Israel

United Hatzalah received an award from the Panama Homefront Command on February 5, 2018, honoring the lifesaving aid the Israeli voluntary first-response organization has helped provide to the small Central American country in recent years. President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer accepted the award, presented by José Donderis, chief...

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Missteps made by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on his visit to Lebanon last week have helped “in securing an Iranian realm on Israel’s border,” an expert in Lebanese affairs wrote in an analysis published Tuesday in Tablet magazine. Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies...

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Israel’s Economy Minister Eli Cohen announced that Intel, the global chip-making giant, is planning a $5 billion expansion of its cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Kiryat Gat, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The planned expansion comes on the heels of the company’s $6 million investment to upgrade the facility, that was...

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Though Israelis can’t help feeling disappointed that the Israeli Olympic team does not seem likely to bring home any medals from the Winter Games in Korea, they’re still full of pride for Israeli figure skaters Alexei Bychenko and Daniel Samohin, who glided their way to the highest-ever ranking of Israeli Olympic skaters...

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The recent infiltration of Israeli airspace by an Iranian drone and the subsequent Israeli  counter-strikes draw attention to “to how deeply Iran has embedded itself in Syria” and “redrawing the strategic map of the region,” The New York Times reported Monday. This means that in a direct confrontation between Israel...

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The partners in Israel’s Tamar and Leviathan natural gas fields have signed a landmark $15 billion deal to export natural gas to Egypt over the next decade. Delek Drilling told the Tel Aviv stock exchange that Noble Energy Mediterranean signed an agreement with Egypt’s Dolphinus Holdings Ltd for the sale...

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