A team of 30 teenage robotics enthusiasts in Ra’anana recently unveiled a 3D-printed kit that transforms a standard $500 wheelchair into the equivalent of a $2,500 electronic wheelchair with enhanced maneuverability and powerful braking. The add-on doesn’t interfere with the chair’s folding mechanism and is easily removed so it can...

As concerns grow that the Iranian-backed terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) could strike from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that his country would hold Hamas, which rules Gaza, “responsible” for any attack that targets Israel. The prime minister’s warning underscored the complete military and...

A recently announced ceasefire deal brokered between the United States, Russia and Jordan “does not meet Israel’s unequivocal demand” that neither Iranian nor any allied forces including Hezbollah be allowed near Israel’s border, Reuters reported Sunday. Israel’s regional cooperation minister, Tzachi Hanegbi said that the deal “does not meet Israel’s...

The Israel Defense Forces arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander in the northern West Bank Monday morning. Tareq Qa’adan was arrested Sunday night in the village of Araba, south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. 14 other Palestinians were also arrested in early morning raids. Tension has increased...

Audrey Azoulay, France’s former culture minister, was confirmed as the new director-general of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO, making her the first Jewish head of the agency, The Jerusalem Post reported. Azoulay was raised in Morocco and France and is the daughter of André Azoulay, an adviser to Morocco’s...

We don’t know the name of the client, but it’s a big win anyway. Gilat Satellite Networks of Petah Tikva has been awarded a contract to deliver and operate satellite-based LTE backhaul for a major telecommunications service provider in Latin America. The goal is to deliver broadband Internet connection to multiple...

A prominent Tunisian-born movie producer has denounced the systemic and deep-rooted anti-Semitism in the Arab world, after he was excluded from North Africa’s most prestigious film festival because of his work with Israelis, Ben Cohen reported in The Algemeiner on Tuesday. Said Ben Said revealed in an article published in...

Defenders of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the Iran nuclear deal is known, have argued that Iran’s aggression was intentionally not addressed by the deal. For example this week, Federica Moghereni, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said, “The Iran deal has been...

A missile that was shot down last week as it approached Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport had Iranian “markings,” the top United States Air Force official said, supporting Saudi charges, the Associated Press reported Thursday. “There have been Iranian markings on those missiles,” Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, who commands the Air...

A trail of e-mails uncovered during litigation show that professors who are part of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign conducted a “covert campaign” to gain control of the American Studies Association (ASA) and use the association to advance their anti-Israel activism, according to a statement released Thursday by the...