In a historic first, an Ethiopian-Israeli has been nominated to be chief medical officer for the Israel Defense Forces’ Southern Command, putting him on track to be the first Israeli of Ethiopian heritage to hold the rank of colonel. Lt. Col. Dr. Avraham Yitzhak was nominated by by IDF Chief of...

Coldplay’s Chris Martin surprised many when he touched down in Tel Aviv and, with his unexpected arrival, kick-started the rumor mill that a local concert may be on the horizon. According to Hebrew media, the British singer-songwriter arrived in Tel Aviv yesterday for one of two reasons: some gossip columnists...

The Israeli army is bolstering the country’s northern defenses in anticipation of future attacks from the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, Haaretz reported Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces changed its doctrine towards the terror group following threats by its leader Hassan Nasrallah, who claimed that Hezbollah sought to “enter into Galilee and …go even beyond the...

A major United Nations committee passed an Israeli-sponsored resolution on Friday by 123-30 that promoted entrepreneurship as a means to boost national development. The resolution passed despite opposition from Arab countries, who represented most of the states that voted against it. It calls on nations to recognize “the importance of improved regulatory environments and...

Twenty mayors from around the world who are on a visit to Israel have denounced recent resolutions by UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, which denied the Jewish historical connection to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The 20 mayors are visiting Israel this week as part of the 31st...

Oberlin College Cans Karega Joy Karega, an associate professor of rhetoric at Oberlin College whose Facebook posts featured conspiracies about Jewish bankers controlling world events and accusations that Israel founded ISIS and was responsible for 9/11, was dismissed by the college Tuesday. The school’s board of trustees said in a statement...