Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty. The treaty was signed 1994 in a moving ceremony attended by Jordan’s King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The treaty enhanced security, stability, and U.S. interests in the turbulent Middle East region. Articles published in the past days in...

Thursday, David Schenker of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy wrote an assessment of the twenty years of formal peace between Israel and Jordan. The treaty was signed October 26, 1994, twenty years ago today. In short Schenker writes: For Israel, the treaty was its second with an Arab...

Inc. magazine chose Israel’s Wix as one of “7 of the Hottest Middle Eastern Startups You Can Learn From.” The Tel Aviv-based cloud based website builder is the only Israeli company on the New York publication’s prestigious list. “Wix’s platform made an often complicated task into a simple and enjoyable...

Telefónica, a leading global telecommunications company, is partnering with Jerusalem-based technological incubator VLX Ventures (Van Leer Xenia Ventures) to make potential investments in Israeli startups focusing on video, cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, smart homes, wearable technology and future communications. Chosen companies will receive investment capital and also...

A Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday killed a three month old baby and injured at least 8 other Israelis, plowing into them with a car while they were waiting at a light rail station in Jerusalem. Jerusalem Post reporter Ben Hartman conveyed statements from the murdered baby’s grandfather describing the attack in more...

Hamas has released a statement praising the October 22 terror attack in Jerusalem, which caused the death of three-month old Haya Zissel Braun.  A Hamas spokesman said the attack, carried out by one of its members, is a natural response to Israeli policy in Jerusalem and the city’s Aqsa Mosque. Eight people were...