Robert Dussey, the foreign minister of Togo, on Monday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to an African-Israeli summit on development and security in October. Dussey estimated that 20-25 national leaders will participate in the conference, which Netanyahu agreed to attend. “I want you to know how glad we are that...

The mayor of Jerusalem announced on Monday that he is holding direct talks with members of the new U.S. administration about potentially moving the American embassy to the Israeli capital, describing his interlocutors as “serious about their intention.” Mayor Nir Barkat noted in a statement that the Trump administration’s interest in relocating the embassy...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday expressed his hope that the Iranian and Israeli people could work together to secure a peaceful future for both nations, saying in a video message, “We are your friend, not your enemy.” After acknowledging Iran’s “proud history” and “rich culture,” Netanyahu expressed sympathy...

Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which answers directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stands to be the main beneficiary of economic agreements recently signed between Tehran and Damascus, Reuters reported Wednesday. Syrian Prime Minister Emad Khamis signed five memorandums of understandings on a visit last week to Iran, including phosphate mining...

The premise of the recent Paris conference to advance peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians was undermined by a 2013 French court ruling on the legality of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the editors of The Wall Street Journal argued Thursday. While the Paris conference convened to “once more...

About a month ago, I wrote in this column about a group of British animal rights activists who employed Nazi imagery in a vicious campaign against a kosher abattoir (slaughterhouse) in London. This, I said, was another example of the Holocaust being used as a stick with which to beat...

A Year of Iranian Lawlessness Last January, then-President Barack Obama announced the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran, crediting it to “strong American diplomacy” and assuring that “the region, the United States, and the world will be more secure.” Yet the events of the past year have raised questions about...

The police chief of Whitefish, Montana has nailed a mezuzah to the doorway of his police station in solidarity with the Jews of the town, where a planned neo-Nazi march was set to take place, The Forward reported Thursday. During a visit to Whitefish by Orthodox rabbis from the U.S....

Israel opened its new office at NATO headquarters on Thursday, a move meant to strengthen ties between Jerusalem and Brussels, Ynet reported. Roni Leshno Yaar presented his credentials to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, becoming the first Israeli representative to NATO since the Jewish state was accepted as a partner of...

Six elected officials from the Miami area on Wednesday harshly condemned recent acts of vandalism committed near local Jewish businesses by supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, which they blasted as an “anti-Semitic and anti-Israel” ploy to undermine peace prospects. In a letter to Miami Police Commander Albert...