Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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July 24, 2013
9:11 pm

Hezbollah fighters in military uniform carry the coffin of one of their own, Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the town of Qusair, Syria, in May, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Hezbollah burying hundreds of its fighters in Syria, rebels claim

Shiite movement said resorting to use of mass graves to evade backlash from victims’ families amid growing criticism of its role in bolstering Assad

By Elhanan Miller

July 24, 2013
8:38 pm

Two US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons conducting tactical training exercises. (photo credit: Department of Defense/Jacob N. Bailey, US Air Force)

US delays delivery of F-16s to Egypt

Administration still mulling overall policy in wake of Morsi’s ouster, has not touched military aid

By Robert Burns

July 24, 2013
7:07 pm

A street corner in the majority Alawite city of Latakia (photo credit: CC BY-Yazan Badran/Flickr)

Assad asked Liberman not to oppose Alawite state

Syrian president worried Israel might be troubled by movement of thousands of Sunnis to Syrian Golan, according to the Guardian

By Lazar Berman

July 24, 2013
5:33 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin to visit Iran to revive nuclear talks

Russian leader to offer Tehran sophisticated air defense system; trip to take place after Rouhani assumes office

By Stuart Winer

July 24, 2013
4:46 pm

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, greets Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, as he appears before the committee for a hearing to consider his reappointment to the military's highest post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013 (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Syria and the five military choices

General Dempsey is downbeat on American intervention in Syria, and an Iraq prison break frees hundreds of jihadists

By Elhanan Miller

July 24, 2013
3:02 pm

The Al-Dura shooting (photo credit: image capture from YouTube)

French politician appealing libel conviction on al-Dura video

Karsenty again in court ‘because of procedural and ethical issues’ he says led to a ‘miscarriage of justice’ in his latest trial

July 24, 2013
2:52 pm

A woman arranging voting slips for the Chief Rabbinate election. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Down the rabbi hole

The race for the chief rabbi spot finally nears an end, but not without one last volley of commentators to explain why we should care

By Joshua Davidovich

July 24, 2013
2:25 pm

General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (photo credit: AP/Jim Watson, Pool)

Egyptian army seeks mandate to fight ‘terrorism’

General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi calls on public to take to the streets Friday

July 24, 2013
2:06 pm

Mohammed Dahlan in 2006. (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)

Former Fatah leader sues ‘tyrannical’ Abbas for corruption, intimidation

Using Israeli law firm, Mohammed Dahlan petitions International Criminal Court, demanding lost job and property

By Stuart Winer

July 24, 2013
1:27 pm

A Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village, according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors at a hospital in Aleppo. (photo credit: AP/SANA)

UN chemical weapons team arrives in Damascus

Experts to discuss terms of a possible investigation; Syrian government seeks to block examination of certain incidents

July 24, 2013
12:06 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Majority of Israelis would back a peace deal, poll finds

Survey says 55% of public likely to support PM in a referendum on agreement with the Palestinians

By Gavriel Fiske

July 24, 2013
11:10 am

Two Kassam rockets head toward Israel shortly after they are fired by Palestinians in Gaza. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90/File)

Palestinians in Gaza fire mortar shells at south

No reports of injuries or damage; projectiles determined to have fallen inside the Gaza Strip

By Times of Israel staff

July 24, 2013
10:05 am

Israeli diplomats protest in Tel Aviv holding a sign reading 'Lost diplomacy = an isolated Israel,' July 3 (photo credit: Flash90/Roni Schutzer)

Proudly representing Israel, unable to make ends meet

The Times of Israel is invited to watch the embassy in Paris in action, to better understand Foreign Ministry staffers’ complaints about their employment terms

By Elhanan Miller

July 24, 2013
8:36 am

Rocket attack in Libya hits near luxury hotel

No injuries reported; apartment block damaged

July 24, 2013
4:27 am

A Palestinian worker inside a smuggling tunnel, beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, in February 2013 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

UN says Egypt crackdown closes 80 percent of Gaza tunnels

From the web Reuters: Strip is experiencing ‘serious shortages of fuel and basic building materials’ as a result of recent operations

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