Tag: Israel

Morocco, Israel sign first-ever defence agreement in Rabat (Al Jazeera)

Israel and Morocco have signed a landmark agreement that lays the foundation for security cooperation, intelligence sharing, and future arms sales. The memorandum of understanding...

Israeli air attack kills 2 Syrian civilians; 7 wounded: Report (Al Jazeera)

Israeli air raids on Syria’s central region killed two civilians and wounded seven other people, official media reported on Wednesday. Syrian air defences attempted to...

Israel, Jordan, and the UAE’s energy deal is good news (Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Brookings)

This week in Dubai, Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed Israel and Jordan’s biggest energy and water deal since the neighbors made peace 27 years ago. If implemented, this will be a...

Israel, Jordan sign climate cooperation agreement in Dubai (Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to work together to meet the challenges of climate change, mediated by the United Arab Emirates and the US, at...

Israel’s Netanyahu faces key witness in corruption trial (Al Jazeera)

A key prosecution witness has begun testifying in the trial of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who stands accused of fraud, breach of...

U.S., Israeli officials air public disagreements over upcoming nuclear talks with Iran (Barak Ravid, AXIOS)

The differences between the Biden administration and the Israeli government regarding the nuclear talks with Iran were aired out in the open during an...

Israel signals confidence in its relationship with Biden (Laura Kelly, The Hill)

Israeli officials are feeling confident about where they stand in Washington nearly one year into the Biden administration. President Biden took office promising to recenter the...

The robot that knows when you’re lying: Scientists create an AI that can detect deception with 73% accuracy by measuring subtle facial movements (Ryan...

Being able to detect when someone is lying has been a goal for decades, and now, thanks to artificial intelligence, scientists believe they may...

US and Israel announce joint task force on cybersecurity (Monique Beals, The Hill)

The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Sunday that it would work with the Israeli Ministry of Finance to address ransomware and cybersecurity issues. The task...

Escaping Bibi’s Shadow (Shalom Lipner, Project-Syndicate)

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett returned from this month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) feeling buoyant. Hobnobbing with world leaders in Scotland lent...

US to partner with Israel to combat ransomware attacks (Middle East Eye)

The United States will partner with Israel to combat ransomware, the Treasury Department announced on Sunday, with the two countries launching a joint task force to address cybersecurity. The...

Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time (Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye)

The Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems opened a branch in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, as relations between the two countries continued to thaw...

Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source (Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye)

Israel can listen to every telephone conversation taking place in the West Bank and Gaza, a former member of the Israeli Army’s elite signals intelligence...

Rafael finds European partners to market Trophy active protection system (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has forged a partnership with Germany-based Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Spain-based General Dynamics European Land Systems to help market the...

Expand Israel-Arab-US military drills to counter Iran and its proxies (Bradley Bowman and Ryan Brobst, Defense News)

Naval forces from Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States are conducting a five-day multilateral maritime security operations exercise in the Red Sea....

IAI unveils Scorpius electronic warfare system for multi-threat confrontations (Seth J. Frantzman, Defense News)

Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled its new Scorpius family of electronic warfare systems based on active electronically scanned array technology that provides the capability...