Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged his organization’s bias against Israel on Friday, saying the “disproportionate” fixation ultimately also hurts the Palestinians. “Over the last decade I have argued that we cannot have a bias against Israel at the UN,” Ban said in an address to the UN Security Council. “Decades...

The Israeli company Emefcy has developed a low cost and energy efficient wastewater treatment system that has been deployed globally, from Ethiopia to the Virgin Island of St. Thomas. The company’s award-winning membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) reduces energy consumption by up to 90 percent and sludge yield by half compared...

In late November, radical protesters in London attacked a Jewish communal building. As they wrestled with police at the gates, they screamed abuse about “baby killers!” and cried out, “It’s a Holocaust!” According to local media outlets, among them the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish News, the protesters also daubed...

The Catastrophe of Aleppo Two major editorials on Thursday called attention to Iran’s role in the destruction of the last rebel stronghold in Aleppo, Syria. The New York Times observed that “Hezbollah, backed by Iran with arms and money, has … been a vital asset for the Assad regime, reportedly deploying...

A Mumbai-based pharmaceutical giant, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing deal to further develop a novel treatment for osteoarthritis pain created by Tel Aviv’s Moebius Medical. The MM-II injection lubricates arthritic knee joints, thereby reducing friction and pain due to mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis. It is based on patent-protected technology licensed...

President-elect Donald Trump has picked David Friedman, a 57-year-old bankruptcy lawyer and longtime advisor, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, the Trump transition team said in a statement on Thursday. Like Washington’s current envoy to Israel, Dan Shapiro, Friedman is a fluent Hebrew speaker. Friedman served on Trump’s Israel advisory...