Security

Israel's Transport Ministry denies role in vetting pilots as flydubai hijacking probe unfolds

Netanyahu assigned foreign-flight security to the ministry in 2025, but officials now say intelligence vetting of foreign pilots falls outside its remit.

Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023
A Flydubai plane carrying passengers from flight FZ1073 arrives at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, after a suspected terror attack aboard their original flight from Dubai to Israel forced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2026.

Flydubai attempted hijacking showcased Israeli aviation security system procedures - explainer

A flydubai Boeing 737-8 MAX A6-FKF aircraft

The flydubai hijacking exposed a flaw in Gulf security. Here's how the GCC can counter it - opinion

An El Al aircraft.

After Flydubai incident: Should Israelis prefer flying blue-and-white?


American defense company Ondas acquires Israel's Omnisys

The Israeli defense–tech company Omnisys will integrate into Ondas's Systems of Systems architecture.

Ondas

Jewish groups rally behind bipartisan Senate antisemitism bill with $1B security allocation

The bill follows several other recent attempts to advance antisemitism legislation in Congress.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) walks into the Senate Chamber on December 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

The cloud intelligence revolution: Bridging the legacy gap in the 6G era

“Uday Kumar Reddy Gangula’s technical frameworks provide a roadmap for businesses seeking resilience in a volatile digital economy.”

‘Dog rape’ to ‘genocide’: How lies become weapons in mainstream reporting - interview

Olga Deutsch, incoming head of NGO Monitor, reveals how false allegations, media distortions, and politicized NGOs shape narratives against Israel and Jewish communities.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.

Anthropic says Claude mimicked extortion after absorbing tales of malevolent machines

After tests revealed coercive behavior under shutdown pressure, the firm will tighten oversight, retrain models, and add constraints to address misaligned survival incentives.

A person holding a smartphone displaying an AI folder with icons for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Grok among a backdrop of greenery.

NIS 200,000 allocated for laptops, school equipment for low-income children in northern Israel

The allocation will be limited, targeted, and one-time only, with safeguards intended to ensure the Ida Abush public endowment can continue to fulfill its purposes in the future.

Fire caused from rockets launched from Lebanon, outside the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 1, 2024

Israel and UAE: A ‘brothers-in-arms’ alliance against Iran's growing threat - opinion

Even before the current Iran war, there was a clear trend of growing military and defense-industrial cooperation between Israel and the UAE.

(Illustrative) Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

One million US dollars in federal grants awarded to California Jewish security initiative

Congressman Brad Sherman had requested $1,400,000 for the program from the House Committee on Appropriations last May, for the 2026 fiscal year.

The US Capitol building dome is seen through spring flowers on March 30, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Can Israel’s economy survive after a seven-front war?

At the Annual Conference, Minister of Economy Nir Barkat will share his vision for Israel’s economic future

Minister of Economy Nir Barkat

What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? - opinion

Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih was an operational, overt, dangerous sleeper cell; the United Arab Emirates State Security Service took it down

A man fixes the United Arab Emirates’ national flag to the roof of his house in Dubai, after a call by the UAE’s vice president, prime minister, and ruler of Dubai, urging people across the country to hoist the flag as a symbol of unity and pride.