In a report Thursday, the United Nations revealed that over 5,500 Iraqis have been killed since an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) offensive started in June. According to The New York Times: Those deaths represent nearly half of the 9,343 civilians killed in Iraq from January through September, the...

Benjamin Weinthal of The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday about revelations that an Iranian backed terrorists group has strong ties with Turkey’s ruling AKP party. Citing the work of counter-intelligence expert John Schindler, Weinthal writes that the “dismissal of an investigation into an Iranian-linked terrorist group” suggested that “[t]he decision to pull the plug...

A 27-year-old Israeli social entrepreneur has been named a ‘Next Generation Leader‘ by Time magazine for her role in building communities of kindness. Adi Altschuler, the Israel manager of Google for Education, is one of six young people from around the world to be so honored by the magazine. “It is...

A White House meeting on Wednesday between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw the two leaders emphasizing mutual cooperation across a range of issues, with Netanyahu also outlining how new regional realities have aligned Jerusalem with traditional U.S. allies long considered hostile to the Jewish state....

Blogger “Elder of Ziyon” noted in a post today that controversial law professor William Schabas, who has been chosen to head a commission investigating Israel’s conduct during Operation Protective Edge by United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), participated in the Russell Tribunal after a man he greatly respected, Judge Richard Goldstone, described the...

International credit rating agency Moody’s reported Tuesday that Israel’s investment grade remains at an A1 sovereign rating, and that the country’s economy maintains a stable outlook, despite this summer’s conflict with Hamas. The A1 ranking is fifth highest on Moody’s scale, reflecting a mid to upper grade investment climate with a...

Omri Ceren writes in the lead article of the October 2014 issue of Commentary Magazine that, contrary to the claims of Hamas and several critics of Israel, the IDF defeated Hamas in this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge. Ceren is the managing director for press and strategy at The Israel Project, publisher of...

West-African based tech company, Code Innovation, with the help of a volunteer team from Chile, Lebanon, Kenya, Senegal and Gambia, have turned to an Israeli technology platform, Snapp, to create a free “About Ebola” mobile application to support public health outreach and communication efforts to educate the public about the...

Palestinian leaders over the weekend lashed out against the State Department, after Foggy Bottom harshly criticized a speech given by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in which Abbas charted a diplomatic path that would see the Palestinians abandoning negotiations with Israel in favor of international legal warfare against the...

In an interview with Wall Street Journal editorial board member Mary Kissel (embedded below), UN Watch’s executive director, Hillel Neuer, revealed that human rights icon Aryeh Neier, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, opposed the appointment of William Schabas to investigate Israel’s conduct...