The European Union must “review and be willing to suspend or downgrade” trade and cooperation agreements with the Jewish state, says the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
“Israel is a very strong partner” and the “best example of democracy and the American values that we have in the Middle East,” says the Democrat, who tips his hat to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye.
For the time being, the Bank of Israel has nixed the government’s plan to limit cash in circulation, but economist Dror Goldberg believes physical money will not survive the digital revolution.
Israeli company captures images showing “unusual activity” near Fordo, southwest of Tehran, which was supposed to be converted into a research center under the 2015 nuclear deal.