The Gulf state of Qatar, which faces isolation over its support of global terror, also deserves to be ostracized for its abysmal human rights record, the CEO and president of The Israel Project wrote Tuesday in the New York Daily News. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. Aside from its support “for radical...

Israel’s prime minister reassured the public on Tuesday that Israel is not looking for a military confrontation over Gaza, despite the ongoing dispute over the supply of energy to the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to clarify Israel’s position two days after the Security Cabinet took the decision...

Israel’s foreign intelligence agency is creating its own investment firm in order to cash in on the success of Israel’s new startups, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Mossad will invest its own money in this project, forgoing additional investment from foreign capital and domestic venture capital firms. Unlike a traditional investment...

An Israeli author was on Wednesday announced as the 2017 winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize. David Grossman became the first Israeli to win the prize. The judges called his book A Horse Walks Into a Bar “an extraordinary story that soars in the hands of a master...

A startup called BiPS Health edged out 49 other early-stage medical technology companies to win the top prize in the recent Trendlines Medtech Open 2017 held at the Israel Export Institute. BiPS Health is developing a device worn on the wrist and fingers that constantly monitors vitals including blood pressure,...

General Motors’ Israel branch unveiled a prototype of its driverless car at a conference of veterans of the IDF’s 8200 signal intelligence unit on Tuesday, Globes reported. The vehicle, which is based on the electric Chevrolet Bolt, is outfitted with advanced sensors and processors to help it travel without a driver. Its navigation systems...

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan sought Israel’s advice to “find new ways to protect ourselves” after a series of terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, Jewish News reported Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with Jewish News, Khan revealed that both his office and Met Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, the head of...

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed an attack on a Saudi-led coalition warship near a strategic Red Sea waterway, China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. The reported attack took place off the coast of the Yemeni city of Mocha, about 60 miles north of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. An estimated 4.7...

Rambam Medical Center in Haifa has received a large donation from a Palestinian Authority official who received life-saving care there, Times of Israel reported Monday. According to the anonymous benefactor, the donation is intended “to build peace through medicine.” The official decided to give tens of thousands of Israeli shekels to the Joseph Fishman...

Israeli leaders welcomed President Baron Waqa of the Pacific island nation of Nauru to Jerusalem this week. In a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday, Waqa spoke of the productive technology-sharing relationship between their two nations and said he was “very pleased” to visit Jerusalem. “I want to show our solidarity...