Lior Weintraub, Vice President and Director of the Israel Office of The Israel Project, hosted journalists Tal Shalev and Neri Zilber to review an intense week in Israel on the latest Tipping Point podcast. The three discussed how early elections in Israel were avoided last minute and how long the government...

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The Institute for Science and International Security published a paper Tuesday containing new details about Iran’s nuclear weapons program and demanding that the International Atomic Energy Agency ensure that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is “ended in an irretrievable permanent manner.” The latest report — authored by David Albright, a former weapons...

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Airbnb, the home rental site, announced on Monday that it would change its policy regarding home listings in what it calls occupied territories, singling out the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported. In response, Israeli officials said they were looking at restricting Airbnb services in the Jewish State and urged...

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On Friday, November 16, the all-time 2017 record for incoming tourism to Israel was broken by surpassing 3.6 million tourists. The Ministry of Tourism expects that by the end of 2018, at least 4 million tourists will have visited Israel. This new milestone follows an October that saw the highest...

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The widespread adoption of laws by states — most recently Kentucky — prohibiting their governments from doing business with entities that boycott Israel, is a recognition that these boycotts are “a form of economic warfare, steeped in hate and discrimination, aimed at the lone Jewish state in the world,” a...

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Israeli NGO, IsraAID, is sending an emergency response team to California to help communities affected by the unprecedented fires that have killed 80 and destroyed over 13,000 homes and buildings. More than 1,300 people are still listed as missing. The two blazes broke out 10 days ago in both north...

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The decision of Education Minister Naftali Bennett to keep his party, Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home), in the government has forestalled talk of early elections, for now, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and the exit of his party Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is...

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Forty days before his marriage, a wheelchair-bound Israeli man named Adir wrote to UPnRIDE Robotics sharing his dream to stand under the chuppah (wedding canopy) with his bride, Liat. CEO Oren Tamari invited Adir to company headquarters in Yokne’am Illit to try the UPnRIDE 1.1 mobility device, now in transition from research-and-development...

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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has signed an executive order to ban the award of state contracts to companies that participate in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Friday. Bevin, a Republican, said upon signing the directive that “We will not allow state resources...

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that the U.S. will vote against an annual UN resolution, co-sponsored by Syria, condemning Israel for its continued presence on the Golan Heights, in a statement issued Thursday. In the past, the U.S. has abstained on the resolution, which will...

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