The recent escalation along Israel’s border with Gaza, including an Israeli attack on the Hamas-ruled enclave over the weekend that destroyed two terror tunnels, is fueled in part by Hamas’s attempt to prepare for its planned “great march of the return,” a leading analyst of Palestinian politics explained to a press...

Adiel Kolman, a 32-year-old father of four from Kochav Hashachar, died of his wounds last night after being stabbed near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the day. The attacker, named by security officials as Abd el-Rahman Bani, walked up to Kolman and stabbed him repeatedly in...

India has been described as the diabetes capital of the world. More than 69 million Indians are currently living with diabetes and the number is expected to climb to 79.4 million by 2030. To help manage the treatment of this staggering number of patients, Apollo Hospitals Group’s nationwide chain of...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has fired its first official Jewish Representative, Sherzad Omar Mamsani, reportedly under pressure from the central government in Baghdad. The Times of Israel reported on Thursday that the head of the KRG’s Ministry for Endowment and Religious Affairs, Mariwan Nasqshbandy, suggested that the decision to...

Two news events this week underscored that the biggest impediment to Israeli-Palestinian peace is the inability or the refusal of the Palestinian Authority to govern effectively. In the first case, a convoy carrying PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah through Gaza was struck by an explosion damaging three cars and reportedly injuring...

The deputy leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah said in an interview that his organization is “ready” to confront Israel, Reuters reported Thursday. Hezbollah “is ready to confront the aggression if it happens, if Israel decides to carry out any foolish action,” Naim Qassem told Reuters. “But it does not appear...

In a preview of an interview that will air in its entirety on “60 Minutes” this coming Sunday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told correspondent Norah O’Donnell that if Iran were to develop a nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia would “follow suit as soon as possible.” The preview was broadcast...

Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in a new eco-certified hotel in Herzliya. The Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist will join the project as an investor and partner, Hagag Real Estate Development announced last week. The hotel, located in the Herzliya Marina, will be designed by famous architect David Rockwell and will...

If President Donald Trump follows through on his intent to either fix the weaknesses in the nuclear deal or withdraw from the accord, it would mean that “Mr. Trump will be better positioned to make it clear to Pyongyang that he means business,” two sanctions experts wrote in an op-ed published...

Liraz Russo, 27, and Ben-El Tavori,26, known to Israeli music fans as Static and Ben-El, have signed a reported ten-year, $5 million deal with Capitol Records, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. This deal was made possible by entertainment mogul, Haim Saban, who heard about the group from his nephew...