Amir Elichai was walking along the beach in Tel Aviv when he was approached by strangers who demanded his wallet. He complied, and as soon as he was safe, he called Israel’s emergency services system. “The response time was terrible,” he recalls, leaving the muggers plenty of time to flee....

SWIFT, the financial messaging service that moves money around the global banking system, will disconnect some Iranian banks this weekend, the institution’s Chief Executive Gottfried Leibbrandt said on Friday, The New York Times reported. “This weekend we are going to disconnect a certain number of Iranian banks. It’s really regrettable,...

The incoming ambassadors of Jordan and Egypt both reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to sustainable peace with Israel in a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Thursday, The Times of Israel reported. Rivlin, who greeted the men in Arabic, accepted letters of credence from Ghassan Majali of Jordan...

Israel’s Supreme Court upheld verdicts totaling 14 million NIS ($3.81) against the Palestinian Authority for torturing Palestinians it held in custody, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The two verdicts — one from June of 13.1 million NIS ($3.57 million) for the false imprisonment of 51 plaintiffs, and the second one from December...

Forty-two nations will compete next May in the Eurovision Song Contest, to be hosted at Expo Tel Aviv, Globes reported Wednesday. The announcement was made by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Of the 42 participating countries, 36 will compete in the semi-finals on May 14 and 16. The finals will be held...

CollPlant, an Israeli regenerative medicine company focused on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, signed a license, development and commercialization agreement with United Therapeutics Corporation of Maryland for 3D bioprinted lung transplants. The agreement combines CollPlant’s proprietary recombinant human collagen (rhCollagen) derived from engineered tobacco plants, and its BioInk technology,...