Working in the computational biology laboratory of Prof. Eytan Ruppin at Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Yizhak and colleagues at Bar-Ilan University have developed a computer algorithm that predicts which genes can be “turned off” to create the same anti-aging effect as calorie restriction. Their findings were...

An article yesterday in BloombergBusinessweek outlined Israeli expectations that the recently discovered Tamar and Leviathan natural gas fields will pay off politically as well as economically. “There are now extraordinary opportunities for Israel based on energy policy, both economically and diplomatically,” said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nachshon. “This is...

On the final evening of a September 2‐10 tour of Israel with Heroes to Heroes , a US Army veteran named Juan told ISRAEL21c: “Instead of the VA [Veterans Administration] spending money on our medical treatment, they should have spent money on this program, because more healing was done here.”...

On Monday, The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) sent a letter (.pdf) to the management of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles calling on them to “do the right thing and fulfill their legal obligations to prevent unlawful discrimination before it happens at the Westin Bonaventure.” At issue is...

The Obama administration was pressed on Tuesday to respond to statements from Iranian officials – most recently this weekend from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – doubling down on Iranian conditions for a nuclear deal that would among other things see the Islamic republic massively expand, rather than...

Citing a report on CNN Arabic, Al Arabiya reported Monday that the son of Imad Mughniyeh is now commanding Hezbollah’s operations on the Syrian border with Israel. Jihad Mughniyeh, whose father Imad was killed in 2008 in a car bomb attack in the Syrian capital of Damascus, is said to be...

The Washington Times reported yesterday that despite the hope for moderation with the election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, executions in the Islamic Republic have surged since his inauguration. During the 14 months since Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office, Iranian authorities have carried out at least 936...

Israeli chemist Yifat Miller and her PhD student Yoav Atsmon-Raz have found a critical link between Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Miller’s research at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in Beersheva revealed, for the first time, the atomic structure of a brain protein fragment called non-amyloid...

A Wall Street Journal op-ed published Monday revealed that an upcoming London forum will bring together Iranian firms with a range of international counterparts – drawn from law offices, telecom operations, business consultancies, and even art auction houses – to explore how capital might be moved into Iran as the...

Israel Hayom reported yesterday that the Israeli navy announced the successful test of a naval anti-missile system. The Israeli Navy secretly tested an upgraded anti-missile system designed to protect naval vessels several months ago. The test was crowned a success. … The test was conducted as part of a general overhaul of...