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Israeli objections to releasing certain prisoners are blocking a swap deal in which an Israeli soldier captured three years would be freed, an official of the Palestinian movement Hamas said on Friday.
Settler leaders in Israel voiced their consternation Thursday over the government's 10-month building freeze, with one top leader telling the country's prime minister that the moratorium will be defied.
Every menorah tells a story. That's especially true of those in the collections of two Metro Detroit couples, Liz and Les Kannon in Ferndale and Rabbi David and Alicia Nelson in Southfield.
Washington, 4 December (WashingtonTV)—A surge in arms smuggling cases has raised fears that Iran is stepping up efforts to arm itself and militant groups in the region, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
During Israel's war on Gaza, only 5 of 535 congressional members dissented on pro-Israeli resolutions.
The Dead Sea, renowned for its mineral-rich waters and healing mud, faces the threat of being bled dry by the desert nations of Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Since the 1960s the three nations have been diverting nearly 95 percent of the water from the Jordan River, the Dead Sea's main water source, to supplement its growing agricultural and industrial needs.
TEHRAN, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- As tensions with Iran rise again, the Islamic Republic is reported to be expanding its naval power in the oil-rich Gulf and the Arabian Sea to be able to command the chokepoint Strait of Hormuz, the only way in or out of the Gulf.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Martin has told an Irish Government committee that his official request to visit Gaza was refused by the Israeli authorities.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Zinedine Zidane, a retired international soccer player, says he will visit the Gaza Strip in March to promote peace in the Middle East.
A former U.S. ambassador to Israel gave his analysis of the U.S. effort to bring peace to the Middle East, both past and present, in front of a standing room only audience at Thompson Alumni Center on Nov. 24. Martin Indyk, also vice president and director of the Brookings Institute, said he hoped his failures in brokering a peace arrangement between Israel and Palestine would serve as a ...
Obama's foreign policy takes a narrower view of American power -- we can't fight everyone all at once
A 7-pound monkey named Sam was found alive and alert when the capsule in which he flew 55 miles into space was opened after it splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The one-ton capsule was described as ...
Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday ruled out freeing one of the Palestinians' most popular leaders in exchange for captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
Gaza/Tel Aviv - Four Palestinians were injured Friday in Israeli shelling at the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabaliya, near the border with Israel, local Hamas sources said. One of the injured was in serious condition, they said. ...
JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Zinedine Zidane, a retired international soccer player, says he will visit the Gaza Strip in March to promote regional peace in the Middle East.
VIENNA (AP) — In a defiant speech, Iran's president declared Wednesday that his country will enrich uranium to a much higher level — a fresh rejection of an international plan to curb Tehran's nuclear program.
A proposal before the European Union to endorse the division of Jerusalem would risk closing off half the city to non-Muslims, according to a think tank close to the Israeli government.
Would you go to Yemen? David Beasley and his wife did this November. This was Beasley’s second trip to the country. They returned Nov. 11 from their two-week visit to the Middle East. The trip was for the Center for Global Strategies (CGS), a group that Beasley serves as board chairman.
Faith Attaguile and Larry Hampshire are traveling to Gaza this month, bringing aid with a Viva Palestina convoy. For their Christmas vacation one Del Mar couple will be working to make a difference in a country far from home. Faith Attaguile, 63, and Larry Hampshire, 78, will join a Viva Palestina convoy of 250 vehicles to deliver medical, humanitarian and educational supplies to the residents ...
EL BIREH, West Bank (CNS) -- Muppet Haneen and her friend, Kareem the rooster, are learning how to dress themselves and have fun with their letters. They are discovering how to overcome their fears and accept differences in others.
Jewish settlers pressed on Thursday with their refusal to abide by a government-ordered freeze on building in West Bank settlements, and blocked inspectors from entering one such community to enforce the edict.
