Israel’s economy grew by an annualized 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, largely due to an increase in private spending and exports, Reuters reported on Monday. Israel’s economy bounced back in the third quarter after a weak first half, growing by an annualized 2.5 percent on the heels...

ElMindA, the Israeli pioneer in neuroscience-based technology for analyzing brain network functionality, has announced an oversubscribed $28 million round of Series C financing. The proceeds will be used to continue advancement of ElMindA’s proprietary BNA (Brain Network Activation) system, which uses multi-channel EEG-ERP electrophysiology technology to provide a more accurate, objective...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has publicly confirmed for the first time that he turned down a peace offer in 2008 that would have provided for an independent Palestinian state containing all of the Gaza Strip, much of the West Bank (with land swaps), and a tunnel connecting the two areas. Abbas made his comments...

Israel’s security cabinet declared the Hamas-affiliated northern branch of the Islamic Movement an illegal organization late Monday night, The Jerusalem Post reported. Israel has resolved to outlaw a domestic Islamist movement with ties to Hamas and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, according to a press release distributed early Tuesday morning by...

Four Israeli pioneers in their fields are included on this year’s MIT Technology Review list — 35 Innovators Under 35. The annual honor roll pays tribute to young people who are revolutionizing the next generation of technological breakthroughs. Gilad Evrony, 33, is honored as a pioneer for his out-of-the-box brain...

An op-ed published in the official Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, accused Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, of orchestrating Friday’s terror attacks in Paris and equated Israel with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. “It is not a coincidence that human blood...