On Monday, Israel commemorated the 20th century expulsion of ancient Jewish communities from across the Arab and Muslim world, Israel’s i24 news channel reported. The annual commemoration was first held last year, following the passage of a law by the Knesset designating November 30 as the day to memorialize the 850,000 Jews who were...

A delegation of about 70 Israelis arrived in Paris on Monday for the start of the 11-day United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), where UN member countries will be encouraged to sign a binding agreement to keep global warming below an increase of two degrees Celsius over the...

In addition to ensuring that Tehran will be able to develop a nuclear weapon within 15 years, the nuclear deal with Iran has “worsened the sectarian conflicts of the Middle East and exported them to Europe,” Lee Smith, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, argued in an article published Monday...

In December, the New Israel Fund (NIF), in partnership with Ha’aretz, will hold a “Conference on Peace. On Democracy. On Social Justice” in New York. This gathering, according to NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch, is supposed to provide a platform for “a frank Israeli-American discussion” about issues relating to Israel’s Jewish...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shook hands during a photo session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Monday, marking the first time the leaders met face to face since 2010, The Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu also spoke briefly with German Chancellor...

Over the past year, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano has consistently asserted his inability to guarantee that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. Yet, according to news reports, the United States intends to move forward with the nuclear deal, including the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions imposed on...

Israel is experiencing a dramatic increase in citizenship applications from members of the Druze community who live on its side of the Golan Heights, The Times of Israel reported on Saturday. The spike in requests, which grew from two in 2010 to 80 thus far in 2015, is seen as...

Israel is set to open its first diplomatic-level mission in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported on Friday. Israel’s mission will be officially accredited to the newly formed International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a global organization that encourages governments to adopt various forms of sustainable energy. Israeli...

Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), revealed that Iran did not answer all questions about the possible military dimensions (PMD) of its past nuclear work, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The issue has dominated IAEA meetings, contributed to U.N. Security Council resolutions against...

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, warned that if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) doesn’t close its file of past Iranian nuclear violations, the Islamic Republic will stop complying with the terms of the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 powers, Iran’s semi-official PressTV news service reported on...