On September 25, President Barack Obama spoke at the U.N. General Assembly focusing heavily on foreign policy in the Middle East. His speech addressed recent violence directed at U.S. embassies, reiterated the administration’s support for democratic reform, encouraged ...

The exiled leader of the Hamas movement, Khaled Meshaal, is stepping down from his post. Meshaal, who has led Hamas for more than 15 years, made the announcement at a Hamas leadership meeting in Cairo. Although officials say ...

Protests across the West Bank continued as taxi drivers, teachers, refugees and youth groups took to the streets on Monday to call attention to the rising cost of living. A general public transportation strike slowed movement between cities and ...

The Secretary General of Egypt's Constitutional Assembly, Amr Darrag, announced Tuesday that the country's new constitution will be drafted by the week's end. According to Darrag, all committees have finished reviewing proposals and will submit their suggestions to the drafting committee, who will ...

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is calling for parliamentary elections in the West Bank to be held soon, without waiting for a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. He compared the Gaza-West Bank split to that of East and ...

An Israeli man set himself on fire during a rally for social justice over the weekend, prompting protesters to demonstrate in solidarity. Moshe Silman, a 57-year-old resident of Haifa, was apparently distraught over his inability to obtain ...

Israel has released Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian soccer player who was detained for over three years on suspicion of being associated with the terrorist group Islamic Jihad, although he was never formally charged. The Gazan native denied ...

The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) released a report contrasting the House and Senate Appropriations bills for fiscal year 2013, examining the potential impact of these bills on foreign aid and democracy assistance. Among the notable findings are additional ...

Mahmoud Sarsak has now been on hunger strike for eighty days, protesting his imprisonment for his alleged involvement with Islamic Jihad, a claim he and his family have denied. Israel has kept Sarsak in prison indefinitely without any ...

The U.S. Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011. Particular emphasis was placed on the Middle East and North Africa, where developments in the Arab Spring led to significant changes in ...

On Thursday (5/17), the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2013 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. According to a committee press release, the bill totals $40.1 billion in regular discretionary funding, which is $2 billion or 5 ...

Today, thousands gathered in parts of the occupied West Bank, Gaza, and parts of Israel to commemorate al-Nakba, or the catastrophe, the day where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled or fled their homes during Israel's war for independence. Protests were concentrated in ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chairman of the opposition Kadima Party Shaul Mofaz have agreed to form a unity government, which the Calcalist calls “the biggest political bombshell in recent memory.” The move came after Netanyahu had proposed to hold early elections. ...