The first openly gay man to become a cabinet minister in Israel was appointed Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Amir Ohana will act as interim justice minister, following the sacking of the previous office holder, Ayelet Shaked. “As a Jew, as an Israeli, as the partner of the...

An Israeli-British-German study published in Acta Neuropathologica reveals a novel method for detecting the aggregation of the protein alpha-synuclein, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease. Earlier detection could enable more effective treatment for the incurable, progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting the speech, posture, gait, digestion, sleep, impulse control, and cognition of an estimated one million Americans...

Iran is lying about its nuclear work and is trying to obtain an “arsenal of nuclear bombs,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, following a meeting with the former deputy head of the UN’s atomic agency at his Jerusalem office. Olli Heinonen, who previously held a senior position at...

Israel has joined several neighboring Arab states in a regional venture for the protection of coral reef ecosystems under the mediation of a neutral third-party, it was announced Thursday. The Red Sea Transnational Research Center, located in Bern, Switzerland, will be staffed by researchers from all the countries bordering the...

The online video platform YouTube expanded Wednesday its hate speech policy to ban white supremacist content, such as the promotion of Nazi ideology and Holocaust denial. The Google-owned company said in a statement that the move reflects “a tougher stance” toward extremist and terrorist material. YouTube applied the policy with...

“Waste not, want not,” goes the age-old adage. So age-old, in fact, that even prehistoric humans adhered to it. These ancient humans, according to new Tel Aviv University research, “recycled” discarded or broken flint tools to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions some 400,000 years ago. These recycled tools...