Palestinian factions lambasted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for his “disgraceful meeting” with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the latter’s home, calling the PA leader a “traitor” and “collaborator, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has come under fire from his coalition partners for hosting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at his home in on Tuesday night, marking the first time the Palestinian leader has held talks with a senior Israeli official in Israel in over a decade.
The Biden administration has deemed the issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank to be as severe as the nuclear threat from Iran, the Jerusalem Post cited multiple Israeli diplomatic sources as saying.
Israel and Morocco signed a defense memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, the first ever between the Jewish state and an Arab country.
JERUSALEM – A man employed in the home of Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz was charged Thursday with attempting to spy for the Black Shadow hackers, who are purportedly linked to Iran.
The Israeli military’s chief of staff on Monday warned that the army was accelerating plans for a potential attack against Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel deemed six major Palestinian “human rights” organizations as terrorist groups on Friday, prompting backlash from the Biden administration which said it wasn’t informed of the move ahead of time – a charge a senior Israeli defense official has denied.
Palestinians hung a Nazi swastika flag next to an Israeli military base in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday.
The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with $1 billion to fund its Iron Dome missile defense system, two days after the funding was removed from a wider spending bill following pressure from the Squad.
A Palestinian teenaged terrorist stabbed two Israelis at a store near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem on Monday before being shot by a police officer.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met in Ramallah on Sunday, in the first face-to-face talks in over a decade.
The Biden administration acknowledges a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is unlikely and is open to Israeli alternatives, according to a senior member of visiting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s entourage in Washington.
The Israeli military is working on plans to strike Iran’s nuclear program, Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi told reporters.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday warned Iran was only two months away from obtaining a nuclear bomb, and called on the world to find a “Plan B” to stop it in time.
Palestinians rioters clashed with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron over construction at the Tomb of the Patriarchs to make the site wheelchair accessible, a move Palestinian officials have called a “war crime” that merits the launch of a bloody third intifada.
CIA Director William Burns will arrive in Israel on Tuesday amid speculation the Biden administration is considering alternative ways to curb Iran’s nuclear program following a freeze in negotiations to return to the tattered 2015 nuclear deal.
Three terror rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday, prompting thousands of people to take cover in bomb shelters.
Israel on Sunday decided to withhold nearly NIS 600 million ($184 million) worth of taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority over its so-called pay-for-slay policy paying terrorists and their families.
JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday made a rare offer to assist Lebanon as it experiences an unprecedented economic crisis, saying it was his responsibility “as a Jew and as a human” to alleviate suffering.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the Israeli people for their “resilience” during eleven days of conflict with Hamas, calling Operation Guardians of the Walls a success and saying that Hamas had been dealt a “blow it cannot imagine.”
Israel’s Mossad spy agency was responsible for the power cut on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, which came hours after the site began enriching uranium at high speeds, Israeli media said Sunday citing Western intelligence sources.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel on Sunday–marking the first official visit from a Biden administration official–and met with his Israeli counterpart, Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system has undergone a “technological leap” and can now intercept multiple threats simultaneously, including rocket barrages and drones a barrage of rockets and drones, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday following a series of complex testing.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has announced the Hague will launch a probe into alleged war crimes by Israel in what it termed the “Palestinian territories.” “The decision to open an investigation followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by
Israel and its new Gulf allies will launch a security taskforce which will include defense and military cooperation against Iran, Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday.
Iran is behind a mysterious explosion on an Israeli cargo vessel in the Persian Gulf and a response will be forthcoming, Israeli defense officials said over the weekend.
Iran is producing half a kilo of uranium enriched to 20 percent purity per day, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said Monday, constituting a clear violation of the 2015 nuclear accords.
The Biden administration has already unrolled its plan to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and has begun holding quiet talks with Iran, an Israeli TV station reported Saturday.
Israel delivered the second of two Iron Dome Defense System batteries to the U.S. Army this week.
ATHENS – The Greek Air Force will get a training program and 10 aircraft from Israel in a $1.68 billion contract, Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems announced.
Iran announced Monday it has begun enriching uranium up to 20 percent, far beyond the limits set out in the 2015 nuclear accords, a move which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said proved the Islamic Republic was seeking nuclear weapons.
Israel will hold its fourth elections in two years after the 23rd Knesset dissolved at midnight on Tuesday over a failure by the unity government’s parties to meet a budget deadline.
The Israeli Knesset on Wednesday passed a bill to dissolve itself, paving the way for the fourth round of national elections in two years.
The Israeli military has been preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump will order a strike on Iran before leaving office.
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates will visit Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet approved a historic normalization of relations between the two nations Monday.
In a rare diplomatic rebuke Sunday, Israel’s defense minister accused Turkey of destabilizing the region and called on the international community to put pressure on Ankara to “pull their hands from direct terrorism.”
Israel has surpassed the U.S. in coronavirus cases per capita, according to data released Monday from Johns Hopkins University.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned Hezbollah against trying Israel’s “crushing force” after the Lebanon-based terror group fired shots at Israeli troops along the border the night before.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his hope Monday that Iran would follow in the United Arab Emirates’ footsteps and establish diplomatic ties with Israel.
