Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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September 17, 2013
6:18 pm

A postal service employe walks next to columns of gas mask kits at a distribution center in Jerusalem, August 29, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)

‘Should there be a need’: The inside story of Israel’s chemical and biological arsenal

What weapons does the Jewish state possess? Why did it seek them? And could Assad’s apparent capitulation prompt calls for a wider cleansing?

By Mitch Ginsburg

September 17, 2013
5:35 pm

Smoke from Syrian fighting seen from across the border in Turkey (photo credit: AP/AP Video)

Car bomb hits Syria-Turkey border crossing

At least 12 people reported injured as explosion rocks rebel-controlled region

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 17, 2013
5:34 pm

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from to court, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Amr Nabil)

Mubarak: Netanyahu wanted to resettle Palestinians in Sinai

Former Egyptian president dishes out dirt on regional leaders in new recordings

By Naama Barak

September 17, 2013
5:02 pm

Ehud Banai performs in 2008 (photo credit: CC BY-SA Whistling in the Dark/Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli rock star cancels settlement concert… after right-wing criticism

Ehud Banai’s manager says ‘rowdy, fiery and crazy comments’ from hawkish activists prompted singer to bow out

By Aaron Kalman

September 17, 2013
4:50 pm

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (right) and Islamic Jihad leader Sheik Nafez Azzam in 2008. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Hamas and Islamic Jihad to form joint command

Partnership may be harbinger of a new Islamist government in the Gaza Strip, expert says; Hamas scrambles to placate Egypt

By Elhanan Miller

September 17, 2013
4:50 pm

Illustrative photo of Tehran fashion (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

Photo gallery: Tehran’s street style

A collection of photos from around the Iranian capital of dapper men and ladies draped in billowing shawls and playful colors

September 17, 2013
4:49 pm

Illustrative photo of a cellphone tower (photo credit: CC BY Joe Ravi/Wikipedia)

Palestinians demand removal of 100 cellular towers in West Bank

Communications minister seeks to designate antennas as crucial to security, which would prevent their dismantlement

By Gavriel Fiske

September 17, 2013
4:49 pm

Mohammed Badie, the supreme leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, pictured after his detention in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 20 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Interior Ministry)

Egyptian court upholds freeze of Islamists’ assets

Funds of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and his deputies were seized after ex-president Morsi’s ouster

By AP

September 17, 2013
4:10 pm

A soldier at the border fence between Israel and Lebanon (photo credit: Hamad Almakt/Flash 90)

Army to pull soldiers from 22 towns near Gaza, Lebanon

IDF says better border security means troops no longer needed inside communities; West Bank settlements to retain protection

By Michal Shmulovich

September 17, 2013
2:44 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague, second right, before a meeting regarding Syria, at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Larry Downing)

Syria’s chemical deal and Israel’s sigh of relief

Arab observers claim Israel is the big winner of the plan to strip the Assad regime of its chemical weapons

By Elhanan Miller

September 17, 2013
2:30 pm

Deputy ministers Eli Ben Dahan (left), Danny Danon (second right), Ze'ev Elkin (right) and former MK Aryeh Eldad outside Lion's Gate after participating a march on the eve of Tisha B'av, around the city walls of Jerusalem's Old City, July 15, 2013. (photo credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

17 coalition MKs warn PM: We oppose a Palestinian state

‘We don’t want to wake up one morning and see a draft we cannot live with,’ Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon tells Times of Israel

By Raphael Ahren

September 17, 2013
1:39 pm

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Majd Lahluh during his funeral at Jenin refugee camp in Jenin on August 20, 2013. Israeli troops shot the Palestinian youth and wounded two others during an arrest operation in the city, the army said. (Photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

One dead, dozens wounded in overnight clashes in Jenin

Soldiers meet stiff resistance while attempting to arrest terrorist in West Bank city; IDF says incident will be reviewed

By Gavriel Fiske

September 17, 2013
1:00 pm

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Minister to look into alternatives to ‘infiltrator law’

South Tel Aviv residents protest Monday’s High Court ruling striking down amendment that allowed detention of migrants for up to 3 years

By Gavriel Fiske

September 17, 2013
12:48 pm

Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran restores blocks on Facebook, Twitter

‘Technical glitch’ that briefly removed filters from social networks quickly rectified — again making Iranian followers unable to access sites

By AP

September 17, 2013
12:20 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, on August 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran confirms exchange of letters with Obama

Two days after US president verifies communication between the two countries, Iranian foreign ministry does the same

By Naama Barak and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

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