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“Any discussion of an end to Iran’s power grab in Iraq would be premature — speculative at best, and potentially dangerous,” TIP CEO and President, Joshua S. Block, warned in an op-ed for The Hill published on Friday. Block argued that “Iraq would be a good place to start to...

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Researchers from Haifa’s prestigious Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed world-changing technology – from new methods for detecting lung disease to launching the next generation of synchronized nano-satellites. But sometimes, the guys and girls at the cutting edge of science just wanna have fun. And what’s more fun that dropping a raw egg...

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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Yemen in the British Parliament on Wednesday released their annual report on the situation in the war-stricken country, warning, for the first time, of “Iran’s hand in the civil war (…) and its attempt to project power on the Arabian Peninsula.” The APPG observed that, “Cooperation...

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Satellite imagery of a testing site shows that Iran has an ongoing and advanced ballistic missile development program, possibly developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), The New York Times reported Wednesday. Using advanced satellite imagery, researchers found evidence that Iran has tested engines that could be used to power ICBMs. From the...

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After the deadly Hamas-led riots last week at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, Gazans were asking of Hamas, the terrorist group that rules Gaza, what it had accomplished by ratcheting up the violence. One young man told The New York Times that nothing was accomplished by the violence, adding,...

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When the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) wanted to create an online petition and quiz to raise awareness about preventing infant mortality in developing countries, it chose a platform from the Israeli startup Kueez. Kueez, founded in Bnei Brak two years ago, specializes in creating personalized entertaining content for web surfers in 21...

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During the recent violent riots held at Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, Hamas “wanted to see its own people killed on the border while we tried to avoid it,” Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, told a group of reporters hosted by The Israel Project Wednesday. Livni’s charge accurately...

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A picture of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the hospital, apparently published to quell concerns about his health, shows the leader reading a newspaper with an anti-Israel cartoon, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. While Abbas appears to be reading one side of the paper, there is a cartoon...

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Louisiana on Tuesday became the twenty-fifth U.S. state to enact legislation or executive orders against the Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) Movement, The Times-Picayune reported. Gov. John Bel Edwards issued an executive order prohibiting the Louisiana state government from executing contracts with businesses that engage in the boycott of Israel. The order...

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At age 14, “Nathan” was living on the streets of his Israeli working-class town. Academically crippled by ADHD, he eventually attended a therapeutic boarding school and served in the army. His employment future looked bleak until he heard about a Google certification program in digital marketing run by JDC-Tevet, a partnership...

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