‘Swiss Schindler’ honoured with room in Federal Palace
The room in the West Wing of the building is where high-level foreign policy decisions are forged, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said in a media release on Monday.
The meeting room received its...
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US seeks to increase aid to Israel by $200M in 2019, advance Jerusalem embassy...
The annual funding Israel receives from the United States may be increased by $200 million in 2019, according to President Donald Trump’s fiscal year budget request. Israel is expected to receive $3.3 billion in...
Israeli Startup MercuRemoval Wins 1st Place In LA Cleantech Open Awards
Israeli cleantech startup MercuRemoval won first place in the seed track of the 2017 Global Ideas competition at the Cleantech Open awards, held in Los Angeles last week, the company announced in a statement.
The environmental firm...
Israel advocates mobilize to defend Arizona’s anti-BDS law following setback in Kansas
During the last few years, more than 20 U.S. states have targeted the BDS movement with legislation aimed at preventing state entities from doing business with companies that seek to boycott Israel. Many pro-Israel...
Paul McCartney wins Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize
Famed singer-songwriter and former Beatles bass guitarist Paul McCartney was announced as one of this year’s nine recipients of Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize.
In announcing the winners, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said that “together with...
White House denies Netanyahu’s claim of talks on Israeli settlement annexation deal
The White House on Monday denied Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that he is in talks with the Trump administration on the annexation of Israeli settlements.
“Reports that the United States discussed with Israel an annexation...
EU parliament pledges to continue funding UNWRA, calls on Trump to renew pledge
The European Parliament has pledged to continue funding UNWRA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in a resolution adopted during this week’s parliament plenary session in...
Gaza hospital stops performing surgeries due to cleaners’ strike
Gaza’s largest medical complex announced Sunday that it was suspending all non-emergency surgeries do to a cleaners’ strike.
Shifa Hospital will not have medical garbage taken away until workers are paid overdue salaries, the second...
Poland set to pass controversial new law criminalizing Kosher slaughter
Just one week after passing a controversial law criminalizing phrases indicating Polish responsibility for heinous crimes against Jews during the Holocaust, Poland’s ruling party has sponsored a new bill including a clause that would...
Chabad heads to Iceland as 3,000 women emissaries celebrate at ‘day of strength for...
For the more than 3,000 women who filled each table—every inch of the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel—it came as no surprise that such significant news would be announced the same...