Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh revealed that the terrorist organization makes no distinction between its civilian and military “wings,” vowing in a statement on Hamas’ website to take payments intended for government employees and funnel them to “military personnel.” Qatar recently agreed to transfer $31 million to Hamas in order to pay government workers,...

Israel’s emergency authority said it will need 500 million shekels ($130 million) a year for five years to improve its defenses against the Iran-backed terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, Haaretz reported on Monday. Israel currently spends about 200 million shekels each year on home front preparedness, beyond the sum included in...

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said that Jerusalem’s recent diplomatic gains with African nations may get another boost in September at the UN General Assembly, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with a number of African leaders, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday....

Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren was appointed deputy minister of the Prime Minster’s Office and head of Israel’s public diplomacy, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The move comes as part of a cabinet reshuffle involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and Kulanu, the second-largest party in...

A Palestinian man who tried to bomb the Jerusalem light rail last month said he plotted the attack in “revenge for visits by tourists and Israeli Jews to the Temple Mount,” police revealed on Tuesday. Ali Abu Hassan, a Hebron University student whose attempted attack was foiled by an alert...

A consortium of Chinese companies has announced that it is paying $4.4 billion for Playtika, the Israeli social games developer, which was owned by Caesars Interactive Entertainment. The group, led by an affiliate of Shanghai Giant Network Technology, one of China’s largest online games companies, said it has entered into...

Increased cooperation between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Islamic State forces in the Sinai Peninsula have drawn Egyptian ire, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. The close links forged by the two terrorist organizations — which the Israeli military has warned of in past months — compelled Cairo to inform Hamas...

The Palestinian Authority filed a complaint with FIFA after Israel prevented several players from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip from traveling to the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. The move is the latest in the PA’s ongoing effort to insert its conflict with Israel into international fora. Israel’s internal...

In an apparent reaction to Iran’s increasing isolation from the Arab world, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the growing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia a “stab in the back” of the Muslim world, Iranian media reported on Monday. Revelation of Saudi government’s relations with Zionist regime was stab...

Fourteen-year NBA veteran Amar’e Stoudemire signed a two-year deal to play with Hapoel Jerusalem on Monday, calling the opportunity a “dream come true” in an interview with ESPN. In explaining his decision to retire after 14 seasons in the NBA and instead play in Israel, the six-time All-Star said: “Now also...