The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) must undergo significant reform to secure past levels of funding from the United States, a senior American diplomat said on Tuesday, The Algemeiner reported. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said, “We were supposed to the last time...

Prof. Yinon Ben-Neriah and his research team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Medicine have developed a new biological drug showing a cure rate of 50 percent for lab mice with acute myeloid leukemia — one of the most aggressive cancers. “We were thrilled to see such a...

Fatah and Hamas, the two dominant Palestinian factions, are unable to agree on reconciliation or even on a truce agreement with Israel that could improve conditions for residents of Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who also is head of the Fatah party, objects to...

Israeli marine biologist Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, head of Tel Aviv-based ECOncrete, was selected as an awardee in the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge, the first global business competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  The WE Empower Challenge honors five female entrepreneurs, one from each of the five...

National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) announced that it will host its eighth annual conference at the University of California, Los Angeles, to remind students that Zionism “can be destroyed,” Shiri Moshe reported in The Algemeiner on Wednesday. The conference will take place on November 16-18 under the theme...

Israeli athletes garnered a total of 14 medals in international Paralympic competitions so far this month. Ami Dadon won gold medals in the 100-meter men’s freestyle and men’s 150-meter individual medley at the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships in Dublin. The 17-year-old swimmer also won silver medals in the men’s 50-meter...