Jordan threatens Israel not to annex West Bank

Jordanian King Abdullah II is openly warning Israel against implementing its West Bank annexation plans. In an interview with the German Der Spiegel magazine, the monarch stressed that the envisioned…

Gantz vows “historic” gains in Israeli security

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz declared that the newly-inducted government “will move forward responsibly and intelligently - the only way to bring about historic achievements strengthening…

Netanyahu: West Bank annexation “historic opportunity”

In defiance of international and Palestinian condemnation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the “historic opportunity” of legally annexing significant parts of the Jewish ancestral homeland will not be…

Attempted terrorist stabbing in Jerusalem

An Islamist terrorist attempted to conduct a stabbing-attack in southeast Jerusalem on the border between the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Armon HaNatsiv and Jabel Mukaber, which is entirely Arab. According…

Iran’s Khamenei vows to destroy Israel

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for unification by the Muslim world to annihilate Israel. In a televised address marking annual observance of “Jerusalem Day” (known in Arabic as…

Jerusalem marks 53 years since reunification

Celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem was somewhat muted this year, in accordance with limitations on festivities imposed by the Israeli Supreme Court over fear related…

Netanyahu’s corruption trial opens

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to appear before the Jerusalem District Court to attend the first session of his trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of…