In a deal more than five years in the making, Israel and Hamas have reached a prisoner exchange agreement that will free IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Gaza terrorists in a cross-border raid in June 2006. According…
With less than two weeks to go before a quasi-deadline for the resumption of Israel-Palestinian negotiations, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday the sides would be invited by the Mideast Quartet “to meet in the coming…
The Palestinians got another symbolic boost recently from a United Nations cultural body, but they have yet to gain needed support from several key nations in the West or the UN itself. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)…
The Mideast Quartet—consisting of the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia—is set to meet on Sunday to discuss the Israel-Palestinian peace process. The meeting comes just two weeks ahead of a quasi-deadline called for last month…
An Iranian news agency made headlines this week when they reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threatened to fire rockets at Israel should NATO attack Syria. The warning reportedly came during a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. There’s…
A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning the Syrian government for its ongoing violent crackdown against protesters in its country was vetoed Tuesday by Russia and China. US envoy to the UN Susan Rice said the US was “outraged”…