An unusual hug caused thunderous applause at a recent Knesset ceremony saluting Israel’s emergency medical first-responders and search-and-rescue personnel. Yehudah Glick, a member of the Knesset who survived an Arab assassination attempt two years ago, spontaneously climbed onto the podium to embrace Kabahah Muawhiya, an Arab-Israeli volunteer EMT with the volunteer emergency medical...

An Israeli soldier was shot and moderately wounded while guarding worshipers at Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday, The Times of Israel reported. The soldier was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and is now in stable condition, an army spokesman said. While Palestinians burned tires and...

Microprocessor giant Intel on Tuesday introduced its “strongest and fastest ever” core processor chip, which was developed by the company’s team in Haifa, Israel. Ran Senderovitz, general manager of Intel’s Israel Development Centers, said that the seventh generation processor, code-named Kaby Lake, will run applications up to 12 percent faster compared to Intel’s sixth generation processors and speed up...

Local and state-run media outlets in Saudi Arabia are beginning to shift their long-held position of enmity toward Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. Recent changes include columnists quoting Israeli officials; asking Saudis to “leave behind” their “hatred of Jews”; and calling for direct talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia,...

California’s State Assembly passed legislation to crack down on discriminatory boycotts of Israel by a unanimous 60-0 vote on Tuesday, the Jewish Journal reported. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jerry Brown, who is expected to sign it into law in the coming weeks. When the bill was originally introduced in April,...

Israel’s agriculture minister said on Sunday that the country will soon begin allowing farmers to export medical marijuana abroad, the online Hebrew-language magazine Cannabis reported. “In two years we will have protocols in place that will allow farmers to grow cannabis,” MK Uri Ariel told Israel Radio, according to the magazine. “The Agriculture...