Although the security situation in Jerusalem and other areas in Israel has calmed somewhat in recent days, Palestinian incitement and calls for terrorist acts against Israelis are continuing. The Hamas movement called Thursday (Twitter Arabic link) on Arabs in the West Bank and Jerusalem to do all they can “to defend...

The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, announced Thursday that it had broken up a “wide-ranging” Hamas terror plot run by Saleh al-Arouri, a top Hamas official who lives and operates openly in Turkey. CNN reports that more than 30 suspects were arrested after authorities investigated a series of explosions...

The Shiite support to the Houthi rebels in Yemen is continuing. The Saudi newspaper “Okaz” reported  (Arabic link) that senior military personnel from the Lebanese Hezbollah militia recently arrived in Yemen in order to help the rebels in their attempt to take over the country. Local tribal sources told the...

3D Systems (3DS) a leading 3d printer maker, has acquired the Israeli design software maker Cimatron for a reported $97 million to strengthen its position in the fast-growing 3D design and manufacturing space. Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated 3D CAD/CAM software products and solutions for manufacturing and its...

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy expressed his opposition to the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state ahead of next week’s French parliamentary vote according to a report Wednesday in The Times of Israel: “I will fight for the Palestinians to have their state. But unilateral recognition a few days after a...

Iraqi Kurds “see themselves as alone” in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) according to an analysis Monday written by Jackson Diehl, a member of The Washington Post’s editorial board. While Diehl observes that though the Kurds have given “Iraq’s central government another chance” and not immediately...

Armed, trained and funded by Iran, the Shi’ite terrorist organization Hezbollah has modified some of the tactics that characterized its fight against Israel in its recent clashes with Syrian opposition groups, The Tower has learned from review of Arab media reports. Changes include a repositioning and fortification of bases, increased...

Last weekend Bahrain concluded a successful first round of parliamentary and municipal elections with a high voter turnout, despite attempts by Iranian-backed Shi’ite movements to disrupt the polling. These were the first elections in Bahrain since a failed protest against the monarchy in 2011. Some Shi’ite movements called for a...

While Iran already possesses the necessary materials for a nuclear bomb, any additional concessions would make the regime “a virtual nuclear power,”  which is why allowing negotiations to expire with “no significant change” in Iran’s demands is better than concluding a bad deal, José María Aznar, the former premier of Spain...

Members of Iran’s political and military leadership have reportedly framed the decision to extend nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 nations – the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany – as a victory for the regime. Al Arabiya reports that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari...