Iranian actions fighting ISIS in Iraq have been “helpful,” Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the latest indication that the Obama administration’s ISIS strategy involves allowing Iran’s efforts to spread its influence across the Middle East. Asked by panel moderator Walter Isaacson about Iranian cooperation in the fight against ISIS...

A school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency hid a map depicting what it referred to as “historic Palestine” — a territory that encompasses Israel — on the occasion of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The map, draped with a white sheet, was visible in photos...

The rising levels of anti-Semitism in France, due to both historical factors and modern Arab immigration, means that French Jews have no future there, Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Natan Sharansky said Monday in Paris. “There is no future for the Jews in France because of the Arabs, and because of...

During his final trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon emphasized that peace can only come through “direct negotiations” between the two parties. “No solution can come through violence, it must be based on mutual respect and the recognition of the legitimate...

Three suicide bombers opened fire before detonating themselves in Istanbul’s main international airport on Tuesday, killing 41 people and injuring over 230 others. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said there were indications that the Islamic State was involved, yet there has been no official claim of responsibility for the assault. Security camera footage showed a police officer shooting one of the...

Cisco Systems has acquired an Israeli-founded cloud security firm a day after announcing a strategic cooperation agreement with Israel’s largest bank. Cisco will acquire CloudLock, which was established in 2011 by three IDF veterans, for $293 million, Globes reported Tuesday. The company has 150 employees, 30 of them in Israel, and has raised $39 million thus far. On...

Israeli police have closed the Temple Mount to non-Muslim visitors until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following several days of Palestinian riots, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Police said several masked youth attacked Israeli Jews, tourists, and officers at the site — the holiest in Judaism and home to al-Aqsa Mosque, the...

A senior adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that any Palestinian interactions with Israelis should end with violence, rather than dialogue. “If you ask me my blunt position, I would say — every place you find an Israeli, slit his throat,” Sultan Abu al-Einein, a member of...

Masked Palestinian youth attacked a group of Israeli Jews and tourists on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Monday, the second such attack in two days. Six Palestinians were arrested after throwing rocks and other objects at visitors and Border Police officers at the site, which is the holiest in Judaism...

An Israeli high-tech company has hired four programmers from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and plans to employ at least six more by 2017. According to Reuters, 10 percent of Mellanox Technologies’ workforce is already comprised of Arab programmers living in Israel and in territories administered by the Palestinian Authority, including Ramallah. “From our experience...