The British Embassy in Tel Aviv published figures for the first time that reveal the number of Israeli companies active in the UK has increased since the Brexit vote last year. From June 2016 to May 2017, 32 new Israeli companies entered the UK market. They invested £152m ($199 million)...

Israel, PA Sign Cooperation Agreements Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed two U.S.-mediated deals this week, both of which should improve the quality of life of Palestinians. Israeli and Palestinian officials on Monday signed one of the agreements at a ceremony inaugurating the PA’s first-ever electricity substation. While Israel will, for now, continue...

In the latest sign of the growing rift between the Saudi-led Gulf states and Qatar, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates blasted Qatar’s Al-Jazeera network on Wednesday for promoting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s minister for foreign affairs, charged that Al-Jazeera “promoted anti-Semitic violence by...

Friday marks the second anniversary since Iran signed a landmark nuclear agreement with six major world powers led by the United States. Over the past two years, the Islamic Republic has violated the nuclear terms of the deal at the margins and pursued a much more aggressive military campaign across the...

Electricity supplies in the Gaza Strip have plummeted in recent days, leaving residents without power for more than 24 hours at a time, Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Gaza’s only electrical power plant closed down on Wednesday evening, exacerbating the problem and limiting the electricity supply to two or three...

The first half of 2017 recorded the best six months ever in the history of incoming tourism, according to a Tourism Ministry statement. “We are implementing marketing activities and innovative processes to brand Israel and to bring new airlines and new routes into Israel and all this activity proves itself,...