Israel

THAAD anti-Missile System

The United States has deployed a state-of-the-art missile defense system in Israel, ahead of joint training exercises in the use of the system, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is being deployed by the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) “as a demonstration of the United States’...

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A ballad to remember Edyka

This is deeply personal. But what I have experienced should resonate with the entire Jewish community — the one we know and the one to come. In the whirlwind that seizes me and all who are communally aware, I have reached a new and stunning personal location, wedged between the...

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Israeli AI Platform to Track Diseases

A novel artificial intelligence (AI) platform for monitoring and predicting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases was unveiled in Israel by BGN Technologies, the technology-transfer company of Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev. Meant for identifying markers for personalized treatment and drug development, the platform was developed by Prof. Boaz Lerner...

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Beresheet on its way to the moon

Beresheet, Israel’s privately-backed spacecraft that was launched on its historic journey to the moon last week, has completed a significant maneuver and appears to be back on track, despite an earlier glitch, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. If successful, Israel will be the fourth nation to reach the moon, following...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D – Minn.) said that she and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D – Mich.) are accused of anti-Semitism because they are Muslim, the Jewish Insider newsletter reported Thursday. “What I’m fearful of — because Rashida and I are Muslim — that a lot of our Jewish colleagues,” Omar...

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Labour Party Leader Corbyn's Ally Diane Abbott

The British Labour Party faced fresh allegations of anti-Semitism on Friday after party members in Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott’s constituency passed a measure rejecting claims of “institutional anti-Semitism” in the organization. The Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP passed the motion by 45 votes to 35, Jewish News reported....

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