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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheva announced the development of a new and accurate method of screening for early breast cancer, using inexpensive technology for breath and urine analysis. The team of Israeli researchers used two different “electronic nose” gas sensors for...

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Iran

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed new dramatic intelligence about Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program, which shows the country is not complying with the JCPOA. Netanyahu displayed excerpts of some 100,000 files Israel recently obtained from a highly-secret compound in Tehran detailing Iran’s long-held nuclear ambitions. Iran lied...

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World soccer powerhouse Argentina will travel to Israel to play a friendly match between the national teams despite pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign to cancel the game, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. The BDS movement, which promotes the boycott of Israel, launched a campaign “Argentina don’t go,” or...

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Iran

During a dramatic press conference Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Israeli agents had broken into a secret Iranian facility and spirited out a half ton of documents showing the history and extent of Iran’s nuclear weapon program. The evidence, Netanyahu said, showed conclusively that Iran had lied about...

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Intercepted messages reveal the Qatari government paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom money to free nationals captured while on a hunting trip in Iraq in 2015, including to groups regarded as sponsors of terrorism. A report in The Washington Post revealed that Qatar made secret payments totaling...

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This summer, as the FIFA World Cup is underway in Russia, the historic gates of Jerusalem’s Old City will transform into a goalpost as Jews and Arabs join together for a special soccer event. The gathering is set to bring some 200 young players from the eastern and western sides...

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Israel had broken into a top-secret Iranian installation and recovered thousands of documents showing that Iran had “brazenly lied” and remains committed to a clandestine nuclear weapons program despite the 2015 nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference Monday. Hailing the recovery of Iran’s “atomic...

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An overnight explosion at a Syrian military base that was powerful enough to be detected by earthquake monitors, left at least 26 people dead, including many Iranians, The New York Times reported Monday. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors events in Syria through sources on...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lashed out at the Palestinian leadership for rejecting opportunities for peace with Israel for decades during a meeting with Jewish leaders in New York last month. The Saudi royal said Palestinian leaders should either accept peace proposals offered by the United States or “shut...

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Diplomacy

Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes announced on Friday his plan to move the country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The President made the announcement at a special celebratory event in Asunción to mark Israel’s 70th anniversary. Cartes didn’t specify the exact date for...

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