Former high-ranking security officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia made a rare joint appearance in Washington on Thursday night, underscoring the quiet but steady cooperation between the two nations. Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States, and IDF Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, the former Israeli...

If investing in hope could be trademarked, two Israeli entrepreneurs—Forsan Hussein and Ami Dror—would hold the patent. The two cofounders and managing partners of Zaitoun Ventures—an investment firm that focuses on companies with diverse human capital—say their strategy is proving to be a winning formula. “We wanted to create a business...

The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, confirmed Thursday that it arrested a leading Hamas tunnel expert last month. Mahmoud Atawnah, a member of Hamas’ Izz ad-din al-Qassam Brigades, was arrested after he crossed into Israel armed with two knives. Atawnah later told interrogators that he intended to kill the first Israeli he...

Israel and Egypt have objected to an American proposal to reduce its presence in a multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Desert, Haaretz reported Wednesday. The approximately 700 American troops make up about half of the force, which was set up as part of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, largely to...

The Israeli military’s discovery of a another Hamas tunnel extending into Israel, the second one discovered in recent weeks, shows that the Iran-backed terror organization is gearing up for “the next round” of war with Israel, a former IDF general said Thursday. Yossi Kuperwasser, formerly the head of the research division of Israeli military intelligence...

The Israeli Defense Forces has found a Hamas tunnel extending into Israeli territory for the second time in three weeks, the IDF announced Thursday. The concrete-fortified tunnel is 90 feet below ground and is only a few kilometers away from the tunnel that was discovered in April, the IDF said. That was the first...

The Chinese technology conglomerate Kuang-Chi has announced the creation of a $50 million innovation fund based in Israel for investment in Israeli and global companies. The company says it plans to grow the fund to $300 million within the next three years. “Israel has unparalleled capabilities to offer the world,” Dr....

Infighting at the top of Fatah, the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority—including alleged assassination attempts—are eroding the credibility of PA President Mahmoud Abbas and preventing Palestinian aspirations from being realized, longtime Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported Tuesday for the Gatestone Institute. Palestinian sources reported that Mohammad Dahlan, Abbas’ former national...

Terror groups opened fire at Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border on Wednesday, the sixth time in two days that Israelis have been targeted by gunfire or mortar rounds. Both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attacks on the soldiers, who were originally engaged in operations aimed at finding...

The deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on state television Wednesday that his nation would close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the United States and its allies if they “threaten” Iran. “If the Americans and their regional allies want to pass through the Strait of...