Israeli authorities announced that they dismantled a cell of the Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah, which was operating in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem under the direction of Jawad Nasrallah, son of the terrorist group’s leader, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The ringleader of the cell was...

As the Syrian village of Madaya continues to be under siege by the forces of Iran-backed dictator Bashar al-Assad, with nearly two dozen people dead from starvation, the hunger problems continue to worsen throughout the country. One in three Syrians doesn’t have adequate access to food, NPR reported Tuesday. This food insecurity is caused by civilians surrounded...

Robert Gates, the first secretary of defense under President Barack Obama, said that the idea that Iran will moderate its aggressive behavior in the Middle East as a result of the nuclear deal “is mistaken,” Armin Rosen of Business Insider reported on Wednesday. “My view is that the belief that Iran over...

State Department Spokesman John Kirby said that the European Union’s controversial labeling guidelines, which apply to Israeli products manufactured beyond the 1949 armistice lines, do not constitute a boycott of Israel and are consistent with the Obama administration’s policy, the Washington Free Beacon reported on Tuesday. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Associated Press reporter Matt Lee asked...

Recent campaigns by politicized NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have brought the question of NGO funding to the fore of Israel’s policy debate. Reactions have included proposed legislation in the Knesset, as well as editorials in local and international newspapers. Even the U.S. Ambassador to Israel has weighed in – indicating the...

The United States will not violate its commitments to confidentiality by releasing the framework proposal that had been discussed by Israel and the Palestinian Authority during U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations in 2013 and 2014, David Makovsky, a former member of Secretary of State John Kerry’s team for the talks, said on Tuesday. Makovsky, who...

As the United States and Iran coordinated the implementation of the nuclear deal and an agreement to free American hostages held by Iran, hardliners in the Tehran regime took the opportunity to consolidate their power, Eli Lake of Bloomberg View wrote on Wednesday. Since last Tuesday, Iran detained 10 American sailors at gunpoint, attempted to arrest...

State Department Spokesman John Kirby was questioned during a press briefing on Tuesday about the timing of recent critical remarks made by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. The Associated Press’ diplomatic correspondent Matt Lee asked whether comments by Shapiro, who suggested that Israel let some “vigilantism” by its nationals...

Almost all so-called reformist candidates who registered to run in Iran’s parliamentary elections have been disqualified by the regime’s unelected Guardian Council, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) on Tuesday. An official from an Iranian council of reformists said that only 30 of 3,000 contenders from the reformist camp, which...

Israeli cyber startups notched a very profitable year in 2015 and this upcoming year’s cyber arena looks ripe for even further growth. According to a new report, Israel exported at least $3 billion worth of products and services last year. Israel Export Institute figures show that Israel is a cyber...