“Significant quantities” of oil have been discovered in the Golan Heights, the Israeli company Afek Oil and Gas announced today. The company estimates that the deposits could contain billions of barrels worth of oil—enough for Israel to become self-sufficient in its oil needs. “We are talking about a strata which is 350 meters thick, and what...

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner allegedly received bribes from the Iranian regime as part of her negotiations to absolve the Islamic Republic of responsibility for the July 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were murdered and more than 100 wounded. The claim...

Facebook will use an Israeli satellite to provide free internet access to sub-Saharan Africa, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement Monday. The technology giant plans to use the AMOS-6 satellite, built by Israel Aerospace Industries and operated by Israeli company Spacecom, as part of its Internet.org initiative. The program,...

Two high-ranking members of the Iranian military made threats against the United States in public statements Sunday, with one saying that the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. “will never end.” “The raison d’etre of our quarrel with [the United States] is a quarrel between the right and wrong in...

Five members of a Hamas cell responsible for the murder of an Israeli couple in the West Bank have been arrested, Israeli security officials announced. Eitam and Naama Henkin were shot in front of their four children while driving in the West Bank by assailants in another car. The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service,...

Al Jazeera has apologized for a tweet that seemed to blame Israel for the death of a Palestinian man without noting that the man had stabbed two Israelis to death. Palestinian shot dead after fatal stabbing in Jerusalem; 2 Israeli victims also killed http://t.co/mRHMHvi7s0 pic.twitter.com/l3WICTzCNI — AJE News (@AJENews) October 3, 2015...

Activists from the Coalition for a Democratic Syria (CDS) gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Washington on Friday to protest against the recent salvo of Russian airstrikes in Syria. Despite unfavorable weather conditions, a dozen activists demonstrated before the embassy gate, waving Syrian flags and calling for an...

Jon Bon Jovi dedicated a new song “We Don’t Run” (embedded below) to an enthusiastic crowd in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. The singer, performing for the first time in Israel, told the crowd, “I’ve waited a long time for this, baby!” The Times of Israel reported: A few songs...

In the midst of a wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank on Saturday night, Palestinians attacked an Israeli ambulance carrying an Israeli Arab to the hospital after he was attacked by Palestinians because they thought he was Jewish. An injured Israeli Arab man came to Kiryat Arba,...

A Palestinian terrorist fatally stabbed two men and wounded a woman and toddler in Jerusalem’s Old City Saturday night. Muhammad Shafeq Halabi attacked Aharon Bennett with a knife before seriously injuring his wife Adele and lightly wounding their two-year-old child. Nehemia Levi, an IDF reserve officer who reportedly ran out...