Beresheet (beginning), the spacecraft launched by the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL whose destination is the moon, made a final maneuver in Earth’s orbit as it continues on its lunar journey, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Signals from Earth activated the craft’s engines for a full minute. The team in charge of...

Declaring the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) policy toward Israel to be anti-Semitic, the United States Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell denounced the council’s “singular, obsessive focus” on the Jewish State in a speech he gave Monday in Geneva. Grenell’s speech was part of a rally organized by UN...

It began with four co-founders in “garage” mode in 2015. Less than four years later, Israeli ag-tech company Taranis has nearly 60 employees, five overseas offices, two acquired companies and $30 million in investments. About 19,000 farmers use the agriculture platform to make decisions about preventing disease and pest infestation in crops...

Israel’s Supreme Court has disqualified the leader of the extremist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, Michael Ben-Ari, from running in the upcoming general election in April, JNS reported Monday. Overturning an earlier decision by Israel’s electoral committee, the court banned Ben Ari in an 8-1 vote, citing his anti-Arab ideology...

A United Nations envoy has condemned the terrorist group Hamas, which exercises complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, for the use of violence against protesters and journalists, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. As protests against Hamas for high prices have continued since last week, the terror...

Three Israelis fell victim to a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank city of Ariel on Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported. One victim, Gal Keidan, a 19-year-old soldier guarding the Ariel junction, was killed at the scene on Sunday and buried in his hometown of Beersheba on Monday morning. Two others...