Players for Israel’s World Baseball Classic team are visiting Israel to spark interest in the sport ahead of the competition in March, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The players visited the holy sites in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea, and an air force base, and put on a baseball clinic for...

Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill on Monday aimed at combating efforts to restrict trade with Israel, making Michigan the 15th state to enact such legislation, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Tuesday. While Israel is not specifically mentioned in the legislation, the law states that Michigan’s Department of Management and Budget and all...

A new university course on the use of medical cannabis is further establishing Israel’s long recognized status as a global leader in medical cannabis research and development. The course — covering the history of the plant’s medicinal components, the current status of medical marijuana, its legal background and rulings, the active...

Top congressional Democrats, including both the Senate and House minority leaders, have registered their objections to the Obama administration’s failure to veto an anti-Israel United Nations Security Council resolution at the end of December. Hours before the Security Council voted on resolution 2334, which denounces Israeli presence in the West Bank and...

When the United Nations Security Council voted on December 23rd to approve Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction activity in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank, they became only the latest in a series of UN bodies to take aim at Judaism’s holiest city. Two months earlier, UNESCO, the UN’s...

Anyone who has flown in or out of Tel Aviv can surely attest to the congestion felt at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. A recent Israel Airports Authority report shows an increase of 1.6 million passengers passing through the transportation hub on international flights in 2016 as compared to 2015 figures....