Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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May 15, 2014
12:28 am

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, 2nd from the right, smiles upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, where he is met by Israeli Major General (ret) Amos Gilad, 2nd from left, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, center, and US Defense Attache to Israel, Briggadier General John Shapland, right, on May 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Pool/Mandel Ngan)

Hagel lands in Israel to talk Syria, missile defense

US defense secretary to meet with Peres, Netanyahu and Ya’alon as he continues a multi-stop trip through the region

By Lazar Berman and AFP

May 15, 2014
12:14 am

John Kerry, left, with Mahmoud Abbas in Paris, France, on February 19, 2014. (photo credit: US State Department)

Kerry: Fate of talks lies with Israelis, Palestinians

In London, first meeting with Abbas since negotiations collapsed lasts almost two hours, yields little progress

By JO BIDDLE

May 14, 2014
11:07 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters clean their weapons and check ammunition at their base on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, November 14, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Syrian rebel officer: We could work with Israel to oust Assad, quietly

FSA intelligence officer also complains US failing to provide weaponry despite assurances it won’t fall into jihadist hands

By Elhanan Miller

May 14, 2014
11:04 pm

Rescuers carry out a dead miner on May 14, 2014 after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)

Israel offers aid to Turkey after mine disaster

Ankara thanks Foreign Ministry for offer; death toll climbs to 274, with some 150 people still missing

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

May 14, 2014
10:35 pm

In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, President Hasan Rouhani, right, and outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sit, in an official endorsement ceremony for Rouhani, in Tehran, Iran on Saturday, August 3. (photo credit: AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Khamenei lashes Israel in Twitter rant

Iranian supreme leader calls Jewish state a ‘fake nation’ and its leaders ‘wicked terrorists’

By Lazar Berman

May 14, 2014
9:10 pm

Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land Moussa el-Hage gestures during a press conference at his house in the northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa on May 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

Lebanon patriarch to visit Israel in bid to ‘surpass borders’

Defying Hezbollah criticism, spiritual leader aims to boost ‘Christian presence’ in the Middle East

By AFP

May 14, 2014
8:34 pm

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton addresses the American Jewish Committee Global Forum on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 (photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Hillary Clinton talks tough on Iran at Jewish conference

Likely presidential candidate says ‘no deal is better than a bad deal,’ voices skepticism as to chances for long-term agreement

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

May 14, 2014
8:07 pm

The Cenacle (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel denies sovereignty deal with Vatican on holy site

Zion Evrony, ambassador to the Vatican, says Israel has ‘no intention’ of ceding Jerusalem’s Tomb of David or the Cenacle

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

May 14, 2014
7:44 pm

On April 22, 2014 Hamas and Fatah leaders met in Gaza for talks on Palestinian reconciliation. An agreement was signed the next day. Pictured left to right: Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmed, head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh, and deputy speaker of the Palestinian Parliament Ahmed Bahar (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In sign of truce, Hamas evacuates Abbas’s Gaza residence

Armed men load desks and mattresses onto trucks in strong indication that sides are moving toward reconciliation

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 14, 2014
6:38 pm

Stanley L. Cohen, a lawyer representing Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, speaks to reporters outside federal court in New York City on March 24, 2014 (photo credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)

Scorn, icy stares follow terror suspects’ lawyers

Israel critic Stanley Cohen faces calls of ‘self-hating Jew’ for defending bin Laden’s son-in-law

By AP

May 14, 2014
6:32 pm

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka (screen capture: YouTube)

Boko Haram chief an ‘obscenity,’ says Nigerian Nobel winner

Wole Soyinka: Head of group that kidnapped 200 schoolgirls is ‘high on religion and drugs’

By Ben Simon

May 14, 2014
5:56 pm

A settler sits in front of a torn down house during the demolition and evacuation of 10 structures in the Ma'ale Rehavam outpost in the West Bank, on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, after the High Court rejected claims by settlers that the land the buildings are on was purchased legally (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Ma’ale Rehavam outpost buildings razed, 4 arrested

Illegal structures in Givat Asaf, Ramat Gilad also slated to be demolished in coming days

By Lazar Berman and Yifa Yaakov

May 14, 2014
5:47 pm

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the parliamentary group meeting of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on May 13, 2014, in Ankara. (photo credit: AFP/STR)

Turkey-Israel deal reached, awaits Netanyahu’s approval

Lifting Gaza blockade, originally a key demand from Ankara, will not be part of normalization agreement, source says

By Raphael Ahren

May 14, 2014
5:19 pm

Syrian rebels of unknown affiliation hold their weapons as they prepare to fight against Assad regime troops in Homs province, June 18, 2012 (photo credit: AP/File)

Alleged Israeli jihadi arrested upon return from Syria

Umm al-Fahm resident Ahmed Imad Shurbji fought with rebels along with three friends, Shin Bet says

By Mitch Ginsburg

May 14, 2014
4:46 pm

King Louis IX of France of the ill-fated Seventh Crusade in a room featuring Crusader seals and crests in the St. Louis French Hospital in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Moti Tufeld)

In Jerusalem, a fleeting glimpse of rare Crusader images

St. Louis French Hospital opens its doors for a brief gaze upon ornate paintings and statues of chivalric seals, crests and saints

By Ilan Ben Zion

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