Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman acknowledged his country’s recent airstrikes against Syrian targets, saying in an address to European Union ambassadors on Wednesday that the strikes were meant to prevent Hezbollah from receiving “advanced weapons, military equipment and weapons of mass destruction.” Though it is unusual for an Israeli government official...

The rate of academic collaboration between American and Israeli professors has dramatically increased in the last ten years despite organized efforts on college campuses to boycott Israeli academics a new study (.pdf) has shown. In 2006, there were 3,439 articles in academic journals whose authors included one researcher from an institution in each country, while...

A growing number of Arab Israelis are signing up to serve in the Israeli army, Reuters reported Tuesday. “I’m from this country and I love the country and I want to contribute,” explained Sgt. Yusef Salutta, a 20-year-old Arab from the north of Israel who is in the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion. “Everyone should enlist,...

Researchers from around the world gathered recently in Israel for the inauguration of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center (TICC), a first-of-its kind hub for global cancer research, aimed at developing new treatments and inventing cutting-edge early stage diagnostic technologies. “Conquering cancer is one of the global community’s most pressing challenges,...

The Israel Defense Forces held a large-scale drill near the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, improving preparedness for possible cross-border terrorist attacks from the coastal enclave. The drill, which was led by the military’s Gaza division and included the evacuation of an Israeli school near the Gaza border, tested how the army would respond to terrorist infiltrators...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday harshly criticized the election of a convicted murderer and terrorist to a key committee of Fatah, the Palestinian Authority’s ruling party. Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his role orchestrating murders during the Second Intifada in the early 2000s. He...