Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player in the NBA, brought fellow basketball stars to Israel this summer so they could see his home country for themselves. A profile of the trip was published in The New Yorker on Thursday. Casspi explained founded a charity last year to challenge negative perceptions about Israel propagated...

On Monday morning, commuters in midtown Manhattan will begin navigating the various barriers and roadblocks that grind the city to a halt every year when the United Nations General Assembly comes to town. Those who find themselves on the length of 42nd Street from the West Side Highway to Second Avenue...

The superintendent of the Ithaca, N.Y. school system has apologized for an event last week in which an anti-Israel speaker made a “politically skewed [and] inflammatory” presentation to a third grade class. The lecture by Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School on September 18 was “not developmentally appropriate” and “not endorsed by...

Orange, the French telecom giant that earlier this year threatened to end its business ties with Israel, has announced that it is investing in an Israeli startup, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported today. Hola, a video distribution network for publishers, said Wednesday that it raised $17 million in a funding round led...

An Egyptian student who was convicted of having “indecent ideas” for supporting gay rights has released a YouTube video supporting Israel. Sherif Gaber, a former sociology student who went into hiding after being sentenced to a year of hard labor for “contempt for religion” and “dissemination of indecent ideas,” has...

Major General Ataollah Salehi, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, said this week that the army is “glad” to be at the “forefront” of those carrying out the wishes of Iran’s Supreme Leader to destroy Israel, the Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday. “Israel only barks, no matter how much weapons are...

The announcement earlier this week that Iran had self-inspected its suspected nuclear research site at the Parchin military base, without inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) present, undermined the agency’s ability to address concerns about past and possibly current Iranian nuclear weapons work, former international weapons inspectors asserted...

Supporting Israel is in the United States’ interest for reasons of security and idealism, the head of a major think tank stated earlier this week. Clifford May, the president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, made that point in an op-ed Tuesday in The Washington Times. He argued that...

Kibbutzim are moving away from their origins as socialist agricultural collectives by joining Israel’s entrepreneurial high-tech world, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Tuesday. Kibbutz Sasa, near the border with Lebanon, was originally known for its orchards and dairy cows, but now its most successful endeavor is the cyber-security startup...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stop using “inflammatory” rhetoric regarding the Temple Mount, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday, citing Israel Radio. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he fears recent inflammatory statements will increase tensions in Jerusalem, Israel Radio...