Scores of successful inventions are shepherded from laboratories to the marketplace by Israel’s renowned system of technology-transfer companies (TTCs), which are part- or wholly-owned by the universities at which the technologies were discovered or improved. Just a few of the companies established via TTCs are Mobileye (Hebrew University), Mazor Robotics (Technion), Phinergy...

The number of disruptions of Jewish and pro-Israel events on college campuses increased last year and are expected to continue to rise, a new study (.pdf) by the Israel on Campus Coalition has found. According to the study, there were 33 campus campaigns to divest from Israel during the 2015-2016 academic year, which was...

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), an umbrella body for 57 European, North American, and Central Asian nations in the security field, has chosen Prof. Gabi Weimann of the University of Haifa to plan and establish a new teaching and research framework concerning online terror. “Online incitement, radicalization, and...

At a time when American politics have become “increasingly polarized,” support for Israel remains “a rare and welcome bastion of bipartisanship,” Josh Block, CEO and president of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed published last week in The Sun Sentinel. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. Block observed that “bills and resolutions...

The rescinding of an Israeli filmmaker’s invitation to a festival at Syracuse University demonstrates the “chilling effect” that the anti-Israel boycott campaign has had on free speech, Conor Friedersdorf wrote in The Atlantic on Thursday. Award-winning Israeli documentarian Shimon Dotan had been invited by William L. Blizek, a professor of philosophy and religion at...

On a state visit to Israel on Sunday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Australia early next year, which would make him the first sitting Israeli Prime Minister to visit Down Under. “Your friendship is terrific – Australia, the government’s and yours personally....