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 […]
LONDON — A couple of years ago Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was shunned by the White House. President Barack Obama was overhead describing him as a “liar” and on the occasions the pair did meet the strained body language paid testimony to the mutual hostility. The two clashed over the peace process, Netanyahu’s Jewish settlements […]
The U.N. Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza after the deadliest day of violence there between Israel and the Palestinians in five years. U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov is due to brief the council from Jerusalem. Ahead of the […]