An Iranian general on Monday accused Israel of manipulating the weather to prevent rain over the Islamic Republic, alleging his country was the victim of cloud “theft,” Newsweek reported. “The changing climate in Iran is suspect,” Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization, said during an...

Israeli startups raised around $850 million in June, according to Globes, Israel’s financial daily, closing another solid month of fundraising. So far this year Israeli start ups have raised an estimated $3.3 billion in the first six months of the year according to figures from IVC-ZAG and company press releases, and...

In a profile of Scott Neiss, the executive director of the Israel Lacrosse Association, The New York Times reported that his idea to bring the sport of lacrosse to Israel began in 2010, when Neiss was neither playing lacrosse, nor living in Israel. Not only did Neiss establish the sport...

The Palestinian Authority authorized West Bank activists to organize protests of the yet to be released Middle East peace plan being formulated by the United States government, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The decision to authorize the demonstrations against the nascent peace plan, and even before it is released to...

The IDF thwarted an infiltration attempt from Gaza, leaving one terrorist dead, and two in Israeli custody, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A fourth infiltrator escaped back to Gaza. According to the IDF, the infiltrators cut through the border fence separating Israel from Gaza and attempted to set an...

Australia said Monday that it has discontinued funding the Palestinian Authority because of concern that the money is making PA payments to terrorists and their families possible, The Jerusalem Post reported. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the country had cut funding of AU$10m ($7.4m) to the World Bank’s Multi-Donor Trust...