The U.S. is sending a Patriot missile defense system and another warship to the Middle East amid escalating tension with Iran, the Pentagon said Friday. The Patriot system can counter advanced aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The B-52 bombers ordered by the White House arrived at Al Udeid...

For everyone out there wondering what the fuss about the Eurovision Song Contest is all about, Sunday evening’s opening ceremony certainly provided a glamorous response. Hopeful contestants from the 41 participating countries walked down the orange carpet at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square in full battle dress, ready for the big win, and...

Labour Against Antisemitism, a campaign by activists to force the party to address sickening levels of anti-Jewish hate, has submitted a report containing 15,000 online screenshots showing examples of alleged anti-Semitism in the organization. The dossier, submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), contains “15,000 screenshots taken from...

The United States has announced the full implementation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and mandates the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the city. Even though the United States announced the move last year, U.S. President Donald Trump continued...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Britain and other European allies to stand with Washington in reining in Iran’s “bloodletting and lawlessness,” after talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street on Wednesday. Pompeo had arrived in London to deliver the annual Margaret Thatcher lecture, after...

As anyone who’s ever tried to reach Tel Aviv in rush hour knows, the traffic is a real pain. And it’s not only Tel Aviv – try getting into town almost anywhere across the country during peak hours and you’re most likely going to calculate whether it would be quicker...

A series of high-profile Saudi intellectuals and journalists have blamed the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent Gaza escalation and expressed solidarity with Israel in the fight against Iranian-sponsored terrorist groups. Prominent Saudi intellectual and former director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah,...

Israeli intelligence services reportedly tipped off the United States on an impending Iranian attack on “U.S. interests in the Gulf,” senior Israeli officials told Channel 13. Israel shared the information with the White House prior to National Security Adviser John Bolton warning Iran on Sunday night that the U.S. would...

The 7th International Writers Festival next week in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, will feature leading Israeli authors together with writers from across the world in a celebration of all things literary. The five-day festival running from May 12 to May 16 will open with a Jerusalem Prize being presented to American writer Joyce Carol...

A former Middle East negotiator, who served both Democratic and Republican administrations, said the latest flare-up in Gaza was a threat against U.S. interests and those of its allies – orchestrated by the Islamist terrorist group, Hamas and its Iranian patrons – in the face of the Trump administration’s “maximum...