September 29, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker ordered all Alaska flags be lowered in honor of former President and Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, who passed away this week from a stroke. This order follows direction from the White House to lower all United States flags in honor of the former Israeli Prime […]
Representatives from Israel and the United States signed an agreement for a real-time information-sharing platform to thwart cyber security threats on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The occasion was Cyber Week, the Sixth Annual International Cybersecurity Conference held at Tel Aviv University. The conference is organized by TAU’sBlavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, the Israeli National Cyber […]
JERUSALEM—A top Israeli politician heads to prison after a long corruption scandal. Israel’s Supreme Court Tuesday partially overturned a bribery conviction against former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. His sentence was reduced from six years to 18 months in prison. Olmert expressed relief, saying a great burden has been lifted from his heart. The ex-prime minister, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Barack Obama is continuing to call on members of Congress to support the Iran nuclear deal, stressing that the U.S. could still take military action or reinstate sanctions against Tehran if it violates terms of the agreement. “Should Iran seek to dash toward a nuclear weapon, all of the options available to the […]