An Israeli team was named as one of the five finalists for Google’s prestigious Lunar X-Prize, the technology giant announced on Tuesday. Participants in the contest, which must be mainly funded by private sources, have until the end of 2017 to land a spacecraft on the moon’s surface, move it 500...

Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio uses his instagram account to spotlight environmental challenges facing the world and environmental breakthroughs. As such, his 13.8 million followers were sent a photo of Megalim Solar Power’s Ashalim power station now being built in the Negev desert. “The arid landscape of Israel’s Negev...

The main impediment to peace between Israel and the Palestinians is the lack of unity between Fatah and Hamas, which prevents Israeli diplomats from facing a legitimate interlocutor who represents all Palestinians, Jonathan Schanzer, the vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote in an analysis for Politico on...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday welcomed Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković to Jerusalem, where the two leaders signed a declaration of intent to cooperate in the fields of disaster prevention and emergency response. The agreement follows Croatia’s efforts to aid Israel when wildfires swept through the country in November. “We cooperate in...

Dozens of Palestinians graduated from Hamas’ military training program in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, “displaying weapons, marching in military formation and burning an Israeli flag in front of crowds of cheering supporters,” The Times of Israel reported. Graduates ranged in age from middle-aged adults to young children, one of...

Courts in Madrid and Barcelona delivered legal blows to the foundations of the anti-Israel boycott campaign in Spain this past week. In suits brought by ACOM, a pro-Israel organization that fights the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign, the two courts ruled to overturn discriminatory policies adopted by city councils in...