Most Israelis assume – or at least they did until very recently – that Germany is a steadfast friend of Israel. They therefore find it hard to imagine that it would actively support organizations which contribute to the campaign to delegitimize Israel’s right to exist. But all that may have...

In a speech celebrating the eleventh anniversary of the end of the second Lebanon war with Israel, Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah warned that the terrorist organization could target Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona, effectively threatening nuclear terror against the Jewish state. Nasrallah boasted that Hezbollah was 100 times more powerful—armed by...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has condemned United States Senators after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Taylor Force Act for consideration by the U.S. Senate. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas chaired a Saturday meeting of the PLO Executive Committee to review the U.S. Senate decision. On Monday,...

Israeli humanitarian aid workers are helping survivors in the wake of heavy flooding and a devastating mudslide that buried houses on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, early on Monday morning. So far more than 300 people are reported dead, thousands are still missing, and some 2,500 have been left...

Kuwait announced the capture of twelve members of a terror cell linked to Hezbollah and Iran, who had been charged with planning attacks across the nation on Saturday. The suspects had been captured in different parts of Kuwait, Agence France-Presse reported. They had been on the run for weeks since they...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees announced on Monday that it had sealed a Hamas terror tunnel built under two of its schools in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The tunnel was discovered at the beginning of June, after the Maghazi Elementary...

Major-General Amikam Norkin officially assumed command of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) in a ceremony at Tel Nof air base on Tuesday evening. Norkin replaced Major-General Amir Eshel, who has retired after 40 years of military service. The ceremony was attended by both Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot and...

In a speech before Iran’s parliament on Tuesday, newly reelected President Hassan Rouhani threatened that if the United States continued to impose new non-nuclear sanctions on Iran, Iran could resume its nuclear program at a more advanced level than before the negotiations began. “The new US administration officials should know...

The multinational firm Oracle has chosen its inaugural class of startup participants in its new six-month Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator program in Tel Aviv. Run by members of Oracle’s R&D team, the Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator program provides mentoring from technical and business experts, state-of-the-art technology, a co-working space, and access to...

Three top administration officials are headed to the Middle East to consult with Israel, the Palestinians and other Arab states in efforts to restart negotiations with no preconditions, a U.S. official announced Friday. Presidential adviser Jared Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason...