The latest reported use of chemical weapons by the Iran-backed regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad represents a “milestone” in global tolerance of their deployment, a top expert on Middle Eastern biological and chemical warfare warned on Tuesday. Assad’s forces used proscribed weapons — likely including Sarin nerve gas — to...

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) voted to reject a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions, Inside Higher Ed reported on Tuesday. A little more than half the 9,359 voting members of the association participated in the vote, with 2,423 members voting against the boycott measure and 2,384 supporting it. The AAA voted at its annual meeting...

Israel’s ability to turn limitations into advantages is one of the factors that has fueled its rise as a tech power, a Forbes analysis explained Sunday. Because Israel has limited natural resources, it has instead been devoted to “maximiz[ing] the intellectual capacity of its people,” which meant that “its economy naturally gravitated towards knowledge...

Israel’s largest construction group, Shikun & Binui, has announced the financial closing of the Cundinamarca 010 Toll Road Project in Colombia. The project is part of a multinational plan to upgrade the South American country’s road infrastructure system. The toll road will span approximately 95 miles and is located near the city...

In a major development for Israel’s arms export industry, the United States Army chose an Israeli-made “active protection system” to secure its armored personnel carriers (APCs). The American military will use Israel Military Industries’ Iron Fist Light Configuration system to protect its light- to medium-weight APCs. Iron Fist employs a combinations of radar and electro-optic...

Palestinian textbooks continue to encourage violence, anti-Semitism, and anti-Israel sentiments, a study carried out by a monitor of educational curricula has found. “The word ‘peace’ does not appear at all,” wrote Impact-SE in its report, which surveyed 78 Palestinian Authority texts for grades 1 through 12, after reviewing references to the Oslo Accords. “The State of Israel, with...

Footage has emerged on Twitter of an Iranian soldier from the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) embedded among Iraqi troops, the latest indication of direct Iranian involvement in its neighboring country’s internal affairs. “In the name of God, the compassionate the merciful. Friday afternoon, the operation to liberate Fallujah....

A delegation of more than 50 New Zealand business professionals were in Israel from May 29 to June 1 for the inaugural Innovation Mission from the South Pacific island nation to the Jewish state. The group was led by Simon Moutter, CEO of Spark — New Zealand’s largest mobile operator — and included senior Kiwi executives from...

Hamas fighters can travel underground throughout the entirety of the Gaza Strip using the terror group’s tunnel network, according to a Hamas operative who was captured last month after he crossed illegally into Israel from Gaza. “Hamas has dug an extensive network for moving fighters around the Strip exclusively underground,”...

In a precedent-setting ruling, the student government at McGill University in Montreal found that anti-Israel boycotts violate its own anti-discrimination policies, Andrew Pessin reported in The Algemeiner on Monday. The Judicial Board of the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) ruled last week that “resolutions affirming the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against...