“Egypt, which enjoys friendly relations with both the Palestinian Authority and Israel, understands that it must normalize relations with Hamas to be able to act as a mediator between the three parties,” writes Omar Shaban.

Under the shadow of a presidential veto threat, the House of Representatives passed a defense appropriations measure Thursday that included $635.7 million for Israel’s missile defense programs.

“The Israeli leader has got the White House and his own defense establishment waiting anxiously to wrap up the agreement with Washington on military assistance to Israel. Why is he stalling?” asks Amos Harel.

Legal adviser says Jewish terror infrequent, does not require deterrent against future attacks; father of slain teen to take case to Supreme Court.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank are currently observing Ramadan without clean drinking water after Israel cut off water supplies.

Former prime minister Ehud Barak blasted Israel’s current government on Thursday evening, saying it was putting the country on the path to becoming an “apartheid state,” and should be brought down if it fails to get back on track.

onist Union leader Isaac Herzog and the party’s number two, Tzipi Livni, both lambasted the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, with Herzog likening members of the ruling coalition to TV’s SpongeBob SquarePants, to Batman and to Popeye the Sailor Man.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at his former defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, on Thursday in a rare video statement after Ya’alon accused him of fear-mongering and “blinding” the country with imaginary existential threats.

The Nablus governorate in the north of the West Bank has been witnessing security unrest since February, including street shootings, tires being set on fire and the closing down of public institutions.