Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, saying that successful talks would lead to peace between Israel and more Arab countries. In an interview with the Associated Press Sunday, Sisi said that resolving the Palestinian issue could “change the face of the region and … bring about enormous improvement...

Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player in the NBA, brought fellow basketball stars to Israel this summer so they could see his home country for themselves. A profile of the trip was published in The New Yorker on Thursday. Casspi explained founded a charity last year to challenge negative perceptions about Israel propagated...

The superintendent of the Ithaca, N.Y. school system has apologized for an event last week in which an anti-Israel speaker made a “politically skewed [and] inflammatory” presentation to a third grade class. The lecture by Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School on September 18 was “not developmentally appropriate” and “not endorsed by...

Orange, the French telecom giant that earlier this year threatened to end its business ties with Israel, has announced that it is investing in an Israeli startup, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported today. Hola, a video distribution network for publishers, said Wednesday that it raised $17 million in a funding round led...

An Egyptian student who was convicted of having “indecent ideas” for supporting gay rights has released a YouTube video supporting Israel. Sherif Gaber, a former sociology student who went into hiding after being sentenced to a year of hard labor for “contempt for religion” and “dissemination of indecent ideas,” has...

Major General Ataollah Salehi, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, said this week that the army is “glad” to be at the “forefront” of those carrying out the wishes of Iran’s Supreme Leader to destroy Israel, the Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday. “Israel only barks, no matter how much weapons are...