Palestinian men gather around a crater caused by an Israeli air strike on the al-Dallu family’s home in Gaza City on November 18, 2012. The United States is to supply the Israeli regime with munitions worth $647 million to renew its stock after Tel Aviv’s massive bombings during the eight-day war on Gaza. The US Department of Defense informed the Congress of a deal to sell munitions including... 

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The European Union is infuriated by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s analogy between Tel Aviv’s policies toward the Palestinians and Europe’s stance toward the Jews during the World War II era. Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine... 

Israel fell into a carefully laid trap today by refusing to allow inspections of its weapons of mass destruction facilities. This has opened the door for the only possible response. It is sanction time for the Israelis. Let them reap what they have sown. And let us do what we must do. If the shoe were on the other foot, the Zios would be screaming to have the facilities bombed, but we won’t do that.... 

A crane completes a section of the Israeli regime’s separation barrier in Jerusalem, December 5, 2012. The European Union will consider passing a series of sanctions on the Israeli regime over its plan to construct thousands more illegal settler units on the occupied Palestinian land, a report says. The Israeli daily Maariv reported on Thursday that the EU move next week would include marking and... 

The Israeli government’s decision to expand settlements is “a slap in the face for [the] US president,” according to former PM Ehud Olmert. He is the latest to join both domestic and foreign criticism of Israel’s punitive actions against Palestine. ­The Israeli government is unfreezing a controversial construction project in the occupied territories in retaliation for the Palestinian success... 

Leading US strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski rejects Israeli pressure to form American national security policy by beating the drum for war on Iran. Washington would not blindly follow Tel-Aviv if Israel chooses to unilaterally strike Iran, he said. Brzezinski said he would not advise President Barack Obama to back military action against Iran if Israel initiates a war. The observation was made at a... 

Israel has reportedly vowed to destroy rockets and other weapons being sent to Gaza by Iran. Tel Aviv issued this threat despite a recent ceasefire following eight days of bitter conflict between Gaza and Israel. Israeli spy satellites spotted a cargo vessel in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas that was allegedly Gaza-bound and carrying arms, the Sunday Times reported. “Regardless of the ceasefire... 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Moscow has called on the Arab League and the Middle East Quartet comprising Russia, the European Union (EU), UN, and US, to work together to end frequent Israeli aggressions against the Palestinians. “The Quartet needs…to work together with the Arab League representatives and work out solutions together… to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks,”... 

Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Caracas condemn the Israeli regime. Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Venezuela and Argentina have expressed resentment against the recent deadly attacks by the Israeli regime on the Gaza Strip. Angry Venezuelan nationals and Palestinian immigrants took to the streets in the capital, Caracas, on Thursday, waving Palestinian flags and beating drums in a show of solidarity... 

At least one Palestinian has been killed and seven others injured by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip despite an Egypt-mediated ceasefire. Medical sources said a 21-year-old Palestinian lost his life on Friday as Israeli forces opened fire in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Yunis. The Palestinian emergency service identified the dead man as Abdelhadi Qdeih Anwar, a farmer who wanted to... 

A branch of the destroyed Islamic National Bank following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on November 20, 2012. At least 150 Palestinians have lost their lives and 1,200 others have been injured as the Tel Aviv regime continues its deadly strikes against the besieged Gaza Strip. On the eighth consecutive day of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces pounded the impoverished... 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Israeli ministers in Jerusalem on November 11, 2012 Israel has delayed a plan to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip for at least a day amid Egyptian-mediated efforts to implement a ceasefire in the coastal sliver, Israeli media report. In an urgent Sunday night meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Military Affairs... 

Dozens of Israeli tanks have been deployed near Gaza border since Thursday. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the summons of 30,000 reserve soldiers. The troops can be called into action by the military at any point, an IDF spokesman told Israel’s Channel 2 TV, as quoted by AFP. Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai said the army was in the process of expanding the Gaza operation. “The... 

Southern Israeli town of Sderot smoke billowing from a spot targeted by an Israeli air strike inside the Gaza strip on November 15, 2012. A rocket has hit Tel Aviv. The sound of an explosion and air raid sirens were heard throughout the city. There are no reports of injuries or damage. It was the second rocket to land in the greater Tel Aviv area on Thursday. A siren warning residents of incoming rockets... 

Israel has fired warning shots into Syria after mortars launched from Syrian territory hit an Israeli base in the Golan Heights. It is the first time Israel has fired into Syrian territory since the 1973 war. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said the missile was fired as a warning shot after an errant mortar fired from Syria hit the military post. “In the midst of Syrian infighting, a mortar...