The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is seeking to improve the safety of the city’s taxi fleet and has started installing Mobileye, the Israeli accident-avoidance system on all of its cabs, David Shamah reported in The Times of Israel today. Last week, the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission...

In national elections, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered its first electoral defeat since coming to power in 2002, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday. The result has scuttled Erdogan’s plan to push through the constitutional changes he yearns for to create a presidential system...

In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court determined the Jerusalem Passport Law was unconstitutional in a ruling that the Associated Press wrote “underscores the president’s authority in foreign affairs.” The court ruled 6-3 that Congress overstepped its bounds when it approved the law in 2002. It would have...

Iran prevented a group of European Union lawmakers from holding a press conference with the foreign media in Tehran, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported yesterday. AFP reported that an Iranian security official threatened “action against reporters and photographers if they tried to film the incident.” Having called a press conference at their...

An administrator at Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil sent out an urgent request for information on all Israeli students and faculty members at the institution, the Inside Higher Ed reported today. The university said it was gathering information to comply with Brazil’s version of a public records request — in...

The European Union issued a “cautionary” statement to Iran, saying the Islamic Republic must account for all of its past nuclear work if there is to be a comprehensive nuclear deal, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. It was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its delivery at a...

An article published in the latest issue of The Weekly Standard highlighted the IDF’s international law unit, called “Dabla,” and described the lengths the IDF and Dabla go through to avoid civilian casualties when conducting airstrikes. The IDF uses the first document​—​called a “target card”​—​when commanders prepare strikes against enemy targets. During the Gaza...

A rocket was fired at Israel by militants in the Gaza Strip late Saturday evening, triggering air-raid sirens throughout the southern city of Ashkelon and the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. The rocket struck an open area and no injuries were immediately reported. Hours later, the IDF struck what it dubbed...

Israel’s foreign ministry blasted the Swiss government for funding an exhibit by the anti-IDF group Breaking the Silence, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. Israel’s newly appointed deputy foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely is determined to prevent the exhibit from taking place, ordering both the ministry and Israel’s embassy in Bern to examine ways of...

After a spat between the Obama administration and The New York Times over a report on the growth of Iran’s nuclear stockpile, the think tank whose research undergirded the Times report released a new analysis (.pdf) today, in which they observed that the administration’s flustered reaction underlines potential weaknesses in an emerging nuclear deal....