Nationwide Credit Card Failure Stokes Israeli Fears of Cyber-Attacks
On Thursday, Israelis reported credit card failures across the country. While the glitch was resolved, it exposes a national vulnerability that has security officials worried
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Russia’s Putin Endorses al-Sisi as Egypt’s Next President
Though he has yet to publicly announce his intention to run for Egypt’s Presidency, Field Marshal al-Sisi received a strong endorsement from Russia’s leader on a visit to Moscow
Arab Donald Duck Quacks No More After Anti-Israeli Tweet
Wael Mansour, the Egyptian voice actor performing Donald Duck for Disney’s Arabic broadcasts, revealed he was fired for an anti-Israeli tweet
Palestinian Official Says ‘Armed Resistance’ an Option if Peace Talks Fail
Jibril Rajoub, a senior official in the Palestinian Authority, tells TIME there may be an outbreak of violence should the current round of peace talks with Israel fail
Iran’s Rouhani Blocks Missile Test, Fights Hard-Liners
As he seeks rapprochement with the West, Iran’s President is battling conservative hard-liners at home. Reports suggest he recently blocked a planned Iranian missile test
Obama Approval Rating Dives In Israel
Less than a year after President Obama left Israel to the sound of loud cheering after he assured Israelis in Hebrew that they “are not alone,” a new poll has found that 70% of Jewish Israelis do not trust Obama to safeguard their nation’s vital interests in negotiations with the Palestinians.
The survey, published Friday in the …
Iran Says It Will Reduce Military Potential of Nuclear Reactor
If Iran follows through the move could increase trust in further nuclear negotiations
Four Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad as Death Toll Keeps Rising
Four car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Wednesday, and two rockets were fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone. The targets were the Iraq government that the United States left behind two years ago – a regime dominated by …
Iranian Foreign Minister Lays Out Condition for Iranian Recognition of Israel
Official’s language marks a shift from previous rhetoric
Israeli Officials Stay to Hear Iranian Minister’s Presentation
In an apparent warming of relations, Israel’s Defense Minister sat and listened to Iran’s Foreign Minister during a conference in Germany over the weekend
Once-Secret Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks Are Leaking All Over The Place
The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks that began in near-total secrecy six months ago are now producing a stream of leaks so steady the negotiations might as well be going on in public. And in a sense they are.
When Secretary of …
Can Peacekeepers Save the Central African Republic?
A human rights researcher tells TIME of horrors in the hinterlands of the Central African Republic as the international community scrambles to send in peacekeepers
Petraeus: Terrorists With Missiles Could Down Global Air Traffic
Former CIA director David Petraeus warned during a meeting in Tel Aviv of the threat of militant groups with surface-to-air missiles grounding air traffic worldwide