The Obama administration’s new Syria strategy will involve closely coordinating military activities with Russia in order to target the terrorist groups that most directly threaten Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday: Overall, the proposal would dramatically shift the United States’ Syria policy by directing more American military power against Jabhat al-Nusra, which...

Plenty of rain falls in Harlem, the northern Manhattan neighborhood synonymous with New York City’s African-American culture. Yet agriculturally, Harlem is a desert. A young woman with roots in Israel – a real desert with thriving agriculture – started an urban hydroponic farm in Harlem, supplying organic locally grown produce...

Israel delivered thirteen advanced drip-irrigation systems to drought-stricken Paraguayan farmers on Wednesday. The systems were provided by the Israeli irrigation company Netafim, a world pioneer in drip-irrigation technology. Drip-irrigation provides precisely the amount of water plants need, increasing crop yields while cutting water use by 75 percent or more. The technology...

At least four Arab nations voted in favor of Israel’s successful and historic candidacy to head a major United Nations committee, the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported earlier this week. Committee chairs are normally approved by consensus, but Danon’s candidacy, sponsored by the Western Europe and Others group of UN members, was protested by...

Israel was selected on Monday to lead a permanent committee of the United Nations General Assembly for the first time in its history. “This is a historic achievement for the State of Israel. We broke the glass ceiling,” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said. While Israel has headed some minor...

United Hatzalah sent a delegation of EMTs, paramedics, doctors, and logistics personnel to Panama to train their counterparts in providing the proper response for a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI). “We put a lot of emphasis on dealing with a terror attack due to the current worldwide political situation, but we...