MidEast

A senior Egyptian intelligence officer asked several influential TV hosts in Egypt to urge their viewers to accept President Donald Trump’s Jerusalem announcement, according to the New York Times. In a report published on Saturday, the newspaper said that it obtained audio recordings in which Egyptian Captain Ashraf al-Kholi told...

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Israel boasts about 1,350 active companies in the life-sciences fields of medical devices, biopharma, therapeutics, diagnostics and digital health. What’s the prognosis for this major Israeli sector in the 2018? According to the 2017 year-end report from Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI), 38 percent of Israel’s active life-sciences companies are...

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As reported by media around the world, Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenager, has been charged by Israeli authorities with assault, after she was filmed by her family kicking, punching and slapping Israeli soldiers in mid-December. Nariman Tamimi, Ahed’s mother, livestreamed the incident and its aftermath on her Facebook page. About...

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Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Thursday evening to protest the deteriorating humanitarian and economic conditions in the Gaza Strip, which is under complete political and military control of the terrorist organization Hamas. The Times of Israel reported that protesters directed their anger at both the Palestinian Authority...

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The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on five Iranian entities over their involvement in developing ballistic missiles and signaled that more punitive measures are in play in response to the Islamic Republic’s crackdown of anti-government protests. The Daily Mail reported that the five designated companies are all subsidiaries of...

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Israeli tourism hit an all-time high in 2017, earning $5.8 billion (₪20 billion) in revenue from incoming tourism alone thanks to new flight routes and marketing efforts led by the Ministry of Tourism. A total of 3.6 million tourists were recorded, a 25 percent increase over 2016. “The all-time record...

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