Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to denounce terrorism and work to secure peace between their two nations in a video message published Friday. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly extended invitations to meet with Abbas over the past several years—including at least twice in May...

A major terrorist attack was averted on Sunday morning when Israeli security guards prevented a Palestinian man from boarding Jerusalem’s light rail while carrying several explosives and knives in his backpack. Police said two security personnel stationed by the Jaffa Center Station observed the man — said to be in...

The recent agreement to reestablish diplomatic ties between Israel and Turkey will not be affected by the attempted military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. “Israel and Turkey recently agreed on a reconciliation process,” Netanyahu noted ahead of his weekly cabinet...

The forecasts of wobbly world economies and an Israeli civilian workforce in need of more human resources did not stop the cash flow of investments into Israeli startups in the first half of 2016. In fact, Israeli high-tech capital raising reached an amazing $2.8 billion in the first six months of...

Iran test-fired a new kind of ballistic missile using North Korean technology on the night of July 11-12, Fox News reported on Friday, citing multiple intelligence officials. The latest test, the ninth Iran carried out since it reached a nuclear deal with global powers last year, was held two days before the one-year anniversary of...

A decade after fighting the Second Lebanon War against the Islamist terror militia Hezbollah, Israel is once again facing a build-up on its northern border, with the prospect of fresh hostilities looming. The 2006 conflict, waged over a month during the hot summer, was the culmination of six years of...

Fifteen Democratic senators who originally supported the nuclear deal with Iran have written a letter to President Barack Obama criticizing the deal’s inspection procedures, Politico reported Friday. The group, led by Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), called on Obama to pressure the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which performs inspections on suspected Iranian nuclear sites,...

Israeli leaders expressed sympathy and solidarity with France after a terrorist attack in the city of Nice killed 84 people celebrating Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, on Thursday night. “Israel strongly condemns the terrible terror attack,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “Israelis stand united with the French people. Israel is...

More than 600 people will work together across Israel and India next week to develop solutions to healthcare challenges facing low-income Indian communities. The first-ever India-Israeli Affordable Healthcare Hackathon, scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore from July 22-24, will feature engineers, designers, health practitioners, entrepreneurs, programmers, and other looking to disrupt...

More than 80 people were killed and scores more injured after a truck rammed into a crowd in Nice, France on Thursday evening. The driver steered his car into a group of people who had just finished watching fireworks to celebrate Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, on the city’s prominent Promenade...