Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor called upon the European Union to add Hezbollah to its list of recognized terror groups on Tuesday, slamming those European states who still classify Hezbollah as a charity. “Not since Napoleon invaded…
For the first time since he was running for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama will visit Israel this spring, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that Iran and Syria would be two of…
The Syrian civil war has continued it’s intensive bloodshed into the new year, and the United States expressed it’s horror on Wednesday at this week’s regime attack near the University of Aleppo that resulted in the death of more than…
The 2013 Israeli elections are set to be held on January 22 and the party that has surprised the most is Habayit Hayehudi, or The Jewish Home in English. The Jewish Home has surged from an unimportant three seats in…
Efforts to re-unite the major Palestinian political factions were set to continue this week in Egypt, as Cairo welcomed both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal. The Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reported that Meshaal and Abbas…
The new year is upon us and Syria is still in the headlines. The United Nations is now saying 60,000 people have died in the nearly two-years-old conflict. But judging by the situation today, The Mideast Update predicts that 2013…