A special IDF unit, complete with old-fashioned hoes and high-tech equipment, can build an improvised airfield overnight. The Frontal Landing Unit, which accompanies C-130 Hercules planes and make sure they land

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (Likud) and the president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, inaugurated on Monday the exhibition “When the Shark and the Fish First Met”, based on a

President Shimon Peres has issued an open invitation to the entire House of Israel to his sukkah party next week, during the Chol Hamoed interim days of the seven-day (eight

Everyone loves to have a daily cup of coffee and many people, especially in Israel, like to have it in a coffeehouse. Israel is filled with coffeehouses, but there is

Yom Kippur in Israel is unique; everything closes down, from the radio and TV stations to the airport, and it would be unthinkable for any place of business or entertainment

By Abigail Klein Leichman: Israel21c A new exhibit pays homage to Israeli ingenuity behind gadgets like the Disk-on-Key, PillCam, solar windows and a space camera. One of Israel’s sources of

Israel is spending Friday preparing for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. The holiday will begin at 4:41 p.m. in Jerusalem. Police have upped their alert across

Israel leads the world with the highest per capita rate of archaeological excavations and expeditions.

Pat Condell explains that it’s not about Israel. It’s about how Arabs feel about Jews.

Israeli scientist Daniel Schechtman has been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals. Schechtman is a distinguished professor at the Institute of Technology in Haifa.  “This

The German government has launched a last-chance blitzkrieg on the dormant cases of hundreds of former guards and other personnel at Nazi death camps. The investigations come in the wake

Documents on the murder of Jews in eastern Europe are to be made available to researchers worldwide after generations in which they were hidden or inaccessible. The Holocaust-era files will

Two out of three of the scientists who have won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries on the immune system are Jews. But in a poignant development, one

In the wake of international condemnation of Israeli construction in Gilo, Jerusalem, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon decided to give the foreign press a crash course in reality. Ayalon brought

By Chana Ya’ar As long as Israel’s own Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to support the United Nations agency that aids Palestinian Authority Arabs, the U.S. and Canada are not

Israel’s large concentration of talented and innovative people makes it an ideal place for investment. Characterized by groundbreaking entrepreneurship, Israel yields pioneering technologies, profitable business opportunities and high investment returns.

US President Barack Obama wished the Jewish people and State of Israel health, happiness, and peace in the coming year. “As the High Holidays begin, we look back on all

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took the opportunity of his annual Rosh Hashanah greeting to address Israel’s identity as a Jewish state – and moribund talks with Palestinian Authority officials in

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz extends his best wishes for Rosh Hashanah to the Jewish people and their families. Rosh Hashana, ushering in the Jewish calendar year

By STEVE ROTHMAN There is no economic aid to Israel, other than loan guarantees. The argument that American military aid to Israel is damaging to the United States is not

Thousands of Jews and their supporters in California have appealed to the president of the University of California, asking him to deal with the growing anti-Semitism on campus. More than

The Jerusalem municipality is continuing to upgrade its Arab neighborhoods, closing gaps with the rest of the city, and as a result, changing the attitude of Jerusalem’s Arab residents towards

The IDF, as part of national effort to help Palestinian Authority cancer victims, treated children by the disease with a trip to a special day of fun last week. Thousands of PA Arabs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly Friday, saying Israel wants peace despite its reputation among some in the United Nations.

As the Durban III Conference got under way on Thursday, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged nations not to use it for “inflammatory rhetoric,” a reference to attempts to brand Israel

After a difficult decade of war, the President says we stand at a crossroads of history with the chance to move decisively in the direction of peace. September 21, 2011.

By Dr. Manny Alvarez – FoxNews.com President Obama stood before the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday – in the same place he stood last year to make a bid for

Tel Aviv residents are hoping they will not suffer the woes of Jerusalem as bulldozers began working Wednesday on a new light rail system. The Jerusalem light rail system began

Israel has a long-standing tradition of extending aid to alleviate hunger, disease and poverty, as well as in the wake of natural disasters and terrorist attacks beyond its borders. Israel