A trial to determine the civil liability of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) in terror attacks in Israel between 2001 and 2004 opened in New York on Wednesday. According to the New York Post: The PLO and PA are accused of plotting and funding seven terrorism attacks...

A pair of polls show a surge in anti-Semitic feelings in Great Britain, as well as growing unease among the Jews living there, the German news site, Deutsche Welle reported Thursday. In the first, conducted by the pollster YouGov for the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA), a lobby group, 45 percent...

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina was accused by a state prosecutor Wednesday of covering up Iran’s involvement in 1994 bombing of the AMIA building, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack since the Holocaust, in order to strengthen ties between Buenos Aires and Tehran. Special prosecutor Alberto Nisman cited phone taps as...

Police in France, Belgium, and Germany arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terror sweeps yesterday, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. French and German authorities arrested at least 14 other people Friday suspected of links to the Islamic State group. Thirteen more were detained in Belgium and two arrested in...

About 19,000 French websites have faced cyberattacks since the attack on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the Associated Press (AP) reported Thursday. The attacks were first revealed by Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyberdefense for the French military. The attacks, mostly relatively minor denial-of-service attacks, hit sites as varied as...

As of December 31, 2014, there is a new law on the books in Israel mandating that all public transportation must be wheelchair-accessible. Still, this does not completely solve the issue of mobility difficulties on buses, trains and taxis for people with disabilities. “Galgalim Darom” (“Wheels in the South”), an...

Jeff Clarke, the CEO of venerable camera-maker Kodak, is in Israel looking to acquire tech startups that can help rebuild his company as a leader in digital printing, Ha’aretz reported Monday. “One of the reasons I’m in Israel is because I’m looking at the technology here – the technology landscape –...

The State Department on Wednesday faced a barrage of questions about the status of Iran negotiations after the Iranians announced that they would expand their nuclear program and take action against an American journalist imprisoned in the country. Iranian media conveyed reports that day President Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran...

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has increased his public appearances and interviews in a step that reflects the crisis confronting his terror organization. During his most recent interview, Nasrallah discussed Hezbollah’s arsenal in an attempt to calm his supporters, some of whom have already begun to demand the withdrawal from Syria of troops...

Iran’s announced construction of two light-water reactors does not violate the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) signed between Iran and the P5+1 nations in November 2013, a State Department official told the Washington Free Beacon today. “We are aware of the announcement and are reviewing the details,” said the official, who was not authorized to...