Israeli Embassy News

Israel appears to be behind a cyberattack earlier this month on computers at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee port that caused massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the facility, the Washington Post reported on Monday.Citing unnamed U.S. and foreign government officials, the Post said the May 9 disruption of Iranian computers was presumably in retaliation for an earlier attempted cyberattack on rural water distribution systems in Israel.The Israeli Embassy in Washington did not…

Turkey and Israel were unable to finalize a deal on Thursday to export 50 million cubic meters of Turkish water a year to Israel because the transport costs have yet to be decided, the Israeli embassy said. An Israeli delegation met Turkish authorities in Turkey's capital Ankara, but were unable to agree on a final price for the water. Water is a contentious issue in the Middle East because of its scarcity. Israeli foes Iraq and Syria are largely reliant for drinking water, irrigation and power generation on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which originate in Turkey. An Israeli embassy official said the cost of transporting the water from Turkey by ship to Israel must be ascertained before a final price for the water could be agreed.