Lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Thursday dispatched a letter to the Obama administration – signed by 354 members, comprising over 80 percent of the chamber – calling on Secretary of State John Kerry try harder in securing a deal with Iran that puts a nuclear bomb beyond Tehran’s...

Up to 40 early-stage drug-development companies will be incubated over the next eight years at Israel’s latest biotechnology accelerator, FutuRx, an all-star enterprise backed by OrbiMed Israel Partners, Johnson & Johnson and Takeda Ventures with the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in Israel’s Ministry of Economy. The 1,200-square-meter facility...

In his appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation yesterday (embedded below), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded President Obama’s efforts to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but cautioned that Iran still posed a greater threat. But if you think ISIS is dangerous, and should be defeated, as...

Mike Kelly, a reporter at The Bergen Record, wrote yesterday an extended report about the consequences of the deaths of Sarah Duker and Matthew Eisenfield in a 1996 terror attack. The families of the couple pursued lawsuits against Iran as a “last resort” to achieve some measure of justice for their...

The Israel-based NGO B’Tselem acknowledged yesterday on its Facebook page that one of its researchers is a Holocaust denier. After initially accepting the word of the researcher, Atef Abu Roub, that the Holocaust denying statements recorded in a video were not made by him, but a third person off screen,...

An editorial in The Washington Post, titled “Hold the Line on Iran” Friday commented on the “impasse” in nuclear negotiations with Iran observing that it “certainly does not reflect a lack of initiative by the Obama administration,” but “[i]f Iran has made similar efforts to bridge the gaps between the two...

Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced today that Israel is increasing its participation in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus sweeping western Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has authorized MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, to send three mobile emergency clinics to areas in western Africa where...

On Friday, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) released a statement condemning last week’s “New Horizon” conference in Tehran, which was attended by Western anti-Israel activists, conspiracy theorists and 9/11 “truthers.” According to its itinerary,  the conference included sessions titled, “The Gaza War & BDS Movement Strategies against the Zionist Regime,” “The Israeli...

Hamas is re-equipping itself following Israel’s Operation Protective Edge and looking to acquire or construct longer-range rockets, according to Israel Radio. Palestinian Affairs Correspondent Gal Berger quoted (in Hebrew) Hamas leaders saying they want to strengthen their military capabilities, despite agreeing to a truce with Israel after the 50-day war...

Continuing his contentious approach towards Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threatened Tuesday that he would stop his security cooperation with Israel in the case that his proposed United Nations Security Council resolution against Israel is vetoed. The Jerusalem Post reports: Abbas said he would submit the plan, mandating an Israeli withdrawal...