Israel’s foreign espionage agency – that it has to improve its recruitment process and streamline its contacts...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again called on Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table. The Israeli prime minister is reportedly considering a number of confidence building measures which may entice the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations, potentially including the release of some Palestinian...

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Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed his commitment to restarting the Isaeli-Palestinian peace process and establishing a secure Jewish state alongside a viable Palestinian state. Israeli officials all the way up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have expressed support for Kerry’s efforts. Palestinian officials, less so: [Tawfik Tirawi]...

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Palestinian terrorists launched rockets at Israel on Sunday, marking a violation of the mostly stable ceasefire that has taken hold since Israel completed its Operation Pillar of Defense last November, which saw Jerusalem substantially degrade the advanced weaponry and military leadership of the Palestinian Hamas faction. The rocket launched was...

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This weekend’s Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, after which Israel responded with airstrikes, can be traced to the war raging in Syria and, by extension, to Iran. The attack broke forty days of relative quiet. While Palestinians in Gaza have fired several rockets against Israel since Israel’s Operation Pillar of...

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Various Palestinian terror groups stationed in the Gaza Strip are planning summer camps in which children will be indoctrinated into hating Israel. In the United States, the task of running summer camps in which children are indoctrinated into hating Israel is left largely to self-styled “pro-peace” groups, including the Quaker-affiliated...

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The State Department constantly evaluates the global community on the degree to which it helps combat trafficking. A report recently released by State puts Israel near the top of the list: The report lauded Israel for its “law enforcement against sex and labor trafficking, improved identification of trafficking victims, and...

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Speaking at the fifth annual President’s Conference in Jerusalem, Quartet Representative Tony Blair ran through multiple scenarios under which Iran could be pressured economically and militarily, with varying degrees of success, regarding the opacity of its nuclear program. The former British Prime Minister declared that, of all the scenarios, an...

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Efforts are being made to bolster the contingent of UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights,even as it is being scaled down in the shadow of deteriorating stability between on the Israeli-Syrian border. Fiji, a tiny chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, agreed to send it troops to strengthen the...

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Washington Institute fellow David Makovsky has taken to the New York Times to argue that Europe has to follow the example set two years ago by President Obama and, bluntly, make Palestinian leaders and citizens face some difficult truths: The only way to achieve Palestinian statehood is through direct, unconditional talks with Israel....

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