On her many dives across the globe, Israeli marine biologist Shimrit Perkol-Finkel was distressed to see the ecological damage done by concrete ports, breakwaters and piers. “These structures destroy the natural habitats, replacing natural reefs with a desert of concrete. If anything grows on it at all, it’s an invasive,...

France and Germany have called on Iran to end its ballistic missile program as well as its “hegemonic temptations,” Reuters reported on Monday. In a press conference, with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said, “We also have the same view on the necessity for...

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday “that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” in a landmark speech at the White House. He noted that in 1995 the Congress, by “an overwhelming bipartisan majority,” adopted the Jerusalem Embassy Act, urging the federal government to move the American...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they fired a cruise missile at a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates raising the specter of nuclear terror, Reuters reported on Sunday. The Houthis, which control most of northern Yemen, said they targeted the UAE as part of the Saudi-led...

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz signed an agreement with his counterparts from Cyprus and Greece and the Italian ambassador to supply European Union (EU) countries with natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The project will involve a 1,300km (808 miles) pipeline on the Mediterranean seabed from the eastern Mediterranean...

DiA Imaging Analysis of Beersheva, a medical imaging analysis software company, has signed a multi-year, non-exclusive licensing and professional services agreement with GE Healthcare to develop automated imaging analysis technology that will work with GE Healthcare’s ultrasound devices. The Israeli company’s first-to-market automated tools for analyzing images from handheld ultrasound...

The Taylor Force Act, which will cut American aid to the Palestinian Authority as long as it pays stipends to terrorists and their families, a scheme sometimes referred to as “pay to slay,” easily passed the United States House of Representatives on Tuesday, with strong bipartisan support. It will now move to...

For the second time in a week, Israeli jets are believed to have struck a military site inside of Syria, Ynet reported Tuesday. A Syrian military research facility in Jamraya (or Jamariya), outside of Damascus, was hit by several explosions overnight Monday. The area struck, which houses a number of military facilities including the...

An Iranian state-sponsored hacker group, known as Charming Kitten, has targeted victims around the world, including Israelis, to gather information about Iranian dissidents living both in the Islamic Republic and abroad, the Israel-based cybersecurity firm ClearSky said. The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday that the Iranian cyber-espionage group used...

Following the arrest of two Bedouin Israelis for the murder on Friday of an Israeli soldier, Sgt. Ron Kokia, the leaders of several Bedouin communities condemned terror and called for coexistence as they met with the mayor of Arad, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The mayors and council leaders of...