Reports in a Kuwaiti paper Friday morning indicate that Qatar has temporarily cut its funding for the Gaza-based Muslim Brotherhood-offshoot Hamas terrorist organization, in an attempt to cull favor with Egypt and lead to rapprochement between the two rival nations. The report in Al Jarida cited a senior Egyptian source saying that Qatar has
A roadside bomb struck an Egyptian army vehicle late Thursday, killing an officer and a soldier in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said, according to the AFP news agency. The attack occurred south of the town of El-Arish, scene of frequent attacks by Islamist terrorists on security forces. One
An Israeli delegation is reportedly in Egypt Thursday to search for the remains of 22 missing soldiers. According to Egyptian media reports, the delegation arrived early this morning from Amman, Jordan. The bodies are believed to include those of 16 soldiers who went missing during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, as well as others
The real reason Israel did not attack Iran is just part of it. PM Netanyahu has been a brave Israeli Prime Minister on the Iranian nuclear issue. Why? The entire present-day country of Iran is rung with huge difficult mountains. In specific, the Zagros Mountains line Iran’s western borders and tower over 4,000 meters
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used a special Christmas address to highlight the plight of Christians in the wider Middle East, while contrasting Israel as a safe-haven for the region's Christian minorities. {youtube}xh80vhMG6MM{/youtube} "Christian communities across the Middle East are experiencing a particularly difficult time," Netanyahu said. "They're experiencing violence, execution and fear. This has
A Jordanian parliamentarian is so much against her country’s gas deal with Israel, that she would rather set herself on fire than see the deal being implemented. The MP, Hind Al-Fayez, said in a television interview that a Jordanian-Israeli gas deal was tantamount to having "dealings with Satan." "I will use firewood or
The Ministry of the Interior in Gaza is deploying security forces on the border with Israel and intensifying its presence in the area in order to prevent Palestinian Arabs from crossing into Israel from Gaza without documents, the Ma’an news agency reported on Wednesday. The announcement came hours after a gunfight erupted on the
Israelis and Palestinians are more skeptical now of the prospects of striking a final peace agreement than in previous years, a study has found. According to a joint poll commissioned by Jerusalem's Hebrew University and the Palestinian Center for Police and Survey Research, the long-term impact of the summer war between Israel and Gazan
When I first heard about the decision by the Tel Aviv municipality to cancel school trips to Jerusalem, citing security concerns, I must admit my reaction was one of borderline derision. Indeed, those who are actually acquainted with the reality on the ground inside Jerusalem know that - while some areas are genuinely dangerous if
An Egyptian jihadist group released video footage on Tuesday that it said showed the execution of two army informants in the insurgent flashpoint of the Sinai Peninsula, AFP reports. Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, the country's deadliest terrorist group which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (ISIS), has previously released videos of beheadings.
