Facebook shut down the official page of the ruling Palestinian political party Fatah on Monday, a move that came amidst a campaign by the social media network against accounts that promote violence. Munir Jaghoub, a spokesman for Fatah’s Mobilization and Organization Commission, told The Jerusalem Post that the trigger for Facebook’s action was the...

Over 165 Israeli startups and technology companies are participating in the 2017 Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile industry trade show, now taking place in Barcelona. Welcome to #Barcelona! #MWC17 begins today A post shared by The GSMA (@gsmaonline) on Feb 26, 2017 at 10:26pm PST The blue-and-white companies are...

A top Chinese automobile manufacturer is slated to open a research and development center in Israel, Globes reported Sunday. Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) said that it will establish an R&D center in Israel focusing on “electrical propulsion, data networks, car sharing, and smart automated propulsion.” The company, which already has...

The Iranian Navy announced on Monday that it had successfully tested the new domestically-developed Dehlaviyeh anti-ship missile during large-scale war games in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s naval drills, which began on Sunday, will reportedly take place over two million square kilometers (772,000 square miles—nearly three times the size of Texas). The military...

The recent U.S.-Israeli proposal for a regional peace initiative, floated by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Washington earlier this month, is a non-starter, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday. Speaking at the opening session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,...

A number of Jewish day schools and community centers were targeted by bomb threats across the United States on Monday, a day after a Jewish cemetery was vandalized in Philadelphia. The threats were directed at Jewish community centers in Asheville, North Carolina; Birmingham, Alabama; York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Tarrytown and Staten Island,...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict took center stage once again when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington to meet with President Donald Trump. Amidst speculation over the policy they would adopt regarding the stalled peace process and the wider idea of a regional peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, one...

The terror group Hamas has built at least 15 tunnels that extend into Israel, the country’s Channel 2 reported Sunday, citing members of the government’s security cabinet. Although the Israel Defense Forces discovered and destroyed at least 34 tunnels during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Hamas has been pouring resources into rebuilding its terror infrastructure,...

UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees, announced Sunday that it had suspended an employee who was accused of being named to a leadership post in the terrorist organization Hamas. Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) charged that Suhail al-Hindi a principal at a UNRWA-run school, was...

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Monday morning, but did not cause any injuries or damage. The rocket was fired at 4:15 AM local time and landed in the Shar Hanegev region. The Israel Defense Forces said rocket warning sirens were not activated as...