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An Israeli soldier was killed during a Palestinian stabbing attack when gunfire meant for his assailant hit him instead, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. Eliav Gelman, a 30-year-old captain in the Israeli Air Force’s reserve corps, was returning home from base when he was attacked at the Etzion...

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Database giant Oracle has agreed to acquire Israeli cloud computing startup Ravello in a deal said to be worth $500 million, PC World reported on Tuesday. The acquisition is seen as Oracle’s attempt to offer more comprehensive cloud-based services to compete with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Ravello’s technology...

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Israeli humanitarian volunteers have arrived in the refugee camps of Calais and Dunkirk in northern France in response to international calls to help the thousands of migrants living in squalid conditions. IsraAID sent a professional team that includes psychologists and trauma specialists to meet with local and international organizations and...

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The antipathy displayed by many on the Left towards Israel is not an example of anti-Zionism morphing into anti-Semitism, but a sign that anti-Zionism is caused by anti-Semitism, the distinguished British historian Simon Schama argued in the Financial Times Friday. Schama noted the escalation of anti-Israel events in the UK in recent months. Most notably, former Israeli intelligence chief...

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A joint ballistic missile defense exercise between the IDF and the United States European Command began Sunday. The exercises, known as Juniper Cobra, take place every two years and are designed to enhance cooperation between the two countries’ armies. Over 1,700 U.S. soldiers and contractors will participate in the drills. The previous Juniper Cobra exercise took...

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A new Arab-Israeli innovation hub has joined the Tel Aviv high-tech landscape. The TRI/O Tech advanced high-tech entrepreneurial hub in Kafr Kassem, about 12 miles east of Tel Aviv, includes a startup accelerator and the first Arab-Israeli school of entrepreneurship. TRI/O Tech is a joint venture of Tsofen, an Arab-Israeli integration non-profit,...

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