The sanctions relief accompanying a potential nuclear deal with Iran will result in significant financial benefits to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to research published Wednesday in The National Interest. The study is by Emanuele Ottolenghi and Saeed Ghasseminejad, respectively a senior fellow and an...

The global science community is looking to Rehovot, where a team of Israeli scientists at the Weizmann Institute managed to grow lymphatic cells in the lab for the first time ever. For over a century, scientists have debated the origins of the lymphatic system—a parallel system to the blood vessels...

FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, will investigate the arrests of a team of BBC reporters by Qatari authorities, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The controversy surrounding FIFA’s decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar is showing no sign of letting up, but now at least, the...

The United States Department of Defense approved a massive $1.9 billion arms deal with Israel, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The deal would add “thousands of bombs, air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles” to Israel’s arsenal for self-defense needs. The deal still requires Congressional approval. The details of the possible sale were...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Iran is demanding 24 days notice before international inspections of suspected nuclear sites, Reuters reported Wednesday. When asked whether there had been some progress since April, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who has been perceived as the most demanding in the talks, said the negotiations...

Shortly before he died Tuesday, scholar Robert Wistrich, the world’s leading authority on anti-Semitism, sent a column to The Jerusalem Post, which was published yesterday. In the column, Wistrich made seven observations about the current nature of anti-Semitism. Among his observations were that the anti-Semitism of the far Right is less...