Once an ally of Syria's Assad, Hamas shifted its support to the rebels last year, which greatly affected its relations with its financial backer, Iran.

Sources in Cairo tell Haaretz that an on-going meeting of the Hamas political bureau in Cairo is due to internal differences of opinion within Hamas regarding the crisis in Syria.

Iran, an ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, has scaled back monthly fund transfers because Hamas has refused to side with the Syrian regime, officials say. Meanwhile, Syrian refugees are trickling into the enclave.

Richard Falk rejects calls for his resignation, accuses his detractors of using the 'anti-Semitic card' to intimidate those who dare criticize Israel's policies toward Palestinians.

Court orders Interior Ministry to find other ways to ascertain identity of Israelis crossing border and renewing ID papers.

In open letter to the R&B musician, author of 'The Color Purple' and proponent of the BDS campaign calls on Keys to boycott Israel and visit Gaza instead.

Neither side wants to know how many children from the other side it has killed since 2000. The following is a reminder.

By suggesting that Mohammed al-Dura’s death was staged, Israel’s government is adapting the blood libel: that a Palestinian father would sacrifice his son just to incite people to kill Jews.

Dear committee members, as you wish, Mohammed al-Dura wasn’t killed; he’s safe and sound and hiding somewhere. But what about the 951 children that human rights group B’Tselem says were killed during the second intifada?

The Independent Commission for Human Rights, which issued its latest annual report this week, chronicles violations and fulfills a vital role in Palestinian society.