The Council for Higher Education and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities have launched a program for international post-doctoral researchers.

Israeli universities and colleges are set to launch English language reforms that will ensure students are equipped with the necessary English skills to integrate into the jobs market.

Collaborative projects between Israeli and US researchers have received a $56 million boost from Israel’s Council for Higher Education.

Israel is the latest country to declare its ambitions as an international study destination, announcing it will invest US$120m to double its international student numbers.

Israel's Council for Higher Education has announced a plan to spend $118 million to attract international students, particularly from Asia, to the country.

The case of a US student with a study visa to enter Israel has risen to the country's Supreme Court, after she was detained at the airport.

Israeli organisation Givat Haviva, whose work in The Jewish-Arab Center for Peace earned it a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, is set to open an international boarding school in September 2018.

Israel’s ministry of education director stressed the importance of English, saying graduates with no English would be ‘handicapped’ in life.