The Taylor Force Act, which would cut funding to the Palestinian Authority as long as it pays rewards to terrorists, passed with bipartisan support as part of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that will keep the United States government operating until the end of the fiscal year, The Times...

Three people have been killed in southern France after a terrorist hijacked a car and took hostages in the town of Trèbes. Police shot the gunman dead after a four-hour standoff Friday at the Super U supermarket. The BBC reported that the attacker was heavily armed. He killed and wounded his...

The United States Department of Justice announced indictments of nine Iranians for their participation in a “massive and brazen cyber-assault” on over 100 American academic institutions and several government agencies, Politico reported Friday. The Iranian hackers were affiliated with the Mabna Institute, which, according to DOJ, was established in 2013...

A joint symposium by Israel’s Rambam Health Care Campus and Stanford University Medicine was held earlier this week on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto, California, with the aim of exploring best practices and the latest developments in clinical medicine, research and the use of technology in medicine. The symposium will...

On a state visit to Israel, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev became the first world leader to visit Israel’s national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Radev and other Bulgarian officials and businessmen discussed cooperation in the area of cybersecurity with their Israeli counterparts....

For the first time ever a commercial flight headed to Israel passed over Saudi Arabian airspace, as Air India’s inaugural New Delhi-Tel Aviv flight was tracked over the Gulf Kingdom, Reuters reported Thursday. While Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel and the two nations have no formal diplomatic relations, the...

A professor who said that Zionists are not welcome at San Francisco State University and wrote that she “rejects the equation of Zionism with Judaism,” on the Facebook account of of one of the university’s departments, has come under criticism from 60 campus-oriented and faith-based organizations, The Jerusalem Post reported...

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), a vocal critic of the nuclear deal with Iran, won a primary in Illinois Tuesday over fellow Democrat Marie Newman, a J Street-backed newcomer, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Newman, who was little-known when she decided to challenge Lipinski, had the backing of Sen. Bernie...

Technology mogul and superstar entrepreneur Elon Musk referred to Israel as a “technological power” during his visit to the country this week. Evidence of his travels around Israel has been popping up on Musk’s personal Instagram feed since Tuesday. Between hiking the mountaintop Masada fortress and enjoying Jerusalem’s culinary scene,...

A Washington D.C. District Court judge has allowed the expansion of a lawsuit filed against leaders of the American Studies Association (ASA), according to a statement released Tuesday by the Louis D. Brandeis Center, which has assisted in the lawsuit. The defendants used the association to promote an academic boycott of Israel....