Friday, 07 March 2017 | Russia on Thursday said it considers Israel’s capital to be western Jerusalem, making it the first country in the world to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any part of the city. Moscow’s unexpected announcement reflects “a sharp shift in Russian policy,” which had previously supported placing Jerusalem under the governance of
Continue Reading »Friday, 07 April 2017 | Last week, the Israeli Navy’s Commando, Shayetet 13, conducted a joint drill with the US Navy SEALs. Also participating in the exercise was a Saar 5 missile ship (Eilat). During the drill, the forces practiced a raid and carried out parachuting over the sea. The objective of the exercise was
Continue Reading »Thursday, 06 April 2017 | The Israeli company, Water Gen, which developed technology that produces clean water out of thin air, has signed deals to share its innovation with India and Vietnam. The agreements were reached with India’s second largest solar engineering company to provide water to remote villages and with the Vietnamese government to
Continue Reading »Thursday, 6 April 2017 | On Monday it was the Egyptian president’s chance. Two days later, the King of Jordan got his turn. Yesterday, US President Donald Trump welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan to the White House for the second meeting this week between the American commander-in-chief and heads of Arab states. And as
Continue Reading »Thursday, 06 April 2017 | A new bill is seeking to prevent Israeli funds from reaching the hands of terrorists. According to the bill, the payments to terrorists’ families will be deducted from the amounts transferred from Israel to the Palestinian Authority [PA]. A significant portion of the PA’s budget comes from payments made by
Continue Reading »Thursday, 06 April 2017 | An extensive study examining whether Palestinian society supports a two-state solution for peace with Israel was published Monday in Mosaic Magazine. Data was used from some 400 publicly available polls. “Polls of Israelis and Palestinians show that there is still strong support for the two-state solution—in theory,” wrote Daniel Polisar,
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 05 April 2017 | Egyptian president, Fattah al-Sisi, headed to the White House on Monday for a meeting with his American counterpart, Donald Trump. The meeting was reportedly an amicable one, lasting nearly two and a half hours. The two world leaders had various discussion topics on their agenda, including the continuation of military
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 05 April 2017 | Israeli leaders strongly condemned on Tuesday a suspected chemical weapons attack carried out by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “We, as a people who survived the greatest of atrocities and rose from the ashes to be a strong and secure nation, we will do all we can to
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 05 April 2017 | The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is expected to publish a report equating “the Israeli Occupation” to slavery in the United States and put the financial damages suffered by Palestinians as a result of “50 years of occupation” in the billions of dollars. The Arab-dominated committee
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 05 April 2017 | The world’s longest underwater gas pipeline, which would connect Israel to Europe, is set to be operational by 2025, Israeli and European officials announced on Monday. “The unprecedented $6 billion-$7 billion plan in question involves building a privately-funded, 2,200-km [1,367 mi] deep-sea pipeline linking Israeli and Cypriot gas to the
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