Palestinians Clash With Police on Temple Mount
Today’s Top Stories 1. Police clashed with Palestinians on the Temple Mount yesterday, during the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av. The Jerusalem Post posted footage of Palestinians barricaded in the...
View ArticleICC Prosecutor Rejects Reopening Probe of Mavi Marmara
Today’s Top Stories 1. Sanity prevails in The Hague: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court rejected an order to reopen her probe into flotilla deaths during the 2010 Israeli...
View ArticleIsraeli Ire as UN Watchdog Ends Probe of Iranian Nukes
Today’s Top Stories 1. The International Atomic Energy Agency decided to end its probe of Iran’s past nuclear activities, paving the way for the implementation of the nuclear accord and the beginning...
View ArticleCongress Targets Hezbollah Finances
Today’s Top Stories 1. Congress approved a bill targeting Hezbollah financing by banning or sanctioning banks that do business with the terror group. The legislation also targets Hezbollah’s television...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sends Ehud Olmert to Jail for Bribery
Today’s Top Stories 1. Israel’s Supreme Court sentenced ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert to 18 months in prison, making him the first prime minister convicted of any crime. A lower court had sentenced him...
View ArticleBen Rhodes: White House Lied to Sell Iran Nuke Deal
Today’s Top Stories 1. Lot of buzz from David Samuels’ stunning profile of Ben Rhodes, the White House’s deputy national security adviser, in the New York Times Magazine. He admits the Obama...
View ArticleHamas to Publicly Execute 13 Palestinians
Today’s Top Stories 1. Hamas announced that it’s planning a series of public executions. According to AFP, the 13 Palestinians on death row were convicted of criminal offenses, “mostly murder connected...
View ArticleGermany: Iran Illegally Seeking Nuke, Missile Tech
Today’s Top Stories 1. According to German intelligence reports seen by the Jerusalem Post, Iran’s seeking illegal nuclear and missile technology, as well as its biological and chemical warfare...
View ArticleIsrael Approves Fence Along Northern Jordanian Border
Today’s Top Stories 1. Defense officials approved a fence along the northern Jordan border to prevent jihadist infiltrations. Fear of scenarios in which booby-trapped cars speed towards the border or...
View ArticleUS Court Throws Out $655 Million Terror Judgment Against PA, PLO
Today’s Top Stories 1. A US appeals court threw out a $655 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization for their connection to terror attacks that killed a...
View ArticleDid Bahraini King Denounce Boycott of Israel?
Today’s Top Stories 1. Bahrain’s king denounced the Arab boycott of Israel and said his countrymen may visit the Jewish state, according to Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los...
View ArticleIsraeli Air Force Retaliates for Gaza’s Flaming Kites
Today’s Top Stories 1. Palestinians launched more flaming kites at Israel on Friday. The kites did little damage this weekend (the winds blew them back over Gaza). However, the IDF retaliated for the...
View ArticleUS Quits Iran Nuclear Deal — Now What?
Today’s Top Stories 1. Trump announced the US is withdrawing from the Iranian nuclear deal and reinstating sanctions. Israel and the Gulf states were happy. Europe expressed its regrets. Iran...
View ArticleAbbas Playing Spoiler for Gaza Ceasefire?
Today’s Top Stories 1. According to Mideast media reports, Hamas has agreed to a gradual ceasefire “that would begin with a halt to arson attacks and other violence along the Gaza border in exchange...
View ArticleWhat Does US Withdrawal From Syria Mean for Israel?
Today’s Top Stories 1. The fallout from the White House’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria continues. The New York Times cited unidentified Israeli intelligence officials saying they felt...
View ArticleIran: The Global Threat
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a global threat, synonymous with terror. Not without reason did president George Bush Jr. famously label Iran as part of the “Axis of Evil” in 2003 and call it out as...
View ArticleWhen Anonymous Washington Sources Sling Mud At Israel
Love them or hate them, the news industry needs anonymous sources. Sometimes, the information they provide can’t be obtained from anywhere else. I get that. But journalists must use nameless sources...
View ArticleUS Confirms Iran Side Deal With IAEA
Today’s Top Stories Susan Rice 1. US National Security Adviser Susan Rice confirmed that Iran a cut a side deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Besides agreeing to discuss the past...
View ArticlePalestinians Clash With Police on Temple Mount
Today’s Top Stories 1. Police clashed with Palestinians on the Temple Mount yesterday, during the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av. The Jerusalem Post posted footage of Palestinians barricaded in the...
View ArticleICC Prosecutor Rejects Reopening Probe of Mavi Marmara
Today’s Top Stories 1. Sanity prevails in The Hague: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court rejected an order to reopen her probe into flotilla deaths during the 2010 Israeli...
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