French Jewish immigration to Israel has increased significantly during the first quarter of 2014 and “could touch a record” for the year. The Jewish Agency for Israel reports that 1,407  French Jews left for Israel in the first three months of the year as opposed to just 353 during the same period...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has seemingly accepted Israel’s offer of help in rescuing some 200 schoolgirls captured in April by members of the Islamist terror organization Boko Haram. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office gave no details of its proposed assistance but Jonathan said Netanyahu offered during a phone conversation to...

President Barack Obama was honored Wednesday by the University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation. Filmmaker Stephen Spielberg, who created the foundation, presented the president with the Ambassador for Humanity award. In his remarks, the president condemned the official anti-Semitism of foreign governments such as Iran. And that includes confronting a rising tide of anti-Semitism around...

Analysis published this week by the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) conveyed a variety of indicators – ranging from public data about Israeli-Egyptian energy agreements to recent statements by Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi – converging on the conclusion that Cairo is making a concentrated effort to boost and insulate bilateral...

During her recent trip to Israel, American National Security Adviser Susan Rice hailed American strategic cooperation with Israel as an “investment in protecting the many interests that our nations share.” The Times of Israel reported: Rice said that the new deal “will take our total investment in Iron Dome, which has...

Israeli soldiers patrolling the Golan Heights can now see Islamist flags flying on the Syrian side of the border, The Tower has learned. Islamist groups have taken up positions to the south of Quneitra, the largest Syrian town close to Israel, particularly in the area of Kudneh.  “A-Raya flags with...