Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman was buried Thursday in the same cemetery as the victims of the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires. The Times of Israel reports: On Thursday morning, a police escort led the funeral procession to the Tablada Jewish Cemetery. Along the procession route, people waved...

Hezbollah’s increased activity in the Syrian Golan Heights is a sign of an Iranian effort to “militarily encircle” Israel, Phillip Smyth wrote in an analysis for Foreign Policy on Wednesday. While the Jan. 18 attack represents another saga in the long-running war between Israel and Hezbollah, it also underlines a...

A judicial official told Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that the government will “soon” put Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian on trial for as-yet disclosed charges after more than six months of detention, the Post reported Wednesday. The IRNA report quoted Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, a senior judicial official, as saying Rezaian “will be tried soon,”...

Iranian troops are testing a missile designed in 2012 that could potentially hamper Israeli efforts to fight Hezbollah in the future, Armin Rosen of Business Insider reported Wednesday. The Dehlaviyeh’s actual capabilities haven’t been proven on the battlefield yet. Iran has a history of over-hyping its weapons advances, most notoriously...

Iranian intransigence is the primary obstacle to a deal over its nuclear program, according to an analysis written Tuesday in The National Interest by Emily Landau, a non-proliferation expert for Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies. [I]f the P5+1–Iran negotiations break down, it will be because of Iran, the dangerous and defiant proliferator...

The Senate Banking Committee today passed the Iran Nuclear Free Act of 2015 by a vote of 18 – 4 with strong bipartisan support. Politico reports: The Senate Banking Committee approved the bill, which was written by Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), on a 18-4 vote with six Democrats...