Visiting the Ziv Medical Center in Safed on Tuesday, United States Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt praised efforts by Israeli hospital staff for providing critical treatment and care for those seeking refuge from Syria’s brutal civil war. “These are the stories of Israel the world needs to hear,...

For the first time, doctors at an Israeli hospital implanted a device to assist a patient suffering from diastolic heart failure. The trial performed at Haifa’s Rambam Hospital implanted a device into the heart of a 72-year-old Canadian man, suffering from diastolic heart failure, who volunteered for the procedure after...

Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, David Govrin, has returned to his post, eight months after he and his staff were evacuated due to security concerns. The online newspaper Egypt Independent reported that Govrin arrived at Cairo airport with a staff of eight diplomats who were then escorted by a “large security motorcade”...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to stop bias against Israel at the UN by singling out “the world’s only Jewish state,” Haaretz reported. Speaking at a meeting with Guterres, the President said: “This targeting of Israel, this singling out of the world’s...

American comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien is visiting Israel for the first time, kicking off his trip in Tel Aviv, where he met with Israelis, tasted local food, and soaked up the August sun, The Washington Post reported Sunday. In a video posted on Facebook, which was filmed...

Israel has sent six tons of food aid to a drought-stricken village in South Sudan, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The aid, which was coordinated by the Foreign Ministry’s Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Israeli embassy in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, was distributed by Israel’s...