Hamas

President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital Wednesday and instructed the State Department to begin the multiyear process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. His decision could have deep repercussions across the region. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

The UK should follow Trump’s lead and move the British embassy to Jerusalem

Michael Fabricant MP · December 7, 2017 9:44 pm

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Fox News' Laura Ingraham Wednesday that President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital would bear no impact on terror threats. (screenshot)

National Security

Donald Rumsfeld: Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a ‘no brainer’

Diana Stancy Correll · December 7, 2017 4:30 am

The Senate as recently as June unanimously endorsed moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move President Trump sought to make a reality on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Beltway Confidential

Ask Democrats, Trump’s Jerusalem announcement does nothing to doom peace process

Siraj Hashmi · December 6, 2017 11:17 pm

Trump is expected to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital in a statement on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump must warn Hamas: Don’t test us on Jerusalem

Tom Rogan · December 5, 2017 7:06 pm

Rabab Abdulhadi, an ethnic studies professor at San Francisco State University, is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel. (Screenshot)

Red Alert Politics

Terrorist-sympathizer speaks at George Washington University, calls Zionists ‘McCarthyites’

Jackson Richman · November 16, 2017 1:52 pm

On Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (pictured above) unanimously passed the Taylor Force Act, which is named for a former Army officer whose murderer was celebrated by Palestinian leaders. Congress hopes to crack down on those assaults by threatening to withdraw the $300 million in foreign aid to the Palestinian leadership. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House panel votes to defund Palestinian Authority ‘pay-to-slay’ program

Joel Gehrke · November 15, 2017 11:55 pm

The Diversity Visa program, which awards green cards to 50,000 prospective immigrants each year, fell under intense scrutiny earlier this month when law enforcement officials confirmed that Sayfullo Saipov, the Uzbek national who is suspected of killing eight individuals during a Nov. 1 terror attack in New York City, entered the country on a permanent residence visa he won through the lottery. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

White House: US awarded diversity visas to five accused terrorists

Gabby Morrongiello · November 14, 2017 10:12 pm

Here is Alan Dershowitz's response to several items against him at the Daily Californian, the student newspaper of the University of California, Berkeley. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: Berkeley’s student newspaper refuses to publish my response to an anti-Semitic op-ed, so here it is

Alan Dershowitz · November 7, 2017 10:29 pm

Palestinian activists held a tea party in protest Wednesday. The Balfour Declaration, Britain's promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home in what is now Israel, turns 100 this week, with events in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Britain drawing attention to the now yellowing document tucked away in London's British Library. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Beltway Confidential

The Balfour Declaration’s 100th anniversary reminds us that history matters

Tom Rogan · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

Hamas said it will accept new elections and a restored Palestinian unity government.

Beltway Confidential

The real reason Hamas is calling for elections

Tom Rogan · September 18, 2017 1:37 pm

"Every day we build missiles and continue military training," Yahya Sinwar, a military leader recently voted prime minister of Hamas in Gaza, told reporters. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

National Security

Hamas leader: Iran helping Hamas prepare for war with Israel

Joel Gehrke · August 28, 2017 9:53 pm

Israel has revoked the press permit of one of its citizens, Elias Karram. Karram, who works for Al Jazeera and once described himself as a member of the "resistance," is accused of being a partisan agent of Palestinian terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Beltway Confidential

Israel is wrong to revoke an Al Jazeera journalist’s permit

Tom Rogan · August 16, 2017 7:01 pm