Though he didn’t attend Lady Gaga’s concert in Tel Aviv earlier this week, The Times of Israel’s founding editor, David Horovitz, focused in an op-ed today on her enthusiastic salute to her Israeli fans: “Put your hands up and cheer for yourselves,” Kamin quoted the good Lady telling the crowd at...

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reaffirmed the Iranian regime’s support of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad yesterday. Bloomberg News reports: Iran’s “support of the Syrian regime will continue” and “we strongly condemn this move by the U.S. which we see as an aggressive and bullying posture,” Major General Mohammad...

Reuters reported today that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has revealed the existence of previously undisclosed chemical weapons facilities including “a laboratory to produce the poison ricin.” According to the news agency: Syria has detailed three new facilities to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

Hamas scrambled Tuesday to arrest a terror cell responsible for launching a rocket into Israel, the latest in what has become a string of incidents indicating that the terror group may be struggling to maintain control over the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of this summer’s war with Jerusalem.The group...

Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari said Tuesday that jihadists from the al-Nusra Front have taken possession of the vehicles, arms, and uniforms of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Ynet reports: “The terrorists are now using United Nations cars, which hold the emblem of the United...

While the world focuses on ISIS and its terror threat, as far as Israel is concerned the Iranian nuclear program is the main concern, according to Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz. “The Iranians continue in their insistence now as they did under Ahmadinejad, to retain most of the centrifuges...

The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday that Israeli intelligence believes that “Hamas cooperated with global jihadi elements who used the Sinai Peninsula to fire rockets on Eilat.” Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the chief al-Qaida-linked group in Sinai, maintains strong links with the Gaza Strip, partnering up with groups such as the Popular...

Here’s some sweet news: The military conflict with Gaza won’t put a sting on honey availability in Israel. About 1,600 tons of honey is consumed by Israelis every Rosh Hashana to symbolize the hope of a sweet Jewish New Year ahead. And despite the sticky situation in the south, Israel’s...

A survey of the top universities in the world ranked four Israeli universities among the top 300, The Times of Israel reported today. The QS World University Rankings, which take into account research, teaching, graduate employability, and international outlook, were released on Tuesday. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was named the...

Reuters reported Monday that UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano was increasing pressure on Iran to enhance transparency around its atomic program, after a September 7th IAEA report concluded that the Iranians were continuing to stonewall efforts to clarify the so-called “possible military dimensions” (PMDs)...