The incoming Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally presented its government coalition guidelines, which explicitly reaffirmed its commitment to pursue a peace process with the Palestinians. Agence France-Presse (AFP) translated the relevant text: “The government will advance the diplomatic process and strive to reach a peace agreement...

Israel’s Chief Scientist’s Office and Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation have extended a research and development collaboration deal by five years, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. The new deal is worth $18 million, with each government contributing half. The investment is worth it, [Ontario Minister of Reseach and Innovation Reza] Moridi...

The state of California is working with Israeli industrialists, government experts, and academics on advanced water technologies and long-term strategies to lessen the effects of its severe drought. One example is the $1 billion ocean-water desalination plant Israel’s IDE Technologies is building to provide 50 million gallons of water daily in...

Israel has treated 1,600 victims of Syria’s civil war over the last two years, according to a report written by Ron Ben-Yishai for Ynet. Ben-Yishai was on the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights and reported on the transfer of an injured fighter into Israel for treatment. The recent escalation in fighting has led...

Following his surprise victory in last week’s general election, British Prime Minister David Cameron has named his new cabinet, which includes two well-known supporters of Israel. The first all-Conservative cabinet in eighteen years (during his first term as Prime Minister, Cameron was forced into a coalition with the Liberal Democrats,...

The Dutch government has restored the pension benefits of a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor whose payments were cut by 35% because she moved to the West Bank to be near her son, The Jerusalem Post reported today. But the government said that it will issue a new policy that could penalize...