June 26, 2014 marked the first anniversary of when the Market Vectors Israel Exchange Traded Fund (or ETF) started trading on the New York Stock Exchange. According to the NASDAQ website, an ETF is a fund that tracks a stock index. The Market Vector Israel ETF (NYSE: ISRA) is based on BlueStar...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized on Monday the Palestinian Authority’s continued granting of substantial monthly salaries and grants upon the release of incarcerated terrorists. These monthly salaries range from $3,500 to $25,000. The terrorists’ salaries and grants are determined by the number of years that they spent in an Israeli prison for their...

As a nuclear deal with Iran appears to be drawing closer, Israel is growing more nervous that the international community may settle for a pact that leaves the Islamic Republic with the ability to quickly assemble nuclear weapons. “Also in the past two weeks despite the public’s justifiable attention on...

The Times of Israel on Monday reported that Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, born Ronald Jay Blumenthal, played Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem, after being asked asked by a fan backstage. Citing a blogger, Darren Garnick, who had been invited backstage with a group of other fans by Thal last week, The Times tells...

As Israel carries on its search for kidnapped teenagers Gil-ad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Fraenkel, Israeli doctors of Save a Child’s Heart (SACH) continue to save the lives of Palestinian children at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. Since the beginning of Operation Brother’s Keeper, five Palestinian children have...

Citing a report in the official Iranian news agency IRNA, the Associated Press reported Monday that Iran has arrested three people seen celebrating Iran’s World Cup team in a video (embedded below) posted to YouTube. Provincial police chief Col. Rahmatollah Taheri was quoted as saying the video clip, produced by...

Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, announced the names of the suspects in the abduction of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel, and Eyal Yifrach two weeks ago. The Times of Israel reports: The two alleged abductors, Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme, are both known Hamas members. They have been...

Reports emerged Thursday afternoon that President Barack Obama is seeking $500 million to, per the Associated Press (AP), “train and arm vetted members of the Syrian opposition” as rebel forces struggle to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime. The aid, should it be approved by Congress, would according to the Washington Post...

Reports surfaced Wednesday morning of Syrian airstrikes against targets in western Iraq that killed scores of people and left more than 100 injured, reigniting concerns that spillover from the Syrian conflict is serving as a destabilizing force in the region. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf on Wednesday slammed Damascus for...

The Associated Press reported on a suicide bombing in a Beirut hotel Wednesday: The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security scares in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil...