The leader of Hamas in Gaza thanked the Iranian regime Thursday for sending weapons used by the Islamist terrorist organization to attack Israel. “Iran provided us with rockets, and we surprised the world when our resistance targeted Beersheba,” said Yahya Sinwar, referring to the weekend of violence at the beginning...

During a brief meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Germany to follow the United Kingdom in proscribing the Lebanese-based Iranian proxy group Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization. “We’re also hoping to get Germany’s help – and we talked...

There was much excitement in the Small Animals Building of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo last month when twin golden lion tamarins were born. The zoo is part of an international conservation and breeding program for this rare, endangered species. In the 1980s, fewer than 80 golden lion tamarins existed in...

If you suffer from pollen allergies or are concerned about “indoor pollution” from sources such as cleaning materials, furniture glue, and mold, you might have considered buying an air purifier from a brand like Dyson, Molekule, or Blueair. And if you’re a safety-concerned home owner, you probably already have a...

Social media giant Facebook has announced that it removed dozens of accounts, pages, and groups linked to Iran for “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The company also disabled several accounts on its sister-platform Instagram. Facebook cited in its statement Tuesday a report by the cybersecurity company FireEye, which revealed that the network...

Six months after the Israeli military declared an end to Operation Northern Shield, the IDF is set to demolish the largest known attack tunnel ever dug into Israeli territory by the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, it was announced on Wednesday. Colonel Roi Levi of the IDF’s Brigade 300 said,...

Israel’s national airline, El Al, announced Wednesday the launch of direct flights connecting Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport with Tokyo’s Narita International Airport in Japan. The airline will operate three round-trip flights a week, starting in March 2020. Flight time between Tel Aviv and Tokyo will be 11 hours and...

When people think of Israel, so often the word “conflict” comes to mind, yet the reality is far more complicated than news reports make it appear. Despite the conflict – or perhaps because of it – Israel has one of the most advanced systems in the world for saving lives....

An explosive new intelligence report from Germany shows that Iran is seeking to build weapons of mass destruction, it was revealed on Tuesday. In documents obtained by Benjamin Weinthal, a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the domestic intelligence agency for Bavaria detailed Iran’s illicit weapons activities in...

Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver reaffirmed Tuesday his opposition to the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement while visiting the University of Haifa – the academic institution his college’s governance body attempted to cut ties with earlier this year. “Academic boycotts of any nation set us on a...