Israel

The number of Palestinians registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as refugees in Syria and Lebanon is inflated at least four times, former Labor parliamentarian Dr. Einat Wilf said in an exclusive interview with The Israel Project on Tuesday, as she explained the decision by the...

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Vietnam is experiencing the fastest growing rate of diabetes in Southeast Asia, yet patients must travel far to reach hospitals for treatment and follow-up. To address that problem, Israeli digital diabetes platform provider GlucoMe of Yarkona has begun a pilot collaboration with Merck KGaA of Germany to evaluate GlucoMe’s digital diabetes platform...

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Officials from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) toured three Israeli cities this week as they explored the options for next May’s Eurovision Song Contest, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. The EBU representatives inspected the Pais Arena in Jerusalem, toured the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, and in Eilat they met with...

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Israeli humanitarian volunteer organization ZAKA, which specializes in search, rescue and recovery missions at mass-casualty incidents around the world, recently coordinated an IDF Home Front Command search-and-rescue training course at various sites in Israel for 40 experienced ZAKA commanders from its units in Miami, New York City, New Jersey, Washington, France,...

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Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, broke up a Hamas operation in the West Bank City of Hebron, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. The Shin Bet charged that the ring, which was headed by Nizar Shehadeh and Faras Abu Sharah, both described as “senior Hamas operatives,” who had been...

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The United States and Israel announced a joint task force to enforce sanctions on Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. In a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said, “the sanctions on Iran contribute to removing a threat to Israel’s security and to the security...

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