Israeli security forces came under attack by Palestinian rioters during an operation to arrest a high-ranking terrorist in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday night, The Jerusalem Post reported today. IDF soldiers, along with a counter-terrorism unit from the Border Police and the Shin Bet intelligence service,...

We’ve all heard the horror stories: The guy whose apartment was used by Airbnb renters for a wild orgy; the woman kidnapped by an Uber driver, the eBay wedding-dress scammer. Though we all love the ease of mobile and online marketplaces, we must have the ability to be reasonably sure...

Israel is keeping a “very sharp eye” on Iran’s expanding stock of highly accurate Fateh 313 ballistic missiles, which have twice the range of their predecessor, the Fateh 110, according to an Israeli defense official quoted Saturday in an article published in Defense News. “We assess that Iran has begun to...

Iranian dissidents abroad who are falling victim to sophisticated cyber-attacks are likely being targeted by Iranian hackers who seek “to steal their email communications and contacts,” according to a report released this week by Canadian researchers, Voice of America reported yesterday. The report, titled “London Calling,” details a multi-layered, real-time...

U2 front-man Bono “knighted” Israeli renewable energy pioneer Yosef Abramowitz while visiting a solar field developed by Abramowitz’s company Gigawatt Global in Rwanda, The Times of Israel reported today. Bono was in Rwanda visiting the solar field with a group of US representatives to explore ways in which the US and...

Israel has ranked fourth out of 41 countries for the best place to raise a family in a new survey published by the expat networking service, InterNations. Austria, Sweden and Finland were cited as the Top Three locations for children-friendly care, education and recreation. Expats from around the globe took...