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02/11/2021
Israel on Wednesday became the 10th country to join the United Arab Emirates-led World Logistics Passport program, in a move that will allow Israeli firms to expand trade to countries in the southern hemisphere.
India, South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil and Columbia are all members of the WLP.
At a virtual ceremony to sign the...
02/11/2021
Iranian state textbooks were found to be full of antisemitic and anti-American content in a new report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released on Thursday.
In the first report of its kind in the past five years, ADL examined Iranian textbooks, with a focus on documenting antisemitism, incitement to violence and the promotion...
02/11/2021
UN nuclear watchdog highlights yet another breach of the limits as set out in 2015's JCPOA
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nation's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that Iran had started producing uranium metal, in clear violation of 2015 nuclear deal.
"The Vienna-based organization said in a...
02/10/2021
Police in Spokane, Wash., are looking for the man caught on security camera damaging a Holocaust memorial and defacing a local synagogue with swastikas and more.
Members of Temple Beth Shalom discovered the damage to the memorial, which sits on their grounds, and the Nazi symbols when they arrived at the synagogue on Monday...
02/10/2021
Iran could develop a nuclear bomb within two years and Hezbollah will not seek an all-out war, according to the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate’s annual threat-assessment report, which was made public on Tuesday.
The report, which focuses on the security challenges Israel can expect to face over the next 12 months, estimates...
02/10/2021
Rouhani says only way forward for 'the world and for the region' is through restoring 2015 nuclear deal
Chants like "Death to Israel!" and "Death to America!" rolled over motorcades across Iran on Wednesday as the country celebrated the 42nd anniversary of its Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Israeli and American flags were burned at...
02/10/2021
Israeli and Greek officials agreed Monday to clear the way for vaccinated tourists to travel between their Mediterranean nations in a bid to boost their economies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the agreement in Jerusalem on Monday. The...
02/08/2021
A new report has shed light on Hezbollah’s systematic use of civilian infrastructure to shield its missile storage and launch sites in Lebanon.
The report, produced by the Israeli Alma Research and Education Center for geopolitical affairs, highlights a social charity called the Islamic Shiite Waqf Committee in Burj al Barajneh...
02/09/2021
An Israel Defense Forces soldier discovered a rare 1,800-year-old coin during a training exercise, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.
The coin features an image of the head of the Roman emperor Antonius Pius and was dated to 158–159 CE.
On its reverse was the Syrian god MEN, the moon god, and the phrase “of...
02/08/2021
Iran and North Korea cooperated on long-range missile development projects last year, according to a confidential United Nations report that may pressure the Biden administration to respond to one of its first major geopolitical crises.
“This resumed cooperation is said to have included the transfer of critical parts, with the...
02/09/2021
Israel 'pollutes every country with which it comes into contact,' Hossein Salami declares
Moderate Arab states normalizing their ties with Israel will face the dire consequences of their actions, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Maj, Gen. Hossein Salami declared on Monday.
In a speech at a ceremony, Salami declared,...
02/09/2021
'The IDF will continue to prepare and improve its readiness along the border with Lebanon,' army says
The "Lightning Storm" military drill on Israel's border with Lebanon begins on Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a press release.
The exercise will wrap up on Wednesday afternoon and is designed to build up the...
02/08/2021
Holocaust survivor Shoshana Ovitz, who's birthday celebration with about 400 of her descendants at the Western Wall in 2019 went viral, passed away on Sunday at the age of 105.
Ovitz survived Auschwitz after witnessing her mother being handed over to the infamous Nazi doctor and “Angel of Death,” Josef Mengele, known for his cruel...
02/07/2021
Decision comes in contrast to the Finance Ministry that opposed the move
Israel’s Security Cabinet approved Sunday the budget to boost the country’s Air Force by procuring warplanes, refueling planes and helicopters from the United States.
The budget, worth nine billion dollars of US aid money, was approved after a deliberation...
02/05/2021
Researchers at Israel’s Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center claim that they have developed a drug that may cure serious cases of the coronavirus.
According to the hospital, 29 out of 30 patients with moderate-to-severe cases of COVID-19 were administered the drug, named EXO-CD24, and experienced a marked recovery in...
02/07/2021
US President Joe Biden announced Sunday morning that the US will not lift any of the sanctions placed on Iran unless it stops enriching uranium. Biden made the comments during an interview CBS News' "Face the Nation".
Biden explained that for any progress to be made, Iran must first stop its uranium enrichment. In recent weeks,...
02/05/2021
Fresh new evidence of 'undeclared nuclear activities' raises concerns as tensions rise
UN inspectors uncovered new evidence of “undeclared nuclear activities in Iran,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday morning.
Samples taken by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff members from two nuclear sites have...
02/05/2021
A new coronavirus treatment being developed at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center has successfully completed phase 1 trials and appears to have helped numerous moderate-to-serious cases of COVID-19 quickly recover from the disease, the hospital said Friday.
Hailing a “huge breakthrough,” the hospital said Prof. Nadir Arber’s...
02/05/2021
The House of Representatives voted to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from all committee assignments in a February 4 vote.
The final vote was 230-199, with 11 Republicans joining with the Democrats in voting to remove Greene from all House committees.
Greene has been under fire for some of her past social...
02/05/2021
The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to keep the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, with only three senators voting against establishing funding to maintain the diplomatic mission.
In a move welcomed by Israel and bitterly opposed by the Palestinians, the Trump administration recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in...