Global concern is spiking as evidence emerges that Syria has loaded sarin gas materials into chemical warheads. Once prepared and loaded the weapons have 60 days before they expire, raising fears that the Bashar al-Assad regime intends to use them imminently against rebel forces seeking its overthrow. The Syrian war,...

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Palestinian Authority officials are now threatening to wage a campaign of international legal warfare against Israel, leveraging the upgraded status they secured via a diplomatic gambit at the United Nations last week. PA officials are raising the possibility that they will sue Israel over West Bank construction in the International...

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Fears that the Palestinian Authority will use its upgraded status in the United Nations to wage diplomatic warfare against Israel were heightened today by reports that the PA may sue Israel in the International Criminal Court over settlement construction. The news is in line with the pronouncements of Palestinian officials...

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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...

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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...

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United States diplomats are blasting a vote in the United Nations General Assembly in which the UNGA voted to upgrade the Palestinian status at the United Nations to that of a non-member observer state. U.S. Secretary of State Clinton criticized the resolution – which passed with 138 votes in favor,...

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that he plans to visit Gaza next week. The move comes as foreign policy analysts and journalists are pointing to the negative effect that Erdogan’s “bombast” toward Israel has had on Ankara’s prestige and influence. Erdogan’s criticism of Israel’s Operation Pillar of...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed earlier today the Palestinian bid for non-member state status at the United Nations, emphasizing that while Israeli seeks to live in peace alongside a Palestinian state, the diplomatic gambit set for tonight “doesn’t advance peace, it pushes it backwards.” The Palestinian move, which is...

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A significant majority of Americans are concerned about the rise of the Islamist government of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, and nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters favor cutting aid to Egypt if the country abrogates its peace agreement with Israel, according to a recent poll (Charts) conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner...

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Israel has successfully tested its newest advanced missile defense system, David’s Sling. Tthe system is designed to intercept medium and long-range missiles with ranges of 40 km to 300 km. It will supplement Israel’s short-range Iron Dome system, which had unprecedented success during last week’s Operation Pillar of Defense. David’s...

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