A Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian walk into a classroom. No, this is not the start of a joke, but a most accurate description of a unique course on interreligious dialogue at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University. “The class as a whole is meant as an opportunity for Jewish and Arab...

In a major setback for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, the University of Maryland’s Student Government Association (SGA) on Wednesday evening rejected a resolution calling on the school to “divest from companies engaged in human-rights violations in Palestine.” The pro-BDS resolution was rejected by nine votes in...

A bipartisan bill to monitor incitement in Palestinian textbooks has been introduced by Reps. Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and has been forwarded to the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee, of which both lawmakers are members. Co-sponsors of the legislation include Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Trone (D-MD),...

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on several individuals and entities that Washington said are involved in schemes to help the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization, Hezbollah, evade U.S. sanctions. Two individuals – a Lebanese man and a Belgian national – and three entities, including one based in Britain and two...

Hoping to develop an accurate handheld device for shoppers to check produce for pesticide residue, Avner Avidan put in six months of research and concluded this couldn’t yet be done reliably on the consumer level. But he did discover that on a larger scale, food manufacturers, farmers and retailers were...

The Iranian-sponsored Houthi militia fighting the internationally-recognized government in Yemen said Monday that their missiles could reach the Saudi capital of Riyad, as well as tourist hotspots in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Iran is using Yemen as a testing ground for its ballistic missile program, as...

The United States is offering up to $10 million for information that would disrupt the cash flow of the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization, Hezbollah. In a list released on Monday, the State Department explained how to receive a reward: providing the names of Hezbollah donors, businesses or investments owned or controlled...

Palestinian activist and media darling Linda Sarsour’s credibility depends on the ignorance of her audience. She knows that the larger share of her supporters have little knowledge of Middle Eastern history or the complex nuances of geopolitics. So, when she disingenuously declared to a room of some 500 fawning NYU...

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that the long-anticipated U.S. peace proposal for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will entail “tough compromises” and will be “different” from previous plans. Kushner, speaking at a forum of Time magazine, said the plan is an effort to improve the lives of...

Israel and Finland launched a collaboration in the digital health arena on April 15 at the Embassy of Finland in Israel, where a call for proposals for joint projects between companies from the two nations was issued. The Israel-Finland Pilot Program is led by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) and...