The metal detectors have come down. Since this was never about metal detectors, it comes as no surprise that tensions did not immediately subside. In their initial reaction to the Israeli measures, Muslim leaders instructed worshipers to continue to stay away from the Temple Mount. The Waqf, the Islamic Trust...

NeuroDerm, an Israeli clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing next-generation treatments for central nervous system disorders, will be acquired for $1.1 billion in cash by Japanese company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. The deal, expected to close in late 2017 pending shareholder approval, reportedly would be the largest-ever acquisition of an Israeli pharmaceuticals...

The release of Israel’s Amman embassy staff in Jordan and their return to Israel on Monday was made possible by “close cooperation” between Israeli and Jordanian authorities, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. A diplomatic crisis ensued between the countries on Sunday after a Jordanian man stabbed an Israeli security...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, to Jerusalem on Monday, saying their countries are “are kindred souls living in a very difficult part of the world … that show a big future.” While 2017 marked 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations, Netanyahu remarked that...

The family of Omar al-Abed, the knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist who brutally murdered three members of the Salomon family at Shabbat dinner on Friday, will enjoy a generous payment from the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the killing of Jews. As a result of the PA’s program to pay Palestinians who commit...

A senior Iranian official accused the United States on Saturday of violating the 2015 nuclear deal by sanctioning the Islamic Republic over its illicit ballistic missile program. “Undoubtedly, the U.S. breach of the [nuclear deal] won’t go unanswered,” said Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s state-owned PressTV...

A former Israeli senior national security official said that it’s in the “basic interest” of both Israel and Jordan to resolve a diplomatic crisis stemming from a terrorist attack at the Israeli Embassy compound in Amman on Sunday. Two Jordanians were killed in the attack, including one who stabbed an Israeli security guard with...

Thousands attended the funeral on Sunday of Yosef Salomon, 70, and his children Chaya Salomon, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, who were killed by a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank on Friday. The terrorist—19-year-old Omar al-Abed—entered Yosef’s home in Halamish and attacked the family as they celebrated the birth of a new grandchild....

The Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry, Eli Cohen, met earlier this month with Marcos Pereira, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Services of Brazil, the world’s seventh largest economy to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. Pereira made his official debut visit with a delegation of 15 senior...

Violent clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Friday between Israeli police and thousands of Palestinians who protested the installation of metal detectors at the entrance to the Temple Mount, following days of incitement by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Authority. Three Palestinians were reported killed in the rioting. The upgraded Israeli security...