May 2, 2013
2:02 am

What could UN sleuths uncover at Iran’s Parchin base?

From the web Reuters: IAEA inspectors want access to the suspected nuclear site, where they say they can detect atomic material even if it was covered up

 

May 2, 2013
12:44 am

Assad showing renewed confidence

World’s hesitation to intervene and increased presence of Islamists among rebels giving Syrian president boost, many say

By Zeina Karam  

May 2, 2013
12:21 am

Student held over Boston bombing entered US without visa

Three suspects accused of hiding main alleged bomber’s backpack after marathon attack

 

May 1, 2013
11:47 pm

Tourist assaults guard at Israeli-Jordanian border

German national tries to take weapon from border guard, but is subdued; no injuries reported

By Gavriel Fiske  

May 1, 2013
10:58 pm

UN-Arab League envoy to Syria wants to call it quits

Lakhdar Brahimi apparently finds speaking for two organizations with different views makes mediating a political transition almost impossible

By Edith M. Lederer  

May 1, 2013
10:39 pm

Israel downgraded in press freedom report

Citing economic pressure on print media and the ‘anomalous’ indictment of a Haaretz journalist, Freedom House ranks country’s media as only ‘partly free’

By Haviv Rettig Gur  

May 1, 2013
9:22 pm

Olmert hails Arab peace proposal as ‘historic opportunity’

Syrian chemical weapons could already be in the hands of Hezbollah, former prime minister warns

By Gavriel Fiske  

May 1, 2013
9:16 pm

Arab Peace Initiative, take 2: Major development or ‘scam’?

Could the amended formula for a two-state solution yield a breakthrough? The consensual answer seems to be, ‘Maybe, but…’

By Raphael Ahren  

May 1, 2013
8:09 pm

Knesset committee cancels Temple Mount tour

Miri Regev: Planned visit could fan the flames, but holding off on visit doesn’t mean giving up Jews’ right to pray at site

By Michal Shmulovich  

May 1, 2013
7:52 pm

Islamist Palestinians blast Arab League for peace overture

Acknowledgment of Israeli settlement blocs amounts to ‘a new Arab Balfour declaration,’ Islamic Jihad official writes

By Elhanan Miller  

May 1, 2013
6:42 pm

Three more Boston bombing suspects in custody

College friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev arrested, accused of obstructing justice and lying to investigators

 

May 1, 2013
6:16 pm

Former IDF chief says it’s time to act on Syria

‘We should have helped them a year ago,’ laments Gabi Ashkenazi

By Stuart Winer  

May 1, 2013
5:36 pm

UNIFIL increasingly frustrated with Hezbollah

From the web Daily Star: As Lebanese army gradually reduces troops in the south, tensions escalate between UN peacekeepers and terror group

 

May 1, 2013
5:32 pm

Israeli arrested after crossing into Lebanon

34-year-old Simon Sa’adati, who jumped the fence at Rosh Hanikra, to be returned in coming days

By Michal Shmulovich  

May 1, 2013
5:10 pm

The Israeli army’s most improbable Arab prosecutor

Lt. Arin Shaabi is a Christian, a Jew, an Arab, an Israeli. And in the military courts of the West Bank, she is fighting a rising tide of Palestinian nationalist crime

By Mitch Ginsburg