The United States space agency, NASA, signed an agreement on October 3 with the Israel Space Agency to cooperatively utilize the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL’s commercial lunar mission, expected to land on the moon in 2019. As a part of the agreement, a retro-reflector from NASA will be installed on SpaceIL’s unmanned spacecraft....

France’s Ministry of Culture has launched a new award for initiatives to combat anti-Semitism named in honor of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jew murdered in 2006, Ben Cohen reported in The Algemeiner on Thursday. Halimi was kidnapped by the self-styled “Gang of Barbarians,” a group of largely Muslim men,...

The decision of Morocco’s King Mohammad VI to incorporate Holocaust education in the nation’s high-school curriculum has drawn praise from Israeli MK Michael Oren, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. A Moroccan news site, Le Desk, reported that the king’s decision was initially publicized at a high-level meeting on the sidelines...

While reiterating her support for a two-state solution for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, German Chancellor Angela Merkel supported the Israeli demand that the Palestinian Authority accept Israel as a Jewish state, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Merkel, who wound up her two-day trip to Israel Thursday,...

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Yazidi human rights activist, Nadia Murad, for her efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, The Times of Israel reported Friday. Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, who treats victims of sexual violence, shared the award with Murad. Murad,...

The incidence of fungal infections is rising due to factors such as the aging population, widespread use of antibiotics and possibly even global warming. Most people will experience a fungal infection at least once in their lifetime, but today’s oral antifungal medications don’t always work well and come with a...

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence agreed to a contract worth up to $52 million to purchase the MORPHEUS battlefield management application from Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of the Israeli defense giant, Globes reported on Tuesday. The initial contract, which covers three years, is for $13 million, but the...

An anti-Israel group has called on the European Union to cancel an event bringing Israelis and Palestinians together, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), which coordinates the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, sent a letter to the head of...

In statements made at a joint press conference, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized the close ties between the two nations and the threat that Iran poses towards Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Merkel expressed support for Israel’s right to protect its northern...

Students in New York and their allies are planning to protest the culture of hostility towards Zionism at Columbia University, where Jewish students “are harassed and systematically silenced” on campus, Shiri Moshe reported in The Algemeiner on Wednesday. The demonstration, which is set to take place on Thursday afternoon outside...