Israel

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, 68, has been signing autographs and greeting fans as he tours Jerusalem, Masada and Eilat with his girlfriend since arriving in Israel on Saturday evening. Wednesday night, Aerosmith’s Aero-Vederci Baby! farewell tour kicks off in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park in front of an audience of approximately...

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Israel’s Delek Group is acquiring the Canadian company Ithaca Energy, an oil and gas operator in the North Sea, through its DKL Investments wholly owned foreign subsidiary. The deal is worth $590 million. Delek Group of Herzliya leads natural gas exploration and production activities in the Eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Basin, including...

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Israel’s recently installed ambassador to Nigeria cancelled the embassy’s Independence Day celebration and used the money saved to create a soccer league for children who escaped from the terrorist group Boko Haram, Ynet reported Sunday. Ambassador Guy Feldman used the money initially allocated for the party to buy uniforms for 225...

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Yarok Technology Transfer, an innovation-based developer of fast, accurate tests for the food industry, today announced it has received the United Nations International Award 2017 for “Innovative Ideas and Technology on Agribusiness.” The Jerusalem-based company was honored for its fast testing system that is able to detect the presence of...

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Two Changes of Heart Israel recently received significant support from two unexpected sources. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – Vt.) earlier this month told an Al Jazeera interviewer that he supports Israel’s right to exist and opposes boycotts that single out the Jewish state. When the interviewer asked him if signing a...

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Israeli defense officials have warned that Hamas is planning a terrorist attack in the West Bank to avenge the killing of one of its former masterminds and convicted terrorist Mazen Faqha, who was murdered in March in what Hamas claims was a Mossad operation, the Hebrew daily Israel Hayom reported...

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