Israel has waited 70 years for its “principal ally,” the United States, to do what President Donald Trump did yesterday and recognize Israel’s capital, MK and deputy minister Michael Oren, a former ambassador to the United States, told a conference call hosted by The Israel Project on Wednesday. “In a...

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) declared its squadron of F-35 stealth fighter jets operational yesterday, less than a year after receiving the first aircraft. The F-35’s are known in Israel as the “Adir”. Major General Amikam Norkin, Commander of the IAF said, “The declaration of the squadron’s operational capability is...

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday “that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” in a landmark speech at the White House. He noted that in 1995 the Congress, by “an overwhelming bipartisan majority,” adopted the Jerusalem Embassy Act, urging the federal government to move the American...

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz signed an agreement with his counterparts from Cyprus and Greece and the Italian ambassador to supply European Union (EU) countries with natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The project will involve a 1,300km (808 miles) pipeline on the Mediterranean seabed from the eastern Mediterranean...

The Taylor Force Act, which will cut American aid to the Palestinian Authority as long as it pays stipends to terrorists and their families, a scheme sometimes referred to as “pay to slay,” easily passed the United States House of Representatives on Tuesday, with strong bipartisan support. It will now move to...

For the second time in a week, Israeli jets are believed to have struck a military site inside of Syria, Ynet reported Tuesday. A Syrian military research facility in Jamraya (or Jamariya), outside of Damascus, was hit by several explosions overnight Monday. The area struck, which houses a number of military facilities including the...