Iran’s efforts to build a “direct corridor” from Baghdad to the Mediterranean Sea and further entrench itself militarily in Syria are two of Israel’s most pressing concerns, Israel’s former national security adviser said Monday. The corridor, referred to as a “Shiite crescent” by Jordan’s King Abdullah, would place Israel’s borders in “direct connection to Iran—a...

For the third consecutive night, violent altercations broke out between Muslim worshipers and the police in Jerusalem’s Old City. According to police reports, a group of Muslim worshipers threw rocks and bottles at police officers stationed by the Temple Mount after evening prayers on Tuesday, lightly injuring two officers. Police...

Israeli secondary school students Ron Solan, Rina Sevostianov, and Ofir Shmool won a silver and two bronze medals, respectively, at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad in Thailand this month. Ben Pilarski was the fourth member of the Israeli team. The annual contest draws teams of four students from 76 countries...

Therapix Biosciences of Tel Aviv, a specialty clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing cannabinoid-based drugs, last week signed a memorandum of understanding with California-based CURE Pharmaceutical to enter into a research collaboration with Israel’s Assuta Medical Centers. The two biopharma companies will jointly advance, research, develop and commercialize potential therapeutic products in the...

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas called on its followers to wage a “religious war” against Israel on Saturday, shortly after security forces temporarily closed the Temple Mount following a deadly attack there. The Islamist group’s spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, called for an “uprising” to attack Israeli soldiers and residents of the West Bank, the...

Following Friday’s deadly terror attack on the Temple Mount, in which two Israeli police officers were killed, the White House issued a statement of support of Israeli actions to secure the holy site. The statement, attributed to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, said that the administration “strongly condemns the terror attack” and...