Israel’s surf is the star of two new edgy videos that show off the country’s waves as never before. Surfing in Israel just got a major visual boost thanks to Arthur Rashkovan, the Vans Israel go-to-guy, and the team (including film director Yakir Avrahami) he put together for an amazing video...

The Israel Ministry of Science has announced a call for proposals in a new research program devoted to developing scientific and technological innovations for Israel’s elderly. The program’s budget for 2015 provides up to NIS 15 million (about $4.2 million) in grants for Israeli researchers working toward practical solutions for...

News outlets conveyed reports – beginning Saturday and extending through Monday – of increased tensions between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction and the Hamas terror organization, with Abbas slamming Hamas for, per Agence France Presse, ‘effectively running a parallel administration in Gaza’: “We will not accept the situation with Hamas...

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon traveled to Azerbaijan today for a two day visit to Iran’s northern neighbor. The Jerusalem Post reports: Ya’alon met with the Azeri President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev, as well as with the country’s Defense Minister, Zakir Hasanov, and Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, as well as senior officials...

This week, The Tower Magazine launched its September issue, featuring the following articles: Where the Shadiest Players Find a Home, by Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President of Research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, goes in-depth on Turkey, whose government funds Hamas, helps Iran evade sanctions, and harbors a financier tied to the 9/11...

Last week, the Switzerland-based World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Global Competitiveness Report. Israel ranked 27th out of 144 nations overall, and ranked third for innovation: The report describes Israel’s strengths (.pdf): The country’s main strengths remain its world-class capacity for innovation (3rd), which rests on innovative businesses that benefit from...