The metal detectors have come down. Since this was never about metal detectors, it comes as no surprise that tensions did not immediately subside. In their initial reaction to the Israeli measures, Muslim leaders instructed worshipers to continue to stay away from the Temple Mount. The Waqf, the Islamic Trust...

NeuroDerm, an Israeli clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing next-generation treatments for central nervous system disorders, will be acquired for $1.1 billion in cash by Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. The deal, expected to close in late 2017 pending shareholder approval, reportedly would be the largest-ever acquisition of an Israeli pharmaceuticals...

The release of Israel’s Amman embassy staff in Jordan and their return to Israel on Monday was made possible by “close cooperation” between Israeli and Jordanian authorities, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. A diplomatic crisis ensued between the countries on Sunday after a Jordanian man stabbed an Israeli security...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, to Jerusalem on Monday, saying their countries are “are kindred souls living in a very difficult part of the world … that show a big future.” While 2017 marked 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations, Netanyahu remarked that...

The family of Omar al-Abed, the knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist who brutally murdered three members of the Salomon family at Shabbat dinner on Friday, will enjoy a generous payment from the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the killing of Jews. As a result of the PA’s program to pay Palestinians who commit...

A senior Iranian official accused the United States on Saturday of violating the 2015 nuclear deal by sanctioning the Islamic Republic over its illicit ballistic missile program. “Undoubtedly, the U.S. breach of the [nuclear deal] won’t go unanswered,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s state-owned PressTV...