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Israeli soldiers this weekend uncovered a mile-and-a-half-long tunnel running between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and ending near an Israeli kindergarten, underscoring concerns that the Iran-backed terror group is seeking to rebuild its fractured credibility with a spectacular terror attack. The left-leaning Israeli paper Ha’aretz reports that the tunnel is parter...

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Israel’s Ramat Gan Safari Park is taking congratulations over the birth of second baby Asian elephant in three months. Lalana, which is Hindi for ‘a girl’, was born earlier this month, exactly two months after her now-niece Latangi was born. Conservation blog Zooborns has full write-ups on the births of...

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The Israeli military last week made a point of highlighting the Israeli Air Force’s abilities to conduct long range operations, including the IAF’s midair refueling capabilities. The Washington Post notes that the display comes on the eve of talks between the West and Iran: In an apparent message to Iran,...

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A retired 61 year old Israeli colonel was bludgeoned to death today, with reports conveying eyewitness testimony from the man’s wife describing a well-planned terror attack. Accounts indicate that two Palestinians wielding iron bars and axes killed Seraya Ofer, which if confirmed would make the murder the latest in a...

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Scholars have struggled for quite literally decades to unpack the development and psychology of suicide terrorism. The indoctrination process involves not just propaganda but institutions which channel and ground particular kinds of ideological moves. A series of recent studies by Israeli Lt. Col. Anat Berko has sought to analyze, more...

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) – the Geneva-based non-profit famous for hosting the annual Davos conference – just issued its first-ever Human Capital Index. The goal of the Index is, per a press release published by the organization, to identify “the most successful countries in the world when it comes...

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