The Democratic Party’s top congressional leaders have continued to criticize the Obama administration for its refusal last month to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli activities in eastern Jerusalem. That number has now grown, with more than 30 Democratic representatives and 10 senators (a quarter of the Democratic Senate delegation) cosponsoring motions in their chambers condemning the UN...

A conference in Jordan last month explored the future of Hebrew as an academic subject in the Arab world, reflecting many Arab thinkers’ growing acknowledgment of the importance of studying and understanding their Jewish neighbors. A closing document developed at the conference, which was held at the Center for Israel Studies...

A state in Uruguay recently inaugurated a $20 million video surveillance monitoring center using Israeli technologies from the Israeli company Elbit Systems. The departamento of Maldonado turned to Israeli technology for the Safe District project, which spans across six municipal authorities including the well-known Punta Del Este tourist resort. The Safe District...

In one of its first votes in the new session of Congress, the House of Representatives has scheduled a Thursday vote on a bipartisan resolution condemning the United Nations Security Council resolution that criticized Israeli activities in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The bill is co-sponsored by both parties’ leaders in House Foreign...

Textbooks used in United Nations-run schools in the West Bank did not include Israel in their maps or mention Jewish historical or cultural ties to the country, a recent study has found. Professors Arnon Gross and Roni Shaked of the Harry Truman Research Institute at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem found...

The Israeli left should support efforts to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which are both “justified” and would help bolster its legitimacy in the eyes of the Israeli public, Don Futterman argued in Haaretz on Tuesday. Futterman, the Israel Program Director for the U.S.-based Moriah Fund, noted that the Jewish nation...

After nearly two years without progress, the investigation into whether former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner conspired with Iran to cover up the Islamic Republic’s role in Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack was at last reopened on Thursday. This has the potential to finally hold Kirchner accountable for the malign...

A “flying car” being developed by an Israeli firm successfully completed its first trip over terrain this past November, Reuters reported Tuesday. Urban Aeronautics, based in Yavne in central Israel, hopes to bring the Cormorant into the market by 2020. Formerly known as Air Mule, the drone is about the size...

A Israeli military court found a soldier who fatally shot an incapacitated Palestinian attacker guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. A panel of three judges delivered the verdict against Sgt. Elor Azaria, 19, who shot Abdel Fattah al-Sharif around 15 minutes after al-Sharif was seriously wounded while trying to stab an Israeli soldier in...

The Palestinian Authority is likely to impose austerity measures after a reduction in overseas funding, the PA Prime Minister warned on Tuesday. Rami Hamdallah told Al-Quds newspaper that “we had expected to get $1.2 billion in [external] support and aid but we have only received $640 million so far”. In a...