Meirav Leshem Gonen tells ToI about the terrible conditions her daughter endured, hails all the hostages who've come home as ...

A cross-border conservation project centered on barn owls is fostering cooperation between Israeli and Arab scientists, ...

Scientists from across the Middle East are working together to save an unlikely symbol of hope: the barn owl. View on ...

An American-Israeli hostage freed from Hamas captivity was forced to lie down at all times in a small room for weeks ...

RAMAT GAN, Israel -- For more than 470 days, Eitan Gonen publicly pleaded with his daughter to stay alive while in Hamas ...

Leshem pioneered the nesting project in the early 1980s on a community farm. “From 14 nesting boxes in one kibbutz, it grew into a national project with 5,000 boxes in Israel and partnerships in ...

“Barn owls know no boundaries; they fly between Jordan, Palestine, and Israel," said Leshem. "They symbolize cooperation.” It's a critical region for bird conservation of all kinds, sitting at ...

Meirav, the mother of Israeli hostage Romi Gonen, shares the journey leading up to her daughter's release from Hamas captivity, and what she had to endure.