Israel’s Foreign Ministry has received thousands of messages from Iraq in support of Israel in the wake of the Temple Mount crisis triggered by a terrorist attack, with Iraqis saying they “recognize the State of Israel” and reject Palestinian terrorism. Reactions include criticism of “the hypocrisy of the Arab peoples,”...

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Vienna and consult with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, a U.S official announced on Wednesday. Under the Corker-Cardin legislation, the president must certify Iran’s compliance with the deal every 90 days....

The IDF has revealed the extent of the new concrete barrier currently being built around the Gaza Strip. The 3 billion shekel ($836 million) concrete barrier aims to eliminate the existing tunnel threat posed by Hamas, as well as any future tunnels that reach into Israel. It will include sensors...

Israel’s SpaceIL, one of only five teams remaining in the multi-million-dollar Google Lunar XPrize race to the moon, is starting to assemble the craft to be launched in 2018, according to SpaceIL CEO Eran Privman. “We are thrilled to share with you that the various parts and components of the...

Iranian authorities have recently arrested  four men and two women for teaching Zumba, the BBC reported. The arrests follow the outlawing of the popular Brazilian exercise dance by the regime in June. In a letter, the head of the Sports for All Federation, Ali Majd Ara, declared that the government...

Mansour Omari, a Syrian journalist and free speech activist, is launching an exhibition in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., detailing forced disappearance and torture under the Assad regime. Omari was arrested in his Damascus office in February 2012 for his human rights campaigning and...

Companies in Israel and the United States have ramped up production of the projectiles that are at the center of Israel’s multi-layered anti-missile defense systems, Defense News reported Tuesday. Israel’s missile defense systems—including the Arrow-3, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome—are all heavily funded by the U.S. In exchange, U.S. companies get a share...

The Palestinian Authority arrested five journalists on Tuesday evening and charged them with leaking sensitive information to enemies. According to Shireen al-Khatib, an associate at the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom, the detained journalists include Tariq Abu Zayd and Ahmad Halaika of Hamas-run al-Aqsa television, The Jerusalem Post reported. The...

Israel’s pioneering drip-irrigation company, Netafim, announced Monday that Mexican petrochemical firm Mexichem will acquire an 80% stake in the company in a deal worth $1.516 billion. Kibbutz Hatzerim, Netafim’s founder, will retain the remaining 20% stake. The total enterprise value of the transaction is $1.895 billion. Founded in 1965, Netafim...

The Israel Air Force (IAF) struck two Hamas targets last night in response to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. The rocket landed in an open area, believed to be a building site, without causing casualties. Warning sirens were sounded in both Ashkelon and the nearby Hof Ashkelon Regional...