Palestinian journalists operating in both Gaza and the West Bank are subject to high levels of intimidation, according to a report published Tuesday in Al-Monitor. The report cited a study by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms from 2014, which “found that 80% of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank...

In the dangerous war against poaching animals and natural resources in Africa, Israeli expertise is tipping the scales in favor of the good guys. On one side are the bad guys: poachers who slaughter elephants for their ivory, capture African Grey parrots and other prized animals, and strip forests bare....

Along with his Ivy League diplomas, a second-grade “master gardener” certificate hangs on the wall of Rehovot patent attorney Sandy Colb’s office. Now 66, the former Cleveland schoolboy went on to cultivate a unique farm-based philanthropy. Through his Tov V’Hameitiv Foundation, Colb partners with 70 Israeli social-service agencies to distribute...

European Union diplomats have warned that the United States may be on the verge of making further concessions to Iran in return for an Iranian guarantee of regional stability, according to Israeli Army Radio. The EU officials reportedly said that they suspected that they have been kept out of negotiations...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aim to enhance its control over two of its proxies in the Middle East, an Arabic magazine reported. The new strategic plan of the IRGC includes plans to transfer the decision-making from local figures in each area to the IRGC’s elite Quds Force. Al-Watan Al-Arabi reported (Arabic link)...

The foreign ministry of the tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain condemned Iran’s “blatant interference” in its internal affairs. The statement made last week comes in response to remarks issued by the Iranian foreign ministry that condemned the December arrest of a Bahraini opposition leader. The Bahraini foreign ministry called on Iran to “adhere to...

An Iran-backed militia has emerged as the primary Iraqi military force fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to a report Tuesday by Bloomberg View’s Eli Lake. In an interview this week, Hadi al-Amiri, the founder and leader of Iraq’s oldest and most powerful Shiite militia, the Badr Organization,...

Concern over their pilots’ safety and the growing role of Iran in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has prompted the United Arab Emirates to drop out of the American-led coalition fighting the terror group, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The United Arab Emirates...

The Jordanian government announced on Monday that its ambassador to Israel will return to Tel Aviv. According to The New York Times, the ambassador, Walid Obeidat, is scheduled to arrive back in Israel this week. The Jerusalem Post reported that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the Jordanian decision, calling it...

Egypt became on Sunday the first Arab country to designate the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, a faction of Hamas, as a terrorist group. The court that made the designation accused the Hamas branch of launching terrorist attacks to support the Muslim Brotherhood and executing a bombing that killed 33 security personnel in...