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Winners of the 2026 ERC starting grants, from left to right, top row: Dr. Sharon Fleischer, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Leeat Keren, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Dr. Reuma Gadassi-Polack, Bar-Ilan University, Dr. Hagai Maron, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Dr. Nir Hananya, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; bottom row, from left to right: Dr. Ran Finkelstein, Tel Aviv University, Dr Amit Vinograd, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Michael Chapman, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Or Zamir, Tel Aviv University, Dr. Arnold Filtser, Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Dean Doron of the Institute for the Theory of Computing in the Stein Faculty of Computer and Information Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Photo of Keren, courtesy/Itai Belson; photo of Vinograd, courtesy/Yael Tzur; photo of Filtser, courtesy/Gabe Gomez; all other photos, courtesy)
September 3, 2026, 2:35 pm
Eleven Israeli researchers awarded prestigious EU starting grants
Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, Weizmann Institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Technion scholars to receive over $18 million in total European Research Council funds
By Diana Bletter
Settlers who raided a Palestinian village gather on the balcony of a building under construction in the West Bank's Qusra, August 29, 2026. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
August 30, 2026, 6:45 pm
Still no arrests over settler attack on Qusra, though some suspects are identifiable
EU envoy visits scene of latest assault on Palestinian village, weeks after extremist settlers besieged it; Foreign Press Association slams attack on reporters, calls for action
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
A general view of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in Jerusalem on August 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 6:38 pm
Turkey’s antitrust watchdog launches probe of Teva over allegations of thwarting rivals
Investigation looking into whether Tel Aviv-based pharma giant engaged in misleading practices, making it more difficult for competitors to enter the market
By Sharon Wrobel
Judge Tomoko Akane arrives prior to the announcement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) verdict that sentenced Malian Jihadist police chief Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity, on November 20, 2024 at the ICC court in The Hague. (Eva Plevier/various sources/AFP)
August 20, 2026, 11:44 am
ICC denounces new US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on its independence
UN, EU and European governments rally behind court president Tomoko Akane; Netanyahu applauds Washington’s move against ‘kangaroo court’
By AFP
FILE: Greek left-wing member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou makes statements outside a court in Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)
July 3, 2026, 8:55 pm
EU lawmaker probing Pegasus spyware reportedly hacked by it, sparking outrage
MEPs call for spyware ban after Citizen Lab says with ‘high confidence’ that phone belonging to Greek member of EU probe was infiltrated by Israeli-created software in 2022 and 2023
By AFP
This handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows, (L-R) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jassim al-Budaiwi, Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs Shihab bin Tarik Al Said, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Bahrain's King's Personal Representative Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and the UAE's Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, posing for a group picture during the 2025 Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha on September 15, 2025. (Saudi Press Agency / AFP)
February 9, 2026, 6:32 pm
Muslim countries, EU join condemnations of Israeli moves deepening West Bank control
Muslim states, including allies and adversaries, call security cabinet decision illegal and a ‘dangerous escalation’; EU: It’s a ‘step in the wrong direction’
By Nava Freiberg, Leon Kraiem, Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and AFP
A Palestinian textbook depicting a soldier holding a Palestinian flag and a gun, as part of a lesson on the use of hands. (courtesy)
November 19, 2025, 8:00 pm
Despite promised reforms, PA textbooks still teach antisemitic, anti-Israel messages
First comprehensive review in four years finds no meaningful curriculum reform in textbooks for grades 1-4 and 12, which were due to be updated this year
By Nurit Yohanan
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas , centre left, and Poland's Foreign Affairs Minister Radek Sikorski, center right, pose for a family photo with EU Foreign Ministers during their informal meeting in Gymnich format, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
May 8, 2025, 11:44 pm
EU to review trade ties with Israel following criticism of conduct in Gaza war
So-called Association Agreement between EU and Israel requires trade ties ‘be based on respect for human rights,’ which some European countries claim Israel has violated
By AP and ToI Staff
Sven Koopmans (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal / Wikipedia)
July 20, 2024, 8:04 pm
EU Middle East envoy: Bloc still committed to two-state solution
Sven Koopmans says organization can leverage close connections with Israel and Palestinian Authority to push for diplomatic solution, despite internal disagreements on the matter
By AFP and ToI Staff
An overhead view of the building that had housed the Jab Zeeb school in Jubbet Ad Dhib near Bethlehem in the Palestinian Authority. (Regavim)
May 7, 2023, 4:43 pm
Israel razes EU-funded Palestinian school near Bethlehem
Demolition, which follows a court ruling from March, prompts protests from the European Union and Palestinian Authority
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Demonstrators hold placards and EU and Union flags as they take part in a march by the People's Vote organisation in central London on October 19, 2019, calling for a final say in a second referendum on Brexit (Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)
September 22, 2020, 3:31 pm
EU tells UK to ‘stop playing games’ on Brexit
European, British officials meet in an effort to address latest threat to orderly exit from Union — a dispute over signed exit deal being altered by internal British legislation
By Dave Clark
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
September 10, 2020, 8:26 pm
Top EU jurist says countries should not be allowed to ban ritual slaughter
Advice from advocate general Gerard Hogan seen as a blow against efforts to end Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter across the Continent
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Members of the EU Parliament take part in a voting session, on December 17, 2014, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. (AFP/Frederick Florin)
May 18, 2017, 7:52 pm
In first, EU lawmakers cite Palestinian terror in resolution on 2 states
Statement, which also condemns Israeli policies, wins praise for more balanced approach, despite omitting mention of Hamas as terror group
By JTA
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on April 19, 2017 ahead of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session in the House of Commons. (AFP/Chris J. Ratcliffe)
April 19, 2017, 6:20 pm
British parliament backs holding early elections on June 8
In heated exchanges, PM May says Labour offers only ‘bankruptcy and chaos’; Corbyn slams gov’t ‘broken promises’
By Dario Thuburn and Alice Ritchie
Israeli security forces and emergency personnel gather at the site of a vehicle-ramming attack in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
January 8, 2017, 10:02 pm
US, EU lead international condemnation of Jerusalem attack
France ‘places itself on Israel’s side in its fight against terrorism,’ says FM, as local envoys, governments slam truck-ramming terror attack
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
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