“Israel Day” was held at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, comprising a series of events highlighting Israel’s technological advancements and its outsize impact on Wall Street. The programming was organized by the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL). “AIFL is honored that the NYSE recognizes Israel’s accomplishments as a start-up nation, not only...

Azerbaijan may be looking to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket system ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to the Shiite-majority nation, Israeli media reported Thursday, citing Azerbaijani news outlets. A member of the Azerbaijani parliament, Yevda Abramov, reportedly claimed that Iron Dome is ready for transfer to the country’s military. A northern neighbor of Iran, Azerbaijan has...

A World Cup qualifying match between Israel and Albania had to be moved after Albanian authorities arrested four people who were allegedly planning a terror attack against the Israeli team. The suspects were arrested in the city of Shkodër, where the match was scheduled to take place on Sunday. Albanian security forces...

Five multinational corporations, including Microsoft, have established a partnership to invest in Israeli startups developing technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), The Times of Israel reported Thursday. In addition to Microsoft, the venture capital arms of General Electric, Qualcomm, the Indian conglomerate Tata, and the Chinese company HNA Group have...

In a pair of phone calls, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with both President-elect Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton following Tuesday’s presidential vote. Calling Trump a “great friend of Israel,” Netanyahu expressed his gratitude to the president-elect for his frequently declared support for Israel. The...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed his concerned Monday about “the weakening taboo” against chemical weapons attacks, after numerous reports that more such attacks have taken place in Syria in recent weeks. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Ban expressed fears that the use of chemical weapons could become “normalized in this...

Iran has once again violated the cap on the amount of heavy water, nuclear runoff that can be used to produce weaponizable material, it may possess under the terms of the nuclear deal, Reuters reported on Wednesday. This is the second time since the implementation of the nuclear deal in January that Iran...

The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas blasted a visit by seven Moroccan journalists to Israel as a “crime,” The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. “We condemn the visit of a team of Moroccan media persons to the Israeli entity with the goal of normalizing with it and undertaking a campaign of beautifying...

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett invested $5 million in Israel Bonds at an event in Omaha on Sunday, participating in a fundraiser that netted a total of $60 million for the bonds. “If you are looking for brains, energy and dynamism in the Middle East, Israel is the only place...

The Middle East that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit when he assumes office in two months is, as a foreign policy advisor to the last two presidents told The New York Times last month, “seemingly in free fall.” Among the challenges that Trump will have deal with: wars in Syria,...