Israel grants Gazans entry permits

The Israeli government has requested that the Defense establishment issue entry permits to 500 Palestinian businessmen from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, in direct response to the relative clam currently presiding…

Gaza fires rocket at Israel during Netanyahu rally

A rocket fired by Palestinian-Islamists in Gaza was intercepted by Israel’s air defense systems last night. The Israeli military confirmed the launch toward the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, which…

Gaza to scale back protests against Israel

Gaza leaders have announced that protests along the separation border with Israel will no longer be called on a weekly basis, but instead convened on dates with significance to the…

Thousands celebrate Christmas in Holy Land

Christmas cheer rang out as Christians celebrated this year’s festivities throughout the Holy Land. In his annual videotaped Christmas greeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “The State of Israel is…

Netanyahu: ICC war crimes probe based on anti-Semitism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of anti-Semitism, over its chief prosecutor's plan to pursue a war crimes probe in the Palestinian territories. Netanyahu…

Turkey denies allowing Hamas operation on its soil

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has denied a Daily Telegraph report that Ankara permits Islamist-Hamas agents to plan and execute terror attacks against Israel from its territory. According to the British…

Second Hamas rocket attack within 24 hours

Palestinian-Islamists in Gaza fired yet another rocket toward southern Israel on Thursday, marking the second such strike in 24 hours. Air raid sirens were sounded in the border community of…

Abbas: no Palestinian elections “at any cost”

The Palestinian Authority has declared reluctance to hold national legislative and presidential elections, unless the State of Israel grants Arab residents of Jerusalem “permission to participate” in the balloting. The…

Gazan’s launched rocket at Israel overnight

Islamist-Palestinians fired a rocket from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip toward Israel’s southern communities in overnight violence. Air raid sirens blared around 2:30 AM in the city of Sderot. Some 28,000…