Israel to boost entrepreneurship with nine innovation centers
To promote entrepreneurship in Israel’s peripheral areas, the government announced a 100 million shekel ($27.6 million) initiative to establish nine innovation centers across the country promoting high-tech solutions for a range of issues such...
200 Israelis and 74 foreign nationals arrive home from abroad due to pandemic
A special flight with 200 Israelis who were stranded in Hungary departed on Thursday from the Hungarian capital of Budapest and arrived back to Israel. The Israelis had been unable to leave Hungary since...
Will the Bennett-Lapid government have the political power to address Israel’s most contentious issues?
Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s 13th prime minister on Sunday evening with a razor-thin 60 Knesset member majority. At the same time, Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid was...
Israeli leaders point fingers at one another for taking country to third round of...
After being unable to form a government following two inconclusive elections, Israelis will now need to head back to the polls on March 2 for a third round of voting within the past 12...
Netanyahu postpones trip to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his scheduled visit next week to Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, citing Israel’s coronavirus lockdown and the shuttering of Ben-Gurion International Airport, his office announced on Thursday.
“Despite the...
Herzl’s lost ‘parochet’ found in warehouse in Tel Aviv
After 70 years of searches, the mystery of the fate of the parochet—the ornamental curtain that covers the ark (aron kodesh) containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue—that was placed over Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl’s coffin when...
Jewish group opposes USAID nominee, due to ‘anti-Israel, pro-Iran record’
The Zionist Organization of America said on it strongly rejects U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
“Power...
Magen David Adom, Ben-Gurion University announce academic affiliation
Magen David Adom and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are affiliating in an academic initiative designed to improve training for paramedics and emergency medical technicians, as well as improve the quality of pre-hospital emergency...
Support for two-state solution hits new low for both Israelis and Palestinians
Support for a two-state solution to the long Israeli-Palestinian conflict has fallen to a two-decade low among Israeli Jews and Palestinians alike, a new poll has found.
Conducted jointly by Tel Aviv University and the...
Gallant: Iran operating ‘floating terror bases’
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed on Monday that Iran is converting commercial vessels into armed military platforms, equipped with drones, missiles and advanced reconnaissance systems.
These "floating terror bases" were an extension of Iran's...