Yair Lapid

November 21, 2024 | |

‘Expect a Strong Response’: ICC Issues Arrest Warrants Against Israel’s Prime Minister and Former Defense Minister

ICC Alleges Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes: A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli...

October 25, 2024 | Enia Krivine |

Despite Pressure From Washington, Israel Considers Curtailing UNRWA

Benny Gantz, a leading opposition member of the Israeli Knesset, advocated on October 22 for a vote on two pieces of legislation that would significantly curtail the activities of the United Nations Relief...

October 23, 2024 | |

Defying Outside Pressure, Israeli Parliamentarians Vow to Proceed With Legislation Targeting ‘Terrorist Organization’ UNRWA

Several Western governments are leaning on Israel to drop proposed legislation to sever contacts with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) — despite copious evidence...

October 10, 2024 | |

Israeli Security Cabinet Meets on Iran Attack Response Plan

Israel’s security cabinet convened on October 10 to discuss a potentially imminent counterstrike on Iran. The secretive decision-making forum gathered in Tel Aviv to discuss...

July 29, 2024 | |

Turkey’s President Threatens Military Action Against Israel

Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened military action against Israel on July 28, a day after 12 children in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams were killed by a rocket...

July 24, 2024 | David May, Noy Barel

Violence Continues to Plague Israeli Arab Communities

Medics found Khaled Ahmed Hussein’s black pickup truck wrapped around a tree in Deir Hanna in northern Israel; the front windows were shattered. Assailants shot and killed Hussein, the cousin...

June 17, 2024 | |

U.S. Envoy Arrives in Israel Amid Growing Focus on Hezbollah Escalation

White House special envoy to the Middle East Amos Hochstein arrived in Israel on June 17 amid skepticism in the Israeli media that he would be able to rein in the growing threat...

June 6, 2024 | Eyal Hulata |

What Will the U.S. Do to Stop a Nuclear Iran?

President Biden made ironclad commitments to Israel.

February 23, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden’s Hezbollah Plan Is a Win-Win—for the Terrorists

Israel faces a harsh reality in an election year for the United States.

November 9, 2023 | |

UAE Building Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip 

Latest Developments The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is building a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, sending a total of 16 cargo planes full of supplies, equipment, and building material to Egypt as of...

October 24, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow |

Did Hamas just prove the Abraham Accords right? 

Four days after Hamas began its massacre of Israeli civilians, King Abdullah II of Jordan addressed his country’s parliament, telling lawmakers that Jordan’s “compass...

October 23, 2023 | |

Egypt and Jordan Condemn Israeli Response to Hamas Massacre

Latest Developments Egypt and Jordan on October 21 condemned Israel’s military response to the October 7 massacre by Hamas. Speaking at a peace summit in Cairo, the leaders of both Arab nations denounced...

August 1, 2023 | Tony Badran |

In Lebanon, Israel and America Are on Opposite Sides

Israel backpedals, while Hezbollah grows bolder

May 24, 2023 | Mark Dubowitz, Tzvi Kahn

High time for a ‘Hajj Express’ for Israeli Muslims

With the Hajj being only a month away, Saudi Arabia has a chance to take the high road with Israeli Muslims and sidestep the obstacles in their efforts to normalize relations. Riyadh is hereby called upon,...

February 24, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer, Joe Truzman

Why the West Bank is in chaos

Palestinian terrorism in Israel is on the rise. Daily headlines convey a steady stream of stabbings, vehicular attacks, and other forms of violence. Few expect the media to be fair, much less balanced....

February 8, 2023 | Tony Badran |

Hezekiah’s Mistake

As Netanyahu tries to manage relations with a fracturing American empire, he would do well to read Isaiah

December 28, 2022 | Tony Badran |

Why bilateralism is key to any Saudi-Israeli agreement

Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches...

December 15, 2022 | Enia Krivine, Joe Truzman

Targeting Hamas, Israel tries to reestablish deterrence in Gaza

Earlier this month, the Israeli Defense Forces sent jets into the Gaza Strip, surgically targeting Hamas military sites in the coastal enclave. The IDF operation was a response to rocket fire from Gaza...

December 1, 2022 | |

Eyeing Iran, the U.S. and Israel Conduct Combined Air Exercise

The United States Air Force and the Israeli Air Force began a combined air exercise in Israel on Tuesday that includes fighter aircraft from both countries and a U.S. air refueling tanker. The exercise helps build the readiness of both air forces and their ability to operate together while honing some of the exact capabilities Israel would need to conduct a successful kinetic strike against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program. While a Pentagon spokesperson portrayed the exercise as routine, statements from the Israeli prime minister and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) left little doubt about their intended audience in Tehran.

November 23, 2022 | |

Jerusalem Bombings, Jenin Body-Snatch Rock Israel

Remote-controlled bombs exploded near-simultaneously at two Jerusalem bus stops during Wednesday's morning rush hour, wounding at least 22 and killing a 16-year-old Canadian-Israeli dual national. One day earlier, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian gunmen seized the body of an Israeli Druze youth, Tiran Ferro, who was critically injured in a car accident. While initial coverage reported Ferro was dead when his body was seized by Palestinian gunmen, Ferro’s uncle has claimed he was alive when taken from the Jenin hospital.