If the United States blocks Iran’s oil exports, Iran’s president threatened that his nation is prepared to shut the Straits of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for the world’s oil supplies, CNBC reported Tuesday. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told state television, “if someday, the United States decides to block Iran’s oil [exports], no oil...

Senior United States administration officials expressed their support for Israel’s recently-commenced operation intended to eliminate the threat of Hezbollah’s terror tunnels extending into Israeli territory. The Times of Israel reported Tuesday that National Security Adviser John Bolton said that the U.S. “strongly supports” Israel’s right to “defend its sovereignty,” after...

The United States on Monday called on European countries to impose sanctions on Iran, after the Islamic Republic test-fired a medium range ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads in defiance of the United Nations resolution that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, JNS reported. “We would like to see the...

The IDF announced that it had located a terror tunnel, constructed by Hezbollah, that extended 40 meters (131 feet) into Israel, as it launched Operation Northern Shield, a campaign to eliminate the threat of terror tunnels along Israel’s northern border, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. The first tunnel, which, according to...

Fifty kids in red-and-white jerseys sat on the shiny basketball court looking way up high at United States Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo giving them a pep talk in the new Sylvan Adams Sports Center of the Jerusalem International YMCA (JIY). “We are bringing you here to build friendships with people...

Hit squads sent by Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force have been targeting Iraqis seeking to distance their country from the Islamic Republic, The Daily Telegraph reported last week. The hit squads, said to have been ordered by Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani, have been charged with...

A group of 75 civil rights, education, Jewish and student groups praised Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver for disavowing a faculty vote to end the school’s year abroad program with the University of Haifa, according to a statement released Friday by the Amcha Initiative. The Israel Project, which publishes The Tower,...

The United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday approved six anti-Israel resolutions, including two that reject Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. One resolution on Jerusalem, which passed 148 to 11 with 14 abstentions, refers to the Temple Mount only by...

The Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah threatened to attack a number of strategic locations in Israel, including the nuclear reactor in Dimona – a threat that constitutes nuclear terrorism – along with a warning, “if you dare attack, you will regret it. The Times of Israel reported that the video appeared...

Each weekend from November 30 through December 22, wineries will offer a taste of their wares at the 20th annual Yehuda Regional Council Wine Festival. Celebrating the diversity of the wineries in the grape-rich Judean hills outside Jerusalem, the festival opened on the evening of November 29 at the Yad Hashmona Country...