Israeli defense tech company Elbit Systems said Wednesday that it is set to supply the U.S. army with night vision goggles in an order worth 107 million U.S. dollars as part of a deal reached [Read More]
Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians broke out across the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a Palestinian youth. The Israeli police said in a statement that “hundreds” of Palestinians clashed with Israeli [Read More]
Israeli volleyball champions Maccabi Tel Aviv and league runners-up Hapoel Kfar Saba both qualified for the main phase of the CEV Challenge Cup on Wednesday evening. Kfar Saba lost to VCA Amstetten NO 2-3 (29-27, [Read More]
Palestinians on Wednesday staged a commercial strike in several West Bank towns and cities in solidarity with the Shufat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, Palestinian eyewitnesses said. Most shops, universities, and schools in Ramallah, Nablus, [Read More]
Israel’s Security Cabinet has voted in favor of a landmark agreement with Lebanon to demarcate a maritime border between the two countries. The vote was the first in several procedures needed before Israel’s final approval [Read More]
Cyprus has hailed the agreement between Lebanon and Israel demarcating a contested maritime border as being a very important development. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said it would contribute to the creation of conditions [Read More]
Work on EuroAsia Interconnector’s new Cyprus-Crete segment will begin this Friday, October 14. The project aims to link the Greek, Cypriot and Israeli power grids via the world’s longest underwater energy cable. Being an island, [Read More]
Jordan on Tuesday condemned the Israeli settlers’ storming into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Sinan Majali said in a statement that his country rejected and condemned these provocative practices [Read More]
An Israeli soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, amid escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians. The Israeli military issued a statement confirming the death of [Read More]
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to resolve a decades-long dispute over their maritime border in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, leaders of the two countries announced Tuesday. Lebanese President Michel Aoun’s office said in a statement [Read More]
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