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Former MK Einat Wilf responded to Mahmoud Abbas's apology for his anti-Semitic speech earlier this week, writing, "For Palestinians, there is no such thing as a Jewish PEOPLE. There are only those of Jewish FAITH." This means that the Palestinians believe that Jews have no right "a sovereign state in their ancestral homeland.” She wasn't alone in rejecting the Palestinian leader's apology.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Former MK: Abbas’ Apology Still Denies Recognition of Israel’s Legitimacy by TheTower.org Staff | 05.04.18 4:38 pm Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s apology for his widely criticized anti-Semitic remarks was rejected as insuffici...
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TIP Senior Fellow Julie Lenarz wrote, that the riots under the guise of what Hamas calls the "March of Return" really "are just a smokescreen for Hamas’s true intention: the total rejection of a Jewish presence in all of Israel. The terror group uses the riots to try to attack and kidnap Israelis. Hamas has developed an extensive tunnel network and has been training naval commandos for such operations. They have been testing Israeli defenses for weeks, including with IEDs along the border, kites carrying burning fuel into Israel, and infiltrations."

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle TIP Backgrounder: Hamas-led “March of Return” Is Not for Independence, but for End of Israel by Julie Lenarz | 05.04.18 2:29 pm Background Hamas, the Islamist terrorist organization which exercises complete political and military control over th...
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Reigning Giro D'Italia champ Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands won the first stage of this year's race held in Jerusalem. It is the first time that a Grand Tour event has been held outside of Europe. Teams from the United Arab Emirates and Dubai competed, even though those nations don't have diplomatic ties with Israel. Having the race in Israel is the vision of real-estate magnate Sylvan Adams who sees it as a chance to show off Israel to the world and promote coexistence.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Reigning Champ Wins First Stage of Giro D’Italia in Jerusalem; Two Arab Teams Competing by TheTower.org Staff | 05.04.18 1:15 pm Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands, the reigning Giro D’Italia champion, won the first stage of the famed cycling compe...
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This the third in our series of in-depth looks into Iran's growing influence and menace across the Middle East in the wake of the nuclear deal by TIP Senior Fellow Julie Lenarz.

Iran Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Iran’s Influence in Iraq: Hegemony Through Powerful Militias by Julie Lenarz | 05.04.18 11:44 am Iran has maintained a significant interest in Iraq for many years, acting as a safe haven for dissidents from Saddam Hussain’s regime and, following t...
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An Israeli satellite imaging company has detected unusual activity at Iran's Fordow enriching facility. Is Iran planning to continue its uranium enrichment there?

Iran Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Ahead of Nuke Deadline, Israeli Company Detects Unusual Activity at Iranian Enrichment Site by TheTower.org Staff | 05.03.18 4:40 pm An Israeli satellite company has published photographs of “unusual” activity at an Iranian enrichment facility, a ...
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A recently discovered coin stamped with the phrase “for the freedom of Jerusalem,” which was found in a cave outside of the central Israeli city of Modi’in, suggests that the Bar Kochba rebellion against Roman rule following the destruction of the second Jewish Temple had more widespread support than previously thought, The Times of Israel reported.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle “For the Freedom of Jerusalem:” Ancient Coin Shows More Support for Revolt than Known Before by TheTower.org Staff | 05.03.18 3:10 pm A recently discovered coin stamped with the phrase “for the freedom of Jerusalem,” which was found in a cav...
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An editorial in The New York Times published Thursday described a speech given earlier this week by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s as “vile” and called on him to leave office.

The speech attributed persecution of Jews to “social behavior” rather than religion. The speech has been widely condemned as anti-Semitic.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle New York Times: After “Vile” Speech, It’s Time for Abbas To Go by TheTower.org Staff | 05.03.18 1:20 pm An editorial in The New York Times published Thursday described a speech given earlier this week by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...
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Guatemala raised its flag at the site of its new embassy at Jerusalem's Malkha Technology Park on Tuesday. The official opening ceremony is scheduled to take place two days after the United States inaugurates its embassy in Jerusalem on May 14.

Diplomacy Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Guatemala Moves Embassy to Jerusalem Ahead of Its Inauguration Later This Month by TheTower.org Staff | 05.03.18 11:59 am Guatemala opened its new embassy to Israel on Monday at the Malkha Technology Park, ahead of its official inauguration later...
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V-Wave, Caesarea-based maker of an interatrial shunt device for treating patients with severe symptomatic heart failure raised $70 million in April, the most for any Israeli start-up last month.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Heart Device Maker Gets $70 Million in Funding, Leading Israeli Startups for April by ISRAEL21c | 05.03.18 8:11 am The largest investment in an Israeli company during April 2018 was $70 million raised by Caesarea-based V-Wave, which is about to star...
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Take a look at what Israel revealed on Monday, what it means, and what needs to be done about Iran's secret nuclear weapons program.

MidEast Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle TIP Backgrounder: Iran Lied – What it Means and What Must Be Done by TheTower.org Staff | 05.01.18 3:17 pm On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed new dramatic intelligence about Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program, whic...
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A blaze started by kites carrying burning fuel have ignited fields in southern Israel requiring ten teams of firefighters to fight them.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle WATCH: Fires Started by Kites from Gaza Carrying Burning Fuel Scorch Southern Israel by TheTower.org Staff | 05.02.18 5:23 pm A blaze started by kites carrying burning fuel have ignited fields in southern Israel requiring ten teams of firefighters t...
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Politicians and diplomats representing the United States, European Union, United Nations, and Israel have condemned recent remarks made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday at the first meeting of the Palestinian National Council in more than twenty years.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Abbas Condemned by U.S., EU, UN, and Israel for Denying Jewish History, Anti-Semitic Remarks by TheTower.org Staff | 05.02.18 3:45 pm Politicians and diplomats representing the United States, European Union, United Nations, and Israel have condemned...
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Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita told reporters that his nation was expelling the Iranian ambassador and would close its own embassy in Tehran due to Iranian support for the Polisario Front, which represents the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara.

Iran Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Morocco Cuts Ties with Iran over Support of Rebel Group by TheTower.org Staff | 05.02.18 2:01 pm Morocco is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s support for a rebel group, Reuters reported Tuesday. Moroccan Foreign Minister ...
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David Albright, a former weapons inspector and current head of the Institute for Science and International Security, and Olli Heinonen, a former deputy director-general of the IAEA, “agreed” that the information presented Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be used for the IAEA to demand additional inspections of Iranian facilities.

Diplomacy Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Weapons Experts: Israeli Revelations Could Lead to Stepped Up IAEA Inspections of Iran by TheTower.org Staff | 05.02.18 12:33 pm Two nuclear weapons experts said that the Israeli revelations about Iran’s nuclear program show a more extensive en...
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheva announced the development of a new and accurate method of screening for early breast cancer, using inexpensive technology for breath and urine analysis.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Israeli Researchers Announce New, Accurate Method for Early Detection of Breast Cancer by ISRAEL21c | 05.02.18 11:31 am Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheva announced the development of....
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The conference – the first of its kind in Israel – aims to raise awareness about web archiving in Israel, and to address the importance of web archiving and web archive research for digital cultural heritage.

Israel Tweet Pin It Print This Post Send to Kindle Israel Hosting International Conference on Archiving the World Wide Web by ISRAEL21c | 04.30.18 9:47 am Where do old websites go to die? Publicly available Internet has been part of modern life for almost three decades. Israel joined the World Wide....
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