Top Israeli defense officials rejected on Friday President Barack Obama’s assertion that Israel’s security establishment now “acknowledges” that the nuclear deal with Iran “has been a game changer” and a benefit to the Jewish state’s security. “The Israeli security establishment believes that agreements only have value if they are based on existing reality and...

Fatah, the party headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, boasted on its Facebook page on Tuesday that it “has killed 11,000 Israelis.” The post also gives Fatah credit for having “sacrificed 170,000 martyrs” and noted that hundreds of its members are incarcerated in Israeli jails. “Israelis and Palestinians have long accused each other...

The Australian government announced Friday that it has suspended aid to the charity World Vision after Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, charged the head of World Vision’s Gaza branch with funneling tens of millions of dollars worth of donations to the terrorist organization Hamas. The Shin Bet revealed on Thursday that...

Senior officials at the Department of Justice (DoJ) were overruled after they objected to the Obama administration’s plan to send $400 million in cash to Iran at the same time that American hostages were released, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Wednesday. “People knew what it was going to...

The next war between Israel and Hezbollah “will be catastrophic” because the Iran-backed terror organization has stationed its military assets inside “built-up population centers in cities, towns and villages” in Lebanon, Stéphane Cohen, head of diplomatic outreach and security analysis for The Israel Project (which publishes The Tower), wrote in The Times of Israel on Thursday....

The leader of the Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula was killed in an airstrike along with dozens of the group’s fighters, the Egyptian army said Thursday. Military forces “were able to kill the leader [of] Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the terrorist called Abu Doaa al-Ansari, and a number of...

Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest generic medicines producer, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Anda, the fourth-largest distributor of generic pharmaceuticals in the U.S., for $500 million. It is believed to be the largest-ever purchase by an Israeli company. The acquisition comes...

Scottish Jews are increasingly hiding their religious identity, with many choosing to do so in order to avoid discrimination, a study commissioned by the Scottish government has found. The study, conducted by the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC), found that 17 percent of those surveyed attempted to hide their Judaism, which the...

Iran executed a gay teenager last month in contravention of international law, which prohibits the application of the death penalty to minors, Amnesty International revealed on Tuesday. Hassan Afshar, 19, was hanged in the Arak prison on July 18 after being convicted of “forced male-to-male anal intercourse.” He was arrested...

The regional head of the global Christian charity World Vision funneled tens of millions of dollars to the terrorist group Hamas in order to fund its military activities, the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, charged Thursday. The Shin Bet revealed that it had arrested Mohammad el-Halabi, the director of World Vision’s Gaza branch, in...