Israel is not playing in the World Cup 2018 football tournament in Russia but is certainly a key-player with its technological contributions to the games.
Tension in Israel's relationship with the Obama administration compelled Jerusalem to forge ties elsewhere that have greatly benefited the Jewish state.
A British warship on Tuesday conducted a joint exercise with the Israeli navy before docking in the port of Haifa for a visit that comes at a time of heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
Patrick Clawson, director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said it was very peculiar the Iranians put the S-300 missile system at Fordo, a site they’ve long claimed would be impenetrable to attack.
Russian efforts to reach a truce between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and various rebel groups in Syria appear to be progressing, so Israel is preparing for the day after, when it is safe to expect that Jihadists will turn their attention to the “Zionist enemy.”
Major General Glenn Bramhall of the US Army’s Air and Missile Defense Command said the US may be interested in buying a short-range missile interceptor used by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.