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A spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has denounced the “genocide” facing Christians in the Holy Land, declaring: “Every five minutes, a Christian dies in the Middle East, and Muslim leaders know it.”
byThomas D. Williams, Ph.D.23 Mar 2018, 5:33 AM PDT0
The Israel Defense Forces and US military ended their joint Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise this week, with live-fire tests of two anti-aircraft systems over the skies of central Israel.
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 4:53 AM PDT0
KIBBUTZ ZEELIM, Israel — Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. “This is the mine of the future,” he beams.
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 4:33 AM PDT0
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday renewed his demand that Hamas hand control over the entire Gaza Strip to the PA government, starting with the terror group’s security forces.
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 4:00 AM PDT0
In a video published on social media earlier this week, a Saudi journalist and historian — speaking in Hebrew — tried to reassure Israelis that there was nothing to fear from his country’s nuclear ambitions.
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 3:29 AM PDT0
An Austrian embassy attaché was recalled from his role in Tel Aviv after photos emerged of him wearing a clothing brand co-owned by Identitarian activist and leader Martin Sellner who was recently detained and refused entry into the UK.
byChris Tomlinson23 Mar 2018, 3:11 AM PDT0
WARSAW, Poland — Polish victims of World War II should be able to claim 440 billion euros ($543 billion) from Germany in World War II damages, the head of a parliamentary commission said Thursday.
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 2:24 AM PDT0
The two terror attacks in the past seven days in Mevo Dotan and Jerusalem’s Old City, which claimed the lives of three Israelis in total, naturally put defense forces across the country on high alert ahead of the coming Passover holiday, but doubly so in the capital.
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 2:03 AM PDT0
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday called for US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to be added to a “global terror list” as it stepped up its war of words with the American envoy, days after PA President Mahmoud Abbas denounced him as a “son of a dog” and “settler.”
byBreitbart Jerusalem23 Mar 2018, 1:21 AM PDT0
An Israeli company located in Judea and Samaria is working to combat the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement through a monthly box subscription that allows supporters throughout the world the opportunity to be part of the Israel experience.
byAdelle Nazarian22 Mar 2018, 5:39 PM PDT0
WASHINGTON, DC — The struggling socialist Venezuelan regime, a global hub for crime-terror convergence, has been harboring criminal and terrorist groups such as Iran’s proxy Hezbollah, Chinese Triads, the Russian Mafia, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), an expert on Latin America told lawmakers.
byEdwin Mora22 Mar 2018, 10:02 AM PDT0
RAMALLAH – A series of recent health scares have raised concerns about octogenarian President Mahmoud Abbas, reviving anxiety about a potentially chaotic succession battle bound to further weaken the Palestinian cause.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 8:35 AM PDT0
L-SWAQA, Jordan — A U.S.-funded counterterrorism center has opened in Jordan where law enforcement officers from partner countries in the Middle East and beyond can practice shooting, storming hideouts and responding to bomb threats.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 5:40 AM PDT0
Two Hamas security force members were killed Thursday as they carried out a raid that resulted in the arrest of a suspect in a recent bomb attack against the Palestinian prime minister, officials said.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 5:27 AM PDT0
An Israeli soccer player and the captain of the Iranian national team took to the Internet to show that the people of Iran and the people of Israel do not harbor hate.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 4:49 AM PDT0
Two Jordanians were sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in jail with hard labor for planning attacks on the Amman embassies of Russia, Iran and Israel.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 4:17 AM PDT0
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel will prevent its enemies from obtaining nuclear weapons after its military admitted it carried out a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:58 AM PDT0
WASHINGTON — The Taylor Force Act, which would slash funding to the Palestinians until Ramallah stops payments to terrorists or their families, will likely pass this week as part of a massive US government spending bill.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:41 AM PDT0
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran has neutralized US plans in the Middle East, in a speech Wednesday marking the Persian New Year.
byBreitbart Jerusalem22 Mar 2018, 2:11 AM PDT0
On Monday, a major American Jewish leader, Ronald Lauder, published a call to arms against Israel in the New York Times.
byCaroline Glick21 Mar 2018, 4:04 PM PDT0
An Israeli tourist visiting his brother in Paris has claimed that a taxi driver in the French capital threatened to slit his throat after realising that he was a Jew from Israel during the journey. Israeli Ronen Edri told his story
byChris Tomlinson21 Mar 2018, 2:41 PM PDT0
As the Trump administration strongly considers the possibility of withdrawing from the disastrous, Obama-era nuclear accord with Iran, Israel sent a clear warning to Tehran on Tuesday by officially confirming the IDF was behind the 2007 airstrikes in northeastern Syria that destroyed the country’s nuclear reactor.
byAaron Klein21 Mar 2018, 10:25 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel’s 120 mile fence along the Egyptian border is preventing a “flood” of illegal African migrants from coming into the country, which is “worse” than terrorists in the Sinai peninsula.
byDeborah Danan21 Mar 2018, 8:04 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – The IDF confirmed Wednesday that it carried out the 2007 airstrike in northeastern Syria that destroyed a nuclear reactor, ending a decade of secrecy over one the most daring military operations in recent history.
byDeborah Danan21 Mar 2018, 7:48 AM PDT0
The outgoing head of Military Intelligence issued a stern warning to Israel’s enemies against launching attacks on Israel during the upcoming holiday season, amid increasing tension on the country’s northern and southern borders.
byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Mar 2018, 4:07 AM PDT0
The Palestinian Authority may study the possibility of declaring the Gaza Strip a rogue area, solidifying the split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Mar 2018, 3:15 AM PDT0
Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled neighborhood of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than 20 others, Syrian state-run media said, marking one of the highest death tolls in a single attack targeting the capital.
byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Mar 2018, 2:47 AM PDT0
NEW YORK — Twitter shares were hammered Tuesday at midday following reports that Israel was weighing action against the company, adding to the growing woes of social media stocks.
byBreitbart Jerusalem21 Mar 2018, 1:38 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – A group of Israeli women were barred from participating in a femininity and gender identity festival in Norway over what the organizers described as Israel’s “propaganda” using culture to “whitewash or justify its occupation of the Palestinian people.”
byDeborah Danan20 Mar 2018, 5:09 PM PDT0
Several major developments on the Israeli-Palestinian front may increase the likelihood of continued “lone wolf” terrorist attacks targeting Israelis combined with already planned chaos in the coming weeks. The supposed lone wolf incidents may be part of an orchestrated Palestinian terrorist crusade.
byAaron Klein20 Mar 2018, 4:58 PM PDT0
Iran has accused Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) of spreading “amateurish lies” by saying that Iran is harboring al-Qaeda terrorists, including the late Osama bin Laden’s son, to mask the kingdom’s role in 9/11.
byAdelle Nazarian20 Mar 2018, 2:14 PM PDT0
In a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the White House Tuesday, President Donald Trump did not reveal whether he was considering recertifying the Iran deal when the decision reaches his desk in May, telling reporters, “you’ll see what happens.”
byFrances Martel20 Mar 2018, 10:39 AM PDT0
President Donald Trump sent the Iranian people a Nowruz (New Year) message and blasted the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for funding terrorism and propping up dictators at the cost of the livelihood of their people at home.
byAdelle Nazarian20 Mar 2018, 8:23 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – A joint Israeli-Polish Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Poland was canceled after the country’s authorities tried to censor the speech of an Israeli mayor that apparently contained references to Polish participation in atrocities committed during the war.
byDeborah Danan20 Mar 2018, 8:16 AM PDT0
TEL – AVIV – President Donald Trump’s special Middle East envoy slammed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday for calling the U.S. ambassador to Israel a “son of a dog” and choosing “hateful rhetoric” over bettering the lives of his people.
byDeborah Danan20 Mar 2018, 8:12 AM PDT0
Ra’anana became the first city in Israel to have an openly gay mayor on Sunday, when Eitan Ginzburg completed his first full day of work on the job.
byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 4:58 AM PDT0
The Hamas terror group has accused Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas of seeking to undermine Palestinian unity, following his decision announced on Monday to impose sanctions on the Gaza Strip for the attempted assassination of Rami Hamdallah.
byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 4:31 AM PDT0
France announced Monday it will investigate the case of an employee of its Jerusalem consulate who was indicted today for allegedly running guns from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 4:00 AM PDT0
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas launched an unprecedentedly scathing attack Monday on US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, calling him a “son of a dog” and a “settler.”
byBreitbart Jerusalem20 Mar 2018, 2:05 AM PDT0
NEW YORK — Numerous officials from John Kerry’s State Department have been fingered for playing roles in the distribution – and in one case, possibly also the compilation – of the largely discredited 35-page anti-Trump dossier.
byAaron Klein19 Mar 2018, 11:53 AM PDT0
This weekend’s events in London highlighted a new crackdown on right-wing personalities and free speech in the United Kingdom, as Tommy Robinson delivered the banned Martin Sellner speech in Speaker’s Corner. A few weeks back, journalists Lauren Southern and Brittany
byRaheem Kassam19 Mar 2018, 10:22 AM PDT0
A councilmember in Washington, DC, first defended, then apologized for claiming the Jews “control the weather” to bury the city in snow.
byWarner Todd Huston19 Mar 2018, 10:02 AM PDT0
Louis Farrakhan has been spreading this poison for decades. Nevertheless, here are nine Democrat lawmakers with connections to the hate preacher, starting with former President Barack Obama.
byJohn Nolte19 Mar 2018, 9:06 AM PDT0
Extremist Islamic groups in the Middle East come and go. When they go — as has the Islamic State (ISIS) — the regional void left quickly fills. Most often, and usually through proxies, the “filler” is Iran.
byJames Zumwalt19 Mar 2018, 8:05 AM PDT0
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian terrorist who stabbed an Israeli to death in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday had entered Israel legally using a termporary permit that allowed him to look for employment, the Shin Bet security service said.
byDeborah Danan19 Mar 2018, 7:53 AM PDT0
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