Speaking yesterday at the 14th annual Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon blasted Turkey’s role in supporting Hamas and the world’s refusal to take any action against Turkey. The Times of Israel reports: “The command center of Hamas’s overseas operations sits in Istanbul. Saleh al-Arouri is the man sitting there,” he said,...

Israel and the United States successfully tested the Arrow 2 anti-missile system today. According to a Defense Ministry statement, “an Arrow 2 missile was launched and performed its flight sequence as planned. The results are being analyzed by program engineers.” The Times of Israel reports: Defense Ministry spokesperson Jonathan Mosery...

The New York Times over the weekend published a frontpage expose on the regional cascade effects being generated by Qatari support for a range of Middle East Islamist groups, cataloging measures that Doha has taken to boost among others the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Al Qaeda, and the Islamic State:...

Israeli intelligence and satellite imagery is helping the United States and its allies build their campaign against ISIS, the Reuters news agency reported on September 8, citing an unnamed Western diplomat. The Western diplomat said Israeli spy satellites, overflying Iraq at angles and frequencies unavailable from U.S. satellites, had provided...

Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported Friday that French immigration to Israel is on track to reach 6,000 this year. The report cites a “climate of anti-Semitism” as a primary motivator behind the trend. A Jewish Agency official acknowledged the phenomenon, commenting: “France is today the leading country for Jewish emigration to Israel. It has never been...

In an interview with NPR on Saturday, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned that Iran is a bigger threat to the United States than the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). There have come into being a kind of a Shia-belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And...

A new study from Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa and Sheba Medical Center shows that involuntary eye movements accurately reflect the presence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), as well as the benefits of medical stimulants that are used to treat the disorder. The National Institute of Mental Health...

According to a report Sunday, the IDF saved Irish United Nations troops who had come under fire from militants in Syria near the border with the Golan Heights. The Times of Israel reports: Senior military sources said that Irish soldiers would have been killed or taken captive if it weren’t...

The Al Arabiya news website reported yesterday that its Qatar-based rival Al Jazeera removed a story alleging that American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were not really beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The move to scrap the piece followed a report by Al Arabiya...

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres opened the 14th annual Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism by calling on the world to join Israel in its fight against terror. Peres further pinpointed Qatar and Turkey as two major state sponsors of terrorist organizations, and demanded proper action be taken against both.  The Jerusalem Post reported on Peres’ comments: “Terror...