The global science community is looking to Rehovot, where a team of Israeli scientists at the Weizmann Institute managed to grow lymphatic cells in the lab for the first time ever. For over a century, scientists have debated the origins of the lymphatic system—a parallel system to the blood vessels...

The United States Department of Defense approved a massive $1.9 billion arms deal with Israel, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The deal would add “thousands of bombs, air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles” to Israel’s arsenal for self-defense needs. The deal still requires Congressional approval. The details of the possible sale were...

Shortly before he died Tuesday, scholar Robert Wistrich, the world’s leading authority on anti-Semitism, sent a column to The Jerusalem Post, which was published yesterday. In the column, Wistrich made seven observations about the current nature of anti-Semitism. Among his observations were that the anti-Semitism of the far Right is less...

Professor Rivka Carmi, President of Ben-Gurion University, is set to be honored by Queen Elizabeth II for her work in deepening scientific and academic relations between the UK and Israel. Carmi, the first woman to serve as president of an Israeli university, will receive the honorary title Commander of the Most Excellent...

Iranian Holocaust denial, which echoes Nazi rhetoric, exposes an intent “to [repeat] that same crime,” Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), argued in an article published Monday in Tablet Magazine. Ottolenghi rejected claims that it is misguided to associate Iran with Nazi Germany. After the war,...

Thousands of Gazans receive treatment in Israeli hospitals every year, the Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday. According to the report, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Unit (COGAT) has issued roughly 27,000 permits for Gaza residents—including both patients and their families—to receive medical treatment in Israel and elsewhere. According to the...