It is increasingly difficult for Iranians to access popular websites like Google, Facebook, and YouTube to find information about the elections outside of state-run and semi-official news outlets. Read more here.
In a 15-to-3 vote Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed legislation that would provide Syrian rebels with “limited lethal and non-lethal assistance” as well as military training for certain groups. Read more here.
Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. A statement said a military vehicle was damaged by shots fired from Syria but that there were no injuries. It said that soldiers “returned precise fire.” Read [...]
Vandals have spray painted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of the liberal Women of the Wall group, which campaigns for equality of worship at Jerusalem’s holy site of the Western Wall. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed that officers were investigating the graffiti attack on the door and hallway leading to the apartment [...]
Twelve-year-old Mohammed al-Dura quickly became the poster child of the Palestinian struggle after allegedly being shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 2000. Thanks to the conspicuous presence of France 24 TV, millions of viewers the world over mourned with al-Dura’s father, who in the video could be seen desperately trying to save his [...]
Baby steps, but steps, possibly toward peace in the Middle East. The Associated Press reports that a senior Israeli official says that the Jewish state is seeking – not a permanent peace plan, but an interim deal with the Palestinians.
Syria has aimed its considerable ballistic missile arsenal at Israel’s heavily populated Greater Tel Aviv area, according to Middle East sources cited by London’s Sunday Times. According to the report, the regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad will launch the missiles at Israel should the Jewish state carry out one more aerial strike inside Syria. Read [...]
It was a defense of traditional marriage. Many considered it well written, well thought out. But now we are learning that the article by the chief rabbi of France was allegedly plagiarized. Some of his words allegedly borrowed from a pope. Read the article here.