The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas sought out advanced mapping software from a Turkish aid organization in order to improve the accuracy of rockets fired at Israel, the Shin Bet intelligence agency announced. While questioning Muhammad Murtaja, who was arrested last month on suspicions that he diverted Turkish aid money to Hamas, the Shin Bet discovered...

Tens of thousands of Yemenites have lost their homes and livelihoods, the country’s ambassador to the United States wrote in Newsweek on Monday—and now Iran is accelerating its support for the Houthi rebels. The Islamic Republic is sending military advisors and advanced weapons, including drones, to sway the outcome of a...

The arrest earlier this week of Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, for his alleged failure to pay taxes on $700,000 in income brings an end, or at least a halt, to the public face of his controversial campaign. Barghouti was one of the founding...

Israel’s Prime Minister has denied reports claiming Russia had told Israel to stop airstrikes in Syria, ending Moscow’s policy of coordination with the Israeli air force. A recent increase in tension in the area prompted speculation that Russia had insisted that Israel stop or at least curb its activity in Syria,...

Thirty years ago, Australians thought of Israel – if they thought of it at all — in terms of oranges and bathing suits, quips Johnny Weiss. As founder and managing director of the Trans-Tasman Business Circle, and as former national CEO of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce, Weiss has...

Israel is the 11th happiest country in the world, according to a 2017 World Happiness Report published by the United Nations on Monday. The report, released on World Happiness Day, attempts to quantify each nation’s happiness, which it defines as “the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy.” It draws...