A dual American-Israeli citizen suspected of being behind a wave of phoned-in bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers (JCC) across North America was arrested on Thursday following an international investigation coordinated by Israel, law enforcement officials said. While few details are currently available about the unnamed 19-year-old suspect or his motives, he...

The Tel Aviv City Hall lit up with the colors of the Union Jack on Wednesday in an act of solidarity with London, which was struck by a terror attack that left three people dead and 40 injured earlier in the day. #TelAviv City Hall lit up tonight in colours of...

In case of a future war with the Islamist terrorist groups Hamas or Hezbollah, Israel would completely evacuate its border communities–up to 250,000 people in either case–to lower the threat level, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. These evacuations, coordinated with local municipalities to keep civilians safe, would be the biggest in...

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas sought out advanced mapping software from a Turkish aid organization in order to improve the accuracy of rockets fired at Israel, the Shin Bet intelligence agency announced. While questioning Muhammad Murtaja, who was arrested last month on suspicions that he diverted Turkish aid money to Hamas, the Shin Bet discovered...

Tens of thousands of Yemenites have lost their homes and livelihoods, the country’s ambassador to the United States wrote in Newsweek on Monday—and now Iran is accelerating its support for the Houthi rebels. The Islamic Republic is sending military advisors and advanced weapons, including drones, to sway the outcome of a...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that gender equality is a “Zionist plot” to corrupt the role of women in society. “Making women a commodity and an object of gratification in the Western world is most likely among Zionist plots aiming to destroy the society,” Khamenei said in...

The arrest earlier this week of Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, for his alleged failure to pay taxes on $700,000 in income brings an end, or at least a halt, to the public face of his controversial campaign. Barghouti was one of the founding...

Israel’s Prime Minister has denied reports claiming Russia had told Israel to stop airstrikes in Syria, ending Moscow’s policy of coordination with the Israeli air force. A recent increase in tension in the area prompted speculation that Russia had insisted that Israel stop or at least curb its activity in Syria,...

Thirty years ago, Australians thought of Israel – if they thought of it at all — in terms of oranges and bathing suits, quips Johnny Weiss. As founder and managing director of the Trans-Tasman Business Circle, and as former national CEO of the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce, Weiss has...

Israel is the 11th happiest country in the world, according to a 2017 World Happiness Report published by the United Nations on Monday. The report, released on World Happiness Day, attempts to quantify each nation’s happiness, which it defines as “the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy.” It draws...