Waqf, Palestinian Authority Ratchet Up Temple Mount Tensions Given the tense atmosphere that prevailed in Jerusalem after three Arab Israelis killed two Israeli police officers on the Temple Mount last Friday, it would have been reasonable for the Palestinian Authority to call for calm. But the Temple Mount—home of al-Aqsa...

Two United States senators pushed back on Thursday, against charges made by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that a bill designed to fight boycotts of Israel violates the Constitution. Contrary to charges raised by ACLU National Political Director Faiz Shakir, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act does not “punish U.S. persons based solely on their...

An Israeli court ruled on Wednesday that 51 Palestinians have grounds to sue the Palestinian Authority for torture they suffered while in PA custody, The Jerusalem Post reported. The Jerusalem District Court said in a 1,860-page ruling that the plaintiffs could sue the PA in Israeli courts, noting that they had been...

Despite warnings from top American and Israeli officials against rewarding terrorism, the Palestinian Authority has increased its spending on salaries to terrorists and their families in 2017, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) revealed Wednesday. According to the Palestinian Authority’s latest budget, payments to jailed terrorists have increased 13%, from 488 million shekels ($135 million)...

Tensions in and around Jerusalem have soared since Arab Israeli terrorists murdered two Israeli police officers and injured a third in the sacred Temple Mount complex in the Old City last Friday. Israel responded with new security measures, including installing metal detectors that have been met with unjustified outrage. It’s...

Cargill Animal Nutrition has joined forces with Israel’s Consumer Physics to introduce Reveal real-time nutrition analysis to U.S. dairy producers. The new Reveal real-time forage analysis service, which launched this month, utilizes SCiO – the smallest handheld near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer on the market, made by Consumer Physics. “Today’s dairy producers are constantly pushing the...

Radiohead, the popular rock band that was attacked by anti-Israel boycotters over their decision to perform in Israel, defied their critics and played their longest set in 11 years before a crowd of 47,000 in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The group’s outspoken lead singer, Thom Yorke, eviscerated critics including Pink Floyd founder Roger...

Israeli authorities released security camera footage on Thursday showing an unidentified man smuggling guns onto the Temple Mount, which were then used by three terrorists to kill two Israeli policemen on Friday. The footage tracks the movements of the three Arab-Israeli gunmen—Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Jabarin, 29; Muhammad Hamad Abdel Latif Jabarin,...

Iran remained the “foremost state sponsor of terrorism in 2016,” the U.S. State Department announced in an annual report on global terrorism released this week. Iran was first designated a state sponsor of terrorism in 1984. Militant Islamist groups supported by Iran, including Lebanon-based Hezbollah, continue “to threaten U.S. allies and interests,”...

It’s no secret that men hold most of the senior positions in government, academia and industry. Also girls are a minority in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) classes and women are a minority in the high-tech workforce. While online communities help women and teenage girls gather information and compete...