Israeli officials intercepted a Gaza-bound shipment of metal pipes and motors that could have been used by Hamas to build rockets and tunnels, Israel’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday. The shipment contained “hundreds of pipes with a diameter under four inches, with a special kind of screw that is used for the production...

Two Israeli filmmakers took home prizes at the Cannes Film Festival this week. Or Sinai, a graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem, and Asaph Polonsky, who was born in the U.S. but raised in Israel, pocketed rave reviews for their works. Polonsky’s debut film, One Week and a...

Sanctions and national security experts urged the United States to reject Iran’s demands for further economic concessions and ramp up pressure on Tehran in response to its regional aggression during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday. Iranian leaders have complained of not receiving enough sanctions relief, blaming the U.S. for the continued...

The United States has not sanctioned any Iranians for human rights abuses since last year’s nuclear deal with Iran was signed, a senior Obama administration official told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday. “There has not been a specific sanction on human rights cases since the signing” of the nuclear...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called on the Lebanese terror group to fight a war of “comprehensive resistance” against Israel in a speech on Tuesday, the 16th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. On May 24, 2000, Israel withdrew from its security zone in southern Lebanon, bringing it into compliance with United...

Israel’s political leaders recast themselves in the role of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl this week, as the Knesset’s summer session opened with a special debate themed for Herzl Day. Eager to establish themselves as the true heirs of Herzl’s legacy, the politicians each paid tributes to the “visionary of the...

On a day to celebrate the coming of the Kurdish New Year, Sherzad Omer Mamsani placed his right hand on his front door and felt it explode. It was 1997, and Mamsani had just published his book on Jewish and Kurdish relations. The work sparked the ire of local Islamists, who responded...

Auto giant Volkswagen has announced a $300 million investment in Israeli ride-hailing startup Gett (formerly Get Taxi). The strategic investment comes on the heels of Toyota’s backing of the U.S. ride-hailing app Uber. General Motors injected $500 million into Lyft, another U.S. ride-hailing app, in January. VW wants “to go beyond vehicle...

Iran’s defense minister claimed that conflicts in Iraq and Syria are the result of a “deep-seated U.S.-Zionist conspiracy” during a memorial service for Mustafa Baddredine, a Hezbollah commander who was responsible for bombing the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. “Zionists are supporting terrorists and equipping them,...

Hamas lawmakers said that they approved a measure allowing public executions on Wednesday, defying the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who had condemned the terror group’s plan earlier in the day. Although the announcement was made by Palestinian legislators in Gaza, it is unclear how many Hamas-affiliated parliamentarians approved the executions,...