Jason Greenblatt, the White House’s special envoy for international negotiations, announced on Thursday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority reached a landmark, U.S.-mediated water agreement. Though Greenblatt presented the agreement in the context of a planned canal extending from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, he focused on the...

In the wake of the successful Iraqi fight to liberate the city of Mosul from ISIS, the world should thank the Kurds for the vital role they played by supporting their quest for independence, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote Wednesday in Tablet Magazine. “It was the Kurdish peshmerga that, in October and November 2016, opened Mosul’s...

The lead singer of English rock band Radiohead has defended their decision to perform at a concert in Israel, following vocal criticism from activists who advocate a boycott of Israel. Thom Yorke took to Twitter to explain their decision not to participate in any cultural boycott of Israel, saying: “Music,...

You always need to assume someone’s looking over your shoulder when you’re using public Wi-Fi: a hacker, or the government, or a plain old snoop. Virtual private networks were invented to remedy this problem for businesses. An Israeli app called SaferVPN is being used by individuals and companies (even cybersecurity...

How would you describe a man sentenced by a legitimate court of law to multiple life sentences in prison for directing numerous attacks, including suicide bombings, against civilian and military targets? If your moral compass were intact, you would likely be looking for words such as “remorseless terrorist” or “cold-blooded...

An ex-Palestinian Authority minister revealed in a statement, posted on social media on Sunday, that he quit his post in October 2015 because of the high level of corruption in the Palestinian government. Shawqi al-Issa, who served as minister of agriculture and minister of social affairs in the Palestinian unity...

A new report by the UN has described Gaza as “unliveable” after 10 years of Hamas rule. The report, published on Tuesday, describes living conditions for the two million people in the Palestinian enclave as deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made in 2012 that the enclave would become...

Israeli and Palestinian officials on Monday attended the “historic” opening of a new Palestinian power station located near the West Bank city of Jenin. The substation will allow Israel to provide 135 more megawatts of electricity to the northern West Bank, the area under Palestinian Authority control that experiences the most...

After a brutal nine-month war, the Iraqi Army has liberated Mosul from ISIS. The city, Iraq’s second largest, is all but destroyed. The butcher’s bill tallies 30,000 people dead and counting. Another 600,000, roughly a third of the population, have been displaced. Roughly three-fourths of Mosul’s buildings are in ruins,...

In the first half of 2017, Israeli high-tech exits totaled $1.95 billion in 57 deals, according to an IVC-Meitar Exits Report published earlier this week. Exits in H1/2017 comprised 46 merger & acquisition (M&A) deals, seven initial public offerings (IPOs) and four buyouts, totaling $1.51 billion, $227 million, and $218...