Elad Mor, an Israeli mechanical engineer specializing in structural optic coatings, took a refreshment break while experimenting with transferring light onto surfaces without using pigments or dyes. When he raised the chilled drink to his lips, he had a eureka moment. Ice cubes come very close to the eyes of...

After meeting with top American envoys on Wednesday about efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas defiantly defended his government’s practice of paying salaries to terrorists and their families. In a speech read on Abbas’ behalf by his senior adviser Nabil Shaath at the Herzliya Conference on Thursday,...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday called for a regional approach to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and encouraged a break from the existing “theology” of Middle East peacemaking. Speaking at the Herzliya security conference, Blair said that there exists today an opportunity for peace “based not only on conventional...

The owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots football team inaugurated a sports complex in Jerusalem on Tuesday that includes Israel’s first regulation-sized American football field. Robert Kraft, who was on a week-long tour of Israel with 18 NFL Hall of Famers, had previously donated $6 million to construction of the facility....

Multiple sclerosis, one of the most devastating neurodegenerative diseases, affects some 2.5 million people worldwide and has no known cure. Researchers have long speculated that MS is triggered by the body’s own immune system unleashing an uncontrolled attack on myelin sheaths that protect nerve cells (neurons). A study published by...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with top envoys of the Trump administration, including the president’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, who are in the Middle East to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Ynet reported. The meeting lasted for over two hours and included...