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On his first visit to Israel, American actor and humanitarian activist Sean Penn declared that the work of his nonprofit J/P Haitian Relief Organization has succeeded largely because of its cooperation with volunteers from IsraAID-The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid. “The indirect impact of IsraAID is that everything that...

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Greece became the second European nation to declare its refusal to abide by the European Union’s newly issued guidelines on labeling Israeli products manufactured beyond the 1949 armistice lines, i24 news reported Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was made aware of Greece’s decision after receiving a letter from Greek Foreign...

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Paris police launched an Israeli-made Skystar 180 aerostat surveillance balloon over the French capital to help assure the security of about 200 worldwide delegates to the 11-day United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) that began November 30. The Skystar 180 is one of several aerostat models designed and...

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A former Cambridge University academic, Marsha Levine, doubled down on her refusal to help a 13-year-old Israeli girl with her research into horses, explaining that she supports a boycott of the Jewish state and thinks that “Jews have become the Nazis,” The Jewish Chronicle (JC) reported Tuesday. The story initially emerged...

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Following talks at the international climate change conference in Paris, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the increased military coordination between their two nations, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. “I just had an important talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin. We agreed to...

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On Monday, Israel commemorated the 20th century expulsion of ancient Jewish communities from across the Arab and Muslim world, Israel’s i24 news channel reported. The annual commemoration was first held last year, following the passage of a law by the Knesset designating November 30 as the day to memorialize the 850,000 Jews who were...

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