Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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December 20, 2012
11:55 pm

A Russian-made Scud missile (photo credit: CC BY-ND ppz, Flickr)

Syria again using Scuds against opposition forces, US says

State Department says Assad regime defying warnings not to escalate fighting

December 20, 2012
11:24 pm

UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in July 2012 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israeli ambassador urges UN to disarm ‘powder keg’ Hezbollah

Syrian chemical weapons could fall into the hands of Lebanese group, Ron Prosor warns

By Adiv Sterman

December 20, 2012
10:40 pm

A woman protests against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad outside the United Nations building in New York, May 2009 (photo credit: CC BY david_shankbone, Flickr)

United Nations condemns Iran, Syria for human rights violations

Tehran cited for continued use of torture, the death penalty and execution of minors, and systematic targeting of lawyers and journalists

By Edith M. Lederer

December 20, 2012
10:16 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinians aim to change the rules, harness international community to isolate Israel

If Netanyahu is reelected, PA officials are set to advance war crimes charges and end security cooperation in the West Bank

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

December 20, 2012
8:14 pm

Security expert Eugene Kaspersky (right) discusses the Flame virus on a recent visit to Israel (Photo credit: Courtesy)

New computer virus hitting Iran could be more potent than it looks

‘Batchwiper’ seems to be a simple Trojan, says Israeli expert, but so was the malware that apparently prefaced Stuxnet

By David Shamah

December 20, 2012
6:40 pm

A United Against Nuclear Iran-led protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Warwick Hotel in New York City, on September 24, 2012 (photo credit: Wikipedia Commons)

Russia hoping to renew talks with Iran

From the web Reuters reports that Moscow would like P5+1 to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program next month

December 20, 2012
6:35 pm

Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes (Photo credit: Flash90)

Following Twitter-fueled furor, Israeli minister’s flamboyant wife severs ties with UNICEF

Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes steps down from honorary position in wake of campaign to boot her from UN body over ‘racist comments against Palestinian children’

By Asher Zeiger

December 20, 2012
6:25 pm

An assailant lashes out at a child in this grainy video footage released by the Chinese authorities from last week's school attack (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Criticism in China of failure to report vicious school attack on same day as Newtown massacre

23 children were wounded by knife-wielding assailant, and it barely made the news

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 20, 2012
5:31 pm

Crime (illustrative photo: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Six arrested over stabbing attack during Pillar of Defense

Beersheba student was left in moderate condition after knifing in November

By Stuart Winer

December 20, 2012
5:17 pm

Maj. Gen. (ret. ) Yoav Galant (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)

Former IDF general partially cleared in land scandal that stopped his appointment as chief of staff

Two claims remain against Yoav Galant

By Aaron Kalman

December 20, 2012
4:27 pm

Putin calls for ‘change,’ compromise in Syria

‘What happens next’ more important than the fate of the Assad regime, Russian president says

December 20, 2012
4:14 pm

Syrians, who fled their homes with their families, gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (Photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Syria’s Palestinians must be allowed back to ‘Palestine’

Arab world outraged as second ‘Nakba’ hits Damascus refugee camp

By Michael Bassin

December 20, 2012
3:35 pm

Lipkin-Shahak as a young captain in the 1960s (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Office)

Lipkin-Shahak remembered and construction dismembered

The press looks at the UN bashing of Israeli building in the West Bank, and says farewell to a chief of staff

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 20, 2012
3:22 pm

Naftali Bennett casts his vote in his successful campaign to lead the Jewish Home party, in November (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Netanyahu battered by the Jewish Home-builder

A month before the elections, with the international community slamming him for settlement construction, the PM is losing support to a right-wing party led by a millionaire former aide who claims he builds far too little

By David Horovitz

December 20, 2012
2:28 pm

The El Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia (photo credit:upyernoz via CC/JTA)

Tunisian imam sued for call to ‘sterilize the wombs of Jewish women’

Minorities association files lawsuit over hate-filled sermon