Startup Nation Central’s latest data points to a deeper Gulf role in Israeli tech than the numbers alone suggest, one built on ecosystem fit, indirect investment routes, and long-term regional considerations. That distinction becomes clearer through the perspective of Yariv Becher, vice president for business development and partnerships at Startup Nation Central. Speaking with The Media Line, Becher stressed that the available data significantly understates the level of Gulf involvement in...

Thomas Robert Malthus was an influential British economist best known for his theory on population growth, outlined in his 1798 book “An Essay on the Principle of Population.” In it, Malthus argued that populations inevitably expand until they outgrow their available food supply, causing the population growth to be reversed by disease, famine, war, or calamity. He is also known for developing an exponential formula used to forecast population growth, which is currently known as the Malthusian...

When we con­sider Ezekiel 37 in its overall context, its primary focus isn’t the resurrection of the dead, but the miracle of the restoration of Israel and the Jewish people. The theme is the return of Israel to its land and the people’s spiritual renewal. I’d like to begin this topic with two men who lived at the same time and shared the same first name. One lived in Europe, and the other across the pond in the US. Both were Bible-believing Christians who were convinced the Jews would return...

In the 1990s John DiIulio, a conservative American academic, argued that a new breed of “superpredators,” “kids that have absolutely no respect for human life and no sense of the future,” would terrorize Americans almost indefinitely. He was not alone. Experts were convinced that crime would keep rising. Law-abiding citizens would retreat to gated communities, patrolled by security guards. Politicians and police chiefs could do little except bluster and try to fiddle the statistics. Mr....

Question: Why should Palestinians who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of years be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can live in them? Answer: After World War II, millions of German Citizens were removed from German lands that were lost to expand Russia and Poland. The land of Prussia ceased to exist, their old Prussian capital Königsberg renamed by Russia to Kaliningrad. The German city of Strasbourg was retaken by France. It did not matter that Strasbourg was for...

Are we approaching the end of centuries of Jewish presence in the United Kingdom? This is not only about the dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents since October 7, nor solely about the wave of anti-Israel demonstrations that have effectively turned into protests against Jewish existence itself. It is not just about the loss of basic personal security, the fear of wearing a Star of David, affixing a mezuzah or appearing visibly Jewish in public. British Jewry is a deeply rooted community,...

Prof. Regina Barzilay, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and one of the world’s foremost figures in medical AI, said Israel is uniquely suited to play a central role in the AI in healthcare revolution. Unlike many countries, Israel’s healthcare system brings providers and payers under the same organizational roof. That structure, Barzilay explained, creates an environment where innovation can move faster, data can be used more effectively, and AI tools...

Zechariah 12 talks about the national repentance of Israel in turning to Christ. This is a future event. About a quarter of the Scripture is prophecy. In Amos 3:7 it says, “For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.” There’s a famous verse from Proverbs 25:2, which says, “It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.” God gave us a brain, and he expects us to use it … to invest brain power in the study...

The New York Stock Exchange is working on a digital platform that would enable investors to trade digital tokens around the clock. Tokenization uses blockchain technology that powers cryptocurrencies to create digital tokens as stand-ins for things like stocks, bonds, real estate or even fractional ownership of a piece of art that can be traded like crypto by virtually anyone, anywhere at any time. The development of the platform is part of Intercontinental Exchange’s bid to broaden its...

Local Government Secretary Steve Reed formally approved plans for the building near the Tower of London after a series of delays and legal challenges. Plans for the embassy have been plagued by objections and protests since 2018, when China’s government bought the site at Royal Mint Court, near the Tower of London, for 225 million pounds ($301 million.) The building will cover about 215,250 square feet and replace several Chinese official buildings across London. Starmer has stressed that...

The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards, a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration. Officials confirmed that it won’t be compulsory for citizens and residents to show a digital ID card in order to get a job, ditching a key plank of the policy announced in September. Starmer announced in September that “you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID. It’s as simple as that.” He faced...

Last year was the third-warmest in modern history, according to Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service. In 2025, the average global temperature was about 1.47 degrees Celsius (2.65 Fahrenheit) higher than from 1850 to 1900—the period scientists use as a reference point, since it precedes the industrial era in which massive amounts of carbon pollution have been pumped into the atmosphere. U.S. agencies released similar temperature statistics. According to a report...