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Australia announced on Thursday that it would designate the entire Hamas movement as a terrorist organization, Australian media reported.
Previously, the country only listed Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
“The views of Hamas and the violent extremist groups listed today are deeply disturbing, and there is no place...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made a rare trip some two months ago from his secure, secret location in Beirut to Tehran, where his Iranian backers impressed on him the expectation that the Lebanese terror group will respond militarily to any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Channel 12 News reported Wednesday.
Iran, which backs...
Karawan Halabi, 27, on Tuesday became the first Druze athlete to set an Israeli track and field record, finishing the 1,000-meter race in 2:43:99 minutes.
The previous record belonged to Edna Lankri, whose time of 2:46.03 minutes had stood for 25 years.
Halabi first made history in 2019 as the first Druze athlete to win a national...
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a ceremony at the Knesset on Wednesday that the United States and Israel are allied in the face of the threat from Iran.
“We are together in the fight against terrorism posed by Iran, both in the region and also its nuclear development. The nuclear threat by Iran is a global one. It is a threat to the...
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Monday morning.
Their discussion focused on “the Iranian threat, which is faced by both Israel and the US, and ways to deal with it,” according to a readout by the PMO.
“They also discussed the security challenges in the Middle...
Troops from the IDF’s 890th Paratroopers Battalion held a week-long drill simulating war on the northern front against Hezbollah while keeping a watchful eye on the country’s explosive southern border as tensions rise in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
The exercise saw troops spend two-and-a-half days simulating defending Israeli...
A range of moves by the government have led to the seizure of NIS 103 million of Hamas terrorism funds, National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel official Sagi Volkovitz said at a government conference on Tuesday.
His agency is part of the Defense Ministry. Volkovitz gave complex examples of groups that would sell or deliver goods...
A delegation of top Turkish leaders will arrive in Israel this week, ahead of a planned visit by President Isaac Herzog to the country, the president’s office said.
The delegation, whose trip is for the purpose of discussing Ankara-Jerusalem relations, will include Ibrahim Kalin, spokesperson and chief adviser to Turkish President Recep...
Philippine National Police said Tuesday they had uncovered a Hamas cell that planned to target Israelis in the country, with a top foreign operations member of the terror group aiming to recruit locals to carry out the attacks.
A report from Police Brigadier General Neil Alinsangan of PNP intelligence said the plot was discovered based on...
A Bahraini military band played Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem, outside the royal palace in Manama as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made history as the first Israeli leader to visit the Gulf state on Tuesday.
Bennett was received by Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, who is also the Kingdom’s prime minister, ahead of a...
Police said there was no information that the suspect was not acting alone.
Defense officials say the terrorist group controlling the Gaza Strip has been stepping up its effort to breach the underground barrier Israel dug on its border with the coastal enclave.
Hamas is accelerating the construction of terror tunnels seeking to breach the underground barrier Israel dug on its border with the coastal enclave, a military...
Iran signaled it will dig in on key demands that have emerged as stumbling blocks to restoring its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, even as it urged a quick resolution of the standoff.
Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters on Monday that a “good deal” within “the logical framework of negotiations” is within reach, and that his country is...
Two military judges were promoted in a swearing ceremony that was pushed off twice.
Two highly experienced military judges who had been promoted to higher ranks were sworn in on Sunday at the President's Residence. This was the third time that their swearing-in ceremony had been scheduled. On the previous two occasions, it was postponed due to...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to meet with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, government ministers and representatives of the kingdom’s Jewish community.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will depart on Monday for his first official visit to Bahrain, according to a statement from his office.
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Ben & Jerry’s will remain in Israel until after the end of 2022, pending its new arrangement with Israel
While ice cream is far from the most serious U.S. concern in the Middle East, a recent development in the Ben & Jerry’s saga in Israel could drive the push for a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation that members...
The Israeli defense establishment thought a month ago that rockets launched towards Tel Aviv that landed in the Mediterranean were an accident. They now think the opposite.
On January 1, 2022, two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, falling into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Central Israel. New intelligence reports indicate that,...
Both officials also said they aim to deepen cooperation in science and technology while maintaining coordination on regional challenges.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with his Israeli counterpart, National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata, at the White House on Wednesday amid the backdrop of the Iran negotiations and tensions...
8 spies said arrested in plot to kill businessman Yair Geller, in retaliation for killing of Iran’s nuclear chief; Turkish intel worked with Mossad, moved Geller to safehouse
Turkish intelligence thwarted an Iranian plan to assassinate an Israeli businessman in the country, according to reports in Turkish media Friday. The intended target, Yair...
Crowds wave Iranian flags, chant slogans and carry placards that read ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ as they celebrate uprising that ousted Western-backed monarchy
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday that his country “never has hope” in the nuclear negotiations with world powers to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.
“We...
