The latest round of talks between Iran and the major world powers have again highlighted that the West longs for talks to triumph over conflict, while Iran is happy to let such hopes linger. While the question of whether such…
More than 140,000 tons of goods were imported into the Gaza Strip via the Israeli crossing with the coastal enclave during January alone, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. A total of 4,991 trucks carried those shipments into Gaza, just…
A United Nations-sponsored panel investigating human rights crimes in the Syrian conflict has recommended possibly taking matters to the International Criminal Court (ICC), but any such action is up to the powerful UN Security Council. Russia and China, who have…
The recent the two-year anniversary of the house arrests of opposition leaders in Iran has again raised concerns about human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic—and the US and Israel are promoting awareness. A US State Department press release last…
Efforts to reconcile the main Palestinian political groups are once again taking a “two-steps forward, one-step backwards” approach, as divisions on the issue of holding joint elections appear to be the latest complication. While an official from Palestinian President Mahmoud…
Following a prediction last year that Iran would enrich enough mid-level nuclear fuel to reach a “red line” by this summer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted on Monday that Tehran is making progress in that direction. Netanyahu, in a…