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Diplomacy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made what he termed an “unprecedented” offer to Iran – or to the people of Iran – whom he described as “victims of a cruel and tyrannical regime that denies them vital water.” Netanyahu offered to share Israeli water saving technologies with them, in a...

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Europe

Flags of the Iranian-backed, Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah were waved at Sunday’s annual Al-Quds march in central London, where one speaker said Israel should be “wiped from the map,” The Jewish Chronicle reported. Addressing the crowd, Shaikh Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour vowed that Zionists’ “days are numbered.” Nazim Hussein Ali, who...

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Iran

Israel accused Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon, of arming and training Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip bordering southern Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The Post cited a report that appeared in the Lebanese paper Al Joumhouria that said that Israel had sent a letter to the United...

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Israel

Amsterdam-based consumer electronics giant Royal Philips has announced it will acquire cardiac imaging company EPD Solutions of Caesarea for €250 million ($294 million) and milestone payments. EPD and its employees will become part of Philips’ Image-Guided Therapy business unit. EPD’s Cardiac Mapping and Navigation System received CE mark approval in February 2018....

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Diplomacy

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to convince his European counterparts about the danger of the nuclear deal this past week, they were not receptive to his arguments. Yet the prime minister’s assessment of the deal three years ago, has been borne out by recent developments. Perhaps the leaders...

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Human Rights

Today, two diametrically opposed world views clash in the Middle East. One carries the message of love, respect, and freedom. The other is the embodiment of hatred, intolerance, and tyranny. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the streets of Tel Aviv on Friday as Israel’s 20th annual Gay Pride...

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Iran

Following the exit of the United States from the nuclear deal and reimposition of sanctions, airplane manufacturer Boeing announced that it would not deliver any planes to Iran, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. The announcement effectively ends the highly controversial multi-billion dollar deals Boeing made with Iran in the wake of...

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MidEast

An estimated 10,000 Gazans rioted at five different locations on the border with Israel, as of 5 PM on Friday, The Times of Israel reported. Though the violence was reported to be “low-level,” prior to the riots, kites carrying a threat to “slaughter” Jews appeared on social media. The Hamas-run Gaza...

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MidEast

Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Khalid Al-Yamani, has warned of the formation of a new Hezbollah organization in Yemen, which he said would threaten the security and stability of the region. Al-Yamani made the comments during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Matthew H. Tueller, on Thursday in the Saudi capital...

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MidEast

A nanotech system invented in Israel for transporting anticancer drugs specifically in pediatric patients has been shown to slow tumor growth and prolong life expectancy in engineered mice by 42 percent. In most of the Western world, cancer is the primary cause of death in children over the age of...

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