Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman left the country Tuesday for a ten-day mission to Africa. According the Foreign Ministry, Liberman’s trip will be in part to promote economic cooperation—he is traveling with representatives of “some 50 companies.” Liberman’s itinerary will include Rwanda, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ethiopia and Kenya. In Kenya, FM...

In the June 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, Editorial Assistant Aiden Pink wrote The Anti-Zionism of J Street. J Street is an organization that boasts of being “pro-Israel and pro-peace,” and has garnered much controversy since its founding in 2008. Recently, it was overwhelmingly defeated in its effort to be included...

A month after the breakdown of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian leadership after the latter signed a deal with Hamas, a poll was published today suggesting more than 50 percent of Palestinians are against a return to the negotiating table. The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion survey indicated that 56.3% were against...

Israel signed an agreement on Sunday to be a partner in the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research project. UPI reported on the agreement signed by the European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: With a budget of more than $100 billion over the next seven years, the Horizon...

Israeli lawmakers elected Reuven Rivlin, a Knesset member with the leading Likud party, as the country’s next president today, replacing Shimon Peres, who retires on July 27. Rivlin won in a second ballot after no candidate received the votes needed in the first round of voting. Rivlin garnered 63 votes...

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Thursday told a group of foreign military attaches that the Palestinian Authority (PA) would have to disarm Hamas to signal that it is genuinely pursuing a viable and united Palestinian state, the latest in what has become daily criticism from diplomats, analysts, and journalists blasting...