MidEast

Three hundred drones, made and operated by chip-making giant Intel, entertained the crowd at Mt. Herzl Wednesday night with a light show celebrating Israel’s 70th anniversary of its independence, Haaretz reported. The 300 drones, called “Shooting Stars” by Intel, used in the display are lightweight, just 330 grams, and can...

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Inspectors discovered explosives hidden in a truck, possibly intended for a large-scale terror attack during Israel’s Independence Day, at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. In addition to merchandise intended for Israeli settlements, inspectors found explosives in the roof of the truck according...

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When students and volunteers began their work on Israel’s first interactive hiking path, a 70-kilometer (43-mile) historic stretch of land dubbed the Sanhedrin Trail, they didn’t expect to find physical pieces of the country’s history. During preparations for the trail, set to open in honor of Israel’s 70th Independence Day celebrations,...

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The upcoming Lebanese elections scheduled for next month could lead to the formation of a “Hezbollah government,” a political scientist told Agence France-Presse in a report published Wednesday. The elections would be the first since 2009 and would be held according to Lebanon’s new election law passed last year. The 128 members...

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In a powerful speech during a debate about anti-Semitism in the British parliament on Tuesday, Labour MP John Mann said “Any Jewish person has the right to say…’I am a Zionist’ and I have no right to deny them that and those that do are racists.” Mann observed that the...

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The European Union’s Parliament passed legislation to bar EU aid from being used to fund anti-Israel hate education in Palestinian schools, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control introduced legislation in March to ensure that all initiatives supported by EU funds “reflect common values such as...

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