Tourists in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand often travel around towing campers (also called “caravans”) that serve as a secure overnight “motel” hitched to a rented vehicle. International-standard campers only became available for hire in Israel a couple of years ago. Tourists are starting to discover that they...

Despite President Barack Obama’s assurances last week that the world will “know” if Iran cheats on the nuclear deal being negotiated with the P5+1, in an interview with Thomas Friedman of The New York Times Saturday, the president’s response supported one of the key objections to the known terms of the...

Prominent Israeli politicians across the spectrum have questioned the understandings reached last week by the P5+1 nations and Iran regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni the leaders of the Zionist Union, the bloc likely to lead the opposition in the new Knesset, released a statement saying: “We need...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed by a number of American news shows yesterday explaining why the understandings reached last week  about Iran’s nuclear program would constitute a bad deal. He told Martha Raddatz of ABC’s This Week: Well, I’m — I’m sure they think it’s a good deal, but we...

A pot of pretty petunias will practically sell itself, but petunias don’t retain their beauty for long. A joint Israeli-American “precise breeding” project is now working toward extending the shelf-life of these popular flowers. The three-year collaboration brings together a patented plant-breeding technology called MemoGene, developed by Israel’s Danziger Innovations...

The city of Tel Aviv prides itself on being a city that never sleeps, and new archaeology findings support that claim – even dating back 5,000 years. The Israel Antiquities Authority, which is conducting salvage excavations prior to the construction of office buildings in its city center, announced the unearthing...