WASHINGTON — Israel barred two U.S. lawmakers from entering the country Thursday, setting off a new round of controversy in the debate over U.S. support for its ally in the Middle East. Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have been vocal critics of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. They were set to […]
JERUSALEM — Twenty-one people were killed by Israeli airstrikes Monday in Syria. The dead reportedly including 12 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The latest round of attacks between Israel and Iran began with a series of Israeli airstrikes Sunday on Iranian targets in Syria, attacks that have become almost routine. But this time the missile […]
Israel has been conducting military operations against Iran on Syrian soil for more than two years. Many missions have been shrouded in secrecy, but this week the Israelis offered rare confirmation of an airstrike on an Iranian weapons cache located near Damascus’ international airport. And Israel’s outgoing military chief, General Gadi Eisenkot, went into greater […]
After an investigation that spanned nearly a year and a half, the second person wanted in the April 7th, 2017 homicide of 17-year-old Leroy Lawrence, who was shot and killed in the Peterkin/Irwin area in Mountain View, has been arrested in Israel, the U.S. Marshal’s Service announced. According to the report, 20-year-old Haitim Mahir Taha was taken […]