The emerging nuclear deal with Iran will not “end Iran’s ability and motivation to have a nuclear-weapons option” wrote Aaron David Miller, a State Department official in both Democratic and Republican administrations, in an analysis published today in Time. After noting that the likely result of the deal is the emergence of “a...

Hamas, the Islamist terrorist organization that rules the Gaza Strip, has rejected a move by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the unity government it agreed to last year, Agence France-Presse reported today. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah presented Wednesday the resignation of the unity government to PA...

OurCrowd equity crowdfunding platform recently launched OurCrowd First, a specialized $10 million global early stage fund focusing on seed and Pre-A startups. The new fund will help bring equity crowdfunding to approximately 20+ seed-stage companies. “We are proud to be launching our entry into the funds market with the OurCrowd...

Chinese investment in Israeli technology is breaking all records. And news that Alibaba, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, may be opening a research-and-development center here has the local business world excited for the future. The value of financing rounds involving Chinese investors is projected to grow 54 percent this year,...

Israel will permit hundreds of Palestinian families living in the West Bank and Gaza to access Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount for Friday prayers and to visit relatives in the Palestinian territories and abroad as part of a sweeping policy to ease travel restrictions ahead of the Muslim holy...

Israel’s Foreign Ministry released its report on Operation Protective Edge on Sunday. According to the Times of Israel, the Foreign Ministry explained the country’s actions as responding to “an enemy that targets civilians and operates from among its own people.” The central argument, though, is coherent and persuasive and evidence of the...