President Donald Trump tweeted that today, 2pm EST and 9pm in Israel, he will announce whether or not to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA. British, French, and German governments have made clear their strong preference that the US maintain the JCPOA. Conversely, Prime Minister Netanyahu repeatedly stressed that if Iran won’t agree […]
Read MoreThe regional situation in the Middle East seems to have grown more tenuous. In the south, Gaza is preparing for a “March of Return.” In the north, Israel’s borders with Lebanon and Syria are volatile. Looming over Israel’s regional security concerns is Iran. Meanwhile, US President Trump is moving the US embassy to Jerusalem causing tension in […]
Read MorePhoto Credit: Micah Bar-Am Micha Bar-Am is an Israeli journalistic photographer whose photos have covered Israeli life since the state was founded. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1936 and was active in the state’s founding. Since the 1956 Sinai Campaign when he borrowed a camera and a handful of film, and produced his first […]
Read MoreThe Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change and water is also the subject of wider tensions. The World Bank has warned that intense pressure on already scarce water resources could lead to an increase in migration and the risk of conflict. In Israel, years of drought have overtaxed Israel’s unrivaled […]
Read MoreThis past Monday, US President Trump said at a meeting of military leaders and national security advisers that he would decide how to respond to the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria “in the next day or two” and that the United States had “a lot of options militarily”. Trump has said that Assad […]
Read MoreWalter Bingham, born Wolfgang Billig, recepient of the Guinness World Record for the oldest radio talk show host at the age of 93, was not always a journalist. Currently 93, he grew up in Germany as the Nazis were rising to power. He witnessed Nazi book burnings before escaping to England on the Kindertransport, where he […]
Read MoreDomari people in the Middle East and North Africa arrived in the region after their exodus from India assumed to be between the seventh and tenth centuries. Gypsies were settled in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Bab Hutta neighborhood near the Lion’s Gate. The Domari Society has long suffered from discrimination by the local Arab […]
Read MoreThe Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport which is due to open in a few months, will be the first civilian airport built in Israel since the founding of the State. The new airport is intended to replace the two others in Eilat; the Eilat J. Hozman Airport in the center of Eilat, and Ovda Airport 60 kilometers north of Eilat. It is also […]
Read MoreThe Israel Diamond Exchange is the largest Diamond Exchange in the world. It has signed an agreement with start-up CARATS.IO to launch a digital currency backed by diamonds, in a bid to turn the stones into a financial instrument. The new currency will be based on diamonds purchased and held at the Israel Diamond Exchange. The cryptocurrency, to […]
Read MoreTension is mounting along the Lebanon-Israel border. The dispute revolves around a border barrier the IDF is constructing, contested rights to offshore natural gas exploration, and Israeli warnings that Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy, is turning the country into a base to attack Israel. Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday warned that a number of mounting disputes with Israel could lead to […]
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