Increased military aid to Israel and prospects for peace with the Palestinians were on the agenda at the meeting between Obama and Netanyahu, which was decidedly more friendly and relaxed than their previous encounters.

The start-up nation is being honored at a prestigious global forum following the establishment of the newly established China-Israel Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation.

Israeli and Palestinian chief negotiators met covertly in Jordan last week in order to build trust in an attempt to revive the failed peace process.

After tumultuous elections, Israel's elected representatives pledged their allegiance to the Jewish State

The Red-Dead Project will help save the Dead Sea while providing much-needed fresh water to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority-run territories.

As the PA continues with its belligerence, Israel is hitting back where it hurts – in the pocket – by withholding NIS 500 million in tax funds.