Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrapped a plan to resettle African migrants in Europe, after Germany and Italy announced that they would not be accepting the migrants. On Monday, Netanyahu announced that Israel had reached an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to resettle thousands of migrants, mostly from...

United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone about “recent developments in the Middle East,” following a violent Hamas-led march at the Gaza border and plans for the U.S. to pull out of Syria. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to counter Iran’s aggressive...

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Tuesday signed an anti-Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) bill into law reaffirming the state’s commitment to Israel, the governor’s office announced. Assembly Bill 553 prohibits any state agency or another governmental entity from adopting a rule, ordinance, policy, or procedure that involves the discrimination against...

The Google Lunar X Prize competition expired on March 31 with no winner. Yet Israel’s team, the nonprofit SpaceIL, is continuing its mission of landing an unmanned module on the moon – with plans to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 via Spaceflight Industries in the fourth quarter of 2018, even...

Members of the European Union are balking at imposing sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program, The Times of Israel reported last week. EU members Spain, Italy and Austria rejected proposed penalties by the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, which would penalize Iran for its continued ballistic missile program and support...

In response to a public letter published by Carmen Twillie Ambar, president of Oberlin College, defending the school against charges of fostering a climate hostile to Jews and supporters of Israel, a group of alumni said that Ambar must defend the “traditions” upon which the school was founded and stop tolerating...