Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who oversaw the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, dismissed claims that his decision contributed to the current threat posed by Hezbollah. Barak argued that the roots of the challenges Israel faces today lie in more recent developments, not decisions made decades ago.
Speaking to Reshet Bet radio, Barak stated, “This entire tendency to rely on events from 25 years ago and explain the failures and things that were not done in the last 15 years is a weakness of this government, which in my opinion few accept. What determines what happens today is what happened in the last 10 or 15 years, not what happened 25 years ago.”

(JNS) – The Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a motion calling to shutter mosques whose leaders preach the destruction of Israel. The motion, submitted by the leader of the coalition’s Farmer–Citizen Movement and titled, “The closure of Salafist mosques and institutions that preach the destruction of the Jewish people and Israel,” passed by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City FC’s $780 m

The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index. There’s no surefire way to rank global AI leadership but Stanford researchers have made an attempt by measuring the “vibrancy” of the AI industry across various dimensions, from how much research and investment is happening to how responsibly the technology is being pursued to prevent harm. “The gap is actually widening” between the U.S. and China, said computer scientist Ray Perrault, director of the steering committee that runs Stanford’s AI Index. “The U.S.