Iranian has been accused of torturing three young men it has sentenced to death for participating in the wave of protests against the regime which have swept the country since last September. A report by Amnesty International issued this week highlights the cases of 19-year-old Mehdi Mohammadifard, 18-year-old Arshia Takdastan Read more…
Fifty former top civil servants – including some who served under Benjamin Netanyahu for years – have launched a strong attack on the new government’s controversial judicial reforms. A letter this week – which includes the names of former heads of the Prime Minister’s Office, Finance Ministry, Competition Authority and Read more…
Israel reportedly carried out a drone strike on a missile facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan late on Saturday night. The strike was launched by the Mossad intelligence service at the facility, which is part of Tehran’s ballistic missile programme. Isfahan plays a central role in the programme and Read more…
Seven Israelis were murdered in a terror attack as worshippers departed a Jerusalem synagogue on Friday night. The attack – on Holocaust Memorial Day – was the deadliest Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem since 2008. The bloodshed comes amid a spiral of violence which began with an upsurge in terrorism Read more…