Nov 02, 2020
Track II for JCPOA 2.0?
Executive branch, Legislative branch, olive branch? If nuclear negotiations with Iran resume, Israel may be a silent partner By Amir Oren Whoever wins Tuesday’s elections in the US and gains…
Oct 30, 2020
Israel lifts more COVID restrictions
Israel’s Coronavirus Cabinet is gradually introducing the second phase of the country’s exit plan from the nationwide lockdown that officially ended earlier this month. A month-long closure enacted on 18…
Oct 30, 2020
Trump appeals to US-Israeli voters
American citizens born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced. The hoped-for move reinforces…
Oct 30, 2020
Macron-Erdogan row fuels Muslim protest
Israel “unites in shock and condemnation of the atrocious attack” at the Notre-Dame Basilica church in Nice that claimed three lives, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “All civilized peoples must…
Oct 29, 2020
Israel marks Rabin Memorial Day
A number of ceremonies were held across Israel today to mark the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin was Israel’s fifth premier, who served two…
Oct 29, 2020
US ends ban on disputed Israeli lands
The Trump administration has lifted a decades-old ban that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted on lands in the West Bank and Golan Heights captured by…
Oct 29, 2020
Israel, Lebanon continue sea border talks
Israel and Lebanon today held a third round of U.S.-mediated talks over their disputed border in the Mediterranean Sea, that has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich area.…
Oct 28, 2020
Renewed locust breeding in Africa
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that another generation of breeding is underway in the Horn of Africa. According to the most recent update from the…
Oct 28, 2020
US sanctions Iran for election interference
The United States has imposed several rounds of fresh sanctions on Iran over the past week. Some of the organizations were targeted in connection with an alleged disinformation campaign targeting the…
Oct 28, 2020
Get there fustest with the leastest
IDF’s doctrine, from little by little to lethal: Faster, Better, Cheaper By Amir Oren US Civil War Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is usually quoted as having mangled the English…