Hamas and Fatah are involved in a major dispute over security control in the Gaza Strip, only one week after the Palestinian Authority (PA) assumed control over the Gaza border crossings from Hamas as part of their broader reconciliation agreement. PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah called for the factions to...

When the dispatcher alerted them about a two-week-old baby who’d stopped breathing, 16-year-old Ori Cohen and his Magen David Adom crewmates were right nearby with their ambulance. Working quickly under the guidance of the crew’s senior emergency medical technician, Cohen and his fellow volunteers restored the infant’s breathing and whisked...

It sounded like something out of a movie. A dishonest businessman representing a crime boss is enticed to invest in a scheme that provides incredible returns. When the short term results proved to be as good as promised, the businessman went to his boss and encouraged him to invest and realize...

The bodies of five terrorists from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who were killed when Israel demolished a tunnel that extended into its territory from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip are being held by Israel. The five terrorists whose bodies were recovered by Israel were found on the Israeli side of the...

Meeting with leaders of the Jewish community in Madrid on Sunday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pledged Israel’s support in the fight against anti-Semitism, as he embarked on a three-day state visit to celebrated 100 years of resurgent Jewish presence in Spain, The Times of Israel reported. “The community here today...

Stewart Cowley’s The Hungry Hippo has been a bedtime favorite since its publication in 1986. The story tells of a grumpy young hippo named Potamus who stomps all over town in search of his favorite food (a peanut butter and jelly sandwich). Real life imitated art on November 1 when...

Israel’s largest-ever biennnial aerial exercise, including the air forces of nine countries, is underway, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. Teams from the United States, Greece, Poland, France, Italy and Germany will be participating in Blue Flag 2017. For the first time a team from India will participate. An eighth...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels reached Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh with a ballistic missile for the first time on Saturday, in an attack which was described by the kingdom as “a blatant act of military aggression by the Iranian regime.” Yemen’s Houthi-controlled defense ministry confirmed that its forces had targeted Saudi...

Lebanon’s prime minister resigned Saturday in a surprise announcement broadcast from Saudi Arabia, blasting Iran for meddling in his country and indicating that his life was in danger, The New York Times reported. Saad Hariri, who was appointed prime minister last December by Michel Aoun, Lebanon’s Hezollah-allied president, broadcast his statement on...

Israeli cybersecurity companies Skybox, Intezer and NanoLock dominated investment news during the month of October. Skybox Security raised $150 million in a financing round led by CVC Capital Partners’ Growth Fund, which invested $100 million; $50 million came from Pantheon. Skybox, founded in Israel in 2002, is headquartered in Silicon Valley...