New figures released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday showed that Israel devoted more of its GDP to research and development than any other country in 2015. R&D spending, % GDP: China spending almost = OECD avg, while Israel narrowly reclaims “top spot” See https://t.co/p2Wpc1c5q4 (PDF)...

The Israel Defense Forces is preparing for a possible Hezbollah incursion using marines and other naval commandos in the country’s north, Ynet reported Monday. A group of commandos could try to infiltrate north of Nahariya while protected by mortar and anti-tank fire from Lebanon, the IDF believes. It also believes that Hezbollah will attempt to...

The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to Palestinian refugees, has frequently been criticized for employing teachers and utilizing textbooks that promote anti-Semitism, as well as the fact that the terror organization Hamas has sometimes used its schools to hide its weapons. While the agency has occasionally taken action...

The reported death of a Hamas rocket engineer in a work accident on Monday is the latest indication that the Palestinian terrorist group is readying for another round of violence against Israel, Palestinian affairs correspondent Yoni Ben Menachem wrote in an analysis for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Mohammad Walid al-Koka, a...

Up to 13,000 people were secretly killed over five years in a notorious Syrian prison run by the Iran-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad, Amnesty International revealed in a report on Tuesday. Saydnaya Prison, located some 30 miles north of Damascus, is the site of a “campaign of mass hangings and extermination,” complete with...

Local media and paparazzi were caught off guard when actor and martial artists Chuck Norris appeared in Israel over the weekend. Norris, 76, was spotted at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, touring the tunnels beneath the Wall, and dining with Dore Gold, the former director-general of the Israel Foreign Ministry,...

A delegation of 11 NFL football players are heading to Israel next week for a visit set to commence on February 13. The athletes will visit landmarks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea and Haifa, as well as Christian holy sites in the Galilee. They will also visit the...

The Israel Defense Forces hit three Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon, hours after a rocket fired from Gaza struck an open field just over the Israel-Gaza border. No injuries or damages were reported due to the Palestinian strike, which landed south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon. IDF...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday in London, where the two leaders spoke of ways to enhance bilateral ties and address mutual threats. At the start of his meeting with May, Netanyahu—who said he has a photo of Winston Churchill near one...

Iran continued to carry out missile tests over the weekend, in an apparent response to the United States’ decision to impose fresh sanctions following ballistic missile testing last week. The semi-official Fars news agency described “massive” drills on the northern Semnan province that took place on Saturday. Commander of the...